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CONTENTS

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06 what’s on washington out and about 12 Insatiable • Celeste McCall

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16 At The Movies • Mike Canning

your neighborhood 18 Shaw Streets • Pleasant Mann

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21 ANC 6E • Pleasant Mann 22 Bulletin Board • Kathleen Donner

kids and family 28 Notebook • Kathleen Donner

at home 33 Changing Hands • Don Denton

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WHAT’S ON WASHINGTON

WINTER GLOW AT MOUNT VERNON

On Dec. 11 to 13 and 26 to 28, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., see Mount Vernon illuminated with soft lights and holiday patterns as you listen to Christmas carolers and visit an 18th-century winter encampment. Chat with soldiers at the encampment; see sparks fly at the blacksmith shop; listen to costumed Christmas carolers; meet Aladdin the camel; shop for artisan-made goods crafted using 18th century techniques; purchase warm food from the Mount Vernon Inn food truck; and shop for holiday gifts at The Shops at Mount Vernon. Tickets are $30 to $45. mountvernon.org.

CARLA BERROCAL WINDOWS AT THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR

Through Jan. 31, Spanish artist and illustrator Carla Berrocal pays tribute to classic and contemporary Spanish culture in her creations on the facade of the Former Residence of the Spanish Ambassador in the United States-the Beaux-Arts Mansion at 2801 16th St. NW. She says, “This is my tribute to Spanish culture. I planned the project so that the lower windows were classic-art-oriented and the upper ones contemporary-art-oriented.” Read more at spainculture.us/city/ washington-dc.

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Craig Wallace. Photo: Carol Rosegg

FORD’S THEATRE PRESENTS “A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE RADIO PLAY”

In time for the holiday season and in partnership with WAMU 88.5 FM, DC’s NPR news station, Ford’s Theatre presents a one-hour radio play adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, featuring acclaimed Washington actor Craig Wallace as Ebenezer Scrooge. WAMU 88.5 FM will broadcast the play on Dec. 25, at noon. The radio play will also be made available to the public on Dec. 14, at fords.org/carol-radio.

VANESSA COLLIER AT THE HAMILTON

American blues, funk, and soul saxophonist, singer and songwriter, Vanessa N. Collier is at the Hamilton, 1600 14th St. NW, on Thursday, Dec. 17, 7 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.). She has been nominated for five Blues Music Awards and won one of them in 2019 and another in 2020. Tickets are $50 to $150. live.thehamiltondc.com.

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WHAT’S ON WASHINGTON

CHRISTMAS WITH THE FOLGER CONSORT: A VIRTUAL CONCERT

In Christmas with the Folger Consort: A Virtual Concert, Folger Consort presents a program of early music holiday favorites filmed in the nave of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill. Two sections of the program are centered on the German text “Wachet auf” (“Sleepers Wake”), with a performance of J.S. Bach’s cantata BWV140 and Michael Praetorius’s setting of “Wachet auf” from a century earlier. One of Bach’s most intimately scored cantatas, a socially distanced Baroque ensemble playing on historical instruments and solo vocalists bring the work to life. The Folger Consort makes the holiday-themed concert available for on-demand streaming, Friday, Dec. 11, through Tuesday, Jan. 5. Tickets are $25 to $50 at folger.edu/consort.

WELCOME TO NAS’S SCIENCE SPEED DATING The National Academy of Sciences’ Science Speed Dating brings together experts from some of the most hotly contested fields of science: climate change, genetically engineered foods, evolution, and vaccines. Filtered through campaigns of misinformation and political rhetoric, the underlying science of these topics is often obscured or misconstrued. But the science is not just another opinion to add to the mix. So how do they tell that story properly? How do they cut through the noise to achieve impact? Their four experts will give us a sense of the public’s current understanding of their field and the way in which they now seek to communicate effectively to create change going forward. scienceandentertainmentexchange. org/blog/watch-science-speed-dating.

METEORS AND METEORITES: GEMINIDS LIVE

On Monday, Dec. 14, 6:45 p.m., join George Mason University Observatory’s Peter Plavchan and geologist-turned-meteorite scientist Tim Gregory on Zoom for a night illuminated by meteors and meteorites. When a fragment of rock streaks through the atmosphere as a brilliant meteor (or “shooting star”), it sometimes makes landfall on the Earth. We call these surviving rocks meteorites, and they have inspired legends and lore for millennia. Modern science has shed these celestial rocks with a fascinating light, and from them we have learned the story of our solar system’s deepest history. Meteorites are the only way we can get our hands on pieces of a newly forming system of planets. $25. smithsonianassociates.org.

RIGHT: A thin slice of a chassignites, which are pieces of the Martian surface that arrive here on Earth as meteorites.

JOIN THE AUDUBON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT

Since the Audubon Christmas Bird Count began over a century ago, it has relied on the dedication and commitment of citizen volunteers. This year, Audubon’s 121st Christmas Bird Count will be conducted between Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 and Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Your local count will occur on one day between those dates. Participate in as many counts as you wish. You can stay at home or go farther afield. There is a specific methodology to the CBC, and all participants must make arrangements to participate in advance, but anyone can participate. Read more and sign up at audubon.org/conservation/join-christmas-bird-count.

Photo: Courtesy of the National Audubon Society

DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY MARKET

DC’s Downtown Holiday Market runs through Dec. 23 (closed Mondays, Dec. 7 and 14), noon to 8 p.m. This year’s market has moved off its previous sidewalk location to take over two blocks of F Street NW, from Seventh to Ninth. The outdoor shopping village’s increased footprint allows for wider aisles on the street and guests can shop confidently in a safe and socially distant experience in accordance with current COVID-19 guidance. The market layout features a single entryway check-in located on the sidewalk of F Street in front of the National Portrait Gallery, streamlined one-way and properly distanced foot traffic managed to ensure circulation around the market’s back-to-back retail vendor tents. downtownholidaymarket.com.

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WHAT’S ON WASHINGTON

OTHER OUTDOOR MARKETS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS, GREENERY AND CHEER

Eastern Market’s outdoors, 225 Seventh St. SE, is open on Tuesdays, noon to 4 p.m. and weekends from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shop for trees and wreaths; gifts; and fall/winter fruits and vegetables. easternmarket-dc.org. Victura Park Holiday Market at the Kennedy Center’s the REACH is a familyfriendly, open-air market that features a rotating lineup of local artists and artisans. It is open Dec. 4 to 6, 11 to 13 and 18 to 20; Fridays, 4 to 8 p.m.; Saturdays, noon to 9 p.m., and Sundays, noon to 8 p.m. victuraparkdc.com/holiday-market.

Held Saturday mornings year-round for more than 260 years, the Old Town Farmers Market, in Market Square, 301 King Street, 7 a.m. to noon, is the oldest continuously-run farmers market in the US. George Washington even sent his produce from Mount Vernon to be sold here. Free parking. visitalexandriava. com.Photo: C. Martin for Visit Alexandria

BUY NOTHING. GIVE FREELY. SHARE CREATIVELY.

The Buy Nothing Project began in 2013 when two friends, Rebecca Rockefeller and Liesl Clark, created an experimental hyper-local gift economy on Bainbridge Island, WA. Since then, it has become a worldwide social movement, with groups in 30 nations. Local groups form gift economies that are complementary and parallel to local cash economies. Whether people join because they’d like to get rid of things that are cluttering their lives or simply to save money by getting free things, they quickly discover that a gift economy’s real wealth is the people involved and the web of connections that forms to support them. DC currently has 13 groups (more added continually). Find your closest at buynothingproject.org/find-a-group/#DC.

