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Celebrate!

Post game fireworks at Nat’s Park. Photo: Nan Raphael

Enjoy Summer Fireworks Here are three favorite close-by opportunities to see a brilliant fireworks display this summer. There will be fireworks after the Nationals’ July 1, 6:05 p.m. game vs. the Reds at about 9 p.m. They’re typically set off outside the park behind the first base line. Everyone in the park moves over to the viewing side, while those on outside the need to find a place to perch. Of course, the big fireworks are on July 4. They start at about 9 p.m. The important thing to remember is to be as close as possible while being able to see the top half of the Washington Monument. On July 9, cele-

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brate Alexandria’s 267th birthday along the Potomac waterfront at Oronoco Bay Park at Old Town. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and a picnic. Enjoy live music by the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra plus cannon firing, birthday cake, food trucks and a fireworks display at about 9 p.m.

Grab a Blanket or Folding Chair One of the great pleasures of a DC summer is all the outdoor concerts and lawn movies. The weeknight military band concerts at 8 p.m. on the west side steps of

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The U.S. Army Band performs every Friday in summer on the west Capitol steps.

the Capitol are not to be missed. The music is always good, but go for the setting – the sun setting and the remarkable view along the Mall to the Washington Monument. There’s parking near the Botanic Garden. Become a regular reader of the Calendar in this paper for concert and movie schedules around town. A must-attend-annual event is the 1812 Overture (cannons and all) at the National Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument. This year’s it’s on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m. A few things look for are the Fort Reno concerts (go to fortreno.com) and the Fort Dupont concerts (go to nps.gov/fodu). Nei-

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Crowds at last year’s Vine on the Waterfront Food & Wine Festival in Old Town Alexandria. Photo: Maurisa Potts, Spotted MP

ing war time alliances, romance, danger, and redemption await. It’s at Dumbarton House, June 15 to 17 and The Phillips, on June 23. 2016 Fringe Festival tickets go on sale June 20; the Fringe preview is June 24, 7:30 p.m. on the Trinidad Stage at the Logan Fringe Arts Space, 1358 Florida Ave. NE. Twenty to thirty productions from theatre to dance offer up four minute teasers. This event is free and open to all. The full schedule for the festival will be up soon, but you always find “fringy” theater and music offerings at the Logan Fringe Arts Space. capitalfringe.org. Finally, please pay attention to the

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Anacostia Arts Center for important and mildly off-beat drama. They are located east of the river at 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

Eat Local in a Crowd The National Capital Barbecue Battle is on Saturday, June 25, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, June 26, 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, between Ninth and 14th Streets. It’s $12 a day. The event is full of samplings, giveaways, live entertainment and crowds. This year’s festival features a wide variety of musical genres including jazz musician Marcus Johnson, EU featuring Sugar

Bear, Secret Society, the Muddy Crows, Trouble Funk, Marcus Mitchell, Tweed Funk, Be’la Dona and many, many more. Over 30 bands will be performing Rock, Reggae, Jazz, Blues, R&B and Go Go on the Pepsi-Lays Sound Stage & Famous Dave’s Stage throughout the weekend. bbqindc.com. The annual Vine on the Waterfront Food & Wine Festival returns this summer on Saturday, June 25. Formally known as the Alexandria Food & Wine Festival, it takes place from noon to 6 p.m. on Old Town’s waterfront at Oronoco Bay Park. Another option on June 25 is the

Crab and Beer Festival at Baltimore’s inner harbor. In its third year, the festival is an all-you-care-to-taste extravaganza complete with over 30,000 crabs, lots of beer, arts, crafts, live music, family fun and so much more! The festival, which has two sessions, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., is touted as Maryland’s largest crab feast. The Crab and Beer Festival repeats on Aug. 27 at National Harbor. mdcrabfest.com.

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On the Potomac with a newly caught fish. Photo: Courtesy of the DC Department of Energy & Environment

In other words, you can have fun all day catching or you catch your supper in a well-stocked pond and pay by the pound. Also, catch and return ponds are perfect for kids because of the high chance of actually catching something – maybe blue gills, because for a tiny fish they put up quite a fight. Fish In Barrel is open weekends only until Sept. 5, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fish In Barrel, 2613 Harkins Rd., White Hall, Maryland. fishinbarrel.com. Closer to home, you might want to try the Potomac or Anacostia Rivers. However, before you do, visit the District’s Department of the Energy and the Environment (DOEE) online at www.doee.dc.gov/service/regulatedfishing-activities. This is online field guide for people unfamiliar with what a particular fish may look like. It also outlines the rules for fishing and eating one’s catch. Apparently,

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you can take three channel catfish a day; five largemouth and five smallmouth bass a day; 1 walleye a day and three yellow perch a day. Striped Bass season is open now and ends on Dec. 31. You’ll need a license (take this seriously). Get one online at doee.dc.gov/service/fishing-license-vendors or at Frager’s, 1323 E St. SE for $10. Remember, check the DOEE on whether your catch is edible before cooking it. Next, we’re going to send you to the labor-of-love pickyourown.org. There you’ll find dozens of close-by farms where you can pick fruits and vegetables to your hearts delight. The site also features crop calendars for each local area to tell you what is available to pick throughout the year, local weather forecasts and easy illustrated directions on how to make jam, jelly, salsa, pickles, spaghetti sauce, applesauce, apple butter and 150 other recipes with step-

by-step directions to can, freeze, dry or preserve. This website is an experience itself. If you’re still not into it, please patronize local farmers’ markets. Remember, if the farmers aren’t making money, they’ll stop coming into town to sell.

Catch a Blockbuster Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera comes to DC as part of a brand-new North American tour. The production boasts many exciting special effects including the show’s legendary chandelier. The beloved story and thrilling score with songs like “Music of the Night,” “All I Ask of You,” and “Masquerade” is performed by a cast and orchestra of 52. This makes Phantom one of the largest productions now on tour. Phantom of the Op-

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era is at the Kennedy Center, July 13 to Aug. 20. Tickets are $25 to $149.

one-of-a-kind destination when it unveils ICEBERGS, designed by James Corner Field Operations. Representing a beautiful, underwater world of glacial ice fields spanning the Museum’s Great Hall, the immersive installation will emphasize current themes of landscape representation, geometry and construction. ICEBERGS, open to the public July 2 to Sept. 5, 2016, is part of the Museum’s annual Summer Block Party series. On a quieter note, on July 1, the Newseum will open “1776 – Breaking News: Independence,” a new exhibit featuring one of only 19 known copies of the July 6, 1776, edition of The Pennsylvania Evening Post, the first newspaper to publish the newly adopted Declaration of Independence. newseum.org.

Ragtime the Musical is at Wolf Trap, June 9 to 11. Catch the Tony-winning spectacular that took Broadway by storm. Set against a gloriously rich score, Ragtime transports theatergoers to the dawn of the 20th century where change is booming and possibilities are endless. Experience an all-new, striking production brought to life with vibrant dance and compelling characters. Watch three stories unfold in a timeless tale of hope, hardship and the American Dream. DC’s blockbuster festival is the annual Folklife Festival held this year from June 29 to July 4 and July 7 to 10. Discover how the Basque Country sustains its culture, drawing Katie Travis and Storm Lineberg in Phantom of the Opera. Photo: Matthew Murphy on traditions to innovate in a Wave the Flag rapidly changing world. ExpeOn Monday, June 6, at 10 rience bertsolaritza poetry competitions and stone-lifting matches. Drink a.m., there will be a D-Day Commemoration Wreath Laying at the WWII a refreshing glass of cider or rioja wine and meet master artisans. Memorial. This is especially important now. The men and Explore the Sounds of California through the music and women who were in service during that time are slowly stories of immigrant communities shaping the state. Inpassing away. Sit in one of the chairs provided, there’s a teract with artists in music workshops and stretch out good chance the man sitting next to you stormed the on the lawn for the evening concert series. The D-Day beaches, provided air cover or parachuted Folklife Festival is on the National Mall between into occupied France at night. There will also Fourth and Seventh Streets. The Festival Marketbe a VJ-Day ceremony at the WWII Memorial place is inside the Arts and Industries Building. at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 2. festival.si.edu. The Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery Catch a Blockbuster is a must-do event. Through Sept. 30, this ceremony takes place on the hour and on the half Exhibition hour, 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. The Tomb of the UnTHE GREEKS: Agamemnon to Alexander the known Soldier is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days Great at National Geographic spans 5,000 years a year and in any weather by Tomb Guard sentiof Greek history and culture, presenting stories of nels. Sentinels, all volunteers, are considered to be individuals from Neolithic villages through the conthe best of the elite Third US Infantry Regiment, “The quests of Alexander the Great. This unprecedented exOld Guard,” headquartered at Fort Myer, Virginia. The hibition features more than 550 artifacts from the nationinterpretative tour bus service through the cemetery is high al collections of 22 museums throughout Greece, making it recommended. Tickets, purchased at the Visitors’ Center, are the largest exhibition of its kind to tour North America in 25 years. THE GREEKS is on exhibit at National Geographic, 1145 17th St. NW, through Oct. 9, 2016 When unearthed in the late-19th century, archaeologists believed this to be the death mask of Agamemnon, the mythical king of Mycenae. © National Archaeological This summer the National Building Museum will create a new, Museum, Athens

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Courtesy of the Friends of the World War II Memorial

$6 to $12. A few more things. Visit the monuments at night. Plan in advance. Then you can also walk through the White House and go to the top of the Washington Monument. Get the White House tour through Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s office at least six weeks in advance. The Washington Monument elevator ride is available at recreation.gov. Don’t miss the Capitol and the remarkable “We the People” film that puts the building in perfect context.

Get in the Swim Sandy Point State Park at the base of the Bay Bridge is a

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Kids enjoy swimming Sandy Point State Park. Photo: Courtesy of Maryland Department of Natural Resources

quick and easy drive from DC. First opened in 1952, the park hosts swimming beaches, picnic areas, fishing, crabbing and boating. The Park also offers a marina store and boat rentals. There’s an entrance fee of $7. $3 per car. Take route 50 in the direction of Annapolis and exit 32. Watch for signs. The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim is on Sunday, June 12. It is a 4.4 mile swim across Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay that benefits the Maryland March of Dimes. The race starts from Sandy Point State Park. The course extends eastward between the two spans of the William Preston Lane, Jr.,

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See a painting being restored. Photo: Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Memorial Bridge (U.S. Highway 50) and finishes at a small sandy beach on Kent Island immediately south of the Bridge eastern-shore causeway adjacent to Hemingway’s Restaurant. It’s something that people train for so, right now, we’re just putting a bug in your ear. Of course, anyone can watch. Read more at bayswim.com. DC public indoor and outdoor pools are special. The indoor aquatic centers typically maintain their yearround hours, but are often closed to the general public on weekdays at mid-day to allow camps to have exclusive pool time. Check with your aquatic center. On the other hand, the outdoor pools are open from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. This year they open at two hours earlier than past years – at 11 a.m. As a bonus, they’re free for DC residents. Have photo ID with you.

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Dig Deep Every Wednesday at 3 p.m., the Smithsonian American Art Museum at Eighth and F Streets NW offers a walkin, behind-the-scenes tour of the museum’s conservation efforts. See cleanings and restorations, framing, lighting, placement and the rougher side of the elegant displays in the museum’s public areas. It’s fascinating. This free tour leaves from the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk on the third floor. If you have questions about the condition of a painting, frame, drawing, print or object that you own, their conservators are available by appointment to consult about the preservation of your art. To request an appointment or to learn more, e-mail DWRCLunder@ si.edu and specify CLINIC in the subject line. Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, bills itself as the

Mushroom Capital of the World. The reason it falls into our Dig Deep category is that we thought mushrooms were still grown in caves. They are now above ground in cinderblock sheds. Kennett Square prides itself on this huge, local cash crop. All agree that half of all mushrooms consumed in the United States are from this area. Visit anytime for tours, mushroom shops and small town ambiance. Their annual Mushroom Festival is always the weekend after Labor Day. Read more at mushroomfestival.org. Kennett Square is about two and a half hours from DC off I95.

Sing Sweetly or Just Listen Sing your heart out or just sit quietly. The National Cathedral periodically hosts a sing-along. This summer, it’s “Schubert is Great.” On Sunday, June 12, 7:30 p.m.,

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singers of all abilities are invited to join in Cathedral Sings!. Music Director, J. Reilly Lewis, will lead a reading of two exciting works by favorite composer Franz Schubert accompanied by Todd Fickley performing on the great organ. Bring your own score or borrow one of theirs. Come experience the joy of choral singing in a grand setting. $10. Get tickets at cathedral.org. The National Cathedral is located at 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. In July and August, finish your weekend with an organ recital in the quiet and coolness of the National Shrine. The recitals are Sundays at 6 p.m. They’re free. There’s plenty of parking. All are welcome. The Shrine is at 400 Michigan Ave. NE. Capital Community News publications always feature the weekly, Tuesday, 12:10 p.m., concerts at the Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. For people living or working in the vicinity, it’s a way to get away from the routines of daily life. These concerts are year-round.. An offering is taken.

The National Cathedral sing-along is perfect for singers and singers at heart. Photo: Paul B. Jones

See a Legend... McCartney, Simon, LaBelle, Streisand... There’s no narrative to this section. We’re merely listing performers whose names are familiar to just about everyone. We’re organizing the list by date, not venue and it’s just a sampling. Here goes. June 8, Dolly Parton, Wolf Trap; June 17, Ringo Starr, The Warner; June 27-28, Paul Simon, Wolf Trap; June 30-July 1, Patti LaBelle, Strathmore; July 5-6, Bob Dylan, Wolf Trap; July 21, Graham Nash, The Birchmere; July 30, Billy Joel, Nat’s Park; Aug. 9-10, Paul McCartney, Verizon Center; Aug. 18, Barbara Streisand, Verizon Center; Aug. 26, Aretha Franklin, Wolf Trap. ◆

Bob Dylan appears at Wolf Trap on July 5 and 6.

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JUNE

Calendar NoMa Summer Screen. June 8, Princess Bride; June 15, Guardians of the Galaxy; June 22, Jumanji; June 29, Fast Five; July 6, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure; July 13, Life of Pi; July 20, O Brother, Where Art Thou?; July 27, E.T.; Aug. 3, Apollo 13; Aug. 10, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; Aug. 17, Jurassic Park; Aug. 24, rain date. Movies are at dusk at Storey Park Lot, 1005 First St. NE. nomabid.org.

NoMa Summer Screen movies are shown at dusk at Storey Park Lot, 1005 First St. NE. nomabid.org. Photo: Sam Kittner

INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENTS

July 4th National Symphony Orchestra Concert Full Dress Rehearsal. July 3, 7:30 PM. US Capitol west lawn. You will find a much smaller crowd at the concert rehearsal. You will be allowed on the Capitol grounds starting at 3:00 PM. You will go through security and alcohol may be confiscated. Free. nso.org. An American Celebration at Mount Vernon. July 4, 8 AM to 5 PM. Mount Vernon salutes our first commander in chief with a dazzling display of made-for-daytime fireworks. Visitors will be treated to spectacular fireworks in patriotic colors fired over the Potomac River. The event also includes an inspirational naturalization ceremony for 100 new citizens,

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military reenactments, a special wreathlaying ceremony, free birthday cake for all, and a visit from the “first” first couple, “General and Mrs. Washington.” 703-780-2000. mountvernon.org. July 4th Fireworks and National Symphony Orchestra Concert. July 4, 8 PM. US Capitol west lawn. Fireworks at about 9:15 PM. No one will be allowed on the Capitol west lawn until 3 PM. Come early with a picnic and a blanket to the grounds of the Capitol for the National Symphony Orchestra Annual Independence Day Concert. The fireworks can be seen from all over the mall, from many rooftops and from across the river. You will go through security and alcohol may be confiscated. The fireworks and concert go on except in the case of extremely

bad weather. Your best source for up-to-the-minute information is local TV and radio stations. Free. nso.org. Annual Independence Day Organ Recital at the National Cathedral. July 4, 11 AM. Free. nationalcathedral.org. “What to the Slave is the 4th of July?” July 4, 11 AM. On July 5, 1852 Frederick Douglass climbed onto a stage in Rochester, NY and into the history books. His audience that day came to hear just another 4th of July speech. What they got was as brilliant indictment of slavery and of those who would not lift a hand to attack “the accursed system” as the country had ever seen. On July 4th hear the speech ring out from the steps of Frederick Douglass’s own home in Wash-

ington, DC. Frederick Douglass national Historic Site, 1411 W St. SE. nps.gov/frdo. Air Force Memorial Independence Day Celebration. July 4, 8 PM (fireworks over Washington Monument follow). Air Force Memorial at One Air Force Memorial Drive in Arlington, VA. Contemporary and patriotic tunes and spectacular views of the nighttime Washington, DC skyline. Free. airforcememorial.org. National Archives Celebrates the Fourth of July. July 4. Band performance, 8:30 to

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Chamber Dance Project at the Lansburgh Theater. June 23 to 26. Their Structured Improvisation returns for new in-the-moment surprises at each performance as well as Flying Cloud Cotillion, in which the men throw a woman flying through air. Their performances feature seven dancers with a string quartet and Brass Connection playing live onstage. Lansburgh Theatre, 450 Seventh St. NW. chamberdance.org.

