Mid City DC Magazine December 2017

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Mid-City Holiday Special

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Bulletin Board • Kathleen Donner

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‘A War of Ideas’: Remembering Reconstruction in Washington, DC • Chris Myers Asch and

Santa’s on his way to NoMa and Mount Vernon Triangle. Photo: Mount Vernon Triangle CID

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Insatiable • Celeste McCall

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Depeche Art • Phil Hutinet

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East Side News • Taylor Barden Golden

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Shaw Streets • Pleasant Mann

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Bloomingdale Bites • Taylor Barden Golden

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ANC6E • Steve Holton

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kids and family 42

Notebook • Kathleen Donner

at home 48

Changing Hands • Don Denton

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Les Misérables at the National. Dec. 20 to Jan. 7. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. thenationaldc.org.

Gavin Lee and company in MASTER OF THE HOUSE. Photo: Matthew Murphy

MUSIC Music at Hill Country. Dec. 9, The Currys; Dec. 16, Vintage #18; Dec. 17, Three Bad Jacks; Dec. 21, Kiti Gartner; Dec. 22, The Woodshedders; Dec. 23, Colonel Josh & the Honky Tonk Heroes; Dec. 26, Woody Pines; Jan. 7, Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Show Starring Tif Ginn; Jan. 13, The 19th Street Band.

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Music at 9:30 Club. Dec. 9, Gary Numan and American Freak Show feat. Bear Grillz; Dec. 10, Mogwai; Dec. 11, Hiss Golden Messenger; Dec. 13, The White Buffalo; Dec. 14 and 15, Angel Olsen; Dec. 16, Victor Wooten Trio; Dec. 17, Municipal Waste; Dec. 18, Up and Vanished Live; Dec. 22, Ookay; Dec. 23, Next Up II; Dec. 28, Flosstradamus; Dec. 30 and 31, Spoon; Jan. 5, The Dead Milkmen; Jan. 7, Boat Burning: Music for 100 Guitars; Jan. 8, The Wombats; Jan. 11, Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven; Jan. 12, The Disco Biscuits; Jan. 14, Revival. 815 V St. NW. 930.com.

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Music with the Angels. Dec. 16, 7:30 PM; reception follows. Zulfugar Baghirov, Returning artist on saxophone and Ramin Amir Arjomand, piano. $10 Donations to benefit the artists are appreciated.

Church of the Holy City, 1611 16th St. NW. churchoftheholycitydc.org.

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Zulfugar Baghirov

Washington Improv Theater’s “Citizens’ Watch.” Dec. 9, 17, 21 and 29.

Citizens’ Watch is a tense murder mystery based on the British television series, Broadchurch. $15 to $20. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.

I Am No Longer Afraid To Die; Dec. 12, Converge; Dec. 15, Schmalls Fest; Dec. 16, The Virginia Southpaws; Dec. 21, FV, Walkney & Rent Party; Dec. 29, Ruse de Guerre; Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve Blowout; Jan. 6, Dream Syndicate. Rock and Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Music at Ivy City Smokehouse. Dec. 14, J. Peter Loftus, Dec. 18, Heather Renee; Dec. 22, Matt Waller Live; Dec. 28, The Ryan Forrester Trio; Dec. 29, John Schreiner Trio; Dec. 31, Ivy City Ball. Ivy City Smokehouse, 1356 Okie St. NE. ivycitysmokehouse.com.

Music at The Anthem. Dec. 9, Fantasia Christmas After Midnight; Dec. 15, Lil Uzi Vert; Dec. 16, O.A. R.; Dec. 17, A Pentatonix Christmas Tour; Dec. 29, Soja; Dec. 31, Thievery Corporation; Jan 10, The Killers. The Anthem, 901 Wharf St. SW. theanthemdc.com.

Music at The Howard. Dec. 19, Dave East; Dec. 22, Reggae Fest vs. Soca; Dec. 27, Ace Hood; Dec. 28, Elle Varner; Dec. 29, Rakim; Dec. 30, Reggae Fest New Year’s Eve All Black Affair. Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. thehowardtheatre.com.

Music at Boundary Stone. Dec. 11, 18 and 25; Jan. 1 and 8. Open Mic & $4 Drafts with Reed Appleseed. Boundary Stone, 116 Rhode Island Ave. NW. boundarystonedc.com.

THEATER AND FILM

Music at the Lincoln. Dec. 9, 16 and 17, Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington presents: the Holiday Show; Dec. 13, Kip Moore, Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen; Dec. 30, White Ford Bronco. The Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. thelincolndc.com.

Music at U Street Music Hall. Dec. 12, Cousin Stizz; Dec. 14, Fat Trel; Dec. 15, Shamir and Sharam; Dec. 28, Angerfist; Dec. 30, Deep Sugar DC; Dec. 31, Nadastrom. U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW. ustreetmusichall.com.

Mosaic: Draw the Circle at the Atlas. Through Dec. 14.

Gender transition can be a test for any household. But when Mashuq Mushtaq Deen comes out to his conservative Muslim family, traditional values and Western ideals collide in a hilarious and moving immigration journey unlike any other. atlasarts.org.

Music at Sixth and I. Dec. 9, Storm Large; Dec. 10, Jake Bugg; Dec. 14, Alone & Together. Sixth and I, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.

Church of the Epiphany Weekly Concerts. Every Tuesday, 12:10 PM. Dec. 12, Jeremy Lyons, guitar, & Lisa Perry, soprano; Dec. 19, The Choir of the Church of the Epiphany & the AYPO Brass Ensemble with Jeremy Filsell, director, & Christopher Betts, organ. 1317 G St. NW. epiphanydc.org.

Music at Pearl Street Warehouse. Dec. 9, Chopteeth; Dec. 14, Roosevelt Collier Trio; Dec. 15, Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble; Dec. 16, Holidelic; Dec. 22, Revelator Hill; Dec. 23, Miss Tess & the Talkbacks; Dec. 29, King Soul; Jan. 5, Bakithi Kumalo; Jan. 6, Jacob Joliff Band. Pearl Street Warehouse, 33 Pearl St. SW. pearlstreetwarehouse.com.

Music at Rock and Roll Hotel. Dec. 9, The World Is A Beautiful place &

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Music at Black Cat. Dec. 12, Cinema Hearts; Dec. 14, Chris Fleming; Dec. 125, Harry & The Potters; Dec. 17, Rock-NShop; Dec. 22, CUMTOWN Live Podcast; Dec. 23, The Obsessed; Dec. 30, Ex Hex and Invazion. Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW. blackcatdc.com.

Twelfth Night at Shakespeare. Through Dec. 20. Stranded on the coast of Illyria, the quick-witted Viola assumes the disguise of a page boy for Duke Orsino and finds herself at the center of an explosive love triangle in which identity, passion and gender all threaten to come undone. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. shakespearetheatre.org.

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through small-town America, actor/journalist Dan Hoyle enacts a multi-character encounter with the people at ground zero of the country’s growing economic inequality and polarized politics. atlasarts.org.

The Pajama Game at Arena. Through Dec. 24. The Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory is a tiptop model of efficiency. So, why are things getting so steamy? It could have something to do with how hard new superintendent Sid Sorokin has fallen for Babe Williams, the trouble-making head of the union grievance committee. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. arenastage.org.

Nina Simone: Four Women at Arena.

Through Dec. 24. Velvet-throated songstress Nina Simone hypnotized audiences with her signature renditions of standards from the American songbook.

Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. arenastage.org.

The Second City presents Nothing to Lose (but our chains) at Woolly.

Through Dec. 31. Felonious Munk returns to Woolly Mammoth to headline a new show from the creators of last year’s runaway hit, “Black Side of the Moon.” This time, he’s put his own life story on the line. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. woollymammoth.net.

The Last Night of Ballyhoo at Theater J. Through Dec. 31. The year is 1939 and Atlanta’s posh German Jews are preparing for Ballyhoo, their annual lavish country club ball. The Freitag family hopes that the party of the year will be the chance for their daughters to meet their future husbands. When their uncle brings home his new employee, a handsome Eastern European bachelor from Brooklyn, everyone must confront their own prejudices, desires and beliefs. Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Crazy For You at Signature. Through Jan. 14. A musical-loving banker sent to foreclose on a small-town theatre decides to revive it instead with the magic of the Follies, some slapstick comedy and a whole lot of charm. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Shirlington, VA. signature-theatre.org.

Mosaic Theater: Queens Girl in Africa.

Jan. 4 to Feb. 4. Mosaic’s first commission brings the world premiere sequel to Caleen Sinnette Jennings’ “sweetspirited solo show.” The New York Times described the production as one of the breakout hits of DC’s first Women’s Voices Theatre Festival in 2015. The Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org.

SPORTS AND FITNESS Washington Capitals Ice Hockey. Dec. 12, 16, 28, and 30: Jan. 7, 9, and 11.

Capital One Arena. capitals.nhl.com.

Washington Wizards Basketball. Dec. 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 29 and 31; Jan. 3, 6, 10, 12 and 13. Capital One Arena. nba. com/wizards.

Wharf Ice Rink. Open daily through late February, depending on weather. Mondays and Tuesdays, noon to 7 PM; Wednesdays and Thursdays, noon to 9 PM; Fridays, noon to 11 PM; Saturdays, 11 AM to 11 PM; Sundays, 11 AM to 7 PM. (Live DJ, Fridays, 8 to 10 PM.) Adult admission, $10 with $2 discount to active military, seniors; $8 for children 12 years and younger. Skate rental is $6. Wharf Ice Rink is on Transit Pier, across from The Anthem, 960 Wharf St. SW. wharfdc.com/ wharf-ice-rink.

Canal Park Ice Skating. Sundays, 10 AM to 10 PM; Mondays to Thursdays, noon to 10 PM; Fridays, noon to 11 PM; and Saturdays, 10 AM to 11 PM. Special hours on holidays. Skate fees are adults, $9; kids and seniors, $8; skate rental, $5. 200 M St. SE. canalparkiceskating.com.

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National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Rink. Through March 11, daily except Christmas and New Year’s Day, weather permitting. Open Mondays through Thursdays, 10 AM to 9 PM; Fridays, 10 AM to 11 PM, Saturdays, 11 AM to 11 PM; and Sundays, 11 AM to 9 PM. Skating fees for a two-hour session are $9, adults; $8, seniors, students with ID and children 12 and under. Skate rental, $3.50. nga.gov.

MARKETS AND SALES Downtown Holiday Market. Through Dec. 23, noon to 8 PM, daily. More than 150 exhibitors and artisans selling an array of high-quality gift items including fine art, crafts, jewelry, pottery, photography, clothing, tasty treats and hot beverages.

Market at F Street NW, between Seventh and Ninth. downtownholidaymarket.com.

Del Ray Artisans Holiday Market. Dec. 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17. Market features handcrafted work from local artists; handmade ornaments to benefit Del Ray Artisans. A bake sale benefits Alexandria Tutoring Consortium. Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA. TheDelRayArtisans.org.

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Eckington Civic Association. First Monday, 7 to 8:30 PM. Harry Thomas Recreation Center, 1743 Lincoln Rd. NE. eckingtondc.org.

Edgewood Civic Association. Last Monday, 7 to 9 PM. Edgewood senior building, 635 Edgewood St. NE, Ninth Floor.

Logan Circle Citizens Association. Visit logancircle. org/calendar for meeting dates and times. logancircle.org.

Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Association.

Third Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 PM. Yale Steam Laundry, 437 New York Ave. NW. lifein. mvsna.org.

U Street Neighborhood Association. Second Thursday, 7 to 8:30 PM. Source (Second Floor Classroom), 1835 14th St. NW.

Photo: Kyle Gustafson/Swin Bike Run Photography

2018 Fresh Start 5K. Jan. 1; 8 AM, registration; 9 AM, run. This free fun run and walk at Anacostia Park, 1900 Anacostia Drive, is a wonderful way to start the new year. Enjoy morning refreshments, a free t-shirt, fun fellowship with neighbors and more with Mayor Bowser. Register at 2018freshstart5k.splashthat.com.

Eastern Market. Daily except Mondays and important holidays. Weekdays, 7 AM to 7 PM; Saturdays, 7 AM to 6 PM; Sundays, 9 AM to 5 PM. Flea market and arts and crafts market open weekends, 9 AM to 6 PM. Eastern Market is Washington’s last continually operated “old world” market. 200 and 300 blocks of Seventh St. SE. 202-698-5253. easternmarketdc.org.

Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market. Sundays, 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. 20th St. and Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-362-8889. freshfarmmarket.org.

Union Market. Tuesdays to Fridays, 11 AM to 8 PM; weekends, 8 AM to 8 PM. Union Market is an artisanal, curated, food market featuring over 40 local vendors. 1309 Fifth St. NE. 301-6527400. unionmarketdc.com.

CIVIC LIFE DDOT Public Space Committee Meeting. Dec. 14, 9 AM. The Public Space Committee meets to review and render decisions on a variety of types of permit applications for the use and occupancy of the public right of way that do not fall within the regular permitting process such as sidewalk cafes; over-

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height retaining walls; over-height fences; and security bollards. Meeting at 1100 Fourth St. SW, 2nd Floor, Hearing Room. ddot.dc.gov/page/public-space-committee-meetings.

Congresswoman Norton’s NW District Office. Open weekdays, 9 AM to 5:30 PM. 90 K St. NE. 202-408-9041. norton. house.gov.

All Ways Mount Pleasant. First Saturday, noon to 2 PM. LaCasa. All Ways is a citizen’s association primarily for the tenants of the larger apartment buildings of Mount Pleasant. 3166 Mt. Pleasant St. NW. aass.org.