IN SERIES’S ORPHEE ET EURYDICE EXPLORES LOVE AND LOSS IN THE TIME OF COVID

Capitol Hill resident Rachel Kaplan with Lina whose “outfit” was acquired through the Lincoln Park Buy Nothing Project group. Photo: Meg Levine, justwalkdcportraits.visualsociety.com

ART IN ISOLATION: CREATIVITY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

Through Jan. 29, 2021, Art in Isolation pays tribute to the experiences and reflections of artists from the Middle East and its diaspora during a period of global crisis. The MEI (Middle East Institute) Art Gallery’s first-ever open call, Art in Isolation, invited regional artists to submit artwork made at the height of the global pandemic around the theme of sheltering in place. Thirty-eight of the 54 works are hanging in the Gallery with the full exhibition featured on the MEI website. All works are for sale. The Gallery, 1763 N St. NW, is accepting inperson appointments to view the exhibition. mei.edu/ art-gallery.

Ilyes Messaoudi’s HELP, 2020. Mixed media on canvas, 3.28 x 3.28 ft. Ilyes Messaoudi is a Tunisian visual artist working in painting, collage, and embroidery. His work, which is rooted in his North African heritage, connects tradition and modernity to reveal identity struggles, taboos and stereotypes within the Middle East, and critiques on contemporary culture.

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IN Series has returned to the original revolutionary opera, Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice, for an intimate film experience exploring love, loss, and grief during a global pandemic in which millions have lost those they love. For this uniquely personal project filmed during isolation, husband and wife Benjamin Williamson (English National Opera, Bonn Stuttgart) and Paula Sides (English Touring Opera, Royal Opera House) allowed a PPE protected filmmaker into their home to make a cinematographic opera experience about a husband losing his beloved wife to sickness and entering into the unspeakable process of grieving that follows. Orpheus and Eurydice is available, free, at invision.inseries.org/full-feature/orpheeet-eurydice.

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OUT AND ABOUT

Insatiable

by Celeste McCall

pastas and more. (Gluten free items estaurant life is returning, esThe Korean BBQ Experience. are also available.) Nicoletta provides pecially around Mount Vernon Photo: SEOULSPICE indoor dining (observing strict safety Triangle. In fact, when we enmeasures), and outdoor seating on tered Washington’s newest Perits heated, expanded patio. There’s sian restaurant, Rumi’s Kitchen, also carryout, with delivery coming we thought the bar and dining room soon. For updates and hours call 202were so crowded we’d have to wait. 697-6888 or visit www.nicolettaitalMoreover, customers did not seem to iankitchen.com. be socially distancing. Then we looked closer and realized that most of those “customers” were lifelike mannequins From Comfort to BBQ: arranged around tables to prevent In NoMa: SEOULSPICE, the “real” patrons from sitting too close “healthful” Korean comfort restautogether. (The mannequins don’t eat rant, has switched to barbecue. Dinmuch, nor do they tip.) After a maers at its NoMa (145 N St. NW) and chine took our temperatures, we were Tenleytown (4600 Wisconsin Ave. promptly seated outside, where we NW) locations are chowing down on savored an excellent repast. Named prime, dry-aged beef, served tablefor a 13th century Persian poet, the side with Korean banchan (sides) and two-month old Rumi’s Kitchen offers house-made sauces. Guests also get a Kitchen is open daily for lunch and dinner. Call a plethora of “tastes” (appetizers) and “feasts” (en10 percent discount for food (not drinks) during 202-900-9106 or visit www.RumisKitchen.com. trees), rice, other sides and desserts. December. The full-price menu begins January 1, To begin, our pleasant server, Rafael, presented 2021. (The College Park offshoot does not offer More Good News us with sabzi, a complementary Persian appetizer this discount.) La Betty, the pleasant homespun restaurant created plate of radishes, walnuts, feta and lavash, a pitaThe Unlimited Korean BBQ Experience is $20 by Teresa and Tony Velazguez, has reopened at 420 like bread. Since we’re both trying to eat less, we per person (beverages, tax and gratuity not includK St. NW. The couple also operates A Baked Joint bypassed other “tastes,” including zeytoon parvared). Among other menu items are bulgogi (sliced next door and Baked & Wired in Georgetown. La deh (marinated olives, walnuts and pomegranates), ribeye), chicken, pork or tofu marinated in a sweet Betty’s seasonal menu is ideal for cold weather dinmirza ghasemi (garlicky smoked eggplant with toand savory kalbi sauce; japchae (gluten-free nooing: brined deviled eggs, corn dogs, chicken schnitmato), dolmeh (stuffed grape leaves). Instead, we zel, and a newcomer: “Betty Bird,” chicken settled on three appetizers: falafel, grilled shrimp roasted with herbs, jerked Caribbean-style and lamb hummus. Alas, the kitchen was out of or “shroomed” (prepared with seared henfalafel, but we couldn’t complain. We were satisof-the-woods mushrooms). Homespun fied and our palettes were pleased after consuming sides encompass wedge salad, “Mama T’s the two prawn-sized shrimp with a spicy jalapecabbage, twice-baked potatoes, mac-andno/yogurt. Merguez sausage rested on a swirl of cheese, sautéed green beans. Customers creamy hummus. also rave about Betty’s decadent cheeseAs servers passed us bearing entrees, we noted cake. La Betty, by the way, is named for the generous portions of roasted salmon; ChilTeresa’s German-Irish grandmother. For ean sea bass; beef stew with kidney beans; kebabs now, La Betty offers takeout, pickup and (shrimp, filet mignon, lamb). Dishes are escorted delivery Tuesday through Saturday from 5 by fragrant Persian-style rice. to 9 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For At the end of our meal, Rafael treated us to a more information call 202-408-8000 or delightful Persian dessert: two pistachio, rosewatervisit www.la-betty.com. perfumed ice cream sandwiches, which we shared A favorite Taste appetizer at And….Nicoletta Italian Kitchen, with a family celebrating a birthday at the next taRumi’s Kitchen is a pair of grilled 901 Fourth St. NW, has also reopened, prawn-size shrimp escorted by ble. I sipped a Rose de Provence, while designated again comforting neighbors and friends a mini-tub of spicy yogurt sauce. driver Peter quaffed a house-made mango soda. Photo: Celeste McCall with Italian specialties like pizza, chickOur total bill was only $45.65, before tip. Rumi’s en (or eggplant) parmesan, meatballs,

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In the Park View neighborhood, the long-awaited St. Vincent has opened. Equipped with high tops and wrought iron tables, the new wine bar has a 4,000-square-foot patio modeled after Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits, a popular courtyard hot spot in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. Besides beer, wine, cider and seltzers, you can order cheeses and charcuteries, with an expanded menu to come.

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St. Vincent is located at 3212 Georgia Ave., formerly Union Drinkery. Creators are Peyton Sherwood, a partner at the nearby Midlands Beer Garden, and Frederick Uku, former bartender at the Red Hen.

Market Watch

Here’s something we haven’t seen around here: Ivy City Smokehouse Market has been carrying fresh (live) razor clams. Priced at $16.99 per pound and plucked from icy New England waters, the cigarshaped mollusks can be prepared like mussels: Simply steam them a few minutes in butter, garlic, parsley and white wine. We arranged them atop sautéed halibut $22 per pound), also from Ivy City Smokehouse. Located at 1356 Okie St. NE, Ivy City Smokehouse is closed Monday. Call 202-529-3300 or visit www.ivycitysmokehouse.com.

