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Rock Creek outlines deer strategy

three kings day

■ Park: Overpopulation puts

ecosystem at risk, officials say By KATIE PEARCE Current Staff Writer

To control the overflowing deer population in Rock Creek Park, the National Park Service has landed on a strategy that combines lethal and non-lethal methods. As a first step, the plan calls for

sharpshooting deer, as well as capturing and euthanizing them, to quickly reduce herd numbers. For ongoing maintenance, the strategy would use sharpshooting as a default until an acceptable birth control option becomes available. The methods would cost an estimated $1.126 million over 15 years, with about $131,000 spent in the first year, according to Nick Bartolomeo, chief ranger for Rock Creek Park. He said the project cur-

rently is not funded. The Park Service, which has been looking into deer-control options for several years, will make its choice official within about 30 days. Park officials say action is necessary because white-tailed deer, once rare in Rock Creek Park, now dominate the ecosystem, consuming vast amounts of vegetation and killing tree seedlings — which, in turn, See Deer/Page 24

Council votes to fine shoveling scofflaws By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

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GALA Hispanic Theatre’s “Three Kings Day Celebration” on Sunday started off with a procession in Columbia Heights, featuring Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus accompanied by live farm animals and the three Magi.

First came “Snowmageddon,” and then last year’s “thundersnow.” And this winter, while the first serious flakes have yet to fall, the D.C. Council is still trying to pass a bill that would fine residents and businesses if they don’t clear their sidewalks within eight daylight hours of a snowstorm. The bill’s chief sponsor, Ward 3 member Mary Cheh, acknowledged last week that even if her long-awaited “Winter Sidewalk Safety Act” wins a final vote in February, so many complications remain that it wouldn’t take effect until next winter. “By the time this passes, and Congress reviews it, winter will be over. So there’s plenty of time to work out the best methodology on how to enforce it, and time for an education campaign by the mayor,” Cheh told her colleagues. “I was going to move it as an emergency, but See Shoveling/Page 18

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For failing to shovel snow from sidewalks, residents would pay $25 and commercial property owners would pay $125. A final council vote is next month.

City pushes for action in Wesley Heights case

At-large candidates prepare for April 3 council primary

By ELIZABETH WIENER

■ Election: Orange draws

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A Wesley Heights homeowner who erected a huge stone wall abutting federal parkland could be hauled back into court by the District for allegedly flouting a legal agreement to take it down. D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan is asking a Superior Court judge to reopen its case again Frank Economides, who in 2004 completed the wall — 370 feet long and 30 feet tall at its highest point — in an attempt to turn a steep slope adjoining Wesley Heights Park into a level backyard for his home at 4825 Dexter Terrace NW. Neither Economides nor his lawyer returned phone calls seeking comment. But court papers quote Economides saying he attempted to comply with the

NEWS ■ Stores clear out for Georgetown Park mall renovation. Page 5. ■ Bill would offer tax relief to more senior homeowners. Page 7.

three Democratic challengers By BRADY HOLT Current File Photo

The District’s attorneys say property owner Frank Economides is not fulfilling the conditions of a settlement agreement to demolish the wall.

settlement agreement, but was delayed by the need to obtain an additional permit to begin demolition. He then “moved forward, capping two existing catch basins,” but re-bid the job because construction bids came in at “many times more than anyone envisioned,” the District’s See Wall/Page 19

SPOR TS ■ Gonzaga beats WCAC rival in raucous game. Page 11. ■ Mustangs top Cadets in last-minute victory. Page 11.

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Four past and present elected officials are angling for a D.C. Council at-large seat in the Democratic primary race, including the incumbent and the interim council member he replaced. Vincent Orange, a former Ward 5 council member, won a special election in April to fill Kwame Brown’s at-large seat when Brown

PASSAGES Live Green founder looks back on his ‘Year of Stuff.’ Page 13. ■ Wildlife group raises money for animal rehab center. Page 13. ■

was elected council chairman. Orange toppled Sekou Biddle, who had been selected by the D.C. Democratic State Committee to fill the seat a few months before; Biddle is now running again. Also seeking the at-large council seat in the April 3 Democratic primary are E. Gail Anderson Holness, a pastor who chairs Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1B, and Peter Shapiro, a D.C. native who chaired the Prince George’s County Council while living in Maryland. The four Democrats met last Wednesday’s deadline to file See Election/Page 24

INDEX Calendar/20 Classifieds/29 District Digest/4 Exhibits/23 In Your Neighborhood/10 Opinion/8 Passages/13

Police Report/6 Real Estate/17 School Dispatches/14 Service Directory/25 Sports/11 Theater/23 Week Ahead/7

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Bills aim to make students college-ready By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

In an effort to get more D.C. Public Schools students to consider college, D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown introduced legislation last week that would require every high-schooler to take a college admission test and apply to at least one college. “We have to make sure our students are college-ready, and give every child the option to go to college,� Brown said at a news briefing

on the council’s legislative agenda. He introduced two college-prep bills at Wednesday’s legislation session; both were referred to the Committee of the Whole, which Brown chairs. The first would mandate that every public high school student take either the SAT or the ACT before graduation, and apply to at least one post-secondary institution. It would also beef up college preparation and assistance with applying for financial aid during high school. Brown’s second bill would start even earlier, tracking students in

fourth through ninth grades to ensure they’re up to speed in preparations for high school, and then for college. The so-called “early warning and intervention system� would offer extra assistance to those who are in danger of dropping out, he said. The council chairman said he has been taking some District students on college tours for the past few years, and has been surprised by how many never even considered college, or didn’t know how to fill out an application, get their own See College/Page 18

D.C. to propose new school-success metric By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

With few D.C. public schools having achieved the federally required adequate yearly progress in standardized test scores, the District is planning to request a waiver from those standards in order to use other metrics to show progress. Just 25 out of 187 public schools demonstrated the required advances in both reading and math in D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System tests in 2011 compared to 2010, according to Marc Caposino, spokesperson for the Office of the State Superintendent of Education. The U.S. Department of Education has found that an increasing number of school districts nationwide are facing similar issues, and announced in August that it would consider alternative school performance measurements. Under current federal No Child Left Behind policy, standardized test scores alone determine whether a school is succeeding, and schools that don’t make sufficient annual improvements must take steps to show how they will resolve their problem. But in the District, local education officials said, that process would force schools that are clearly strong to make unnecessary changes. “We’re in just this narrow label of test scores, and making that into teacher ratings and school ratings,� Kamili Anderson, the Ward 4 representative on the D.C.

State Board of Education, said in an interview after discussing the issue at Monday’s Chevy Chase advisory neighborhood commission meeting. “It really doesn’t reflect what’s really going on in our schools.� Among the well-regarded schools not meeting the standards in 2011 were Wilson High, Deal Middle and Lafayette Elementary. Schools that met the adequate yearly progress standard in both math and reading included School Without Walls, Janney Elementary and Francis-Stevens Education Campus. A full listing of area scores is available at tinyurl.com/2011dctestscores. The superintendent’s office expects to release a draft of its planned replacement metric on Friday, Caposino said. “Under the waiver, test scores will be only part of the accountability system,� he said, “whereas before DC-CAS pretty much dictated how classrooms, teachers and schools are measured.� Caposino declined yesterday to share additional details about the new “system of accountability,� but the city plans to present it at a series of community meetings after the draft is released. The office will submit the proposal to the U.S. Department of Education next month, at which point the federal agency will ensure that it accurately reports school quality. Eleven states applied for the No Child Left Behind waiver in November — including Florida, Massachusetts and New Jersey — and others, like the District, have announced plans to file by Feb. 23.

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District Digest Police officials to discuss robberies

Top Metropolitan Police Department officials are scheduled to attend a neighborhood meeting tomorrow to discuss a series of recent Northwest street robberies, according to Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh’s office. Second District Cmdr. Michael Reese and several of his lieutenants will discuss three Sunday night robberies and other recent incidents in Ward 3, Cheh spokesperson Kiara Pesante wrote in an email to The Current. The department is expected to detail the crimes and how police are responding to them. Tomorrow’s presentation will be held during the Friendship HeightsAmerican University Park advisory neighborhood commission meeting,

which starts at 7 p.m. at St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church, 42nd and Fessenden streets NW.

of or suspects sexual abuse of a child. The bill requires such an adult to report the abuse immediately.

Bill would strengthen D.C. child abuse law Mendelson targets Citing the recent child abuse ‘flash mob’ crimes scandal at Pennsylvania State University, at-large D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson said this month that he wants to broaden the city’s law requiring adults to report suspected sex abuse of a minor to law-enforcement authorities. Mendelson said the District’s reporting law currently covers only “adults who have a professional relationship” with a child, such as a teacher, counselor, coach or clergy. He introduced legislation early this month to expand the requirement to any adult who either knows

Responding to a relatively new phenomenon in which shoplifters connect on social media and descend on stores en masse to rob them, at-large D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson is sponsoring legislation to toughen penalties for such “flash mob” attacks. Mendelson said the crimes, which terrorized a few small stores in Maryland and Northeast Washington last year, generally result in charges of petty theft, a misdemeanor. His “Flash Mob Theft Act” would allow police to

consider the aggregate amount stolen by a flash mob, resulting in stiffer charges. His bill won co-sponsorship by a majority of the council, and was referred to the committee on public safety, which he chairs.

D.C. delegation to testify on statehood

New Hampshire state lawmakers considering a resolution to support the District’s statehood goals will hear testimony from Mayor Vincent Gray, D.C. Council members and other statehood activists tomorrow, according to a news release from D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown’s office. D.C. officials and citizens will testify at a hearing in Concord, N.H., on state legislation calling for

the District to become the 51st state, the release states.

Inspections to close bridge, tunnel lanes

Drivers using some D.C. highways may face lane closures during the next week or so as the D.C. Department of Transportation inspects a series of bridges and tunnels, according to a news release. The inspections — which are scheduled to begin tomorrow, weather permitting — will be conducted between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The scheduled closures include: ■ Thursday, Jan. 12: the right shoulder of the ramp from the Whitehurst Freeway to Interstate 66. ■ Tuesday, Jan. 17: alternating right and left lane closures of the northbound E Street Expressway (Interstate 66) under Virginia and New Hampshire avenues; corresponding southbound closures follow on Thursday, Jan. 19. ■ Wednesday, Jan. 18: alternating right and left lane closures of the 12th Street Tunnel northbound under the Mall; corresponding closures of the exit from Interstate 395 to the tunnel will follow on Friday, Jan. 20. Other scheduled lane closures will affect South Capitol Street, Pennsylvania Avenue SE and Interstate 295. Full details are available at tinyurl.com/6pse2m3.

Correction

In the Jan. 4 issue, the Events & Entertainment calendar misstated the date of a Fabrangen-sponsored talk by New York University professor Hasia Diner. The event was Saturday, not Sunday. The Current regrets the error. As a matter of policy, The Current corrects all errors of substance. To report an error, call the managing editor at 202-244-7223.

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Georgetown Park mall shops BID extends Adams Morgan litter pickup leave for planned renovation By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

The vast majority of the Georgetown Park mall’s storefronts now stand dark, several having lost their leases effective Jan. 1. Three more are advertising going-out-ofbusiness sales. Intermix has shut down its entrance from the mall’s interior, opening only to the street. And the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles is looking for a potential new home. But Vornado Realty Trust, which manages and co-owns the Shops at Georgetown Park at 3222 M St., still isn’t saying what exactly it hopes to do with the 30-year-old, 317,000-square-foot mall. A company spokesperson, who asked not to be named, said Monday that New York-based Vornado is not renewing leases as they expire, largely emptying the mall in preparation for “redevelopment.� The

spokesperson wouldn’t say when renovations would take place or what they would entail, but did note that some stores can remain in place while the work is done. “We’re continuing to work hard to come up with great solutions,â€? the spokesperson said. “There isn’t a specific plan or framework to talk about except to say that we’re continuing our efforts ‌ to transform the mall as it is today into something else.â€? The spokesperson did identify a new tenant for another Vornadoowned building in Georgetown: The former Barnes & Noble at 3040 M St., which emptied at the end of last month, will become a Nike shoe store, as The Washington Post reported yesterday. A Barnes & Noble spokesperson said the bookstore chain may look for replacement space in the area. The future of the Georgetown See Stores/Page 19

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litter problem frequently spills onto their blocks. “As people drift back to their cars, and they’re parked all over the neighborhood, the problem extends all over the neighborhood,â€? said Wilson Reynolds, chair of the Adams Morgan advisory neighborhood commission and a Champlain Street resident whose home is near the 18th Street corridor. “What you have is a trash distribution system of thousands of people. ‌ Over the years, it’s proven to be consistently bad.â€? When the BID hired a new litter contractor for this See Litter/Page 18

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Theft ($250 plus) â– 3000 block, Birch St.; residence; 7 a.m. Jan. 3. Theft (below $250) â– 5500 block, Connecticut Ave.; grocery store; 6:09 p.m. Jan. 7. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 5500 block, 30th Place; alley; 9 p.m. Jan. 3.

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Theft (below $250) â– 2700 block, Wisconsin Ave.; restaurant; 5 p.m. Jan. 2. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 2600 block, Woodley Place; street; 1 p.m. Jan. 1. â– Calvert Street and Woodley Place; street; 9 p.m. Jan. 1. â– 39th Street and Massachusetts Avenue; street; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 3. â– Calvert Street and Woodley Place; street; 6 a.m. Jan. 6.

psa 205

â– palisades / spring valley PSA 205

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psa PSA 206

â– Friendship Heights

Tenleytown / AU Park

Robbery (gun) â– 45th Street and Faraday Place; sidewalk; 8:29 p.m. Jan. 6. â– 3900 block, Jenifer St.; street; 6:07 p.m. Jan. 8. â– 3600 block, Warren St.; alley; 6:15 p.m. Jan. 8. Robbery (snatch) â– 3900 block, Chesapeake St.; school; 1:40 p.m. Jan. 4. Theft (below $250) â– 4300 block, 48th St.; grocery store; 9:30 a.m. Jan. 2. â– 4500 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 2. â– 4400 block, Fort Drive; unspecified premises; 4 p.m. Jan. 3. â– 4500 block, Fort Drive; unspecified premises; 4 p.m. Jan. 3. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 3600 block, Upton St.; street; 8 p.m. Jan. 1.

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Robbery (gun) â– 2500 block, Porter St.; sidewalk; 6:25 p.m. Jan. 8. Burglary â– 3500 block, Springland Lane; residence; 2 p.m. Jan. 7. Theft (below $250) â– 3000 block, Porter St.; street; 7 p.m. Jan. 1. â– 4500 block, Connecticut Ave.; residence; 8:20 p.m. Jan. 2. â– 4400 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 1:45 p.m. Jan. 4. â– 4400 block, Connecticut Ave.; hotel; 12:30 p.m. Jan. 7. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 3600 block, Veazey St.; street; 5 p.m. Jan. 1. â– 3100 block, Macomb St.; street; 9:30 p.m. Jan. 1. â– 2900 block, Ellicott St.; street; 7:40 a.m. Jan. 5.

psa 204

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Robbery (force and violence) â– 3000 block, 32nd St.; sidewalk; 7:30 p.m. Jan. 2. Burglary â– 2700 block, Woodley Road; residence; 8:30 a.m. Jan. 6.

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Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 3100 block, K St.; unspecified premises; 8 p.m. Jan. 6. Burglary â– 3200 block, M St.; grocery store; 2:30 a.m. Jan. 2. Stolen auto â– 3100 block, K St.; parking lot; 12:15 p.m. Jan. 6. Theft ($250 plus) â– 3800 block, Reservoir Road; medical facility; 7:29 p.m. Jan. 4. â– 3600 block, N St.; university; 1 p.m. Jan. 6. Theft (below $250) â– 1600 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 2:12 p.m. Jan. 2. â– 1000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 8 p.m. Jan. 2. â– 3400 block, M St.; unspecified premises; 11:45 a.m. Jan. 3. â– 1600 block, 35th St.; school; 12:30 p.m. Jan. 3. â– 1800 block, 35th St.; school; 2:15 p.m. Jan. 3. â– 2900 block, M St.; store; 2:40 p.m. Jan. 3. â– 1600 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 4:30 p.m. Jan. 3. â– 1000 block, Thomas Jefferson St.; unspecified premises; 7:45 p.m. Jan. 3. â– 1600 block, 34th St.; residence; 1 p.m. Jan. 4. â– 1200 block, 31st St.; unspecified premises; 3 p.m. Jan. 4. â– 3000 block, K St.; office building; 5 p.m. Jan. 4. â– 3400 block, Dent Place; government building; 7 a.m. Jan. 5. â– 3000 block, M St.; store; 2:45 p.m. Jan. 5. â– 34th Street and Volta Place; park area; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 8. Theft (shoplifting) â– 3100 block, M St.; store; 5:50 p.m. Jan. 7. Theft from auto ($250 plus) â– 3000 block, K St.; parking lot; 2:20 p.m. Jan. 8. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 3400 block, Q St.; street; 5 p.m. Jan. 1. â– 3200 block, M St.; parking lot; 1 p.m. Jan. 2. â– 1200 block, 27th St.; street; 5:30 p.m. Jan. 4. â– 1400 block, 26th St.; street; 6 p.m. Jan. 4. â– 2700 block, O St.; street; midnight Jan. 5.

