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to seek new path for project By CUNEYT DIL

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The District has quietly scrapped five years of planning to house a special education program at the vacant Stevens School, a reversal that frustrated both program leaders and community

members. Ivymount School, a Rockvillebased nonprofit that provides special education services, was selected in 2012 to run a program at the now-vacant historic building at 1050 21st St. NW in the West End. Akridge and a team of developers plan to renovate the historic three-story school building in exchange for the rights to construct a 10-story office building on part of the city-owned

property. The decision to move away from Ivymount — which will leave the Stevens School vacant until the city can strike another deal for the space — followed months of uncertainty and funding cuts. According to Deputy Mayor for Education Jennie Niles, D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson balked at the program’s cost after assuming the See Stevens/Page 13

Dupont ANC looks to end moratorium By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

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Alliance Française de Washington and Dupont Festival celebrated Fete de la Musique with music and a storytime for kids last Wednesday at Dupont Circle Park.

The 17th Street strip of Dupont Circle could start seeing more taverns and nightclubs after decades of restrictions, as some neighborhood leaders push for lifting the existing liquor license moratorium on such establishments. Beginning in 1990, a moratorium restricted all new liquor licenses in the eastern portion of Dupont Circle — 600 feet in all directions from the intersection of 17th and Q streets NW. In 2014, neighborhood leaders petitioned for the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to loosen those restrictions to allow more restaurants. The existing moratorium, currently set to expire on Aug. 21, caps the number of taverns in the zone to two and prohibits new nightclubs. At its June 14 meeting, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B (Dupont Circle) voted 4-1 with two See Licenses/Page 13

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The area 600 feet in all directions from the corner of 17th and Q streets NW is currently subject to a moratorium that caps tavern and nightclub licenses.

Shelter residents don’t share critics’ concerns

After budget cuts, streetcar debate on extension remains

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■ Transit: Some ANCs push

By MARK LIEBERMAN

Critics of the family homeless shelter planned for the 2nd District Police Headquarters site in Ward 3 have cited a number of concerns — some about how the site will affect the neighborhood, and others about whether the shelter will prove satisfactory for its residents. The former concerns are familiar to numerous development projects, generally boiling down to the juxtaposition of a tall building against nearby singlefamily homes. There were also complaints about a D.C. Council site-selection process that critics said allowed inadequate time for community input. But neighbors concerns’ for the shelter’s future residents are also numerous, if hypothetical. The shelter’s proximity to the police station at 3320 Idaho

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Jessica Odom, 28, has lived at the D.C. General family homeless shelter since April and hopes the replacement facilities will provide more services.

Ave. NW raises worries that families will feel like they’re being monitored. The dearth of affordable restaurants in the area could prove alienating to residents without substantial means. And the distance from the nearest Metro station might be inconvenient, especially for parents who need easy access to See Shelter/Page 10

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In the weeks following unexpected cuts to the DC Streetcar’s expansion budget — which the D.C. Council adopted earlier this month — some Ward 2 community leaders have begun criticizing the last-minute change. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson stripped more than $40 million from the $160 million that Mayor Muriel Bowser had

requested for the streetcar over the next six years. Much of that money would have funded extensions of the existing line eastward to the Benning Road Metro station and west along K Street NW into Georgetown. With reduced funding, the westward expansion faces particular peril. Mendelson argued that the current line — covering a 2.4mile stretch of H Street and Benning Road in Northeast — isn’t popular enough to justify an extension into Ward 2. But not all community leaders agree. Two Northwest advisory See Streetcar/Page 15

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Long in the works, Klingle Cleveland Park fixture closes after 20 years trail ‘crosses the finish line’ By GRACE BIRD

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By ANDRIA MOORE Current Correspondent

The long-anticipated Klingle Valley Trail officially opened to hikers and bikers on Saturday in a ribbon-cutting ceremony officiated by Mayor Muriel Bowser. More than 100 community members and local officials were on hand for the festivities, including representatives from the Sierra Club, the D.C. Department of Transportation and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association. Construction began in 2015 for the three-quarter-mile trail, which stretches from Cortland Place to Porter Street NW and connects the Woodley Park and Cleveland Park communities to Rock Creek Park. The $6 million project outfitted the multi-use trail with new drainage and stormwater systems along with eco-friendly lights, new signage, benches and a fence. “We are here today to talk about ways to make D.C. a healthier, more vibrant place to live in,” Mayor Bowser said at Saturday’s ceremony. “That means we have to invest in our infrastructure.” Bowser stressed the importance of continuing to invest in green initiatives all over D.C., a sentiment echoed by Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh. “It’s no longer the case that we think we have to elevate the car culture above all else,” Cheh said. “Cars have to coexist with other forms of transit.” The Klingle Valley Trail replaces a former vehicular roadway to which the city cut off access in 1991 due to severe erosion. The following two decades saw intermittent but impassioned debate on whether to reopen the road to cars

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or turn it into a hiker-biker trail, with the D.C. Council finally voting to permanently close the road in 2008. Cheh said that many past community concerns were resolved with the new trail. “What we have done is another example of a way that we have come forward in thinking about what makes for quality of life,” she said. Opponents of the project still smart over the cost of the trail, which they see as benefiting primarily adjacent homeowners; other criticism focuses on the purported need for an additional eastwest vehicular connection. But speakers and observers at Saturday’s event expressed their hope that the Klingle Valley Trail will help reduce D.C.’s air pollution and encourage environmentally friendly transportation projects. “If we can make walking and biking accessible, we can make a big difference in the climate and air quality,” said Greg Billing, executive director for the Washington Area Bicyclist Association. “It feels so great,” said Austina Casey, environmental policy analyst for the Transportation Department. “So much work, so much collaboration and so much expertise came into this, and it’s nice to see it’s what we dreamt.”

The week ahead Tuesday, July 4

The Palisades Citizens Association will present its 51st annual Fourth of July parade, which will start at 11 a.m. at Whitehaven Parkway and MacArthur Boulevard NW and proceed along MacArthur to the Palisades Recreation Center at Sherier and Dana places NW, the site of a free post-parade picnic.

Saturday, July 8

Casey Trees will hold an interactive “Stand Up for Trees” workshop at 9:30 a.m. at the group’s headquarters, 3030 12th St. NE. The class will focus on how to advocate effectively for the District to plant more trees in parks, create more sustainable developments and protect more of the city’s oldest trees. Admission is free, and breakfast and lunch will be provided. To register, visit caseytrees.org/event/stand-up-for-trees.

Monday, July 10

At-large D.C. Council member David Grosso will host a Community Engagement Forum on “Challenges D.C. Faces in the Age of Trump.” The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the auditorium at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus, 3106 16th St. NW. (The meeting was postponed from its original date due to inclement weather.)

Tuesday, July 11

The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will host a community meeting on senior programming at the Chevy Chase Community Center. The meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

When Thoi Van Nguyen and Ngoc Anh Tran fled the Vietnam War and arrived in the nation’s capital in 1979, they were hopeful. The married couple didn’t speak English, and had no family or friends nearby — but they did possess two invaluable tools: a robust work ethic and an armful of vibrant Vietnamese recipes. They leveraged those tools to open restaurants, including Cleveland Park’s Nam Viet, which

closed Sunday after operating for 20 years at 3419 Connecticut Ave. NW. General manager Richard Nguyen — the founders’ son — told The Current the decision was the result of a lack of business, as well as the fatigue of his 65-year-old mother, known affectionately to regulars as “Mrs. Thoi.” The couple’s story embodies the American dream, their son said. Four years after they immigrated, they “took a leap” and opened a 13-seat Vietnamese eatery, My-An, in Arlington, Va., in 1983. The couple soon traded the tiny restaurant See Restaurant/Page 5

New nonprofit provides furniture donations By GRACE BIRD

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When Brian Hart helped furnish the apartment of Shantie Morgan Palmer, a homeless mother of seven, he immediately knew this would be his life’s work. “In that move, I realized how important this is, the powerful impact it can have on someone’s life,” said Hart, a lawyer, activist and former Adams Morgan advisory neighborhood commissioner. “Everyone was crying,” he said of the day last January when the furniture arrived. At-large D.C. Council member Robert White had received a request for help from one of Palmer’s sons, and he turned to Hart for assistance. At the time, Hart was CEO of the KEYS for the Homeless, a nonprofit that sources goods from hotels, restaurants and businesses and then donates the items to people living in poverty. But responding to a different need for struggling local residents, he had

recently teamed up with friends Jingwen Sun and Daniel Moskowitz to co-found LightHouse, a charity that sources and delivers furniture to those in need. In an interview, Hart said he first noticed a glaring gap in affordable housing services while working for nonprofits and the local government. Often, Hart said, the homeless are provided with unfurnished living spaces. District furniture banks struggle to keep up with delivery demands for low-income housing, and waitlists extend months or years, he added. “Four walls and a ceiling are not a home — that’s a shelter,” White told a crowd of 200, including eight of his council colleagues, at a June 7 event celebrating LightHouse’s launch. “The government provides shelter. Nonprofits step in, and they make it a home.” LightHouse’s inaugural client, Lucki Moody, was made homeless when her landlord of 22 years decided to sell. Without LightHouse, the apartment Moody

moved into in April with her disabled 29-year-old son — provided by affordable housing nonprofit Jubilee — would likely have stayed unfurnished through the summer. “LightHouse was just awesome. They gave me so much,” Moody told The Current. In honor of the nonprofit, Moody sang a moving rendition of “You Light up My Life” at the event. LightHouse will rely on an intricate set of partners, including charities and corporations, for funding and assistance. Nonprofits like Jubilee, Pathways Housing and So Others Might Eat — as well as moving companies like Two Men and a Truck, Bookstore Movers, and Town & Country Movers — are set to support the operation. “We can make sure everyone doesn’t just have four walls and a roof over their head, but an actual place to call home,” Hart told onlookers at the event. “And we can make sure that every single person has the opportunity to enjoy life free of poverty.”

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Mayor tackles city’s persistent rat issues

As warmer winters exacerbate the District’s rodent issues, Mayor Muriel Bowser is emphasizing the importance of proper trash management and highlighting city programs targeting rats and other vermin. The city’s vermin control strategy takes “a comprehensive and 21st century approach to an old problem,” Bowser said in a news release on Friday — emphasizing that many of the solutions to

inappropriately stored garbage make use of new technology. These include trash cans with solar-powered compactors and “smart litter bins” with sensors to alert trash crews when they’re full. The Department of Health, Department of Public Works and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer are working together to deploy 25 solar trash cans and 400 smart litter bins to “rat hotspots” around the District, according to the release. Meanwhile, the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development recently launched a grant program that helps businesses buy trash compactors to better dispose of their waste. Bowser also reminded residents about low-tech but effective ways of reducing rodent problems: storing trash and food in containers with tight-fitting lids, and reporting issues to the city via 311. The District reported that the number of 311 requests for rodent abatement increased from about 2,300 in 2015 to more than 3,500 in 2016.

