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Wide-ranging area book clubs focus on fiction, nonfiction — even a magazine

By JACKIE ZUBRZYCKI Current Correspondent

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hen we read, we are often by ourselves, enjoying the worlds created for us in fiction or illuminated for us in nonfiction. But many book lovers agree that the pleasure of reading is amplified by sharing the joy of a new idea or a beautiful turn of phrase with another.

D.C. and its surroundings are full of book clubs, ranging from small groups of friends to missiondriven religious entities to loose organizations whose members vie to respond to RSVPs quickly enough to partake in the group’s meeting.

Why do grown adults form clubs to talk about books? Riki Wilchins, founder of Dupont Circle Nonfiction, says the pleasure seems to be built into us. “Nobody who’s a serious reader would doubt that a book that’s enjoyed with others is twice as fun as a book you read by yourself,�

Wilchins said. “Talking to somebody else about it is half the fun.�

Dupont Circle Nonfiction meets at Busboys and Poets and is entirely comprised of readers who found the group online.

Real-world friendships can grow from these online beginnings: John Yodsnukis, founder of

TalkTNY book club, said a member of his club noted that at one meeting at the National Portrait Gallery, “all the people in this room are on computers messaging people, and we’re the only ones actually talking!�

There seems to be a book club for nearly everyone, and if it doesn’t exist yet, the Internet has made it easier than ever to start one. Washington area readers use meetup.com, readerscircle.org and craigslist.org to find like-minded book lovers, generally with great success. The detriment of the Internet is that sometimes more people sign up than actually show up, which leads popular groups to use tools like Evite to ensure accountability. Many groups have extensive websites: The Lavender Book Club spells out protocol and posts past reading lists online.

Several real-world locations also serve as hubs for book clubs.

The D.C. Public Library system offers book groups for young people and adults at various branches.

Information can be found on its website, dclibrary.org.

Politics and Prose bookstore hosts 18 clubs, which can be found on its website, politics-prose.com, and range in topic from James Joyce to travel. But even groups not hosted through the store can register their books for a discount and find advice on facilitating dis-

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D.C. book clubs

There are so many book clubs in the D.C. area that a comprehensive list is likely impossible; the short list below includes groups that meet mainly in Northwest and that are open to new members.

Book groups are forming all the time, and there are a few ways to find one that works for you. Visit bookstore Politics and Prose (or its website, politics-prose.com/bookgroups) for information about local groups that read everything from science fiction to graphic novels to African memoirs. The D.C. Public Library hosts groups at its branches across the city; visit dclibrary.org/books-moviesmusic/bookclubs for a list.

Other websites are also useful: Check out readerscircle.org or Craigslist’s D.C. page. Meetup. com includes information on a broad range of groups — there’s one on everything from chick lit to Christian writing.

Books and Banter

Meets: once a month, Mondays Location: local restaurants About: nonfiction, fiction. Books selected by members Website: booksandbanter.com Summary: Reads nonfiction and fiction books selected by members. Samples include “Zeitoun� and “The Other Brain.�

cussions through workshops.

Beth Preiss of the Vegetarian Society of DC Book Group (which is open to members who aren’t vegetarians or members of the

Meets: last Wednesday of the month.

Location: vegetarian restaurants Website: vsdc.org/book.html Summary: Open to new members; selections often focus on animal rights and vegetarian interest but also include fiction and nonfiction on other topics.

Lavender Book Club

Meets: monthly Location: varies Website: lavenderbookclub.com Summary: Self-described as “the best book club in the region, a great community resource, and a successful social organization for the GLBT literary community.�

TalkTNY

Meets: Saturdays Location: varies Website: talktny.blogspot.com or readerscircle.org Summary: A book group about The New Yorker.

The founder has since moved to Los Angeles and started a subgroup there.

D.C. Nonfiction Night Out

Meets: monthly Location: 14th Street Busboys and Poets Website: readerscircle.org See Clubs/Page CG20

society) said she has gotten tips on facilitating discussions from Politics and Prose: “Don’t just ask who liked it or who didn’t like it.

Start with expansive questions.�

Alumni groups from Brown, Swarthmore and other universities and colleges also host book clubs in the area, while other groups See Books/Page CG11

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District’s food truck hot spots increase as operators move beyond downtown

By DEIRDRE BANNON Current Correspondent

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he food truck phenomenon that has swept the downtown D.C. lunch scene is now giving neighborhoods in Upper Northwest a bigger bite of the action.

Tenleytown, Friendship Heights and Glover Park are among the areas seeing an increase in the number of food trucks heading their way.

“We want as many people as possible to experience the variety of food trucks we have here in D.C.,” said Patrick Rathbone, owner of Big Cheese food truck, which serves up gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches on artisanal breads.

On a recent Saturday, Big Cheese was at the Glover Park-Burleith farmers market to feed the lunch crowd, with plans to cater an event at Georgetown University later that afternoon.

“There is a lot of potential to grow foodtruck spots in Northwest,” Rathbone said.

“The more people that see us here, the more we can build our customer base, and the more trucks will come.”

Rathbone said locations with high foot

traffic and the potential for people to spread the word, such as office buildings and universities, are what he and other mobile vendors look for when branching out beyond downtown.

In Upper Northwest, food truck hot spots now include the Friendship Heights Metro station, nearby Wisconsin Avenue and Jenifer Street, and Wisconsin and Van Ness Street.

“People really appreciate it when we come out here — it’s high on gratitude,” Rathbone said.

“But at least right now,” he added, “it’s also low on profit.” When in Upper Northwest, his truck brings in about 60 percent of the business of downtown lunch crowds. “You have to be willing to make that sacrifice to grow your business in new areas,” he said.

Doug Povich, owner of the Red Hook Lobster Pound truck, also said his business brings in about 60 percent of usual sales when he’s in Upper Northwest, but like Rathbone, he’s committed to serving new patrons and growing his business in the area.

“We want people to know that food trucks are out there providing something different for customers to experience,” he said.

Povich’s truck has been serving Upper

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Even with the imminent arrival of Hurricane Irene’s tropical winds, the Red Hook Lobster Pound truck drew lines at the Glover Park-Burleith Farmers’ Market late last month.

Northwest since it first hit the streets in August 2010. The lobster truck has become one of the most popular mobile vendors in the city, with almost 22,000 Twitter followers. Each day, the company tweets about its lunch locations — it now has two trucks to feed the demand — and often, the soughtafter lobster rolls are served along upper

Wisconsin Avenue.

Meanwhile, farmers markets in the area are also hopping on the food truck train.

At the Glover Park-Burleith Farmers’ Market, which was voted the No. 1 “boutique” market in D.C. in the America’s Favorite Farmers’ Market Contest, organizers See Trucks/Page CG12

‘Freecyclers’ find homes for unwanted items

By DEIRDRE BANNON Current Correspondent

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hen Becky Hoven wants to get rid of her stuff, the last place she considers is the city dump. Instead, Hoven is an avid “freecycler” who helps find new homes for things she no longer wants or needs.

“It keeps things from going to the landfill,” she said. “I’m a firm believer that your trash is someone else’s treasure. Sometimes you find people that are crafty or who are into carpentry, and they fix things up in a way you wouldn’t have imagined.”

Freecycling, shorthand for free recycling, can be defined in a number of ways — from dropping books in an apartment building’s or workplace’s “lending library” to donating items to a charity to listing giveaways on websites where members swap or give things away for free.

Ideally, freecycling is not a synonym for giving away your garbage. When deciding whether an item is worthy of entering the freecycle orbit, Hoven asks herself, “Is it nice enough to give to my mother?”

The phrase “gently used” is often the guideline charities use, and in certain circumstances “working condition” of items — electronics, for example — is required. But different groups have different standards.

When Hoven and her husband moved to an apartment building in the Takoma neighborhood, they realized they had some items they no longer needed. So the couple talked it over with neighbors and

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Becky Hoven began a freecycling shelf in her Takoma building.

decided to start a freecycling system within the building. Hoven even donated a shelf to get it going.

It helped that they lived in a “green” building, where the community was active and interested in environmental causes — but the concept quickly drew interest, and the spirit of exchanging items with neighbors and checking out what’s new on the freecycle shelf became a hallmark of the building’s community.

“It’s a good way to keep things in circulation,” said Hoven. “Now people have another option rather than to throw their stuff out.”

Hoven became the unofficial keeper of the freecycle shelf, where on any given day one could find books, DVDs, toys and small housewares. On occasion, Hoven found that the freecycle shelf was overflowing, especially with books.

So she took matters into her own hands and started to look for

more ways to repurpose the items, this time to benefit organizations that help others in the community.

Some items have gone to Goodwill, and often books have been donated to the Takoma Park Neighborhood Library.

A local nonprofit called Turning the Page has also become a beneficiary of the wealth of books residents at the Takoma apartment building no longer wanted. The first year Hoven donated to the organization, she and her husband gave away 12 boxes of books, DVDs and CDs. The next year, Turning the Page brought a truck to the building and collected 16 boxes of donated items. The nonprofit sells them during its annual book sale, which raises money for programs it runs through the D.C. Public Schools system to increase parent involvement in their children’s education.

When Hoven and her husband moved into a condo on Longfellow Street that they purchased earlier this year, they had some leftover shelving from their old apartment.

Unable to sell it, they went onto freecycle.org, navigated to the D.C. forum, and posted the offer.

They quickly drew five takers.

Hoven explained that when you join this website, one of the rules is that you have to give something away before you become eligible to collect items from others. When you have something to give, you post an email to the listserv with “Offer” in the subject line. When someone says they want the item, you resend the email replacing “Offer” with “Taken.” And if you’re looking for something, you can send out an email with See Freecycling/Page CG23

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sked if she has any favorite spots among the hundreds on the city’s AfricanAmerican Heritage Trail, Cultural Tourism DC’s Jane Freundel Levey balked.

“Which of your children do you like best?” she responded.

Still, the organization’s director of heritage programs is excited about the newest addition: Last month, Cultural Tourism mounted the trail’s 100th plaque, commemorating an old firehouse that once housed an all-black firefighting company. It was one of 13 plaques added this year, but the firehouse was chosen specifically to serve as the notable 100th.

It was “kind of a nice confluence of a really nice story and a really good photograph,” said Freundel Levey.

The story begins in the 1920s, when firefighting was a predominantly white field, and black members of the force weren’t winning promotions: “A number of senior firefighters who were African-American went to the leadership and said, ‘Look, you’re never going to promote us to leadership, so we want a black company,’” said Freundel Levey. Surprisingly, the top brass said yes. The fire department established an allblack station in Southwest D.C., and moving it to 931 R St. NW in 1940.

Meanwhile, black filmmaker and photographer Gordon Parks came to Washington in 1942 to work on the Farm Security Administration photo survey — a New Deal program.

“He was the first African-American photographer hired,” said Freundel Levey. And he focused his lens on his community. “The white photographers were certainly photographing black communities, but they had an approach that was sort of looking at the disorder, the poverty … .

