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Our River: The Anacostia Winter Walks In The Watershed

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Bicycle Touring: Embracing the Long and Winding Road

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The Future of RFK

Changing Hands

Shaun Courtney Don Denton

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In the Chef’s Kitchen

Annette Nielsen

Dining Notes

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Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park PlungeFest 2015 on Jan. 24 at Sandy Point State Park is a fun and quirky way to support Maryland Special Olympics. You’ll “plunge” into the icy water of the Chesapeake Bay with just a swim suit on in the middle of January and pay for the privilege. It’s not just an event--it’s an experience that has become a winter-time tradition for thousands of warm-hearted Plungers. It all benefits Maryland’s children and adults with intellectual disabilities, as they enjoy the life-changing benefits of participating in the Special Olympics. Sandy Point State Park is about 40 miles east on route 50 (exit 32), at the base of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. plungemd.com

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HOT TO COLD at the National Building Museum On the heels of its summer indoor maze, which attracted more than 50,000 visitors, the international design firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) returns to the National Building Museum, Jan. 24-Aug. 30, with a behind-the-scenes look at its creative process. The exhibition, HOT TO COLD: an odyssey of architectural adaptation, takes visitors from the hottest to the coldest parts of our planet and explores how BIG´s design solutions are shaped by their cultural and climatic contexts. More than 60 three-dimensional models will be suspended at the second-floor balconies of the Museum’s Great Hall in an unprecedented use of this public space. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. nbm.org

BIG Partners. Photo: Dean Kaufman

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Piero di Cosimo: The Poetry of Painting in Renaissance Florence Italian Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo’s paintings will be at the National Gallery of Art, Feb. 1-May 3. Forty of the artist’s most compelling paintings will be on view, including beguiling mythologies and religious works (some on loan from churches in Italy), as well as one of his greatest works, the Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth of Hungary, Catherine of Alexandria, Peter, and John the Evangelist with Angels from the Museo degli Innocenti, Florence. Several important paintings will undergo conservation treatment before the exhibition, including the Gallery’s Visitation altarpiece (c. 1489–1490)—one of the artist’s largest extant paintings. The exhibition will be in the West Building, Mail Floor Galleries. nga.gov

Piero di Cosimo, The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot, c. 1489/1490, oil on panel, 184.2 x 188.6 cm (72 1/2 x 74 1/4 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection

Newseum Displays News Coverage Artifacts from Ferguson Protests Following the shooting death of Michael Brown and the grand jury decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, Newseum collected more than a dozen items from protesters and journalists in Ferguson, Mo. “Make Some Noise: Students and the Civil Rights Movement” now includes a press pass and two rubber pellet, a homemade “Police the Police” poster used by protesters and several reporters’ notebooks containing notes about the events. Newseum online managing editor Sharon Shahid traveled to St. Louis to collect the items; read her compelling account of conversations with people on the front lines of the conflict in Ferguson. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-292-6100. newseum.org

Beverly Adams, 63, of University City, Mo., during the “Ferguson October” protest march in St. Louis. Photo: Courtesy of Beverly Adams

Wreath-laying at the MLK Memorial A wreath-laying ceremony at the MLK Memorial will take place on Monday, Jan. 19, 8-9 a.m. This year’s ceremony is “A Day of Reconciliation and Service…In Remembrance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday.” President and CEO of The MLK Memorial Foundation Harry E. Johnson, Sr. will lay the wreath. He will be joined by political leaders, civil rights and human rights leaders, and members of the public. The ceremony was scheduled early in the morning to allow for all to do a day of community service in honor of Dr. King. The organizers urge all attendees to arrive early and consider using public transportation. thememorialfoundation.org

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The Widow Lincoln at Ford’s Jan 23-Feb 22. Set during the weeks following Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre, The Widow Lincoln portrays a very human Mary in the aftermath of her husband’s death as she mourns the post-war life they will never share. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. fords.org

Mary Bacon will play First Lady Mary Lincoln in the Ford’s Theatre world premiere of James Still’s “The Widow Lincoln.” Photo: Scott Suchman

MLK DAY RELATED EVENTS Smithsonian Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Program. Jan 16, 7:00-9:00 PM. The Smithsonian celebrates King’s life and legacy with this year’s theme, “The Beloved Community, “ at the National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater, 4th St. and Independence Ave. SW. Call 202-633-4844 to register. Wreath-Laying at the Lincoln Memorial. Jan 19, 1:00 PM. The National Park Service will

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Guitarist Tom Principato. Photo: Courtesy of Hill Center

Guitarist Tom Principato at Hill Center Jan 21, 7:30 PM. The recipient of 22 Washington Area Music Awards, he is widely recognized as one of the top blues guitarists of his generation. $15 ($20 day of). Purchase tickets online at hillcenterdc.org. Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE.

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Holly Twyford (center) and Kate Eastwood Norris. Photo: James Kegley

Mary Stuart at the Folger Jan 27-Mar 8. England’s most storied rivalry sets an imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots up against her cousin and captor Queen Elizabeth I in a Tudor world ﬂush with subterfuge and revenge. Folger Shakespeare Theater, 201 E. Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077. folger.edu place a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial, on the steps where Dr. King gave his 1963 speech. The recitation of the “I Have a Dream” speech will be presented by school students. 202-426-6895. nps.gov/linc Wreath-laying at the MLK Memorial. Jan 19, 8:00-9:00 AM. The organizers urge all attendees to arrive early and consider using public transportation. 1964 Independence Ave. SW. nps.gov/mlkm thememorialfoundation.org Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Jan 19. Serve DC connects residents with

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volunteer opportunities and communitybased organizations with resources and volunteers. serve.dc.gov “Remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr.” Jan 20, 7:00 PM. The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop and the Anacostia Playhouse present Remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr., a one-hour concert. Free and suitable for all ages. Anacostia Playhouse, 2020 Shannon Pl. NE. Visit the MLK Memorial. Open to visitors all hours, every day. 1964 Independence Ave. SW. nps.gov/mlkm

Alexandria’s Watson Reading Room. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM. Visitors should call in advance for holiday hours. Located next door to the Alexandria Black History Museum, the Watson Reading Room is a non-circulating research repository focusing on issues of African-American history and culture. Alexandria Black History Museum, 902 Wythe St., Alexandria, VA. 703746-4356. alexandriava.gov/historic NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom Online Exhibition. The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom exhibition presents a retrospective of the major personalities, events, and achievements that shaped the NAACP’s history during its first 100 years. myloc.gov/ Exhibitions/naacp Civil Rights at 50 at Newseum. On display through 2015. “Civil Rights at 50,” a three-year changing exhibit, chronicles milestones in the civil rights movement from 1963, 1964 and 1965 through historic front pages, magazines and news images. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave, NE. 888-639-7386. newseum.org

SPECIAL EVENTS C.H.R.S. Turns 60! The Capitol Hill Restoration Society turns 60 years old in 2015. Celebrate C.H.R.S.’s founding on Wednesday, January 28 at 6:45 p.m. Baxter Hall at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Third & A Streets, SE. Longtime Hill residents have been invited to share their memories. Washington Auto Show. Jan 23-Feb 1. WANADA represents its dealer membership in the state, local and national public policy process and speaks for its part of the auto industry in public and media forums. Walter E. Washington Concention Center. dcconvention.com

MUSIC Music at Ebenezers. Jan 9, Rachel Levitin, Andres Gallego, Michael Mattice, Emily Henry; Jan 16, Pressing Strings, Will

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Church of the Epiphany Weekly Concerts. Every Tuesday, 12:10 PM. Free but a free will offering taken. 1317 G ST. NW. 202-347-2635. epiphanydc.org Sunday Gospel Brunch Featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir. Every Sunday, 12:30 -2:00 PM. $30-$45. The Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. 202-803-2899. thehowardtheatre.com

THEATER The Tempest at Shakespeare. Through Jan 18. Trickery and magic, romance and revenge set the stage for one of Shakespeare’s late masterpieces. Sidney Harman Hall, 10 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org Diner at Signature. Through Jan 25. Christmas, Baltimore: 1959. A circle of childhood friends reunite for the upcoming wedding of one of them. Well, only if his fiancée passes a football trivia test. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave. off I -395 at the Shirlington exit (#6). signature-theatre.org Choir Boy at Studio. Jan 7-Feb 22. A music-filled story of masculinity, tradition, coming of age, and speaking your truth, set in the gospel choir of an elite prep school for young black men. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org

Jazz Night and Blues Night in Southwest Jazz is every Friday, 6:00 -9:00 PM. Blues is every Monday, 6:00-9:00 PM. Expect a large, fun and friendly crowd. The cover is $5. Children are welcome and free under 16 years old. Reasonably priced meals offered. 202-484-7700. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW (Fourth and I, south side of intersection). westminsterdc.org ABOVE: Photo Courtesy of Westminster Presbyterian Church

Duvall, Eileen Graham, Dan Wolff; Jan 30, Zia Hassan, Sheltered Turtle, Don Kim; Jan 31, Carl Anderson-Live in the Coffeehouse. Ebenezers Coffeehouse, 201 F St. NE. 202-558-6900. ebenezerscoffeehouse.com The Road to Canterbury-Music of Medieval England. Jan 9-10. Folger Consort performs two concerts for its annual performances at the Washington National Cathedral. $30-$50. 202-544-7077. folger.edu/consort Rhythm Cafe: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington. Jan 17, 2:00-4:00 PM. Mikaela Carlton, a graduate of Howard University’s vocal music department gives an overview of jazz legend Dinah Washington, followed by a performance of Washington’s signature songs. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu Concert at Library of Congress. Jan 23, 8:00 PM. The final concert of the St. Lawrence String Quartet Project features a joint commission of a new work by John Adams and pieces by Haydn and Dvoák in the Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building. Free tickets required. 202-707-5502. loc.gov

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Life Sucks (or the present ridiculous) at Theater J. Jan 14-Feb 15. It’s tough being the gorgeous woman desired by all but understood by none. Or the homely girl with a heart of gold. Or the middleaged man insightful enough to see the depth of his own failings. Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW. 800494-8497. washingtondcjcc.org Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: at Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Arena. Jan 16-Feb 22. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must crack the mystery of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Arena Stage, 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300. arenastage.org The Last Five Years at Atlas. Jan 16-18. The Last Five Years is a musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It premiered at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was then produced Off -Broadway in March 2002. The story explores a five -year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, Cathy Hyatt, a struggling actress. $15. Atlas performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-3997993. atlasarts.org

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

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David Molesky’s RIOT at the Fridge. Through Jan 14. The Fridge presents RIOT from Brooklyn-based artist David Molesky. In this new series, the painter begins to envelop people and animals into the boisterous, domineering depictions of natural elements that serve as the visual trademark of his past works. The Fridge, 516 1/2 8th St. SE. Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor at the Library of Congress. Through Jan 19. This exhibition celebrates the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta and to illustrate the great charter’s inﬂuence on laws and liberties throughout the centuries. Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. loc.gov

AUDITION for Spring 2015 Season Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H St. NE, WDC 20002

Providing music education of the highest artistic quality in a weekly, after-school program, for ages 8-14, that is creative, supportive and fun! To schedule an audition, email AYCManager@congressionalchorus.org, or call 301-502-4952. Info: www.congressionalchorus.org

Decoding the Renaissance at the Folger. Through Feb 26. During the Renaissance, the art and science of cryptography came into their own. The advent of printing, development of diplomacy, and creation of postal systems created an obsession with encryption that produced some of the period’s most brilliant inventions, most beautiful books, and most enduring legacies. Featuring the best collection ever assembled of early works on codes and ciphers. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 E. Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077. folger.edu The Architectural Image, 1920-1950. Through May 3. The changing tastes, theories, and obsessions of that era

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were often documented by prominent artists who found architecture and construction to be compelling subject matter. Some of these artists saw beauty in the inherent geometries of buildings, which they crisply captured via woodcuts or similar highcontrast media. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. nbm.org Investigating Where We Live: D.C. Now & Next. Through June 7. This is a five week summer program at the National Building Museum for teens from the DC area. Participants use digital cameras, creative writing, interviews, and their own observations to explore, document, and interpret the built environment in DC neighborhoods. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. nbm.org Hill Center Galleries Exhibition. Jan 8-Mar 1. Reception with the Artists. Jan 14, 6:00-8:00 PM. Hill Center Galleries celebrates the opening of a new exhibit featuring over 35 artists in the Capitol Hill Art League Juried Exhibition, as well as Saya Behnam, Anne Bouie, and Peggy Fox. Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. hillcenterdc.org

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Faculty Art Show at CHAW. Jan 10-Feb 27. Opening Jan 10, 5:00-7:00 PM. The show features CHAW faculty working in every medium in the visual arts. CHAW, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. chaw.org Capitol Hill Art League Exhibition at CHAW. Jan 17Mar 5. Opening Jan 17, 5:00-7:00 PM. In this multimedia art show, CHAW artists show the world their personal style and share work that holds a personal meaning to them in a 12”X12” format. CHAW, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. chaw.org

SPORTS AND FITNESS Washington Wizards Basketball. Jan 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 19, 24, 31 and Feb 2. Verizon Center. nba.com/wizards Washington Capitals Ice Hockey. Jan 4,10, 12, 14, 20, 28 and Feb 1 and 3. Verizon Center. capitals.nhl.com Washington Capitals Practice Schedule. Non-game day, 10:30 AM; game day, 10:00 AM; and day after game, 11:00 AM. All practices are at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, 627 No. Glebe Rd., Suite 800, Arlington, VA. They are free and open to the public. kettlercapitalsiceplex.com Canal Park Ice Skating. Monday and Tuesday, noon7:00 PM; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, noon-9:00 PM; Saturday, 11:00 AM-10:00 PM; and Sunday, 11

AM-7:00 PM. $9, adults; $8, children, seniors and military. $4, skate rental. Canal Park Ice Rink is at 202 M St. SE. 202-554-6051. canalparkdc.org Ice Skating at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. Through mid-March. Monday–Thursday, 10:00 AM–9:00 PM; Friday-Saturday, 10:00 AM–11:00 PM; Sunday, 11:00 AM-9:00 PM. Two hour sessions begin on the hour. $8, adult; $7 seniors over 50, students with ID and kids, 12 and under. $195, season pass. $3.00 skate rental (ID required) and $.50 locker rental with $5 deposit. 7th St. and Constitution Ave. NW. 202-216-9397. nga.gov Public Ice Skating at Fort Dupont Ice Arena. Fridays, noon-1:50 PM and Saturdays, noon-1:00 PM. $5, adults; kids 2-12 and seniors, $4. Skate Rental, $3. Fort Dupont Ice Arena, 3779 Ely Pl. 202-584-5007. fdia.org Adult Dance and Fitness Classes at THEARC. Mondays, 7:15 PM, Yoga; Tuesdays, 7:30 PM, Zumba; Thursdays, 7:45 PM, Ballet; Saturdays, 9:00 AM, Zumba. Drop-in rates are $12. THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. 202-889-5901. thearcdc.org

MARKETS DC Big Flea Market. Jan 10, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM; Jan 11, 11:00 AM-5:00 PM. Over 600 booths featuring a diverse mix of antiques, collectibles, art, jewelry, mid-century, etc. $8 admission, parking free. Dulles Expo Ctr, Chantilly, VA. 757-961-3988. thebigﬂeamarket.com H Street FRESHFARM Market. Saturdays, 9 AM -noon, through Dec 20. SNAP (EBT/Food Stamps) accepted. 13th and H Sts. NE. freshfarmmarket.org U Street Flea. Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM. The market is in the parking lot, next to Nellie’s Sports Bar (three blocks east of U Street Metro), at 912 U St. NW. ustreetﬂea.com Branch Avenue Pawn Parking Lot Flea Market. Saturdays, year-round (weather permitting). Set up after 10:00 AM. 3128 Branch Ave., Temple Hills, MD Fresh Tuesdays at Eastern Market. Every Tuesday, 3:00 -7:00 PM. Tuesday afternoon farmers’ line of fresh produce. Eastern Market, 200 block of 7th St. SE. 202-698-5253. easternmarketdc.com Union Market. Tuesday -Friday, 11:00 AM -8:00 PM; Saturday -Sunday, 8:00 AM -8:00 PM. Union Market is an artisanal, curated, year round food market fea-

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ANC 6A. Second Thursday, 7:00 PM. Meeting at Miner Elementary School, 601 15th St. NE. 202-423-8868. anc6a.org ANC 6B. Second Tuesday, 7:00 PM. Meeting at Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-543-3344. anc6b.org ANC 6C. Second Wednesday, 7:00 PM. Meeting at Heritage Foundation, 214 Mass. Ave. NE, first ﬂoor conference room. 202-547-7168. anc6c.org ANC 6D. Second Monday, 7:00 PM. Meeting at 1100 4th St. SW, DCRA meeting room, 2nd ﬂoor. 202-5541795. anc6d.org ANC 6E. First Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Meeting at NW One Library, 155 L St. NW. anc6e.org ◆

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INTERSECTIONS

Happenstance Theater

Christylez Bacon’s Washington Sound Museum

GREAT NOISE ENSEMBLE: Winter Light January 23

DC’s most adventurous New Music ensemble continues its 10th anniversary season with two monumental works from two New Music giants: Arvo Pärt and Pulitzer Prize winner John Luther Adams.

CHRISTYLEZ BACON’S WASHINGTON SOUND MUSEUM January 24-25

Progressive hip-hop meets classical Indian music in this dynamic performance featuring violinist Nistha Raj!

SCIENTIST TURNED COMEDIAN: TIM LEE January 30-February 1

A creative blend of stand-up comedy with science. Tim Lee is a comedian with a PH.D. who’s becomes an international sensation selling out shows from Boston to Melbourne.

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Bulletin Board DC Water Names New Tunnel Boring Machine “Nannie” DC Water has named their latest tunnel boring machine after Nannie Helen Burroughs. Tunnel boring machines are typically named for important women, much as boats are in the nautical world. This TBM was named “Nannie” for Nannie Helen Burroughs, a prominent 20th century African-American educator and civil rights activist. A resident of Washington, DC, she founded the National Training School for Women and Girls to provide academic, religious and vocational classes for African American girls and young women. DC Water named its massive tunnel boring machine while Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Catholic archbishop of Washington, provided a blessing to those who will work on it. Soon, it will be lowered underground on a mission to tunnel two and a half miles along the Potomac and under the Anacostia River. The machine is part of DC Water’s Clean Rivers Project to significantly reduce combined sewer overflows in the District for improved water quality. dcwater.com

Tommy Wells Appointed Director of the District Department of the Environment Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser has announced the appointment of outgoing Ward 6 City Council member Tommy Wells as the next Director of the District Department of the Environment. Wells will oversee a team tasked with establishing policies to protect the environment, promote sustainability and conserve natural resources in the District of Columbia. Before joining the DC Council, Wells served the city as a social worker and within the DC Consortium for Child Welfare as an advocate for youth in the DC foster care system.

Free Promotional Belly Dance Class at CHAW On Thursday, Jan. 8, 7:30-8:30 p.m., join Saffron Dance for a free belly dance class at CHAW, 545 7th St. SE, in advance of their 10-week beginner’s belly dance course that runs Jan. 15-Mar. 12. The 10-week session is perfect for introducing students to the basics

“Nannie” joins “Lady Bird ing machine) in tunneling ,” (DC Water’s ﬁrst 26’-diameter tunnel borthe 13.1 mile-long Anacos segments that will join together for part of overﬂows to the Anacos tia River Tunnel to alleviate combined sewer tia River. Photo: Courtesy of DC Water

of belly dance in a structured, fun, and easy-tofollow format. No prior dance experience necessary. For more information, visit chaw.org.

National Puzzle Day Workshops at Labyrinth On Jan. 31, celebrate National Puzzle Day with your favorite game and puzzle store. From 1011 a.m., there is a special class for children ages 4-7. Learn all about tangrams, an old Chinese dissection puzzle, and jigsaw puzzles. Kids will get to make their very own puzzles to take home, and will have the chance to play with many of their favorite puzzle games. $5. Parents may stay and play, or drop off. From noon2 p.m., there is a puzzle class for ages eight through adult. Learn about the history of puzzles, the math behind them, and make three different puzzles of your own. You’ll get to construct a soma cube, create a paper hexaflexagon, and make your own set of felt tangrams. $5. Space is limited. RSVP at labyrinthdc. eventbrite.com. Labyrinth Games & Puzzles,

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Resource Recovery Lecture at CH Garden Club The Capitol Hill Garden Club meets on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m. at Northeast Library, 330 7th St. NE. At this meeting, Director of Resource Recovery at DC Water Chris Peot will speak about the new digester project which will produce a soil product and blend it with sand and other feedstocks so it resembles compost for use by the urban gardeners. For more information, visit capitolhillgardenclub.org.

Capitol Hill Village Gala Capitol Hill Village’s annual party extraordinaire, the Gala, will take place on Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Washington Navy Yard’s Catering and Conference Center. This year’s gala is entitled “Let Your Dreams Set Sail” and will incorporate a nautical theme in its new surroundings overlooking the Anacostia River. It will hon-

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local outreach for employment, and striving to build small business and not-for-profit opportunities over the course of the agreement. DC United and the CBCC have also committed to meet regularly.

Capitol Hill Boy Scout Troop 500 Pancake Feast

DDOT Director Matthew Brown cuts the ribbon to open the newly completed 4th St. NW/SW bike lanes on Dec. 17. Photo: Rodney Sutton/DDOT

DC Marks Milestone Nine Miles of Bike Lanes in 2014 In December, the District Department of Transportation celebrated the public opening of the 4th St. NW to SW, bicycle route with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, setting a record for bike lane installations in 2014; making it more than nine miles of bike lane construction this year. The new 4th St. bike lanes connect from School St. SW, to Pennsylvania Ave. NW, and connect an important gap between the Pennsylvania Ave. protected bike lanes and the growing Southwest Waterfront and Capital Riverfront neighborhoods. Since 2005, with the creation of the Bicycle Master Plan, DDOT committed to having 60 miles of bicycle lanes in place throughout the city by 2015. However, the agency surpassed its goal in 2014 when it reached a total of 69 miles in all eight wards or Medstar Washington Hospital Center and its President John Sullivan and CHV’s founding executive director Gail Kohn and founding Board President Geoff Lewis. To learn more, contact the CHV office at 202-543-1778 or info@capitolhillvillage.org.

DC United, Southwest Residents Agree on Community Benefits DC United and the Near SE/SW Community Benefits Coordinating Council (CBCC) have announced the completion of the Southwest Soccer Stadium Community Benefits Agreement (CBA), which will lay

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the foundation for a lasting relationship between the team and the residents of the neighborhood. DC United will continue to bring soccer into the community through its United Soccer Club location at Amidon-Bowen Elementary as well as through scholarships for DC United summer camps for kids who reside in Southwest and the identification of potentially qualified players from the area for DC United Academy programs. Among other CBA provisions, DC United will connect the new stadium with the community by making the facility and meeting rooms available for community use, participating in a summer job program, engaging in

Capitol Hill Boy Scout Troop 500’s Pancake Feast Fundraiser is on Saturday Feb. 7, 8 a.m.-noon, at the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 4th St. and Independence Ave. SE. Tickets available at the door. Suggested donation for adults $15; kids under 12, $5. More information is at capitolhillscouts.org.

Mixed-Use Condo Project at 1115 H St. NE Nears Completion Wall Development on H St. NE is nearing completion of its five-story mixed-use development on the site of the former Woolworth. Urban Pace, the city’s leading condominium sales and marketing firm, has begun taking reservations from prospective buyers. 1115H is designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council. Its energy-efficient and environmentally friendly features will include a green roof, triple-glazed windows, wiring for potential electric car charging stations, covered bicycle storage, and a one-year “transit package” for new residents. Square 134 of Washington, DC is the project architect. Condos at 1115H will be priced from the mid $300,000’s.

“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” Screening at Hill Center For fans of historically-based mystery novels, there is no more beloved author than John le Carré. Many le

Carré fans consider “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” his best book. Just as treasured is the masterful adaptation for television of the tale in a six-part BBC series produced in 1979, starring Sir Alec Guinness as George Smiley. The entire series will be shown at the Hill Center, two episodes at a time, on three Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. and in one allday marathon. Episodes 1 and 2 on Jan. 8; 3 and 4, Jan. 15; 5 and 6, Jan. 22. The all-episode marathon is on Sunday, Jan. 25, 1 p.m. Free. Register online at hillcenterdc.org.

SWWF AARP Luncheon Meeting The Southwest Waterfront AARP Chapter #4751 will hold a luncheon meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 21, noon, at the River Park Mutual Home’s Community Room, 1311 Delaware Ave. SW. The speaker is John M. Thompson, Executive Director, DC Office on Aging. Lunch is $5. Current AARP members and prospective members are welcome. For more information, contact Chapter President Betty Jean Tolbert Jones, bettyjeantolbertjones@ yahoo.com or 202-554-0901.

Ward 6 CouncilmemberElect Charles Allen Announces Council Staff Appointments Ward 6 Councilmember-Elect Charles Allen today announced the appointment of his inaugural Council staff. Allen takes office on January 2, 2015, and will serve on the Committees on Education, Transportation and the Environment, and Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs. Serving as Chief of Staff will be Laura Marks, currently Chair of Allenís Council campaign. Marks previously worked for Democratic

political media consulting firm Struble Eichenbaum Communications and Democratic polling firm The Mellman Group. A graduate of Smith College, she lives on Capitol Hill with her husband and two children. Allen named Anne Phelps his Legislative Director. Phelps most recently served as Committee Director for the Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, Committee Director for the Committee on Libraries, Parks, Recreation, and Planning, and General Counsel for the Transportation and Public Works Committee. She holds a JD from Cornell Law School and lives in Ward 6 with her husband and daughter. Nichole Opkins was appointed General Counsel. She most recently served as a Ward 6 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, and was the Volunteer Coordinator for Allenís Council campaign. She is an alumna of the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law and a former Assistant General Counsel for The Association of Corporate Counsel. Opkins was born in the District and lives in Hill East with her husband and daughter. Jamaal Jordan will serve as the Director of Constituent Services. He previously served as Director of Constituent Services and Community Engagement for At-large Councilmember David A. Catania and the Council Education Committee. Jordan is a graduate of Hampton University. Continuing in her role as Ward 6 Community Liaison will be Naomi Mitchell. Mitchell brings an extensive knowledge of Ward 6 neighborhoods and initiatives from her past eight years

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in this position. She has previously served in a variety of senior federal government roles related to intergovernmental coordination as well as non-profit community organizing. She has lived in Ward 6 since 1986. Myisha Atchison will also continue on from Councilmember Wellsí office as Allenís Scheduler and Administrative Assistant. Atchison is a thirteen-year veteran of the Council and Allen will be the third Ward 6 Councilmember for whom she has worked. She lives in the District with her husband. Allen and his staff will host an Inaugural Open House on Friday, January 2, 1:00 pm until 2:30 pm, at his new Council offi ce, Suite 406 in the John A. Wilson Building. More information can be found at http://www.charlesallenward6.com/openhouse

DC Council Approves DC United Stadium The DC Council has approved the District of Columbia Soccer Stadium Act of 2014 in its second and final vote, approving the development of the new 20,000-25,000 seat stadium for DC United in the Buzzard Point neighborhood. The legislation’s passage targets the opening of the stadium in 2017.

M Street, SE Restoration Work Continues DC Water is performing construction activities on M St. SE as part of the DC Clean Rivers Project. Due to inclement weather, restoration of the roadway has been extended through January 2015. During the final phase of work performed through Jan. 31, there will be milling and overlay of the roadway. There will be alternating closure of one travel lane on M St. from 7th St. to 10th St. in order to complete the work.

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Winter Restaurant Week, Jan. 19-25 #DineOutandEatUp at over 230 restaurants offering 3-course lunch menus for $20.15 and dinner menus for $35.15. Book your table today at ramw.org/restaurantweek.

Christmas Tree Collection Through Jan. 10, DPW will collect Christmas trees and other greenery from residents whose trash is collected by DPW. Trees and greenery should be placed where the resident’s trash is collected. Remove all ornaments and lights and do not put trees and greenery in a bag..

New App to Hail DC Cabs The DC Taxicab Commission has taken action to allow all District taxicabs to utilize electronic hailing through an app. The app is being developed by the DCTC technical staff and will be given to an industry co-op to manage and market. The app will give public the opportunity to hail rides electronically. The app will offer riders the flexibility to pay by preloading their credit card information; to pay by credit card in the vehicle; or to pay with cash. The authorization to accept street hails would remain exclusively with taxis and still be subject to the metered fare. The Universal DC TaxiApp, which is the first of its kind, will begin beta testing in March 2015.

Final Circulator Transit Plan The District Department of Transportation has released the 2014 Final DC Circulator Transit Development Plan (TDP) which identifies six new routes and four route extensions for the 10-year growth plan. Phase I (FY 2015 – 2017) New Routes: National Mall; National

Cathedral-McPherson Square Metro. Extensions: Georgetown-Union Station Extension to National Cathedral; Union Station-Navy Yard Extension to Southwest Waterfront; DupontGeorgetown-Rosslyn Extension to U St/Howard University; Potomac Ave Metro-Skyland Extension to Congress Heights. Phase II (FY 2018 – 2020) New Routes: Convention Center-Southwest Waterfront Service; Serving NoMa (corridor pending further study). Phase III (FY 2021 – 2024) New Routes: Dupont-Southwest Waterfront; Columbia HeightsWashington Hospital CenterBrookland-NoMa.

Mashup: Seeking Grafitti Artists /Muralists and Film/ Video Artists ARCH Development Corporation (ADC) seeks proposals from street/graffiti artists, muralists, and film/video artists for a collaborative gallery experience that will result in an exhibition onsite at one or more of ADC’s projects. Selected artists will be put in pairs (one graffiti artist or muralist, and one film/ video artist) to create an exhibition that asks the viewer to consider graffiti/street art, which is typically consumed by a passive public audience, in the more focused/controlled environment of a gallery. This is an open call, but preference will be given to artists from Washington, DC and the greater Metropolitan area. Selected artists will be awarded an honorarium. Applications are due Mar. 2, 2015. Find an application at honfleurgallery.com. u

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In with the New:

Recommendations to Mayor Bowser and the DC Council

ere are two important numbers for Mayor Bowser and the DC Council to focus on: 22,000 and 20 percent. 22,000 is the number of affordable housing units needed for very low-income DC residents. And 20 percent is the unemployment rate for residents without a college degree. As the excitement of the inauguration fades away and Mayor Bowser and the Council get down to business, addressing these numbers would be a great place to start. The District is in good shape in many ways, but it also faces greater challenges than ever. Prosperity has pushed housing prices beyond affordable in every corner of the city. The rising cost of living makes good-paying jobs even more important, yet jobs and wages are growing solidly only at the top. The District has always been a city of haves and have-nots, but the gaps are stretching close to a breaking point. Many wonder whether the city where Chuck Brown came to fame will survive with a diverse range of incomes and cultures. Candidate Bowser said her number one task is to address income inequality. Well said. Here are some ways to do that.