Officials investigate fatal Brightwood fire Federal agents have joined local investigators working to determine the cause of a fatal weekend apartment building fire

in Brightwood, according to news reports. WTOP reported Monday that federal officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are working with the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department to investigate the origin of the fire, which tore through a four-story building early Saturday morning in the 1300 block of Peabody Street NW. One man died, and 11 people were injured — including five firefighters. About 200 residents were displaced. “Our fire investigators continue their efforts to find origin & cause of Peabody St. fire. Suppression units also on scene to provide support,” the D.C. Fire and EMS agency tweeted Monday. Firefighters responding to the three-alarm fire later discovered the body of an unidentified man in a top-floor apartment believed to be where the blaze originated, The Washington Post reported this weekend. Officials said the investigation of the death has been turned over to the D.C. police. According to The Post, the Red Cross assisted 54 families, for a total of 180 people, in the aftermath of the fire. Officials said the building in the Rolling Terrace apartment complex, near

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RESTAURANT: Cleveland Park business owners nervous after pair of recent closures

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for a larger Arlington venue, Nam Viet — which remains in operation today. In 1997, the Nguyens unveiled a Cleveland Park location, to immediate success — customers were charmed by the colorful dishes and earnest hosts who treated guests like family. When Thoi Van Nguyen died of

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The 3419 Connecticut Ave. NW restaurant closed on Sunday.

a heart attack 12 years ago, his son stepped up. Richard Nguyen began his Nam Viet career at age 12 — an experience he reflects on fondly. “It taught me to be humble and hard-working. I still use these skills today,� he said. Richard’s jolly, disarming manner has made him a Cleveland Park luminary over the years —

just ask his loyal band of regulars. And last week, residents swarmed the restaurant to say their final goodbyes. “It was crazy. We were giving hour-and-a-half, two-hour waits,� Richard said. “It had never been like that before.� Pastor John Ball journeyed two hours from St. Mary’s City, Md., Friday night, to enjoy a final meal with plenty of his family’s favorite — spring rolls. “It’s the best Vietnamese food in the city. The country, really. It’s the best I’ve ever tried,� Ball said as he waited for a table at Nam Viet, in a line snaking out the door. Cleveland Park resident Craig Kennedy spent Saturdays at Nam Viet for 20 years. “It’s great food, great value, and Richard really makes an effort,� Kennedy said in an interview. Kennedy isn’t finished with Nam Viet, planning to resume his Saturday lunches at the Arlington location. Nam Viet isn’t the only Cleveland Park eatery to endure too many quiet nights. The area’s catalog of quirky venues have borne the brunt of a city where a handful of inner-city areas have shifted quickly from half-vacant to hip. Ripple, another Cleveland Park

mainstay since its 2010 opening, closed its doors last week, too. Susan Lihn, co-chair of the Cleveland Park Business Association and longtime owner of neighboring gift shop Wake Up Little Suzie, is gravely concerned about the area’s apparent stagnancy. “My business is definitely down. So many small businesses are struggling,� Lihn said in an interview. While a D.C. Department of Transportation proposal to revitalize the street offers some hope,

Lihn said, such plans take time to come to fruition. “We need to explore every option. More offices, for example,â€? Lihn said. “Most other Metro stops have become more vibrant ‌ except for Cleveland Park.â€? Elected officials are aware of the area’s challenges: It’s a recurrent topic at the monthly meetings of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3C (Cleveland Park, Massachusetts Avenue Heights, Woodley Park), according to ANC 3C

member Beau Finley. “I don’t know what the solution is,� Finley told The Current. “But nothing should be off the table.� For now, residents can visit Richard at Nam Viet’s Virginia location. And with some free time, Richard is now able to realize some culinary dreams of his own. “I’ve always wanted to travel the world, eat, and bring an adaptation to D.C.,� Richard said. “Even though our chapter ends here, our story still goes on.�

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In the District, some 500 preschools attempt to serve our estimated population of 43,000 children under the age of 5. These facilities play a number of important roles. They help prepare children for kindergarten and beyond, teaching them how to get along in a group in addition to the most preliminary academic instruction. They’re also an essential lifeline for many parents who need care for their children while they’re at work. Accordingly, setting standards for preschools is a delicate balance. Not unreasonably, when it recently revamped its regulations, the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education decided that preschool employees should have at least a basic college education. But we’re concerned about the possible side effects of a blanket approach. Preschool operators have been protesting outside the Wilson Building, arguing that the degree requirements — a bachelor’s for program directors and an associate for all other staff — as well as some of the other new rules are inappropriately onerous. “Why do you need an associate’s degree to change Pampers???” read the protest sign from a Ward 6 preschool operator. In Ward 1, an operator said she’d likely have to shut down and dismiss her 12 employees because few of them have degrees and it’s difficult to find qualified workers at wages she can afford. We do see the benefit to having skilled personnel working with children. We hate to see achievement gaps start out in infancy because only some residents can afford quality preschools. However, workers with college degrees will justifiably expect higher wages than preschool operators are accustomed to offering. If the programs are even able to find qualified staff, parents will feel the pinch as their costs rise. We’re not quite sure what the best solution is. Perhaps requiring a minimum number of staff with a degree would be a more practical approach, or mandating a single course specific to preschool education. We’d also encourage regulations to take the age of children into account — there isn’t the same need for educational standards for 1-year-olds as for 4-year-olds. And while the city is providing assistance to help preschool staff obtain the necessary degrees, we’d also urge funding to help parents pay for a more premium service if the new rules are enforced. Meanwhile, operators themselves are highly qualified to weigh in on the regulations. They can describe the tasks they perform and why they don’t feel a degree is necessary for this work. They can also highlight regulations that seem illogical — such as a ban on using cups during water play or a requirement to wear a helmet while riding a tricycle. Preschool staff should be free to exercise some degree of judgment regarding their students’ safety, and we’d rather them focus on the kids — not focus their attention on compliance with a laundry list of city regulations. The preschool operators have requested a meeting with Mayor Muriel Bowser to air their concerns. We’d encourage the mayor to take them up on that request. We’d also suggest a follow-up town hall in the fall so that parents and teachers can participate in a conversation about not only regulatory requirements but also how to improve access to early childhood education throughout the city.

Honoring a legacy

On Monday, the Chevy Chase community celebrated the installation of a bench and memorial plaque — culminating nearly two years of work to honor the late civil rights activist Julian Bond, who lived nearby and could often be seen sitting or walking along Connecticut Avenue. The seemingly simple memorial to a beloved local resident hit snag after frustrating snag. The delays were “arduous and absurd,” Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh told The Washington Post last month, after the D.C. Department of Transportation once again reversed its approval of the bench installation. Mr. Bond’s widow chimed in that the agency’s actions were “disappointing” and “inexplicable.” All of those adjectives seem spot-on to us. Transportation Department director Leif Dormsjo offered the weak justification that the agency doesn’t usually take on responsibility for donated benches and was concerned about doing so. It’s particularly unfathomable that Mr. Dormsjo would first direct his staff to allow the bench and then reverse course. The end solution was the replacement of an existing bench rather than addition of a new one. “I was hoping for more, but at least we can finally recognize Mr. Bond in this small way,” Randy Speck, chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3/4G (Chevy Chase), told The Current. We’re glad this saga has at last reached an acceptable conclusion — despite intense resistance of the sort that gives rise to negative stereotypes about government bureaucracy.

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ry Googling the late civil rights icon Julian Bond. In a life full of activism, historic achievement and honors, none of the pictures show him relaxing quietly on a bench. But this week a bench took center stage. “He liked the idea of sitting on a bench,” recalled Bond’s widow Pamela Horowitz. “He walked in the neighborhood a lot because he said it was his thinking time.” On Monday, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3/4G (Chevy Chase) joined in celebrating a new bench in Bond’s honor. Its proclamation said Bond walked and sat along Connecticut Avenue, “always greeting both neighbors and strangers with kindness and consideration.” The bench sits in the shadow of the Chevy Chase Community Center at Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW, only a small plaque acknowledging his storied life. “I know it might seem modest for such a grand life, such a giant of a man,” said Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh. “But he would be delighted to know that this bench was here.” And the accolades kept coming. Joyce and Dorie Ladner, two sisters involved in the civil rights movement and accomplished in their own right, knew the quiet-spoken but determined leader who had steel will behind his boyish demeanor. The bench “tells a side of him that people don’t know,” Joyce Ladner said. “And I think that’s important.” She said he would sit and talk with anyone: “Part of that was because of the way he carried himself. He wasn’t interested in being famous.” Dorie Ladner was there with her young grandson, Seyoum Gipson. “What do you want him to know when he grows up?” we asked. “I want him to know that he is a free black man,” she said without hesitation. “And he’s able to move in and out of different circles unencumbered and to not be afraid to compete in the world.” Courtland Cox stood quietly in Monday’s crowd, as usual. Cox also doesn’t seek public acknowledgement, but he has been a fixture of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, including stints in Deep South Mississippi. He said it’s important that people today and in the future do not romanticize the civil rights movement, its bold push against legal segregation and the unspeakable violence against the civil rights workers. “It was terror. Basically we were dealing with terror,” he told the Notebook. “You did not know at any time riding down any of those highways in Mississippi that you would be shot, or bombed in Alabama. Those were very terrifying times.” Cox said Bond was important as a key contact

with the authorities and any sympathetic media. Many local demonstrations or attacks were not reported unless word got to Bond. ■ “Race Man” explained. Some who visit the bench might at first be startled. Its plaque reads: In Memory of Julian Bond, 1940 – 2015, “Race Man,” A Life Dedicated to Civil Rights. The phrase dates to the writings of W.E.B. Du Bois and debates about black liberation, the role of women and who could best represent African-American communities. Bond acknowledged the intellectual and cultural discussions. He knew some segregationist whites might hurl the name “race man” as an insult. “Julian actually wanted a bench,” his widow said. “He knew what he wanted on it. And he wanted it to say, ‘Race Man.’” Horowitz said he was worried the plaque supporters “might flinch at ‘Race Man.’’ She said there are different interpretations, but “Julian always thought about W.E.B. Du Bois and the idea that a ‘race man’ devoted himself — and, of course, it could be herself — but at the time it was a male-dominated society. So a ‘race man’ devoted himself to the uplift of his race. … Julian always considered himself a ‘race man.’” Your Notebook will remember Julian Bond gently chastising us a few years ago. Passing through the National Portrait Gallery’s atrium, we spotted Bond and his wife having a quiet talk at a side table. We decided to leave them in peace and stepped into the gift shop. A moment later, a voice said, “So, you don’t speak anymore?” It was Julian Bond coming to get me. He said then he wished more people in public would speak to him rather than be reticent. Well, now, you can sit at his bench all you want. ■ A fresh start. Rep. Trey Gowdy is the new House Republican chairman of the committee that oversees the District of Columbia government. Gowdy replaces Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who seemed to be involved in everything except setting up an office in the Wilson Building. “I try really hard not to meddle in the affairs of the District of Columbia beyond that which is constitutionally required,” Gowdy told reporters last week. Gowdy already has met with D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and will meet in July with Mayor Muriel Bowser. Ward 6 D.C. Council member Charles Allen welcomes the change in Hill leadership, but remains wary. There are current efforts to weaken the city’s gun laws. Will Gowdy’s committee assist or stand by while that happens? Allen once mocked Chaffetz, calling his office and reporting a trash problem. We’re hoping there won’t be any reason to make the same request of Gowdy. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Ride-hailing vehicles often idle illegally

While people debate the pros and cons of ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, let me suggest one substantial negative — what I call the “swarm.” Unlike traditional taxis, which rely on dispatchers, cab stands and on-street hailing, these services rely on direct passenger-to-driver interactions. This means that drivers contend

with each other to be closest to a potential fare. They do this in several ways. The first is the stationary swarm, where drivers position their vehicles close to potential fares. They take up parking spaces, even those designated for residents only; they sit next to fire hydrants; they block driveways and alleys. They usually keep their motors running, fouling the air. This is illegal but pretty much unenforceable. The second is the mobile swarm, circulating around hotels and high-incidence apartment buildings. This swarm is

usually most active during rush hours, substantially adding to traffic in inner-city residential neighborhoods such as mine. Undoubtedly, ride-hailing services are a tremendous convenience for some. But for others, they create very real problems. And these problems can only be expected to grow as more hotels and more Airbnbtype apartments are approved and built in the neighborhoods bordering downtown, and as more services enter the marketplace. Vic Miller Washington Heights