Caption: Luz San Miguel and Davit Hovhanissyan in Journey. Photo: Eduardo Patino

9:45 AM; Ceremony, 10 to 11 AM; Family activities, 11 AM to 4 PM. The celebration will include patriotic music, a dramatic reading of the Declaration by historical reenactors, and exciting free family activities and entertainment for all ages. Free. Constitution Ave. and Seventh St. NW. 202-357-5400. archives.gov.

OUTDOOR MUSIC, MOVIES AND CEREMONY

Navy Band Concerts on the Avenue. Tuesdays, June 7 through Aug. 30; 7:30 PM. US Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. navyband.navy.mil.

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Capitol Riverfront Outdoor Movies. June 9, Inside Out; June 16, Oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eleven; June 30, Star Wars The Force Awakens; July 7, Mean Girls; July 14, Jurassic World; July 21, Minions; July 28, Creed; Aug. 4, Pitch Perfect 2; Aug. 11, The Martian; and Aug. 18, Skyfall. Movies at Canal Park, Second and Eye Streets, SE, begin at sundown but arrived as early as 7 PM. Yards Park Friday Night Concerts. June 10, The Reflex; June 17, DC Jazz Festival Artists; June 24, Jah Works; July 1, The BStreetBand; July 8, Jeff From Accounting; July 15, The Texas Chainsaw Horns; July 22, Sara Gray; July 29, Sly 45; Aug. 5, Justin Trawick; Aug. 12, Lovely Rita; Aug. 19, The 19th Street Band; Aug. 26, Lloyd Dobler Effect; Sept. 2, Almost Journey. These free concerts are 6:30 to 8:30 PM and on the Great Lawn of Yards Park. Yards

Park, 355 Water St. SE. yardspark.org. Jazz in the Garden at the NGA. Fridays, 5 to 8 PM. June 10, George V Johnson Jr.; June 17, Chaise Lounge; June 24, Enter The Haggis; July 1, Speakers of the House; July 8, Chelsey Green and the Green Project; July 15, Origem (Brazilian jazz); July 22, Incendio; July 29, Eastern Standard Time; Aug. 5, Creative Love Happening; Aug. 12, Paul Carr; Aug. 19, Sin Miedo; Aug. 26, Moonshine Society; Sept. 2, Fred Hughes Trio. Rosslyn Cinema Outdoor Movie Festival. June 10, Beethoven 2 with Chix N Stix Food Truck; June 17, Eat, Pray, Love with Bao Banh Boys; June 24, Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark with Rocklands Barbecue; July 1, Coming to America with PEPE Food Truck; July

8, Dirty Dancing with The Union Dog Food Truck; July 15, Finding Nemo with The Big Cheese Food Truck; 5 to 11 PM. Gateway Park, 1300 Lee Hwy. rosslynva.org. 2016 Roots Outdoor Concerts at the Botanic Garden. June 16, July 7 and 21, Aug. 4 and 18, Sept. 8 and 22, Oct. 6 and 20; 5 to 7 PM. Free. U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. USBG.gov. Cinematery Movie Night at Congressional Cemetery. June 17, July 22 and Sept. 16; 7 PM. Historic Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E St. SE. 202-543-0539. congressionalcemetery.org. Jane Austen Film Festival. June 29, Sense & Sensibility (1995); July 13, Emma (1996); July 27, Pride & Prejudice (2005). Doors open

action military performance that blends the precision and discipline of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) with the orchestral sounds and pop music from The US Army. twilight.mdw.army.mil. Sunset Parades at Iwo Jima Memorial. Tuesdays, through Aug. 16, 7 to 8 PM. The Sunset Parade features the music of “The Commandant’s Own”, The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and precision drill by the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon. Marine Barracks Row Evening Parades. Fridays, through Aug. 26, 8:45 to 10 PM. Performance features music and precision marching. Reservations highly recommended a month in advance but there is also a general admission line with no guarantees. barracks. marines.mil.

MUSIC

Music at The Howard. June 4, Los Autenticos Decadentes; June 6, Gregory Porter; June 9, WPGC Birthday Bash feat. Fat Joe Desiigner, Young Greatness, Tabi Bonney; June 10, Capital Pride Drag Extravaganza; June 11, FUSE: Capital Pride Women’s Main Event; June 12, Go-Go Brunch featuring Be’la Dona and GZA with Live Band; June 14, Mali Music; June 15, Joe Budden; June 16, Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars feat. Terell Stafford, Freddie Hendrix, Sharel Cassity, Cyrus Chestnut, John lee & Lewis Nash; June 18, The Delfonics feat. William Hart; June 22, The 7th King Tour w/ Felly feat. Gyyps & Special Guest Peter $un; June 23, Cubanismo; June 24, Dr. John & the Nite Trippers; June 25, Randy Bachman and XEN DC Carnival; July 1, Night of Soul feat. Kim Tae Woo; July 2, The Huggy Lowdown. Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. 202-803-2899. thehowardtheatre.com.

at 7 PM. General Admission is $6 per film or $15 for a pass to all three screenings. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. DumbartonHouse.org. Military Band Concerts at the Capitol. Weeknights throughout summer, 8 PM. West side of the Capitol. There’s plenty of parking near the Botanic Garden.

Music at the U Street Music Hall. June 4, Feed Me Disco with Eau Claire; June 6, Black Pistol Fire; June 7, DC’s Prince Birthday Tribute; June 9, Green Velvet; June 10, Sunshine Jones (live set) & Charles Feelgood; June 11, Beth Orton and Gay Marvine; June 12, Royce da 5’9”; June 15, Whilk and Misky and Matrix & Futurebound; June 16, R&B ONLY; June 17, White Ford Bronco: DC’s All 90s Band and Saeed Younan; June 18, International Soul Society Festival™ Urban Arts Festival & Dance Competitions and REZZ; June 21, DVSN; June 24, The Low Anthem and Jerry Folk; June 25, Ladyhawke and Solid Stone (open to close); June 29, Tale Of Us; July 2, Anamanaguchi (DJ Set) and Skylar Spence. U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW. 202-588-1889. ustreetmusichall.com.

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

Music at 9:30 Club. June 4, Who’s Bad: The World’s #1 Michael Jackson Tribute Band; June 6, Mudcrutch; June 7 and 8, Purity Ring; June 9, The Heavy; June 11, Alice Smith; June 12, Birdy; June 12, Matt Corby; June 13, Matt Corby; June 14 and 15, At The Drive-In; June 16, Atlas Road Crew; June 17, AlunaGeorge; June 24, Jon Bellion; June 25, Balkan Beat Box; June 26, Sleep; June 28, Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic and DJ Zone; June 29, Mayer Hawthorne; June 30, Dead Kennedys; July 1, People Under The Stairs. 815 V St. NW. 877-435-9849. 930.com.

Twilight Tattoo at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. Wednesdays through Aug. 3 (no performances July 6 or July 13), 6:30 PM. Twilight Tattoo is an hour-long, live-

Music at Black Cat. June 4, Awkward Sex...And The City and CMPVTR_CLVB; June 6, Waxahatchee; June 9,

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King Khan & The Shrines; June 11, Furball DC and Fresh to Death; June 12, Radioactivity; June 15, Tunji Ige, Michael Christmas; June 16, Wanter Man; June 17, Church Night; June 18, Right Round Up; June 19, Sustr Mid9ight; June 22; Justin Nozuka; June 23, Banding Together 2016; June 25, Black Mountain; June 26, Mystery Lights; June 27, Stereoriots; June 30, Unring the Bell; July 1, Flag. Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW. blackcatdc.com. Music at Hill Country. June 4, Johnny Grave & the Tombstones; June 7, Karen Jonas; June 9, Jumpin’ Jupiter; June 10, Billy Joe Shaver and The Woodshedders; June 11, Selwyn Birchwood; June 14, The Blue Eyed Bettys; June 16, Great Peacock; June 17, Human Country Jukebox; June 19, Jason Eady; June 23, Meldy Allegra; June 24, Derik Hultquist; June 25, The Lonely Heartstring Band, Zach Schmidt; June 28, Jess Klein, Mike June; July 1, Randy Thompson Band; July 2, Andrew Leahey & the Homestead. Hill Country Live, 410 Seventh St. NW. hillcountry.com/dc.

jas (Together AND Apart). Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 202-408-3100. sixthandi.org. Jazz Night in Southwest. Every Friday, 6 to 9 PM. June 10, By Popular Demand; June 17, Gene Harris Lives!; June 24, Tribute to Cannonball Adderley; July 1, Janine Sings!; July 8, Paul Carr. $5 cover. Children are welcome and free under 16 years old. Reasonably priced meals offered. 202-484-7700. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW (Fourth and I, south side of intersection). westminsterdc.org. DC Jazz Festival. June 10 to 19. Ten days; over 90 bands; 300 artists, over 60 venues; over 18 neighborhoods. DC Jazz Festival presents a diverse selection of emerging and master-level talent across the District including Yards Park, The Kennedy Center, The Hamilton Live, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, area clubs and restaurants, and National Parks venues. culturecapital.com.

Music at Rock and Roll Hotel. June 4, Oh He Dead; June 7, Damien Jurado & the Heavy Light; June 8, Before You Exit-The All The Lights Tour; June 9, Susto; June 10, Hippo Campus; June 11, Eagulls; June 12, The Cave Singers; June 14, Leftover Crack; June 15, Ben Watt and His Band; June 18, Dungen; June 19, Minor Victories; June 20, The Staves; June 21, Marl Lanegan; June 22, Wye Oak; June 23, Kevin Morby; June 24, Pere Ubu Coed Jail Songs from 1975-1982; June 25, Miski; June 27, Quasi. Rock and Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. 202-388-7625. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Music at the Lincoln. June 18, The Jayhawks. Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. 202-3286000. thelincolndc.com.

Blues Night in Southwest. Every Monday, 6 to 9 PM. June 6, Ursula Ricks Project; June 13, Midnight Blue; June 20, Eye Witness Blues; June 27, Lazy Man Blues Band; July 4, Linwood Taylor Band; July 11, Reggie Wayne Morris Band; July 18, Moonshine Society; July 25, Vince Evans Blues Band. $5 cover. Children are welcome and free under 16 years old. Reasonably priced meals offered. 202-484--7700. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW (Fourth and I, south side of intersection). westminsterdc.org.

THEATER

Church of the Epiphany Weekly Concerts. Every Tuesday, 12:10 PM. June 7, Scott Auby, Kristen Dubenion-Smith, Matthew Loyal Smith, Rebecca Kellerman-Petretta, Voices with Jeremy Filsell, piano; June 14, The Atlantic Reed Consort; June 21, Floyd’s Row; June 28, Magnificat with Philip Cave. Free, but offering taken. 1317 G ST. NW. 202-347-2635. epiphanydc.org. Music at Sixth and I. June 8, 6th in the City Chorus Concert; June 14, Steve Coleman and Five Elements; June 15, Julianna Barwick; June 25, Bonnie “Prince” Billy + Bitchin’ Ba-

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Summer Organ Recitals at the National Shrine. Sundays, July 3 to Aug. 28, 6 PM. No admission fee but a free will offering will be accepted. All are welcome. There’s plenty of parking. National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave. NE. nationalshrine.com.

Mosaic’s When January Feels Like Summer. Through June 12. The play follows two immigrants from India running a bodega in Upper Manhattan—the proprietress Nirmala (Lynette Rathnam) and her sibling Ishan (later ‘Indira,” portrayed by Shravan Amin), who is in the midst of a gender transition. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. atlasarts.org. Hedda Gabler at Studio. Through June 19. Hedda Tesman returns from her honeymoon to the brutal banality of domestic life: an antagonizingly bland husband; a living room full of dying flowers; and a house that is too large, too cluttered, too bourgeois for the once unstoppable Hedda Gabler. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org. The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare. Through June 26. All male cast. Why are our bodies soft and weak and smooth…But that our soft conditions and our hearts...Should well agree with our external parts. Shakespeare’s Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org.

Faction of Fools Theatre Company’s The Miser. Through June 26. One of Molière’s most popular comedies, The Miser also shows his deep indebtedness to Commedia, his playful, lightning–fast dialogue perfectly complementing the Fools’ signature high–energy physical style. Tickets at brownpapertickets. com/event/2267216 or 1-800-838-3006. Eastman Studio Theatre in Gallaudet University’s Elstad Auditorium, 800 Florida Ave. NE. factionoffools.org/miser. District Merchants at the Folger. Through July 3 (Pay-What-You-Will Tuesday, May 31, 7:30 p.m.). District Merchants is a variation on William Shakespeare’s The Mechant of Venice. Set among the Black and Jewish populations of an imagined time and place--simultaneously Shakespearean, post-Civil War Washington, DC, and today--District Merchants is tale of money, merchandise, and mercy. Folger Theater, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077. folger.edu. La Cage aux Folles at Signature. Through July 10. The twenty year relationship between Albin, the lead drag performer of The SaintTropez Night Club on the French Riviera, and Georges, the club’s owner, faces a test when their son announces his engagement to the daughter of ultra-conservative political parents. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave. off I395 at the Shirlington exit (#6). signature-theatre.org. Source Festival. June 8 to July 3. Source Festival debuts 24 original works for the stage including three Full-length plays, evenings full of 10-minute plays and more. Source, 1835 14th ST. NW. sourcefestival.org Another Way Home at Theater J. June 23 to July 17. Another Way Home, directed by Shirley Serotsky, follows the Nadelman parents at summer camp visiting day which quickly turns into a family emergency. Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW. 800-494-8497. washingtondcjcc.org.

SPORTS AND FITNESS

DC Front Runners Pride Run and Walk 5K. June 10, 7 PM. The chip-timed 5K race will be followed by a Finish Line Party, featuring beer for race participants, a live DJ, entertainment, and awards for the race’s top performers. dcfrontrunners.org. Washington Nationals Baseball. June, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29, 30. washington.nationals.mlb.com.

Practice with Love Yoga Gathering at the Botanic Garden. Saturdays through fall except July 4th weekend, Labor Day weekend and Oct. 1; 10:30 to 11:30 AM. Free. Bring your own mat. usbg.gov. Nearby Outdoor Pools. Open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Nearby outdoor pools are Francis Pool, 2435 N St. NW; and Randall Pool at South Capitol and I Streets, SW. Pools close one weekday each week for scheduled service and maintenance. Free for DC residents. Have ID. dpr.dc.gov. Nearby Indoor Public Pools. Turkey Thicket, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE. 202576-9236. Rumsey Pool, 635 North Carolina Ave. SE. 202724-4495. All DC public pools are free for DC residents. Have ID. dpr.dc.gov. Nearby Public Tennis Courts. Banneker Community Center (eight outdoor tennis courts), 2500 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-673-6861. Kennedy Recreation Center (one outdoor tennis court), 1401 Seventh St. NW. 202-671-4794. All courts are open daily, dawn to dusk. Some are lighted for extended evening play. Courts are available on a firstcome, firstserved basis for onehour intervals; extended use of tennis courts requires a permit. Proper shoes and attire is required. 202-671--0314. dpr.dc.gov/dpr. Yoga at Northwest One Library. Thursdays, 7 to 8 PM. Free beginner/intermediate yoga classes. All are welcome; mats and blocks provided. Northwest One Neighborhood Library, 155 L St. NW. 202-939-5946. dclibrary.org. Soothing Sunday Yoga at Shaw Library. Sundays, 1:30 PM. This class is perfect for beginners, featuring soothing Hatha yoga and meditation. Bring your own mat or towel. Shaw (Watha T. Daniel) Neighborhood Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. 202-727-1288. dclibrary.org/ watha.