Housing that Works for Everyone The statistics on DC’s affordable housing problems are stark. The city lost half of its low-cost housing in a decade. The typical low-income family now spends two-thirds of its income on housing. One of four DC households is on the waiting list to get into subsidized housing. The District spends $2 billion annually on education, $1 billion on public safety, and $150 million on housing. It is time to put housing on equal footing with the city’s other major responsibilities. The task is clear if not easy. For one thing, the District needs to preserve the affordable

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by Ed Lazere housing that still exists. There are still some neighborhoods where housing costs are reasonable. And there are buildings where subsidized housing restrictions will expire in the near future. There is no plan to preserve this affordable housing, but there should be. The District also needs 22,000 new homes that are affordable for low-income families, according to a 2014 study. The mayor and Council should commit to filling that gap entirely over the next 5 years. And Mayor Bowser should take steps soon to replace the DC General Shelter with a series of smaller shelters throughout the city. The tragedy of hundreds of homeless families crammed into a decrepit facility should not be repeated.

Better Jobs for DC Residents Unemployment for DC residents without a college degree is 20 percent, compared with 12 percent in 2008. Hourly wages for the bottom fifth of working DC residents fell from $13 an hour to $12 an hour in the last four years, while top earners have seen wages grow. In short, DC’s economy is not letting all residents succeed. The job challenges are especially great for the 60,000 adults who don’t have a high school degree. There have been some positive developments. The District’s minimum wage will rise to $11.50 in 2016, and all employers in the city must give their workers paid sick leave. The next thing is making sure these become a reality – through public education and enforcement – and taking steps to improving job prospects: Raise the Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers: Tipped workers earn just $2.77 an hour before tips and were left out of the recent minimum wage increase. Coordinate Adult Literacy and Job Training: Too often, residents get a GED, but find that it doesn’t help them get a job. Many communities across the country link GED classes

directly to job training, and it seems to work. A “career pathways” task force in DC will soon recommend how to do that in DC, and the mayor and Council will need to implement them. Create Paid Family Leave: Many workers lose pay or their job when they take time off to be with a new child or care for an ailing family member. The District can help by creating a program to replace a portion of lost wages for workers who need to take family or medical leave, as California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island have done.

Next Steps to Better Schools 2014 was a big year for changes in DC education. School boundaries and admission policies were changed for the first time in 40 years. The school funding formula was adjusted to better reflect what students need, including new funds targeted on low-income DC students. The city expanded pre-K and also made investments in early childhood education. Here is what is needed next: •

Support Income Diversity at the School Level. Some of the lesser-noticed changes of the school boundary committee would help lower-income students get into highperforming schools – and should be implemented. One would require each DCPS school and charter school to create an admissions preference for low-income students if fewer than 25 percent of current students are low-income. For charter schools, this will require new legislation. Another change would let families in low-income income communities get into their neighborhood Pre-Kindergarten classes, rather than having to go into a citywide lottery. And a third would provide free bus transportation to parents to take their elementary school-aged child to school.

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Monitor resources provided for students in poverty: There are 35,000 “at-risk” low-income students in DC. This year, both DCPS and charter schools got $2,000 more for each of these students, partially implementing a recommendation of a city-funded study. Mayor Bowser and the DC Council should continue to phase this in, while monitoring the use of this money to ensure it is being used well to help low-income students. Right now, neither DCPS nor charter schools has to report on how they use these funds. Improve Student Supports to Help Close the Achievement Gap. School is an ideal location to deliver services that can alleviate poverty’s impact on student success. Mayor Bowser and the DC Council should make sure every public school offers adequate mental health services, has a full-time nurse, and offers quality afterschool and summer programs. This can be aided by turning more schools into Community Schools, making them neighborhood hubs for a wide array of services to children and adults.

A Healthier DC The District has been a national leader in providing affordable health care for residents. The rate of uninsured residents in DC is among the lowest in the country. But even with high coverage rates, many residents are in poor health and the city ranks poorly on key health status measures

like obesity. To improve these outcomes, we recommend: •

Increase Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care. The District uses three managed care companies to provide health care to 175,000 residents – almost one-fourth of DC residents – through Medicaid. But there is limited oversight and few performance standards for these companies, who have failed to improve health outcomes or limit emergency room visits or use of unnecessary and costly services. The District could get better health outcomes –without spending more money – through better oversight.

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Improve Immigrant Access to Health Care: The DC Healthcare Alliance insures 14,500 low-income residents who are not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare, many of them immigrants. However, the city set up stringent application rules that make it difficult for eligible residents to get in the Alliance and have contributed to a sharp drop in participation. The mayor and Council can remove these barriers, which will help more eligible residents get benefits and reduce uncompensated health care.

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Former ANC Commissioner and Hill East Resident Francis Campbell. Photo Andrew Lightman.

The Future of DC General District Residents Will Look to New Government to Solve the Problems at DC General by Jonathan Neeley

rancis Campbell can see DC General from his porch on Burke Street SE. The former hospital, now home to the city’s biggest family homeless shelter, looks out at Campbell from the bottom of a hill on Reservation 13, hidden from the Stadium-Armory metro traffic that passes it everyday. Its neighbors are monuments to problems the District wishes it didn’t have: DC’s psychiatric ward, its STD and methadone clinics, a separate women’s shelter, the DC jail, and a building that used to house the morgue. The location itself was no different when DC General was a hospital. But add in the trash, the boarded up windows, and the eerie, empty rooms with dust-covered furniture you’ll see if you peer into a first-floor window, and DC General is more haunted house than government building. “I look at it every day,” says Campbell, “And I think to myself, ‘how pathetic.’” Campbell, who just stepped down after twelve years as an ANC 6B commissioner and who has lived in Southeast nearly all his life,

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was a respiratory therapist at DC General in its first incarnation. He still wonders why the city closed the hospital in 2003, the first year it was going to turn a profit and right after building a $22 million intensive care unit. What he does know is that while the DC General Emergency Shelter was only supposed to be temporary, it’s been open for a decade, and none of its existence has been pretty. Campbell’s neighbors frequently call him to report shelter residents on the street in the middle of the night, and while there have been few arrests, he doesn’t doubt their claims that people sell drugs just outside the building. He was horrified, but not surprised, at the Post’s expose on the building last summer-children assaulting one another; hot water not working for weeks on end; scabies and rashes brought on by dirty showers; raccoons in the hallway. And he was as disturbed as anyone when, in March, a shelter employee named Kahlil Tatum abducted Relisha Rudd, an eight-year-old resident. “DC General should not be our city’s answer to addressing homelessness,” ANC 6B chair Brian Flahaven told the DC Council in July. “The city’s goal should be closing DC General and transitioning homeless families and individuals to better housing options.”

Smoke and Mirrors

What really makes the situation difficult is what we don’t know. In April, twenty policy and advocacy groups published the Helping Families Home Roadmap, guidelines for improving the system that serves homeless families in DC. In early December, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI), a think tank that helped write the roadmap and monitors how DC finances affect low-income residents, put out a report card on how well the Department of Human Services, which oversees a $13 million contract with The Community Partnership (TCP) to run the shelter, had done in meeting those goals. Among the goals were more trans-

photo: Andrew Lightman

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ect’s offer to fund renovations of empty rooms in the shelter to create space for non-profit programming like GED training and parenting classes. Nobody wants to live in a homeless shelter, but most need help if they’re going to get out. It’s a problem when the government agency in charge of DC General is unresponsive to that need. “There are definitely things that have been mismanaged,” says Coventry. “Up until this point there have been some very vulnerable families that haven’t gotten the supportive services they need.”

How Could Policy Change for the Better?

parency and better case management. Both received a D, which was the lowest grade. DHS doesn’t require TCP to publish data on the average length of stay at DC General, the number of families entering and exiting the shelter, or the exact number of beds it has available for families. There’s also no public information about how the TCP spends the money it gets from the city. “I want to understand how we’re spending those dollars that we give to The Community Partnership,” says Elissa Silverman, a new at-large council member who worked on employment issues and was the communications director at DCFPI until she entered last year’s election and, before that, was a reporter with both the City Paper and the Washington Post. “We just don’t know right now. You can’t understand how to do something better if you don’t understand how you’re doing it now.” Beyond keeping the public in the dark on what’s happening at DC General, DHS has been lacking when it comes to improving conditions at the shelter. Though she never said it explicitly, BB Otero, the former deputy mayor for Health and Human Services, was considered by many to believe that a better shelter environment would encourage residents to stay rather than seek permanent housing. And according to DCFPI’s Kate Coventry, an analyst who focuses on homelessness, DHS has skirted her organization’s suggestion that it accept the Homeless Children’s Playtime Proj-

DC General is actually in better shape now than it was this time last year. A playground for children finally went up despite months of delays, and bed checks are now a nightly occurrence. DHS reports that it has helped nearly 600 families exit shelter in 2014, and that it has kept 900 from entering in the first place. Late this fall, the city leased two New York Avenue hotels at the beginning of hypothermia season rather than renting individual rooms on the fly. And in October, Vincent Gray rolled out the most comprehensive plan for closing DC General that the city has ever had. But these stopgaps are not permanent solutions. Most notably, the city’s solicitation for the smaller shelter sites that will replace DC General is open-ended; there is no set date for moving forward with either the offers in hand or city property. When asked how many offers it has received, DGS will only say “more than two.” The city also has a long way to go to shore up its own housing programs. When these work, they are the surest way to keep families from entering shelter or make sure that once they leave, they don’t need to come back. The city’s rapid rehousing program, for example, has been reported as problematic because it places families in apartments they can’t afford once the city stops providing rental assistance. Coventry’s take is that rapid rehousing needs to be more flexible with families who can’t afford to pay rent after the allotted time period, and that the city should track what happens two and three years after participants enter the program. Silverman adds that the city needs a better handle on how to make its programming work

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for the broad spectrum of causes of homelessness. She notes there’s a difference between an equitable solution for a person who has job skills but is fleeing domestic violence and one for a single parent who doesn’t have the necessary reading and math skills to get a job. “We need to address the issues of why [people are in shelter],” says Silverman. “We really need to figure out how to leverage and optimize each of our housing programs. Because it’s confusing. It’s an alphabet soup of acronyms.”

parkDC The Plan Will Make It Easier To Park Downtown by Varying How Much Each Block Costs

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The New Council and Mayor Can Move the Dial Part of why DC General hasn’t closed is that it’s been mired in a continuous loop of finger pointing and can kicking. The new District government may stengthen the effort to move forward. In Silverman, the Council is getting a number-crunching analyst combined with a nitpicking journalist-- in other words, someone who will push the envelope. Also, new Ward 6 member Charles Allen is a proven public housing advocate: during his tenure as Tommy Wells’ chief of staff, Ward 6 didn’t lose a single apartment of public housing. At a structural level, Council Chair Phil Mendelson pulled housing out from under economic development, meaning housing will be a priority rather than an afterthought to deals with developers. Mendelson also put the city’s social services and health agencies under one committee, which should eliminate a layer of red tape between bureaucracies. Finally, Muriel Bowser listed closing DC General as a top priority during her campaign, and she’s under considerable pressure to live up to her words. She has long been a proponent of finding housing solutions rather than building more homeless shelters, and her new deputy mayor for Health and Human Services, Brenda Donald, seems more sympathetic to those currently in shelter than her predecessor. Bowser will likely appoint new department heads at DHS and DGS, which should bring fresh takes on how to solve the problem. With performance oversight hearings for the new Council starting this month and Bowser set to release the city’s FY16 budget in March, legislators need to move quickly. DC General, the rooms on New York Avenue, and the city’s other shelters are band aids for the gaping wound that is the District’s homeless problem. At his final ANC 6B meeting late last year, Campbell’s said he is still angry about the debacle on Reservation 13. “My Christmas wish for the site is ‘just get it done,’” he said afterward. “Everybody’s answer is ‘We need to study this. We need to look at it and decide.’ And dammit, it’s been 14 years. How much more studying do you have to do?” His pessimistic take is one that the ongoing situation has, unfortunately, provoked in a lot of Hill residents. “I firmly believe that if I left here and didn’t come back for three years, this would still be the same. That’s how much faith I have in the city officials.” Campbell wouldn’t mind somebody stepping up and proving him wrong. u

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inding a place to park in DC can be frustrating. And the thing is, parking is an inelastic good: we’re not likely to get any more of it. Starting this month, the city is using parts Penn Quarter and Chinatown to test a new method of managing the parking supply. parkDC will raise the per-hour costs for parking on the most in-demand blocks east of 12th and west of Third Streets NW, and whose south of H and north of E Streets NW. DDOT will also lower prices on blocks in this area where demand is lower. Practically speaking, it’ll cost you more to park on the street next to the Verizon Center than at the National Building Museum. The idea is that charging a market rate for parking will guarantee enough empty spots for those that need them while eliminating an oversupply of empty ones. In turn, the traffic congestion that comes from people driving around to look for a spot should come down. This is the future of parking in the District, DDOT director of research and technology transfer Soumya Dey said at his agency’s press briefing on the program. He pointed to the success of similar programs in San Francisco and Los Angeles. parkDC’s other key feature is an app that DDOT will create that, using a green, yellow, and red coloring system, tells users the chance of whether a space is open on a given block. The information won’t be so granular that there will be a difference between looking at an area before you

leave the house and when you reach a desired block—in other words, the app won’t give real time updates. Knowing this that should keep people from looking at their phones to find a spot, DDOT says. Starting this January, drivers will pay for individual spaces rather than getting a windshield display ticket, the options being to either remember the parking space number and pay at the meter or pay with the Park Mobile app. The pricing changes will start this summer, and changes will happen once per quarter. Prices will be based on average demand rather than change for single events the way it does around Nationals Park. DDOT will assess parkDC’s impact toward the end of 2016, at which time it’s likely they’ll roll out similar programs in other parts of the city. Aside from efforts to open private lots that are mostly used for business during the day to the public for night time and weekend parking, there is no way to create much more parking in DC. “The reason why parking can be hard to find is because it’s seriously undervalued,” says Dan Reed, an urban planner at Nelson\Nygaard, a firm DDOT hired to help study on-street parking in preparation for the project. “Charging for parking what it’s actually worth has a lot of positive external effects. If done right, people spend less time circling for parking, whether because there are more spaces, they’re parking somewhere else, or they’re just not driving at all.” u

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ANC 6A by Denise Romano

Grid 2.0 Warns of Exelon-Pepco Merge Robert Robinson, a member of the Grid 2.0 working group talked about the upcoming merger of Exelon and Pepco. There will be four upcoming public hearings regarding the merger until Jan. 20 and written comments will be accepted until late February/early March. Robinson opined that the merge was a bad deal for DC residents: Exelon customers in Md., Del., and N.J., were getting a break, while DC customers would not benefit from any rate reductions. Robinson also said that Exelon discourages its customers from generating electricity from solar panels. For more information, visit Grid2Point0.org.

Rosedale Resident Honored Rosedale resident John Hill received the “Livable, Walkable” award from Councilmember Tommy Wells.

Screwy Signs in Lincoln Park Being Taken Care Of Chair Nick Alberti noted that new signs in Lincoln Park prohibit dogs being off-leash, littering and other bad behavior, but it also says, “This park will close at dusk.” Knowing that many community members use the park after dark, Alberti reached out to the National Park Service, who told him they had no intention of enforcing that part of the law. Alberti said he wanted to prevent any future problems for the new commission.

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Community Outreach Committee Business After much discussion, commissioners voted 5-01 to approve a recommendation that the COC make the following changes to the ANC 6A Grants Program administration: keep the current grant application cycle, with smaller grants considered monthly and larger grants considered twice a year; commissioners will be asked to reach out to eligible organizations operating within their Single Member Districts (SMDs), a reference to grant availability will be added to the ANC’s regular advertising; a cover sheet to the grant application with additional instructions would be helpful to potential applicants will be developed if approved by the commission; future grant applicants will be asked to provide a brief report, “statement of compliance”, upon conclusion of the project; the ANC will continue to require a representative of the organization requesting a grant to attend both the ANC and the COC meetings, if the applicant fails to appear at two consecutive ANC meetings, they will be expected to reapply; The ANC will require that grant applicants be locally based organizations. COC Chair Elizabeth Nelson said that although she did not personally agree that additional reporting requirements were needed, a majority of COC members said it was necessary for accountability. Commissioners voted 5-1 to approve the recommendation that ANC 6A accept the best proposal, as evaluated by COC, submitted in response to the request for website conversion. The proposal selected was submitted by Max Kukoy. Nelson said she is familiar with his work and incoming commissioners said it was important to expedite the process. In a unanimous vote, commissioners confirmed the appointment of Dana Wyckoff and Raphael Mar-

shall as a member of the COC (nominated by Commissioners Calvin Ward and Sondra Phillips-Gilbert, respectively).

Transportation and Public Space Committee business Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a recommendation that the ANC 6A send a letter of support for the Capitol Hill Classic Race pending receipt of information regarding engagement with churches on the course and race logistics.

Economic Development and Zoning Committee motions In a 6-0 vote, commissioners approved a recommendation that the ANC write a letter to Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) regarding the requested zoning relief for a six-story residential structure1401 Florida Ave. NE: 1) in support of the requested variances from lot occupancy and on-site parking, provided that there be covenants recorded in the District land records for each unit stating that it is not

eligible for Residential Parking Permit (RPP), that the by-laws for the homeowner’s association provide for an enforcement mechanism should any homeowner obtain RPP, and that a separate covenant be recorded in the District land records providing that this by-law provision may not be amended or removed; 2) in support of the requested special exception necessary because of the size of the lot in the H St. overlay; and 3) in opposition to the requested variance from the floor-to-area ratio (FAR) requirements. The developer, lawyer and architect for this project were present at the meeting. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a recommendation that the ANC write a letter of support to BZA regarding the requested relief from the on-site parking requirements for 1251 F St. NE. In a 6-0 vote, commissioners voted to approve a recommendation that the ANC write a letter to the Zoning Commission in connection with its upcoming hearing to consider amendments to the Zoning Code: 1) in support of the proposal to reduce maximum building height in the R-4 district from 40’ to 35’, with 40’ permitted by special exception; 2) in support of the proposal to amend the definition of “mezzanine” to state that a mezzanine shall be counted as a “story”; 3) in support of the proposal to reduce the permitted height of a roof structure from 18’ to 10’; and 4) to no longer permit by right and to require a special exception for the conversion of an R-4 structure to an apartment house (provided there is at least 900 square feet of lot size for each unit in the apartment house). Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a recommendation that the ANC take no action on the request for an extension of the variance from the lot size and lot width requirements previously granted for

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ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 6A OMAR MAHMUD, VICE-CHAIR, 202-594-9848 Serving the Near Northeast, North Lincoln Park, Rosedale, and Stanton Park communities ANC 6A generally meets the second Thursday of the month, at Miner Elementary School, 601 15th Street, NE.

www.anc6a.org Next ANC 6A meeting is 2nd Thursday, January 8, 7 p.m Miner E.S., 601 15th St. NE Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee

3rd Tuesday, January 20, 7 p.m. • Sherwood Recreation Center Corner of 10th & G Streets, NE • Chair, Jay Williams, 906-0657

Transportation & Public Space Committee

Monday, January 12, 7 p.m. • Capitol Hill Towers, 900 G St. NE Photo ID Required Co-Chairs, Omar Mahmud, 546-1520; Todd Sloves, 347-735-8633

Economic Development & Zoning Committee

3rd Wednesday, January 21, 7 p.m. • Sherwood Recreation Center Corner of 10th and G Streets, NE • Chair, Dan Golden, 641-5734

Community Outreach Committee

Monday, January 26, 7 p.m. • Maury Elementary School 1250 Constitution Ave NE • Chair, Elizabeth Nelson, 543-3512

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

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6C

257 Warren St. NE. In regards to the application for the rezoning of Square 1070, commissioners voted 5-0-1 to recommend a motion that Commissioners Calvin Ward, Nick Alberti and Todd Sperry be designated representatives of the ANC for this matter, as well as the ANC Chair and Vice-Chair. In regards to that same application, commissioners unanimously voted to approve a recommendation that the ANC write a letter to DCRA asking that they suspend, until the Zoning Commission rules, the processing of any permit applications for properties affected by the rezoning application, other than those for construction that complies with R-4 matter of right uses. ANC 6A meets on the second Thursday of every month at Miner Elementary School. The 6A committees meet at 7 p.m. at the following dates: Alcohol Beverage and Licensing, third Wednesday Tuesday of every month at the Sherwood Recreation Center. Community Outreach, third Monday of each month, Maury Elementary School. Economic Development and Zoning, third Wednesday of each month, Sherwood Recreation Center. Transportation and Public Space, third Monday of every month, Capitol Hill Towers. Please visit www.ANC6A.org for the latest information regarding meetings. u

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transportation and Public Space Committee First Thursday, 7 pm Contact: (202) 455-6305

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

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

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

ANC 6B by Jonathan Neely

Status of the Southeast Boulevard The District’s Office of Planning has proposed three new options for turning the old Southeast Freeway, which DDOT plans to temporarily re-open

and which connects Barney Circle and 11th Street SE, into the Southeast Boulevard. All three proposals share the goal of opening the road to pedestrians and cyclists as well as making the waterfront area easier to develop. When the Federal Highway Administration gave the land to the District, it stipulated that the city must use some portion of the stretch for transportation. The proposals are the result of a six-month study, and all are still in the concept phase. The next step is for DDOT to conduct a feasibility study that will include a traffic flow analysis as well as a look at how much of the land should also be used for housing. DDOT has yet to set a timeline for the upcoming study.

Bid for the Olympics

Washington 2024, the group that’s pushing for DC to get the Olympics, declined to work with 6B until they know if their bid is approved. In November, ANC 6B sent a letter asking Washington 2024 to attend a community meeting to discuss the specifics of its goals. Shortly thereafter, Washington 2024 told 6B that it’d be happy to do so, but only after the US Olympic Committee decides whether or not DC will be the city it uses in its bid to the International Olympic Committee (Boston and San Francisco are also under consideration.) Washington 2024 did agree to attend Councilmember Vincent Orange’s Small Business and Economic Development Summit on December 12th. “Community engagement should be the centerpiece—not an afterthought—of an Olympic bid,” wrote 6B chair Brian Flahaven on his blog. “Residents shouldn’t have to attend business roundtables and summits to learn basic details. I plan to continue pushing city leaders and Washington 2024 to share more information about the bid.” “We’ll continue to work to get information and hopefully get them out

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Request for Crosswalk at 11th Street SE at K and L Streets 6B sent a letter to DDOT urging the agency to reinstall crosswalks on 11th Street at K and L Streets SE after they were removed to accommodate vehicle traffic entering and exiting both I-695 and the temporarily reopened Southeast Freeway. 6B noted surprise at a move that makes life tougher on pedestrians, especially given that DDOT’s moveDC plan aims to bring down car use and encourage people to walk around the city. “Does DDOT really believe that pedestrians will not attempt to cross 11th Street at points between I and M Streets SE?” the letter asked, noting developments all around the immediate area that will increase pedestrian traffic over the next few years.

Conversion of One-way Streets to Two-way Streets 6B formally requested that DDOT make the 800 blocks of Virginia Avenue and L Streets SE and the 1000 and 1100 blocks of 9th Street SE, all of which are currently one-way streets, into two-way streets. These parts of the road are awkward because they’re holdovers from before DDOT permanently closed a Freeway on-ramp at that location. With the ramp being closed and traffic on course to increase with development projects in the area, the commission says the existing traffic pattern doesn’t make sense.

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Eastern Market Metro Plaza Renovation Barracks Row Main Street is pushing for a redesign of the Eastern Market Metro Plaza. A task force recently put forth a proposal that would build a playground on the edge of the plaza that borders 9th Street SE, improve how the plaza serves transit users, and use $22 million that the DC Council approved for the 2019 budget to expand the Southeast Library. 6B sent a letter to the Department of General Services both in support of the proposed concepts and to encourage the environmental assessment needed to keep the project on course. “ANC 6B understands there is a great deal of work ahead to turn the plans into reality,” read the letter. “Thus, we ask DGS to move ahead with the environmental assessment as soon as possible.”

New site sought for Bachelors Enlisted Quarters The Marine Corps are looking for a site for a new Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ). The new facility will replace the Building 20, which is on 8th Street SE between I Street and the Southeast Freeway and does not meet the Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection standards set after the September 11th attacks. A Section 106 study, which assesses how development will affect historic buildings, is underway. 6B sent the Marine Barracks Washington a letter saying that it appreciates the study including much of the Capitol Hill Historic District south of Pennsylvania Ave SE and the entire Navy Yard Historic District in its Area of Potential Effect. The letter also encouraged the Marines to work with the Capitol Hill Restoration Society and to upgrade the fences at the Marine Barracks. Finally, the letter praised the Marines for considering the Barracks Annex as a potential site, as 6B has been encouraging that since 2013.

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ABRA has an Extended Hours program that lets bars stay open until 4am on New Year’s Day. At its recent meeting, 6B voted to give blanket approval for any of its license holders to apply. This came up because last year, Banana Café went to apply and only then realized its Settlement Agreement didn’t expressly allow it to apply. The CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel project has revamped its website (www.virginiaavenuetunnel.com) to include names of construction officials, notes on site preparation, and an archive of

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all the Natonal Environmental Policy Act studies on the project. At its recent meeting, 6B voted to support the Office of Planning’s proposal to lower the maximum allowed height for an R-4 rowhouse from 40 feet to 35 while still allowing homeowners to apply for a special exception to build up to 40 feet. Also at its recent meeting, 6B sent a letter encouraging DC Council chair Phil Mendelson to keep the Committee on Education. At the time, it was uncertain whether he would keep it in the wake of its chair, David Catania, leaving the Council. Mendelson kept the committee alive, appointing David Grosso as its chair. u

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by Charnice A. Milton Pepco-Exelon Debate According to Joe McCann, the Transportation and Public Space Committee discussed Exelon’s proposed acquisition of Pepco assets. Before the transaction, the DC Public Service Commission (DCPSC) must determine whether the acquisition is in the public’s interest. During the Committee meeting, residents, such as Grid 2.0 Working Group member Robert Robinson, shared their concerns, including a commitment to decreasing rates, increasing reliability, and implementing the Mayor’s Sustainability Plan. Exelon also offered a financial benefits plan that some residents believe is not sufficient. Pepco was invited to the Committee meeting; however, their representative did not show. There will be a series of public hearings scheduled for December 17 and January 6, 12, and 20 (times and locations are available on dcpsc.org). Commission Chair Karen Wirt (6C02) motioned for the Commission to address the issue during the January meeting when representatives from the DC Office of People’s Council, an independent agency that acts as an advocate for utility consumers, can answer questions. However, Commissioner Mark Eckenwiler (6C04) stated that the issue is beyond the Commission. Commissioner Writ disagreed, stating that the issue will affect future utility rates. The Commission failed to approve the motion, with a 2-2 vote and one abstention.

Zoning Regulation Amendments On January 15, the Zoning Commission (ZC) will hold a hearing to discuss the Office of Planning’s (OP) proposed zoning regulation amendments. Commissioner Eckenwiler, chair of the Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee, stated the changes will impact R-4 zones, or row house residential areas. If approved, the amendments will: • Reduce the maximum matter-of-right height limit from 40 to 35 feet; the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) would authorize special exceptions if the applicant meets a set of criteria, include a test of the project’s adverse effect on the surrounding neighborhood; • Change the definition of mezzanine to consider a structure as a story; • Permit converting applicants to convert pre1958 non-residential buildings into apartments as a special exception, provided that the property has 900 square-feet per unit and meeting other inclusionary zoning (IZ) requirements; • Limit rooftop structure height to 10 feet on single-family dwellings and 18 feet, six inches on other buildings. While the Committee voted to support the first and fourth amendments, they protested the second as the provision does not allow applicants to build anything above the 35-foot restriction. They also recommended to continue conversions for residential and non-residential buildings as a special exception without imposing IZ requirements. Finally, the Committee recommended a setback requirement for buildings with properties whose rooftop structure height limit exceeds 10 feet. The Commission voted unanimously to support the Committee’s recommendations and to send Commissioner Eckenwiler as a representative to the hearing.

Capitol Crossing In early December, news sources, including NBC 4 and the Washington Post, reported that Property Group Partners, the developer for Capitol Crossing, proposed closing a section of I-395 for 18 months. Christine Shiker of Holland and Knight Law Firm stated that Property Group Partners and DDOT submitted an application to the US Department of Transportation (DOT), asking about the process of shutting down the I-395 tunnel because the scope of work changed. Originally, the developer was going to reconstruct about 1,100 feet of the tunnel; however,

studies showed that the North Tunnel, which is also 1,100 feet, needs new ventilation and updates for fire safety. As a result, Property Group Partners is looking at alternatives in order to complete the project. “As a result of all of this, the impacts on traffic moving through there are going to be so severe,” Bob Braunohler, Regional Vice President of Property Group Partners stated. “In our view...it would make more sense to just close it, get it done, and reopen it.” He also said that they received what he called a “bureaucratic answer” on December 5, stating that it could take one to four years to receive approval. This meant it was unlikely that the developer will go forward with the plan.

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Commissioner Wirt thanked Commissioner Mark Kazmierczak (6C05) for his service to the community, as it was his last meeting as Commissioner. The Commission voted to support applications for a class D and stipulated licenses for Shop House (Union Station) and class B license renewal for Giant (360 H Street). The Commission voted to protest Po Boy Jim’s (709 H Street) application for an entertainment endorsement, with plans to write a new settlement agreement, after the restaurant announced plans to add a DJ, dance floor, and karaoke. 6th and H Street Bar and Grill (523 H Street) cooperated with the Commission on a new settlement agreement, promising to close its outdoor seating area by 10:00 pm every night. The Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) will review the agreement during its

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Celebrate C.H.R.S.’s founding on Wednesday, January 28 at 6:45 p.m. Baxter Hall at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Third & A Streets, SE

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December 10 meeting. Naomi Mitchell, Community Liaison for Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells, recognized McCann for his work with the Commission’s Transportation and Public Space Committee. The Commission voted to support Cupid’s Undie Run (February 15) and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon (March 14). The Commission voted to support a proposal for a temporary dog park run located between L and M Streets. The DC Auditor approved the new grant application and instructions, which is available on the ANC 6C website.