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ost District residents were not tuned in to D.C. Council TV on June 14, but if they had been, they would have witnessed a rare act of courage from a local lawmaker. The setting was a hearing to decide whether or not to release the findings of a months-long investigation into contract-steering, bid-rigging and other potential crimes involving a politically connected contractor, the Department of General Services and officials in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration. Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh took the lead in conducting the investigation and chaired the hearing during which her fellow committee members would vote on making the findings public. Two of five committee members were no-shows, so Cheh called on D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson to attend. Cheh was determined to make the report public, but the lack of a quorum could have jeopardized its release. During the debate, which astonishingly included one council member advocating against releasing the report, Cheh dropped a bombshell. She declared that other council members had “materially diluted” the contents of the report. Let’s pause here for a second. The above is well worth unpacking. Council member Cheh is telling us that there are significant details that are not being shared with the public. We are in the dark. It is rare for a council member to heap criticism on a fellow member, but even rarer when that criticism speaks to a cover-up or other purposeful obfuscation. Cheh has earned our applause for what is truly a courageous act. Not only is she inside city hall, but

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Chevy Chase center should serve seniors

Near the end of The Current’s June 7 article on the D.C. Council’s budget allocations on May 30, a mention of $75,000 caught my eye. Included by Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh, the sum means that sometime in fiscal year 2018 there may be a staff member at the Chevy Chase Community Center to address the needs of seniors. Council member Cheh exercises oversight over the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation. Meanwhile, on June 1, at-large Council member Anita Bonds conducted a thorough inspection of that center — room-by-lockedroom. This was after she had her own oversight hearings, listened to testimony and held community meetings. Council member Bonds’ mission is to serve the District’s seniors, and she’s on her game. Located west of Rock Creek Park, the center is located in an

she is taking on city hall. I have no doubt that Cheh carefully chose her words and delivered them with a purpose. That purpose? It is essential for entities impervious to political interference to investigate this scandal. The D.C. attorney general, D.C. inspector general, FBI and U.S. attorney all have jurisdiction. The findings of the report and subsequent responses from Bowser administration officials surely warrant further inquiry. Indeed, when Mayor Bowser was asked if her administration would investigate, she stated unequivocally, “No.” That’s not acceptable. Cheh’s report and all news accounts detailing the scandal describe questionable activities that lead to Bowser’s doorstep. Her top official, City Administrator Rashad Young, is mentioned numerous times in the report. And Bowser’s chief of staff, John Falcicchio, has tried to dismiss the investigation as “malarkey,” but offered no substantive explanation as to why. One can only hope that District and federal law enforcement officials have taken notice of a mayor who refuses to investigate potential crimes by government employees. As well, Cheh’s declaration that some of her colleagues “materially diluted” the results of an investigation should sound alarms that trigger an official response. District residents owe a great thanks to Cheh for her determination to shed sunlight on this murky matter. Continued efforts to sweep it under the carpet are afoot. Hopefully, law enforcement officials will notice the many red flags flying over city hall and take appropriate actions. Chuck Thies, a local political and media consultant, was treasurer and communications director for Ward 7 D.C. Council member Vincent Gray’s 2016 campaign and managed Gray’s 2014 mayoral reelection bid.

area with the greatest concentration of seniors in the District. Even so, the Department of Parks and Recreation has not been responsive to senior needs. Despite that concentration, the D.C. Office on Aging has failed to establish a senior wellness center and instead operates through a proxy. Such disparities have been known by elected officials for some time. A year ago the Ward 3 Democrats passed a resolution calling for enhanced senior services. Given the lack of services, some believe that the added funding should be immediate, on an emergency basis. At the Chevy Chase center, health and fitness programming has been delivered (for free) by the YMCA — not by the city. The Y’s classes serve as many as 60 people — far more than the Department of Parks and Recreation requires to support programming. What is unfair is that elsewhere, seniors already have access to activities at agency sites. On-site comparisons have been documented by advisory

neighborhood commissioners and individuals. It is not that the center lacks the potential — it is that the center is a severely underutilized asset. These problems could be addressed with minimal imagination and a commitment to avoid turf battles. At any given hour in the day, the center has five to 10 locked, vacant rooms where “sister” agencies could deliver services. Most comparable Department of Parks and Recreation sites have dedicated senior lounges — but not Chevy Chase. The needed enhancements aren’t solely for seniors. The center lacks equipment that most agency sites have for both youth and adults ages 18 to 59. The department disposed of operational cardio equipment rather than transferring it to Chevy Chase. Unlike other sites, the center doesn’t even have computers for community usage. Doubt these comments? Go see for yourself and determine how the Department of Parks and Recreation could better serve those west of Rock Creek Park. Jay Thal Chevy Chase

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PSA PSA 207 207

■ FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END

Robbery ■ 2100-2199 block, F St.; 12:54 a.m. June 24.

p.m. June 24. ■ 1200-1299 block, 24th St.; 6:58 p.m. June 24. Theft from auto ■ 2100-2109 block, M St.; 3:59 p.m. June 19. ■ 2000-2099 block, M St.; 12:16 a.m. June 22. ■ 2300-2399 block, N St.; 11:31 a.m. June 24.

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 2400-2499 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 2:18 a.m. June 20 (knife).

■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMA PSA 208

Burglary ■ 900-999 block, 25th St.; 1:50 p.m. June 22.

Sexual abuse ■ 1700-1799 block, N St.; 3:54 p.m. June 25.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 900-999 block, 14th St.; 1:44 p.m. June 19. ■ 1804-1899 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 10:49 p.m. June 23.

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1400-1499 block, 14th St.; 4:17 a.m. June 21. ■ 1800-1899 block, Jefferson Place; 11:19 a.m. June 22 (with knife). ■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:46 p.m. June 24 (with knife).

Theft ■ 1400-1499 block, M St.; 7:18 p.m. June 21. ■ 2400-2499 block, M St.; 11:22 p.m. June 21. ■ 1700-1799 block, I St.; 11:38 a.m. June 22. ■ 1130-1199 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:52 a.m. June 23. ■ 1000-1099 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:36 p.m. June 23. ■ 1100-1129 block, 17th St.; 7:25 p.m. June 23. ■ 1100-1129 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:04 p.m. June 24. ■ 2400-2499 block, M St.; 4:17

PSA 208

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Burglary ■ 1500-1599 block, 19th St.; 11:57 a.m. June 21. ■ 2100-2199 block, Newport Place; 12:53 p.m. June 22. ■ 2300-2399 block, Tracy Place; 5:51 a.m. June 25. Theft ■ 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 8:16 p.m. June 19. ■ 1500-1520 block, 14th St.;

10:54 p.m. June 19. ■ 1700-1799 block, Church St.; 11:52 p.m. June 19. ■ 1252-1299 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 10:50 a.m. June 21. ■ 1200-1219 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:47 a.m. June 22. ■ 1-7 block, Dupont Circle; 12:23 p.m. June 22. ■ 1700-1799 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:53 a.m. June 25. Theft from auto ■ 2100-2199 block, N St.; 2:42 p.m. June 20. ■ 1500-1599 block, P St.; 11:04 p.m. June 20. ■ 2000-2099 block, Hillyer Place; 6:48 p.m. June 21. ■ 1810-1899 block, Q St.; 3:29 p.m. June 22. ■ 1200-1399 block, 16th St.; 9:59 a.m. June 23. ■ 1700-1799 block, P St.; 4:28 p.m. June 23. ■ 2400-2499 block, California St.; 6:56 p.m. June 23. ■ 1700-1799 block, 20th St.; 2:22 a.m. June 24. ■ 1600-1699 block, M St.; 4:07 a.m. June 24. ■ 1700-1799 block, N St.; 4:08 a.m. June 24. ■ 1400-1499 block, Q St.; 6:02 p.m. June 24. ■ 1600-1617 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 8:29 p.m. June 24. ■ 1400-1499 block, 16th St.; 12:07 p.m. June 25. ■ 2200-2299 block, P St.; 8:33 p.m. June 25. ■ 2100-2199 block, Phelps

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PSA PSA 301 301

■ DUPONT CIRCLE

Robbery ■ 1424-1499 block, R St.; 9:51 p.m. June 24 (with gun). Motor vehicle theft ■ 1500-1599 block, Q St.; 8:45 p.m. June 25. Theft ■ 1500-1599 block, R St.; 12:42 p.m. June 19. ■ 1400-1499 block, U St.; 4:05 a.m. June 20. ■ 1400-1499 block, U St.; 5:21 p.m. June 20. ■ 1700-1719 block, 16th St.; 1:18 p.m. June 21. Theft from auto ■ 1924-1937 block, 18th St.; 10:30 p.m. June 20. ■ 1700-1799 block, Willard St.; 2:07 p.m. June 23. ■ 1700-1799 block, Q St.; 4:32 p.m. June 24. ■ 1620-1699 block, 16th St.; 5:43 a.m. June 25. ■ 1700-1799 block, Willard St.; 12:13 p.m. June 25. ■ 1700-1799 block, Johnson Ave.; 10:32 p.m. June 25.

PSA PSA 303 303

■ ADAMS MORGAN

Robbery ■ 1761-1780 block, Columbia

Road; 2:10 p.m. June 19. ■ 2100-2199 block, 19th St.; 2:47 a.m. June 24 (with gun). ■ 2300-2499 block, Champlain St.; 4:19 a.m. June 25. Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 9:39 p.m. June 23 (with knife). Motor vehicle theft ■ 2400-2479 block, 16th St.; 10:14 a.m. June 19. Theft ■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 4:01 p.m. June 19. ■ 1930-1999 block, Columbia Road; 8:49 a.m. June 20. ■ 2500-2589 block, 17th St.; 9:38 a.m. June 21. ■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 7:02 p.m. June 21. ■ 2400-2479 block, 16th St.; 7:11 p.m. June 24. Theft from auto ■ 1630-1699 block, Euclid St.; 2:59 p.m. June 19. ■ 2600-2699 block, 16th St.; 3:36 p.m. June 19. ■ 1866-1880 block, Columbia Road; 9:23 p.m. June 20. ■ 1800-1899 block, Biltmore St.; 12:25 a.m. June 24. ■ 2800-2999 block, Adams Mill Road; 2:45 p.m. June 24.

PSA PSA 307 307

■ LOGAN CIRCLE

Robbery

■ 1200-1299 block, 13th St.; 9:20 p.m. June 20. Theft ■ 1500-1599 block, 10th St.; 2:21 p.m. June 19. ■ 1500-1599 block, Kingman Place; 10:14 p.m. June 19. ■ 1500-1520 block, 14th St.; 11:40 p.m. June 19. ■ 1300-1399 block, 11th St.; 8:06 a.m. June 22. ■ 1600-1628 block, 13th St.; 7:36 p.m. June 23. Theft from auto ■ 1400-1499 block, 11th St.; 6:58 a.m. June 22. ■ 1300-1399 block, O St.; 8:28 a.m. June 22. ■ 1700-1721 block, 13th St.; 5:44 p.m. June 22. ■ 1700-1721 block, 13th St.; 11:34 p.m. June 22. ■ 1300-1399 block, 10th St.; 12:01 a.m. June 23. ■ 900-999 block, R St.; 10:28 a.m. June 23. ■ 1200-1299 block, N St.; 2:29 p.m. June 23. ■ 1700-1799 block, Vermont Ave.; 10:35 a.m. June 24. ■ 1300-1399 block, R St.; 8:15 p.m. June 24. ■ 1300-1399 block, S St.; 9:34 p.m. June 24. ■ Unit block, Thomas Circle; 3:58 p.m. June 25. ■ 1200-1299 block, N St.; 5:23 p.m. June 25. ■ 1300-1399 block, 9th St.; 10:16 p.m. June 25.