â– 2700 block, O St.; street; 6 p.m. Jan. 6.

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Burglary â– 2100 block, F St.; grocery store; 5:30 a.m. Jan. 6. Stolen auto â– 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; street; 1 p.m. Jan. 3. Theft (below $250) â– 1400 block, K St.; tavern/ nightclub; 1 a.m. Jan. 1. â– 1700 block, K St.; office building; 8:50 a.m. Jan. 3. â– 1400 block, New York Ave.; unspecified premises; 11 a.m. Jan. 3. â– 1100 block, 17th St.; store; 11:27 a.m. Jan. 3. â– 1400 block, New York Ave.; restaurant; noon Jan. 5. â– 1100 block, 15th St.; store; 1:15 p.m. Jan. 5. â– 2400 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; church; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 5. â– 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; drugstore; 8:12 p.m. Jan. 5. â– 1600 block, L St.; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 6. Theft (shoplifting) â– 2100 block, E St.; drugstore; 12:30 p.m. Jan. 8.

psa 401

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Robbery (gun) â– 1300 block, Kalmia Road; sidewalk; 8:55 p.m. Jan. 5. â– 7400 block, 9th St.; sidewalk; 6:55 p.m. Jan. 7. Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 12th and Holly streets; residence; 9:30 p.m. Jan. 8. Stolen auto â– 6600 block, 2nd St.; street; 8 p.m. Jan. 2. Theft (tags) â– 1400 block, Roxanna Road; street; 1 p.m. Jan. 1. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 300 block, Cedar St.; street; 5 p.m. Jan. 2. â– 1300 block, Leegate Road; street; 8 p.m. Jan. 2. â– 1300 block, Iris St.; street; 5 p.m. Jan. 6. â– 400 block, Aspen St.; street; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 7. â– 1400 block, Jonquil St.; street; 4:30 p.m. Jan. 8.

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Robbery (carjacking) â– 1300 block, Peabody St.; parking lot; 6 p.m. Jan. 3. Robbery (force and violence) â– 1200 block, Tewkesbury Place; sidewalk; 5:10 p.m. Jan. 6. Robbery (pocketbook snatch) â– 6200 block, Georgia Ave.; sidewalk; 1:32 p.m. Jan. 3. Assault with a dangerous weapon (gun) â– 1300 block, Peabody St.; alley; 6:10 p.m. Jan. 3. Assault with a dangerous weapon (other) â– 5th and Nicholson streets;

residence; 5 a.m. Jan. 2. Burglary â– 800 block, Underwood St.; residence; 8 a.m. Jan. 2. â– 5900 block, 13th Place; residence; 7 a.m. Jan. 6. Stolen auto â– 6200 block, Georgia Ave.; street; noon Jan. 5. Theft (shoplifting) â– 6500 block, Georgia Ave.; grocery store; 2:21 p.m. Jan. 2. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 5600 block, 4th St.; street; 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7.

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Robbery (force and violence) â– 900 block, Quincy St.; unspecified premises; 8:40 p.m. Jan. 6. â– 4600 block, Georgia Ave.; bus stop; 8:17 a.m. Jan. 8. Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 3800 block, Kansas Ave.; residence; 11:03 p.m. Jan. 2. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 1500 block, Allison St.; street; 2:25 p.m. Jan. 3. â– 800 block, Rock Creek Church Road; alley; 11 a.m. Jan. 7.

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Council considers legislation to help seniors age in place through tax relief By DEIRDRE BANNON Current Staff Writer

The D.C. Council this week heard public testimony on a bill that could help more senior citizens “age in place.� The legislation would relax the income threshold for D.C. homeowners over age 65 to qualify for a 50 percent reduction in their annual property tax bill. The permitted adjusted gross income would increase from $100,000 to $125,000. The “Age-in-Place and Equitable Senior Citizen Real Property Act of 2011� bill would

also redefine the term “household adjusted income� to include income earned by all members of a household, not just those over age 65; as well as the term “residence,� stipulating that the tax break can be applied only to a property that serves as a senior’s primary residence. The bill also proposes adjusting the deadline to apply for property tax relief so it falls after federal income taxes are due, to ensure that residents would know whether they’re eligible for the reduction. The current income cap of $100,000 hasn’t changed since the legislation was first passed in 1992.

The week ahead Thursday, Jan. 12

The Ward 4 Democrats group will hold its monthly meeting, which will feature a discussion of the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Establishment and Comprehensive Ethics Reform Amendment Act of 2011. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Emery Recreation Center, 5701 Georgia Ave. NW.

Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser said that the current law stipulates “an outdated income cap,� which hasn’t been adjusted for inflation in nearly 20 years and doesn’t account for steep increases in health care, utility and fuel costs. “I’m going to fight hard for this [bill] this budget season,� she said, “and I hope other members of the council will join me.� Bowser introduced the legislation in October along with Jack Evans (Ward 2), Phil Mendelson (at-large) and Michael Brown (atlarge). Despite his support, Evans, who chaired a

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Francis-Stevens Education Campus, 2425 N St. NW, will hold a preschool and prekindergarten open house at 9:30 a.m. A follow-up meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the community room at the Potomac Plaza Apartments Cooperative, 2475 Virginia Ave. NW. ■The D.C. Council Committee on Libraries, Parks, Recreation and Planning will hold a public roundtable on the mayor’s nomination of Maria Casarella and Nancy Metzger to seats on the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. in Room 123, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. ■The D.C. Council Committee on Public Services and Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on the nomination of Johanna Shreve to serve as the chief tenant advocate. The hearing will begin at 11 a.m. in Room 412, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

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A time for leadership

In the wake of the resignation of Ward 5 D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., many political leaders have declared this a time to look forward, not back. It’s a common refrain when something scandalous or disgraceful occurs. It’s also a recipe for further disaster. Tempting though it might be to put Mr. Thomas and his thievery out of our minds now that he has confessed to his crimes, doing so would be a misguided reaction. It is essential that we learn about the structural failings that allowed this to occur in the first place — and that we fix them. Some have suggested eliminating the Children & Youth Investment Trust Corp., which Mr. Thomas used in his scheme. Such a decision would be premature at this point, but either the D.C. auditor or inspector general needs to undertake a full accounting, as council members have requested. Meanwhile, some legislators would undoubtedly like to resume the problematic practice of earmarking funds to nonprofits, which the council appropriately halted in the wake of another scandal. Properly used, they say, earmarking is a way to help struggling nonprofits serve the District’s neediest residents. Unfortunately, though, we’ve seen it used improperly too many times. The conversation now really needs to focus on steps we can take to reduce the likelihood of any of this occurring again. That includes ensuring that agencies engaged in ethics issues have the personnel and funds to do their jobs. We would also like to see a grass-roots push for good government issues, including a tightening of the District’s campaign finance laws. There were many voices last fall calling for ethics reform, but not enough to prevent at least one legislator from saying the issue was important only to the media and “the chattering class.” A civic movement pushing for important changes — such as preventing corporate bundling of contributions — would belie that idea. In the 1990s, D.C. voters imposed term limits and stringent restrictions on campaign donations, only to see the council overturn the measures. That history has probably discouraged civic activists from pursuing more ballot measures, but it may be time for someone to try. This political crisis presents an opportunity for leadership — among community leaders as well as elected officials.

A good deal?

Questions raised by neighborhood activists about city plans to build a fire station at Georgia Avenue and Butternut Street have us concerned that taxpayers may be getting a bum deal. City officials are negotiating with Keenan Development LLC to relocate Engine Co. 22 to former “Building 18” of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. They have repeatedly said that Keenan has an “enhanced use lease” with the U.S. Army to develop that building, necessitating the company’s involvement. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that lease option was never executed, and it seems possible that the property could be leased or given directly to the city. So the question is, why is Keenan involved? There may be a good reason, but officials haven’t shared it clearly yet, saying only that negotiating with Keenan is the quickest way to get a new fire station built. Yet residents have noted that Walter Reed’s former fire station could likely serve as a temporary facility. The Army says Keenan did have an enhanced use lease — but for another building. That document, officials say, included a clause allowing the possibility of Keenan submitting a new business plan and adding Building 18 to the lease. If that didn’t happen, and it’s not clear that it did, why does the city believe Keenan has control? Officials should hold a public hearing on the issue, sharing their reasoning for going forward with a deal that seems likely to cost more than necessary. Until that happens, the community has no reason to feel confident that their tax dollars are being used wisely.

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Poor Harry? What about the children … ? Your Notebook has known Harry Thomas Jr. a long time. We knew his father, Harry Sr. As a Washington Post reporter a while back, we’d drag our young son to Ward 5, where our preteen was always treated warmly by the Thomas family. The senior Thomas also was good news copy. He chaired the committee overseeing parking tickets. By then, we were working for NBC4. With cameras rolling, we asked Harry Sr. if he had any overdue tickets himself. “No, I don’t,” he replied firmly. “I can check,” we cautioned. “Don’t check, Tom, don’t check.” The exchange still amuses those who saw it on TV. But there is nothing amusing about Harry Jr. His heartless theft of $353,000 of our city money over three years underwrote blatant, selfish and foolish spending sprees for himself. Worse yet, that money had been intended for city programs to help children in Ward 5 and elsewhere. It was for sports programs that the junior Thomas unendingly trumpeted as the way to keep young people focused and achieving, sometimes against great odds. Yet Thomas, according to the court papers and prosecutors, began stealing from his very first days in office in 2007, stealing from the children he laughed with, played ball with and championed — at least in words — every chance he got. What a crock. What a crook. Last week, the depth of his thievery officially became known. Thomas walked into U.S. District Court as a leader of the city and walked out a convicted felon. After months of pious denials — his family, his children, his reputation meant more to him than anything, he had said — Thomas fessed up to it all. Only a handful of council members previously had called for Thomas’ resignation. When the fact of his odious criminality became unavoidable, there were a few more calls for him to step aside, including, finally, one from Mayor Vincent Gray. (Chairman Kwame Brown’s statement said only that he expected Thomas to resign.) Nearly every official statement we read, however, expressed more concern for Thomas and the impact on his family than it did for the children who were cheated. Various people called it a “sad” day for the city, but that was about it. And some earnestly added that the Thomas family and the city need to put this ugly chapter behind us and “move on.”

Well, pardon the interruption, but don’t citizens get a moment to just be angry? It was vile greed. (Look it up if you don’t know the word “vile.” It fits.) ■ Waste of time? At-large D.C. Council member David Catania thought it would be a good idea for a group of council members to travel this week to New Hampshire. It wasn’t for the first-in-the-nation GOP primary last night. It was to meet New Hampshire legislators and rally them for D.C. voting rights and/or statehood tomorrow. Catania says it is time to “expand the conversation.” The Live Free or Die state has been supportive in the past, but with the Thomas embarrassment — and two criminal investigations, of campaigns run by Mayor Gray and Chairman Brown, still going on — we hardly think it’s time to go democracy shopping. We are the first to attack folks who decry wrongdoing in local Washington as an excuse to oppose congressional voting rights or even the right to govern ourselves. Those critics never seem to ask Illinois to give up governing despite its two former governors in jail now. It just seems now is not the time for this trip. With the overall council’s approval rating at just 30 percent in a recent poll, maybe there’s more immediate work to be done here in Washington. We certainly know the prosecutors are still working. As one friend wrote to us this past week, it’s one down and two to go. ■ A final word. There was a terrific memorial service last week for the late Vincent H. Cohen, a true powerhouse lawyer and civic leader in Washington. The service needed one of the huge rooms at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to accommodate the friends and legal community that showed up. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was in the audience, as was U.S. Attorney for the District Ronald Machen. In fact, the action against the disgraced Thomas was delayed a day or so because Cohen’s son, Vinnie Jr., is a lead prosecutor in the city investigations. Vinnie Jr. spoke eloquently about how he “never had to go out in the street to find a role model,” because his father was always there for him. As we sat surrounded by the elite of local Washington’s legal establishment, we couldn’t help but think of that proud tribute by one son of our city and the disgrace of another. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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Letters to the Editor An eventful year for our neighborhood

It’s been an eventful year of accomplishments to enhance our Woodland Normanstone neighborhood. I’m pleased to report on continuing progress following our celebration of the centennial of the 1910 act of Congress that exempted our neighborhood from the city grid plan for environmental purposes. Our fourth tree planting with Casey Trees was led by Joyce Ketels, with a special celebration for the 100th tree, near the corner of 32nd Street and Woodland Lane. Bruce Bradley managed a

Normanstone Drive cleanup to remove years of tree debris, mostly left by tree contractors. Our Centennial Stewardship Fund was used to undertake the work. The D.C. Department of Transportation completed curbs on 31st Street and 31st Place. The agency is also looking at reconstruction of Normanstone Drive, which needs work. A group of neighbors led by Coco Palomeque led a cleanup of the National Park Service land between Edgevale and Normanstone drives. The Rock Creek Conservancy assisted our neighbors in the cleanup. During our centennial year, we landscaped city lands at 29th and Woodland (Centennial Grove) and 30th and Woodland. The plantings were paid for by our Centennial Stewardship Fund. The landscap-

ing is now established, and Gin Bell will oversee maintenance of those areas for the association. We will be looking to a neighborhood cleanup for the public areas this spring. The D.C. Department of Transportation removed several dead trees on the city-owned Normanstone Overlook next to the Belgian Embassy on Garfield Street, making the lovely view accessible once again. My special thanks to our active board and especially Nancy Bryant, our secretary-treasurer, who is the glue that holds us together. On behalf of the board and the association, we hope everyone had a happy holiday season. Laurence J. Aurbach President, Woodland Normanstone Neighborhood Association

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ANC should help ensure thorough cleanup VIEWPOINT kent slowinski

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’d like a chance to respond to some of the issues raised at Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D’s Dec. 7 meeting regarding the Glenbrook Road resolution and in several articles and letters to the editor. Many of the issues in the resolution were raised by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the D.C. Department of Health, the D.C. Department of Environment and American University — known collectively as the “Spring Valley partners� — at various meetings. The minutes of most of these meetings are posted at www.nab.usace.army.mil. These are not my issues; they were raised by experts. Yet the Spring Valley partners and the Restoration Advisory Board have failed to act on many of these critical issues, which could cause the cleanup to drag on even longer. My main concern with the Army Corps’ “proposed plan� for 4825 Glenbrook Road is that there is no contingency for cleaning up adjacent properties even though several items indicate that munition burial pits and contamination extend to adjacent properties. While investigating two burial pits at 4801 Glenbrook Road in the 1990s, contractors found that one of them extended onto 4825 Glenbrook Road. Today’s property lines did not exist when the burials took place in 1918. Is the Army Corps using today’s property lines to limit the investigation and cleanup? Unless the Army Corps does a thorough job, the health and safety of neighbors could be at risk. One such item is a photogrammetry study of the Sgt. Maurer Burial Pit conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center. The most recent study, adjusting for previous errors in the previous reports, indicated that three of the four possible locations of the burial pit are on the American University campus. Previous studies had indicated that two of the possible locations were on the Glenbrook Road property. Another item is a 1993 videotaped interview of several workers who built the two Glenbrook Road houses in 1992. The workers pointed to places on a diagram of the Glenbrook Road property where they said munitions remained buried behind a curved retaining wall near the property line. Twenty years later, these areas still have not been investigated.

