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Monday, September 21, 2015

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Money Smart for Small Business: Financial Management and Credit Reporting

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The Numbers: Picking Priorities

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South by West

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The Wharf Bottoms Out

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Hine School Comes Down

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Eastern Market Report

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Our River: The Anacostia

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Changing Hands

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Sparkling Summer Sippers with DCanter

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Dining Notes

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Wine Girl

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At the Movies

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Art and The City

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on the cover: Alfredo Palmero, “Menina”, 162 x 130cm, oil on canvas. Photo by: Agusti Centelles M. ALFREDO PALMERO is the third generation of a lineage of artists that began with his grandfather, with whom he shared a name and a great love for painting.

Since 1991 Alfredo has been holding personal exhibitions in some of the European Cultural hubs in cities like Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia, Brussels, London, Lisbon, Berlin, Denmark Montecarlo, Paris and around the world Qatar, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Panama, California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Miami.

The Palmero family has founded two private Museums in Spain, one in Barcelona in the 15th century house, and the second in the central Spain. Works of the

Alfredo Palmero is now considered as one of the most interesting contemporary Spanish artists in the artistic panorama, with an heritage of the traditional European Art, connecting at the same time with the aesthetic of the 21st century.

About Gallery NK – Please visit the website and click on the about icon. You will see an article titled, A Scientist Grows Art in NoMa at Gallery NK, by Janie Velencia. www.galleryonk.com

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Bringing Food From Farm to Table A Visit to Full Cellar

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Intestinal Parasite Roundup

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Hill Gardner: Growing Edibles 80 Feet Up

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Going Ductless Another Way to Cool, and Heat,

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Dear Garden Problem Lady

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Self-Guided Georgetown Kennedy Walking Tour Retrace the memories of one of America’s most iconic couples, John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy, through their happiest and most tragic times. Individually and as a couple, John and Jacqueline chose Georgetown as their home time and again. JFK lived in Georgetown, at 3260 N St. NW, as the newly-elected Massachusetts Congressman, when he courted Jacqueline Bouvier, and during his presidential election. She lived in Georgetown as a new bride, and again after the death of her husband. All nine homes in which the Kennedys lived and the church where they worshiped are on the tour. Find the locations and a map at georgetowndc.com/self-guided-kennedy-walking-tour.

The homes on this walking tour are private residences. Please enjoy the tour from the sidewalks and other rights-of-way.

John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier pose on the tennis court at the Joseph P. Kennedy residence during the “Engagement Weekend.”

Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Photo: Photographer Unknown. Courtesy of John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.

Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye at the NGA In 1875, Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) submitted this painting of floor scrapers to the jury of the Salon, the official exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. The work was rejected, but Edgar Degas and Auguste Renoir admired it and encouraged him to exhibit with the Impressionists. Caillebotte’s canvas, depicting shirtless laborers finishing a wood floor, became one of the sensations of the Second Impressionist show in 1876.

Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye not only includes his most famous cityscapes and interiors, but also shows his artistic range with a selection of portraits, nudes, river scenes, still lifes, and landscapes. It is at the National Gallery of Art through Oct. 4. nga.gov P.S. Caillebotte is pronounced “Kai-ye-bot.” NGA staff tell us the best way to remember the pronunciation is first syllable of kayak and last syllable of robot and a barely-heard “ye” in the middle.

Gustave Caillebotte, The Floor Scrapers, 1875, oil on canvas, overall: 102x147 centimeters. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Gift of Caillebotte’s heirs through the intermediary of Auguste Renoir, 1894

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Arlington County Fair The Arlington County Fair, Aug. 5-9, is one of the largest free events in the area and has been around for more than 35 years. In recent years, attendance has reached 70,000 as people come to enjoy competitive exhibits, midway rides and games, entertainment, vendors, racing piglets, and more. Each year Thomas Jefferson Community Center is transformed into a special place with something for everyone to see. Hours are Wed., Aug. 5 and Thurs., Aug. 6; 5-10 p.m.; Fri., Aug. 7, 4-11 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 8 and Sun., Aug. 9, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. The Thomas Jefferson Community Center, 3501 Second St., So. Take I-395 into Virginia, merge onto Washington Blvd. So. (exit 8A) toward So. Arlington Ridge Rd. /VA-244/ Columbia Pike, take Second St. So. exit and go about a mile further. arlingtoncountyfair.us

Courtesy of the Arlington County Fair

1812 Overture on the Washington Monument Grounds Each August, the United States Army Band performs its big summer concert that concludes with Tchaikovsky’s spirited “Overture 1812” complete with the cannons of The Third U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Presidential Salute Battery. A favorite among Washingtonians, the annual must-see musical extravaganza offers an enjoyable musical program of traditional band music with vocal highlights and Herald Trumpet fanfare. The concert features classical, popular, and patriotic music for audiences of all ages. The concert this year is Sat., Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m. at the Sylvan Theater on the Washington Monument Grounds. usarmyband.com

An enthusiastic crowd enjoyed unseasonably cool temperatures and a clear sky in Washington. Photo: US Army photo by Sgt. First Class Chris Branagan

East Potomac Golf Course Driving Range

DC’s Driving Ranges The East Potomac Driving Range features 50 covered and 50 uncovered stalls for year-round golf practice (hours vary by season). Individual stalls on the lower level give you privacy to improve your swing and protection from the elements. Twenty-six of the lower deck stalls are heated for year-round comfort. Upper deck stalls let you enjoy a day in the sun with views of the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial and Reagan National Airport. Lights allow practice until 10 p.m. during the summer months. Balls are $4 for 34; $7 for 68 and $13 for 136. Use of golf clubs is free. East Potomac Golf Course, 972 Ohio Dr. SW. 202-554-7660.

You can see the Langston Driving Range when driving along Benning Rd. NE. There are 30 hitting areas with synthetic mats and a grass area that can accomodate up to six players. The prices are the same as East Potomac but you have an area, not a stall. Langston Driving Range is open 365 days a year, sun up to sun down. Langston Golf Course, 26th St. and Benning Rd. NE. 202-397-8638. golfdc.com

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A U G U S T CALENDAR Ford’s Theatre History on Foot Walking Tours. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays through August, 6:45 PM This tour occurs rain or shine and lasts approximately two hours. The distance walked is 1.6 miles from outside of Ford’s Theatre to the White House.

Tickets are $17 and can be reserved through Ticketmaster at 800982-2787 or by visiting fords.org.

Join Detective McDevitt as he re-visits and re-examines the sites and clues surrounding the assassination of our nation’s 16th president. Photo: Courtesy of Ford’s Theatre

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CAPITOL HILL VILLAGE CORNER

Exit Strategies SPECIAL EVENTS

MidCity Dog Days Sidewalk Sale & Festival. Aug. 1 to 2, all day. Every year on the first weekend of August MidCity businesses come together to hold this neighborhood wide event.

It is in the U Street corridor neighborhood and sidestreets features live entertainment, shop and restaurant discounts. dogdaysdc.com CHAW presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial by Jury & Selections from Yeoman of the Guard. Through Aug. 8.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 PM (and 3 PM on Saturdays).

CHAW’s annual summer of Gilbert & Sullivan is back in full--and, as always, slightly twisted--form! Join them for an evening or afternoon of song, wordplay, and fun. $20. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. chaw.org The BEACH at the National Building Museum. Through Sept. 7. Spanning the Great Hall, the BEACH, created in partnership with Snarkitecture, covers 10,000 square feet and include an “ocean” of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. National Building Museum is at 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. nbm.org

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xit Strategies is a ninepart series of 2-hour classes that address life planning for individuals and families to prepare for aging.

Topics include: A. Legal aspects such as wills, estates, powers of attorney and medical directives; B. Financial issues including identifying and communicating financial resources and budgeting and cost planning and; C. Household concerns ranging from rightscaling your household, to archiving materials, to managing one’s electronic resources and identities.

The course is intended for anyone in a family with aging members—including seniors, spouses, adult children or others.

Classes are interactive with informational components and resources, with in-class exercises and discussions and home work. The course will discuss how individuals and families can prepare for this time, as well as share hands-on tactics for challenging conversations.

The course addresses both how to prepare and create exit strategies.

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$200 for non-members. To register call Capitol Hill Village Offices at (202) 543 1778. Class dates are: September 10, 17, 24.

October 1, 8, 15, (break).

October 29, November 5, November 12. Classes will be held in the evening on Capitol Hill. Class size is limited to 30 participants. •

Summer Road Trip at the Phillips.

Aug. 6, 5 to 8:30 PM Embrace the great American road trip while sampling cuisine from across the country during the Phillips’s Food Truck Fiesta. Explore themes of travel during gallery talks, send postcards featuring the winning image of the #AmericanMoments photography contest, and watch road trip episodes from classic TV shows. $10$12. The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151. phillipscollection.org Post-game Fireworks at Nat’s Park.

Aug. 7, 7:05 vs. Rockies. Fireworks just after the end of game. Games take about three hours. washington. nationals.mlb.com

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National Mall, between 4th and 7th. friendsofscreenonthegreen.org Live! Concert Series on the Plaza. Aug. 3 to Oct. 2, weekdays, noon to1:30 PM Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. itcdc.com Rockin’ the Block at Canal Park. Aug. 5, 6:30 to 8:30 PM Rockin’ the Block features live music in Canal Park’s Middle Block, food and beverage from the Capitol Riverfront, lawn games, and more. Justin Trawick and the Common Good perform. Canal Park is at 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org Films at the Stone. Thurs., Aug. 27, at dusk, Selma (2014). Bring a blanket or lawn chair. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, 1964 Independence Ave. SW. nps. gov/mlkm Navy Memorial Concerts on the Avenue. Tuesdays, through Sept. 1, 7:30 PM 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NE. navyband.navy.mil

SW “night market”. Aug. 28, Sept. 25 and Oct. 23, 4 to 9 PM Bills itself as “an evening of arts, food, flea & fun, live music.” Market is at Fourth and M Sts. SW. marketswdc.com

Harbour Nights Summer Concerts. Wednesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 PM Aug. 5, Ewabo Duo; Aug. 12, Project Natale; Aug. 19, Taylor Carson; Aug. 26, Damian Grasso; Sept.

2, Justin Trawick and the Common Good; Sept. 9, Phil Kominski; Sept. 16, The Suitors; Sept. 23, Dan Haas Duo; Sept. 30, The Bubbas. Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. thewashingtonharbour.com

Art Walk in the Park at Glen Echo. Aug. 7, and Sept.

4, 6 to 8 PM Glen Echo invites the public to visit all the Park’s resident visual arts studios in one evening in order to learn about their programs, meet resident artists and instructors, view artists at work in their studios, purchase unique artwork and gifts, and enjoy the beauty of the park. Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD. 301-634-2222. glenechopark.org

the Freedom Wall. wwiimemorialfriends.org Atlas Under the Big Top Gala. Oct. 16 (save the date), 7 to 11 PM Not your usual gala, Under the Big Top will be an exhilarating evening of dining, dancing, and performances celebrating the finest in artistic expression. $225, up. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org

Air Force Band Concerts at the Air Force Memorial. Fridays in summer, 8 PM Air Force Memorial at One Air Force Memorial Drive in Arlington, VA. (14th St. Bridge into Virginia, merge onto Washington Blvd. and then Columbia Pike in the direction of the Navy Annex. Then follow signs.) Expect a pleasing mix of contemporary and patriotic tunes and spectacular views of the nighttime Washington, DC skyline. airforcememorial.org

Truckeroo Food Trucks. Aug. 21 and Sept. 11, 11 AM11 PM Half St. and M St., SE, near Nat’s Park. Truckeroodc.com

OUTDOOR SUMMER MUSIC AND MOVIES

Military Band Concerts at the Capitol. Weeknights throughout summer, 8 PM West side of the Capitol.

There’s plenty of parking near the Botanic Garden.

Wonderful Washington, DC-Paintings by the Washington Society of Landscape Painters. Through Sept. at American Painting Fine Art, 5118 MacArthur Blvd. NW. 202-244-3244. classicamericanpainting.com V-J Day 70th Anniversary Commemoration at WWII Memorial. Sept. 2, 10:30 AM As part of the ceremony, World War II veterans and representatives of the United States and the Pacific Theater Allies will lay wreaths at

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Fort Dupont Summer Concerts. Aug. 1 and 8 (rain or shine); 7 to 9 PM Gates open at 5:30 PM The National Park Service wants you to enjoy yourselves but requests no alcohol, glass containers or grills. Coolers will be checked upon entry. The main driving entrances to the park are Fort Davis Dr. and Ridge Rd; Fort Davis Dr. and Massachusetts Ave.; and Randle Circle and Fort Dupont Dr. Watch for signs. nps.gov/fodu Screen on the Green. Aug. 3, Desk Set (1957); and Aug. 10, Back to the Future (1985). Movies start at dusk.

NoMa Summer Screen. Wednesdays, through Aug. 19.

Free outdoor film series featuring music, giveaways, food trucks, picnicking and great movies. NoMa Summer Screen at Storey Park Lot, 1005 First St. NE, which will be temporarily transformed for 2015 into a muralfilled urban park. Here’s the remaining lineup: Aug. 5: Stomp the Yard; and Aug. 12: Footloose. Movies start at dark and are screened with subtitles. Coolers, children and friendly (leashed) dogs are welcome. They encourage moviegoers to bring chairs, blankets, Frisbees,

WE and picnic coolers to connect with friends and neighbors starting at 7 PM nomabid.org Capitol Riverfront Outdoor Movies.

Thursdays through Sept. 3 at sundown. Aug. 6, Pitch Perfect; Aug. 13, The Goonies; Aug. 20, Guardians of the Galaxy; Aug. 27; To Kill A Mockingbird; Sept. 3, The Sound of Music. They invite you to come early, bring a picnic, and enjoy the show. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org Jazz in the Garden Concerts at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. Fridays through Aug. 28, 5 to 8:30 PM Aug. 7, Miles Stiebel (jazz violin); Aug. 14, Origem (Brazilian jazz); Aug. 21, Seth Kibel (clarinet); Aug. 28, Afro Bop Alliance (Latin jazz). Concerts may be cancelled due to excessive heat or inclement weather. For up-to-date information, visit nga.gov/jazz or call 202-289-3360.

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2015 Twilight Tattoo at Fort Myer.

Wednesdays, through Aug. 19 , 7 PM with pre-ceremony pageantry starting at 6:45 PM. Members of the 3rd US Infantry (The Old Guard), the US Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” Fife and Drum Corps and the US Army Drill Team will perform an hour long sunset military Pageant. Over 100 Old Guard soldiers dressed in period uniforms will provide a glimpse of Army history from colonial times to the soldier of the future. The Twilight Tattoo will be performed on Summerall Field from through June, and on Whipple Field, July through August. twilight.mdw.army.mil Marine Barracks Row Evening Parades. Fridays through Aug. 28, 8:45 to 10 PM Performance features music and precision marching, the Evening Parade features “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, “The Commandant’s Own” The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, the Marine Corps Color

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Yoga “Mortis” at Congressional Cemetery. Every Monday through end of Oct. 6 to 7 PM in the chapel. All levels welcome and no reservations are necessary. Props and a limited number of mats are provided. Wear comfortable clothing. $10 suggested donation. Historic Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E St. SE. 202-543-0539. congressionalcemetery.org

Guard, the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, Ceremonial Marchers, and LCpl. Chesty XIII, the official mascot of Marine Barracks Washington. Reservations suggested. barracks.marines.mil Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series. Fridays, through Sept. 11, 6:30 to 8:30 PM Come to Yards Park to relax and enjoy the river view, fantastic bands, food and beverage, and a large variety of great restaurants within a five-minute walk from the park. Family-friendly lyrics and grassy open space make this an enjoyable event for adults and kids alike. The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. yardspark.org Glen Echo Park Free Summer Concerts. 7:30 PM Aug. 6, Trio Caliente, Aug. 13, Terraplane; Aug. 20, Quiles & Cloud; and Aug. 27, US Air Force Strings. Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD. glenechopark.org Hot 5 @ Hill Center: (outdoor) Jazz on a Summer’s Eve. Aug 16, Sine Qua Non; Sept. 20, Nasar Abadey; 5 PM Free concerts on the Hill Center grounds. Performances are preceded by a short Q&A with the artists. Sponsored by Stella Artois. Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. hillcenterdc.org American Roots Concerts at the Botanic Garden. Aug. 27, 5 to 7, Blue Moon Cowgirls, early country harmonies; Sept. 10, 3-5 , Jonny Grave, Blues; Sept. 25, 3-5 , South Rail Band, Americana/Roots. August concert is outside but goes inside in bad weather. September concerts are in the Conservatory Garden Court. usbg.gov National Symphony Orchestra Labor Day Concert at the Capitol.

Sept. 6, 8 PM Dress rehearsal is 3:30 to 6 PM Gates open at 3 PM In case of inclement weather, the concert will move to the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. Call the NSO Summer Concert Hotline at 202-416-8114 after 2 PM.

MUSIC

Erin Nichole Mooney in Congressional Cemetery Chapel. Photo: Kelly Carnes

Summer Organ Recitals at the National Shrine. Sundays, 6 PM Aug. 2, Martin Schmeding (Freiburg, Germany); Aug. 9, Benjamin LaPrairie (Washington, DC); Aug. 16, Josh Boyd (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Aug. 23, John Paul Farahat (Toronto, Ontario); Aug. 30, Charles Higgs (Atlanta, Georgia). There is no charge for admission, a freewill offering will be accepted. All are welcome to attend these performances. The National Shrine is at 400 Michigan Ave. NE. There’s plenty of parking. nationalshrine.com RighteousGIRLS at the Atlas. Aug. 8, 8 PM RighteousGIRLS (flutist Gina Izzo and pianist Erika Dohi) celebrate the recent release of their debut album ‘gathering blue’ on this east coast CD release tour. $12 to $15. The Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-3997993. atlasarts.org Hiraeth-The Best of Wales in America. Aug. 27, 7 PM, Côr y Penrhyn, the Penrhyn Welsh Male Choir from Bethesda, Wales, will feature a narration by the accomplished film and stage actor John Ogwen, accompanied by the glorious harp sound of the talented

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Glain Dafydd. $3 to $6. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. cathedral.org Jazz Night and Blues Night in Southwest. Jazz is every Friday, 6 to 9 PM. Blues is every Monday, 6 to 9 PM. Expect a large, fun and friendly crowd. The cover is $5. Children are welcome and free under 16 years old. Reasonably priced meals offered. 202-484-7700. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW (Fourth and Eye, south side of intersection). westminsterdc.org Church of the Epiphany Weekly Concerts. Every Tues., 12:10 PM Free but a freewill offering taken.

1317 G ST. NW. 202-347-2635. epiphanydc.org

THEATER

Molotov Theatre Group’s Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom.

Through Aug. 9. Play by Jennifer Haley is part of the Capital Fringe Festival. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. molotovtheatre.org Silence! The Musical at Studio.

Through Aug. 9. Clarice, Hannibal, Buffalo Bill—all singing, all dancing, and more outrageous than ever.

This spoof of the 1991 Oscar-winning film features gleefully vulgar songs, non-stop zingers, and a singing chorus of tap-dancing lambs.

Studio Theater, 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org American Moor by Keith Cobb at Anacostia Playhouse. Through Aug. 16. Thurs. to Sat. at 8 , Sundays at 3 PM Fresh off a run at Phoenix Theatre Ensemble in New York City, Keith brings this powerful, personal piece that is full of both humor and heartbreak as it examines race relations, American theater, actors and acting and the nature of unadulterated love. $25. Anacostia Playhouse. 2020 Shannon Pl. SE. 202290-2328. anacostiaplayhouse.com

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Dear Evan Hanson at Arena. Through Aug. 23. Evan Hansen is about to get everything he’s ever wanted: the girl of his dreams, the perfect family he’s always longed for and a chance to finally fit in.

He just has to hope that his chance to connect isn’t blown by the secrets he has to conceal. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. 202-488-3300. arenastage.org Solomon and Marion at Anacostia Playhouse. Aug. 5 (PWYC preview), 10, 11, 12 and 16; 7:30 PM It is an award winning play by South African writer Lara Foot Newton about two people searching for redemption in a fragile, post-apartheid South Africa. Anacostia Playhouse.

2020 Shannon Pl. SE. 202-290-2328. anacostiaplayhouse.com Shakespeare Theatre Company 25th Anniversary of Free For All! (save the date). Sept. 1 to 13. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. shakespearetheatre.org

SPORTS AND FITNESS

Public Skating at Fort Dupont Ice Are PMna. Aug. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 22, noon1:20 PM ; Aug. 5, 12, 19, 6-7:20 PM; Aug. 29 and Sept.5, noon-12:50 PM; Sept.4, noon-2 PM Public Skate, $5 for adults (13-64); $4 for seniors and children (5-12); $3, skate rental. Fort Dupont Ice Arena, 3779 Ely Pl. SE. 202584-5007. fdia.org DC United. Aug. 1, 7 PM vs. Real Salt Lake; Aug. 22, 7 PM vs. San Jose. RFK Stadium. dcunited.com Washington Nationals Baseball. Aug. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30. washington.nationals.mlb.com Washington Mystics Basketball. Aug. 5, 9, 11, 16, 23, 28 and Sept. 8. Verizon Center. mystics.wnba.com Concerned Black Men Golf Tourney.

Aug. 5. Event will raise money in support of CBM National programs and operations. CBM National programs reach children, adolescents, adults as well as

veterans around the nation. Renditions Golf Course in Davidson, MD. Tourney. cbmnational.org Eastern High School Varsity Football.

Aug. 28, 6 PM vs. Ballou; Sept. 3, 6 PM at Falls Church; Sept. 11, 6 PM vs. Richard Wright; Sept. 18, 6 PM vs. Wilson; Sept. 25, 6 PM at McKinley Tech; Oct. 2, 6 PM at Roosevelt; Oct. 10, 2 PM vs.

Phelps (homecoming); Oct. 16, 6 PM at Bell at Cardoza; Oct. 23, 6 PM vs. McKinley Tech; Oct. 30, 6 PM vs Roosevelt; Nov. 6, 6 PM at Cardoza.

Free Yoga at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Fridays through Sept. 11, 9 to 11 AM Class with be an all-levels, vinyasa class on the Hirshhorn Museum outdoor plaza. hirshhorn. si.edu DC public outdoor pools. Nearby outdoor pools are East Potomac Pool at 972 Ohio Dr. SW; Randall Pool at South Capitol and I Sts. SW; and Rosedale Pool at 1701 Gales St. NE. All outdoor pools are open weekends, noon to 6 PM. Weekday hours are 1 to 8 PM starting June 20. Every pool is closed one day a week for cleaning and maintenance. All pools are free for DC residents. Have picture ID. dpr.dc.gov Free public tennis courts in Ward Six. King Greenleaf Recreation Center, 201 N St. SW; Garfield Park, Third and G sts. SE; Randall Park First and I Sts. SW; Rosedale Recreation Center, 1701 Gales St. NE; Sherwood Recreation Center, 640 10th St. NE. All courts are open daily, dawn to dusk. Some are lighted for extended evening play. Courts are available on a first-come, first-served basis for one hour intervals; extended use of tennis courts requires a permit. Proper shoes and attire is required. 202-671-0314. dpr.dc.gov/dpr Meditation in Capitol Hill. Mondays, 7:308:30 PM $12 per class ($6 seniors/students/unemployed). Meditation in Capitol Hill is at the Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. Read more at meditation-dc.org/ capitol-hill. Walk-ins welcome.

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They’re pushing the idea that the two “gentlemen” of Verona are actually tourists in Milan. Photo: Marcus Kyd

Bootleg Shakespeare at the Folger. Aug. 3, 7:30 PM Taffety Punk presents The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare’s spirited comedy about how sucky men are. Proteus loves Julia. His best friend friend, Valentine, moves to Milan and falls in love with Sylvia. Proteus then moves to Milan and promptly falls in love with Sylvia. Julia follows Proteus and sees firsthand what a rat her boyfriend is. Will the boys get their $#!% together before the girls justifiably kill them? Will the dog be sent to the stocks? Can you really take a boat from Verona to Milan? All will be revealed. Free. Tickets will be available at the Folger Theatre on the day of the performance at 6 PM Folger Theatre, 201 E. Capitol St. SE. taffetypunk.com 13th Annual Hope for the Homeless Golf Tournament (save the date). Sept.

21, 1:30 PM Tournament at the Glenn Dale Country Club benefits the Capital Hill Group Ministry. chgm.net Capitals Announce Home Opener for 2015-16 Season. Sat., Oct. 10, 7 , vs. the New Jersey Devils. WashingtonCaps.com

MARKETS

H Street NE Twilight Farmers Market at Starburst Plaza. Thursdays through mid-Sept., 3 to 7 PM The Starburst Plaza Intersection is where H St., Bladens-

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burg Rd., Benning Rd., Maryland Ave. and Florida Ave. NE meet (1500 block of H St. NE). hstreet.org Eastern Market. Daily except Mondays and important holidays. Weekdays, 7 AM to 7 ; Sat., 7 AM to 5 PM; Sun., 9 AM to 5 PM. Flea market and arts and crafts market open Saturdays and Sundays, 9 AM to 6 PM. Eastern Market is Washington’s last continually operated “old world” market. 200 block of Seventh St. SE. 202-698-5253. easternmarketdc.com H Street NE Farmers Market. Saturdays, through Dec. 19, 9 AM to noon. Located

at H St. and 13th St. NE. EBT/ Food Stamps can be redeemed at the information table. All EBT customers and WIC/Senior coupon customers will receive “Double Dollar” coupons to match their EBT dollars or WIC/ Senior coupons redeemed up to $10. freshfarmmarket.org Dupont Circle Farmers Market.

