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IN THIS ISSUE FEBRUARY 2022

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Protected Bike Lanes: Unforeseen Consequences

The Hill Gardener – Volunteering: A Great Way to Enjoy Gardening

by Elizabeth O’Gorek

by Rindy O’Brien

Making an Impact: John Lewis Mural Celebrates Civil Rights Legend by Elizabeth O’Gorek

A Washington Matriarch: Gloria Jean Campbell – Her Family, Her Home, Her City by Stephanie Deutsch

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Protected Bike Lanes: Unforeseen Consequences by Elizabeth O’Gorek

Our River: The Anacostia – The Big Picture, from Tommy Wells by Bill Matuszeski

New ANC Boundaries to be Drawn: ANC 6A Report by Nick L. Alberti

ANC Requests Additional Police: ANC 6B Report by Elizabeth O’Gorek

ANC Questions Plan Behind Speed Bumps: ANC 6C Report by Elizabeth O’Gorek

I Street Bike Plan Triggers Firestorm: ANC 6D Report by Andrew Lightman

Bulletin Board by Kathleen Donner

homes and gardens Art and The City – Profile: Denzel Parks (cover artist)

“LOVE, Maury-Style” at Hill Center

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by Elizabeth Nelson

The Hill Gardener – Volunteering: A Great Way to Enjoy Gardening by Rindy O’Brien

Dear Garden Problem Lady by Wendy Blair

Changing Hands by Don Denton

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At the Movies by Mike Canning

Capitol Cuisine by Celeste McCall

Art and The City by Jim Magner

Literary Hill by Karen Lyon

Poetic Hill by Karen Lyon

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Medical Intuition: A Complimentary Modality that Can Help Heal by Pattie Cinelli

District Vet: Weighing in on Pet Weight by Rochelle Camden

“LOVE, Maury-Style” at Hill Center by Elizabeth Nelson

School Notes by Susan Braun Johnson

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PICASSO: PAINTING THE BLUE PERIOD AT THE PHILLIPS

Focusing on the years 1900 to 1904, this exhibition tells the story of how the young Spanish artist, then a ﬂedgling painter in his late teens and early twenties, formulated his signature Blue Period style by engaging with the subject matter and motifs in speciﬁc works he encountered—by Old Masters and his contemporaries alike—as he moved between Barcelona and Paris. The Blue Period works in the exhibition reveal Picasso’s evolving and sometimes controversial approach to issues of sex, class, poverty, despair, charity, and female incarceration. Picasso: Painting the Blue Period is at the Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW, from Feb. 26 to June 12. phillipscollection.org. ABOVE: Picasso, The Blue Room, 1901, Oil on canvas, 19 7/8 x 24.1/4 in. The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1927, Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society, New York.

BALLET FOLKLORICO DE MEXICO DE AMALIA HERNANDEZ

Founded in 1952 by dancer and choreographer Amalia Hernández, Ballet Folklórico brings together the music, dance and costume of Mexican folklore from pre-Colombian civilizations through the modern era. With its permanent home at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, one of Mexico City’s most historic venues, the company has developed choreography for 40 ballets, composed of 60 folk dancers and musicians who have performed extensively across Mexico and abroad. $30 to $60. Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez is at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW, on Friday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. thelincolndc.com.

OPERA LAFAYETTE’S SPIRITUEL AUX CARAIBES

WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA’S WRITTEN IN STONE

What stories do our monuments tell? What legacies do they embody? What memories do they cement? Four iconic places. Four creative teams. Four intimate stories. Some of America’s most exciting artists, musicians, composers, and librettists assemble to create four unmissable world premieres as a jewel in the crown of the Kennedy Center 50th Anniversary season. Inspired by Washington DC’s iconic monuments and the ideals embodied by President Kennedy, the world premier Written in Stone is a series of interwoven short works presented together in a single evening from March 5 to 25. $35 to $199. kennedycenter.org/wno/home/2021-2022/written-in-stone.

Pedro Memelsdorff, whose research focuses on music in the French colonies in the Caribbean, conceives a program of French music performed between 1760 and 1790. The musical life of the colonies involved enslaved, formerly enslaved, and free peoples. The program addresses the extraordinarily complicated dynamics between the musical culture of imperial France and the people of the Caribbean. Sung in Latin and French with English subtitles. Opera Lafayette’s Spirituel aux Caraïbes is on stage at the Kennedy Center on Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. The Era of Marie Antoinette, Rediscovered, is the theme of Opera Lafayette’s 2022 season, with three programs of French music from the 1760’s through 1780’s and a unique focus on its resonance in the Americas. operalafayette.org.

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Sophia Burgos, soprano. Photo: Courtesy of Sophia Burgos

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MUSEUM REOPENS WHAT’S ON WASHINGTON

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The National Geographic Museum is reopening to visitors on Wednesday, Feb. 16. After being closed for nearly two years, the Museum is welcoming visitors back by offering free admission during February with preregistration for tickets. The Museum is launching two new exhibitions, “Once Upon a Climb: Stories of Everest” and “The Greatest Wildlife Photographs.” Visitors will have the chance to step into the shoes of the few extraordinary men and women who’ve climbed 29,045 feet into the sky to summit the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest. Then, after descending the mountain, they can cross the hallway to see iconic wildlife photography through nearly 70 images that showcase the very best wildlife pictures from the pages of National Geographic magazine. The Museum, 1145 17th St. NW, will be open Wednesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pre-registration is suggested at natgeomuseum.org.

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AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE’S DON QUIXOTE

Choreographed by Marius Petipa and his talented contemporary Alexander Gorsky, after Miguel de Cervantes’s sweeping tale of romance and chivalry, Don Quixote features the misadventures of the titular knight-errant of la Mancha and his devoted squire. With bravura dancing by the spirited maiden Kitri and her charming amour Basilio, this staging by Kevin McKenzie and Susan Jones explodes with a feast of choreographic fireworks. $29 to $169. Don Quixote is performed at the Kennedy Center from March 31 to April; Bernstein in a Bubble, March 29 to 30. kennedycenter.org.

ANNAPOLIS OYSTER ROAST & SOCK BURNING

After a hiatus during the pandemic, the Annapolis Oyster Roast & Sock Burning is back to celebrate the maritime culture of the Eastport community and all things Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, March 19, noon to 4 p.m. General admission tickets are $40 for adults; $10 for children five to ten; kids under five, free. Admission includes unlimited raw and roasted oysters and live music. Food trucks will be on site with additional food offerings, and beer, wine, and select cocktails will be available for purchase. The always-popular oyster shucking contest returns this year, along with electric boat tours of Back Creek and the Wilma Lee. amaritime.org. “Say goodbye to winter, only deck shoes we wear! Though the socks we burn leave a stink in the air!”

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ABIGAIL DEVILLE: LIGHT OF FREEDOM AT THE HIRSHHORN

Abigail DeVille’s critically acclaimed sculpture Light of Freedom is a mixed-media installation through which the artist responds to the Black Lives Matter movement within the larger context of America’s long relationship to the idea of liberty itself. The Hirshhorn presentation of the 13-foot-tall artwork situates it within the Museum’s outdoor Sculpture Garden on the National Mall. DeVille is widely recognized for works that mine the overlooked, often traumatic histories of Black America to spotlight cultural contradictions and inequities. Visit anytime. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence and Seventh, SW. hirshhorn.si.edu. ABOVE: Abigail DeVille draws inspiration from an 1876 photograph that captures the disembodied hand of Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty in New York’s Madison Square Park. Photo: Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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THE HOUSE ON THE LAGOON AT GALA

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In The House on the Lagoon, Isabel Monfort struggles to understand and ﬁnd her voice in writing the histories of her family and the family of her husband, Quintin Mendizábal. As she unveils family secrets that reﬂect a society rooted in racial, gender and class strife, she threatens the family patriarchy. This suspenseful saga weaves several generations of family history with a chronicle of the political history of Puerto Rico that continues to unfold. $48. The House on the Lagoon is at GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW, from Feb. 3 to 27. galatheatre.org.

AFRO-ATLANTIC HISTORIES AT THE NGA

For centuries, artists have told and retold the complex histories of the African Diaspora. The National Gallery of Art’s Afro-Atlantic Histories takes an in-depth look at the historical experiences and cultural formations of Black and African people since the 17th century. More than 130 powerful works of art, including paintings, sculpture, photographs, and time-based media by artists from Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean, bring these narratives to life. This exhibition was initially presented as Histórias Afro-Atlânticas in 2018 by the Museu de Arte de São Paulo in Brazil. Afro-Atlantic Histories is at the National Gallery of Art, West Building, from April 10 to June 17. On April 30, the John Wilmerding Community Celebration will invite audiences to experience the art and culture of the African Diaspora with music, dance, and spoken word. nga.gov RIGHT: Barrington Watson Conversation, 1981, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Jamaica, gift of Workers’ Savings & Loan Bank. © Estate of Barrington Watson.

I LOVE U STREET ST. VALENTINE’S BAR CRAWL

On Saturday, Feb. 12, from 2 to 10 p.m., join thousands of bar crawl lovers for eight hours of nonstop fun. There will be nine+ DJs spinning different genres of music from Classic Hip Hop, Soca, Reggaeton, RnB, Afrobeat, Trap, Top 40 Hits, etc at 9+ amazing bars along the U Street Corridor. It’s the time of the year when we celebrate love with good drinks, good music, and good people. It’s all love on this bar crawl for everyone. The bar crawl also features swag bags and drink specials. $10. Tickets at regmopromo. com/love-u-street-valentines-bar-crawl/.

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THE CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL OF THE MADELEINE

The Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine featuring the Choristers of the Madeleine Choir School will perform on Sunday, February 6 at 7:30 pm as part of the Sacred Music on the Hill concert series at St. Peter’s Catholic Church. The Madeleine Choir School is the only pre-K through 8th grade Roman Catholic choir school for boys and girls in the United States. There is no cost to attend this concert. Face masks are required. For more information about this concert and St. Peter’s Sacred Music on the Hill concert series, please see saintpetersdc. org/music

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DAPHNE’S DIVE AT SIGNATURE

In Daphne’s Dive, colorful characters create a makeshift ménage at the neighborhood watering hole in a vibrant play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of In the Heights, Quiara Alegría Hudes. Run by the warm and enterprising Daphne, a north Philadelphia bar becomes home for a disparate band of society’s outsiders; among them an offbeat artist, an eccentric activist, an ambitious businessman, a retired biker, an abandoned teenager and Daphne’s vivacious sister. Over the course of nearly twenty years, they drink, dance, rejoice, and grieve together in a captivating weave of interconnection. Both poignant and joyful, this tribute to found family serves hospitality with a twist of heart in every pour. Daphne’s Dive is at Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, from Feb. 1 to March 20. sigtheatre.org. Photo: Christopher Mueller

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Jesus Christ Superstar is an iconic musical phenomenon with a worldwide fan base. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, a new mesmerizing production comes to North America. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, this production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival garnering unprecedented reviews and accolades. With music and lyrics by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ as seen through the eyes of Judas. Reflecting the rock roots that defined a generation, the legendary score includes “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Gethsemane,” and “Superstar.” $49 to $185. Jesus Christ Superstar is on stage at the Kennedy Center from Feb. 22 to March 13. It is recommended for ages 10 and up. kennedy-center.org. ABOVE: The company of the North American Tour of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman-Murphy

SMITHSONIAN’S MOTHER TONGUE FILM FESTIVAL

The ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi proverb i ka wā ma mua, i ka wā ma hope (through the past is the future) evokes an awareness that our ances“Bringing our Language Back to Like” tors provide us with a foundation for the futures we create. Our understandings of the past are as dynamic as our own living cultures. Since 2016, the Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue Film Festival has celebrated International Mother Language Day on February 21. This year, join them for the seventh annual festival online, with on-demand film screenings and virtual events from Feb. 17 to March 4. Read more and find the schedule at mothertongue.si.edu.

BLACK GIRLS ROCK WITH THE NSO

From March 10 to 12, following previous engagements at the Kennedy Center including sold-out concerts, discussions, workshops, secret shows, community events, and the annual BGR!FEST, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! returns for its anticipated first-time collaboration with the NSO—presented in partnership with the Kennedy Center’s Hip Hop Culture program. Each night at 9:30 p.m., the BGR!FEST, BLACK GIRLS ROCK closes out with an opportunity to experience the best in DJ culture and live performance with BGR!FEST After Dark. $45. Kennedy-center.org.

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Memorial Concert for Leo Nestor. Friday, February 4,7:30 pm, St. Peter’s Cathoic Church, 313 2nd St. SE. The most acclaimed composer of the American Catholic Church, Leo Nestor (1948-2019) was a seminal musical figure in DC for more than 30 years. A once in a lifetime experience in celebration of this singular musician, with the Festival Chorus, Madeleine Choir School, Washington Symphonic Brass, Todd Fickley, organist, Kevin O’Brien, conductor. Free, face masks are required. For more info on St. Peter’s Sacred Music on the Hill concert series, see: saintpetersdc.org/music World Builders by Johnna Adams. Through Feb. 20. Max and Whitney are participating in a clinical drug trial attempting to treat their schizoid personality disorder--attempting to turn into functioning members of society--attempting to become “normal.” The Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.com.

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crowd gathered Dec. 16 in the parking lot of the Sunoco Station at 1347 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. It is a busy gas station lot, but on that day it was being christened as one of the District’s newest – and more powerful – art galleries. Along the exterior walls of buildings to the west and north of the station loom dramatic portraits of civil rights leader and former Congressman John Lewis. On the north wall, a portrait of Lewis’s face is rendered 40-feet high in stark black and white, above his statement “Getting in trouble, Good trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” Along the west wall of H.I.S. Grooming,

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Attendees at the mural ribbon-cutting in front of the section of the mural on the west wall of H.I.S. Grooming (1242 Pennsylvania Ave. SE).

John Lewis Mural Celebrates Civil Rights Legend by Elizabeth O’Gorek images from Lewis’s life fill the skies. Lewis is shown in a barber chair. The barber chair was a place where the civil rights legend was able to relax, tell stories and give advice. The works of art on the exterior of the shop depict both the life of an incredible man but also underline his connection to the culture —and the neighborhood.

The Man H.I.S. Grooming owner Jared Scott remembers an early morning in 2018, as he stood waiting at his shop window, watching as a shiny black car pulled up outside shiny H.I.S. Grooming early

Artists Mark Garrett and Dietrich Williams speak at the dedication of the mural, Dec. 16, 2021.

one morning. Scott had reluctantly agreed to give a customer’s ‘boss’ a haircut before opening hours. The door opened and out walked Congressman John Lewis. “And I just trembled,” Scott remembered. “My hands shaking, [I was] crying—I’m supposed to shave this man’s head!” “And he just walks up and says,’ Hi, I’m John. I have an appointment’,” Scott said. “And I was just like, we know who you are.” Most people know of John Lewis. An American Congressman who served Georgia's 5th congressional district for more than 30 years until his death in 2020, he was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966 and one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington and led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965. Now the legend was in Scott’s shop. But he didn’t act like a legend. “John always paid,” Scott said, “and not only paid, he tipped.” He declined the many offers from other customers to cover his bill. Always humble, Lewis never believed he deserved special treatment. “Once, he even waited,” Scott said. Michael Collins, Lewis’s former Chief of Staff, explained how that first early morning appointment came about, and how it became one of the famed civil rights leader’s routines. “What happened in the last years of the Congressman’s life, is that he became very particular about his hair. He would start talking about [how] he needed a haircut every week,” Collins said. Collins scrambled to find the perfect place—somewhere com-

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Jared Scott shaves the head of legendary Civil Rights leader and Congressman John Lewis at H.I.S. Grooming (1242 Pennsylvania Ave. SE). Courtesy: J. Scott

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A Relaxing Place Barber shops have long been a part of American Black culture. Scott moved from Norristown, PA to Capitol Hill ten years ago with a passionate dream and a vision for what the barbershop stands for in the community. He loves

cutting hair, he said, but that’s not why he was drawn to the business. “Truly my passion is the barbershop and the community aspect that it brings. I grew up in a barbershop,” he said. Collins said that Lewis loved the attention he received from Scott. It became one of the most relaxing times the Chief of Staff could arrange for the Congressman; besides airplanes, Collins said, Scott’s chair was the only place Lewis could fall asleep. As Scott cut his hair, Lewis told

the barber and his staff about the freedom rides and his civil rights work, about fire hoses and dog attacks. Scott recalls Lewis telling him about March 7, 1965, as he prepared to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL. Lewis was beaten bloody. Images from the march prompted public support for the marchers and their voting rights campaign. Lewis told Scott that as he prepared to cross he did not know if he was still going to be alive the following day. “That was a moment that really just stood out to me,” Scott said. “How do you keep going in full capacity when you know that this may be your last moment? And that’s because John just had something more to him.” Scott described how Lewis became a mentor and a friend, someone from whom he sought advice on his personal troubles. He said that Lewis charged him with keeping ‘it’ going. “I’ll spend the rest of my life finding out what it is,” Scott said.

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Black History in Perspective Scott knew who Lewis was when he walked in the door of his shop —but Mark Garrett didn’t. When he first met John Lewis, more than a decade ago, the muralist was working as a modeler in a trophy shop, an artist just trying to make a living in his field. The congressman came in to pick up work ordered by his office. “I had no idea who he was at the time, I’m ashamed to say,” the artist said at the dedication of the mural he co-created in Lew-

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is’s memory. “I was probably like 25 years old; I should have known who John Lewis was.” His boss sat him down and gave him an education, Garrett said. “He showed me clips of [Lewis] marching and protesting in the past.” From then on, he prioritized the work he did for the living legend. But this latest work for Lewis came with fear, too, Garrett said. The work of the civil rights icon was met with violence in the 1960s, and Garrett was aware there were many who would have a similar reaction today.