Letters to the Editor Adopt a shelter cat or dog this winter

As the weather grows colder, the Washington Humane Society is calling on members of our community to open their hearts and homes to the many deserving animals that are seeking adoption. Through Feb. 29, we are celebrating “Flurry of Furries� to promote the adoption of shelter pets during the winter. The advantages are myriad: ■Shelters are temporary homes to hundreds of healthy, family-friendly animals. Most pets end up homeless through no fault of their own — “moving� and “landlord issues� are among the top reasons people offer for relinquishing their pets. Our

A third document is a remedial investigation report that shows arsenic contamination under the driveway at 4825 Glenbrook Road. University representatives have asked that the retaining wall by the driveway be removed, as the contamination likely extends under the wall and onto 4835 Glenbrook Road. How do I know all this? As one of the original Restoration Advisory Board members, I attended partnering meetings, where the Army Corps, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, D.C. agencies and American University made cleanup decisions. I served on the board for six years and have attended board meetings for more than 10 years. I am concerned that the Spring Valley partners failed to follow through on various commitments. For example, in 2001, the partners agreed to conduct indoor air monitoring at 4825 Glenbrook Road and five other properties to determine what chemical vapors were migrating from the soil into the house. Someone at the Environmental Protection Agency recently pointed out to me that indoor air monitoring could tell us what chemicals are on the property. Eleven years later, this still has not been conducted at 4825 Glenbrook Road. Another example is locating the contaminated soil excavated from 4825 and 4835 Glenbrook Road during construction of the houses. The Environmental Protection Agency agreed to follow up many years ago, but 600 to 800 tons of soil remain unaccounted for. Advisory neighborhood commissioners do not need advanced technical expertise to make informed decisions on these issues. There are many experts who can explain the issues in ways that anyone can understand. Examples include the Restoration Advisory Board’s technical expert, Dr. Peter deFurr, who compiled a list of the chemicals detected at 4825 Glenbrook Road; American University’s public health consultant, Dr. Paul Chrostowski, who asked the Army Corps to clean up the Glenbrook Road site to a stricter standard given the number of toxic chemicals detected on the site; and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Terry Slonecker, who identified the possible burial pit locations on the university campus. Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D needs to practice due diligence to make sure that a thorough investigation and cleanup of the Glenbrook Road properties is conducted. We need more oversight, not less, to protect the health and safety of neighbors. Kent Slowinski is a member of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D.

organization has a variety of animals of different breeds, sizes and exercise preferences to fit the needs of individual families. ■Shelter pets are a bargain — often even more than pets that are “free.� The savings really add up once you add the cost of everything our group provides to pet families. All of our pets go home spayed or neutered; current on vaccines, dewormer and flea/tick treatment, as well as heartworm preventative for dogs; and microchipped — a value of several hundred dollars. ■We conduct thorough behavioral assessments of all of our pets to help match them with the best-suited adopters. Plus, our behavior and training experts can provide advice on how to make solid, lifelong human-animal relationships. ■Every adoption saves a life. When you adopt from a shelter,

you give a pet a second chance. In addition to these benefits, all of our cat and dog adopters receive a free starter bag of Hill’s Science Diet Food, a goodie bag from Home Buddies DC, a free postadoption exam at a participating veterinarian, and 30 free days of health insurance from Shelter Care. For those who already own a pet, you’ll find that many animals enjoy the companionship, exercise, social interaction and mental stimulation another pet can provide. Now is the perfect time to grow your fourlegged family. The community plays a crucial role in helping to support animals; together, we can help to end pet homelessness in D.C. To learn more, visit washhumane.org. Stephanie Shain Chief Operating Officer, Washington Humane Society

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church, 42nd and Fessenden streets NW. The meeting will start a half-hour earlier than usual due to the long agenda. Agenda items include: ■consideration of a grant request by Northwest Neighbors Village. ■police report, including a presentation by 2nd District command staff regarding recent robberies. ■presentation by Clark Development regarding redevelopment of the Tenleytown Safeway site at 42nd and Ellicott streets. ■discussion of and a possible vote on proposals from the D.C. Department of Transportation to assign reserved parking spaces for disabled residents at 4121 Jenifer St. and 4305 Warren St. ■discussion of and a possible vote on proposals from the D.C. Department of Transportation to replace a spotlight at 46th and Yuma streets with four-way stop signs. ■discussion of and a possible vote on an application to install a driveway at 3835 Harrison St. ■presentation by the D.C. Department of Transportation and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority on proposals related to the N2 Metrobus route. ■presentation by Douglas Development regarding redevelopment of the Babe’s Billiards site at Wisconsin Avenue and Brandywine Street. ■approval of the 2012 meeting schedule. ■election of officers. For details, visit anc3e.org. ANC 3F ANCHills 3F Forest

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The commission will meet at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, at Fort Stevens Recreation Center, 13th and Van Buren streets NW.

Chevy Chase Citizens Association

Join us at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday for the Chevy Chase Citizens Association’s first meeting in 2012, at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. The program will feature updates about our association and our community. Our president and committee chairs will report on association activities. In addition, Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser will provide a legislative update on issues affecting our community and will be available to answer questions. All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. Citizens association president Jonathan Lawlor will highlight our activities during the past year, which included sponsoring Chevy Chase DC Day, organizing exhibitions of local artists, planting annuals on Connecticut Avenue and participating in the Halloween Spooktacular. Our programs focused on topics like water conservation and exercise and nutrition, and they featured speakers such as Mayor Vincent Gray and The Current’s publisher, Davis Kennedy. Future plans and administrative issues will be discussed as well. This month’s program also provides a great opportunity to learn about ways to participate in our association and to serve our community. Find out how to become involved in current activities, like our Neighborhood Watch program, garden club, fine arts committee and newsletter. We especially need volunteers to spearhead efforts to monitor education issues and to catalog our archives. Notably, we will be organizing Chevy Chase DC Day again in 2012. Last year’s community celebration was a success, with several hundred residents enjoying the festivities. This year’s event is planned for Saturday, Sept. 15. As in past years, the scope of the festivities is largely dependent on community involvement. So we particularly look forward to talking with anyone interested in helping to plan and organize Chevy Chase DC Day this year. — Jonathan Lawlor

Shepherd Park Citizens Association

In this tough economy, local schools are finding creative ways to raise money — and to help our environment. So, did you get a new smartphone over the holidays? Perhaps just a “smarter� phone than the one you had? Don’t just toss that old phone into the trash. Bring it to Shepherd Elementary, 7800 14th St. (Use the entrance facing Jonquil Street.) Shepherd is in the second year of a cellphone recycling program. Every time we get a new batch of 10 phones, we ship them to a firm in California that disassembles them and literally recycles the parts and technologies for new phones. Even if your last phone didn’t seem all that smart, the Shepherd PTA will get at least $2 for it. And, depending on the technology that can be harvested, we could get up to $30. Another big plus: We keep the rare earth minerals needed to manufacture cellphones from being depleted, and we prevent more leeching of rare earths from unused cellphones into the ground and groundwater. Just go to the school office, ask for “the PTA box,� and drop your cellphone into the handy slot carved out from the top. All we need is the cellphone. You can recycle the manuals in the “traditional� way, and you can hold onto that charger, especially if it’s a USB port. What an easy way to help the environment — and our neighborhood school. — Sarah Gershman For details, call 202-450-6225. ANC 4C ANC 4c Street Heights Petworth/16th ■petworth/16th Street Heights Crestwood crestwood

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the Petworth Neighborhood Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. Agenda items include: ■election of officers. ■public safety report. ■community comment. ■consideration of Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration matters: Miriam’s Cafe, 3931 14th St., official signing of the revised voluntary agreement; and Mark’s Market, 3933 14th St., application of extend business hours. ■presentation on the Korean American Grocers Association Scholarship Program. ■presentation by Taalib-Din Uqdah

of the 14th Street Uptown Business Association on the Ward 4 Business Directory. ■presentation by D.C. State Board of Education member D. Kamili Anderson on the District’s application for waivers from provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. ■presentation on the availability of Verizon FiOS service in Ward 4 and Verizon’s planned installation of cellular antennas atop the light poles at Roosevelt High School. ■discussion of AT&T’s proposed installation of a cellular tower at Roosevelt High School. ■update on a Board of Zoning Adjustment application by Donna Gedeon for a use variance to allow a catering and meal-delivery establishment in the basement and a portion of the first floor at 1204 Ingraham St. For details, call 202-723-6670 or visit anc4c.org.

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Eagles down Knights in slobberknocker By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

The Gonzaga Eagles basketball team walked into a hornet’s nest at Bishop O’Connell Thursday night in Arlington. The Knights were clearly treating the contest as if it were Washington Catholic Athletic Conference playoff game: It was a complete sellout, with standing room only in the noisy gym, and several fans were denied entry. O’Connell’s student section was out in full force, dressed in painted clothes, various hats and tie-dye shirts. Not to be outdone, the Eagles’ fans — clad in purple — showed up in droves to add to the raucous atmosphere. O’Connell fed off its fans’ support and raced out to a 10-point lead in the first quarter, but Gonzaga weathered the storm and surged in the second half to rout its conference rival 50-36. “We knew coming into the game that it was going to be a great atmosphere, it was going to be sold out and a hard, tough battle,” said Eagles junior forward Kris Jenkins. “We were resilient and we played as hard as we could until that last buzzer sounded off and we were

able to win.” During the Knights’ early scoring run, nothing went right for the Eagles. Their shots were off, turnovers were abundant and all of the

momentum was in O’Connell’s favor. Most coaches would call a timeout at that point. But Gonzaga’s Steve Turner took a different approach: He called in instructions to his players, trusting them to make the changes. “Our kids have learned to play through it,” said Turner. “I try to hold onto my timeouts until the end in case we need them down the stretch. We’ve got some hard-working kids who are intelligent enough to make adjustments on the fly.” Midway through the first quarter, junior point guard Nate Britt

snapped the Eagles out of their offensive funk with a long jumper. And on the Knights’ ensuing possession, junior forward Kris Jenkins stole the ball and raced down the court to hit an easy layup, bringing the score to 12-6. But after trading a couple of buckets, the Knights went on an 8-3 scoring run to extend their lead to 23-15. O’Connell capped the surge when a Knight dunked the ball and then stared down the stunned-silent Gonzaga student section. The Knights took a 24-19 lead into the locker room at halftime. In the second half, Jenkins and Britt made sure the Knights paid for their bravado. After the teams traded a couple of baskets at the start of the third quarter, senior forward Will Rassman hit a pair of buckets in the post to give the Eagles a 27-26 advantage — their first lead of the game, and one they would not relinquish. The Eagles defense also locked down on the Knights, who managed just 12 points in the second half. “We wanted to try to turn them over and get some steals,” Turner said of the defensive adjustments. “We got after them a little bit in the

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Last week’s matchup drew raucous crowds, and the fans helped propel the Knights to a strong start, but the Eagles won 50-36. full court with our man pressure. In the half court, we really wanted to take the ball away from their

wings.” Late in the third quarter, Jenkins See Gonzaga/Page 12

McNamara Mustangs stun St. John’s Lady Cadets with buzzer beater

By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

The St. John’s girls basketball team had to battle more than one opponent Saturday at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md.: Bishop McNamara on the floor and several gremlins off it.

During the game, there were three long delays and in-game rule changes that muddled the match and changed the dynamic of play on the court. The Cadets, who struggled defensively and on the boards, were unable to overcome the Mustangs, falling 67-66 on a last-second buzzer beater. It was the Cadets’ first loss of

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Saturday’s match at the Show Place Arena featured three delays and mid-game rule changes. The Cadets fell 67-66 to the Mustangs on a last-second basket.

the season in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. “We were not very good defensively,” said Cadets head coach Jonathan Scribner. “We let them attack the basket the entire game — that was [the difference in the] game to me. That’s where we lost the game.” Scribner acknowledged the off-court blips, which included a busted shot clock and squabbles over possession, but said they weren’t excuses. “It was a little bit of an unorthodox, unusual game. [But McNamara] played better than us and deserved to win.” The game started sloppily for both teams in a flurry of turnovers and hurried play. The Mustangs took advantage of the frantic pace and built a quick 10-4 lead. McNamara also used a zone defense, which forced St. John’s into jump shots rather than chances at the rim. Scribner called a timeout to refocus the Cadets. He implored his team to move when they didn’t have the ball, to pass the ball crisply in order to beat the zone and to not settle for jumpers. St. John’s made the adjustments and went on a scoring run. Sophomore guard Chania Ray sparked a 13-7 surge by stealing the ball from a Mustang and passing it ahead to junior guard Lindsay Allen, who scored on an easy layup. Senior guard Jordan Labbe capped off the run with a 3-pointer to tie the game at 17. The Mustangs committed a technical with

just a second to play in the first quarter, which allowed Ray to hit a pair of free throws, giving the Cadets a 19-17 lead. But the Cadets’ momentum lasted only until the start of the second quarter, when they were charged with a technical foul because of miscommunication between the McNamara scorekeeper and the officials. One of the St. John’s players wasn’t in the book, but she was added after she scored. After a 10-minute delay and dispute among the coaches, scorers’ table and referees, the Cadets were not assessed a technical. Still, the damage was done, and the Cadets were unable to sustain their momentum. The Mustangs took a narrow, 32-30 lead into the locker room at halftime after forcing a turnover and hitting a pair of free throws late in the half. After halftime came two more unusual glitches. First, St. John’s disputed who should start the second half with possession. The Cadets’ scorebook indicated that St. John’s should have possession, yet the scoreboard said it was McNamara’s ball. The Mustangs’ bookkeepers weren’t keeping track. The officials decided to go with the scoreboard. After that dispute — which delayed the start for seven minutes — a much bigger issue arose: The shot clock above the Mustangs’ basket malfunctioned. After attempts to fix it failed, the teams had a choice to make. They See St. John’s/Page 12

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Cadets rise over Falcons 74-60 in WCAC By MONICA McNUTT Current Correspondent

Good Counsel walked into Gallagher Gymnasium Sunday afternoon ready to grab the momentum from the opening tip. At first, its chances against St. John’s seemed rosy: The visiting Falcons hit a 3-pointer to take an immediate lead. But the Cadets never flinched, quickly erasing the setback and surging to the win. With the 74-60 victory, St. John’s moved to 3-2 in the ultracompetitive Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. “We got out early in the first half and shot the ball very, very well and really got our transition game going,� said Cadets head coach Paul DeStefano. “In the second half, [we were] a little tentative. Give Good Counsel a lot of credit — their guards played very, very well and really challenged us toward the end. Luckily, we were able to finish the game out.� The Cadets worked steadily to build a commanding 15-point lead by the end of the first half. Sophomore guard Darian Anderson, who led the Cadets with 29 points overall, hit four of his five 3-pointers in the half. In the second, the Falcons tried to chip into the lead, but the Cadets responded each time with a basket, maintaining a double-digit lead until the end of the third quarter. In the last minute of the third, the Falcons scored nine points, including a momentum-swinging 3-pointer to cut the lead to six as time expired. In the fourth, the Falcons would get as close as five points but never any closer. The Cadets’ defensive pressure, hot shooting and presence inside proved too much for the Falcons to handle. “We just had to slow down their guards, ... then the bigs had to dominate because they didn’t have a lot of bigs,� said junior Lennard Freeman, who notched 16 points and was six of eight from the free throw line. Freeman punctuated the win with an emphatic slam to score the last bucket for the Cadets with seconds

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hit a jumper to put the Eagles ahead 36-30, but on the next play on defense he committed his third foul. By then both Jenkins and Britt, who had four personal fouls himself, were in danger of disqualification. Turner took an unconventional approach to the challenge, seating the juniors sparingly. Going into the fourth quarter, it

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St. John’s had a decisive win over WCAC foe Good Counsel Sunday in Gallagher Gymnasium.

remaining. “I had to do it,� Freeman added. “I just ran hard and then I was by myself and I just had to do it.�

was just a five-point game. Turner trusted his junior duo to play despite the fouls. “In crunch time, you have to forget about everything and play smart basketball,� said Jenkins. When you’re in foul trouble, “you have to be aggressive, but you have to pick and choose when you do it.� Both Jenkins and Britt rewarded Turner’s strategy with a 9-0 scoring run in the final quarter that put the game out of reach. Jenkins converted a 3-point play, Britt hit a trey

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opted to play with no shot clock — a disadvantage for the Cadets, who prefer to push the tempo on offense and use the time limit as help on defense — and a 10-second limit in the back court. “It definitely hurts us. We want and need to play with a shot clock — it’s our style,� Scribner said. “We like to get up and down, and our defense likes to pressure teams into difficult shots at the end of shot clocks. It takes away from the style we want to play.� But again, he didn’t use it as an excuse. “At the end of the day, none of it matters. We didn’t defend well enough today. Shot clock or no shot clock, it doesn’t matter.� Scribner huddled his team together to explain the rule changes and to stress that the shot clock was irrelevant. “Let’s play the way we play so it’s not even a factor,� he said. The Mustangs tried to stall at times, which forced the Cadets to play more aggressively on defense. That tactic

and then Jenkins added in a 3-point shot for good measure. Neither player committed a fifth foul while they worked to put the game out of the Knights’ reach. “Those two are our leaders,� Tuner said. “They know how to make adjustments and to make sure they don’t pick up that last [foul], and we trust them. When they got in foul trouble, they did a great job of not getting those late fouls, to be able to stay in the game and make plays for us.�

backfired when the Mustangs burned the defenders and had a free run at the rim. Despite the difficulties, the Cadets held a slim 64-61 lead with 1:43 to play. But the Mustangs cut it to 64-63 with a pair of free throws. The Cadets then committed a critical turnover with 36 seconds left, giving the Mustangs an extra possession. McNamara took advantage with a driving layup to take a 65-64 lead with 13 seconds to play. With the game on the line, Allen was fouled and went to the charity stripe. The junior nonchalantly hit two of her free throws to give the Cadets a 66-65 lead. But the Mustangs used the last seven seconds to win the match with a buzzer-beating shot in the lane. “She got over a trap we were trying to set up and crossed over into the middle of the floor,� senior guard Mooriah Rowser said of the Mustangs’ game-winning play. “When a good player is in the middle like that, they have the freedom to do whatever they want.� Rowser and Allen combined to score 33 points, while junior forward Tori Oliver added 12. The Cadets will look to bounce back from their heartbreaking defeat when they travel to Holy Cross Friday.