Gordon Parks was doing it from more of a black perspective.”

In making his D.C. rounds, Parks came across the fire company on R Street. Today, more than 80 of the shots he took there are available for view at the Library of Congress (and 50-some are online at loc.gov/pictures).

“It’s like he was embedded,” said Freundel Levey.

“He hung out there, and he captured every aspect of life in the firehouse.”

Those aspects were intriguing, she added. “I think what you will see is how incredibly disciplined the men were. Even when they were sitting there playing cards, their shoes were shined; their uniforms were pressed.”

Today, light sculptor Craig Kraft owns the R Street building, which he has converted into a studio, gallery and living quarters. He was thrilled when Cultural Tourism decided to install a plaque on the exterior.

“I was so excited,” he said. “Now I don’t always have to tell the whole story myself.”

Kraft said the structure was built in 1885 to serve as “one of the main firehouses in Washington, D.C.,” as well as a “town meeting place.” It housed firefighters until 1977, serving as the home for the all-black company for about two decades, from 1940 until the early 1960s.

Kraft uses the main engine bay as his studio, and he has transformed the upstairs bunk room into a gallery.

He added a couple bedrooms and renovated the existing kitchen and massive bathroom, which is big enough that a whole company of firefighters can clean up there.

The building is easy for passersby to spot: Not only

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Light sculptor Craig Kraft owns the old firehouse, which is described in a plaque, shown below.

does it still look like a firehouse, but one of Kraft’s light sculptures also sits out front.

Those curious about the old firehouse may find other sites on the trail intriguing as well. Cultural Tourism DC, a nonprofit focused on documenting neighborhoods’ culture and heritage, began creating the trail in 2000, in response to a request from the Historic Preservation Office. The idea was to survey sites of importance to black history throughout the city, and then find a way to help tourists and others experience them.

An initial list — created through an extensive survey and vetting process — turned up about 200 sites, many of which were located near one another. From there the organization created 15 walking tours as well as an online database.

Visitors can either follow one of the walking trails or search online for sites that relate to a specific topic, said Freundel Levey.

And though she initially hesitated to pick her favorite site on that list, she ultimately listed a few preferences.

“Here’s one of my favorite places: the old Greyhound bus station, at 11th and New York Avenue,” she said. “It’s where the buses left for the [1961] freedom rides. If you go inside the building, which you can do, they have preserved the lobby of what the bus station used to look like.”

Freundel Levey also mentioned the Thurgood Marshall Center, which used to be the 12th Street YMCA. “The front desk is the same as it was when the place was built in 1912,” she said, noting also that boxer Joe Louis trained in the gymnasium.

Finally, Freundel Levey pointed to the LeDroit Park walk as particularly interesting. “It was built as a white-only little suburb, and it was right up against Howard University, so that didn’t last very long,” she said. “It was fenced, and African-Americans lived all around it, and they kept breaking down the fence because they wanted to walk through.” Ultimately, black families moved into the neighborhood by having white people buy homes for them, she said.

The African-American Heritage Trail is just one in a number of historic resources provided by Cultural Tourism DC. The organization has also created about a dozen walks centered on the history of individual neighborhoods, and it offers a number of other programs as well. For details, visit culturaltourismdc.org.

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Online map details lesser-known memorials

By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

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here are guides galore to the well-known monuments and memorials of the nation’s capital. But an intriguing new computerized map from the National Capital Planning Commission also steers tourists and locals to some of the lesser-known monuments — outside downtown and the National Mall — and lets them “talk back” about the experience.

The commission’s interactive online map, still in draft form, lets visitors click and drag around the city to find 130 commemorative works in 10 categories: presidents, military, foreign gifts and local history, for example. Click again for additional information: geographic coordinates, Google directions, date of dedication, and brief notes about the honoree.

Another click lands visitors on Foursquare, a location-based networking site, where they can register their visit, make comments and even upload a photograph.

The map includes the iconic monuments targeted by most tour-

ists — the Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln — as well as the ubiquitous generals on horseback who decorate so many of the District’s traffic circles.

But a quick online tour also

found some lesser known memorials in the outer reaches of the city’s Northwest quadrant, some on the pocket-sized triangles and circles of federal parkland created when

avenues named after states slice at crazy angles across the rectangular street grid.

For example: ■ Montrose Park in Georgetown features a marble pier topped by an “armillary sphere” honoring Sarah Rittenhouse (18451943), considered the founder of the park next to Dumbarton Oaks.

Rittenhouse led efforts to get Congress to buy the sloping land owned by ropemaking magnate Robert Parrott. The memorial was dedicated in 1956 by the Georgetown Garden Club.

■ A tiny patch of land off Connecticut Avenue at Ellicott Street contains a bronze bust honoring Peter Muhlenberg (1746-1807), a statesman, clergyman and soldier in the Revolutionary War. Muhlenberg, notably, boasted that he encouraged 300 men from his congregations to join the Army. The bust, surrounded by low walls, was dedicated in 1980 by adjacent St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

■ Just south of Peirce Mill, a semicircular bench of pink granite honors Jules Jusserand (18551932), French ambassador to the United States during World War I. It was the first memorial erected on

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Two of the memorials in the new online guide are the marble pier at Montrose Park, left, and the fountain at Chevy Chase Circle. federal property to a foreign diplomat, according to map notes, and was dedicated in 1936 as a gift from the French government.

■ Chevy Chase Circle features a marble fountain honoring Francis Newlands (1846-1917), a Nevada senator best known locally for cofounding the Chevy Chase Land Co. and developing the “streetcar suburb” that bears that name.

Dedicated in 1933, the fountain was sponsored by “Mrs. Newlands,” who covered the entire $12,000 cost.

The map can be found at ncpc. gov/memorials, where visitors are encouraged to post comments on how well it works. There’s also a

link to a video (ncpc.gov/cinema) that shows a planning commission intern skipping from the Temperance Fountain in Penn Square to lesser-known attractions such as the Titanic Memorial and Maine Lobsterman statue, both on the Southwest waterfront.

The map’s data was developed as part of a joint research project by the planning commission and National Park Service that seeks new ways to locate and design commemorative works. It is part of the planning commission’s efforts to encourage placement of new monuments, memorials and museums outside the crowded National Mall.

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History buffs seek to enhance D.C. forts

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ost D.C. locals know of Fort Reno, the highest point in the city and the home to a popular summer concert series. Many end up passing by the cannon-decorated site of Fort Stevens, elevated on a grassy mound in Brightwood. And the name Fort Totten is hard to forget, with a Metro station named after it.

Beyond that, awareness of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Civil War forts tends to get fuzzy for anyone but history buffs.

The majority of the 17 surviving forts around the city are modestly marked, overgrown with vegetation and encountered mainly by accident. Originally made of earth and wood during the 1860s, many remain only as outlines or raised land.

But as this year marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, a group of activists â&#x20AC;&#x201D; along with the National Park Service, which owns and administers the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fort Circle parksâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is striving to make the sites a more recognizable feature of Washington. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an enormous resource right in our midst, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very hard to access it,â&#x20AC;? said Tersh Boasberg, president of the activist group, called the Alliance to Preserve the Civil War Defenses in Washington.

The alliance started out as a scattered effort, with email conversations about fort preservation among local Civil War enthusiasts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could see that this was really not the way of going about it,â&#x20AC;? recalled Boasberg, a former chair of the D.C. Preservation Review Board. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was obvious See Parks/Page CG7

The stories behind Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Civil War forts

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he collection of Civil War forts around Washington helped transform a sleepy young capital, almost entirely without defenses, into one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most fortified cities.

U.S. Major Gen. George McClellan recognized the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vulnerability in 1861, after the defeat of Union troops in the bloody First Battle of Bull Run in Manassas. By 1865, a 37-mile fortification system encircled the city, with 68 earthwork forts supported by 93 detached batteries.

The forts saw no fighting during the early part of the Civil War, but the defense system ultimately protected the city against the raid of Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early in July of 1864. While thousands of Union troops were deployed in Virginia, Early and his troops

descended from Maryland.

The confrontation culminated in the two-day Battle of Fort Stevens, during which Abraham Lincoln became the only sitting president in history to come under direct enemy fire. Overwhelmed by the Union force, Early and his troops withdrew on the night of July 12, abandoning their plan to capture Washington.

Beyond their effect on the course of the Civil War, the ring of forts around Washington influenced the physical and cultural landscape of the capital city. Many trees, farms and buildings were razed to construct the forts, and a presentday map of Washington clearly reflects their boundaries. During the war, many slaves flocked to the forts seeking protection; freed slaves also settled near the sites once the war had ended.

Most of the forts were dismantled or abandoned shortly after the

war, and as time passed, those remaining deteriorated. Today 17 identifiable fort sites survive within D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boundaries, in addition to the Battleground National Cemetery, where 41 Union soldiers were buried after the Battle of Fort Stevens.

Some sites, like Fort DeRussy, still feature visible evidence of their original structures. Others are identified by only modern markings: At Fort Stevens, for example, no part of the original fort remains but after a partial reconstruction in the 1930s, the site features earthworks, cannons and monuments.

Beyond the 17 marked sites, other fortifications, such as Fort Gaines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which was located in an area now part of American University â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are known but show little or no traces of their original structures.

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Eventually a formal group organized, bringing together scholars, activists and city government types. Benjamin Franklin Cooling, a local historian who has written two books on Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience of the Civil War, serves as one of the directors.

So far, Boasberg said, the group has focused on three goals: preserving the forts; connecting them for walking, biking and driving; and publicizing the effort. The alliance, which became an official nonprofit a

couple of years ago, has sought to engage local civic groups in the conversation.

Foremost, Boasberg said, the alliance has tried â&#x20AC;&#x153;to be an advocate of the Park Service.â&#x20AC;?

In recent years, the Park Service has increased its efforts to publicize the forts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; releasing brochures, maps and a regular newsletter; organizing hiking events and discussions at the sites; and creating a Facebook page and multimedia exhibitions, among other projects. For the first time the agency has a staffer devoted exclusively to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Civil War resources.

Meanwhile, the Park Service is also unfolding a long-range plan for preserving and enhancing the forts, focusing on their

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connection as a ring around the city. Many feel that creating a cohesive link between the forts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with signs and clear paths â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would increase both educational and recreational opportunities.

Previous plans for the forts came out in 1968 and 2004, but the original idea to connect the sites first appeared in 1902 as part of the McMillan Commission plan for the city.

For the latest effort, public meetings took place during the past year and a final plan is expected by the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end, according to Simone Monteleone, the Park Serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultural resources specialist at Rock Creek Park.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one problem: â&#x20AC;&#x153;With difficult economic times on the horizon,â&#x20AC;? the Park

Service has no specific funding available for the enacting its plan, said Monteleone. But she pointed out that the 150th anniversary of Civil War opens up a critical window of opportunity for snagging funds.