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At The Movies

New Films from England and Romania: A Sensual Period Piece and a Searing Contemporary Documentary by Mike Canning

Ammonite

Saoirse Ronan (left) It might seem like slim and Kate Winslet pickings to make a movie discover each other in drama out of the limited, the film “Ammonite.” Photo: Claire Timmons, but productive, life of a courtesy NEON films. woman obsessed since youth with collecting fossils off a harsh English coast, but we now have it with “Ammonite,” the saga of the18th C. selftaught fossil hunter, Mary Anning (d. 1847). Starring Kate Winslet as Mary, the film was written and directed by Yorkshireman Francis Lee. But rather than just recounting the scientific drudgery of “a woman who sells seashells by the sea shore,” Lee relates the more compelling story of a furtive lesbian encounter on the rockbound swells of Dorset (the film is rated “R” and runs 117 minutes). Mary lives a repetitive, barren life in a grim stone house in the sea-side town of Lyme Regis with her widowed mother Molly (Gemma Jones), where they make a meager living selling sea trinkets to tourists. With lights low and clothing thick, their lives are shrouded in hues of dusty grays and dank blues, and poor mother, mildly addled, focuses slavishly on polishing eight ceramic figures, the number of children she has lost. Into their lives comes a fossil enthusiast, Roderick Murchison ( James McArdle) and his proper but ailing wife Charlotte (Saoirse Ronan). Once they’ve settled in, the husband asks for a favor from Mary: he must go on a scientific trip, but could the Annings (especially Mary) keep Charlotte entertained with life by the sea so she can get out of her

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stupor? This means going shelling with Mary to pass the time. Their relationship is rocky to start: Mary has no time for coddling this woeful woman and Charlotte is put off by Mary’s rough curtness. With time (the film does this quite gradually) Mary notices a spark in Charlotte, while the latter leaves her primness behind, gets muddy on the beach, and admires Mary’s sense of purpose. An accident leaves Charlotte abed, and Mary, perforce, becomes her caregiver, pushing the relationship along. Please note: while there was a real Mary and a real Charlotte—they were close friends--director Lee has totally confected the love affair. This is one of those movies, usually tagged as “Based on a true story,” which veers wildly into amatory fiction to enliven a turgid environment with sensuous punch. Also to note: while the development of the affair is

mostly in furtive, modest steps, there is one erotic scene that more than earns the film’s “R” rating. “Ammonite” (a coiled, chambered fossil shell from the Cretaceous period) is a studied two-hander for Ronan and Winslet, and they acquit themselves well. The young Irishwoman’s transition is convincing; a young city lady warming to a woman of sturdy competence and strength. She comes to shine just as her early pallor transforms into roseate cheeks. You can see why Mary becomes smitten. Meanwhile, Winslet also brightens, if more slowly, as she encounters sentiments she has never felt before. This is the kind of role in which Winslet—head down, hair in a tight bun, eyes forlorn--excels: a wary, suppressed woman discovering new human terrain. She is like one of her fossils, which, when cracked open, reveals a hidden, primordial beauty. “Ammonite” may sound grim, like a naturalistic novel by Thomas Hardy, who chronicled this same Dorset coast, but it contains a glimmer of hope.

Collective

This documentary about ingrained corruption in contemporary Romania is a wonder: a meticulously crafted landmark of investigative journalism, done in the spirit of the great 2015 film “Spotlight,” except it is real (the film is not rated and runs 109 mins). The title (“Colectiv” in Romanian) comes from

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Journalists Mirela Neag (left) and Catalin Tolontan appear in “Collective,” an Alexander Nanau Production, Samsa Film, HBO Europe 2019. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.

the name of an underground nightclub in Bucharest, that, in October 2015, burned to the ground in a fire, killing 25 patrons and leaving 180 wounded. As if the fire deaths were not bad enough, 37 of the burn victims died of infections in the aftermath in city hospitals, causing a scandal and national protests against a sketchy drug supplier (Hexi Pharma) and a corrupt regime. By early 2016, director Alexander Nauau and his crew began covering the wide-ranging scandal and the government’s response, tracing the hospital deaths to diluted disinfectants (watered down by 90 percent) from Hexi Pharma to treat burn victims. The scandal keeps expanding, led by a crusading journalist Catalin Tolotan, a Romanian-German reporter from the “Sports Gazette” newspaper, who leads a team to root out the truth through persistent inquiry, street smarts, and shoe leather. The paper’s reporters, with the help of betrayed whistle blowers, reveal the chemical company’s nefariousness, harass government spokesmen, find dirty money used as payouts, and do dogged research to parcel out the story over many months. Their pressure is enough to topple a government, leading to calls for reform and a new election. While the journalistic story is fascinating (and repellent), equally telling is the appearance of another truth-teller, a new interim Minister of Health (Vlad Voiculescu) who comes from Vienna with credentials in patients’ rights cases. His transparency is stun-

ning, and he allows the Gazette team into his confidence, allowing them to film his staff meetings and sit in on whistle blowers’ testimony as he works to put together a case for prosecution. This is the kind of backstory to corruption that is rarely seen in cinema. The film outlines in great detail the tenacious labor of Nauau (his own cinematographer) and his collaborators: the reporters filmed steadily from early 2016 to mid-2017, they took another year-and-one-half to edit and polish the documentary. The style may remind fans of the works of the legendary Frederick Wiseman: no interviews, no voice over explaining things, no suggestive music track. Just the bald presence of the all-seeing camera whose images are precisely cut to slowly reveal the shame of a society. “Collective” showcases a number of fascinating characters, none more striking than Tedy Ursuleani, a survivor of the fire left with harrowing burns. Posing in dramatic couture outfits while still showing her wounds, she embraces her shattered self as a symbol of the Collective horror.

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

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Shaw Streets by Pleasant Mann

Shaw Celebrates Small Business Saturday, 2020 Style

The celebration of Small Business Saturday, the annual promotion focused on patronizing small retailers during the holiday shopping season, has been a big event in Shaw since it started in 2010. Typically, Shaw’s celebration would start with a series of ribbon cuttings, welcoming all the new businesses to the neighborhood. Then all the retailers in Shaw would have an open house, offering discounts for the day through the use of “Shawbucks,” widely distributed coupons with the portrait of Colonel DC Water is helping Shaw neighborhood businesses affected by its Northeast Boundary Tunnel construction project. Photo: Pleasant Mann

Electric Cool-Aid owners Angela DelBrocco and Ben Schwartz receive a DC Water check from Alexander Padro, Shaw Main Streets Executive Director. Photo: Pleasant Mann

Shaw, the neighborhood’s namesake. The day would end with a raffle of gifts provided by local retailers. Unfortunately, this is not a typical year. The restrictions on activities during the current pandemic crisis have made festive schmoozing almost impossible. Still, Shaw was able to improvise to make this year’s Small Business Saturday memorable. To start, Shaw Main Streets created a virtual ribbon cutting on video, celebrating the neighborhood’s new businesses. The video has the proprietors of Pearl’s Bagels (1017 Seventh St. NW), Prescription Chicken (1819 Seventh St. NW) and Salon Revive (944 Florida Ave. NW) describe their businesses and why they chose Shaw. The other new businesses that opened this year in Shaw include 1914 by Kolben (1914 Ninth St. NW), Andy’s Pizza (2016 Ninth St. NW), Echo Park (2012-2014 Ninth St. NW), Electric Cool-Aid (512 Rhode Island Ave. NW), Elite Dominican Hair Salon (803 Florida Ave. NW), Emmy Squared (1924 Ninth St. NW), Oyster Oyster (1440 Eighth St. NW), Rumi’s Kitchen (640 L St. NW), Taqueria Xochi (924 U St. NW) and the new Whole Foods – Florida Avenue (967 Florida Ave. NW). And Shaw was still able to hold an open

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house for Small Business Saturday, albeit with virtual features. Shawbucks turned into a cryptocurrency this year, with shoppers identifying where they planned to shop by email. They then received a QR code in return that they could redeem for a discount at the store. Eleven retailers accepted the new Shawbucks for purchases made Saturday and Sunday.