He did much of his work at night, harnessed to a hydraulic crane. “Some nights I was wondering whether or not somebody who didn’t feel so happy about me doing work on John Lewis might do something.” Garrett’s fellow creative Dietrich Williams was also processing feelings. Williams grew up on 15th Street in the 1980s and 90s, and has watched the area go through a significant transition. When he was a kid, Williams said, people didn’t want to come east of Third Street, where Lewis lived. He said the quotations from Martin Luther King, Jr. that can be seen in Hill yards are signs of change. In the course of creating the mural, Williams said, he really felt that change weigh on him. “I realized that a lot of the fabric of what I knew is gone,” he said at the dedication. “And me being here doing this is a representation of everything…and the heaviness of it,” said Williams. “Because everybody doesn’t recognize what these things mean, how big a deal it is. When we create things like this in spaces like this, it does mean a lot.” Now Williams runs a company that creates public art, with plans for works in Wards 7 and 8. Positive representation of Black lives is critical, Williams said, at the dedication of the mural. “We don’t need to wait until a person has put in 70 years of work to see a reflection of ourselves and what we can do," Williams said. "This is all I plan to do for the rest of my life.” Residents of Capitol Hill will feel the impact of the work he and Garrett put together for years to come, the size of artwork dwarfed only by Lewis’s impact in life. ◆

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A WASHINGTON MATRIARCH: GLORIA JEAN CAMPBELL

loria Jean Campbell is 89 years old and has lived in Washington, DC her whole life. Among the things about life here that she remembers are H Street NE in the 1940s and 50s as our “big town” where everyone went to shop. There were intriguing giant fish tanks in the G.C. Murphy five and dime store, the latest records for sale at SoulShack and elegant clothing to be had at stores called Morton’s and Cavalier’s. She recalls going to Cardozo High School and learning to type so fast and use an adding machine so well that after she graduated in 1950 she had no trouble finding jobs with various federal government agencies. She remembers that she never learned to drive but she walked “everywhere” including to the Howard Theater to see comedian Moms Mabley and to hear Pearl Bailey and Ella Fitzgerald sing. And she remembers houses—in Southwest where she was born at 122 M Street SW which now is the development called Greenleaf Gardens; at 15th and Constitution Avenue NE where she and her parents and six brothers and sisters lived at 1536 B Street NE next door to her grandparents and where she met the young man across the street she was to marry; and, of course, the house at 1349 South Carolina Ave.

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Her Family, Her Home, Her City by Stephanie Deutsch SE where she and her late husband Francis, raised seven children. Today, sitting in the living room of his mother’s current home on North Carolina Avenue SE, her oldest child, Francis M. Campbell, says, “We’ve learned – in our family – that you always want to own a home.” That may sound like conventional wisdom but for African Americans in Washington, DC and elsewhere home ownership has often been an elusive goal. Post World War II redlining made mortgages out of reach for most Black people; restrictive homeowners’ covenants kept them out of many neighborhoods; and, especially in Southwest D.C., 1960s and 70s urban redevelopment displaced large numbers of residents and destroyed great swaths of affordable housing stock. Francis himself remembers buying his first home in 1977. He knew that the person selling a house at 1805 Burke St. SE had a daughter who was about to be married. An accomplished musician, Francis offered to play music for the wedding for free in exchange for a reduction in the price of the house – and it worked. He became a homeowner. Gloria Campbell’s husband’s great grandfather, Prince Robinson, worked for many years in the U.S. Senate barbershop

Mrs. Campbell today. Photo: David S. Deutsch

Mrs. Campbell in front of her home at 1349 South Carolina Ave. SE with children Francis Michael, Mark, baby Robin, Anthony and Carlton. Family photos courtesy of Robin Campbell-Bennet

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where he became well known as the “Singing Barber” who, while he cut their hair, entertained and soothed his clients with spirituals and popular songs. When he died in 1927 a Senate fund paid off the amount remaining on the mortgage on his house at 15th and B Streets NE. A few years later the street’s name was changed to Constitution Avenue (while B Street SE became Independence Ave.) The house passed on to his daughter, Blanche Campbell, Mrs. Campbell’s mother-in-law. Her father Frank had steady employment at Arlington Cemetery where he was, among other things, a grave digger. Gloria lived with her parents and six sisters and brothers across the street. Gloria attended Lovejoy Elementary School on 12th St. NE (in a building that is now Lovejoy Lofts). The junior high school closest to her home, Eliot, did not admit Blacks so Gloria went to Brown Junior High on 26th Street NE, a school so overcrowded that students attended in split shifts and from which would come one of the early legal cases challenging segregation in schools. From there she went not to nearby Eastern High School – again, a school at that time reserved for white students – but to Cardozo, then located at 9th and Rhode Island Ave. NE from which she graduated in 1950. That same year she married Francis J. Campbell. Gloria worked in various government agencies located in or near what is now L’Enfant Plaza. Her husband would often drive her to work, then return home and literally run to his own job as a supervisor at the main post office near Union Station. When

they bought a home at 1349 out with the St. Albans team South Carolina Avenue SE, and, in 1975, when he was Francis’s mother, now widrecruited to coach at the owed, moved in with them. University of Florida, invitAnd there they raised their ed her to come live with him own family of seven chilthere so she could continue dren – four sons and three training with him. Her mom daughters. insisted that her sister go too Oldest son Francis M. so, when they were 15 and Campbell, who served for 13, Gloria’s two daughters, many years as an ANC 6B Robin and Donna, went to commissioner, remembers live in Gainesville (where the lively family dinners with round the corner neighbor, ten people around the taDr. Robert Cade, was develble, a Catholic blessing said oping Gatorade and became by his father or grandmotha friend, asking the sisters to er, and good food. “Meat comment on different flaloaf, fried chicken, fresh vors. They liked lime.) greens from our garden… Robin went on to qualify for and then cakes.” His grand- Robin Campbell competed in every Olympic two Olympic teams. The mother was famous for her trial between 1972 and 1984. In the 1972 triUnited States boycotted yellow cake with chocolate als, she placed first in the 200 and 1500 meter the 1980 Olympics in Mosexhibition races as she was only 13 and too frosting and for the cinna- young to make the Olympic track team. courcow but in 1984 the whole mon buns that would fill the tesy Robin Campbell-Bennet Campbell family went to see house with delicious smells. her compete in Los Angeles In a crock pot she kept under the where Brooks Johnson coached the stairs she made wines -- green grape U.S. women’s track team and Robin or dandelion. There was a reguplaced fifth in the semi-finals. Robin lar rotation for the children to wash remembers that, although her family and put away the dishes and do othwas way up in the top of the viewing er household chores. She also made stands, above all the noise she could their clothing. pick out her mother’s voice, yelling Family activities her name and urging her on. often centered around When Mrs. Campbell retired oldest daughter, Robin 2003, she had worked for the in, who early on disfederal government for 53 years. tinguished herself as a She had raised seven children, six gifted middle distance runner. She reof whom went to college and all of whom now own members running through the halls of their own homes. She has four living siblings all of her mother’s office in the Housing and whom own houses. There are thirteen grandchildren Urban Development building at L’Enfant and four great grandchildren. She takes pleasure in Plaza and competing in events at Madiseeing family, in keeping big scrapbooks recording son Square Garden and the Richmond their births and graduations and weddings, in workColiseum. In 1973, when she qualified ing in her yard, tending to the dahlias and shooing for the In Door National team, her picture away the squirrels and birds from her fig trees, listenwas on the front page of the Washington ing to the news or watching The Price is Right. And Post. But she was only 13, too young to most of all, she says, she likes “keeping my house up.” be selected. Early on she had caught the In her long life there have been many houses – each eye of Brooks Johnson, a teacher and athone of them an anchor of economic progress, a cenletic director as well as track & field coach ter of family activity, a place of hard work, of deep affrom St. Albans School in Northwest DC. fection, of respect, and of fun – in short, each one has Family around the table, 1966. Mrs. Campbell with her children, l to rt, Mark, Robin, Anthony, Francis Michael, Donna, Kim, Carlton. He encouraged her, invited her to work truly been a home. u courtesy Robin Campbell-Bennet

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S A USPS truck blocks a crosswalk on K Street at Half Street SE. Courtesy: E. Daniels

ara Vernon started cycling in February 2020 wanting to avoid the crowding of Metro trains as the first hints of COVID-19 reached the District. Sometimes she encounters delivery trucks pulled into bike lanes. It’s harrowing to try to join the flow of cars to get around them, she said. “We have to rely on drivers paying attention to where cyclists are,” Vernon said, “and it’s a little bit intimidating to put your faith in someone who might be [distracted]. It’s just an uncomfortable and often unsafe place to be in.” Cyclists like Vernon say safety needs to be built into the street. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) says they are working to do just that. They have installed pro-tected bike lanes (PBL) in Southeast on First Street as far south as I Street, and on New Jersey Avenue from H Street SE to Tingey Street SE. Now, there are plans to add lanes on I Street from Seventh Streets SE to Seventh Street SW. Emileigh Clare, 34, lives in the Capitol Riverfront and commutes to work by bicycle. She has encountered delivery drivers in the cycling lane many times. Protected bike lanes don’t prevent every driver from parking in bike lanes, but they are an added deterrent, she feels. “[Drivers] are going to do illegal things, so the most you can do is build the safety into the street and do your best there,” Clare said. However, other residents and ANC 6D commissioners say recently installed lanes are creating problems for package deliveries. Standing vehicles obstruct lines of sight en-dangering pedestrians, neighbors say. DDOT, they argue, plans for ideal behavior, but does not take into consideration the real conditions on the streets that actually reduce the safety of motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. February 2022 H 35

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Looking out his window one Friday around noon, Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6D Chair Edward Daniels (6D07) can see eight delivery vehicles parked in no-parking zones along New Jersey Avenue SE. Ideally, protected bike lanes make biking safer for cyclists, he said. But without curb access assigned to delivery vehicles, there is chaos. Daniels has documented drivers parked in crosswalks, travel lanes —even the sidewalk. In that way, he said, bike lanes actually make it more hazardous for pedestri-ans, vehicle drivers and bikers. UPS and FedEx did not respond to requests for comment. “USPS [United States Postal Service] is required to deliver to every single address in every American community – a unique statutory obligation,” a USPS spokesperson wrote. “This requires a fleet of ve-hicles to provide service in every community. We will continue to remind employees to be respectful as we work to minimize parking concerns.” Delivery drivers illegally parked say loading docks are often difficult to access, and lo-cated far from the front desk where packages are received. Backing into the dock and trundling packages from the rear to the front of the building is unrealistic given sched-ule expectations, one driver said. “That would add about 20 minutes for every building,” another noted. “That just isn’t going to happen.” And loading docks are often in use by trucks making furniture deliveries or people moving in or out. A review of the January 2022 loading dock reservation schedule for one condo building on First St. SE in Capi-tol Riverfront shows the loading dock

reserved 21 of those days. Delivery drivers do not arrive on a schedule so that makes parking in the loading dock an iffy proposition at best.

Lack of Enforcement DDOT does account for actual general driver behavior the planning in infrastructure, a representative stated. However, the agency does expect drivers to follow the rules of the road. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and the DC Department of Public Works (DPW) enforce traffic and parking rules. Both are empowered to issue parking tickets. Drivers for delivery companies have told Daniels that their companies will just pay tick-ets, he said. Meanwhile, parking enforcement officers have told him that they don’t write tickets because they know it is just not worth the effort. DPW, the city agency that issues parking tickets, did not return a comment in time for publication. “It’s just a matter of enforcement,” Clare said. “We don’t really have parking enforce-ment, even ion the weekends, in (ANC) 6D. It seems like it’s very underfunded.” Clare points to the work of Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh (D), who released data in December of last year indicating the District lacks the staff to enforce tickets issued to drivers. Cheh has been working on ways to increase DPW staffing and work on reci-procity agreements. District residents must pay all outstanding fines before they can re-new their license. But residents of Maryland and Virginia can renew their licenses with outstanding fines in the District.

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livery zone in private space front of new building entrances, said Daniels. DDOT controls all public space in the District of Columbia. Whether it is a new curb cut, the placement of a building entrance or the placement of a loading dock, the Zoning Commission, the Department of Regulatory and Consumer Affairs (DCRA) or the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) consult DDOT as a stakeholder before any decisions are made. This is particularly true during more complicated Planned Unit Developments (PUDs), which dictate the design and massing of most recent construction in the Navy Yard. All new buildings at DDOT’s insistence include loading docks designed to place all building deliveries on a development’s own property rather than on public streets. ANCs, which carry “great weight,” are also consulted. Developers spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours complying with their advice. All of this painstaking plan-ning is for naught if delivery drivers refuse to use loading docks.

A service vehicle is parked on a sidewalk in Southwest. Courtesy: E. Daniels

Bike Lanes to Expand Construction is about to start at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 400 I St. SW. The Planned Unit Development (PUD), approved by DDOT last year, includes affordable senior housing. Plans call for three entrances on I Street SW for the church, the market rate units and the affordable senior housing. The loading dock is located around the corner a block down on Makemie Place SW. This is similar to the kind of arrangements that de-livery drivers resist using on First Street and New Jersey Avenue SE. During PUD discussions with ANC 6D and at the Zoning Commission, developers stated their expectation that the curbside in front of the three building entrances would be the site of pickup and drop-off for hire vehicles, particularly important for senior resi-dents. All packages, on the other hand, would be delivered at the Makemie Place loading dock.

However, if DDOT installs protected bike lanes as part of the agency’s proposed “I Street Safety Project,” there will be no curbside parking on eastbound side of I Street SW. Moreover, designs show a protected bike lane will run along the road in front of the building entrances. There will be a parking lane on the opposite side in front of Amidon Bowen Elementary School, 401 I St. SW. In a concession to parents, DDOT has agreed to leave the current parental pickup/drop-off zone and parking in front of the school. The bike lane along the westbound lane there will remain unprotected. According to a Westminster church representative, DDOT had agreed to share updates to bike lane plans with developers before public presentation at the January ANC 6D meeting. However, the agency did not do so. “Probably an oversight, but frustrating nonetheless,” the representative added. DDOT is committed to work with the Westminster team, which they claim is still in

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Next Steps Cyclists living in the area want to see the protected bike lanes installed. “Anything that could possibly stop a car from driving into me is a good thing,” Clare said. “And just possibly make them slow down a little bit.” DDOT argues that the I Street Safety Project is pivotal to achiev-ing a totally protected bicycle network, helping to make a safer city for all. ANC 6D commissioners remain skeptical. They have repeatedly raised concerns since first seeing the plans in early 2020. There are many issues that remain to need to be addressed —and deliveries are only the tip of the iceberg. “I’d like to see DDOT work with the community and the ANC as they go about the project and putting in these bike lanes,” said Commissioner Ron Collins (6DO3). Now in preliminary and at 30 percent concept planning, final designs for the I Street project are expected in the spring, when DDOT expects to issue a Notice of Intent (NOI). Construction is planned for fall 2022. The Jan. 10, 2022 DDOT presentation of the I Street Safety Project can be found at https://bit. ly/344JklR ◆

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/ Our River: The Anacostia /

THE BIG PICTURE FROM TOMMY WELLS

by Bill Matuszeski

and bought another canoe hen one asks apeake. The US Army Corps of Engineers log reand later a 19-foot day sailabout the removal boat and the DC Water skimmer boat are both or called the “Flying Scott.” covery of the essential, as are better controls on upstream sourcWhen he became the Anacostia es. That involves everything from reducing the use DOEE Director, he discovRiver, “Who of plastics in packaging to teaching folks that dropered an aluminum canoe in DC is in charge?”, the answer ping trash in the street or on the ground starts it on a that came with the job. He comes back, “Tommy Wells”. route to the river through the storm sewers. That is because he wears the two uses it to take government officials key hats as Director of the DC Deincluding City partment of Energy and EnvironCouncilmembers ment (DOEE) and Board Chair of and even Adam DC Water. And before he took the Ortiz, the EPA DOEE job in 2015, he had been Regional Adminsince 2006 the Ward 6 City Counistrator, out on cilmember. It is a love forged from Tommy Wells along the Anacostia, the river to make many years boating on and living Photo: Tommy Wells them aware of the near the Anacostia. potential of a restored Anacostia. His “I grew up along the wild and scenic Cahaguests are always surprised at the extent ba River in Alabama, and the family had two caband variety of birds and other wildlife on ins and 23 acres along a lakeshore with marshes in the shores. Spreading the awareness of the Minnesota for summers,” he tells me. He bought river’s existing and potential offerings to his first canoe at 16 and when he came to DC 35 years ago he was “impressed” by the Anacostia the public builds support for funding its Adam Ortiz, past Prince Georges and Montgomery Counties’ continued recovEnvironment Director and newly named EPA Regional Adminisery. And Maytrator. Photo: Tommy Wells Winter 2022 on Our River. or Bowser has asPhoto: Bill Matuszeski sured Wells she will always support the resThe part of the watershed on combined sewers toration efforts. has the recent addition of tunnel storage, which has The Anacostia is a wareduced the regular overflow of both sewage and tershed with many sourcdebris into the river to under five percent of what it es of pollution – even the was. Where there are separated sanitary and storm air emits chemicals (mostsewers, the storm sewers still empty into the river ly from burning fuels) that and take the trash along. And drainage of areas near cause harm. Much of the and along the river still enters directly with whatRiver in DC is tidal, and it ever trash and pollutants it is carrying. So there has difficulty flushing beis still much for businesses, homeowners and volcause of the pushback from unteers to do to reduce the runoff and the littering. the Potomac and the preAnother potential pollutant source is the revailing westerly breezes. suspension of pollutants in sediments that have setFloating debris is a spetled along the river bottom. This involves identicial problem and can take fying the hotspots and either covering or removing weeks to leave the river, unthem. Wells feels this part of the city-funded cleanlike on the Potomac, which up efforts is underway and in good hands. has a clear shot to the ChesIn general, Wells is seeing data that shows we

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are making real progress in restoring the Anacostia. For example, a number of the fish species that spend their entire lives in the Anacostia are showing more improvement in numbers and overall health than species that spend part of their lives in the oceans and other estuaries. This is good news! I asked Wells what part of the river was his favorite. “I love boating on the part along the Arboretum and up towards the New York Avenue bridge,” he said. “It is peaceful and natural—you cannot believe you are inside the Beltway, and you get a sense of time and the past – very refreshing.” Finally, what does Wells think citizens on both sides of the river can do to help along the efforts toward its restoration? “The most important thing is to become and remain aware of the issues facing the river, and how you can help by getting involved in volunteer projects to deal with them. Some activities can be on your property at home, such as the RiverSmart Program’s assistance with replacing impermeable surfaces with gardens and retaining rainwater. Others would be in your neighborhood or down by the river. But the most important thing is to get out and enjoy the Anacostia by walking, biking or rowing along it, or by using the playgrounds and other facilities that are coming. You will be inspired by what you see and what you can do to help!” Bill Matuszeski is a member of the Mayor’s Leadership Council for a Cleaner Anacostia River, and the retired Director of the Chesapeake Bay Program. He also serves on the board of Friends of the National Arboretum and on Citizen Advisory Committees for the Chesapeake and the Anacostia. ◆

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New ANC Boundaries to be Drawn ANC 6A REPORT by Nick L. Alberti Chair Amber Gove (6A04) convened the January 13, 2022 meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6A via Zoom with Commissioners Keya Chatterjee (6A01), Phil Toomajian (6A02), Mike Soderman (6A03), Laura Gentile (6A05), Robb Dooling (6A06), Sondra Phillips-Gilbert (6A07) and Brian Alcorn (6A08) all in attendance.