Convention Center Community Association. Last Tuesday, 7 to 8:30 PM. Kennedy Rec Center, 1401 Seventh St. NW. facebook.com/pages/Convention-Center-Community.

Downtown Neighborhood Association. Second Tuesday, 7 to 9 PM. US Naval Memorial Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. miles@dcdna.org. dcdna.org.

East Central Civic Association of Shaw. First Monday, 7 PM. Third Baptist Church, 1546 Fifth St. NW. Contact: Al Hajj Mahdi Leroy J Thorpe Jr, 202-387-1596.

ANC 1A. Second Wednesday, 7 PM. Harriet Tubman Elementary School, 3101 13th St. NW. anc1a.org.

ANC 1B. First Thursday, 6:30 PM. DC Housing Finance Agency, 815 Florida Ave. NW. anc1b.org.

ANC 1B11. Second Monday, 7 PM. LeDroit Senior Building (Basement Community Room), 2125 Fourth St. NW. anc1b.org.

ANC 1B04. First Thursday, 6:30 PM. Banneker Recreation Center, 2500 Georgia Ave. NW. LaKisha M. Brown Commissioner. groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ANC1B04/info.

ANC 1C. First Wednesday, 7 PM. Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Health, 2355 Ontario Rd. NW. anc1c.org.

ANC 1D. Third Tuesday, 7 PM. 3166 Mount Pleasant St. NW. anc1d.org.

ANC 2C. First Wednesday, 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Watha T. Daniel/ Shaw Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. anc2C.org.

ANC 6E. First Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Meeting at Watha T. Daniel/ Shaw Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. anc6e.org.

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US Capitol Christmas Tree.

The 2017 tree is from the Kootenai National Forest, Montana. Visit anytime. capitolchristmastree.org.

Photo: Andrew Lightman

Cut-Your-Own Christmas Tree.

Farms in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Visit pickyourownchristmastree.org for farms and directions. Then follow the prompts.

US Capitol Christmas Tree. The 2017 tree is from the Kootenai National Forest, Montana. Visit anytime. capitolchristmastree.org.

White House Christmas Tree Lighting. Visit The National Christmas Tree anytime throughout the holiday season. thenationaltree.org. “A Christmas Carol� at The Little Theatre of Alexandria. Through Dec. 16. The family-favorite classic by Charles Dickens, equipped with special effects, Victorian carols and Tiny Tim returns to the Little Theatre of Alexandria. $17. The Little Theatre of Alexandria, 600 Wolfe St., Alexandria, VA. thelittletheatre.com.

Live Entertainment at the White House Christmas Tree. Through Dec. 21 (except Dec. 11 and 18), 5 to 8 PM, Tuesdays through Fridays; 1 to 8 PM, Saturdays and Sundays. Musical en-

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tertainment features performances by choirs, bands and dancers. thenationaltree.org.

Downtown Holiday Market.

Through Dec. 23, noon to 8 PM, daily. More than 150 exhibitors and artisans selling an array of high-quality gift items including fine art, crafts, jewelry, pottery, photography, clothing, tasty treats and hot beverages. Market at F Street, between Seventh and Ninth Streets NW. downtownholidaymarket.com.

The Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker. Through Dec. 24 at the Warner Theatre. Set in Georgetown and replete with swirling snowflakes, cherry blossoms and historical characters including George Washington as the heroic nutcracker, The Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker has become a tradition for generations of family and friends to celebrate the holidays. warner.theatre-dc.com.

Festival of Lights at the Mormon Temple. Through Dec. 31, 5 to 11 PM. A different performing artist or group is showcased each night, including bell ensembles, choirs and orchestras. Each performance is presented at least twice nightly.

Concert tickets are handed out at the Visitors’ Center 60 minutes before each performance. 9900 Stoneybrook Dr., Kensington, MD. dctemplelights.lds.org.

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The SantaLand Diaries at Drafthouse Comedy Theater.

Through Dec. 23. Broadway actor Cameron Folmar stars as a gay, out-of-work writer who lands a job as a Macy’s elf and spills the beans behind the scenes. $20. Drafthouse Comedy Theater, 1100 13th St. NW. drafthousecomedy.com.

Cameron Folmar as Crumpet the Elf in The SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris at Drafthouse Comedy Theater. Photo: Donald Kemp

Gaylord National’s Christmas on the Potomac. Through Jan. 1, 2018. Experience Christmas On the Potomac, a magical wonderland with lavish décor, twinkling holiday lights and indoor snowfall.

ICE! returns with a new theme, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Plus enjoy Gingerbread Decorating, Build-A-Bear Workshop, a new ice skating experience and an all new live entertainment show, “JOY A Holiday Spectacular.” 201 Waterfront St., National Harbor, MD Season’s Greenings at the Botanic Garden. Through Jan. 1, 2018, daily, 10 AM to 5 PM. Remember that the best things in life are free: the fragrance of a freshly cut fir tree, the magic of holiday lights, sumptuous decorations, and the delight of a child discovering the make-believe world of model trains. Free. 100 Maryland Ave. SW. usbg.gov.

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Mount Vernon by Candlelight.

Dec. 9 and 17; 5 to 8 PM. Join the estate for a candlelit character-

guided tour and learn more about holiday traditions in 18th Century Virginia. Timed tickets are $24 for adults and $16 for children 11, under. George Washington’s Estate & Gardens, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Alexandria, VA. mountvernon.org.

Caroling in the Rotunda at the National Gallery of Art. Dec. 9, 10, 16 and 17; 1:30 and 2:30 PM. nga.gov.

National Harbor Elf Run 5k. Dec. 9. Come Run with The Elves! Join Santa and the Reindeer and run a 5k at National Harbor. Registration includes entry into the race, Souvenir Elf Hat, snacks and drinks at the Christmas Village. visitprincegeorgescounty.com.

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#LoveShaw 926 N Street, NW 202-842-1122 www.seylou.com

Fresh baked bread hasn’t been available in Shaw since the Wonder Bread Factory closed in the 1980s. But now, Seylou co-owners Jonathan Bethony (pictured) and Jessica Azeez have opened the city’s only whole grain bakery, complete with a stone mill to grind specialty grains grown by regional farmers and a brick oven built on site by craftsmen from Spain.

Enjoy loaves of multiple varieties, crusty on the outside and moist inside, plus whole grain croissants, eclairs and more. Coffee and tea available.

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1239 9th Street, NW 202-465-4822 www.smokedandstacked.com

Top Chef alum chef/owner Majorie Meek-Bradley, formerly at Ripple and Roofer’s Union, offers some of the best sandwiches in DC: house-cured pastrami and smoked chicken sandwiches on house-baked milk bread, plus salads, and sides. And breakfast sandwiches, too! Follow on social for occasional daily special sandwiches, like barbecued brisket, but race over: they always sell out. Coffee, beer and wine available.

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1250 8th Street, NW 202-735-0102 www.buttercreamdc.com

Co-owners Tiffany MacIsaac (pictured) and Alexandra Mudry-Till are responsible for Shaw residents’ putting on extra pounds. But their cakes, pastries, pies, confections and cookies are worth the extra effort at the gym! Try any of the cakes and pastries filled with luscious flavored buttercream for a genuine treat. Exotic fruit flavors like passion fruit are a nod to MacIsacc’s time in Hawaii. Don’t miss the Breakfast Bombs: a portable breakfast of specialty sausage, eggs and cheese baked in a roll—they’re the bomb! The custom cakes elevate any event into an experience. Coffee and tea available.

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808 V Street, NW 202-847-4980 www.hazelrestaurant.com

Executive Chef Rob Rubba’s eclectic global-influenced menu draws upon family recipes as well as Rubba’s experience working wth some of America’s best chefs. Named for his grandmother Hazel, whose zucchini bread with foie gras mousse is a must, the art-filled restaurant’s seasonal menu includes Lazy Susan suppers for two, like the popular Ducked Up. Vegetarian options, like barbecued carrots and roasted sunchokes, make this an omnivore’s delight.

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Audubon Christmas Bird Count

Dec. 14 to Jan. 5. Since the Christmas Bird count began over a century ago, it has relied on the dedication and commitment of volunteers.

The local count will occur on one day between those dates.

Read how to participate at audubon.org/conservation/ join-christmas-bird-count.

The Christmas Revels. Dec. 9 to 17. A French-Canadian celebration of the winter solstice. Lisner Auditorium at GW University. revelsdc.org.

Gay Men’s Chorus The Holiday Show. Dec. 9, 16 and 17. The holiday extravaganza returns with fabulous treats and festive seasonal favorites. Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. gmcw.org.

US Air Force Band Spirit of the Season. Dec. 9, 3 and 8 PM; Dec. 10, 3 PM. Enjoy classic and modern holiday music and a surprise visit from the North Pole. Free tickets available at usafband.af.mil.

There will be a stand-by line. DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St NW. usafband.af.mil.

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SING! An Irish Christmas at the Kennedy Center. Dec. 13, 8 PM. Keith and Kristyn Getty bring their touring Irish Christmas show back to the Kennedy Center in a program built around their Christmas church music catalog and their love for historic carols. kennedy-center.org.

Photo: Courtesy of the Folger Consort

Trans-Siberian Orchestra “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve”. Dec. 14, 7:30 PM. Capital One Arena. trans-siberian.com.

An Irish Carol at Keegan Theatre. Dec. 14 to 31. The story, an homage to Dickens’ classic, is told as only the Irish can. An Irish Carol follows one evening in the life of David, a wealthy pub owner who has distanced himself from others and lost touch with his own humanity in the interest of material success. Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. keegantheatre.com.

Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming Seasonal Early Music of Germany

Dec. 15 to 23. Folger Consort celebrates the season with evocative Advent. Enjoy holiday music from Germany from the medieval majesty of the 15th-century Glogauer Liederbuch to the flower of the 17th Century German Baroque. $50. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu.

Also at Floger: Community Sing: Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming at the Folger. Dec. 17, 1 PM. Folger Consort musicians lead audience members in learning holiday songs from the medieval to the baroque. Enjoy singing and visiting the Folger during this festive holiday time. Suitable for all ages and skill levels. Free. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu.

Thomas Circle Singers “The Wonder of Christmas”. Dec. 10, 4 PM. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 4900 Connecticut Ave. NW. thomascirclesingers.org.

A Candlelight Christmas presented by The Washington Chorus. Dec. 10, 2 and 5 PM; Dec. 16, 4 PM; and Dec. 21 and 22, 7 PM. Featuring brass, organ, sing-alongs and the magnificent Candlelight Processional. A Candlelight Christmas includes favorites such as The Dream Isaiah Saw, Hallelujah Chorus and more. $18 to $72. kennedycenter.org.

National Menorah Lighting. Dec. 12, 4 PM. Free dreidels, latkes, donuts and menorah kits. Cere-

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mony is on the Ellipse, south of the White House.

Free tickets required at nationalmenorah.org.

First Night of Hanukkah Celebration at The Wharf. Dec. 12, 5 to 8 PM. Watch the lighting of the menorah. Enjoy complimentary cookies, s’mores, and live music. Plus, kids can get creative at a special crafts station. Sutton Square. wharfdc.com.

THEPIANOGUYS CHRISTMAS TOGETHER at the National. Dec. 13 to 16. THEPIANOGUYS comes to the National Theatre this December for a special holiday residency. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. thenationaldc.org.

NSO’s Handel’s Messiah. Dec. 14 to 17. Join the NSO, gifted singers, and a heavenly chorus for this holiday tradition. Experience the hope, redemption and grace of Handel’s cherished Messiah in the festively decorated Concert Hall. kennedy-center.org.

Nog Fest at The Wharf. Dec. 16, 1 to 4 PM. Enjoy a mug of a favorite seasonal drink or sample other tasty winter beverages at The Wharf ’s Waterfront Beer & Wine Garden. Fun activities for all ages, along with games and prizes. Wharf Street, District Pier. wharfdc.com.

Sweet Spot Aerial Productions: A Circus Carol at the Atlas. Dec. 16 and 17. It’s holiday pageant time at W.T. Dickens High School! Chaos reigns supreme throughout the school halls as teachers, administrators and students try to get it together in time for their annual holiday production. The Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org.

Navy Band Holiday Concerts. Dec. 16, 3 PM and 8 PM and Dec. 17, 3 PM. This concert combines the musical forces of multiple ensembles from the US Navy Band for an entertaining family-friendly show.

Santa appears. Free. Tickets are online and there are stand-by seats. DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St. NW. navyband.navy.mil/holiday_concert.

Cathedral Choral Society: Joy of Christmas.

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well-loved Washington, DC holiday tradition, this concert includes Christmas favorites and a festive carol sing-along. The program will feature a newly commissioned carol by popular British composer Paul Mealor.

Tickets are $25, up.

Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. nationalcathedral.org.

Christmas with Choral Arts at the Kennedy Center. Dec. 17 to 24. The Choral Arts Society of Washington celebrates the joys of the season in a delightful program of popular holiday standards and seasonal Christmas classics. kennedy-center.org.

Craig Wallace returns to play Ebenezer Scrooge in the 2017 Ford’s Theatre production of “A Christmas Carol.”

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Atlas Presents: A Bohemian Christmas.

Dec. 18, 7:30 PM. Celebrate the Holidays in style with Bohemian A Christmas Carol Caverns Jazz Orchesat Ford's tra. The 17-piece big Through Dec. 31. Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present band will perform jazz and Future as they lead the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on a classics. Also on the journey of transformation and redemption. Ford’s Theatre, 511 program, original ar10th St. NW. fords.org. rangements of beloved carols and a recitation of ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas. $28 to siah: A Soulful Celebration is a 25th anni$32. The Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. versary concert celebration of the acclaimed album that reinterpreted Handel’s oratorio Messiah. kennedy-center.org.