And though Boasberg acknowledged that the Park Service is â&#x20AC;&#x153;extremely strainedâ&#x20AC;? with resources, he said the fort plan is a modest, â&#x20AC;&#x153;not hugely expensive thing.â&#x20AC;?

The Alliance to Preserve Civil War Defenses of Washington recently launched a website at dccvilwarforts.org. The National Park Service maintains a site about Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Civil war forts at nps.gov/ cwdw, where information is available about the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;long-range interpretive plan.â&#x20AC;?

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Thomas, who claimed that President Lincoln promised her a reward (which she never received).

During the Battle of Fort Stevens, Lincoln and his wife came to observe the attack and were briefly subjected to enemy fire.

Gen. Early, recognizing Fort Stevens was too strong for his forces to break, retreated. He remarked to his staff: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take Washington, but we scared Abe Lincoln like hell.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x2013; Location: A few hundred yards up a dirt trail from the intersection of Military Road and Oregon Avenue â&#x2013; Civil War action: During the Battle of Fort Stevens, Fort DeRussy was heavily engaged in the supporting action. Troops used the unwieldy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parrot rifle,â&#x20AC;? which had a range as far as Silver Spring.

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â&#x2013; Location: Chesapeake and 40th streets â&#x2013; Civil War action: At more than 400 feet above sea level, Fort Reno (originally named Fort Pennsylvania) sat on the highest point of the defense line and served as a major campground during the war. Eventually the fort became the largest and strongest defending the capital, with 3,000 men and a dozen heavy guns. Fort Reno was the first defense to spot the dust clouds of Gen. Earlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s troops advancing into Washington.

Sources: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Forts: A Guide to Civil War Defenses in Washington,â&#x20AC;? by Benjamin Franklin Cooling III and Walton H. Owen II, and the National Park Service and Cultural Tourism DC.

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Two comedies come from China to the Kennedy Center this month as part of a series on the arts of that nation. One explores the big questions facing Chinese society today, from the perspective of two dogs; the other traces the comical ups and downs of a Peking-duck restaurant over 50 years.

Tony Award-winning musicals at the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage and Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parade,â&#x20AC;? telling the true story of Photo by Scott Suchman an Atlanta Jew lynched in the Ted van Griethuysen and Randy Harrison star in Studio Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 1910s; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billy Elliot the Musical,â&#x20AC;? celebrating the adventures of a boy Habit of Art,â&#x20AC;? a new offering by English playwright Alan Bennett. trying to realize his dancing Shakespeare Theatre Company ny will also mount a rock opera dreams; â&#x20AC;&#x153;La Cage aux Folles,â&#x20AC;? through Oct. 9. based on the latter, and it will proabout the members of a family struggling to stay together and stay duce a Rodgers and Hart musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Heir Apparent.â&#x20AC;? David Ivesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; based on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Comedy of Errorsâ&#x20AC;? true to themselves; â&#x20AC;&#x153;1776,â&#x20AC;? which adaptation of Jean-François titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Boys From Syracuse.â&#x20AC;? portrays the debates leading to the Regnardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1706 French farce is Christmas will see not only the Declaration of Independence; and directed by Michael Kahn and stars annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carolâ&#x20AC;? at â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Music Man,â&#x20AC;? about a con Floyd King. Shakespeare Theatre man who risks being caught to win Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre, but also a worldpremiering play loosely based on it Company through Oct. 23. the love of a woman. titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Irish â&#x20AC;&#x153;Les Carolâ&#x20AC;? present- â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Habit of Art.â&#x20AC;? Alan Bennettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MisĂŠrablesâ&#x20AC;? wistful, filthily funny examination ed by Keegan gets a makeof creativity, desire and the tenacity Theatre. over for its of the artistic spirit. Studio Theatre Another world 25th anniversathrough Oct. 16. premiere at ry in a restagKeegan is ing with sets â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cuchullainâ&#x20AC;? in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trouble in Mind.â&#x20AC;? Alice Childressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; inspired by the June. Along the 1955 play about the tribulations of paintings of racial integration on Broadway. way, Arena Victor Hugo, Stage will offer Arena Stage through Oct. 23. the author of two plays by the novel upon â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imaging Madoff.â&#x20AC;? A controversial Eugene which the Photo by Scott Suchman Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, and play about an imaginary encounter musical is between Ponzi schemer Bernard the The Shakespeare Theatre based. A musiMadoff and a Holocaust survivor.

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28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lungs.â&#x20AC;? A couple negotiates sex, parenthood and responsibility in Duncan Macmillanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intimate drama about chance, change and consequences. Studio Theatre through Oct. 16.

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Music season defined by variety of offerings

By MARK LONGAKER Current Correspondent

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rom medieval chants to a world-premiering folk opera, the musical offerings ahead this season span not only a millennium but also a wide range of genres. Here’s a look at some of the highlights.

Washington National Opera jump-started the season by opening Puccini’s spellbinder “Tosca” last Saturday. Opera later this month includes performances of China’s clangorous romantic comedy “Romance of the West Chamber” by the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre.

Christmas provides an unusually rich season, getting under way with a pageant of music, dance and stories from medieval Spain, this year’s offering from the Christmas Revels. Another Washington institution is “A Celtic Christmas,” presented by the Barnes & Hampton Celtic Consort at Dumbarton United Methodist Church. Local choruses also lend their voices to this time of plenty, and the National Symphony Orchestra performs its annual “Messiah.”

January finds the women of Anonymous 4 singing the chants of 12th-century mystic and nun Hildegard von Bingen, accompanied on period instruments by the Folger Consort in the aptly echoing Washington National Cathedral.

The month will also see the modern world premiere of Monsigny’s 1762 opera “Le Roi et le fermier”

by Opera Lafayette.

Schubert’s lyrical song cycle “Winterreise” (“Winter Journey”) anticipates spring with a performance by pianist Christoph Eschenbach and baritone Matthias Goerne in early March. The month also features the National Symphony Orchestra performing Brahms, Bartók, Dvorák, the Strausses and Beethoven’s only opera, “Fidelio,” as part of the

Left: Photo by Scott Suchman / Above: Photo by Robert Workman

Patricia Racette, left, stars in Washington National Opera’s production of Puccini’s spellbinder “Tosca,” now playing at the Kennedy Center Opera House; in November, the company will bring Donizetti’s tragic “Lucia di Lammermoor,” above, to the Kennedy Center.

Kennedy Center series “The Music of Budapest, Prague and Vienna.”

The season closes on a bittersweet note in June with a tribute by the Choral Arts Society of Washington to its director for 47 years, Norman Scribner, who will retire after conducting Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem” this spring. But music renews itself, and that month the Washington Chorus will give us the world premiere of Prestini’s folk opera “Oceanic Verses.”

RECENTLY OPENED “Tosca.” Washington National Opera performs this tragic spellbinder by Puccini. Kennedy Center through Sept. 24.

SEPTEMBER 25 — “A Vintage Year: 1685.” The Washington Bach Consort performs music of Bach, Scarlatti and Handel, all born in 1685. National Presbyterian Church.

25 — The National Symphony Orchestra marks its 80th anniversary with a gala ball concert led by music director Christoph Eschenbach with violinist Joshua

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28 — “Romance of the West Chamber.” Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre performs China’s most popular romantic comedy. Kennedy Center through Sept. 29.

29 — The National Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 and Orff’s “Carmina Burana” with guest con-

ductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Kennedy Center through Oct. 1.

30 — “A New Song: Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible.” Elizabethan instrumental and vocal music inspired by the Bible. Folger Theatre through Oct. 2.

OCTOBER 15 — “Hugo Wolf Quartett: Songs Without Words.” The Vienna-

based quartet performs music by Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf. Dumbarton Church.

15 — “Love Potion #1.” The In Series sets Donizetti’s comic opera in a D.C. high school during the 1950s. Gala Theatre through Oct. 29.

22 — Sweet Honey in the Rock pays tribute to Odetta, Nina Simone and Miriam Makeba in a See Music/Page CG18

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ndy Warhol is coming to the National Mall this month â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the form of two roughly concurrent exhibitions, one at the National Gallery of Art and the other at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Warhol on the Mall,â&#x20AC;? a joint celebration of the artist, spotlights the two shows, one featuring works Warhol created on the theme of news headlines, and the other highlighting the series of canvases he based on distorted photographs of shadows. The celebration also includes films, concerts, lectures, a symposium and more.

All this kicks off an exciting season of exhibitions in Washington.

Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nigerian figural art, ancient Spanish tapestries, Gordon Parksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; photography, patent models, Egyptian mummies, fish-skeleton X-rays, Renaissance bronzes or pure abstractions, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something for all tastes.

Besides Warhol, the season includes plenty of other big names. One of the biggest is certainly Picasso, whose exquisitely sensitive and classically informed early drawings will be highlighted in a January show at the National Gallery subtitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reinventing Tradition.â&#x20AC;? In June, the gallery will celebrate another pillar of modern art, surrealist Joan MirĂł, with a huge exhibition focusing on the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s politically engaged side.

2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc./ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Above, Andy Warholâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Boy for Meg,â&#x20AC;? 1962 oil and egg emulsion on canvas, National Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine; left, Andy Warhol and Keith Haringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Untitled (Madonna, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Not Ashamed),â&#x20AC;? 1985, synthetic polymer, Day-Glo and acrylic on canvas, collection of Keith Haring Foundation, New York Other titans of modernism â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Edgar Degas, Jasper Johns and Ellsworth Kelly â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are featured at the Phillips Collection, along with an exhibition showing how much painters like Pierre Bonnard relied on photography.

New artists, though, are not being ignored this season. Among the more interesting of these is the 54-year-old Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, recently in the headlines after being jailed this spring by his government on charges that many attribute to his public support of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arab Springâ&#x20AC;? uprisings.

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What history wrought: Looking back at three decades of preservation

By CAROL BUCKLEY Current Staff Writer

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n 1979, historian James Goode published â&#x20AC;&#x153;Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Destroyed Buildings.â&#x20AC;? The photograph-laden book documented 252 structures demolished in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital, including grand homes, churches and government buildings. Many met the wrecking ball in the name of progress â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Kennedy Center, for example, replaced a brewery â&#x20AC;&#x201D; while others were

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TalkTNY focuses exclusively on articles in the New Yorker, which Yodsnukis said is often just the right amount of thought-provoking content for a busy professional. His group meets biweekly, while others gather monthly to give members plenty of time to get through a book. Most groups require that the participants have read at least a significant portion of the book.

The environment of the discussion has to be just right, too.

Yodsnukis said his New Yorker club had tried several restaurants and other gathering places. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has to be quiet, or quiet enough that you can talk; canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play loud music or be too noisy,â&#x20AC;?

Yodsnukis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It also needs to be Metro accessible, needs to have a place you can get a cup of coffee to sip on â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if you can have lunch thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even better â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sitting there for a few hours.â&#x20AC;?