Sundays (rain or shine), year round, 10 AM to 1 PM 20th St. and Mass. Ave. NW, 1500 block of 20th St. NW). 202-362-8889. freshfarmmarket.org Branch Avenue Pawn Parking Lot Flea Market. Saturdays, yearround (weather permitting). Set up after 10 AM 3128 Branch Ave., Temple Hills, MD Fresh Tuesdays at Eastern Market. Tues., 3 to 7 PM farmers’ line of fresh produce. Eastern Market, 200 block of Seventh St. SE. 202698-5253. easternmarketdc.com Union Market. Tues. to Fri., 11 AM to 8 PM; Sat. and Sun., 8 AM to 8 PM. Union Market is an artisanal, curated, year round food market featuring over 40 local vendors. 1309 Fifth St. NE. 301652-7400. unionmarketdc.com Georgetown Flea Market. Sundays year around, 8 AM to 4 PM 1819 35th St. NW. georgetownfleamarket.com Maine Ave Fish Market. Open 365 days a year. 7 AM to 9 PM 1100 Maine Ave. SW. 202-484-2722.

CIVIC LIFE

Congresswoman Norton’s NW District Office. Open weekdays, 9 AM to 6 PM 529 14th St. NW, suite 900. 202-783-5065. norton.house.gov There are no ANC meetings in August. u

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BULLETIN BOARD

Free Yoga at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden offers yoga classes on the museum’s plaza every Friday, through Sept. 11, 9-10 a.m. Instructor Erin Mooney will teach all levels of Vinyasa Flow yoga. Classes are free and open to the public. Bring your mats. The Hirshhorn Museum is at 700 Independence Ave. SW. hirshhorn.si.edu

Lease Signed for Cinema at The Yards The first new cinema complex to be developed in southeast DC will be located at The Yards. The 16-foot screen, all-digital, premium cinema complex with approximately 1,500 seats will occupy 66,400 square feet in a building to be constructed on a site that is currently used by DC Water on N Pl. SE, one block east of the Washington Nationals’ ballpark. Each theater in the new Showplace Icon will feature wall-to-wall screens, premium sound, deluxe leather recliner seats and reserved seating. The facility will also have exclusive VIP levels with adults-only access and tables for enjoying food and beverages inside the auditoriums. The theatre’s Lobby Lounge will feature a full bar, along with a menu of appetizers, small plates, snacks and desserts.

Showplace Icon at The Yards will also have its own integrated parking garage with 320 spaces. Construction is expected to begin in early 2016 with opening projected for early 2018.

Ground Broken on Hine Development On July 17, the ground was broken on the Hine School Redevelopment, a $224 million project that will complete the corner of 700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, with

Free yoga on the Hirshhorn Museums plaza – Fridays this summer. Photo: Jazmine Johnson, Smithsonian Institution

mixed-use development that includes retail, affordable housing, and a new public plaza. The project is expected to generate nearly 2,500 construction jobs and over 700 permanent jobs. Once completed, annual new tax revenues of $5 million is expected. The Hine Redevelopment will deliver nearly 60,000 square foot of retail space--with 20 percent reserved for local tenants--180,000 square feet of office space, and 327 parking spaces. Additionally, the development is also expected to provide 162 apartments, which will include 46 affordable housing units, with 17 of those units set aside for seniors.

Become an Eastern High School Booster Eastern High School invites the Capitol Hill Community to join them this fall for the 2015 “Ramblers” football season. “Friday Night Lights” is a great venue for watching the defending Class A 2014 DC State Champions take on their opponents. Great stadium, great seating, great concession stands and close to home. Capitol Hill residents will have the chance to become official “Boosters” by contacting John Parker at 202-413-5377 or jparker@cbmove.com. See the 2015 Eastern High School Varsity Football schedule in the SPORTS AND FITNESS section of the Hill Rag Calendar.

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Second Wind in rehearsal.

Photo: Karen Stuck

H Street NE Launches Twilight Farmers Market at Starburst Plaza The H Street NE Corridor’s Twilight Farmers Market takes place on Thursdays through mid-September, 3 to 7 p.m., at the Starburst Plaza Intersection. Organized by H Street Main Street, the weekly market will feature 10 to 20 local vendors offering fresh, locally grown seasonal fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers and plants, artisan baked goods, natural meats, food products and food-related products. The Starburst Plaza Intersection is where H St., Bladensburg Rd., Benning Rd., Maryland Ave. and Florida Ave. NE meet (1500 block of H St. NE).

For more information, visit, hstreet.org.

Hilly Awards Voting Open The polls are open for 2015 Hilly Awards voting through Sept.

20. The Hilly Awards Gala will be held on Nov. 7 at St. Mark’s Capitol Hill.

Hilly Awards rules are: (1) The Hilly Awards will have a “Second Wind” Vocalists Searching for New Voices voting period through Sept. 20. (2) In order for your nominaA small group of vocalists on Capitol Hill have found their inner soprano (or tenor, etc.) in tion to be considered you must have a business presence on a singing group called Second Wind. They rehearse once a week in the afternoon for three Capitol Hill. (3) To be eligible for New Business related catemonths in the spring and fall, in a space donated by Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, and cap gories, a business must have been open less than 18 months. each season with a performance at CHAW. (4) Anyone can vote, but they can only vote once. Businesses Currently about 15 voices strong, Second Wind is looking for more members--men and are encouraged to market the Hilly Awards to their respective women, young and old. No auditions; an ability to read music helps but isn’t necessary, and customer bases to encourage voting. (5) Robo-voting or the use neither is experience with choral singing. The group is self-supporting: membership fees pay of Software programs to generate votes for a business will refor a conductor and an accompanist, and vary from season to season depending on the numsult in disqualification. (6) Businesses can only win one award ber of voices. Second Wind’s new season starts in September. Come check it out--no pressure, in a given voting year. (7) The top five businesses for each cata lot of fun, and so satisfying. The first rehearsal is free. For more information, contact Marsha egory will receive one complimentary ticket to the event. (8) Holliday at 202-544-2629 or hollidaymsd@yahoo.com.

Each category will have one winner and one runner up. (8) In the event of a tie for winner, CHAMPS will present an award to each winner and will not have a runner up for the category.

Host a Literary Feast In the event of a tie for the runner up, CHAMPS will present two runner up The Literary Feast is a series of dinner parties held at homes across Capitol Hill certificates. Vote at capitolhill.org. all on one evening. Each dinner features food and fun related to a specific book.

Proceeds support the Capitol Hill Community Foundation’s Grants to NeighFOX5 Zip Trip Comes to Capitol Hill borhood Schools.

FOX5 has selected Capitol Hill for one of their summer “Zip Trips” where they In 2014, grants totaling more than $100,000 were given to fund special projair their morning news show and interact with local businesses, places of interects and programs for our school children. This year’s event will be held Oct. 17 est, and residents in the community. The date for this “Zip Trip” is Fri., Aug. 21, and organizers are recruiting hosts willing to open their homes and serve din7 to 11 a.m. Broadcast will take place on the grounds of the Hill Center. Open ner to support this effort. If you would like to cook or host email info@aliteraryto everyone. Questions or interest in participating Contact Kelly at the Capitol feast.org. For more information, visit aliteraryfeast.org.

Hill BID 202-842-3333 or kmaslar@capitolhillbid.org.

Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival Accepting Applications The 2016 Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival (Feb. 26 to Mar. 6) is accepting performance applications. Act quickly because the deadline is Aug. 3, 5 p.m.

The application is at form.jotform.us/form/31065727729157. The Atlas Intersections Festival 2016 brings the best of DC arts and artists to the stage on H St. with performances, experiences and happenings in theatre, dance, music, vocal, choral, opera, visual arts, video, film, writing, sculpture, photography, circus, spoken word, public art, community art and art space activation. atlasarts.org

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Summer Block Party Late Night at the National Building Museum The National Building Museum will remain open until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays, Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26 and Sept. 2. Enjoy extended hours to visit exhibitions, experience the BEACH, and snack on treats and drinks from Union Kitchen. Beach games and special tours will also be available. Visit the Admissions Desk to purchase tickets on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are $8 and may sell out prior to 5 p.m. The National Building Museum is

at 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. nbm.org

11th Street Bridge Park and Washington Performing Arts Receive ArtPlace America Award 11th Street Bridge Park and Washington Performing Arts are among 38 recipients (from an applicant pool of nearly 1,300) to receive a prestigious grant from ArtPlace America’s 2015 National Grants Program.

Their winning proposal, “Bridging DC: Arts and Civic Interventions at the 11th Street Bridge Park,” was awarded $250,000 from ArtPlace, one of the nation’s largest and most celebrated philanthropies dedicated to creative placemaking, which seeks to strengthen the social, physical and economic fabric of a community through arts and culture. This grant is an investment in a unique collaboration jointly designed by 11th Street Bridge Park and Washington Performing Arts to support customized, community-driven arts programming east of the Anacostia River.

Over the next 18 months, this grant will enable the partners to engage sites and serve constituents across Ward 8 with live performances, workshops and other community-based activities at local schools, arts venues and the National Park Service’s Anacostia Park. Visit artplaceamerica.org for more information.

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for L St., NE, the second underpass to be transformed with light and art in the NoMa neighborhood. Future Cities Lab will create an undulating light structure, ‘Lightweave,’ that will appear to float from the ceiling of the underpass. The installation will “peek out” onto L St outside the underpass and beckon visitors to explore and linger in the beautifully transformed space. M.C. Dean will serve as contractor and construction is expected to begin in late 2015.

The NoMa Parks Foundation launched an international design competition in April 2014 to find artists to reimagine the four underpasses at Florida Ave., L, M and K Sts. NE, and fill them with light and art. A distinguished jury narrowed 248 submissions from around the world into 10 finalist teams.

A community outreach process gathered important feedback, including more than 370 survey responses from community meetings and an online survey. The M Street Underpass Art Park will be the first project to start construction, followed by the L St. underpass. NoMaParks.org

Celebration of Gaming and Sale at Labyrinth

training program for volunteer docents who will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to lead tours of the Thomas Jefferson Building and answer questions about the Library’s collections and services. The 2015 training session for docents will begin on Sept. 8.

Training classes will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Tuesdays and Thursdays, through Dec. 15 at the Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. S.E. For more information about the program and other volunteer opportunities, contact Susan Mordan-White at 202-707- 9203, smordan@loc.gov, or go to loc.gov/visit/volunteer.

Small Business Development Workshop at Southwest Library

Alphabet Soup (William Wegman, US, 2006). Photo: Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art

Hilarious Hounds at the National Gallery of Art On Sat., Aug. 8 and 15 at 10:30 a.m. and Sun., Aug. 9 and 16 at 11:30 a.m., laugh out loud as William Wegman’s famed Weimaraner dogs use everything from apples to zucchini to teach kids their letters in Alphabet Soup. The program also includes animated shorts featuring pups facing everyday challenges with comic results. Running time is approximately 45 minutes. After the films, families are invited to pick up an activity sheet to explore paintings in the Gallery’s collection that include canines. For ages four and up in the East Building Auditorium. nga.gov

During the week of Aug. 1 to 9, Labyrinth Games & Puzzles has planned a host of activities and a store-wide sale. Here’s the schedule: Aug. 1, Used Game Sale Silent and Live Auctions; Aug. 2, Used Game Sale Rummage Sale; Aug. 4, Casual Magic: the Gathering Night; Aug. 5, RPG Night with Special Raffle; Aug. 6, Board Game Night with Special Guests; Aug. 7, Friday Night Magic; Aug. 8, Odyssey of Games (with the designer of Arboretum!); and Aug. 9, MtG: Origins Game Day! You can find more information about each event at labyrinthgameshop.com. Additionally, select merchandise will be discounted throughout the week, and there will be a “D20 of Sales Awesomeness” discount on all non-sale items. Labyrinth Games & Puzzles, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-544-1059. labyrinthgameshop.com

Library of Congress Seeks Volunteer Docents The Library of Congress is recruiting volunteer docents to lead tours of the nation’s first-established federal cultural institution. To best serve the more than 1.7 million annual visitors, eager to view the magnificent Thomas Jefferson Building, and learn about the treasures it contains, the Library’s Visitor Services Office relies on more than 300 trained volunteers to greet and direct visitors and to conduct tours.

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On Sat., Aug. 8, 10 a.m., come to this free twohour seminar by the DC Small Business Development Center. This workshop will give you an overview of the thought process that goes into the development of a business plan and a discussion of the reasons why. Register with dcsbdc.org for this program. Southwest Neighborhood Library, 900 Wesley Pl. SW. 202-724-4752. dclibrary.org/southwest

“The Callback” Workshop with Special Guest Yolanda Hunt, BET’s Casting Consultant & Associate at CHAW

Saturday, Aug. 15 is a full day to work with and learn from busy casting directors. This workshop includes: Mock One-on-One Audition with Yolanda; Cold Reading Practice; Headshot/Resume Review; Learn the Business of Acting with Mark; Q&A with Yolanda; Commercial Audition Techniques/Practice. It takes place at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE, at 1 p.m. The cost is $190. There are 30 seats available. For more information and to register, visit chaw.org.

“Who’s a Washingtonian?”

Humanities DC Funding Available Funding is available for humanities projects that will bring Washingtonians together. Over the past three years, this $5,000 grant has supported over 30 transformative projects such as: interfaith conferences, a panel on the social impact of food deserts, and intergenerational projects on local history and heritage. Preliminary applications are due for the Who’s A Washingtonian? grant

by August 7. Visit wdchumanities.org for details.

DMV Implements New Policy for Obtaining a Motorcycle Endorsement The District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles no longer issues Motorcycle Learner permits or administers the Motorcycle Demonstration Skills tests to District residents who want to obtain a Motorcycle (M) endorsement. District residents are now required to take and pass the Motorcycle Knowledge Test, as well as successfully complete a Motorcycle Demonstration Course.

DC DMV will accept a demonstration certificate from any US jurisdiction, and it must be provided to the agency within six months of issuance in order for residents to be eligible for the Motorcycle (M) endorsement.

The Motorcycle Knowledge Test is offered at all DC DMV Service Centers, Tue. to Sa., 8:15 a.m to 3 p.m. For more information, visit dmv.dc.gov.

Walmart Hiring Approximately 300 Associates for New Fort Totten Store Walmart will hire approximately 300 associates to work at the new store at Riggs Rd. and South Dakota Ave. NE, slated to open this fall.

Walmart has opened a hiring center, at 7818 Eastern Ave. NW, to recruit and hire new associates. Interested applicants must apply online at careers.walmart.com. The hiring center hours are Mon. to Fri., 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sat. from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. for candidates who need access to computers for the online application. Walmart will offer a job to any eligible U.S. veteran honorably discharged from active duty since the Veterans Wel-

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Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Free Will Ticket Program Free Will is a program that continues STC’s commitment to Free For All all year long. Tickets are open to anyone.

They will reserve 1,000 total tickets to every main-stage season Shakespeare Theatre Company production. Tickets will be made available in person, online and over the phone every Monday at noon for the performances that week. Tickets will be distributed on a first-come-first-serve basis completely free of charge until they run out--after that they will do their best to get you tickets through the low-cost ticket options STC has always offered—such as Under 35 discounts, $25 rush tickets and the $20 tickets already available for all performances. Read more at shakespearetheatre.org/info/free-will.

“Spirit of America” Show Returns to DC in September Sept. 10 to 12, the U.S. Army Military District of Washington brings Spirit of America to the DC Armory this September for the first time in four years.

The free two-hour show combines traditional military ceremony with a large-scale theatrical production that showcases military discipline, historical reenactments, and traditional and modern music. It is a show for all ages and highly recommended for students in grades five to 12. To order tickets and find additional information, visit spiritofamerica.mdw.army.mil or call 1-866-239-9425.

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the District of Columbia, regardless of where they live, have a right to an hourly wage of $10.50. For tipped workers earning a base rate of $2.77 per hour, employers are required to pay them a final rate equal to at least the current minimum wage, including tips. According to the Urban Institute, this change will benefit 41,000 people who live and work in the District.

Additional information can be found via the DC Department of Employment Services at does.dc.gov/ node/107172.

DC DMV Offers Customers Two More Online Services DC DMV has added two more online services to its website--the ability to apply for a disability placard online and track the mailing status of a driver’s license or identification card. Those who want to apply for a disability tag are required to visit a DC DMV Service Center. Additionally, District residents can track the mailing status of their driver’s license or identification online, which will provide them with the printing and mailing status, as credentials are mailed to customers and no longer issued over-the-counter.

DC DMV has more than 40 online services, enabling customers to “skip the in-person trip.”

How to Request DC Public Library Home Services Patrons who are unable to visit the library due to a physical or mental limitation have access to the library’s collection through Library Services to At-Home Readers (L-STAR), also know as “Books by Mail.” Once registered, patrons will receive library items through the mail in a reusable mailing bag, and the library will cover the cost of postage. The application for the service may be downloaded at

scribd.com/doc/18496449/Application-for-Home-Services. After you download the application, print it, fill out the top half and have your doctor or otherwise qualified competent authority fill out and sign the bottom.

After you have completed the application send it to: L-STAR, Rm. 215, DC Public Library, 901 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20001-4531.

If you would like the application sent to you or have any other questions regarding the service, contact Chris Corrigan at 202-727-2143 or by e-mail at christopher.corrigan@dc.gov.

Capital Hill Group Ministry Releases Homeless Point in Time Count The 2015 Capital Hill Group Ministry Homeless Point in Time Count count revealed that 7,298 people in the District of Columbia were homeless on the night of Jan. 28. This number depicts “literally homeless” neighbors, which includes individuals and families who were unsheltered, staying in emergency shelters, and staying in transitional housing. The result was a 5.8 percent decrease in individuals experiencing homelessness since the 2014 count. In addition to homeless neighbors, the census also revealed 4,415 individuals and 2,016 families residing in permanent support housing, rapid rehousing, or other permanent housing for people who were homeless before entering those programs. For more information about the 2015 Point In Time Count results, visit community-partnership.org/factsand-figures. ghgm.net

Mayor Bowser Kicks Off First-Ever “Alley Palooza” Campaign Mayor Bowser has kicked off AlleyPalooza, a campaign that will repair or renovate 64 alleys through-

out the District--eight in each of the District’s eight wards over the summer. Alleys for AlleyPalooza were selected based on community feedback, including 311 calls and a review by DDOT engineers.

Anacostia Watershed Society Safari Series River Tours The Anacostia Watershed Society announces their Summer 2015 Anacostia Safari Series--Yoga Paddle, Lotus Paddle and Moonlight Tour. These events offer three unique ways to experience the Anacostia River. Tours are $55 to $57, plus fee. anacostiaws.org Yoga Paddle is a meditative, nature-tuned tour of the Anacostia that includes an hour of yoga in a beautiful setting on the river. A certified yoga instructor will facilitate a short warm up activity before you get started. You will launch from one of Anacostia’s many access locations and enjoy an informative paddle to a location where our yoga instructor will facilitate an hour of yoga on land. After a meditative and rejuvenating yoga experience we will paddle back to the starting location. Yoga Paddle dates are Aug. 8, 16 and 29; Sept. 12 and 19; and Oct. 3 and 17.

Those participating in the Lotus Paddle event will see the Anacostia River by experiencing the blooming Lotus at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens via the Kenilworth Marsh. Participants will get first-hand experience of some of the Anacostia Watershed Society’s successful wetland restoration efforts. Lotus Paddle dates are Aug. 1, 2, 8, 14 and 22.

The Moonlight Tour is an opportunity for twenty participants to paddle the Anacostia River under the light of the moon and stars. This group will experience the Anacostia River in a way that few others have— without the distraction of daily traffic and boater activity--but with the

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86 Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles Added to District’s Taxicab Fleet DC Taxicab Commission has announced that 86 wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) have been added to the District’s taxicab fleet as a result of the requirement set forth in the Taxicab Service Improvement Act that established a benchmark of six percent of a taxicab company’s fleet be comprised of WAVs by Dec. 31, 2014.

Inclusionary Zoning Lottery Offers Opportunities For Affordable Purchase and Rental in DC Looking for an affordable housing option in DC? The DC government now provides incentives to developers to set aside certain units for affordable purchase and rental through the Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) program. The IZ program allows low- to moderate-income households to lease or buy these properties for below market prices through a centralized lottery run by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). You can register for the lottery at dhcd.dc.gov. Find out more about how this program works by attending an Inclusionary Zoning Orientation.

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Rugknots End of the Summer Warehouse Sale August 14 to 16, 8 a.m. from 8 p.m., online and in person, Rugknots in Hagerstown, MD, is having an end of summer rug sale with discounts of up to 75 percent off. RSVP online at rugknots.com/summersale to get a $100 coupon toward purchase. Rugknots is at 140 Western Maryland Pkwy., D-1, Hagerstown, MD. Reach them at 877-768-8490 or rugknots.com. u

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The Hill Rag congratulates Betty Anne and Noel Kane on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their marriage.

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Picking Priorities

How DC Council’s Tax Plan Undermines the City’s Commitments to Schools and Affordable Housing

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C has a growing population, with residents choosing to stay in the city because of the many services it offers – school choice from having both charter and DC public schools, new libraries and parks, good public transportation, and more. These services are not cheap, and the costs grow every year as the population gets bigger. Growth creates other public-services pressures too, like rising housing costs that cause the need to invest in affordable housing, and a stressed and aging transit system.

Fortunately the city also enjoys growing tax revenues. Without raising rates the city is taking in more as incomes and property values rise. That means more money to pay for services that can address these needs.

Or not.

The DC Council recently decided to use every penny of new revenue growth between now and next year and apply it to a list of $147 million worth of tax cuts. This will not only limit the ability of the District government to pay the costs of basic services, it also means that the city may not be able to keep commitments it has made to affordable housing and other services. With a growing income gap, prioritizing tax cuts over services will make it more difficult to provide services that help all residents live and thrive. And given the fact that taxes paid by DC residents are actually the lowest in the region, a plan to put tax cuts at the top of the priority list doesn’t make sense.

Basics of the Tax Package In 2014 the DC Council approved a tax reduction package that was based on recommendations from the D.C. Tax Revision Commission, which was chaired by former Mayor Anthony Williams and included academics, business people, and tax experts. The tax reductions affect residents at virtually every income level – including reductions to

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by Wes Rivers tember. That means that every dollar of newly projected revenue growth between February and September 2015 will go to tax cuts.

The problem with this accelerated timeline is that tax cuts will be implemented before the District knows what it needs to cover the costs of government services in next year’s budget – including naturally growing costs related to healthcare, school enrollment, and Metro. This could make it difficult or impossible to cover the costs of essential services or to address unexpected spending. It’s like buying a car now without knowing whether you will get a pay raise next year, or whether your rent or other expenses will go up.

This concern is not hypothetical. The District will make $100 million of investments using money that will not continue into the next fiscal year, including $50 million to build and preserve affordable housing.

Growing tax collections from an expanding economy could help fill that gap, but with every penny of new revenue going toward tax cuts, DC may not be able to continue the important progress made on affordable housing in this year’s budget.

How the Choice of Tax Cuts Over Services Will Hurt DC Residents income tax rates, increases in deductions and exemptions, modernization of the sales tax, and reductions to business taxes. Because the package has a large cost, the DC Council voted to slowly phase in the tax cuts. Every February, under that plan, the Council would implement parts of the tax reductions if revenues grew more than expected.

However, this summer the Council changed course and voted to speed up implementation of the tax cuts. Under the new timeline cuts will automatically go into effect if there is any increase in revenue collections in the projection that the DC Chief Financial Officer will make in Sep-

The Council’s plan creates several obstacles to achieving goals and priorities shared by the Council and Mayor Bowser. These include: School Modernization. There was a lot of debate this year over how public schools are selected for modernization and which schools get prioritized. That’s because DC experienced a long period of disinvestment before the recent modernization process began, and because the city has a limited amount that it can borrow to spend on school improvements. A backlog of 24 schools is still waiting for upgraded facilities.

Tax cuts will restrict the ability to borrow money to build and repair schools. The District is close to its debt cap, leaving little room to bor-

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row beyond the current plan. The debt cap is tied to the size of the District’s budget, so less revenue due to tax cuts means a smaller budget and thus less ability to borrow for school construction.

Combating Chronic Homelessness. The DC Council and the mayor made major commitments to reducing homelessness this year, including funds to replace the shameful DC General shelter and funding for the first phase of a new Strategic Plan to End Chronic Homelessness. As a result more residents will get help paying the rent and supportive services to help them remain stably housed.

Unfortunately there is a lot more to be done. The second phase of the strategic plan is supposed to be implemented next year, requiring additional resources. Allocating all new revenues toward tax cuts puts these investments at risk.

Closing the Income Gap. Supporters of the tax package say it is “progressive” and provides targeted tax cuts for low-income residents, which is true. But it also includes a lot of tax cuts for very wealthy residents. In fact only a small share of households will face a tax increase.

Parts of the tax package primarily benefit low- and moderate-income residents, like an expansion of the earned-income-tax credit for the working poor. Cuts already adopted have reduced the income tax by 90 percent for a single adult working at the minimum wage.

But other parts of the tax package decidedly benefit the wealthy. For example, some of the tax cuts next in line include an income-tax rate cut for people making $350,000 to $1 million a

year and a tax reduction for people with estates worth more than $1 million. The total tax package will reduce taxes for households up to $500,000, and only those with incomes over $1 million will face a notable tax increase.

Prioritizing tax cuts over investments in critical city services, including tax cuts for the wealthy, will widen the income gap in a city that faces stark inequality.

The District’s economic recovery has benefited some residents but left many others behind. Wages for the typical low-income household have stagnated at about $10,000 since the recession, while the cost of living continues to climb. Meanwhile spending on city services has actually declined over the same period when adjusted for inflation and population growth. Tax cuts mean fewer residents will get the services needed to live and thrive, from education to affordable housing.

The bottom line is that the District needs rising tax collections to meet the needs of a growing population and to address the challenges of growing economic.

Cutting taxes now will compromise the ability of policymakers to fulfill the commitments they made this past year – and hinder progress on the city’s most critical issues like housing and schools.

The Council and the mayor should take another look at the tax plan to limit its impact on DC’s financial sustainability and the services residents depend on.

Wes Rivers is a policy analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (www. dcfpi.org), which promotes budget and policy solutions to reduce poverty and inequality in the District of Columbia and increase the opportunity for residents to build a better future. u

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Artist housing will be located in a three-story structure along Sixth St SW. Rendering courtesy of Shalom Baranes Assoc.