Choir of the Church of the Epiphany Christmas Concert. Dec. 19, 12:10 PM. Enjoy their annual selection of contemporary music for Christmas in a concert of season readings and music. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. epiphanydc.org.

NSO Pops: Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration. Dec. 20, 8 PM. Handel’s Mes-

Christmas Caroling at The Wharf. Dec. 23, 7 to 8 PM. Enjoy the sounds of the season, featuring the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington. Enjoy s’mores at The Wharf fire pit and visit the lighted Christmas Tree. Wharf Street, District Square, District Pier. wharfdc.com.

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sweeping melodies from operettas are performed by hand-picked European singers and full orchestra. Beautifully costumed dancers present romantic vignettes. $49 to $125. strathmore.org.

First Night Alexandria.

Dec. 31, 10 AM to just after midnight. This annual New Year’s Eve bash takes over Old Town Alexandria with more than 100 performances at 22 indoor venues with live music, dancing, children’s face painting and games.

Fireworks just before midnight on the river. $20 before Dec. 10; $30, after.

Kids under 12 and active military, free. firstnightalexandria.org.

Photo: Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Zoo

Zoolights

Through Jan. 1, 5 to 9 PM nightly, except Dec. 24, 25 and 31. Don’t miss a chance to meander through the Zoo when it is covered with thousands of sparkling lights, attend special keeper talks and enjoy live entertainment. Free. National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. nationalzoo.si.edu.

Christmas at Washington National Cathedral.

Dec. 23 and Dec. 24, 6 PM, Service of Christmas Lessons and Carols; Dec. 24, 10 PM, Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist; Dec. 25, 11:15 AM, Christmas Day Holy Eucharist; Dec. 25, 1:30 PM, Christmas Day Organ Recital. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. nationalcathedral.org.

Celebration of Christmas at the National Shrine. Dec. 24, Children’s Mass with Gospel Pageant, 5 PM; Musical Meditations on the Nativity, 10 PM; Solemn Vigil Mass, 10:30 PM. Dec. 25, Masses, 7:30 AM, 9 AM, 10:30 AM and 4:30 PM; Solemn Mass, noon; Spanish Mass, 2:30 PM. 400 Michigan Ave. NE. nationalshrine.com.

Kennedy Center Christmas Day Jazz Jam. Dec. 25, 6 PM. The Christmas Day Jazz Jam is a Mil-

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lennium Stage tradition. Free. Kennedy Center. kennedy-center.org Kwanzaa Celebration at Anacostia Community Museum. Dec. 26, 11 AM to 1 PM. Kwanzaa Celebration with Nana Malaya Rucker, The Dancing Diplomat & Nubian; Dec. 27, 11 AM to 12:30 PM. Kwanzaa Celebration with Melvin Deal African Heritage Dancers and Drummers; and Dec. 28, 10 AM to 2:30 PM. Kwanzaa Celebration with Arts & Crafts. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. anacostia. si.edu.

Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert at Strathmore. Dec. 30, 3 PM. Celebrate the ageless beauty of Viennese music with the venue’s 17th annual New Year’s Concert. Strauss waltzes and

Annapolis New Year’s Eve Celebration. Dec. 31, 8 PM to midnight.

Free. Party at Annapolis City Dock with a DJ from 8 to 9 PM and Radio City Band from 9 PM to midnight fireworks. Annapolis, MD. visitannapolis.org.

Fiesta de los Reyes Magos at GALA. Jan. 7, 11:30 AM and 2 PM. GALA’s traditional Three Kings celebration features the Magi, live animals, local performers, a walk through the neighborhood and gifts for every child. Free for the entire family. Tickets will be distributed at the GALA Box Office at 10 a.m. for the 11:30 a.m. show, and at noon for the 2 p.m. show. No tickets reserved by phone. Maximum six tickets per person in line. galatheatre.org. u

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OUT AND ABOUT

Insatiable

by Celeste McCall

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alico – as in the pretty cat breed – is tucked away in Blagden Alley in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood. But this Calico does not purr; instead it offers food and drink.

The team behind the nearby Tiger Fork and the Fainting Goat (U Street NW) has created this convivial restaurant/lounge. A monumental feline image overlooks a 3,000-square-foot outdoor space festooned with communal tables, lights, grape vines and a vintage greenhouse. An early peek at chef Nathan Beauchamp’s menu reveals eggplant Parmesan, roasted squash, veggie burgers, roast pork platters, and – a nod to the 1950s – fish sticks.

Ian Fletcher of Tiger Fork and J.D Quico (of the Fainting Goat) honcho Calico’s bar, dispensing draft and canned beers from local breweries, wines by the glass and huge cocktails designed for sharing.

StreetSense’s EditLab, which also designed Tiger Fork, went for an exposed industrial look. Exceptions are the flowery, globe-shaped light fixtures.

Located at 50 Blagden Alley NW, Calico is open daily except Tuesday. For more information call 202791-0134 or visit www.calicodc.com.

Nocturne Tunes

In Shaw, hop an elevator for a quick ride down to the neighborhood’s latest hot spot, Nocturne, A monumental calico cat surveys the 3,000-squarefoot outdoor space at Calico, in Blagden Alley. Photo: Celeste McCall

situated below the popular Sugar Shack. A spinoff of Alexandria’s Captain Gregory’s, Nocturne accommodates barely two dozen people. A trio of bartenders, including head drink maker Chris Jakubowski, create exotic cocktails, while executive chef Brandon McDermott and chef de cuisine Kyle Knox concoct innovative victuals. Yes, Sugar Shack goodies will be available.

Located at 1932 Ninth St. NW, Nocturne is open Tuesday through Saturday for dinner.

Closed Monday. For more information call 234-5678901 or visit www.nocturnebar.com.

day gift list. Through Dec. 31, Lupo Verde, 1401 T St. NW, is offering Christmas baskets filled with housemade Italian goods created by executive chef Matteo Venini. Guests may choose a pre-packed basket or may customize their own. Pre-packed baskets include homemade marmalade, black truffles, artisanal pasta, ragu, a bottle of Amarone della Valpolicella, Italian olive oil, Don Ciccio & Figli products, cured meats and cheeses from Lupo

Holiday Cheer

Drink Company, which brought Shaw such themed popups as Game of Thrones and DC’s Cherry Blossom festival, is plunging into the holiday season with Miracle on Seventh Street. You’ll find it spread over a trio of bars at 1839, 1841 and 1843 Seventh St. NW. The festive takeover continues through Dec. Floral-decorated, globe-shaped light fixtures adorn Calico’s convivial bar. Photo: Celeste McCall 31. This year’s backdrop features five wintery scenes and nostalVerde’s cheese shop. Priced from $60 to $200, basgic odes to favorite holiday movies, music and kets may be purchased in the restaurant during childhood indulgences for grownup tastes. brunch and dinner service. Or call 202-827-4752 Guests enter through an explosion of or visit www.lupoverdedc.com.

Christmas decorations and may pose for photos in a 19th-century sleigh. There’s also a toy train, a Christmas tree and a gingerbread house.

Guests may slurp eggnog shots and buttered Logan Circle has become more caffeinated. Calpopcorn Manhattans and similar concoctions. ifornia-based Blue Bottle Coffee, which has local Hanukkah (which begins at sundown outposts in District Wharf, Union Market and on Dec. 12) is honored with a “Chinese and Georgetown, is opening another cafe at 1515 15th a Movie” room packed with menus, fortune St. NW, in the Metropole Condo building. The nacookies, takeout containers, Chinese lanterns tional chain was recently acquired by Nestle USA. and a giant menorah.

More Java

More Holiday Cheer

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Here’s something for the foodies on your holi-

New in Shaw

Shaw has another cocktail lounge, this one called 600t (no, that’s not a typo), near the Howard The-

atre. To ward off winter chill, the rustic, 25-seat watering hole has a fireplace. The decor features refurbished wood, and there’s an 80-year-old butcher’s knife. Proprietor Stephen Lawrence also owns the adjoining building which houses Rita Loco and rooftop bar El Techo.

Lawrence, who also has a demolition company, did most of the work in 600t himself, knocking down drywall to expose original, 200-year old bricks and building tables and chairs.

He’s been working on the space for two years. His brother, who works at a Maryland youth facility, is responsible for the artwork, including the Picasso-like paintings and an unusual chandelier crafted from rifles.

The bar focuses on beer, wine and a dozen cocktails poured into antique glassware. Bar snacks include mixed nuts, fresh breads and cheese-andolive plates. About that vintage knife: bartenders use it to chop up ice.

Located at 600 T St. NW, 600t is open from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m., Wednesday through Saturday; closed Sunday but that can change.

Trilogy, Ivy City Swizzle and Feminist Gent.

Strauss, who has developed bar menus at Petworth Citizen and Le Diplomate, told DC Eater that Washington is “greatly lacking” the types of “unassuming cafes” found in Europe. He plans to remedy that by building a daytime coffee component into the bricks-and-mortar Mount Vernon Square bar. Simple nibbles will encompass pickled vegetables and cheese plates.

Morris Coming

Coming up on Dec. 9-10: the 12th annual MetroCooking DC Show at the Walter Washington Convention Center. The two-day event – from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. – features cooking demos at popup cooking schools and book signings with celebrity chefs.

More than 50 local restaurants will dish out samples, along with beer, wine and spirits tastings. James Beard Award-winning chefs will whip up specialties on the James Beard Stage, and the exhibitor marketplace will hawk gourmet goodies. For tickets call 1-866-840-8822.

Last month, cocktail lovers got a sneak peek of what they’ll sip at Morris American Bar. The modern speakeasy has been in the works in the Walter Washington Convention Center for two years. Due to open (hopefully) this month, the sibling of Dupont Circle’s Sheppard will be almost twice as large, with two levels.

But the vintage soundtrack and “bordello” decor will be similar.

Morris partners include top chef alum Spike Mendelsohn, David Strauss and Vinoda Basnayake. The combined names “Sheppard” and “Morris” are a tongue-in-cheek reference to Texas Senator Morris Sheppard, who authored the Prohibition amendment. While Morris continued to take shape, Strauss previewed potential libations at the Ivy Room at Ivy City’s distillery Republic Restoratives. Cocktails had zany monikers like East New York Flip, American

More Delicious Bread

Logan Circle’s Le Diplomate welcomes a new head baker, Cody Brandon. A protege of restaurateur Stephen Starr of Philadelphia’s Parc restaurant, Brandon plans to enhance Le Diplomate’s renowned bread baskets by introducing oatmeal-fruit muesli bread, polenta-based creations and various seed-studded breads. Le Diplomate is located at 1601 14th St. NW. Call 202-332-3333 or visit www.lediplomatedc.com.

DC Cooking

Gone

Last month, Shaw lost a popular restaurant/bar, 1905, at 1905 Ninth St. NW. The nine-year-old eatery/ watering hole was beloved for popping bottles of Beaujolais nouveau at midnight on the third Thursday of November. u

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OUT AND ABOUT

Depeche Art

East City Art’s Mid-City Gallery Exhibitions and News

by Phil Hutinet

Foundry Gallery

Hee Hyoun Chung’s recent series of largescale acrylic paintings draws inspiration from the wind. Says the artist, “Sitting by the fireside, I listen to the wind howling at a row of pine trees bordering my house. All the different pitches of wind get amplified in the chimney, and I am flooded with memories of various winds – the piercing snow wind on ski slopes in the Alps, the desert sand wind in Wadi Rum, the sea wind in Nantucket, the mischievous wind bringing the spring into my garden.” Chung’s Fauvist colored abstracts quote from El Greco’s “View of Toledo” (1598-99), specifically the sky.

Shaped by the force of the wind, El Greco’s ominous, dark clouds over the Spanish city block most of the sunlight, and only part of the blue-skied backdrop appears at the edges.

Chung has taken this element from El Greco’s masterpiece, painting a series of works, including diptychs, that study the Cretan painter’s incredibly “modern” interpretation of cloud formations.

Chung’s wind-swept compositions, fueled by Beethoven’s Sturm and the poem “Wind” by Ted Hughes, offer levity through brightly colored compositions. “Into the Wind” in particular captures cloud movement on a blustery day. Chung has kept the blue sky in the background and reinterpreted cloud formations with opposing cool and warm hues that create the illusion of movement and chaotic motion on the picture plane.

Hee Hyoun Chung,“Into the Wind.” Acrylic on canvas, 56 x 78 inches.

Hee Hyoun Chung,“Colors the Wind Bringing from the Garden.” Acrylic on canvas, diptych, 58 x 96 inches. Image: Foundry Gallery

Long View Gallery

Long View Gallery presents the joint work of Los Angeles-based Mike Weber and Hawaii-based Jason Wright in an exhibition titled “The Nature of Imagination.” The gallery represents both artists and has exhibited their work to DC audiences over the years.

Mike Weber, when not working in his studio, avidly seeks outdoors adventures to connect deeply with nature and observe wildlife in its natural habitat. The animals he observes and photographs during these encounters in America’s national parks inspire and inform his work. Weber translates these experiences in the studio into largescale mixed-media pieces by combining digital photography with painting. Weber prints his digital photographs of animals, using large printers which produce lifesized photographs. Then he applies layers of paint, antiquing the backgrounds to appear worn or weathered like the faded advertisement on the side of a barn on a country road. Weber also adds layers to the foreground and overtop of his subjects, but these too are faded and much softer. This often creates a three-dimensional effect, making the animal appear as though it were alive in the gallery.