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Local environmentalist shares his ‘Year of Stuff’

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teve Ma’s “Year of Stuff” list gives some indications of how his 2011 went. He got engaged (his fiancée gave him a stone necklace from New Zealand). He got seasick on a ferry while visiting her there (he splurged on Sea-Legs, an anti-nausea pill.) He taught a class on social change at American University (foldable photo cube as a thank-you gift), he played flag football (free Hoosiers shirt), and his cat needed discipline ($50 wooden gate). Every time Ma, the founder of Live Green DC, bought or received an item last year, he wrote about it on a public blog. He did so, he said, “as a way to put my money where my mouth is.” Live Green, which Ma launched in 2008, is a membership organization that connects consumers to local green businesses and offers the members weekly discounts. To back a company that aims to make green living “easy and affordable” for locals, Ma thought he needed to look closely at his own behavior. “We don’t like to offer suggestions that we wouldn’t do ourselves,” he said in a recent interview at his Lanier Heights home.

Ma was satisfied with many of his lifestyle choices — he’s been a vegan for 20 years, and he doesn’t use a car — but he’d really never taken stock of all of his “stuff.” “Material goods I didn’t put a particular focus on until this year,” he said. At the start of 2011, he decided the blog would be a good way to force himself to think more carefully about the items he purchased and acquired. “I knew if I made it public, it would make [my choices] more intentional,” he said. His goal was to be conscious of “the ripple effect” of his acquisitions — whether they came from eco-friendly sources, and the

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Steve Ma posted every item he acquired in 2011 on a public blog, which encouraged him to make fewer and greener purchases. Left, the four books he got last year and the gate he bought because of his cat. impact they could have on the environment. Through the year, Ma documented every single material item that came into his life, with the exception of food, services and business-related fees. He included pictures, costs and details on where the item came from. By New Year’s, the inventory was complete. Ma spent $913 on material

items in 2011. Among the items he bought for himself were bike brakes, a used pair of jeans from Goodwill, detergent, a copy of the Street Sense newspaper, toilet paper and vitamins. He also spent some money on others — Christmas toys for his niece and nephews and Café Green gift cards as a Superbowl party prize. The tally is low, in part, because Ma came across a lot of stuff for

free — tennis balls and Steelers paraphernalia from friends, for example, and a replacement hard drive that Dell gave him gratis. And the figure doesn’t include what he calls his “biggest purchase of the year” — an engagement ring for his fiancée, Elli Nagai-Rothe, the cost of which he opted not to disclose publicly. But the blog itself also encourSee Stuff/Page 28

Group raising funds to open D.C.’s first wildlife-rehabilitation center By DEIRDRE BANNON Current Staff Writer

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ocal residents may be unaware of a growing population inside the urban jungle: wild animals. As suburban and rural areas see increased development, animals native to the region are squeezed out of their natural habitats. Coyotes, foxes and raptors are among those finding their way to the heart of the city by following Rock Creek. And that shift brings new dangers for wild animals looking to acclimate to the city: Cars hit them, unfamiliar animals attack them, and birds are injured when they fly into windows. When a domestic pet is hurt, it goes to a local vet. But what do you do if you come across a bird with a broken wing or a turtle that’s been injured crossing the street? That’s where City Wildlife comes in. The local nonprofit, established in 2008, is dedicated to assisting orphaned and injured wild animals — and to accomplish that goal, the group is working to establish the first-

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City Wildlife is working to help local animals as it awaits its new facility.

ever wild animal rescue and rehabilitation center in the District. “More than 1,700 wild animals are picked up each year by D.C.’s Animal Control,” said City Wildlife president Anne Lewis. “But there aren’t any licensed wildlife vets here in D.C., so the animals are taken to Second

Chance Wildlife Center in Gaithersburg. Animal Control can’t run out there every time they pick up a new animal because it can take two or three hours round trip, so the injured wait for care during what can be a critical time, and some animals don’t make it. “We desperately need a rehab center in D.C. that can provide specialized care — for Animal Control, for residents and for the wildlife,” Lewis continued. Her group is now one step closer to reaching that goal. Late last year, the organization found what Lewis calls the perfect location for the rehabilitation center: a 3,100-squarefoot warehouse on the campus of the Washington Animal Rescue League at 15 Oglethorpe St. NW. “People know where it is, and it’s accessible,” said Lewis, who also happens to be a retired architect. She’s drafting plans for the new space as she simultaneously works with volunteers to raise the approximately $300,000 to $350,000 the group estimates it will take to operate the center each year.

“The beauty of having a facility is that it serves as a way to get people interested in wildlife,” said Lewis. “If someone brings an injured animal in, we can teach them, engage them. The center becomes a teaching tool.” In the meantime, City Wildlife is already helping a few special species. The organization has two rescue programs: Lights Out D.C., which works to prevent migrating birds from flying into tall glass buildings downtown and to rescue birds that do get injured; and Quack FAQs, a program that helps trapped mother ducks and their ducklings find nutrient water sources so the ducklings survive. In Lights Out D.C., City Wildlife works with property owners downtown, asking them to turn off their lights after 11 p.m. during bird migrating season, which takes place for several weeks in the spring and fall. “People are always surprised to learn about the problem with migratory birds hitting buildings in our city,” said City Wildlife vice president Jim Monsma, who used to See Wildlife/Page 28

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The Current

Spotlight on Schools Aidan Montessori School

Mrs. York’s upper elementary class (fourth through sixth grade) celebrated its annual Poetry and Tea event. Each student recites a poem in front of most of the teachers and parents. The sixth-graders recited a Spanish poem, and the fourth- and fifth-graders read or recited the English translation. This year, students had the option to also read or recite their own poems. There seemed to be a couple of themes with the poems this year: creepy, nature and silly. Fifth-grader Eva Gondelman said, “I really liked Poetry and Tea this year because the variety of poems were very interesting, especially mine. I recited ‘Ode to Tomatoes’ by Pablo Neruda.� Sixth-grader Sofia Brown said,

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“I enjoyed my last Poetry and Tea. I liked hearing everybody’s poems, and then having the after-party. I recited ‘These Precious Things’ by Howard Alexander and Billy Mayerl.� After everybody’s lovely performances, it was time for the afterparty, or the tea part of the day. There were many delicious snacks and a large array of tea. Fourth-grader Marshall Cooperman said, “It was fun. I had a really good time, and the snacks and tea were delicious. I recited ‘The Land of Counterpane’ by Robert Louis Stevenson.� — Josie Schiffer, fourth-grader, and Lucia Braddock, sixth-grader

Beauvoir School

In third grade, we did an art project called “This Land is Your Land.� Each class did different paintings. For instance, the Snapping Turtles painted the Golden Gate Bridge and lighthouses. The Tasmanian Devils painted the Statue of Liberty, the Jumping Beans painted the Grand Canyon, and the Thunderbirds painted farms. To start the painting project, first we sketched the paintings that we chose from a variety of pictures. Then we sketched the outlines of the landscape such as the water, mountains and whatever was in the background. In the next art class, we started painting our pictures. Then, we painted the main objects of the painting like the Golden Gate Bridge. It was so much fun to mix colors and work on the project. — Mary Morgan Lilley, third-grader

British School of Washington

On Friday, we went to the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. I learned that the Wright Brothers’ first plane did not have seatbelts. It was very dangerous. I heard that a person rode on that plane and then died because she fell out of the plane. I also learned that there is a plane called an Albatross. It is a plane, but you use your feet to pedal like a bike. When using it to fly across the channel, you need to train yourself to not fall asleep because otherwise you will die. We learned lots about planes and how some can do stunts. I loved the museum. — Mati Cerisola, Year 3 Atlanta (second-grader)

Janney Elementary

The Janney Jaguars girls basketball team played an intense game against the Adams-Oyster Tigers in Janney’s brand-new gymnasium on Jan. 4.

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The score jumped back and forth in the first half. At the end of the third quarter, Adams-Oyster led 14-10. The score stayed that way for most of the fourth quarter until Janney fifth-grader Edmee BrownEgue made two foul shots and a layup to tie the game, 14-14. With 20 seconds left, Janney called a timeout. The Jaguars went up the court and Edmee made a shot — but it was a second after the buzzer, and the game went into five minutes of overtime. Fans for both teams cheered loudly during the extra time. Adams-Oyster’s fans waved pompoms. The score stayed the same until 17 seconds remained, when Edmee was fouled. She missed the first foul shot but made the second to give Janney the lead, 15-14. In the final seconds, AdamsOyster came close to scoring but was not successful. The buzzer rang, and Janney fans streamed onto the court in celebration. â€œWhen I was taking the second [foul] shot, I knew that if I missed I would disappoint Janney,â€? Edmee said. “When I did score, it felt great!â€? Janney coach Elizabeth Koruda, a second-grade teacher, said the game “was really nerve-wracking but exciting.â€? Janney has girls and boys basketball teams for the first time in three years. â€” Nicholas Spasojevic, fourth-grader

Hyde-Addison Elementary

The second-graders studied habitats in science, library and reading this December. There are a lot of different kinds of habitats: woodlands, rain forests, arctic tundras, grasslands, deserts, oceans and even city parks! In library, some of the kids studying oceans researched sea lions, dolphins, sharks and whales. We learned that whales eat their food using baleen instead of teeth. We read about adaptation, which is how animals change to protect themselves. Chameleons change their colors and so do octopuses. Sharks are the same color as water because it is easier for them to blend in. That also helps them hunt.

In science, we made dioramas. That’s like a 3-D model. We used fabric, cut-out pictures of animals, pipe cleaners and clay to build our habitats. Then we went on a field trip to the “Animal Grossology� exhibit at National Geographic. There were lots of gross things: We saw sea cucumbers squirt their guts out of their bottoms, a mechanical cow burping and pooping and dung beetles rolling poop. We also learned things like when beetles get angry, they box — that’s why they are also called boxing beetles. It was gross but interesting. We learned about different colors of blood like blue, red and white. Did you know that lobsters have blue blood like many ocean animals? Orcas are ocean animals, but they have red blood because they’re mammals. Most insects have white blood, but a ladybug has yellow blood. — Second-graders

Maret School

Something fun about Mr. Stone’s class in third grade is that there is a very special game called Trashketball. We have Trashketball every Thursday in math. There are two rounds of Trashketball. Before the first round, you have to do something mathrelated, like calculating problems, working in your math book or doing a worksheet. Next, you get to take shots at the basket! There are eight shots for Trashketball and two teams. The Trashketball is a tennis ball, which someone colored. Since we have 15 students in our class, someone will get a second turn. The first team starts at the one shot and if the player makes it, the next person on the same team shoots the two shot. If that person misses it, the next person on the same team shoots the one shot again. Once the first team is done, the second team goes. After that, Mr. Stone calculates what shots each team made so far. After the first round, you do more work that is math-related. This time around, we usually work in our Dalmatian books (our math journal is called a Dalmatian book because it has black and white spots on it). When we’re done with that, it’s time for the second round of shots, and whichever team makes it to the highest level of shots wins! — Kasey Orava, third-grader

Murch Elementary

On the cold morning of Dec.8, Murch Elementary had a preliminary Battle of the Books. Two teams faced off in a simulated battle. The Battling Badgers of Pattersonia (Mr. Patterson’s fourth grade) faced off against the Dreaded Dragons of Ottenville (Ms. Otten’s fifth grade). It was a close fight. The Battling Badgers answered a question wrong, and it was the only mistake they made. The Dragons answered it correctly. The Dreaded Dragons won 10-7. See Dispatches/Page 15

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During the assembly, third-, fourth- and fifth-graders were enlisted to read a range of books, and in March they will compete in a Battle of the Books. Homerooms will face other homerooms to answer questions about the books they read. It is rumored that the Battle of the Books goes back to the 1930s, when it was part of a Chicago radio program. Today it is a reading program for elementary, middle and high schools. Books are selected over a range of reading levels and genres. Over winter break, students begin reading the books. When we asked Principal Cebrzynski what he thought of the Battle of the Books, he said, “It’s fortunate to have Ms. Hope bring it here. It is great.â€? English Language Learners teacher Holly Hope started Battle of the Books at Murch this year. We want thee to read! — Zach Crouch and Noam Jacobovitz, fifth-graders

National Presbyterian SchoolÂ

Here’s a rundown of what’s going on in the new year at National Presbyterian School. Every year, we do a musical, which is open to fourth, fifth and sixth-graders. This year’s production is “Aladdin.� Of course, everyone wants to be the hilarious genie. Mr. Nolan, the long-term drama substitute, is directing it along with Mrs. Hull, the long-term music substitute, who will be in charge of the music part. Also, basketball has just started back up. We have a boys team and a girls team. They are made up of fifth- and sixth-graders. Now to our oldest grade in the school, sixth grade. The students just took a really big test, the SSAT, on Jan. 4, so they could get into a new school after this one. The test took the whole morning to complete. Finally, our school is hosting an Alumni Movie Night. We sure are keeping busy around here in 2012. Happy new year from National Presbyterian School! — Nina Carter, fifth-grader

St. Ann’s Academy

During the second quarter, the seventh grade has had many amazing activities. We had our Christmas concert. Some of the songs sung by our class were “Jingle Bell Rock� and “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.� We also went on many field trips, one being a trip to the National Geographic Society to see a movie about the Roman Empire. We also went ice-skating at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. For many students, this was their first time ice-skating and so the students who knew how to skate helped those who didn’t. We sure had a lot of falls and laughs. We ended up with a nice lunch in Chinatown. This trip will give us many fond memories. In social studies with Mr. Kane, we are learning about the Roman Empire. In Spanish, we are getting ready for a quiz on time, place and food. In science, we are going to do a DNA test on strawberries. Yum! In religion, we are getting ready for a test on the 10 Commandments and mortal/venial sin along with the two greatest commandments. In language arts, we are learning how to write a thesis statement. So far, this has been a great school year. — Claudia Silva and Victoria Dos Santos, seventh-graders

School Without Walls

On Jan. 3, I arrived at Metro Center and joined a slow-moving, massive line that contained students not only from Walls, but from all across the city. At the line’s end waited the Metro sales office. Waiting in that line was unpleasant but essential. Student transit passes are no longer sold at Walls. Now, they can only be purchased at the sales offices. The pass is a necessity. For $30, students ride “free� for a month. Without it, even taking one bus to school and one back costs more than $15 a week. Before purchasing a pass, student IDs have to be registered, forms have to be filled out and paperwork must be turned in. But this only has to be done once. On Tuesday, many of us at Walls found ourselves in an uncomfortable position. I was informed that

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the leniency period allowing people to buy passes without forms ended with 2011. Paperwork is now required, each and every time. No one, not the Walls administration, not the school system administration, and most of all, not Metro, informed students that leniency had existed. Like many others, I was forced to return the next day. Metro singlehandedly controls the means for a vast majority of students to get to school. It is a relationship that should not be abused. There needs to be better communication between Metro and its riders.