Shaw Main Streets still celebrated Small Business Saturday, even in a constricted pandemic environment. Image: courtesy of Shaw Main Streets

#ShawTakeout DC Water Makes it Rain for Shaw Businesses

“I like boardin’ jets/I like mornin’ sex/But nothing in this world that I like more than checks” – Cardi B A number of Shaw businesses received checks recently, courtesy of DC Water and its Northeast Boundary Tunnel (NEBT) project. The project, which will bring the District’s sewage system up to 21st Century standards, has disrupted life for residents and businesses along Rhode Island Avenue from Bloomingdale down to Shaw. The project’s presence in Shaw is at its R Street construction site, a triangular block at R and Sixth Streets. The work on the site, with its towering cranes, has disrupted business in the area by clogging traffic, taking up parking spaces and covering views of commercial signage. To mitigate the impact of the construction, which will go on until the year 2023, DC Water partnered with Shaw Main Streets to work on supporting Shaw businesses affected by the NEBT. The first phase focused on assessing each business’ needs and providing appropriate technical and financial assistance. Then it was decided to provide the affected businesses cash to allow them to address their own priorities. Five businesses surrounding the R Street site, AIM Auto Repair, Electric Cool-Aid, Golden China restaurant, Guilford Liquors and Red Toque Kabob, each received just under $12,000. The NEBT also has a program to compensate local property owners who believe that tunnel construction activities caused damage to their property in some way. Call the 24/7 NEBT Hotline – (800) 988-6151 – to initiate the claims process. Leave a message stating that you would like to submit a claim and include your name and contact information.

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Photo: Victoria Milko

Whether your taste runs toward the classic or creative, Shaw’s bars offer a wide range of tastes, from divey Ivy and Coney to world class Columbia Room, from sudsy Right Proper to frenchy La Jambe. You can’t sit at the bar right now, but you can order your favorites to go or try something new.

TAKE A SIP OR CHUG A PINT. EITHER WAY, IT’LL BE #SHAWSOME!

www.shawmainstreets.org Shaw Main Streets is a designated DC Main Streets program and is funded in part by the Department of Small and Local Business Development, Muriel E. Bowser, Mayor ©2020 Shaw Main Streets, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Shiloh Baptist Church revealed preliminary plans for redeveloping its properties. Image: courtesy of Four Points Development

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The Shaw community got a glimpse of the property development plans of Shiloh Baptist Church December 1, when it went before ANC 6E to get support for Zoning Map Amendments it needed. The church has recently signed a letter of intent to work with Four Points and Capstone developers to improve their holdings on both sides of the 1500 block of Ninth Street and on P Street, consisting of a total of 11 lots. The Zoning Map Amendments are needed to increase the density of the new development and make it financially viable. The developers displayed a concept that illustrated the density and massing they envisioned for the project. Among the major features was a new apartment building on P Street on what is now a surface parking lot. There would also be a redevelopment of the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current community center and neighboring row houses to add new apartments. The project proposal was well received by ANC members and Shaw residents. A number

ANC 6E

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dvisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6E held its monthly meeting for November on Tuesday evening, November 10. Commission Chair Rachelle Nigro (6E04) called the meeting to order with Alexander Padro (6E01), Michael Brown (6E02), Frank Wiggins (6E03, Vice Chair/ Treasurer) and Kevin Rogers (6E07) in attendance. There was a quorum to conduct official business.

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of people noted that the condition of the Shiloh properties had been a sore point in the neighborhood for decades and that everyone was anxiously waiting for the new development to move forward.

DC9 Brings Back Live Music (Sort of)

The lockdown caused by the pandemic has hurt everyone, but perhaps no one as much as Shawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nightclubs, like DC9. As a nightclub, DC9 was prevented from serving people from the bar and playing live music before an audience. It bounced back by establishing a take-out menu, then serving people on its roof and at a parklet it established out front (both spaces now set up with heat for the winter). Now it has found a way to continue its mission to stage live acts from up and coming bands with a national, and occasionally international, reputation. Just go to their website (www.dc9.club), buy a modestly priced ticket for a concert, and they will send you a link to see the concert performed live at DC9 via streaming. Kontrolled Khaos is scheduled to perform on December 15. u

Captain Dorrough gave the report for the MPD First District. He said that there had been an increase in activity in the Mount Vernon Triangle. Property crime has stayed the same, but there have been increases in stolen autos, and violent crime has doubled. The stolen autos are largely the result of delivery drivers leaving their cars running. The number of stolen autos has quadrupled from last year, with Mount Vernon being a particular hot spot. There were a number of shootings in the First District in October. Activity in Chinatown has actually decreased, although it is in the same PSA as Mount Vernon. Massachusetts Avenue seems to be the dividing line. There were robberies at the Mount Vernon 7-Eleven and at the Smoothie Cafe, but MPD has been able to successfully close these incidents. Commissioner Wiggins wondered if the homeless encampments in the area were a source of crime. Dorrough said that the homeless were actually one of the parts of the population most vulnerable to crime. Lieutenant Daee gave the crime report for the Third District. They have ticketed idling cars to reduce stolen auto incidents. We should expect an increase in thefts from autos and porch package thefts as the holidays approach. Residents should try to use options like the Amazon lockers at supermarkets to receive packages from online purchases. There seems to be a trend of Hondas being broken into in order to steal their air bags. Commissioner Nigro said that people had found it difficult to make police reports for thefts from autos. There might be a problem with the 911 protocols of the Office of Unified Communications. Commissioner Padro said that the problems of criminals hanging out on the 1300 block of Eighth Street seemed to be successfully addressed, although it appears that they had moved to the 600 block of O Street. Wiggins said that it was disheartening to just see the problem move.

Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Committee

Commissioner Padro, chair of the ABC Committee, started by explaining that there were two license renewals to discuss, but the committee had not been able to make contact with the applicants. The two establishments were Safeway (490 L Street, NW) and Walmart (99 H Street, NW). When Padro contacted the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration for the information, he was told that he would have to make a Freedom of Information Act request to get it. Padro suggested that given the situation, the ANC had to protest the renewal of the licenses for both Safeway and Walmart. He noted that both stores had violations on their records. He offered separate motions to protest the renewal of the licenses. Both motions passed unanimously.

Zoning and Planning Committee

1320 - 1322 Eighth Street NW. Request for support of a project going before the Historic Preservation Review Board. The project involves two existing two-story townhouses with a new addition built behind them. The project will have a total of nine units with three parking spaces. An earlier version of the project had a penthouse that could be seen from the street. The latest version has the addition set back far enough to not be seen. The ANC voted unanimously to support the project. 454 Ridge Street NW. Requested support for a series of zoning variances from the Board of Zoning Adjustment. The owner wanted to expand his current house to build a small unit for a family member. He also needed to convert a non-conforming lot to a record lot. The ANC unanimously passed a motion to support the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s petition to the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

ANC 2021 Budget

Commissioner Wiggins introduced an ANC budget for 2021. Besides charges for communications and office supplies, it budgeted $25,000 for community grants. A resident commented that there should be a budget item for a lawyer to negotiate Planned Unit Development agreements with developers coming to the ANC for support. Most of the commissioners did not think that this was necessary. The proposed budget passed unanimously.

Next Meeting

ANC 6E will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, December 1 at 6:30 p.m. Plans are to hold this meeting as a virtual conference. Visit www.anc6e.org for more information. u

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BULLETIN BOARD New Sculpture in Mount Vernon Triangle

“Unity Perch,” an abstract stainless steel sculpture representing a bird resting after a migratory flight, was unveiled in front of the recently completed Capitol Vista apartment building at 810 New Jersey Avenue, NW on October 29th. The artist, Zachary Oxman, also created the “Symphony in DC Major” sculpture at City market at O on the 700 block of P Street and “Encore,” honoring “Duke” Ellington, adjacent to the Howard Theatre in Shaw. The sculpture project, commissioned by Capitol Vista Community Partners with support from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Public Art Building Communities program, was coordinated by Shaw Main Streets.