Councilmember Allen on Redistricting Councilmember Charles Allen has been attending ANC meetings updating residents on the next phase of the redistricting process. Now that the new ward boundaries have

been drawn, each ward will form a task force to form their ANC’s and Single Member Districts (SMD) over the course of the coming calendar year. Following precedent from the previous redistricting, this task force will be comprised of former ANC commissioners and those with no plans to run for a seat. Councilmember Allen hopes to have this task force assembled quickly so they might present a recommendation for new boundaries sometime this coming March as a piece of legislation to the Redistricting Committee. The Councilmember said he is open to the possibility of a cross-boundary ANC as exists in other parts of the city, but such an arrangement naturally requires the interest and consent of all parties. As always, Councilmember Allen can be reached via email at callen@dccouncil.us.

DC Water Lead Free Initiative Lead Free DC is DC Water’s plan to eliminate all lead service lines by 2030. This coming year, homes on the 1800 block of Gail Street NE, 300 block of 17th Street NE and 1600 block of Kramer Street NE are all eligible for free lead service line replacements. Interested homeowners need to return signed agreements as soon as possible. Through this initiative, DC Water is also offering to verify the material composition of service lines to verify and fill in any gaps in data present in existing historical records. Interested residents should visit dcwater.com/ leadmap for more information on this program. For inquiries, call 202-787-4044 or email lead@dcwater.com.

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The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to send a letter to DC Councilmembers and the Committee of the Whole reiterating ANC 6A’s December 2, 2021 recommendations for a redistricting map to keep all of ANC 6A within Ward 6, in light of the Committee of the Whole’s recommended map.

New Year Organizational Actions Being the first ANC meeting of 2022, the Commissioners unanimously confirmed the Commission Rules and elected Commission officers as well as the members and leaders of each permanent committee. Amber Gove was elected Chair, Keya Chatterjee as Vice-Chair, Laura Gentile as Secretary and Brian Alcorn will serve again as Treasurer. Committee Chairs along with a full calendar of committee meetings can be found by visiting the ANC6A website, anc6a.org.

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ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 6A AMBER GOVE, CHAIR, 6A04@ANC.DC.GOV 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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The Commissioners approved a resolution to increase the funding of Cure the Streets, the DC Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE) and violence interrupters at large. The Commissioners voted to send a letter of opposition to the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) for special exception zoning relief from the lot occupancy requirements and special exception zoning relief from the rear addition requirements of to construct a third story and rear addition, and convert an existing, two-story dwelling into a flat at 647 16th Street NE (BZA Case #20612). The Commissioners voted to send a letter of support to BZA for special exception zoning relief from the lot occupancy requirements to construct a onestory, rear addition to an existing, attached, two-story with basement, principal dwelling unit at 909 Kent Place, NE (BZA Case #20652) in the RF-1 zone on condition that the applicant make best efforts to get letters of support from the neighbor to the west and a neighbor to the rear of the property. BZA Case scheduled for 03/23/2022 and 03/16/2022. The Commissioners voted to send a letter of support to the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) for the construction of an existing one-story garage to be rebuilt and expanded into a two-story carriage house, and the third-floor addition and roof deck at main house at 308 11th Street NE (HPRB Case #20-390). The Commissioners voted to send a letter to Mayor Bowser requesting that the building at 1219 K Street NE (The Havana) be cited for a number of housing code violations; requesting follow up

to ensure timely abatement; requesting information about this property from multiple relevant agencies across DC government; and requesting meaningful violence prevention efforts for the area within and surrounding 8th Street NE and 13th Street NE, between K Street NE and Florida Avenue NE.

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The Commissioners voted to approve a resolution in support of the Restore Act. The voted was 7 in favor with Commissioner Toomajian abstaining. The Commissioners voted to send a letter to Mayor Bowser and the D.C. Department of Health requesting additional locations for free at home rapid tests in or around ANC6A in Northeast DC and consider expanding vaccination requirements for restaurants, gyms, and bars to include a third/ booster shot. The vote was 7 in favor with Commissioner Phillips-Gilbert abstaining.

Visit www.anc6a.org for a calendar of meeting times, meeting agendas and other information. u

The Next meeting is 2nd Thursday, February 10, 7:00 p.m. Economic Development and Zoning Committee meeting 3rd Wednesday, February 16, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via Zoom Transportation & Public Space Committee meeting 3rd Monday, February 21, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via Zoom Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee meeting 4th Tuesday, February 22, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via Zoom Community Outreach Committee meeting 4th Monday, February 28, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via Zoom Instructions for accessing the meeting via Zoom have been posted under Hot Topics at anc6a.org. Call in information will be posted under Community Calendar at anc6a.org 24 hours prior to the meeting. You will be able to enter the meeting no earlier than 15 minutes prior to its scheduled start time.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6C P.O. Box 77876 • Washington, D.C. 20013-7787 www.anc6c.org • (202) 547-7168

Next meeting Wednesday, February 9, 2022. Information will be posted on the ANC 6C website.

ANC 6C COMMISSIONERS ANC 6C01 Christine Healey 6C01@anc.dc.gov

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

ANC 6C02 Karen Wirt 6C02@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C05 Joel Kelty 6C05@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C03 Jay Adelstein 6C03@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C06 Drew Courtney drewcourtney.anc @gmail.com

ANC usually meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm, 214 Massachusetts Ave, N.E. Please check the ANC 6C website for dates.

ANC 6C COMMITTEES Alcoholic Beverage Licensing First Monday, 7 pm Contact: anc6c.abl.committee@gmail.com

Transportation and Public Space First Thursday, 7 pm Contact: anc6c.tps@gmail.com

Grants Last Thursday, 7 pm Contact: torylord@gmail.com Twitter: @ANC_6C_Grants Environment, Parks, and Events First Tuesday, 7 pm Contact: 6C06@anc.dc.gov

Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development First Wednesday, 6:30 pm Contact: 6C04@anc.dc.gov Twitter: @6C_PZE

ANC Requests Additional Police ANC 6B Report by Elizabeth O’Gorek

ANC 6B Supports Additional MPD Funding in Acrimonious Meeting At their Jan. 11th meeting, Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) February 2022 H 43

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6B supported a letter requesting additional funding for Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) by a vote of 6-4. However, the discussion preceding the vote was not without acrimony. The letter, addressed to Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and DC Council, was written by Commissioners Jennifer Samolyk (6B01) and Denise Krepp (6B10). It requests additional funding for MPD to hire and train additional officers, citing an increase in violent crime. As the meeting began, Chair Brian Ready (6B03) asked if consideration of the letter could be delayed for month to allow commissioners to read it thoroughly. Krepp objected, citing recent incidents, including three murders over eleven days in October 2021, a brick attack on a father and young child just before Christmas and a shoot-out on 11th Street SE, saying additional police resources were needed now. Corey Holman (6B06) spoke against including the letter, which had been circulated just prior to the meeting, on procedural grounds. The discussion on whether to include the letter on the agenda led to name-calling and criticism of officer candidacies in the election of new ANC 6B officers, which took place at the end of the meeting. Despite the initial rhetoric, there was little discussion about the letter or about funding for the police generally when the item came up on the agenda, other than to modify its language. Steve Holtzman (6B05) pushed to include a reference to the shooting that took place hours before the meeting on 11th Street. He also asked that it stress the importance of community policing. Gerald Sroufe (6B02) said he voted yes despite not being “fond” of the letter or the acrimony around it. “I think it will make us feel better. I don’t think it will add any impact,” he said. “But I do recognize the sentiment that generated the letter, and I’m going to be supporting that.”

Allen on ANC Redistricting Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen (D) appeared to discuss the next phase of redistricting. He noted that Ward 6 changed dramatically during the decennial process, during which electoral boundaries were redrawn according to census data. Hill East east of 15th Street is now part of Ward 7; much of Navy Yard is now part of Ward 8. But more change is coming: ANC redistricting will take place from January through March, Allen said. 44 H HILLRAG.COM

The process must be complete by Mar. 31 so recommendations for new ANC boundaries can be sent to the DC Council Subcommittee on Redistricting, and then to DC Council for two votes in April. If it seems like a tight timeline, it is: the DC Board of Elections (DCBOE) must update all maps and materials in time for candidates to collect materials in advance of the June 2022 primary election. Each ward creates a task force to think about what future ANCs and each of their Single Member Districts (SMDs), the area represented by each individual commissioner, will look like. There are currently about 40 commissions with nearly 300 single-member districts represented by a commissioner. Each commissioner should represent about 2,000 voters. Allen said the Ward 6 task force will not include sitting commissioners. Members must also commit to not run as an ANC commissioner in the November 2022 election. An ANC that spans two wards, including neighborhoods in both Wards 6 and 7 or 6 and 8, is not off the table, Allen said. However, he cautioned that both ward representatives as well as multiple stakeholders would have to be on board. ANCs can also make official recommendations for ANC and SMD boundaries. Allen said that ANCs might best make formal recommendations during their March meeting but still have time to comment at their April meetings, after the task force completes its work. Task force members are expected to be named the week of Jan. 17. The schedule for meetings were not set at the time of publication, but dates will be shared widely with the public.

Opposition to Tenth Street Addition Blocking Windows Neighbors living in units on the south side of an apartment building at 747 10th St. SE appeared with the owner to oppose a two-story and carriage house addition to a two-story house next door at 751 Tenth St. SE. At a previous meeting, residents and owners of the apartment building had argued there was an adverse impact on light on the south-facing window wells, noting the window columns were designed to bring in light and air flow. The residents also noted that their window columns had been used for emergency egress across the property line since the building was built in 1912.

When it was constructed, the owner of 747 Tenth Street also owned the lot where 751 Tenth St. SE is located. The apartment building is built just over the current property line. At the Jan. 11 meeting, architect Jennifer Fowler said that issues of apartment building egress are already present in the multi-unit apartment building since legally egress must be onto the same property. Fowler said plans for the second-floor addition at 751 St. SE were lowered by two feet to bring it in line with neighboring buildings. The addition also creates niches along the apartment building where windows are located, to allow for columns of light. At the Jan. 11 meeting, Robert McCulloch and Margaret McCulloch, the owners of the apartment building, said that their legal representative had cautioned that the addition to the neighboring building might force them to board-up windows for reasons related to fire code. Commissioner Kirsten Oldenburg said until that was substantiated it could not be the basis of her decision. The commission supported the application by a 9-1 vote.

Former Director of the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Gottleib Simon was honored at the Jan. 11 meeting of ANC 6B. Screenshot/detail: Webex

Gottleib Simon Honored Gottleib Simon was the first recipient of the ANC6B Distinguished Public Service Award. Created by a vote at the Oct. 13 2020 meeting of the ANC, the award acknowledges outstanding contribution by a DC public servant in furthering the work of the commission and its individual commissioners. The certificate cited Simon’s 36 years as Director of the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. “Gottlieb Simon has engaged and

Additions & Basement Experts BUFFALO COMPANY, LLC www.buffalocompanyusa.com For all your Construction Needs supported every aspect of ANC6B’s work and has responded to every issue raised,” it reads. “His work in providing orientation meetings for every newly elected Commissioner, in organizing training and skill building programs to address emerging issues confronting Commissions, and in providing the wise counsel necessary for resolving complicated and ambiguous governance issues, has been instrumental to the success of the ANC6B.” In accepting the award, Simon said that he felt conflicted. He said it reminded him of a moment earlier in his career when he testified before District Council. The committee chair thanked him for his service, unusual, he said, at the time. “I thought it was strange, because after all, I got paid and I was doing my job,” he said. Simon offered advice to the commission as he accepted the award. He said that over time, he has become concerned that “the stick” has been over-emphasized as a way to direct District agencies. “I do believe that putting some emphasis on the carrot, putting some emphasis on identifying the behavior that commissions want is an important thing to be done,” Simon said, “and not simply relying on negativity to try to generate some constructive outcome.” He thanked the commission for the recognition on behalf of not only himself but on behalf “of all the other worthy District employees who have yet to be recognized.” Simon stepped down from the Office of ANCs in October 2021.

New Executive Elected Simon chaired the election of new officers. ANC 6B’s new executive officially took office at the end of the Jan. 11 meeting. Newly-elected are Chair Corey Holman (6B06), Vice-Chair Alison Horn (6B09); Peter Wright (6B08), Parliamentarian; Edward Ryder (6B07), Treasurer; and Gerald Sroufe (6B04), who was re-elected as Secretary. ANC 6B will hold the next meeting of the full commission virtually at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Get up to date information on meetings at anc6b.org ◆

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All six commissioners: Christine Healey (6C01), Karen Wirt (6C02), Jay Adelstein (6C03), Mark Eckenwiler (6C04), Joel Kelty (6C05) and Drew Courtney (6C06) were in attendance. At their January 12th meeting, Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6C unanimously supported a letter expressing concern with the process by which speed bumps are installed on District streets. The unity around the motion came after a disagreement amongst commissioners about the installation of a speed bump on the 700 block of Fifth Street NE. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) issued a notice of intent (NOI) Jan. 10 informing the ANC of installation ten days later, though the agency did not indicate precisely where or why, Commissioner Mark Eckenwiler (6C04) said. Eckenwiler and Joel Kelty (6C05) opposed installation primarily on the basis of process, arguing that there was no way of assessing the data and reasoning behind the decision. “The whole process seems arbitrary and capricious, and certainly lacks transparency which is supposedly a value of our government,” Kelty said. He referenced a single resident of Sixth Street NE. That resident had previously requested a speed bump to the consternation, Kelty said, of neighbors who opposed the noise of traveling vehicles. Residents had also requested the speed bump on Fifth Street. Several appeared at the meeting to support the measure, arguing that drivers approach 45 mph on the block, breezing through the stop sign at Fifth and G Street NE to make the light on H Street NE. Resident Jason Rosebaum said aggressive drivers are one of the most pressing concerns in the neighborhoods. “This is a real safety concern,” he said. “There are at least a dozen kids on our block.” However, Eckenwiler said that what appeared to be a one-off installation of speed bumps by request did not speak to an overall plan or pro-

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cess on the part of the District. Without a plan, he said, traffic problems could just be displaced onto another block. Eckenwiler said that many residents did not support the installation, but were not present to speak due to the lack of notice. Prior to October 2021, District residents requesting traffic calming measures had to first get support from neighbors via a petition, then go to the ANC for broader support. After several highly publicized traffic accidents, Bowser and DDOT announced the acceleration of pedestrian and roadway safety projects, including shortening the community engagement process, including a reduction in the role of ANCs and the notice period to the ANC. While Eckenwiler had planned to introduce a motion in opposition to the installation, the commission instead passed a letter to DDOT Director Everett Lott pointing out the problems with the process, including the short 10-day notice and the lack of supporting details such as precise location and an explanation for the basis of the decision. “We’re not shooting anything down,” Eckenwiler said. “We’re shooting in the dark. And that’s problematic.”