Some groups skip the search for the perfect spot altogether and find themselves meeting in membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; homes, though for the vegetarian society book club, the search for an amenable location was worth it to avoid putting a load of stress on the organizer, said Preiss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Book clubs are supposed to be fun,â&#x20AC;? she said. The

destroyed through neglect or catastrophe.

Goodeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indictment of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disregard for its own past cataloged an era that had just ended in Washington a few months earlier: In 1978, a new law set up the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Historic Preservation Office and Historic Preservation Review Board. Those entities were tasked with designating individual properties as landmarks or entire neighborhoods as historic districts and with reviewing planned alterations to designated buildings.

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group meets at area vegetarian restaurants.

Some groups consist of a small core of people, while others are a looser affiliation. Books and Banter invites a group of up to 150 people to meetings via Evite; the first 15 or so to respond participate.

The facilitators of various clubs generally agreed that between seven and 15 people is a good amount for a discussion; any more and it becomes difficult for everyone to participate, and any fewer and the discussion is often less interesting.

While book clubs may bring to mind groups of friends more interested in gossip than the subject at hand, most of those advertising for members are serious about their discussions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People like the group because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real place where you can read a book and discuss [it] with people and a good place to exchange ideas,â&#x20AC;? said Bernie Piper, organizer of Books and Banter. The group holds occasional happy hours as a social outlet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; partly to ensure that the book club meetings remain about books.

Peter Costolanski of the DC Literature Discussion Group said that while the membership of his group has evolved over time, the friendship and discussions retain their appeal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end of the day, especially in the middle of a working week, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a great way to stimulate the imagination, change pace completely, and do something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just inherently really enriching â&#x20AC;&#x201D; reading and discussing literature,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Calling themselves â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Tear It Down,â&#x20AC;? the group forced planners to abandon plans to sacrifice the circa-1899 structure, dubbed an â&#x20AC;&#x153;old tooth,â&#x20AC;? to changing tastes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Tear It Downâ&#x20AC;? later morphed into the D.C. Preservation League, which makes headlines each year when it publishes a list of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;most endangeredâ&#x20AC;? sites.

Though some items remain under the radar even after making the list, a glance over the

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were looking for ways to draw more customers each Saturday, particularly people in their 20s and those who might fill the marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lunchtime lull.

According to Lauren Biel, executive director of DC Greens, which helps run the market, a volunteer in her 20s suggested bringing in the trucks because people her age follow them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The farmers market seemed like an ideal location for the food trucks to pull into our neighborhood,â&#x20AC;? said Biel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have about 500 customers at every market, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good customer base for the food trucks, and our neighborhood gets to sample a variety of foods.â&#x20AC;?

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also increased exposure for the market itself: Biel said that when she tweets about which truck will be at that weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market, the truck then retweets her post. As a result, the market has gained many new Twitter followers, which has translated into more customers.

Red Hook was at the market

during the weekend of Hurricane Irene, and despite the wind and rain, a long line snaked around the parking lot as people waited for their lobster rolls. Povich decided to come back the following week for anyone who might have decided not to brave the weather that day.

A different food truck will park every Saturday at the front of the marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hardy Middle School parking lot location on Wisconsin Avenue from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Nov. 19, when the market ends for the season.

Food trucks are also making more appearances at other largescale public events in the city. Hip to the trend, Wilson High School has invited several vendors to the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 75th anniversary celebration on Oct. 15. Red Hook will be parked at the music and arts festival, along with TaKorean (tacos with Korean barbeque), DC Empanadas, Fojol Brothers (a selfdescribed â&#x20AC;&#x153;culinary carnivalâ&#x20AC;? whose food leans toward Indianstyle fare) and Curbside Cupcakes.

And the vendors are giving back: All food trucks will donate 20 per-

before going before the D.C. Council. There is no timeline in place for when that might happen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our industry is really good for the city,â&#x20AC;? said Mike Lenard, owner of TaKorean and director of finance for the DC Food Trucks Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every day is a food truck party; people are eating lunch on the grass, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re activating public spaces. If customers in Northwest ask food trucks to come, we will, and if there is a sustained interest in food trucks it benefits everyone.â&#x20AC;?

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Big Cheese is among the food trucks that have begun operating in Upper Northwest. cent of their sales that day to the Wilson Capital Campaign.

Despite their popularity, food trucks face legal challenges when it comes to the city regulations that oversee their businesses. Currently, the rules center around whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ice cream truckâ&#x20AC;? laws, which state that a truck canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop unless itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hailed, and once a line dies down, the vendor is supposed to move on.

The DC Food Trucks Association officially organized in February 2011 to represent and protect the interests of mobile food vendors. There were 17 founding members, and eight months later the association now has more than 30 members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The current regulations donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work for the food truck business model,â&#x20AC;? said Rathbone, a founding member. Trucks need time to set up and break down, particularly those with fryers and other hot cooking equipment, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not safe to drive a truck with hot oil moving around.â&#x20AC;?

Vendors also face opposition from the Restaurant Association

Metropolitan Washington and its members, who advocate for restrictions on how close a food truck can park to existing brick-and-mortar restaurants.

Rathbone calls these proposals â&#x20AC;&#x153;anti-competitive.â&#x20AC;?

Povich, another founding member of the association, said food truck owners â&#x20AC;&#x153;consider ourselves restaurants and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy to be regulated like restaurants.â&#x20AC;?

He also noted the positive impact food trucks can have on the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re good corporate citizens and stewards of entrepreneurship â&#x20AC;&#x201D; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all small businesses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hiring people, doing our part to help the economy,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And we hope ultimately that will pay benefits to the communities we serve.â&#x20AC;?

Povich is â&#x20AC;&#x153;cautiously optimisticâ&#x20AC;? that proposed new regulations authored by the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs will be fair to mobile food vendors. The rules are awaiting Mayor Vincent Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s review â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happy with them, the proposal will proceed to public comment

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How do you find your favorite truck or learn in advance that one will be in your neck of the woods?

A handy website created by Kyle Johnson will do all the heavy lifting for you: Food Truck Fiesta surveys the landscape and posts all the details for food trucks throughout the city â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the site even alerts followers when a food truck offers a free meal to the person with the best umbrella, for example. For more information, go to foodtruckfiesta.com.

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large-format photographs of airliners. National Air and Space Museum through Dec. 1, 2012.

Both the Hirshhorn and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery will feature exhibits of Ai’s art this spring.

6 — “In the Tower: Mel Bochner.”

Highlights the 45-year career of Bochner, an innovator of conceptual art in the 1960s, with some 40 works that combine visual art and words. The East Building Tower of the National Gallery of Art through April 8.

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SEPTEMBER 14 — “Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley.”

An international exhibition with more than 150 objects that highlight the figural traditions of one of the lesser-known regions of Nigeria. National Museum of African Art through March 4.

18 — “The Invention of Glory: Alfonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries.” Features the Pastrana Tapestries, four recently restored monumental works on loan from the Collegiate Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Pastrana, Spain. They depict the conquest of two Moroccan cities by Portugal’s King Alfonso V in 1471. National Gallery of Art through Jan. 8.

24 — “Power Play: China’s Empress Dowager.” Early 20thcentury photographs portray China’s depraved tyrant the Grand Empress Dowager Cixi (18351908) as she attempted to rehabilitate her tarnished public image.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery through Jan. 29.

25 — “Warhol: Headlines.” The first exhibition to fully explore the works that Andy Warhol created on the theme of news headlines. It presents some 80 works, including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, films and videos. National Gallery of Art through Jan. 2.

25 — “Andy Warhol: Shadows.” A series of 102 silkscreened, handpainted canvases featuring distorted photographs of shadows generated in Andy Warhol’s studio. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through Jan. 15.

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Kehinde Wiley’s 2008 oil painting “Sleep” is part of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s exhibit “30 Americans,” opening in October and continuing through February.

1 — “Gordon Parks: Photographs From the Collection.” Showcases Park’s photographic essays about poverty, race, segregation and crime. Corcoran Gallery of Art through Jan. 16.

1 — “‘Something of Splendor’: Decorative Arts From the White House.” Spotlights 93 objects from the White House collection, including furniture, ceramics, metal ware, glass and textiles. Renwick Gallery through May 6.

2 — “Harry Callahan at 100.”

Celebrates the innovative and influential 20th-century American photographer with some 110 of his daring and experimental images.

National Gallery of Art through March 4.

14 — “Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories.” Highlights more than 50 artifacts to show the central role visual arts played in the work and life of Gertrude Stein. National Portrait Gallery through Jan. 22.

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1 — “30 Americans.” Showcases important African-American artists of the last three decades through works that focus on racial, sexual and historical issues in contemporary culture. Corcoran Gallery of Art through Feb. 12.

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21 — “The Evolving Universe.”

Takes visitors on a journey from present-day earth to the far reaches of space and earliest time to show how the universe evolved. National Museum of Natural History through March 1.

28 — “The Black List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.” Portraits of

50 African-Americans provide insight on the struggles, triumphs and joys of black life in the United States. National Portrait Gallery through April 22.

29 — “A Song for the Horse Nation.” A critically acclaimed exhibition about the enduring relationship between Native people and horses. National Museum of the American Indian through Jan. 7.

NOVEMBER 1 — “Jet as Art.” Jeffery Milstein’s

6 — “Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes.” The first exhibition in the United States devoted to the Mantuan sculptor and goldsmith Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico (circa 1455-1528). National Gallery of Art through April 8.

8 — “Mail Call.” Tells the history of military mail from the American Revolution to 2010. National Postal Museum, on view indefinitely.

11 — “Jefferson’s Bible.” Thomas Jefferson’s scrapbook compilation of the story of Jesus. National Museum of American History, on view indefinitely.

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exploring techniques such as repetition, pairing and variations on a theme. Smithsonian American Art Museum through March 11.

11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inventing a Better Mousetrap: Patent Models From the Rothschild Collection.â&#x20AC;?

Features 35 models illustrating the wide variety of 19th-century devices patented by American inventors.

Smithsonian American Art Museum through Nov. 2, 2013.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt.â&#x20AC;? Explores life in ancient Egypt through its burial rituals and cosmology. National Museum of Natural History, on view indefinitely.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photo Finish: The Sports Photography of Neil Leifer.â&#x20AC;?

Features nearly 50 photographs by Leifer, whose iconic images have appeared on more than 200 Sports Illustrated, Time and People magazine covers. Newseum through March 18.

19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unbuilt Washington.â&#x20AC;?

Highlights unrealized proposals for noteworthy architectural and urban design projects in Washington, D.C., and its environs from the 1790s to the present. National Building Museum through May 28.

DECEMBER 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro: Are We There Yet?â&#x20AC;?

Australian artistic duo illustrates the food an astronaut would require on a trip to Mars. Corcoran Gallery

of Art through March 11.

JANUARY 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji.â&#x20AC;?

Congolese photographer and video artist Baloji portrays the industrial landscapes around Lubumbashi, the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in this meditation on postcolonial history, urbanization and aspiration in 21st-century Africa. National Museum of Natural History through Jan. 6, 2013.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Behind the Scenes: The Real Story of Quileute Wolves.â&#x20AC;?