Jason Wright, originally from Hawaii, graduated from the Corcoran College of Art and Design and has since returned to his native state, settling in Kona on the Big Island. Wright’s past series

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Jason Wright, new work. Image: Long View Gallery

McCain McMurray,“M11,” 12 x 12 inches.

Image: Touchstone Gallery

Mike Weber, new work. Image: Long View Gallery

Patricia Williams,“Into the Wild Black Yonder,” 12 x 12 inches.

Image: Touchstone Gallery

focused on the places in which we dwell, centering man-made elements in his compositions that become overshadowed by menacing landscapes. In his new work for Long View Gallery, Wright will exhibit a series of photographs of the ocean.

The sense of nature’s foreboding remains in this series as Wright’s ocean is filled with darkness and black hues. However, in some of the photos, clear aqua tints emerging through the waves temper the heaviness of the work’s grayscale palette.

Touchstone

April Rimpo,“Community,” 12 x 12 inches. Image: Touchstone Gallery

Maureen Squires,“Creation.” Image: Touchstone Gallery

Maureen Squires’ encounter with Annie Dillard’s “A Tinker at Pilgrim’s Creek,” a nonfiction novel set in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Roanoke, Va., influenced her latest series of work. In particular, Squires found inspiration in the following quote by Dillard: “After the one extravagant gesture of creation in the first place, the universe has continued to deal exclusively in extravagances, flinging intricacies and colossi down eons of emptiness, heaping profusions on profligacies with ever-fresh vigor.” In addition, Squires has taken Dillard’s writing about “sailing on solar winds” and incorporated the concept into her practice, creating a visual space odyssey of sorts. According to NASA, the possibility of using solarsail technology might become a reality by 2025. As the winds sweep across the galaxy, and past fiction might someday become future reality, Squires’ “Words as Muse” offers viewer a glimpse into the artist’s imaginary travels through time and space. The exhibition features twodimensional media including watercolor and acrylic.

Touchstone’s Annual “12 x 12” group exhibition and sale continues the tradition of offering 12-by-12-inch panels created by 50 gallery member artists. Each panel is individually created by an artist. The panels are in a range of mediums including acrylic, mixedmedia, oil and even photography. Each piece sells for $200 and supports the nonprofit gallery.

Phil Hutinet is the publisher of East City Art, dedicated to DC’s visual arts. For more information visit www.eastcityart.com. u

Exhibitions on View Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art NEW LOCATION: Dacha Loft Building 1602 Seventh St. NW, Second Floor 202-638-3612 | www.charleskrausereporting.com Hours: Weekends, 1-6 p.m.

Exhibition schedule TBD Gallery Neptune & Brown 1530 14th St. NW 202-986-1200 | www.neptunefineart.com Hours: Wed. to Sat.: noon to 7 p.m. | Sun. 1-4 p.m.

Through Jan. 6 Wolf Kahn, “Density & Transparency in Monotypes” Foundry Gallery 2118 Eighth St. NW 202-232-0203 | www.foundrygallery.org Hours: Wed. to Sun., 1-7 p.m.

Through Dec. 31 Hee Hyoun Chung Hamiltonian Gallery 1353 U St. NW 202-332-1116 | www.hamiltoniangallery.com Hours: Tues. to Sat., noon to 6 p.m.

Through Dec. 16 “It’s Still All Up to You” group exhibition with Hamiltonian Fellows Kyle Bauer, Aschely Cone, Rachel Guardiola, Magali Hebert-Huot, Paolo Morales, Nara Park, Kyle Tata and Rives Wiley. Curated by Eve Biddle and Will Hutnick.

Hemphill Fine Arts 1515 14th St. NW 202-234-5601 | www.hemphillfinearts.com Hours: Tues. to Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Through Dec. 16 Lingling Lu, “100 Melodies of Solitude” Long View Gallery 1234 Ninth St. NW 202-232-4788 | www.longviewgallerydc.com Hours: Wed. to Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Through Dec. 31 Jason Wright and Mike Weber, “The Nature of Imagination” Touchstone Gallery 901 New York Ave. NW 202-347-2787 | www.touchstonegallery.com Hours: Wed. to Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. | Weekends, noon to 5 p.m.

Through Dec. 30 “12 x 12” group exhibition Maureen Squires, “Words as Muse”

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Christmas Tree Lot Opens

The fifth Annual DC Firefighters Burn Foundation Tree Lot has returned to Sixth Engine, 438 Massachusetts Ave. NW, with a second location added at The Salt Line, 79

Potomac Ave. SE. Shoppers can choose from Fraser and Douglas firs starting at $50, as well as tree stands, wreaths, garlands and collectable DCFD ornaments. 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the

DC Firefighters Burn Foundation.

The lots are open weekdays 4 to 9 p.m. and weekends 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

All purchasers will receive a special gift from Sixth Engine/The Salt Line.

Scene from The Kind of Thing That Would Happen from last year’s Fringe. Photo: Courtesy of Capital Fringe

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast

Save the date for the 34th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast “Yesterday’s Hope, Today’s Promise”. It is on Jan. 11, 8 a.m., at the at The National Press Club.

Mid-Block Crosswalk Installed

There is a new mid-block crossing is at 4 1/2 K St. NW. Before, neighbors had difficulty getting to businesses and residences on both sides of the 400 block of K Street, a very long block on a very busy street.

Perform at 2018 Fringe Festival

Due to construction on the Logan Fringe Art Space, the 2018 Capital Fringe Festival, July 7 to 29, will relocate to SW DC and celebrate with Arena Stage’s Mead Center for American Theater, Blind Whino and Westminster Church. In a partnership with the SW BID, Capital Fringe will erect two 80-seat performance tents on Fourth Street SW. Through their Writing Refreshed program, they are seeking scripts that explore an old story in a new, surprising or inventive way. The selected scripts will be fully developed and presented in repertory, receiving five-seven performances during the Fringe Festival at Arena Stage. Fringe will program Fringe-Run-Venues and FindYour-Own Venues with productions on a first come, first served, basis as they have done for the past decade. Read more at capitalfringe.org.

The Capital Fringe Festival runs from July 7 to 29, 2018. Visit at the Logan Fringe Arts Space, 1358 Florida Ave. NE, on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m., to learn about the process of applying and taking part in the Fringe Festival. Fringe staff will be available to go over the timeline, participation requirements and answer questions. Those interested in attending, email Lee Cromwell, Festival Producer, at lee@ capitalfringe.org to RSVP.

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2018 Caps Canine Calendar Available

The 2018 Caps Canine Calendar is now available for purchase, with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting Homeward Trails Animal Rescue.

A limited number of 2018 Caps Canine Calendars will be available for $20 at the team store and at merchandise stands throughout Capital One Arena. Caps Canine Calendars also are available online at WashCaps.com/CanineCalendars and at the team store at Kettler Capitals Iceplex.

Foodie Book Club

Love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes? Enjoy sampling and sharing new dishes? Join Feeder’s Advisory: A Book Club for Those Who Love Food at Shaw Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. Call Shaw Library at 202-727-1288 for details. dclibrary.org/watha.

Celebrate Carter G. Woodson’s Birthday

On Dec. 17 from 2-4:30 p.m., celerate Carter G. Woodson’s birthday at Seaton Elementary School, 1503 10th St. NW. Enjoy music, dramatic readings and get an update on the plans for Woodson’s home.

Leaf Collection Starts

Through Jan. 12, the DC Department of Public Works (DPW) will collect and compost nearly 8,000 tons of leaves throughout the District. This is a free service for all DC residents.

To help prepare, residents are asked to rake their leaves and place them by the curb or tree box on the Sunday before their scheduled collection week. DPW will collect leaves in residential neighborhoods at least twice through Jan. 12. Residents can find the leaf collection schedule for each ward at leaf.dcgis.dc.gov.

2018 Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment

The Affordable Care Act provides individuals, families, and small businesses in the DC with affordable options for quality health insurance.

DC Health Link is the District’s online health insurance marketplace which allows visitors to shop,

compare, and enroll in coverage that fits their needs and budgets.

Open Enrollment for individuals and families ends Jan. 31, 2018.

There are 26 private health insurance options from CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente for individuals and families. Eligible District residents can enroll in a health insurance plan online through DCHealthLink.com or by calling 855-532-LINK (5465).

Eligible residents who enroll on or before Dec. 15 will have their benefits effective Jan. 1, 2018. After that, plan selections made by the 15th of each month during Open Enrollment will be effective on the first day of the following month. Small businesses, as well as individuals and families eligible for Medicaid can enroll through DCHealthLink.com at any point.

Capitals Casino Night Tickets

Capitals Casino Night tickets are now available. Capitals Casino Night will take place on Jan. 4, 7 to 11 p.m., at the MGM National Harbor. The event benefits Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation and features gaming with Capitals players, a raffle, a silent auction and a live auction. Games include blackjack, Texas hold’em, roulette, craps and slots.

There also will be an auction featuring Capitals game-used equipment as well as autographed items from other professional NHL athletes. A live auction will offer fans the chance to win unique, once-in-a-lifetime experiences with players. In addition, fans can also win autographed memorabilia, hotel stays and gift certificates through the raffle. Purchase tickets at nhl.com/capitals/fans/casino-night.

FY2018 LGBTQ Community Grant Awards

The Mayor’s Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Affairs has awarded a combined $75,000 in grant funding

to six community-based organizations that serve LGBTQ homeless youth and families in DC. The grants are intended to strengthen the organizational capacity, support leadership development, and ensure sustainability among nonprofits serving LGBTQ youth and young adults in DC. Grants were made in amounts between $10,000 and $15,000. The awardees are: Anacostia Coordinating Council for peer mentoring and coaching, linking homeless youth with supportive services.

Metro DC Community Center Inc. to help LGBTQ youth gain employment through job readiness training. The Wanda Alston Foundation to provide mental health and wellness services homeless clients. Total Family Care Coalition tol provide peer support to encourage family reconciliation to homeless LGBTQ youth and young adults.

Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc. to implement their TransDimensional Youth Mentor Program. Young Playwrights’ Theater, Inc. to provide an environment that pursues social justice through performing arts.

DCCAH Call for Panelists!

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is seeking advisory review panelists for the FY18 season to perform evaluation and rating of applications, provide comments and score applicants to recommend recipients of CAH awards. Panelists must demonstrate expertise through involvement in one or more sectors of the creative economy in the District for a minimum of two years. Individuals with arts and humanities backgrounds make the strongest candidates. CAH supports panel diversity in all forms: age.

To apply, email the completed nomination form and resume with home

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City Winery Washington DC to Open in Ivy City Next Year

City Winery Washington DC will add a working winery and live music to the robust community of neighborhood businesses in DC’s Ivy City neighborhood.

Operating as a world-class concert venue, award-winning urban winery, restaurant, and private event space, City Winery Washington DC promises to be the new go-to destination for residents any night of the week.

The 40,000-square foot space will feature a 175-seat restaurant and private dining room for groups of 45 to 75, a 320-seat performance venue that will offer tableside dining and beverage service and a rooftop. The cornerstone of City Winery is a ground level working winery separated from the performance space by glass walls and visible to restaurant and concert patrons. Equipped with a state-ofthe-art Meyer Sound system, City Winery will present approximately 300 shows per year and feature a roster of the most respected names in pop, rock, jazz, blues and world music. Comedians and spoken word artists will also make the play bill. citywinery.com/washingtondc. address clearly stated at the top to Coordinator Travis Marcus at travis. marcus@dc.gov. For full details on the panels application process, visit dcarts.dc.gov/page/fy18-call-grantspanelists.

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities FY18 Curatorial Grant Program

Guidelines and applications are available for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) FY18 Curatorial Grant Program,

which provides support to qualified individual curators in the visual arts for exhibition proposals intended for presentation in CAH’s 200 I Street Galleries, Lobby Gallery, which is a District-owned exhibition space located at 200 I (Eye) St. SE. Visit dcarts.dc.gov/page/getting-started to learn more and apply. Early submissions are highly encouraged.

Submission deadline is Friday, Dec. 15, 4 p.m.

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‘A War of Ideas’

Remembering Reconstruction in Washington, DC

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by Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove

mericans are fixated on the Civil War – its battles, soldiers, monuments and legacies. The war’s 150th anniversary has come and gone, but the books, documentaries and news articles continue apace.

What came after the war, however, gets remarkably little attention. The National Park Service has yet to open its first site on Reconstruction, and few pundits, politicians or filmmakers seem to notice the era’s sesquicentennial milestones. Yet the battles of Reconstruction, even more than those of the Civil War, resonate to this day as Americans fought over fundamental ideas about race, equality, federalism and the meaning of freedom.

Reconstruction was a time of revolutionary change, with the very creation of modern American citizenship through the 14th Amendment, the founding of Southern public schools and colleges and the establishment of the post-emancipation black community – some four million souls entering the realm of legal personhood.

Perhaps no change had more impact (then or now) than black voting, which led to an unprecedented, if short-lived, flowering of interracial democracy. And that revolution began 150 years ago in "Significant Election Scene in Washington, June 3, 1867." Image: Library of Congress the District of Columbia, which became (in the words of one critic) “an of black suffrage. Just as it had been three years experimental garden for radical plants.” earlier with emancipation, Washington became Though many outsiders describe the District the focal point of a national effort to win the vote today as a rarefied reserve for government insiders, for black men. set off from and alien to the rest of the country, Black Washingtonians led the charge. Lothe District’s unique governance structure makes cal church leaders organized the United Franchise it, in fact, an exaggerated expression of American League to coordinate a suffrage campaign, and black democracy. Subject to the whims of its congresprofessionals spearheaded the First Ward Civil sional overseers, the city is uniquely susceptible to Rights Association, which organized boycotts of national political currents. businesses that opposed suffrage. John F. Cook Jr., a By the end of the war in 1865, those currents leading black educator, helped get 2,500 signatures flowed toward black political empowerment as the on an 1865 petition calling on Congress to support war itself, and the crucial role that black soldiers black men’s access to the franchise. played in helping to win it, catalyzed supporters

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The petition found a receptive audience among Radical Republicans as well as a growing number of moderate Republicans. While some Radicals such as Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens genuinely believed in black political equality, strategically minded Republicans recognized that black voting was key to maintaining political power and implementing the Republican vision of postwar Reconstruction.