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The American Psychiatric Association will be moving more than 200 employees from Rosslyn to The Wharf by the fall of 2017. Rendering courtesy of Hoffman-Madison Waterfront

by William Rich Introducing The Bard Representatives from Shakespeare Theater Company (STC) and their developer partner Erkiletian held a community meeting in early July to continue a “dialogue” about their plans for The Bard, a mixed-use development on the site of the former Southeastern University campus at 501 I St. SW. STC purchased the site from the GS Graduate School USA and has plans to consolidate its backof-house operations there from leased space scattered across the city, including administrative offices, studios, costume shop, classrooms, and rehearsal space, as well as artist housing. Approximately 75 employees will relocate from leased space to The Bard. In order to make the project financially feasible STC has partnered with Erkiletian, which will develop a 173-unit residential building that varies in height between three and nine stories, designed

by Shalom Baranes Associates, the same architect as the office buildings at Waterfront Station.

Project Elements Some changes were made to the development after the partners met with the community several months ago. The main change was moving Shakespeare’s rehearsal space at the corner of 6th and I streets 14 feet below grade. Below the rehearsal space will be a level of parking accommodating 69 vehicles. This change allowed a portion of the residential building that is set back from I Street to rise to eight stories instead of nine. A three-story section along I Street wraps around the alley from which

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the eight-story section of the building is set back and will include 30 artist housing units. In addition, five two-story townhouses off of the alley on the northeast corner of the site will contain eight additional parking spaces. However, the section of the building that is at the corner of 6th and I streets remains at nine stories, plus a penthouse. The unit mix of the apartments is currently comprised of 25 percent studios, 40 percent one-bedrooms and one-bedroom/ dens, and 35 percent two-bedroom units. Access to the project will be via 6th Street and not I Street due to the District Department of Transportation’s concerns about safety, since Amidon-Bowen School is located next door along I Street.

Most of the ground level will be dedicated to STC. It will include the lobby, administrative space, costume shop, lounge, and kitchen. A plaza that fronts the lobby used by STC along 6th Street will feature trees, planters, and several seating areas.

The apartment-building entrance will also be located along 6th Street, and ground-level space will include the lobby, fitness center, leasing office, and business center. The project will feature environmentally friendly features such as a green rooftop terrace, high-performance exterior walls, glazing, and efficient stormwater management.

Community Reaction The community meeting was contentious at times.

Concerns about the building’s height and limited parking were echoed by many in the audience. Although the taller section of the building along I

Street was set back from the street frontage with a three-story section, and one story was removed from the taller section, the nine-story-plus-penthouse section at the corner of 6th and I streets remained a major problem for residents, some of whom have homes that will directly face the building and feel that the proposed building is out of place in their neighborhood. It was also brought up that the building will tower over neighboring Amidon-Bowen Elementary, casting shadows on the school.

To help alleviate concerns about the limited parking and the potential for tenants of the new building to use street parking, residents of the rental building will not be eligible for residential permit parking (RPP), and the property manager will periodically audit the DMV to make sure residents do not try to game the system. In addition, parking will not be provided to STC’s employees, who will be encouraged to use Metro.

STC and Erkiletian have brought in Bo Shuff to deal with community outreach for The Bard. A phone town hall was held a day after the community meeting, and other outreach efforts will be implemented over the summer to keep residents informed about the project. A project website will soon go live, and a Facebook page has been set up so the project’s process can be followed via social media. Bo Shuff can be reached at outreach@thebard501.com or by phone: 571-336-6343.

Current zoning at the site does not allow what the development team has proposed, but they intend on going through the planned-unit-development pro-

cess. Despite lobbying efforts to revise the Southwest Neighborhood Plan in order to change the zoning at the site, the DC Council voted to approve the plan as-is in their legislative meeting on July 14.

Demolition started in late June after summer recess began at Amidon-Bowen Elementary, and since then the former SEU campus building has been reduced to rubble. The site will be leveled off to prepare for excavation, which the developers hope to start in 2016 once the project makes its way through the approvals process.

Wharf Bottoms Out, Office Tenant Announced A “bottoming out” ceremony was held in mid-July for the first phase of The Wharf, which means excavation at the massive site has been completed. The project began construction in March 2014, and the first phase is scheduled to deliver in fall 2017. On the same day as the ceremony it was announced that the first office tenant for 800 Maine Avenue has been secured.

According to a press release the tenant will be the American Psychiatric Association (APA), which is moving back to DC from Rosslyn with more than 200 employees.

The APA will occupy 63,000 square feet of space, or three floors of the planned 11-story, 220,000 square-foot building at 800 Maine Avenue SW. Formally known as Parcel 3A, 800 Maine Avenue will be located adjacent to District Pier at the gateway to The Wharf and will have private rooftop terraces. It is also next to the planned Intercontinental Hotel, which will face the Wharf’s promenade.

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Monty Hoffman, the developer of the Wharf, poses in front of Southwest’s big dig. Photo: Andrew Lightman

Bottoms Out The last excavation load leaves the Wharf. Photo: Andrew Lightman

A couple lunches at Cantina Marina.

Notice the old Southwest in the background. Photo: Andrew Lightman

Cranes and barges mark the start of Wharf construction.

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The Southwest Waterfront before The Wharf. Photo: Andrew Lightman

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The ANC acknowledged Roberta Weiner, a former Hill Rag reporter, who contributed to the success of the ANC and often took meeting minutes. She passed on June 18.

“The Crime Is Getting Out of Hand” Commissioners expressed their dissatisfaction with city services for the lack of adequate response to community issues, namely the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). ANC Chair Phil Toomajian (6A05) originally brought up the issue with regard to a request to DDOT for a sidewalk re pair near Sherwood Recreation Center on G St. NE. Concerned for the welfare of children and elderly residents living nearby, Toomajian brought up the problem almost two years ago but the sidewalk has remained in disrepair.

His remark came combined with concern over recent violent incidents in the area and instances where security cameras were ineffective. Toomajian called the level of police attention to the area “inadequate.” Commissioner Sondra Phillips-Gilbert (6A07), addressing similar concerns in her single-member district, declared that “the crime is getting out of hand.” After a murder committed in Rosedale, she stated, residents felt unsafe because they did not feel a strong enough police presence.

The ANC brainstormed ideas on ways to make sure that city agencies were hearing concerns of community members. They unanimously approved sending two letters, one to the Depart-

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ment of General Services (DGS) and another to MPD, to address the issue. Additionally they proposed meetings between city agencies and commissioners, as well as larger meetings for community members to express their concerns regarding city services.

Something Major at Miner Elementary Parents and representatives from the Community Outreach Committee presented a proposal from the DC Immersion Project for a Mandarin language immersion program at Miner Elementary School. With this new program students would spend half of their instruction time learning in Mandarin. Studies have shown that such programs improve student attendance and test scores while making children more interested in school. Similar programs at other schools in the area have long waitlists for students..

Commissioners discussed the program and stressed the need for community dialogue and parent involvement. Although many parents support the initiative, they claimed to have trouble getting in touch with the administration at the school. Phillips-Gilbert expressed concern that because programs like this are so popular, a Mandarin immersion program at Miner Elementary would push neighborhood students out of the school in favor of students from other parts of the city. The ANC moved unanimously to send a letter of support for the program. Omar Mahmud (6A01) was not present or voting for this motion.

Old Gibbs School Construction Update Representatives from Monument Academy and

Community College Prep provided an update on construction at the old Gibbs School building, which will house Monument Academy’s fifththrough eighth-grade students and will have space for Community College Prep’s continuing education students. Completed construction included a new roof, new windows and doors, and asbestos removal. The remaining work was largely on the inside of the building, although they would be building roof screens and a retention pond.

Community College Prep, which provides Microsoft Academy training, will be holding events in August to make community members aware of what they do. Additionally Monument Academy will be hosting a trash clean up at the Gibbs site followed by an open house allowing community members to tour the school.

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

www.anc6a.org Support for Mia’s Coffeehouse Sidewalk Cafe The ANC heard a request for support of a sidewalk cafe at Mia’s Coffeehouse in the public space at the corner of 15th and A Streets NE. Mia’s Coffeehouse would be required to use the sidewalk cafe space only from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the week and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. The business would also be required to regulate noise coming from the sidewalk cafe.

Neighboring residents came out to show their support for Mia’s Coffeehouse and its sidewalk cafe proposal. Despite slight confusion over the establishment’s current licenses, the ANC approved a letter of support unanimously. Mia’s Coffeehouse provided use of their space to the ANC for this July meeting.

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Naomi Mitchell, representing the office of Councilmember Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), announced that the councilmember along with Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) and Elissa Silverman (I-At Large), will be hosting a back-to-school event at DC General Hospital for families in the shelter.

The event will take place on Aug. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

They welcome all volunteers and contributions.

The ANC voted unanimously to protest a request from Da Luft Restaurant & Lounge on H Street that would change its alcohol beverage license from a CR to a CT license. The change would allow the business to be able to sell alcoholic beverages without reporting food sales.

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use regarding the panda bearing the establishment’s logo that now sits at the corner of 10th and H Streets NE. Commissioner Mahmud, at the request of residents, asked the ANC to look into supporting historic designation for Wylie Street because of the “unique” architecture of the homes along that block. The homes were built for workers at the historic Washington Brick Machine Company.

The ANC unanimously supported a change in parking variance at Amazing Love Health Services, which provides physical and mental healthcare to the community. The change in parking variance would allow the facility to have fewer than the number of parking spaces required by zoning law.

Commissioner Chris Ward (6A03) was absent from this meeting.

ANC 6A will not meet in August.

Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee - Tuesday, August 18, 2015 7pm at Sherwood Recreation Center • 640 10th St., NE Jay Williams - Co-Chair (906-0657) / Christopher Seagle - Co-Chair

Transportation & Public Space Committee - Monday, August 17, 2015 7pm at Capitol Hill Towers Community Room • 900 G St., NE J. Omar Mahmud - Co-Chair (594-9848) / Todd Sloves - Co-Chair

Economic Development & Zoning Committee - Wednesday, August 19, 2015 7pm at Sherwood Recreation Center • 640 10th St., NE Dan Golden - Co-Chair (641-5734) / Andrew Hysell - Co-Chair

Community Outreach Committee - Monday, August 17, 2015

7pm at Maury Elementary School • 1250 Constitution Ave., NE Multi-purpose Room (enter from 200 Block of 13 Street) Dana Wyckoff - Co-Chair (571-213-1630) / Raphael Marshall - Co-Chair

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

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ANC 6B

by Jonathan Neely

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6C

New Restaurant on Barracks Row ANC 6B voted in favor of a liquor license for a yet-to-be-named Neighborhood Restaurant Group establishment at 415 Eighth St. SE (where Kraze Burger used to be). The move paved the way for its opening. Headed by Michael Babin, Neighborhood Restaurant Group operates 16 restaurants in the region, from Alexandria to Dupont Circle to the Navy Yard. According to Capitol Hill Cor-

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

214 Massachusetts Ave NE

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

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

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

ANC 6C05 Christopher Miller 6C05@anc.dc.gov

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ner the menu at the Barrack’s Row location was planned to center on meat dishes.

The vote came after Babin agreed to a settlement agreement that stipulated rigorous standards for restaurant upkeep, including indoor trash storage, noise abatement measures, and an odor pollution control unit. Babin’s agreement to purchase a PCU, which he said would cost around $50,000, was the final step toward finalizing the agreement.

The agreement was the latest in a line of deals that hold restaurants to some of the industry’s best practices. The Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s hearing before the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Board was scheduled for Aug. 10.

Water Main Replacement along Barracks Row DC Water will be replacing a water main along Eighth St. from D to I Streets SE. The project was expected to start in August and end in January, with most of the work happening between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Mon. through Fri. The contractor might have to work on nights or weekends should it fall behind schedule.

The project would happen in two phases: from G St. up to D (work on this stretch will be on the east side of the street), and then from I up to G (on the west side of the street). Water may need to be temporarily shut off for some buildings, but residents are supposed to get notice 48 hours in advance. The work might also require closing traffic lanes or restricting parking. DC Water advised that construction could temporarily cause discolored water or low water pressure.

The project is part of DC Water’s ongoing Capital Improvement Program, tasked with tackling the issue of aging pipes and other infrastructure. In July WAMU reported that the average consumer’s water bill would rise by $11, starting in October, to fund the program.

6B Speaks Up about Dangerous Intersections After two rejected requests to the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) to make the intersection of 18 St. and Potomac Ave. SE safer for pedestrians, and three years of waiting to hear about a requested four-way stop sign at 12 and G Streets SE, the commissioners sent a letter to DDOT Director Leif Dormsjo asking for an explanation of how the agency decides whether or not to make a change. The letter asked that when DDOT de-

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cided not to take action it give ANC 6B a clear explanation for why. “There may be perfectly good reasons why DDOT does not implement a particular safety measure,” the letter read. “But without comprehensive information or feedback on how intersections are evaluated, our constituents remain frustrated … Bottom line, the Commission requests that your agency respond.”

The request came just as DDOT started a push to engage residents with Vision Zero, an initiative seeking to reach zero deaths or serious injuries to people using the transportation system.

A New Step toward the Southeast Boulevard The Office of Planning completed its study of the Southeast Boulevard, and in July published three potential concepts for its future design. This was an important step forward in the process of turning the Southeast Freeway into a more pedestrian-, residential-, and retail-friendly street. The next step would be for DDOT to consider the feasibility of each concept in terms of how it might handle traffic, whether it could accommodate a garage under the boulevard, the land it would require, and the potential cost. The DDOT study could lead to a new proposal blending all three concepts. DDOT expected to complete its study by the end of this fall, after which the design the agency settles on would undergo environmental review. That would take time.

Brenda Donald Visit to Hill East Task Force Meeting Two officials who help oversee the homeless shelter at DC General spoke at the late-June Hill East Task Force Meeting. Brenda Donald, deputy mayor for health and human services, and Laura Zeilinger, director of the department of human services, emphasized that DC General was not an acceptable solution for homeless families, and noted that the 2016 fiscal budget had more money for fighting homelessness than ever before, including $30 million in the first year. A top priority for that year was replacing DC General with other shelters, although the shelter would be used this winter and possibly during the one after that. Donald and Zeilinger said they were making improvements in the meantime, such as partnering with a camp for children during the summer. They said that the District’s request for proposals for new shelters was still open, but that it was getting more aggressive.

Connecting with the Police Department Given a recent rise in crime, the 6B Outreach and Constituent Services Task force created a list of ways to better engage with the Metropolitan Police Department. Among them were: a report from the police department at each ANC 6B full meeting; requests for more foot patrols; regular police reports on “problem areas”; two or three sentences in each report about the incident at hand rather than just stating the type of incident; and public safety meetings that coincided with anticipated crime spikes.

Meetings ANC 6B’s next full meeting will be Tuesday, Sept.

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ANC 6C

by Adia H. Robinson

Indigo Restaurant Sidewalk Cafe Application Commissioner Mark Eckenwiler (6C04), acting on behalf of the chair of the Transportation and Public Space Committee, brought to the ANC an application for a sidewalk cafe at Indigo Restaurant on K St. NE. The vote to support this application failed at the Transportation and Public Space Committee, four to three. The application was for an existing structure. Concerns from the Transportation and Public Space Committee focused on the permanence of the structure, the number of seats allowed, and whether or not it was fireproof.

Dinesh Tandon, the owner of Indigo, encouraged the ANC to approve support for his application, citing changes and improvements made to the structure based on their first meeting. Additionally many neighbors of the restaurant showed their support for Indigo, bringing up the changes that the presence of the restaurant had made on that corner of K Street. They also presented a petition with approximately 250 signatures of support. Tandon stressed that he wanted to make the structure safe and beautify the area. Although some commissioners expressed concern about the structure, the ANC motion to support the application passed with three commissioners for and two against.

WELCOME SWAMPOODLE! CHRS welcomes the new Swampoodle addition to the Capitol Hill Historic District.

Union Kitchen Grocery Sidewalk Cafe Application Eckenwiler, again acting on behalf of the chair of the Transportation and Public Space Committee, introduced Union Kitchen Grocery’s application for a sidewalk cafe. The provisions set guidelines for where outdoor seating would be located, on the north side of the building along F St. NE, and the hours of operation, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon. through Sat., and 8 a.m to 6 p.m. on Sun. They also set conditions for how much seating would be allowed in the space, contingent upon the number of noise complaints from nearby residents. The provisions were introduced to accommodate concerns of neighbors about the application that had been discussed at the committee’s last meeting.

Two attendees who live near the business expressed concern about what the sidewalk cafe meant for their area. Their complaints ranged from concern about noise and residents’ having to enforce regulations, to claims that Union Kitchen Grocery had not fully resolved outstanding citations from the Historic Preservation Office (HPO). Eckenwiler responded to concern over previous violations by saying that “they don’t get resolved instantly” and that the people in charge of oversight at the Union Kitchen Grocery were aware of the issues.

Commissioner Tony Goodman (6C06) questioned the provision banning dogs from the sidewalk cafe, asked to strike the provision banning dogs, and amended the conditions to include a bike rack. Eckenwiler offered to be the ANC 6C designee who would work with the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) Public Space Committee to respond to potential complaints from neighbors.

Goodman motioned to support the application with those additions, and the motion passed with three commissioners for and two against.

315 H St. NE The ANC considered MRP Realty’s application to develop a property at 315 H St. NE. MRP Realty had previously brought this development plan to the Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee (PZE) for informational meetings, and according to Eckenwiler members of the committee were “more than a little unhappy” that previous concerns had not been addressed.

Representing MRP Realty, Jon Begert admitted that at the PZE meeting the previous Wednesday there were comments that “we didn’t do a good job addressing.” Begert went on to state that, based on the last committee meeting, MRP Realty was committed to focusing on three issues.

The first was alley safety, for which, according Begert, MRP had brought in a security consultant. The second was bike storage, where Begert said they had sacrificed an amenity to expand first-floor bike storage. The third was “massing,” or the size of the building. For this Begert said that “the design needs a little work” and that they could make some “small changes.”

Clarence Mobley, a DC resident for 78 years and a deacon at Northeast Holy Trinity Church, expressed concern for the potential for parking obstructions caused by the construction of the property. Begert stated that they would be amenable to minimizing traffic concerns.

The ANC voted unanimously to oppose the application except for the provisions that the PZE committee supported.

Thanks to ANC 6C for facilitating an open and inclusive process. We look forward to supporting Swampoodle residents as they work to preserve the character of their neighborhood.

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Stuart Hobson Parking Plan Revisiting a parking agreement for neighborhood parking passes for teachers and staff at the Stuart Hobson Middle School, the ANC heard a request to change the parking hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Commissioners raised concern over school faculty using their park-

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ing passes in residential areas. They made their support for the changed hours conditional upon the school’s reporting and revoking parking passes for individuals who parked outside of the school’s spaces. A concerned former parent worried that these conditions would turn the school’s principal into a “parking enforcer.”

The proposition was amended to designate Commissioner Eckenwiler as the person to work with DC agencies to determine enforcement mechanisms. The motion to support the changes to the parking plan was approved unanimously.

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Meti Zeyege is stepping down from the Parks and Events Committee. Anyone interested in that position should email the commissioners. There will also be information on the website. The issue will be voted on at the September meeting.

The Grants Committee is looking to fund “new and innovative” projects that benefit the community, especially those that engage children and encourage them to read.

Residents who have ideas for the committee should please email them at anc6c.grants@ gmail.com.

Revisions to the grant application on the commission’s website were approved unanimously. The changes specified how the commission wanted receipts to be labeled and matched to budget line items.

The commission unanimously approved grant funding for traffic control signs and barricades for the H Street Festival. This year’s festival will be on Sept. 19.

NoMa commissioned the largest public art display in the city at 1st and L streets.

It opened on July 8 and will be the site of NoMa Summer Screen, the neighborhood’s 13-week summer film series, which ends on Aug. 19.

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ANC 6D

by Adia H. Robinson

The meeting began with a moment of silence acknowledging Roberta Weiner, a former Hill Rag reporter who covered ANC 6D meetings and passed away in June.

ANC Supports for Capitol Park Tower Redevelopment Plan Adam Peters, representing Perseus Realty, one of the two developers working on Capitol Park Tower, presented modifications to the original redevelopment plan for the site. ANC 6D was considering whether or not to support the project before it came before the Historic Preservation Review Board. The changes removed one of the two new buildings and worked to re-use many of the historic elements of the existing building.

The new plan also called for about 300 units, eight percent of which would be designated affordable housing units. Capitol Park Tower was granted historic designation a year ago because it was one of the first integrated apartment buildings in DC and had unique architectural elements.

Mike Williams, representing the Capitol Park Tower Tenants Association, expressed the concerns of residents that the new structure conflicted with the original design. Williams stated that the developers seemed “unsympathetic” to the concerns of residents. Other residents voiced displeasure with the development plan. Saadia Athias, a Capitol Park resident since the 1980s, said that residents “like Capitol Park the way it is.” Ken Ceccucci, another resident, noted the new design had a visibility issue, and citing the history of the design said the new plan was “antithetical to the original intent” of the architects.

Defending the proposal, Commissioner Rachel Reilly Carroll (6D03) motioned to support the new plan on the condition that the design had been revised to correct a zoning loophole that allows the height of the building to be measured from Southwest Freeway instead of the sidewalk. Rhonda N. Hamilton (6D06) stated that she and other commissioners “worked very hard” to address the concerns of residents. Commissioners Reilly Carroll, Marjorie Lightman (6D01), and Stacy Braverman Cloyd (6D02) stated that many of their constituents supported the new plan. The motion passed unanimously.

SW Residents Want a DC Circulator Line “Where is the Circulator?” demanded Commissioner Lightman, voicing the opinions of many ANC 6D residents unhappy over the lack of a DC Circulator route to and from Southwest.

Steve Strauss, representing the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the DC Circulator, presented statistics on Circulator ridership and the new National Mall route. He stated that they were analyzing these statistics, as well as the age of the fleet, before they considered expanding into new lines. Chair Roger Moffat (6D05) called the statistics “bogus.”

Residents and commissioners alike echoed the sentiment of Lightman, who claimed that they had been promised a Circulator line for years. Many residents stated that the lack of a Circulator kept them stuck in Southwest and prevented them from shopping in other areas of the city. “The people who live here need the Circulator,” said Braverman Cloyd. Although the ANC took no official action, members asked that the issue be taken back to leadership at DDOT.

The Wharf Construction Update Elinor Bacon, representing ER Bacon Realty, a partner in The Wharf at Southwest Waterfront, gave the ANC an update on construction at the site. Bacon stated that construction was going well and that she would return to the ANC in October with further updates. Mass excavation was set to be mostly completed, and foundation piles were around 50 percent complete. Work on Waterfront Park would be underway by late July and was expected to be finished in early fall 2016.

They were working with the Historic Preservation Review Board to get the historic fish market designated as a landmark. They were also working with the National Park Service about the Banneker Stairs and a dock at East Potomac Park. The developers were making an effort to employ the community in this project. Around 41 percent of new hires were DC residents, and 26 percent of them lived in Ward 8.

Public Safety Report Representatives from the 1st District of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) provided a public safety update and compared the past month to this time last year. There were no homicides in ANC 6D, which was lower than last

year’s number, and the number of assaults with a dangerous weapon declined as well. There were no burglaries, which was down compared to last year, although the number of robberies and thefts increased slightly.

There was one arson committed within the bounds of ANC 6D. MPD closed arrests on many of the robberies, and most were incidents of phone snatching. There were incidents of juveniles throwing rocks at oncoming cars and at people, specifically around I St. SW. The department was trying to catch them in the act and asked that witnesses contact the police and provide descriptions.

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After 18 months of planning and meetings, the ANC announced that the Southwest Neighborhood Plan would come before the District Council. The plan, a community-based strategy to promote future growth in Southwest neighborhoods, was approved by the District Council on July 14.

DC Housing Authority (DCHA) was convening an advisory council to discuss turning Greenleaf Gardens into a mixed-use facility. Commissioners Reilly Carroll and Hamilton, who represent Greenleaf residents in their single-member districts, were participating in this and could each be contacted for questions.

David Meadows, representing Councilmember Anita Bonds (D-At Large), stated that they were in talks with each ANC in the city

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Stacy Smith, general manager of Hyatt Place, announced that the hotel would be opening in November at Fourth and E streets SW. The hotel will provide career opportunities for residents as well as a new rooftop restaurant and bar.

Representatives from the Nation’s Triathlon, the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure, and the Race to End Women’s Cancer presented their race routes and potential traffic interruptions. These events will occur on Sept. 13, Sept. 26, and Nov. 8 respectively.

The ANC unanimously supported all three race routes and traffic interruptions.

The ANC unanimously approved a motion to designate the old US Department of Agricultural Cotton Annex building as a historical landmark.

The ANC unanimously approved a motion to support a town hall meeting on transportation with the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA).

The ANC unanimously approved a motion to form an advisory group enabling the community to give input on the new soccer stadium to be built on Buzzard Point.

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ANC 6E

by Steve Holton

Dacha Beer Garden Expansion Request Representatives from Dacha Beer Garden located on 1600 Seventh St. NW attended the ANC 6E meeting and requested support from the commission and the community to allow a substantial change in their existing Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) license that would allow additional seating. The seating would be for both the indoor and outdoor portions of the restaurant; closing time for the outdoor space would remain at 10:30 p.m. during the week and midnight on the weekend. The request also sought

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permission to add entertainment to the indoor space, but the center of controversy by a part of the commission and meeting attendees revolved around the increase in occupancy. Currently Dacha was allowed to have an occupancy of up to 126 inside and 95 outdoors. Several numbers were thrown around during the meeting, but the request asked for an occupancy expansion of at least a couple hundred more, which had not yet received approval from ABRA. One point of contention was the increase in noise due to the extra seats. A legal representative for Dacha noted that ABRA had not reported any noise violations after investigating the property, and he believed that an expansion would not negatively impact the community. The commission noted that nine incident reports were filed against Dacha with eight of them being related to overloading the current capacity level. Several residents spoke out on Dacha’s request, with almost an equal number being against and supportive of increasing the capacity.