Highlights the wolf stories of the Quileute people of coastal Washington. National Museum of the American Indian through May 9.

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28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out.â&#x20AC;? Presents X-rays of fish skeletons to illustrate evolutionary development. National Museum of Natural History through Aug. 5.

Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tawaraya Workshop.â&#x20AC;?

Features garments from one of Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest and most-renowned silk workshops. Textile Museum through Aug. 12.

29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Picassoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drawings, 18901921: Reinventing Tradition.â&#x20AC;?

Some 55 works by one of the 20th centuryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest draftsmen trace his development from a precocious child to a virtuoso, including the radical innovations of cubism and collage. National Gallery of Art through May 6.

23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sourcing the Museum.â&#x20AC;?

Works by 12 contemporary artists inspired by objects at the Textile

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The Dungeons and Dragons game is featured in 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dragons, Nagas and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art of Video Games,â&#x20AC;? opening in March at the Creatures of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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Celebrating 2012 as the Year of the Museum, along with those objects.

Dragon in East Asia, the show Textile Museum through Aug. 19. presents a selection of textiles depicting dragons and related fan30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Confederate Sketches tastical creatures through the ages. of Adalbert Volck.â&#x20AC;? Confederate Textile Museum through Jan. 6. propaganda by a Baltimore dentist that vilified Abraham Lincoln, 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snapshot: Painters and Northern abolitionists and Union Photography, Bonnard to soldiers. National Portrait Gallery Vuillard.â&#x20AC;? Approximately 200 phothrough Jan. 21. tographs, 40 paintings and 60 works on paper explore the dynam- 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mathew Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ic relationships between the various Photographs of Union Generals.â&#x20AC;? media in late-19th- and early-20thModern albumen prints made from century art. Phillips Collection original Brady negatives for studio through May 6. portraits of many Union generals.

National Portrait Gallery through 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suprasensorial: May 1, 2015.

Experiments in Light, Color and APRIL Space.â&#x20AC;? Installations by five South American artists explore the international light-and-space movement 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Spy: Photography and the Theater of the Street, 1938of the 20th century. Hirshhorn 2010.â&#x20AC;? Some 100 works show how Museum and Sculpture Garden photographers like Harry Callahan, through May 12.

Bruce Davidson, Philip-Lorca MARCH diCorcia, Walker Evans and Beat Streuli pursued the new genre of 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doug Aitken â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 360-Degree street photography. National Projection.â&#x20AC;? A site-specific installa- Gallery of Art through Aug. 5. tion by Aitken will employ a dozen high-definition projectors to cover 27 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;African American Art in the the entire facade of the Hirshhorn Twentieth Century.â&#x20AC;? Paintings, Museum with a 360-degree panora- sculptures, prints and photographs ma. Hirshhorn Museum and by 43 black artists who explored Sculpture Garden through May 1. the African-American experience last century. Smithsonian American 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;MathAlive.â&#x20AC;? Forty interactives Art Museum through Sept. 3. illustrate the math behind various childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, including 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perspectives: Ai Weiwei.â&#x20AC;? skateboarding, snowboarding, Works by the controversial Chinese video games and more. S. Dillon artist explore the individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s place Ripley Center through June 3. in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s society. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery through April 7.

12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fire and Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic.â&#x20AC;? Highlights what were 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;House & Home.â&#x20AC;? Surveys a in their day the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two largest variety of houses, familiar and surmobile post offices. National Postal prising, old and new, challenging Museum through Jan. 12. our ideas about what it means to live at home in America. National 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art of Video Games.â&#x20AC;?

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Smithsonian American Art MAY Museum through Sept. 30.

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some say, and the advisory neighborhood commission has voted to support the streetsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; renovation and the tracksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; partial removal. The work is now under way.

The preservation league has also highlighted threatened properties that are already landmarked.

The Third Church of Christ, Scientist has made the endangered list in recent years, as its congregation engaged in a high-profile battle to demolish what they said was a drafty, inefficient building that was impossible for the small group to maintain.

Although the poured-concrete church, cited as an example of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brutalistâ&#x20AC;? style of architecture, does have landmark status, city officials decided the congregants could raze the structure and replace it with a smaller church built as part of a mixed-use development.

The hard-to-love church could be a harbinger of the next big preservation battles in D.C. as mid-century buildings start to need expensive overhauls. Many property owners may take the opportunity not only to upgrade creaky systems but also to replace tired facades or even entire structures.

The American Institute of Architects is attempting to lead those owners by example with a renovation of its D.C. headquarters. The V-shaped, circa-1973 building had historic-preservation credibility from the outset; its wings envelop, but do not overwhelm, the circa-1800 Octagon House that shares the site.

But particularly in contrast to that early-American Octagon House, the association headquarters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with its fixed ribbon windows and cast concrete â&#x20AC;&#x201D; may not seem like an architectural gem. Plannersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; environmental design principles, and a belief that the structure will eventually be a historic landmark, are driving the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaders to upgrade the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior and systems while maintaining the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exterior. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe that you need to change just to change,â&#x20AC;? said Jim Gatsch, managing director of the renovation, which will seek platinum status from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system.

While changes to individual landmarks typically take the headlines, many residents of D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30-plus locally designated historic districts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; compared with nine in Philadelphia and eight in Boston â&#x20AC;&#x201D; quietly and successfully alter their homes in accordance with the regulations that govern such improvements.

Those efforts are usually fairly straightforward, said architectural historian Tim DennĂŠe of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Historic Preservation Office. City preservation officials must review all permits for new construction, exterior alteration, demolition or

subdivision in a historic district, but almost all of the thousands of permit requests the office handles every year are handled at the staff level, he pointed out.

The small percentage of projects that need further scrutiny are sent to the Historic Preservation Review Board.

That panel, with input from individuals as well as the affected advisory neighborhood commission, recommends to approve or deny the project; if denied, a homeowner can appeal to the Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Agent, who must hold a hearing.

The Historic Preservation Review Board is also responsible for deciding whether or not to designate a neighborhood as a historic district. Though that power may seem benign, fierce battles have erupted over such designations.

The Chevy Chase neighborhood endured a years-long divisive debate over whether or not to support such a district. Supporters of historic designation worried that developers would tear down older residences with impunity, while the opposition claimed that the historicpreservation process placed too great a burden on homeowners looking to modernize their homes.

An abundance of information can help dispel fears surrounding the historic preservation process, according to DennĂŠe. The Historic Preservation Officeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website offers design guidelines for many of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic neighborhoods and will soon feature more, he said. Subject guides for categories like doors and windows are

also available.

And if proposed rule changes are adopted, residents of a prospective historic district would receive comment forms along with hearing notices that would allow them to register support for or opposition to historic designation.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to assume â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and many do â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that historic preservation officials dislike modern design and want new construction to match whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already in older neighborhoods.

Detractors point to the kerfuffle over plans for an Apple computer store in Georgetown. The design darlings went a handful of gorounds with the Old Georgetown Board, the review panel that examines designs for that neighborhood, a federal historic district.

The plan that emerged alluded to Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Federal-style neighbors more than earlier drawings had, such as one with a completely glass facade. But the result is not an exact replica of its 19th-century neighbors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and historic preservation experts donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it to be.

Such distinction between old and new is essential to successful historic preservation, say experts.

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Modern structures such as the American Institute of Architects, left, and the Third Church of Christ, Scientist, often elicit debate over the role of preservation. without slavishly copying historic fabric, they argue.

Since â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Tear It Downâ&#x20AC;? led the way, the city has no shortage of impassioned residents ready to weigh in on proposed alterations to historic buildings or districts.

Some, like Rick Busch, president of the Dupont Circle Conservancy, credit the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic preservation law, now in its third decade, for giving advocates strong tools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would stand up against any in the U.S.,â&#x20AC;? said Busch.

Busch also takes the long view of historic preservation trends,

noting that some lost battles end up in preservationistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; favor, like the large number of historic buildings that were revitalized around the then-MCI Center.

Preservationists opposed the development at the time because it disrupted the Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Enfant plan.

But in the majority of cases, said Busch, it comes down to neighbors working hard â&#x20AC;&#x153;to maintain a sense of an individual neighborhood.â&#x20AC;?

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28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Les MisĂŠrables.â&#x20AC;? The legendary musical, re-imagined with scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. Kennedy Center through Oct. 30.

30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Restaurant.â&#x20AC;? This Beijing Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art Theatre production chronicles the comic ups and downs of a Peking-duck restaurant over half a century.

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6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Norman.â&#x20AC;? Montreal-based Lemieux Pilon presents a tribute to pioneer filmmaker Norman McLaren combining holograms and live actors. Kennedy Center through Oct. 8.

7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Book Club Play.â&#x20AC;?

Resident playwright Karen Zacariasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; comedy about a type-A personality as her world falls apart.

Arena Stage through Nov. 6.

10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Bright New Boise.â&#x20AC;?

Boredom and sensation mix in the employee snack room of a chainstore outlet in Boise, Idaho. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through Nov. 6.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Othello.â&#x20AC;? A classic Shakespeare tragedy about an insanely jealous ruler. Folger Theatre through Nov. 27.

20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mabou Mines DollHouse.â&#x20AC;?

A deconstruction of Henrik Ibsenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feminist anthem â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Dollâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Houseâ&#x20AC;? with little men dominating and

For the 25th anniversary of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Les MisĂŠrables,â&#x20AC;? the Kennedy Center will feature sets based on the paintings of Victor Hugo.

31 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Don Quijote y Sancho Panza.â&#x20AC;? An adaptation for the stage of Cervantesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classic picaresque novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Don Quixote.â&#x20AC;? A bilingual presentation for children. Gala Theatre through March 1.

NOVEMBER 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Golden Dragon.â&#x20AC;? Five actors cross age, race and gender to play 15 characters in this fiercely comic, poetic and moving investigation of how intertwined our lives are. Studio Theatre through Dec. 11.

4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Boys from Syracuse.â&#x20AC;? A Rodgers and Hart musical based on Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Comedy of Errors.â&#x20AC;? Shakespeare Theatre Company through Nov. 6.

10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jersey Boys.â&#x20AC;? A Tony Award-winning musical about how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. The National Theatre through Jan. 7.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Equivocation.â&#x20AC;? Bill Cainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high-stakes political thriller about the complexities of truth, the perils of compromise and the terrible consequences of equivocation.

Arena Stage through Jan. 1.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carol.â&#x20AC;? Charles Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; holiday classic adapted to the stage. Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre through Dec. 31.

25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Much Ado About Nothing.â&#x20AC;?

Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comedy about matched wits and love.

Shakespeare Theatre Company through Jan. 1.

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Arena Stage will present the political thriller â&#x20AC;&#x153;Equivocation.â&#x20AC;? commanding women one and a half times their size. Kennedy Center through Oct. 22.