Photo: Alexander M. Padro, Courtesy Shaw Main Streets.

Friday Teatime for LGBTQ Older Adults

On Fridays, 2 to 3:30 p.m., join others for DC Center’s Friday Teatime and social hour for older LGBTQ+ adults. Bring your beverage of choice and meet on Zoom. For the Zoom link or more information, contact Justin at justin@thedccenter.org. The DC Center for the LGBT Community educates, empowers, celebrates, and connects the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. To fulfill their mission, they focus on four core areas: health and wellness, arts and culture, social and peer support, and advocacy and community building. thedccenter.org.

Holidays at the Capitol Riverfront

The holidays are not cancelled in Capitol Riverfront. 12 Days of CapRiv, Dec. 11 through Dec. 20, brings an exciting lineup of festive activities to safely celebrate the holidays in a fun and socially-

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distanced way during a time when many holiday traditions and events are not possible. From holiday-themed drive-in movies and virtual winter cocktail-making classes with local restaurant bartenders, to a holiday family photo pop-up and pet portraits with Santa, these two weeks of remixed holiday traditions will keep the reason for the season alive at the riverfront. Activities are open to the public—some free and some ticketed, with proceeds going to local neighborhood charities and food-support charities throughout the District. capitolriverfront.org/do/12-days-of-capriv.

Health Insurance Open Enrollment Period

DC residents are urged to enroll in the Affordable Care Act state-based health insurance marketplace. Open enrollment runs through Jan. 31, 2021. For coverage to be effective Jan. 1, 2021, res-

idents must enroll by Dec. 15, 2020. There are 25 private health insurance options from CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente for residents to fit all budgets--15 of the available 25 health plans will have lower premiums than in 2020. District residents can enroll in a health insurance plan online through DCHealthLink.com, or by calling 855-532-LINK [5465]. Some residents will qualify for reduced premiums. Small businesses--as well as individuals and families eligible for Medicaid--can enroll through DCHealthLink.com throughout the year.

Bottomless Mimosas at Shaw Tavern

2020 has been tough. To make December a little better Shaw Tavern will be offering Bottomless Mimosas and Brunch Specials seven days a week all December long. Mon-Fri from 11:30-3 and Sat. and Sun. from 10-3 pm. ($17pp for two hours). Make reservations at shawtavern.com.

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people include: Before you travel, get a test. If you test positive, don’t travel. Get tested within 72 hours of traveling. If you are a close contact of a confirmed positive case, don’t travel. If you are visitor to DC for more than three days, get tested within three to five days of arrival. Exceptions are visitors from Maryland and Virginia, essential workers and family emergency. coronavirus. dc.gov.

DCPSC Offers Free Home Weatherization

#FITDC3 Campaign Empowers Residents to Take Control of Their Health

On Nov. 12, the Bowser administration launched the #FITDC3 campaign to prepare residents for 2021 and beyond by offering a new, online health and wellness resource guide designed to make healthy living easier. As the District continues its coronavirus (COVID-19) response and recovery efforts, the need for comprehensive approaches to strengthening immune systems, improving mental health, and adapting to a new and healthier lifestyle is clear. Powered by AETNA, a CVS company, and executed by the Department of Parks and Recreation, #FITDC3 will be a year-long campaign featuring: online fitness content and nutrition information for the body; monthly mental health checks and good habits to adopt for the mind; and virtual fitness events that unite and inspire communities to be their fittest selves. All content and programming are available on the newly launched, FITDC3.com.

Updated DC Travel Guidance

Mayor Bowser has issued Mayor’s Order 2020110, which modifies the requirements for visitors coming into Washington, DC and District residents returning to DC from any state or country that is not considered “low-risk.” Requirements for visitors coming into Washington, DC from a jurisdiction with more than 10 cases per 100,000

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The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia kicks off its annual Winter Ready DC campaign from November to March to encourage District residents to prepare their homes for winter to help avoid high utility bills. District residents can receive a free weatherization kit and learn about resources and assistance programs to help manage their utility bills. To receive a kit, you must be a District resident and sign-up at dcpsc.org/winterreadydc. Kits will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. The free weatherization kits are designed to help seal air leaks in your home, which is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve energy efficiency and comfort in your home. The kits include door/window weatherstripping, foam pipe insulation, foam switch and outlet gaskets and a window insulation shrink kit.

moveDC 2021 Feedback Sought

viding comments on interactive network maps, participating in telephone office hours, watching a recording of their virtual town hall, and participating in an online survey. Visit movedc-dcgis.hub. arcgis.com/pages/resources. You can also learn more and share your ideas by email at movedc@ dc.gov or phone at 202-599-7371.

Take a Survey to Shape Future of Parks and Recreation

DPR has released a citywide survey to gather public input to create, “Ready2Play”, a new 20-year parks and recreation master plan for the District. Now live on ready2playdc.com, the survey will be available until Dec. 20, 2020. Residents can also find in-person survey copies at all open recreation centers and aquatic centers. The Ready2Play plan will take a holistic view of parks and recreational opportunities throughout the District, not just at DPR’s existing parks and recreation centers, but also at federal parks, school sites and other locations. Ready2Play will also identify key priorities and initiatives for DPR to pursue, set long-term goals, establish metrics to track progress and help prioritize where and what types of amenities, programs and investments are made. DPR will host community meetings citywide in January 2021. More information on the plan and expected timeline is available at Ready2PlayDC.com. Residents can send any comments, questions, or concerns directly to DPR by emailing ready2play@dc.gov.

$100 Million “Bridge Fund” to Support Hospitality, Entertainment, and Retail Industries

Mayor Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development have announced the Bridge Fund, a $100 million investment in businesses and workers grappling with the COVID-19 public health emergency in the hospitality, entertainment, and retail sectors. Through the Bridge Fund, the District will strategically invest to sustain the hospitality, entertainment, and retail industries to help mitigate the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on workers and businesses. Funds will be disbursed via four programs: Restaurant Bridge Fund, $35 million; Hotel Bridge Fund, $30 million; Entertainment Bridge Fund, $20 million; and Retail Bridge Fund: $15 million. For more information, visit coronavirus.dc.gov/ page/recovery-businesses.

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DOEE Guide Helps District Residents Weigh Solar Financing Options

The Bowser Administration, through the Department of Energy and Environment has issued a guide that shows District residents how to use solar energy to reduce their utility costs. The Consumer Solar Finance Guide, developed in partnership with the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), can help residents make informed decisions in a marketplace where the price of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system is dropping dramatically, but there are myriad installation and financing to sort through. The guide does not cover technical considerations related to photovoltaic system siting, installation, and interconnection with the electricity grid. As part of the Guide’s launch, DOEE is holding a Solar Financing 101 informational webinar for residents Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 1 p.m. Register at eventbrite.com/e/solar-financing101-tickets-128678606175. doee.dc.gov.

Feed the Fridge Provides Free Meals to DC Residents

Medium Rare restaurant owner Mark Bucher has partnered with DC Department of Parks and Recreation to launch the Feed the Fridge program at select DPR facilities. Feed the Fridge places refrigerators stocked with free and fresh restaurantprovided meals across the city to help residents in need. Feed the Fridge meals are “grab-n-go” and no registration or ID is required. Feed the Fridge has installed an initial eight of a planned 20 refrigerators inside of DPR locations. Refrigerators are sanitized and stocked with 25 meals daily. Ultimately, each fridge will be stocked with up to 100 meals per day. Currently Feed the Fridge locations are Takoma Aquatic Center, Rumsey Aquatic Center, Arthur Clapper Recreation Center, Fort Stanton Recreation Center, Bald Eagle Recreation Center, Raymond Recreation Center, Emery Heights Community Center and Columbia Heights Community Center. dpr.dc.gov.