MARKETS AND SALES

Mount Vernon Triangle Farmstand. Every Saturday, 10 AM to 1 PM, through Oct. 29. Located at the Fifth and K Streets, NW sidewalk plaza in front of City Vista. CityCenterDC FRESHFARM Market. Tuesdays, 11 AM to 2 PM, through Oct. 25. I St. NW, between 10th and 11th Streets. freshfarmmarket.org.

Washington Mystics. June 11, 18, 22, 24, 26, and 29. Verizon Center. mystics.wnba.com.

Penn Quarter, DC FRESHFARM Market. Thursdays, 3 to 7 PM, through Dec. 15. North end of Eighth St. NW, between D and E Streets, NW. freshfarmmarket.org.

DC United at RFK. June 22, 8 PM vs. New England Revolution. dcunited.com.

SW Market. Fourth Friday of every month, June 24, Aug. 26, Sept. 23 and Oct. 28, 4

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to 10 PM. Featuring arts and crafts, jewelry, accessories, bath/beauty, furniture, furnishings, accessories, collectibles, live-music, food trucks and a beer garden. Market is at the Waterfront Station, Fourth and M Streets, SW. marketswdc.com. H Street NE FRESHFARM Market. Saturdays, 9 AM to 12:30 PM (new hours). Located at H St. and 13th St. NE. freshfarmmarket.org. Eastern Market. Daily except Mondays and important holidays. Weekdays, 7 AM to 7 PM; Saturdays, 7 AM to 5 PM; Sundays, 9 AM to 5 PM. Flea market and arts and crafts market open Saturdays and Sundays, 9 AM to 6 PM. Eastern Market is Washington’s last continually operated “old world” market. 200 block of Seventh St. SE. 202-698-5253. easternmarketdc.com. Dupont Circle Farmers Market. Sundays (rain or shine), year round, 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. 20th St. and Mass. Ave. NW, 1500 block of 20th St. NW (between Mass. Ave. and Q St. in the adjacent parking lot of PNC Bank). 202362-8889. freshfarmmarket.org. Branch Avenue Pawn Parking Lot Flea Market. Saturdays, year-round (weather permitting). Set up after 10 AM. 3128 Branch Ave., Temple Hills, MD. Fresh Tuesdays at Eastern Market. Tuesdays, 3 to 7 PM. Farmers’ line of fresh produce. Eastern Market, 200 block of Seventh St. SE. 202698-5253. easternmarketdc.com. Union Market. Tuesday-Friday, 11 AM to 8 PM; Saturday-Sunday, 8 AM to 8 PM. Union Market is an artisanal, curated, year round food market featuring over 40 local vendors. 1309 Fifth St. NE. 301-652-7400. unionmarketdc.com. Georgetown Flea Market. Sundays year around (except in the case of very inclement weather), 8 AM to 4 PM. 1819 35th St. NW.

CIVIC LIFE

Congresswoman Norton’s NW District Ofﬁce. Open weekdays, 9 AM to 6 PM. 529 14th St. NW, suite 900. 202-783-5065. norton. house.gov. 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. Chinatown Revitalization Council. Fourth Monday, 7 to 8 PM. 510 I St. NW. Chinatown Revitalization Council promotes the China-

town renewal and the preservation of its cultural heritage. The public is welcome. 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. 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.

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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. ANC 1A. Second Wednesday, 7 PM. Harriet Tubman Elementary School, 3101 13th St. NW. 202-588-7278. anc1a.org. ANC 1B. First Thursday, 6:30 PM. DC Housing Finance Agency, 815 Florida Ave. NW. 202870-4202. anc1b.org. ANC 1B11. Second Monday, 7 PM. LeDroit Senior Building (basement community room), 2125 Fourth St. NW. 202-481-3462. anc1b.org. ANC 1C. First Wednesday, 7 PM. Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Health, 2355 Ontario Rd. NW. 202-332-2630. anc1c.org. ANC 1D. Third Tuesday, 7 PM. 3166 Mount Pleasant St. NW. 202-4628692. anc1d.org. ANC 2C. First Wednesday, 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. 202-682-1633. anc2C.org. ANC 6E. First Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Meeting at Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. anc6e.org. u

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DEPECHE ART

East City Art’s Mid-City Gallery Exhibitions and News by Phil Hutinet

Touchstone

In March and April Touchstone Gallery artists including Maureen Squires, David Beers, Shelley Lowenstein, and Mary D. Ott worked with youth and adults at New Community ArtSpace in Shaw to create works in a variety of media through a program called Touchstone@ArtSpace. A vibrant selection of the work produced during those workshops will be on display at the Touchstone Gallery through the end of June. Now in its second year, Touchstone@ ArtSpace is supported by the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts.

Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art

“Past/Present/Now” exhibits a retrospective of Annie Bissett’s woodblock prints

from several series she created over the past decade. Taken as a whole, the exhibition highlights many of the issues the artist examined over the years, from LGBT rights to immigration, focusing on political hypoc- Annie Bissett, “Class Picture.” Image: Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art risy and highlighting the underlying racial prejudice and intolerance surrounding these issues. The strong graphical quality Group exhibition “Ladies First” brings together the work of Carol of these prints likens them to seemingly Barsha, Raya Bodnarchuk, Cianne Fragione, Emily Francisco, Jareverse-propaganda campaigns. Yet each nis Goodman, Tazuko Ichikawa, Linn Meyers, and Beverly Ress piece possesses a clever narrative including in a variety of styles, expressions and media. These artists studsubtexts discovered only after viewing the ied at the following institutions: Rhode Island School of Design, same work more than once. Boston University, Maryland Institute College of Art, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Queens College, Keio University (Tokyo), Cooper Union, and DC’s Corcoran College of Art and Design.

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Long View Gallery

In “Pin and Paper” British-born Rebecca Coles draws inspiration from the entomological cataloguing of lepidopteran specimens. The self-described “paper artist” painstakingly creates hundreds of butterfly outlines which she arranges in larger patterns. Every shape requires the use of thousands of images, each of which Coles calls a “profile.” Coles creates the profiles from recycled materials.

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Annie Bissett, “US-Mexico.” Image: Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art

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Foundry Gallery’s annual “Bare the Walls” exhibition offers both the seasoned and budding collector the opportunity to acquire art in a most unusual way. A $165 ticket entitles the bearer to take home an original work of art, valued at $250-$2,000, by a Foundry artist or a guest artist. Each ticket admits two people and allows one to pick a single work of art. Selections are made in the order tickets are drawn from a rotating drum. Foundry limits this opportunity to 50 total tickets.

Exhibitions on View

Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art 1300 13th St. NW, Suite 105 202-638-3612 www.charleskrausereporting.com Hours: Sat.-Sun., 1-6 p.m. Through June 18 Annie Bissett, “Past/Present/Now” gallery neptune & brown 1530 14th St. NW 202-986-1200 www.neptunefineart.com Hours: Wed.-Sat., noon to 7 p.m. Through June 30 “Ladies First,” group exhibition with Carol Barsha, Raya Bodnarchuk, Cianne Fragione, Emily Francisco, Janis Goodman, Tazuko Ichikawa, Linn Meyers, and Beverly Ress Foundry Gallery 2118 Eighth St. NW 202-232-0203 www.foundrygallery.org Hours: Wed.-Sun., 1-7 p.m. June 1-26 Ticketed event: Sun., June 26, 2-5 p.m. “Bare the Walls” event

Hamiltonian Gallery 1353 U St. NW 202-332-1116 www.hamiltoniangallery.com Hours: Tues.-Sat., noon to 6 p.m. Through June 18 Dan Perkins and Alejandro Pintado Hemphill Fine Arts 1515 14th St. NW 202-234-5601 www.hemphillfinearts.com Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through June 30 “Language of Birds” by Julie Wolfe Long View Gallery 1234 Ninth St. NW 202-232-4788 www.longviewgallerydc.com Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Through July 10 Gian Garafalo Touchstone Gallery 901 New York Ave. NW 202-347-2787 www.touchstonegallery.com Hours: Wed.-Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun., noon to 5 p.m. Through June 26 Group show “Landscape: Any Way You Look at It” “Home ...Where the Art Is” by Linda Bankerd “I Belong Here,” art of the Shaw community juried show of student work from the Touchstone@ArtSpace project Washington Project for the Arts 2124 Eighth St. NW 202-234-7103 www.wpadc.org Hours: Mon.-Sat., noon to 6 p.m. Through July 9 “Enter State: Sensing the Natural World,” group exhibition curated by Raquel de Anda Phil Hutinet is the publisher of East City Art, dedicated to DC’s visual arts. For more information visit www.eastcityart.com. u

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K N U F PARADE!

An annual event that took place near the Howard Theater on May 7. PHOTOS: Andrew Lightman.

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Neighborhood

Shaw Wins Great American Main Street Award

The National Trust for Historic Preservation chose Shaw Main Streets to receive the Great American Main Street Award for the exemplary manner in which it has led the Washington, DC neighborhood’s revitalization and historic preservation efforts. “By actively involving its multicultural community, cultivating tech businesses, and supporting the arts, since its founding in 2003 Shaw Main Streets has reduced the retail vacancy rate from 20 percent to 1 percent, helped over 200 new businesses open, and attracted approximately $3 billion in private and public investment. Under Shaw Main Streets’ leadership, Shaw has earned nationwide attention as a fast-rising arts, cultural and dining destination while maintaining affordability and ties to its proud past as an African-American entertainment district.” Highlights of Shaw Main Street’s efforts and adThe 240-year-old newspaper shows the declaration as Americans first saw it--as front-page news. Photo: Courtesy of Newseum

vocacy include the restoration of the Howard Theatre, once the largest venue in Washington’s segregation-era “Black Broadway,” the creation of flexible work space for 400 start-up businesses in the adaptively-reused former Wonder Bread factory, incorporation of the restored 1881 O Street Market building into the catalytic City Market at O development, the addition of thousands of new units of housing while experiencing no net loss of low and moderate income residents of color, and the creation of Art All Night DC, a popular overnight arts festival that won an Innovation on Main Street Award in 2015.

Purchase a discounted ticket for you, your family and your favorite family pet and support the Washington Humane Society. Ten dollars for every dog ticket purchased will benefit the Washington Humane Society. All those with tickets purchased for Pups in the Park must enter through the Right Field Gate. Before entering the gate you must drop off a signed waiver for your dog’s up-to-date shots. All Pups in the Park attendees must print, sign and bring the waiver with them to Nationals Park. Tickets are $26 for owners and $10 per dog. For more information, visit washington.nationals.mlb.com.

Washington Nationals “Pups in the Park” Games

Shakespeare Theatre’s “Will on the Hill” Returns June 13.

Remaining Pups in the Park Games games this year are Monday, June 13, 7:05 p.m. vs. Cubs; Thursday, Sept. 8, 7:05 p.m. vs. Phillies; and Saturday, Oct. 1, 4:05 p.m. vs. Marlins.

On Monday, June 13, Will on the Hill, a favorite bipartisan event of theatre and political fans alike, returns to the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Now in its 14th year, this year’s event features a perfor-

Newseum Exhibits Rare 1776 Newspaper

On July 1, the Newseum will open “1776--Breaking News: Independence,” a new exhibit featuring one of only 19 known copies of the July 6, 1776, edition of The Pennsylvania Evening Post, the first newspaper to publish the newly adopted Declaration of Independence. The rare newspaper is on loan to the Newseum from business leader and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein and will be on display in the museum’s Pulliam Family History of Liberty Gallery through 2017. The newspaper’s publisher, Benjamin Towne, scooped his competitors because he was one of the few Colonial printers who published three days a week, rather than once a week. The news did not reach London until more than a month later. newseum.org.

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mance of Heavy Lies the Head, an original play written by Peter Byrne and directed by STC Associate Artistic Director Alan Paul. The annual Will on the Hill event welcomes Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle and distinguished Washington influencers onto the Shakespeare Theatre Company stage to perform a political satire infused with Shakespearean language and references. The event pays tribute to the unique dynamic of our city and provides a wonderful way to engage new audiences. Proceeds from this event support STC’s many education, artistic and community engagement programs including in-school workshops and online learning resources that inspire new and diverse audiences and deepen the connection to classical theatre in learners of all ages. Will on the Hill will take place in Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW, and begins with a VIP cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by the performance at 7:30 p.m., and a buffet dinner immediately after the performance. shakespearetheatre.org.

Making Music & Preserving History at MLK Library

Are you a musician or collector of music? Are you interested in preserving your audiovisual materials, photographs, posters and other artifacts? On Saturday, June 11, 1 p.m., join library staff for Making Music & Preserving History, a 90-minute personal archiving workshop led by Derek Gray, DCPL Archivist, and Kenneth Despertt, Special Collections Librarian. The program will feature live jazz musical performances by the DC Legendary Musicians, Inc. band. During the workshop, they will discuss DIY preservation methods, techniques for maintaining your collection, and library resources to further assist you in the preservation and management of your collection. MLK Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7270321. dclibrary.org/mlk.

Taxi Pilot Program Offers On-Demand Delivery

The DC Taxicab Commission has announced a pilot program in partnership with online ordering platform delivery.com to offer consumers expanded access to on-demand delivery of food, laundry, and other goods and services. The soft launch of the program will initially focus on lunch-hour food delivery in select areas. The pilot will then expand to include more merchants and a broader range of service hours and coverage. To get the service, simply open the delivery.com mobile app or go to their website and

place your order from a participating restaurant. Behind the scenes, your meal is prepared while the closest available driver is dispatched to fulfill the delivery. This seamless transaction is made possible by the technology integration between the systems of the DC taxis and delivery.com.

Disability Rights and Employment Discrimination Law at Shaw Library

On Thursday, June 16, 6:30 p.m., staff from the DC Office of Human Rights, DC’s civil rights enforcement agency will explain civil rights laws protecting workers with disabilities from discrimination in the workplace, including how to request reasonable accommodations and report discrimination based on a disability. On Thursday, June 23, 6 p.m., staff from the DC Office of Human Rights, Andrene’s hospitality is well DC’s civil rights enforceknown. Photo by Rachel Carrier ment agency, will discuss employment discrimination and your rights as a job seeker, applicant, or employee in the District of On Saturday, June 25, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., help celebrate Andrene’s Café’s 10 year Columbia. Special topics anniversary at the Kennedy Street Festival. The Kennedy Street Festival will feawill include laws that proture drinks, music, samplings, giveaways, food trucks, clown acts and more. Antect pregnant workers and drene’s Café is at 308 Kennedy St. NW. 202-291-7007. andrenes.com. currently unemployed jobseekers. Both programs are at Shaw (Watha T. Daniel) Washington, DC based theatre company, is bringing Neighborhood Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. 202back free outdoor theatre to the city for its fourth 727-1288. dclibrary.org/watha. year. This summer they will be mounting a production of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” with performances running for three weekends on June 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23. Performances will be held at The Fat and Greasy Citizens Brigade (FGC), a

Kennedy Street Festival and Andrene’s Café 10 Year Anniversary

Free Outdoor Shakespeare Returns to DC

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8 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Audience members will be able to lay out blankets, pack a picnic and enjoy a free performance out under the stars. In case of inclement weather the show will move indoors in the church Sanctuary. Doors open at 7 p.m. for picnicking and relaxing pre-performance. Some concessions and fun FGC swag will be available for sale on site. For additional information, visit fgcitizens.org.

22 Public Access Sites Open in Chesapeake Bay Region

The Chesapeake Bay Program has announced that their partners have opened 22 new boat ramps, fishing piers and other sites that grant public access to creeks, streams and rivers in the region. Virginia opened 10 sites along eight waterways; Pennsylvania opened six sites along the Susquehanna River; Maryland opened five sites along three waterways; and the District of Columbia opened one site along the Anacostia River. There are now 1,247 public access sites in the watershed for boating, fishing, swimming and other recreational activities. In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the National Park Service— a Chesapeake Bay Program partner—encourages people to visit parks of all kinds to connect with history and culture and enjoy the natural world.