22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Crucible.â&#x20AC;? Arthur Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s searing portrayal of the Salem witch hunts. Keegan Theatre through Nov. 19.

26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the Fall.â&#x20AC;? An intellectual play by Arthur Miller, with veiled autobiographical references.

Theater J through Nov. 27.

25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;You, Nero.â&#x20AC;? Amy Freedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farce about a forgotten playwright trying to restore order through the art of theater to a collapsing Rome.

Arena Stage through Jan. 1.

29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Krappâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Last Tape.â&#x20AC;? Oscarnominated actor John Hurt stars in Samuel Beckettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solo character study, produced by Dublinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gate Theatre. Shakespeare Theatre Company through Dec. 4.

DECEMBER 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bust.â&#x20AC;? Written and performed

by former â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daily Showâ&#x20AC;? correspondent Lauren Weedman, the comedy balances her life as a Hollywood actress with a stint as a volunteer in a womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jail. Studio Theatre through Dec. 18.

3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Irish Carol.â&#x20AC;? A world-premiering play loosely based on Charles Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carol.â&#x20AC;? Keegan Theatre through Dec. 31.

6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies.â&#x20AC;? A gleeful anti-holiday celebration of doom by Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Second City. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through Jan. 8.

14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billy Elliot the Musical.â&#x20AC;?

The Tony Award winner celebrates one boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey to make his dreams come true. Kennedy Center through Jan. 15.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ann: An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards.â&#x20AC;? Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor portrays the witty Texas politician. Kennedy Center through Jan. 15.

JANUARY 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time Stands Still.â&#x20AC;? Donald Marguliesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; drama follows an injured photojournalist who returns home from the Iraq War. Studio Theatre through Jan. 21.

4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Religion Thing.â&#x20AC;? A world-premiering romantic comedy examines relationships and religion in the life of a D.C. couple. Theater J through Jan. 29.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;La Cage aux Folles.â&#x20AC;? A Tony Award-winning musical about a gay couple and their son as they struggle to stay together, stay fabulous and stay true to themselves.

Kennedy Center through Feb. 12.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Two Gentlemen of Verona.â&#x20AC;? An early Shakespeare romantic comedy about desire and loyalty. Shakespeare Theatre Company through March 4.

20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red.â&#x20AC;? Goodman Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tony Award-winning production about the abstract painter Mark Rothko facing the biggest challenge of his career. Arena Stage through See Theater/Page CG17

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20 — “Elephant Room.” A new comedy about over-the-hill illusionists who still insist on living their lives by sleight of hand. Arena Stage through Feb. 26.

20 — “Necessary Sacrifices.” An exploration of the two documented encounters between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

Ford’s Theatre through Feb. 12.

21 — “Laughter on the 23rd Floor.” A Neil Simon comedy about putting together a weekly variety show in the early 1950s. Keegan Theatre through Feb. 18.

24 — “The Gaming Table.”

Susanna Centlivre’s 18th-century comedy of English manners set around a gaming table. Folger Theatre through March 4.

4 — “The Kinsey Sicks Take (A) Back America!” A drag beautyshop quartet critiques America.

Theater J through Feb. 19.

9 — “Anna in the Tropics.” A Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the transformational power of literature amid harsh economic realities. In Spanish with English surtitles. Gala Theatre through March 4.

13 — “Civilization (All You Can Eat).” Six hungry city-dwellers scramble for sustenance in this scathing satire of American enterprise and ingenuity. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

14 — “Working — A Musical.” A musical by Steven Schwartz and Nina Faso based on the Studs Terkel book. Keegan Theatre through May 13.

29 — “Sucker Punch.” Two black teenagers step into the boxing ring and must face who they are — champions or sellouts? Studio Theatre through March 17.

29 — “New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza.” This play retells the story of the 1656 religious interrogation of enlightened philosopher Spinoza. Theater J through April 1.

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9 — “Ah, Wilderness!” Eugene O’Neill’s comedy about a family preparing for the Fourth of July in 1906. Arena Stage through April 8.

9 — “1776.” A Tony Awardwinning musical about the debates leading to the creation of the Declaration of Independence.

Ford’s Theatre through May 19.

18 — “Come Fly Away.” Twyla Tharpe’s Broadway musical tribute to Frank Sinatra. Kennedy Center through April 29.

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Ford’s Theatre will present its annual production of “A Christmas Carol” in November and December.

Kahn directs Eugene O’Neill’s controversial Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about love and deception.

Shakespeare Theatre Company through April 29.

30 — “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.” Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical drama about a Connecticut family grappling with its dysfunction.

Arena Stage through May 6.

31 — “The Taming of the Shrew.”

18 — “The Whipping Man.” A portrayal of an unconventional Passover Seder just after the Civil War. Theater J through May 20.

25 — “The Big Meal.” From the vantage point of a single restaurant table, five generations share the moments, both epic and intimate, that make a life. Studio Theatre through May 20.

The eighth installment in the “Silent Shakespeare” series.

Synetic Theater through April 22.

APRIL 4 — “Arias with a Twist.” Puppeteer Basil Twist surrounds cross-dressing chanteuse Joel Arias with outlandish camp. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through May 6.

11 — “i put the fear of mexico in ’em.” Two Americans cross the

MAY 1 — “The Taming of the Shrew.”

Shakespeare’s quintessential battle of the sexes. Folger Theatre through June 10.

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15 — “Gypsies.” This production from Hungary’s Katona József Theatre chronicles the love, tensions and conflicts arising between Gypsy musicians and Hungarians in the countryside. Kennedy Center through March 17.

16 — “Petrushka.” Puppeteer Basil Twist re-imagines the Ballet Russes production of “Petrushka,” the tragic love story of three puppets at a Russian carnival. Shakespeare Theatre Company through March 25.

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15 — “Astro Boy and the God of Comics.” A highly visual, retro-scifi production about the Japanese crime-fighting robot Astro Boy and its creator, Osamu Tezuka, also known as “the God of Manga.”

Studio Theatre through March 11.

3 — “Twelve Angry Men.” Reginald Rose’s harrowing account of jury deliberations during a murder trial.

Keegan Theatre through March 25.

27 — “Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

A rock opera based on Shakespeare’s comedy “The Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

Shakespeare Theatre Company through Jan. 29.

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23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The City Choir of Washington performs FaurĂŠâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Requiem,â&#x20AC;? Bernsteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chichester Psalmsâ&#x20AC;? and Tavenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Annunciation.â&#x20AC;? National Presbyterian Church.

26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Tokyo String Quartet plays Mozart, Szymanowski and DvorĂĄk on the renowned Paganini Stradivarius instruments. Kennedy Center.

26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Washington Performing Arts Society presents the Budapest Festival Orchestra performing music by Schubert and BartĂłk with pianist AndrĂĄs Schiff. Kennedy Center.

NOVEMBER 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Orion String Quartet plays Bach, Schubert, Brahms and

Webern. Kennedy Center.

century Spanish motets for voices and instruments, highlighting early music ensemble Piffaro. Folger Theatre through Dec. 18.

5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Berta Rojas and Friends: Intimate Journey.â&#x20AC;? Guitarist Rojas leads a musical journey into Spain and South America. Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Irish Christmas in America.â&#x20AC;? Annual festive celebration of the season with traditional Irish music, dance and storytelling.

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6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Solo Flight.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Bach Consort and guest soloists perform music of Bach, Pergolesi and Graupner.

National Presbyterian Church.

10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lucia di Lammermoor.â&#x20AC;?

Washington National Opera performs Donizettiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tragic tale of love, treachery and madness.

Kennedy Center through Nov. 19.

10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra performs Saint-SaĂŤnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cello Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Symphony No. 3 and a work by Anna Clyne with guest conductor Leonard Slatkin and cellist Gautier Capuçon.

Kennedy Center through Nov. 12.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homage to Modern Classics.â&#x20AC;? The Choral Arts Society of Washington performs classic

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Washington Revels will present the 29th annual Christmas Revels â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Andalusian Treasuresâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at the Lisner Auditorium in December. choral pieces of the 20th century.

Kennedy Center.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flamenco Algarabia with Ana GonzĂĄlez and JosĂŠ Barrios & Company.â&#x20AC;? The acclaimed Madrid company performs Flamenco music and dance. Gala Theatre through Nov. 20.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra performs Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Symphony No. 6 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pastoralâ&#x20AC;? and Brahmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Violin Concerto, with solo violinist Leonidas Kavakos.

Kennedy Center through Nov. 19.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Washington Chorus presents the Washington premiere of a new work by its music director, Julian Wachner, along with Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greatâ&#x20AC;? Mass in C minor.

Kennedy Center.

19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Orchestre RĂŠvolutionnaire et Romantique performs Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Symphonies No. 3 and 5 and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Egmontâ&#x20AC;? overture. Kennedy Center.

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2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arlen Blues & Berlin Ballads.â&#x20AC;? The In Series rings in the holidays with the songs of Irving Berlin and Harold Arlen. Atlas Performing Arts Center through Dec. 11.

3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Christmas Revels: Andalusian Treasures: A Tale of Old Spain.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Revelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; annual Christmas pageant this year celebrates the music, dances and stories of medieval Spain. Lisner Auditorium through Dec. 11.

3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barnes & Hampton Celtic Consort: A Celtic Christmas.â&#x20AC;? A Washington institution of traditional holiday music to candlelight.

Dumbarton United Methodist Church through Dec. 11.

4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas in Leipzig.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Bach Consort performs seasonal music of Bach, Telemann and Kuhnau, all associated with the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. National Presbyterian Church.

7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist Rohan de Silva perform music by Beethoven, Poulenc, Zimmermann, Brahms and Sarasate. Kennedy Center.

8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Perfect Gift.â&#x20AC;? The National Symphony Orchestra Pops and the Canadian Tenors quartet celebrate the holidays.

Kennedy Center through Dec. 11.

9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;O Magnum Mysterium: Christmas Music From Renaissance Spain.â&#x20AC;? Sixteenth-

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11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music for Christmas 2011.â&#x20AC;? The City Choir of Washington presents a seasonal program with candlelit processional, carol singalong and more.

National Presbyterian Church.

15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Messiah.â&#x20AC;? The National Symphony Orchestra performs the ever-popular Handel oratorio with the University of Maryland Concert Choir and guest soloists. Kennedy Center through Dec. 18.

16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red and Greene.â&#x20AC;? The Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington joins forces with cabaret performer and actress Ellen Greene in a Christmas program. Lisner Auditorium through Dec. 18.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why the Chimes Rang.â&#x20AC;?

The Choral Arts Society of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Christmas Concert tells the story of two children who capture the spirit of Christmas. Kennedy Center.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Candlelight Christmas.â&#x20AC;?

The Washington Chorus offers Christmas classics, singalongs and a candlelight processional.

Kennedy Center through Dec. 22.

19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas Music: Holiday Treasures From Russia.â&#x20AC;? The Choral Arts Society of Washington presents Russian carols, Christmas classics, beloved singalongs and popular holiday standards.