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DCCA members have voted to join with Logan Circle neighbors to protest the noise and sidewalk congestion likely to result from the recently proposed open air beer garden, “S Street Dacha,” at 14th and S Streets, N.W. The 600-person indoor/outdoor drinking area with piped in music, is close to residential housing and would negatively impact residents’ peace and quality of life. Councilman Jack Evans attended the above DCCA meeting and also expressed firm opposition to another beer garden at this intersection. Noise is a persistent irritant across the city and sadly another example of sensible rules already on the books which go unenforced. DCRA noise regs clearly state that decibels (dBs) in commercial areas cannot exceed 65 during the day and 60 dBs at night as measured at the property line. Decibels reduce to 60 if measureable at a contiguous noise zone with stronger restrictions. For comparison, 60 dBs is a conversational level of speech. City noise regs further stipulate that noise levels may be measured by any person designated to do so by the Mayor. Thus, if the Mayor wishes, any police officer with a mobile device and a noise app—dB Volume Meter, deciBel, TooLoud? are three apps recommended by Healthy Hearing Report—can issue a warning or citation on the spot. DC has a vibrant street life which we all enjoy but when liveliness becomes mere noise, we need to protect our common sensibilities. Let’s enforce the regs on the books and not break respected sound barriers.

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a job elsewhere in the city. But for parents like 28-year-old D.C. native Jessica Odom — who’s lived in the city’s existing family homeless shelter at D.C. General since April — some of those prospects sound more like opportunities than red flags. Living next to a police station, for instance, would make her feel safer than she does now, she said. “I would want to live there because people would be a lot less willing to step out of line,� Odom told The Current outside D.C. General on Thursday, eating a cup of noodles and scolding her young son for touching a nearby fence. Odom described her experience at D.C. General, located at 1900 Massachusetts Ave. SE next to the Stadium-Armory Metrorail station, as one of frequent frustration with some fellow residents and the security guards charged with protecting them. Sometimes people take more food than they’re supposed to or ignore the shelter’s loosely enforced curfew, she said. The environment isn’t conducive to parenting a son or readying herself for finding a new home. “This is not where somebody wants to be,� Odom said. “A jail is run better.� Comments from Odom and other D.C. General residents interviewed for this story highlight the challenge facing the city as it prepares to close the dilapidated D.C. General facility and replace it with seven new shelters across the District. The sites are meant to serve as transitional spaces where residents experiencing homelessness can rest before the city finds a more permanent housing option within 60 to 90 days, compared with the average six-month stay for families at D.C. General. But during that transition, families have a variety of specific needs that require significant resources. D.C. General, a former public hospital, has served as the city’s only family homeless shelter since 2007, with capacity for 260 families. During her mayoral campaign in 2014, Mayor Muriel Bowser vowed to close D.C. General and make homelessness in the city “rare, brief and non-recurring.� Each of the seven new shelter sites will have room for up to 50 families. One in five units will have private bathrooms, and one in four will offer trundles and Pack ’n Play cribs for infants. Common

areas will include an outdoor children’s playground with basketball court; a computer lab; and a dining room with a warming oven and pantry. Each floor will offer a study lounge and rooms for laundry, trash and storage. Before proposing her administration’s shelter plan early last year, Bowser consulted a focus group of residents experiencing homelessness and absorbed comments from her Interagency Council on Homelessness. Under the city’s target timelines, most of D.C. General’s current residents will have been moved to more permanent housing by the time the new shelters open. But the residents there today offer a window into priorities for the neighborhood shelters. For Odom, access to public transportation is key, as is having space for adults at the shelter to relax and enjoy recreation. Right now, she often doesn’t hear about community events planned by D.C. General employees except through word-of-mouth an hour or two before they happen. Kim Bonham, who has lived at D.C. General with her three children since November 2014, hopes the city’s new shelter effort emphasizes initiatives that prepare residents for GEDs and job interviews. On a walk from the shelter to the nearby Harris Teeter on Friday, Bonham said she had expected at the beginning of her stay that she would be leaving D.C. General within a year. Her teenage son has developed asthma in recent years, possibly from the facility’s poor sanitation. “I’m so ready to go,� Bonham said. She worries that the seven new shelters won’t be enough to hold every family that needs them. Federal estimates released last year showed a 30 percent year-to-year increase of family homelessness in D.C, with as many as 4,667 homeless children and parents tallied on a single January day. Cathy Brooks, a close friend of several D.C. General residents, told The Current that it might benefit residents experiencing homelessness to be exposed to people with different life experiences — like the affluent community surrounding the Ward 3 shelter. “A lot of people need to be in a mixed culture,� she said. “Some of these people haven’t ever been out of Southeast.� Despite numerous upgrades, the new shelters will lack at least

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Mayor Bowser hopes to close the D.C. General shelter next year.

one feature of D.C. General: separate activity rooms for babies, 3to 7-year-olds, and teenagers, according to Melanie Hatter of the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project. Her organization hosts an evening program for the shelter’s young residents there. “They’re sort of nice little oases. We make them nice and bright and cheerful and really geared towards the kids,� Hatter said. “The new sites, however, are not going to have that kind of space dedicated. We are really looking at how we can continue to serve this population. I think it is going to be a little challenging.� The conference rooms planned for the new sites might double as “pop-up playtime� areas, said Hatter. Even beyond children’s activity spaces, it might be difficult to know what the new shelters need until they’re open, she said. “Most of the families who are there now, they’re just trying to get through today. They’re for the most part hoping they won’t be there and won’t be in the situation of being moved into one of the new shelters,� Hatter said. “Thinking two years ahead, that’s a long time.� In Ward 3, construction of the new shelter is slated to start this November and wrap up in summer 2019, according to Department of Human Services spokesperson Dora Taylor. Meanwhile, D.C. General is scheduled to close in phases beginning next year, as the new shelters elsewhere in the city start to open. When residents in D.C. General cycle out, at a certain point they won’t be replaced, Taylor said. Bonham hadn’t heard the details of the city’s shelter plans. But she said that residents in her position, without anywhere else to go, aren’t likely to be picky about the surrounding neighborhood in which they’re placed, especially given what they would have experienced at D.C. General. “It doesn’t matter,� Bonham said. “If that’s where they gotta go, that’s where they’ll want to be.�

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souls. Its influence is seen and felt in many of the homes in the surrounding neighborhood, where stone arches, patterned brickwork and lush gardens all reflect the ornate grandeur of this beloved landmark. The gracious Tudor at 3816 Cathedral Ave. NW — across Wisconsin Avenue from the Cathedral Close — shares this rich tradition. Built in 1929 by the Italian stone masons commissioned by the Cathedral, the home features many of the same architectural details that elicit both awe and delight — Palladian and radius windows, high ceilings, burnished wood and stately proportions. The 3,651-square-foot residence has five bedrooms, threeand-a-half bathrooms, a woodburning fireplace, fully landscaped grounds, a large screenedin porch and wood deck, and a two-car garage. It’s on the market for $1,995,000.

Serenity starts at the front walkway, an allÊe bordered by a profusion of plants (inspired by Dumbarton Oaks) and Buddhist statuary. The brick and stucco facade is traditional Tudor, with its ragged butt slate roof, gray timbering, carved bargeboard, arched stone windows and massive wood front door with decorative ironwork and round porthole window. Inside, a marble foyer and entry hall reveal an elegant stairway lit by a large Palladian window on the second-floor landing. To the right is a formal dining room — an airy, inviting space with vintage molding and radius windows that look out over the front gardens. A swinging door opens into the eat-in kitchen with its view of the back deck, screened-in porch and rear garden. Designed for and by people who love to cook, it has creamy white Poggenpohl cabinets (some without doors, but with red backs) that provide plenty of work, storage and display space. The countertops are black granite; the floor is marble. Stainless appliances include a Bosch dishwasher; GE Monogram refrigerator/freezer; Thermador fourburner gas range, oven and hood; and a separate electric Gaggenau

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This five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath Tudor at 3816 Cathedral Ave. NW is listed for $1,995,000. oven with black glass range top. Off the kitchen is a sizable pantry in the hallway leading to a family room and half-bath. The family room, which opens onto the back deck, returns you to the front of the house. There, the living room sits to the left of the entry hall and includes a front-facing bay window and an impressive wood-burning fireplace with stone hearth carved into a Tudor arch — a design element that repeats elsewhere in the house. Next to the living room, accessed via double French doors, is the solarium, a warm woodpaneled room with surround windows, terra-cotta floors and an exit to the side yard. Upstairs, past the Palladian window on the landing, is the second story. Here, there are two bedrooms — one of which is currently being used as an office — and a hall bath with a marble floor, pedestal sink and separate

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tub and shower. The master suite is also located on this floor, with an en suite bathroom identical to the hall bath but with a soaking tub with marble surround. The suite also includes a dressing room with a wall of custom-built closets and large bedroom with a bay window and additional closet space. On the third floor are two more bedrooms. One has a blackboard wall, cedar closets, window seats and a leaded window with decorative iron lattice. The other has a dormer window and a wall of closets. The hall bath on this level has ceramic tile flooring, pedestal sink and old-fashioned clawfoot tub with shower. On the lowest level, there is a wine cellar, located in what was once a bomb shelter; a home office or “man cave� with an

exposed brick wall; a laundry area with sink and Kenmore washer and dryer; additional storage; and exits to the garage — which features a recessed wall fashioned to accommodate the grill of the first owner’s Bentley — and rear garden. Located in Cathedral Heights off Massachusetts Avenue NW, the home is a short walk from the National Cathedral and the shops and restaurants of Cathedral Commons. The site is also bikeable, walkable and easily accessible to mass transit. The five-bedroom, three-anda-half-bath Tudor at 3816 Cathedral Ave. NW is listed for $1,995,000 with Evers & Co. Real Estate. For details, contact Lynn Bulmer at 202-257-2410 or Lynn@LynnBulmer.com. For a slideshow, visit bit.ly/2sBoAh4.

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ANC 1C ANCMorgan 1C Adams ■ADAMS MORGAN The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 5, at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. Agenda items include: ■possible consideration of whether to protest or approve a settlement agreement for a new restaurant license for Zenebech. ■possible discussion of vehicular and pedestrian safety on 18th Street NW in the context of the June 8 hit-and-run that seriously injured two Metropolitan Police Department officers and one D.C. Department of Transportation employee. ■consideration of a committee recommendation that ANC 1C support the proposed replacement and entrance driveway to the building at 2100 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■possible presentation by Pitango Gelato regarding its public space application for an outside patio, and possible consideration of actions regarding the proposal. ■possible consideration of a committee recommendation that ANC 1C protest the license renewal of the Phoenix restaurant and lounge. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org. ANC 2A ANCBottom 2A Foggy

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At the commission’s June 14 meeting: ■commissioner Mike Silverstein said that commissioner Scott Davies was absent from the meeting due to naval reserve duties in the South Pacific. ■commissioner Daniel Warwick said that next month ANC 2B will consider a public space application for a sidewalk cafe at D.C.’s first Wawa location, 1111 19th St. NW. ■commissioner Amy Johnson reported that the D.C. Department of Transportation has installed a new Capital Bikeshare station at Connecticut Avenue and R Street NW in front of Starbucks. This location and another recently installed station at 15th and M streets NW are the first in the city that dispense Bikeshare keys onsite; other stations require users to obtain keys ahead of time. ■commissioners voted 8-0 to honor Tom Lipinsky, Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans’ communications director, who will depart the job and move to Boston at the end of June. Lipinsky was instrumental in numerous Dupont Circle initiatives and programs, including cleanups on T Street, the 17th Street Festival and the Groundhog Day celebration, commissioners said. ■Jerry Chapin, Ward 2 liaison to Mayor Muriel Bowser, announced that the city is undertaking an eight-week effort to address graffiti issues, including a personnel increase at the Department of Public Works. Residents are encouraged to call or text 311 to report graffiti.