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ANC 6D by Roberta Weiner

Planning Office Presents Small Area Plan Draft to Commission After months of waiting, the DC Office of Planning (OP) presented its draft of the Small Area Plan (SAP) for Southwest to the ANC. The SAP is a proposed plan for the shape of the Southwest neighborhood over the next five to ten years. It reflects both local and District-wide goals and is, according to OP, “a community-based framework to enhance parks, pedestrian and street connections, bolster retail, integrate community amenities, enhance transportation choices and accommodate and guide the direction of future growth…” The SAP is bordered by on the north by the Southwest Freeway, on the east by

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South Capitol Street, on the west by 9th Street and Maine Avenue SW, and on the south by P Street SW. The SAP was developed as a reflection of the community, through an Advisory Committee, made up of local residents and community activists, and a series of public meetings over more than a year to solicit views from groups that included PTAs, civic associations, public housing residents, historic preservation activists and others. The culmination of the process was the issuance of a 150-page report on November 21, Southwest Neighborhood Plan Draft, which is available online at http://planning.dc,gov/ publication/southwest-small-areaplan-main-page. Comment from the public is encouraged through January 30th, and a public meeting will be held on January 28th at 1100 4th Street SW, at 6:30 PM, in the 2nd floor conference room. According to Melissa Bird, OP’s Ward 6 Neighborhood Planning Coordinator, the plan is organized around seven concepts under the rubric of “to create a thriving, active environment that preserves and enhances the Southwest Neighborhood’s culture and character.” Southwest will: • remain an exemplary model of equity and inclusion, including both affordable and market rate housing, to better serve community needs; updating transit infrastructure; the promotion of healthy living and food access. • promote the preservation of its unique architectural legacy, by making certain, among other things, that future development is compatible with the existing design fabric of the community • remain a green oasis in the city by ensuring the development of Lansburgh Park, improving the greenways, improved pedestrian and bicycle roadways and insure the sustainability of the community.

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flourish as a premier arts and cultural environment by building on its existing and planned arts venues. • enjoy 4th Street SW as a thriving town center, including the establishment of neighborhood serving retail, restaurants and other urban amenities • feature vibrant connections, including enhanced pedestrian connections and safety, supporting the transformation of South Capitol Street into a high density urban boulevard, and establishing M Street as a multimodal neighborhood boulevard. Members of the ANC were generally supportive of the presentation but Commissioner Litsky expressed concerns about the views of various constituencies, such as seniors, not bring included in the plan and he hoped that the plan would be expanded to include those views. There was a consensus that the Commissioners needed more time to review the extensive plan prior to submitting comments by the January 30th deadline.

Southwest BID Closer to Realization One year ago, the ANC heard was presented with a detailed plan for a Southwest BID (Business Improvement District) developed primarily by a group of local business and development organizations under the leadership of Steve Moore of Hoffman Madison Marquette of the Wharf project. The BID will include local businesses and only large residential buildings of ten or more units (but no condominiums, cooperatives or fee simple units). The BID was scheduled to come before a City Council committee hearing on December 10th, and the ANC was asked to provide a letter of support, which it unanimously agreed to do. .” Commissioner Litsky was scheduled to testify at the hearing. Citing a lack of adequate transportation options in Southwest, the letter said it looks forward to working with the SWBID to “create a transportation plan that help-s people get to and around our neighborhood in safe and sustainable ways As importantly, the letter speaks to Southwest’s need for more neighborhood-serving businesses, saying that “several of the store-

fronts along 4th Street SW have been vacant since construction in 2010, much to the frustration of those who would like to visit a hardware store, get a haircut, cash a check or perform other routine tasks without having to travel far from home.

South Capitol Street Project Zoning Overlay Changes The mixed use project planned for 1240 South Capitol Street, just north of the ballpark,-residential and retail, including a sidewalk café, rooftop pool and other amenities, requested support from the ANC for two modifications to the Capitol zoning overlay plan. One would move the building’s rooftop mechanical penthouse further back on the roof, making it less visible from the street. The other variance will eliminate three curb cuts and authorize two others for deliveries. The Commission, without discussion, unanimously supported the changes.

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Approved settlement agreements for two more—the final spaces available—at The Yards. Due South, featuring southern cooking, and the Navy Yard Oyster Company, a seafood restaurant, are both scheduled for spring arrival. • Agreed unanimously to take no action on a scheduled request for an extension of a PUD for St. Matthews Lutheran Church because there was no one representing the church at the meeting, They agreed to request a postponement of a scheduled Zoning Commission hearing until such time as there was representation at an ANC meeting so an informed vote could be taken. • Heard a brief report from Felicia Coutts of the Community Benefits Coordinating Council, outlining the CBCC’s success in having the agreement they have worked out with the owners of DC United included in the City Council passed bill authorizing the construction of the stadium. The next meeting of ANC 6D will be held on Monday, January 12, 7 PM, at 1100 4th Street SW, 2nd floor conference room. u

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“Catching some Z’s”

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

by Myles Mellor and Sally York Across:

1. Staring 6. Chemical compound 11. Nibble 16. Pickled in salt water 17. Ambitious 18. Pagers 20. See 6-Across 21. Show 22. Stores 23. Napkin’s place 24. Fascist 26. Conduits 28. Hubs 29. Bean products? 32. Unfriendly looks 35. Polar helper 36. Beseech 37. Prize 39. Japanese money 41. Bewildered 43. Liturgical vestment 45. Kennedy Library architect 46. Greek letters 47. Rocket launcher 49. Hideaways 51. Delectable mushroom 54. Didn’t exist 55. Glassworker 57. Infamous Hun 59. Wander 60. Makes more precipitous 62. Welcomer 63. ___-hole 66. George’s brother 67. Intense anger 69. City east of Paris 70. Harvestings of grass 72. Salty treats 77. Featured letter in this puzzle 78. Still 79. Conical homes 80. McCarthy 83. Cabernet, e.g. 84. Lose at an auction 86. August 88. Occam’s ___ 89. Action ﬁlm staple 90. Ornamental cup

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91. Organic compounds 93. ___ sister 95. Spirited 98. Modiﬁed leaf 99. Managed 101. Violinmaker Nicolò 103. Flycatcher 105. Fall through the cracks? 106. Goods 108. Confab 110. Place for a plug 111. Carpenter, at times 113. Capital of Mali 116. Earth pigments 119. African wildcats 120. More sere 121. Bungled golf shot 122. Slick 123. Posh 124. Golden-ager

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1. Loser of 1588 2. Hobbled 3. “Gimme ___!” (start of an Iowa State cheer) 4. Spiritual path 5. Land west of Nod 6. More chichi 7. Teen’s woe 8. “___ fallen ...” 9. Depression 10. Provide (with) 11. Masterpieces 12. Certain theater, for short 13. Hunks 14. Round numbers 15. Hill and Jong 16. Exotic vacation spot 17. Flabbergast 18. Home remedy 19. Not tacit 25. Smart one 27. Trail ___ 30. Bowl over 31. Cowell 33. Pile of loose stones 34. Allergic reaction

Look for this months answers at labyrinthgameshop.com 36. Afﬁx conspicuously 38. Laugh-a-minute folks 40. 60’s protest 42. Perfume 44. Gung-ho 47. Leave desolate 48. Decked out 50. Alter, in a way 51. “___ Kane” 52. Constituent 53. Monotheistic sect member 54. Male sheep 56. Bounder 58. Driving need 61. Tropical plants 62. Salon supply

64. Wine type, for short 65. Following as a consequence 68. VCR button 71. Very unusual 73. “Concentration” puzzle 74. Fleas, e.g. 75. Ennui 76. Collar 79. Less verbose 81. Open, as a jacket 82. Fliers in V’s 85. Some bills 87. Secret society 88. Get 91. Tropical shrub 92. Risk

94. Sycophant 96. Pluck 97. On an annual basis 98. Head honcho 100. Prevent 102. Marvel Comics superhero 104. European tongue 106. Shoe strengthener 107. It’s a wrap 109. Volcanic rock 112. Day break? 114. Cambridge sch. 115. Woodworker’s tool 117. ___ juice 118. Wetland

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Meeting King at the Bridge of Hope

by E. Ethelbert Miller

ext to my desk in my home office I keep a postcard of Martin Luther King , Jr. My friend Barbara Berman mailed it to me from London back in 1998. Barbara and I once operated Anemone Press and published writers like Thulani Davis and Lee Howard. I guess Barbara laughed when she saw the postcard in the store and immediately thought of me. The King photograph on the card was taken by the famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1961. Of all the pictures I’ve seen of King, this is the one I keep going back to. Cartier-Bresson captured the Civil Rights leader sitting at his desk, surrounded by stacks of paper, holding his left hand against his forehead. It’s the look of a man who might have the blues and maybe God left him with a stack of bills. Whenever I look at this picture, it serves as a reminder that being a leader is a difficult task. I wonder how often King wanted to give up? In the top right hand corner of the photograph, one sees King’s hat resting on a pile of documents. How many hours will he have to work before he can wear it home? In the picture we quickly notice King’s watch and wedding band. How much time has this man spent away from his wife and children? The year is 1961. The year before, King became co-pastor with his father at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. It takes a tremendous amount of work to run and church and lead a movement. King was a leader willing to do the heavy-lifting. He would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1974. What survives today is our memory of King, a man associat-

ed with non-violence and a willingness to speak out against injustice. What we must avoid doing is reducing him to a postcard, an outstanding speech, or martyr status. We should view King’s life as a moral compass. His work encourages us to celebrate our diversity within the World House. It’s King’s moral compass which directs us beyond the daily chaos in society and towards the Beloved Community. If we look around and fail to see the Beloved Community then we must work to bring it into existence. This is why there is always work to be done. Each day when we rise we should take the responsibility of fixing something that is broken. There are so many things in need of repair. Begin with one’s heart, home, block, city, or national government. Take time to move from protest to prevention. Why do things fall apart in our lives? Are we too busy to improve the quality of our surroundings? In 2014, many major political and cultural voices departed. Just before the year began, Nelson Mandela died in December 2013. Here was a man who gave years of his life to what he believed in. If he made political compromises after his release from prison, it was because of his understanding of the importance of forgiveness and the need to uplift ourselves from hatred. Each day it seems our hearts tend to sag from the weight of sadness, born of violence and destruction. My head li e King’s seems to fall into my hands too often. Yet I am reminded and uplifted by love and the beginning of a new year. Now is when I tell myself, I must now wade into the river of hope, my back a bridge for others to follow. u

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Celebrating 60 Years of Preservation A look at Capitol Hill Restoration Society’s Early History of Working to Preserve Capitol Hill

by John Muller

magine if East Capitol Street was flanked by monuments and federal buildings instead of small-scale residential and commercial buildings. Image if a highway bisected Capitol Hill. Imagine if historic Hill landmarks such as the SewallBelmont House had been razed to make room for administrative buildings. All of these proposals and more, which would have permanently altered the streetscape and character of the Hill’s neighborhoods, would have been a reality had it not been for the advocacy work of an organized group of citizen-activists. A history of the neighborhood-based preservationist movement in Washington is filled with spirited successes, destructive losses, leading personalities and numerous associations, societies, and leagues. Over the last sixty years one of the most visible and consequential organizations has been the Capitol Hill Restoration Society (CHRS). Founded in early 1955, CHRS is recognizing its diamond jubilee throughout 2015 with a series of articles telling its story of promoting, preserving, and enhancing the character of Capitol Hill’s historic neighborhoods.

Founding and Early Efforts In March of 1955, the Stanton Park Citizens’ Association celebrated its 35th Anniversary and welcomed a presentation by a group of their neighbors who, six weeks before, had formed the Capitol Hill Restoration Society to “emulate the work done by property owners in Georgetown.” From its start, CHRS sought to form alliances and relationships with existing civic groups who shared an interest in the rehabilitation of residential and commercial properties and had an institutional knowledge of the mechanics of local government, which, in DC, means a familiarity with Congress.

Saving the Sewall-Belmont House During the spring of 1955 a bill before the Senate Public Works Committee called for the razing of the Ava Belmont House at 144 B Street NE in order to construct a new Senate office building. In response, Richard H. Stringfellow, president of the nascent Capitol Hill Restoration Society, sent a letter to the committee requesting that CHRS be given an opportunity to testify during the hearings. Stringfellow asked that the Belmont House, erected in 1800 and rebuilt after being burned by the British in 1814, be excluded to “preserve a tangible place of history for the benefit of the country.” The Belmont House was spared and the reputation of CHRS as an emerging player on the Hill was established.

TOP: Homes on 6th Street NE in the first block north of East Capitol Street in the early 1970s. Washington Star Collection, DC Public Library. Homes on 6th Street NE as they look today. Photo by Lisa Dale Jones.

Preserving East Capitol Street

When a proposed “East Mall Plan” was forwarded by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) in the late 1950s, CHRS was one of the leading opponents. The proposed legislation called for the creation of a second mall which would flank East Capitol Street from the Capitol to the edge of the Anacostia River. In March 1959 a special meeting convened by CHRS drew an “overflow crowd” that “grumbled so loudly they often Proposed Development of East Capitol Street was thwarted in the early 1960s by neighborhood activists including members of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society.

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had to be quieted with the president’s gavel.” Despite reassurances from George E. Finley, director of the NCPC, that affected property owners would get market value for their homes on land planned for the construction of new Federal buildings, residents objected. Leveraging their early restoration efforts, residents argued “the planning commission encourages them to improve their homes even though they soon plan to level the sites.” Adding his voice and authority to the opposition was J. George Stewart, the eighth Architect of the Capitol. After the legislation bounced back and forth within the House Public Buildings subcommittee for nearly two years, the East Mall Plan, a proposed initiative of planners for more than three decades, was finally dropped. Due to the advocacy of members of CHRS and other groups, staff members of the NCPC proposed that East Capitol Street in-

stead be “made into a tree-lined avenue flanked with quality residential buildings.” But it already was. Ideas for a drastic transformation of East Capitol Street were abandoned.

House and Garden Tours According to a recent article published in the Journal of Urban History, “discussions of neighborhood restoration and preservation” in Washington “were almost entirely focused on Georgetown between the 1920s and 1940s.” However, by the early 1950s the neighborhood restoration movement began its eastward march through the city to the Southeast and Northeast areas of Capitol Hill. Taking a cue from regular house and garden tours that began in Georgetown in the late 1920s, an emerging trend occurring on the periphery of DC to highlight “historical worthies who had built or inhabited” homes in the suburban and rural counties, and a small-scale effort intended to raise funds for local settlement houses including the former Friendship House, CHRS organized its first house and garden tour in May 1958. The tradition continues today. “Neither rain nor sleet nor heat of day can deter the true do-it-yourself spirit,” the Washington Post proclaimed in a caption showcasing the recently re-painted and re-masoned Victorian home at 11 Fourth Street NE. The home of attorney John A. Robertie, Jr. was one of 16 houses and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 301 A Street SE to be featured on CHRS’ inaugural house tour. As is the practice today, tickets were sold in advance and the day of at the featured homes. The tours aided in raising the public profile of CHRS and encouraging the preservation and restoration of the Hill’s residential housing stock. On display were not just the architectural diversity of Hill homes, but the landscape settings and furnishings including collectibles such as antiques, books, and maps. By 1960, organizers sold more than 700 tickets, “evidence of a burgeoning restoration constituency … highlight[ing] the fact that urban residential neighborhoods, not just the hamlets of the rural hinterland, were of growing historical interest and cultural prestige to nonspecialists.” The success of the tours was two-fold: revenue was generated to further the mission and activities of CHRS and potential restorers and re-

modelers were able to see examples to emulate or gain ideas from. Participants included both native Hill denizens and national figures living in the neighborhood. Some of those who opened their homes in the early years included members of the House of Representatives, the national press corps, retired military personnel, renowned artists, and local business leaders. “The rigid conformity that critics of modern America attribute to suburban living does not exist on the Hill,” wrote resident Constance McLaughlin Green, a preeminent Washington historian, in an introduction to the CHRS 1964 tour brochure.

A New Town Look By the early 1960s the restoration efforts of residents in Capitol Hill, Foggy Bottom, Georgetown and Kalorama were being hailed as epitomizing a “new look,” which gave intown Washington “an orderly new residential character.” According to a September 1961 profile in the Evening Star, “Not many years ago, more and more people were despairing of cities. Unthinkingly, they were saying that slums were inevitable, that nothing could be done about deterioration.” Due to the organizing efforts of the CHRS and similar neighborhood-based groups, “Private individuals had the courage to risk their own funds ... [and] … Congress had the good sense to recognize that the quality of cities was a national problem.” During this time Washington was increasingly being acknowledged throughout the country as “further advanced along the comeback road than any other city.” In less than a decade, CHRS was able to secure its legitimacy as a leading organization within a sophisticated field of individuals and groups advocating for inner-city preservation and restoration across multiple neighborhoods. In the years to come CHRS would continue to build relationships and its significance through a series of news programs and campaigns while continuing its popular house and garden tours. For more information on upcoming events and activities of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, and to read an accompanying article by Hill activist and author Lucinda Prout Janke on the historical tradition of community activism on the Hill, visit http://chrs.org/. u

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All Aboard for the Capitol Hill Village Gala: A Winter Party to Warm Up the January Season

anuary brings the dead of winter to Washington, but one Hill event defies the chill every year: Capitol Hill Village’s annual Gala extravaganza, intended to warm the community’s heart for at least one night. This year’s Gala will take place from 6:30 to 10:30 pm on Saturday, January 24, 2015, at a new venue: the Washington Navy Yard’s Catering and Conference Center. This year’s edition, the seventh, is entitled “Let Your Dreams Set Sail” and displays a nautical theme in its new surroundings overlooking the Anacostia River. This year, for the first time, the party will offer a hot buffet as well as the wine and beer beverage service in the spacious Conference center. Dancing will be to the music of the versatile Night Rhythm Band, offering funky to feel-good music,

by Mike Canning as well as ballads, oldies, and instrumentals. Individual reservations are available at $125 per person, $70 of which is tax-deductible. Salon Dinners are a major part of the Gala’s elaborate silent auction, offering the opportunity to converse over a meal with fascinating and knowledgeable speakers in the intimacy of Capitol Hill homes. One of the many highlights for the 2015 Salon lineup is the writing team of Jonathan Yardley and Marie Arana, he the just-retired Washington

A vacation house in Provence will be at auction at the Gala.

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Mark Sherman, former White House speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum, Navy Blue Angels pilot Tom Winkler, and Dr. Joel Breman, renowned infectious disease expert and an early witness to the Ebola scourge. A treat for food and wine lovers is the “Wine and Food Experience” with Jon and Lori Genderson of Schneider’s of Capitol Hill. This year’s Gala will also include a live auction, with the gavel commanded by Shakespeare Theatre regular and Capitol Hill’s own David Salon Dinners with interesting and famous speakers such as civil rights leader Sabin. Items in the live aucJulian Bond, are a feature of the Silent tion include a several day stay Auction. at a downtown apartment in Manhattan, a vacation at a Post’s Pulitzer PrizeVilla in the heart of Provence, and a gift certifiwinning book critic, cate to Rose’s Luxury on Barrack’s Row (Bon Apshe the former editor of petit magazine’s pick for best new restaurant in the Post’s Book World. America). At Rose’s, winning bidders will claim a Other singular Salon $300 food certificate for six diners and three bottles Dinner guests already of wine hand-picked by Schneider’s Liquors. Best booked include civof all, a CHV volunteer will stand in line for you! il rights leader Julian Besides the salon dinners, attendees will bid Bond, former DC Mayon stays at fabulous vacation homes in the US and or Tony Williams, and abroad, ranging from one week at a Vermont lodge DC Delegate Eleanor during foliage time, an off-season beach house at Holmes Norton, who Dewey Beach, a splendid waterfront home on a will appear with Lynn tributary of the Severn River near Annapolis, a Povich, author and the week in an apartment on a tranquil inlet on the first female senior ediMaine coast, and a comfortable “casita” on Baja tor of Newsweek. California, among several others. The impressive Other silent auction items include gift certifSalon line-up continicates at local restaurants, and a variety of unique ues with long-time lolessons, outings, and tours. The latter include a cal theater standout “sex-scandal” tour of Capitol Hill, a VIP visit to Ted Van Griethuysen, the US Capitol, and a tour of the Folger ShakeWAMU reporter/anspeare Library vaults. chor Rebecca Sheir, As part of the program at this year’s event, Associated Press Suthe Gala will honor Medstar Washington Hospipreme Court reporter tal Center, and its President John Sullivan, and

CHV’s founding executive director Gail Kohn and it’s founding Board President Geoff Lewis. The Gala is the Village’s principal annual fundraising event, supporting around a fifth of the organization’s operating budget, based on revenue from sponsors, reservations, and auction income. Proceeds from the Gala support CHV’s social services team as well as memberships and emergency funds for lower income members. Sponsorships are offered ranging from $7,500 to $500. Top sponsors already committed to the Gala include Home Care Assistance, Kaiser Permanente, National Capital Bank, and Medstar Washington Hospital Center. Established in 2007, Capitol Hill Village (CHV) is a non-profit membership organization based on “neighbors helping neighbors.” It is an inclusive community that offers unique social, educational, and cultural opportunities. Village members belong to an extensive network of volunteer and preferred vendor services that support a full life on the Hill. CHV is the second oldest of more than 100 “villages” in the US and has grown to more than 400 individual members assisted by more than 300 volunteers and a small professional staff. To learn more about the Gala and to make reservations, please visit the CHV website at www.capitolhillvillage.org or contact the CHV office at 202-543-1778 or email at info@capitolhillvillage.org. u

Joshua Wayne

This Family Coach Can Ease Tensions Between Children and Parents

by Stephanie Deutsch ne thing Joshua Wayne typically does when parents come to him for family coaching is to suggest that they watch videos of Cesar Milan, the “dog whisperer.” He tells them that raising teenagers is not unlike training your puppy. You are the pack leader and you need to show it. It’s important to stay calm. “Yes means yes. No means no.” Wayne’s own son Hunter, at just under a year, is bit too young to show evidence of his father’s expertise with adolescents. His dog, on the other hand, a pit bull mix named Georgia, is unusually affectionate and well-behaved, an excellent advertisement for Wayne’s unconventional approach. Growing up in a comfortable suburb of Chicago, Josh had “everything I needed and most of what I wanted.” He went to a “fantastic” public high school, swam and played water polo, loved riding his bike by Lake Michigan, and playing the guitar. But a strong influence on his young life was the discord in his parents’ relationship, the sense he had that the dynamic in his home was not what it should be. His parents’ routine arguing eroded his self-confidence and his sense of trust. But it also set him on his career path. At Evergreen State College in Washington State (which he chose because he wanted to go far away and to be near the mountains), he majored in psychology and counselling. He studied Eastern religions with particular attention to the way they deal with difficult emotions and negative thinking. His parents divorced and, while the split was difficult for him, he also began to develop stronger relationships with both his mother and his father. Gradually, he realized that by making changes in his own attitude, rath-

er than expecting changes from his father in particular, he could open up space for a difficult relationship to be transformed. After college Josh spent three years he describes as “wandering,” alternating periods of living with his mother and waiting tables with exotic journeys, backpacking through Southeast Asia and Australia. When he returned and settled in Chicago he felt a strong pull to work with inner city kids, in particular young men. After work as an outreach counsellor for a Chicago non-profit, getting a Master’s degree in counselling at Northeastern Illinois State University, and becoming a certified addictions counsellor, Josh developed the insights that inform his work today. “I realized pretty quickly that I didn’t want to be a couch therapist,” he says. “Most teens aren’t struggling with mental health problems. They are dealing with the very real life issues of growing up.” A better way to work with boys than just talking, he found, is to do something active. So he began carrying a football, two baseball mitts and a Frisbee always in the trunk of his car. Tossing the ball around was a comfortable way to be together, to begin to build the kind of trusting relationship that can change a young person’s life. What teenagers need, he says, is for someone to be “real” with them and to hear them out. The emerging field of family coaching and mentoring offered Josh the model that felt right. “I am not a substitute for a therapist,” he says. But if parents are struggling with household tension, ongoing conflict with a child over expectations, and their kids’ negative attitudes, and if they are willing to make some modifications in their own behavior, then with guidance and help the situation can change quickly and dramatically for the better.

Joshua Wayne with wife Bettina, son Hunter and dog Georgia.

Eliminating W.M.D.’s (Whining, Manipulation & Disrespect) in Your Home Capitol Hill parents will have the opportunity to hear Joshua Wayne talk about parenting on Thursday, January 22 when he will offer a workshop at the Hill Center at 8--8:45 a.m. Free and open to the public. While living in New York City Josh met and married Bettina Gordon (now Gordon-Wayne), a journalist from Austria, and together they moved to Washington, D.C. in 2010. Josh had had several jobs in public school systems and, with Michelle Rhee at the helm of Washington’s, this was an exciting place to be, on the “cutting edge” of education policy. He now balances an ongoing project for DCPS with his private practice and speaks often to parents’ groups at local schools, synagogues and churches. He and Bettina appreciate the quiet, residential feel of Capitol Hill and the proximity to conveniences like Eastern Market and beautiful outdoor spaces at the Arboretum and Congressional Cemetery. Josh realizes his methods will surely be tested in new ways as he puts them into use in his own young family. One thing he does not expect to change, though, is his appreciation for the importance of mentors in the lives of young people. He cites apprenticeship as the “oldest form of guidance there is for the transition to adulthood. It’s a kind of relationship that has been lost in today’s society and it is one that people need.” u

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Our River: The Anacostia Winter Walks In The Watershed Article and photos by Bill Matuszeski

Pedestrian Overlook â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11th Street Local Bridge.

The Bridge Over the CSX Tracks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Anacostia Riverwalk.

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JANUARY SPECIALS! Where The Freshness Sizzles & The Service Is Express!

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ALL DAY LONG! tractive; it is on the east side of the Anacostia between the Skating Pavilion north of the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge and Benning Road. The trail makes a dramatic sweeping curve up a bridge over the CSX rail yard (great for kids to see all the train cars), passes under the East Capitol Street bridge, through nice wooded areas and out into fields along the River. It stops at Benning Road, where you can see the old power plant being dismantled. You can also see construction for the next stage of the Trail, which will be done in spring of 2016 and will close the final gap from there to the Bladensburg Park and Marina, tying together nearly 70 miles of trails along the River and its major tributaries in Maryland. You can return on the west side of the River to Pennsylvania Avenue if you wish, but a lot of that trail is through the RFK Stadium parking lots and not as interesting. Better to park at the skating pavilion and do a round trip.

ith the holidays behind us, it’s recovery time. What better than to rejuvenate with a winter walk? And what better place than right here in our Anacostia watershed, which abounds with trails and special areas to roam. While you probably have your own favorite hikes, here are six places that work especially well for walking in the winter. Some are near, some far; some are surrounded by the city, and others are quite remote. Try them all, and add your own to the list!

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2. The New Local 11th Street Bridge If you haven’t walked this one yet, you are missing out! When the freeway bridges were rebuilt, they added a local traffic bridge alongside that connects Anacostia and Capitol Hill. Specifically, it runs from 11th and O SE, near the Navy Yard gate, to Martin Luther King Avenue. It has wide sidewalks and slow traffic, but best of all there are two pedestrian overlooks that stretch out over the River on the south side. Walk along and imagine what it will be like in a few years when the 11th Street Bridge Project extends the walkways downstream for hundreds of feet and fills the space with parks, cafes, community and youth gardens and even performance spaces. But meanwhile enjoy the solitude and capture some of the first stirrings of revival at both ends of the bridge. Latest is the news

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The Sandy Spring

Asia Garden, National Arboretum

Northwest Branch of the Anacostia

that “Busboys and Poets” will be opening a branch on MLK Avenue.

3. The Trail Along Watts Branch in Anacostia This one is a real urban adventure. Watts Branch is the first of the DC tributaries of the Anacostia to be restored by the City, and they did a beautiful job of it. Park off East Capitol Street at 61st and Banks, NE, and enter Marvin Gaye Park, where the stream comes in from Prince Georges County. There are walkways running along the stream and connecting a series of parks and playgrounds for twenty blocks, all the way to Minnesota Avenue and the Freeway. You can continue under the train tracks and the Freeway and pick up the stream again in Kenilworth Park, but

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that is not the most interesting part. The twentyblock segment above Minnesota Avenue weaves through a series of traditional neighborhoods of bungalows and “shotgun houses”, a southern term for a house so long and narrow you can fire a shot clear through it front to back. Elvis was raised in one in Tupelo. You will also pass the spectacular new Woodson High School and its playing fields. If you start to get lost, just look for the stream and stay near it. You won’t forget this walk, guaranteed!

4. Mount Hamilton, the Asia Gardens and Fern Valley in the National Arboretum There is so much to see and do walking in the National Arboretum that it is difficult to choose.

But there are some things that are actually better in the winter. Mount Hamilton clearly falls into this category; it is the second highest point in DC after the roof of the Russian Embassy (which is basically not available these days). The views of the City are spectacular, but at their best when the leaves have fallen. The Capitol and the monuments are clearly visible. A nice uphill walk (turn right at the R St gate and park in the first lot on the left about a quarter mile up the road). Another special place is the Asian Gardens, where there are things in bloom all winter and lots of paths to roam. Look for wintersweet, a fragrant tree filled with yellow blossoms this month, as well as camellias nearby (park near the top, where there are parallel spots). Finally, children love Fern Valley, and the paths and bridges are especially attractive in the winter, when they can seem to be everywhere. Remember, the Arboretum is currently closed Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

5. Northwest Branch Between the Adelphi Mill and the Beltway If you are looking for a classic stream valley surrounded by woods and hills, this is for you. The valley here is broader and steeper than just about any part of the watershed, and the woods are thick and mature. The stream is moving quickly and so you have the sound of the water and little else. The best starting point is the Adelphi Mill, an old stone structure that has been restored and serves as a community center; if it is open it is worth a visit. The trail from there north to the Beltway is two miles, with only one road crossing it (New Hampshire Avenue), so it is easy to feel deep in a valley and far away from it all. The trail continues past the Belt-

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way, but is impassible to bicycles and the footing is iffy. Park at the Mill on Riggs Road north of University Blvd.