The issue also touched an emotional chord. Indiana Representative George Julian argued that black men should be granted the right to vote, not just “as a matter of justice to them” but also “as a matter of retributive justice to the slaveholders and rebels.” In DC, a city then run by white Democrats with southern sympathies, Congress had “the power to punish by ballot, and there will be a beautiful poetic justice in the exercise of this power.”

Republicans made the DC suffrage bill a top priority – it was H.R. 1, the first piece of legislation that the House considered when the 39th Congress convened in December 1865. As with emancipation, Radicals hoped to use Washington as a testing ground for black men’s suffrage, which they planned to implement across the South.

The bill “completes Emancipation by Enfranchisement” and would “set an example to the whole country,” Sen. Sumner said. “It becomes a pillar of fire to illumine the footsteps of millions.”

Most white Washingtonians reacted with alarm bordering on hysteria. In a late 1865 referendum, only 35 voters in Washington City supported black suffrage, while 6,591 opposed the idea; in Georgetown, the vote was 712-1 against. “This District has been experimented upon in various forms of legislation, odious to the citizens,” and now Radicals sought “to force negro equality upon the unwilling people of the District of Columbia,” wrote the editors of the city’s most prominent newspaper, the

National Intelligencer.

Despite such opposition, the House passed the black men’s suffrage bill in January 1866, and the Senate followed in December. President Andrew Johnson promptly vetoed it, but Congress overrode the veto on January 8, 1867. The bill went into immediate effect. What had been unthinkable a half decade before had become the law of the nation’s capital and soon would become the law of the land.

Black Washingtonians organized political clubs and joined the interracial Central Republican Association to mobilize and register new black voters.

To the chagrin of white conservatives, the black elite – educated, prosperous, native to the city – joined forces with formerly enslaved people in supporting the Republican Party. Their organizing efforts were remarkably successful. Despite being only 30 percent of the population, by election time black men were nearly 50 percent of registered voters.

Black men in Georgetown had the first chance to flex their political muscle. In February 1867 they ousted incumbent Mayor Henry Addison, who had complained about “nigger voting” and had long been a scourge of the black community.

Washington City’s black voters got their turn that June. Starting at 2 a.m. on Election Day, black buglers marched through the streets reminding folks to vote. Black Washingtonians came out in force, and their votes wrought significant change. Republicans, who had played only a marginal role in local politics before 1867, won a majority of seats on both the Board of Aldermen and the Common Council. The next year, black voters helped elect white abolitionist Sayles Bowen to the mayor’s office, along with the city’s first black elected officials: Alderman John F. Cook Jr. and Councilman Carter A. Stewart. A new political day had dawned.

In the years ahead, DC’s black voters raised to power a biracial government that provided jobs to a burgeoning black middle class, implemented massive public works projects, gave black men the right to serve on juries and supported the expansion of the nation’s best black public school system. They also passed anti-discrimination legislation that later provided the legal foundation for DC’s post-World War II civil rights movement. It was “quite a revolution,” the Evening Star conceded.

Perhaps no one embodied the promise of the new era more than George Hatton. Born enslaved in Prince George’s County, Hatton gained his freedom in April 1862 and a year later was among the first black men to sign up for military service with the US Colored Troops.

A stocky five feet six, Hatton had a powerful

voice, a winsome speaking style and a distinctive limp after suffering a gunshot wound to his knee at the Battle of Petersburg. He returned to Washington in 1864 ready to assert his rights as a combat veteran and full citizen. He joined the Republican Party and waded into political battles over suffrage, integrated schools and labor rights. Within five years, the 27-year-old former slave was elected to the city’s Common Council.

Yet for all the accomplishments of the immediate postwar period, biracial democracy in the District was still a fledgling endeavor vulnerable to changes in economic conditions, national politics and powerful personalities. A counter-revolution percolated below the surface of DC politics as white supremacists organized in opposition to Radical rule, clashed with their Republican opponents and challenged the basic premise of self-government.

“But this war will not consent to be viewed simply as a physical contest … It was not a fight between rapacious birds and ferocious beasts, a mere display of brute courage and endurance, but it was a war between men of thought, as well as of action, and in dead earnest for something beyond the battlefield.” – Frederick Douglass Led by businessman Alexander Shepherd, who rejected all democracy, biracial or otherwise, white conservatives convinced Congress in 1871 to establish a “territorial” government that limited voter influence and consolidated power in a Board of Public Works run by Shepherd himself. When the profligate board ran afoul of the city’s congressional overseers, Congress, newly swelled with Democrats intent on overturning Reconstruction, rendered a swift and painful judgment in June 1874. It stripped all District men, white and black, of the right to vote and imposed a presidentially appointed board of three commissioners to manage the city. District voters would not cast another meaningful ballot for nearly a century.

Congress’s two-step retreat from democracy in the District – first by limiting voter influence in the territorial government, then abolishing elected of-

fices altogether – was a precursor to the national Republican retreat from Reconstruction across the South. Three years after Congress passed the DC disfranchisement bill, legislators gathered at the Wormley House at the corner of 15th and H streets NW to broker the deal that ended Reconstruction.

Within a generation, bills limiting voting rights had passed every Southern state legislature.

The Republican Party, no longer interested in defending its civil rights agenda, instead followed Alexander Shepherd’s model of promoting economic development for the benefit of white elites.

In Washington this meant downplaying or ignoring the interests of the black community and focusing on economic growth to build a grand capital “worthy of the name.” Development had triumphed over democracy – and not for the last time.

To justify their actions, the advocates of disfranchisement created a fantastical story of Reconstruction. “The taxpayers were completely swamped” by newly arrived former slaves, wrote the Evening Star, and scheming “Murder Bay politicians” – shorthand for Radical Republicans – took advantage of them and plundered city coffers.

This dubious interpretation quickly hardened into incontrovertible truth among white Washingtonians, even though the infamous territorial legislature had only two black members and white appointees on the Board of Public Works had committed the worst abuses.

Today Americans are less inclined to defame Reconstruction than they are to ignore it. Anxious to avoid the thorny issues of race, power and equality that were at the heart of that grand experiment in biracial democracy – issues that divide us to this day – we focus instead on the mechanics of the war itself.

Speaking at the 1877 Dedication Day ceremonies in New York, as the last federal troops left the South, DC resident and elder statesman Frederick Douglass bemoaned Americans’ growing tendency to focus on the battlefield “bravery and skill” of the soldiers. Instead, he insisted, we must see the late war as a “war of ideas, a battle of principles,” principles embodied in the Reconstruction governments.

The great orator, who had dedicated his life to the freedom of his race and the enlargement of American democracy, then boarded a train to return to his home in the voteless capital of the United States.

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East Side News

by Taylor Barden Golden that work. The CID and Councilmember Allen’s office were on hand to celebrate the achievement with a ribbon-cutting, followed by the councilmember’s regular community office hours at A Baked Joint.

The ½ Street Gets Its Day

Neighbors are thrilled, and the streets are a little bit safer, because of the new safe passage from one side of K Street to the other in the heart of the Mount Vernon Triangle. The new crosswalk at 4½ Street and K Street NW is the final product of a long-fought battle This year, NPR hosted its annual by the community and its political All Crafts Considered event in its stakeholders to help stop the danheadquarters at North Capitol and gerous headache that the “superL streets. A festive play on the title block” imposed in a highly trekked of their signature series “All Things neighborhood.

Considered,” the event brings toThe block is simply too long gether artists and makers of handand there are simply too many made products from the metro area pedestrian haunts on both sides and up through New England to of the wide thruway. Anyone who sell their wares in time for the holihas driven through Mount Vernon day season.

Triangle knows that K Street is the They transform the lobby into a most direct feeder in and out, esmakeshift market. NPR also opens pecially with Massachusetts Aveits own shop, The Commons, so nue construction that has been gofans can get NPR-branded gifts ing on for two-plus years. But with before the holiday rush. Many neighborhood growth, including of the vendors participate in the a drastic increase in housing and Made in DC Program, a collective amenities for those who live in designed to promote locally made that housing, the pedestrian traffic and often locally themed, products. has increased tenfold over the last Many like to show their DC pride five years. The block is also what is and sell items with the flag or other called a superblock, a fancy way of DC-themed images. Local venWard 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, Acting DDOT Director Jeff Marootian, MVT CID President Kenyattah Robinson and describing a block that is longer staffs celebrate the new crosswalk at 4½ Street NW. Photo: Mount Vernon Triangle CID than the average length between the two streets. those who live, work, do business and enterAll these coinciding factors had one outcome: tain in our community as well as those who a serious number of people dangerously jaywalking pass through it.” on a very busy street.

The MVT CID turned to what is ofThe community stakeholders knew this was a ten considered the greatest resource in DC: problem and wanted to commission a study, but interns. The interns spent three summers needed to present Ward 6 Councilmember Charles watching and recording how many pedestriAllen with enough evidence to bring the case to the ans crossed mid-street.

District Department of Transportation (DDOT).

The resulting study was enough to acti“Every opportunity to present our neighborhood vate Councilmember Allen’s office. It asked concerns to Councilmember Allen included menDDOT’s Acting Director Jeff Marootian for tion of the strong need for a crosswalk at the top of a formal study, and after months of meetings our list,” explains Kenyattah Robinson, president of DDOT approved the plans and contracted a the Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvecompany to start designing the street to acment District (MVT CID). “It was an important commodate a crosswalk.

National Public Radio celebrates its fifth “All Crafts Considered” in its HQ on North matter of safety that impacted the quality of life for This November saw the completion of

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Capitol Street. Photo: NPR

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No Place Like NoMa for the Holidays (and MVT!)

The East Side neighborhoods are preparing heartily for the holiday season.

NoMa and Mount Vernon Triangle are planning festivities throughout December including charity drives, holiday markets and foodie delights.

The largest charitable effort is being driven by the team at the NoMa Business Improvement District. The BID is collecting pajamas in the hopes of providing comfortable and comforting sleepwear for 1,000 children in DC’s foster care.

In the last six years, they have collected over 6,000 pajamas from all around the country and some from outside the states. They are accepting pajamas for all sizes and ages, from babies to teens, in the lobby of the BID’s headquarters at 1200 First St. Santa’s on his way to NoMa and Mount Vernon Triangle. Photo: Mount Vernon NE. “The NoMa BID is so proud to Triangle CID partner with the District’s Child and Family Services Agency to provide Participants are invited to bring unPJs for children in foster care,” explains BID wrapped gifts for families supported by Executive Director Robin-Eve Jasper. “We Central Union Mission as part of Operatrust that the NoMa community will show its tion Christmas Miracle 2017. generosity and help encourage sweet dreams • Caroling on the Corner in NoMa – The for our children in need.”

Gay Men’s Chorus will be singing-in the Here are some of the upcoming holiday season at the corner of First and L streets events in the East Side.

NE. Pajama donations will be accepted, • 5th Annual DC Firefighters Burn Founand those donating a new pair will get a dation Tree Lot – This year, the annual coupon, for that night only, for one free tree purchasing event will be held at beer at Wunder Garten, which will be Sixth Engine at Fourth Street and Mashosting WinterFest across the street. Dec. sachusetts Avenue NW. All proceeds will 12 at 5:30 p.m. be donated to the DC Firefighters Burn • Peet’s Coffee’s Goodie Giveaway – Foundation. Tree sales began on Nov. 24 Throughout the month, Peet’s Coffee, and continue until all trees are sold.

NoMa’s most recent addition, will be • Wunder Garten’s WinterFest – From handing out seasonal treats to customers Dec. 1 to 17, Wunder Garten will transwho come in for a cup of joe. form its outdoor venue into a marketplace filled with Made in DC vendors and art Taylor Barden Golden is a real estate agent with installations, with local food vendors, live the Stokes Group at McEnearney Associates Inc. music, warm cocktails and more.

A former Hill staffer, Taylor lives in Brentwood • Mount Vernon Triangle’s Santa Celebrawith her husband, two dogs and a cat. She’s altion – MVT is getting a special visit by ways on the lookout for new places to explore and Santa on Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. Hot chocolate, ways to spend time outside. Get in touch: taylor@ cookies and holiday music are included. midcitydcnews.com; @rtaylorb. u

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by Pleasant Mann (1205 11th St. NW), one of the few restaurants in the United States specializing in cuisine from the Shaw Main Streets celebrated Small Business SatRepublic of Georgia. urday on Nov. 25 with a series of ribbon cuttings The effort moved north to cut ribbons at the that welcomed new businesses to the neighborhood.

1942 club (1942 Ninth St., above Etete RestauThe event, part of the national effort to encourage rant), FB Liquors (1905 Ninth St.), El Techo, the holiday shopping at small local enterprises, also rooftop restaurant above Rito Loco (606 Florida introduced the use of the “ShawBuck,” a coupon Ave.), and the basement speakeasy at 600 T St. NW. Ribbons were also cut to acknowledge two new publicly financed murals completed in Shaw at Lee’s Flower & Card Shop (1026 U St. NW) and the mural “Jazz Heroes of Washington, DC,” at Right Proper Brewing Company (624 T St. NW).