■Bill McLeod from Dupont Circle Main Streets announced that this year’s 17th Street Festival will take place on Aug. 26. ■commissioners voted 4-3 to protest an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board application for a beer and wine license at Safeway, 1701 Corcoran St. NW. Neighbors have complained about the store’s lackluster stock and have worried that having beer and wine available at Safeway could cannibalize smallbusiness liquor stores in the area. Commissioners will undertake further discussion with Safeway over the next month. ■commissioners voted unanimously to protest an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board application for a tavern liquor license for the new Dacha Beer Garden location planned for 1740 14th St. NW. The location falls within ANC 2F (Logan Circle), but ANC 2B commissioners said concerns extend into their neighborhood about the impact of a large beer garden on peace, order, quiet, residential parking and pedestrian safety. ■commissioners took no action on an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board application for a tavern license for Prequel, the local restaurant incubator that’s relocating from 918 F St. NW to 919 19th St. NW. ■commissioners took no action on an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board application for a restaurant license for Donburi at 1134 19th St. NW, which will serve as the Japanese fast-casual eatery’s second location, after its first in Adams Morgan. ■commissioners took no action on an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board application for a tavern liquor license for Saint Yves at 1220 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■commissioners voted 4-1, with Nick DelleDonne opposed and Stephanie Maltz and Daniel War-

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rejected the earlier rainbow crosswalk proposal due to federal regulations that prevent the alteration of crosswalks on D.C. streets. â– commissioners voted 8-0 to support a D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities grant application from the DowntownDC Business Improvement District to install a public mural in the Vermont Avenue NW exit of the McPherson Square Metro station. â– commissioners voted 4-1, with Nick DelleDonne opposed and Stephanie Maltz, Mike Silverstein and Amy Johnson abstaining, to request that the D.C. Council restore funds for a streetcar extension from Union Station to Georgetown in future budget cycles. â– commissioner John Kupcinski announced that he will be retiring from ANC 2B after the July meeting because he and his wife are moving to the Palisades in anticipation of their new baby in the fall. Kupcinski, who represents areas south and east of Dupont Circle itself, was elected to the 2B07 seat in October 2015. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net. ANC 2C ANC 2C Quarter Downtown/Penn

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The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29, in the second-floor Heritage Room at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, call 202-724-7098 or visit anc2e.com. ANC 2F ANCCircle 2F Logan â– LOGAN CIRCLE The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 5, at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW. For details, call 202-667-0052 or visit anc2f.org.

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abstentions to request that the alcohol board allow the remaining restrictions to expire later this summer. Supporters said a relative lack of concerns over existing establishments in the area shows the time has come to allow new establishments and deal with any disturbances on a case-by-case basis. But others worry that the position was adopted too hastily: The Dupont Circle Citizens Association, by contrast, voted this month to lift the cap on taverns but request a five-year extension on the nightclub ban. ANC 2B’s Randy Downs told The Current he thinks the license restrictions have constrained growth in the area, and that the few new openings in the moratorium zone in recent years — including the restaurant Brick Lane at 1636 17th St. NW and the pub Duke’s at 1513 17th — have been welcome additions. “I just think it’s not really necessary anymore,� said Downs, who represents the moratorium zone’s southeastern portion. “Other parts of the city are also lifting their moratoriums. I just don’t want 17th Street and Dupont to be left behind.� In an interview, Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans also weighed in against extending the moratorium. Prior to his 1991 election to the council, Evans served as ANC 2B’s chair when neighbors first requested the license restrictions. The issues from back then — a preponderance of similar nightlife establishments at the expense of more diverse small-business shops — have gone away, he said. “We’re not in danger of losing neighborhood retail,� Evans said. “What we’re in danger of is becoming sleepy neighborhood streets without any nightlife on them because restaurants are going east. Right now, you really need to keep the restaurants you have and attract a better quality.� Despite Evans’ support, ANC 2B wasn’t entirely in sync on the issue. Stephanie Maltz, whose single-member district includes the northwestern portion of the moratorium zone, abstained from the vote because she felt the issue deserved more robust public input. ANC 2B’s vice chair Daniel Warwick also abstained due to calls from several residents for more time to deliberate. One of those calls came from Dupont Circle Citizens Association president Robin Diener, who told The Current that she thinks lifting the moratorium deserves the same careful consideration that a took place a few years ago over similar restrictions in the neighborhood’s western portion. That moratorium now prohibits

new nightclubs in all but a few areas of western Dupont Circle, and Diener’s group thinks that provision should remain for the 17th Street area to prevent nightlife establishments from bringing drunken revelry. “I don’t think anyone on the ANC currently, with an exception of the new commissioner Nick DelleDonne, lived in the neighborhood prior to the imposition of the moratorium,� Diener said. “I don’t think they knew what it was like here.� (ANC 2B’s Mike Silverstein has also lived in the neighborhood since before the moratorium, but he recuses himself from the commission’s discussions of liquor license applications due to his membership on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.) DelleDonne, who was elected to ANC 2B in March, was the only member to vote this month against lifting the moratorium. He told The Current he thinks relaxed rules could undermine the area’s increasing popularity among families with young children. “My sense is that changes are afoot in the neighborhood. It used to be that you couldn’t hear a baby cry,� said DelleDonne, who represents the northeastern portion of the moratorium zone. “Just as a matter of caution, I thought it might be better not to let this thing expire when it has served us.� DelleDonne’s neighbor Nora Rigby told The Current she’s worried that lifting the moratorium would encourage outdoor smoking, yelling and fighting like what she’s witnessed at the now-closed Some Place Else tavern at 1637 R St. NW next door to her building. “Living next to that place was awful,� Rigby said. “The neighbors are bad neighbors. I’m afraid if you lift the moratorium, you’re going to get bad ones.� Supporters of lifting the moratorium acknowledge that it can always be reinstated if their assumptions prove to be incorrect. Downs said he doesn’t believe prospective nightclubs could find large enough spaces in eastern Dupont. And even without a moratorium, each new applicant would need to demonstrate to the alcohol board that it wouldn’t disturb neighbors’ peace, order and quiet, with an opportunity for the community to challenge license renewals for existing establishments. Evans told The Current he’ll happily support a request for a new moratorium should it become necessary later on. “I’m willing to take the chance that we should lift it and see where we go,� he said. Given the citizens association’s petition for extension, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will hold a hearing and accept public comment on the moratorium this summer.

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position in February. “There were a bunch of different pieces that were great in a letter of intent, but we never created a letter of agreement,� Niles said in an interview June 5. “It was a powerful idea in 2012. It’s now not 2012 anymore.� Ivymount’s CEO Jan Wintrol wasn’t completely surprised. “You can understand someone new coming in town was not necessarily going to want to work in this way at the Stevens School,� she said in an interview. At the June 21 meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A (Foggy Bottom, West End), commissioners voted unanimously to authorize the use of ANC funds to file a Freedom of Information Act request to make details of the decision-making process public. ANC 2A members

have criticized the city for failing to strike a deal with what they see as a worthwhile program. The D.C. Public Schools system sees the move away from Ivymount as consistent with goals of providing special education in individual schools, as opposed to sending students with special needs to a centralized program, according to spokesperson Janae Hinson. “Because we can serve students with Autism levels 1 and 2 in neighborhood schools, DCPS is not moving forward with establishing the program in the Stevens building,� Hinson wrote in an email. “We will continue to work with Ivymount as a vital partner in our neighborhood schools so that every student’s needs are met.� The final decision comes after a long period of confusion in the community over the project status. Niles sent ANC 2A a letter on May 17, writing that D.C. Public

Schools “has decided not to move forward with� the original agreement with Ivymount, which stretches back to former Mayor Vincent Gray’s administration. That letter from the deputy mayor suggested Ivymount could still return to the space in another form, but Wintrol said that option was off the table. “We are out of the whole Stevens School,� she said. “Time kills all deals, it seems.� Wintrol said that Ivymount currently provides consulting services to D.C. Public Schools and they “still maintain a really good working relationship.� Meanwhile, Akridge and its two partner developers still plan to finish renovating the school, but most of the interior work will be on hold until a use has been determined, Akridge vice principal David Toney told The Current. Staff writer Mark Lieberman contributed to this report.

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are assisted by an electric motor — everyone knows the Toyota Prius. Similarly, the Nissan Leaf all-electric car and Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid have spent years establishing themselves. So when Hyundai developed the new Ioniq — the first single model to compete in all three of those segments — it sought to create a true standout. The company boasts that it beats the competition in several key ways: fuel efficiency, driving dynamics and price. Based on quick drives of its hybrid and electric versions at a recent media event, the Ioniq does indeed lead all three categories. Compared to the Prius, the Ioniq feels like a more solid, substantial car. The engine doesn’t groan in protest when you drive it hard, and the steering and handling are agreeably responsive. Fuel economy ratings trump the Prius’ — up to 58 mpg in EPA testing compared to the Toyota’s 56 mpg. And the Ioniq hybrid has a base price of $23,085 while the Prius starts at $25,570. There’s one caveat, however — it’s especially easy to beat EPA ratings in the Prius. It will take a longer test of the Ioniq to see if the Hyundai can do likewise. Another advantage for either the Prius or the Ioniq’s Kia Niro cousin is interior room. While the Hyundai isn’t cramped, it’s definitely a compact car. The Prius has the more open, airier feel of a midsize car, while the less fuelefficient Niro fits more cargo. Meanwhile, the all-electric

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The new 2017 Hyundai Ioniq has best-in-class fuel-efficiency.

Ioniq — so far only sold in California — also stands out for fuelefficiency and value. Its EPA rating of 136 miles per gallon equivalent is the best of any vehicle sold in the U.S., and once you factor in the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles, it costs even less than the hybrid model. Its estimated 124 miles of range is roughly half that of the impressive new Chevrolet Bolt, but the Bolt costs quite a bit more. Both the Ioniq Electric’s price and range compare favorably to the Nissan Leaf, though a redesigned Leaf is expected soon. Further details on the Ioniq plug-in hybrid will emerge before it hits dealerships this fall. That model will also likely cost less than its Chevrolet competitor — the Volt, in this case — but offer less electric range.

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Metro, parking changes come with end to SafeTrack effort

Metro’s revised hours and fares went into effect this week, intended to accommodate and fund ongoing maintenance following the SafeTrack program’s repair “surges.” Metrorail’s new schedule is 5 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday. Trains will run every eight minutes on most lines, though Red Line service within D.C. and close-in suburbs will be every four minutes. Yellow Line trains will now stop at Mount Vernon Square during rush hour, continuing to Fort Totten only in off-peak hours. Metrorail fares will increase by 10 cents during rush hour and 25 cents at other times. The revised schedule aims to restore some late-night service

posh — meticulously crafted vehicles that deliver more strongly in subjective qualities than in objective power and speed. But for those most concerned about the latter, it’s difficult to beat the trio of American muscle coupes: the Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang. For less than $40,000 — the price of a four-cylinder BMW or Audi — you can get one of these three retro-styled coupes with a massive V8 engine. Base models are all less than $30,000. If you haven’t had recent experience with these cars, you might also be pleasantly surprised by their level of refinement. As recently as 13 years ago, the Mustang was basically a crude, loud

Dodge Challenger R/T coupe mess. Now, this car and its peers have modern interior appointments and decently smooth rides. The Mustang and Camaro are the most radical departure from expectations, thanks to their newly available four-cylinder engines. These engines improve gas mileage and avoid the neighbor-waking ruckus of a V8, yet still deliver lively acceleration. The latest Mustang and Camaro also boast excellent handling, while the Challenger distinguishes itself with a surprisingly spacious interior. (The Chevrolet has little rear-seat or trunk room, with the Ford only a bit better in that regard.) These three cars are still more at home on an open road than around town. But if the style and image appeal to you, they may be more livable than you’d expect.

while also providing time for maintenance. At the same time, Metrobus lines will see various service changes and timetable adjustments, along with a fare increase from $1.75 to $2. The changes include extended service on various D.C. bus routes that will help make up for reduced rail service. In Northwest those include: the L2 and 42 on Connecticut Avenue; the E4 and H4 cross-town lines; the 30N and 30S on Wisconsin and Pennsylvania avenues; and the 90 and 92 lines from the Duke Ellington Bridge through U Street to Anacostia. Meanwhile, with SafeTrack over, the city has eased rush-hour parking restrictions that were intended to keep key corridors clear for commuters while Metrorail was under repair. Now, parking is prohibited on designated streets only from 7 to 9:30 a.m. and/or 4 to 6:30 p.m.; each period ends 30 minutes earlier than under SafeTrack.