Residents living close to Dacha said that the noise could be intrusive to their homes and family but remained supportive of development in the neighborhood. “I support Dacha at the 126 seating level and do not believe there should be any increase for the outdoor portion. There needs to be a balance with the numbers to generate trust from the community,” said an area resident. A Dacha representative later noted that management had tested decibel levels at the busiest times of night and the results fell in line with what they were expected to abide by. It was also noted that other establishments in the area were open later, played live music, and generated noise.

Other residents stepped forward in support of Dacha and cited its value to the neighborhood.

“Dacha has become a community clubhouse that has welcomed everyone in the neighborhood,” said an area resident. “It has become a popular destination and we need more establishments like that in the area, and I am impressed with the steps that Dacha has taken to address concerns by undertaking noise studies and adding fencing. People do bar crawls all up and down Seventh St. NW, so it is not fair to blame them for every negative occurrence.” Many others voiced the same sentiment and cited the actions taken by Dacha to show it was a good neighbor and a positive part of the community. One resident stated that he had been held up at gunpoint on a few occasions, since his arrival to the area 25 years ago,

and that Dacha’s presence made the neighborhood seem much safer.

Said ANC 6E01 Commissioner Alexander Padro, “For the last 15 years as a commissioner I have worked hard to attract new businesses to the neighborhood. When Dacha first came to us for a vote of support the key provision for approval was for 100 seats inside and 95 outdoors, with assurance that it would never get bigger than that. This year the capacity issue has gotten out of hand, and popularity doesn’t trump the rights of a minority of our constituents. I move that ANC 6E protest the substantial changes to this license application on the basis of peace, order, quiet, and negative impacts on neighborhood values and parking.”

The commission voted not to support the license change, three to two with one abstention out of a quorum of six commissioners. “We would like to continue to work with the community and keep an open dialogue,” said a Dacha representative. “We would also like ANC 6E to appoint someone to work with to come to a rational agreement on ways to work with concerned residents.”

Sixth St. Zoning Relief Request An 11-story building on 1001 Sixth St. NW slated to start construction in the next 12 months, upon commitment from potential tenants, would house office units with at least 50 percent of retail space on the ground floor. It would also showcase a modest design, but commensurate with the rest of the neighborhood. Parking and exiting from the building would be on the Fifth St. side across from Ace Hardware, which could cause a congestion problem, but project planners had come to an agreement with the 6E Commission that during rush hours it would be “right turn only” when exiting the premises. All trees in the existing properties streetscape would remain in place. ANC 6E voted in favor of supporting the zoning relief request for the property. The project could take up to 36 months to complete after groundbreaking.

Parking Spaces Request for Ridge Street Project A project for four town homes between 446 and 452 Ridge St. NW was discussed. Each of the four lots would contain two units, bringing the total number of units to eight. Project representatives stated that each lot would require at least one parking spot under the rules of the Mount Vernon Square Historic District. The project’s

Vertigo and Lyme Disease planners had conducted a parking study in May during the hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. that spanned four blocks of the area extending from New Jersey Avenue to the east, Sixth St. to the west, N St. to the north, and M St. to the south. The study revealed that there were approximately 414 parking spaces, with 369 of them belonging to motorists with a registered parking permit. The study also concluded that at around 9 p.m. there were 100 spaces available in that sample radius. Taken during the week, the study did not account for weekend activities and Convention Center events.

“Parking issues is a constant conversation and the number one concern among neighborhood residents,” said ANC 6E04 Commissioner Rachelle Nigro, “and I will have to vote against it.” Nigro also noted that she would have no problem reversing her opinion once a survey was done and more residents were comfortable with it. ANC 6E05 Chair Marge Maceda addressed concerns of some attendees that they might lose a spot on the block in which they resided by saying, “We live in a city, and you can’t expect to find a spot directly in front of your property anymore. The area has grown, and we are at a time where you may have to park and walk a few blocks to your home.”

A vote was called not to support zoning relief for the property, and the commission voted against that measure with a four to two count.

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Eastern Market Report Peter J. Waldron

The Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee (EMCAC) struggled to reach a quorum of six at its monthly meeting the night of June 24. There were no minutes available from May’s meeting to approve. There was no report from the Capitol Improvements Committee chaired by long-time member Monte Edwards. Five residents of the community were present.

Marketing vs. Strategic Plan Chuck Berger, presiding chair of EMCAC and representative of the Capitol Hill Association of Merchants & Professionals (CHAMPS), reporting on a recently held Marketing Committee meeting, said that “more input was needed” and passed around material for comment.

This promotional material was clearly an effort to “promote the market” in the very near term as it undergoes what is expected to be a difficult period of construction noise, dust, and debris removal during the controversial redevelopment of the Hine School site. Berger stated that the hopes for putting together a strategic plan, with its substantial cost, have been postponed as the market deals instead with the disruptive forces of major construction nearby.

Berger announced that at the next marketing meeting, to be held jointly with Stanton Development (the developer of the Hine site), “We will focus on branding for the 700 Penn building. They have some ambitious plans on promoting their building and the Eastern Market. It is called 700 Penn. They do want to promote Seventh Street.” Groundbreaking for the Hine project on July 17 was attended

by Mayor Bowser. Diane Hoskins (ANC 6B02) noted that ANC 6B had held “no additional discussions” about the construction project.

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North Hall’s “highest gross revenue ever.” May revenues of $42,000 were “great” with year-todate North Hall annual revenue projected to be $300,000 and on pace for an all-time high.

According to Margeson the market is “self- sustaining” but it lacks resources for additional promotions: “There are a lot of things that are missing. A promotions manager, enough money to have concerts. We don’t have the money. It makes it a struggle and I would like people to know that.” Eastern Market is managed by the Department of General Services, which oversees all DC properties.

Eastern Market is severely limited in its capacity for possible growth other than North Hall bookings. Collections for rent from the inside merchants and the farmer’s line and the outside craft vendors are deliberately held below market rate rentals to insure the market’s viability. Public-market competition is fierce both locally and nationally with markets opening regularly in the Washington area and in and around the Hill, in addition to the opening of a spate of high-end grocery chains.

Commissioner Hoskins, who sits on EMCAC as the ANC representative, raised the issue of vouchers that allow for discounted fresh food and vegetables for low-income and WIC customers. Margeson responded, “We don’t know the actual numbers but they are being used. People walk three feet and spend the money.”

Long-term leases to the South Hall merchants are in a muddled stage of negotiation with the length of the leases the sticking point.

Leases remain unsigned seven years after the fire and restoration.

Parking A decades-long issue, “a merchant parking policy,” was again raised by Union Meat’s Bill Glasgow, who contended there were no parking spaces for the South Hall’s regular customers. Margeson responded, “We are getting to be where we want to be” but offered no specific plan. Parking remains the main continuing and unresolved issue, with the South Hall merchants arguing ceaselessly that a lack of parking severely harms their business. There is some promised relief with the completion of the Hine project and its more than 200 spaces and parking negotiated and available for use at the market.

The discussion turned to vehicles that inadvertently enter Seventh St. when it is closed on weekends. EMCAC member Richard Layman proposed the use of popup bollards rather than the currently used cones for parking.

That produced a separate discussion about safety in general and the need for an on-duty parking attendant. Berger ended the inconclusive discussion by cautioning that “one incident is not good for anybody.”

Margeson commented on the accommodation of the now displaced and privately owned and managed flea markets, previously located on the Hine site and relocated to a now closed “lower Seventh St.” in May as part of a special management agreement with Eastern Market. “We have great feedback,” he offered. “Things are working just fine.”

There was a brief discussion of the surprising issue of holes (unrented exhibition space) in the closed lower Seventh St. “Depends on the day,” Margeson responded. “Saturdays are not filling up.” Glasgow added that “there are quite a few holes everywhere on Saturday, even at the Natatorium.”

Two Moments of Silence The meeting adjourned after two separate moments of silence, one honoring former community activist Roberta Weiner, who recently passed away, and wrote for the Hill Rag as well as acted as the scribe of EMCAC meeting minutes for many years. An additional minute honored the memory of former Hill Rag correspondent Charnice Milton, who was murdered on her way home from the May EMCAC meeting. Berger gave voice to this grief when he stated, “We have lost two family members.”

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by Myles Mellor and Sally York Across:

1. Affleck’s better half?

7. Tarantino sometimes has this role 12. Hodgepodge 18. Constellation near Cygnus 19. Guanaco’s cousin 20. Labor movement principles 23. Shakespeare play minus zero 25. Tangible 26. Shoot the breeze 27. World War II losers 28. Hawk 29. Fed. warning system 30. Kind of drive 31. Unique, minus zero 35. Aviation acronym 38. Evolutionary trend 41. Comes together, as a plan 42. Idiom advocating risk-taking, minus zero 46. Herbal tea variety 50. Olefin 51. Red ink amount 52. Stop on the way 54. Advanced degree?

55. Intimate 58. Bagel topper 59. Black billiard ball 60. Level 61. Believers 65. Play the siren 66. Biblical saying, minus zero 71. Blood pigment 72. Strip 73. Pinker 74. Drops 76. ___-eyed 77. Kenyan tribesman 78. Fed. property overseer 81. Careless trash discarder 83. Trickster of myth 86. Apprehender 88. Store 89. Bachman-Turner Overdrive title, minus zero 93. Mideast potentate 95. Battle stronghold 96. Parts to tie 97. Mediocre, minus zero 101. Scruffs

104. Axe, in Tokyo 105. Sight in Memphis 106. Bad-tempered 107. Venus or Mars 110. Amino acid 113. Sidney Sheldon novel, minus zero 117. Carries out 118. Poisonous fruit 119. Plagiarist 120. War horses 121. Lots 122. Part of S.W.A.K.

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1. Rank 2. Blue shade 3. Undistinguished throng 4. Fed. agency 5. Spiral-horned antelope 6. Kind of screen 7. Averred 8. Linen robes 9. ___ jacket 10. Big bird 11. Muesli morsel 12. Indian coin 13. Like clocks with hands 14. Fishermen’s equipment 15. Thwack 16. Memorabilia 17. Taunting one 21. Blind segment 22. Interlock 24. Kind of layer 28. Hebrides isle 30. Pigeon’s home 31. Island rings 32. Places to overnight 33. Beautiful people 34. Aggressor 35. Director Reitman 36. Ancient European 37. Egyptian cross 39. Leer at 40. Certain religious adherent 43. “I give in!”

44. Put in a new floor 45. Plant genus 47. 100-eyed giant

Look for this months answers at labyrinthgameshop.com 48. 1940’s-60’s world leader 49. Had something 53. Bit players 56. Kind of kick 57. Touch and sight related 58. Cover 60. More lovely 61. ___-faced 62. Airline’s home base 63. Chemical ending 64. Shipboard plank 66. Oar pin 67. Restrict 68. Gives off 69. “Maid of Athens, ___ we part”: Byron

70. Poet, Heinrich 75. “Wild Wild West” star, first name 77. Series opener?

78. Celtic deity 79. Spring purchase 80. Song and dance, e.g.

82. Light anew 83. Poi party 84. Brewer’s kiln 85. Hobby shop buy 87. Small bills 90. Wind instrument 91. Elastic muscle tensions 92. Devour 94. Fell, in a way 97. Haul

98. Quartz variety 99. Exhausts 100. Grace word 102. Flumps 103. High nest, var.

106. Dance segment 107. Race place 108. Anatomical network 109. Partner of born 111. Natl. Adopt-a-Dog Month 112. Grafton or Lyon 113. ___-di-dah 114. Pitching star 115. Calypso offshoot 116. Prohibition ___

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by E. Ethelbert Miller In Search of Blessings Everywhere It’s late morning on a Thursday. I’m sitting in Busboys (Takoma Park) waiting for my friend Susan to make the trip into the District from Virginia. Susan teaches at Marymount University, a school I’ve grown closer to over the years as a result of good friendships. In the last innings of life you want to look around at the team you’re on. You want a life filled with rookies and seasoned veterans. I like associating with young artists who are at the beginning of their careers. I try to keep my eyes and ears open to new ideas. At times this can be difficult. Values and beliefs can often turn from flesh into stone. It’s hard for the old to embrace the birth of the new without the realization that one’s own cry has an echo.

I look around at the tables in Busboys and Poets and quickly observe that the majority of the people are around my age or older. This is what I’ve always liked about Takoma Park. It’s that place far away from the open mic. This part of the city flows into Maryland and always seems to be carrying a yoga mat. The politics here are liberal and progressive; if you’re from Texas it’s best to tell folks you’re a vegetarian.

My friend Susan arrives and has a surprise for me.

She digs into her bag and pulls a flag out by its ears. It’s the papal flag – the flag of the Vatican. Now I’m feeling as good as the lamb burger I’m about to order. Susan knows I’m looking forward to Pope Francis coming to Washington in a few weeks. This is the year the Pope should offer

a special blessing for the poets. We poets have much work to do in our city, nation, and world. I fear another long hot summer is just the beginning of a long hot century.

Death seems no longer willing to wait for old age.

Too many young people are going to sleep with anger.

If you find yourself sitting in a cafe or restaurant you are among the blessed. Around the world thousands of homeless migrants are fleeing war zones. Meanwhile in our city men near Metro stations beg for coins, and even the Good Samaritan is cautious when riding the Red or Green Line.

The best way to navigate the streets of life is by finding those small quiet moments of light. Call them bright moments or silent times of mindfulness. I take the flag Susan gives me and I place it in my bag filled with newspapers and books. I’m ready for the exploration of goodness.

It’s time to get ready for the heat that comes after August.

Hatred, racism, and wars seem to always bring the steam.

Madness will make you sweat. Hope can be as simple as a cool drink of water. But is this how we want to live?

Are we to confine ourselves to our own hospice and simply wait for the air to disappear? I reach across the table to thank Susan; our hands are black and white. It’s a beginning. Soon will we eat, we will bless our food, grateful for friendship and another day of grace.

E. Ethelbert Miller is a literary activist. His collected poems edited by Kirsten Porter will be published next spring. In April 2015 Miller was inducted into the Washington Hall of Fame. u

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{community life / people}

Monsignor Kevin Hart

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by Stephanie Deutsch

here are still unpacked boxes in his ground floor office but Monsignor Kevin Hart is settling into his new home in the rectory of St. Peter’s Church on 3rd Street SE. Having spent part of his childhood in far Southeast and gone to high school in the city, he finds moving to Washington “a little like coming home.” After serving in a variety of positions in churches around the metropolitan area and with the archdiocese, Father Hart is “ready to be a pastor again” and delighted to be doing it in a neighborhood that feels like a small town. “This is a lovely part of a lovely, lively city,” he says.

It was his father’s job selling Royal typewriters to the federal government that brought Father Hart’s family to Washington from New Jersey in the mid-1950s. He attended Holy Name Elementary School near Gallaudet and then Cathedral Latin High school (which no longer exists) in Northwest. His mother and later his older sister worked on Capitol Hill, and Father Hart remembers taking the bus from his high school, getting off at the Capitol, walking into the Senate office building, and taking the underground train to his sister’s office. He became very at home on the Capitol grounds.

Early on Father Hart decided that he admired the parish priests he had met and that he wanted to be like them. So he attended St. Vincent College, a Benedictine school in Latrobe, Pa., that has a “major” seminary. But a desire to see a bit of the world intervened, and he did a junior-year program at the American College in Louvain, Belgium, where he studied French and decided he did not want to come home yet. He ended up staying six years, perfecting his French and attending seminary. In 1974 Father Hart was ordained a priest at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, DC. After service at St. Francis Xavier parish in Southeast and at Our Lady of Mercy in Potomac, Father Hart found himself in Europe again, this time mastering Italian and getting a doctorate in canon law from Angelicum University in Rome. Once again he loved the experience of living in Europe, but again he returned to serve the church here.

He worked at several area parishes and then held a position coordinating listening sessions that led to recommendations for churches issued by the first archdiocesan synod here. Father Hart was delighted to be assigned to St. Peter’s, a parish that has experienced tremendous growth in the last five years. u

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{community life / obituary}

IN MEMORIAM

Ivan J. Kauffman

Aug. 11, 1938 – July 15, 2015

by Marci Hilt

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ong-time Capitol Hill resident Ivan J. Kauffman died on July 15 in Philadelphia, Pa., after suffering a massive stroke on July 4. He was a poet, author, and scholar whose work focused on peace, social justice, and ecumenical dialogue.

Mr. Kauffman moved to Washington in 1966 and lived on Capitol Hill from 1976 until 2008. From 1966 until 2008 he was a poet and an international journalist and syndicated columnist, as well as a reader at the Library of Congress. Beginning in 2008 he was associated with Saint John’s Benedictine Abbey and the Collegeville Institute, in Minnesota, where he spent time researching and writing. A leader in Mennonite-Catholic ecumenical dialogue, in 1999 he cofounded Bridgefolk, a movement of like-minded Mennonites and Roman Catholics who meet yearly in Goshen, Ind. With his wife in 2012 he founded the Michael Sattler House in Collegeville, Minn., as a retreat site to link spirituality, service, and social justice.

Ivan J. Kauffman was born Aug. 11, 1938, in Cheraw, Colo., to Jess and Viola (Winn) Kauffman. His father was a Mennonite minister. The family moved to Hesston, Kans., where he attended high school and where he met his future wife, Lois Conrad. They were married on Aug. 31, 1957, on her family’s farm in Tangent, Ore. Mr. Kauff-

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BY ANGIE’S LIST man was educated at Hesston College, Goshen College, Earlham School of Religion, and Georgetown University.

His publications include two books of poetry and a history of Christian intentionality: “The Ironshop & Chartres: Poems” (1982), “He Was Here” (2001), and “Follow Me: A History of Christian Intentionality” (2009). His essays on Rembrandt’s religious beliefs are available online.

Mr. Kauffman lived a full life, striving always to follow his true calling. His family and friends will miss his warmth as well as his deep, stentorian voice, his impassioned discussions, his genealogy and history lessons, his philosophical debates, and his faith-filled life.

Mr. Kauffman is survived by his wife Lois, his mother Viola of Sarasota, Fla., children Conrad Kauffman of Boston and Eda Kauffman of Philadelphia, sisters Leila MacDonald of Portland, Ore., and Patricia Cooper of Stuart, Fla., and six grandchildren.

A memorial Service will be held Sunday, Aug. 2, at 1:30 p.m. at College Mennonite Church in Goshen, Ind., collegemennonite.org.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorial donations be made in Mr. Kauffman’s name to Catholic Relief Services, www.crs.org, or the Mennonite Central Committee, www.mcc.org. u

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{community life / h street life}

H Street Life

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by Elise Bernard

ugust means the dog days of summer are here, and the temptation to escape the sweltering heat by staying indoors can be strong. To do so, however, would mean missing out on a ton of new fun local attractions. Pack your water bottle and head out to any of the following and you’ll be glad you did.

Ben’s Chili Bowl Opens on H Street NE Corridor For many District residents Ben’s Chili Bowl holds a special place of honor. Since the first outpost opened on U Street NW in 1958, Ben’s has served up their legendary half-smokes to countless diners of all ages and backgrounds. Mayors, celebrities, and even President Obama have dined upon their Ben’s Chili Bowl on H Street NE begins a new chapter for the venerable eatery. Photo: Ben’s Chili Bowl dogs. In the fall of 2011 the owners of Ben’s Chili Bowl (1001 H St. Escape the Classroom Opens at “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” NE, http://benschilibowl.com) acquired a build1322B H St. NE Screens under the Stars in ing at the corner of 10th and H streets NE that With the recent popularity of escape-the-room Ivy City had been home to the clothing store George’s games it was probably only a matter of time before Do you ever feel nostalgic for the days of watchPlace. After much demolition, construction, and the H Street NE corridor sported its own incarnaing 1980s movies on your old VCR tapes? Perhaps a wait of nearly four years they finally opened tion. It’s arrived in the form of Escape the Classroom you were a fan of “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse”? If the antheir doors in July with much fanfare. Mayor Mu(1322B H St. NE, http://escapetheroom.today), a swer to either of these questions is yes, consider takriel Bowser was among those present for the ribnew venture that opened in July. The concept is ing in the upcoming showing of “Pee-Wee’s Big Adbon cutting. simple: head into a room and search for clues that venture” by local group Playback the Tape (http:// The look and feel of the new Ben’s Chili will allow your team of 5-10 players to escape from www.playbackthetape.com). This is the third in a Bowl is much like that of the original location. the room within the time limit. three-movie series the group is screening outdoors The menu features all of the familiar favorites.

Escape the Classroom offers two games: Esin Ivy City (Ivy City Playground, northwest corner of Only the first floor is up and running at the mocape the Classroom, designed for kids ages 5-8; Mt. Olivet Road and West Virginia Avenue NE). All ment, but the second floor and rooftop will open and Escape the Oval Office for older children and Playback the Tape screenings feature home VCR rein the coming months. The second floor will feaadults. Escape games like these have become popcordings of old shows and movies. These events are ture a full-service restaurant with a different menu ular as team-building exercises as well as unconfree of charge and open to all ages. The festivities (probably more similar to Ben’s Next Door, http:// ventional ways to celebrate a birthday for folks of all begin at dusk on Aug. 21. www.bensnextdoor.com), and the rooftop will inages. Tickets for each experience are $15 per child clude a bar. Ben’s will keep the same extended and $25 per adult. You can also select a Clue Party Mobilizing Our Community hours as at the original location, opening early for or Puzzle Party Package for groups of different sizbreakfast every day but Sunday and closing at 2:00 Connects Residents and Art at es. The packages feature 45 minutes of live play fola.m. on weeknights, 4:00 a.m. on Fridays and Satthe Atlas lowed by 75 minutes for celebration, as well as the urdays, and midnight on Sundays.

The Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St. option to add pizza, cake, or T-shirts.

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Paws on the Patio Welcomes Dogs at Biergarten Haus

Mobilizing Our Community brings residents together to create art. Photo: SchoolSculptures

NE, http://www.atlasarts.org) recently announced a new project called Mobilizing Our Community (www.atlasarts.org/mobilizingour-community) that will connect over a thousand District residents of all ages and backgrounds with kinetic artist Kevin Reese to create more than 50 high-flying mobiles that will be installed and exhibited at the Atlas. The project’s theme is “balance and connection in our evolving city.” At several workshops, held both at the Atlas and in the larger community, participants will work under the guidance of the artist to draw, cut out, sand, paint, lay to wire, and balance the mobile pieces.

The final installation will open during the H Street Festival (http:// hstreet.org/events/festival) on Sept.

19 and will remain on exhibit through Sept. 26 so that it might be enjoyed by attendees of the annual

Biergarten Haus (1355 H St. NE, www.biergartenhaus.com) joins the ranks of dog-friendly local spots with a new weekly event that runs through the summer. Every Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. you can enjoy happy hour on the patio with your fourlegged friend during the Paws on the Patio event.

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Masseria Brings Italian Flavors to the Union Market District Chef Nick Stefanelli, formerly of Bibiana, is betting big on his first solo venture in the Union Market District. It comes in the form of Masseria (1340 4th St. NE, www. masseria-dc.com), an Italian restaurant offering fixed-price multicourse meals. Masseria will accommodate 60 guests including seating on its patio. The involvement of head bartender Julien-Pierre Bourgon of the well-known cocktail lounge PX promises to keep imbibers well-satisfied.

For more on what’s abuzz on and around H Street NE please visit my blog, http://frozentropics.blogspot. com. You can send me tips or questions at elise.bernard@gmail.com. u

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{community life / our river}

Overview of the 11th Street Bridge Park. Photo: OMA+OLIN.

Our River: The Anacostia Bringing Us Together: 11th Street Bridge Park

by Bill Matuszeski

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t all started with a simple question in the DC Department of Planning. Harriet Tregoning, then the director, wondered what could be done with the piers remaining in the Anacostia River after the reconstruction of the 11th Street Bridge. Couldn’t something innovative be

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built to take advantage of them sitting downstream of the new local bridge that had just opened south of the freeway ramps? A first thought was to build narrow overlooks out from the local bridge wherever there was a pier in the middle of the river.

That was done and you can use them today. But why stop there? Why not a broad, park-like space along the whole length from shore to shore, a distance of more than three football fields?

Believe it or not, that is what is happening.

Plans are underway to extend the local bridge up to 180 feet downstream over those old piers and put in playgrounds for all ages and abilities, along with outdoor performance spaces, an environmental education center focusing on the river, public art and cafes, urban agriculture and gardens, and

Projection Waterfalls in the Park. Photo: OMA+OLIN

boat launches on the river below. These were just some of the ideas emerging from hundreds of public meetings about the project. Who knows what more will emerge as the project advances?

The 11th Street Bridge Park is a project of Building Bridges Across the River, part of THEARC, which stands for Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus, a large community facility on Mississippi Avenue SE in Ward 8. The focus is programs to support the arts and other activities to enrich lives in DC’s poorest ward, but also to build connections with other neighborhoods along the river. The city is a big supporter of these efforts and sees the 11th Street Bridge Park as a highly visible and attractive way to bring together communities on both sides of the river. Director of the Project is Scott Kratz, a young educator who until he took this job 18 months ago was vice president for education at the National Building Museum, and who lives near Barracks Row. In Kratz’s view, “for every right project there is a right time,” and that time is now with plans for the recovery of the river and the emergence of the old Anacostia commercial area as a center of theater and the arts.

Kratz sees the effort as right on schedule. After a period of listening at community meetings, followed by planning and selection of a winning design for Bridge Park last fall, he envisions two years of pre-construction activity to deal with rights-ofway, permits, environmental reviews, and other such things. This will lead into a two-year construction schedule with an opening in 2019. By then the Long-Term Control Program to nearly eliminate sewage overloads to the river should be in place, and efforts to remove the toxic sediments

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will be underway.

The project is designed to fulfill four distinct purposes. First is to encourage healthy communities by providing opportunities for exercise and recreation. Ward 8, for example, currently has the highest rate of obesity in the city. Second is to engage the public with the river as a place to go that deserves support for all the benefits it can provide. Third is to connect DC communities on both sides of the river, especially Capitol Hill and historic Anacostia, which have common histories and could have common futures as each develops.

And fourth is to provide economic opportunities through jobs and businesses.