DC Open Doors House Crawl

June is Homeownership Month. On Saturday, June 25, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., join DC Open Doors for a House Crawl around the city. Tour condos, townhouses and single family homes in the District, meet with lenders and learn how the DC Open Doors’ mortgage program, plus Down Payment Assistance, if desired, can make your dreams of homeownership a reality. Lenders will be present at DCHFA to answer your questions about the home buying process. Take part in the DC Open Doors Informational Session, 2 to 3 p.m., on-site at DCHFA. Enjoy refreshments, take the tour or join them at the Agency to meet with a participating lender. The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency is at 815 Florida Ave. NW. RSVP at RSVP@dchfa.org or 202-777-1600. Read more at dcopendoors.com.

Seniors Stroll the Bases

On Saturday, June 11, with the purchase of a special ticket, Nat’s fans ages 62 and older have the opportunity to come down to the field, join the Racing Presidents and stroll around the bases af

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ter the game ends. The Nat’s play the Phillies at 12:05 p.m.

New Affordable Housing on H Street, NE

The H Street Community Development Corporation and the Edmondson and Gallagher Property Services, two District-area entities focused on economic development in the District, will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the Barrow Milestone Residential at 2321 4th St. NE, on Wednesday, June 8. The property, a formerly vacant site, is a fivestory, transit-oriented mixed-use development with 116 affordable rental apartments and 5,000 sq. feet of retail space on the first floor. For more information, visit 23214thstreet.com.

Signature Accepting Submissions for New Play Reading Series

The Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre continues its commitment to new work by launching the second annual SigWorks: Monday Night New Play Readings Series. This initiative highlights and supports the work of DMV and regional playwrights and is an opportunity for playwrights, actors, directors, designers, and patrons to explore new plays in a fun and informal environment. The readings will be hosted at Ali’s Bar in Signature Theatre’s Mead Lobby at 7 p.m. on Oct. 3, Nov. 7, and Feb. 6, March 27, and June 5, 2017. Signature Theatre is accepting submissions for full-length plays (no musicals) through June 15, 2016. Interested playwrights from the area should submit a full script, a synopsis and contact information to bit.ly/sigworkssubmissions. A full list of the chosen plays will be released early in the fall. The series is free and open to the public. No tickets are required. For more information about the series visit sigtheatre.org.

NEA Grants Support District Arts Programs

The National Endowment for the Arts has announced that twenty-nine District of Columbia organizations will receive $1,710,200 in federal grants through the National Endowment for the Arts. These grants will support activities in communities throughout the District that effect our economy, quality of life and educational programs. District of Columbia projects receiving funding are Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc.; Building Bridges

Across the River; Children’s Chorus of Washington; Critical Exposure; Cultural Landscape Foundation; D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc. (aka Dance Place); Dance Institute of Washington; Daniel Phoenix Singh & Company; DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative, Inc.; DC Youth Orchestra Program; District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities; FotoDC Inc; Friends of the British Council USA Inc.; GALA Inc., Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos; Hamiltonian Artists Inc.; National Building Museum; National Center for Creative Aging; National New Play Network, Ltd.; National Public Radio, Inc.; National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States; Opera Lafayette; PEN/Faulkner; Post-Classical Ensemble, Inc.; Split This Rock, Inc.; Theatre Lab; Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz; Washington Bach Consort; and Young Playwrights’ Theater, Inc.

Mount Vernon to Open New Slavery Exhibition

George Washington’s Mount Vernon is taking a significant step to share new knowledge about the lives of the enslaved people who lived and worked at the estate during Washington’s time by mounting a ground-breaking new exhibition. Opening Oct. 1, 2016, Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon explores the personal stories of these men and women while providing insight into George Washington’s evolving opposition to slavery. Through household furnishings, art works, archaeological discoveries, documents, and interactive displays, the exhibition, which span will span 4,400 square feet throughout all seven galleries of the Donald W. Reynolds Museum, demonstrates how closely intertwined the lives of the Washingtons were with those of the enslaved. More than 150 artifacts will be on view--seeds and animal bones, ceramic fragments and metal buttons unearthed from archaeological excavations around the estate, as well as fine tablewares and furniture from the Washington household, providing insights into the enslaved community’s daily lives and work.

Parking Meter Rates Increased

The District Department of Transportation has implemented new parking meter rates at $2.30 an hour for commercial and passenger vehicles citywide. Approximately 14,850 parking meters across the District will be reprogrammed. DDOT and the city’s pay-by-phone vendor will update software to

accommodate the new rate structure. Commercial vehicle operators have the option of purchasing annual passes for $323, day passes at $25, or pay-bycell for loading zone use. Information on the loading zone program can be found at godcgo.com/freight. Motorcycle parking is $.25 an hour citywide

Be Aware of DC Parking Tickets Scam

Residents of the Washington, DC Metropolitan area are cautioned to be aware of a phishing scam to collect money from past due tickets. With this scam, customers receive an email that has “Notice of Overdue Parking Violation(s)” in the subject line. In the email, customers are asked to pay the past due fines and a late fee immediately with the threat of their vehicle being impounded; then, they are directed to a dot com website. Legitimate Notices of Unpaid Parking Tickets from the District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles are mailed to customers via the United States Post Office. The notice contains specific information on how to contest the ticket by submitting a request for adjudication and includes the agency’s website address, which is dmv.dc.gov. Also, customers are encouraged to carefully read the letter for other clues that it is a scam. For example, the scam letter is supposedly issued by the “DC Parking Authority.” There are more than 30 agencies that issue tickets, and there is no “DC Parking Authority.” Customers who receive this email notice should report it to the Federal Trade Commission, at consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0003phishing, which has detailed information for consumers.

Hillary for Washington, DC Announces District Leadership Team

The Hillary for Washington, DC

campaign has announced their district leadership team. The campaign will be led by District Director Adam Parkhomenko. Richard McDaniel will serve as the District Political Director and LaDavia Drane will serve as Special Adviser. Supporters in Washington, DC who want to get involved and join Hillary for Washington, DC should visit HillaryClinton.com/DC.

Kingman Island Bluegrass Festival Goers Embrace Zero Waste Effort

The District’s first special event to pursue a goal of zero waste yielded positive results. The April 30, 2016 Kingman Island Bluegrass and Folk Festival, the largest local music festival in the National Capital Region, attracted more than 12,000 fans who followed the guidelines to dispose of their food waste, trash and recyclables. Their efforts led to a 50% diversion rate, which now is the baseline against which future special events will be compared. DC is required to develop a zero waste plan as a requirement of the Sustainable Solid Waste Management Amendment Act of 2014. The Act defines the target of the zero waste plan as 80% diversion from waste-to-energy and landfill.

Volunteer to Teach English

The Washington English Center opened its doors in 1993. It provides daytime, evening, and week-end classes in English as a Second Language (ESL) to adult immigrants. Additionally, it offers its students computer and job-preparation skills. Located near Dupont Circle, WEC has become “home” to many immigrants streaming into our region. If you are interested in volunteering to teach, call 202387-0023. The Washington English Center is at 2200 California St. NW. Read more at washingtonenglish.org. u

NEW COLU MB I A N E E DS A CO NSTI TU TI O N ! Help draft the new constitution for the District. There will be town hall meetings held to discuss the draft constitution on the following dates: June 2

Town Hall to discuss draft constitution at Bertie Backus, UDC Community College, 5171 South Dakota Ave., NE, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. RSVP: June2Statehood.Eventbrite.com

June 4

Town Hall to discuss draft constitution at Thurgood Marshall Academy, 2427 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., SE from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. RSVP: June4Statehood.Eventbrite.com

June 7

Town Hall to discuss draft constitution at the African American Civil War Memorial & Museum, 1925 Vermont Ave, NW, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. RSVP: June7Statehood.Eventbrite.com

June 8

Town Hall to discuss draft constitution at Raymond Recreation Center, 3725 10th Street, NW, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. RSVP: June8Statehood.Eventbrite.com

June 9

Working groups present recommendations to the New Columbia Statehood Commission from 6:30pm - 9:00 pm at the University of the District of Columbia Student Center. Check back for more information in the coming weeks.

June 13

The New Columbia Statehood Commission will launch the Constitutional Convention at the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission, 2235 Shannon Place SE, Room 2032.

June 17

The New Columbia Statehood Commission will reconvene the Constitutional Convention at Woodrow Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St., NW, at 6:00 p.m. Check back for more information in the coming weeks. RSVP: New Columbia Statehood Commission Constitutional Convention

June 18

The New Columbia Statehood Commission will convene the final day of the Constitutional Convention at Woodrow Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St,, NW, from 9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m. Check back for more information in the coming weeks.

A number of other events are taking place throughout the month of June, including school graduations, festivals, parades, and other community meetings, please visit: http://www.dc51.us/ calendar/ for updated information on these events.

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The District Beat

think we might have a real horse race,” observed longtime government watchdog Dorothy Brizill, describing the atlarge DC Council Democratic primary contest. On June 14 incumbent Vincent B. Orange will face challengers David Garber and Robert White. At first blush, some might think Brizill’s assessment incorrect. But a poll commissioned by Orange’s campaign and conducted by Lester & Associates found that only 48 percent of respondents supported the incumbent. That meant 52 percent of respondents either supported Orange’s opponents or were undecided. That reality was underscored during a recent debate in Ward 7. NBC 4 reporter Mark Seagraves asked members of the 100-person crowd to raise their hands if they had not selected an at-large candidate. At least two-thirds of the audience indicated they had not made up their minds. Such reaction suggests vulnerability for a politician who has appeared on the ballot four times since 2006 – running for mayor, council chairman, or at-large member.

The At-Large Race by Jonetta Rose Barras

This will be Orange’s fifth outing. “People are suffering Vincent Orange fatigue,” asserted Brizill, who lives in Ward 3. That may be true. But can the challengers exploit that sense of Orange overload? Many people – though not all – I spoke with said yes.

The Victory Path?

“Most people I know are supporting Robert White,” said Melik Abdul, a blogger and political activist in Ward 8. White was born in DC. After his parents divorced, his mother moved to a Maryland suburb, however. When he was eight years old his mother died of breast cancer, and one month later White was seriously injured in a car accident; his scars remain. Those two life-altering events made him “develop a sense of responsibility for family and home,” he said. White graduated Archbishop Carroll High School and St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where he studied philosophy and political science. He earned his law degree from the American University Washington College of Law and later

Robert White. Courtesy of Robert White

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David Garber. Courtesy of David Garber

served as a law clerk in the District Court for Montgomery County, Md. He was a legislative counsel to DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. White ran for the at-large seat as an independent in 2014. He received 22,198 votes, coming in behind Democratic State Chairwoman Anita Bonds and Elissa Silverman, a former journalist and staffer with the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. White, who lives in Ward 4’s Brightwood neighborhood, took refuge in the Office of the Attorney General, becoming Karl Racine’s director of community outreach. But Ward 7 political activist Greg Rhett and others argue that “Garber will siphon off just enough votes from White.” That would deny White a victory. Garber grew up in northern Virginia and graduated from St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science and geography from Calvin College. As a two-term Ward 6 advisory neighborhood commissioner he represented the community around the

Navy Yard. Garber also lived in historic Anacostia for four years. He now lives in Shaw. Until he decided to run for political office, he was a substitute teacher in the city’s public schools. He claims to have worked in more than 40 institutions, both traditional and charter schools. If elected he would be the only openly gay legislator. “I don’t see [Garber] eating into VO’s base, which is Wards 5,7and 8,” added Rhett.

The Incumbent

Arguably no one has run and lost more political campaigns in DC than Orange. In 2006, as then Ward 5 councilmember, he decided to run for mayor. He lost that race, receiving only 2.9 percent of the vote. That cost him the council seat he had held since 1998. Orange attempted to rejoin the legislature in 2010, competing for council chair. He received 38.6 percent of the vote (47,754 votes) to Kwame Brown’s 55.2 percent (68,320). Another opportunity came in 2011, when an at-large seat became

vacant. Orange ran in the special election against eight other candidates. He won with 13,593 votes (28.9 percent). The next year he competed against three other candidates. His nearest competitor, Sekou Biddle, received 21,973 votes. Orange won with 23,719. Ensconced in the at-large seat, Orange set out again to see if he could snare the mayor’s seat. In 2014 he pulled in only 2.0 percent of the 96,915 votes cast in the Democratic primary. As Rhett noted, Orange’s greatest support in that race and others has consistently come from Wards 5, 7, and 8, all of which are predominantly African-American. Orange is an accountant and a lawyer. In 1983 he earned a degree from Howard University School of Law. Five years later he received a master’s of law in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. His bachelor’s degree, which he received in 1979, is in business administration. Reared by a single mother in Oakland, Calif., Orange credits her and his teachers with placing him on the path to a better life. They helped him get into a private school in Colorado. That experience had a profound effect, causing him to repeat, mantra-like, the need for children to be reading and solving basic mathematical functions by the third grade. Considering his seemingly unquenchable ambition, some people have suggested that Orange is positioning himself to run for mayor or council chair in 2018. For now, however, he has to beat White and Garber.

Ethics: A Bone of Contention

The challengers have zeroed in on Orange’s ethics as one line of attack. Garber has called him “corrupt.” At each venue Garber has raised the incumbent’s intervention in the 2012 health inspection at Sam Wang’s Produce in the Florida Avenue Market in Northeast. The Health Department had shut the business down for “rat infestation” and other problems. Wang, a campaign donor to Orange, called his favorite councilmember for help. Visiting the store, Orange confronted the inspectors. DC’s ethics board cited him in 2013 for abusing the prestige of his office and violating the District’s Code of Conduct. Orange accepted the ruling and submitted himself to ethics training. At a recent forum Orange justified his actions. He was concerned,

he claimed, about dozens of workers being denied a paycheck during the Christmas season. Interestingly, during a Ward 7 forum neither Garber nor White raised concerns about more disturbing connections between Orange and Jeffrey Thompson. Thompson is the former city contractor who pleaded guilty to financing the illegal, off-thebooks campaign in 2010 that helped Vincent C. Gray get elected mayor. Thompson also admitted to providing contributions to more than half a dozen other politicians including Orange. Thompson stated in his plea that he made $148,000 in unreported contributions to Orange in 2011; much of that was in the form of money orders. However, Thompson stated that he never spoke directly with the candidate about these illegal funds.

mold and mildew among issues. He “forced me out of the house with my wife and four children,” the caller said, adding that the eviction caused him to seek refuge at a homeless shelter. Garber confirmed he knew the caller but defended himself against the allegations. “The situation has already been resolved. It was very trying for me,” he said on the radio. He let others handle the problem, he added. Meanwhile Orange has unloaded a barrage of accusations on White, accusing him of lying about his DC residency and being a member of the law association bar in Maryland, not DC. “Who is Robert White?” Orange asked. While White is not a member of the DC Bar, he said he has “never had an issue with” the Board of Government Ethics and Accountability. White continued about OrVincent Orange. Courtesy ange’s allegations, “I would appreciof Vincent Orange ate Mr. Orange not repeating that when he knows it is not true.” And he continued, “If you want to know why good people don’t run for office, that is an example. All of this is the kind of shuckin’ and jivin’ that has us in our current situation.” If elected, White promised to “take the council out of the practice of approving contracts” and push for “public financing of campaigns.” Orange doesn’t support the former and has been silent on the latter.