6. The Sandy Spring, Source of the Anacostia This is an expedition to a favorite spot of the purists, like Jim Foster, head of the Anacostia Watershed Society, and it is surrounded by history. The town of Sandy Spring was settled in 1728 by Quakers; it served as an important station on the Underground Railroad for escaping slaves and became an agricultural locale for freed slaves. There is a large and interesting Sandy Spring Museum in the village, well worth a visit, as well as a Slave Museum open by appointment only. To find the actual spring, turn left at the first light after the Museum as you are heading west on MD 108 on to Meetinghouse Road. Park at the old Quaker Meeting House and cemetery and check out the huge trees, including an ash under which, it is said, the escaping slaves would gather. Then walk down the road a quarter mile, around a yellow turnstile and ahead another quarter mile until the gravel path ends at a grove surrounded by a split rail fence. Inside is the Sandy Spring. The historic marker tells much about the early settlement of the area, but interestingly fails to mention that this is where the Anacostia begins. The surrounding fields and woods are filled with trails and it is all a conservation area that is open daylight hours. Make a day of it! Then come home and tell your neighbors you have been to Our River’s birthplace. Let me know your own favorite winter walks in the Anacostia watershed. E-mail me at bmat@olg.com, and we will add to the list. u

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he DC Council unanimously approved the District of Columbia Soccer Stadium Act of 2014 on second reading at their final legislative meeting of the year on December 17, which sets things in motion toward building a new stadium for DC United at 2nd and R streets SW on Buzzard Point. If things go as planned, the stadium will begin construction before the end of 2015 and will open in time for the 2017 Major League Soccer (MLS) season. The city will use a combination of borrowing, a land swap, and a reshuffling of funds from the fiscal year 2015 budget to pay for its portion of the stadium, which covers land acquisition, environmental remediation and infrastructure improvements. One obstacle that is still left is how the city will acquire a two-acre parcel in the stadium footprint owned by DC-based developer Akridge. Since the land swap for the Reeves Center has been removed from the legislation, the city will need to purchase the parcel, by eminent domain if necessary.

How Buzzard Point Was Chosen

2011, a land swap was proposed with Akridge for their site, but not for a soccer stadium – it was to swap land in Hill East that houses the DC Jail for the 100 V Street parcel to build a new jail; however, this proposal never moved beyond the discussion phase. Ultimately Buzzard Point won out over the by William Rich other sites. Mayor Gray and DC United team owner Jason Levien signed a term sheet in July of 2013 to locate a new, 20,000-seat stadium on a portion of the 100 V Street parcel on Buzzard Point. Other landowners in the stadium footprint include Pepco, Super Salvage, and Washington Kastles owner Mark Ein. The cost of the stadium would be the most expensive in MLS history. In the agreement, the city would contribute about $150 million for land acquisition and infrastructure improvements while the team would pay $150 million to build the stadium. In addition to the stadium, the team plans to eventually build a hotel and some retail space within the stadium footprint. Legislation was introduced to the Council last spring and a series of hearings were held over the summer and early fall. Some components of the deal announced last year have changed, including the Reeves Center land swap and some of the tax incentives offered to the team, but most of the deal’s original The new DC United stadium will be located blocks from Nationals Park on Buzzard Point. terms have remained Rendering courtesy of DC United intact.

The road leading to this vote was a long one. Chatter about DC United’s interest in the Buzzard Point neighborhood first surfaced during the Great Recession in 2009, after plans to build a stadium at Poplar Point fell apart. DC United has been looking for a new home for nearly a decade; the team currently plays at RFK Stadium, an aging multipurpose venue that lacks the intimacy or upgrades that are found in modern soccer-specific stadiums. The team eyed Akridge’s 100 V Street par-

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cel on Buzzard Point as a potential stadium location, as well as others across the city. At the time, Akridge was marketing the nine-acre site as a secure office complex for a federal tenant, but there was little interest from office tenants. Then in

Community Benefits Part of the Package Community benefits were added to the Council legislation at the behest of the Near SE/SW Community Benefits Coordinating Council (CBCC) and other local organizations. For instance, $4.9

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S million in operating dollars from the fiscal year 2015 budget will be provided to restore the Convention Center – Southwest Waterfront Circulator route (earlier than the fiscal year 2020 estimate in DDOT’s DC Circulator Transit Development Plan), but the route will be extended south into Buzzard Point. Funding was already in place to extend the Navy Yard – Union Station route into Southwest in fiscal year 2015. Although streetcar routes are planned to eventually serve Buzzard Point, the Circulator will bring transit to the area sooner and funding for expanding the streetcar network are in limbo. The city will also provide $121,000 for a workforce intermediary to connect residents of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6D with employment opportunities during construction of the stadium and for the first two years of operations. In addition, $250,000 will be provided to renovate the Randall Recreation Center building and provide programming beyond 2015 since funding was set to run out for programming on September 30, 2015. Outgoing Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells also expressed his commitment during Council proceedings to preserve the mix of affordable housing in the area near the stadium and if any redevelopment of those communities were to proceed, a “one-toone” replacement of the affordable units should be achieved. A separate Community Benefits Agreement was signed with DC United, including summer jobs for local youth, United Soccer Club programming at local schools, scholarships for soccer day camps, free tickets for local youth, meeting space and use of the stadium for community events, among other things.

What About Akridge? While it appears that Akridge got the raw end of the deal by not getting the Reeves Center in the land swap, most of the news from the Council meeting was good for the developer, which might help smooth the way for the city get the Buzzard Point

land without the need for eminent domain. Akridge will likely get more money for the Buzzard Point land than it would have received in the land swap, since the price per square foot that Pepco and Super Salvage have agreed to receive for their parcels is higher than the previously agreed amount between the city and Akridge during the land swap negotiations. After Akridge sells its two-acre parcel for the stadium, it will still have seven acres just to the south of the new stadium. Multifamily and hotel uses may be planned for the site, but Akridge has not made their intentions public yet. On the same day that the soccer stadium deal was approved, a separate deal was approved by the Council for Akridge to renovate the historic Stevens School in the West End for a special needs school and will allow the developer to build an office building on adjacent land.

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A New Hardware Store Opens in Trinidad Upcoming arts events Exposed DC, Intersections Festival

by Elise Bernard new year brings new excitement and promise to the H Street NE Corridor. Fittingly, we have a new local hardware store to help us build our dreams, and two major arts events to help us dream our future more richly. It’s even possible that the long-awaited streetcar may finally ferry its first passengers before you read this article.

W.S. Jenks & Son Hardware Store Prepares to Open W.S. Jenks & Son Hardware (http://www.wsjenks.com) in the Trinidad neighborhood is almost ready to open its doors at 910 Bladensburg Road NE. That space had been vacant since the eviction of a methadone clinic in late 2009. W.S. Jenks is a local hardware store founded in 1866 (their original location was in NW). More recently they operated on V Street NE, selling to industrial clients. The move to Trinidad means more than just a change of location for W.S. Jenks. It means a return to the store’s roots serving its neighbors and anyone else who comes in search of that particular tool…and maybe a little advice. Those who venture into the store (which should open any day now) will find a full-service hardware store catering to amateurs and professionals alike. Aside from a wide range of hand tools and home renovation materials, W.S. Jenks will also have fireplace accessories, garden supplies, paint, pet food, camping equipment, farming necessities, and tool rental. When I first visited 910 Bladensburg Road NE some months ago I was taken aback by the beauty of the space. The interior appearance was due in no small part to hard work on behalf of the team behind W.S. Jenks & Son. They had set to work polishing concrete and installing a skylight, and making other improvements. At 15,000 square feet the space is huge and feels airy. I was told the front lobby will remain largely open, and might play host to the occasional neighborhood event.

Dissonance Dance will perform at the 2015 Intersections Festival (photo courtesy of Dissonance Dance)

Intersections Festival Returns to the Atlas

W.S. Jenks & Son Hardware prepares to open on Bladensburg Road

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The Intersections Festival (http://intersectionsdc.org) returns for a sixth season at the Atlas Performing Arts Center (http:// atlasarts.org/, 1333 H Street NE). Intersections is a multimedia arts festival that offers a little something for everyone. There’s theater, spoken word, jazz and classical music performances, dance, opera, film, and so much more. The festi-

val features a mix of established and emerging professional artists with community and student artists from around the region. The performers and their works seek to “capture a kaleidoscope of perspectives on our everevolving community and world.” Intersections includes a vast array of performance types and styles. Some events are free or low cost, and many are family-friendly. Intersections 2015 runs weekends from February 20th through March 7th.

Exposed DC Comes to New Capital Fringe Trinidad Space The ninth annual Exposed DC (http://exposeddc.com), the annual photographic exhibition celebrating life in Washington, DC and the surrounding area, will take place in Trinidad. Exposed DC will occupy the new Capital Fringe (https://www.capitalfringe.org) headquarters located at 1358 Florida Avenue NE. This is the first chance for many of us to visit the new Fringe space that they recently purchased from ConnerSmith Gallery (http:// www.connersmith.us.com). Exposed DC generally focuses on showcasing the work of those who don’t generally show their work. You needn’t be a professional to enter. All you need is four quality photos that show DC (or its suburbs) “as seen through the eyes of people who live and work here,” and $25 for the entry fee. Oh yeah, you also must live in the DC area. The deadline for submissions (http://exposeddc. com/2014/12/03/9th-annual-exposed-dc-photo-contest-open/#more-5572) is 11:59 P.M. Wednesday, January 7, 2015.

REI Coming to Uline Arena The rumor that outdoor adventure outfitter REI (http://www.rei.com) would come to the Uline Arena (1140 3rd Street NE) is not exactly a new one, but it’s now looking increasingly likely. Real estate blog UrbanTurf (http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/rei_ to_anchor_uline_arena_development/9292) recently quoted a Douglas Development representative as saying “a deal was done with REI,” although Douglas later clarifi ed in both UrbanTurf and the Washington Business Journal (http://www.bizjournals.com/

washington/breaking_ground/2014/12/retailerrei-at-uline-arena-is-in-the-works-butnot.html) that no formal agreement had been signed or commitment made. They were merely in (presumably rather advanced) talks with REI. If REI does come to the Uline Arena, it will serve as an important anchor tenant. In total, the Uline development will include about 70,000 square feet of retail space and 174,000 square feet of office space. Douglas told the Washington Business Journal that they could complete construction within about eighteen months. The Unline Arena is a fascinating landmark in the neighborhood, and it has played many diverse rolls. It was, perhaps most famously, home to the Beatles’ first US concert. They are not the only famous musicians to play the Uline. Among the others to occupy its center stage are: Bob Dylan, Charlie Parker, and Duke Ellington. It has also hosted hockey games, and been a parking lot and a trash transfer station. In 2006 it was officially designated an historic landmark.

Petitioners Seek to Rename H Street and Benning Road for Marion Barry Following the recent death of Marion Barry, many in the District have struggled to find the best way to mourn DC’s “Mayor for Life.” Barry was certainly a larger than life figure, and many have made suggestions about more permanent memorials to the former mayor than the processions and ceremonies that occurred in the days after his passing. Among these suggestions is to rename H Street (NE and NW) and Benning Road either Marion Barry Boulevard or Marion Barry Avenue (https://www.change.org/p/d-c-city-councilrename-h-street-benning-road-after-mayorfor-life-marion-barry). While renaming these particular streets seems unlikely, it’s not hard to appreciate the logic of the petition’s authors who write that “H Street is a very busy street in D.C. and is currently undergoing a major transformation that is bringing back its vibrancy.” As of press time the petition had over 3,000 signatures. u

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New Businesses and Expansions Set for 2015

he New Year brings a new generation of businesses to Barracks Row. In 2014 Brent Lightner bought 530 8th Street, SE (formerly the Law Offices of Thomas Queen) and is renovating the building to accommodate Taoti Design’s 25 web designers and programmers, presently located in the Dupont

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bands have become a bit tighter with the easy access to great food. The new office provides space for a growing staff, privacy for social workers and meeting space for committees. The twenty-foot stairway presented a challenge for some members, volunteers and visitors, but fortunately, a local Capitol Hill resident donated an unused Acorn Stair Lift and Acorn Stair Lifts donated the rails and installation. Now, visitors can ride in comfort up to CHV’s offices. However, this move came with a price tag. The success of the annual Capitol Hill Gala, scheduled for Jan. 24, 2015, is even more important to allowing CHV to continue to meet the needs of its members and the Capitol Hill Community. The Gala, honoring MedStar Washington Hospital Center, CHV’s founding board president, Geoff Lewis and CHV’s founding executive director, Gail Kohn, will be held at the Washington Naval Yard. Tickets are $125 each ($70 tax deductible). More information is available at www. John Turner is moving his Verizon store down the street to 703 8th St. SE; Homebody owner Henriette Foucard celebrates 10 capitolhillvillage.org or at 202years on Barracks Row; Hill’s Kitchen’s Leah Daniels with her DC-shaped cutting board. Photos: Andrew Lightman 543-1778. Circle area. Though the renovation project is exits new home, facing the parking lot. What to do tensive, opening up the interior to create a loftwith that wall? Lightner is considering a neighRetail Loves Restaurants like environment, Lightner views the actual dayborhood contest – send ideas to hello@taoticreIn a foodie town like DC, all things restaurant to-day work of his web design company as similar ative.com. Let’s welcome Brent Lightner and his are the subjects of dazzling social and print meto that found at law firms – quiet and cerebral – new team to the Row with your best and brightdia coverage. Because of the media buzz, Barpunctuated by client meetings and break out sesest visions. racks Row can seem to be all about restaurants, sions as designers come together to craft solutions but it’s not. A surprising number of retailers and to thorny programming issues. Stairway to the Stars services of all descriptions are here as well--the However, at this point the two fields seem Another Row newcomer is equally pleased with foot traffic generated by our restaurants producto differ. Often in web design meetings the cretheir decision: Capitol Hill Village, 725 8th es surprise moments usually heralded with the ative side pops up. Who gets the job of rousting Street, SE, (2nd floor) a local non-profit dedicatcry, “I had no idea you were here!” “We’ve been particularly bad bugs out of systems? That can ed to the notion that ”aging in place” should be open almost ten years” chuckled Henriette Fouonly be settled by Nerf duels. Yup – ten paces, an option at retirement, loves its new digs here. card, owner of Homebody, 715 8th St. SE, “and turn and fire your Nerf at the opponent. Loser has However the staff is reporting that their waistwe still get that.”

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to do the de-bugging. Then there’s the mandatory Thursday cruises. The company has its boat parked nearby at the Eastern Powerboat Club – a short walk from the new office. A spin on the water decompresses designers who return to work recharged. Perhaps the deepest puzzle and challenge for Taoti is the big white wall on the north side of

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Smart retailers spot trends fast and with a steady stream of new shoppers continually discovering them, a loyal customer base can build fast. This year’s hot trend was all things DC. At Hills Kitchen, 713 D Street, owner Leah Daniels was ready with DC shaped cutting boards, DC cookie cutters, flag towels and DC themed plates. Homebody featured a collection of METRO items ranging from mugs to trays and even purses, all emblazoned with the colorful METRO map – including Silver Line. Both stores report strong sales in District memorabilia with waiting lists for some items! After the holidays, at Homebody, it’s a great time to buy cityscaled upholstery styled by the urbanists at Gus Modern at 15% off. At Hill’s Kitchen you’ll find eye-popping values on cookware including an All-Clad three quart sauté pan with lid normally priced $225, but in January it’s yours for $99.99. A Staub six quart oval Coq au Vin casserole, usually priced at $299, is on sale for $199.99.

Snow Biking With the winter retreat to hearth and home, pity the bikes and sporting goods shops, right? Maybe not! Bikers ride in snow as well as the dreaded “wintry mix.” Check out the fat tire bikes made for traction at City Bikes, 707 8th St. SE. Winter is a great time to shake off cabin fever together as a family. Lots of adult bikes are sold with wide fenders to accommodate child seats. On these bikes riders sit with a more erect posture that produces a leisurely, non-competitive pace, the better to take in snow-mantled monuments. Capitol Hill Bikes, 719, 8th St. SE is ready for deteriorating meteorological conditions with a selection of winter gear: face masks, socks,

jackets, tights, rain pants and even breathable skull caps for under your helmet to keep your head cozy but still ventilated. Rodney Smith is celebrating New Year with a new lease extension. Capitol Hill Sporting Goods, 727 8th St, SE, will be operating from its long-term home on the Row at least until September 30, 2015 and there is an option available until 2017. Presently Smith is negotiating with New Balance to carry running shoes for men and women. For hockey fans there is a full collection of NHL Winter Classic gear through January.

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What’s Next in Capitol Riverfront? by Michael Stevens, AICP Capitol Riverfront BID Over the past year you have been reading about development, restaurant/retail openings, and community events in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood, a story of public/ private partnerships that has invested over $4 billion in the neighborhood to date. It is also a story of great vision and planning that has been partially realized with over 12.5 million square feet of new construction, new parks and access to the river, and a new baseball stadium. Approximately 34% of the 37 million SF ultimate build-out has been achieved, and the next twenty years should yield even more. Over the next three years our residents, employees and visitors will be able to shop at a new 35,000 SF Whole Foods grocer; they now can shop at the 50,000 SF Harris Teeter grocery and enjoy working out at the 28,000 SF VIDA Health Club. Another 2,400+ residential units will have delivered, including two new condominium buildings and our residential population should hit 6,500. More new restaurants will have opened in the Lumbershed Building, joining the recently opened Big Stick at 20 M Street, and

Willie’s Brew & Que and 100 Montaditos at the Boilermaker Shops. Unleashed by Petco has opened and will be joined by Banfield Pet Hospital in 2015. On the hospitality front we will have seen three new hotels deliver with approximately 533 hotel rooms further reinforcing our neighborhood as a new hospitality district on the river only five Metro stops from the Walter Washington Convention Center. And the new IKON movie theater complex just west of Nationals Park will provide 16 screens for movie viewings with a restaurant and bar on the top floor overlooking the Anacostia River. Additional residential buildings and retail uses will be a part of the project as well. The DC Council approved the Land Development Agreement (LDA) in December 2014 that allows Forest City to begin the process of acquiring the site for the theater development. And the Council also approved the financial deal and location for a new DC United Soccer stadium that will be built in the Buzzard Point section of our BID, providing an anchor for this future mixed-use area that would include additional housing,

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office, retail and restaurant uses. The soccer stadium could open as early as summer of 2017. Buzzard Point could also see the development of additional parks and access to the river, as well as the continuation of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail. As the Anacostia River exhibits higher water quality we will see more and more marinas developed along the water’s edge, beginning with a marina off of Yards Park. The Florida Rock mixed-use project is envisioned to have a boat docks, and we hope that the Buzzard Point riverfront will include additional marina development. The residential project east of the 11th Street bridges at 1333 M Street is planning new green space and a marina on the river that will engage the “boathouse row” section of the Anacostia as well. Tingey, Water and First Streets, SE will be known as our neighborhood shopping streets, and the intersection of New Jersey Avenue and Tingey Street will become a great urban plaza and gathering space for the community (Tingey Square) – a piazza for community celebrations that will be fronted by residential and commercial buildings with ground floor retail. Additional residential development as part of the Arthur Capper Carrollsburg public housing complex rebuild will enframe Canal Park on its east side, further defining its role as a neighborhood centric park that provides open space as a front yard for our residents. And partially due to the residential growth in the Capitol Riverfront, the DC Public Schools will have renovated and reopened

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the Van Ness Elementary School for the 20152016 school year. Another part of our civic infrastructure will be the opening of the community center for the Arthur Capper Carrollsburg section of our neighborhood. It will provide services for children, families and seniors, and hopefully have child care facilities for our community. A new Frederick Douglas Bridge and memorial ellipse will be opening in four to five years, providing enhanced access to the neighborhood and our city from the south. South Capitol Street itself will be rebuilt into a grand urban boulevard befitting the approach from the south to the US Capitol building and complex. Once this new bridge is completed, the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail will be extended from the Florida Rock site to Buzzard point and eventually connect to the Wharf project and SW Waterfront. This will help people to access and enjoy what is becoming a magnificent waterfront for the District in SE and SW Washington. It is anticipated that the regional office market will have stabilized in 4-5 years and begin to exhibit growth again. The Capitol Riverfront will be well positioned for that next wave of office growth with proximity to the US Capitol, the St. Elizabeth’s campus, the Navy Yard campus and the Pentagon, as well as enhanced accessibility from the region. More and more young professionals are choosing to live on the Green Line, giving companies that locate in the Capitol Riverfront a “one seat ride” to work for their employees.

Our community building and events will continue as we celebrate all four seasons in the Capitol Riverfront in our parks and open spaces. Snallygaster, Jazz Fest at the Capitol Riverfront, VegFest, Tour de Fat, and our Friday night concert series are all returning in 2015, and you will already have experienced Noon Yards Eve in Yards Park and the NHL Winter Classic hockey game at Nats Park. Ice skating at Canal Park is a seasonal favorite and is now accompanied by the Parcel Market holiday market which will return next year as well. The vision for our neighborhood started over 20 years ago with the idea that the Southeast Federal Center acreage could be more that an office complex; it could be the centerpiece of the revitalization of the southeast waterfront by being planned as a mixeduse, high density neighborhood with residential surrounding a great riverfront park. The Clinton administration, Congresswoman Norton and various GSA officials should be commended for this vision of a vibrant waterfront neighborhood that is now being realized in the Yards development as part of the Capitol Riverfront. And Mayor Williams and his administration should be commended and thanked for their vision of the Anacostia River corridor as a new centerpiece for the east side of our city. The Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI) Framework Plan prepared by Andy Altman and the DC Office of Planning and that was adopted in 2003 set the stage for a clean Anacostia River, new communities on either side of the river, new parks and a riverwalk trail providing access to the river, and new infrastructure to support new development and a world class waterfront for the District. The Capitol Riverfront is a part of that journey and vision, and we hope that this summary of our collective efforts has illustrated all that is to come as we achieve 50% of our projected build-out. On behalf of the Capitol Riverfront BID, our board of directors, the Clean & Safe Teams, and our professional staff we wish you a Happy New Year! Please come join us by the river and celebrate all the seasons in the Capitol Riverfront.

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New Guy Finds Culture Shock and Community at Rosedale Hoops Game

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all me Ginobili. That’s what they call me at the Rosedale Community Center pickup basketball game, which is both understandable and ironic. I moved from Santa Barbara, California to Kingman Park in August to start an academic success service, and as a skinny half-Mexican guy with a long nose, I’m probably the closest thing my new neighbors have seen to Argentine NBA star Manu Ginobili. I also lived in Argentina for two years, but that hasn’t come up in conversation yet. A good indoor game can be harder to find than white people in Kingman Park at the 2000 census – when the neighborhood was 100% black – and harder still to be warmly welcomed into like a regular at his local pub. A good game is a delicate ecosystem that the players alone must protect, and new faces are treated with the utmost suspicion until they have proven themselves worthy contributors. I arrived in DC prepared to not find anything like the faculty and staff game I’d played in at UCSB for 20 years, and was shocked to find a free, brand-new facility with a library, playground, football field, swimming pool, and gym with mid-morning hoops six days a week half a block from my doorstep. It took me two minutes to find a new game, but it’s taken me three months of playing three times a week to feel like I belong. Culturally, the game can feel a world apart from my sunny resort town: one woman even played wearing an ankle monitor. The competition can also be ruthless because on a busy day, the losing team might have to wait an hour to play again. This creates a monumental incentive to win. There is a lot of very heated arguing and once the game stopped so two guys could fight. Three cop cars came immediately though, and when the responding officer determined that the fight was over a basketball

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game, he shook his head and drove off. Even the language took getting used to. At Rosedale, “Ball” means “Foul,” “And 1” means “You fouled me but I’m not calling ‘ball’”, and “Check” means “Guard”, which I had previously only heard on TV. When other players started addressing me as “Cuz”, “Mo”, or “My Man”, like everyone else, and not simply, “White Boy”, I began to feel I was making progress. Now, whenever I hear “Gi-no-bi-liii!” ring out from the stands after making a big shot, I feel like I’m contributing to my new community. Now that I’m part of the game, I realize it’s not as different from my old game as it first appeared. Physically, the Rosedale game is on a different level than my cushy seaside game: these guys dunk, a lot, and most are too proud to call fouls. But emotionally, feeling like one of the guys in Kingman Park is a lot like feeling like one of the guys in Santa Barbara: teammates and opponents greet me on our neighborhood streets, basketball is a gateway to deeper friendships, and the shared experience of combining to witness or effect amazing feats brings people together across lines than can otherwise be difficult to transcend. The Rosedale game is a paragon of the community, and I’m as equally pleased with my progress there as I am with the progress my study skills business is making in places like Great Falls, Fairfax, and Chevy Chase. Rosedale gives neighborhood adults a free healthy place to hang out and grants people like me with irregular work schedules an invaluable sense of belonging. Call me if you want in. Once you get to know us, we’re downright welcoming. Watch your head though, or you might get dunked on. Paul Rivas is the founder of Smith Rivas Academic Coaching & Consulting and can be reached at paul@smithrivas.com or (202) 615-7791. u

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Curves Chicks at their session at Results the Gym. (l-r) Barbara Grassley, Diana Enzi, Mary Ann Wilmer, Janet McGregor, Marilyn Adams, Sandy Cornyn, Mary Sessions, Lea Plut-Pregelj, Vivian Ault, and Marilu Sherer. Not pictured, but very much part of the group is Joan Allard who doesn’t exercise now, but joins in for coﬀee. As Marilyn Adams said, “Part of health is also laughing and sharing!” Photo: Andrew Lightman

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t’s cold and it’s barely light. You press the “snooze” button, roll over and say to yourself, “I’ll workout tomorrow.” But tomorrow you have to be at the office early or have a child crisis or forgot about your early doctor’s appointment. And so it goes. If you have trouble fitting regular exercise into your life you are not alone. Only about 20 percent of American adults are getting the recommended amount of exercise potentially setting themselves up for years of health problems. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends just 2.5 hours of moderate intensity aerobic exercise each week or 1.4 hours of vigorous aerobic activity and muscle strengthening exercise two times per week. The CDC study linked physical inactivity to more than five million deaths worldwide--more than from smoking. Physical inactivity can lead to obesity and type 2 diabetes and a host of other illnesses. The good news is walking just three hours per week may lower women’s possibility for stroke. People who are

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fit during middle age have less chronic illness in later years the study showed.

Finding Support If 2015 is your year to start moving, you have a better chance of success if you find someone who can be your workout buddy. Whatever your age, your life circumstance or fitness level, finding a person or several who have similar goals, can help you stay the course. It can be a personal trainer, a friend, an acquaintance, someone on-line or even a group of people that will hold you accountable. It should be someone you like, someone who shares similar goals (if you want to run a marathon and your friend wants to learn yoga that won’t work!), and someone who has a compatible schedule. All those requirements were filled for a group of 10 women who met 11 years ago at the now defunct Curves Exercise Studio and who have been working out together three times a week ever since. “We started talking to each other as we did the cir-

cuit at Curves,” said acupuncturist Marilyn Adams. “We wanted to continue to talk so after workouts we went to Starbucks next door.” When Curves closed, they shopped around for new location and made Results Gym their workout home. I met the group in the cafe at Results one morning after their workout. They call themselves the “Curves Chicks.” They are animated, out-going and evidently having fun being together. All in the group are over 60 and all had different reasons for starting to exercise. They agree that without the group they wouldn’t be at the gym. “I live a block away and I have no motivation whatsoever to walk down to the gym and exercise by myself,” said Mary Sessions, wife of Senator Jeff Sessions from Alabama. “But I needed to exercise.” Another member, Mary Ann Wilmer said, “This group gives us a sense of community. A lot of us travel and it gives us the strength to carry our own suitcases.” Working out together has yielded some surprising benefits for the women. “Even though we don’t socialize outside of the gym, I know if any

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of us needed something, we can call on each other for help,” said Diana Enzi, the wife of Senator Mike Enzi from Wyoming. Though they might appear to an observer to be having too much fun at Results, 11 years of regular exercise has afforded tangible results. They said they feel healthier, stronger, more flexible and have more energy. Their doctors are always impressed. Melissa Ashabranner, executive editor of the Hill Rag, remembers how the power of companionship motivated her to exercise. “For years my friend Susan Vallon and I walked a two-mile course from Eastern Market, which was halfway between our homes, around the Capitol and back again. We continued all through my first pregnancy. After my son was born, there were many mornings when the last thing

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I wanted to do was meet her for the walk. But I didn’t want to disappoint her. I could have been up all night with a crying baby, and I still managed to pull it together and get out there on time.” When I started a strength training program more than 20 years ago, I hired a personal trainer. He would ask me if I was training on my own in between our sessions, and my embarrassment at having to say I wasn’t propelled me to make sure I did. He became my friend and mentor and the reason I became a personal trainer myself.

Event Training Motivation is not the only benefit of working out with a partner. Carol Shuford, a nationally certified personal trainer who ran her first marathon in 1998, wanted to train with a group because “I needed guidance.

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They had coaches who placed me with others running my pace. I still have a few friends from that group.” When Carol decided to run a triathalon and an Ironman race she sought out more than guidance. “It’s good to have a workout buddy for safety reasons, especially for cycling.” During the swimming practices Carol enjoyed swimming with a group to keep her on pace. “I stay with peers of a similar speed or a little faster. It keeps me going.” Now Carol is running 50 milers. She has three friends who her husband lovingly calls “enablers” because if one signs up for a race the others feel the pressure to sign up also. They formed a group called “Team Rabbit” (teamrabbit.org), triathletes who love to put the fun in training and racing. They wear rabbit ears and rabbit shirts when they race. When they are not competing, they cheer each other on or pace each other during a race. We can all find excuses for not exercising but it becomes harder to accept those excuses when another person is involved. When you work out with a partner, serious exercise can be fun as well as challenging. If you are new to the area, or don’t have friends who are interested, there are many online sites for finding workout buddies: meetup.com, zogsports. com, sparkpeople.com, etc. Pattie Cinelli is a fitness consultant who has been helping clients define and meet their fitness goals for more than 20 years. She has been writing her health/fitness column for the Hill Rag for more than 25 years. Email her any fitness questions or column ideas at: fitness@pattiecinelli.com. u

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Bicycle Touring

by Catherine Plume

ike bicycle commuting, which in DC has increased 300% since 2000, cycling vacations are becoming all the rage. Hill residents, John and Kate Travis have done several biking tours in Europe. “We love seeing the natural beauty of the countryside that lies between the towns and villages. We love that that the exercise of cycling allows us to indulge in beer, wine and good food of a new country or region. We regularly joke at the restaurant or bar this is why we bike.” Like any vacation, a cycling trip requires planning, and there are a few things to consider whether biking in the Shenandoah Valley, on the C&0 Canal or Provence.

Destination, Duration and Time of Year Basic considerations become even more important when contemplating a bicycle tour. Rolling terrain in a car can take on an entirely new perspective when cycling. Balance the trip duration and the number of miles you want to cover. While you may be fit enough to ride 60 miles on a Saturday, do you want to do that day in and day out on your vacation? Research into weather patterns will also pay off – and help you pack appropriately. The Pacific Northwest is notoriously rainy during the spring, fall and winter, but summers tend to be dry and mild. Regardless, always pack raingear as nothing ruins a day on a bike more than being sopping wet.