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neighborhood commissions — ANC 2A (Foggy Bottom, West End) and ANC 2B (Dupont Circle) — recently asked the council to restore funding for the K Street streetcar during future budget cycles. Meanwhile, ANC 6A, home to much of the existing H Street NE streetcar line, also endorsed the expansion. Two other affected commissions — ANC 2E (Georgetown, Burleith) and ANC 2F (Logan Circle) — have been more circumspect. The DC Streetcar opened early last year following years of construction delays and budget headaches through several mayoral administrations. The Northeast line — which currently doesn’t require fare payment — tallied its millionth rider in April, and Mayor Muriel Bowser has touted its success against the odds. But Mendelson and other critics, including Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, argue that the extended streetcar rollout foreshadowed a bumpy lifespan. Earlier this month, a streetcar collided with a Metrobus, injuring 10, and in April, a Megabus hit a streetcar platform. Even proponents admit that the current stretch doesn’t serve an area in desperate need of more transportation options. As proposed, the 3.5-mile streetcar line would continue west from the existing route’s terminus at Union Station. It would follow H Street to New Jersey Avenue NW and then K Street, then follow K past Mount Vernon Square and under the Whitehurst Freeway into Georgetown as far as Wisconsin Avenue. The council’s approved budget pushes completion of a Benning Road extension from 2022 to 2023 or 2024, D.C. Department of Transportation planner Jamie Henson said at last Wednesday’s ANC 2A meeting. Assuming that previously funded planning for the Ward 2 line yields positive conclusions, construction would have to wait until the Benning extension is complete, Henson said. Henson also said his agency continues to favor the Ward 2 streetcar study because the streetcar offers more capacity and fewer stops than a bus. If the city were to charge for streetcar rides, the fare would likely match the DC Circulator’s $1 cost, Henson said. During Henson’s presentation, ANC 2A chair Patrick Kennedy passionately defended the streetcar project and criticized Mendelson for cutting funds late, leaving little time for public input. He argued that a long-term view of the city’s transportation needs is the only way to solve a worsening

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congestion issue downtown. “This city has a tendency to overstudy things and then leave the study sitting on the shelf or do nothing,” Kennedy said. “I think this project is at real risk of that.” Several residents attending the meeting said they think the streetcar extension merits further study and could be beneficial to the neighborhood. ANC 2A voted 6-1 to request restored funding, with commissioner William Kennedy arguing unsuccessfully to delay the vote until Georgetown neighborhood leaders weigh in. The commission’s resolution also asks for closer consideration of noise impacts from the streetcar’s horn. At ANC 2B on June 14, one resident called the streetcar project a “waste of money.” But ANC 2B ultimately voted 3-1 to ask the council to restore its funding. Commissioner Randy Downs added that he only supports streetcars in dedicated lanes. When a Current reporter told Mendelson on Tuesday about those ANC votes, he responded, “Interesting.” But he said he remains convinced that most D.C. residents oppose spending more money on the streetcar. ANC 2E (Georgetown) will take up the issue during its meeting Thursday, and ANC 2C (Downtown, Penn Quarter) has placed the streetcar on its July agenda. ANC 2E chair Joe Gibbons told The Current he’s inclined to prefer a general study of short- and longterm improvements that could be made on Water Street/K Street under the Whitehurst, rather than emphasizing a streetcar extension. “I’m against a piecemeal approach to that limited area. This is limited turf on Water. It’s not like it’s a big California highway there,” Gibbons said, criticizing the potential for “an additional burden to that street.” ANC 2F (Logan Circle) hasn’t taken a formal position, but commissioners generally like the idea of a westward streetcar extension despite some reservations about its impact on the already-congested downtown transportation corridor, chair John Fanning told The Current. ANC 6E in the Shaw area hasn’t yet taken a position, according to chair Alex Padro.

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Thursday JUNE 29 Art event ■Artists Katie Hartley, Adam Chamy, Carl Seeno and Kasey O’Boyle will host “Look Closer,� a one-night pop-up art exhibit of painting, photography and mixed-media works. 6 to 9 p.m. Free. Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. tinyurl.com/ ycv75qpl. Festival ■The Smithsonian Institution’s 2017 Folklife Festival will focus on “Circus Arts,� “On the Move: Migration Across Generations,� “50 Years/50 Objects� and “50th Anniversary.� 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. National Mall between 7th and 12th streets. 202-633-1000. The festival will continue daily through July 4 and from July 6 through 9; evening dance parties and circus performances will take place most evenings beginning at 5:30. Tours ■“Gardener’s Focus: Summer

Designs� will feature a tour led by Hillwood head gardener Jessica Bonilla. 2:45 p.m. $15 to $18; tickets distributed at the Visitor Center upon opening each day. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-6865807. The tour will also be offered Thursday and Friday at 2:45 p.m. ■“Dupont Underground Historic Tour� will offer a chance to explore the city’s newest art space — a former trolley station with 75,000 square feet of platforms and tunnels. 6, 7 and 8 p.m. $15. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. dupontunderground.org. The tour will also be offered Friday at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. Friday, June 30

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Kiser Jackson’s “Discarded,� about a college student caught unprepared when he’s called home to care for his ailing grandmother and their house is repossessed. 7 p.m. $15. African American Civil War Museum, 1925 Vermont Ave. NW. dcblacktheatrefestival.com. The festival will continue through Sunday at various venues.

$8. Discovery Theater, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-8700. ■“Smithsonian Sleepover at the Natural History Museum� will feature a chance for ages 8 through 12 to participate in an interactive exploration of the museum with quizzes, puzzles, games and craft projects. 7 p.m. to 9 a.m. $120 to $135. National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030. Concerts ■Middle C Music will host a concert by participants in its Jazz Band Camp. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-2447326. ■The National Archives will celebrate the Fourth of July with a performance by the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Steps of the National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■Aaron Comins of New York City will present an organ recital. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103. ■Jazz in the Garden at the National Gallery of Art will feature Caribbean jazz steel pannist Victor Provost. 5 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-289-3360. ■“Serenade! Choral Festival: A JFK 100 Celebration� will feature the Madras Youth Choir from India and Balkanes from Bulgaria. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■The Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series will feature Jah Works. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. capitolriverfront.org. ■The trio Dr. Didi — featuring Peter Androsch on guitar and melodica, Didi Bruckmayr on vocals and Bernd Preinfalk on double bass — will perform “In Effigie.� 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Austrian Cultural Forum, 3524 International Court NW. acfdc.org. Demonstration ■“Cooking Up History: The Chinese Kitchen Garden in America� will feature Wendy Kiang-Spray preparing a few dishes from her book “The Chinese Kitchen 7+( :25/' )$0286

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Friday, JUNE 30 ■Concert: Newly named Kennedy Center artistic adviser Ben Folds (shown) will curate, host and perform with the National Symphony Orchestra — conducted by Jacomo Bairos — for an evening featuring music by Folds; singer, composer, producer and guitarist Blake Mills; and Cuban R&B/rap singer Danay Suårez. 9 p.m. $39. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Garden� and discussing ways her parents and grandparents grew food in their own traditional Chinese kitchen gardens in Shandong and Hong Kong. 2 p.m. Free. Coulter Performance Plaza, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. s.si.edu/CookHistory. Discussions and lectures ■Mazin Qumsiyeh, professor and founding director of the Palestine Museum of Institute for Biodiversity Research at Bethlehem University, will discuss “Political Challenges to Diversity in Both Nature and Society in Palestine: Role of Colonialism and Role of Civil Society.� 6 to 7 p.m. Free; reservations requested. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1290. ■Ada Calhoun (shown) will discuss her memoir “Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give� in conversation with Latoya Peterson, digital editor of ESPN’s The Undefeated. 6:30 p.m. Free. East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. eastcitybookshop.com. ■Yuri Herrera, one of Mexico’s top fiction writers, will discuss his third novel, “Kingdom Cons,� which draws on allegory and fable to trace the struggle between a ruthless drug lord and an artist bent on telling truth to power and helping others resist. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. Film ■The outdoor Golden Cinema series will feature “Dirty Dancing.� Sunset. Free. Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com. Performance ■The seventh annual DC Black Theatre & Arts Festival will feature Sherryle

Tours ■The American University Museum will present a docent-led tour of one of its summer exhibitions. 11:30 a.m. Free. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300. ■The Heurich House Museum will host a “Brewmaster Tour,� featuring a one-hour guided tour through the mansion and a half-hour craft beer tasting in the conservatory. 4 to 5:30 p.m. $25. Heurich House Museum, New Hampshire Avenue and 20th Street NW. heurichhouse.org. Saturday, July 1

Saturday JULY 1 Book signing ■Sandra O’Connell will sign copies of her book “An American Family in World War II,� which uses correspondence between Ralph Lee Minker Jr., a U.S. Army airman in 1943, and his parents and two teenage sisters to tell a riveting story of life in America during the war. Noon to 5 p.m. Free. Mall Store, National Museum of American History, Constitution Avenue between 12th and 14th streets NW. 202-633-1000. Children’s programs ■“Happy Birthday, America!� will feature opportunities to play traditional American outdoor games, savor patriotic sweets, tour verdant garden “rooms� and make patriotic crafts like a traditional whirligig toy. 10 a.m. to noon. $5 to $10; free for veterans and military families. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org. ■The Kreeger Museum’s “First Studio: Story + Workshop� will feature a gallery tour of paintings, sculpture and architecture, as well as a story and a hands-on art-making experience (for ages 3 to 5). 10 to 11 a.m. $10 per child; registration required. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202337-3050. The program will also be offered July 12 and 15. ■The House of Sweden will host a weekly storytime for children and families to experience Swedish children’s literature. 2 p.m. Free. House of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW. www.swedenabroad. com/washington. Classes and workshops ■The Mount Pleasant Library will present “Saturday Morning Yoga.� 10 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. ■Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-2431188. Concerts ■The National Archives will celebrate the Fourth of July with a performance by the all-women Afro-Brazilian band Batala Washington. 1 to 2 p.m. Free. Steps of See Events/Page 17