Charles Allen Presentation Redistricting

Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen spoke to the continuing process of redistricting. New Ward boundaries came into effect Jan. 1; those did not impact 6C, Allen said. However, the next part of the process, redrawing the ANCs and their Single Member Districts (SMDs), or the areas represented by each commissioner, will affect the ANC. Allen said Ward 6 lost 20,000 residents, the single largest population ward shift in the history of DC in a process that was traumatic for many and painful on many levels for him. Allen will appoint a task force to redraw ANC lines, then SMDs. That task force will meet from the end of January through to the end of March. The recommendations go to the Redistricting Subcommittee, Allen said, then on to DC Council, which will have two votes on the new boundaries. Task force membership will, Allen said, follow the same plan as utilized 10 years ago, when he worked for then Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells. Anyone who serves on the task force will not be a sitting commissioner and should make a commitment not to run for ANC in November 2022. Task Force meetings will be open, probably virtual. 46 H HILLRAG.COM

The process must be complete by about the end of April to allow DC Board of Elections (DC BOE) time to create new maps so candidates running for ANC in November 2022 can pull petitions in June. ANCs stay the same through 2022, Allen said. Therefore, someone might have become a resident of Ward 7 or 8 as of Jan 1, but remain resident of an ANC starting with ‘6’ until Jan. 2, 2023, when new commissioners are sworn in. Allen did not rule out the possibility of crossward ANCs. However, he noted that both ward council members would have to support the idea, adding that he hasn’t heard his colleagues explicitly say they would do so. There are a lot of issues to wrestle with, Allen said, pointing to 6C06, where Drew Courtney represents between 4,000-5,000 voters, far more than the ideal 2,000. ANC 6C should probably grow to include 7 or 8 SMDs, Allen said.

Virtual ANC Meetings Last summer, Allen moved legislation to extend the authority for ANCs to meet virtually, rather than in person as required by DC Code, until January 2022. He said that on Tuesday, Jan. 18 DC Council will move legislation granting ANCs authority to continue to meet virtually to the end of the calendar year. That’s a long extension, Allen acknowledged, but said Council should probably have a conversation about permanent legislation to this effect.

Consent ANC supported the following motions on their consent calendar: • A DDOT public space application (PSA) at First Street and New York Avenue NE for a temporary curb cut to facilitate parking/loading access on the west side of First Street NE (near McDonald’s). If the two buildings planned for the site cannot be completed simultaneously, the building closer to New York Avenue requires an access point for vehicles. The application was supported by the ANCs on the condition that the curb cut only be installed if construction is not simultaneous and that the curb cut should be closed as soon as possible, earlier than the one year permitted, if possible. • A Historic Preservation Application (HPA) concept approval for second-story and attic additions to an existing one-story rear portion of a main row dwelling (two stories plus attic) at 327

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Constitution Avenue NE, noting a lack of neighbor opposition. A Board of Zoning Application (BZA) for a special exception from lot occupancy requirements to construct a three-story rear addition to an existing attached four-story principal dwelling unit at 638 E Capitol St. NE. Comments about Zoning Code rule-making on parking and loading. ANC testimony provided in October 2021 flagged three items for DC Council that the ANC felt should be struck at initial proposal. The Office of Zoning agreed on two of these, but was split on the third which dealt with requirements for a DDOT construction loading plan. The ANC letter proposes revised language to clarify these rules and includes previous testimony on consequences of non-compliance with a loading plan during construction.

Officer Elections ANC 6C unanimously re-elected all executive officers to their current positions as a slate. Karen Wirt (6C02), Chair; Mark Eckenwiler (6C04), ViceChair; Joel Kelty (6C05), Treasurer; Christine Healey (6C01), Secretary. ANC 6C welcomes a new Transportation Public Space (TPS) Committee Chair as outgoing Chairperson Christy Kwan steps down. New to the role as of February 2022 will be Michael Upright, a former Commissioner for ANC 2B04 and a former member of that ANC’s Transportation and Zoning Committees. ANC 6C generally meets on the second Wednesday of the month. The next meeting of ANC 6C is scheduled for Wednesday, 7 p.m. Feb. 9. Get the latest information on how to attend at anc6c.org/hot-topics/. u

I Street Bike Plan Triggers Firestorm ANC 6D Report by Andrew Lightman Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6D met on Jan. 10 over Zoom. Commissioners Dr. Marjorie Lightman (6D01), Jared Weiss (6D02, secretary), Ronald Collins (6D03, treasurer), Andy Litsky

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(6D04), Fredrica (Rikki) Kramer (6D05, vice chair), Rhonda Hamilton (6D06) and Edward Daniels (6D07, chair) were in attendance. Commissioners voted unanimously to re-elect a slate of the current office holders to another term. DC Dept. of Transportation (DDOT) Transportation Planner Jamee Ernst briefed the commission on the “SW/SE I Street Safety Project,” otherwise known as the I Street protected bike lanes. Now in preliminary and at 30% concept planning, final designs are expected in the spring of 2022 date. DDOT expects to issue a Notice of Intent (NOI) this spring. Construction is planned for this fall. Designed to increase bike use by installing protected bike lanes, the Project spans I Street from 7th Street SE to 7th Street SW. Taking DDOT to task, Chair Daniels pointed out the difficulties created by the installation of protected bike lanes on New Jersey Avenue and First Street SE. No allowance was made for parcel deliveries, which are made at the front entrances of residential buildings and retail establishments. Unloading trucks, he pointed out, often block an entire lane of traffic due to the lack of curbside parking created by the installation of protected bike lanes, Daniels stated. This creates real safety concerns due to the obstruction of sight lines for drivers on these roads. “DDOT creates fires by installing these bike lanes and then tries to put them out,” he stated in an exasperated tone. He accused the agency of ignoring the commission’s input in its bike lanes plans entirely. The issue of I Street protected bike lanes had been previously discussed at the commission’s March 2021 meeting. DDOT Community Engagement Specialist Andrew DeFrank briefed the commission on plans for the I Street Bike Lane. Originally, the project called for the replacement of all

parking on the northern side of I Street from Seventh Street SE to Seventh Street SW by two protected bike lanes. This would remove over 150 parking spaces. (Here is the original plan: https://www.anc6d.org/wp-content/ uploads/2021/02/Eye-Street-SW-SEpresentation-to-ANC-6D-21-2-8.pdf.) DDOT, DeFrank stated at the March meeting, had changed its thinking about the project. After re-measuring the street, agency engineers discovered there was sufficient roadway to situate protected bike lanes between the curb and parked cars, DeFrank said. The agency now planned to install protected bike lanes on the north and south sides of the street between the parking lane and the curb instead of a double track on the north side. The new plan, he said, preserved current parking from Third Street west to Seventh Street SW. 48 spaces would still be removed between South Capitol and Third Street SW. 20 of these are residential spaces and another 28 are currently metered parking (https:// www.hillrag.com/2021/03/31/anc-6dtalks-air-quality-at-buzzard-point/). The overview provided by Ernst appeared at odds with DeFrank’s earlier pledge. In response to a query from Commissioner Weiss’s, she stated that all parking would be entirely removed on one side of I Street. When pressed by Weiss, Ernst was unable to say out many total spots would be eliminated. Ernst did address concerns raised by Amidon-Bowen Elementary School parents and commissioners regarding how the plans impact on their I Street pickup/drop-off zone. The current situation, she stated, would be preserved with an unprotected bike lane and parking next to the curb. However, a protected bike lane would be installed along the south side of the street next to Westminster Church. DDOT was working with the developers of the Westminster Church project to address any concerns about the bike

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lane’s impact, she said. DDOT is being ageist in its bike lane plans, stated both Commissioners Lightman and Kramer. “I do not see a single vehicle (on these bike lanes) that is useful for a senior to use,” Lightman stated. “The assumption that everyone is going to be on two wheels is ageist and wrong,” said Kramer. “Why aren’t the seniors and children a priority?” Commissioner Hamilton asked rhetorically. Commissioners Collins and Litsky echoed the concerns of their fellow commissioners pointing out that risk posed to seniors at Westminster by bicycle riders. “Your analysis of I Street is no better than one conducted by a high school student,” Lightman stated. “Have you not walked the street? Every single section has a unique set of conditions.” The agency is treating I Street as a thoroughfare rather than a neighborhood street, she said. Citing a laundry list of developments, the school and the churches impacted by the plan, she pointed out the conditions of every block are different. “We need a street by street analysis,” Lightman said. “I suggest you step back from your plan,” advised Lightman, “You should involve the community and begin all over again.” “I am absolutely appalled that you have come to a public meeting to share projections that you are going to implement over the next 12 months,” she said. “I don’t trust DDOT. They don’t collaborate with the ANC,” added Commissioner Litsky. Ernst pledged to return to the commission to present her agency’s plans as they mature. 48 H HILLRAG.COM

899 Maine Avenue Gets a Hearing Representatives of developer Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners briefed the commission on their plans for Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a residential building with ground floor retail on the triangular site of a former Department of Agriculture office building at 899 Maine Ave. SW. Lynch is now asking for the land to be rezoned from MU-12 to MU-9, allowing a building of up to 120 feet in height.

The developer plans a single structure stepping down in height from 120 feet on Maine Avenue to 100 feet on G Street SW. The building is shaped into two main elements with a connecting structure incorporating a Ninth Street residential entrance. A continuous set of retail bays are planned for the Maine Avenue side wrapping round the corner with Ninth Street SW. Developers envisioned creating a private driveway on the east side of the property, which would run from the existing G Street curb cut to a new one planned for Maine Avenue SW. All loading would take place in a dock on the opposite side from the residential entrance. Two levels of underground parking are planned. Developers plan to file a PUD application in early February. This is not anywhere near a finished project, stated Commissioner Lightman. Moreover, the existing intersection at Ninth Street and Maine Avenue SW is already a disaster, she said. Commissioner Collins echoed her assessment and inquired about construction traffic routes. No plan has been developed as yet, representatives said, but access from the G Street SW is envisioned. Truck traffic is banned from G Street SW, Collins retorted. “This is the most problematic site to develop in Southwest unless you reconfigure Ninth Street,” said Commissioner Litsky. *Unless you are bringing in the construction materials by drone, this is going to be a difficult project to build. I don’t see how the entrance

A rendering of the design of 899 Maine Avenue SW. Rendering: Holland & Knight

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on Ninth Street is going to function. The community benefit for this project should be “Don’t screw up the traffic for the rest of Southwest.” Commissioner Kramer criticized the Ninth Street residential entrance and construction entrance on G Street SW. “Pickup and drop off on Ninth Street is not tenable and G Street SW construction access will not work, she stated. “You are halfway to a clever solution to a difficult project, but a long way from a complete solution,” she observed. Commissioner Litsky asked whether the developer intended to build and sell, pointing to an earlier project on H Street NE. Jair Lynch intends to hold the property, representatives stated. Commissioner Kramer pushed the developer to commit to more affordable housing. “I would hope you could push this much higher than 15 percent,” she said. Commissioners Kramer and Hamilton questioned the impact of the building’s shadow on neighboring Jefferson Academy and Jefferson Recreational Field. The project will now create shadows on the football field, project representatives stated. Both took exception to increasing shadows at the tennis and pickle ball courts immediately adjacent to the project site. The worst shadows created by the development will be around 3 p.m. in the afternoon when the field is most used by students and others, Hamilton pointed out. Commissioner Lightman suggested the commission form a committee meet with developers to work matter out. Her colleagues concurred, but took no formal action.

Other Matters Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen (D) outlined his plan for redrawing ANC and SMD boundaries now that the redistricting plan has been

approved by the DC Council. Allen intends to appoint a commission of residents, excluding elected ANC commissioners. The process will take roughly two mouths. It will follow the model of 2010. Each SMD will contain approximately 2,000 residents. Allen welcomed all feedback from commissioners. Allen is open to an ANC crossing ward boundaries, which is allowed under DC law. MPD First District Captain Darren Haskis briefed the commission on public safety. Violent crime is around the same as last year, Haskins said. While there were no burglaries, motor vehicle theft doubled compared to last year in the past month. There was a carjacking at gun point, he stated, in front of the HUD building on the evening of Jan 9. The car was later recovered. Pepco Public Affairs Manager Jamaal Jordan provided an update on the utility’s Capital Grid Project. The section in the commission will be completed by June of 2022. The commission unanimously: • approved a restaurant license with an indoor entertainment endorsement along with a community agreement for Pink Taco, 100 M Street SE; • approved a restaurant license for & Pizza, 55 M St. SE; • decided not to take action on the change of hours requested by Tap 99, 1250 Half Street, SE; • approved a letter to DPW detailing enforcement and traffic marking concerns at 1103 Half Street SW; • approved its FY22 Q1 Quarterly Financial Report; • approved a resolution celebrating the 50th Anniversary of DC Home Rule.

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Choral Evensong at the Washington National Cathedral Returns One of the treasures of the Anglican tradition, evensong is a service of sung evening prayer. The interspersing of music spanning from the Renaissance to the modern day, between familiar passages of scripture and ancient Photo: Colin S. Johnson/Washington National prayers, creates a contemplaCathedral tive mood. Lasting less than an hour, this service, on Sundays at 4 p.m., is a wonderful way to end the day or begin the week. Join them in-person or online. cathedral.org. 50 H HILLRAG.COM

Ahead of Black History Month, National Geographic has launched a powerful new podcast, INTO THE DEPTH that uncovers the history of the transatlantic slave trade as it follows a group of Black divers who are dedicated to finding and helping to document slave shipwrecks. The podcast series trailer is now available on Apple Podcasts and wherever podcasts are found, as well as at natgeo.com/intothedepths. The six-part series, funded in part by the National Geographic Society, highlights the journey of National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts (@curvypath_tara on Instagram), who quit her job and left her life behind to follow in the footsteps of Diving With a Purpose, a group of Black divers who traverse the globe in search of long-lost slave shipwrecks and the truth of the history that accompanies them. The podcast follows Roberts from Florida to Costa Rica, and from the continent of Africa back to Roberts’ family home in Edenton, North Carolina, where the journey quickly turns personal for her.

Pay-Your-Age at Arena Stage: An Under 30 Program Arena Stage offers Pay-Your-Age tickets for the 30 and under crowd. Just like the name says, your age determines the price. Tickets are available online, by phone or in person on a first-come, first-served basis, limited to four per household. Tickets become available about two months before the show’s first performance. Proof of age for each member of the party is required at time of pick-up. Fees are not included in ticket prices. Children under the age of five are not permitted in the theater. arenastage.org/tickets/savings-programs.

Ward 6 COVID Center Opens at 507 8th St. SE The COVID Center in Ward 6 opened on January 24. At all DC COVID Centers, individuals have access to vaccinations, boosters, and take-home rapid antigen tests, as well as a new walk-up testing opportunity that will allow residents to administer and register a PCR test themselves. The Ward 6 center, at 507 Eighth St. SE, is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Satur-

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The Capitol Hill Home Photo Contest In anticipation of the 65th anniversary of the House and Garden Tour, the Capitol Hill Restoration Society is sponsoring a photo contest--The Capitol Hill Home. Entries are due March 13. Winning images receive two passes to the 2022 House and Garden Tour and will be displayed on the CHRS website. View details and past contest winners at chrs.org/photo-contest-2022.

DDOT has begun demolition and reconstruction of the existing concrete median in the center of C St NE, through Feb. 8, weather permitting. The work will progress from the easternmost limit at the intersection of C Street and 21st Street to the westernmost limit of the intersection at North Carolina Avenue and 14th Street NE. The dedicated left turning lane located at C and 21st streets will be removed. cstne.com.

A House Built by Slaves On Wednesday, Feb. 23, 5 p.m., on YouTube, author Jonathan W. White presents the story of how President Abraham Lincoln welcomed African Americans to his White House in America’s most divided and war-torn era and why that transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States. Drawing from an array of primary sources, White reveals how African Americans used the White House as a national stage to amplify their calls for equality. This is a free program of the National Archives. archives.gov/calendar/event/a-house-built-by-slaves-african-american-visitors-to-the-lincoln-white-house.

Grounds of Frederick Douglass House Are Open The Grounds of Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1411 W St. SE, are open on Fridays and Saturdays; the hours vary by season. The Visitor Center and Historic Home remain closed. There will be no Ranger-led tours, but visitors are invited to ask questions of park staff. nps.gov/frdo.

A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, explores contemporary black life through stories about the social, economic, political, and cultural experiences of African Americans. From the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. to the second election of Barack Obama, the coverage is broad. Large scale graphics and original artifacts lead visitors from the Black Arts Movement to Hip Hop, the Black Panthers to “Yes We Can,” and Black is Beautiful to #BlackLivesMatter. This exhibition also considers the challenges faced by African Americans-- challenges compounded with experiences of class, gender, and immigration-as they continue to fight for racial equity and social justice, issues as relevant to the 21st century as to the 20th. nmaahc. si.edu/explore/exhibitions/changing-america. The National Museum of African American History and Culture is now open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. 52 H HILLRAG.COM

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to 5:30 p.m. Visitors are able to enter the museum until 4 p.m. Free timed-entry passes are required. nmaahc.si.edu.

Folger’s Autumn Leaves Autumn Leaves is an improvisation in poetry and jazz with pianist Cyrus Chestnut and poets Lenard D. Moore and Kyle Dargan. Together they explore the magic that materializes when artists collaborate. Part reading, part concert, each artist shares their powerful compositions to spark and inspire one another in this free style performance. The evening concludes with a discussion between Cyrus, Kyle, and Lenard and Folger Director of Programming Karen Ann Daniels, with Folger Director Michael Whitmore. Autumn Leaves was recorded live at the Arts Club of Washington on Nov. 4, 2021. Tickets are $10 to $30 ($15

suggested price) at folger.edu/events/autumnleaves. It Is available through June 30, 2022.

DC Christmas Tree and Holiday Greenery Collection Started Christmas trees and holiday greenery will be collected from homes that receive DPW curbside through Feb. 28. Trees and greenery can be left at the normal point of collection for trash and recycling or at the curbside. Items collected during this period will be composted; in the spring, the mulch will be provided to residents at no cost. Residents can also drop their Christmas trees and/or holiday greenery at: Benning Road Transfer Station, 3200 Benning Rd. NE; Bryant Street Sweep Shop, 201 Bryant St. NW; and South Capitol Street Graffiti Shop, 2700 South Capitol St. SE. dpw.dc.gov.