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Tour companies can provide you guided or self guided tours that routes via cue sheets, carrying your luggage between stops, making lodging arrangements and even providing restaurant recommendations. Hill resident Kellie Shanahorn did a weeklong trip through the Czech Republic and Austria with a cycling tour company two years ago. She had a very positive experience and felt that the tour provided a wonderful balance between cycling and culture. Cycling on your own is less expensive and gives you much more freedom to go and stop wherever you want, but you’ll need to carry your gear and determine your own route. Hard copy 1:75,000 maps will show tertiary routes that have less traffic, but roads may not be well marked. Some countries have excellent cycling-specific maps. Alternatively, the internet has an abundance of annotated routes, or you can use Google Maps and in Europe, Mappy. Smartphone use, especially in other countries, can be very expensive, and if you plan to navigate with it, you’ll likely need an extra battery pack. Meanwhile, GPS is great for telling you where you’ve been, but programming directions into it can take time. Regardless, plotting out a route takes some time and effort. Downloading routes or printing hard

you have what you need for the weather you encounter. While biking shirts, shorts and pants are ideal for when you’re on a bike, consider keeping a shirt/loose dress handy along with a pair of (non-biking) John and Kate comfortable shoes Travis take in when going into resBrugge, Belgium. Photo: J. Travis taurants and museums. A set of waterproof panniers is well worth the investment on a rainy day. Talk with other cyclists about their gear preferences. Capitol Hill’s bike shops on 8th and H Streets have a good selection of gear, and they may copies before you leave can save time be willing to place special orders if on your vacation. they don’t have what you need in stock. You may be able to save some The Bicycle money on some items by shopping If you’ll be spending three to on Ebay. six hours a day on a bicycle over a As John Travis notes, while cyfew days or longer, you’ll want a bicling trips can have some stresses cycle that fits you properly. Travelsuch as flat tires, physical tiredness, ing with your own bicycle is ideal, and weather—the pros outweigh but most airlines now charge $200 or the cons. “In France we were bemore one way for a boxed bicycle – ing pelted by rain and had no hotel even if you don’t have additional lugreservation for the night, but a kind gage. These costs may be avoided by stranger called around and found a disassembling your bike and placing room for us above a small family resit in a large bag though your bicycle taurant. There we had a simple but isn’t as secure and its care is in the hearty French dinner of stuffed pephands of baggage handlers. Another pers, wine, cheese, bread—it was as option is to rent bicycles at your desgood as anything we had in much tination or use those provided by a fancier establishments. Our crazy touring company. Contact the comhunt in the dark for a room in the pany ahead of time to determine the middle of Loire valley turned out to types of bikes available and ensure be a great story.” that they’ll have one that will fit you So happy trails and bike safe! on hand.

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Did I Get it From My Pet? by Dr. Keith de la Cruz

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ne of the questions veterinarians I often get asked is whether our pet dogs and cats carry any diseases that a human could catch. The answer is yes, although it happens very rarely and the risk is very low. Diseases that can be passed from animals to humans are called â&#x20AC;&#x153;zoonotic.â&#x20AC;? I thought it would be worthwhile to review some of the important zoonotic diseases. I also wanted to touch on some of the diseases that get a lot of attention, but are actually not a big risk.

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thanized because of concerns that her dog might carry or spread Ebola. There was also the case of the healthcare worker in Dallas whose dog was quarantined when she came down with Ebola. Can dogs or cats get Ebola? Can dogs or cats give Ebola to people? According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are no reported cases of dogs or cats becoming sick with the Ebola virus or of being able to transmit it to people. This includes areas in Africa where Ebola is present. While we are still studying and learning about this devastating virus, there is currently no reason to believe our dogs or cats are at risk for catching or spreading Ebola. Another well known human disease that people worry about with their pets is Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, or MRSA (usually pronounced “mur-sah”). MRSA is a type of bacteria that can be difficult to treat because the bacteria has become resistant to certain types of antibiotics. Not every human or animal that becomes exposed to MRSA becomes ill (only a small percentage, actually), and people with a weakened immune systems are more likely to become infected. While it was originally thought that humans could pass MRSA to animals, but animals could not pass it to humans, it now appears that it can pass from human to animal or from animal to human. Speaking anecdotally, it extremely rare to see MRSA in our pets. However, if you are concerned about a possible MRSA infection in your pet, talk to your veterinarian. If you are worried about a MRSA infection in yourself, talk to your

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physician! Toxoplasmosis is another zoonotic disease that many people have heard of. Toxoplasmosis is a microscopic protozoal parasite that can cause illness in pregnant women or immunocompromised people. Cats can be a source of infection for people, but so can eating undercooked or raw meat (especially pork), eating raw or unpasteurized milk, or ingesting cysts picked up from the environment. In fact, you are more likely to get toxoplasmosis from eating undercooked meat than from your cat. In addition, infected cats only shed cysts for a short time, so they are only a source of infection for a brief period. Nevertheless, individuals at risk can protect themselves by avoiding cleaning the litter box if possible, or by cleaning the box daily, wearing gloves when cleaning the box, and washing their hands afterwards. If you are worried about toxoplasmosis in your cat, talk to your veterinarian. Ringworm is a good one to cover, too. Ringworm is actually not caused by worm, but by a fungus. Infection with this fungus can cause itchy, red rashes (sometimes with a red ring) in people. People can catch ringworm from the environment and also by coming into contact with an infected dog or cat. Ringworm is most common in young cats, but can infect dogs and cats of all ages. Ringworm in pets can have many different appearances, but most often causes patchy

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The Future of RFK: Parks, Parking and Politics Will Capitol Riverside Youth Sports Park Prevail Over Big Money Sports

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he Capitol Riverside Youth Sports Park (CRYSP), a Capitol Hill community group made up of interested neighbors, civic organizations, and local sports leagues, wants to bring four new multi-use playing fields to the banks of the Anacostia River and create a new Eastern Market-like pavilion for the weekend farmers market on the northern section of the parking lots that surround the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (RFK). The admittedly modest proposal faces the challenge of capturing the attention of key decision-makers and investors: the vision for community athletic playing fields pales in comparison to the promise of a new 100,000-seat NFL stadium or the 2024 Summer Olympic stadium.

The Land and the Lease There are approximately 80 acres of underdeveloped parking lots on the RFK campus along the western banks of Anacostia River. The land is under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, but is currently under a 50 year lease to the District government. The proposed CRYSP site in the context of the RFK campus. Image courtesy of CRYSP. In October 1986, the federal government signed into law a lease for RFK Stadium and the surrounding land (in all 190 acres-including the stadium, the non-military portions of the D.C. Armory, open land and the parking lots). The lease restricts the uses for the site to stadium purposes, recreational facilities, open space, public outdoor recreation opportunities and other uses as approved by the National Park Service. Since the lease was first signed several different entities have managed the property under the District governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authority. D.C. created the Sports and Entertainment Commission in 1994 to operate and manage RFK. Then in 2009 Events D.C. was formed (trade name of Washington Convention and Sports Authority) through the merger of the D.C. Sports and En-

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While powerful interests eye the 80 acres of parking lots and the crumbling Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium for everything from NFL games to the summer Olympics, the nearby community waits (and waits and waits). tertainment Commission into the former Washington Convention Center Authority to manage the site. The stadium has served in recent years as the home of the Washington Nationals, DC United, concerts of varying sizes and other sports and entertainment events. The surrounding lots have been used for sporting event parking and tailgating, concerts, race courses for both running and vehicle races and at one point housed 15-20 foot mountains of snow leftover from 2010’s “snowmageddon.” The nature of the lease with NPS prevents the sort of redevelopment seen along the Navy Yard area of southeast where Yards Park and new residential and commercial buildings sit along the banks of the Anacostia in the shadow of the new Nationals Stadium. Condos with ground floor retail do not exactly fit the recreational requirements of the lease. To evaluate just what could happen on what is increasingly looking like prime riverfront real estate, Events D.C. issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) to study the future use potential of the RFK campus grounds in November 2013. In October 2014, Events DC officially awarded the RFEI to Brailsford & Dunlavey (B&D) which is now tasked with identifying short-term (8-10 years) and long-term uses for the stadium and its surrounding property. The study area does not include Reservation 13--District-owned property to the south of the stadium site and its parking lots--for which there already exists a development master plan and where at least one mixed-use development will soon begin construction.

Big Talk for RFK The sprawling expanse of parking lots and aging stadium have been the focus of groups angling for two major potential uses: the return of the Washington NFL franchise to the District and the 2024 Olympic Games. Several city leaders have been vocal in their calls for the return of the area’s NFL franchise

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to the city for which it is named. Former Mayor Vincent Gray has repeatedly called for the football team to come back to D.C. once the lease is up for FedEx field in Prince George’s County in Maryland. Several members of the District Council have echoed that enthusiasm, notably Ward 2’s Jack Evans and At-large member Vincent Orange. More recently, Washington 2024, the private group orchestrating Washington’s bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, has included RFK, its parking lots and Reservation 13 among its potential sites for an Olympic stadium, athlete housing and practice facilities.

A Community-based Vision for RFK CRYSP evolved from a need for more sports fields for youth (and adult) recreational leagues. Just as political and business leaders saw opportunity in the open space along the river, local sports organizations in need of more green space looked to RFK for its potential. “We got together and we just started looking around the neighborhood, the Hill. Where are there spaces? Vacant lots?” explained Mike Godec, president of CRYSP and a leader at Sports on the Hill. With input from leaders from other sports organizations like Capitol Futbol Club and Capitol Hill Little League and civic groups, the idea for a new sports field complex--modeled after Arlington’s Long Bridge Park built on a former brownfield along the Potomac River--came into being. The proposal calls for four multi-use fields to include a baseball diamond and corresponding bathroom and other necessary facilities built on top of the existing parking lots to ideally avoid environmental hazards that may or may not exist below the asphalt of RFK. The project also calls for green features to help reduce surface runoff into the Anacostia River and a permanent open-air structure for the weekend farmers market that would feature solar panels, which would help power the site. Newly-elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for ANC 7D01 and CRYSP officer Bob

Coomber said when CRYSP first started one of its goals was to create a positive vision for the future of a small section of the RFK parking lots that abut Kingman Park, the neighborhood he now represents. Kingman Park residents have a long and vocal history of pushing back against many of the plans for the site--like American Le Mans Series sports car racing--but Coomber said he wanted to take that energy and put it towards advocating for something beneficial. Coomber said the idea was to “introduce a positive vision so that whatever came was not imposed upon us, but instead we got out there and said ‘This is what we want’.” CRYSP also sees a role for the playing fields to benefit the entire city. Coomber said families in the city want safe places for their kids to run around and play--especially given the negligible backyards that accompany the city’s dense family housing stock. CRYSP estimates construction would run between $25 and $30 million, some of which would need to come from the District government and some of which could come from private entities. “Providing space for kids to play isn’t the responsibility solely of Sports on the Hill or Capitol Hill Little League or the Capitol Futbol Club. It’s the responsibility of government leaders. If you don’t do that these families are going to leave,” said Godec.

Where CRYSP and Everything Else Intersect “It’s a good idea regardless of what happens,” said Godec about CRYSP in relation to proposals like a new football stadium or the 2024 Olympics. CRYSP has had conversations with the team behind the Olympic bid about how the community park could work with future plans. It is even possible were D.C. to win the Olympic bid that the CRYSP fields could be built for community use well in advance of the games and then utilized during the games as practice fields for Olympic athletes. “Usually when you do the Olympics, the legacy to the community of the Olympics comes after the Olympics are over. Why not have a legacy that comes 10 years before?” suggested Godec. The B&D study currently underway takes into account the Olympic bid, according to Ashley Forrester, manager for communications and marketing at Events DC.

Another option for CRYSP comes on the heels of the recently approved new D.C. United stadium at Buzzard Point in southwest D.C. The soccer team will still need practice fields and, without access to RFK once its lease is up, locker rooms and other facilities. CRYSP sees an opportunity to secure at least some funding for the new park and playing fields through the upcoming Community Benefits Agreement D.C. United will create with the District government as part of the new stadium deal. What about the return of professional football to a new stadium in D.C.? CRYSP would take away some of the surface parking, but the organization argues there would still be significant parking remaining and that an urban stadium would draw many attendees via Metro. CRYSP estimates there would be parking sufficient for a stadium or event of 50,000 people--more if the new stadium added structure parking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing that Events D.C. does that they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t still do if CRYSP were there,â&#x20AC;? said Coomber. CRYSP is ready to co-exist or stand on its own, come what may.

Political Will CRYSP is aware of the challenge of convincing city leaders they should support anything other than the status quo at RFK. Coomber said one â&#x20AC;&#x153;major barrierâ&#x20AC;? is to change the mindset of those who think, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the point of spending a lot of money on anything when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just trying to get the football team back in 10 years?â&#x20AC;? Newly-sworn-in Ward 6 Councilman Charles Allen said he hopes to â&#x20AC;&#x153;championâ&#x20AC;? CRYSP as he begins his time on the District Council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question that it is a poor use of space--and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being generous,â&#x20AC;? said Allen about the sea

of parking lots at RFK. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody sees that.â&#x20AC;? The challenge is convincing some of his colleagues and other leaders in the city that the CRYSP proposal can truly co-exist as the group believes it can. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to make this a priority of the council, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take pushing and pulling from a lot of different directions to make this happen,â&#x20AC;? said Allen, acknowledging the complicated nature of the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lease for the land and other interests in the site.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Next? The winning U.S. Olympic bid could be announced anytime through the end of January. The winning bid for the games would be announced in September 2017. D.C. United will begin playing at its new stadium in 2017, according to current estimates. By then the team will have determined what to do about its current practice fields and where it will be practicing moving forward. Dan Snyder has a lease for his football franchise in Maryland through 2026. Though he has indicated he is already looking for a new home, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no telling when that decision will come down. For CRYSP the course is clear: convince city leaders that new playing fields will not hinder whatever may come at RFK--the Olympics or a new football stadium or something else-but would enhance future development and benefit the city as a whole.

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

CLOSE PRICE BR

FEE SIMPLE

16TH STREET HEIGHTS 4803 ARKANSAS AVE NW 5516 14TH ST NW 4500 15TH ST NW 1324 BUCHANAN ST NW 1510 WEBSTER ST NW 1341 KENNEDY ST NW

ADAMS MORGAN 1818 ONTARIO PL NW

$749,000 $720,000 $692,800 $675,000 $630,000 $605,000

3 8 5 4 4 3

$1,205,000

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK 4709 ASBURY PL NW 4801 BRANDYWINE ST NW 4704 46TH ST NW 4811 ALTON PL NW 4547 44TH ST NW 4624 43RD PL NW

ANACOSTIA

1516 W ST SE 1345 TALBERT TER SE 2015 NAYLOR RD SE 2116 15TH ST SE 1349 RIDGE PL SE

BERKLEY

4800 V ST NW

BLOOMINGDALE

61 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW 12 W ST NW 46 CHANNING ST NW

BRIGHTWOOD

6713 13TH PL NW 238 MADISON ST NW 5705 5TH ST NW 1320 SHERIDAN ST NW 613 FERN PL NW 914 SHERIDAN ST NW 1433 FORT STEVENS DR NW

BROOKLAND

1530 NEWTON ST NE 2013 LAWRENCE ST NE 3628 13TH ST NE 4105 12TH ST NE 8 EVARTS ST NE 4012 14TH ST NE 1405 NEWTON ST NE 1420 IRVING ST NE 912 IRVING ST NE 1831 MONROE ST NE 3606 20TH ST NE 4203 12TH ST NE 4819 SOUTH DAKOTA AVE NE 1026 OTIS ST NE

BURLEITH 3518 S ST NW 3715 R ST NW

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$956,100 $938,124 $913,000 $900,000 $825,000 $735,000

4 5 4 4 3 3

$425,000 $275,000 $208,000 $200,000 $160,000

3 3 2 3 3

$910,000

$1,250,000 $825,000 $650,000

6 4 3

$729,000 $640,000 $593,000 $525,000 $460,000 $393,000 $350,000

4 4 4 3 3 7 3

$750,000 $749,500 $700,000 $680,000 $620,000 $612,500 $606,000 $515,000 $505,000 $505,000 $485,000 $435,000 $405,000 $395,000

4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3

$827,000 $760,000

3 3

CAPITOL HILL

903 D ST NE 2 6TH ST NE 111 4TH ST SE 216 5TH ST SE 119 6TH ST SE 727 5TH ST NE 405 11TH ST SE 317 18TH ST SE 419 D ST NE 705 6TH ST NE 1024 5TH ST NE 1115 SOUTH CAROLINA AVE SE 520 9TH ST SE 1631 INDEPENDENCE AVE SE 1371 EMERALD ST NE 1821 POTOMAC AVE SE 245 TENNESSEE AVE NE 909 C ST SE 215 15TH ST NE 1419 IVES PL SE 129 DUDDINGTON PL SE 518 ARCHIBALD WALK SE

CHEVY CHASE

3728 HARRISON ST NW 3809 JOCELYN ST NW 5344 42ND ST NW 6309 32ND ST NW 3321 STEPHENSON PL NW 3706 JENIFER ST NW 3101 BEECH ST NW 3510 NORTHAMPTON ST NW

CLEVELAND PARK 2901 34TH ST NW 3508 36TH ST NW 3816 WINDOM PL NW 4203 38TH ST NW

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 1203 KENYON ST NW 3217 WARDER ST NW 3221 WARDER ST NW 1366 QUINCY ST NW 1430 MERIDIAN PL NW 1340 QUINCY ST NW 3017 WARDER ST NW 919 QUINCY ST NW 1317 SPRING RD NW 3566 11TH ST NW 756 HOBART PL NW 614 LAMONT ST NW 3911 KANSAS AVE NW 715 HARVARD ST NW 707 HARVARD ST NW

CONGRESS HEIGHTS 3330 OXON RUN RD SE 615 FORRESTER ST SE 618 ELMIRA ST SE 178 DARRINGTON ST SW 4024 2ND ST SW 4042 1ST ST SW

CRESTWOOD

1818 VARNUM ST NW

$1,699,000 $1,625,000 $1,201,000 $1,160,000 $925,000 $889,500 $875,000 $839,900 $735,000 $680,550 $670,000 $660,000 $659,000 $654,000 $636,000 $627,000 $620,000 $582,500 $570,000 $567,022 $499,000 $480,000

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

$1,950,000 $1,555,000 $1,450,000 $991,500 $965,000 $918,500 $845,000 $840,000

5 7 6 4 3 4 4 3

$1,310,000 $1,220,000 $1,420,000 $925,000

6 3 4 3

$830,000 $820,000 $820,000 $736,000 $733,000 $705,000 $625,000 $617,000 $600,000 $565,000 $515,000 $488,000 $425,000 $375,000 $351,000

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

$375,000 $252,000 $250,000 $135,300 $135,000 $113,500

4 3 4 2 2 2

$920,000

4564 ARGYLE TER NW 4400 18TH ST NW 4433 COLORADO AVE NW

DEANWOOD

5210 EAST CAPITOL ST NE 5228 CLOUD PL NE 4425 KANE PL NE 5061 JAY ST NE 4913 FOOTE ST NE 204 35TH ST NE 300 DIVISION AVE NE 4219 CLAY ST NE 1040 47TH PL NE 6332 SOUTHERN AVE NE 102 35TH ST NE 4534 EADS ST NE

ECKINGTON

226 S ST NE 51 FLORIDA AVE NW 87 S ST NW 161 V ST NE 1738 LINCOLN RD NE

FOREST HILLS

4545 LINNEAN AVE NW

$875,000 $700,000 $675,000

4 4 3

$335,000 $325,000 $299,000 $250,000 $211,000 $189,000 $170,000 $154,000 $140,000 $136,000 $132,000 $90,000

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

$784,900 $766,500 $719,500 $514,000 $499,900

4 4 3 3 3

$1,742,500

2909 ELLICOTT ST NW 2931 TILDEN ST NW 2735 MACOMB ST NW

$1,160,000 $1,140,000 $950,000

FORT DUPONT PARK 4327 BARKER ST SE 4210 NASH ST SE 4423 TEXAS AVE SE 707 HILLTOP TER SE 4463 C ST SE 3317 E ST SE

$420,000 $247,000 $239,900 $220,000 $215,000 $130,000

4 5 3 4 2 3 2 2 2

FOXHALL 1545 44TH ST NW 4413 Q ST NW

$848,000 $775,000

GEORGETOWN 3300NW O ST NW 1609 31ST ST NW 3114 DUMBARTON ST NW 1675 WISCONSIN AVE NW 3011 DUMBARTON ST NW 3334 VOLTA PL NW 2706 N ST NW 1526 26TH ST NW

$5,000,000 $4,250,000 $1,820,000 $1,400,000 $1,324,500 $1,130,000 $990,000 $690,000

GLOVER PARK 2307 38TH ST NW 2452 39TH ST NW 2323 40TH ST NW #P1 2323 40TH ST NW #P4

$925,000 $917,000 $18,750 $18,750

H ST CORRIDOR 825 L ST NE

$455,000

HAWTHORNE 7041 WESTERN AVE NW

$1,075,000

HILL CREST 3540 TEXAS AVE SE 1805 30TH ST SE 3674 SOUTHERN AVE SE

$400,000 $300,000 $160,000

KALORAMA 1917 23RD ST NW

$2,562,500

4 3 7 5 4 2 3 2 2 1 4 4 0 0 2 4 4 3 2 3

KENT 2812 UNIVERSITY TER NW

$1,100,000

LEDROIT PARK 1719 2ND ST NW 1936 3RD ST NW 510 T ST NW 31 ADAMS ST NW

$889,500 $740,000 $730,000 $715,000

LILY PONDS 4212 LANE PL NE 3358 AMES ST NE 330 36TH ST NE

$440,000 $229,500 $132,000

4 4 4 3 3 4 2 2

LOGAN 1422 12TH ST NW

$1,010,000

LOGAN CIRCLE 1419 SWANN ST NW

$899,495

MARSHALL HEIGHTS 5038 QUEENS STROLL PL SE 5117 F ST SE 5026 QUEENS STROLL PL SE

$330,000 $325,000 $320,000

MICHIGAN PARK 4317 22ND ST NE

$350,000

MOUNT PLEASANT 1824 LAMONT ST NW 3417 MOUNT PLEASANT ST NW

$975,000 $917,000

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1213 F ST NE 731 5TH ST NE 307 I ST NE 1367 NORTH CAROLINA AVE NE 234 F ST NE 538 11TH ST SE 614 9TH ST NE 1345 G ST SE 1803 BAY ST SE 1244 I ST NE 606 TENNESSEE AVE NE 907 C ST NE 1021 9TH ST NE 1209 POTOMAC AVE SE 601 10TH ST NE 1528 D ST NE 655 16TH ST NE 1829 E ST NE 1611 A ST NE 615 6TH ST NE 225 18TH ST SE 1809 BAY ST SE 1825 INDEPENDENCE AVE SE 1760 E ST NE 632 MORTON PL NE 1328 E ST NE 1506 GALES ST NE 1648 ROSEDALE ST NE 824 CAPITOL SQUARE PL SW

OLD CITY #2

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1620 S ST NW 1604 15TH ST NW 1517 12TH ST NW 1825 12TH ST NW 1541 T ST NW 1209 V ST NW 310 P ST NW 26 N ST NW 610 S ST NW 411 WARNER ST NW 1405 NEW JERSEY AVE NW

PALISADES

5711 SHERIER PL NW

PETWORTH

541 SHEPHERD ST NW 4516 8TH ST NW 509 DECATUR ST NW 5101 7TH ST NW 131 JEFFERSON ST NW 5017 9TH ST NW 320 MISSOURI AVE NW 525 INGRAHAM ST NW 414 CRITTENDEN ST NW 5310 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW 404 SHEPHERD ST NW 802 MADISON ST NW 4122 5TH ST NW 834 MADISON ST NW

RANDLE HEIGHTS 1018 ANDERSON PL SE 1622 21ST PL SE

$852,000 $849,000 $720,000

3 5 3

$1,012,100

$1,725,000

$999,999 $899,000 $885,000 $876,500 $870,000 $825,000 $820,000 $772,000 $725,000 $708,300 $695,000 $675,000 $665,000 $649,900 $637,500 $597,500 $590,000 $585,000 $575,000 $550,000 $530,000 $475,000 $462,000 $450,000 $425,000 $400,000 $366,000 $285,000 $893,100

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

$1,715,000 $1,294,000 $1,150,000 $975,000 $900,000 $850,000 $849,000 $615,000 $607,000 $489,000 $382,000

5 5 4 3 5 3 3 4 2 2 2

$1,185,000

$825,000 $749,000 $745,000 $665,000 $650,000 $582,000 $570,000 $560,000 $549,500 $510,000 $480,000 $450,300 $420,000 $299,000

4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3

$459,500 $290,000

4 3

1487 HOWARD RD SE 2221 RIDGE PL SE

RIGGS PARK

5703 2ND ST NE 4707 SARGENT RD NE 1242 FARRAGUT PL NE 5145 8TH ST NE 5348 CHILLUM PL NE

SHEPHERD PARK 7815 12TH ST NW

SPRING VALLEY 4850 SEDGWICK ST NW 3814 47TH ST NW

TAKOMA PARK

6501 3RD ST NW 82 TUCKERMAN ST NW 6548 EASTERN AVE NE 111 VAN BUREN ST NW

TRINIDAD

1420 MORSE ST NE 1920 BENNETT PL NE 1814 M ST NE 1132 PENN ST NE 1310 MONTELLO AVE NE

U STREET CORRIDOR 1936 15TH ST NW 974 FLORIDA AVE NW 2230 13TH ST NW

WAKEFIELD

3737 CHESAPEAKE ST NW

WESLEY HEIGHTS

3115 44TH ST NW 4373 EMBASSY PARK DR NW 4291 EMBASSY PARK DR NW

WEST END

1136 25TH ST NW

WOODLEY PARK

2248 CATHEDRAL AVE NW

WOODRIDGE

2641 MYRTLE AVE NE 2501 HAMLIN ST NE 2404 RAND PL NE 2579 RHODE ISLAND AVE NE 3017 26TH ST NE 3002 VISTA ST NE 3067 CLINTON ST NE

$280,000 $220,000

3 3

$480,000 $459,900 $415,000 $348,000 $305,000

3 4 3 3 3

$650,000

$1,482,000 $775,000

4 3

$757,500 $425,000 $385,000 $376,000

5 3 2 2

$600,000 $462,500 $449,000 $395,000 $335,000

4 3 3 4 2

$1,200,000 $493,000 $1,150,000

5 1 3

$1,035,000

$1,266,300 $845,000 $820,000

4 3 2

$2,600,000

$1,430,000

$659,000 $606,000 $499,000 $446,000 $429,000 $420,000 $324,000

4 4 3 3 3 3 2

$582,000

$192,000

$180,000

$339,000 $319,000

2 2

CONDO ADAMS MORGAN 1688 EUCLID ST NW #34

BARRY FARMS

1500 EATON RD SE #201

BLOOMINGDALE 1700 2ND ST NW #2

BRIGHTWOOD

710-712 SHEPHERD RD NW #6 921 BUTTERNUT ST NW #104

BROOKLAND 4424 1ST PL NE #B

CAPITOL HILL

901 D ST NE #204 116 6TH ST NE #301 125 15TH ST NE #5 305 C ST NE #302 116 NORTH CAROLINA AVE SE #401 414 SEWARD SQ SE #101 1820 INDEPENDENCE AVE SE #1 1391 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #556

CENTRAL

925 H ST NW #1004 2425 L ST NW #638 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #1107 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #906 2425 L ST NW #708 601 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW #707 1111 25TH ST NW #623 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #320 631 D ST NW #937 1150 K ST NW #203 777 7TH ST NW #910 915 E ST NW #1110 1330 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #223 1280 21ST ST NW #105 1301 20TH ST NW #117

CHEVY CHASE

4301 MILITARY RD NW #208 5410 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #712 5410 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #302

CLEVELAND PARK

3551 39TH ST NW #511 3741 39TH ST NW #206 3851 PORTER ST NW #D 280 2902 PORTER ST NW #B-1A 3609 38TH ST NW #210 3881 NEWARK ST NW #478 3701 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #440 3601 WISCONSIN AVE NW #110

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 1230 FAIRMONT ST NW #3 1208 LAMONT ST NW #2 1451 BELMONT ST NW #104 1118 MONROE ST NW #1 1419 GIRARD ST NW #2 1361 IRVING ST NW #11 1317 HARVARD ST NW #4 1451 BELMONT ST NW #214 751 FAIRMONT ST NW #1 1390 KENYON ST NW #718 1335 FAIRMONT ST NW #4 2639 15TH ST NW ##104 3500 13TH ST NW #108 3534 10TH ST NW #310 1401 COLUMBIA RD NW #107 3900 14TH ST NW #514 1458 COLUMBIA RD NW #301

DEANWOOD

320 61ST ST NE #101

DUPONT

1401 17TH ST NW #506 1801 16TH ST NW #209 1801 16TH ST NW #503 1920 S ST NW #303 1801 16TH ST NW #207 1711 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #710 1545 18TH ST NW #P17 1900 S ST NW #404

$126,500

$832,500 $645,000 $535,000 $333,000 $319,000 $307,000 $555,000 $505,000

2 3 2 1 1 1 3 2

$1,125,000 $935,000 $685,000 $675,000 $560,000 $499,900 $499,000 $490,000 $440,000 $415,000 $408,000 $407,000 $305,000 $249,000 $222,000

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

$530,000 $529,000 $299,000

2 2 1

$562,500 $549,000 $437,000 $430,000 $412,000 $411,000 $275,000 $245,000

4 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

$815,000 $799,000 $795,018 $628,710 $539,000 $505,500 $454,566 $447,000 $445,000 $392,500 $360,000 $340,000 $315,000 $310,000 $305,000 $285,000 $205,000

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

$200,000

$599,000 $499,500 $344,500 $257,000 $254,500 $247,500 $45,000 $505,000

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1714 SWANN ST NW #3 1939 17TH ST NW #1

$416,500 $270,000

ECKINGTON 1716 3RD NE #B 1714 3RD NE #B 329 RHODE ISLAND AVE NE #401 2002 4TH ST NE #2

$609,000 $569,750 $416,000 $410,000

FOGGY BOTTOM 2501 K ST NW #7B 955 26TH ST NW #307 2515 K ST NW #704 2515 K ST NW #601

$449,900 $399,990 $299,000 $290,000

FOREST HILLS 4007 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #412 2939 VAN NESS ST NW #1114 2755 ORDWAY ST NW #514 3701 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #411

$395,000 $339,000 $258,500 $156,000

FORT DUPONT PARK 4004 E ST SE #108

$35,000

FORT LINCOLN 2843 31ST PL NE #2843

$274,900

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

GARFIELD 2801 CORTLAND PL NW #301

$385,000

GEORGETOWN 1055 WISCONSIN AVE NW #4-E PEN. 1055 WISCONSIN AVE NW #2-W 1055 WISCONSIN AVE NW #4-W PEN. 2501 WISCONSIN AVE NW #10 3246 N ST NW #3-A 3026 R ST NW #3 1404 26TH ST NW #4

$5,600,000 $4,750,000 $4,651,650 $995,000 $729,000 $515,000 $450,000

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$470,000 $355,000

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In the Chef’s Kitchen Jeremiah Cohen of Bullfrog Bagels article by Annette Nielsen photos by Andrew Lightman

Operations Manager, Melanie Hunter, with a basket of just-baked classic bialys stands in front of their extensive menu. at 1341 H St NE, 202.494.5615.

f you’ve ever enjoyed living near an iconic bagelry like Ess-a-Bagel or H & H Bagels, it’s a challenge to find anything that comes close to a ‘real’ bagel with a schmear outside of New York unless you follow food writer Ruth Reichl’s advice and head to Montreal. People swear, “it’s the water” – the famed and proprietary New York H2O in which the bagels are boiled before they’re baked – and therefore a New York City bagel can’t be matched. Many believe you can’t hold a candle to deli smoked meats and cured fishes, either. The District has come into its own on the artisanal food front, and now has a bona fide contender in the bagel department. Stop in at Bullfrog Bagels and you’ll immediately get the aroma of the hand-rolled, fresh-baked bagels and bialys displayed in baskets at the front counter – and there’s a terrior to these bagels as they’re made from District tap water and a wild leavening agent present organically in the air. There’s nuance in the fermentation, and it plays a critical role in the bagel’s flavor and texture. “It’s a true DC bagel,” says owner Jeremiah Cohen, a Washingtonian who grew up in the District, an alumnus of Wilson High School, “and this type of bagel was made here before the advent of the chain stores.” Cohen has a longtime childhood friend in artist Jonathan Blum, and their collaborative work includes a Seder in 2012 at the Tabard Inn for 60 people. Cohen cooked dinner, Blum created a beautiful Haggadah (the text recited at the Passover Seder), and another friend, Jessica Goldstein, served as the Seder leader – with culinary royalty like Phyllis Richman in attendance. “We talked about continuing on with another event,” says Cohen. But after the spring of 2013, Cohen and others

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departed from his family’s longtime business at the Tabard Inn in a much-publicized family feud. When I’d visit Jonathan in Brooklyn, he was still recovering from the Tabard break, and would go to Mile End Deli in Park Slope and eat great Jewish comfort food. Maybe that’s where the idea for Bullfrog took hold. “I had attended the L’Academie de Cuisine in the 1990s and was a home baker,” says Cohen,

The Bullfrog Bagel team (from back, left to right): Jeremiah Cohen, Palden Tsering, chef Aaron Wright, Operations Manager Melanie Hunter, Front row: Maria Reyes and Marina Robles.