Economic Development and Affordable Housing

Orange claims to have “a clean record” with the city’s ethics board, the Office of Campaign Finance, and the Office of the US Attorney. In the past he has championed a measure that would prohibit outside employment for councilmembers, as well as legislation “allowing for the removal of council members from elected office for gross misconduct.” On the stump, Orange has pointed out that Garber violated the Hatch Act. In response, Garber has claimed not to have known that he could not continue working as a DC substitute teacher while pursuing a political career. Garber has also been the focus of other allegations. A caller on WAMU’s “Kojo Show” on May 20 stated that he rented property in Ward 8 from Garber. He stated that Garber “wouldn’t fix”

The tension between opponents and incumbents is also apparent in their approach to solving seemingly intractable socioeconomic issues. Garber and White contend that Orange is part of the status quo or that he relies on gimmicks. For example, Orange has touted building significant numbers of 600-squarefoot “small houses” as an answer to the District’s affordable housing crisis. Tiny houses, said Orange, would work for “young people who don’t need that much space.” He has advocated spending $25 million each for senior housing, homeless housing, and families and individuals with incomes between $30,000 and $60,000. Along with the mayor, Orange said he supports a $100 million annual contribution to the Housing Production Trust Fund. Continued on page 43

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haw Main Streets received the 2016 Great American Main Street Award (GAMSA) at the 2016 Main Street Now Conference held in Milwaukee, Wisc., on May 23. At the opening plenary session, Shaw Main Streets Board Chair Gretchen Wharton, Executive Director Alexander Padro, and a team of volunteers, representatives of the Shaw Clean+Safe Team, and members of other DC Main Streets organizations stepped up to the stage to accept the GAMSA award, in front of almost 1,500 attendees. The win was celebrated on June 1 at a gala fundraiser at DC’s Howard Theatre. Since 1995, GAMSA award winners have been chosen by a jury reviewing applications from Main Street organizations across the country. Shaw Main Streets had to prove that it had an exemplary program that had produced solid results for the neighborhood. One example is the Innovation on Main Street Award that Shaw Main Streets won at last year’s Main Street Conference for its development of the Art All Night festival. Besides listing the increase in commercial development, retail sales, and job growth brought about by the Shaw Main Streets program, the application included a video of noted developers Douglas Jemal and Richard Lake, along with entrepreneurs such as Derek Brown, Thor Cheston, Wanda Henderson, and Ralph Brabham, all of whom stressed the importance of Shaw Main

Streets to the renewal of the Shaw neighborhood. In bestowing the GAMSA award, the National Main Streets Center cited Shaw Main Streets for its accomplishments in “actively involving its multicultural community, cultivating tech businesses, and supporting the arts.” Since its founding in 2003 “Shaw Main Streets has reduced the retail vacancy rate from 20 percent to 1 percent, helped over 200 new businesses open, and attracted approximately $3 billion in private and public investment. Under Shaw Main Streets’ leadership, Shaw has earned nationwide attention as a fast-rising arts, cultural and

that followed while infusing the district’s historic character with new energy and resources, is a tremendous testament to Shaw Main Street’s effective leadership.” Mayor Muriel Bowser joined in congratulating Shaw Main Streets on receiving the prestigious award, which many refer to as the Oscar of downtown commercial revitalization. “I’m proud that the District of the Columbia is the first urban Main Street program to include three Great American Main Street Award winners,” Bowser remarked. “As a fifth-generation Washingtonian, I have witnessed the Shaw neighborhood’s growth and progress – of which Shaw Main Streets has played an important role. Shaw is one of our treasured communities, with a rich cultural history that reflects the diversity and vibrancy of Washington, DC. I congratulate Shaw Main Streets’ board of directors, including Chair Gretchen Wharton, Executive Director Alexander Padro, and hundreds of local volunteers for a job well done.” Ana Harvey, the director of the District’s Department of Small and Local Business, added, “Shaw Main Streets has consistently developed innovative approaches and programs that have proven to be impactful in attracting and retaining small businesses in the neighborhood. We are thrilled that the organization is being recognized nationally for its efforts.” “This is a great day for Shaw,” agreed Alexander M. Padro, a founder of the organization in 2003 and its executive director since 2004. “We’re excited to bring this award home to DC. Winning the Great American Main Street Award is the culmination of more than 13 years of a communitydriven neighborhood renaissance that has delivered over 250 new businesses and thousands of jobs. We’ve led the dramatic revitalization effort that has transformed a long-blighted neighborhood into one of the most attractive dining and heritage tourism destinations in America, while preserving affordable housing and protecting legacy businesses. The small businesses, private investment, and jobs created in Shaw over the past 13 years are part of

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by Pleasant Mann dining destination while maintaining affordability and ties to its proud past as an African-American entertainment district.” “Shaw’s transformation in the last 13 years has been truly remarkable,” said Patrice Frey, president and CEO of the National Main Street Center. “To bring the neighborhood back from the devastating 1968 riots and the decades of disinvestment

Executive Director Alexander Padro accepts Great American Main Street Award for Shaw Main Streets. Photo: National Main Street Center. Photo by Pleasant Mann

Main Street’s efforts and advocacy that he pointed out were the restoration of the Howard Theatre, once the largest venue in Washington’s segregation-era “Black Broadway,” the creation of flexible work space for 400 start-up businesses at We Work in the adaptively-reused former Wonder Bread factory, incorpoShaw Main Streets Board Chair Gretchen Wharton explains ration of the restored 1881 O in video how Shaw developed. Photo: Alexander Padro Street Market building into the catalytic City Market at O dethe reason why our nation’s capital velopment, the addition of thouis one of the 21st century’s most dysands of new units of housing while namic city success stories.” experiencing no net loss of low- and Padro concluded, “The award recmoderate-income residents of color, ognizes the dedicated work of hunand the creation of Art All Night dreds of volunteers and the support DC, a popular overnight arts festiof the community and the city as a val that won an Innovation on Main whole in revitalizing our commercial Street Award in 2015. corridors and some of the nation’s On Wednesday, June 1, Shaw most important African-American Main Streets celebrated its GAMlandmarks. Now we have yet another SA win at “A Taste of Shaw,” the reason to be proud as we live, work, 2016 Shaw Main Streets gala, at the shop, play, and pray in the neighborHoward Theatre. Over 300 guests hood where DC comes together.” attended the two-and-a-half-hour After receiving the GAMSA event, which featured food and bevaward Padro gave workshop preerages from 20 noted chefs, mixsentations to National Main Street ologists, and brewers representing Conference attendees on the work Shaw’s leading restaurants and bars. that led to the redevelopment of u Shaw. Among the highlights of Shaw

Continued from page 41 Garber, on the other hand, would rely on inclusive zoning to preserve and create low-cost housing. “I have seen community after community struggle with rises in housing prices,” he said. For his part, White has promised to “change zoning codes on major underperforming corridors.” He would audit “the doublespeak of developers,” who renege on commitments to build affordable housing. White would “take older office buildings and turn them into residential housing.” There is equal disagreement on the approach to resolving transportation problems, although all three candidates see it as a critical area. For Orange the answer is greater financial investment, particularly in Metro. He also said he would establish a “zero tolerance for weapons and knives. We have to have discussion about how to make that happen.” Garber has called for more diversity in modes of transportation, more bike lanes. He said he is concerned that some neighborhoods, particularly those east of the river, are not well connected to the core of the District. He also called for improved sidewalk construction. White has advocated a broader plan that would include “working with communities to make sure bus lines are reasonable.” He also pledged to develop a system with the taxi commission to “ensure no resident is denied a ride.” “There is something to like and not like about each of the candidates,” says Ward 1 civic leader Terry Lynch, “I don’t know that the challengers have identified a critical issue that would energize voters.”

Who’s on First?

Unseating an incumbent can be difficult, observes Ward 4 civic leader Martha Mitchell. Consider that Mayor Muriel Bowser has endorsed Orange. He has served as a predictable vote for her agenda. Councilmember Jack Evans (Ward 2) has also publicly come out for Orange. They are joined by 11 unions, the Ward 5 and Ward 8 Democratic organizations, Rev. Willie Wilson, and Rev. H. Lionel Edwards. “You have to have somebody with slam-dunk charisma to take out these incumbents,” continued Mitchell, a Ward 4 resident and White backer who believes White is honest and has a strong work ethic. Supporters of the challengers worry that they will split the ant-incumbent vote. Some have even suggested that Garber think about bowing out, because they think White has the better chance of the two. While White didn’t beat out Democratic nominee Bonds and independent Silverman in 2014, he performed relatively well in all eight wards. He pulled in more votes than Silverman in Ward 7 and Ward 8. Still, Garber, who was the first to announce his candidacy against Orange, said, “I’ve been running a strong campaign; not only have I raised the most money, I have 150 volunteers.” He added, “Right now I’m just focusing on Vincent Orange.” There is little likelihood that anyone will drop out. White may be converting some voters, however. Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh has endorsed him, as have TENAC, the citywide tenant’s organization, Jews United for Justice, the DC Latino Caucus, and the DC Sierra Club. “I didn’t support him the last time,” said Ward 8’s Abdul. “But I have watched him. He wasn’t performing; he was sincere. When Orange is before us, it’s more like a performance, like pandering.” Abdul concluded, “I think this is race between Orange and White.” Residents will have to wait until June 14 to know if that prediction is accurate. Jonetta Rose Barras is a freelance writer and columnist in Washington, DC. u

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Meet Alex Padro: Mr. Shaw

How a Man Helped Manage a Neighborhood’s Transformation by Jonetta Rose Barras

lexander Padro, an unassuming, bespectacled civic leader who favors striped Oxford shirts – often sans tie – sat in the Shaw Main Streets office on Ninth Street NW, where he is the executive director, explaining how dramatic changes have occurred in his neighborhood. “It’s long hours. It’s not just a day job,” he said. Described by some as a cross between a lawyer and a priest, Padro, 52, has an unquestioned fervor and dedication. For 12 years he has quietly led Shaw Main Streets, corralling hundreds of volunteers, cajoling into action a sometimes stubborn government bureaucracy, and helping transform a dreary neighborhood into the epitome of 21st century urban living. Shaw Main Streets is arguably one of the best performing of the city’s half-dozen Main Streets programs. It recently received the prestigious Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Unlike Georgetown or Capitol Hill, change has been inclusive. “Over the years I have watched [Shaw] grow from dust and ashes to what it is now,” said Tessie Robinson, a 41-year Shaw resident and president of the tenant association at Lincoln-Westmoreland 1, located on Seventh Street NW. Within Shaw Main Streets’ target zone, more than 200 businesses have opened, resulting in a smorgasbord of restaurants, art galleries, interior design studios, and recreation and leisure facilities. “Most of the businesses are accessible to everyone and they are employing DC residents,” said Padro. Further, more than 1,200 new units of housing have been constructed. Between 2008 and 2015, property assessments increased between 9 and 17 percent, according to DC’s chief financial officer. Rising housing prices provided an opportunity for some Shaw

seniors, who had purchased their homes for as little as $15,000, to sell, leveraging their initial investment to as much as a half-million dollars. Remarkably, “there has been no net loss of affordable housing units,” said Padro. None of that was accidental. Shaw is an indisputable example of managed gentrification. Padro and his team – the Shaw Main Streets board and neighborhood residents – have masterfully deployed government resources, laws, and community pressure to address development challenges. “Alex has a long history in this. He deserves a lot of credit,” said Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, who represents a large segment of Shaw. “Things have exploded because of Alex’s diligence and knowledge of how government works,” said longtime Shaw resident Bernard Demczuk.

Making Shaw Home

A community’s revitalization is never the work of one individual. But Padro has been a ubiquitous force. His story and the narrative of Shaw’s renaissance sit inside one another, although by the time he arrived in the community in the 1990s few people remembered its glory days. The 1968 riot that erupted as reaction to the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had shattered Shaw’s sparkling past. As if violent protests hadn’t done enough damage, the crack cocaine epidemic further scarred the neighborhood with unprecedented gang- and drugrelated violence. A native New Yorker born to a Dominican mother and Nuyorican father, Padro had witnessed similar devastation in the Big Apple. He didn’t expect it in the nation’s capital. His parents, indulging a passion for American history, often brought young

photo: Andrew Lightman

Alex to the nation’s capital. “I always remember that first glimpse of the Capitol dome,” said Padro “Things in this city still give me goosebumps.” Those memories undoubtedly spurred Padro to accept a job in DC with Government Institutes, a privately owned publishing company. At first he lived in Montgomery Village, but after meeting Pleasant Mann, a Shaw resident, began spending more time in that neighborhood. When Mann and Padro walked through the neighborhood, Metro’s construction of the Green Line had turned Shaw’s commercial corridors into a patchwork of ditches, concrete, and plywood-covered sidewalks. “It was like a war zone. It was terribly shocking to see the Howard Theatre all boarded up,” recalled Padro. “The Dunbar Theater had a tree growing out the marquee.” Instead of hightailing it, Padro and Mann doubled-down. In 1997 they purchased a home in Shaw. “We looked at Capitol Hill and a few other neighborhoods. But they didn’t have the assets of [Shaw]: supermarket, library; the Studio Theater was a short walk away,” continued Padro. This page and opposite: Photomontage Before & After 2004 & 2015, 1800 Block 7th Street NW East Side. Credit Shaw Main Streets.

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“Shaw also had this incredible history: Carter G. Woodson lived and worked for almost 30 years a block away,” said Padro. His neighbor, Gloria Anderson, often talked about the father of black history, “the book man.” Padro had begun writing his own book, “Cast in Bronze, Carved in Stone: Washington, DC’s Monuments and Memorials.” He explained, “Between political campaigns and the book, I have been on almost every street in this city, and visited almost every church.”

Pied Piper and Community Leader

Just as Padro was settling in, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans and other officials were planning to build a new convention center in Shaw. They needed community support, however, and brought in consultants to meet with residents. “I didn’t know what ANC meant other than the African National Congress,” joked Padro. “I saw a flyer about an ANC [advisory neighborhood commission] meeting at Shiloh Baptist Church concerning setting up an historic district.” When the consultant said the new historic district would be called Mount Vernon West, “all hell broke loose. A motion was made to oppose the proposal and sue,” continued Padro. “I was sitting there thinking, there has got to be a better way to do this. So I volunteered to do the research and prepare the argument to make it Shaw Historic District.” The city’s historic review board sided with Shaw residents. That victory prompted his neighbors to urge Padro to run for the ANC seat. He was reluctant, but Mann convinced him. “It was the right thing to do. We were invested in the neighborhood. We were not going anywhere and we wanted it to succeed,” said Padro in hindsight. On the ANC Padro began to work, once again, with a disparate group of Shaw residents. Together, in 2003 they launched Shaw Main Streets, holding a series of meetings to determine their “vision” for the community. “People said they wanted cleaner streets, jobs, and more businesses,” Padro recalled.

“Alex has always been a man of his word. He is someone you can go to no matter what it is. He will go out for you, and if he can’t do it himself he will find the right person,” said Robinson. When residents decried the lack of a bank in their community, Padro started courting PNC and Wachovia. “I met with both banks, took them on tours to show them where the neighborhood was going, and worked with the property owner to get the lease,” he said. That wasn’t unusual. Padro often “picks up the phone and sends the emails.” Wachovia eventually located at Seventh and T streets NW. Wells Fargo took over the company and stayed in the same location. “Sometimes you fertilize the ground; you plant the seeds and water them. Then you watch them grow,” Padro added.

Facing His Critics

Padro’s path hasn’t been easy. Some residents, including Leroy Thorpe, a one-time fellow ANC commissioner, have complained that Padro “destabilized black political power” and left “people of color out of economic development,” among other things. Rosemary Ndubuizu, with One DC, a nonprofit pushing for more low-cost housing, asserted that Padro and his acolytes were guilty of “committing economic violence masked with colorblind rhetoric.” She also contradicted Padro’s claim of no net loss of existing residents. “You had grandmothers who couldn’t keep up with the taxes. There were renters priced out of their homes,” said Ndubuizu. “We have a difference of opinion about how [no net loss] is categorized. Whether they cashed out or not, it’s displacement.” How can such an enormous wealth transfer to some of Shaw’s seniors be characterized as displacement? “I don’t know a single family that sold their home due to onerous tax increases,” stated Padro. “Anyone who rented an apartment in Shaw is still here, because their buildings are subsidized or they have a voucher. Those in rooming houses were impacted when their buildings were sold, since there are

no protections,” stated Padro. Demczuk dismissed many of these critics, suggesting that the transition was predictable. Throughout history, he argued, cities have gone through waves of change, the first instigated by industrialization. The second arrived when suburban living became both an escape and a rave, as whites raced from predominantly black cities. Later, as more blacks entered the middle class, they too sought the large houses and wide lawns of the suburbs. Robinson’s view was more pragmatic. “Gentrification has built the community up. I see the difference in the people and their values. It also made it possible for people to have jobs and a better living.” She continued, “When you come to meet change, it can be intimidating, but either you’re part of the problem or you’re part of the solution. I no longer wanted to be part of the problem.”