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Cupid’s Undie Run In 2010, a group of do-gooders, led by co-founders Brendan Hanrahan, Chad Leathers and Bobby Gill, dropped their pants and ran through the DC cold to raise money for research to help end neurofibromatosis (NF), a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body. Now, in mid-February, participants in 38 cities in the US will run about a mile through the streets, mostly in Valentine related underwear, to raise money to help treat and end NF. DC runs on Feb. 12. $45. Read more and register at my.cupids.org/cur/city/Washington,DC.

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Fort Dupont Ice Arena Public Ice Skating The Fort Dupont Ice Arena, 3779 Ely Pl. SE, schedule for public skating through the end of February 2022 is Sundays, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 1 to 3 p.m.; Fridays, noon to 2 p.m. 54 ★ HILLRAG.COM

Adult admission is $5; kids, $4. Skate rental is $3. fdia.org.

“Bridge Fund” to Support DC Small Businesses The Mayor’s Office has announced a new $40 million round of the Bridge Fund Grant Program that will provide financial support to brick-and-mortar businesses grappling with the COVID-19 public health emergency in the restaurant, entertainment, and retail sectors. The grant program will provide flexible financial relief to businesses and food trucks that experienced revenue loss during the Public Health Emergency related to COVID-19. Grantees will be allowed to use grant funds for needs such as rent, payroll and labor, inventory, and operating expenses. Awards will range from $20,000 to $100,000. The program will prioritize businesses that have not received federal relief funds and microbusinesses with $2.5

million or less in revenue. Eligible businesses include restaurants, retailers, or entertainment small businesses with an active DC Basic Business License, less than $5 million in gross receipts each in 2019, 2020, and 2021, and the ability to demonstrate at least a 30% loss of revenue during the period of April 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2021. obviouslydc.com/fy22-business-fundingopportunities.

New DC Leaf Blower Regulations On Jan. 1, the Leaf Blower Regulation Amendment Act of 2018 took effect. The Act prohibits the use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers in the District. Individuals and companies who continue to use gasoline-powered leaf blowers after this date will be subject to fines of up to $500 for each offense. Violations of the law can be reported by any person who observes a gas-powered leaf blower being used. DCRA will be accepting photographic and recorded (video and audio) evidence in support of these citations.

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hen it comes to gardening, February is cold and there is not much to be done but wait. Yet it is a great time of year to think about the spring and summer season ahead. A study in 2020 by the European Centre for Environment & Human Health at the University of Exeter, found “that people who spent two hours a week in green spaces… were substantially more likely to report good health and psychological well-being than those who don’t.” Just two hours a week! The good news is that, even if you don’t live in a house with outdoor space, there are many ways to enjoy gardening on Capitol Hill. One easy way is to explore volunteering at one of our area’s many gardens and green spaces. This is the time of year to research the amazing opportunities so that when spring comes around, you are ready to get out there. Volunteering does the heart good, by helping us connect to others and our communities. Whether you are retired or a twenty something looking to meet others and learn new skills, helping in public gardens is a double win for your physical and mental well-being.

No Experience Necessary First, you don’t have to have previous gardening experience. All the garden volunteer programs provide orientation and often will pair you with a mentor to teach you the ropes and show you the difference between a weed and a rare plant. Tools are usually provided, while

you bring your own water and garden gloves. Of course, if you have a favorite pair of pruners, you can bring them along and work your magic. While there are garden jobs that require herculean strength, most garden jobs can be adapted to your physical abilities. All types and skills are welcome. Often garden jobs are done on off hours due to a need to adjust to weather conditions or work before the public arrives. With Washington’s intense summer heat and humidity, volunteer hours are often early morning or evening, outside the normal 9 to 5 hours. Flexibility in scheduling is a plus in garden volunteering. Opportunities to work during the weekend are also available including just volunteering for a one-day cleanup. Garden volunteering is both solitary and social. Sometimes, you are sharing a task. Other times, it’s just you at work in a section of a garden with your head down weeding. But at the end of your day, Opportunities to volunteer in local gardens range from volunteers tend to enformal gardens to wilder landscapes like the National Park Service Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. joy grabbing a lunch or a drink, and sharing the highlights of the day. to say. mother nature hasn’t slowed down with the Often there are potlucks at pandemic, so the need to keep up with weeds and the beginning and end of the planting has made it essential to find safe ways to season to celebrate the beauoperate. With short staffs and other issues, you may ty of the garden. need to reach out more than once to get connected. Covid, of course, has A Joy To Go limited or closed a numBarbara Johnson, a long-time Capitol Hill resident, ber of volunteer programs has been volunteering at the US National Arboreover the past two years, but tum for a couple of years, having started right before many gardens have found Barbara Johnson says it is always a joy to go to the US National Arborethe 2020 Covid pandemic began. A native of Wisways to bring their voluntum where she has been a volunteer consin, she says gardening, learned from her mother teers in to work. Needless for several years in the Herb Garden. February 2022 ★ 57

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And you don’t have to wait for spring. Over the Martin Luther King Jr Day Celebration on January 15 2022, six hardy volunteers spent a bitterly cold Saturday morning at the Springhouse Run Creek area pulling up invasive vines and weeds. Over 30,000 native plants were planted by volunteers over the past few years in an effort to clean up the stream that runs through the Arboretum to the Anacostia River. Day of service volunteers braved very cold temperatures to pull invasive weeds along the Springhouse Run Creek over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend at the US National Arboretum.

Urban Gardens at The Hill Center

Another garden experience is available close to and grandmother, runs through her DNA. “It is just home at The Hill Cena joy to go out to the Herb Garden once a week ester at 9th and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Dapecially in the past year,” says Barbara. “There are vid MacKinnon is the garden guru and volcertainly volunteers with a great deal more knowlunteer garden coordinator who has been edge than I have about herbs,” says Barbara, “but beinvolved with The Hill Center since it opened tween the Arboretum professional staff and the longin 2011. time volunteers, I always feel I have support for the The eight different garden spaces were origiwork I am doing.” nally planned by the world renowned, Oehme Van Barbara completed the UDC Master GardenSweden (OvS) landscape architecture firm. Daing program a few years back, which she credits with vid says the Hill Center still uses the master plan, giving her a great horticulture education. She lists and consults with the current OvS staff for signifthe different tasks she performs as weeding, trimicant improvements. “After ten years of growth,” ming, planting, and other odds and ends. Barbasays David, “the trees are all ra believes “you can make your maturing and areas that once volunteer experience what you were planted as sun gardens, want it to be.” If you are lookare now more shade than sun. ing for a way to spend time outSo, we are now moving flowdoors, meet people, and give ers and ground cover like something back to the commupachysandra to different arnity, she highly recommends it. eas of the garden.” At the US National ArboDavid tends his own garretum, volunteers can choose den as well as those of The which garden area they preHill Center. He is always fer to spend time in. Fern Vallooking for volunteers to join ley, Asian Valley, the Bonsai his corps, usually about six Museum, and the Washington volunteers a season. Some of Youth Garden, managed by the the volunteers help at other Friends of the National Arboregardens, like the Congressiotum, are all very popular areas. nal Cemetery, and others limit 150 volunteers put in 15,000 their work to the urban center. Volunteers make a huge impact in volunteer hours a year, with volmaintaining the Smithsonian gardens “If you are interested in helpunteer jobs both inside and out. along the National Mall in summer.

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ing out in the gardens,” says David, “we would be happy to have you, and can get you started any time of the year.” Nicky Cymrot, one of the original founders of the Hill Center, says she doesn’t know where the Center would be without David’s efforts and knowledge. Besides volunteering with David, The Hill Center Galleries Is seeking volunteers to help with installation of exhibitions throughout the year. Particularly needed are ladder climbers—people who are able to climb 12-foot ladders. Reply to galleries@hillcenterdc.org or call Atha-Simonton at 202499-6447. I always get inspiration from this Anne Frank quote: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” Below is a list of local gardens that use volunteers with a link to their website. Use these cold days to explore opportunities and begin your nature volunteer adventure. You won’t regret it. Casey Trees: caseytrees.org Congressional Cemetery: congressionalcemetery.org The Hill Center: hillcenterdc.org Friends of the National Arboretum: fona.org US National Arboretum: usna.usda.gov Garden Guild Franciscan Monastery: gardenguild@gmail.com. Guerrilla Gardeners: guerrillagardenersdc.org Trees for Capitol Hill: treesforcapitolhill.org US Botanic Garden: www.usbg.gov Smithsonian Garden: gardens.si.edu/volunteer/gardenmaintenancevolunteers Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Garden: kenaqgardens.org/get-involved/volunteer Rindy O’Brien says “Volunteer, you will love it.” Contact rindyobrien@gmail.com u

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Is there anything good about the vile weather we have been suffering? I assume you mean gardenwise. Rapid switches back and forth between mild and below freezing along with harsh wind is the worst possible weather for tender perennials such as camellias. A cold snap kills off some pest insects. Some seeds -- hollyhocks, foxgloves, poppies -- need to have their heads cracked open in order to germinate -- which only a hard freeze can do. But that’s not worth the deaths of tender camellia buds. I covered our spring-blooming Camellia to protect it from icy winds, but of course the temperature plunged too low. What can I do now with the brown buds? When the weather warms reliably you can carefully prune away the damaged buds and twigs. But first – try doing nothing. The plant might heal itself and come up with something in the way of flowers just to surprise you. My clematis has now blown off its protecting (we thought) wall and is flapping around in the freezing wind. Can it be saved? Are you out of your mind? Get out there and secure it – somehow. Do not be a sissy when a clematis

is flapping. It can be pruned back in late winter before April’s new growth. Much will depend on its roots. If green shoots emerge later, it has pulled through. May I share a small discovery? Great prices for used gardening books online. I found a beautiful glossy $6 text on planning small gardens, and another that originally cost $19 for $2. It seems when they are still in print you can find used hard cover editions for wonderful prices. But if the book is out of print, prices rise. My crush on the witty British house and gardening enthusiast, Beverley Nichols (born 1898), led me to find astronomical prices for his wacky trilogy “Merry Hall” (1951), “Laughter on the Stairs” and “Sunlight on the Lawn”. Nichols felt that his garden would probably be the cause of his death because “... One of my grandfathers died of a clump of Iris stylosa. It lured him through snow on an angry winter evening. He died of double pneumonia a few days later. It was probably worth it.” Nichols, who wrote 100+ novels, plays, and seven memoirs, died in 1983, not from gardening. Meetings of the Capitol Hill Garden Club are free and open to all. On Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 7:15 pm. by Zoom, Carolyn Mullet will preview her new book Adventures in Eden: An Intimate Tour of Private European Gardens. An award-winning garden designer with a 30-year career in the DC area, Carolyn Mullet owns Carex Tours, which offers international garden tours each year for the discerning garden traveler. Details at capitolhillgardenclub.org. Feeling beset by gardening problems? Send them to the Problem Lady c/o the Editor, Hill Garden News. Your problems might even prove instructive to others, and help them feel superior to you. Complete anonymity is assured. ◆

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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. 1 2 2 2

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 729 Park Rd NW $1,249,900 1100 Irving St NW $1,226,000 3495 Holmead Pl NW $1,086,500 3561 11th St NW $1,060,000 743 Quebec Pl NW $1,000,000 3632 11th St NW $958,000 735 Fairmont St NW $956,000 924 Spring Rd NW $870,000 1347 Newton St NW $862,500 741 Princeton Pl NW $839,800 1229 Shepherd St NW $809,000 616 NW Kenyon St NW $763,000 612 Columbia Rd NW $605,000 650 Newton Pl NW #3 $429,900

113 Rhode Island Ave NE 2019 2nd St NE 1628 Eckington Pl NE 21 Rhode Island Ave NE 110 R St NE

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FORT DUPONT PARK 4237 Alabama Ave SE $550,000 864 Burns St SE $517,500 3331 Ely Pl SE $495,000 4219 Hildreth St SE $460,000 1557 42nd St SE $350,000 1661 Fort Dupont St SE $340,000

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FORT LINCOLN 3129 Fort Lincoln Dr NE 3708 Hansberry Ct NE 2504 Baldwin Cres NE

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CONGRESS HEIGHTS 2914 7th St SE $540,000 162 Joliet St SW $540,000 632 Brandywine St SE $440,000 3904 2nd St SW $400,000

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DAKOTA CROSSING 3235 Theodore R Hagans NE $699,000

DEANWOOD 4939 Fitch Pl NE 47 53rd Pl SE 4520 Clay St NE 54 53rd St SE 4210 Dix St NE 1015 48th St NE 100 56th Pl SE 807 51st St NE 1115 51st St NE 214 35th NE 4622 Hayes St NE 13 58th St SE 3964 NE Ames St NE 249 55th St NE 5104 Hayes St NE 5824 Eads St NE 24 53rd Pl SE 345 NE 36th St NE

$565,000 $555,000 $535,000 $520,000 $516,800 $499,000 $490,000 $450,000 $433,000 $403,000 $399,000 $395,000 $390,000 $379,000 $315,000 $286,000 $265,000 $260,000

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DUPONT CIRCLE 1633 16th St NW 1759 Church St NW 1726 Swann St NW 1520 Corcoran St NW

$3,900,000 $1,860,000 $2,600,000 $1,810,000

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4 Terrace Ct NE 1235 K St SE 1621 C St SE 909 12th St SE

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FEE SIMPLE ANACOSTIA 1915 21st Pl SE 2509 West St SE 1416 19th St SE 2529 High St SE 3337 5th St SE

$484,900 $480,000 $365,000 $345,000 $290,000

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ATLAS DISTRICT 1853 L St NE

$535,000

BARRY FARMS 1413 Morris Rd SE 2927 Stanton Rd SE

$710,000 $529,000

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BLOOMINGDALE 86 V St NW 20 Bryant St NW 2009 Flagler Pl NW

$1,625,000 4 $1,500,000 4 $876,000 3

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CAPITOL HILL 123 5th St NE 503 Constitution Ave NE 207 3rd St SE 1201 C St NE 1351 C St NE 1326 Independence Ave SE 134 12th St SE 1363 Massachusetts Ave SE 317 13th St SE 1236 C St SE 129 D St SE 519 5th St NE 405 Constitution Ave NE 422 15th St NE 1229 E St NE 664 Acker Pl NE 121 Duddington Pl SE 326 D St NE 1634 G St SE 119 15th St NE 628 Browns Ct SE

$2,430,000 $2,120,000 $1,975,000 $1,840,000 $1,625,000 $1,600,203 $1,388,000 $1,305,000 $1,300,000 $1,240,000 $1,200,000 $1,077,500 $1,069,000 $1,000,000 $961,500 $925,000 $892,000 $875,000 $799,000 $765,000 $717,000

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$710,000 $702,000 $719,990 $670,000

$1,254,000 $1,020,000 $825,000 $725,000 $617,500

$900,000 $665,000 $620,000

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H STREET CORRIDOR 915 9th St NE $1,150,000 3 HILL CREST 3147 Westover Dr SE 1718 29th St SE 717 Croissant Pl SE 3360 Erie St SE 3323 Carpenter St SE

$725,000 $510,500 $508,000 $450,000 $437,000

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KINGMAN PARK 2021 Rosedale St NE

$545,000

LEDROIT PARK 84 V St NW 2100 Flagler Pl NW 304 T St NW 1851 3rd St NW 130 W St NW

$1,396,000 $913,200 $907,500 $903,500 $799,000

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LILY PONDS 3341 Ames St NE 3318 Ames St NE

$500,000 $335,000

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MARSHALL HEIGHTS 5025 Ayers Pl SE $600,000 5052 Queens Stroll Pl SE $510,000 5233 D St SE $485,000 5116 A St SE $465,000 5020 Kimi Gray Ct SE $450,000 5122 Southern Ave SE $410,000 5001 Ayers Pl SE $373,000 4920 B St SE $135,000

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MOUNT PLEASANT 3147 17th St NW 1827 Lamont St NW 3204 17th St NW 1676 Kalorama Rd NW

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$1,737,500 $1,550,000 $1,480,000 $845,000

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FEBRUARY FINDS! NAVY YARD 409 I St SE 335 L St SE

$1,405,000 4 $1,115,000 4

OLD CITY #1 1423 South Carolina Ave SE 1329 D St NE 1121 I St NE 1829 E St NE 1332 E St NE 553 25th Pl NE 1226 Wylie St NE 1120 5th St NE

$790,000 $750,000 $735,000 $725,000 $725,000 $602,000 $575,000 $550,000

OLD CITY #2 1818 19th St NW 1119 V St NW

$2,200,000 6 $925,000 2

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RANDLE HEIGHTS 1909 Minnesota Ave SE 3434 21st SE 1833 S St SE 1895 Alabama Ave SE

$480,000 $430,000 $395,000 $278,000

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RIVER TERRACE 3327 Clay Pl NE 3320 Clay St NE

$484,500 $483,500

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SHAW 914 S St NW 1408 5th St NW 1536 6th St NW 22 Quincy Pl NW 1808 8th St NW

$1,449,000 $1,330,000 $1,099,000 $1,082,825 $975,000

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SOUTH WEST 1402 Half St SW

$715,000

TRINIDAD 1321 Staples St NE 1429 Morse St NE 1125 Holbrook Ter NE 1300 Trinidad Ave NE 1815 L St NE

$899,000 $785,000 $750,000 $681,000 $601,000

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TRUXTON CIRCLE 29 Q St NW $1,210,750 4