At the ribbon cutting for Angel’s Share Wine and Liquors (1748 Seventh St. NW), manager Prav Saraff announced that the store intends to donate a scholarship every year to a Shaw neighborhood student. The ceremonies Shaw’s Small Business Saturday inaugurated at Seylou Bakery. Photo: Pleasant Mann ended at the newly renovated Queen of Sheba Restaurant, which has reopened resembling currency but picturing neighborhood under new ownership. namesake Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. A ShawBuck was worth $5 when redeemed for purchases at over 25 Shaw businesses that Saturday. Shaw’s Small Business Saturday also included holiday craft Events DC held a ceremony earlier in the week, workshops at the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, on Nov. 21, to mark the full leasing of the retail with the Cambria Suites hotel serving as a distrispace at the Walter Washington Convention Cenbution point for free Shaw swag bags stuffed with ter. Mayor Muriel Bowser joined Events DC head Shaw Main Streets t-shirts, pins, pens and magnets.

Greg O’Dell and other dignitaries in welcoming The day started at newly opened Seylou Bakery the Unconventional Diner and Morris American and Mill at 926 N St. NW. Joining the crowd for Bar (1020 Seventh St.), as well as Union Kitchen the celebration were DC Council Chair Phil MenGrocery (1251 Ninth St.) and Urban Athletic delson, At-Large Councilmembers Robert White Club (804 N St. NW ), the last two actually openand Elissa Silverman and Ward 1 Councilmember ing last summer.

Brianne Nadeau. After cutting a ribbon outside the At the ceremony in front of the Unconventional bakery, proprietors Jonathan Bethony and Jessica Diner, Mayor Bowser remarked that “the arrival of Azeez gave a tour of their shop, which includes a these new establishments will highlight and celhuge wood-burning oven built by Spanish craftsebrate the District’s vibrant tourism and economic men and a stone mill to grind locally grown grains development, while also bringing highly anticipated into unique flours. economic activity and jobs to Washington, DC, and The celebrants moved through Blagden Alley more community services to the Shaw corridor.” to cut ribbons at Calico (50 Blagden Alley NW) The Unconventional Diner is a locally owned and 1230 Restaurant (1230 Ninth St. NW), before and operated upscale traditional American diner, crossing the street to the Unconventional Diner at run by co-owner David Deshaies, currently the the Walter Washington Convention Center (1207 chef at Michel Richard’s Central. It will start with Ninth St. NW). Ribbons were also cut at the MVP a laid-back dinner menu, eventually expanding to a Sports Bar (1015½ Seventh St. NW) and at Supra

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three-meal-a-day operation.

Morris American Bar is the first establishment by master cocktail craftsman David Strauss, a student of the late, renowned barman Sasha Petraske.

Union Kitchen Grocery is the locally inspired market on the corner of Ninth and N streets that expands the Union Kitchen brand to the Shaw neighborhood, while Urban Athletic Club represents the third location in the District for the renowned Crossfit training center.

Final Foster House Thanksgiving Dinner Marks 20th Anniversary

On Thanksgiving afternoon, Letha Blount, 87, presented her 20th free Thanksgiving dinner for approximately 200 residents of Shaw’s Foster House Apartments, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA and any(Continued on page 40)

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Letha Blount with Reverend Walter and Dorothy Fauntroy at the Foster House Thanksgiving dinner. Photo: Alexander Padro

Bloomingdale Bites

by Taylor Barden Golden

Spicing Up North Cap

The annual Chili Challenge at North Capitol and Florida

Avenue. Photo: Taylor Barden Golden The second annual North Cap Chili Challenge was packed with flavor and fun, as nine competitors fought to win the prize for the best chili in the neighborhood. Jam Doung Style Cuisine came out on top for the first time, toppling this year’s oddson favorite and last year’s winner, Boundary Stone.

It looks like a modest takeout joint on the outside, but local favorite Jam Doung Style Cuisine has earned serious credibility over the last year. It received the Key to the Corridor award at the annual Taste of North Capitol this year, and, while Jamaican cuisine is not known to include chili, it was able to sweep this year’s challengers with a unique Jamaican jerk chili. fun way to do that, and includes activthe boots on the ground. The annual “Featuring chili from our small ities for the whole family. Even some event is sponsored by the CADC, in businesses that don’t feature chili on furry friends enjoy the scene.” the home of one of its members. This their regular menus, but gives our year’s efforts focused on raising funds local chefs room to be creative and for the repair and replacement of the serve something unique, is truly a crumbling retaining wall and chain special experience,” explains Ashley link fence close to the western alley.

McPherson of North Capitol Main The CADC surpassed its goal.

The goal for this year’s fall fundraisStreet, which sponsors the event. er for Crispus Attucks Park was “The corridor is making a mark and a simple one: the broken-down living up to its new popular hashtag, chain-link fence that has bordered #NorthCapontheMap.” one long edge of the park must go.

North Capitol Main Street works It is one of the last elements of the to support the local business compark in desperate need of an upmunity that surrounds the District’s date after years of renovation by divider street, from New York Avenue the Crispus Attucks Development to Rhode Island Avenue. The misCorporation (CADC) and DC sion is to create a vibrant future for Water.

North Capitol Street and to revitalize The annual cost for maintethe Bloomingdale business district at nance and operations is approxiRhode Island Avenue and First Street mately $19,000, which includes NW. This event is special to the orgalandscaping, lawn care, watering nization, explains Executive Director and special projects.

The park relies Aisha Bond. “We haven’t had a lot of entirely on the fundraising efforts opportunities to highlight the differof the CADC and the hard work ent businesses that have been thriving of the neighbors dedicated to act as Proposed plan for crumbling wall and fence at Crispus Attucks in our community. This event is such a Park. Photo: Crispus Attucks Development Corporation

Building a Wall at Crispus Attucks

St. Martin’s Feeds Stomachs and Souls

St. Martin’s Catholic Church opened its doors to the homeless for Thanksgiving, as it does every year, giving out food and lifting spirits for the start of the holiday season. The event has been hosted at the church for over 30 years, but has evolved from a sharing of food to a sharing of joy and a celebration of community.

In his early years at St. Martin’s, recalls Father Michael Kelley, head of the parish, food was served on to-go trays and attendees were sent off to eat where they could.

Now, participants are greeted with a warm smile at the door, guided to tables and presented with menus.

Volunteer servers take orders and deliver the food to the tables, ensuring the attendees get exactly the sides they want with their large helpings of turkey. This year, a volunteer who happened to be a professional jazz pianist accompanied the party, giving the event a lively spirit. Tables were decorated with a fall theme, with fruits and other elements guests could take with them. There was also a table where guests could pick up a donated winter coat if in need.

The number of volunteers tends to grow each year. Father Kelley estimates that about half are members of the parish, while others are locals in the neighborhood or friends of parishioners who stay local for Thanksgiving. The volunteers serve as food preparers, servers and greeters. Once the guests are served, the volunteers sit down at the tables and join the conversation.

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(Continued from page 39) parish, St. Mayfields in Rockville, St. Martin’s provided meals for 80 in nursing homes or other facilities where people can’t leave for the holidays. Even before the holiday weekend, the two parishes, with help from the 9:30, which donates turkeys every year, and Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s office, created 400 holiday baskets for pickup on the Monday before Thanksgiving.

The baskets included a turkey plus ingredients for the traditional fixings.

These community events are how St. Martin’s “takes their faith to the streets” as Father Kelley explains. “We always want to get the message out there that all are welcome here, no matter your background or experiences.”

“Chinese and a Movie” room at Miracle on Seventh Street. Photo: Pleasant Mann

one else who needed or wanted to share a holiday meal. Blount said that due to age and health considerations, this would be her final community Thanksgiving dinner. Originally funded by Blount out of her own pocket, the dinner is now sponsored by her American Classic Woman of the Year Pageant, along with support from Douglas Development, Roadside Development and Giant Food. A number of “Queens,” past winners of the senior pageant, helped in preparing and serving Thanksgiving dinner. Blount’s former pastor and his wife, the Reverend Walter and Dorothy Fauntroy, regular attendees to the annual dinner, greeted the crowd and thanked Blount for her decades of service.

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Shaw Bars Take Up Holiday Themes

The Drink Company (1843 Seventh St. NW), which brought an estimated 90,000 people to Shaw during its Game of Thrones popup bar last summer, is celebrating the holidays again. Miracle on Seventh Street, now in its third year, celebrates just about every facet of the Christmas holiday. At the entrance, the space is devoted to holidays at home, including a toy train chugging around the room at ceiling level. In the back is a tribute to the Candyland board game, while the main bar is a riot of Christmas decorations and tinsel, with an upholstered sleigh as a prop for photos.

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St. Martin’s Thanksgiving celebration.

Photo: Father Michael Kelley

Miracle on Seventh Street decorations. Photo: Pleasant Mann

One room, called “Chinese and a Movie,” reflects a popular Jewish tradition for the holiday.

Festooned with carryout cartons, menus and movie posters, the space has a visual display of numbered cocktails, including one called the Hebrew Hammer, a shot of mulled Manischewitz wine.

Ivy and Coney (1537 Seventh St. NW), Shaw’s famed dive bar, will also redecorate with a holiday theme. Taking on the name Chai-vy and Cohen-y, the bar will celebrate Hanukkah over the whole month of December. Starting with a blue and white makeover, the popup will offer seasonal drinks (think Slivovitz) along with an appropriate snack menu (including latkes and matzoh ball soup). A menorah will be lit during the actual holiday, with a dreidel-spinning contest scheduled for Dec. 19. u

This year the church has seen an increase in donations for its local drives, such as the winter coat drive. “People seem to feel a greater need to step up to the plate this year,” explains Father Kelley. The dinner actually saw a decrease in participants from last year due to the increase in facilities serving Thanksgiving meals to the homeless. Father Kelley thinks that’s a good problem to have. All extra food was donated to a shelter.

Father Kelley is hoping that this year’s annual toy drive will also bring increased support.

St. Martin’s donates 1,000 new toys to kids in need each year, with the help of Boundary Stone, which offers a special night of one free beer in exchange for one new toy. That event will take place on Dec. 14.

Taylor Barden Golden is a real estate agent with the Stokes Group at McEnearney Associates Inc. A former Hill staffer, Taylor lives in Brentwood with her husband, two dogs and a cat. She’s always on the lookout for new places to explore and ways to spend time outside. Get in touch: taylor@midcitydcnews. com; @rtaylorb. u

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ommissioners Alex Padro (Chair, 6E01), Anthony Brown (Secretary, 6E02), Frank Wiggins (Vice Chair, 6E03), David Jaffe (6E04), and Alex Marriott (Treasurer, 6E05) made up the quorum to conduct official business at the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6E November meeting.

Mayor Bowser Pays the ANC 6E Meeting A Visit

Mayor Muriel Bowser was on hand at the meeting to take questions from the commission and the audience and address several topics that affect the District.

MPD: Many of the men and women in blue that serve the District joined MPD in the 1990’s and are now eligible to retire which could potentially leave a gap in the workforce. Mayor Bowser said that MPD is up 84 officers from last year and the upswing is the product of recruiting officers and offering new incentives.

Education: Probably the biggest investment from the city has been made to the public school system according to Mayor Bowser. Through legislation and a three year budget process, teachers are getting a raise and new schools are expected to be constructed.

Rodent Control: With the last few winters being on the mild side, district residents have seen a growth in the rat population due to the lack of harsh weather. This has made it easy for them to survive and increase into a large and alarming number.

It has also been suggested that restaurant growth has encouraged the rat population to increase as well.

District officials are identifying best practices from other cities and are

by Steve Holton employing techniques to get the number under control. There are several pilot programs underway that are introducing new trash compactors to businesses that will hide the smell of food and thus not attract rats.

Trash and Recycling Pick Up: Due to an ever-growing population, trash crews are having to work much harder and longer to take care of what District residents discard and recycle. Routes are running longer and crews are working up to 9 p.m. to remove waste. Mayor Bowser noted that she is aware of the complaints that have been lodged into the 311 call center from residents who have said that their trash is not being picked up. Some of the calls have taken place before the time frame that the trash service needs to get to them but for those who are really missing their trash service, the corrective and necessary actions are being taken to ensure that this doesn’t become a pattern.

Affordable Childcare: Mayor Bowser said that regulations related to childcare have made it hard for for-profit businesses to run them, which has created a shortage of spaces. On Oct. 31, a pilot program was initiated to help solve the program.

Three public locations were identified to add space for affordable childcare.

The locations include the Department of Human Resources, Francis Stevens School, and the University of the District of Columbia. The new spaces should be up and running next year and it is expected that 1,100 news spots should be made available over the next five years.

Statehood: One member from audience proposed that rather than DC try to become its own state, it should undergo the process of retrocession and merge with Mary-

land. Mayor Bowser responded and said that the District shouldn’t have a different set of circumstances as other states and we should pursue statehood. She also noted that if we became part of Maryland, their politics would dominate and that would not be a good thing for the District.

She also believes that momentum on this issue has picked up and we are getting closer to making statehood a reality.

Sanctuary City Status: Another audience member asked Mayor Bowser where things stand in regards to the District being a sanctuary city.

She assured the commission and the audience that the District is indeed a sanctuary city and MPD officials and hospitals do not ask immigrants for their status. “We want them to live here comfortably and have encouraged them to sign up for healthcare,” said Mayor Bowser. She also noted that the District is in a good spot with the federal system.