Jeremiah Cohen, owner of Bullfrog Bagels in front of the stand mixer, part of the bagel preparation.

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who worked at the popular pizzeria, Two Amy’s, “and I realized the specifics of a certain business model that starts with flour, water and yeast and how making bagels is similar to making pizza.” Inspired, and during free time, Cohen started tweaking his bagel recipe at home. He tested the market for his bagels, selling out to long lines at pop-ups while he looked for a permanent commercial space. Jonathan Blum was commissioned to design the logo, and with an introduction facilitated by restaurateur Joe Englert, he now shares space with the popular H Street NE-based Star and Shamrock. “We’re able to compartmentalize the bagel making – and we can accommodate the over 1000 bagels a day made, as well as the on-site smoked meats and cured salmon,” says Cohen of the efficient kitchen where the largest piece of equipment is the standing mixer used to make the bagel dough. There are the traditional deli offerings here, too – whether the popular sour pickles, whitefish salad, smoked salmon that is house-cured, brisket, chopped liver, spreads and schmears, or Zeke’s coffee – all are available in house or for take out (they will prepare larger portions for group gatherings). In addi-

tion, you can call ahead and have your bagels packaged (to make sure they don’t sell out before you get there) or a ‘Bagelwich’ prepared and ready to go – like the Natitude (hot pastrami, Swiss cheese and Dijon mustard sauce), Reuben Bagel (corned beef, house-made sauerkraut, Swiss and Thousand Island dressing) The Oriole (Baltimore brisket, muenster and jus) – or get a breakfast rendition with bacon or pastrami, egg and cheese. Cohen has assembled a talented and loyal team in staff members: Marina Robles who mixes the flour and their own Bullfrog Bram (starter), Deo Gray who hand-rolls the bagels before they’re boiled and baked, and Aaron Wright who is the chef de cuisine, overseeing the smoked meats. Wearing many hats, Melanie Hunter, the operations manager says “It’s the simplicity of the bagel that represents something safe and familiar – when I was growing up, there was nothing better than a bagel, cream cheese and a bottle of Yoo-Hoo.” Cohen has only just celebrated his third month anniversary in the H Street space, but is looking for an additional facility where he would up his production to meet increasing demand, especially for wholesale accounts. He’s also looking to add other flavors like a

ABOVE: Aaron Wright, Chef de Cuisine, checks on the pastrami in the smoker. Bullfrog Bagels cures its own salmon, makes pastrami, brisket and more – all sold at their H Street NE location they share with Star and Shamrock. RIGHT: Only in operation for a few months, Bullfrog Bagels has become a popular gathering place in the neighborhood with regulars from the surrounding H Street NE community.

cinnamon and raisin variety to the list of bagel offerings he sells singularly or by the old-time baker’s dozen that include plain, sesame, poppy, everything, salt and onion. Making bagels is a true passion for Cohen who remembers going out for bagels around the District as a kid, “I have a love of bagels and they’re definitely a part of my cultural heritage.” With more people from the neighborhood and beyond finding out about Bullfrog Bagels, there will be more DC kids growing up with authentic bagels as a part of their family’s tradition. While there isn’t a specific recipe for a bagel sandwich, you can create your own classic version the way Cohen enjoys his – take your favorite bagel with a schmear (spread of cream cheese), smoked salmon, onion, a sprinkling of capers and may-

be a slice of tomato. Perfection. Bullfrog Bagels, 1341 H Street NE, 202.494.5615, bullfrogbagels. com, open Tuesday-Friday 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 7 a.m. to noon, closed Monday. Annette Nielsen has been engaged in food, farming and sustainability issues for nearly two decades. The food editor of the Hill Rag, Nielsen’s experience includes catering, teaching a range of cooking classes for adults and youth, leading farm tours and coordinating artisanal food events. She is the editor of two Adirondack Life cookbooks, and is at work on an Eastern Market cookbook. Nielsen heads up Kitchen Cabinet Events, a culinary and farm-to-fork inspired event business. A native of the Adirondacks, and a long-time resident of both NYC and DC, she returned to Washington, DC from Washington County, NY; annette@hillrag.com. u

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Dining Notes

Chef Andrew Evans recently unveiled The BBQ Joint at Union Market

by Celeste McCall Café Society There’s something new at Curbside Café, the homey breakfast-lunch spot at 257 15th St. SE. The year-old neighborhood eatery, which grew from a cupcake truck (hibernating during the winter but set to return this spring), has added new items. Greeting customers is a long, glossy, wooden table and cozy nooks. Proprietors are Lincoln Park residents Sam and Kristi Whitfield, often accompanied by their small children, Drake and Sam IV. Besides Vigilante coffee, tea (Barracks Row’s Capital Teas), house-baked cupcakes, donuts and pop tarts, you can now order an Italian hoagie (regular or veggie), a BLT (pork or turkey bacon), tuna melt and curried egg salad wrap. We’ve tried most of the new offerings and they are delicious. Friend Marilyn, a vegetarian, described the egg salad as “good, with spicy curry, a lighter than usual spinach-flavored wrap and lots of greens.” Yes, she gave me a bite. Curbside Café also caters, focusing on tuna and chicken salad sliders and other sandwiches. Soon, if not already, you may order on-line. Open daily; call 202-495-0986 or www.curbsidecupcakes.com. Kristi and Sam Whitfield, owners of Curbside Café, show off house-baked lollypops with son Drake. Photo: Celeste McCall

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Great news for BBQ fans: Last month, Chef Andrew Evans unveiled The BBQ Joint at Union Market, a spinoff of his two BBQ Joint restaurants in Easton and Pasadena, Maryland. Like those popular Eastern Shore eateries, the Union Market Joint dishes out ribs, pork butt and brisket, collard greens, baked beans and cornbread. Also available for catering and carryout, the succulent offerings are trucked in daily from Evans’ spacious Pasadena kitchen. We sampled most of the menu and our favorites were the ribs. “Coming to Washington is a dream come true,” said Evans at his Dec. 11 press briefing. A tip from a friend—plus research-brought him to Union Market. Trained at the Culinary Institute of America, Evans wielded his whisk at the posh Inn at Easton before opening a (now-closed) Vietnamese restaurant which morphed into his BBQ Joint. “My goal here is to serve killer barbecue,” Evans emphasized. And he does. Located at 1309 Fifth St. NE, Union Market is open Tuesday-Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 202-714-3292 or www. andrewevansbbqjoint.com.

Happy Hour is a little happier—and goes a lot later--at DC Harvest. Showcasing “modern American” cuisine, the Atlas District restaurant is offering a late night happy hour from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays, plus the standard happy hour 5 to7 p.m. daily with creative cocktails and snacks--all locally sourced. DC Harvest is operated by Arthur and Jared Ringel, who bring over 40 years of experience to their present endeavor. Happy hour libations include bloody mary oyster shooters; Harvest Rickey (Green Hat gin, lime juice and club soda), and the New Fangled (Catoctin Creek Rye, orange, grapefruit bitters, pineapple juice), $5 draft beers and wines by the glass. Available only at the bar are assorted nibbles like Old Bay-dusted popcorn; home-smoked nuts; and cheeses (sheep, goat, or bleu). Located at 517 H Street NE, DC Harvest is open for dinner Sunday-Thursday 5 to 11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday-Sunday brunch from 11 to 2:30 p.m. For reservations call Open Table (202-629-3296) or http://www.dc-harvest.com/.

More… Also in the Atlas District is Copycat Co. Open since mid-November, Copycat is the creation of Barmini alum Devin Gong. Downstairs, customers nosh on Northern Chinese street food like steamed dumplings and skewers; upstairs they sip libations at an

Crunchy Quinoa Cakes. at DC Harvest. Photo: Walter Rowe

upbeat bar. Located at 1110 H St. NE; Copycat is open daily ‘til late. Call 202-241-1952.

Wine is Fine Here’s something fun and convenient for the busy new year. It would also make a nifty post-holiday gift for someone special. DCanter, the Barracks Row wine boutique, has introduced “Wine Concierge,” a monthly wine selection and delivery service. Here’s how it works: You sign up and choose 6 or 12 bottles for free delivery. You can order more or cancel anytime. For more information call 202-8173808 or email: hello@dcanterwines.com. Website is www.dcanterwines.com. Located at 545 Eighth St. SE, DCanter is closed Mondays.

Sushi on the Move At Sushi Capitol, 325 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Master Sushi Chef Minoru Ogawa turns out luscious, ultra-fresh fishy creations. At lunch on a dreary Friday, we’d looked forward to a cup of warm sake. But the restaurant was temporarily out of single portions, and we didn’t want to spring for a $28 bottle in the middle of the day. So we settled for green tea. Peter chose a pair of appetizers: feather-light shrimp and vegetable tempura, and crispy morsels of Japanese-style fried chicken. I went for the sashimi special, silken slices of high quality tuna, salmon and what tasted like mackerel, all arranged atop a thatch of shredded daikon radish. You may also order ala carte sushi and sashimi, miso soup, edamame, dumplings

and other items. Sushi Capitol is closed Sunday; call 202-6270325 or www.sushicapitol.com.

Class Action There’s still time to sign up for chef Spike Mendelsohn’s Jan. 10 cooking class at Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Spike – who also operates Bearnaise and Good Stuff Eatery, will prepare tasty tidbits including Vietnamese papaya salad with beef jerky and fried broccoli and matchstick potatoes. Recipes come from Spike’s 35-seat Dupont Circle “speakeasy,” The Sheppard, named for Sen. Morris Sheppard (DTX), author of the infamous 1917 Sheppard Bone-Dry Act that banned booze in Washington. For Spike’s cooking class, Sheppard’s mixologist, JD Quioco will be on hand to mix specialty cocktails. The class is $80 per person. The Hill Center is located at 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE; call 202-549-4172 or email: programs@HillCenterDC.org.

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Barracks Row Sugar and Spice As the Hill Rag reported last summer, Souk Spice Market & Boulangerie is opening soon at 705 Eighth St. SE, which used to house Hello Cupcake. Created by Trinidadian-born Winnette McIntosh Ambrose and her brother Tim McIntosh, the future enterprise will be modeled after a souk, a typical Middle Eastern market which hawks everything imaginable including freshly ground spices. And….right next door to Souk, Winnette and Tim are unveiling their second Sweet Lobby shop. The original, beloved for its decadent cupcakes and macaroons, is located up the street at 404 Eighth St. SE. You might recall Sweet Lobby took first place in the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars in 2012. Brother and sister know what they are doing; both hold engineering degrees from MIT.

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Tips for Buying Alcohol that Nobody Tells You

by Lilia Coffin, The Wine Girl

ith the pursuit of fine wines and liquors becoming more of a hobby for many and not just a pastime, major trends have been arising. Craft beer, rare cocktail additions, new whisky homelands, and specific wine producers are pursued mercilessly by consumers after, say, an exuberant review article, seasonal recipe, or a special edition is released. Demand skyrockets, prices rise, and the supply, by nature or design, drops precipitously. In an industry which generally needs time or the best ingredients to develop its highest-rated products to their peak levels, whether an aged whiskey or a vintage wine, this causes incredible market shifts. Older bourbons are a perfect example, with the demand increasing dramatically in recent years; producers had no inkling of this two or three decades ago and could never have predicted that the barrels they had just set would sell so quickly or for so much. Pappy Van Winkle 23 year Bourbon is by far one of the most requested, most expensive, and rarest seen whiskies on the market and its average price has jumped from the hundreds to the thousands in just the last two years. As a wine (etc.) salesperson, this is not fun. I hate looking into your hopeful face and telling you the beer you requested is only available in the state of Maine, or that the article you read failed to mention the whisky was only released in Europe. The worst part is that shelves are filled with well-aged, off-trend, or smallname items that you could be enjoying or investing in now without risking your car payment. With wine, find grapes or regions you like instead of names. Wineries are businesses and they change hands, start and end working relationships, and close up shop without much notice. If the popularity of a name in wine does not push the estate to maintain strict quality standards and raise the price, as is true with a Lafite or Latour, the inverse can occur. When a wine brand’s name becomes popular, the push for a bigger supply in the next vintages sacrifices quality in order to keep prices fairly level. Any wine with a commercial can be put into this category. If it is ubiquitous and in high supply, like Apothic Red or Veuve Clicquot Champagne, it is being sourced from unnamed vineyards and blended for conformity. Allowing yourself to look past the label opens you up to wines cultivated with love and passion. There are always good alternatives available. Many major chateaus and estates have second labels or table wine versions of their major blends. This can be a blend of the juice from a number of their vineyards, where they would otherwise use the grapes from just one, or it may be run-off from their major label, blended to be imbibed comparatively young. Winemakers will work for more than one estate, or start their own, taking their distinct style with them. If you like bourbon, try rye, less pricy, or rum, even less pricy, for the next wave in liquor aged up to 20 years. If barley-based Scotch is your game, barley-based Irish whiskey has a growing number of distillers experimenting with peat and releasing older bottlings. And there are always Scotland’s independent bottlers, who release well-aged special editions of major label whiskies under their own name at a fraction of the cost.

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Having an open mind is key. While it may be true that there is no other beer quite like your favorite, there is very likely someone making something remarkably similar, or riffing on the same idea. Even finding your chosen bottle again is no guarantee of satisfaction; a truly artisanal beer, wine, or liquor’s taste will even vary from batch to batch. And finally, please, please, please, ask us. Any wine and liquor store worth its snuff is staffed by people that know their inventory and can suggest options based on your preferences. For my part, here are just a few lesser known names that pack a big punch to your palate and not to your wallet. Happy Shopping!

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Two English Geniuses on Screen A Mathematical Wonder and a Singular Painter

Timothy Spall as J.M.W. Turner; photo by Simon Mein, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

by Mike Canning The Imitation Game Can valid cinematic drama be confected out of the life of a socially inept, mildly clueless English scientific genius whose core discoveries affect the whole of mankind? Well, yes, if that figure is Stephen Hawking as played by Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything.” But wait, that was last month (see “At the Movies” for December 2014). This month’s version of a singular British scientist is Benedict Cumberbatch as mathematician Alan Turing in “The Imitation Game,” a compelling story of the codebreakers who cracked the German’s key war code (rated PG-13, the film, released December 12, runs 103 mins.) The form of “The Imitation Game” is that of an intelligent suspenser with a soupçon of romance. The suspense comes from the real-life work in Bletchley Park, England, beginning in 1939, to try to break the Nazi’s unfathomable Enigma Code. British authorities assembled a set of top cryptologists and linguists to find a way into the code, which changed its language variables every day through settings on its typewriter-like Enigma machine. An English commander (Charles Dance) brings together a worthy team at Bletchley, headed by Hugh Alexander (Matthew Goode) and John Cairncross (Allen Leech from “Downton Abbey”). Into this mix, at the insistence of the MI6, represented by Stewart Menzies (Mark Strong), comes Turing, an esteemed genius but a quirky sort who does not suffer fools and demands to work alone. Turing himself then recruits another singular mathematical mind, that of Joan Clarke

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(Keira Knightley) who, as a woman, is at first not even allowed into the precincts of the code work because of its classified nature. Working intensely together and intrigued by each other’s minds, both Alan and Joan contemplate getting together, but it cannot be because Turing confesses he is gay. Turing’s sexual orientation (which was still a crime during his lifetime) is touched on in a framing story from 1951 which sketches his involvement with the police and an eventual interrogation which becomes the flashback narrative of the Bletchley story. Overall, the built-in tension of will-they, won’t-they find the code (even if you know they will) is very well calibrated. The movie, the first in English by a talented Norwegian director, Morten Tyldum, stands or falls on Cumberbatch’s performance, and, as it happens, it stands up just fine, thank you. The actor’s somewhat otherworldly appearance (for example, he played Khan, an alien character just last year in “Star Trek Into Darkness”), those piercing eyes and lanky frame, all contribute to the picture of the slightly clumsy mad scientist. Cumberbatch further enlivens and deepens the character with eccentric yet poignant line readings. He will certainly appear on some Best Actor listings in the upcoming award season. Cumberbatch is well supported by a good ensemble cast. Knightley dials down her usual comely charm to convince as a serious mind with a human and kindly bent. Goode turns in a sly performance as a super bright cad, and Charles Dance is a lovely imperious pill as Commander Dennison. I particularly liked the ubiquitous Mark Strong (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “Low Winter Sun” on TV) as the cool, reptilian secret service agent with a fathomless cynicism about his work. Another element to praise in ”The Imitation Game” is the magnificent creation of the code-breaking machine itself, anointed by Turing as “Christopher” (after a beloved boyhood friend), a giant whirligig of rotating alphabetic gears that takes on a life of its own as it finally crunches out Enigma’s secrets.

Mr. Turner Yet another British film graced by an admirable English actor comes our way this holiday season with “Mr. Turner,” a partial biography of the singular British painter James M.W. Turner, one of the greatest landscape and marine painters in history. The new film, covering Turner’s life from about 1829 until his death at 76 in 1851, is the work of the noted director Mike Leigh, and it is a winner (rated “R”, the film opened on Christmas and runs 150 minutes). Known for 30 years for his gritty, off-beat, unscripted slices of contemporary British life, Leigh only once before went into historical territory with his lively and very entertaining investigation of the careers of Gilbert and Sullivan in “Topsy Turvy” (1999). Here he takes on another British icon but invests it with a wondrous look, evoking both Turner’s historical period and his radiant paintings. Leigh, who as usual wrote his own screenplay, opens with Turner’s story when he is 54 and already long established as a major artist regularly exhibiting at the Royal Academy. We see him living with his venerable father William (Paul Jesson), who mixes his colors, and his put-upon maid Hannah Danby (Dorothy Atkinson), but ready to break his routine by traveling to Margate, a seaside town in East Kent, the better to study the sea. While there, he adopts an assumed name and finds lodgings with the sprightly widow Mrs. Sophia Booth (Marion Bailey) and finds new visions from the location. The rhythm of the picture shows Turner toggling steadily between his London studio and Margate, his

painting turning more and more abstract after his father dies, while he finds a comfortable relationship with Ms. Booth. The narrative, nicely modulated, takes its time, periodically showing a silhouetted Turner against divine English landscapes, provoking generously a sense of other great painters of his century. These reveries are counterbalanced by bursts of Turnerian activity, ranging from an off-hand sexual encounter with the maid to the Great Man improving his own still-wet painting by smudging it as it hangs in a gallery. The guy was unstoppable: he had himself tied to a ship’s mast to better study the inside of a snowstorm. Timothy Spall, a splendid character actor who has appeared in dozens of English films and TV series, has had a long association with Mike Leigh, having appeared in four previous pictures for the director (including “Life Is Sweet” and “Secrets and Lies”). Still, he is probably best known as one of the ongoing characters in the Harry Potter series. Here, as Turner, he presents a peculiar persona, looking like an upstanding gopher given to grunts and raw asides rather than coherent talk For Leigh, Turner’s genius is in his craft, his eye and his touch, not in any aristocratic bearing or intellectual mien. You might wonder how this kind of rude gnome could be such a master, but other somewhat slovenly figures—like Beethoven— prove the point. Whatever Turner’s real physical nature (no recorded images of him exist), Spall has Leigh’s version down pat. A marvelous performance. Hill resident Mike Canning has written on movies for the Hill Rag since 1993 and is a member of the Washington Area Film Critics Association. His reviews and writings can be found online at www.mikesflix.com. u

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ernie Dellario can take you to dreamy places where light from the sky, water, and woods emanates from the canvas as if it were backlit. You can find yourself in Rock Creek Park, or the Brittany Coast. At the same time, he can take you to ordinary places: the middle of Baltimore, a street corner on Capitol Hill, or someone’s backyard in Indiana—with clothes on the line. Bernie has a Bachelor’s degree from King College in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He studied at the Art League School in Alexandria, VA and has taken workshops with well-known painters. His work has been featured in The Nature Conservancy Magazine and other publications. He is also a new faculty member at CHAW, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, where he will be teaching Plein Air painting beginning in March.

Progress, Bernard Dellario, Oil on Linen, 34 x 26

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Artist Portrait: Bernard Dellario

by Jim Magner Columbia Heights, Bernard Dellario, Oil on Linen, 16 x 20

He has two paintings in CHAW’s January faculty exhibit (see, At the Galleries). One is a scene in the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast DC. Like all of his work, it’s really about paint, and how you put it on a flat surface. The strokes are loose but structured—not inhibited by detail. He lets flat areas of paint define the forms. The other painting is far from a traditional cityscape. A steam shovel is scooping up demolition rubble. The pastel shades on the crumbling walls suggest a house—someone’s home—rather than a commercial building. There is a story here—a story that we are familiar with in DC. Its title, “Progress,” is either a positive observation, or a cynical view of what’s happening. He leaves it up to you to make that judgment. Bernie paints because he has to…it’s a calling too strong to resist. It’s a calling he wants to share with others who feel the same compulsion. www.bjdellario.com.

Jim Magner’s Thoughts on Art

It takes dedication to your craft, and more than a little courage to put the time and effort into a painting like Bernie Dellario’s, “Progress.” It’s not pretty in the standard everything-isjust-dandy sort of way. And “pretty” sells. Bernie belongs to the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, and his work, like most of the paintings produced by that group, are traditional landscapes. Beautifully done. People love them. So do I, but great art doesn’t have to be pretty. In the first decade of the 20th Century, there was a “school” of painting that is often referred to as “Ash Can.” New York painters such as Robert Henri, William Glackens and John Sloan saw painting as journalism. They wanted to paint the truths about the city. It was their reaction to the “Genteel” tradition: showing people and places in only the most favorable conditions. Their general motto was “Get out of the

drawing rooms and into the streets.” In other words, don’t be afraid to offend someone; just tell the truth. Some of the work was intended to be political, some not, but if you show trash piling up in alley garbage cans—the ashcans—it can’t help but trigger a political reaction, regardless of the painter’s intent. And some revulsion. Sadly, that work today is pretty much forgotten. Folks much prefer the Impressionists who produced lovely, rather fuzzy scenes of sailboats on the sunny seas and soul-soothing lily ponds. Some times I have had to tell the truth in my work—like depicting all the barriers sprouting up around the Capitol—the so-called people’s house. I just don’t expect to sell those things.

At the Museums El Greco (1541–1614) National Gallery of Art – West Bld. 7th and Constitution NW – Feb 16 The soaring silver-blues and the gleaming, room-dominating whites are stunning, even after four centuries, but it is the emotion, the mystical force of the figures that reach out and pull you in. There are only eleven paintings in this NGA exhibition marking the 400th anniversary of El Greco’s death, but his work, his late paintings in particular, are as new and timeless as anything in the history of art. “Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea” National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Ave, NW – Apr 12 This is a monumental show. It’s a complex, fascinating story of how a young girl from “humble circumstances” became the most famous woman in history. Certainly she is the most frequently depicted in art. Sure, being identified as the Mother of Jesus had a lot to do with it, but, because very little is actually known about her, artists have had a virtual open season on how she should look…and in what surroundings. But more than a religious icon, Mary also represented womanhood, either nursing a baby, or quietly distraught, suffering the cruel death of her son. Over 60 paintings, sculptures and textiles from the Vatican museum and major collec-

tions. Some of the most important male artists from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including Botticelli, Dürer, and Michelangelo, and four women masters, Gentileschi, Anguissola, Caccia and Sirani.

At the Galleries Faculty Art Show Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) 545 7th Street, SE. – Jan. 10 – Feb. 28 Opening Recep: Sat. Jan. 10, 5-7 This is the annual faculty exhibition with a real celebration. Not only will there be wine and cheese at the opening, there will be a catalogue with interviews and photos of the artist/teachers in their studios. They will be there, of course, to discuss their work and the classes they teach. A new faculty member, Bernie Dellario (see, Artist Profile) will be on hand to meet the public and talk about his “plein air” painting classes that begin in March. www.chaw.org. Multi-Artist Exhibit Hill Center Galleries 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Jan. 8- Mar. 31 & Opening Recep. Jan. 14, 6-8 Thirty-six artists display work in every media, technique and approach known to man (except ceiling murals) in this very large and inclusive juried exhibit. The opening will be fun, as always, but if you can’t get to it, drop in during the coming weeks. Journeys: Richard Levine Waverly Street Gallery, 4600 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD Jan.6 – Feb. & Opening Recep. Jan. 9, 6-9 The show is titled “Journeys” and that pretty much describes the breadth of locations and the subjects from New Mexico to Belgium, and from Maine to France…and stops in between. All of the work maximizes pastel techniques with wet under-paintings that provide the light effects that uniquely identify every location—trying to “capture an elusive moment in time, light and color.” A Capitol Hill artist and writer, Jim can be reached at Artandthecity05@aol.com. Jim’s award-winning book, “A Haunting Beauty” can be acquired through www.ahauntingbeauty.com u

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A Compendium of Readers, Writers, Books, & Events

by Karen Lyon

Steve Cymrot inside Riverby Books, 2006. Photo by Ed McManus

Thanks, Steve Among the many remembrances of Steve Cymrot, whose untimely death in late November stunned so many on Capitol Hill, were warm accounts of the “salons” he held over tea at Riverby Books. I was privileged to have been part of some of these informal gatherings. In fact, the Literary Hill column probably wouldn’t exist without them. Or without Steve. When I first began my column about Hill writers in 2001, it could have been a rather short-lived series. I knew that mystery writer Martha Grimes lived on the Hill and somebody had told me about a novelist named Louis Bayard. But beyond that, as far as I could see, lay a pretty arid field. Then one day on my walk home from work at the Folger Shakespeare Library, I poked my head into Riverby Books, thinking maybe somebody there could give me some leads. What a great move that turned out to be. From that first visit, Steve generously took me under his wing and gave me the benefit of his accrued knowledge. He not only had a sizeable section of the store devoted to books by local authors, but he also seemed to have a story about anybody on the Hill who had ever put pen to paper. As I built my network of writers, I continued to stop in to consult with Steve when I saw him in

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the window—and he would sometimes send me a note when a local author published a book I’d missed. It was his idea to start publishing poetry in the Hill Rag; poetry lovers have him to thank for the Poetic Hill, which debuted in 2013. And when we decided to take my column “live” in 2010 with the first Literary Hill BookFest, Steve was right on board. He worked with me and with the authors to make sure their books were available for sale—and he never took a dime. Any profits made by Riverby were given as a donation to the BookFest. The BookFest—and the Literary Hill—won’t be the same without him. And neither will Capitol Hill.

American middle-schoolers on a class trip to Florence, Italy, meet a Renaissance re-enactor who claims to be the real Leonardo. Has the creative genius really come back to life? Author Mark P. Friedlander, Jr. blends fact and fiction in an engaging adventure that explores how science, math, and art have changed over the past five centuries. “Ghost in the Water,” by Andy Kaiser, is the debut entry in another new series, “The League of Scientists.” Seventh-grader John Hawkins is the odd kid out at his new school until he’s invited to join a secret club where kids use their knowledge of biology, technology, logic, and chemistry to unravel mysteries and to show, as one reviewer noted, “that science is not just something done by old guys in white coats.” Both books are recommended for ages 10-14 and are available at sciencenaturally.com.