There needs to be a change. â€” Keanu Ross-Cabrera, 12th-grader

Shepherd Elementary

During the winter break, I went Christmas shopping with my mother, my sister and my grandmother. I played with my sister’s new Nintendo DSi and my American Girl doll. I also started working on my science project for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Science Fair. I sold Girl Scout cookies for my troop. And I got to see the “Ice! Merry

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16TH ST HEIGHTS OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS TWICE! 2 1-BR units in co-op bldg with “Old World Charm” & “Art Deco Flair”. Units have high ceilings, sep DR, HWFs, lots of closets and low fees! EZ transportation, 1 Blk to RC Park. Priced at $149K & $135K. www.TheChampionCollection.com. Denise Champion 202-215-9242 Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700

FOREST HILLS

$284,405

RARE 828 SF 1BR, 1BA with fabulous city views. Loads of closets, freshly painted, fully equipped kitchen with loads of cabinets and counters: All just a short distance to the Cleveland Park METRO. Monthly fee includes utilities. Jeffrey Kochan Foxhall Office 202-363-1800

CAPITOL HILL

$770,000

GAITHERSBURG

$345,000

RENOVATED! One of the Hill’s prettiest Streets 3BR, 1.5BA, Granite & SS KIT; Great MBA w/glass tile; Sep finished Studio space in charming Backyard. Beautiful heart of pine floors; gas FP; just a few blocks to Barracks Row, METRO & Eastern Market. Susan Fagan 202-246-8337 Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700

BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED colonial featuring 3 finished lvls, brand new Pergo flrs, designer granite, FR of kit, screened in porch with set down deck, LL feature in-law suite w/BA. So much more! Sintia Petrosian 301-395-8817 Friendship Hts 301-652-2777

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$6,300,000

ONE OF THE LAST large parcels on Mass Ave, this Circa-1926 mansion sits on almost a half-acre next to the VP’s residence. Mediterranean-style villa w/ chestnut paneling, two kitchens, and over 8,000 sqft of living space. Two-car garage w/ sep apt plus add’l prkg. Terri Robinson 202-607-7737 Denise Warner 202-487-5162 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

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ALL NEW 2 lvl condo lives live house. 1200sf, 2BR/2BA, open layout, maple flrs, great light, & modern look inside and Victorian look outside. Phil Di Ruggiero 202-725-2250 Friendship Heights Office 202-364-5200

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$899,000

PALISADES

$825,000

STUNNING 1900 SF 2BR, 2BA Penthouse with sweeping views, updated gourmet KIT, MBR ste with sumptuous bath & ample closets, huge living & dining rooms, spacious private balcony, & garage parking space in top notch building with pool. View at www.robythompson.com. Roby Thompson 202-255-2986 Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300

NANTUCKET CHARMER! Rarely available 3 BR 2.5 BA home in sought after neighborhd close to the Palisade Rec Ctr. Open kit to fam rm leading to priv grdn & deck. MBR w/ marble BA, steam shower & huge walk-in clost. Convenient nearby transpo shopping & dining. 5205 Sherier Pl. NW Terri Robinson 202-607-7737 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

ADAMS MORGAN $315,000 BEAUX ARTS BEAUTY. Pass through the most beautiful lobby in Washington when you come home to The Wyoming. Corner 1BR w/high ceilings, wood floors, good closet space, xtra stor. Pet OK, 24hr desk, great bldg roof deck. Nr Metro; 42 bus at the door. Call for info. Joe Kelley 202-238-2874 Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300 BETHESDA $1,850,000 MODERN designer’s dream. Centrally located, stunning, one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Large functional spaces, huge windows, custom lighting & sound system. Contemp appliances including Bulthaup, Meile., SubZero & Gaggeneau. MBR w/ mini kitchette & frplc. LL in-law suite. Yusef Khatib Foxhall Office 202-363-1800

service bldg with pool and gym. Elaine Conroy 202-744-6291 Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300

GEORGETOWN 1680 Wisconsin Ave. NW 202.944.8400

FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS 5101 Wisconsin Ave. NW 202.364.5200

FOXHALL 3201 New Mexico Ave. NW 202.363.1800

CHEVY CHASE 20 Chevy Chase Circle NW 202.363.9700

BETHESDA $2,108,000 SUNNY, spacious custom home renov and expanded to include 1st floor Mste. Double LR, double FRs and large eat-in KIT. Sunny exposure & sited on 2 acre lot in Avenel. Three car garage with circular driveway on a quiet street. Nancy Itteilag Foxhall Office 202-363-1800 BRIGHTWOOD $205,000 TOTAL CONVENIENCE! Huge Unit, Lots of Sunlight, gorgeous HWFs and conveniently located to Public Transp, Dtwn Silver Spring & Metro, all this and Gar PKG! Fee incl all utils, except phone and cable.www.DCMDHomeFinder.com. Walt Johnson 240-351-4663 Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700 CLEVELAND PARK $409,000 BROADMOOR Co-op, Top Flr. Beautiful lge 1BR w/ lots of light & park views. Updtd KIT w/new ss appls & gran Counters. Sep Dining. HWFs, Freshly Painted & Custom Bookcases. Full Serv Bldg. Garage PKG to rent. Walk to Metro & shops. 3601 Connecticut Ave NW. John Mammano 571-331-8557 Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300 CLEVELAND PARK $435,000 BROADMOOR Co-op. Beautiful & bright 1BR + den. Just bring your suitcase. Updated KIT w/ New SS appls. Large rooms, HWFs, Formal DR, Freshly painted, Good views & Many period details. Indoor PKG Avail/rent. 1/2 blk to Metro & shops. 3601 Connecticut Ave NW. John Mammano 571-331-8557 Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300

WOODLEY PARK 2300 Calvert St. 202.483.6300

SW WATERFRONT $375,000 HARBOUR SQUARE… Spacious S-facing Co-op Unit w/spectacular river & pond views. 2 Balconies, 2 Lg BR, 2BA, Approx 1200 SF, newly painted w/refin flrs & loads of closet space. Sought-after community has Roof Deck & Olympic-size pool. Under 2 blks to METRO! www.TheChampionCollection.com. Denise Champion 202-215-9242 Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700 TAKOMA PARK $529,000 PRICE REDUCED! Just 3 blks to Farmers’ market & ½ mile to METRO. Charming 3-4BR, 2.5BA home has much to offer: Updtd KIT, LR w/FP, formal DR, terrific FR add’n w/PR on 1st flr. Fin LL w/ Rec Rm, BR & BA. New CAC, pretty landscaping, inviting Front Porch, Rear Deck, & OSP! Julie Roberts 202-276-5854 Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700 U ST CORRIDOR $355,000 SUPER WOW! Literally sun-drenched, rare top flr unit. Virtuallly new & totally hip open flr plan. Daryl Laster/ Lance Horsley 202-294-9055 Friendship Heights 202-364-5200

2BA with International flair: high ceilings, high gloss parquet floors, brand new windows & atrium door to balcony/patio. Freshly painted w/both a real DR & lightfilled eat-in KIT. Gracious, spacious!! Elizabeth Russell Foxhall Office 202-363-1800 COURTHOUSE $1,199,000 STUNNING 2 story PH at the Wooster & Mercer. 2BRs, 2BAs, over 1800sf w/soaring ceilings, incredible lights from flr-to ceilings windows. A MUST SEE!! Tom Spier 202-320-6711 Friendship Heights 202-364-5200 703-522-6100 DC - NE $164,900 INVESTOR’S DELIGHT! Semi-detached 2BR, 1.5BA, w/Bsmt, 2-car PKG, govt approved $1,300/mo. High rate of return! 1 mile to 3 METRO stops. Hope to sell with tenant in place. Timothy Healy 301-980-4085 Chevy Chase Office 202-986-1001

GEORGETOWN $1,645,000 BRIGHT END UNIT townhouse with CLEVELAND PARK $499,204 3BR/4.5BA, built in 1990. Fully finished TRULY GRACIOUS space!! True 3BR, on 4 levels. Large, open LR/DR with

southern light. Chef's kitchen. Master suite & terrace with views of VA. Family room opens to garden. 3 fireplaces. Sauna. Elevator. Garage. 3242 Reservoir Rd. NW Scott Polk 202-256-5460 Tamora Ilasat 202 460-0699 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400 GLOVER PARK $399,000 RENOVATED. 1 of only 2 units at Sheffield w/private terrace leading to grassy courtyard-perfect for pet friendly bldg. Large windows, great light, open plan. Large LR w/built-ins, renov KIT w/granite, stainless, lots of cabinets. MBR w/WIC, & 2nd large closet. Updated bath. W/D. HWD. Condo fee includes cable, HBO, Showtime. FHA approved. Garage Parking & storage included. 2320 Wisconsin Ave. NW #112 Kristen Bell Farman 202-870-4055 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400 PETWORTH $249,900 - $259,900 ALMOST SOLD OUT! FHA APPROVED! Light filled, fantastic condos in THE FLATS AT TAYLOR STREET. Choose from 1BR w/den or 2BR/2BA. Quality &

affordability, finished with stylish and superior materials: gran, ss, HW & bamboo, CAC & W/D in each unit. Walk to Metro! www.804taylorstreet.com. 804 Taylor St NW. Christy Zachary 202-494-2248 Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300 SPRING VALLEY $375,000 OPEN HOUSE JAN. 15, 1-4PM. Stately brick colonial home with slate roof and circular driveway. Gracious entry foyer with den, living room, formal dining, kitchen and powder rooms on main level. Dining room opens to screened porch that overlooks private landscaped garden. 4 bedroom and 4 full baths. Fireplaces in living room and lower level family room. 0.25 acre on quiet street. 4020 51st Street NW Roberta Theis 202-338-8824 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400 SW WATERFRONT $329,000 SPECTACULAR, Bright & Especially Large. Huge 2BR, 1BA situated in the heart of the SW Waterfront with a modern open floor plan, WICs galore, and a top of the line Chef's KIT complete with granite and stainless steel. Full

WESLEY HEIGHTS $575,000 CHIC & SOPHISTICATED 1,653 sq ft Home is Sun-Filled and offers both East and West Exposures / Spectacular Sunrise and Sunset Views & a View/The National Cathedral! So much more! Connie Parker 202-302-3900 Friendship Heights 301-652-2777 WESLEY HEIGHTS $825,000 FABULOUS Price Reduction. ELEVATOR to all levels of this classic Westover TH. Move-in condition. Open floor plan offers elegant kitchen/dining on one level, gracious large LR. Mste includes French doors to balcony too!! Assigned parking. Nancy Itteilag Foxhall Office 202-363-1800 WEST END RENTAL $4000/MO. FABULOUS FURNISHED 1 BR penthouse w/spectacular views of the western Georgetown skyline. Renov to the high end with granite and hardwd flrs. Gourmet kit, stainless steel appliances. Sep dining area with French doors opening to large balcony. Garage prkg included in rent. 2555 Pennsylvania Ave #1011 Derry Haws 202-287-6707 Long and Foster 202-944-8400

A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington

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bank typically concentrate on a handful of neighborhoods. Among them are Petworth and Brightwood, both offering collections of pre-war housing that are attracting investors and do-it-yourself renovators alike. Just beyond Petworth’s northern border, this Brightwood end-unit property, built in 1924, has been thoroughly updated, and the result is a bright, clean slate for new owners. The entry from the grayish-tan brick exterior opens into an openplan living and dining space divided by a central stair. Original hardwood floors can be found here and throughout much of the home. Because the property is semi-detached, windows line the length of the ground floor, bringing in loads of light even on an overcast winter day. Beyond the hardwood-lined living room is another bright space.

The sunroom was once a screened porch but is now an all-season spot ideal as a casual living room; a wall niche makes a nice location for a television. On the other side of the stair, double windows let sunshine flood the dining room and the adjacent kitchen, which is also bright thanks to a window and French doors leading to a deck, the home’s rear yard and a parking pad beyond. The renovated kitchen balances warm and cool tones and yields a modern sensibility that retains a homey touch. Stainless-steel appliances set amid wood cabinetry include a gas stove, and granite counters in a warm neutral offer plenty of prep space for the cook. A trio of doors just beyond the kitchen add tons of utility to the home: A half bath, coat closet and storage with washer-dryer hookups wait behind them. The trek upstairs offers plenty of visual interest as it turns past an exposed brick wall that’s been painted a warm white. Period details other than original floorboards wait on this level, including fixed transoms above bedroom doors. The master bedroom is sunny and sizable; a translucent door to

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This end-unit home on Longfellow Street in Brightwood is priced at $449,900. An open house will take place Sunday. the master bath is a smart way to visually maximize space. The bath is also roomy, with a spa tub and separate shower stall lined in marble tiles, as is the floor. A large closet has been fitted with custom shelving, as have other storage spots here. A second sizable bedroom features exposed brick, also painted white, that acts almost as molding on the upper portion of the space. It connects to a full bath that also has a door to the hallway. A third spot here could be a bedroom, home office or more; it lacks a window but gets natural light through a skylight. A finished basement lends itself

to use as a casual living spot or as an in-law suite, thanks to plumbing and wiring installed for a kitchen here. A full bath, entrance to the rear yard and closet with a washer and dryer are also on this floor. As development in the area continues, particularly on Georgia Avenue, this location is becoming surrounded by more and more

amenities, including the proposed Walmart. This three-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 500 Longfellow St. is offered for $449,900. An open house will be held Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. For details, contact Realtor Dina Paxenos with Keller Williams Capital Properties at 202256-1624 or dina@dinapaxenos.

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transcripts or apply for financial aid. Many of them “simply think college is not obtainable,� he said. “But when they’re exposed to it, they suck it up.�

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year, it required that crews go one block into residential neighborhoods on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, according to executive director Kristen Barden. Although she said the contracts aren’t directly comparable, the BID will spend $28,000 more on litter pickup in 2012 than it did in 2011. “The board was overwhelmingly supportive of doing this,� Barden said. “They have all heard these complaints from residents for a long time.� The broader litter cleanup pro-

A crowd of skeptical reporters at the press briefing questioned details of both bills. Who would pay for the tests, one asked. And isn’t college unrealistic or unnecessary for those who want to pursue a trade or construction job? Brown stood his ground. He said most private schools require every student to take the

gram is typically funded by a mixture of BID funds — which come from local businesses — and D.C. grants. The city’s Department of Small and Local Business Development provided $90,000 of the total $178,000 contract. The additional $28,000 was shifted from the BID’s security budget, where it would have been used to hire extra private guards and Metropolitan Police Department officers on such special events as St. Patrick’s Day. “We’ve heard from the membership over the years that security is less of a concern, and that they’d rather have us spend money on marketing and cleaning, and we’re doing that,� said Barden.

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we need to get enforcement in place.� Since 1922, the District has required property owners to clear their adjacent sidewalks after a snowstorm. But under current law, the process for enforcement — city workers will clear the snow-covered sidewalk, then go to court to seek reimbursement, even if it requires a lien on the property — is so convoluted that scofflaws virtually never face a penalty. Cheh’s bill, co-sponsored by Tommy Wells of Ward 6, would instead impose fines, although the dollar amount has been halved since last year’s non-action on the bill. Proposed fines are now $25 for residents, and $125 for commercial property owners. Warnings will go out first, and fines will be issued only once per day, under the softened bill. In addition, the executive branch will set up an exemption system for those — senior citizens and the disabled, for example — who can’t shovel. During debate Jan. 4, Cheh agreed that no penalties will be imposed until the exemption system is in place. Other cities have similar side-

“for all those who say this won’t work, doing nothing in this city hasn’t worked for 30 years.� Brown said details will be hashed out during the legislative process and with D.C. Public Schools officials. Although charter schools are not included in the legislation, Brown said he expects some to follow suit.

walk-shoveling laws, some with steeper fines, Cheh and Wells said. Cheh argued that clear sidewalks are “vitally important for all those who walk.� She spoke of children forced to walk in the street because sidewalks near schools are not shoveled, and of seniors without cars who are homebound after a heavy snow. And if not shoveled promptly, she noted, the snow can turn to ice, making travel even harder. “This is not a novel idea,� Cheh said. “This law has been on the books since 1922. Now it’s time to enforce it.� Still, the legislation has been mired in complaints. Critics have said the proposed fines would seem like just another tax, punishing seniors, the disabled and even small businesses. They’ve argued that the city and federal governments should shovel their own properties first before residents are fined. And they worry that city workers have more important tasks than handing out tickets to shoveling scofflaws. Ward 1 member Jim Graham, who refused to move the same bill two years ago when he chaired the committee on public works, listed his concerns: Who will write the tickets? Who gets the ticket — the property owner or the tenant? What about poor people who can’t afford a shovel — or a fine?

“Nobody wants to see gaps in the sidewalk, but once we start issuing fines, expect a very strong reaction,� Graham warned. “I’m not sure if it will result in clearer sidewalks. This is just going to be a lot more people paying money to the District government.� Muriel Bowser of Ward 4 echoed him. “My concern is parking enforcement officers kind of marauding the neighborhood giving out tickets. There is a perception, among people who live here and pay taxes, that the government is nickling and diming them again and again.� The worst offenders, several members said, are federal and D.C. agencies that don’t clear sidewalks around their property — parks and schools, for example — but would not be subject to the new fines. The National Park Service has acknowledged that it doesn’t have funding to clear its many parcels of parkland in the city. And as for the city itself, Cheh said her bill would not apply. “We’re not going to fine ourselves. But it’s clear the District government has to do a better job.� The bill passed on first reading — with Bowser, Graham and Ward 8 member Marion Barry voting no — after Ward 2’s Jack Evans moved to close debate. “We’ve been talking about this forever,� Evans said.