Kennedy Center through Dec. 24.

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Medieval France.â&#x20AC;? Music by the 12th-century mystic and nun, along with later works, performed by vocal quartet Anonymous 4 and the Folger Consort. Washington National Cathedral through Jan. 7.

23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Sam Haywood perform a program of works as yet to be determined. Kennedy Center.

7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barber & Barberillo.â&#x20AC;? The In Series presents an opera within a zarzuela: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Hand of Bridgeâ&#x20AC;? by Samuel Barber and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Little Barber of LavapiĂŠsâ&#x20AC;? by Frederico Barbieri. Source through Jan. 22.

4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pianist Jonathan Biss plays Beethoven, Chopin and JanĂĄcek in a Washington Performing Arts Society presentation. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio performs music by Beethoven, Schubert, Higdon and Newman.

Kennedy Center.

9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra performs Shostakovichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Violin Concerto No. 1 with soloist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.

Kennedy Center through Feb. 11.

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21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honigberg-Stern-Andrist Trio: Ode to the Cello.â&#x20AC;? A cellist, a violinist and a pianist highlight the cello repertoire. Dumbarton Church.

21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Le Roi et le fermier.â&#x20AC;? The modern world premiere of this 1762 opera by French composer Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny is performed by Opera Lafayette.

Kennedy Center.

22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Living the Dream â&#x20AC;Ś Singing the Dream: Celebrating the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.â&#x20AC;? The Choral Arts Society of Washington joins the Washington Performing Arts Society Men,

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8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra and vocal soloists perform music of BartĂłk as part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Music of Budapest, Prague and Viennaâ&#x20AC;? series. Kennedy Center through March 10.

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11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nordic Voices: Lamentations.â&#x20AC;? Six-voice a cappella ensemble from Norway performs early music settings of Biblical lamentations. Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Kalichstein-LaredoRobinson Trio and friends perform Schubertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Troutâ&#x20AC;? quintet and a quintet inspired by it by Ellen Taafe Zwilich. Kennedy Center.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Kids Are All Right.â&#x20AC;?

The Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington joins Pittsburgh performing-arts troupe Dreams of Hope in songs and stories from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender

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9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hungarian Dances.â&#x20AC;? The National Symphony Orchestra performs music by BartĂłk, KodĂĄly, Liszt and Brahms as part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Music of Budapest, Prague and Viennaâ&#x20AC;? series. Kennedy Center.

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The vocal quartet Anonymous 4 will perform with the Folger Consort at the Washington National Cathedral in January. youth and their allies. Lisner Auditorium.

23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Shuffle to Show Boat.â&#x20AC;? The In Series mixes the laughs and rhythmic vitality of 1920s black musicals, lilting operetta tunes, naughty lyrics and common-man blues, along with jazz and Tin Pan Alley favorites. Atlas Performing Arts Center through March 11.

25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cosi fan tutte.â&#x20AC;? Washington National Opera performs Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comedy of mistaken identity.

Kennedy Center through March 15.

25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brooklyn Rider: Ultimate Beethoven.â&#x20AC;? String quartet per-

forms music by Beethoven, Glass and Ljova (Lev Zhurbin).

Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis joins the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Kennedy Center.

29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Mozart, Sibelius and Richard Strauss conducted by Lorin Maazel. Kennedy Center.

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11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Herbie Hancock plays jazz piano. Kennedy Center.

12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pianist Christoph Eschenbach and violinist Dan Zhu perform Mozart sonatas.

Kennedy Center.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Budapestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TakĂĄcs Quartet plays quartets by Schubert and BartĂłk, plus Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staggering Opus 131. Kennedy Center.

15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra performs Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opera â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fidelioâ&#x20AC;? in concert with singers and chorus as part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Music of Budapest, Prague and Viennaâ&#x20AC;? series. Kennedy Center through March 17.

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2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme.â&#x20AC;? Some 100 works on paper by the iconic Pop artist feature targets, flags, numerals and other subjects. Phillips Collection through Sept. 9.

National Air and Space Museum 6th Street and Independence Avenue SW Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

202-633-2214; nasm.si.edu

2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ellsworth Kelly: Color Into Space.â&#x20AC;? Presents 10 single-panel paintings from Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s private collection that feature the colors, materials and forms that have dominated his 60-year career. Phillips Collection through Sept. 9.

National Building Museum 401 F St. NW Hours: Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission: $8 for adults and $5 for youth, students and seniors 202-272-2448; nbm.org

21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ai Weiwei: According to What?â&#x20AC;? A major survey of the controversial Chinese artist includes sculpture, photography, video, sitespecific installations and more.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through Sept. 9.

Museum information

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Meets: monthly Location: email for information Website: daughtersofabraham.com Summary: A group of Jewish, Christian and Muslim women who meet to explore each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faiths through literature.

JUNE

20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;40 Under 40: Craft Futures.â&#x20AC;? This investigation of evolving notions of craft features 40 artists born since 1972. Renwick Gallery through Feb. 3.

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Daughters of Abraham Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Interfaith Book Group

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

202-633-1000; hirshhorn.si.edu

JULY

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Meets: monthly on Wednesdays Location: 1155 F St. NW, Suite 200 Website: biggaybookgroup.com Summary: Six-year-old group focusing on gay issues.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Ave. SW Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

202-633-1000; asia.si.edu Corcoran Gallery of Art 510 17th St. NW Hours: Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday until 9 p.m.

Admission: $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and students; free for ages 12 and younger 202-639-1700; corcoran.org Freer Gallery of Art 12th Street and Independence

National Gallery of Art 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Hours: Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

202-737-4215; nga.gov National Museum of African Art 950 Independence Ave. SW Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

202-633-4600; africa.si.edu National Museum of American History 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

202-633-1000; americanhistory.si.edu National Museum of Natural History 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

202-633-1000; mnh.si.edu National Museum of the American Indian 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW

Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

202-633-1000; nmai.si.edu National Portrait Gallery 8th and F streets NW Hours: Daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

202-633-1000; npg.si.edu.

National Postal Museum 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE Hours: Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

202-633-5555; postalmuseum.si.edu Newseum 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Hours: Daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission: $21.95 for adults; $17.95 for seniors; $12.95 for children; free for ages 6 and younger 888-639-7386; newseum.org Phillips Collection 1600 21st St. NW Hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday until 8:30 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Admission: Varies 202-387-2151; phillipscollection.org Renwick Gallery 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

202-633-1000; americanart.si.edu/renwick S. Dillon Ripley Center 1100 Jefferson Drive SW Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

202-633-1000; si.edu/ripley Smithsonian American Art Museum 9th and G streets NW Hours: Daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

202-633-1000; americanart.si.edu Textile Museum 2320 S St. NW Hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.

Admission: Suggested donation of $8 202-667-0441; textilemuseum.org

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Smith directs Meredith Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tony Award-winning musical about a con man stirring up trouble in River City. Arena Stage through July 22.

15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Servant of Two Masters.â&#x20AC;? Identities are mistaken, engagements are broken and lovers are reunited in Carlo Goldoniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commedia dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;arte masterpiece.

Shakespeare Theatre Company through July 1.

23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bachelorette.â&#x20AC;? Ten years out of high school, three friends celebrate a classmateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wedding with drugs, wit and men. Studio Theatre through June 9.

28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.â&#x20AC;? In Anne Washburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision of post-Apocalyptic America, survivors invent a new entertainment industry. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through July 1.

JUNE 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mary T. & Lizzy K.â&#x20AC;? The world premiere of an Arena Stage commission about the unlikely friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her seamstress, freed slave Elizabeth Keckly. Arena Stage through July 22.

2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pal Joey.â&#x20AC;? A new production of the Rodgers and Hart musical about a nightclub crooner whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pulled every which way by love, fame and fortune. Kennedy Center through July 1.

12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Merry Wives of Windsor.â&#x20AC;? Wives upend a lothario in Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bawdy riotous romp. Shakespeare Theatre Company through July 15.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animals and Children Took to the Streets.â&#x20AC;? Synchronizing live music, performance and storytelling with films and animation, the production presents life on a dystopian tenement block. Studio Theatre through July 1.

JULY 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Addams Family.â&#x20AC;? A musical comedy based on the Charles Addams cartoons about a ghoulish American family.

Kennedy Center through July 29.

11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.â&#x20AC;? This rowdy and irreverent musical imagines President

Andrew Jackson as a rock star.

Studio Theatre through Aug. 5.

28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;August: Osage County.â&#x20AC;? A darkly comic Pulitzer Prizewinning look at a troubled family.

Keegan Theatre through Aug. 26.

Keegan Theatre Performance space: Church Street Theater 1742 Church St. NW 703-892-0202; keegantheatre.com

Theater information

Kennedy Center 2700 F St. NW 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.

Arena Stage 1101 6th St. SW 202-554-9066; arenastage.org

National Theatre 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW 800-447-7400; nationaltheatre.org

Folger Theatre 201 East Capitol St. SE 202-544-7077; folger.edu

Shakespeare Theatre Company Performance space A: Sidney Harman Hall 610 F St. NW 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org

Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre 511 10th St. NW 202-426-6924; fords.org Gala Theatre 3333 14th St. NW 202-234-7174; galatheatre.org

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2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Awakening.â&#x20AC;? A Tony Award-winning rock musical based on the controversial eponymous 1892 play by Frank Wedekind.

Keegan Theatre through July 8.

6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The History of Invulnerability.â&#x20AC;? This play imagines the struggle between Superman and his human creator, Jerry Seigel.

Theater J through July 8.

7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Puerto Rico â&#x20AC;Ś ÂĄfuĂĄ!â&#x20AC;? A musical with a satirical take on the history of Puerto Rico. In Spanish with English surtitles. Gala Theatre through July 1.

8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like Water for Chocolate.â&#x20AC;?

A world-premiering musical steeped in history and the magical realism of Mexican folktales, adapted from Laura Esquivelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel of the same name. Arena Stage through July 29.

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9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cuchullain.â&#x20AC;? The world premiere of a new play by Belfast playwright Rosemary Jenkinson.

Keegan Theatre through July 1.

12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memphis.â&#x20AC;? A Tony Awardwinning musical about a courageous Memphis DJ who played black music on the radio in the 1950s. Kennedy Center through July 1.

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16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Songbird: Francesca Caccini at the Medici Court.â&#x20AC;?

Highlights the music of 16th-century Italian composer Caccini, known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Songbird.â&#x20AC;? Folger Theatre through March 18.

16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Chieftains celebrate their 50th anniversary with a Washington Performing Arts Society-sponsored program of Irish music. Kennedy Center.

16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rocky Horror Show.â&#x20AC;?

The Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington presents an all-male version of the gender-bending cult musical. Lisner Auditorium through March 18.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amerigo String Trio: Serenade.â&#x20AC;? String trio performs serenades by Beethoven and Dohnanyi. Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Berlin Nights/Paris Days: The Art of Chanson.â&#x20AC;? Cabaret artist Ute Lemper, the Vogler Quartet and pianist/clarinetist Stefan Malzew unite Weimar chansons with the works they influenced.