Retirements of Note

Your toddler is throwing tantrums and your threeyear-old won’t eat his peas. Who ya gonna call? Adventures in Science Alas, there is now one fewer resource to help parScience, Naturally!, Capitol Hill’s own publisher ents through those “difficult years.” Marguerite of entertaining and educational books for kids, anKelly, who has been writing the syndicated Famnounces two new titles in their series of blended ily Almanac advice column for 35 years, is callSTEM fiction featuring themes in science, teching it a day. nology, engineering, and mathematics. Kelly announced her retirement in the WashIn “Leonardo Da Vinci Gets a Do-Over,” the ington Post in November with one last column, first in the “Innovators in Action!” series, a group of where the Hill author dispensed some final guidance to parents. “Life isn’t perfect because we’re not perfect either,” she reassured them, but she cautioned against raising kids in a bubble. In her typically sensible fashion, she wrote, “We can’t expect children to do for others if we do too much for them. We can’t expect them to be brave … if we try too hard to keep them safe. And we can’t expect them to have confidence in themselves if they don’t learn how to cook and clean and take care of everything they own.” “As parents,” she continued, “we must give our children Science, Naturally! announces the publication of the freedom to test themselves, two new adventures in learning for kids.

a lecture by Paul Strohm, author of “Chaucer’s Tale,” Jan. 10, 6:30 p.m., at the Washington National Cathedral; “In the Beginning Was the Word: An Evening with James Carroll and Marilynne Robinson,” Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m.; and a reading of drama and verse by two British poet/playwrights, Simon Armitage and Peter Oswald, Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m. www.folger.edu, 202544-7077 The Smithsonian AssociMarguerite Kelly, 2002. Jonathan Yardley, 2004. ates offers “Reading Your Way Photo by Ed McManus Photo by Ed McManus to a Well-Educated Mind” with writer and historian Susan Wise Bauer, Feb. 7, 9:30 the faith to chase their dreams and enough a.m., and begins a five-session course called trust to let them go. These are the greatest gifts “Ulysses, Joyce, and You,” Feb. 10, 6:45 p.m. that we can ever give our children.” www.smithsonianassociates.org Thankfully, Kelly’s three best-selling The Library of Congress presents a literbooks are still in print, so while you can no ary birthday celebration of Zora Neale Hurlonger find her in the newspaper, there’s plenston with novelists Dolen Perkins-Valdez and ty of her down-to-earth advice to be had in Marita Golden, Jan. 7, noon; a talk by Su“The Mother’s Almanac,” “The Mother’s Alsan Buckley and Elspeth Leacock, authors of manac Goes to School,” and “Marguerite Kel“Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Stoly’s Family Almanac.” ry of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March,” Another retirement, announced in DeJan. 14, 10:30 a.m.; and a lecture on poetry by cember, was that of former Hill writer and Terrance Hayes, Jan. 22, noon. www.loc.gov Washington Post book critic Jonathan Yardley, who has decided that his more than three decades in the job “are quite enough, thank you.” Off the Hill Claiming that he is “an old fashioned The Bridgewater International Poetry Festiman in a new-fashioned world,” Yardley wrote val presents more than 60 poets over a fourthat while he is stepping aside from his reviewday period, Jan. 15-18, at Bridgewater Coling duties, he will continue to argue for “the lege in Virginia, about two hours from DC. continuing value and pertinence of much that Make a poetic weekend of it! For more, visit is old-fashioned, above all the carefully, scruwp.bridgewater.edu/bipf pulously written word.” He will, of course, also continue reading—but without “a pencil in The Lyon’s Share hand and a notebook at the ready.” Dear Readers, this month’s column has been in some ways a look back, but rest assured that On the Hill I’m looking ahead in the New Year to many exThe Hill Center presents a reading by Lawciting new books by local authors as well as a rence Knutson, author of “Away from the full slate of poetry, readings, and other literary White House: Presidential Escapes, Retreats, events. And mark your calendars now for the and Vacations,” Feb. 1, 2 p.m. www.hillcenterfifth annual Literary Hill BookFest, booked for dc.org, 202-549-4172 Sunday, May 3, in the North Hall of Eastern The Folger Shakespeare Library presents Market. Happy reading in 2015! u

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Ladies and gentlemen, ghosts and children of the state, I am here because I could never get the hang of Time. This hour, for example, would be like all the others, were it not for the rain falling through the roof. I’d better not be too explicit. My night is careless with itself, troublesome as a woman wearing no bra in winter. I believe everything is a metaphor for sex. Love-making mimics the act of departure, moonlight drips from the leaves. You can spend your whole life doing no more than preparing for life and thinking “Is this all there is?” Thus, I am here where poets come to drink a dark strong poison with tiny shards of ice, something to loosen my primate tongue and its syllables of debris. I know all words come from preexisting words and divide until our pronouncements develop selves. The small dog barking at the darkness has something to say about the way we live. I’d rather have what my daddy calls “skrimp.” He says “discrete” and means the street just out of sight. Not what you see, but what you perceive, that’s poetry. Not the noise, but its rhythm; an arrangement of derangements; I’ll eat you to live: that’s poetry. I wish I glowed like a brown-skinned pregnant woman. I wish I could weep the way my teacher did as he read us Molly Bloom’s soliloquy of yes. When I kiss my wife, sometimes I taste her caution. But let’s not talk about that. Maybe Art’s only purpose is to preserve the Self. Sometimes I play a game in which my primitive craft fires upon an alien ship whose intention is the destruction of the earth. Other times I fall in love with a word like “somberness.” Or moonlight juicing naked branches. All species have a notion of emptiness, and yet the flowers don’t quit opening. I am carrying the whimper you can hear when the mouth is collapsed, the wisdom of monkeys. Ask a glass of water why it pities the rain. Ask the lunatic yard dog why it tolerates the leash. Brothers and Sisters, when you spend your nights out on a limb, there’s a chance you’ll fall in your sleep.

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azz can be enigmatic, an alchemy of mysterious sounds and moods that is spontaneous and yet deliberate in its free flowing creativity. The music can be complex, but good jazz feels as simple as first love—it goes straight to the heart and rests there, beating gently. You can walk in your door after a hard day’s work and a harrowing Metro ride, put on Sarah Vaughn or Clifford Brown and your world is transformed. Your mind clears, your body relaxes and suddenly life smiles at you. Jazz is beautiful music. Good Thing ••• Maggie Herron, Producer Brian Bromberg Jazz vocalist and pianist Maggie Herron took some time out with a few good friends to deliver a solid album with standards like “The Very Thought of You,” “Baby Baby All the Time,” “Le Printemps est Arrive’,” and “Body and Soul.” Weaving tales of her life’s experiences, Ms. Herron’s soft voice trembles along waves of emotions to caress each nuance of her songs. Mellow and full of sultry invocations, the music offers comfort and meaningful connections to life’s memories. Alluding to the paradox of love and life, Ms. Herron is exquisitely flawless with her sweetness and joy on “You Call It Madness I Call It Love.” Appearing with Ms. Herron are Rick Braun (trumpet), Brian Bromberg (acoustic bass), Ramon Stagnaro (guitar), Dave Tull (drums), Paul Lindbergh (sax), and Lee Thornburg (trumpet).

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and “My Favorite Things.” And although his voice at times calls to mind that of Jon Lucien or even a tremor of Johnny Hartman, the only striking rewards are “Black Coffee” and “You Don’t Know What Love Is.” All the music and songs are here for Mr. Jefferson to deliver, except of course what’s missing is the caressing, the seduction, and the soft touch that comes with the wonderment of love. Perhaps in the near future we will meet Mr. Jefferson in a better nightclub with a more intriguing story to tell us.

When we want to love, we love When we want to kiss, we kiss With a little petting, we’re getting Some fun out of life Read more: Billie Holiday - Getting Some Fun Out Of Life Lyrics | MetroLyrics The latest album from Joanne Tatham is of stark contrast, except of course the infectious and memorable “In A Lonely Place,” and the rapturous and disingenuous title track “Out Of My Dreams.”

In Motion ••• Manuel Valera & New Cuban Express, Criss Cross Jazz The softer side of Cuban music is not common along the shores of Havana or even on the streets of Santiago de Cuba, the country’s second largest city. For the record, Cuban music has influenced the Argentinian tango, Ghanaian high-life, West African Afrobeat, and Spanish “nuevo flamenco,” but also the development of salsa and jazz. The latest album from Manuel Valera is a good example of what happens when jazz is mixed with Cuban music. Simply put, it’s fun. Consider a walk along the summer beaches, a lingering date over breakfast, an evening of dancing at your favorite vacation nightclub, or finding yourself in the midst of nightly street festivals. The songs of notable distinction start with “Descargando,” “No Puedo Ser Feliz,” “Mirrors,” and “Para Emiliano.”

Chillin’ In Batumi ••• Exitus Entertainment A scintillating and exotic album from a supercharged and eclectic collaboration of musicians making extensive use polyrhythms over fusion jazz. Full of passionate joy and endless dance movements, the folks heard here are DJ Logic from the Bronx, Jaleel Shaw on alto saxophone, James Hurt on electric piano, Justin Brown on drums, Lamont McCain on electric bass, Butterscotch on vocals, and Beka Gochiashvili, the young and upcoming jazz piano phenom from Tbilisi, Georgia. Highlights include “Chillin’ In Batumi,” “Summer In Georgia,” “Timon and Pumbaa,” and “Homage.” And now, pretty please, let’s keep this one under wraps for spring: “Let Go.” It’s a beauty, wow!

Out Of My Dreams ••• Joanne Tatham, Café Pacific Records There was a time when jazz vocalists and jazz musicians were like newly married couples celebrating their togetherness and looking forward to the good life. In a sense it brings to mind Billie Holiday’s delightful rendition of “Getting Some Fun Out Of Life.”

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{kids & family} N O T E B O O K by Kathleen Donner Eliminating WMD’s (Whining, Manipulation and Disrespect) with Joshua Wayne On Thursday, Jan. 22, 8-8:45 a.m., in this presentation by youth development expert Joshua Wayne, learn how to never get in another power struggle with your son or daughter. Children may not come with an instruction manual, but the right tools and training can give parents effective, battle-tested techniques for gently and effectively ending the power struggle with their adolescents and teens once and for all. This program is free. Register online at hillcenterdc.org or call 202549-4172. Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. hillcenterdc.org

Favorite Classics at Rosedale Library On Tuesday, Jan. 13, 4 p.m., in celebration of A.A. Milne’s birthday, Rosedale is having a Winnie the Pooh afternoon. There will be a Winnie the Pooh story time. Starting at 4:30 p.m., the entire family can enjoy a film of Winnie the Pooh adventures and do Pooh-themed crafts as well. The film is rated G and runs for 57 minutes. 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. On Saturday, Jan. 17, starting at 10 a.m., come celebrate this important occasion with a day of Wonderland-themed crafts and a showing of the classic Disney film. Rosedale Neighborhood Library, 1701 Gales St. NE. 202-727-5012. dclibrary.org/rosedale

Mockingbird at the Kennedy Center Adapted from the 2010 National Book Award– winning novel, this vibrant and moving world premiere play, commissioned by the Kennedy Center and VSA, tells the story of Caitlin, a young girl on the autism spectrum who used to rely on her older brother to help make sense of the world. Now

Twelve Watkins Elementary School students were the first to use the new street hockey rink, alongside Washington Capitals alumni Sylvain Cote, Rod Langway, and Alan May. Photo: Kathleen Donner

Watkins Rush Rink Refurbished The National Hockey League and Washington Capitals have refurbished ‘Watkins Rush Rink,’ a street hockey rink at the Watkins Elementary School and Recreation Center, 12th St. between D and E Sts. SE. They invested more than $115,000 into the rink including team benches, rubber matting surrounding the rink, repaired netting, repaired boards, updated energy efficient lighting, new goalie nets, new recycle bin receptacles and new street hockey equipment. In addition to what was donated to ‘Watkins Rush Rink,’ street hockey development and training was provided by the Washington Capitals for 23 physical education teachers in 21 DC public schools to implement the sport into their programming, and to promote an active and healthy lifestyle for kids through hockey. All of these schools received new street hockey equipment including sticks, balls, nets, and goalie pads, which will benefit more than 8,000 local students.

that he’s gone, she must find new ways to navigate school, express herself, and get close to people again in this moving and surprisingly humorous

play. For ages 10, up. Performances on Jan. 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 31 and Feb 1. $20. kennedy-center.org

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will make its premiere onstage at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW, as part of GMCW’s concert titled Born This Way on Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. Rehearsals will be held one Saturday a month at the Sitar Arts Center and Atlas Performing Arts Center. No audition or experience necessary. For more information or to sign-up, interested youth can visit gmcw.org/outreach/genout.

Winter Family Festival at the American Art Museum Don’t fly south for the winter, flock to the museum. On Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., join them for feathery fun as the whole family enjoys crafting for the birds to celebrate The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art, including a printmaking workshop with Lily Press. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F Sts. NW. americanart.si.edu

Heure du Conte: French Storytime at NE Library Ice Princess Elsa visited the ice rink for their seasom opening on Nov. 15. Photo: Courtesy of Rink Management Services Corporation

Weekly Cartoon Skate at the Canal Park Ice Rink Every Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., kids can skate with cartoon characters at the Canal Park Ice Rink. The rink is open daily and offers private skating lessons for children and adults. Ice skating rink hours are as follows: Monday and Tuesday, noon-7 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday, noon-9 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Admission is $9 for adults and $8 for children, seniors, and military. Skate rental is $4. The rink also has daily programming and events: Monday and Wednesday, DC After School Youth Skate Workshop, 3:30-5:00 p.m.; Tuesday, 2 for Tuesdays (get 2 admissions for the price of 1), noon-7 p.m.; Thursday, College Night, 6-9 p.m.; Friday, Rock & Skate featuring DJ, 7-9 p.m.; Saturday, Learn to Skate: 9:45-10:45 a.m. and Cartoon Skate, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Canal Park Ice Rink is at 2nd & M Sts. SE, one block from the Navy Yard/Ballpark Metro (New Jersey Ave. Exit). More information can be found at canalparkdc.org/ice-rink/public-skating.

Teen Kick Back at MLK Library On Wednesday, Jan 14, 4 p.m., come celebrate MLK week in Teen Space. They will be having some fun MLK-themed activities. For ages 13-19. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW, 202-727-0321. dclibrary.org/mlk

Gay Men’s Chorus Announces First LGBTQA Youth Chorus The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) has announced the formation of its new GenOUT Chorus, the first LGBTQA Youth Chorus in the area. The GenOUT Chorus seeks singers between the ages of 12-21 to join a newly forming youth chorus for LGBTQ youth and their allies. The Chorus

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On Sunday, Feb. 1, 2 p.m., attendees are exposed to French vocabulary through story, song, rhyme and crafts during this interactive story time. Ages 2-6 are encouraged, though all ages are welcome. Please note that story time will be done entirely in French unless otherwise specified. Please call 202-698-0183 or contact Whitney Jerome with any questions. Northeast Neighborhood Library, 330 7th St. NE. 202-698-0058. dclibrary.org/northeast

Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program The Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern program offers undergraduate and graduate students insights into the environment, culture and collections of the world’s largest and most comprehensive repository of human knowledge. Through the Junior Fellows program, the Library of Congress furthers its mission to provide access to a universal record of knowledge, culture and creativity as exemplified by its collections, while supporting current and future generations of students and scholars. The fellows explore digital initiatives and inventory, catalog, arrange, preserve and research a backlog of special, legal or copyright collections in many different formats. Applications accepted online only at usajobs.gov (keyword-Junior Fellows) through midnight, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015.

Breastfeeding and Pumping Basics at Hill Center On Saturday, Jan. 17, 2-4 p.m., join The Breastfeeding Center as they host their popular Breastfeeding and Pumping Basics workshop. This class teaches the basic anatomy and physiology involved in breast milk production and breastfeeding and also the basic information for choosing and then using a breast pump. Mothers will learn what to expect during the first days after birth, as well as what to do if things do not go as planned. Class will discuss what preparation and supplies are helpful. In addition, pump demonstrations will be shown and mothers will also receive instruction on pumping strategies for the early weeks. $100 per couple. Register online at hillcenterdc.org. Hill Cen-

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Ground Broken on Duke Ellington School of the Arts Modernization Formerly the Western High School, Duke Ellington School of the Arts is one of the District’s oldest school buildings. The existing 176,000 sq. ft. building will be transformed into a 260,952 sq. ft. facility. In addition to providing traditional core academic classrooms, the modernization project incorporates non-traditional studio theatre classrooms, multiple 2-D and 3-D digital art studios, fully functional dance studios, individual and group practice rooms for instrumental and vocal music instruction, collaborative graphics/video computer laboratories, and functional art gallery areas. The modernization is set to be completed in 2016.

Kids MLK Extravaganza at MLK Library On Saturday, Jan 17, join them to celebrate and honor Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of activities for kids, birth to 12, and their families. There will be a puppet show, reader’s theatre, crafting time, a video, and an opportunity for kids to recite a part of their favorite speech by Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW, 202-727-0321. dclibrary.org/mlk

“Kicks Are For Kids” Indoor Soccer @ DCJCC Registration Open Registration is open for six weeks (Jan. 18-Feb. 22, 10 a.m.) of indoor soccer “Kicks Are For Kids” for boys and girls ages 2-3 and 4-5 at the DCJCC Basketball Gym at 16th and Q Sts. NW. $99. Space is limited and deadline is Jan. 16. Register at kafksoccer.com.

My School DC Application Process for 2015-16 School Year Opens The District of Columbia has launched “My School DC,” the common application for DC Public Schools and public charter schools for the 2015-2016 school year. In its second year of operation, My School DC provides a single online application where families can apply for outof-boundary spots at K-12 schools, all Pre-K programs for 3-year-olds and Pre-K programs for 4-year-olds, selective citywide high schools, and nearly every public charter school program. Approximately 3,000 applications have already been submitted by residents. Families can go to MySchoolDC. org to submit an application to as many as 12 schools. The new DCPS school boundaries and feeder patterns for school year 2015-16, as well as the extensive phase-in policies, are programmed into the application. The application process is open through Feb. 2 for grades 9-12 and Mar. 2 for grades PK – 8. There is no advantage to applying early. The online application is available in English or Spanish. Families can also call the My School DC hotline 202-888-6336 to complete an application by phone, and live interpretation in other languages is available.

ImaginAsia: Archaeological Adventures at the Sackler In this workshop, take a self-guided tour of Unearthing Arabia: The Archaeological Adventures of Wendell Phillips. Then, dig into a mini “excavation site” that includes shards found in Yemen and create clay models inspired by works in the exhibition. All

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ages welcome; best for children ages 8-14 with adult companions. Saturday, Jan. 17 and Sunday, Jan 18, 2-4 p.m. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. asia.si.edu

DC Area National Parks Receive America’s Best Idea Grant The National Park Service, National Capital Region Office is one of 39 recipients of a 2014 America’s Best Idea grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. The Fly By Light: Discover Your True Nature program is a pilot partnership with national parks in the Greater Washington Area and One Common Unity, a non-profit that seeks to improve life outcomes for at risk youth in Washington, DC by providing quality and comprehensive social, emotional, and creative arts learning programming and wilderness immersion. Through a series of afterschool workshops and retreats to national parks, participants develop selfesteem by learning skills to become responsible, emotionally literate adults and environmental stewards.

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In early January, District students participating in the “DC Kids Ride Free on Bus” program must “tap” their registered DC One Card on the farebox card reader each time to board the bus for free, during the designated program hours. The DC Kids Ride Free on Bus program allows students to ride Metrobus and the DC Circulator without charge, Mondays to Fridays, from 5:30-9 a.m. and 2-8 p.m., during the regular school year. Students may also ride free when school dismisses them early for a half day during the weekday. After 8 p.m. on weekdays, and on weekends, students may ride at a re-

duced fare by purchasing a monthly rail/bus pass or a 10-trip bus pass. DC students can now prepare for this requirement by registering their DC One Card and confirming their eligibility in the Transit Subsidy Program on the DC One Card website (dconecard.dc.gov). The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will download the electronic DC Kids Ride Free on Bus pass onto the students’ DC One Card. For more information, visit ddot.dc.gov/page/schooltransit-subsidy-program.

Become a Reading Partner Can you share one hour each week with a student who is struggling to read? By becoming a reading partner and volunteering as little as one hour a week, you can help a child learn to read. Reading Partners DC provides an easy to use curriculum and on-site staff support to enable volunteers to be effective tutors. Eighty-seven percent of fourth graders from low-income families do not read proficiently. Last Year Reading Partners’ DC students improved their rate of learning in reading and narrowed their achievement gap. This year, Reading Partners DC is partnering with 15 local district and charter elementary schools and is opening opportunities for 725 students. To sign up to be a reading partner, fill out the form found at info. readingpartners.org/volunteer-inwashington-dc. If you have any questions, call 202-701-9110 or email volunteerDC@readingpartners.org.

Air and Space Museum Launches “Eye in the Sky” Game. The mission: locate a missing US military aircraft and recover the topsecret technology that disappeared along with it. It is vital that this important technology stay out of enemy hands. The situation is critical

and the Smithsonian TechQuest team is monitoring the operation closely. Smithsonian TechQuest’s “Eye in the Sky,” a new educational program at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. UdvarHazy Center, is an alternate-reality game that tests the observation powers, problem-solving skills and decision-making abilities of players ages 10 and above as they take on the role of intelligence analysts during the Cold War. TechQuest is a free program that will run the second Friday of every month, as well as most Saturdays, from 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., with the last briefing beginning at 2:30 p.m. More information and dates of upcoming games can be found at airandspace.si.edu/ techquest. The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. UdvarHazy Center is in Chantilly, Va., near Dulles. It is open daily from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (closed Dec. 25). Admission is free, but there is a $15 parking fee.

Griffin Discovery Room at Monticello The Griffin Discovery Room at Monticello is a hands-on activity center for children. Monticello visitors--especially those ages 6-12--can literally get in touch with American history through hands-on activities. This educational environment provides a variety of ways for young people to connect with Thomas Jefferson, the members of the larger Monticello community, and learn what life was like for children in the early 1800s. Located on the lower level of the Smith Education Center, the Griffin Discovery Room is open daily. Monticello is at 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy., Charlottesville, VA. 434-984-9800. monticello.org u

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School Notes by Susan Braun Johnson Capital City Public Charter School “At Capital City, every student is college material, and the goal is to get the very best education possible,” declared First Lady Michelle Obama. “This should really be the model for every school in this country.” First Lady Michelle Obama, as part of her Reach Higher initiative, visited Capital City Public Charter School on Dec. 15 as part of the senior’s College March in which all 75 seniors mailed college applications. The First Lady congratulated seniors on completing college applications and motivated underclassmen to graduate high school and pursue post-secondary education. “Every young person in this country,” said the First Lady, “should have a team of teachers, and counselors and school leaders pushing them and supporting them like you all have here at Capital City.” Capital City’s High School, a Tier One Performing High School as designated by the DC Public Charter School Board, is committed to supporting every student in getting to and graduating from college. The school has a dedicated college counseling staff and alumni coordinator that works with students and their families during and after their tenure at Capital City. The college focus and preparation is working. 100% of seniors from Capital City’s first three graduating classes have been accepted to college. Capital City also has the highest number of 2014 graduates with in-seat college attendance of any public high school in DC.

St. Peter School students sing carols Christmas Concert a Blessed Tradition

“If I am you, and I am here, then you will be just like me one day,” said First Lady Michelle Obama. - Pamela Daley. 100 Peabody St. NW, www. ccpcs.org

St. Peter School Each year, the St. Peter School community gathers for a school wide evening Christmas concert at St. Peter’s Church. This year, the school band kicked off the evening with a brief concert, after which students dressed in Christmas finery processed into a packed church. Each grade sang a traditional Christmas carol, followed by friends, family and students filling the church with the sounds of “Joy to the World.” A highlight of the evening was welcoming the youngest Pre-K students to this annual tradition and bidding a fond farewell to the eighth grade students who will graduate in the spring.

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St. Peter School “student families” – comprised of learners in each grade and led by an eighth grader – gather throughout the school year to engage in community service. During the season of Advent, the “Student Families” supported Macy’s Make-A-

Wish Believe campaign by writing letters to Santa asking him to grant wishes for children with lifethreatening medical conditions. For each letter received, Macy’s will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish, up to $1,000,000. It was a wonderful opportunity for the students to make a real difference in the lives of children nationwide.

CYO Basketball Well Underway! The St. Peter Panthers have hit the courts hard preparing for this year’s CYO basketball season. Fielding girls and boys Junior Varsity and Varsity basketball teams, the Panthers are fortunate to be coached by a group of teachers, parents and parish volunteers – many of whom played college ball. Looking forward to a great season!

Winter Open House The St. Peter School Winter Open House will be held on Jan. 16 from 9 – 11 a.m. Prospective families are invited to tour the school and meet with faculty and parents. For those interested in learning more, please contact the school: info@stpeterschooldc.org, 202-544-1618 or visit www.stpeterschooldc.org. St. Peter School, 422 Third St. SE

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We are proud of our award winning, highly effective teaching. Many Cluster teachers have been recognized for outstanding classroom skills, including several recipients of the Presidential Excellence in Teaching Award, Teacher of the Year Awards, and DCPS’ highly coveted Rubenstein Award for Highly Effective Teaching. With living classrooms and innovative programs, we have one of the most active school garden programs in the city. With our flourishing gardens and indoor cooking classrooms, our students plant and harvest crops, cook healthy meals, and experience hands-on learning of science, math, social studies, writing, and more. We have one of the most vibrant, comprehensive music programs in the city, starting at pre-K3 and including choral, band and orchestra programs at the middle school. Our parents and community make a difference. With one of the most active PTAs in the city, the Cluster School ensures parent involvement plays an important role. Parents, teachers and community members raise more than $100,000 annually in support of field trips, athletic programs, and professional development for teachers.

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Although our open houses were held in December, administrators at each of our campuses would be happy to answer your questions or schedule a visit. Call us. Peabody Primary Pre-K3 through Kindergarten 425 C St NE 202-698-3277 facebook.com/CHCS.DC

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2015 Open Houses: 9:30 am – 11:00 am January 29th • February 26th RSVP to Ms. Jo-Anne Hurlston, Parent Coordinator, jo-anneh@ewstokes.org School tours every other on Wednesday from 9:00 am -10:00 am. Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS 3700 Oakview Terrace, NE | Washington, DC 20017 | 202.265.7237 www.ewstokes.org January 2015 ★ 113

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the next level of competition. Practice, practice, p-r-a-c-t-i-c-e! The next Eliot-Hine Open House is on Jan. 29, at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. This is an opportunity to meet Eliot-Hine staff and learn more about the programs offered. RSVP to Ms. Wallace at linnis.wallace@dc.gov in advance, or sign in at the event. Parents of fourth and fifth graders should please plan to come. EH has inspired teachers and students. Look for an invitation to come home with your student after the winter break. Happy New Year from Eliot-Hine! – Tammy Whyte, Eliot-Hine’s Community Affairs Director. Eliot-Hine Middle School, 1830 Constitution Ave NE. 202-939-5380. www. eliothinemiddleschool.org.

Payne Elementary Bully Terminators Eliot-Hine seventh-graders Christmas Haynesworth and Jamel Vines took first place in the West Point Lego Robotics Competition!

Eliot-Hine First Place in Robotics Competition! Last month, four Eliot-Hine students participated in the day-long Lego Robotics Competition, sponsored by West Point Military Academy. Two seventh grade students, Christmas Haynesworth and Jamel Vines, took first place among all of the teams! They received a cash prize, books, and West Point swag for their efforts. Robotics students will compete again in the spring.

MLK Day with City Year On Jan. 19, Eliot-Hine, along with Eastern SHS and Center City PCS, will be hosting City Year on MLK Day of Service. Close to 1,000 volunteers are expected among the three buildings. Students will paint murals, make care packages, and do other projects throughout the building.

E-H Roundup The first DC Scores season came to a close on Dec. 4, with several students showcasing their creative writing skills at the Poetry Slam held at H.D. Woodson SHS. Students also had weekly soccer games as a part of the program. The spring season will start on March 9. The Eliot-Hine spelling bee will be held Jan. 22. Winners from the school level will move on to

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mitting to help foster a learning environment where every child feels safe, included and valued. Payne Elementary School understands that every person makes a difference and that includes every member of the school community. Payne Wildcats are now charging the entire Capitol Hill community to join them in taking an active stand against bullying. Be a Bully Terminator, someone else is counting on you! -Kesha Lucas, School Psychologist. Payne Elementary School 1445 C St. SE. Follow us: Facebook: PayneES; Twitter: @ PayneDCPS and @PrincipalPayne Instagram: PayneDCPS

J.O. Wilson Elementary School Deputy Secretary Shelton visits the Cardinals Fifth graders at J.O. Wilson had an inspiring guest in December. James Shelton, Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Education, spoke to the students about his difficult childhood, his life journey and his career. Deputy Secretary Shelton also gave tips on how students can best fulfill their potential by staying in school and working hard. Fifth grader Iyanna Hood summed his message up as, “If something’s not working, keep trying.” It was an inspirational segue into Winter Break.

“Are you a Bully Terminator?” This is the question that was posed to Payne Elementary School Students this month and the answer was a resounding “YES!” Payne Wildcats were officially named “Bully Terminators” and the school is an official “No Bully Zone”. During the Bully Terminator program, led by worldranked Brazilian Ju-Jitsu fighter Nyjah Easton and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran Grants Enhance Learning Mike “The Hulk” Easton, students in KindergarIt truly takes a village to educate children. Luckten through fifth grade had an awesome opportunity to learn about how to terminate bullying. Since this program has initiated, the students have learned how to identify a bully, identify a person being bullied, and avoid being a bully target and stop bullying in action. Nyjah and Mike both shared personal stories of bullying including how it felt to get bullied by someone, as well as what it felt like to be a bully. Every student has been charged to take the Payne Elementary School pledge against bullying, comIntermediate Grades Bully Terminators with Mike and Nyjah

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Michelle Chabbott, Ed.D. ily for schools on the Hill, the Capitol Hill Community Foundation is part of ours! J.O. Wilson received grants totaling $4300 for the library and for Ms. Ardalan’s preschool classroom. Ms. Ardalan’s classroom grant purchased a new computer, and the students couldn’t be happier about it! They’re using it in many different ways, including Skype-ing with pen pals, watching webcams from several zoos as part of their current study, and many other great activities. With the grant, the library received a much-needed infusion of books, including several series’ the students have been clamoring for such as Ron Roy’s Capital Mysteries and the ever-popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. The library acquired 146 new books, and 38 of them were checked out within two hours of their arrival! -Kate Sweeney, Librarian, J.O. Wilson Elementary School, 660 K St NE www.jowilsonelementary.org.

Tyler Elementary School New Student Programs at Tyler Elementary This year, Tyler is offering many new programs. Two of those programs are designed to get students more engaged in their school. Tyler introduced a new drop-off process in the morning. This exciting new program, called “Curbside Convenience,” is for families who

drive their kids to school. This program is supported by Tyler staff and by a select group of fourth and fifth-graders who have been trained as Safety Patrols. Curbside Convenience allows parents to remain in their cars while they drop off their children at school. Safety patrols will come to the cars and escort the children to the school lobby or directly to their classrooms, depending on the age of the children. This new system makes the drop off process quicker and more efficient for everyone. Tyler also began a Student Ambassador program. Every quarter, one student from each third through fifth grade class is nominated by secret ballot by the class after applications are approved by the teacher. These ambassadors receive special training and Tyler Student Ambassador shirts. Responsibilities include: weekly morning greetings to parents and students at arrival, classroom and playground peacekeepers (modeling peaceful behavior), Open House tour assistance, help with Tyler events (Harvest Festival, Kiddie Cabaret), monthly Breakfast meeting/good citizen training. Both of these programs are great ways for Tyler’s older students to take a leadership role at the school and give back by helping their peers. Anika Wilson, Tyler Elementary, 1001 G St. SE. For more information, visit TylerElementary.net; anikacd@yahoo.com.