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From Page 1 motion says, quoting Economides. In December, according to papers filed by the city, Economides left a message with the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs saying “the project is at a standstill [because] everyone anticipated a number when permits were issued and we have had some bids come in at over $750,000. Part of the agreement we made with the District is as long as we got started there is no end date. And with these types of numbers coming in, this could be a long process.” But assistant attorneys general Maureen Zaniel and Fernando Rivero reject that argument. “Apparently, the defendant thinks he can do something — or nothing — on his own timetable,” they say in their motion to reopen the case, filed with Judge Judith Bartnoff in midDecember. “Under no conceivably charitable reading of the Settlement Agreement did the District agree that, once the defendants commenced construction, they could take one, five, ten, twenty years to complete the work on their retaining wall,” the District’s lawyers wrote. They said cost is not a basis for stopping work and allowing “zoning violations to persist.” Ted Gest, spokesperson for Nathan’s office, said it’s now up to Judge Bartnoff to decide whether to hold a hearing on the motion, or to rule directly. Economides’ wall has a tortured

history. He got permits in 2002 to build a “retaining wall.” Neighbors alarmed at the big block wall in the narrow park appealed to the city Board of Zoning Adjustment two years later. After months of hearings, the zoning board in 2006 ruled the wall is actually “an artificially elevated platform structure” violating

❝Nothing visible has happened at all. Zippo, bupkus.❞ — Spence Spencer setback requirements as well as a zoning overlay intended to preserve trees and delicate slopes in Wesley Heights. During the proceedings, a geotechnical engineer for the National Park Service described the wall, with its 6,000 cubic yards of fill dirt and concrete footings inches from federal parkland, as a “mechanically stabilized earth structure.” Park Service witnesses also said they feared it would block sunlight in the park, creating a “dead zone” in the vegetation below. Economides appealed to the D.C. Court of Appeals, which in 2008 also turned him down. Along the way, Economides, a developer himself, was also charged with multiple building code violations for demolishing part of an old house on the property without proper permits in order to build a grander new home. That case also remains unresolved. Instead, District attorneys last year negotiated a legal settlement

that requires Economides to take down the big wall “in a timely fashion” and replace it with a series of 4-foot-high retaining walls to create a terraced backyard. Economides agreed not to sue the District for erroneously permitting the wall in the first place, and District lawyers agreed to drop the criminal case involving building code violations. Federal park officials, who intervened in the case to protect the narrow strip of parkland, which connects to Battery Kemble Park, accepted that approach after experts agreed it would address stormwater problems and respect park boundaries. The settlement agreement, signed this May, stipulated that construction would start in August. But inspections by the regulatory department in late September and again in December, “revealed that no work had been performed on the retaining wall,” according to the District’s motion. “Nothing visible has happened at all. Zippo, bupkus,” said Spence Spencer, immediate past president of the Palisades Citizens Association, one of the neighborhood groups that fought doggedly over the years to get the wall taken down. Today, said Spencer, “nothing is growing in the area since there is no sunlight. There are big stormwater runoff issues in the park as well.” Now city attorneys are waiting to see if Bartnoff reopens the case. “The agreement does have a provision that would allow us to re-file criminal charges, but we’re not going to speculate about the chances of that happening,” said spokesperson Gest.

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Park mall is less clear. Some community leaders have said previously that they believe the mall’s small storefronts will be consolidated into anchor stores, citing Target and Bloomingdale’s as likely tenants. But 10 months after those stores were expected to have been named tenants, nothing has materialized publicly, and the Vornado spokesperson had no comment. “Do we need more communication? In a short answer, yes,” said Bill Starrels, the advisory neighborhood commissioner representing southern Georgetown. Starrels said a December meeting with the Georgetown business community, which he attended, was a good start. At that meeting, according to Starrels, Vornado expressed an interest in attracting more bigname retailers to the mall — which he said would be a positive move for the neighborhood, attracting more shoppers to the Georgetown business district. The last public activity at

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Georgetown Park came over the summer, when Vornado applied to the Old Georgetown Board for permission to add windows and entrances to the mall. Some of the changes would optimize space for “a larger format tenant,” the project architect said at the time. Board members rejected those proposals as “not appropriate for this facade, or for Georgetown.” The Old Georgetown Board, part of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, must grant approval to exterior modifications to the neighborhood’s buildings, including any signage. Commission secretary Thomas Luebke said there had been no new applications for either the mall or the Barnes & Noble site as of last week, but the deadline for the board’s next meeting isn’t until tomorrow. The Vornado spokesperson wouldn’t say how soon Nike would move in at 3040 M St. and declined to offer any additional information. The spokesperson also declined to discuss why the company hopes to change the Georgetown Park mall, stating that the firm prefers to “look forward,” while adding that plans have not yet been developed.

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Wednesday january 11 Class ■A weekly workshop will offer instruction in “Sahaja Yoga Meditation.� 7 p.m. Free. West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707. Concerts ■Composer, singer and songwriter Pierre de Gaillande and his band will perform English versions of songs by iconic French poet/singer Georges Brassens. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■The Chris Byars Octet and pianist Freddie Redd will perform jazz selections. 8 p.m. $15 to $25. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. Discussions and lectures ■Eric Kaufmann of Birkbeck College, London, will discuss “Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?� 4 to 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Mortara Building, Georgetown University, 36th and N streets NW. kbg22@georgetown.edu. ■Richard Pomfret, adjunct professor of international economics at the School of Advanced International Studies Bologna Center, will discuss “Alternative Future Economic Scenarios for Central Asia.� 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Rome Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. saiscaciforums@jhu.edu. ■Gina A. Rudan will discuss her book “Practical Genius: The Real Smarts You Need to Get Your Talents and Passions Working for You.� 6:30 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176. ■David Major, retired FBI supervisory special agent and director of counterintelligence, intelligence and security programs, will discuss “2011 Espionage Debrief: A Worldwide Year in Review.� 6:30 p.m. $15. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. ■Hicks Stone, the youngest son of architect Edward Durell Stone and author of his biography, will discuss the breadth of his father’s life and career. A book signing will follow. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $20. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. ■Linda Voris, assistant professor of liter-

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Thursday january 12 Book signing ■George Norfleet will sign copies of his book “A Pilot’s Journey,� about the Tuskegee Airmen. Noon to 5 p.m. Free admission. Museum Store, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. Concert ■Electronic musician and vocalist Yoko Kamitani will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. Discussions and lectures ■Joan Bradley Wages, president and chief executive officer of the National Women’s History Museum, will discuss efforts to identify a site for the museum and lobby Congress for a permanent facility. 11:30 a.m. $30. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■Historian and human rights activist Vadim J. Birstein will discuss his book

“Smersh: Stalin’s Secret Weapon: Soviet Military Counterintelligence in WWII.â€? Noon. Free. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. â– Phillips Collection curator at large Klaus Ottmann, author of “The Essential Mark Rothko,â€? will discuss “Mark Rothko and Color.â€? 6 p.m. Donation suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-3872151. â– A gallery talk on “Evolution of a Collectorâ€? will describe Duncan Phillips’ initial dislike of the work of modern artists such as CĂŠzanne, Matisse and Picasso, and his later decision to collect and champion their work. 6 and 7 p.m. Donation suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-3872151. â– London-based architect Jim Eyre will discuss the boundaries of art and science through building scales. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $20. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. â– Savitri D, Bill Talen and Reverend Billy will discuss the book “The Reverend Billy Project, From Rehearsal Hall to Super Mall.â€? 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202387-7638. â– PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley will lead a panel discussion on “Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity,â€? featuring Princeton University professor Cornel West (shown), personal finance expert Suze Orman, filmmaker Michael Moore, author Barbara Ehrenreich, poverty expert Jeffrey Sachs, urban revitalization strategist Marjoa Carter and Feeding America president Vicki B. Escarra. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. tavistalks.com/remakingamerica. â– Erik Demaine of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will discuss “Algorithms Meet Art, Puzzles, and Magic.â€? 6:45 p.m. Free. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1530 P St. NW. 202-3286988. â– Theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss will discuss “On the Universe and Nothingness.â€? 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $25. Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030. â– The “Immigrants in Americaâ€? book discussion series will delve into “Brother, I’m Dyingâ€? by Elwidge Danticat. 7 to 8:45 p.m. Free; reservations required. Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3072. â– Jodi Kantor will discuss her book “The Obamasâ€? in conversation with David Brooks. 7 p.m. $8 in advance; $10 on the day of the event. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 202-364-1919. â– Randall T. Frost will discuss “The Structure of Bowen Theory.â€? 7:30 p.m. Free. Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, Bgaf Mk ^gj @Yhhq @gmj =n]jq Egf\Yq % >ja\Yq >jge , % /he Dggc >gj Gmj Kmf\Yq :jmf[` :]_affaf_ BYfmYjq )kl

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Thursday, january 12 â– Concert: The National Symphony Orchestra and violinist Leila Josefowicz will perform works by Debussy, Mackey and Sibelius. 7 p.m. $20 to $85. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. The concert will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. 4400 MacArthur Blvd. NW. 202-965-4400. ■“Classic Conversationsâ€? will feature actor James Earl Jones and Shakespeare Theatre Company artistic director Michael Kahn. 8 p.m. $35. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. Films â– The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present the documentary “Chautauqua: An American Narrative,â€? about the Chautauqua Institution in western New York. A discussion will follow. 10 to 11:50 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-895-4860. â– The Alliance Française de Washington will present Sylvain Chomet’s 2010 animated film “The Illusionist.â€? 7 p.m. $9; $4 for students and seniors. Reservations required. Letelier Theater, 3251 Prospect St. NW. 202234-7911. Performance â– The Topaz Hotel Bar’s weekly stand-up show will feature local comics. 8 to 10 p.m. Free. 1733 N St. NW. 202-393-3000. Tasting â– Chris O’Brien, author of the book “Fermenting Revolution: How to Drink Beer and Save the World,â€? will lead a “tutored tastingâ€? of winter beers that have been brewed in ways that support their surrounding communities. 7 p.m. $20 in advance; $23 on the day of the event. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org. Friday, Jan. 13

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Concerts ■The Friday Morning Music Club will present a concert of works by Franck, Ibert and Kabalevsky. Noon. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-333-2075. ■Philadelphia-based trombonist Jeff Bradshaw will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■The Embassy Series will present “Schubert’s Birthday Celebration,� featuring Earl Carlyss on violin, Kenji Bunch on viola, John Patitucci on double bass and Ann

Meeting ■The Cleveland Park Chess Club will review historical games, study scenarios and play chess. 3:30 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. Performances ■The Git-Hoan Dancers from Washington state — comprised of members of the Tsimshian, Haida and Tlingit nations of southeast Alaska and led by carver David Boxley — will perform traditional and contemporary dance wearing elaborately carved masks. 12:30 and 2 p.m. Free. Potomac Atrium, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. The performance will repeat Saturday at 2 and 4 p.m. ■Theater Alliance’s “Hothouse on H� series will feature a staged reading of Nathan Louis Jackson’s “Broke-ology,� about a loving African-American family facing its troubles with humor, resiliency and grace. 7 p.m. Free. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. theateralliance.com. Special event ■Sixth & I Historic Synagogue and Turner Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church will present a Shabbat service commemorating the spirit and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. 7 p.m. $6; reservations required. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org. Sporting event ■The Washington Capitals will play the Tampa Bay Lightning. 7 p.m. $76 to $157. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Saturday, Jan. 14

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Children’s program ■The “Saturday Morning at the National� series will feature a performance by the Revision Dance Collective. 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets required. Helen Hayes Gallery, National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372. Class ■Juliette G. Tahar will lead a class on “Everyday Delicious Vegan Meals.� 10 a.m. to noon. $25; reservations required. Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, 1632 U St. NW. smithcenter.org. Concerts ■National Symphony Orchestra musicians Aaron Goldman, William Wielgus and Janet Frank will present “Teddy and the Ten Hats,� about a bear whose zany collection of hats represents a variety of music from Haydn to Sousa and beyond (for children ages 3 through 5). 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. $18. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. ■The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Orchestra, featurSee Events/Page 21

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Performance ■ Bettmann Dances will present “Quis Custodiet,” about the issue of security and its effect on creative expression. 7 p.m. $25; $15 for students, teachers, seniors and artists. Woolly Mammoth Theatre, 641 D St. NW. quis.bettmanndances.com.

Expo ■ The 19th annual NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo will feature activities, exhibits, health screenings, exercise classes and cooking demonstrations. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. nbcwashington. com. The expo will continue Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Film ■ “Paris to Fort Lee: French Filmmakers and the American Industry” will feature Étienne Arnaud’s 1912 film “Robin Hood,” at 2:30 p.m.; and Maurice Tourneur’s 1915 film “Alias Jimmy Valentine,” at 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.

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Discussions and lectures ■ “Flour Power” will explore how the city’s last remaining 1800s grist mill used water power to make flour and help advance the Industrial Revolution. Noon and 2 p.m. Free. Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive NW. 202-895-6070. ■ Kenneth Pollack (shown) and Daniel Byman will discuss their book “The Arab Awakening: America and the Transformation of the Middle East,” at 1 p.m.; and John M. Barry will discuss his book “Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Warren Perry, National Portrait Gallery staffer and former Graceland tour guide, will discuss his book “Echoes of Elvis: The Cultural Legacy of Elvis Presley.” 2 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ Dance critic Alexandra Tomalonis will use video of well-known ballets to help explain the fine craft of making a ballet. 3 p.m. $15. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Poet and Institute for Policy Studies board chair E. Ethelbert Miller and political analyst and playwright John Feffer will discuss “The Intersection of Art and Activism,” followed by a sneak preview of Feffer’s upcoming play “A Little Knowledge.” 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

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Special events ■ Chris Morganroth III, an elder of the Quileute Tribe, La Push, Wash., will tell traditional stories and discuss how his tribe is presented in the “Twilight” books and movies. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Free. Rasmuson Theater, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. ■ David Boxley, a Tsimshian carver from Metlakatla, Alaska, will unveil his specially commissioned 22-foot totem pole, which tells the story of Eagle and Young Chief. Noon. Free. Potomac Atrium, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. ■ The DC Anime Club and It’s Gosu will present an afternoon of video game tournaments and anime screenings (for ages 13 and older). 2 to 5 p.m. Free. Room A-5 and A-10, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. dcanimeclub.org. Sporting event ■ The Washington Wizards will play the Philadelphia 76ers. 7 p.m. $10 to $500. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Walks and tours ■ Native Washingtonian and freelance writer Rocco Zappone will lead an interactive “Walking Tour as Personal Essay,” filled with his reminiscences and impressions of a lifetime in D.C. 10 a.m. or by appointment. $25. Meet at the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202-3415208. ■ A park ranger will lead ages 7 and older on a vigorous winter hike in Rock Creek Park. Noon. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. Sunday, Jan. 15

Sunday january 15 Children’s program ■ Children ages 5 and older will listen to a story about writer, poet and art collector Gertrude Steing and create a special piece of art. 2 to 5 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000. Concerts ■ The All Points West Chamber Music Ensemble will present a family concert. 11 a.m. Free; reservations required. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. chaw.org. ■ National Symphony Orchestra cellist Yvonne Caruthers and a small ensemble will present “Connections: MORE Language and Music.” 1:30 and 4 p.m. $18. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The six-piece, Baltimore-based ensemble Jazz Caravan will perform. 4 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW. 202-363-2202. ■ Mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams and pianist Lucas Wong will perform works by Berlioz and others. 4 p.m. $20. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-3872151.