Fashioning a Solution

Fashioning that solution may be the feat for which Padro and his team deserve much praise. His success riding the gentrification bull was probably aided by the fact he wore two hats: advisory neighborhood commissioner and director of Shaw Main Streets. He and his associates protected the neighborhood’s character and culture while enhancing its economic wealth and strengthening its diversity. In other words, Shaw hasn’t gone the way of other DC gentrified communities. How did they realize that achievement? They leaned in. When development occurred on government-owned land they fought for more affordable housing. They also sought to maximize the use of vacant property. For example, the luxury Colonel on Ninth Street grew up from an empty lot and an old gas station. That strategy helped curb displacement. Additionally, they exploited DC laws that guarantee renters the right to purchase their apartment building if it comes up for sale. At Immaculate Conception Apartments, 1330 Seventh St., tenants received assistance from Padro’s ANC and Manna CDC in selecting a new developer, who renovated individual units and upgraded common areas, without anyone being forced to move out. Padro worked with Robinson and her neighbors at Lincoln-Westmoreland 1 to ensure they could remain in the new Shaw. “The two churches who owned it decided not to sell,” said Padro; the apartments were renovated instead. When elected officials began talking about capping property taxes, Padro said he “went door to door with flyers,” intent on getting residents to support Continued on page 47

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Despite Progress on Homelessness, More Work Remains by Kate Coventry

ere is both good and bad news in the District’s struggle to combat rising homelessness. On one hand, new initiatives – along with increased funding and improved operations – seem to be working. For example, a new effort to keep some families out of shelter has a 90 percent success rate, and the number of chronically homeless adults actually fell this year, as the District moved many residents into their own homes. On the other hand, rising rents and stagnant income still leave too many residents homeless, and funding from the District this coming year will not be enough to keep up. While the budget just adopted by the mayor and DC Council will help hundreds of homeless residents, it is not enough to meet the goal of ending chronic homelessness in 2017. More resources are needed. Perhaps most importantly, the District needs to make huge leaps to create more affordable housing, which has disappeared from the private market. We simply cannot succeed at keeping residents from becoming homeless, or help them leave shelter once they become homeless, without more low-cost housing options.

Family Homelessness: Improvements but High Need

Family homelessness has worsened dramatically in recent years, but there are signs that it may be leveling off, in part due to better efforts to help families avoid homelessness. The number of families entering shelter this past winter – about 930 – was nearly 80 families fewer than the year before, after more than doubling between the 2012/2013 and

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2014/2015 hypothermia seasons. And the number of families in need decreased during the past hypothermia season, from 177 in November to 66 in March. This is likely the result of improvements implemented over the past months. Last fall the District launched a homelessness prevention program modeled after successful programs in New York City and Massachusetts. Over 1,000 families have gotten help, and 90 percent have stayed out of shelter. With just $1 million the District has helped 900 families avoid entering shelter. With the average cost of getting out of shelter now roughly $50,000, this effort is not only keeping families stable, it is saving the District millions. The fiscal year 2017 includes an increase of $1 million, so about 400 more families can be served. This past summer the District began taking families into shelter year-round, rather than only during hypothermia season when residents have a legal right to shelter. This is a return to a longstanding policy that was discontinued in 2011 when homelessness increased but the budget did not increase in tandem. The year-round approach means the city can help families regain stability more quickly, in addition to making sure families stay out of dangerous situations, like living with an abuser. It also improves the performance of the shelter system. When shelter is available only in the winter, the system is overwhelmed at the start of hypothermia season. Over the past year, the number of families leaving shelter, usually for temporary housing, increased by more than one-fourth. This is important, because the District has struggled to help families move out of shelter quickly. Well-being declines the longer a family stays in shelter, in part because it is difficult to make decisions about school and work when family members do not know where they are going to live. Moving families out of shelter faster also helps the District accommodate new families needing shelter. In May the DC Council passed a plan to implement Mayor Bowser’s vision to replace the dilapidated DC General Family Shelter with smaller shelters spread across the city. The new shelters will

include improved case management services to help families move out of shelter more quickly. While the final details of the plan still need to be worked out in a second vote by the council, this plan clearly is on its way to becoming reality. A key piece of good news is that the number of chronically homeless individuals actually went down last year, falling 7 percent according to the latest point-in-time estimate. These are residents who have been homeless for a long time and struggle with severe, chronic challenges like mental health issues and substance abuse. This decrease is a result of large new investments in housing as well as the creation of a system that prioritizes the most vulnerable residents for available housing. The new system creates a standardized application and method of sharing information among organizations providing homeless services. The just adopted FY 2017 budget includes resources to help 566 homeless individuals move into housing. While this is great progress, it is not

enough to end chronic homelessness by 2017, the goal set by the District’s Interagency Council on Homelessness. The District should do all that it can to set a realistic implementation plan and budget to end chronic homelessness by the end of 2018.

More Affordable Housing Is Needed

While the District’s leaders deserve credit for their progress on homeless services, the real solution requires large investments to create affordable housing. The FY 2017 budget includes a $100 million investment to renovate or construct roughly 1,000 affordable home. But these investments aren’t meeting the growing need. Most low-income households already spend more than half of what they take in each month to keep a roof over their head. One recent study concluded that DC needs 20,000 affordable homes for very-low-income households. And housing prices in DC are only going in one direction, meaning that the problem is growing day by day. Homelessness is the extreme manifestation of the challenges faced by thousands of DC residents struggling to cope with the rising costs of living. Expanding the city’s role in affordable housing is critical not only to reducing homelessness, but also to ensuring that the District remains home to a diverse population. Kate Coventry is a policy analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (www. dcfpi.org) and a voting member of the DC Interagency Council on Homelessness, representing DC government, nonprofit providers, advocates, and homeless and formerly homeless residents. Its mission is to guide the city’s homelessness efforts. The Fiscal Policy Institute promotes budget and policy solutions to reduce poverty and inequality in the District of Columbia and to increase the opportunity for residents to build a better future. u

Continued from page 45 that legislation. He also held community meetings and organized residents to testify before the council. The proposal was approved, serving as a bulwark against rising assessments and keeping more residents in their homes. Padro and company also effectively used the zoning process to negotiate with developers. For example, Jefferson Marketplace was built on the same site as the old Kelsey Garden apartments, which

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City Market at O Development incorporates 1881 Public Market Building. Credit Shaw Main Streets.

had been low-cost units. When Kelsey was demolished, Padro persuaded Jefferson owners to incorporate space for the 54 families from Kelsey. Shaw’s residents also have been smart about using the development restrictions associated with its historic district designation. Sometimes, however, developers have needed a little nudging. Padro praised Roadside, which followed the community’s desire for senior housing – The Hodge is a 90-unit, all-affordable senior building. Shaw’s stability also benefited from visionary clergy, who built hundreds of low-cost housing units in the 1980s and 1990s. First Rising Mt. Zion Church constructed Gibson Plaza. United House of Prayer built lowcost housing on Seventh Street NW and has constructed luxury units on Rhode Island Avenue NW. Padro said the prime lesson for other communities can be found in “managing the dissatisfied, the fearful, and the aggressive to get some of what [residents] want.”

A Work in Progress

Shaw’s transformation isn’t complete. There are a handful of vacant lots and boarded-up storefronts. Shaw Middle School has yet to be reopened. The retail bays around the new convention center have only recently been re-leased. Overall Shaw’s commercial vacancy rate is under one per-

cent. Padro and his fellow civic leaders are engaged in the task of building a true community, where neighbors of varied ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds bond. That may be harder than recruiting banks and twisting developers’ arms. Derek Hyra, author of “Making the Gilded Ghetto: Race, Class and Politics in the Cappuccino City,” and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Center within American University’s School of Public Affairs, called for greater emphasis on creating “institutions that bridge the populations.” He said neutral spaces like libraries, community centers, schools, and even restaurants could be used to facilitate “social interaction.” ‘ The gelling of the community is on display at Shaw Main Streets’ annual galas. Padro and the organization’s board, which is presided over by an African-American woman who is an ex-Xerox executive, have attracted volunteers of all stripes and classes. Last year it partnered with Councilmember Allen and Friends of Kennedy Playground to launch an outdoor movie-night series, pulling in a “pretty diverse” crowd, said Padro. “We are maintaining the balance. We may be the only place in the country that has accomplished that.” Jonetta Rose Barras is a freelance writer. u

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Shaw Streets by Pleasant Mann

Shaw Call Box Dedicated to Lieutenant Kevin McRae

Friday morning, May 6, saw the dedication of a restored historic fire call box in honor of DC Fireman Lieutenant Kevin McRae. A year has passed since Lt. McRae led Engine 6 to address a two-alarm blaze near the top of 1330 Seventh St. NW. After walking up to fight the fire, he was stricken by a fatal heart attack after he had come back down to exit the building. The call box dedication was to mark one year since Lt. McRae died in the line of duty. The dedication of the call box, complete with phone, near the southwest corner of Seventh and P streets included a number of fire teams, members of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 36, along with DC Fire Chief Gregory M. Dean and Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen.

Shaw Restaurants Make the Grade Again

When a husband planning a significant anniversary asked Washington Post restaurant critic Tom Sietsema online which DC neighborhood he should start browsing for eating establishments, he got this reply: “The only four letters you need to share: S-H-A-W.” Indeed, in his spring 2016 list of the 10 best new restaurants, four of them are in Shaw: Kinship (No. 2), Convivial (No. 3), Espita Mezcaleria (No. 6), and The Dabney (No. 8). May saw the opening of a new crop of culinary hotspots. All Purpose (1250 Ninth St. NW) brings an Italian-themed restaurant to Shaw from the proprietors of Red Hen and Boundary Stone, two

A fitting tribute to a fallen firefighter: the fire call box dedicated to the memory of Lt. Kevin McRae. Photo: Pleasant Mann

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Bloomingdale establishments that have gotten attention in the DC food world. The menu focuses on deck-oven-fired pizzas and the heightened execution of other Italian standards. Next door, the muchanticipated Buttercream Bake Shop has also opened. Pastry chef Tiffany MacIssac has developed a towering reputation as a baker and fancy cake maker, but this is her first retail outlet with business partner Alexandra Mudry-Till. Besides providing celebratory cakes on order, the shop offers a full range of breakfast pastries, cookies, and inventive confections on a daily basis. Shaw will also get a new sushi restaurant soon at 1314½ Ninth St. NW, the space formerly occupied by Seasonal Pantry. Spawned by the team behind Sushi Capitol and Sushi Ogawa, the yet-to-be-named new outlet will offer an a la carte sushi menu, as well as an omakase (chef ’s choice) meal.

Shaw Gets a Farmers’ Market

Sunday, May 8, saw the opening of Shaw’s very own farmers’ market at Old City Farm and Guild (925 Rhode Island Ave. NW). A project of Community Foodworks, the market intends to offer fresh and healthy food from local producers. Starting out, the market already has a broad variety of vendors providing quality fruit (Three Springs Fruit Farm), produce (Pleitez Produce), and meats (Liberty Delight Farm). Some vendors, such as Qualia Coffee, Bonaparte Bread, and El Sabor del Taco, offer premium foodstuffs. Besides fresh food, the market has a Bonus Bucks program to offer additional credit for those

Buttercream Bakeshop opens for business. Photo: Pleasant Mann

receiving federal nutrition benefits (SNAP, WIC, Senior FMNP). The program offers individuals and families with limited food budgets the ability to take home twice as much fresh food. The Shaw farmers’ market will be open every Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. until Oct. 30.

Funk Parade Comes to Shaw

The Funk Parade, now an annual event that brings together District residents by celebrating the city’s musical heritage, took place for a third year on Saturday afternoon, May 7. This year’s parade started at the Howard Theatre, moving west on T Street before going to U Street, eventually ending up at the Lincoln Theatre. Batala Washington, the renowned and talented women’s drumming collective, started the parade with an appropriately heavy beat. Mayor Muriel Bowser joined the parade, leading a green-outfitted entourage that threw beaded necklaces to the parade spectators. Participating high school bands included the Eastern High School Marching Band, the Howard D. Woodson Drum Line, and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Radical Elite Marching Band. The Funk Parade Boombox App Brigade, a group apparently dedicated to being weird, brought up the rear of the procession. This year the Funk Parade presented a number of stages set up to reflect the diverse musical roots of the District. Shaw had two of the Funk Parade stages, one at Atlantic Plumbing and the other at the Shaw Skate Park on 11th Street. u

Mayor Bowser showers joy at the Funk Parade. Photo: Pleasant Mann

ANC 6E by Steve Holton

Parcel 42 Presentations

The city owns the northeast corner of Seventh and R streets NW, which is known as Parcel 42. Five development groups presented project plans to the commissioners that outlined developmental uses for the site. The lot is vacant, and this is the fourth time the city has sent out a request for proposal (RFP) for the site. The commissioners listened to five separate presentations, with plans of ranking them one through five at the end of the meeting and communicating the rankings to the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED). The first presentation was given by the Minkiti Group. The group’s proposal called for a 109-unit residential building with 38 designated as affordable housing. The remaining 71 units will be for sale as condo ownership units. The Minkiti Group representative said that the plan has a neighborhood destination concept with a restaurant and a twostory art pavilion strategically located on Seventh and R streets. The purpose is to activate foot traffic through the streetscape, which fulfills an important social aspect. The group has teamed with the Veterans on the Rise group which provides affordable housing for veterans. Proposed retail space is 4,200 square feet; 31 parking spaces will be provided for the property. The second proposal was given by LincolnWestmoreland Housing with AHC Inc. The group’s representative said that there will be 128 units ranging from one to three bedrooms, with 50 units being designated as affordable housing. The property will accommodate 32 parking and 80 bike spaces. The Seventh Street side of the building will house the retail portion while the residential entrance will be on the Rhode Island Avenue side. The group has a proposal from FRESHFARM Markets, which could bring fresh produce to the property twice a week. The Fortis Company gave the third presentation and proposed 197 micro units, 60 designated as affordable housing. Retail space would be 7,500 square feet and a hardware store, fitness gym, and gourmet restaurant have signed letters of intent to occupy the space. A 1,700 square-foot park will

be constructed on the triangular portion of the plan, and 35 parking spaces will be designated on the property. There will be a wide streetscape with ample lighting; the group is partnering with the Howard University School of Architecture to do a design competition for the park space. The fourth presentation, given by the Donohoe Development Group, proposed 121 housing units with 37 designated as affordable housing. The plan calls for 7,000 square feet of retail space and 44 parking spaces. The building’s design will reflect that of the Shaw Library. The firm plans to hire community residents to help with construction and retail. The Parcel 42 Partners and Ditto Residential Group presented last and called for 90 residential units, with 27 designated as affordable housing. The units will be designed for larger families, and an outdoor park will be built where residents can gather. The building will have 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space; letters of intent from a restaurant, hardware store, and other retail establishments have been signed. After each commissioner ranked the five groups, it was decided that the Parcel 42 Partners and Ditto Residential Group had the best overall development plan. The vote came during the last few minutes of the meeting, so an ordering for groups two through five wasn’t recorded until after the meeting. The commissioners moved to communicate their support for Parcel 42 Partners and Ditto Residential Group’s proposal to DMPED. The commissioners will also give the final rankings of the rest of the groups.

Support for Two Gonzaga High Requests

A representative of Gonzaga High School asked the commissioners to support two requests. The first is a slight increase in faculty staff from 120 to 125. The representative said that the school needs the extra flexibility for students. The city would have to approve the faculty upgrade through the budget, so support of the commissioners is important. The second request is to support lighting for the outdoor practice fields, needed most during Daylight Sav-

ings Time changes. Three football teams, two soccer teams, two lacrosse teams, and a cross-country team share the same field. Gonzaga would like the ability to use the field for practice with lighting between the hours of 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. The representative said that by 10:00 p.m. the lights would be shut off completely and that the surrounding residents have no objections with it. The commissioners voted in favor of both requests.

FY 2017 Budget Aims at Increasing Safety

DC Deputy Mayor Kevin Donahue spoke to the commission and meeting attendees on the subject of the fiscal year 2017 (FY17) budget. The $13 billion budget is sourced from taxes, fees, and federal grants. Out of that amount, $4.6 billion will go to human support services, which consists of Medicaid and other health services. Public education is set to receive $2.4 billion. Enterprise funds (DC Water and the University of the District of Columbia), public safety, and other categories will round out the remainder of the budget funding. Donahue put a priority on ensuring proper staffing for police, fire, and emergency services. He said that despite a rising population, the number of ambulances remains the same and the number of police officers is at a decade low. Funding for the police academy will allow for the training of more officers each year. Every officer will be equipped with a body camera. Funding will also be directed to raise staffing levels at the DC Crime Lab, which is used by both prosecutors and the district attorney’s office. Donahue also said that FY17 funding will cover an increase of 20 extra ambulances to improve response times.