National Christmas Tree is Open to Visitors

The National Christmas Tree at President’s Park was lit on Dec. 3. Due to COVID-19-related public health concerns, the National Park Service and National Park Foundation did not host a live audience

Photo: Courtesy of DC Department of Parks and Recreation

WINTERFEST at Wunder Garten

Through Sunday, Dec. 20, Wunder Garten, 1101 First St. NE, hosts its fourth annual WINTERFEST holiday pop up festival. Find everything from Christmas trees, holiday craft activities, Santa Pet Photos, seasonal beers and warm cocktails. The Giving Tree Christmas tree lot is back selling a wide variety of fresh-cut trees--from Frasier Firs, Balsam Firs, Douglas Firs, White Pine, Scotch Pine and Blue Spruce. Parking is available through PMI (entrance on L Street). Giving Tree hours are Mondays thru Thursdays, 4 to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 4 to 9 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 9 p.m. There will be Drag Queen Bingo, Drag Queen Trivia, and Holi-gay parties hosted by DC’s very own Queens, Crystal Edge and Katrina The Hurricane Colby. Also, WINTERFEST will host a variety of popup restaurants throughout the season. Masks are required for entry and no more than six people at a table. Wunder Garten hours of operation are Mondays to Thursdays, 4 to 10 p.m.; Fridays, 3-to 10 p.m.; Saturdays to Sundays, noon -to 10 p.m. wundergartendc.com. this year. The tree area is open to visitors through January 1. The Lighting Ceremony, accompanied by holiday performances, is available to watch throughout the season on-demand at thenationaltree.org.

Take a Survey to Shape Future of Parks and Recreation

The Bowser Administration and DPR has released a citywide survey to gather public input to create, “Ready2Play”, a new 20-year parks and recreation master plan for the District. Now live on ready2playdc.com, the survey will be available until Dec. 20, 2020. Residents can also find inperson survey copies at all open recreation centers and aquatic centers. The Ready2Play plan

will take a holistic view of parks and recreational opportunities throughout the District, not just at DPR’s existing parks and recreation centers, but also at federal parks, school sites and other locations. Ready2Play will also identify key priorities and initiatives for DPR to pursue, set long-term goals, establish metrics to track progress and help prioritize where and what types of amenities, programs and investments are made. DPR will host community meetings citywide in January 2021. More information on the plan and expected timeline is available at Ready2PlayDC.com. Residents can send any comments, questions, or concerns directly to DPR by emailing ready2play@dc.gov.

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$20 million; and Retail Bridge Fund: $15 million. For more information, visit coronavirus.dc.gov/ page/recovery-businesses.

DCPSC Offers Free Home Weatherization

The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia kicks off its annual Winter Ready DC campaign from November to March to encourage District residents to prepare their homes for winter to help avoid high utility bills. District residents can receive a free weatherization kit and learn about resources and assistance programs to help manage their utility bills. To receive a kit, you must be a District resident and sign-up at dcpsc. org/winterreadydc. Kits will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. The free weatherization kits are designed to help seal air leaks in your home, which is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve energy efficiency and comfort in your home. The kits include door/window weatherstripping, foam pipe insulation, foam switch and outlet gaskets and a window insulation shrink kit.

DC Residents Urged to Get Health Insurance During OpenEnrollment Period

DC residents are urged to enroll in the Affordable Care Act state-based health insurance marketplace. Open enrollment runs through Jan. 31, 2021. For coverage to be effective Jan. 1, 2021, residents must enroll by Dec. 15, 2020. District residents can enroll in a health insurance plan online through DCHealthLink.com, or by calling 855-532-LINK [5465]. Some residents will qualify for reduced premiums. Residents who enroll on or before Dec. 15, 2020 will have their coverage start Jan. 1, 2021. After that date, plan selections made by the 15th of each month during Open Enrollment will be effective on the first day of the following month. Small businesses--as well as individuals and families eligible for Medicaid--can enroll through DCHealthLink.com throughout the year.

moveDC 2021 Feedback Sought

Do you drive, walk, bike, ride a bus, or take a train in the District? DDOT needs your feedback for moveDC, the District’s long-range multimodal transportation plan, which will set the 25-year vision for the transportation system. Share your vision for the city’s transportation system by providing comments on interactive network maps, participating in telephone office hours, watching a recording of their virtual town hall, and participating in an online survey. Visit movedc-dcgis.hub. arcgis.com/pages/resources. You can also learn more and share your ideas by email at movedc@ dc.gov or phone at 202-599-7371.

$100 Million “Bridge Fund”to Support Hospitality, Entertainment, and Retail Industries

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Smithsonian Museums and Zoo Close Temporarily

Actress/writer Perri Gaffney The Essential Theatre Presents The Resurrection of Alice

The Essential Theatre has launched the first in a series of virtual performances. The Helen Hayes Award nominated one-woman show, “The Resurrection of Alice,” is its first presentation available thru Jan. 10, as a Pay-What-You-Can on-demand performance run. Written and performed by two time Helen Hayes Award nominee, Perri Gaffney, the play is an exceptionally heartwarming, funny and poignant exploration of a young girls journey into a pre-arranged marriage with a much older man to financially sustain her family during the great depression of the 1930’s. Recommended for audiences aged 17 and older for its mild sexually suggestive situations. Tickets are available at theessentialtheatre.org or call 800-868-3006.

Due to rising regional and national cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Smithsonian museums, including the National Zoo, have temporarily closed to the public. Due to the changing nature of the situation, they are not announcing a reopening date at this time.

Nationals Park is now a COVID-19 Testing Site

Nationals Park has opened as a new COVID-19 testing site. You can get tested in the GEICO Garage, 16 N St. SE, on Monday through Friday from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. If you are going to any District testing site, please pre-register at coronavirus. dc.gov/register. You will provide your insurance information when you pre-register online and you will not need to show your insurance card at the site. If you provide insurance, you will not be charged a copay. Testing remains free, and no one will be turned away or denied testing if they do not have insurance. u

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ZooLights Express Visits DC’s Eight Wards

ZooLights Express—powered by Pepco—will bring the colorful glow of Washington, DC’s beloved Smithsonian’s National Zoo holiday tradition into the community. Festively decorated with light displays and featuring “Panda Claws,” the 24-foot ZooLights Express truck will hit the road, visiting one Washington, DC ward each Friday and Saturday night from 6 to 8 p.m. Here’s the remaining city schedule: Dec. 5 (Ward 4), Dec. 11 (Ward 5), Dec. 12 (Ward 6), Dec. 18 (Ward 7) and Dec. 19 (Ward 8). Usually held onsite at the Zoo for the past 13 years, ZooLights has been reimagined into ZooLights Express, a distanced and safe way to bring joy and bit of holiday sparkle. Specific ZooLights Express routes are posted on nationalzoo.si.edu and shared on social media encouraging people to watch for the truck in their neighborhood.

Season’s Greenings in 2020

The United States Botanic Garden will have expanded online programming and limited holiday decorations this year. Festive adornments, winterberries, lights, and greenery will be placed in the Terrace Gardens and Bartholdi Park through Jan. 10, 2021. There will not be a train display this year, and the Conservatory and gated outdoor gardens remain closed time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Garden’s free annual holiday concerts will stream online this year. Festive concerts of seasonal music will feature Chelsey Green (classical, R&B, and hip hop fusion) on Dec. 8; Cantor Arianne Brown (Chanukah and world music) on Dec. 15; Chris Urquiaga “JChris” (pop, R&B,

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and Latin) on Dec. 22; and Veronneau (acoustic jazz with a global twist) on Dec. 29. The concerts will premiere at 5:30 p.m. on the Garden’s website at USBG.gov/HolidayConcerts and on the USBG Facebook and YouTube channels.