Monday, january 16 ■ Concert: The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University will host their annual “Let Freedom Ring” musical celebration, featuring Grammy-winning vocalist Bobby McFerrin and the Let Freedom Ring Choir. 6 p.m. Free; tickets required. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The professional Choir of Christ Church will perform works by Herbert Sumsion, H.K. Andrews and Adam Drese as part of its Choral Evensong series. 5 p.m. Free. Christ Church, Georgetown, 31st and O streets NW. 202-333-6677. ■ Guest organist John Cannon from Fort Collins, Colo., will perform. 5:15 p.m. $10. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200. ■ A choir from the Refreshing Spring Church of God in Christ in Riverdale, Md., will perform gospel music in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■ Americantiga, the National Gallery of Art Chamber Players and soprano Rosana Orsini will perform Brazilian and Portuguese music. 6:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ Dahlak Restaurant will host its weekly “DC Jazz Jam” session. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. 1771 U St. NW. 202-527-9522. Discussions and lectures ■ The Sunday Forum series will feature a talk by Rabbi Harold White, Jewish spiritual leader of the Interfaith Families Project of the Greater Washington, DC Area and former senior Jewish chaplain at Georgetown University. 10 a.m. Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202-347-8766. ■ Natalie Wexler will discuss her book

“The Mother Daughter Show,” at 1 p.m.; and James G. Hershberg will discuss his book “Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam,” at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Anne Markham Schulz, professor of art history and architecture at Brown University, will discuss “Woodcarving and Woodcarvers in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Venice.” 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ Fariba Nawa will discuss her book “Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman’s Journey Through Afghanistan.” 7:30 to 9 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202387-7638. Films ■ “Maurice Tourneur: 1930s” will feature the French-American director’s 1930 film “Accusée, Levez-Vous!” 4:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215. ■ Hip-Hop Cinema Cafe, Words Beats & Life and the “Focus-In! Cinema for a Conscious Community” series will present Joshua Atesh Litle’s 2010 film “The Furious Force of Rhymes.” 8 to 10:30 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Performance ■ Students from the St. Labre Indian School in Montana will perform powwow-style dances and drumming. Noon. Free. Potomac Atrium, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. Reading ■ “Sunday Kind of Love” will feature emerging and established poets, followed by an open-mike segment. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Sporting event ■ The Washington Capitals will play the Carolina Hurricanes. 5 p.m. $78 to $157. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Walk ■ A park ranger will lead ages 7 and older on a vigorous winter hike in Rock Creek Park. 10 a.m. Free. Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive NW. 202-895-6070. Monday, Jan. 16

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“Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Film ■ The Washington Psychotronic Film Society will present Steven Spielberg’s 1972 film “Something Evil.” 8 p.m. Donation suggested. McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-462-3356. Performance ■ Theater J’s “Locally Grown Festival” will feature a staged reading of Jacqueline Lawton’s “The Hampton Years,” about a Jewish professor and two students who struggle to create art at an all-black Virginia college amid World War II and segregation. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $30. Goldman Theater, Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3210. Reading ■ In honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King, poets Carlos Parada, Kim Roberts and Dan Vera will present dramatic readings of speeches and poetry with a protest theme. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-5447077. Special event ■ “King in Our Midst” will feature interfaith dialogue and performances by groups such as Malcolm X Dancers & Drummers, St. Augustine Gospel Choir, poet Tony Keith, Urban National H.I.P.-H.O.P. Choir, Washington Performing Arts Society’s Children of the Gospel Choir, and CityDance with singers from School Without Walls. 2 to 4 p.m. Donation of a nonperishable canned food item or a new children’s book requested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200. Sporting event ■ The Washington Wizards will play the Houston Rockets. 2 p.m. $10 to $475. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Tuesday, Jan. 17

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Events Entertainment ■Nichole N. Bridges, associate curator for African art at the Baltimore Museum of Art, will discuss “The Symbolic Elegance of Lower Congo and Kuba Textiles.� Noon. Free. Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW. 202-6670441, ext. 64. ■Cokie Roberts will discuss her book “First of Hearts: Selected Letters of Mrs. Henry Adams.� Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■A panel of Georgetown University faculty members will discuss “A Dream Deferred: Dr. King’s Unfinished Campaign for Economic Justice.� 4 p.m. Free; reservations required. Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-4134. ■Merle Hoffman will discuss her book “Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion From the Back Alley to the Board Room.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■The Palisades Book Club will discuss “Bel Canto� by Ann Patchett. 7:30 p.m. Free. Palisades Neighborhood Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. FIlm ■The Georgetown Neighborhood Library will present the 1976 film “Taxi Driver.� 6 p.m. Free. Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. Performances ■The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Arts Consortium and the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop will present “A Remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr.,� featuring a special appearance by the youth of the Bokamoso Youth Centre in South Africa. 7 p.m. Free. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 4th Street and Independence

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Tuesday, january 17 â– Concert: Nashville-based pop singer/songwriter David Mead will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.

Avenue SE. 202-547-6839. ■The Arts Club of Washington and First Draft at Charter Theatre will present a reading of Mario Baldessari’s new comedy “The Bison Beast of Dubois,� about a small town’s attempt to revive its tourism industry. 7:30 p.m. Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. firstdraft.org. Special event ■Dennis J. Pogue, vice president for preservation at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Museum, and Gardens, will discuss “George Washington’s Mount Vernon Distillery.� A tasting of four classic whiskey cocktails will complement the presentation. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $45 in advance; $50 at the door. Warehouse Theater, 1021 7th St. NW. museumoftheamericancocktail.org. Sporting event ■The Washington Capitals will play the New York Islanders. 7:30 p.m. $45 to $138. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Wednesday, Jan. 18

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Classes ■The Smithsonian Encore Chorale, now in its fourth year, will host a weekly rehearsal of popular songs, Broadway musical selections, spirituals, opera and operettas, led by professional conductor Jeanne Kelly (for ages 55 and older). 10:30 a.m. to noon. $201. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. The class will continue through May 2. ■Jonathan Foust will present “The Still, Small Voice Within: Exploring the Relationship Between Meditation and Intuition,� featuring a talk and guided meditation practices. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15 donation suggested. Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, 1632 U St. NW. smithcenter.org. Concerts ■The “Happenings at the Harman� series will feature pianist and composer Burnett Thompson performing his musical setting of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Noon. Free. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. ■Rafrechi, a group of Haitian-born singers, will perform soul music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.

Discussions and lectures ■The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk by Mary Bullock, Sarel Kromer and Laurie SegelMoss on “Rwanda Peace Narratives.� 10 to 11:50 a.m. Free. Temple Baptist Church, 3860 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-895-4860. ■Adam Goodheart will discuss his book “1861: The Civil War Awakening.� Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■Kenneth D. Ackerman will discuss his book “Young J. Edgar: Hoover, the Red Scare and the Assault on Civil Liberties.� Noon. Free. West Dining Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5221. ■The National Women’s History Museum’s lecture series on “The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Women’s History� will feature a talk by New York University professor Deborah Willis on “New Negro Women and Beyond: Posing Beauty in African American Culture.� 4 to 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Flom Auditorium, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. swinston@nwhm.org. ■Trita Parsi will discuss his book “A Single Roll of the Dice — Obama’s Diplomacy With Iran.� 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■Jonathan Gruber, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will discuss his book “Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How It Works.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■Julia Osman, professor of history at Mississippi State University, will discuss “‘In the Name of Honor’: Officers of the French Army and Their Participation in the American Revolution.� 7 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. Films ■The Textile Museum will present the 2011 films “Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui� and “Anatsui at Work.� Noon. Free. Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW. 202667-0441, ext. 64. ■A film series on the civil rights movement will feature “Freedom Riders,� at 3:30 p.m.; and “No Easy Walk: 1961-1963,� at 5 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-7271225. ■The “American Repertoire� series will feature Billy Wilder’s 1955 film “The Seven Year Itch,� starring Marilyn Monroe, Evelyn Keyes and Tom Ewell. 6:30 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets

NW. 202-633-1000. â– A Kurdish film festival will feature Hisham Zaman’s 2005 film “Bekas and Bawke,â€? about two brothers who want to live in the United States with Superman, and his 2007 film “Winterland,â€? about two Kurdish refugees in Norway. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court NW. 202-895-6776. â– The French CinĂŠmathèque series will feature CĂŠdric Klapisch’s 2011 film “My Piece of the Pie,â€? about a single mother who loses her job at a local factory but soon lands work cleaning the Paris apartment of a handsome but cocky power broker. 8 p.m. $11; $9 for students; $8.25 for seniors; $8 for ages 12 and younger. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. Special event ■“A Spiritual Tribute to Dr. King’s Legacyâ€? will feature the combined chapel and gospel choirs of Georgetown University, as well as Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee co-founder Bernard Lafayette Jr. 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-6874134. Sporting event â– The Washington Wizards will play the Oklahoma City Thunder. 7 p.m. $10 to $605. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Thursday, Jan. 19

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Concerts ■Members of the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program will perform classical music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■The National Symphony Orchestra and pianist Ingrid Fliter will perform works by Mozart, Schumann, Glanert and Mozart. 7 p.m. $20 to $85. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 204-467-4600. The concert will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Discussions and lectures ■The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk by Washington Project for the Arts membership director Liz Georges on “The Washington Art Scene.� 10 to 11:50 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-895-4860. ■The “25 Architects in 25 Weeks� lecture series will feature a talk by Bill Kirwan of Muse Architects on “How to Work With an Architect.� Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. District Architecture Center, 421 7th St. NW. 202-347-9403. ■Peter and Syril Kline will discuss “The Mystery of Shakespeare.� 6:30 p.m. $10. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552. ■Artist Barkley Hendricks will discuss his artistic practice in conversation with Trevor Schoonmaker, curator of contemporary art at Duke University’s Nasher Museum of Art. 7 p.m. $20. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1770. ■The Classics Book Group will discuss “Martin Chuzzlewit� by Charles Dickens. 7 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176. ■The Georgetown Book Club will discuss “State of Wonder� by Ann Patchett. 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

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ehind the Scenes: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves,” an exhibit meant to clear up misconceptions resulting from the popular “Twilight” books and films, will open Friday at the National Museum of the American Indian and continue through May 9. Approximately 20 objects of art by the Quileute people of coastal Washington state offer an authentic interpretation of the tribe’s wolf imagery and mythology, including several wolf headdresses. Located at 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW, the museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000. ■ George Washington University’s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery will open an exhibit today of more than 30 drawings by the Dublin-born artist Michael Craig-Martin, who grew up in Northeast D.C. but now lives in London.

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On view through Feb. 17, the drawings portray subjects from ordinary life using a mechanical line. An artist’s reception will take place today from 5 to 7 p.m. Located at 805 21st St. NW on the second floor, the gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-994-1525. ■ The District of Columbia Arts Center will open an exhibit Friday that presents work by four artists who competed in what the center is billing as the “World’s First Art Decathlon,” modeled on the sports events that test all-around athletes. Artists Shanthi Chandrasekar, Lee Gainer, Lisa Rosenstein and Mary Woodall competed in 10 artistic areas: textiles/fiber art, painting, drawing, video, printmaking, photography, collage, sound, conceptual

art and sculpture. Their works will remain on view through Feb. 5, during which time they will be judged by an eight-person panel. An opening reception will take place Friday from 7 to 9 p.m., and an artist’s talk and awards ceremony will be held Feb. 5 at 5 p.m. Located at 2438 18th St. NW, the center is open Wednesday through Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m. 202-462-7833. ■ “Dan Tulk: Lines and Shadows,” a memorial exhibition for Virginia artist Dan Tulk, will open Friday at Washington Project for the Arts and continue through Feb. 3. Tragically killed in a traffic accident last November, Tulk created sculptural installations and small sculptures from everyday objects and inexpensive materials. His works project a visual simplicity and ephemeral nature that belie their exacting and often elaborate construction.

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An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Located at 2023 Massachusetts Ave. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-234-7103. ■ “Art @ Work: A Collaboration to Heal DC,” a community arts project, will open Friday at the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts’ Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts

Gallery and continue through Feb. 18. Visitors to the gallery will be invited to add their touches to a growing graffiti-style mural in the gallery. The completed mural will be permanently installed in a local neighborhood as part of the “Open Walls” project of Albus Cavus, an arts group that transforms commuSee Exhibits/Page 30

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the play depicts the harried writing staff as they frantically scramble to top each other with gags while competing for the attention of star madman Max Prince. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, as well as at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23. Tickets cost $30 to $35. The Church Street Theater is located at 1742 Church St. NW. 703892-0202; keegantheatre.com. ■ American Ballet Theatre will present “La Bayadère” and a mixed repertory program Jan. 31 through Feb. 5 at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $25 to $99. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org. ■ Faction of Fools Theatre Company will present an adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” Jan. 12 through Feb. 4 at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint. D.C.’s commedia dell’arte theater company will present a high-octane adaptation of the Shakespeare classic, featuring five actors in a one-hour piece that joins physicality with Shakespeare’s poetry and highlights tragedy by juxtaposing it A commedia dell’arte production with humor. of “Romeo and Juliet” will open Performance Jan. 12 at the Mead Theatre Lab. times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $20 for students and $15 for children ages 12 and younger. Flashpoint is located at 916 G St. NW. 800-838-3006; factionoffools.org. ■ The Kennedy Center will close “Ann: An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards,” starring Emmy Award-winner Holland Taylor, Jan. 15 in the Eisenhower Theater.

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Keegan Theatre will present Neil Simon’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” Jan. 21 through Feb. 18. Everything is bigger in Texas. For the late Texas politician Ann Richards, that maxim held true not only for her huge character and heart, but also her wit and hairdo. Taylor wrote the play as a way of sharing what it was about the down-home woman that affected so many people so deeply. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Ticket prices start at $54. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org. ■ “Billy Elliot the Musical” will close at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House Jan. 15. Set in a small English town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a talent for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Ticket prices start at $25. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org. ■ The Mariinsky Ballet will present “Les Saison Russes” Jan. 17 through 22 in the Kennedy Center’s See Theater/Page 30

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From Page 1 weakens the habitat for other wildlife. Beth Mullin, executive director of the Rock Creek Conservancy said “[we’re] really concerned about the damage the deer are doing to the park, and support the efforts to reduce that.” In 2009, studies found 67 deer per square mile in the federal parkland; Bartolomeo said the park can sustain only about 15 to 20 per square mile. The Park Service released a final environmental impact statement on its deer-management plan yesterday. A draft version of the plan, made public in 2009, yielded a range of impassioned responses. Last year, as a decision was pending, the Humane Society of the United States urged the Park Service to try out a collaborative research project using immunocontraception. The non-hormonal form of birth control has proved successful in managing wild horses on Assateague Island and white-tailed deer on Fire

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Island, N.Y., according to the group. Bartolomeo said the Park Service ended up rejecting the proposal because it didn’t match several of the agency’s criteria, including its goal numbers for deer reduction. Park Service documents note that an “acceptable reproductive control agent” is not currently available for

❝[We’re] really concerned about the damage the deer are doing to the park … ❞ — Beth Mullin controlling deer, though the technology is advancing. “If that should be available, by all means we will investigate using it,” said Bartolomeo. In the meantime, he explained, sharpshooting would be the strategy for maintenance. According to a document answering frequent questions on the plan, the Park Service will be working on its lethal deer-reduction methods with “specially trained biologists” from the U.S. Department of

The Current Agriculture’s Wildlife Services branch. The lethal activities would take place in winter months, when visitation is low, and at night, when the park is closed. Venison will be donated to local food banks and other organizations, according to the document. Documents related to the plan are available at nps.gov/rocr. Bartolomeo said that before the plan is put into action — a timeline that’s uncertain due to the lack of funding — the Park Service will continue with its current deer-management strategies, including studies on deer-car collisions. As part of its environmental assessment process, the Park Service considered one required “no action” alternative; another that would use non-lethal methods like large-scale fencing and sterilization; and another that would use sharpshooting and euthanasia. The fourth option — the “preferred alternative” the agency has selected — combines elements of all three of the others. The Park Service considered but rejected options including managed public hunts and reintroduction of wolves into the park.

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for it — it’s not automatically applied to a property tax bill. Ten members of the public testified at the hearing, including former Ward 3 D.C. Council member Jim Nathanson, who drafted the original legislation in the 1990s. All were in favor of the new bill, with one exception: Kwame Boadi, who represented the nonprofit DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Boadi said that while his organization supports adjusting tax benefits to account for inflation, it questions whether this particular tax code is the best choice, as it impacts residents who have income in excess of $100,000. Instead, his group advocates that the council look at Schedule H, a tax credit that would apply to homeowners and renters, including seniors, who make less than $20,000 — an income cap that was set 35 years ago and, if adjusted for inflation, could impact a larger number of low-income D.C. residents, he said.

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for the primary race. Biddle didn’t respond to requests for an interview for this story. On his campaign website and in previous interviews, he emphasized his experience in education — as a teacher, the leader of an advocacy group and a Ward 4 representative on the D.C. State Board of Education. On his website, Biddle, a Shepherd Park resident, also highlights his interest in ethics reform: “Sekou believes the District of Columbia can only reach its full potential when our leaders are as honest, competent and hard working as our citizens,” the website states. Biddle placed third in last April’s at-large special election, behind Orange and Republican Patrick Mara, collecting 9,373 votes to their 13,583 and 11,851, respectively. He was selected narrowly over Orange to serve as the interim at-large member in January 2011. Holness said her three years on the Columbia Heights advisory neighborhood commission, including the last two years as the body’s chair, left her feeling constrained by the position’s limitations. “As an ANC commissioner, you’re not able to do things that city council members can do,” Holness said, adding, “I believe this is just an opportunity to take it up a notch and serve more of the people.” As an at-large council member, Holness said, her top priority would be to improve the District’s public education offerings, from pre-k through college. The school system needs to gear students toward either higher education or a trade, she said. In addition to serving as an advisory neighborhood commissioner, Holness is pastor of the Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Petworth and president of the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington. “I’ve worked in the community all of my life, since the age of 12 when I served as president of the local Youth NAACP, … in every quadrant of the city,” said Holness. Orange, who did not respond to interview requests and did not appear to have a website for his re-election campaign as of yesterday, is a former Ward 5 council member who served from 1999 to 2007. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2006 and for council chairman in 2010 before winning the at-large seat last year. In previous interviews, Orange emphasized a commitment to fiscal responsibility and eliminating fraud, waste and abuse in D.C. government. He chairs the council’s Committee on Small and Local Business

Eric Goulet, deputy chief of staff for Mayor Vincent Gray, testified that the mayor supports the concept of the bill but has concerns about the loss in revenue. By his office’s estimates, the bill could cost the city $1.23 million. Goulet added that there are currently more than 20 different tax credits that could otherwise help this demographic group. He also emphasized that unpredictably high expenditures on Medicaid, electricity and water and police retention benefits are outpacing the city’s revenue gains. Bowser responded by asking about the status of awaited appointments to the tax commission, which could stall the bill. Goulet said Gray is close to filling the seats and that his decision should “come soon, in the next couple of weeks.” Bowser said that if she lacks the necessary votes for the bill she will consider providing a graduated property tax deduction. For example, homeowners with less than $100,000 income could qualify for a 50 percent reduction in the property tax bill, but those who make between $100,000 and $125,000 might qualify for a 25 percent decrease.