BZA Support Request

A member of Douglas Development spoke to the commission and requested support for a Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) special exception to operate a bar in the penthouse portion of a 235 key hotel to be located at 601 K St. NW once constructed. The operate to midnight Monday through Thursday and to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. The Douglas Development representative said that construction should start in the later part of next year and approximately 18 months is expected to complete it. The commission voted support the request contingent upon the hours of operation not expanding past the times that are currently set in place. The commission also supported a separate request for a curb cut and

will communicate it to the District Department of Transportation.

Third Floor Addition

The owner of a two-story row home located at 915 French St. NW asked for support before submitting a request to the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) to add an additional floor to their home. The applicant said that the addition will be 350 square-feet and it will not be visible from anywhere on French Street.

The room will also have access to a rooftop deck. The commission voted to support the request and will communicate it to HPRB.

ABRA Renewals

The commission voted in favor of the following establishments to receive a Class B renewal before they go before the city’s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA).

Giant Foods – 1400 Seventh St. NW. Wal-Mart – 99 H St. NW. Andy’s Carryout – 209 New York Ave. NW. Safeway – 490 L St. NW.

Commissioner Marriott asked the Safeway representative to look at ways to alleviate the long lines and check-out times as well as keeping the loading docks clean. He also said that he would like to facilitate a meeting between Safeway, MPD, and the Department of Health to help with people who are homeless and have mental disorders that loiter around the store.

ANC 6E will meet again at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 5 at the Shaw/Watha T. Daniel Library located at 1630 Seventh St. NW. Steve Holton can be contacted at ssholton@gmail.com u

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by Kathleen Donner Tubman Elementary School performs at the Westside DC SCORES Poetry Slam! Photo: Aya Takeuchi

The 20th annual DC SCORES Poetry Slam!

The 20th annual DC SCORES Poetry Slam!, the largest youth spokenword competition in the District, showcased original poetry and songs written by students who participate in the award-winning after-school program. November’s two-night event was held at Roosevelt High School on Nov. 15 and H.D. Woodson Senior High School on Nov. 16. On the first night of the Poetry Slam!, students representing 23 elementary and middle schools performed in front of a near-capacity audience. The poems illustrated how proud students are of their differences, and gave them a forum to express their anxieties during such a time of angst in our country.

Immigration and embracing differences were common themes. The poems truly showed how powerful DC students’ voices are. Elementary school winners were Seaton (First); Tubman (Second); and H.D. Cooke (Third); while Diamond G. of Seaton won the individual Shine Award. Middle school winners were Truesdell (First); Brightwood (Second); and Chavez Prep (Third). Ja’Quan W. of Lincoln won the Shine Award. DC SCORES creates neighborhood teams that give kids in need the confidence and skills to succeed on the playing field, in the classroom, and in life. To learn more, volunteer or donate, visit DCSCORES.org.

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Family-Friendly Twelfth Night

Now a cherished tradition, A Family-Friendly Celebration of Twelfth Night, provides free and low-cost programming so that every family member may learn, explore and build a love for theatre. From Dec. 10 to 17, The Shakespeare Theatre will celebrate the themes, story and artists in Twelfth Night through the workshops, performances, backstage tours and events. Read more at shakespearetheatre.org/education/familyand-community/family-week-series.

Seasons of Light

On Dec. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 21; 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. (also a 1 p.m. show on Dec. 7, 12 and 19); enjoy “Seasons of Light,” an annual celebration of seasonal holidays from around the world. The history and customs of Diwali (Devali), Chanukah, Las Posadas, Ramadan, Sankta Lucia Day, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and the First Nations’ tradition of the Winter Solstice make for an amazing interactive event that bridges communities and cultures. Back for its 19th season, this signature Discovery Theater show sells out early, so get tickets now. For ages 5 to 10. These shows are at the Smithsonian Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW. Tickets are $6 per child, $3 for under two and $8 for adults. discoverytheater.org.

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Season’s Greenings at the Botanic Garden

Season’s Greenings is open every day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Jan. 1, 2018. Remember that the best things in life are free. Enjoy the fragrance of a freshly cut fir tree, the magic of holiday lights, the beauty of sumptuous decorations and the delight of a child discovering the make-believe world of model trains. Free.

100 Maryland Ave. SW. usbg.gov.

Get Santa’s Response to Your Child’s Letter

Write Santa and get a personalized response from Santa from the North Pole with an official North Pole Postmark! Read more at about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017/pr17_072.htm.

How to Catch a Leprechaun

Based on the familiar Irish folktale, “How to Catch a Leprechaun” follows the comical adventures of the wistful minstrel Riley O’Really, who really wants to catch a leprechaun. He’s got everything he needs for his trap: a pair of sharp eyes, a good Irish folk song in his heart and, most importantly, an irresistible pitcher of green lemonade. The wee leprechaun who Riley catches seems more than willing to give up his pot of gold. But, it is his offer a leprechaun trick or a leprechaun treat? Tickets are $15. Performances are at the Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW, at 11 a.m., on Dec. 16, 17, 23, 26, 30 and 31. keegantheatre.com.

Photo: Courtesy of Keegan Theatre

Step Afrika!’s Family Fun Pack

From Dec. 15 to 30, celebrate the holidays with clapping, stomping and all-around fun featuring their furry friends from the Animal Kingdom, and a special dance party with DJ Frosty the Snowman. Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show is suited to adults and kids ages 4, up. Join them in the lobby 30 minutes before show time to decorate a musical instrument to make music with Step Afrika! Attending as a family? Get four tickets for $100 with their Family Fun Pack (includes two adult tickets and two tickets for children 16 and under). Regular ticket prices are $18 to $45. The Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org.

The Choral Arts Family Christmas

On Dec. 16, 1 p.m., the young and the young at heart will revel in the joy of the season as holiday favorites ring throughout the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Bring the kids for an unforgettable holiday experience as Maestro Scott Tucker and the Choral Arts Chorus lead a whirlwind tour of favorite sing-alongs and Christmas classics that will have the family singing all the way home. Expect visits from Santa, Frosty, and Rudolph! This onePhoto: Courtesy of the Washington Nationals Baseball Club

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hour concert is perfect for children ages 5, up. $20 to $45. kennedy-center.org.

A Circus Carol at the Atlas

It’s holiday pageant time at W.T. Dickens High School! Chaos reigns supreme

Washington Nationals Winterfest

The Washington Nationals 2017 Winterfest is Dec. 16 and 17, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Pl. NW. Attend clinics with Nationals players and coaches. Watch a Home Run Derby featuring the Nationals mascots. Make a snow fort. Participate in the steal home challenge and take batting practice. Hear a winter or baseball-themed story read by a Nationals player. Participate in the Kids Press Conferences. Sign up for 2018 season Jr. Nats Kids Club memberships. Ride down a giant slide reminiscent of a sledding hill; and “Video Pitch,” where fans can give virtual batters their best pitch. Tickets start at $25 for kids; $35 for adults. nationals.com/winterfest.

throughout the school halls as teachers, administrators and students try to get it together in time for their annual holiday production. Watch as the circus atmosphere comes to life in “A Circus Carol,” as incredible aerial performances dazzle and bring their characters together to rise literally above the holiday madness. A Circus Carol plays on Dec. 16, 1 and 6 p.m. and Dec. 17, 6 p.m., at the Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org.

Family Christmas at the National Cathedral

On Dec. 23, 11 a.m. to noon, come one, come all for this this joyful and lively service with Christmas carols, prayers, and the Nativity story, including live animals.

Children are invited to come dressed as angels, animals and shepherds to be part of the story as it unfolds for this unrehearsed Christmas pageant. All are welcome. cathedral.org.

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Family Thursdays at the Capitol

On December Thursdays at 11 a.m., make a journal to honor the historic event when women staged the 1913 Parade in Washington DC that paved the way for the passage of the 19th Amendment. Meet at the entrance to Exhibition Hall.

The program is 30 minutes. visitthecapitol.gov.

The Big Meow Family Fun Day

The Big Meow, adapted from the book by Elizabeth Spires, is the story of an ever-hopeful fluff-ball who desperately wants to belong to the band of neighborhood cats. This story of hope, disappointment, courage and the need for belonging, is told through the experiences of Little Cat, a potential weakness is a unique strength. The Big Meow, on Jan. 13 at 3 p.m., is presented by Jane Franklin Dance at Theatre on the Run, 3700 S Four Mile Run Dr, Arlington, VA. $15 for adults; $10 for kids under 10. janefranklin.com.

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

Atlas Theatre for the Very Young presents Snow Day by Arts on the Horizon, Dec. 17 to 30.

“Snow Day” at the Atlas

One cold December morning, a young girl named Skip wakes up to find the entire neighborhood covered in a thick, white blanket of white snow. It is her very first snow day. Skip meets a playful and mischievous winter elf, who shows her how magical snow can be! This nonverbal production, Dec. 17 to 30, features live music and lots of wintertime fun, just in time for the holiday season. This Theatre for the Very Young production is best for ages 2 to 6. $12. All patrons age one and above must have a ticket. The Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org.

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In the small town of Stillwater, painter and decorator Mr. Popper is a pleasant, practical, predictable person who periodically pines for polar adventures. But when a peculiar package on the Poppers’ porch produces a penguin, chaos waddles into their lives. Soon, the Poppers open their home and hearts to not one, not two, but a bunch of boisterous black-and-white birds! With catchy songs and penguin puppets aplenty,

this fresh and funny musical adaptation of Richard and Florence Atwater’s popular book will leave the audience chirping with cheer. On stage at the Kennedy Center, Dec. 19 to 31, it is most enjoyed by ages 3, up. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. kennedy-center.org.

Stay after the 1:30 p.m. performance on Dec. 22 for a free Kids’ Chat. Following the performance, young audience members can ask questions and hear engaging stories in an up-close-and-personal talk with some of the artists.

Nominate a Kid for the DC High School Hall of Fame

The District of Columbia State Athletic Association (DCSAA) is accepting nominations for the DC High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2018. The Hall of Fame recognizes teams and individuals that have demonstrated exceptional athletic success during their enrollment at, or service to, a District of Columbia public, public charter or private school. The Hall of Fame also looks to honor individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to District secondary athletic programs and the overall District secondary athletic community.

The Hall of Fame nomination form is at dcsaasports.org/ page/show/3453861-hall-offame. The nomination deadline is March 2, 2018.

Through My Eyes at GALA

Paso Nuevo, GALA’s Youth Arts Program, presents Through My Eyes/Desde Mis

Fiesta de los Reyes Magos

On Jan. 7, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., GALA Theatre presents the traditional Three Kings celebration featuring the Magi, live animals, local performers, a walk through the neighborhood, and gifts for every child. Free for the entire family. Tickets will be distributed at the GALA Box Office at 10 a.m. for the 11:30 a.m. show, and at noon for the 2 p.m. show. No tickets reserved by phone. Maximum six tickets per person in line. galatheatre.org.

Hundreds of people attend GALA’s Fiesta de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day) annually.

Photo: Gerald Martineau

Ojos, an evening of original works, Friday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m. at GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. Performed in Spanish with English surtitles, the presentation is directed by Mauricio Pita. A post-performance discussion with the youth follow the performance. Admission is free.

In Through My Eyes, a teenager from El Salvador recounts her journey crossing borders to reach the United States. Each stop along the way tackles our youth’s perspectives on issues relating to love, racism, coming out, bullying, self-esteem, immigration, and how to find solidarity and comradery in a dangerous world. galatheatre.org.

The Nutcracker

A Washington tradition for 26 years, “The Nutcracker” is the story of Clara-Marie’s favorite toy, and their adventures together in the Land of the Sugerplum Fairy. Music from Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet blends with marionettes and costume characters to create this unique production. On stage at Glen Echo, through Dec. 31. This show is recommended for ages 5, up. Running time is 45 minutes. Tickets are $12. thepuppetco.org.