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U STREET CORRIDOR 2002 15th St NW $1,648,500 5 2022 10th St NW $942,000 2 WATERFRONT SW 601 G St SW $1,190,000 4 CONDO 14TH STREET CORRIDOR 2125 14th St NW #910 $1,000,000 1401 R St NW #406 $560,000 1418 W St NW #501 $549,900 2125 14th St NW #607 $399,999

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ADAMS MORGAN 1610 Beekman Pl NW #B 1700 Kalorama Rd NW #204

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2514 17th St NW #2 2357 Champlain St NW #102 1811 Ontario Pl NW #1 2363 Champlain St NW #A 1947 1/2 Calvert St NW 1831 Belmont Rd NW #505

$745,000 $741,700 $700,000 $645,000 $422,000 $385,000

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ATLAS DISTRICT 725 11th St NE #1 1350 Maryland Ave NE #109

$725,000 $495,000

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BLOOMINGDALE 150 V St NW #VL06

$470,000

CAPITOL GATEWAY 88 V St SW #308 $1,179,000 88 V St SW #102 $863,000 88 V St SW #810 $587,000 88 V St SW #413 $571,000 88 V St SW #612 $558,000

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CAPITOL HILL 735 12th St SE #2 1311 K St SE #3 410 11th St NE #7 440 12th St NE #9 1344 Maryland Ave NE #7 676 4th St NE #106 315 6th St SE #3 440 12th St NE #11 1124 E St NE #F 637 3rd St NE #B3 1391 Pennsylvania Ave SE #551 1414 A St SE #2 420 16th St SE #109

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CENTRAL 1111 23rd St NW #2D 1111 25th St NW #914 1301 20th St NW #413 2201 L St NW #512

$810,000 $677,500 $676,000 $600,000 $600,000 $576,500 $567,000 $539,000 $345,000 $298,000 $550,000 $542,500 $315,000 $1,385,000 $475,000 $365,000 $250,000

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COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 1313 Irving St NW #1 $855,000 1354 Euclid St NW #402A $800,000 2541 13th St NW #1 $772,000 700 Quincy St NW #1 $765,000 1020 Girard St NW #1 $689,000 3622 Georgia Ave NW #41 $679,900 1217 Park Rd NW #2 $660,000 1510 Park Rd NW #2 $588,000 1444 Ogden St NW #102 $556,000 2910 Georgia Ave NW #302 $520,000 3500 13th St NW #201 $412,000 1417 Newton St NW #504 $385,000 610 Irving St NW #T04 $365,000 3902-3902 14th St NW #514 $325,000 1443 Oak St NW #101 $280,000

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DUPONT CIRCLE 2122 N St NW #HOME 2 2114 N St NW #15 2119 N St NW #4 1745 N St NW #213 1514 21st St NW #4

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$1,430,000 $405,000 $325,000 $1,200,000 $840,000

1425 Hopkins St NW #401 1615 Q St NW #G3 1545 18th St NW #715 1330 New Hamp. Ave NW #213 1737 P St NW #202 1511 22nd St NW #16 1830 Jefferson Pl NW #20 2130 N St NW #201

$510,000 $478,000 $424,900 $399,999 $399,730 $385,000 $820,000 $249,500

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ECKINGTON 2021 3rd St NE #2 1912 3rd St NE #5 1625 Eckington Pl NE #PH101 2021 3rd St NE #1 1625 Eckington Pl NE #PH103 1625 Eckington Pl NE #505 1948 3rd St NE ##4 1625 Eckington Pl NE #724 1917 2nd St NE #302

$875,000 $870,000 $800,000 $737,500 $540,000 $534,900 $507,000 $479,900 $475,000

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FAIRFAX VILLAGE 2105 Suitland Ter SE #B $291,000 3922 Southern Ave SE #101 $149,000

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FORT DUPONT PARK 3960-3960 Penn. Ave SE #306 $208,000 4002 E St SE #105 $77,000

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H STREET CORRIDOR 1638 K St NE #201 $459,900 1638 K St NE #302 $429,900 1638 K St NE #203 $354,900

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HILL CREST 2016 37th St SE #301 3941 Pennsylvania Ave SE #102 1727 28th St SE #204 3709 Alabama Ave SE #302

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$180,000 $144,500 $130,000 $111,000

HILL EAST 401 15th St SE #403 1630 D St SE #1

$722,930 $445,000

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KINGMAN PARK 1620 E St NE #4 218 20th St NE #1

$590,000 $549,900

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LEDROIT PARK 18 Channing St NW #2 2014 2nd St NW #2 46 Channing St NW #2

$985,000 $799,900 $645,000

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LOGAN CIRCLE 1211 13th St NW #PH 807 1309 Q St NW #2 1302 R St NW #1 1209 O St NW #1 1220 N St NW #2 1210 R St NW #101 1306 Rhode Island Ave NW #1 1210 R St NW #114 1109 O St NW #302 1225 N St NW #A 1401 Church St NW #417 1133 14th St NW #406

$775,000 $1,525,000 $1,065,000 $960,000 $794,000 $720,000 $692,500 $660,000 $618,000 $605,000 $576,000 $510,000

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1312 Massachusetts Ave NW #110 $390,000 1209 13th St NW #103 $339,000 1311 13th St NW #T08 $304,000 1115 12th St NW #103 $255,000 1 Scott Cir NW #2 $245,000 1631 16th St NW #4 $685,000 1317 11th NW #7 $535,000 1317 11th St NW #3 $399,000

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MARSHALL HEIGHTS 17 46th St SE #9 $122,000

MOUNT PLEASANT 2328 Champlain St NW #311 $705,000 1615 Kenyon St NW #34 $377,500

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MT VERNON SQUARE 424 M St NW #7 $745,000 907 N St NW #A1 $655,000 811 4th St NW #810 $585,000 1001 L St NW #603 $581,000 424 M St NW #4 $544,000 1011 M St NW #201 $530,000 910 M St NW #307 $500,000 811 4th St NW #1103 $605,000 910 M St NW #303 $560,000 437 New York Ave NW #1103 $488,000 400 Massachusetts Ave NW #710 $440,000 1001 L NW #711 $430,000

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NAVY YARD 1025 1st St SE #513 37 L St SE #302 37 L St SE #602 1025 1st St SE #901

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AT THE MOVIES A Lively New Period Musical and Some Stunning Documentaries by Mike Canning

Cyrano

“Cyrano,” it should be remembered, is a musical comedy, but, for this viewer, the score by the Dessners, though sweet and lyrical, is not that memorable. Cyrano’s big solo number, a soft lament, tries hard but has to fight against Dinklage’s raspy murmur. Bennett, a professional singer, fares better. These are not tunes that are going to accompany you back home.

“Cyrano de Bergerac,” a 1897 drama by Edmund Rostand has had dozens of iterations with its evergreen tale of unrequited love. Its latest movie version stems from a recent (2018) stage work by Erica Schmidt (wife of Peter Dinklage) that was, in turn, crafted into a musical, with music and lyrics by Aaron and Brian Dessner. The result is a touching romance with good roles for Some Splendid the leads. For this reviewer, its musical overlay is less convincing (the film, Documentaries which opened on January 28 in local Over the last 30 years, American doctheaters, is rated “PG-13” and runs umentarians have regularly produced 124 minutes). quality feature-length documentaries, The film, set in mid-17th C. and 2021 was no exception. The AcadHaley Bennett (hidden at left) is Roxanne and Peter Dinklage is Cyrano in the new musical drama “Cyrano.” Photo Credit: Peter Mountain, Metro-GoldwynFrance, has a can’t miss allure. The emy of Motion Picture Arts and SciMayer Pictures, Inc. All rights reserved multi-talented Cyrano de Bergerac ences has already short-listed 15 such (Dinklage) is a poet and Gascon cadet films, which will be trimmed to five to role with a touching yet forceful performance, exwho dazzles in both elaborate wordplay and brilliant contend for the Oscar, given out in late March 2022. uding the piquant and thoughtful intelligence that swordplay. Cyrano adores from afar the beautiful I wanted to highlight a few of those films, giving filmthe character is known for. His orotund voice and Roxanne (Haley Bennett), a cousin with whom he goers a chance to see them in advance. While most his bushy brows over an expressive face make his has grown up. Even with his wit and courtliness, of those 15 have already been screened in DC, the creation the more effective. Cyrano is convinced that his dwarf stature means practice at some local cinemas has been to show the Haley Bennett makes for a fine co-star, she of that Roxanne could never love him, so he refuses to nominees in advance of Oscar night. Herewith I ofinnocent bearing yet real verve, along with credible declare his feelings for her. fer capsule previews of a few of them, likely to be reintelligence. Handsome Harrison. Jr. does his job as Roxanne, in turn, has fallen in love at first sight played at indie film outlets, like the Landmark Cina physical paragon who lacks the spark of wit. He is with the handsome soldier Christian (Kelvin Harriema venues. no dummy, though, just a fellow who lacks the literson Jr.), a member of Cyrano’s regiment. At her reThe First Wave – This opening glimpse of the ate touch (for example, he is quick to realize whom quest, Cyrano intervenes for Christian—no poet— US pandemic focuses on its manifestation in New Roxanne truly favors). to woo Roxanne, but must stand in (unseen) for his York City between March and June 2020, when over English director Joe Wright has crafted lush pefriend by using his words to charm her. This sub30,000 people were infected and some 2,000 died. riod-pieces before (e.g. “Pride and Prejudice,“ “Anna terfuge continues when both Cyrano and Christian Director Matthew Heineman shows this calamity usKarenina”), and this time he has the gorgeous backare sent off to fight against Spain, with the former ing great taste and restraint. For example, he treats drop of Sicily. Two prime locations stand in for 17th sending a stream of glowing letters as if they came the grisly reality of dead COVID-19 victims being C. France: the southern Sicilian town of Noto, a picfrom Christian. housed in refrigerated trucks matter-of-factly and at turesque Baroque gem, and the volcanic landscape Handsomely mounted in Sicily, this play offers a distance, not dwelling on the lurid reality of death. around Mount Etna to convey the battlefield scenes. a major change from the original plot in that CyraAlso, because this outbreak happened early on, it The whole film resonates with exquisite settings, secno’s physical defect is not his massive nose, but his avoids the political issues raised later in coronavirus onded by rich costuming bathed in glowing light, all stunted stature. Dinklage, however, carries off the coverage. “The First Wave” is an origin story, with achieved by production designer Sarah Greenwood. February 2022 ★ 67

a focus on the victims and the health care workers struggling to do something for their patients. At a time when there were no vaccines to ease the suffering, Heineman concentrates on interviews with frustrated care givers and families of victims, not those who were sick. Highlighting family members’ concerns, such as lacking access to their loved ones, is heart-rending, and the inability of caregivers to mitigate this ravaging illness is crushing. Summer of Soul – An utterly different vision of New York City comes in “Summer of Soul,” the video resuscitation of long-forgotten music performances at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival held at a city park. Featuring iconic Black performers from B.B. King to Sly and the Family Stone, the festival lasted for six weeks in mid-summer 1969 watched by an audience of 300,000. Now it can be joyfully witnessed 50 years after the film was discovered stored in a basement. It is a wonderful time capsule into Black consciousness in the late 1960’s, a period of burgeoning Black Power, showing flamboyant, Africaninspired dress, and the opening of new avenues for Black expression. The film brings out this awareness through over-voice narration from attendees at the event, one of whom remembers 68 H HILLRAG.COM

the crowd as if he “was seeing royalty.” The crowd shots are vivid reminders of a high point in Black life, a whole people grooving to the rhythms of its diverse music. The Rescue – A heart-pounding story of a rescue that gripped the world in 2018 after a group of 12 young Thai boys (ages 11 to 16) and their football coach were isolated by a flood in an underground cave in Northern Thailand. All were found alive clinging to an exposed rock formation, but retrieving them was daunting. The Thai government (esp., Thai Navy Seals) undertook their rescue, but it was the efforts of two Englishmen (Rick Stanton and Richard Harris) and one Australian doctor—all amateur cave-divers--that did most to organize the extraction. “The Rescue” tells its story in real footage and interviews with the rescuers and reveals the distinctive mentality of the dedicated cave divers. It also provides an expert procedural recreation of the perilous extraction process, with divers having to sedate the boys (so as not to panic them) and haul them out one-by-one. It is amazing that, despite all the differences in nationalities, training cultures, and languages, a dogged cadre of non-professional cave divers succeeded in this unbelievable rescue. u

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CAPITOL CUISINE by Celeste McCall

s you probably know, since January 15, anyone 12 and older entering a Washington DC restaurant, bar or nightclub must show proof that they have at least one shot of an approved coronavirus vaccine. As of February 15, everyone visiting those same venues will have to demonstrate they’ve had “a full initial course of vaccination,” two shots, which does not include boosters.

Breaking Out

chili, with optional cheddar or jalapeno toppings. Folks often stop by Monday evening for a half-priced burger topped with choice of goodies: the chili burger comes with sides of coleslaw and house-made potato chips. Visit www. mrhenrysdc.com. Ted’s Bulletin has multiple locations including the Barracks Row original, at 505 Eighth St. SE. There, a cup or bowl of “stovetop” chili is escorted by buttered cornbread. Visit www.tedsbulletin.com.

After hunkering down for the required quarComing Soon antine after catching the omicron covid variAt 1432 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, look for a new ant in late December, Peter and I were more watering hole sometime soon. Owners of lothan ready to dine out. Since the streets were cal barbecue stand Sloppy Mama’s and TexCapitol Hill landmark Mr. Henry’s serves up hearty three-bean chili, still blanketed with ice, snow and slush, drivMex Republic Cantina are teaming up to open which can be piled atop burgers, half price on Mondays. ing anywhere was out of the question. So, we a bar—yet un-named—where gin joint Wisdom trudged up the street to Young Chow, 312 used to be. sauce. Served with brown rice and broccoli, the fillPennsylvania Ave. SE. This Chinese/Asian fuSloppy Mama pitmaster Joe Neuman ing dish delivered a pleasant kick. You can also order sion eatery has been around for almost 38 years. Walls and Republic Cantina owner Chris Svetlik are partold-fashioned chow mein, egg foo young, crispy Genare lined with photos of customers including some Anering with bartender Ben Alt. Neuman and his wife eral Tso’s or orange chicken, and an extensive listing listers and ordinary folks like us. and business partner, Mandy Neuman, have operated of vegetarian options. During much of our two-year pandemic restauSloppy Mama’s out of a truck, a pop-up at U Street bar Young Chow is open daily for dine-in, takeout rant shutdown, Young Chow’s service was limited to Solly’s, and food stalls at Union Market and Ballston and delivery, plus catering. For more information vistakeout and delivery. Now, customers can enjoy sitQuarter in Arlington. They have closed those busiit www.orderyoungchow.com. down dining, masked and vaxed. Young Chow also nesses, and have consolidated their operations at a ressports a new colorful and extensive menu that features taurant in a converted Pizza Hut, also in Arlington. Chilling Out a seafood boil, in which shrimp, crawfish, different Known for chopped pork, homemade sausage and With the Super Bowl coming up February 13, our kinds of crab, scallops and lobster tails are offered by pickles, Sloppy Mama’s has appeared in The Washthoughts turn to comforting yet the pound at market prices. ington Post’s annual barbecue rankings. Stay tuned. festive party fare. High on our list I sipped my warm sake. From of celebration victuals is tummythe luncheon “platters” (offered Buon Anniversario warming chili. We are listing only Monday through Friday), I went And congrats to Trattoria Alberto, 506 Eighth St. SE. three, but many more favorites are for the sushi and sashimi combo The popular Barracks Row Italian standby recently out there. Most offer dine-in, take(California rolls, salmon, tuna and celebrated its 42nd anniversary. Other nearby restauout and delivery. what tasted like red snapper). The rants have come and gone, but Trattoria, beloved for Ben’s Chili Bowl has multicombo arrived with choice of salits chicken cacciatore, shrimp fra diavolo and linguine ple locations including 1001 H St. ad or miso soup. I chose the latter, alla vongole, has survived the pandemic and remains a NE in the Atlas district. Ben’s chili a warming potage laced with velneighborhood favorite. trattoriaalbertodc.com. (beef, turkey or vegetarian) comes vety tofu and seaweed. Likewise, in large or small bowls, or piled Peter’s heartier, spicier hot and DC Wharf’s Phase 2 atop the famous half smokes, plus sour soup was replete with tofu, In spite of snowstorms, the pandemic and other ison burgers, subs and fries. seaweed and bean sprouts. sues, District Wharf ’s Phase 2 is coming along. An Mr. Henry’s, 601 PennsylvaPeter also ordered his favorOctober opening is projected. The expansion will At the popular Asian restaurant nia Ave. SE, whips up cups and ite: stir-fried chicken full of big Young Chow, warming miso soup include more than a dozen new restaurants plus the bowls of three-bean Angus beef arrives with the popular sushi and white meat chunks with garlic luxury Pendry Hotel. New York’s famed Philippe sashimi combos. 70 H HILLRAG.COM

Part of the Wharf’s Phase 2, Jessie Taylor Seafood is expanding into the slot vacated by Captain White’s at the Maine Avenue Fish Market.

Chow will unveil a waterfront spinoff. Also coming are Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls, burger eatery Lucky Buns, Kilwins Chocolate & Ice Cream and Scissors & Scotch, which has an outlet near Nationals Park. For updates please visit www. phase2.wharfdc.com.

Gone Tortilla Coast, 400 First St. SE, has finally poured its last margarita after almost 34 years in business. The TexMex watering hole had been a long time favorite for neighbors and Congressional staffers.