Next Meeting

ANC 6E will meet at 6:30 p.m. on June 7 at the Northwest One Library on 155 L St. NW. Visit www.anc6e.org to view the newsletter; follow on Twitter @ANC6E and on Facebook by searching ANC6E. Steve Holton can be contacted at ssholton@gmail.com and followed on twitter @ ssholton. u

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by Kathleen Donner

STC Open Casting Call for Local Children for “The Secret Garden”

Shakespeare Theatre Company will hold a local open call for young actors ages 9 to 13 to audition for the roles of Mary Lennox and Colin Craven on Wednesday, June 8 and Thursday, June 9. Auditions will be held at the Shakespeare Theatre Company Administrative Offices, 516 Eighth St. SE. Based on the children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the musical follows the story of 10-year-old Mary Lennox, who loses her parents and travels to England to stay with Archibald Craven, her remote and morose uncle. Terrified of every nook and cranny

of the haunted Craven Manor, Mary seeks refuge in her late aunt’s mysterious walled garden, where she discovers amazing secrets. Auditions are Wednesday, June 8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (arrive at 9 a.m.) and Thursday, June 9, noon to 6 p.m. (arrive at 11 a.m.). To audition, bring a hardcopy headshot and résumé, stapled together. All candidates should prepare 32 bars of a classical musical theatre song in the style of The Secret Garden. Bring sheet music that is clearly marked for the accompanist to play and have a one-minute monologue prepared. Auditions should not exceed three minutes total. Callbacks from the initial audition will be on June 17 and 18 with the production’s

Uncle Devin is at the National Theatre on July 16. The Uncle Devin Show is an interactive, musical experience for children by drummer and percussionist Devin Walker. The show cultivates the minds of children through percussion instruments and is a dynamic cross between Fat Albert and Schoolhouse Rock!

creative team. Rehearsals will begin Oct. 11. Performances run Nov. 15 through Dec. 31, with a possible extension to Jan. 8.

Cartoonist Paul Merklein at Northwest One Library

On Tuesday, June 14, 2 p.m., Cartoonist Paul Merklein draws Great Big Faces, entertaining kids and teenagers at libraries and schools. Paul draws famous faces from children’s books and people right from the audience. You will learn some drawing techniques, too. This program is for ages 5, up. Northwest One Neighborhood Library, 155 L St. NW. 202-939-5946. dclibrary.org/northwest.

Marine Corps Marathon Kids Run Registration Open

The MCM Kids Run is on Saturday, Oct. 29, in the Pentagon North parking lot. Nearly 3,600 children, ages five to 12, will participate in the one-mile, just-for-fun event. All participants receive a T-shirt, medal and snacks at the finish line. The Kids Run has six separate starting times. Register at mcmregistration.com/ Register/?event=35865.

Mega Maker at Shaw Library

From July 5 to July 30, join library staff for hands-on, creative workshops every Wednesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Shaw (Watha T. Daniel) Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. Weekly themes are Fantasy, Motion, Fun & Games and Engineering & Electronics. Children ages eight and older and teens are invited to come join the fun. No registration necessary. dclibrary.org/watha.

Stories in Art at the National Gallery of Art

Saturday Morning at The National

You and your children are invited to the National Theatre on select Saturday mornings for free programs that engage and inspire the young mind. Saturday programming is best suited for children four to ten years. Siblings and friends of other ages are always welcome. Performances take place Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. in the Helen Hayes Gallery. The National Theatre is at 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Tickets may be reserved one week prior to the performance. The reservation system closes at 10 a.m. on the Friday before the performance but walk-ins are welcome if there is room. Register and get more information at thenationaldc.org. Here’s what’s coming: June 4, Monkey Tales; June 11, The Barker of Seville; June 18, Groovy Nate; July 9, The Velveteen Rabbit; July 16, Uncle Devin; and July 23, Vladimir Goes for the Gold!

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Stories in Art introduces children, ages four to seven, to artists through careful looking, storytelling, and hands-on experimentation. Led by museum educators, each program includes reading a children’s book, exploring one work of art in the galleries, and completing a simple, hands-on activity. Each program is about 60 minutes. These free drop-in programs are designed for individual families, and they cannot accommodate groups. There is no advance registration. They will only accept sign-in for children in the four to seven age range. Sign-in is in the West Building Rotunda, beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturdays and Mondays and at 11 a.m. on Sundays. This summer, the series is Discover Dutch Art. You’ll visit a windmill, sail the seas, discover mince pie, and listen to a concert. Participants learn about landscapes, still life, seascapes, and scenes of interior Dutch life by reading children’s books, looking at 17th-

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up because of a gigantic, grumpy frog? Can Brer Rabbit figure out a way to save himself before he ends up in a stew? On Tuesday, June 21, 2 p.m., join these folktale characters as they attempt to fix their problems before it’s too late. The program is for ages five to ten. Northwest One Neighborhood Library, 155 L St. NW. 202-939-5946. dclibrary. org/northwest.

Chamber Dance Project Kids Performance and Workshop

Betty Pinney’s House (set in 1910s) England, 1870 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Photo: Courtesy of the National Building Museum

Small Stories: At Home in a Dollhouse

Small Stories reveals the fascinating tales behind some of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood’s best-loved dollhouses, taking you on a journey through the history of the home, everyday lives, and changing family relationships at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, through Jan. 22, 2017. The homes show developments in architecture and design, encompassing country mansions, the Georgian town house, suburban villas, newly-built council estates, and highrise apartments. During the 17th century, dollhouses were rare, expensive, and handmade by skilled craftsmen often to replicate real residences. Houses like the museum’s 17th century Nuremberg house, which begins the exhibition, were also used as learning aids for young girls and servants to become acquainted with their necessary household roles. Dollhouses slowly developed into toys specifically made for children to collect for, decorate, and to play with. The industrial revolution opened up the possibility of mass manufacture and houses became a more common and affordable toy for many children. century Dutch art, and making a souvenir to document each adventure. Here’s the schedule. Landscape: Visit a Windmill, July 9 to 11; Still Life: Enjoy a Feast, July 16 to 18; Seascape: Sail the Seas, July 23 to 25; Music: Listen to a Concert, July 30 to Aug. 1. The days and hours are Saturdays, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., and 12:30 and 1:30 p.m.; Sundays, 11:30 a.m. and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 p.m.; and Mondays, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., and 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. nga.gov.

Folktales with Donna Washington at Northwest One Library

Are you ready to race against time? The characters in these stories certainly are. Can the animals get the sun back in the sky before it’s too late? Will the world dry

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From June 23 to 26, the Chamber Dance Project returns for new in-the-moment surprises at each performance as well as Flying Cloud Cotillion, in which the men literally throw a woman flying through air. Their performances feature seven dancers with a string quartet and Brass Connection playing live onstage. Chamber Dance Project’s popular kids matinee performance, this year taking place on June 25 at 2 p.m., includes a 20-minute workshop with the artists onstage after the performance. As a part of their community engagement program, Chamber Dance Project donates 200 tickets to area social service agencies including tickets to Sitar Arts, The Lab School, N Street Village, among others. Lansburgh Theatre is at 450 Seventh St. NW. chamberdance.org.

$1 Ice Cream, Giveaways and Fireworks at Nat’s Games

On Tuesday, June 14 at the 7:05 p.m. game vs. the Cubs, purchase ice cream for $1. On Friday, June 10 at the 7:05 p.m. game vs. the Phillies, a Nat’s Fanny Pack will be given to first 20,000 fans. On Sunday, June 12 at the 4:05 p.m. games vs. the Phillies, a Kids Poster will be given to the first 10,000 fans. On Wednesday, June 15 at the 4:05 p.m. game vs. the Cubs, a Nat’s Tote Bag wiil be given to the first 25,000 fans. On Monday, June 27 at the 7:05 p.m. games vs. the Mets, a Jayson Werth and Pet Figurine will be given to the first 20,000 fans. On Saturday, July 2 at the 7:15 p.m. game vs. the Reds, a Nationals Rat Pack Poster will be given to the first 25,000 fans. On Friday, July 1 after the 6:05 game vs. the Reds, there will be the only post-game fireworks display of the season.

Irish Traditional Music and Dance

Billy McComiskey is one of the nation’s leading players of Irish traditional music. In 1976, his band, The Irish Tradition, played at the party celebrating the creation of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. On June 28, noon, for AFC’s 40th Anniversary, Billy will perform with his children, Patrick, Sean, and Michael, who are now themselves among the leading traditional Irish musicians in our region. They will be joined by other family and friends for a unique concert of jigs, reels, airs, and other traditional music from the strong Irish American community of the Washington DC and Baltimore region. The concert is free (no tickets required) and is in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. loc.gov.

Imagination Stage Announces 2016-2017 Season: “Take a Journey”

In the 2016-2017 season, Imagination Stage will take its patrons on five fabulous journeys through time and locale. Beginning early October 2016 and running through August 2017, Imagination Stage will present: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; The Freshest Snow Whyte; The Jungle Book; and Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure. New subscription offerings for best value are available online at patrons.imaginationstage.org or by calling the box office at 301-280-1660. Single tickets go on sale Aug. 23. imaginationstage.org.

ACLU Report on DCPS Empowering Males of Color

The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation’s Capital have released a report, Leaving Girls Behind: An analysis of Washington D.C.’s “Empowering Males of Color” Initiative. The report, which summarizes the results of a Freedom of Information Law request, focuses on the exclusion of women and girls from the programming launched under this $20 million initiative. Despite statistics showing that girls of color in Washington DC are suffering from many of the same serious educational disparities facing boys of color, the programs launched under this initiative appear to be open almost exclusively to boys, with no plans for any similar programming for girls. While the report commends the Mayor and the District of Columbia Public Schools for directing critically-needed atten-

tion and resources toward some of the District’s most underserved students, it also points to significant legal vulnerabilities in the exclusion of girls of color from these programs, and recommends that the programming be opened to girls going forward. The ACLU and the African American Policy Forum are also seeking to connect with parents and family members of African American and Latino children in Washington DC public schools to hear their feelings, views and attitudes on educational opportunities for girls. Contact Cristel Taveras at ctaveras@aclu.org.

Open Studio: Welcome to Murad Khani at the Freer/Sackler

Saturday, June 11, 12, 25 and 26, noon to 4 p.m., witness how artists from Afghanistan are transforming their lives and their country during an afternoon of free family-friendly activities. Take a tour (12:30 and 2:30 p.m.) of the special exhibition Turquoise Mountain and then head to the ImaginAsia classroom to get creative with family and friends. All ages are welcome with adult companions. asia.si.edu.

Hip Hop Speaks to Children

On Sunday, June 19, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., celebrate Father’s Day at the Anacostia Community Museum. Families (especially dads) are encouraged to introduce the popular children’s book, Hip Hop Speaks to Children, edited by poet Nikki Giovanni to their children by reading passages from it. Limited copies of the book will be available for purchase. Kids can also create Hip Hop-inspired Father’s Day cards. The Anacostia Community Museum is at 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.

Infant Investigators at the Natural History Museum

Infant classes at the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center are designed for children aged four to twelve months and meet on the third Saturday of each month, 10 to 11:15 a.m. All programs begin in their infant classroom, conclude at a museum on the National Mall and last between 75-90 minutes. Class costs $40. For more information about class structure and theme, visit seecstories.wordpress. com. Register at eventbrite.com.

Park View Children´s Pool

Park View Children´s Pool, 693 Otis Pl. NW, the only public outdoor children’s pool operating this

summer, opens Memorial Day weekend. The hours are Wednesday to Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. It is closed Mondays and Tuesdays. dpr.dc.gov.

Comedy Show for Kids at the Kennedy Center

On Saturday, June 25, 2 p.m., Robert Post’s oneman variety show serves up a delightful entertainment feast. Hilarious, poignant, and physically dazzling, his meticulously crafted sketches fill the stage with bumblers, dreamers, and cartoonish heroes of every stripe. Recommended for ages 8, up. This is part of the Kennedy Center’s District of Comedy Festival. Tickets are $20. kennedy-center.org.

First Studio: Story + Workshop at the Kreeger

On Saturdays, June 4, 18 and July 2, 16 and Wednesday, July 11; 10 to 11 a.m., children are invited to use their imagination as they explore the paintings, sculpture, and architecture of The Kreeger Museum. Each program includes a gallery tour, a story and a hands-on art-making experience. Recommended for ages three to five. Adult companion required. $7 per child; adult companion is free. Register at kreegermuseum.org. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 202-338-3552 or emailing visitorservices@ kreegermuseum.org. The Kreeger Museum is at 2401 Foxhall Rd. NW. kreegermuseum.org.

Story Hour at the National Cathedral

On the third Sunday of every month at 10 a.m., the Families with Young Children Hospitality Ministry presents a story hour for young children in the National Cathedral’s Chapel of St. Joseph of Arimathea on the crypt level. A children’s book author or volunteer reader will offer a short book with a biblical, spiritual, or moral message with time for some conversation and interaction. If you would like to be notified of other events or get involved in helping this group grow, email FWYC@cathedralcongregation.org.

Special Family Tours at Gadsby’s Tavern

Special Family Tours, led by Junior Docents in grades fourth through seventh, are offered every Sunday, June 26 until Labor Day Weekend, 2 to

5 p.m. at Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal St., Alexandria, VA. Thanks to stationed guides, families will be able to start a tour as soon as they arrive and move through the museum at their own pace, and children will be able to connect with the museum through their peer tour guides. Tour ends with activities in the ballroom that explore the science behind the historic ice well, including making (and tasting) ice cream. $5 for adults; $3 for children ages five to 12; four and under are free. 703-746-4242. alexandriava.gov.

Li’l Red & the Pigs at Glen Echo

What’s so bad about the Big Bad Wolf ? At last B.B. (Big Bad) Wolfe tells his side of the story, in rap, no less. Has the notorious pork poacher and grandma impersonator gotten a bum rap, or is he truly deserving of his moniker? You be the judge! This is one of their funniest productions and includes lots of audience participation. On stage at Glen Echo, through July 17. Recommended for ages three, up. Running time is 40 minutes. Tickets are $12. Coming soon is Peter and the Wolf, July 21 to Aug. 28. thepuppetco.org.

The Little Mermaid at Imagination Stage

In this faithful re-telling of the Hans Christian Andersen original, the Little Mermaid falls in love with a human Prince, and longs to join him in his world above the waves. Despite the warnings of her Mer-family, the Little Mermaid seeks out the Enchantress who trades her pair of legs for the mermaid’s beautiful singing voice. A follow-up to the highly acclaimed The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe (2012), this collaboration between Imagination Stage and The Washington Ballet features dance, puppets, music, and singing in a highly theatrical and epic style of performance. Best for ages five, up. Tickets are $15 to $35. The show runs from June 22 to Aug. 14 at Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, MD. 301280-1660. imaginationstage.org.