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 16 the National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ DC Strings Workshop will present “Freedom Concert,” featuring works by Beethoven, Britten and Saint-George with guest conductor Ahmed Alabaca. 2 p.m. Free. St. Monica & St. James Episcopal Church, 222 8th St. NE. dcstrings.org/calendar. ■ “Serenade! Choral Festival: A JFK 100 Celebration” will feature Latvian Voices; Egschiglen from Mongolia and Germany; and Pihcintu, a refugee children’s chorus. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ “Serenade! Choral Festival: A JFK 100 Celebration” will feature the Les Voix Boréales of Canada, Gandharva Choir of India, Balkanes of Bulgaria and Egschiglen of Mongolia. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. tinyurl.com/ yc8ppvtt. ■ “Ladies of Jazz” will feature Shannon Gunn. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; $15 minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412. Discussions and lectures ■ As a prelude to the July 8 commemoration of the 153rd anniversary of the Battle of Fort Stevens, Loretta Neumann, president of the Alliance to Preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington, will give a PowerPoint presentation detailing the only Civil War battle in the nation’s capital and the only time in history that a sitting U.S. president has come under direct enemy fire. 9:30 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. ■ Journalist Mya Guarnieri Jaradat will discuss her book “The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel’s New Others,” about the lives of asylum seekers and migrant workers in Israel, who hail mainly from Africa and Asia. 2 to 4 p.m. Free; reservations required. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org. Festival ■ The Red, White & Brew Wine and Beer Festival will feature food, tunes and samples for a variety of wineries and breweries. 1 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. $49 to $89. The Yards Lot H/I, 1300 1st St. SE. rwbrewfest.com. The festival will continue Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Films ■ The National Gallery of Art will present Luigi Cuomo’s 2015 film “Constellations,” a backstage view of the workers and performers trying to keep a small traveling circus alive and well, and Federico Fellini’s 1970 film “I clowns,” about the mimes and jesters whose smiling expressions can embody menace as well as merriment. 1 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ National Theatre Live will present a recorded performance of an inventive production of J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” a co-production with Bristol Old Vic theater. 2 p.m. $10 to $20. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-5688. The

screening will repeat July 8 at 2 p.m. ■ “Saluting Canada at 150” will feature Guy Maddin’s 2007 film “My Winnipeg,” a tongue-in-cheek homage to the director’s hometown, at 2 p.m.; and Atom Egoyan’s 1997 film “The Sweet Hereafter,” about a small town in British Columbia struggling to cope with the aftermath of a school bus accident, at 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-7374215. ■ National Theatre Live will present a broadcast of Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece “Hedda Gabler.” 8 p.m. $20. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-5688. Performances ■ Five performers from Tokyo will don full costumes and makeup to sing excerpts from the Japanese musical “Utamaro” highlighting the roles of Utamaro and two of the courtesans he depicted in his artwork. 1 and 4 p.m. Free. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000. The performance will repeat Sunday at 1 and 4 p.m. ■ As part of the seventh annual DC Black Theatre & Arts Festival, actress and playwright Rashida Strober will present her one-woman play “A Dark Skin Woman’s Revenge.” 7 p.m. $20 to $25. Anacostia Art Center, 1231 Good Hope Road SE. dcblacktheatrefestival.com. Special events ■ “America Now: JFK 100” — honoring President John F. Kennedy’s vision and commitment to the arts — will explore the D.C. community origins of go-go through a common history with jazz. A discussion with WAMU’s Jay Bruder and former WPFW program director Tom Porter will explore jazz during the Kennedy era and civil rights period, focusing on D.C.’s early music history that led to the invention of go-go music. The event will include performances by local go-go band legends Kenny Lattimore (shown) and Team Familiar. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. Coulter Performance Plaza, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. americanhistory.si.edu. ■ “America Now: JFK 100” — honoring President John F. Kennedy’s vision and commitment to the arts — will feature “We the Party People: JFK 100,” an after-hours event co-sponsored by Brightest Young Things. Activities highlighting the Kennedy era’s continuing impact will include lightning talks, 1960s-themed food and drink, and a look at objects out of storage. 7 to 11 p.m. $55 to $65. National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. s.si.edu/americanow. ■ The National Capital Astronomers will present “Exploring the Sky,” featuring a night of stargazing through the lens of a telescope. 9 p.m. Free. Military Field near the Picnic Grove 13 parking lot, Glover Road near Military Road NW. 202895-6070.

and Amy Mitchell will present “Sunday Serenity: Yoga in the East Park.” 10 to 11 a.m. $5 donation suggested; reservations encouraged. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org. The program will continue weekly through Aug. 27.

Sunday, JULY 2 ■ Concert: Celebrate the Second of July, the day on which the Continental Congress voted for independence, with 18th-century songs — including ballads, marches, dance tunes and theater songs — performed by David and Ginger Hildebrand of the Colonial Music Institute in costume with period instruments. 2 p.m. Free. Anderson House, Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. societyof thecincinnati.org.

■ Dupont Underground and Escape the Routine will present “Tunnel Vision DC,” combining live projection visualizers and a carefully curated lineup of local producers. 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. $15 to $25. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. tunnelvisiondc.com. Sporting event ■ The Citi Open Tennis Tournament will present a one-day mini camp focusing on tennis drills, nutritional guidance, strength and stretch techniques, yoga and fun games (open to junior and adult players of all ages and skill levels). 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $100; reservations required. Rock Creek Tennis Center, 4850 Colorado Ave. NW. tinyurl.com/ y9g977fw. Walks and tours ■ Washington Walks’ “Get Local!” series will explore the Logan Circle neighborhood. 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet outside the 14th Street NW exit to the McPherson Square Metro station. washingtonwalks.com. ■ “Close-up Tour: Women in Glass and Stone” will share the tales of Joan of Arc, Eleanor Roosevelt and other women of great influence honored in the statues, needlepoint and stained glass of Washington National Cathedral (for ages 10 and older). 2 p.m. $18 to $22; reservations suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. Sunday,JULY July 2 2 Sunday Book signing ■ Curtis Harris will sign copies of the suspense thriller “High Hand.” 1 to 4 p.m. Free. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. Classes and workshops ■ The Kadampa Meditation Center will host a weekly class on meditation. 10 and 11:30 a.m. $6 to $12. Kadampa Meditation Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-986-2257. ■ Local yoga instructors Alia Peera

Concerts ■ The National Archives will celebrate the Fourth of July with a performance by the Singing Capital Chorus. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Steps of the National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ DC Strings Workshop will present “Freedom Concert,” featuring works by Beethoven, Britten and Saint-George with guest conductor Ahmed Alabaca. 2 p.m. Free. St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St. NW. dcstrings.org/calendar. ■ “Serenade! Choral Festival: A JFK 100 Celebration” will feature the Miami Children’s Chorus, Les Voix Boréales of Canada and the Gandharva Choir of India. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ “Serenade! Choral Festival: A JFK 100 Celebration” will feature Latvian Voices of Latvia and Escolania de Montserrat of Catalonia. 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 3513 N St. NW. tinyurl.com/ y72jgaoh. Films ■ “Saluting Canada at 150” will feature Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault’s 1963 film “Pour la suite du monde,” about a traditional lifestyle that had been waning for decades, at 1 p.m.; and “The Other Side of Forty-Nine: Experimental Cinema From Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre,” a program of shorts by an emerging generation of artists, at 4:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ National Theatre Live will present a broadcast of Helen McCrory in Terence Rattigan’s drama “The Deep Blue Sea.” 7:30 p.m. $20. Sidney Harman Hall, 610

F St. NW. 202-547-5688. Performances and readings ■ The Joaquin Miller Poetry Series will feature readings by poets Devin Kelly and K.T. Landon, as well as an open mic segment. 3 to 5 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 703-820-8113. ■ Petworth Citizen will host a comedy showcase. 8 to 10 p.m. Free. Reading Room, Petworth Citizen, 829 Upshur St. NW. petworthcitizen.com. ■ Regie Cabico and Danielle Evennou will host “Sparkle,” an open mic event for LGBT-dedicated poets. 8 to 10 p.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-3877638. Special events ■ “A Service to Remember the Vision of Freedom 2017” will feature music, readings and prayers in celebration of Independence Day. 11:15 a.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200. ■ The National Museum of Women in the Arts will hold its monthly Community Day, featuring an opportunity to explore current exhibition and the museum’s collection. Noon to 5 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370. ■ The Jollof Festival will celebrate one of West Africa’s most beloved dishes with demonstrations, music, vendors and a chef competition. 2 to 8 p.m. $20 to $120; reservations required. 1630 19th St. NW. dcjolloffest.eventbrite.com. Monday,JULY July 3 3 Monday Children’s program ■ Banjo Man Frank Cassel will present “Rise + Rhyme,” a storytelling and performance series for ages 5 and younger. 9:30 to 11 a.m. $5 per child. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856. Classes and workshops ■ The weekly “Yoga Mondays” proSee Events/Page 18

The Current’s Pet of the Week From the Humane Rescue Alliance Meet Nova! Nova is a 3-year-old girl, a bit on the shy side, but looking for a calm, quiet home where she can blossom! Nova was found as a stray with an untreated, badly broken right front leg. After examining Nova, our medical team determined that amputation was the best course of treatment for Nova, so she is now a “tri-pawd.” She is still learning to get around on three legs, but she’s doing a great job and learning quickly! Because Nova has had a rough early life and is shy, she would do well with adopters who will be patient with her and help her slowly become more used to the world around her. Come out and meet Nova at our Oglethorpe Street adoption center! She can’t wait to find her forever home.

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Continued From Page 17 gram will feature a gentle yoga class. 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Free; tickets distributed at the second-floor reference desk beginning at 10:15 a.m. to the first 30 people who arrive. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488. ■The West End Interim Library will host an all-levels yoga class. 6 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. Concerts ■The National Archives will celebrate the Fourth of July with a performance by GottaSwing. 5 to 6 p.m. Free. Steps of the National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■The grand finale of the “Serenade! Choral Festival: A JFK 100 Celebration� will feature choirs from Bulgaria, Canada, China, India, Northern Ireland, Kenya, Latvia, Mongolia, Panama, Spain, the United States and Zimbabwe. 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the entrance of the Hall of Nations. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■The Eric Felten Orchestra will present “The Big Band Sound of WWII.� 8 and 10 p.m. $27.50. Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-3374141. ■The Pre-4th of July Old School Jam will feature Rare Essence, Sugar Bear & EU, and Trouble Funk with DJ Dirty Rico. 9 p.m. $25 to $45. Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. 202-803-2899. Special event ■“Frederick Douglass: The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro� will feature a dramatic reading by Phil Darius Wallace of excerpts from the former slave’s 1852 speech to a group of abolitionists. Afterward, a discussion will feature Nathan Johnson, supervisory park ranger at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, and Robert S. Levine, author of “The Lives of Frederick Douglass.� 1 to 2 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202357-5000. Sporting event ■The Washington Nationals will play the New York Mets. 6:05 p.m. $12 to $370. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capi-

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Rock Creek, 201 Allison St. NW. 202726-2080. ■Instructor Luz Verost will lead a casual Spanish Conversation Club session designed to grow, revive or develop Spanish language skills. 6 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■The Poets on the Fringe will host a weekly poetry workshop to critique participants’ poems. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■Instructor Tara Bishop will lead a weekly “Yoga for All� restorative yoga practice. 7:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

ture four classic shorts from the National Film Board of Canada, at 1 p.m.; and Sarah Polley’s 2012 film “Stories We Tell,� about the complicated mystery of her mother’s life, at 3 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. Parades ■The Crestwood Citizens Association will host its annual Fourth of July parade. 9:30 a.m. for children to decorate their bikes, strollers and scooters; 10 a.m. start time. Free. The parade will start at 1810 Shepherd Street NW and proceed to 18th Street, Taylor Street, Argyle Terrace and back to Shepherd. ■The 2017 National Independence Day Parade will feature marching bands, floats, balloons and military units. 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Constitution Avenue between 7th and 17th streets NW. july4thparade.com. Performances ■The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night� will feature long-form improv performances by various ensembles. 8 and 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. ■Busboys and Poets will present an open mic poetry night hosted by Twain Dooley. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Special events ■The National Archives will celebrate the Fourth of July with an annual dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence; performances by Brass Connection, the Fife and Drum Corps and Continental Color Guard; and tours and activities inside the Archives Building. Musical performance and ceremony from 9 to 11 a.m.; other activities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■A pre-fireworks Red, White & Brew BBQ will feature burgers, half-smoked beer brats, hot dogs, grilled jumbo shrimp, potato salad, corn on the cob, bottomless beers from local brewery DC Brau, house wine and sparkling cocktails. 5:30 to 8 p.m. $75; $35 for ages 12 and younger. Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown, 2401 M St. NW. 202457-5020. Wednesday, July 5 Wednesday JULY 5 Children’s program ■Discovery Theater will present a