Need an Early Morning Sup? Crazy Aunt Helen’s will begin serving breakfast from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. daily starting Feb. 2 from Wednesdays through Fridays. “We are thrilled to be able to finally start welcoming guests for breakfast! The vision has always been to be a neighborhood restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with a bit of entertainment, so it feels great to be moving closer in that direction,” stated partner Shane Mayson.

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ARTandtheCITY by Jim Magner

ARTIST PORTRAIT: DENZEL PARKS

t’s the eyes. They strike you. Grab your attention. The hands are expressive—moving, but never in complete focus: they are not posing or frozen in a clear photographic moment. The body, what you see of it, is an expression of a physical being. It’s not quite an individual identity, but it’s curiously familiar. More like a personality veneer. You can look at them closely or fleetingly and you get fleeting glances in return—looking directly at you or beyond. The eyes are defensively noncommittal, but that is when the connection begins. It’s a shared feeling. A mood. He says his figures sometimes re-

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flect his mood, but can also influence it at times. For Denzel Parks, his work is all about the natures that define the human experience…a “conglomerate of moments from day to day life.” He conveys these emotion-filled moments by color—and, of course, by color contrasts. The obvious contrasts, warm-cool and light-dark grab our attention, but it is the contrasting elements of “saturation” and proportion, the effect of large and small color areas, that provide the power. He moves patches of heavy darks and light yellows to create tension or relief. He often includes plants in compositions to establish a more relaxed mood. Denzel is a Detroit native who studied graphic design and art history at Eastern Michigan University. He worked as an independent multimedia designer before turning to painting full time. He has recently joined the I Wish I Were A Poet, 48x36, Mix-Media On Canvas Foundry Gallery and is showing there in February. See: At ideas. Life is a walk in a meadow, tip toeing through the Galleries. the tulips. The cover art for the Hill Rag this Of course, a flash of lightening can be illuminatmonth is a Denzel Parks painting, “Will ing. Occasionally, art and ideas become so enmeshed See Us Through.” as to shake the viewer as nothing else can: Michelangelo’s ceiling of the Sistine Chapel explicates a theolJim Magner’s Thoughts ogy more than any epistle could ever define or glorion Art fy. The Idea becomes supernatural as human forms A feeling doesn’t need an idea, it can simexplode through the heavens with impossible powply be an emotion: alarm or joy and ever and grace. That is true of art of other religions or erything in between. Conversely, an idea social orders. The artists are masters of emotion. doesn’t need to be happy or sad, passionBut a lightening flash can also burn and destroy; ate or sorrowful, it can be calculating or art can smother the truth and burn holes though the merely logistical. But when ideas and fabric of a time and place. Some of the best propaemotions come together, sparks can fly. ganda has been devised by the wizards of glorificaLightning can flash. Thunder can boom. tion for the exaltation of a false ideal. Usually, art is just a pleasant thing. Visual arts, music, poetry, and theater can adPretty pictures. You feel good…there is vance either noble or evil ideas with great subtlety nothing new or threatening in the way of to advance a national identity or with stirring, grip-

ping sensations that compel you to march off to war. Why? What exactly are these arts and why so much power? That is the secret deep in the human core, isn’t it? It is so ancient. The art of the cave was not decoration. It was ritual. Certainly accompanied by whistles to invoke the powers of the winds, drums that recreated the hoof beats of running aurochs and vocals that retold the roar of lions or the wonders of life. Alarm and joy, passion or sorrow. Why so much power? Foundry Gallery 2008 - 8th St., N.W. Feb. 4 - 27. Recep: Feb 5, 6-8 This is a “New Member” show featuring Denzel Parks. (See Artist Profile) Denzel describes his work as a conglomerate of moments from day-to-day life, not completely defined by the past, present, future or a single subject matter. His work focuses on exploring and representing the human experience in its entirety. He does this through enigmatic abstracted form and color—“how color can be altered to evoke, express and capture a certain

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mood or emotion.” www.foundrygallery.org. www.denzelparks.com. 2022 Regional Juried Exhibit Hill Center Galleries 921 Penn Ave. SE – March 2 This is really a terrific show. 157 artists from the DC, Maryland and Virginia metropolitan area submitted original work and 118 pieces were selected. And fine works they are. From paintings to prints to photography to silk paintings to gold embroidery threads to ink on paper, just about every medium is here. Artistic styles and techniques represent just about everything going on in the art world today (except sculpture.) Prize winners will be selected and difficult decisions will have to be made by the juror, Arts Consultant Claude Elliot. This is unfortunately a virtual exhibit and you will need to view and buy at: hillcenterdc.org/galleries.

National Museum of Women in the Arts Note: The building is temporarily closed, so this is a Virtual Opening: Consult the website for ticket information. Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–ca. 1654) is the best-known woman painter of the 17th century. Born in Rome, she was trained in drawing and painting by her father, Orazio Gentileschi, a follower of Caravaggio. She is championed for her dramatic and naturalistic renderings of famous female figures such as Cleopatra and Venus. She was a successful court painter and the first woman accepted into the prestigious Accademia delle Arti del Disegno. Her paintings are held in museum collections around the world. On a personal note: You can watch the very short video (85 sec.) for my historical fiction novel, The Dead Man on the Corner. https://youtu. be/bQad2_Ck78Q You can buy the book on both Amazon and Barnes and Nobel, along with my other new historical fiction novel, John Dillinger and Geronimo. See: www.JamesJohnMagner.com. A Capitol Hill artist and writer, Jim can be reached at Artandthecity05@aol.com u

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

“Not the best time to buy a beach house”; Q & A on climate change with John R. Wennersten.

by Karen Lyon ny have been much more open to the problem of refugees. According to the latest statistics we probably will have 150-200 million climate refugees on the move on our planet by 2050. We in this country have hardly begin to assess the impact of this coming human tsunami. Environmental refugees don’t have the legal human rights standing before the United Nations that persecuted political refugees have and do not receive the help and assistance they need.

n 2017, John R. Wennersten and Denise Robbins issued a dire warning in their book, “Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the TwentyFirst Century.” They predicted that the effects of climate change, such as drought and rising sea levels, would result in a veritable “human tsunami” of people forced to flee their homes and resettle in more livable areas. Since then, we have seen natural disasters of major proportions, with tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, and earthquakes causing unprecedented devastation. We thought it was time to revisit the topic—and who better to turn to than our local expert, who has written nine books on environmental issues, including “Anacostia: The Death and Birth of An American River” and “Global Thirst: Water and Society in the 21st Century.” Q: So, Jack, how are we doing at combatting climate change? A: We certainly are not doing as well as we might have anticipated. There seems to be a serious disconnect between what we as average citizens see happening to our environment and what our political and business leaders in this country are doing to rectify our environmental problems. At this writing, the new governor of Virginia has chosen the biggest coal lobbyist in his state to be Secretary of the Environment for Virginia. When it comes to fossil fuels, the foxes always seem to be guarding the hen house. Heavy rains and heat and firestorms have become more of a problem. Asthma has become a much more difficult problem, with dust and other contaminants in the air. Plus, the thawing of the permafrost in Alaska and other places in the far North threatens to release large quantities of potentially dangerous methane into the earth’s atmosphere. Yes, we have some key environmental leaders in place with good ideas, such as John Kerry. But the pace of environmental degradation is taking place faster than the best intentions can correct. It’s not the best time to build

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a beach house, live in low-lying riverine areas, or out West in dry areas.

Q: Are there any specific examples you can share about areas that have become unlivable since you wrote the book? A: The most obvious cases are the Solomons and other Pacific atolls that are simply washing away from high tides. Also, rising temperatures make human habitation difficult. Once it reaches a mean temperature of 30 degrees Centigrade or 86 degrees Fahrenheit, humans begin to have lifestyle difficulties. Major parts of Africa and India come to mind as well as the northern tier of Latin America. In my thinking, the two most unlivable modern mega cities in the world today are Lagos, Nigeria, and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Others like Tripoli in Libya and New Delhi, India, suffer from excruciating environmental problems as well. Large areas of the planet will become unlivable simply because of limited access to water or severely polluted drinking water.

Q: In “Rising Tides,” you estimated that 25 to 50 million people would become climate refugees by 2020. Has that sad prediction come true? A: According to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, there were in 2021 some 84 million displaced persons world-wide. Many of these people like Syrians are subject to both environmental and political pressures. Meanwhile the United States in 2020 admitted 11,000 refugees and granted asylum to approximately 31,000. Other countries like Denmark and Germa-

Q: Have any environmental initiatives, such as reforestation and recycling, helped to alleviate the situation? A: Reforestation has and can continue to work wonders, especially the planting of trees in areas lacking green infrastructure. Recycling has its benefits as well, but the millions of tons of plastic that float in our oceans and wash up on our shores is a plague that haunts us. Those of us who buy water in plastic bottles are accessories to this plague. We need to see a regeneration of public drinking water fountains in our parks and public places. We don’t need $2 bottled water. The one initiative that people are not talking about is nuclear power. As our ever-hungry electric grid continues to grow, how will we produce electricity? Solar and wind will not be enough to replace coal and natural gas. So, we shall look to nuclear power to make our electricity. And nuclear power brings

John R. Wennersten, a local author who writes frequently on environmental issues, provides an update on climate change.

forth plenty of its own environmental problems. Q: Have recent global political actions such as the Glasgow Conference helped to slow global warming or deal with the resulting displacement? A: I think that these conferences have a salutary benefit in raising popular consciousness as to the environmental perils that we need to confront. But the pledges and benchmarks made at these conferences can get lost in the global media noise of politics and economic development. We still believe that there is a technological fix out there to help us solve all of our climate change problems. But it is not so much a technological fix that we need. We need a profound change in public attitudes and lifestyles. Until recently we thought of climate disasters as happening to people somewhere else in the world. Now those disasters are happening in this country. The DC Metro area recently has had its share of tidal surges that have flooded the Georgetown waterfront. In the future these surges will be more than a minor inconvenience to local residents. Q: Do you see any hope on the horizon? A: Funny thing about the word “hope.” Hope is a sentiment, not a strategy. If we pursue a simple strategy of world-wide reforestation and if western developed countries are willing to take a ten percent reduction in their standard of living to save the environment and commit to a really comprehensive program of water conservation and safe drinking water, we have a good chance going forward, especially as we educate our children to be good environmental stewards. Then we have a shot at having something potentially sustainable. ◆

THE POETIC HILL

by Karen Lyon

oe Bisicchia’s works have appeared in numerous publications, with more than 170 individual poems published, and he received an Honorable Mention for the Fernando Rielo XXXII World Prize for Mystical Poetry. His collection, “widewide.world to unwind: Poetry in the unraveling,” was published by Cyberwit last fall. He notes that he writes “of our shared dynamic,” as in his submission below, which is “about a bird, about ourselves.” Find him at www.widewide.world.

Corvus Frugilegus She perches on the narrow span over the abyss. Knows and loves Truth, and her feet trust it. Sometimes she Googles her name so to know her name right.

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MEDICAL INTUITION A Complimentary Modality that Can Help Heal by Pattie Cinelli

ill resident Patrick McClintock had been seeing an energy worker for years. During a session she held her hands over his midriff area where he had had a colon flare-up in the past, but he had not shared that information with her. “You need to have a doctor examine this area,” she told him. “I see flames burning in your intestine that should not be there.” When McClintock went to an MD he asked him to scan that area on his body. The doctor found a serious condition for which he needed surgery. He had to remove about 12 inches of his colon.

What is Medical Intuition? The thought of taking health advice from someone without a formal medical background will not resonate with some. However, an intuitive diagnosis, as with any other complimentary healing modalities, is not meant to take the place of Western medical treatment. It can enhance, prevent or simply serve as a tool to staying well. All of us have intuition and most of us use it regularly. We know when something is not right in our bodies. A medical intuitive is a practitioner who uses information gained through reading a body’s energy to identify the underlying root causes of imbalance or illness. He or she may or may not have a medical background. MDs may develop their medical intuition to assist in their medical practice. According to the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine medical intuition is a system of expanded perception gained through the development of the human sense of intuition and focuses on pinpoint visualization skills and scanning to get information from the physical body and biofield (energy systems). Although intuition has been used historically in medicine for centuries, the practice of using intuition for medical information in modern times dates back to Phineas Parkhurst Quimby February 2022 ★ 77

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(1802–1866), whose intuitive healing practice began in 1854. Edgar Cayce (1877–1945) was known as one of the most well known medical intuitives. In a study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 94 percent of study members said the medical intuitive accurately located their main physical issue or concern. Ninety seven percent would recommend medical intuition to others.

my massage therapist told me that my jaw was tight.) I was amazed at how loose my jaw felt after the session and how good it continues to feel. Blair also evaluated which foods would help eliminate the 12 pounds of toxins she saw being stored in my body fat. Through her intuitive food compatibility process she gave me a list of foods that are easy to digest and that will allow my body to heal. After my six days on the restrictive food plan we will talk again to add more choicWho Can Use a es into my diet. Medical Intuitive? Blair said, “If at the root of our situations (probElizabeth Baudhuin, an intuitive advisor on Capilems) is what we eat and think then the solution is in tol Hill, said people engage her to “scan their bodies what we eat and think.” The food and body connecto help them expand their awareness of the potential tion clicked for her early in her adult life. She watched roots of any physical imbalances. This can help them her mother die of heart disease at 57. “It hit me then, consider the best healing modalities to support their this was not natural and her doctor confirmed her lifereturn to vibrant health.” Baudhuin emphasizes she style was a major contributor to her chronic condidoes not provide a medical diagnosis. “I offer infortions.” Blair said uses her gifts to help people awakmation intended to complement any medical or inteen. “I’d like to see people develop their own intuitive Intuitive advisor Elizabeth Baudhuin. grative therapies they may be using.” She also works way and stand in their own discernment and power.” with animals in this way. We all have innate intuitive ability to hear what Baudhuin comes from a long line of women who could see what others our body is telling us and do what it needs to allow it to heal. That solution ofcould not including her great-great grandmother who was a healer and herbalten involves several modalities from traditional and complementary medicine. ist in the early 20th century. Food and Medical Intuitive Gail Blair has collaborated with doctors and For More Information: also has doctors as patients. “MDs work better when their energy is cleared. Visit Gail Blair’s website: foodrevelation.com “It’s for anyone who is open to doing something outside the box,” she said. Contact Elizabeth Baudhuin: ekbaudhuin@gmail.com “It’s for someone who has tried everything and it hasn’t worked and for those who really want to get to the root of their issue.” Books: Dr. Judith Orloff: Second Sight and I’ve had a physical issue nagging me since childDr. Orloff ’s Guide to Intuitive Healing: 5 Steps hood that I wanted to focus on by working with Blair. to Physical, Emotional and Sexual Wellness. I wanted to know why I have not been able to sustain Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz and Louise Hay: a weight that is acceptable as ‘normal’ in American All is Well: Heal Your Body with Medicine, culture no matter what I did. I’ve been called names Affirmation and Intuition. as a kid and asked questions as an exercise instructor about why I wasn’t ‘skinny’ because I worked out Carolyn Myss: Anatomy of the Spirit, Why People so much. I tried many different diets, however, when Don’t Heal and Why They Can. I stopped the restrictive eating, the weight came back to almost exactly where I had been. Dr. Barbara Brennan, The Hands of Light. “You have been more comfortable in spirit than Dr. Bernie Siegal: Love, Medicine and Miracles. in your body,” she told me. “Your weight has served you well. It keeps you grounded.” She also clariEileen McKusik: Electric Body Electric Health. fied why, despite my less than perfect weight, I have To study medical intuition: The Academy of been extremely healthy all of my life. “You were not Intuition Medicine (intuitionmedicine.org) comfortable in your body so you focused on it and kept it functioning optimally.” Her words resonated Pattie Cinelli is a health and fitness professional and jourwith me. I sensed she was correct in her assessment. nalist who has been writing her column for more than 20 I was relieved. years. She focuses on holistic and non-mainstream ways Blair worked with me for more than two hours to stay healthy, get well and connect with your whole self. and cleared what she called “energy blocks” in the left Please email her with questions, comments or column suggestions at: fitmiss44@aol.com. u side of my heart, my left hip and the right side of my Food and Medical Intuitive Gail Blair. Photo: jaw. (Even though I didn’t recognize it, just last month Karen Guthrie 78 H HILLRAG.COM

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WEIGHING IN ON PET WEIGHT by Rochelle Camden, DVM

ongratulations dearest reader! By the end of this article you will have the power to help your furry friends live an extra two years! Every time your pet visits a veterinary hospital, you have likely noticed that he or she has been placed on a scale to determine its weight. This is because weight is an incredibly important medical tool. Weight indicates whether your growing puppy or kitten has been increasing in weight at an appropriate rate or that a possible illness may be causing a fluctuation of weight in either direction. What is the ideal weight? Vets combine the weight in pounds, overall look of a dog, and their physical examination to determine your pet’s Body Condition Score (BCS). The BCS is a scale ranging from 1-9. A BCS of 4 or 5 is considered ideal weight, below 4 is underconditioned and above 5 is what I call “overloved.” For every number above 5, your pet is an extra 10 percent overweight. Weight discussions can be a sensitive topic, but it is important one because numerous studies have shown dogs of ideal weight live an average of two years longer than a dog that is too heavy. While it may seem simple to keep your pet at an ideal weight, there are some factors that are out of a pet

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parent’s control that can make it incredibly challenging. Have you been walking your pup the same amount every day, feeding the exact same amount of food, and following the feeding guidelines on the bag of food? And there are some medical conditions that can cause weight gain or loss despite pet parent’s best intentions.