Making all this happen as a result of a bridge project might seem a bit intimidating, but as a result of the public meetings Kratz and other leaders such as Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen conceived the Equitable Development Task Force, whose job is to assure that with the bridge come opportunities for those who live nearby, with the specific goal of keeping them from being priced out as the amenities bring increases in the demand and cost of housing and business sites.

Some see that as already happening in historic Anacostia, and more and more apartment buildings and condos are being proposed on the Capitol Hill side. The most serious threats are east of the river, where many more units are rentals.

To deal with these forces the Equitable Development Task Force is working in three areas. First is to continue to protect and to add to affordable housing through a variety of existing and emerging city programs that can help with housing costs and take over vacant or abandoned properties that can be converted to such housing. Second is to develop training and job opportunities as part of project construction in order to employ people from the immediate area. Third is to encourage small business enterprise, both as part of the project and in nearby areas that will benefit from more activity in the communities. The plan for these actions will be released on Nov. 5.

The winning design for the bridge encourages entrepreneurship by including a number of businesses providing food, entertainment, boating, and other services on the bridge and the approaches on each side. The

seven-month-long design competition last year involved hundreds of proposals and five detailed designs, leading to the unanimous selection of the firm of OMA-OLIN. It is a dramatic structure with ramps and planes that crisscross to emphasize the crossing and the unifying themes. As OMA designer Jason Long stated, “It holds its own against very monumental elements within DC – but at the same time it is very approachable.”

The budget is about $45 million, and the District Council has declared that the DC budget should cover no more than half. So far over $10 million has been raised, much of it from the city, which is appropriate at this planning stage, according to Kratz. This funding is sufficient for the next 18 months until construction starts. Meanwhile a major effort is beginning to seek funds for the rest with corporation, foundation, and individual support.

A recent grant from Artplace America, for example, provides $250,000 for workshops, performances, and other community-based activities in local schools to prepare them for the opportunities the bridge project will bring, as well as funding for the selected architects to work with the community to fine tune the design. The grant was one of 38 awarded nationwide from nearly 1,300 applications.

But what will the 11th Street Bridge Park do for you and me? It will be a destination with activities and spaces to relax, have a snack, hear a lecture, catch a live performance, or simply linger and watch the sun set over the river. It will also be a place to meet not just your neighbors, but people from the other side of the river whom you normally don’t get a chance to talk to. And it will be an entertaining and visually stunning way to get to the other side where things are happening that may be new to you.

But don’t wait until 2019! Take a walk across the 11th Street local bridge now. And dream about the future with a completed Bridge Park.

Bill Matuszeski writes monthly about the Anacostia River. He is the retired director of the Chesapeake Bay Program, past chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee on the Anacostia River, and a member of the Mayor’s Leadership Council for a Cleaner Anacostia River. u

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1252 Maryland Ave. NE Was Once the Washington Junior College of Music and Education

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n historic Capitol Hill-area home that once served as the Washington Junior College of Music and Education is on the market for the first time in years, having being owned for the better part of the last 70 years by one generation or another of the Eubanks family. The mansion at 1252 Maryland Ave. NE is on the market for $2.25 million, listed by Taylor Carney of Compass.

Built in 1893 by developer John H. Bushner, the 6,380 square-foot, 6-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom, corner lot mansion was the largest of 19 homes constructed by Bushner and designed by prominent DC architect Appleton Prentiss Clark

Jr. In an interview Carney said that “1252 Maryland Ave. NE encompasses all that a true DC home is known for: history, prominence, and original details.”

In 1947 Gustavia and James E. Eubanks purchased the home for $15,000 for the use of the Washington Junior College of Music and Education, which had some 200 students at one point. The school offered coursework in piano, violin, and voice as well as sight singing and music appreciation, according to The House History Man. Andrea Kelly, the Eubanks’ granddaughter and the mansion’s current owner, grew up in the family home. Kelly’s parents met when her father was a mu-

The grand staircase is lit by skylights at 1252 Maryland Ave. NE. Photo: Compass.

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sic student at the college, and she would later raise her son in the very rooms where she grew up. “All I remember was waking up to music and going to sleep to music,� said Kelly, whose mother used to wake her children with John Phillips Sousa’s “Washington Post.� But after James’s death in 1957 the college ended. In the mid-1970s Mrs. Eubanks sold the family home. “I felt that the house was taken away too soon,� recalled Kelly, who The front door at 1252 Maryland Ave. NE. Photo: Compass. at the time was just starting her career and unable to afoff of the original heart pine floors.� ford the upkeep and care of the famKelly said the decision to sell the ily home. Over a decade later Kelfamily home was a bittersweet one, ly and her husband Archie saw that but as she retires she is ready to pass the house was again on the market, on the responsibility of stewardship. as a foreclosure, so they decided the She hopes the new owners will leave time was right to bring her childhood their mark on the home and continhome back into the family’s stewardue to realize how important it is to the ship. For the next few decades she history of the city and the immediate and her husband restored the home, neighborhood. “What is it about the undoing the modernization efforts of house?� Kelly asked herself. “It’s lifethe various interim owners. Kelly said changing to live there.� there were nights when they stopped The home at 1252 Maryland work mid-task, giving in to sleep beAve. NE is showing by appointment neath the very drop cloth they had only. Contact Taylor Carney, 202used after a hard day’s work.

602-8080, or taylor@compass.com.

Their work shines through in the refinished original heart pine wood Shaun Courtney is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of District Source, a DC floors, in the restored plaster work, real estate and neighborhood news and in the original pocket doors that blog, co-founded and supported by now hang upstairs. Observed Carney, Lindsay Reishman of Compass real es“Aside from the grand staircase, what tate. Shaun has been a local reporter I love most about this house is the natin DC since 2009 and has called the ural light. With six skylights and overcity home since 2002. She lives in Kingsized windows throughout, it beams man Park with her husband and son. u

The Stealth Makes Itself Known on Florida Avenue The 4-Unit Boutique Building Went on the Market in Mid-July.

by Shaun Courtney

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he Stealth condo officially hit the market in late July, bringing four new two-level, three-bedroom condos just north of H Street. Sales are by the Bissey Team at John C. Formant Real Estate.

The triangular lot – bounded by Florida and West Virginia avenues and 9th and L Streets NE – resulted in a creative layout that from the air looks like its namesake, a Stealth Bomber. The triangular shape allows each unit to have windows on three sides and to share just one wall with neighboring units. “It’s like having an end unit for each unit,” said Colin Johnson, a member of the sales team.

Todd Bissey, another member of the sales team, said that because the project is ground-up construction it does not have some of the design limitations you might find in a pop-up condo conversion. When a townhouse is converted to two units the upper unit often lives like a house, but the lower floor is an “upside down” house said Bissey. Each of the four units at the Stealth has its own private entrance and is laid out like a traditional home with a kitchen, living space, and bedroom on the first floor and additional bedrooms on the second floor. “Both units live like a house,” said Bissey.

Finishes throughout include hand-scraped hardwood floors, German-manufactured Poggenpohl cabinetry, Bosch appliances, and custom, two-level crystal chandeliers. The two bottom units have ground-floor patios and the upper units have expansive rooftop decks that add nearly one-third more square feet of usable space. The roof deck, covered with weather-resistant materials, is wired for a television and has a small sink and mini-fridge to accommodate rooftop dining.

The project is a few blocks north of H St. with its growing restaurant and nightlife scene and just east of the soonto-expand Union Market development. With its location on Florida and its site-specific design, “It really has a unique urban feel,” said Bissey.

The Stealth is listed at $998,500 for the upper units and $798,500 for the lower units through John C. Formant RE, 202-544-3900.

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

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Changing Hands Changing hands is a list of most residential sales in the District of Columbia from the previous month. A feature of every issue, this list, based on the MRIS, is provided courtesy of Don Denton, manager of the Coldwell Banker office on Capitol Hill. The list includes address, sales price and number of bedrooms.

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16TH STREET HEIGHTS 1318 KENNEDY ST NW 5514 13TH ST NW 1210 MADISON ST NW

$730,000 $550,000 $399,999

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK 4602 VAN NESS ST NW 4225 45TH ST NW 4329 VAN NESS ST NW 4841 ALTON PL NW 4935 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW 4216 46TH ST NW 4812 BUTTERWORTH PL NW

ANACOSTIA

1385 MORRIS RD SE 1512 16TH ST SE

BERKLEY

1905 FOXVIEW CIR NW 4849 FOXHALL CRES NW 2254 48TH ST NW

BLOOMINGDALE 50 SEATON PL NW 2217 1ST ST NW 142 SEATON PL NW 32 SEATON PL NW

BRENTWOOD

2213 16TH ST NE 1351 DOWNING ST NE

BRIGHTWOOD

710 WHITTIER ST NW 1342 TUCKERMAN ST NW 808 QUINTANA PL NW 6409 7TH ST NW 421 PEABODY ST NW 6212 5TH ST NW 6833 PINEY BRANCH RD NW 516 TUCKERMAN ST NW 1310 SHERIDAN ST NW 609 TUCKERMAN ST NW 5806 8TH ST NW 1462 SHERIDAN ST NW 1225 ROCK CREEK FORD RD NW 7410 EASTERN AVE NW

BROOKLAND

1323 MONROE ST NE 1247 GIRARD ST NE 1225 PERRY ST NE 1715 JACKSON ST NE 3055 CHANCELLOR’S WAY NE 1504 OTIS ST NE 614 FRANKLIN ST NE 3510 18TH ST NE 1022 TAUSSIG PL NE 3301 9TH ST NE 626 FRANKLIN ST NE

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$1,210,000 $1,208,000 $1,175,000 $1,135,000 $1,073,000 $925,000 $920,000

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$310,000 $259,000

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$3,591,693 $2,150,000 $1,700,000

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$880,000 $807,000 $768,260 $760,000

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$435,000 $240,000

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$869,500 $707,000 $650,000 $585,000 $573,000 $545,000 $505,000 $480,000 $480,000 $477,500 $462,000 $450,000 $413,500 $321,000

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$910,000 $875,000 $857,000 $835,000 $798,000 $761,300 $715,000 $699,900 $695,000 $633,000 $625,000

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1368 FRANKLIN ST NE 305 ADAMS ST NE 2709 6TH ST NE 1010 CRITTENDEN ST NE 4200 13TH ST NE 4214 12TH PL NE 2815 15TH ST NE 706 CRITTENDEN ST NE 4009 12TH ST NE 701 BUCHANAN ST NE

$549,000 $548,000 $511,000 $510,000 $495,000 $450,000 $450,000 $443,500 $413,000 $402,000

CAPITOL HILL 513 C ST NE 707 EAST CAPITOL ST SE 306 3RD ST SE 405 A ST SE 1323 NORTH CAROLINA AVE NE 1363 A ST NE 1014 CONSTITUTION AVE NE 605 SOUTH CAROLINA AVE SE 251 10TH ST NE 229 12TH ST NE 1373 POTOMAC AVE SE 1210 G ST NE 214 6TH ST SE 231 10TH ST SE 526 10TH ST SE 333 8TH ST NE 1014 NORTH CAROLINA AVE SE 537 6TH ST SE 911 K ST NE 207 C ST SE 312 5TH ST NE 816 D ST NE 1328 E ST NE 1516 D ST NE 335 11TH ST SE 1426 AMES PL NE 305 10TH ST SE 410 E CAPITOL ST NE 614 TENNESSEE AVE NE 440 3RD ST NE 1115 PARK ST NE 1312 EMERALD ST NE 1908 C ST NE 1253 F ST NE 1607 MASSACHUSETTS AVE SE 1300 EMERALD ST NE

$3,110,000 $1,682,500 $1,330,000 $1,313,000 $1,250,000 $1,140,000 $1,099,000 $970,000 $961,000 $950,000 $930,000 $895,000 $877,000 $850,000 $850,000 $849,000 $847,500 $799,900 $797,000 $789,500 $783,000 $780,000 $779,000 $769,000 $750,000 $749,900 $749,000 $745,000 $725,000 $711,000 $706,000 $665,000 $612,000 $522,000 $500,000 $638,500

CHEVY CHASE 3816 MILITARY RD NW 5360 42ND PL NW 3547 QUESADA ST NW 5528 30TH ST NW 5310 42ND PL NW 3831 LEGATION ST NW 3212 STEPHENSON PL NW 5307 NEVADA AVE NW 6515 UTAH AVE NW 4050 FESSENDEN ST NW 3353 RUNNYMEDE PL NW 3604 LIVINGSTON ST NW 3718 JENIFER ST NW 5338 43RD ST NW 5820 BROAD BRANCH RD NW 6135 30TH ST NW 5601 CHEVY CHASE PKWY NW 5517 41ST ST NW 2918 TENNYSON ST NW 5122 NEBRASKA AVE NW 2819 KANAWHA ST NW

$1,865,000 $1,405,988 $1,360,000 $1,307,000 $1,275,000 $1,225,000 $1,198,000 $1,178,500 $1,093,000 $1,082,500 $1,010,000 $980,000 $950,000 $940,000 $890,000 $885,000 $885,000 $860,000 $860,000 $839,000 $785,000

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6221 32ND PL NW 5235 NEBRASKA AVE NW 4108 ELLICOTT ST NW

$740,000 $735,000 $659,300

CHILLUM 5523 KANSAS AVE NW 242 PEABODY ST NW

$380,000 $375,000

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3500 NEWARK ST NW 3612 MACOMB ST NW 3314 ORDWAY ST NW 3908 MACOMB ST NW 3126 ORDWAY ST NW 3500 IDAHO AVE NW 3601 PORTER ST NW 3145 38TH ST NW 3113 QUEBEC PL NW

$2,700,000 $2,195,000 $2,000,000 $1,812,500 $1,516,000 $1,450,000 $1,395,000 $1,300,000 $1,100,000

COLONIAL VILLAGE 1737 JUNIPER ST NW 1626 PRIMROSE RD NW 7742 16TH ST NW 1839 PRIMROSE RD NW

$1,201,000 $831,000 $825,000 $720,000

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 4010 GEORGIA AVE NW 3317 16TH ST NW 3535 16TH ST NW 2520 12TH ST NW 1301 QUINCY ST NW 1346 OAK ST NW 3729 9TH ST NW 3819 14TH ST NW 1457 MONROE ST NW 2627 11TH ST NW 3610 ROCK CREEK CHURCH RD NW 1355 TAYLOR ST NW 1312 SPRING RD NW 3812 KANSAS AVE NW 1431 PARKWOOD PL NW 3644 PARK PL NW 3510 10TH ST NW 755 GRESHAM PL NW 525 QUINCY ST NW 751 NEWTON PL NW 737 GIRARD ST NW 619 KEEFER PL NW 419 NEWTON PL NW 10111/2 LAMONT ST NW

$1,250,000 $1,049,000 $1,032,500 $1,020,000 $989,000 $985,000 $949,000 $900,000 $875,000 $795,000 $790,000 $740,000 $740,000 $710,000 $705,000 $682,000 $675,000 $660,000 $657,500 $625,000 $617,000 $615,000 $587,500 $385,000

CONGRESS HEIGHTS 158 CHESAPEAKE ST SW 717 ATLANTIC ST SE 11 DANBURY ST SW 133 DANBURY ST SW 720 CONGRESS ST SE

$294,000 $265,000 $250,000 $237,000 $160,000

CRESTWOOD 1855 UPSHUR ST NW 1811 UPSHUR ST NW 4010 18TH ST NW

$1,177,500 $900,000 $751,000

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5008 BLAINE ST NE 503 42ND ST NE 5067 JAY ST NE 3914 CAPITOL ST NE 901 46TH ST NE 5055 JAY ST NE 400 DIVISION AVE NE

$364,000 $285,000 $275,000 $265,000 $264,900 $260,000 $235,000

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5097 JUST ST NE 40 35TH ST NE 228 56TH ST NE 4719 MINNESOTA AVE NE 5415 DIX ST NE 338 EASTERN AVE NE 1036 45TH ST NE 715 55TH ST NE

$229,900 $215,000 $213,000 $205,000 $190,000 $145,000 $135,000 $80,000

DUPONT CIRCLE 1722 SEATON ST NW 1810 S ST NW

$1,264,000 $1,404,157

ECKINGTON 39 S ST NW 224 SEATON PL NE 309 SEATON PL NE 3 S ST NW

$850,000 $736,000 $699,900 $475,000

FOGGY BOTTOM 2532 I ST NW

$699,000

FOREST HILLS 2845 CHESTERFIELD PL NW 3105 ELLICOTT ST NW 2801 CHESAPEAKE ST NW 4810 32ND ST NW

$3,500,000 $2,600,000 $2,000,000 $1,450,000

FORT DUPONT PARK 4628 EASY PL SE 4416 ALABAMA AVE SE 1721 FORT DAVIS ST SE 3977 ALABAMA AVE SE 1118 45TH PL SE 4356 GORMAN TER SE 417 BURBANK ST SE

$400,000 $390,000 $311,000 $290,000 $277,800 $225,000 $130,000

FORT LINCOLN

3246 THEODORE R HAGANS DR NE $523,900 2501 PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS PL NE $410,000

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FOXHALL 4625 CHARLESTON TER NW 4411 VOLTA PL NW 4453 Q ST NW

$2,200,000 $1,037,500 $765,000

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GARFIELD 2713 WOODLEY PL NW

$1,125,000

GEORGETOWN 3321 N ST NW 3013 P ST NW 3033 O ST NW 4029 HIGHWOOD CT NW 3319 N ST NW 3329 RESERVOIR RD NW 2721 OLIVE ST NW 3024 CAMBRIDGE PL NW 3020 CAMBRIDGE PL NW 1503 DUMBARTON ROCK CT NW 3627 WINFIELD LN NW 3344 PROSPECT ST NW 4051 MANSION DR NW 3309 P ST NW 1427 34TH ST NW 1411 36TH ST NW 3320 RESERVOIR RD NW 2718 POPLAR ST NW 2508 EAST PL NW 1345 28TH ST NW

$3,300,000 $3,000,000 $2,549,000 $2,500,000 $2,250,000 $2,100,000 $2,095,000 $2,050,000 $1,950,000 $1,650,000 $1,515,000 $1,495,000 $1,400,000 $1,375,000 $1,250,000 $1,175,000 $1,060,500 $890,000 $845,000 $795,000

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$1,086,000 $925,000 $905,000 $895,000 $874,106 $835,000 $749,000

HILL CREST 3656 HIGHWOOD DR SE 1714 25TH ST SE 2812 Q ST SE

$680,625 $470,000 $202,500

IVY CITY 1934 CAPITOL AVE NE

$410,000

KALORAMA 2208 KALORAMA RD NW 2441 CALIFORNIA ST NW 2206 WYOMING AVE NW

$3,250,000 $2,750,000 $2,300,000

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KENT 5254 LOUGHBORO RD NW 5022 KLINGLE ST NW

$2,300,000 $925,000

LEDROIT PARK 1858 3RD ST NW 327 T ST NW 1807 4TH ST NW 1946 2ND ST NW 2703 NORTH CAPITOL ST NE

$1,234,000 $975,000 $755,000 $727,000 $750,000

LILY PONDS 4239 NASH ST NE 212 33RD ST NE 3350 CLAY PL NE

$485,000 $250,000 $248,000

LOGAN CIRCLE 1306 W ST NW 1004 S ST NW 1707 VERMONT AVE NW

$1,014,000 $1,042,500 $577,000

MARSHALL HEIGHTS 5036 DRAKE PL SE 5301 E ST SE 5017 C ST SE

$290,000 $269,000 $190,000

MICHIGAN PARK 1720 BUCHANAN ST NE 4025 SOUTH DAKOTA AVE NE 1813 UPSHUR ST NE

$519,000 $500,000 $420,000

MOUNT PLEASANT 1772 KILBOURNE PL NW 3201 19TH ST NW 1706 KILBOURNE PL NW 1762 HOBART ST NW 1656 MONROE ST NW

$1,330,000 $1,130,000 $990,000 $876,000 $830,000

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NOMA 34 P ST NE

$650,000

NORTH CLEVELAND PARK 3629 VEAZEY ST NW 3711 WINDOM PL NW

$805,500 $790,100

OLD CITY #1 121 15TH ST NE 1328 INDEPENDENCE AVE SE

$1,200,000 $1,175,000

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615 11TH ST NE 1113 MARYLAND AVE NE 917 3RD PL SE 323 9TH ST NE 1244 D ST NE 1317 CONSTITUTION AVE NE 434 13TH NE 1730 D ST SE 423 M ST NE 722 4TH ST SE 1432 F ST NE 518 6TH ST NE 911 G ST SE 1338 MARYLAND AVE NE 1218 WALTER ST SE 1206 MARYLAND AVE NE 226 14TH PL NE 1311 D ST NE 25 17TH ST SE 524 14TH ST NE 1238 LINDEN PL NE 1413 POTOMAC AVE SE 626 MORTON PL NE 822 K ST NE 520 K ST NE 237 16TH ST SE 554 OKLAHOMA AVE NE 1320 I ST NE 324 19TH ST NE 1436 IVES PL SE 715 FLORIDA AVE NE 1521 ISHERWOOD ST NE 1827 E ST NE 714 19TH ST NE 616 20TH ST NE

$1,000,000 $985,000 $960,000 $925,000 $909,000 $887,000 $850,000 $799,900 $787,000 $780,000 $758,500 $755,000 $749,000 $725,000 $685,000 $675,000 $671,000 $668,000 $629,000 $620,000 $620,000 $606,525 $598,000 $595,000 $580,000 $550,000 $540,000 $526,000 $485,700 $480,500 $475,000 $465,000 $425,000 $405,000 $335,000

OLD CITY #2 1330 VERMONT AVE NW 1517 Q ST NW 1219 O ST NW 1110 T ST NW 1615 1ST ST NW 1333 1ST ST NW 2242 12TH PL NW 1929 11TH ST NW 107 PIERCE ST NW 127 PIERCE STREET ST NW #127

$2,500,000 $1,380,000 $1,180,000 $899,900 $770,000 $735,000 $729,000 $700,000 $451,900 $395,000

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PETWORTH 308 WEBSTER ST NW 617 VARNUM ST NW 4110 4TH ST NW 5120 8TH ST NW 4906 7TH ST NW 5318 2ND ST NW 728 FARRAGUT ST NW 426 JEFFERSON ST NW 4917 9TH ST NW 733 HAMILTON ST NW 4325 4TH ST NW 608 FARRAGUT ST NW 426 RANDOLPH ST NW 4414 3RD ST NW 5627 7TH ST NW 5007 7TH PL NW 603 KENNEDY ST NW 5111 8TH ST NW 628 MADISON ST NW

$800,000 $775,000 $700,000 $685,000 $662,500 $660,000 $650,000 $625,000 $610,000 $600,000 $592,000 $575,000 $501,000 $500,000 $500,000 $480,000 $477,260 $470,000 $438,000

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4821 4TH ST NW 617 DELAFIELD PL NW 5106 CAPITOL ST NW 4819 KANSAS AVE NW 34 FARRAGUT PL NW 5620 9TH ST NW 5006 7TH PL NW 4138 7TH ST NW 709 JEFFERSON ST NW 5507 8TH ST NW

$435,000 $431,000 $425,000 $412,250 $390,000 $387,500 $377,500 $360,000 $310,000 $275,000

RANDLE HEIGHTS 3438 21ST ST SE 3208 15TH PL SE 2802 KNOX ST SE 1903 TREMONT ST SE 1609 23RD ST SE 1911 21ST PL SE

$270,000 $265,000 $264,000 $248,000 $240,000 $225,000

RIGGS PARK 100 ONEIDA ST NE 5348 CHILLUM PL NE 530 INGRAHAM ST NE 757 GALLATIN ST NE 841 OGLETHORPE ST NE 5818 EASTERN AVE NE 420 OGLETHORPE ST NE 1238 FARRAGUT PL NE

$635,000 $499,000 $390,000 $375,000 $360,000 $355,000 $345,000 $325,700

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$2,350,000 $1,121,000 $1,062,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $773,500

SHEPHERD PARK 1338 HEMLOCK ST NW 1539 ROXANNA RD NW 7819 13TH ST NW 1213 HOLLY ST NW

$825,000 $763,000 $705,000 $515,000

SPRING VALLEY 3939 FORDHAM RD NW 4107 FORDHAM RD NW 4707 WOODWAY LN NW 5035 ROCKWOOD PKWY NW 4801 RODMAN ST NW 3915 47TH ST NW 3880 UNIVERSITY AVE NW 4625 SEDGWICK ST NW

$3,050,000 $1,801,000 $1,764,000 $1,375,000 $1,300,000 $1,210,000 $1,095,000 $815,000

TAKOMA PARK 43 UNDERWOOD ST NW 50 VAN BUREN ST NW

$399,000 $325,000

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$706,000 $592,000 $575,000 $550,000 $510,000 $499,000 $475,000 $461,000 $439,000 $439,000 $399,000 $350,000 $240,000

$819,000

WESLEY HEIGHTS 4459 WESTOVER PL NW 4363 EMBASSY PARK DR NW

$1,027,000 $775,000

WEST END 2132 NEWPORT PL NW

$1,050,000

3110 GARFIELD ST NW 2721 WOODLEY PL NW

$1,600,000 $1,195,000

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5 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 2 8 3 2 4 4 3 3 2

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2841 MYRTLE AVE NE $697,000 5 3017 26TH ST NE $685,000 5 2201 TAYLOR ST NE $545,000 4 3119 18TH ST NE $500,000 3 2842 BELAIR PL NE $499,000 3 3608 24TH ST NE $425,000 3 3727 26TH ST NE $422,500 4 3908 21ST ST NE $360,000 3 2704 17TH ST NE $350,000 3