Kennedy Center.

favorites from Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operas and choral works. Kennedy Center.

22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra and vocal soloists perform DvorĂĄkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stabat Materâ&#x20AC;? as part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Music of Budapest, Prague and Viennaâ&#x20AC;? series.

Kennedy Center through March 24.

JUNE

23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra performs music of DvorĂĄk and JanĂĄcek as part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Music of Budapest, Prague and Viennaâ&#x20AC;? series. Kennedy Center.

25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art of the Fugue.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Bach Consort performs J.S. Bachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art of the Fugueâ&#x20AC;? on string ensemble, harpsichord and organ. National Presbyterian Church.

29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Eben Trio (formerly Puella Trio) performs DvorĂĄk and

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31 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra plays Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leonoreâ&#x20AC;? overture no. 3 and Symphony No. 7. Kennedy Center.

9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Idomeneo.â&#x20AC;? The In Series stages Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opera about a king and his soldiers engulfed by a storm as they return home. Atlas Performing Arts Center through June 17.

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The Chieftains will celebrate their 50th anniversary in March with a program of Irish music at the Kennedy Center.

Smetana trios. Kennedy Center.

Pärt. National Presbyterian Church.

31 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Violinist Mikhail Simonyan and pianist Alexei Podkorytov perform Brahms, Schubert, Prokofiev and Szymanowski.

Kennedy Center.

APRIL

22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ein deutsches Requiem.â&#x20AC;?

The Choral Arts Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance of the Brahms requiem marks the final concert conducted by the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director, Norman Scribner, retiring after 47 years at the helm. Kennedy Center.

3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pierrot Lunaire.â&#x20AC;? The sextet eighth blackbird performs a staged cabaret-opera version of Schoenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s masterwork.

Kennedy Center.

28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nabucco.â&#x20AC;? Washington National Opera performs Verdiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epic about the defeat, enslavement and exile of the Babylonian Jews.

Kennedy Center through May 21.

5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elijah.â&#x20AC;? The National Symphony Orchestra performs the Mendelssohn oratorio with the University of Maryland Concert Choir, soloists and guest conductor Helmuth Rilling. Kennedy Center through April 7.

29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heaven on Earth.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Bach Consort performs music of Bach. National Presbyterian Church.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;De mi corazĂłn latino.â&#x20AC;? The In Series presents Mexican tenor JesĂşs Daniel HernĂĄndez singing classic Latin American hits. Source through April 22.

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13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Ladies: The Musical World of 15th-Century Burgundy.â&#x20AC;?

Period music for court and chamber performed by vocalists and instrumentalists, highlighting countertenor Drew Minter. Folger Theatre through April 15.

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13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Traveler.â&#x20AC;? Anoushka Shankar presents a program of sitar music. Lisner Auditorium.

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14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Il Barbiere di Seviglia.â&#x20AC;?

Opera Lafayette performs the first of many operas based on Beaumarchaisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; play â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Barber of Seville,â&#x20AC;? this one by Italian composer Giovanni Paisiello. Kennedy Center through April 15.

14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walden Chamber Players: Musical Reflections.â&#x20AC;? Boston ensemble performs chamber music

by Brahms, Haydn, Schumann and Schedl. Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Magnificat.â&#x20AC;? The City Choir of Washington performs the Bach setting of the canticle, along with works by Monteverdi, SchĂźtz and

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Legacy Celebration: A Tribute to the Maestro.â&#x20AC;? The Choral Arts Society of Washington pays a musical tribute to its retiring director, Norman Scribner.

Washington National Cathedral.

23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oceanic Verses.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Chorus presents the Washington premiere of this new folk opera by young Italian composer Paola Prestini, commissioned

by Carnegie Hall. Kennedy Center.

Venue information Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H St. NE 202-399-7993; atlasarts.org Dumbarton United Methodist Church 3133 Dumbarton St. NW 202-965-2000; dumbartonconcerts.org

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Folger Theatre 201 East Capitol St. SE 202-544-7077; folger.edu

3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Morgenstern Trio performs trios by Debussy, Brahms and Bernstein. Kennedy Center.

Gala Theatre 3333 14th St. NW 202-234-7174; galatheatre.org

5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Violinist Stefan Jackiw and pianist Anna Polonsky perform Stravinsky, Brahms, Richard Strauss and the world premiere of a new work by David Fulmer.

Kennedy Center.

Lisner Auditorium 730 21st St. NW 202-994-6800; lisner.org

11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Mendelssohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Violin Concerto in E minor, Shostakovichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Symphony No. 5 and Debussyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;PrĂŠlude Ă lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;aprèsmidi dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;un fauneâ&#x20AC;? with solo violinist James Ehnes and conductor Charles Dutoit. Kennedy Center.

12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Werther.â&#x20AC;? Washington National Opera performs Massenetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tale of forbidden love.

Kennedy Center through May 27.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Samson et Dalila.â&#x20AC;?

Washington Concert Opera performs a concert version of SaintSaĂŤnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; setting of the Biblical story.

Lisner Auditorium.

14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Rohan De Silva perform a program of works as yet to be determined. Kennedy Center.

20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Essential Wagner.â&#x20AC;?

The Washington Chorus sings

Kennedy Center 2700 F St. NW 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org National Geographic 1600 M St. NW 202-544-7077; events.nationalgeographic.com Sixth & I Historic Synagogue 600 I St. NW 202-408-3100; sixthandi.org Source 1835 14th St. NW 202-204-7800; sourcedc.org Warner Theatre 13th and E streets NW 202-783-4000; warnertheatre.com National Presbyterian Church 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW 202-537-0800; natpresch.org Washington National Cathedral Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW 202-537-6200; nationalcathedral.org

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Anyone can browse the site before signing up for membership â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is free, of course.

According to the D.C. homepage of freecycle.org, in November 2003 members posted 46 messages, while in July 2011 there were 2,200 messages exchanged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so nice when you find somebody who wants your things,â&#x20AC;? said Hoven. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are so thankful â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a feel-good thing.â&#x20AC;?

Freecycling can often mean giving items to charity groups that either use the donated items within their own organization or sell or recycle the items for cash, which is then used to fund the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs and services.

Jason King, president of Turning the Page, said that in this economy, â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more challenging to get grants and to ask for donations.â&#x20AC;? But he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;D.C. is a great city of readers,â&#x20AC;? and the organization finds value in books others no longer want or need. Turning the Page typically raises about $70,000 at its annual book sale, which is held at different locations depending on where retail space is donated. The next book sale is planned for April, and donations are accepted yearround. More information can be found on the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, turningthepage.org.

When looking to donate other kinds of items from the home, Marthaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outfitters, a community thrift shop that is run out of Marthaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Table on 2114 14th St. NW, accepts a number of gently used items, including clothing, housewares and small working electronics. Seasonal clothing, nonperishable foods and new school supplies for children are most needed.

The shop is open to the public, but it also serves qualified lowincome residents, who can collect clothes and other items at no cost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there are a lot of nonprofit stores like this one,â&#x20AC;? director Michael Bartscherer said of the recently renovated retail space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The generosity of donors, the quality of donations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an exciting neighborhood, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an exciting mix of people in every social strata that shop here.â&#x20AC;? Profits from the store go to fund nutrition, clothing and education programs at Marthaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Table. More information is available at marthastable.org.

Goodwill is well-known for its retail stores, where the organization also accepts gently used items for resale. But the organization has tweaked its operation slightly, no longer taking broken electronics and fixing them. Today it prefers that electronics be in working order so they can be resold.

Computers, however, are a different story. Goodwill will take any computer-related items, whether in working condition or not, with the exception of cracked monitors, which pose an environmental hazard. The organization

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Here are some local resources for finding new homes for items that are no longer wanted or needed: â&#x2013; Turning the Page (accepts books) 202-347-9841; turningthepage.org â&#x2013; Books for America (accepts like-new books, CDs, DVDs, classic movies on VHS, laptops, digital cameras, cellphones) 202-835-2665; booksforamerica.org â&#x2013; Marthaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Table (non-perishable food, gently used clothing, new school supplies) 202-328-6609; marthastable.org â&#x2013; Greater Washington Goodwill (clothing, housewares, electronics) 202-636-4225; dcgoodwill.org â&#x2013; American Kidney Fund (vehicles) 877-8-A-CAUSE; donateforacause.org â&#x2013; Arthritis Foundation (gently used office equipment, furniture and supplies, TVs, VCRs, LCD projectors) arthritis.org; 202-537-6800 â&#x2013; Black Student Fund (school supplies, toys, office supplies, clothes) 202-387-1414; blackstudentfund.org â&#x2013; Capital Area Food Bank (non-perishable food items) 202-526-5344; capitalareafoodbank.org â&#x2013; Community Forklift (green building materials and other construction supplies) 301-985-5180; communityforklift.com â&#x2013; DC Coalition for the Homeless (clothing, household items in good conditions such as sofas, beds and dressers) 202-347-8870; dccfh.org â&#x2013; DC Habitat for Humanity (wish list is located on its website) 202-882-4600; dchabitat.org â&#x2013; Food & Friends (non-perishable food, office supplies, small housewares, vehicles) 202-269-2277; foodandfriends.org â&#x2013; Jubilee Jobs (gently used professional clothing appropriate for corporate interviews) 202-667-8970; jubileejobs.org â&#x2013; Miriamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen (non-perishable food, seasonal clothing, disposable cutlery and plates) 202-452-8926; miriamskitchen.org â&#x2013; N Street Village (travel-size toiletries, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing, cleaning supplies; wish list on website) 202-939-2076; nstreetvilliage.org â&#x2013; Neighbors Consejo (furniture, appliances, toiletries, housewares) 202-234-6855; neighborsconsejo.org â&#x2013; Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. (vehicles, small appliances) 202-347-8500; plannedparenthood.org/ppmw/ â&#x2013; Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (vehicles) 202-544-1306; smyal.org â&#x2013; National Zoo (new and gently used items for the Zoo â&#x20AC;&#x201D; see website for wish list) 202-633-4800; nationalzoo.si.edu

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has an agreement with Dell Computer Corp., whereby Goodwill sends broken or unwanted computers and peripherals, and Dell gives Goodwill cash in return for the recycled materials.

According to Goodwillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brendan Hurley, Dell strips down the computers and repurposes the parts for use in new machines. In 2010, Greater Washington Goodwill donated 1 million pounds of computers and related materials to Dell, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would like Goodwill to be the first choice when people are

thinking of a place to dispose of their computers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a green choice, really,â&#x20AC;? said Hurley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free, and it helps us put people back to work during this difficult economic time.â&#x20AC;?

For more information on how to donate items to Goodwill, including where to find one of the 19 donation centers or bins in the area, visit dcgoodwill.org.

All three of these local nonprofits report that charitable giving at their organizations is up. But they all note that the need for their services is also up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; exponentially.

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