Skate Fest Fairfax

Skate Fest is a two-day fundraising event held on June 24 and 25 at the Wakefield Skatepark in Fairfax, VA. It includes skateboard competitions, Sk8 For A Cause, music, family-friendly activites, food, games, skateboard vendor tents, and over $25,000 in prizes. skatefestfairfax.com/2016. u

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

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Fee Simple 14TH ST/LOGAN 1316 T ST NW

$1,400,000

BLOOMINGDALE 29 BRYANT ST NW 38 BRYANT ST NW 34 BRYANT ST NW 2029 NORTH CAPITOL ST NE

$1,200,000 $1,021,000 $940,000 $890,000

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BROOKLAND 3338 7th Street NE #833 3320 7TH STREET ST NE 3004 17TH ST NE 3063 CHANCELLORS WAY NE 1551 NEWTON ST NE 1005 URELL PL NE 2870 CHANCELLORS WAY NE 692 KENNETH STREET NE NE 3109 17TH ST NE 2018 JACKSON ST NE 1352 GIRARD ST NE 1016 SIGSBEE PL NE 1010 SIGSBEE PL NE 4425 14TH ST NE 4437 14TH ST NE 432 AVA WAY NE 2809 4TH ST NE 1013 HAMLIN ST NE 2735 4TH ST NE 4709 7TH ST NE 4603 12TH ST NE 121 VICTOR ST NE 730 BUCHANAN ST NE 315 DOUGLAS ST NE 727 EMERSON ST NE

$925,426 $870,618 $807,000 $800,000 $790,000 $775,000 $735,000 $725,990 $725,000 $703,000 $699,999 $697,000 $617,000 $611,000 $571,000 $530,000 $505,100 $455,000 $425,000 $408,000 $405,000 $385,000 $357,500 $320,500 $300,000

CLEVELAND PARK 3520 35TH ST NW 3424 30TH ST NW 3501 QUEBEC ST NW

$1,500,000 $1,262,750 $1,250,000

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 1434 MONROE ST NW 1350 OTIS PL NW 4021 13TH ST NW 3911 KANSAS AVE NW 3608 11TH ST NW 3319 11TH ST NW 662 IRVING ST NW 3487 HOLMEAD PL NW 1312 SHEPHERD ST NW 4214 7TH ST NW 3629 13TH ST NW 716 ALABAMA AVE SE 550 NEWCOMB ST SE 627 ATLANTIC ST SE 638 BRANDYWINE ST SE

$1,125,000 $885,000 $769,000 $735,000 $690,000 $679,500 $640,000 $615,000 $550,000 $549,000 $470,000 $327,000 $300,000 $275,000 $176,000

DUPONT CIRCLE 1317 21ST ST NW 2141 N ST NW

$2,137,000 $1,600,000

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ECKINGTON 18 QUINCY PL NE 220 SEATON PL NE 150 R ST NE 164 UHLAND TER NE 1930 1ST ST NE 120 QUINCY PL NE 1923 1ST ST NE 2017 2ND ST NE

$900,000 $750,000 $710,000 $704,000 $675,000 $675,000 $650,000 $615,000

4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3

KALORAMA 2316 TRACY PL NW 1806 24TH ST NW 2411 TRACY PL NW 1913 23RD ST NW

$2,950,000 $2,800,000 $2,800,000 $2,195,000

LEDROIT PARK 2427 1ST ST NW 143 U ST NW 15 BRYANT ST NW 401 T ST NW 1926 2ND ST NW 2108 FLAGLER PL NW

$1,296,000 $1,135,000 $839,000 $815,000 $721,500 $660,000

LOGAN CIRCLE 1429 Q ST NW 1328 T ST NW 1611 13TH ST NW 1518 KINGMAN PL NW 942 O ST NW 1105 S ST NW

$2,007,000 $1,700,000 $1,690,000 $1,420,000 $1,080,000 $949,000

MICHIGAN PARK 3901 SOUTH DAKOTA AVE NE 2017 QUINCY ST NE

$589,900 $320,000

MOUNT PLEASANT 1828 LAMONT ST NW 3437 OAKWOOD TER NW 2017 KLINGLE RD NW 1839 ONTARIO PL NW 3234 WALBRIDGE PL NW 1631 IRVING ST NW

$1,400,000 $1,110,000 $1,102,000 $965,000 $920,000 $700,000

OLD CITY #2 1641 19TH ST NW 1455 W ST NW 1315 CORCORAN ST NW 929 T ST NW 1446 Q ST NW 1739 19TH ST NW 938 FRENCH ST NW 1446 T ST NW 614 R ST NW 425 Q ST NW 2211 12TH PL NW 110 BATES ST NW

$1,879,000 $1,625,000 $1,600,000 $1,434,750 $1,410,000 $1,400,000 $1,205,000 $1,010,000 $865,000 $830,000 $640,000 $621,500

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PETWORTH 929-931 KENNEDY ST NW 4611 5TH ST NW 4826 7TH ST NW 627 DELAFIELD PL NW 4112 4TH ST NW 4826 5TH ST NW

$1,200,000 $750,000 $742,900 $725,000 $715,000 $710,000

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209 ROCK CREEK CHURCH RD NW 211 GALLATIN ST NW 3915 5TH ST NW 920 DELAFIELD PL NW 519 INGRAHAM ST NW 720 JEFFERSON ST NW 5503 8TH ST NW 4419 7TH ST NW 18 GALLATIN ST NW 635 FARRAGUT ST NW 617 EMERSON ST NW 5118 5TH ST NW 5421 7TH ST NW 5319 4TH ST NW 111 VARNUM ST NW 715 INGRAHAM ST NW 931 FARRAGUT ST NW 210 EMERSON ST NW 4614 KANSAS AVE NW 525 KENNEDY ST NW 5115 ILLINOIS AVE NW 838 DELAFIELD PL NW

$696,500 $655,000 $650,000 $635,000 $634,500 $625,000 $617,500 $605,000 $597,000 $590,000 $590,000 $570,000 $565,000 $565,000 $520,000 $492,500 $440,000 $435,000 $435,000 $425,000 $390,000 $390,000

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RIGGS PARK 531 INGRAHAM ST NE 5013 13TH PL NE 5915 3RD ST NE 5743 5TH ST NE 5247 CHILLUM PL NE 4964 12TH ST NE 4932 11TH ST NE 300 PEABODY ST NE 1248 FARADAY PL NE 245 NICHOLSON ST NE 401 PEABODY ST NE

$515,123 $465,000 $425,000 $410,000 $390,000 $380,000 $375,000 $375,000 $330,000 $325,000 $275,000

TAKOMA PARK 6120 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NE 24 VAN BUREN ST NW 55 UNDERWOOD ST NW 31 UNDERWOOD ST NW 6409 CAPITOL ST NE 13 TUCKERMAN ST NW

$442,000 $400,000 $365,000 $362,000 $320,000 $300,000

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AWARDED BEST WASHINGTON, DC CONTRACTOR OF 2012 BY ANGIE’S LIST 1108 ORREN ST NE 1425 MONTELLO AVE NE 1749 LYMAN PL NE 1115 OATES ST NE 1445-1447 HOLBROOK ST NE

TRUXTON CIRCLE 1413 1ST ST NW

U STREET CORRIDOR 2006 13TH ST NW 2212 12TH ST NW 978 FLORIDA AVE NW 2263 12TH PL NW 2237 12TH PL NW

WOODLEY PARK 2813 27TH ST NW

$882,000 $450,000 $438,000 $380,000 $347,500

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$725,000

$1,180,000 $820,000 $725,000 $700,000 $699,000

3 3 2 2 2

$1,565,000

$664,000 $539,900

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$335,000 $325,900 $254,900 $834,900 $814,000 $684,900 $624,900 $605,000 $574,900 $444,000

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$675,000 $599,900 $519,900 $499,900

4 3 2 2

$720,000 $715,000 $699,900 $599,900 $599,900 $430,000 $219,000 $205,000 $160,000

3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 0

$855,500

$1,150,000 $652,000 $650,000 $650,000 $635,500 $615,000 $475,000 $471,000 $470,000 $460,000 $446,000 $435,000 $415,000 $408,000 $381,000 $350,000 $320,500 $278,000

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CONDO 14TH STREET CORRIDOR 1412 CHAPIN ST NW #PH06 1412 CHAPIN ST NW #301

ADAMS MORGAN

2515 17TH ST NW #2 2714 ONTARIO RD NW #2 2550 17TH ST NW #204 2303 ONTARIO RD NW #8 2303 ONTARIO RD NW #7 2303 ONTARIO RD NW #6 2303 ONTARIO RD NW #4 2303 ONTARIO RD NW #3 2303 ONTARIO RD NW #1 2633 ADAMS MILL RD NW #B4

BLOOMINGDALE

27 BRYANT NW #1 2416 N CAPITOL ST NW #2 129 W ST NW #201 129 W ST NW #203

BROOKLAND

3300 9TH ST NE #2 3306 9TH ST NE #2 3304 9TH ST NE #2 3302 9TH ST NE #1 9th NE #1 3211 12TH ST NE #101 3725 12TH ST NE #107 403 DOUGLAS ST NE #F 2615 4TH ST NE #204

CAPITOL RIVERFRONT 1025 1ST ST SE #1413

CENTRAL

925 H ST NW #904 2425 L ST NW #620 1280 21ST ST NW #912 1150 K ST NW #705 1150 K ST NW #405 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #809 1330 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #613 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #222 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #312 631 D ST NW #532 915 E ST NW #913 616 E ST NW #405 777 7TH ST NW #530 1318 22ND ST NW #502 1312 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #202 1426 21ST ST NW #401 1260 21ST ST NW #209 2201 L ST NW #820

CLEVELAND PARK

3950 LANGLEY CT NW #B626 4329 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #4329 3891 NEWARK ST NW #A-481 2926 PORTER ST NW #104 3850 RODMAN ST NW #D232 2926 PORTER ST NW #107 3831 RODMAN ST NW #D28 2710 MACOMB ST NW #309 2755 ORDWAY ST NW #113 3601 WISCONSIN AVE NW #408 3028 WISCONSIN AVE NW #103 2801 CORTLAND PL NW #302

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS

1460 HARVARD ST NW #4 3624 10TH ST NW #6 3585 13TH ST NW #4 1472 HARVARD ST NW #4 526 LAMONT NW #1 3624 10TH ST NW #3 761 KENYON ST NW #3 3624 10TH ST NW #5 3624 10TH ST NW #2 526 LAMONT ST NW #6 2807 SHERMAN AVE NW #B 728 PARK RD NW #6 761 KENYON ST NW #4 728 PARK RD NW #5 526 LAMONT ST NW #3 735 QUEBEC PL NW #3 728 PARK RD NW #3 1474 BELMONT ST NW #4 1309 FAIRMONT ST NW #A 761 KENYON ST NW #2 1316 HARVARD ST NW #3 3624 10TH ST NW #1 1472 HARVARD ST NW #2 2723 13TH ST NW #2 1307 CLIFTON ST NW #33 1207 COLUMBIA RD NW #1 2725 13TH ST NW #1 1472 HARVARD ST NW #1 1425 EUCLID ST NW #10 735 ROCK CREEK CHURCH RD NW #A 1421 CHAPIN ST NW #11 1442 HARVARD ST NW #1 735 QUEBEC PL NW #2 1121 FAIRMONT ST NW #1 3205 GEORGIA AVE NW #404 1324 EUCLID ST NW #108 1401 COLUMBIA RD NW #316 1417 NEWTON ST NW #203 1401 COLUMBIA RD NW #419 1308 CLIFTON ST NW #209E 3540 ROCK CREEK CHURCH RD NW #103 2576 SHERMAN AVE NW #201 1420 CLIFTON ST NW #203 739 NEWTON PL NW #104 3900 14TH ST NW #111 1340 FAIRMONT ST NW #23 3900 14TH ST NW #105

DUPONT

1751 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #G 2200 17TH ST NW #203 1767 P ST NW #3 1750 16TH ST NW #32 1725 P ST NW #201 1625 16TH ST NW #303 1620 CORCORAN ST NW #B 1901 19TH ST NW #302 1770 CHURCH ST NW #B 1720 S ST NW #SE 1900 S ST NW #204 1619 R ST NW #502 1325 18TH ST NW #905 1620 CORCORAN ST NW #F 1725 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #406 1711 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #219

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$1,050,000 $869,000 $862,000 $777,500 $770,000 $770,000 $757,000 $755,000 $750,000 $749,900 $749,000 $730,000 $719,900 $715,000 $709,900 $692,500 $675,000 $660,000 $658,500 $655,000 $650,000 $649,000 $645,000 $601,000 $580,000 $569,000 $541,000 $535,000 $525,000 $506,000 $485,000 $464,100 $449,000 $447,900 $437,500 $435,000 $420,000 $349,000 $343,000 $340,000 $325,000 $318,500 $310,000 $310,000 $306,900 $279,500 $250,000

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$1,100,000 $1,014,000 $741,000 $675,000 $660,000 $639,000 $589,000 $581,000 $550,000 $525,000 $450,000 $435,000 $425,000 $405,000 $398,720 $267,000

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1301 Connecticut Ave, NW

Foster House Apartments

801 Rhode Island Ave, NW

Studio Theatre Street Box

14th & P Street, NW

Giant

1345 Park RD NW

Sunset Spirits

1627 First St. NW

Giant

1050 Brentwood RD NE

T Street Market

80 T St. NW

Giant at O Street Market

1400 7th St NW

The Coffee Bar

1201 S St NW

GMCHC Family Life Center

605 Rhode Island Avenue NE

Third District MPD

1620 V ST NW

Grassroots Gourmet, LLC

104 Rhode Island Ave NW

Trilogy NoMa

151 Q Street, NE

Habesha market

1919 9th st

Tryst

2459 18th ST NW

Harris Teeter

1631 Kalorama RD NW

Tynan Coffee

1275 First St. SE

Harris Teeter

1201 First St, NE

U Street Cafe

1301 U ST NW

Home Rule

1807 14th Street, NW

U Street Metro

11th & U Streets, NW

Howard Founders Library

500 Howard Place, NW

U Street Wine & Beer

1351 U St NW

Howard University

2225 Georgia Avenue, NW

Universal Gear

1919 14th Street, NW

Java House

1645 Q ST NW

Unleashed

1550 7th St. NW

Kafe Bohem

602 Florida Avenue, NW

Uprising Muffin Company

1817 7th St NW

Kennedy Recreation Center

1401 7th ST NW

Velvet Lounge

915 U Street, NW

Lettie Gooch

1517 U Street, NW

Vida

1612 U St NW

Lincoln Westmoreland Apts.

1730 7th Street, NW

Walgreens

1325 14th ST NW

Logan Hardware

1734 14th St NW

Wanda’s

1851 7th Street, NW

Lost & Found

1240 9th St. NW

Whole Foods Yellow Box

1440 P Street NW

Marriott Hotel

901 Massachusetts Ave NW

Why Not Boutique

1348 U Street, NW

MLK Library

901 G ST NW

Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania AVE NW

Modern Liquors

1200 9th ST NW

Windows Cafe

101 Rhode Island AVE NW

Mount Vernon Sq. Metro

7th & M ST NW

Wydown Coffee Bar

1924 14th St NW

Nelly’s

900 U St NW

Yes Organic Market

2123 14th St NW

Nest DC

87 Florida Ave. NW

YMCA

1711 Rhode Island Ave, NW

Northwest One Library

155 L ST NW

Yoga District

1830 1st ST NW

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LEDROIT PARK

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LOGAN CIRCLE

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OLD CITY #2 1529 14TH ST NW #506 1312 FLORIDA AVE NW #3 1300 13TH ST NW #705 1 LOGAN CIR NW #2 1390 V ST NW #112 2111 11TH ST NW #4 1632 S ST NW #1 1225 13TH ST NW #112 1828 13TH ST NW #2 1437 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #405 1213 4TH ST NW #1 811 4TH ST NW #1120 1431 11TH ST NW #302 1431 11TH ST NW #202 1401 R ST NW #201 1930 18TH ST NW #3 1245 13TH ST NW #101 437 NEW YORK AVE NW #507 1718 CORCORAN ST NW #21 437 NEW YORK AVE NW #320 440 L ST NW #607 555 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #806 1225 13TH ST NW #408 1545 18TH ST NW #719 1711 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #728 1705 P ST NW #23 301 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #206 1431 11TH ST NW #101 1441 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #814 1711 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #320 1115 12TH ST NW #503 1601 18TH ST NW #814 1711 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #711 1 SCOTT CIR NW #606 1420 N ST NW #710 1901 16TH ST NW #305 1440 N ST NW #603

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PENN QUARTER 631 D ST NW #1126 912 F ST NW #1101 601 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW #303

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

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TRINIDAD 1018 FLORIDA AVE NE #302 1109 HOLBROOK TER NE #4 1109 HOLBROOK TER NE #3 1109 HOLBROOK TER NE #2 1109 HOLBROOK TER NE #1 1706 WEST VIRGINIA AVE NE #1

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U STREET CORRIDOR 2212 11TH ST NW #3 1348 EUCLID ST NW #204 2331 15TH ST NW #206 2331 15TH ST NW #203 2331 15TH ST NW #102 2008 16TH ST NW #104 2331 15TH ST NW #104 u

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