CONDO 14TH STREET CORRIDOR 1415 CHAPIN ST NW #101

$485,000

16TH STREET HEIGHTS 4800 GEORGIA AVE NW #2

$264,900

2301 CHAMPLAIN ST NW #403 1600 BELMONT ST NW #A 1726 LANIER PL NW #6 2412 17TH ST NW #401 1750 HARVARD ST NW #4B

$799,000 $725,000 $565,000 $499,900 $549,900

2 1 2 2 2 2 2

BERKLEY 4611-1/2 MACARTHUR BLVD NW #A

$322,500

BLOOMINGDALE 52 QUINCY PL NW #201

$450,000

BROOKLAND 2625 3RD ST NE #202 3725 12TH ST NE #109 3000 7TH ST NE #323

$215,000 $205,000 $164,500

CAPITOL HILL 816 8TH ST NE #2 816 8TH ST NE #1 1444 EAST CAPITOL ST NE #1444 401 15TH ST SE #202 752 9TH ST SE #301 440 12TH ST NE #305 1211 G ST SE #12 1391 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #523 1424 L ST SE #201 1301 SOUTH CAROLINA AVE SE #7 1433 A ST NE #D 1025 1ST ST SE #708 1434 POTOMAC AVE SE #4 330 14TH PL NE #2 1125 MARYLAND AVE NE #8

$875,000 $796,000 $585,000 $540,000 $517,500 $494,000 $489,000 $474,000 $425,000 $423,750 $399,999 $364,000 $355,000 $343,000 $337,000

1211 G ST SE #9 220 13TH ST SE #25

$330,000 $289,000

1 1

CENTRAL 4 3

WOODRIDGE

ADAMS MORGAN 4 4 3 3

TRINIDAD 1258 NEAL ST NE 1760 LANG PL NE 1408 ORREN ST NE 853 19TH ST NE #1-4 1835 L ST NE 1221 RAUM ST NE 1665 MONTELLO AVE NE 1641 LANG PL NE 1209 TRINIDAD AVE NE 1209 TRINIDAD AVE NE 1731 HOLBROOK ST NE 1305 WEST VIRGINIA AVE NE 1507 QUEEN ST NE

1440 FLORIDA AVE NW

WOODLEY 3 4 3 4 3 2

SHAW 905 M ST NW 635 Q ST NW 1618 6TH ST NW 1720 5TH ST NW 431 R ST NW 1630 5TH ST NW

U STREET

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

1111 23RD ST NW #3B 1177 22ND ST NW #8H 1155 23RD ST NW #3D 2555 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW #918 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #1110 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #908 631 D ST NW #1226 2024 N ST NW #4 631 D ST NW #1132 1325 18TH ST NW #311 777 7TH ST NW #616 809 6TH ST NW #63 801 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW #1104 777 7TH ST NW #1003

$1,800,000 $1,650,000 $1,600,000 $836,820 $825,000 $730,908 $689,500 $619,000 $474,000 $449,000 $435,000 $420,000 $385,800 $300,000

CHEVY CHASE 5227 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #307

$345,000

CLEVELAND PARK 3860 RODMAN ST NW #A223 3861 NEWARK ST NW #E467 3871 PORTER ST NW #E293 3110 WISCONSIN AVE NW #104 4301 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #3014 3855 RODMAN ST NW #C45 2711 ORDWAY ST NW #209 3710 39TH ST NW #170 3883 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #111 3883 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #619 2755 ORDWAY ST NW #415 3100 WISCONSIN AVE NW #303 4301 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #3010 3446 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #303

$625,000 $460,000 $460,000 $450,000 $404,000 $379,000 $378,000 $370,000 $365,000 $341,000 $240,000 $239,500 $225,000 $199,000

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 1466 HARVARD ST NW #PH 1 1337 SPRING RD NW #5 1337 SPRING RD NW #1 3467 HOLMEAD PL NW #2 757 PARK RD NW #2 1358 MONROE ST NW #B 3320 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #1 1451 BELMONT ST NW #119 1419 SHEPHERD ST NW #3 2541 13TH ST NW #1 1390 KENYON ST NW #713 732 LAMONT ST NW #101 1421 COLUMBIA RD NW #301 1354 KENYON ST NW #2 1324 EUCLID ST NW #402 2910 GEORGIA AVE NW #C04 1454 NEWTON ST NW #201 3500 13TH ST NW #109 3318 SHERMAN AVE NW #206 718 PARK RD NW #6 3205 GEORGIA AVE NW #202 1417 NEWTON ST NW #403 1427 CHAPIN ST NW #304 3318 SHERMAN AVE NW #105 3900 14TH ST NW #519 1348 EUCLID ST NW #101

$859,000 $774,900 $740,000 $712,000 $687,250 $687,000 $659,900 $650,000 $649,000 $649,000 $549,000 $500,000 $455,000 $452,500 $429,900 $423,000 $401,025 $395,000 $390,000 $375,000 $364,900 $359,175 $351,000 $347,000 $321,250 $435,000

CONGRESS HEIGHTS 401 WOODCREST DRIVE DR SE #407A 3429 5TH ST SE #32

$289,900 $45,000

3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1

DUPONT

2118 O ST NW #C 1414 22ND ST NW #24 1830 JEFFERSON PL NW #20 1415 21ST ST NW #PH-2D 1525 Q ST NW #11 2113 N ST NW #101 1801 16TH ST NW #604 1816 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #210 1736 19TH ST NW #2 1717 T ST NW #21 1819 CORCORAN ST NW #4/D 1825 T ST NW #702 1545 18TH ST NW #620 1718 P ST NW #T9 1725 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #203

ECKINGTON

1831 2ND ST NE #506

FOGGY BOTTOM 1001 26TH ST NW #807 922 24TH ST NW #604 2401 H ST NW #914 522 21ST ST NW #311B 522 21ST ST NW #605 522 21ST ST NW #603

FOREST HILLS

4701 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #101 3701 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #416 3883 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #406 3883 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #306

FORT LINCOLN

3126 APPLE RD NE #16

GARFIELD

2801 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #29 2501 CALVERT ST NW #209 2829 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #213

GEORGETOWN

1055 WISCONSIN AVE NW #4-W 3329 PROSPECT ST NW #1 3220 GRACE ST NW #PH1 - UNIT 6 3318 VOLTA PL NW #1 1080 WISCONSIN AVE NW #3010 3225 GRACE ST NW #103 3225 GRACE ST NW #202 1080 WISCONSIN AVE NW #3022 3222 CHERRY HILL LN NW #A3 1015 33RD ST NW #407 1711 35TH ST NW #24

GLOVER PARK

4009 DAVIS PL NW #301 4100 W ST NW #305 4000 TUNLAW RD NW #405 4000 TUNLAW RD NW #528 4000 TUNLAW RD NW #223 3829 DAVIS PL NW #P69

H STREET CORRIDOR 652 L ST NE #2

HILL CREST

2117 SUITLAND TER SE #A 2004 FORT DAVIS ST SE #102

$1,795,000 $995,000 $914,000 $705,000 $513,600 $395,000 $359,500 $272,500 $729,000 $645,000 $500,000 $413,400 $375,000 $269,900 $220,000

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

$257,775

1

$375,000 $345,000 $320,000 $224,000 $217,500 $199,000

1 1 1 0 0 0

$615,000 $300,000 $269,000 $255,000

2 1 0 0

$250,000

3

$599,555 $365,000 $218,000

2 1 0

$5,000,000 $2,450,000 $1,200,000 $985,000 $740,000 $611,000 $610,000 $555,000 $503,000 $495,000 $290,000

3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1

$549,500 $369,900 $255,000 $222,000 $207,000 $25,000

2 2 1 1 1 0

$875,000

3

$89,500 $54,000

2 1

KALORAMA

1812 KALORAMA SQ NW #21 2230 CALIFORNIA ST NW #3BE 2153 CALIFORNIA ST NW #403 2311 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #602 1837 KALORAMA RD NW #F 2012 WYOMING AVE NW #603 2012 KALORAMA RD NW #3 2127 CALIFORNIA ST NW #207 2227 20TH ST NW #305 2012 KALORAMA RD NW #5 1824 CALIFORNIA ST NW #6 2127 CALIFORNIA ST NW #503 2129 FLORIDA AVE NW #303 1831 BELMONT RD NW #201

LEDROIT PARK

521 FLORIDA AVE NW #2 1962 2ND ST NW #1 51 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #3 2020 FLAGLER PL NW #F103 1907 3RD ST NW #203 2121 2ND ST NW #4

LOGAN CIRCLE

1321 R ST NW #PH4 1312 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #301 2125 14TH ST NW #508 2125 14TH ST NW #512 1328 CORCORAN ST NW #1 1008 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #2 1209 13TH ST NW #208 1239 VERMONT AVE NW #905 1401 Q ST NW #T1 1115 12TH ST NW #104 1420 N ST NW #713

MOUNT PLEASANT

2328 CHAMPLAIN ST NW #404 1700 KALORAMA RD NW #312 3324 18TH ST NW #9 2510 ONTARIO RD NW #4 2380 CHAMPLAIN ST NW #205 2510 ONTARIO RD NW #3 1811 ONTARIO PL NW #2 1613 HARVARD ST NW #216 1651 LAMONT ST NW #2D

$2,790,000 $1,450,000 $1,095,000 $885,500 $840,000 $810,000 $779,900 $680,000 $590,000 $549,900 $478,000 $455,000 $355,000 $235,000

4 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0

$590,000 $569,000 $452,500 $445,000 $319,900 $319,000

2 2 2 1 1 1

$1,070,000 $639,110 $590,000 $544,000 $990,000 $715,000 $468,000 $410,000 $386,000 $290,000 $265,000

2 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 0

$799,000 $749,000 $660,000 $650,000 $595,900 $575,000 $566,000 $565,000 $475,000

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

MOUNT VERNON TRIANGLE 910 M ST NW #203

MOUNT VERNON SQUARE 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #707 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #807 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #607 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #507 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #1002 444 M ST NW #4 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #806 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #302 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #401 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #301 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #805 910 M ST NW #1102 811 4TH ST NW #820 460 New York AVE NW #1003 460 NEW YORK AVE NW #305 1111 11TH ST NW #305

OBSERVATORY CIRCLE 2801 NEW MEXICO AVE NW #408

$500,000

1

$751,900 $749,900 $720,500 $710,500 $575,500 $565,000 $552,500 $469,000 $446,400 $435,000 $422,500 $500,000 $560,000 $553,500 $462,000 $555,000

2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2

$979,000

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OLD CITY #1

901 D ST NE #102 1025 1ST ST SE #1005 1025 1ST ST SE #1212 68 15TH ST NE #68 1391 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #456 615 3RD ST NE #2 2016 D ST NE #4 2016 D ST NE #5 1391 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #368 121 13TH ST NE #303 1621 CAPITOL ST SE #7 1025 1ST ST SE #808 308 13TH ST SE #4 420 OKLAHOMA AVE NE #202

OLD CITY #2

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1515 15TH ST NW #211 420422 M ST NW #E 1750 16TH ST NW #43 1508 R ST NW #1 440 L ST NW #403 1437 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #105 1801 16TH ST NW #301 475 K ST NW #1130 475 K ST NW #1021 1401 CHURCH ST NW #301 475 K ST NW #1006 437 NEW YORK AVE NW #Y21 1631 19TH ST NW #1631 475 K ST NW #713 1506 17TH ST NW #9 437 NEW YORK AVE NW #804 555 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #610 2120 VERMONT AVE NW #520 1225 13TH ST NW #806 301 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #1004 2250 11TH ST NW #202 1815 18TH ST NW #102 1133 13TH ST NW #6B 1736 18TH ST NW #402 2035 13TH ST NW #2 1733 20TH ST NW #106 1801 16TH ST NW #508 1801 16TH ST NW #408 1711 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #529 1440 N ST NW #416 66 NEW YORK AVE NW #404

PENN QUARTER 912 F ST NW #507 631 D ST NW #641 616 E ST NW #454 715 6TH ST NW #801

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516 SHEPHERD ST NW #TOP 5040 1ST ST NW #403 700 JEFFERSON ST NW #202

$850,000 $778,000 $393,000 $322,000 $262,500 $198,500 $31,000

2 3 1 1 1 0 1

$815,000 $639,000 $599,000 $539,900 $506,000 $460,000 $451,200 $439,000 $436,000 $405,000 $375,000 $352,900 $345,000 $249,900

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

$730,000 $700,097 $675,000 $649,000 $630,000 $625,000 $589,500 $567,000 $561,500 $560,000 $557,500 $534,000 $525,000 $479,500 $470,000 $465,000 $441,000 $435,000 $435,000 $429,000 $415,000 $412,500 $410,000 $396,750 $365,000 $359,900 $299,500 $289,500 $265,000 $249,900 $214,000

1 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

$755,000 $640,000 $625,000 $462,000

2 2 2 1

$725,000 $329,999 $190,000

5 2 1

RLA (SW)

417 N ST SW #9 393 N ST SW #100 350 G ST SW #N625 355 I ST SW #525 700 7TH ST SW #604 1435 4TH ST SW #B107 1101 3RD ST SW #509 1250 4TH ST SW #W412 800 4TH ST SW #N303

SHAW

1228 4TH ST NW #2 925 WESTMINSTER ST NW #1 751 P ST NW #4 1512 MARION ST NW #203 1117 10TH ST NW #204

SW WATERFRONT 255 G ST SW #111

TRINIDAD

1220 HOLBROOK TER NE #100 1306 CHILDRESS ST NE #10 1211 HOLBROOK TER NE #2 U STREET CORRIDOR 2125 14TH ST NW #316 1390 V ST NW #321 2120 VERMONT AVE NW #219 2030 8TH ST NW #206

WAKEFIELD

4740 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #705 4740 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #208 4740 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #704

WESLEY HEIGHTS

3215 SUTTON PL NW #A 3241 SUTTON PL NW #D 3101 NEW MEXICO AVE NW #854 3101 NEW MEXICO AVE NW #257 4201 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #622E 4200 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #1109

WEST END

1275 25TH ST NW #603 2515 K ST NW #704

WOODLEY PARK

2818 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #6 2803 CORTLAND PL NW #208

$799,000 $1,222,000

3025 ONTARIO RD NW #204 1820 CLYDESDALE PL NW #302 1801 CLYDESDALE PL NW #621

CAPITOL HILL 1 2

$1,212,050 $1,185,000

2 2

$760,000 $680,000 $497,500 $481,500 $331,500 $290,000 $285,000 $200,000 $237,000

2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0

$730,000 $705,000 $715,000 $276,500 $665,000

2 3 2 1 2

$610,000

3

$423,000 $252,000 $215,000

3 2 2

$718,000 $439,900 $422,500 $374,900

2 1 1 1

$435,000 $424,500 $294,500

2 2 1

$750,000 $634,000 $452,000 $317,000 $267,000 $232,000

3 2 1 1 1 1

$575,000 $299,000

1 1

$1,200,000 $380,000

3 1

$500,000 $387,500 $166,000

2 2 0

$333,500 $235,000

1 0

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920 I ST NW #515 925 H ST NW #302

1000 NEW JERSEY AVE SE #521 1000 NEW JERSEY AVE SE #525

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CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS

4000 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #252-B

CLEVELAND PARK

3900 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #01 2800 DEVONSHIRE PL NW #B-2

DUPONT CIRCLE 1514 17TH ST NW #300 1701 16TH ST NW #638 1701 16TH ST NW #306

FOGGY BOTTOM

700 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #818 730 24TH ST NW #515 730 24TH ST NW #605 730 24TH ST NW #403 730 24TH ST NW #616

FOREST HILLS

3001 VEAZEY TER NW #302 3001 VEAZEY TER NW #1520 3001 VEAZEY TER NW #1005

KALORAMA

2540 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #205 1840 BILTMORE ST NW #21 1901 WYOMING AVE NW #12 2122 CALIFORNIA ST NW #556

MOUNT PLEASANT

2852 ONTARIO RD NW ##22 3060 16TH ST NW #102 1801 CLYDESDALE PL NW #524 1801 CLYDESDALE PL NW #203 1820 CLYDESDALE PL NW #309 2853 ONTARIO RD NW #409 2853 ONTARIO RD NW #408 2707 ADAMS MILL RD NW #303

NAVY YARD

1000 NEW JERSEY AVE SE #1108 1000 NEW JERSEY AVE SE #PH11 1000 NEW JERSEY AVE SE #PH12

OBSERVATORY CIRCLE 3900 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #403A 3900 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #204A 4101 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #1003 4101 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #514 4000 CATHEDRAL NW #41B 4101 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #1007 4000 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #454B

OLD CITY #2

1731 20TH ST NW #2

RLA (SW)

530 N ST SW #705-S 560 N ST SW #N-815 1301 DELAWARE AVE SW #N207 1311 DELAWARE AVE SW #S-744 461 N ST SW #E104 1311 DELAWARE AVE SW #S-727

WATERFRONT

560 N ST SW #N-603 520 N ST SW #S-117 1245 4TH ST SW #E109 1301 DELAWARE AVE SW #N718 u

$745,000

2

$750,301 $247,000

3 1

$415,000 $385,000 $187,000

1 1 0

$920,000 $290,000 $285,000 $276,000 $240,000

3 1 1 1 0

$780,000 $539,000 $277,500

3 2 1

$980,000 $459,900 $420,000 $329,000

3 2 1 1

$815,000 $290,000 $239,000 $154,000 $150,000 $399,999 $395,000 $280,000

2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1

$667,000 $335,000 $324,900

3 1 1

$735,000 $658,000 $640,000 $349,000 $228,000 $220,000 $215,000

2 2 2 1 0 1 0

$247,000

1

$700,000 $437,000 $252,500 $185,000 $150,000 $118,000

2 2 2 1 1 0

$335,000 $315,000 $225,000 $189,000

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{arts & dining}

Sparkling Summer Sippers with DCanter

by Annette Nielsen

W

e all like to kick back during the summertime, and who doesn’t appreciate a relaxed approach to entertaining? With a focus on keeping the heat out of the kitchen – whether meal preparation takes place outdoors on the grill or serving up a roomtemperature dinner made ahead of time – we aim for ease in our entertaining.

Pairing your seasonal fare with thirst-quenching beverages might include choices like the popular sangria (wine with various fruit), a shandy (Pilsner and lemonade), a snakebite (stout and hard cider), or a kalimotxo (red wine and Coca-Cola). However, Michael Warner and Michelle Lim Warner, owners of DCanter, have made it even easier. They have a number of ways to use a singular sparkling wine as a base and add varying mixers to create some lovely cocktails. “With these,” says Michelle, “you can purchase just one type of wine but create three different cocktails. Perhaps for a bridal shower or summer wedding, or maybe an outdoor garden party where it’s better not to have too many offerings – you have a sparkling wine bar and allow guests to mix and match their own.” (See recipes below.)

DCanter recently celebrated its two-year anniversary and has quickly be-

Michelle Lim Warner and Michael Warner in DCanter’s tasting room with an array of “summer sippers that are simple to make and delicious to drink” – all three beverages made from a base of sparkling white wine or Prosecco and a variety of mixers. Photo: Hafsa Siddiqi

come the go-to place for learning about wine in a relaxed atmosphere. “Capitol Hill is a thirsty and curious neighborhood,” says Michael, “which is perfect for a place like DCanter.” From the beginning, Michelle says, they wanted to have a place for people to discover new wines. “Some of our labels aren’t commonplace – so there’s definitely an educational component to what we do here” (see list of upcoming classes). “It’s essential when learning how the wines are made and what artisanal or craft really means.”

Michelle and Michael both lived overseas – Michelle in Italy and Michael in Germany – in countries with a robust food and wine culture. “Sitting around a table, enjoying a meal with wine at family gatherings, these cultures really emphasize their love of food with wine. It’s such a part of their everyday life.

We really wanted to share this approach with our Capitol Hill neighborhood.”

When Michelle and Michael moved to the Hill in 2006 they were looking for an opportunity to have a wine store. In the meantime, with their love of wine and love of travel, they visited other wine boutiques. “It’s how we fell in love with wine,” says Michelle. Both of them work full-time at the boutique, and Michael, who is in charge of the day-to-day tastings, also partners with area restaurants for special wine dinners that might capture a certain cuisine with spe-

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Mocktails You also may want to consider mocktails, either for those friends who prefer a non-alcoholic beverage (or are your designated driver) or for those too young to partake. My godson Charles Donovan tells me that the best Shirley Temple is served up at New York’s Waldorf Astoria. The Shirley Temple (named after the actress) is a combination of ginger ale and grenadine syrup, garnished with a slice of orange, a maraschino cherry, and a straw.

You can also make virgin sangrias with white grape juice and maybe white peaches, or use any fruit juice and serve up with ice cubes made from frozen juice (maybe a different flavor for color variation). In addition you can add herbs like mint to your ice cube tray or freeze a raspberry or blackberry for a flavorful addition to your glass.

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When preparing the sparkling St. Germain, sugar cubes receive a few drops of bitters to give the cocktail more depth of flavor. Photo: Annette Nielsen

cific wine pairings.

“There’s a vast diversity, even within a specific wine like pinot noir, and you’ll find it different all over the world, based on terroir, the wine’s personality, and the wine maker. It will vary around the globe,” says Michael.

That’s part of the reason why a knowledge base is helpful, and while you might not need to purchase a book on how to buy wine, Michael suggests that a good way to get what you want is to find a wine shop where someone gets to know you.

The concierge service offered through DCanter is personalized.

Customers can have a person assigned to them who learns and tracks their preferences and will keep tast-

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ing notes, someone who can also assist in coordinating food pairings, say, for an elegant dinner, with affordable French wines. For the person with a busy schedule, wine can also be delivered. And if you’re ever at a loss for the perfect birthday or wedding present DCanter will curate a wine collection for you.

Below you’ll find creative ways to use Zardetto Prosecco as a base.

However, Michelle says you can use any sparkling wine and emphasizes, “You don’t need to spend a ton of money on a bottle of wine that is being combined with mixers.” With the Positano spritz, Michelle says, “It’s one of my favorite summer cocktails – you’ll taste a little more of the alcohol and you’re adding Aperol which is in the orange family – not as bitter as Campari, but with the addition of some grapefruit juice at the end and a garnish of grapefruit peel, you have a little more depth.”

The Annecy kir is more French in its presentation, and Michelle notes that the inspiration for this drink came many years ago on a trip near the Swiss border. In a bar along a canal, when she asked for a beverage that was a pick-me-up the bartender recommended a kir. Michelle notes that a larger circumference on the top of the glass will expose more surface area and cause the sparkling bubbles to dissipate more rapidly. The drink is nicely topped off with a blackberry garnish or lemon twist.

For an elegant party, when you

pull out all of your champagne glasses, the St. Germain (an elderflower liqueur) is served up with the sparkling wine as well as a sugar cube soaked in bitters.

According to Michelle, “All of the cocktails are highly aromatic and look sophisticated, but the key is that they’re not complicated. Make it, sip it, and enjoy.”

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Michelle Lim Warner’s Summer Sparkling Wine Cocktails Positano spritz Yield: one serving 5 oz. demi-sec sparkling wine 1 oz. Aperol Splash of grapefruit juice 1 grapefruit twist for garnish Nice to serve as an aperitif while imagining sunning on the Italian Riviera. Pour the Aperol into a white wine glass, top it off with the demi-sec sparkling wine. If you do not have demisec sparkling wine you can use brut sparkling wine with a splash of simple syrup. Add a splash of grapefruit juice to the mix. Stir to combine and drop in a grapefruit twist, then sip and enjoy!

Annecy kir royale Yield: one serving 6 oz. brut cremant ½ oz. creme de cassis 1 lemon twist, just to wipe the rim of the glass, and spritz a bit of lemon scent into the glass 1 blackberry for garnish Perfect to serve as an aperitif at a beautiful garden party. Pour the Chambord into a glass flute, top it off with the brut cremant. Wipe the rim of the flute with the lemon peel. Afterwards twist the lemon peel over the glass to release a bit of scent onto the glass. Sip and enjoy!

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Upcoming DCanter Events Survey of Portuguese Wine (Thurs., Aug. 6, 7 p.m., $40) Home to over 250 native grape varietals, Portugal produces a wide array of world-class wines. While the country’s natural diversity is its greatest asset, it’s also the greatest challenge. During this class you’ll taste classic wine styles and begin to understand what makes this historic winemaking region one of the world’s best.

Accounting for Taste: Pairing Wine with Food (Thurs., Aug. 13, 7 p.m., $40) Pairing wine and food starts off easily enough: whites with fish and reds with beef. But it starts getting complicated when you add sauces, spices, and herbs to the mix.

You’ll learn how your wine pairing is affected by cooking methods, dominant and secondary flavors, and food texture. After examining pairings with traditional flavor profiles for various cuisines, you’ll leave the class with a better understanding of how wines influence taste and can enhance and even detract from different foods. This class is recommended for individuals who are already familiar with common wine styles and popular wine regions.

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Dining Notes

by Celeste McCall

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t long last the latest Ben’s Chili Bowl arrived on July 8 at 1001 H St. NE. And what a debut! Among hundreds jamming the new restaurant were DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (who cut the ribbon), DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, former DC Mayor Tony Williams, and restaurateur Andy Shallal. Also on hand was 82-year-old Virginia Ali, widow of Ben’s founder, Ben Ali. As the Chuck Brown Band blared and colorful balloons festooned Ben’s signature red and yellow façade, customers queued up for half-smokes, chili dogs, milkshakes, and “healthy options” like turkey burgers and entree salads. Another happy guest was 95-year-old Weldon “Smitty” Smith, whose 88th birthday party is featured in “Ben’s Chili Bowl: 50 Years of a Washington Landmark.”

As everyone knows, the 84-seat Atlas District At Union Market, Rappahannock Oyster Bar serves white gazpacho, a mélange of grapes, ukes, and alBen’s is an offshoot of the famous original, which monds. Photo: Celeste McCall Ben Ali opened in 1958 on U St. NW. Since then, Ben’s – which survived the 1968 riots, Metro conColorful balloons decostruction, and recessions – has served notables including President Obama, the Rev. rate the façade of Ben’s Chili Bowl for the Atlas Jesse Jackson, and actors Denzel Washington and Danny Glover. Plus lots of ordinary District grand opening. folks. Now boasting two locations in the District (and Ben’s Next Door) and two in VirPhoto: Celeste McCall ginia (plus seasonal stands at Nationals Park and FedEx Field), Ben’s is still operated by the Ali family. Ben’s on H is open daily; call 202-733-5386 or visit www.benschilibowl.com.