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changing hands

Changing Hands is a list of most residential sales in the Midcity DC area 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

Price BR

Fee Simple Bloomingdale 1927 2ND ST NW 70 SEATON PL NW 38 ADAMS ST NW 50 RANDOLPH PL NW 51 V ST NW

$965,000 $920,000 $910,000 $860,000 $815,000

Columbia Heights 3533 14TH ST NW 1116 FAIRMONT ST NW 1104 FAIRMONT ST NW 3601 WARDER ST NW 1349 FLORIDA AVE NW 3209 WARDER ST NW 1429 SHEPHERD ST NW 1340 HARVARD ST NW 2614 SHERMAN AVE NW 3548 HERTFORD PL NW 1402 QUINCY ST NW 422 LAMONT ST NW 3648 11TH ST NW 3555 10TH ST NW 909 COLUMBIA RD NW 443 LAMONT ST NW 3013 WARDER ST NW 738 LAMONT ST NW 745 HOBART PL NW 731 GIRARD ST NW 610 HARVARD ST NW 516 COLUMBIA RD NW 1019 KENYON ST NW

$1,205,000 $1,055,000 $985,000 $910,000 $899,950 $836,000 $805,000 $799,000 $785,000 $762,000 $755,000 $750,000 $750,000 $744,000 $710,000 $700,000 $630,000 $623,000 $604,000 $570,000 $450,000 $450,000 $420,000

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

Dupont 1640 19TH ST NW 1630 RIGGS PL NW 1804 RIGGS PL NW 1738 SWANN ST NW 1515 SWANN ST NW

$1,625,000 $1,600,000 $1,201,000 $1,041,000 $1,337,100

5 4 4 3 4

Eckington 61 QUINCY PL NW 14 T ST NE 32 T ST NW 67 RANDOLPH PL NW 324 TODD PL NE

$899,900 $850,000 $732,500 $600,000 $555,000

Georgetown 3304 N ST NW 1514 30TH ST NW 2735 P ST NW 1331 30TH ST NW 1510 34TH ST NW 1223 POTOMAC ST NW 1604 32ND ST NW 3273 P ST NW 1619 33RD ST NW 1220 POTOMAC ST NW 3429 Q ST NW 2806 DUMBARTON ST NW

$4,000,000 $3,995,000 $1,501,000 $1,370,000 $1,325,000 $1,270,000 $1,265,000 $1,215,000 $1,145,000 $1,072,200 $1,070,000 $910,000

Glover Park 2400 TUNLAW RD NW 2448 39TH ST NW

$1,395,000 $1,140,000

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Kalorama

1859 CALIFORNIA ST NW 1967 BILTMORE ST NW 2334 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW

$2,125,000 $1,849,000 $1,585,000

Ledroit Park

61 BRYANT ST NW 419 U ST NW 153 ADAMS ST NW 1811 4TH ST NW 67 ADAMS ST NW 1850 2ND ST NW 1808 4TH ST NW 439 ELM ST NW 409 FLORIDA AVE NW

$1,500,000 $1,075,000 $925,000 $836,500 $831,750 $828,000 $799,000 $602,000 $460,000

Logan Circle

817 Q ST NW 12 LOGAN CIR NW 1821 VERMONT AVE NW 1825 12TH ST NW 1115 S ST NW

$1,450,000 $2,900,000 $1,500,000 $1,120,000 $850,000

Mount Pleasant

1624 HOBART ST NW 1663 HARVARD ST NW 3121 ADAMS MILL RD NW 2009 PARK RD NW 1939 LAMONT ST NW 1818 KILBOURNE PL NW 3122 17TH ST NW

$1,380,000 $1,200,000 $1,115,000 $1,055,000 $1,050,000 $1,000,000 $60,000

Old City #1

813 MARYLAND AVE NE 651 MARYLAND AVE NE 406 13TH ST NE 1612 CAPITOL ST NE 710 5TH ST NE 1371 E ST SE 712 C ST NE 1207 6TH ST NE 324 15TH ST NE 25 16TH ST SE 1222 HALF ST SW 523 16TH ST NE 1356 EMERALD ST NE 37 17TH ST SE 1411 D ST NE 1339 SOUTH CAROLINA AVE SE 922 10TH ST NE 1714 INDEPENDENCE AVE SE 1623 CONSTITUTION AVE NE 212 KENTUCKY AVE SE 625 8TH ST NE 1168 ABBEY PL NE 117 17TH ST SE 511 17TH ST SE 105 19TH ST SE 810 12TH ST NE 1520 CONSTITUTION AVE NE

$1,550,000 $1,375,000 $1,322,000 $990,000 $956,720 $889,000 $865,000 $850,000 $825,000 $819,000 $760,000 $755,000 $745,000 $739,000 $730,000 $707,500 $685,000 $660,000 $657,500 $635,000 $627,900 $600,000 $580,000 $571,000 $570,000 $550,000 $500,000

Old City #2

1613 RIGGS PL NW 938 WESTMINSTER ST NW 1443 W ST NW 2122 12TH ST NW 1639 4TH ST NW 16151/2 6TH ST NW

$1,525,000 $1,525,000 $1,145,000 $935,000 $915,000 $830,258

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513 S ST NW 1639 V ST NW 921 W ST NW 139 P ST NW 1224 KIRBY ST NW

$750,000 $727,500 $705,000 $700,000 $440,000

3 3 2 4 2

Shaw 900 FRENCH ST NW 1545 4TH ST NW

$1,415,000 $550,000

4 3

U Street

2227 12TH PL NW $710,000 2 1916 11TH ST NW $1,320,000 4 1215 W ST NW $993,500 3

Condo 14th Street Corridor

1418 W ST NW #202 2125 14TH ST NW #214 1441 EUCLID ST NW #203

$395,000 $799,000 $328,000

Adams Morgan 2328 CHAMPLAIN ST NW #317 1616 BELMONT ST NW #D 2435 ONTARIO RD NW #3 2328 CHAMPLAIN ST NW #319 2328 CHAMPLAIN ST NW #314

$810,000 $747,000 $725,000 $565,500 $450,000

Bloomingdale 74 ADAMS ST NW #2 207 R ST NW #6 15 R ST NE #A

$755,000 $489,000 $775,000

1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 3

Central 2425 L ST NW #340 920 I ST NW #1109 631 D ST NW #132 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #603 1133 14TH ST NW #1010 675 E ST NW #350 616 E ST NW #920 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #605 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #917 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #705 1280 21ST ST NW #606 1301 20TH ST NW #203 1260 21ST ST NW #1014 1280 21ST ST NW #P23

$1,790,000 $1,100,000 $675,000 $579,000 $500,500 $499,000 $490,000 $460,000 $440,000 $435,000 $410,000 $333,000 $287,000 $54,000

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Citycenter 920 I ST NW #811

$1,464,900

Columbia Heights 1429 MERIDIAN PL NW #PH2 3528 13TH ST NW #2 1201 KENYON ST NW #3 1203 GIRARD ST NW #2 Girard ST NW #6E 1459 HARVARD ST NW #3 3511 14TH ST NW #5 1453 GIRARD ST NW #4 1470 CHAPIN ST NW #1 1307 RANDOLPH ST NW #1 1453 GIRARD ST NW #1 1390 KENYON ST NW #722

$1,050,000 $885,000 $869,999 $860,000 $749,000 $695,000 $645,000 $619,000 $604,000 $560,000 $549,000 $525,500

2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

1248 FAIRMONT ST NW #2 1101 FAIRMONT ST NW #2 1324 EUCLID ST NW #402 3325 11TH ST NW #4 1414 BELMONT ST NW #106 718 PARK RD NW #2 1439 SPRING RD NW #301 1451 PARK RD NW #511 1321 FAIRMONT ST NW #305 1321 FAIRMONT ST NW #103

$497,500 $475,000 $453,000 $451,634 $410,000 $395,000 $375,000 $310,000 $299,900 $267,000

1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1

Dupont

1750 16TH ST NW #73 1632 S ST NW #21 1801 16TH ST NW #111 1757 T ST NW #A 1758 U ST NW #3 1301 20TH ST NW #611 1916 17TH ST NW #406 1621 T ST NW #805 1545 18TH ST NW #408 1601 18TH ST NW #811 1617 SWANN ST NW #11 1749 Q ST NW #9 1260 21ST ST NW #304 1330 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #1003

$1,506,595 $975,000 $812,000 $740,000 $660,000 $480,000 $410,000 $384,100 $250,000 $246,000 $975,000 $501,000 $320,000 $303,485

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

Eckington

1912 3RD ST NE #2 1927 3RD ST NE #401 314 V ST NE #204

$650,000 $266,703 $200,000

Foggy Bottom

955 26TH ST NW #503 2501 K ST NW #1B 922 24TH ST NW #821 2030 F ST NW #1002 922 24TH ST NW #502 1010 25TH ST NW #310

$625,000 $379,000 $365,000 $350,000 $245,500 $199,000

Georgetown

1527 30TH ST NW #B21 2735 OLIVE ST NW #9 3024 R ST NW #2 1045 31ST ST NW #403 2500 Q ST NW #435

$1,000,000 $870,000 $641,500 $540,000 $380,000

Glover Park

3937 DAVIS PL NW #3 3937 DAVIS PL NW #6 2400 41ST ST NW #413 4114 DAVIS PL NW #205 3925 DAVIS PL NW #201 4004 BEECHER ST NW #102

$599,000 $585,000 $340,000 $292,500 $291,000 $262,000

H Street Corridor 1409 G ST NE #21

$555,000

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

Kalorama

2424 18TH ST NW #R4 2201 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #8 2153 CALIFORNIA ST NW #502 1915 CALVERT ST NW #102 1807 CALIFORNIA ST NW #303 1827 FLORIDA AVE NW #404 1915 CALVERT ST NW #403 1810 CALIFORNIA ST NW #302 2149 CALIFORNIA ST NW #C 2009 BELMONT RD NW #101 2011 KALORAMA RD NW #1 1840 CALIFORNIA ST NW #9A 1851 COLUMBIA RD NW #210 2310 ASHMEAD PL NW #308 2311 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #B4 2227 20TH ST NW #104

$1,775,000 $805,000 $775,000 $707,000 $659,000 $590,000 $527,500 $510,000 $489,900 $464,000 $419,000 $357,500 $340,000 $330,000 $315,000 $270,000

Ledroit Park

144 BRYANT NW #2 144 BRYANT ST NW #1 5 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #201 2035 2ND ST NW #GL03

$799,000 $720,000 $351,191 $349,000

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

Logan Circle 1300 13TH ST NW #306 1402 SWANN ST NW #6 1201 N ST NW #F 1441 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #505 1441 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #205 1300 N ST NW #4 1125 11TH ST NW #602 1822 15TH ST NW #307 1710 10TH ST NW #2 1710 10TH ST NW #1 1401 Q ST NW #605 1210 R ST NW #303 1918 15TH ST NW #1 1634 14TH ST NW #504 1245 13TH ST NW #301 1210 R ST NW #103 1444 CHURCH ST NW #206 1225 13TH ST NW #109 1212 M ST NW #201 1735 JOHNSON AVE NW #G 1415 T ST NW #101

$772,000 $625,000 $497,000 $466,000 $455,000 $408,000 $399,999 $279,000 $1,250,000 $1,199,900 $1,725,000 $1,041,500 $765,000 $575,000 $552,500 $545,000 $475,000 $410,000 $385,000 $1,530,000 $260,000

Mount Pleasant 1700 KALORAMA RD NW #204 1604 BEEKMAN PL NW #A 1696 LANIER PL NW #1 2200 17TH ST NW #109 3314 MOUNT PLEASANT ST NW #24 2440 16TH ST NW #307 3314 MOUNT PLEASANT ST NW #49 1708 NEWTON ST NW #105 2550 17TH ST NW #303 1709 EUCLID ST NW #1

$790,000 $710,000 $660,000 $525,000 $475,000 $404,900 $355,000 $339,900 $305,000 $435,000

Mount Vernon Triangle 475 K ST NW #711

$526,750

Old City #1 1112 8TH ST NE #2 1391 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE #237 1018 13TH ST SE #2 901 D ST NE #1 1443 CAPITOL ST SE #2 1412 A ST SE #2 1350 MARYLAND AVE NE #406 901 D ST NE #6 36 15TH ST NE #36 412 19TH ST NE #204

$740,000 $635,000 $519,000 $499,000 $479,000 $410,000 $399,999 $375,000 $369,000 $280,000

Old City #2 1801 16TH ST NW #605 2100 11TH ST NW #PH1 2024 16TH ST NW #3 1316 S ST NW #B 1426 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #B 936 N ST NW #3 910 M ST NW #316 1728 U ST NW #03 811 4TH ST NW #517 1130 5TH ST NW #B 1715 15TH ST NW #18 1728 U ST NW #01 301 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #401 1117 10TH ST NW #711 1210 R ST NW #215 475 K ST NW #612 555 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #1015 2001 12TH ST NW #314 1441 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #506 1001 L ST NW #807 811 4TH ST NW #902 555 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #415 1300 N ST NW #816 2120 VERMONT AVE NW #405 1313 VERMONT AVE NW #12 2024 16TH ST NW #A 2024 16TH ST NW #B 1711 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #624 437 M ST NW #6 1727 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #609 1822 15TH ST NW #B7

$1,749,000 $1,320,000 $1,200,000 $975,000 $965,000 $699,000 $691,222 $680,000 $650,000 $610,000 $600,000 $600,000 $585,000 $575,000 $569,000 $548,000 $546,500 $500,000 $485,000 $470,000 $455,000 $450,000 $442,000 $437,000 $405,000 $374,000 $374,000 $259,500 $259,000 $225,000 $210,000

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

Penn Quarter 701 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW #1217 616 E ST NW #312 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #911 631 D ST NW #526 616 E ST NW #410 675 E ST NW #240

$1,600,000 $875,000 $775,000 $581,000 $420,000 $390,000

2 1 2 2 0 1

Shaw 447 RIDGE ST NW #2 1910 8TH ST NW #1

$767,000 $605,000

Truxton Circle 34 Q ST NW #3

$507,500

U Street 2020 12TH ST NW #709

$815,000

West End 1177 22ND ST NW #2D 1111 24TH ST NW #52 1177 22ND ST NW #7B 1111 25TH ST NW #606 1140 23RD ST NW #702 1111 25TH ST NW #703

$1,995,000 $1,893,850 $1,315,000 $840,000 $546,000 $415,000

2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1

Woodley

3100 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #418 $423,500 1

Coop Adams Morgan

3025 ONTARIO RD NW #403

$334,900

1

Central 1300 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #503

$224,000

Columbia Heights 1415 GIRARD ST NW #201

$310,000

0 1

Dupont 1701 16TH ST NW #632 1514 17TH ST NW #413

$405,000 $430,000

Foggy Bottom 730 24TH ST NW #519

$282,500

1 1 1

Kalorama 1835 PHELPS PL NW #51 2122 CALIFORNIA ST NW #254

$439,500 $292,000

Old City #1 1000 NEW JERSEY AVE SE #716

$324,900

Old City #2 1725 17TH ST NW #106 1514 17TH ST NW #614

$440,000 $380,000

1 1 1 1 1

Watergate

700 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #306 $1,445,000 2 2500 VIRGINIA AVE NW #307-S $528,000 2 u

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