Mosaic Theater’s Inaugural High School Playwriting Contest

Submissions are now being accepted for Mosaic’s Inaugural playwriting contest which is open to all students in grades nine through twelve currently enrolled at DC and Prince George’s County public and public charter high schools. Students may compete in as many as three categories of any

genre and topic (though a student can only win in one), determined by length and cast size of play: a monologue of up to 10 minutes; a multi-person play of up to 10 minutes; and a multi-person play between 10 and 20 minutes in length. Each category will award first, second and third prizes, accompanied by $300, $200 and $100, respectively, to be announced Jan. 28, 2021. The top three plays in each category will enjoy a live-streamed performance hosted by Mosaic in late February, featuring a company of professional actors and directors. For a list of rules, formatting guidelines, writing prompts and to submit, visit mosaictheater.org/ on-the-move. Submission deadline is Dec. 15, 11:59 p.m.

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Inspiration: Big Ideas Make for Big Music

The National Symphony Orchestra’s Young People’s Concerts are full orchestra concerts for school groups, grades 3-8. Each season, these performance demonstrations introduce students to the instruments and musicians of the orchestra, as well as musical concepts and curated selections from the orchestral repertoire that connect to educational themes. Hear/view them at kennedy-center.org/ypc.

Season’s Greenings in 2020

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Mosaic Theater’s Inaugural High School Playwriting Contest

and topic (though a student can only win in one), determined by length and cast size of play: a monologue of up to 10 minutes; a multi-person play of up to 10 minutes; and a multi-person play between 10 and 20 minutes in length. Each category will award first, second and third prizes, accompanied by $300, $200 and $100, respectively, to be announced Jan. 28, 2021. The top three plays in each category will enjoy a live-streamed performance hosted by Mosaic in late February, featuring a company of professional actors and directors. For a list of rules, formatting guidelines, writing prompts and to submit, visit mosaictheater.org/on-the-move. Submission deadline is Dec. 15, 11:59 p.m.

Audubon for Kids

In many ways every child is born a scientist--exploring their world, leading small experiments, asking questions, searching for answers. That innate curiosity and drive to inquiry is what Rachel Carson, the groundbreaking conservationist and author, called a sense of wonder. “A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement,” she wrote. “It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.” Audubon.org/get-outside/Audubonfor-kids aims to bring together activities from across Audubon’s national network of environmental educators. These activities can be done at home or in a yard or park, sometimes with the help of a computer. The goal isn’t to teach a child how to name and identify bird species, but rather to give them space to explore and feel connected to the natural world. If you’re a parent or caretaker, that means you don’t need to worry about your own knowledge of birds or plants. All you need to be is a companion to your child’s curiosity.

Natural History’s Perish or Evolve Board Game

Natural History’s Perish or Evolve Board Game was developed by artist-illustrator Hannah Bonner and the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Program, Smithsonian Institution. The set-up is similar to Chutes and Ladders--you use chips and a die to reach the finish. Evolve or Perish, however, also takes you through 630 million years of evolution from life in the sea to life on land. The guidebook explains all the organisms and events in more detail and supports learning about the history of life on our planet. The game can be played by two to four, at two levels--beginner and advanced—and takes 15 to 30

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Lights on the Bay at Sandy Point State Park

Through Jan. 2, daily, 5 to 10 p.m., Lights on the Bay features a two-mile scenic drive along the Chesapeake Bay with approximately 70 animated and stationary displays illuminating the roadway, including traditional Maryland-themed favorites, holiday and children’s displays. Enjoy from your car at $20 per car; $30, passenger vans; $50, buses. Lights on the Bay benefits the SPCA of Anne Arundel County. Sandy Point State Park, 1100 East College Pkwy. (off Route 50, at exit 32, near the Bay Bridge), Annapolis, MD. lightsonthebay.org. minutes. Download the game, instructions and guidebook at naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/paleontology/ evolve-or-perish-board-game.

Serve DC Says “Make Fire Safety Fun with Kids”

Build a Kid-Free Zone in the kitchen. Make your own STAY OUT OF THE 36” KID-FREE ZONE sign and serve up safety in the kitchen by following the family cooking safety checklist at nfpa.org. Lead the conversation about fire safety with kid-friendly activities. Go to sparky. org for kids’ games, videos and activities.

National Cathedral (online) Family Christmas Service

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Greater DC Diaper Bank Celebrates a Decade of Diapers

The Greater DC Diaper Bank has just marked its 10th anniversary and is inviting individuals, families and groups to help celebrate and support their work to provide essential goods for babies and families throughout DC, Maryland and Virginia. Interested individuals, families and groups can help by hosting its first Give A Little, Change A Lot! Virtual 5K event, which can be run, walked, skated or danced. The only rules are to complete a 5K through the end of this year and have fun. Individuals and businesses can host a diaper drive or spend a few hours volunteering. Since its founding in 2010, Greater DC Diaper Bank has served tens of thousands of families and has distributed more than 12 million diapers. This year, GDCDB is on track to distribute more than seven million diapers. For more information, visit greaterdcdiaperbank.org.

REAL ESTATE

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Changing Hands is a list of most residential sales in the Midcity DC area from the previous month. A feature of every issue, this list, based on the MRIS, is provided courtesy of Don Denton, manager of the Coldwell Banker office on Capitol Hill. The list includes address, sales price and number of bedrooms. Neighborhood Close Price 14TH STREET CORRIDOR 1318 Belmont St NW

BLOOMINGDALE 28 Quincy Pl NW 5 Adams St NW 157 U St NW 62 Seaton Pl NW

2,100,000

1,075,000 1,063,000 992,775 890,000

4 4 3 3

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 3600 11th St NW 3527 13th St NW 1120 Columbia Rd NW 1030 Lamont St NW 3319 11th St NW 609 Irving St NW 3465 Holmead Pl NW 638 Rock Creek Church Rd NW 715 Irving St NW 752 Hobart Pl NW 737 Girard St NW 775 Fairmont #REAR ST NW 715 Gresham Pl NW 1341 Oak St NW 1304 Randolph St NW 755 Kenyon St NW 1427 Parkwood Pl NW

1,175,000 1,060,000 985,000 868,000 842,500 830,000 830,000 810,000 805,000 775,000 769,000 715,000 715,000 700,777 665,000 600,000 599,900

DUPONT CIRLCE 1774 T St NW

1,070,000

5 6 7 7 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 0 4 5 3 2 5 3

ECKINGTON 134 R St NE 1809 N Capitol St NE 154 R St NE 2029 3rd St NE

1,175,000 930,000 718,000 660,000

4 6 3 3

EDGEWOOD 204 Channing St NE 220 Adams St NE

780,000 652,222

LEDROIT PARK 235 Florida Ave NW 1913 6th St NW 2009 4th St NW

1,150,000 1,100,000 692,000

LOGAN CIRCLE 1449 S St NW 1912 10th St NW 1534 T St NW 933 O St NW 1841 12th St NW 1441 Rhode Island Ave NW #113 1111 R St NW 1449 Swann St NW 942 T St NW

965,000 990,000 1,880,000 1,700,000 1,529,000 960,000 857,000 2,090,000 2,075,000

OLD CITY #2 939 Westminster St NW 1201 4th St NW 2127 10th St NW 613 Rhode Island Ave NW 1213 Rhode Island Ave NW

1,175,000 1,049,900 720,000 680,000 630,000

4 3

4 5 2 4 3 5 3 3 2 2 4 5 5 3 2 2 0

SHAW 811 T St NW 802 Rhode Island Ave NW 1411 5th St NW

2,200,000 1,300,000 1,225,000

7 6 4

2535 13th St NW #105 3514 13th St NW #8 1390 Kenyon St NW #406 1415 Chapin St NW #101 625 Park Rd NW #107 3606 Rock Creek Church Rd NW #101 TRUXTON CIRCLE 4012 Kansas Ave NW #2 36 Florida Ave NW 885,000 3 1495 Newton St NW #304 1321 Fairmont St NW #207 CONDO 1341 Clifton St NW #203 1401 Columbia Rd NW #414 14TH STREET CORRIDOR 1443 Oak St NW #104 1423 Clifton St NW #4 718,000 2 212 Oakwood St SE #313 1801 16th St NW #504 415,000 1 1439 Euclid St NW #104