Coming Soon Much is happening along Barracks Row, even during our supposedly slow summer season. Red Apron, operated by the Nathan Anda’s Neighborhood Restaurant Group, is planning a Barracks Row offshoot at 415 Eighth St. SE. The yet unnamed 40-to-50-seat enterprise will replace the short-lived Kraze Burger. It will be the first Red Apron endeavor not attached to a butcher shop. At the Red Apron Butchery in Union Market fans line up for meaty options like the “porkstrami” sandwich and the Red Apron Original, a two-fisted beef burger piled with cheddar and the works. Creating the food and drink menus are

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A young customer enjoys a milkshake at the grand opening of Ben’s Chili Bowl.

Photo: Celeste McCall

Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s beer director, Greg Engert, wine guy Brent Kroll, and beverage head Jeff Faile.

And …

Nearby (across the street at 521 Eighth), Garrison is set to open any day now, if not already. Garrison (no “s”) is a family name. It’s sliding into the street-level space formerly occupied by Tash. Heading up the kitchen is Hill resident Rob Weland, known for being the first restaurant chef to create his own garden. For Garrison he plans to fashion fresh, simple flavors using sustainable ingredients; eventually some will come from his own plot.

Coming This Fall?

Looks like & Pizza might not arrive until fall. That’s when the longawaited pizza parlor will slide into the spot vacated by XOXO Cleaners at 405 Eighth St. SE. The popular chain, which makes its own mozzarella on-site, also has an outlet on 1118 H St. NE (Atlas District) plus others in the Washington area.

Beer ‘n Que Here’s something fun for a sultry summer day: Hanks on the Hill, 633 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, is throwing a beer and barbeque bash on Aug. 16. Choose from two time slots: noon to 4 p.m. or 5 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $65 and include all you can eat and drink: brewers and beer-centric cocktails from Flying Dog Brewery (Frederick, Md.), fried chicken, ribs, sides, peach cobbler. For tickets visit www.hanksoysterbar.com.

Royal Arrival The Royal, LeDroit Park’s newest neighborhood gathering place, officially arrived on June 25 at 501 Florida Ave. NW. It opens at 7 a.m. with Counter Culture coffee, then becomes a lunch spot. Evenings it morphs into a casual cafe and bar.

Chef Lonnie Zoeller’s South American-inspired menu encompasses wood-fire grilled meats, cheese and avocado-stuffed arepas, empanadas, Nutella pinwheels. The bar dispenses shaved ice cocktails concocted with fresh fruit juices and other prime ingredients. House-made vermouth flows on draft.

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On Barracks Row and elsewhere, Matchbox Food Group has launched “summer sessions happy hours” at its Washington-area locations. From 3 to Roast pork at Cafe Berlin’s anniversary celebration came with choice 6 p.m., Mon. through of sides including red cabbage and German-style potato salad. Photo: Fri., guests may enjoy Celeste McCall food and drinks at special prices. Many items The Royal’s rustic interior is bright and are previews of dishes headed for the regucheery with exposed brick and wooden benchlar menu. es and chairs; shelves are lined with an array of Offerings include $6 wines by the glass, bottles. For now it’s closed on Mondays. For upamong them the Matchbox red blend (from dates call 202-332-9463.

California) and $5 draft beers. Some cocktails are $7, such as summer sangria and southKeeping Cool ern charmer, made with bourbon, peach necPeter loves chilled soups this time of year. tar, and black-pepper-ginger syrup. Noshes: He’s even concocted some innovative conlobster rolls, mini meatballs with mozzarella, coctions at home: watermelon/coconut and “do-it-ourselves” mozzarella, and pork belly. a “summer borscht” (beet and pomegranate Barracks Row’s Matchbox is at 521 juices with yogurt).

Eighth St. SE. For more information call He has also slurped cold melon soup at Sona, 660 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. The chunky mixture has the right balance of sweet and tart … Radici, 303 Seventh St. SE, often carries chilled soups; a favorite is cucumber dill … At Montmartre, 327 Seventh St. SE, a summer standby is chilled green tomato soup with yogurt … Belga Cafe, 514 Eighth St. SE, currently serves honeydew melon … In Union Market, Rappahannock Oyster Bar has come up with a Cafe Berlin sous-chef Martin Elster checks on the roasting pig.

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The New Gins

Classic Cocktails for Warmer Weather

by Lila Coffin

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ith temperatures hovering around 90 degrees, everybody is looking for relief. .Fresh, crisp, light, and slightly sweet gin cocktails simply are perfect this time of year.

They’re mouthwatering, bright, and so incredibly variable with herbs, fruits, and liqueurs of all styles meshing seamlessly with the piney note of a good gin.

Gin itself has so many fabulous variations, from the high proof brut London Dry to the blackthorn plum-infused Sloe gins, that experimenting is a joy!

Gin is traditionally distilled from grain with juniper berries and a botanical blend recipe that varies by the brand.

There are a few general distinctions between gins; clean and citrusy London Dry, botanical Dutch jenevers, sweet and spiced Old Tom, the fruity Sloe gin (technically a liqueur) and the new American wave of gins which entertain all kinds of floral and herbal influences. They have even barrel aged gins in Kentucky. DC’s own GreenHat uses local cherry blossoms.

Dutch jenevers, malt spirit distilled with juniper, herbs, and botanicals, came fi rst. It may have been produced as early as the 13th century. Used originally as a medicine, it spread to England with the Dutch ruler William III’s Glorious Revolution of 1688, where it was cheaper than beer and safer than water. The recipe went through stages over time. Old Tom gins with added sugar were popular in the 1800s. London Dry became available with new distillation methods later that century.

The homemade gins of 19th Century London were often made with turpentine. So, thank your lucky stars that

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we live in an age where gins are made with high quality ingredients according to premium recipes. With so many different styles to choose from, the number of options for cocktails is almost overwhelming. Experimenting with gin is the perfect opportunity to test out liqueurs and mixers you have yet to taste.

There are enough possible combinations out there to keep you sipping gin until September!

Try these often-forgotten, fruity gin drinks at your next summer bash!

Gimlet2 oz. Barr Hill Gin (from Vermont distilled with raw honey) ($46.99) 1 ¾ oz. Rose’s lime juice Stir well over ice cubes in a mixing glass, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Gin Fizz2 oz. Plymouth Sloe Gin ($35.99) 1 oz. Lemon juice ¼ oz. Simple syrup 1 bar spoon powdered sugar Club soda Shake all but soda well over ice cubes, strain into a tall Collins glass filled with ice cubes, fill with soda.

Tom Collins 2 oz. Ransom Old Tom Gin ($37.99) About 1 oz. Lemon juice About ½ oz. Simple syrup Club soda Stemmed cherry and lemon slice Stir first three ingredients over ice cubes in a Collins glass, fill with soda, and add cherry and lemon.

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At the Movies Two Breakout Films: One Breaking the Silence of the Past; One Breaking Free of a Thwarted Life

by Mike Canning The Look of Silence Last year director Joshua Oppenheimer shocked the film world with “The Act of Killing,” a chilling and searing expose of how Indonesia’s military regime brutally repressed leftist elements in an anti-communist bloodbath in 1965-66. Oppenheimer, long an observer of Indonesia’s grim past, told his story through the shocking testimony of the victors, representatives of the militia and thugs who murdered legions simply because of their leftist bent, and who recalled their actions with a mixture of glee and obliviousness, even acting out their murders in garish and ghoulish recreations.

From the beginning of his project Oppenheimer wanted to offer another perspective on this epochal slaughter, so he crafted “The Look of Silence,” highlighting the personal search of one Indonesian to find the

Adi Rukun (left) questions one of the death-squad leaders responsible for the 1965 Indonesian genocide in the documentary “The Look of Silence.” Photo: Drafthouse Films and Participant Media

methods and motivations of the killers of his older brother in the province of Aceh in northern Sumatra. (Opening July 31, runs 98 min, rated R for stark descriptions about, if not actual depictions of, the country’s violence.)

Oppenheimer found Adi Rukun, a 40-something optometrist, a mild-mannered, earnest man long haunted by the brutal death of his older brother Ramli, who was killed in the 1965 massacre for his political views.

Within his community he seeks out both the perpetrators and survivors of that period, qui-

Roberto Aguire (left) and Robin Williams, in his last film role, star in “Boulevard.”

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etly quizzing them about their role in the events. Among the survivors, the most telling is Adi’s long-suffering mother, Rohani, who can still recall too vividly what happened to her eldest son. One family member, an uncle, was a prison guard who can only say he was completely unaware of what happened to prisoners he sent off to be killed.

The tone of “The Look of Silence” is set at the very beginning of the film, a cold opening revealing Adi’s solemn face viewing Oppenheimer’s 2004 video footage of the Aceh killers, two wizened fellows, death-squad leaders, returning to the scene of their crimes and happily providing grotesque details of their acts to the curious foreigner. Adi is scouting the footage to find his brother’s murderers, people from his own town who still live among him and his family.

Adi’s unassuming, almost gentle interviews are memorable, even if they cannot really plumb the depths of the horrors. One toothless old commandant – after getting an eye exam from him – is still proud of his eliminating the “communists” his superiors told him to dispatch. Another veteran killer, now with dementia, still remembers his deeds, much to the consternation of his daughter sitting beside him and wincing with embarrassed smiles as his tale is revealed. From the 2004 video we see those two almost comic figures looking to find the exact site near a river where they killed dozens. Their testimony (very explicit as to how they killed) allows Adi to finally track down one killer of his brother and question him about any regrets or sense of responsibility he might have.

Oppenheimer has said that “The Look of Silence” is “a poem about a silence borne of terror – a poem not only about the necessity of breaking that silence, but also about

the trauma that comes when silence is broken.”

There is a large cultural gap in viewing Oppenheimer’s films. A century and a half ago we had our own epic slaughter with the Civil War, countrymen killing countrymen. Still, our society has never experienced a fratricide where half a million people perished in less than a year for the flimsiest of reasons: they were “politically unclean.” In “The Look of Silence” Adi’s unrelieved placidity may seem alien to us, inconceivable almost from the standpoint of emotional Westerners more used to acting out. What is, however, still understandable is his seeking the truth about his troubled family history and, just as importantly, closing the circle on that past’s pain. That is what this film does.

Boulevard Robin Williams was a singular American comedian and a long-time movie presence.

Among his many films a clear minority were serious and a few of them (“One Hour Photo,” “The Night Listener”) featured him as a forlorn, thwarted figure. In “Boulevard,” the last on-screen role of his 35-year career, Williams appears again in that lonely mode. (Now in release, runs 88 min, rated R) Nolan Mack (Williams) is 60, a small man in a small life – a long-time loan officer stuck in a Nashville mini-mall bank. His marriage to Joy (Kathy Baker) is a convenient if loveless affair symbolized by their separate bedrooms and separate lifestyles, though they at least share literate tastes in books and movies. His ailing father vegetates in a home and then suffers a stroke. One night out, cruising a boulevard, Nolan almost hits a young street hustler named Leo (Roberto Aguire) and is so mortified that he tries to comfort him by taking him to a motel. For Nolan the aim is not sex but simple connection, an attitude promiscuous Leo finds hard to credit. Still, Nolan pays him, and thus begins a liaison where the older man’s hidden gay character quietly reveals itself, though never physically.

Hiding such erratic behavior sends troubling signals to Joy, to his best friend Winston (Bob Odenkirk), a college professor, and to his skeptical boss. It also gets Nolan entangled with Leo’s pimp, the tough Eddie (Giles Matheny). Nolan’s life becomes unhinged with

lies, a beating, embarrassing encounters, and work failures because he cannot extricate himself from delicate but clueless Leo. He finally comes out to his almost comatose father before he finally becomes resolved to change his life. As his friend Winston notes: “Maybe it’s never too late to finally start living the life you really want.”

The film was directed by Dito Montiel and is a real departure for him. A native New Yorker, he is best known for gritty crime-andcop films with the likes of Channing Tatum and Dwayne Johnson. Here he gets out of the ciy for the first time and takes on a modest, lowkey world where psychology outweighs action.

His new effort is worthy, helped by a sound script from Douglas Soesbe.

Among the featured roles Kathy Baker stands out as Joy, both tender and distant, and utterly natural and believable in the part.

When the lies become too much for her near the end of the picture, her placidity explodes dramatically as she spews a litany of collected outrages about her marriage. It is a vivid turn.

Young Aguire is cast just right as the angelic Leo with a mind that is blank but with a face Caravaggio would love. He gives off the right vibe of decent yet dumb, thoughtful then clueless. It will be fun to see him spread his acting wings further.

Nolan’s whole life is a symphony of repression, and Robin Williams plays all the instruments. A man afraid of physical violence, of argument, of contention – of life itself – he is constantly setting his sights down, his expectations low. His becoming intrigued with young Leo is puzzling at first, then troubling, then promising, then threatening as he becomes wrapped up with an object of desire which cannot reciprocate. Williams is most touching as a forsaken soul who cannot fathom his inchoate yearning but also cannot turn away from it. Robin Williams may have left the movies in a low-profile role but also with a fine feat of acting.

Hill resident Mike Canning has written on movies for the Hill Rag since 1993 and is a member of the Washington Area Film Critics Association. He is the author of “Hollywood on the Potomac: How the Movies View Washington, DC.” His reviews and writings on film can be found online at www. mikesflix.com. u

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iu Lai Chong paints the best that man and nature dangle before us. It’s always a beautiful image of what life can propose, but the scene is not what it seems to be. It’s more. It’s a manifestation of an idea. It’s that essential first meaning that Hiu Lai gathers from all the interacting facets – that first sense of the place.

Sometimes the painting steals the idea and leads her to a new discovery. It could be the way the afternoon light plays with a sail and then seems to burst out of the water, or the way the diagonal line of a shadow or shoreline can generate movement, or how a heavy solid machine has personality. That’s what painting is to Hiu Lai, a discovery. It’s the lighted way to being a better painter – the light that lit the past and now glows in the future, welcoming and warming.

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education in Hong Kong. She studied art at Navarro College in Texas and art and filmmaking at the Chicago Art Institute. Her “great teachers” made her look for a different viewpoint. Find the meaningful idea.

She loves painting outdoors for the light and because she enjoys talking to people. They tell her the history of the place, which helps to give the painting more meaning. She often paints with music; it can impose a mood, especially for a peaceful scene Hiu Lai’s philosophy of art: Do something meaningful. Whether it’s a seascape on the Chesapeake or a portrait in the studio, find the honesty in the subject and don’t “lock yourself down. Learn.

Learn always.”

You can find her paintings in the current show of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters (see At the Galleries) and at www.hiulaichong.com.

Jim Magner’s Thoughts on Art Hiu Lai Chong told me, “With filmmaking you need a starting idea. You have to have something in mind. It’s the same with painting.” Her approach to art may seem obvious but it’s not.

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Take Me Up, a 16” x 20” Oil

one is better than Hirst. The worst is better that Hirst.

Idea art is not dead, but maybe the whole notion of the concept without the craft will croak. That’s like selling the concept of a 1929 Duesenberg Model J (a true work of art) without actually producing the car.

I recently visited the Sistine Chapel again. Michelangelo’s greatest masterwork is full of ideas. Overpowering ideas. He visually captured an entire theology with images beyond the scope of mere mortals.

For the rest of us the idea is still central. To make art, real art, it takes a combination of ideas and skill, like Hiu Lai Chong and Darren Waterston (see At the Museums).

At the Museums

Some artists just pick a pretty scene and try to copy it.

Others, especially the folks who make huge sums, just have ideas, concepts (usually trite and obvious), but they don’t make art. Usually they have their underlings fabricate something for them that they may or may not touch. And the bucks roll in … $50 million … $75 million. That’s coffee change for the billionaires who are not really buying the concept but the “brand” that brand maestros like Damien Hirst carefully construct and guard like junkyard dogs.

But then about five or six years ago Damien decided that Concept Art was really doo-doo and he was going to paint … wait for it … and take on the great masters eye to eye – and have a show at a London gallery that sells masterpieces by Rembrandt, Titian, Rubens, Turner – yep, those guys. Wow! Horrified gasps from the Contemporary Clique. Bad? I have profiled 160 artists over the past 13+ years and every

Darren Waterston’s “Filthy Lucre” Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Ave. SW Until Jan. 2 Darren Waterston’s installation at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, “Peacock Room REMIX: Filthy Lucre,” introduces you to the tempestuous history behind James McNeill Whistler’s Peacock Room, permanently installed in the adjacent Freer Gallery of Art. Whistler’s patron, Frederick Leyland, commissioned him to decorate his dining room. Leyland reportedly left the country, essentially giving Whistler a blank check. (Never give an artist a blank check.)

Leyland was appalled at both the final tab and the extent of the art. The war of wills got nasty, and the escalating hostilities are well recorded in the installation itself and in the catalog edited by curator Susan Cross.

This isn’t just Whistler vs. Leyland. This is a larger, more generic story about the age-old dance of rich patrons and ever-eager but resentful artists who want the money and a free hand at the same time.

This is Waterston’s battleground as well. He takes the show’s title, “Filthy Lucre,” from a painted cartoon Whistler did to mock Leyland, and launches off into a dangerous question, essentially: Where would art be without the filthy rich rulers throughout history – popes, emperors, czars, kings, industrialists, and bankers who had pretty good taste in art – and lately record-busting billionaires who seem to have none.

This is an expansive work that recreates the Peacock Room in its actual dimensions as a decaying, ruined work of art. Waterston uses some of the original materials – gold leaf, wood, oil paintings, and ceramics – along with improvisations such as audio, video, and lighting.

The focal point of the exhibit is the Big Idea: Does an open checkbook enable or disable art? The concept is clear but not the conclusion. The irony is that it took rich patrons to make possible this slap at rich patrons. Actually that may be his underlying point: the inconclusive push/pull of money and art. www.asia.si.edu

At the Galleries “Wonderful Washington, D.C.” American Painting Fine Art 5118 MacArthur Blvd. NW Until Sept. 26 If you want true excellence in landscape and local landmark painting, the Washington Society of Landscape Painters provides it. Their summer show features over 20 of their members including Hiu Lai Chong (see Artist Profile) and a wide variety of styles and media with interpretations of the city and the surrounding area. www.classicamericanpainting.com “MiniSolos” Touchstone Gallery 901 New York Ave. NW Aug. 7-27 Reception: Friday, Aug. 7, 6:00-8:30 p.m.

“MiniSolos” describes Touchstone Gallery’s annual juried show of 38 artists, mostly local. With a high number of artists you will find a wide range of artistic expression through a good mix of media and materials. www.touchstonegallery.com A Capitol Hill artist and writer, Jim Magner can be reached at artandthecity05@aol.com. Jim’s awardwinning book, “A Haunting Beauty,” can be acquired through www.ahauntingbeauty.com. u

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A Compendium of Readers, Writers, Books, & Events

by Karen Lyon The Joy of Shakespeare If you’ve been to the Bard’s birthday party at the Folger Shakespeare Library, you may have seen a guy dressed in full motley, juggling and making Renaissance patter, the bells on his hat jingling. That would be Nicolo Whimsey, the creation and alter ego of Nick Newlin. And he’s nobody’s fool.

Newlin is an educator who has been working to make Shakespeare accessible to young people for three decades. In his new book, “The 30-Minute Shakespeare Anthology,” he distills 18 plays into abridged versions that keep the beauty of the language intact but make the action and the characters easy for students to understand and perform.

Focusing on the great monologues – with their “language that transports us into the inner life of the speaker” – he encourages young actors to enjoy the process of discovery, to unlock “the magic of Shakespeare’s words,” and most of all to have fun.

In addition to providing scripts for selected scenes, Newlin shares his wealth of experience performing and directing Shakespeare. He advises new actors to listen to the sounds of the words before parsing their meaning. He provides performance tips on coloring words, conveying rhythm and mood, and adding movement. He even gives guidance to would-be actors who are having trouble memorizing their lines. From plot and character to music and props, he supplies a complete howto book for aspiring thespians.

Newlin’s inspiration for the book goes back to 1981, when he performed a piece called “To Juggle or Not to Juggle” for a group of high school students at a Folger Library Secondary School Shakespeare

A new book by a local educator encourages students to discover the joy of performing Shakespeare.

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A local author talks about the crime noir caper he set at the Folger Library.

award winner Ha Jin. This year’s festival will also feature “Books to Movies,” a multimedia presentation on the film industry that will run from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Hosted by prize-winning author A. Scott Berg, the program will include a panel discussion and a sneak preview of “Genius,” a movie starring Colin Firth, Jude Law, and Nicole Kidman set for release this fall. Other evening events will include a Poetry Slam (7:15 p.m.) and series on romance novelists (7:10 p.m.) and graphic artists (7:15 p.m.). For more visit www.loc.gov/bookfest.

Extracting Poetic Justice Festival. “As I juggled and jested,” he writes, “I was struck by how much my ‘Shakespeare juggling’ resonated with a group who had just performed Shakespeare themselves. ‘Getting’ Shakespeare is a heady feeling, and I am continually delighted at how much joy and satisfaction young people derive from performing Shakespeare.” More than 30 years later his new book is helping them discover that joy.

Newlin has been a director-in-residence in DC public high schools under the auspices of the Folger Library for 13 years, and has worked with the Kennedy Center, the National Theatre, and the Smithsonian. For more visit www.30minuteshakespeare.com.

“The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database” was launched by Split This Rock in June. The database contains more than 300 poems by a wide range of contemporary poets who write about injustice and losses both personal and communal.

The collection is searchable by theme, author,

National Book Festival Mark your calendars now for the Library of Congress’s annual celebration of authors and readers.

The 15th annual National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, Sept. 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. This year’s theme, “I Cannot Live without Books,” is taken from a quotation by Thomas Jefferson and honors his legacy on the 200th anniversary of the library’s acquisition of Jefferson’s own books, which replaced the Congressional library destroyed by the British in 1814.

More than 100 distinguished authors are scheduled to attend, representing all genres of writing, from picture books and poetry to thrillers, memoirs, history, and cooking. Among them are historian David McCullough, Newbery Medal winner Kwame Alexander, Pulitzer Prize for fiction winners Marilynne Robinson and Jane Smiley, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, and PEN/Faulkner

The Library of Congress holds its annual author extravaganza on Sept. 5 at the Convention Center.

with a “how-to guide.”

“Not at all,” Peterson replied. “Like all good fiction authors, I mix lies with the truth. Any thief who attempts to use ‘Guarding Shakespeare’ as a how-to guide to try to rip off the Folger Library is in for a rude awakening. I used the library as the backdrop for a good old-fashioned heist story, but I didn’t give away the farm. I would never put the library’s security at risk for the sake of a story.” To read what else Peterson revealed go to www.shakespearemagazine.com.

On the Hill The Library of Congress presents a book discussion by photographer Bob Adelman and former ACLU Readers of all ages are invited to the East of the River Book Festival on Sept. 12.

President Ira Glasser, authors of “Visions of Liberstate, and geographic region, making it a ty: The Bill of Rights for All Americans,” valuable and inspirational tool for teachers about the ongoing struggle for human rights or event planners. in America, Aug. 3, 1:00 p.m.; and “The Split This Rock has been cultivatPoetry of Everyday Life,” a discussion and ing, teaching, and celebrating poetry film screening with Steve Zeitlin, director that bears witness to social injustice since of City Lore in New York City, Aug. 20, 4:00 2008. The local organization hosts a bip.m., www.loc.gov. ennial national poetry festival, youth proThe Smithsonian Associates presents grams, contests, readings, and workshops.

“Forensic Anthropologist Kathy Reichs: A To visit the database go to www.splitthisWinning Way with ‘Bones,’” Aug. 4, 6:45 rock.org/poetry-database. p.m.; “Exploring the Literary South,” Aug. 10, 6:45 p.m.; and “Voltaire for the 21st How (Not) to Rob the Folger Century,” Aug. 11, 6: 45 p.m., www.smithLocal author Quintin Peterson, who spesonianassociates.org. cializes in crime noir stories, was interviewed in July by Shakespeare Magazine, a Off the Hill free online publication dedicated to the life The East of the River Book Festival will be and work of William Shakespeare. He was held on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Anacosasked in particular about his short novel, tia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. “Guarding Shakespeare,” which draws on Highlighting the creative work of authors his experience as a security officer at the Folwho publish independently or with small ger Shakespeare Library. The story involves local presses, the festival is free for readers a heist from the library’s priceless collection, of all ages. For more visit www.eastoftherivand the interviewer wondered if, in effect, erbookfestival.com. u Peterson was providing prospective thieves

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by Karen Lyon

ike Fussell is a recent graduate of American University with a degree in journalism and business administration. He lives on Capitol Hill and enjoys writing in many different poetic styles.

Night of Smiles Not reading, looking at the words and thinking of you.

That cashmere canvas tightly thrown at that porcelain frame, it fits you well.

But it is not only satin that fuels my passion.

The first time I held you close, I was twiddling your thumbs just to tighten your skin.

As the costume was shed It was clear where my hooks had been tugging.

Not yet at your back that I would find painted by raindrops as freckles.

But somewhere much better.

Not even those black and white films we watched could

do justice.

A nook that urges the realization that life is scripted Just the way it should be.

No where other than that place, where the tip of your napkin

reaches your face.

Drawn up and out, this crease did arch.

In a subtle way, contagious as an afternoon yawn.

That was the night our smiles fell in love.

If you would like to have your poem considered for publication please send it to klyon@literaryhillbookfest.org. (There is no remuneration.) u

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aturday morning is a busy work day for Kip Kelley. While most of us are leisurely awakening and sipping coffee, Kelley has been up before dawn to pack his truck for the hour or so drive down to the H Street farmers’ market where he sells his freshly picked vegetables, herbs, cut flowers, and eggs to Capitol Hill residents. Kelley is one of the new generation who have chosen to make their living as full-time farmers, “growing tasty food for our local community in a way that leaves the farm healthy and productive for future generations.”

Last month I visited the 175-acre Full Cellar Farm with FreshFarm Market co-founder Bernie Prince, to understand what is involved in bringing food from the farm to the market.