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many volunteers! A special thanks to the Sherman family for spearheading another successful event. -Denise Diggs, Brent Elementary School, 301 North Carolina Ave SE 202-698-3363 www.brentelementary.org

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Please join the Brent community at an open house. At these events interested families will be able to meet Principal Peter Young, Brent teachers and parents, and hear more about Brent’s high quality Capitol Hill responsive education and Cluster School unique field studies proMore than 700 tickets were gram. Families will also resold for the Cluster’s “Anceive a tour of the school nie” the Musical threeand see Brent’s wonderful show performance which classes “in action.” featured students from all for supporting the Brent Christmas Dates for the open Thanks three of the Cluster’s school tree event. Brent Principal Peter Young with houses are Jan. 12, Feb. 2, fourth-graders Ryanne and Chloe during the campuses and showcased March 2 and May 4. All Brent PTA Christmas Tree Sale. the newly renovated audiOpen Houses begin at 9 torium at Stuart-Hobson. a.m. and end at 10:30 a.m. Please RSVP to DeThe Winter Reading Program has also nise Diggs at denise.diggs@dc.gov or 202 698-3364 kicked off and runs from December through if you wish to join children are most welcome to atFebruary. This year’s goal is 1 million minutes of tend. Individual tours are available upon request. reading. In the spirit of reading, the Cluster welPlease contact Ms. Diggs to schedule. comed award-winning author, illustrator and poet Thanks to the Capitol Hill Community for Charles R. Smith Jr. on Dec. 4. Mr. Smith spoke making Brent’s Annual Christmas Tree sale a sucto students at both Watkins and Stuart-Hobson. cess. All over the Hill, hundreds of residents are Peabody Kindergarten teacher, Raenjoying beautiful Christmas trees, fresh wreaths chel Houghton, and colorful poinsettias thanks to the Brent PTA was awarded with Christmas Tree Sale. The event was huge sucDCPS’ 2014 Excelcess because of the tremendous support from lence in Teaching

Peabody’s Rachel Houghton was awarded with DCPS’ 2014 Excellence in Teaching Award which included a $10,000 award prize for outstanding achievement.

Watkins Watkins school choir performed at the Kennedy Center’s Groundbreaking Ceremony on Dec. 4 which also marked its 50th anniversary. The students were also invited to perform at a holiday reception hosted by Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden. They sang holiday-themed songs for military families and special guests. Watkins hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 5 with DC Parks and Recreation, the NHL and the Washington Capitals Hockey team announcing a newly refurbished ‘Watkins Rush Rink.’ The first community meeting with the city’s Department of General Services was held on Dec. 9 to kick off full community discussions and plans for the modernization of the school. On Dec. 7, Watkins’ Girls on the Run team concluded its Fall/Winter session with a celebratory 5K run at Anacostia Park to wrap up 12 weeks of hard work. The program is expected to kick off again in the spring of next year. - 420 12th St. SE.

Stuart-Hobson For the second year in a row, the Stuart Hobson football team won the DC Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA) city-wide championship which took place on Nov. 22. The team were cheered on by parents and teachers from the

Award which included a $10,000 award prize for outstanding achievement. The formal ceremony will take place on Jan. 15. Peabody held Open Houses for parents on Dec. 3. Parents heard answers to frequently asked questions with Watkins teachers, parents, and administrators, and were given a school tour and an opportunity to chat with current families. 425 C St. NE. Watkins students perform for VP Biden & Dr. Jill Biden

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Friends Community School Progressive Quaker Education Kindergarten - Grade 8 Experience the Joy of an Extraordinary Education! Cluster until the game ended with a final score of 53-0. Stuart-Hobson is also ranking high in its First in Math program and is now in second place for middle schools and fourth place overall in DCPS standings. Stuart-Hobson also finished third – out of more than 200 competitors – at the annual Geoplunge Geography tournament, held on Dec. 11, at the National Portrait Gallery. 410 E St. NE - Bernetta Reese. The Capitol Hill Cluster School’s website is www.capitolhillclusterschool.org and features weekly updates for all three campuses.

School-Within-School at Goding Winter Solstice On Dec. 19, SWS marked the start of winter with its annual winter solstice celebration. With lots of behindthe-scenes help from parents, students and staff decorated their classrooms with lights. Everyone was allowed to come to school in pajamas and each classroom put on a feast of fruit, pancakes, and other treats before heading out for winter break.

FoodPrints: Behind the Scenes Ever wondered what the famous FoodPrints gardening and cooking program looks like from the inside? This year at SWS, students are able to spend a whole day every few weeks reading about, discussing, planning, preparing—and, of course, eating healthy, delicious foods. In Dec., second graders started their FoodPrints day by reading about “rotters”—the bacteria, fungi, worms, and other creatures that help break down organic matter into soil. Then they got cooking! The menu that day included broccoli slaw, sweet potato kofta, naan, cucumber raita, and pumpkin-molasses muffins. --by Hannah Schardt

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Capitol Hill Day School CHDS 6th Graders – In Their Own Words Every week, sixth graders post a summary of their week. Here is a glimpse into the life of a CHDS middle school student: Science: We are learning about the cardiovascular system. Hypertension is a heart disease that raises your blood pressure. We have to write a letter to a fictional cardiovascular patient from the point of view of his doctors, explaining his risk factors and how to prevent them from getting worse. Math: We started using the Bits and Pieces math book, and doing fraction investigations, such as how to find an equivalent fraction. English: We started on a new writing project called argumentative essays. We each have to pick a topic and then write a paper arguing our position. We learned that to try and persuade someone, you can use facts that support your opinion and argument. It is helpful if you also address some of the “cons” [and] make them into “pros”. History: Yesterday we read a short article about how people in Egypt did a non-violent protest for the famous library of Alexandria. Spanish: We started presenting our conjugation projects. I had to conjugate two verbs into their six forms and use those words in sentences. French: We have been playing

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fun games to help us learn about time and numbers. Performing Arts: Today we started our choreography for the musical [Into the Woods]. It is combination acting and dancing scene. PE: We take our pulse before and after different games. Usually, after we play the game, our pulse is higher because we have been moving a lot and your body needs more oxygen. - Jane Angarola, Capitol Hill Day School, 210 South Carolina Ave. SE 202-386-9919, jangarola@chds.org.

Friendship Public Charter School Friendship Campuses named Three Tier 1 Campuses in 2014 Friendship Public Charter School is pleased to announce that three of their six campuses were recently named Tier 1 charter schools by the DC Public Charter School Board. The Nov. 14 event was led by the DC Public Charter School Board and Mayor Vincent Gray. The three Friendship campuses that were announced as Tier 1 charter schools were Friendship Chamberlain Elementary, Friendship Southeast Elementary Academy, and Friendship Woodridge Elementary and Middle. In order to qualify as Tier 1, schools must

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the District, but it’s not the only one. Maury third graders fanned out across the city (and the internet) to study other communities then communicated their learning through a Social Studies “fair”. A highlight was the diorama of the Foggy Bottom area including an image of President Nixon scowling in front of the Watergate. Another clever presentation included a puzzle book about Brentwood. One unique feature of our city is that it is not only our home, but also the home of President Obama. The students enjoyed a private tour of the White House and were in the East Wing when Marine 1 landed, President Obama boarded and then left CHDS 6th graders engaged in forensic anthropology for a speech in Las Vegas. The program at Museum of Natural History students asked great questions as they walked through the dining room, the blue, red, and green score at least 65 percent on the Performance rooms, and were always trying to Management Framework (PMF), which was defigure out who was in each portrait they passed. signed by the DC Public Charter School Board. The PMF takes into consideration how well charOpen Houses: ter schools prepare students for college, improve Maury will be hosting two Open Houses on Jan. their math and reading skills, and other metrics of 20 at 9 a.m. and another at 6:30 p.m. Both sessions school performance. Because charter schools are will include a chat with current parents and a Q&A so unique from one another, the PMF uses comwith the principal. The morning session will feamon metrics to analyze a school’s performance and ture a tour of classrooms in action including those give them their score. The score is based on school devoted to art, music or science. The evening sesperformance during the 2013-2014 school year. – sion will have the tour, though classes will not be Amy Benson. in session. No reservations required. - Elizabeth The mission of Friendship Public CharNelson; Maury Elementary, 1250 Constitution ter School is to provide a world-class educaAve. NE 202-698-3838 or mauryelementary.com. tion that motivates students to achieve high academic standards, enjoy learning, and develop Kingsbury Center as ethical, literate, well-rounded and self-suffiDoes a Successful School Leader cient citizens who contribute actively to their Need Underwear? communities. The leadership team at The Kingsbury Center, More information about Friendship’s othDC’s oldest private, nonprofit institution dedicater schools can be found at http://www.friendshiped to serving children and adults with learning difschools.org. ferences, is writing a book entitled Leading by the Seat of Your Pants. The first chapter was published today on The Kingsbury Center’s blog at http:// Maury Elementary kingsburytransforms.org. District Neighborhoods Entitled “Does a Successful School LeadCapitol Hill may be the best neighborhood in

er Need Underwear?” the post was authored by Kingsbury CEO and Head of School, Peri-Anne Chobot, Ed.D. Dr. Chobot argues that qualities associated with “going commando” and “being a commando” can boost the effectiveness of an educational leader. Each Kingsbury leader has written a chapter for the book, reflecting on how a particular style of underwear relates to leadership within the educational environment. The chapters will be published on the blog sequentially. Next up is “Boxers versus Briefs,” by Kobie Beal, Kingsbury’s Deputy Executive Officer for External Affairs. The Kingsbury Transforms blog features weekly posts on topics intended to be of interest to families who struggle with learning differences, as well as to the educators, professionals and ther-

apists who serve the LD and ADHD community. Elliott L. Conklin, Psy.D, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Kingsbury, is the chief producer of the Kingsbury Transforms blog and has authored several posts. His writing explores psychological research, books, parenting, education, therapy and the general practice of good living. “We invite members of the community to join in the process by posting comments, reflections and questions about our posts. Interested readers can follow the Kingsbury Transforms blog through email or RSS,” said Dr. Chobot. Anyone interested in contributing to the blog may send their stories, experiences or words of advice and feedback to econklin@kingsbury.org. The Kingsbury Center was founded in 1938, Kingsbury is DC’s oldest private, nonprofit institu-

tion dedicated to serving children and adults with learning differences. The Kingsbury Center includes a day school for students with learning differences and ADHD; as well as divisions that provide tutoring, diagnostic and psychological services, speech and language and OT/PT services to the school and greater DC community. The Kingsbury Day School provides a comprehensive, supportive and differentiated PreK-12 college preparatory diploma program for 185 students. Students benefit from enriching educational experiences; small classroom size; use of innovative technologies, programs and practices; and individualized, related services. For more information, visit www.kingsbury. org or find Kingsbury on Facebook (KingsburyDaySchool) or Twitter (@KingsburyDC). u

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LEFT: Flowering Cannabis plants BOTTOM: District Growers manager Kathryn V. Rust in a cannabis ﬂowering stage room

Growing Your Own When the Time Comes

by Cheryl Corson, RLA, ASLA

n November, DC residents overwhelmingly approved the Initiative 71 referendum which, for our purposes, allows “the personal cultivation of no more than six cannabis plants with three or fewer being mature, flowering plants, within the person’s personal residence.” How nice that our legislators think so highly of our gardening abilities! They are confident that we can produce six thriving cannabis plants at one time. They trust we can tell male plants apart from female plants. They assert that we can control how many of our plants will be in their flowering stage at one time, and that we’ll even know when they are flowering. And they fervently believe this can be done within the con-

fines of our four walls, as “within” means “not outdoors.” Just substitute the word, “eggplant” in the referendum quoted above, and you’ll see you’ve got some learning to do – when and if Congress and the DC government come to terms on Initiative 71 and you decide to be among the first generation of legal cannabis home growers in the District.

Ground Rules This article does not advocate cannabis cultivation, consumption, or breaking the law. This article is only going to discuss growing cannabis and will not cover the status of existing legislation or the high-jacked November referendum, information easily obtained elsewhere.

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Twist ties are used to attach plants to a PVC trellis frame to spread out the canopy of the plants as they grow.

This article relies heavily on the advice of others, but as a dirt gardener for 35 years, I understand all the information presented here and take full responsibility for any errors. Relevant information and resources may be found in my October column, “Growing Indoor Edibles,” and will not be repeated here. (http://www.capitalcommunitynews. com/content/growing-indoor-edibles).

Cannabis Basics What is Cannabis? Cannabis, aka marijuana or pot, is an annual flowering herb, probably from the mountains northwest of the Himalayas. After it flowers it dies, so don’t get too attached to your (up to six) plants. Cannabis is predominantly dioecious, which means male and female plants are separate. This trait is common in woody plants like the Ginkgo tree, but rare in annuals. Only the female produces the pistillate flowers called buds. This is the part of the plant that contains the most THC (tetrahydrocannabinal). According to the free online “Marijuana Grow Bible” by Robert Bergman, ”THC is essentially the stuff that provides the soothing, medicinal qualities that many people associate with cannabis” (http://www.ilovegrowingmarijuana.com/about-us/ ). Grown indoors under lights, from seed to finished product will take from four to six months. Indoors, according to Mr. Bergman’s book, one can expect approximately 18 ounces of harvest for a 100 square foot area.

Plant Taxonomy – Know What You Grow “Cannabis” is the genus. Next is “species,” which for our purposes includes two main players: Cannabis, or c. sativa, and c. indica. These are the two species used in the medical marijuana production distributed

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in legal DC dispensaries. It is rare to see a true c. sativa nowadays. So the genus is Cannabis, the species is indica or sativa, or a blend, and then there are varieties, or, if you want to show off, phenotypes. Here’s where things get interesting, as most phenotypes are genetically mixed. Some readers of a certain age, or fans of early Cheech & Chong movies, may have heard of the phenotypes Maui Wowie, or Purple Haze. Nowadays there are hundreds, if not more. This is important because the effects of phenotypes vary greatly. If you’re going to invest your time and resources into indoor cultivation, you want to grow the variety that best suits your needs. Do you want help with insomnia, relief from anxiety, nausea, depression, muscle spasms, glaucoma? Or, for purely recreational users, do you just want to have fun? Before you get started, figure out what you most want. Generally, predominantly sativa varieties will bring about feelings of energy and happiness. Sativa, or pre-

dominantly sativa phenotypes sold in Capitol Hill’s licensed medical marijuana dispensary, Metropolitan Wellness Center (http://www.mwcdc. com/menu/) include Lemon Skunk, Tang, and Medi Haze. Sativa plants grown outdoors will be taller than indicas, with thinner, pointy leaves. Indica varieties, most originating from Afghanistan, are different in their effect, and grown outdoors, produce shorter, wider plants with greener and wider leaves. According to Jason King’s book, The Cannabible, “indicas are favored by some growers for their smaller, more manageable size and earlier harvests.” He writes, “…when I smoked an indica, my eyes would become red, I would feel heavy and lethargic…I prefer them late at night, when sleep is near.” Case in point, one indica sold at the Hill’s Metropolitan Wellness Center is named “Catatonic.” Visit their web site for a full listing and links to descriptions which will help explain the interplay of species and the intended effects of various phenotypes. For a

more lyrical listing, see Jason King’s books, which will demonstrate that wine varietal descriptions don’t hold a candle to those of cannabis (http:// www.thecannabible.com/). Within any species and phenotype, levels of THC vary from strong to mild.

Life Cycle and Sex (of your plants) Cannabis plants have six or seven stages: germination, seedling, vegetative, flowering, and in the harvest process (flushing, if you use chemicals), drying and curing. The most important thing you will need to know is whether you have male or female plants. So you’ve set up a growing area in your basement, you are monitoring light intensity and duration daily, as well as soil moisture, humidity, fertility, pests, and temperature. You have done this from spring until close to fall, and only then will you be able to determine if you have boys or girls! It’s a crap shoot my friends, as there is no way to know unless you’re starting with

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clones, which will not be legal in DC. Were it legal, growing outdoors would be so much less resource intensive. See Bergman’s The Marijuana Grow Bible (p.28) for how to determine sex. If you’re lucky, your plants will include more females than males. According to DC expert, Kathryn V. Rust, holistic Health Practitioner, manager of District Growers, and assistant manager of the Metropolitan Wellness Center, “Males make only pollen, not buds. Plants will flower when days get shorter, so once you sex the plants you’ll want to select for females.” You will want the males to pollinate the females so the females will produce seed for your next crop. If you do not allow the males to pollinate the females, you will get buds called sinsemella, Spanish for “without seed.” These, according to Bergman, “are considered more potent…because they focus more attention on THC production and bud growth rather than on producing seeds.” The males are of little use after they perform their pollination duties. Sorry, guys! Once your (up to three) females start flowering, refer to any of the widely available print or online publications for how to manage light duration to encourage flowering and complete the growth cycle prior to harvest. This may mean that you are starting half your crop at a different time, although separately regulating two indoor growing environments might be a bridge too far. It would be for me. I wish there was room here to share with you all that Kathryn Rust told me during our interview. She is a wealth of informa-

EMERGENCY W AT E R D A M A G E • M O L D R E M E D I AT I O N DUCT CLEANING • AND OTHER SERVICES tion, having been in the cannabis industry for over ten years, starting in California before moving to DC last year. She is on duty at the Metropolitan Wellness Center most afternoons, after spending her mornings at District Growers tending her plants. The Wellness Center is located at 409 8th Street, SE. Remember, the Center assists medical marijuana patients only, and while they may eventually provide advice for the general public, at present their focus must remain on card carrying medical marijuana patients. For more on that, see: http://www.mwcdc.com/.

A Shout Out to the District I will let Kathryn Rust have the last word. While many cannabis phenotypes have less than uplifting names, like, “Mekong Haze,” one new phenotype has just been developed: “Magnificent Intentions.” This strain and its name is a unique genetic produced exclusively by District Growers. The name comes from a quote from Charles Dickens when he visited Washington, DC in 1842 as he dubbed the 52-year-old capitol “The City of Magnificent Intentions.” Soon it will be available to medical marijuana users at the Metropolitan Wellness Center. While the new cannabis referendum is working its way through the legal system and winter days are short, now is a good time to learn about growing your own. Enjoy! Cheryl Corson, RLA, ASLA, is a licensed landscape architect practicing on the Hill and beyond. For more on her work and design approach, see: www.cherylcorson. com. ◆

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Dear Garden Problem Lady, by Wendy Blair My vigorous winter-blooming ‘Kanjiro’ camellia, planted in 1994 and now a 20-foot tree, was so devastated by freezing temperatures and harsh winds in 20132014 that few leaves appeared all year. The main trunk and branches are bare. But in late November, the ends of two long, mid-level branches have burst into numerous blooms. Can I save this magnificent plant? Perhaps. Sudden thaws are equally damaging when followed by deep freezes. Do try to protect the tree from freezing winds this winter with sheets of foam plastic – not an easy task. Wait to see what sort of new leaf growth you get in the spring. If you then believe that much of the trunk/plant is dead, you should remove the dead wood. Shaping will be a big challenge, and because camellias grow slowly, cut it back as little as possible. You may lose blooms the following season, but ‘Kanjiro’ is a variety that responds unusually well to proper pruning. What should I do with my beautiful spent amaryllis? Let the plant develop leaves indoors until spring. In a sunny spot outdoors keep it fed and watered until the end of August.

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Thanks from the Cymrot Family We wish to thank our friends for the many kindnesses and expressions of concern that have meant so much to us during this sad time following Steve’s death. Our family gathered for a quiet burial under a white oak tree at our country home near Fredericksburg, Virginia. To best remember Steve and honor his life, rather than a public memorial, it is our hope that friends can look to his example, as we do, and be inspired to also make a difference in this community and in the lives of others. We believe that is the kind of tribute Steve would have wanted. We are deeply grateful for such caring, thoughtful friends and hope to thank you personally for your support in the coming weeks. The Cymrot Family

Thank You Hill Rag Nicky sent me a copy of the Hill Rag’s beautiful piece on Steve Cymrot. It is splendid and a fitting tribute to such a fine person. Thank you, thank you. Rosemary Freedman publicworks@mac.com

Who Will Tell It Like It Is? Who will tell it like it is? Now that Steve is gone. Who will tell it with humor? Now that Steve is gone. Who will you see at the polls, making commentary on the candidates, in front of the candidates? Now that Steve is gone. Who will you see at the Capitol Hill Community Foundation Dinner that will make you laugh? Now that Steve is gone. Who will ever be as funny and topical, and never leave a body unturned, as emcee of the Foundation Dinners? Now that Steve is gone. Whose name will we see beside Nicky’s on every important neigh-

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borhood event and institution? Now that Steve is gone. Now that Steve is gone, we are left with the memories of a wise and witty man whose ever loving presence in our neighborhood will be sadly missed. Susan Eubank & Larry Bowers susaneubank@cherryantiques.com

Celebrate The Swamp Fox Somewhere Else The National Park Service (NPS) and the National Capitol Planning Commission (NCPC) are planning to place a memorial to an American Revolutionary War general, Francis Marion, known as “The Swamp Fox,” at one of five possible sites on Capitol Hill. We are concerned the memorial may become what public art specialists call “plop art”—when a public space suddenly receives—kerplop--a piece of art that nearby residents never requested nor had any input into its purpose, placement or design. The five sites are either the western or eastern side of Garfield Park; Marion Park, across from the DC police substation; a triangular park on Pennsylvania Avenue at the corner of S. Carolina; a triangular parcel of land at the corner of C Street and South Carolina; and public space at the intersections of S. Carolina, Massachusetts and Independence avenues. The Swamp Fox’s claim to fame was engaging in irregular, asymmetrical, guerrilla warfare. He was an innovator; he did the unexpected; but not the folks planning his memorial. Judging from two public meetings and documents on the NPS website (parkplanning.nps.gov/marionmemorial), the agencies see this as a routine decision-making process: yet another pick-a-site, select-an-artist and get-it-built project. NPS and NCPC need to use a

more inclusive, innovative public-art planning process that facilitates public understanding and orchestrates ideageneration from urban planners, community leaders, artists and residents. Best practices are available (americansforthearts.org/by-topic/public-art). That Congress authorized the memorial does not mean it should be built. Bert Kubli and Mark McElreath 521 Second Street SE – Within sight of Garfield Park) mmcelreath@comcast.net

Taking Issue With Last Month’s Letter Regarding Eastern Market’s North Hall I wish to take exception to Maggie Hall’s recent remarks concerning the current status of the north hall at Eastern Market. I participated in a few of the community events held in what was once Market 5 Gallery such as Capitol Classic Cine arranged by Maggie and Friends and I did enjoy them very much. But my recollection of the North Hall then is that it was not a pleasant space; the windows were blocked and there was almost no natural light, the stage prevented passage from the south market to the north hall and there were two nasty “portapotties” that attracted flies in the summertime. The space was not air conditioned and the managers of the Market 5 Gallery seemed to do little to improve the space. Today the North Hall is a bright and cheerful space. The space is often filled with children at play in the day time. There now is a small kitchen area on the west side of the north hall and there are large clean public toilets between the north and south ends. Not only is the space air con-

ditioned but it is also equipped with phone and internet connections. I concur that the acoustics are lousy, but I understand that is an issue that will be addressed in the future. I participate in the annual Literary Hill Bookfest established by my wife Karen Lyon, held in the north hall in May and I have always found the Market staff to be supportive and accommodating. With regard to costs, Capitol Hill residents now have an alternate space for special events--the Hill Center. Maggie Hall has done a great deal to promote activities on the Hill including the Literary Hill Bookfest, I just have a differing opinion regarding the north hall then and the north hall now. Edward McManus edwmcmanus@hotmail.com

A Red-tailed Hawk on The Capitol Grounds I’m sending this along in the spirit of sharing neighborhood news. My husband and I were walking across the Capitol grounds on Sunday, Dec. 13 when we noticed dozens of squirrels running for their lives. And it soon became clear why. A large red-tailed hawk had nailed a poor squirrel and was consuming it under a nearby tree. We snapped a few shots of the hawk doing what hawks do---being predators. This one shows his/her face best. Etta Fielek ettafielek@gmail.com u

Tommy announces his campaign for Mayor at the star-burst of H St. and Benning Rd. NE.

Tommy established a Ward 6 community award know as ‘The Brickies.’

Tommy, Donna Scheeder, Chair of the Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee, and former Ward 6 Councilmember Sharon Ambrose ride in style to the reopening of Eastern Market in 2009.

Tommy inspects the reconstruction of Eastern Market in June 2008.

Farewell to Our Councilmember Tommy Wells: A Photographic Retrospective Article and Photos by Andrew Lightman

At a public meeting in the immediate aftermath of the 2007 fire, Tommy promises Chris Calomiris, owner of Thomas Calomiris & Sons, the storied Eastern Market greengrocer, that the market would be rebuilt.

A self-proclaimed transportation junkie and advocate of Smart Growth, Tommy pets one of the first multispace meters installed on Capitol Hill in 2008 as part of DDOT’s innovative Performance Parking Pilots.

Political allies, Tommy and Adrian M. Fenty, sit down for a conversation after their victories in the 2006 election at Jimmy T’s Place on East Capitol.

n Jan. 2, Ward 6 will lose its “mayor,” Councilmember Tommy Wells. Wells has seen the ward through a momentous eight years. Wells has been a forceful advocate of DC public education serving two terms on the School Board. In 2006, Wells joined Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and many other members of Council to fund the modernization of the schools and reform their governance. In 2007, a traumatic fire gutted Eastern Market. A newly rebuilt Eastern Market reopened for business two years later in 2009. Wells took it has his personal mission to make sure the renovation was properly executed. An avid boater, Wells has been a tireless proponent of the Anacostia. In 2009, the city took a major step towards cleaning up the Anacostia River with the passage of his Anacostia river Clean Up and Protection Law, colloquially known as “The Bag Bill.” To get folks down to the river, Wells also helped organize The Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival in 2009. Last years attracted a sellout crowd of 13,000. Under Wells’ guidance, H Street underwent a painful streetscape reconstruction that laid the groundwork its current explosive growth and the tracks for a future streetcar. Most of all, Wells, or “Tommy,” as he is colloquially known, was everyone’s neighbor. Whether at the bar of the Tune Inn, or walking the dog in Marion Park, he was always ready to chat with a constituent. u Practicing martial arts in a temporary park created by Tommy and his staﬀ in front of the Wilson Building in 2011 while he chaired the Council Committee on Parks & Recreation.

Tommy makes a point to ANC 6A Commissioner David Holmes.

On April 30, 2007, the morning after the tragic Eastern Market Fire, Tommy speaks with activists Nicky Cymrot and Nancy Metzger in front of the still-smoking ruined building. Tommy was a major advocate of the DC Street Car. Here, he stands on a newly renovated H Street in 2011.

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THE NOSE

St. Tommy Departs for the Upper Room

By Anonymous

015 is upon us. The characters of a new crop of sainted Wilson Building occupants remain to be appraised. No doubt, your poor columnist will spend a good deal of the next four years hard at work pillorying their foibles while sharpening petards to hoist them boldly aloft where no councilmember has gone before. Yet, there is a real danger, Dear Readers. Perhaps, this new crop of pols will provide insufficient grist to mill biting satire? Unlike prior incumbents, Muriel “R2D2” Bowser seems to possess a political discipline that makes North Korean dictators appear loose lipped in comparison. Unlikely to spend late evenings in the Player’s Lounge; appoint her workout buddies to city boards; or take the art of double entry booking keeping so literally that she runs two separate campaign operations, she threatens to transform the politics of the District into those of Montgomery County. Four years of a Bowser administration, Dear Readers, will not ‘Smell Like Teen Spirit.’ What about Brianne ‘Kill Jim’ Nadeau, Elissa ‘Bean Counter’ Silverman and Charles ‘Mr. Rogers’ Allen? These three do-gooders appear headed straight down the boring road of good government. Quite frankly, Dear Readers, 2015 makes The Nose a bit morose. So, • Jack, don’t change your driving habits. • Flash those monogrammed cuff links, Vincent. • Don’t change your schoolmarm glasses, Mary Cheh. • Keep playing Mexicali Blues from Dick’s Picks Vol. 14 in your car, David. • Loosen that tie and have a drink with the boys – the next mayoral contest is a ways off, Kenyan. • Put down the magnifying glass, Phil, the nits have left the building. • Strike a pose, Anita. • Leave that mike on at hearings, Yvette. Councilmembers make sure The Nose has good material! A new regime should not be the death of satire! Having enumerated the slings and arrows of his outrageous fortune, The Nose, would like to take a moment to say ‘Adieu’ to one of his all time great characters, Tommy ‘The Saint’ Wells, who now is about to be revived as an executive prop in the new Bowser administration. Here, Tommy, is a special poem cribbed from the pen of the Bard with liberal modifications fueled by equally liberal libations... To tweet or not to tweet--that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous assignments Or to take arms against a unanimous host of colleagues And, by informing the public, shame them.

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To tweet, to blog— No more—and by a blog to say we pontificate about The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That politics is heir to. ‘Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To blog, to tweet— To blog—perchance to rant: ay, there’s the rub. For after that communication, what travails may come Allowing others the looting of our own legislative spoils Must give us pause. There’s the respect That makes calamity of long incumbency. For who would bear the whips and scorns of election, Th’ chairman’s wrong, proud colleagues’ contempt, The pangs of despised conscience, the betrayal of allies, The insolence of reporters, and the spurns That patient courting of th’ donor takes, When he himself might his exit make. In the pursuit of an ethics investigation? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a miserable committee assignment, But that the dread of loss of office, The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No politicians other than Orange and Barry have returned, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those offices we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus, sweet taste of power does make cowards of us all. And, thus, the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought. And enterprise of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action. Soft you now, Saint Tommy – Cabinet Secretary in thy orisons, All campaign promises remembered, Beware the potholes of petulant politics while striding the upper floors of the Wilson Building. Will Wells be the good soldier playing ‘Hillary’ to Bowser’s ‘Obama?’ Perhaps his prior up close and personal acquaintance with a prior colleague’s Navigator made a permanent impact on his political abacus. Have a thought for The Nose, email thenose@hillrag.com u