Food This is always a great place to start when determining cause of unintentional weight gain. Just like every human food, every bag of pet food has a different amount of calories. Therefore, it is important to treat every bag of food separately and not carry over the same feeding plan from one diet to the next. Sometimes, the feeding guidelines on the bag of food can also be higher than necessary for your dog. This is not the food company’s fault because every dog has a different lifestyle. If a bag of food recommends to feed your Chocolate Lab 2.5 cups of food a day, that can be misleading. If your dog is a couch potato, like my dog, that 2.5 cups might be a bit excessive for his metabolic needs. If your dog is a weekly marathon runner that same 2.5 cups might not be enough. Reach out to your vet to discuss the exact diet you are feeding it and we can calculate the daily caloric intake need-

ed to meet your dog’s needs and help ensure they maintain an ideal weight.

Illness Dogs can be affected by hormone disorders such as Cushing’s or hypothyroidism and these can cause weight gain as well. These are both hormone disorders that can be diagnosed by your veterinarian with a few tests. If your dog is diagnosed with either of these disorders, they can be managed with medication. Arthritis can be an indirect cause of weight gain. If a pet’s joints get stiff or sore, they will be less inclined to go on the long walks they used to love. Luckily, there are joint supplements like Cosequin and Dasuquin that can help promote joint health. There are also medications that can help relieve inflammation related pain. Please do not use any human medications for your pets without consulting a veterinarian first though.

Cats While cats do tend to sleep a large portion of the day, it is still important to manage their weight and ensure that their beauty sleep does not impact their overall health. If your cat is gradually losing weight despite maintaining the same lifestyle and food, this could mean there is an underlying illness. When cats begin to lose weight, veterinarian

tend to think about diabetes, hyperthyroidism, or kidney disease. Bloodwork can test for these diseases and then appropriate treatment can begin. It is important to note that, overweight cats are highly predisposed to developing diabetes. Therefore, keeping your cat at an ideal weight has the power to help prevent disease. Here’s an overloved cat tip. Does your cat throw a hissy-fit when their dry food bowl is halfway empty? If your cat is on the overloved side, I recommend switching to a wet food diet. Wet food has a higher water content which can trick a cat’s stomachs into thinking they are fuller faster. This can help a cat gradually lose weight over months. A safe weight loss goal for a cat would be about a half pound decrease over one-two months at a time. Losing weight too rapidly can be dangerous for cats; therefore, weight checks every three-four weeks are important. You can weigh your cat at home. While today’s society has started to glamorize larger cats and dogs, helping your pet stay at an ideal weight can help them live an extra two years. Please don’t hesitate to ask your veterinarian if your pet’s weight is appropriate at your next visit. Rochelle Camden, DVM, is an Associate Veterinarian at District Veterinary Hospital. u

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“LOVE, MAURY-STYLE” AT HILL CENTER by Elizabeth Nelson

his fall, students across DCPS and all over the country, participated in a collaborative art project based out of Dallas, Texas called the American Love Project, a grassroots response to the divisions in our country. Artists, nation-wide, were invited to submit work. Under the direction of the art teacher, Lauren Bomba, each student at Maury ES (1250 Constitution Ave NE) created a mixed-media piece expressing the meaning and importance of love. Like most Hill kids, Maury students had direct experience of the impact of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021. Many had friends and family members living near or working within the Capitol building. Some recalled seeing rioters walking through the streets or hearing helicopters circling overhead. All remembered what it felt like to see barricades and barbed wire blocking access to familiar haunts. The students discussed their feelings of frustration, fear and indignation that their neighborhood was misused in this way. They were eager to work through those negative feelings and proud to be part of the collective effort to create an antidote, a mesWork on display in Maury’s central staircase sage of love and hope. There is nothing superficial or haphazard about their pieces. A first glance, they’re charming “eye candy,” dazzling with color and pattern. But a closer look reveals that they come from a very deep place of introspection and intention. The entire set was initially installed at the school, to uplift and inspire – with digital images submitted to the organizers. Since then, a sampling has been moved to Hill Center (921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE) where it is on display in the Young Artists Gallery. It can also be seen in a virtual gallery at hillcenterdc.org/artist/young-artists-gallery-maury/, A work-in-progress

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which includes links to additional images and information about the American LOVE Project. It is well worth a visit. As a side note: Three Maury students Jack Lettieri, Liam Telligman, and Bennett Wolfmeyer), one Maury alumnus (Will Weedon, now at Eastern HS), and Ms. Bomba are among the 36 finalists in a related competition. u

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SCHOOL NOTES by Susan Braun Johnson

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Maury The American LOVE Project is a grassroots response to the divisions in our country. Artists nation-wide were invited to submit work. Like most Hill kids, Maury students had direct experience of the impact of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 and were eager to counteract those negative messages and emotions. Under the direction of the art teacher Lauren Bomba, each student in the school created a mixed-media piece expressing the meaning and importance of love. Many thousands of entries were received, from which the project organizers selected twelve finalists in each of three categories. Ms. Bomba is a finalist in the adult category; Maury alumnus, Will Weedon, (now at Eastern HS), is representing the Middle/High School division; and current Maury students, Jack Lettieri, fourth-grade, Liam Telligman, fourth-grade, and Bennett Wolfmeyer, second-grade, were chosen for the Elementary School division. A sampling of Maury’s work is at Hill Center and in a virtual gallery at hillcenterdc.org/artist/young-artists-gallery-maury. Maury ES, 1250 Constitution Ave. NE, mauryelementary.com.

Friends Community School Capitol Hill Day School Capitol Hill Day School celebrated its Fourth Annual Founders’ Day on Jan. 8 with a day of service. This day of service was developed to bring the Capitol Hill Day School community together around the day of their incorporation to celebrate the school’s founding. This year, current families, alumni, and staff made and donated nearly 1,000 bags of trail mix and over 700 muffins to Martha’s Table. The community then met in Garfield Park for a park clean-up and games hosted by the newly formed Families in Partnership Association. Capitol Hill Day School, 210 South Carolina Ave, SE, www.chds. org. 84 ★ HILLRAG.COM

Friends Community students have been hard at work creating forts and trails in the acres of woodland surrounding this College Park campus. They share their explorations with new members of the community, guinea fowl who roam free during the school day. Learning in the great outdoors has been a joyful feature of this school year. Friends Community School, 5901 Westchester Park Dr, College Park, MD. www.friendscommunityschool.org.

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Miner In December the Miner PTO teamed up with Eliot-Hine Middle School for their 6th Annual Holiday Greenery Sale. Members of the community purchased trees, wreaths, garlands, and poinsettias in addition to making donations to purchase trees for families who might not otherwise be able to have one. As always, the event was festive, fun, and a huge success, in large part thanks to the amazing volunteers, which included students from Eastern High School, teachers and parents from Miner Elementary and Eliot-Hine, and neighbors who support the efforts of these two schools. Miner, 601 15th St NE, Minerelementary.org.

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Middle school students enrolled in STEM at Templeton Academy recently ditched their desks to immerse themselves in an authentic learning experience at the The Futures exhibit at the Arts and Industries Building. Being located in the heart of DC, students regularly take to the city for real, hands-on learning opportunities such as this one! Templeton Academy, 406 7th St. NW. www. templetonacademy.org.

Northeast Stars NES students are learning about numbers! This month the students are recording time. For every day of the month, they are placing a bean in a jar. They will count the beans daily to review how many days have passed. This activity teaches one-to-one correspondence, which involves counting each object in a set once, and only once, with one touch per object. The children have practiced counting to ten in English and Spanish. Northeast Stars Montessori Preschools, 1325 Maryland Ave NE. nestars.net.

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Van Ness Elementary The Van Ness Otters came together on December 14 for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic. Vaccine ambassadors—kids who had already received their jabs— were on hand to offer encouragement to those students who needed a little extra support. DCPS has chosen the school as a clinic site, so there will be more opportunities to get vaccinated at Van Ness in the future. Van Ness Elementary, www. vannesselementary.org Photo: Maggie McCarty

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The Lunar New Year (online) Family Zone Lunar New Year is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is celebrated around the world and is a time to cherish loved ones both near and far. This year the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) is highlighting the Chinese traditions and celebration of the Year of the Ox. Enjoy a variety of family-friendly activities you can complete at home and with your extended family and friends via Zoom. Watch traditional Chinese craft demonstrations and performances. Join the Madison Chinese Dance Corporation for acrobatics, yo-yo, and other Chinese dance traditions. americanart. si.edu/events/family-zone/lunar-new-year.

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Take a Live, Virtual Capitol Tour Due to Covid, the Capitol Visitor Center remains closed, but you can still join one of their knowledgeable guides for a live, virtual tour that includes the Crypt, Rotunda and National Statuary Hall. The tour will have live video and audio. Register in advance for these online tours offered Monday through Friday at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Tours last 45 to 60 minutes, including time for questions and answers. Tour participation requires a device that plays sound and video. Participants will not be on camera and will submit questions via the chat feature. Registration for online tours closes at 9 a.m. the previous day. To register, visit the visitthecapitol.gov/virtual-capitol-tour and use the calendar feature to select a date and time. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation with the link for the tour you selected. US Capitol, Statuary Hall

All Aboard for Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails! The world’s most beloved #1 blue engine has rolled into National Children’s Museum this winter for exciting fun and adventure. Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails!, an interactive exhibit created by Minnesota Children’s Museum and inspired by the popular children’s series now on Nick Jr, steamed into the Museum on Jan. 22, for a four-month stay through Sunday, May 15. Featuring favorite engines and destinations from Thomas & Friends, this STEM–focused exhibit seeks to engage children, ages two through seven, and families in foundational skills that foster STEM literacy through playful learning experiences. Museum admission is $15.95 for one adult and one child. The National Children’s Museum is at 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. ©2022 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas & Friends™: NW. nationalchild- Explore the Rails! was created by Minnesota Children’s Museum, presented by Fisher-Price. rensmuseum.org.

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Becoming Chinese American (Girlhood – It’s complicated) Chinese American Virginia Lee wore the vest and trousers on display in the early 1900s. Born in the United States but raised in immigrant households, Chinese American girls embodied multiple cultures. They were expected to conform to American culture while maintaining Chinese values. Clothing became an important way for Chinese American girls to navigate cultures and identities. Virginia, a first-generation Chinese American, grew up in New York City. Becoming Chinese American is in the New Perspectives case outside on the Second Floor, East, of the National Museum of American History. americanhistory.si.edu.

Soar Together @ Air and Space Virtual Family Day: What’s Beyond Our Solar System? Soar Together @ Air and Space is a monthly virtual family program from the National Air and Space Museum. Through live events and interactive activities you can do anytime, your family can explore a different air and space topic every month. This month’s family program, on Feb. 18 and 19, all day, will explore the questions, “How do we know what is out there beyond our own universe?” and “What world do you imagine?” You’ll learn about the ways scientists study planets outside our solar system, and then use your creative side to imagine what it would be like to live on another planet. Register at airandspace. si.edu/events/soar-together-airand-space-virtual-family-daywhats-beyond-our-solar-system

Darbuka Drumming at the National Children’s Museum On Saturday, Feb. 12 and Sunday, Feb. 13, join in on an authentic Darbuka drumming session. You’ll learn more about Arabic music and instruments like the Darbuka, an iconic percussion instrument used in the Middle East. The program, in the Creative Corner on the first floor, lasts approximately 30 minutes and will start at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. It is recommended for all ages, especially five to nine. Museum admission is $15.95 for one adult and one child. The National Children’s Museum is at 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. nationalchildrensmuseum.org.

Balloonacy at Imagination Stage Balloonacy is a beautiful, movement-based show that revisits the classic film The Red Balloon. Nothing can go right for the character of the old man, whose days are gray and dreary– until he is visited by a friendly red balloon. In the playful physical style of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, the old man--an adult version of the boy in the film--regains his youthful spirit, with the help of the red balloon. $12. Balloonacy is at Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda Feb. 5 to 20. Best suited for ages five to eleven. Imaginationstage.org.

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How does an airplane stay aloft? How can something as insubstantial as air support all that weight? Why do you become “weightless” in space? How can you propel yourself there, with no air to push against? These and many other questions are

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Show Way: A Book in Concert at the KC Soonie’s great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, with only some fabric and nee-

dles to call her own. She began to stitch a Show Way, a quilt with secret meanings to show enslaved people the way to freedom. As each generation passes, the Show Way shines a light on the past and paves a road to the future, stitching together possibility and promise. Through Feb. 20, the Kennedy Center’s Education Artist-in-Residence Jacqueline Woodson’s Newbery-winning book of history, love, and resilience becomes a world premiere stage adaptation. This moving, lyrical account based on Woodson’s own family pays tribute to women whose strength and knowledge illuminate their daughters’ lives--from enslavement to free-

P.Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical at Imagination Stage G.Petto is an ingenious computer games designer who one day discovers that his newest game character P.Nokio can live outside the computer. G.Petto is thrilled at the prospect of having a “son,” and with the help of the Graffiti Fairy, he teaches P.Nokio how to become a real boy. But, P.Nokio falls in with con artists and finds himself in a web of lies that endangers his father. To save G.Petto, P.Nokio must wise up, keep it real, and learn that words and truth are the mightiest weapons of all. A completely contemporary, high-energy musical update of Pinocchio, on stage at Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, from Feb. 26 to April 9, is best suited for ages five to eleven. ASL-interpreted performance is March 27 at 1:30 p.m. Sensory-friendly performance is April 3 at 11 a.m. imaginationstage.org.

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Celebrate Washington’s Birthday at Mount Vernon On Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., celebrate the first president of the United States at his beloved home. Admission is free for both days—Presidents Day and George Washington’s birthday. On Feb. 21, witness a presidential tribute and a wreath laying at the Washington’s Tomb; listen to special remarks given by Doug Bradburn, president of Mount Vernon; and meet George Washington and other characters on the grounds of the historic area. On Feb. 22, observe a moving ceremony in which candidates from across the world become US citizens. Timed tickets for Mansion tours are distributed upon entry and are limited in number. Face masks are recommended indoors for all persons, vaccinated or unvaccinated. Face masks are required for all unvaccinated guests. mountvernon.org.

til their baby ducklings are born. When the ducklings begin to explore the world around them, the challenges of parenthood in the busy Boston environment create a fun bit of family drama. A classic story for all ages, this world premiere musical celebrates family, Boston, children, and the beings who make an unfamiliar place a home. $25. Adventure Theatre’s Make Way for the Ducklings is on stage at Glen Echo, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Glen Echo, MD, from Feb. 4 to March 27. adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Because: A Symphony of Serendipity How can music change a young person’s life? See for yourself when Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence Mo Willems’s story of chance makes its world premiere as a concert with the National Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, March 20 at 2 and 4 p.m. The 2 p.m. concert is sensory-friendly. Most enjoyed by ages five, up. $20 to $55. kennedy-center.org.

Family Dance Workshop: ABT Free, no tickets required. On Sunday, April 3, 11 a.m., join dancers at the Kennedy Center for this 45-minute workshop led by artists from American Ballet Theatre. Designed for families with children ages 10 and under, the workshop explores music, movement, and/or themes of a ballet while taking families through learning simple ballet steps or choreography. Children must participate with an adult. Pre-registration will be available approximately one month before the event and is highly recommended. kennedy-center.org.

PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure”

dom, through segregation, freedom marches, and the fight for literacy. $20. Most enjoyed by age seven and older. kennedy-center.org.

Explore the Rhythm and Magic of Percussion Instruments On March 5 and 6, discover the range of percussion instruments through two imaginative stories featuring assistant principal timpanist of the NSO, Scott Christian. I Dream of the Moon (A Young Boy’s Adventure Through Space) by Keeghan Fountain tells the story of a young boy’s journey from his own backyard to the furthest reaches of the moon in a nonverbal performance on the vibraphone with 92 H HILLRAG.COM

projected images of original artwork by Nehemiah Russell. Xavier’s New Friends by Peter Gilbert introduces the main percussion family instruments through Xavier the Xylophone as he searches for percussion friends to join his band. Most enjoyed by ages five, up. March 6 at 4 p.m. is a sensory-friendly performance. kennedy-center.org.

Make Way for the Ducklings Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are exhausted from their search for a starter home when they land in the Boston Public Garden as a potential home. Surprised by a few conditions in the Garden, the Mallards move on to continue their search un-

In PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure,” Mayor Goodway is getting everything shipshape for a big Pirate Day celebration in Adventure Bay. When Cap’n Turbot falls into a dark and mysterious cavern, it’s PAW Patrol to the rescue! Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Skye, Rocky and Zuma save Cap’n Turbot and discover a secret pirate treasure map that leads them on an epic adventure. The performance is an interactive live stage show, encouraging audiences to learn pirate catchphrases, dance the pirate boogie and help the pups follow the treasure map and solve picture puzzles throughout their mission. PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure” is at the EagleBank Arena, 4500 Patriot Cir, Fairfax, for seven performances from March 31 to April 3. Tickets are on sale now. ticketmaster.com. u

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Hill Rag Magazine – February 2022

Articles inside

Notebook by Kathleen donner

School Notes by Susan Braun Johnson

“LOVE, Maury-Style” at Hill Center

District Vet: Weighing in on Pet Weight

Literary Hill by Karen Lyon

Medical Intuition: A Complimentary Modality that Can

Our River: The Anacostia – The Big Picture from Tommy Wells by Bill Matuszeski

Bulletin Board by Kathleen Donner

Dear Garden Problem Lady by Wendy Blair

ANC Requests Additional Police

Art and The City by Jim Magner

Capitol Cuisine by Celeste McCall

I Street Bike Plan Triggers Firestorm

New ANC Boundaries to be Drawn