“I knew I wanted to farm since I was a kid,” said 31-year-old Kelley. “However, I took the circuitous route to realizing my dream.” Before he became a full-time farmer, Kelley, who is fluent in Spanish, traveled. He

taught middle school and completed his MBA from Oklahoma State University, where he was living at the time with his wife Sarah while she completed her medical residency. He wrote the business plan for Full Cellar Farm as his thesis.

Full Cellar Farm is on the western slopes of the Middletown Valley in Frederick County, Md., in the small town of Jefferson. Full Cellar sits on the land that was his wife’s family sheep farm. “I’ve known Sarah most of my life. We both grew up on sheep farms and got to know each other stacking hay in her family’s barn.” Full Cellar no longer has sheep, but Kelley raises both meat and egg chickens. He raises turkeys to sell at Thanksgiving and also has pigs. He even has an old pet white horse wandering around the grounds.

He and wife Sarah Cramer started Full Cellar in 2011.

A Typical Day Kelley’s one-and-a-half-year-old son Otto dictates when

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Kip Kelley showing his onions in his greenhouse.

Kelley starts his day. “Otto can wake up anytime between 5:00 and 7:30 or 8 a.m.” Animals need to be checked on daily. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are harvest days – Kelley’s favorite part of farming. “It’s a lot of work but it’s fun to see it all grown.” Kelley and his staff of seven sell at several markets on the other four days. On the Friday I was visiting, the staff were washing vegetables and packing the trucks for the weekend markets.

Afternoons Kelley collects eggs, transplants, or mulches. “I come in for dinner then go out again until dark or later if work needs to get done.” As a farmer he has to be able to handle all sorts of issues.

On the tour of the farm he took us through one of the barns, which housed a tractor that leaked oil.

He told us he was repairing the radiator himself.

In the winter Kelley still has crops, but they don’t require a lot of maintenance: “We clean up the farm during that time. Then in late winter and early spring we start our crops in our greenhouses.”

Better Than Government-Certified Organic At lunch, while eating all-farm vegetables and a quiche from a fellow local farmer, I asked the question Kelley hears all the time: “Are you organic?”

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He is not USDA certified organic, he said, princia conventional grocery store are usually harvested pally because of the expense. Not only is it expenearly and grown for shipping. The skins are thicksive to become USDA certified but it is also very er to reduce bruising in travel. Often fruits such complicated. “There are pages and pages of rules as tomatoes are sprayed with ethylene gas to riporganic farmers have to follow,” said Bernie Prince. en during travel and have little if any flavor. Eggs “Organic farmers have to jump through hoops to be may be months old with a dull yellow color and certified, but conventional farmers don’t have to relittle taste. Fresh eggs have bright yellow yolks; the veal all the chemicals they are using on the crops.” white is solid and the taste rich.

Prince also explained how being organic doesn’t If you haven’t experienced the difference in mean no chemicals. “They can use different kinds quality and taste of locally grown fresh fruits, vegeof chemicals if no organic solution can be found.” tables, and meats, visit the FreshFarm Farmers MarBut that is not the whole story. “We follow ket Saturday mornings on H and 13th streets NE. many farming principles that are considered orOr visit one of the several other markets on or close ganic,” remarked Kelley. “We use no ‘cides – pesto the Hill (see box). Talk to the farmers about how ti- herbi- or fungicides – to grow food. Instead we they grow their crops. For more information about feed our plants with animal manures, green maFull Cellar Farm log onto www.fullcellar.com. nure, and trace minerals as needed.” The animals Fitness specialist and author Pattie Cinelli has been feed on grass and grain obtained from Atlas Brewwriting about health and fitness for more than 20 ery on New York Avenue NE, a high-protein grain years. As a personal trainer Pattie seeks clients who that’s spent from processing the beer. want to make positive changes in the way they live.

Instead of using pesticides Kelley plays recordPlease email fitness questions or story ideas to fited music in the greenhouse to keep rodents out. ness@pattiecinelli.com. u “I also leave an old worn shirt. The smell of me Farmer Kip Kelley and FreshFarm Markets co-founder Bernie Prince with Kip’s turkeys. also keeps them away. It’s not a perfect system but it works most of the time.”

Kelley uses no hormones or antibiotics on his animals. “We segregate sick animals.” He also spreads a bear scent to deter predators such as coyotes who prey on the turkeys. He laughed when explaining how he clears his fields: “The chickens are good at clearing out the old crops. They especially like the strawberries.”

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o your pet has worms. You receive a call from your vet’s office about a positive fecal test result. Or, worse yet, see worms in your pet’s stool. Understandably clients often have lots of questions and concerns about intestinal parasites (aka worms). How can their dog or cat have worms if they don’t have diarrhea? Why are the worms not always visible in the stool? Can their family get sick? If a fecal test is negative, can their pet still have parasites? How can their pet get worms in the winter?

The following article aims to give a general overview about the most common intestinal parasites we see in DC and on Capitol Hill. Be sure to follow your veterinarian’s treatment recommendations if your pet is diagnosed with intestinal parasites.

Giardia is a common but often misunderstood parasite. First of all, it is not actually a worm.

It is a protozoal parasite that is only visible microscopically. The really annoying thing about Giardia is that it can exist in a cyst form which allows it to live outside the host, contaminating the environment and waiting to infect another host. Contaminated water is a common source of Giardia infection, but pets can also get Giardia by ingesting the cysts while grooming their haircoat. People can get Giardia, but it is uncommon for them to get it from their dog or cat. Zoonosis (transmission between humans and animals) is possible but rarely occurs.

Diagnosis of Giardia can be made by identifying the cysts under the microscope, which can be tricky since they are only shed intermittently by the host. Diagnosis has become easier using a special test called ELISA that tests for Giardia proteins. If your pet has Giardia be sure to bathe them while they are being treated to remove any cysts from the haircoat to prevent reinfection.

A common frustration for owners is when one of their pet’s fecal samples keeps testing positive for Giardia despite being treated. Cleaning the environment, ideally with a 1:32 dilution of bleach and water, has been proven to kill Giardia cysts. Obviously diluted bleach is not an ideal household cleaner for many items. Also, asymptomatic ani-

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by Dr. Brittany Cartlidge mals may not require treatment as their immunesystem may be able to deal with the infection on its own. However, if your pet has clinical signs (diarrhea, vomiting) from Giardia, treatment is recommended.

Whipworms, like Giardia, can also be a tricky parasite to diagnose. The eggs are only shed intermittently in the feces, and sometimes clinical signs develop before the eggs are visible in the feces.

Like Giardia, whipworm eggs can live in the soil for years and are resistant to desiccation, extreme temperature changes, and UV radiation. Hosts are infected by ingesting the eggs from soil or other substances contaminated with the eggs. The adult worms have a thin strand with a thicker end on one side, which looks like a whip, hence then name.

Whipworms live in the intestines and can cause diarrhea, sometimes with mucous and blood. If suspected from clinical signs, or diagnosis is confirmed with identification on a fecal test, treatment with deworming m e di c a t i o n will be advised. Several medications can be used to treat

whipworms, so talk to your veterinarian about which one is best. Some heartworm preventions, but not all, are also labeled for the treatment and monthly prevention of whipworms.

Hookworms are like vampires of the intestinal parasite world. They attach to the intestines with their mouth, digest intestinal issue, release an agent to prevent blood from clotting, and suck the blood. There are several routes of transmission including ingestion of the larvae orally, through a wound, in breast milk, or even eating another animal (like a rodent) that has hookworms. If the animal is infected through the skin they can get skin lesions, typically on their feet.

After penetration through the skin the parasites travel via the lymphatic system and veins to the lungs and are finally coughed into the trachea.

Then they are swallowed and attach to the small intestines and mature to adults. Very young puppies and kittens can even die from hookworm infections due to anemia from blood loss. This is

one reason why routine biweekly deworming is recommended in puppies and kittens starting at two weeks of age until at least eight weeks of age, sometimes longer. Severe illness is uncommon in adults, but infected animals can have diarrhea, weight loss, and anemia.

Unlike whipworms, hookworm eggs do not survive freezing temperatures and only live for a few months in the soil during ideal weather conditions. And also, unlike the more sneaky Giardia and whipworms, hookworms are usually readily apparent on fecal tests. Unfortunately hookworms are a threat to humans as well. They can penetrate the skin of humans and cause a condition called cutaneous larval migrans, which causes really itchy skin lesions. Prevention for humans includes covering the skin with shoes and gloves while gardening and covering children’s sandboxes when not in use to prevent fecal contamination.

Roundworms have a similar mode of transmission to hookworms, though they are not transmitted through the skin. However, dogs and cats can be infected in utero from their mother’s placenta. One gross fact about roundworms is that they can be expelled in vomit or fecal material. If you see spaghetti-like worms in vomit or feces your pet may have roundworms. Roundworms can also infect humans, usually young children, who ingest fecal material or material contaminated with fecal material. Always wash your hands after picking up your pet’s poop.

If you see something that looks like white rice in your pet’s stool, they might have tapeworms. Dogs and cats commonly get tapeworms

from eating fleas. If you see tapeworm segments in the poop, your pet has at least eaten a flea and may have fleas still on their skin. Fecal testing is not reliable for diagnosis since the eggs and tapeworm segments may not be visible. Direct visual examination of the stool is usually sufficient for diagnosis. Treatment of both the tapeworms and fleas is likely necessary to get rid of the issue. It is possible for people to get the same species of tapeworm that dogs and cats get, but it is unlikely because they would need to eat a flea too.

One other parasite of concern is the heartworm. However, it is not an intestinal parasite, so I won’t be covering it here. In brief, the heartworm parasite is transmitted from mosquito bites and grows into worms in the lungs and heart in dogs and less commonly cats. Heartworm disease is a serious, life threatening infection, so monthly, year-round heartworm prevention is advised for dogs and cats that go outside.

Please be a responsible DC pet owner and pick up your pet’s poop.

Keep your pet on monthly heartworm prevention, which prevents some, but not all, intestinal parasites. Follow your veterinarian’s recommendation for annual or semi-annual fecal analysis and treatment of intestinal parasites, and recheck fecal testing to keep your precious pet free of worms.

Dr. Brittany Cartlidge is an associate veterinarian at AtlasVet (The Atlas District Veterinary Hospital) 1326 H St. NE, 202-552-8600. Dr. Cartlidge graduated from the University of Florida School of Veterinary Medicine in 2008. u

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St. Mark’s Dance Studio Registration

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allet lessons aren’t just for little girls.

Beyond the fact that boys can and do study ballet, there is also the fact that adults, male and female, can and do study ballet. And not just ballet but jazz dance as well. There are professional dancers, of course, but there are also people who do it just because, in the words of Rosetta Brooks, director of the dance studio at St. Mark’s Church,

Rosetta Brooks leads dancers at a final service with retiring rector Paul Abernathy, January 2015. Photo: David S. Deutsch

“Dancing makes you feel good!”

Brooks – “Rosie” to devotees of the studio – ought to know. She has been teaching dance at St. Mark’s for an astonishing 51 years. Legions of students of all ages have been inspired and encouraged by her demanding classes and encouraging attitude. “Everyone can dance,” she says. “It’s good for your brain; it’s good for your body. For some of my students it’s their therapy. So many of them

Liturgical dancers at Palm Sunday service.

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Rosetta Brooks with adult ballet students.

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Hill have intense jobs. Dancing clears their heads.”

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 3rd and A streets SE has been hosting the dance studio since 1963, when it was founded by the late Mary Craighill with encouragement from the rector of the time, the late Bill Baxter. The dance studio offered classes to children and adults as well as the opportunity to participate in liturgical dance as part of church services and in outside performances. Dancers from the studio formed a semi-professional troupe that performed regularly at St. Mark’s and also traveled and performed overseas, in Russia and the Czech Republic.

Brooks, who had grown up in Capitol Hill, was a student at Howard University in October 1964 when she was called by her friend George Faison to substitute in a performance for a dancer who was ill. Faison, who went on to be the first African-American to win a Tony award and to dance with the Alvin Ailey Dance company, encouraged her to go to New York to further her career as a performer. But Brooks had always wanted to teach and to choreograph. “I am very fortunate,” she says. “Right now I am doing exactly what I always wanted to do.” Since 1999, when Mary Craighill died, Brooks has been director of the studio as well as a teacher there. Feeling inspired by, among others, Martha Graham who taught into her 80s, she has no plans to retire.

St. Mark’s church recently completed a year-long renovation that displaced classes for a time, but the second-floor studio is now back in service, a sun-filled, mirror-lined space.

A full roster of classes will begin in the fall

with Brooks assisted by two other long-time teachers, Dorothy Walker and Jessica Sloane.

Sloane started her own dance career by taking lessons from Brooks at St. Mark’s when she was a child.

Brooks values the relationship with the church. The studio holds an annual open house with dancers, both adult and children, performing in the Romanesque-style nave.

There are regular recitals as well for adults and for children. And Brooks creates liturgical dances for special occasions in the church calendar or in the life of the congregation.

In January, when Paul Abernathy retired after 16 years as rector, 10 women from the parish, some regulars in the dance classes, some not, danced at his final service. On Palm Sunday the gospel reading was enhanced by a liturgical dance.

Margaret Wood, a law librarian at the Library of Congress, is a member of St. Mark’s Church and a longtime student in the studio.

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irst-time gardener (and Hill Rag managing editor) Andrew Lightman spends about half an hour a day tending potted herbs and vegetables on his eighth-floor balcony. “I cook constantly and love the idea of making something,” he says. “Part of my relationship with food is buying from people I know. The garden is an extension of that.”

Lightman grows over a dozen varieties of edibles and closely observes their progress. By jumping in feet first and being willing to learn along the way, he has gained tremendous experience. “It was a lot of work at first, but I am surprised at how much fun it is,” he says.

Lightman has harvested greens for dozens of salads including arugula, kale, and purslane. He’s plucked over 100 cherry tomatoes from just two Tumbling Tom plants, plus raised strawberries, hot peppers, and herbs like the Indian tulsi basil, rosemary, sage, mint, thyme, and two kinds of tarragon. Sounding more like

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a seasoned farmer than a novice, he says he’ll pull up his tomatoes this fall to make room for winter greens, later adding onions and garlic for a spring harvest. He has tried seeds as well as plants purchased from local garden centers and Eastern Market. Succession planting keeps the harvest going in any garden but especially on a balcony with finite space.

In addition to the edible benefit, Lightman enjoys the vastly improved view of the balcony from his living room. Lush green foliage and deep, cobalt blue ceramic planters at different heights bring the living world into his apartment. It’s beautiful, relaxing, aromatic, and flavorful. How did he put his plans into motion?

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prefers asking forgiveness rather than permission, some of these rules address your safety and that of others. Prohibitions against drilling trellises or plant supports into masonry buildings are common. Wind is a safety factor too, so you’ll want any trelliswork or pots securely resting in place and not balancing on a railing. Some buildings have rules prohibiting the mere sight of your garden above the railing, while others are fine with abundant greens on full display. If you bend any rules, avoid getting your cucumbers busted just as they reach maturity. And remember, legal DC pot growing must occur within the walls of your dwelling.

Site Analysis. This is a twodollar term for observing your space throughout the year at different times of day. When does it get sun, and what differences might there be within the space?

Though Lightman’s garden faces east, he learned that the southeast side receives more sun than the northeast side. In response to this micro-climate condition, he keeps his basil and mint on the sunnier side and his kale on the northeast side where it gets needed shade earlier in the afternoon.

He is fortunate that his balcony is open to the sky, meaning his plants receive precipitation from above. If yours has a ceiling, your plants will be more dependent on you for watering.

Wind affects plant health.

Plants like cooling summer breezes just as people do. Air circulation reduces unwanted fungal growth in summer.

Too much wind, especially in fall and winter, can dehydrate (desiccate) the leaves. Generally summer wind comes from the south, while dryer winter

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wind comes from the north and west. However, your building, balcony height, and neighboring buildings will influence the wind you receive, so beginning to notice wind more specifically will help you know how to place your plants and keep them hydrated. Download a free smart phone wind meter app and a free compass app if you want to get scientific, or just for fun.

Access to your site is part of site analysis. Does your building have a freight elevator, or any elevator? How will you transport your materials to your building? Do you need friends to help? Will you pay for delivery or rent a vehicle?

Design. Design flows from site analysis and also your personal needs and preferences. Consider seating, views to accentuate or screen, how you will move around your balcony garden, and what you want to eat/grow.

With balconies and roof decks consider how much your new garden weighs, remembering that wet soil weighs more than dry soil. There are different container mixes you can use to reduce the weight of traditional bagged potting soil. Learning how to estimate soil quantity, no matter what your soil mix is, will be helpful. Simply calculate your surface area in square feet and multiply that by planter depth (in fractions of a foot) to obtain cubic feet. Then divide by 27 to arrive at cubic yards, which is how soil is usually sold. Finally, what size will your plants be when they grow up? Lightman is learning how big mature edible plants are. Hint: We all underestimate.

Ten Easy Pieces Lightman consults with designers and garden writers like Derek Thomas and me, plus garden centers like Frager’s and Ginkgo Gardens, so he didn’t buy too many books. You have the Hill Rag, the Internet, and books plus the Capitol Hill Garden Club (http://capitolhillgardenclub.org/), which can help you find garden sitters when you go on summer vacation.

Your installation and maintenance garden checklist might include: • Planters (see Gardener’s Supply Company, Self-Watering Pot Reservoirs, and this article on self-watering planters, http://theselfsufficientliving.com/self-

watering-pots-containers/) – Watch for local planter sales as this may be your biggest investment. Keep planters off the floor for drainage, air circulation, and to protect your floor surface.

• Planting medium (soil or soil mix) – Investigate lightweight mixes formulated for containers.

• Plants and seeds – Try both. Growing salad greens and cucumbers from seed is easy and fun.

• Water – See item 1, or else be prepared to water daily, which can be labor intensive.

• Tools – Some folks use spoons. Others like trowels, pruners, stakes, and nice garden gloves.

• Fertilizer and soil amendments – Lots of options here, from liquid, organic, and powders plus Soil Moist (www.soilmoist. com/) to retain moisture between watering.

• Trellises – Many options exist including built-in planter trellises from Green Screen (http://greenscreen.com/) and stylish Lattice Stix (www.latticestix.com/).

• IPM (integrated pest management) – Lightman did a night-time ladybug release to control mites that were eating his cucumbers. You can buy them at Ginkgo Gardens. Read the directions first.

• Recordkeeping – Some people do and some don’t. If you like keeping tabs, the “Perpetual Gardening Record Book” from Cabin Tiger (www.cabintiger. com/) is lovely and easy to use.

• Books, friends, and other helpers – Gardens, like children, grandchildren, or pets are endearing and full of life lessons, both practical and metaphoric.

Make some room in your heart and mind for yours.

Even if you lack the time, space, or inclination to create a totally edible balcony or roof garden, you can always start with one bush tomato or cucumber plant and a pot of basil.

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taying cool is a top priority during these humid dog days of summer. If the heat is getting to you, and you’re contemplating replacing or retrofitting your home with a cooling and/or heating system or considering it as a part of your home renovation, there are advantages and disadvantages to the various options that are worthy of review.

Forced-air systems, while long considered the standard for residences and businesses, are costly. They take up precious space in our smaller Capitol Hill homes, the installation process is messy, and the systems are ultimately inefficient as they tend to be designed to cool/heat an entire house versus only the areas that are being used.

Window units, while efficient for cooling a specific room, are unsightly (especially on the exterior of a home) and

noisy, block sunlight, and can provide access for intruders. Ceiling fans only provide limited relief on these sultry days.

Advances in “ductless” or mini-split systems make them an efficient and economical alternative to consider. Similar to forced air systems, they provide cooling and heating in one efficient system. Per the US Department of Energy, “Ductless, mini-split-system heat pumps (mini splits) make good retrofit add-ons to houses. They can also be a good choice for room additions where extending or installing distribution ductwork is not feasible.”

Whereas a forced-air unit includes one large air-handling unit that distributes air to a house through a network of ducts, a mini-split system has multiple, smaller air-handling units distributed throughout a house. These individual indoor air-handling units are connected to the outdoor compressor/condenser through a refriger-

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ant line that runs through or along a wall or through an attic.

Advantages to mini-split systems include: •

They can be zoned to provide heating or cooling to individual rooms or zones of a home. Multiple indoor air-handling units can be connected to one outdoor unit, saving energy, money, and space.

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As mini-split systems have no ducts, installation is less intrusive, less hassle, and more efficient. The link between the outdoor and indoor units is usually only a three-inch hole versus a large duct. Forcedair systems require a system of larger ducts to function that must be installed along the ceiling or through the attic of any room that is to be heated or cooled. While essential for cooling and heating, they are also a source of energy loss and can account for as much as 30 percent of energy consumption (especially when they are run through an unconditioned space such as an attic).

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Mini-splits run very quietly as compared to any other cooling system.

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Higher-end mini-split systems utilize variable speed compressors and fans, resulting in lower energy costs and better humidity management. This technology has not been widely adopted in forced-air systems.

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Mini-splits offer design flexibility. The indoor air-handling units can be suspended from a ceiling or hung on a wall. If you want to conceal the unit, you can mount it flush inside the ceiling or place it inside a wall. Floor-standing models are also available. Most indoor air-

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handling units are about seven inches deep and have a sleek design. Many offer a remote control allowing for easy on/off and temperature regulation.

On the downside, mini-split systems are more costly to install than window units, and like ducted systems they require professional installation. Each air-handling unit has its own air filter that must be cleaned and maintained.

Regardless of what sort of cooling or heating unit you install, check out the District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility (DC SEU) (www.dcseu.com) for rebates. DC SEU was established in 2008 as a part of the Clean and Affordable Energy Act (CAEA) to reduce energy consumption and demand, improve energy efficiency, and increase renewable energy-generating capacity in DC. As a part of this program, DC SEU provides rebates to DC businesses and residents – regardless of income – for a wide variety of energy efficiency investments including lighting, appliances, electronics, and heating and cooling systems.

Per DC SEU, “Equipment must be purchased new and installed by a participating contractor licensed to perform work in DC at a residence within the District of Columbia between the dates of April 1, 2015-September 30, 2015. Rebates for products installed after September 30, 2015, are subject to change.” There is a limit of one rebate per equipment type per household. DC SEU will provide rebates of up to $300 for the installation of mini-split systems.

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My neighbor uses mirrors in her garden. They reflect her charming rose arbor. But when I plan where to put a mirror, I realize that it is going to reflect our dogleg with garbage cans or the back of the house which needs painting. Any ideas?

The Problem Lady saw a charming mirror once on a Georgetown garden tour. A small dark pottery bowl filled with water reflected the sky. The changing reflection seemed magical. To answer your question more practically: attach large plastic mirrors to a flat surface – fence or wall – making sure the mirror reflects something worthy, even if it’s just green and growing.

Gazing at our back garden I see only a blur. The garden probably needs some one thing that is a focal point. But what? I’m afraid to plant a slow-growing tree or big bush because it might provide too much shade. What is a focal point, anyway?

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I adore the old-fashioned flower called rose campion. I saw some blooming in June many blocks away from my house, and restrained myself from going back in the dead of night to steal a seedpod or two. Instead I found its Latin name, Lychnis coronaria, and bought a packet of seeds online for $2.49. Instructions say to sow the seeds in spring outdoors about 6-8 weeks before the last frost. Must I wait? In nature the seeds have already fallen!

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THE NOSE

The Nose:

Journalism’s Certifiable Future

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by Anonymous

he doldrums of August are nearly upon us, Dear Readers. In the evenings, the thwack of bats sound across the Mall as millennial interns engage in gladiatorial contests. A humid haze obscures that patriotic testament to George’s manhood. On Capitol Hill, our Congressional minders stagger through the twilight hours of a spring session. While at the other side of Pennsylvania Ave. NW, The Nose’s favorite cast of characters, the DC Council, is poised to flee the Wilson Building for the August recess.

One evening, sipping a delicious, home-made gimlet on his porch, his trusty red-bone ensconced at his feet, The Nose considered the many challenges facing the members of his rapidly dwindling fraternity. The ennui of listening to a long, meandering voice mail. The frustration of the unacknowledged phone call. The panic when a time-sensitive email wanders off into some Internet bone yard. Deadlines hanging over one’s noggin like the proverbial sword of Damocles.

In a funk, The Nose took a moment to check his aging Blackberry. Scrolling down through his SPAM-clogged inbox, he discovered a missive from the desk of Michael Czin, the mayor’s director of disinformation. To The Nose’s amazement, the press release announced a program to improve the lives of the District journalists. Any reporter, it stated, could now register with the District Department of Disinformation (DC DDD) as a “Certified Bumbling Essayist” (CBE).

The new CBE designation conferred a plethora of privileges upon its recipient: • the guarantee of 24-hour returned phone calls from all District agency flacks; • the promise of 48-hour turn-around on properly

filed FOIAs; • the honor of quarterly interviews with august

deputy mayors;

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the grant of an annual exclusive sit-down with Herself, the District’s esteemed mayor.

Booting up his creaky laptop, The Nose surfed to the DC DDD website. There, he discovered the online CBE application. Not surprisingly, there were strict stipulations. To obtain a CBE, an enterprising scribbler must: • compose a doggerel in praise of our esteemed lady mayor; • provide a supporting letter of employment from an editor in triplicate attested to by a notary public; • provide a portrait of themselves eating a dog at from Ben’s Chilli Bowl to establish District bonafides.

Securing the necessary paperwork from his crotchety editor, composing a haiku to the “Green Team,” making a friend snap a portrait with a chilli dog, and fumbling with his scanner, The Nose successfully submitted his application, which was quickly approved. The experience led him to compose a song for the hardworking flacks of the District government. Set to the tune of “I Don’t Want Your Millions Mister,” here it is: I don’t want to talk to your minions, Mr. Flack, I just want to hear a text on my iPhone ding.

All I want is a few facts, Mr. Flack, Just return my call again.

Now, I don’t want your press release, Mr. Flack, I don’t want your canned response.

All I want’s just a few facts for my readers, Just return my call again.

Having been knighted a CBE, The Nose has finally got his “piece of a piece” from the District government.

Have a comment for The Nose, email thenose@hillrag.com. u