Development, for which he recently ordered all D.C. department heads to attend a hearing and discuss their compliance with laws that require agencies to contract with small local businesses. Last fall, Orange also famously pushed for council members to have higher salaries but to be prohibited from holding outside employment and to be limited to serving two four-year terms. Shapiro, a Ward 4 Chevy Chase resident, said he hopes to bring his experience from eight years on the Prince George’s County Council to the District. Biddle He said he’s “fed up” with the D.C. Council’s behavior. “There’s too much infighting,” he said. “I think there’s a need for stronger and more ethical leadership on the council. ... I’ve got a track record that demonstrates that I’ll do what I say I’ll do.” Shapiro said his top priority Holness would be job growth, which he would achieve as an at-large council member by designating “technology districts” in blighted neighborhoods that would offer tax incentives to businesses setting up there. “I think job creation is the No. 1 need that this city has right now,” said Shapiro. “There are parts of the Orange city that are just left behind.” He pointed to his successful push for an arts district in his Prince George’s County legislative district as an example of what he would help accomplish in D.C. Additionally, two D.C. Statehood Green Party candidates filed for the April 3 primary: G. Lee Aikin and Shapiro Ann Wilcox, both of the Dupont Circle area. Mary Brooks Beatty, a former Ward 6 advisory neighborhood commissioner, is unchallenged as the Republican candidate in the November general election. Two seats will be up for grabs in the November election; under the home rule charter, each political party can nominate only one candidate. Incumbent Michael Brown, an independent, is seeking re-election. Former D.C. Council aide David Grosso is also running as an independent.

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work for D.C.’s Animal Control. The U.S. Forest Service estimates that 550 million birds die annually due to collisions with buildings. The lights disorient nocturnal migrating birds — they navigate by the stars and are attracted to the lights they see inside glass buildings. “The tropical migrants are the birds people most worry about — they’re going from South America to Alaska — and those populations are the most endangered,” said Monsma. To help these birds, Monsma and a rotating crew of volunteers meet downtown almost every day during bird migrating season at 5:30 a.m. They look for fallen birds that may just be stunned and in need of reorientation, or injured birds that might need medical attention. They also collect deceased migrant birds to document what happened to them. And they’re making a difference. The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, which is maintained by the Architect of the Capitol, is one of many downtown facilities that has agreed turn out the lights during migrating seasons. According to Lewis, the number of fallen birds at that building alone has dropped by two-thirds. City Wildlife is also active in making way for ducklings. Lewis is in training to become a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in order to handle rescued ducks. So far, during her apprenticeship, she has helped rescue the mother duck and ducklings that received a lot of

attention when they nested near the National Geographic building’s fountain, a non-nutrient water source. She has also helped relocate mother ducks from the green roofs on local buildings, as the ducklings are unable to fly from roofs and likely need water. According to Lewis, tennis courts are popular nesting areas for mother ducks, which sometimes enter when a gate is open but become trapped when it’s closed. If residents see that happening, they can simply open the gate, and the duck will relocate her brood. City Wildlife is also planning to launch a public education campaign to help preserve the habitats of wildlife in city parks. Focusing initially on Rock Creek, Glover Archbold and Fort Dupont parks, the nonprofit will help teach surrounding communities how to maintain these areas for both local wildlife and the enjoyment of city residents. “The wildlife is here to stay,” said Monsma. “People who find injured animals want to help — and there is nothing more frustrating than finding an animal but not being able to find anyone who can help, particularly when children are involved in the rescue.” He added that teaching children about rescuing animals can also convey “compassion and responsibility.” “The rehab center can become an important part of the community where we can all learn about and appreciate the wildlife in our city. It’s as important for the animals as it is for us,” he said. For more information about City Wildlife, including how to help, go to citywildlife.org.

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nities through public art. An opening reception will take place Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Located at 1632 U St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 202-483-8600. ■ The National Portrait Gallery will open a small exhibit Friday of memorabilia and an iconic painting of Juliette Gordon Low, who founded the American Girl Guides in 1912, which later became the Girl Scouts of the USA. On view throughout 2012, the exhibit celebrates the organization’s centennial. Located at 8th and F streets NW, the gallery is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-633-1000. ■ Hemphill will open two exhibits Saturday with a reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and continue them through March 10. “Franz Jantzen: Ostinato” features Jantzen’s photographic assem-

blages, which combine multiple images of the same subject from different angles, just as the ostinato technique in music repeats notes, motifs and phrases to build up a

Paula Lantz’s abstract paintings are part of an upcoming exhibit at Touchstone Gallery. composition as a whole. “Willem de Looper: Paintings, 1968-72” celebrates a Washington Color School stalwart, presenting four large-scale stained-color-field

canvases by de Looper (19322009). Located at 1515 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-234-5601. ■ Cross MacKenzie Gallery will open an exhibit Saturday of new ceramic work by Korean artist Hyun Kyung Yoon with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. and continue it through February. Located at 2026 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202333-7970. ■ “Into the Wild,” featuring bold colorful abstract paintings by Paula Lantz inspired by her recent safari to South Africa, Botswana and Zambia, opened last week at Touchstone Gallery, where it will continue through Jan. 29. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Located at 901 New York Ave. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-347-2787.

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Opera House. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $29 to $150. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org. ■ The hit musical “La Cage aux Folles” comes to the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater Jan. 17 through Feb. 12. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $65 to $130. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org. ■ The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” Jan. 17 through March 4 at the Lansburgh Theatre. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; and noon Wednesday, Feb. 1. Tickets cost $37 to $90. The Lansburgh is located at 450 7th St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org. ■ Arena Stage will present “Elephant Room” Jan. 20 through Feb. 26 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $40. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St. SW. 202488-3300; arenastage.org. ■ Arena Stage will present John Logan’s Tony Awardwinning play “Red” Jan. 20 through March 4 in the Kreeger Theater. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $40 to $85. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org. ■ Ford’s Theatre will present Richard Hellesen’s “Necessary Sacrifices” Jan. 20 through Feb. 12. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $20 to $33. Ford’s Theatre is located at 511 10th St. NW. 202-347-4833; fordstheatre.org. ■ Rorschach Theatre will stage the world premiere of Fengar Gael’s “The Gallerist” Jan. 20 through Feb. 19 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Performance times are generally 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $25. Atlas is located at 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993; rorschachtheatre.com. ■ The In Series is presenting “Barber & Barberillo”

The In Series is presenting “Barber & Barberillo” through Jan. 22 at Source. through Jan. 22 at Source. A double bill of Samuel Barber and Giancarlo Menotti’s “A Hand of Bridge” and Francisco Asenjo Barbieri’s “The Little Barber of Lavapies,” the show melds the American operatic piece into a Spanish zarzuela. Performance times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $40 for adults, $36 for seniors and $20 for students and youth. Source is located at 1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7763; inseries.org. ■ Scena Theatre is presenting Irish playwright Brian Friel’s translation of “Hedda Gabler” through Jan. 29 at the H Street Playhouse. Performance times generally are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $16 to $40. The H Street Playhouse is located at 1365 H St. NE. 703-683-2824; scenatheater.org. ■ Theater J is presenting Renee Calarco’s “The Religion Thing” through Jan. 29 at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. Performance times generally are 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $35 to $60. The Washington DC Jewish Community Center, is located at 1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3214; theaterj.org. ■ Washington Stage Guild is presenting the world premiere of the epic Civil War romance “Amelia” through Jan. 29 in the Undercroft Theatre of Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $40 to $50. The church is located at 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 240-582-0050; stageguild.org. ■ Studio Theatre is presenting Donald Margulies’ “Time Stands Still” through Feb. 12. Performance times are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $35 to $60. The theater is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.

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202.944.5000 202.333.3320 301.222.0050 301.983.6400 703.317.7000 540.687.6395 540.675.1488

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EAGLECREST, MCLEAN, VIRGINIA

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC

KENT, WASHINGTON, DC

SPRING VALLEY, WASHINGTON, DC

Estate on 2.4 gated acres just over Chain Bridge. Manor home with 14,000 square feet of luxurious amenities, recreation/tennis pavilion and pool. 3BR, 2BA guesthouse. $7,777,777

Restored Federal with exceptional room proportions and detailing. Double parlor & entertaining spaces. 6 bedrooms, 5.5 baths. Terraces, pool, pool house and 4 gated parking. $6,500,000

Grand family estate on sprawling lot, country club pool & pool house, 6 bedroom main house, 5 full & 2 half baths, and luxurious master suite. LL suite with kitchen, gym & rec room. Fabulous outdoor space. $3,995,000

William F.X. Moody Robert Hryniewicki

William F.X. Moody Robert Hryniewicki

Ellen Morrell Matthew B. McCormick

Brilliant redesign, renovation and expansion of impressive sun-filled Tudor on large lush lot with pool. Great entertaining. Master bedroom with fireplace and his & hers baths, great closets, 4 more bedrooms upstairs. $3,195,000

202-243-1620

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Marylyn Paige

202-487-8795

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KENT, WASHINGTON, DC

FOREST HILLS, WASHINGTON, DC

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC

WESTMORELAND HILLS, BETHESDA, MD

Renovated colonial on sought-after Lowell Street at end of cul-de-sac. 16,266 SF lot. 40' negative edge pool, 4,500 SF of terraces & country club grounds. 4 bedrooms, 5.5 baths. $2,670,000

Stunning contemp on private 2/3 acre lot. Renov, expanded with beautiful architecture, chef's kit, open spaces for entertaining. Walls of windows, 2 decks & a private patio overlooking Koi pond. 5BR, 4.5BA, + 2 add’l rooms. $2,480,000

Beautifully renovated semi-detached East Village home with three bedrooms, three and half baths, chef’s kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances, master bedroom suite, Waterwork baths, patio and two car parking. $1,495,000

Fabulous home. Shows like a dream! Foyer, elegant living room with fireplace, dining room, spacious table space kitchen adjacent to family room, 4 bedrooms. Flagstone patio and garden (10,000+ square foot lot)! $1,495,000

William F.X. Moody Robert Hryniewicki

Tricia Messerschmitt Mark McFadden

Nancy Taylor Bubes

Joanne Pinover

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GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

WEST END, WASHINGTON, DC

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

Federal with 4BR, 3.5BA, marble foyer, gas FP & cathedral ceilings, walls of windows, kitchen with breakfast room opens to garden terrace, MBR ste with French doors, office & 1-car garage. $1,325,000

Located in the Wooster building, this two story unit has three sides of amazing windows streaming in natural light as it faces south. This unit is 1600 SF of living space and has 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, large open floor plan and an amazing gourmet kitchen. 2 car parking. $1,085,000

Well-appointed 2BR, 2BA, perfect for d’town living, bright & open floor plan incl chef's kit & island with brkfst bar, sun-filled LR leading to balcony, DR, spacious MBR ste, garage pkg, rooftop pool, deck, exercise room. $1,080,000

Stunningly updated rambler in one of Arlington's most sought-after neighborhoods. Gourmet kitchen, walls of windows, contemp feel, natural light, dark hardwood floors, spacious lower level with walks out to flat backyard, two car garage and much more. Close to everything! $869,000

Ellen Morrell Matthew B. McCormick

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John Eric

703-798-0097

Ellen Morrell Matthew B. McCormick

202-728-9500

John Eric

703-798-0097

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

GLOVER PARK, WASHINGTON, DC

WESLEY HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC

CHEVY CHASE, WASHINGTON, DC

This two story loft is located on the top floor of the Wooster with southern exposure. 1100+ square feet, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, chef's kitchen and an expansive living space. Large outdoor patio, two parking spaces. $829,000

NEW LISTING! Charming three bedroom, two bath home with hardwood floors, kitchen with granite countertops opening to the formal dining room. Spacious family room, rear deck and extended back yard. $699,000

2 bedroom, 2.5 bath unit in The Foxhall building with a renovated kitchen bedrooms, large terrace, W/D in the unit, and parking. The Foxhall has 24 hour reception, indoor pool, tennis courts, fitness center. $575,000

NEW LISTING! Impeccable TH-style end unit in the Christopher Mews. Updated kitchen and baths. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Large roof deck. Parking space. Close to two metros. Newly installed fireplace. $559,000

John Eric

Nancy Taylor Bubes

Nancy Taylor Bubes

William F. X. Moody Robert Hryniewicki

703-798-0097

202-256-2164

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Chevy Chase, DC

$499,500

Wesley Heights, DC

$429,900

Foxhall, DC

$1,800,000

Chevy Chase, DC

$1,099,000

Not to Miss!

Beautifully remodeled 2-bedroom, 1-bath townhouse with your own back yard perfect for grilling. This wonderful house is a short walk to Metro, Whole Foods, and other restaurants and retail.

Entertainer's Paradise

1,173-SF 1-bedroom. Cathedral views. Floorto-ceiling windows. Spacious balcony. New appliances. Cherry cabinets. Wood floors. Garage. Pool. Pets OK. FHA Approved.

Truly a Gem!

Beautifully renovated Georgian Colonial set on 11,398 SF. Exquisite eat-in kitchen, 4 large bedrooms includes master suite with fireplace, bright expansive lower level.

Chevy Chase, MD

Joan Caton Cromwell 202.441.8912 www.JoanCromwell.com

Chris Fischer 703.930.6349 www.FischerMcMasterHomes.com

Katherine Martin Gilda Herndon

202.494.7373 301.807.7884

Chevy Chase, DC

Spring Valley, DC

Takoma Park, MD

$585,000

$779,000

Spacious!

$1,395,000

New Year – New Price!

Chevy Chase Colonial

This lovely home is located in a small enclave of high quality homes off of Foxhall Road in prestigious Colony Hill. With 6 bedrooms and more than 6,700 SF this home has wonderful rooms ideal for entertaining and daily living.

Must See Home!

Tom Williams 202.255.3650 www.TomWilliamsRealty.com $1,149,000

Great Price Reduction!

4 level Tudor with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, front and back porches, 2-car garage, finished basement, 2 fireplaces, and deep back yard.

Wonderful Spring Valley 4-bedroom, 3.5bath home with new kitchen, updated baths, gleaming floors, and many updates. Huge deck overlooks private lot and pool.

Charming, historic bungalow that has been expanded and remodeled. Surprising roominess with 4 bedrooms, 4.5 remodeled baths. 1st floor family room and finished basement.

Updated, large stone colonial with 4 bedrooms on 2nd, master bedroom loft office, charming sunroom, lower level family room, garage, lovely garden. Walk to Metro.

Frank Snodgrass Dolly Tucker

Bret Brown 202.409.4338 www.McEnearney.com

Lynn Raskin 202.253.0100 www.NotableHomes.com

Sue Hill Andy Hill

202.257.0978 202.552.5652

202.262.4961 301.646.3900

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$539,000

Fabulous Renovation

Completely renovated with great attention to detail. Beautiful hardwood floors, brand new kitchen with granite countertops, 4 bedrooms, and great landscaping.

Anna-Maria Falcone 301.674.2389 www.amfalcone.com

Chevy Chase, MD

$1,275,000

Somerset House I

2,100-square-foot, 2-bedroom plus den, 2.5bath condo with southeast exposure. Luxury building in prime Chevy Chase location.

Juanita Fogelman 301.523.2620 Frank Snodgrass 202.257.0978 www.FrankSnodgrass.com

Bryce Resort, VA

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~ Established 1980 ~

Bryce Resort, VA

$324,500

“Cedarwood”

Gourmet chef’s delight. Every possible appliance & built-in has been tastefully arranged. Above golf course, 5 bedrooms, 5 baths, rec room, workshop, and deck with views.

4-bedroom, 3.5-bath, 2007 Cedar home with vaulted wood ceiling and stone fireplace; main floor master suite; gourmet kitchen, decks in the treetops, fine craftsmanship.

Kate & Kevin Brennan 240.731.3974 www.BryceGetaway.com

Kate & Kevin Brennan 240.731.3974 www.BryceGetaway.com

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202.552.5600

$629,900

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