1913 4th St NW 1618 4th St NW 1824 10th St NW 417 Warner St NW

1,200,000 762,500 649,000 603,000

ADAMS MORGAN 1700 Kalorama Rd NW #407 2363 Champlain St NW #23 2550 17th St NW #213 2380 Champlain St NW #10 1701 Kalorama Rd NW #405 1701 Kalorama Rd NW #206 1654 Euclid St NW #202 2630 Adams Mill Rd NW #5 1833 California St NW #301 1949 Calvert St NW #1949 1/2 1827 Florida Ave NW #203 2611 Adams Mill Rd NW #306

890,000 819,900 710,700 678,000 672,500 670,000 650,000 625,000 437,000 427,000 399,000 389,000

BLOOMINGDALE 117 T St NW #2 67 Randolph Pl NW #2 1812 1st St NW #1 70 Rhode Island Ave NW #204 1826 N Capitol St NW #1

899,000 766,000 715,000 500,000 341,000

CAPITOL HILL 1341 Maryland Ave NE #103 901 D St NE #206 56 15th St NE #56 615 D St NE #1 1391 Pennsylvania Ave SE #309 900 11th St SE #405 1449 A St NE #B 408 Seward Sq SE #5 410 15th St NE #14 1209 G St SE #6 1710 Gales St NE #5

1,000,000 844,000 701,000 680,000 650,000 507,500 456,000 448,000 429,000 425,000 402,500

4 2 2 2

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

CENTRAL 400 Massachusetts Ave NW #514 1133 14th St NW #1011 809 6th St NW #51 915 E St NW #601 1415 21st St NW #A

574,900 503,000 489,900 470,000 358,200

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 2623 13th St NW #2 2719 13th St NW #1 1364 Newton Street NW #2 1425 Euclid St NW #12 1328 Park Rd NW #H 761 Kenyon St NW #4 2812 Georgia Ave NW #9 757 Park Rd NW #2 2725 13th St NW #3 1118 Monroe St NW #1 3660 New Hampshire Ave NW #2 1419 Clifton St NW #302 2618 University Pl NW #6 2920 Georgia Ave NW #207

1,070,000 980,000 949,900 910,000 860,000 810,000 799,000 799,000 789,000 780,000 680,000 669,000 599,900 580,000

1 1 2 1 0

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

570,000 565,000 559,000 535,000 485,000 470,000 445,000 400,000 359,900 350,000 345,000 322,000 216,000 206,000

DUPONT CIRCLE 1720 S St NW #SE 1800 R St NW #602 1612 Q St NW #1 1330 New Hampshire Ave NW #821 1529 Q St NW #4 1736 18th St NW #404 1815 18th St NW #500 1401 17th St NW #612 1401 17th St NW #404 1511 22nd St NW #42 2012 O St NW #54 1930 New Hampshire Ave NW #37 2012 O St NW #12 1301 20th St NW #213 1752 Corcoran St NW #2A 1330 New Hampshire Ave NW #202 1727 Massachusetts Ave NW #208 1601 18th St NW #912 1801 16th St NW #105 1704 T St NW #403

685,000 502,500 495,000 342,500 1,285,000 790,000 790,000 676,000 645,000 546,188 520,000 415,000 410,000 371,000 360,500 342,500 280,000 265,000 915,000 900,000

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

ECKINGTON

307 Todd Place NE #2 211 R St NE #B 302 Todd Pl NE #1

800,000 733,000 410,000

LEDROIT PARK 531 T St NW #203 122 Bryant St NW #1 2035 2nd St NW #G107 129 W St NW #102 511 Rhode Island Ave NW #A

939,000 745,000 499,900 459,000 355,000

LOGAN CIRCLE 1425 Rhode Island Ave NW #42 1515 15th St NW #607 940 P St NW #A 1401 Church St NW #520 1720 13th St NW #2 1325 13th St NW #12 1325 13th St NW #29 1401 Church St NW #402 1741 Johnson Ave NW #202 1312 Massachusetts Ave NW #601 1209 13th St NW #806 1515 15th St NW #414 1529 14th St NW #401 1404 11th St NW #301 1133 14th St NW #1102 1550 11th Street NW #204 1300 N St NW #804 1245 13th St NW #911 1314 Massachusetts Ave NW #405 1300 N St NW #104

700,000 2,800,000 1,425,000 1,175,000 1,048,000 900,000 869,500 774,900 755,000 710,000 702,000 670,000 630,000 599,555 520,000 469,000 457,000 455,000 449,900 425,000

2 3 2

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

7 Logan Cir NW #3 1125 12th St NW #85 1441 Rhode Island Ave NW #410

384,900 325,000 629,000

MT VERNON SQUARE 469 M St NW #NO. 1 408 M St NW #4 1010 Massachusetts Ave NW #1201 1117 10th St NW #1002 1126 5th St NW #3 426 M St NW #D 440 L St NW #807

989,900 849,000 930,000 649,000 630,000 510,000 510,000

1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2

NOMA 50 Florida Ave NE #213 50 Florida Ave NE #211 50 Florida Ave NE #216

489,650 481,400 430,500

OLD CITY #2 1514 8th St NW #8 408 M St NW #2 1515 15th St NW #212 408 M St NW #3 35 Q St NW #1 1527 Church St NW #A 1925 16th St NW #201 1413 T St NW #408 1125 12th St NW #35 1440 N St NW #704 440 L St NW #814

965,000 849,000 750,000 750,000 660,000 590,000 458,000 310,000 304,000 268,000 234,086

PENN QUARTER 616 E St NW #1155 912 F St NW #1108

895,000 869,000

1 1 1

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

SHAW 928 O St NW #3 1601 5th St NW #D 1013 T St NW #A 1413 5th St NW #200 1910 8th St NW #2 810 O St NW #403 1824 9th St NW #1 1539 9th St NW #1

2,325,000 1,440,000 1,140,000 842,500 731,000 719,900 695,000 575,000

TRUXTON CIRCLE 139 P St NW #B 24 N St NW #1

939,000 755,000

3 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2

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1939 17th St NW #2 375,000 1 2125 14th St NW #319W 1,050,000 3 2121 11th St NW #3 729,000 2 929 Florida Ave NW #7002 500,000 1

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186,000

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#LoveShaw HOME FOR THE SHAW-LIDAYS! Staying home this holiday season is the smart (and safe) thing to do. But you can still enjoy holiday traditions, including shopping for gifts for friends and family and enjoying great meals at home—and support small, local, independent businesses in Shaw at the same time! Shaw retailers offer great merchandise that can be ordered online and picked up curbside or delivered to you or your gift recipients. Whether you’re looking for women’s wear, paintings, plants or single malts, you can order them from Shaw Main Streets businesses. And many Shaw businesses offer gift cards and certificates, often delivered via email, taking the stress out of choosing the perfect gift. Certificates for fitness classes or haircuts are also great options. And whether you choose a favorite meal to take out from your go-to restaurant or a special menu from a place you’ve been meaning to check out, treat yourself and order takeout or delivery often this month. Shaw’s own ordering and delivery service, DC To-GoGo, is offering a variety of holiday gifts, and even evergreen trees, available for delivery, in addition to food from a selection of your favorite Shaw restaurants. Visit www.DCToGoGo.com for details. Visit www.ShawMainStreets.org for gift ideas and a list of restaurants offering takeout and delivery.

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