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performance by the Taratibu Youth Association, an ensemble of young artists representing the performing arts of the African diaspora (recommended for ages 5 through 16). 10:30 a.m. and noon. $3 to $8. Discovery Theater, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-8700. The event will repeat Thursday at 10:30 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. and Friday at 10:30 a.m. and noon. Classes and workshops ■“Tai Chi Health Lab� will offer a chance to learn about tai chi through practice and a study of texts such as “The Harvard Medical School’s Guide to Tai Chi� and Kenneth Cohen’s “The Art of Qigong.� 9:30 a.m. Free. Meet at the top of Book Hill behind the Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. The weekly sessions will continue through July 26. ■Kripalu yoga teacher Eva Blutinger will lead a “Yoga in the Galleries� class. 10 a.m. $5 to $10. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300. ■St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rock Creek, will host a weekly tai chi class. 2 p.m. Free. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,

Concerts ■Ledward “Led� Kaapana — a master of the Hawaiian ukulele and ki ho’alu, the slack key guitar — will perform. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-1743. ■Ledward “Led� Kaapana — a master of the Hawaiian ukulele and ki ho’alu, the slack key guitar — will perform in collaboration with the 2017 D.C. Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the Library of Congress Homegrown Series. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■An Acoustic Open Mic night will feature musicians, poets and performers. 8 to 10 p.m. Free. The Den, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Discussions and lectures ■National Museum of Women in the Arts assistant educator Ashley W. Harris will discuss several works in the special exhibition “Revival.� Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-7835000. ■Alexandra Fuller will discuss her novel �Quiet Until the Thaw.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Films ■The Embassy of Italy will host a screening of Enrico Pau’s 2016 film “L’accabadora (Angel of Mercy),� about a woman living in small village in Sardinia in the 1930s who holds a terrible secret. 6 to 7:45 p.m. Free; reservations required. Auditorium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. www.iicwashington.esteri.it. ■The NoMa Summer Screen outdoor See Events/Page 19

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an open mic poetry event. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227. Tours ■U.S. Botanic Garden volunteer Susan Klusman will present a tour on “The Art and History of the U.S. Botanic Garden.� 2 to 3 p.m. Free. Meet on the Terrace by the Conservatory entrance, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■“Dupont Underground Historic Tour� will offer a chance to explore the city’s newest art space, a former trolley station. 6, 7 and 8 p.m. $15. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. dupontunderground.org. The tour will also be offered Thursday and Friday at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. Thursday, July 6 Thursday JULY 6 Children’s programs ■The Kid’s Chess Club will offer weekly chess instruction. 5 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. ■“Pajama Movie Night� will feature “Despicable Me.� 6:30 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. Classes and workshops ■Housing Counseling Services Inc. will present a weekly clinic for individuals and families searching for rental housing in D.C. 3 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Suite 100, 2410 17th St. NW. housingetc.org. ■The West End Interim Library will

Thursday, JULY 6 ■Performance: “Super Spectacular Comedy Show for a Free Press� — a benefit for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — will feature headliner Pierre Bennu (shown), host Matt Dundas and comics Chris Blackwood, Elahe Izadi, Rebecca Silverstein, W. Cody Skinner and Max Wolfson. 7:30 p.m. $12. The Bier Baron Tavern, 1523 22nd St. NW. grassrootscomedy.com. host an all-levels yoga class. 6 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. Concerts ■A Brown Bag Chamber Concert will feature cellist Vasily Popov and pianist Ralitza Patcheva. Noon. Free. GoetheInstitut Washington, Suite 3, 1990 K St.

NW. goethe.de/washington. ■The Star-Spangled American Music Series will feature the U.S. Air Force Strolling Strings. 12:30 p.m. Free. Flag Hall, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. americanhistory.si.edu. ■DowntownDC Live will feature Akua Allrich performing in conjunction with the Capital Fringe Festival. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Free. Franklin Park, 13th and I streets NW. downtowndc.org/event/ downtowndc-live-2017. ■The Marine Fusion Jazz Combo will perform. 6 p.m. Free. The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. 202-433-4011. ■“Tunes in the Triangle� will feature Pebble To Pearl performing a mix of funk, rock and blues. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Plaza, 5th and K streets NW. mvtcid.org. ■“Jazz on Jackson Place� will feature the Sarah Hughes Ensemble. 6:30 p.m. $30. Decatur House, 748 Jackson Place NW. whitehousehistory.org/jazz. The concert series will continue Aug. 3. ■“Thursday Night Bluegrass� will feature Moose Jaw. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; $12 minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202546-8412. Discussions and lectures ■A National Portrait Gallery educator will present a closer look at James Montgomery Flagg’s painting “The DempseyWillard Fight.� Noon. Free. G Street lobby, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F

streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■Harvard University researchers Danielle Allen and Emily Sneff will discuss “Discovering the Sussex Declaration,� about the recent identification of a second parchment manuscript of the Declaration of Independence in Chichester, England, dating from the 1780s and written in the hand of a single clerk. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■T.L. Williams, a former CIA operative who ran human intelligence operations in Asia and Europe for over 30 years, will discuss his thriller “Zero Day: China’s Cyber Wars.� 6:30 p.m. $8 to $10. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. ■John Pfordresher, a professor of English at Georgetown University, will discuss his book “The Secret History of ‘Jane Eyre’: How Charlotte Bronte Wrote Her Masterpiece.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■Jeanne Gang, founding principal of Chicago-based Studio Gang, will showcase the firm’s recent projects, including the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo; the See Events/Page 22

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silent disco with punk, David Bowie, and even some classical music. 5 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. Sporting event ■ The Washington Nationals will play the Atlanta Braves. 7:05 p.m. $12 to $370. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Friday at 7:05 p.m., Saturday at 4:05 p.m. and Sunday at 1:35 p.m. Tours and walks ■ The Washington National Cathedral’s “Combination Tower Climb” will present both the “Gargoyle Tower Climb,” featuring a close-up look at various gargoyles and grotesques while visiting the open-air walkway wrapping around the two western towers, and the “Classic Tower Climb,” offering a look at the ringing chamber, 333 steps high in the central tower with scenic views of Washington. 5 p.m. $75; reservations required. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. ■ The Smithsonian Associates will present “Jazzy Nights in Shaw: A Stroll Through 1920s Washington,” a 1.5-mile walking tour led by author and local historian Garrett Peck. The tour will pass by the sites of several 1920s clubs along U Street, including the Club Caverns, Club Bali, Murray’s Palace Casino and the Minnehaha Theatre (later the location of another landmark, Ben’s Chili Bowl). 6 to 8 p.m. $35 to $45. Meet in front of the Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. 202633-3030. The Current welcomes submissions regarding activities in D.C. for the Events & Entertainment calendar, although space constraints limit the number of items we can include in print. Items should be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event and include a summary of the event and its date, time, location with complete address, and cost to attend (indicate “free” if there is no charge). Also, please list a phone number for publication and a phone number for an editor to reach a contact person. Entries may be sent to calendar@currentnewspapers.com or The Current, P.O. Box 40400, Washington, D.C. 20016-0400.

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Housing for Rent (Apts) CATH AREA. Attrac. studio, in secure bldg., with roof terrace, at bus-stop. HW floors, garden view, W/I closet, 1,150mo (202)686-0023. NICE, FURNISHED room in small charming Georgetown house with one cat. Excellent location. Wifi, utilities included. For responsible, friendly person. $950, month. Call Sarah 202-337-0398.

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MASS AVE HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC Grand & sophisticated 5BR/8.5BA Tudor. Elegant public rooms, sunny & spacious kitchen/family room with 10’ ceilings, multi-room owner suite, walkout LL, private back garden & pool. $6,295,000 Margot Wilson 202-549-2100

FOXHALL, WASHINGTON, DC Georgian on 1.5 acres, renov. in 2008 w/open floor plan. Mature plants, privacy, pool, 3-car garage & parking for 12-20. 6-8BR, 6FBA & 2HBA. $5,900,000 Nancy Itteilag 202-905-7762 Chris Itteilag 301-633-8182

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Stunning, newly renovated Victorian w/5BR/4.5BA & exposed brick. Updated appliances & amenities, HW floors & high ceilings throughout. Fully finished LL, private garden; 1 car garage. $4,495,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

POTOMAC, MARYLAND Gorgeous estate on 3+ acre in Bradley Farms. Immaculate 14,000+ SF Nantucket-style home w/ main level owner suite, 8-car gar. $4,400,000 Marsha Schuman 301-299-9598 Robert Hryniewicki 202-243-1620

BERKLEY, WASHINGTON, DC Lovely home set up on a hill on a stunning lot overlooking gardens. Gracious room sizes and outdoor space for entertaining. $3,800,000 Nancy Itteilag 202-905-7762 Chris Itteilag 301-633-8182

KENT, WASHINGTON, DC Luxurious, custom-built 6BR, 5FBA, 2HBA home with fabulous kitchen, marble BAs, high ceilings, elevator, home theater, patio, 2 car gar. $3,185,000 Cynthia Howar 202-297-6000 Connie Carter 202-491-6171

PARC SOMERSET, CHEVY CHASE, MD Grand 3BR/3BA residence w/ high ceilings, fireplace, & striking views from 2 large balconies! Many amenities include indoor/outdoor pools, fitness center, tennis. 2 garage parking spots. $2,995,000 Marylyn Paige 202-487-8795

KALORAMA, WASHINGTON, DC Perfectly renovated three bedroom plus den in intimate four unit cooperative. Garage parking and beautiful common roof deck. On site superintendent. $2,595,000 Carrie Carter 202-421-3938

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Large, renovated Georgetown brick Federal. Terrific kitchen/family room, library, ample bedrooms, master suite opens to deep private garden. $2,495,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-386-7813 Jamie Peva 202-258-5050

WOODLEY PARK, WASHINGTON, DC Picture perfect brick colonial renovated and expanded with 4BR, 3.5BA, high ceilings, granite kitchen, heated pool, garage! $2,179,000 Robert Hryniewicki Adam T. Rackliffe 202-243-1620

CLEVELAND PARK, WASHINGTON, DC Enchanting 1903 5BR/4.5BA Queen Anne. Beautifully updated with many period details. New gourmet kitchen, front and rear porches, two car parking. Steps to Metro & shops. $2,150,000 Margot Wilson 202-549-2100

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Renovated 1,200 SF home across from Rose Park. Semi-detached 2BR, 1.5BA w/ HWF, chef’s kit w/ SS appliances & wine fridge, spectacular garden & terrace great for entertaining. $1,190,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

BROOKMONT, BETHESDA, MARYLAND Light-filled, turnkey 4BR/3.5BA TH w/ open floor plan, soaring ceilings, & dramatic woodland views! 1 minute drive to DC line! Sleek kitchen, luxe master suite, garage & driveway parking. $1,100,000 Margot Wilson 202-549-2100

DUPONT CIRCLE, WASHINGTON, DC Fabulous 1,352 SF, 2BR+den/2BA condo in prewar Wardman building w/ prime location. New kit & BAs. 9’5” ceilings. Common roof deck! $985,000 Robert Hryniewicki Christopher R. Leary 202-243-1620

HAWTHORNE, WASHINGTON, DC Sun-splashed & airy rambler on a generous lot. 3BR, 2.5BA, large LR & DR, updated kit w/ SS appliances, screened porch overlooks landscaped yard. Walkup attic, LL w/rec rm & storage, 2 car gar. $819,000 Carrie Carter 202-421-3938

BEEKMAN PLACE, WASHINGTON, DC Rarely available and desirable 2BR/2.5BA inside Beekman Place! 2 patios & 24-hr gate. Beautifully updated, lovely built-ins; fpl. Walk Score of 93, steps to Meridian Hill Park! 2 car pkg. $765,000 Alyssa Crilley 301-325-0079

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FOR SALE

5528 Broad Branch Rd NW | Chevy Chase

5 BRs, 3.5 BAs

$1,299,950

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FOR SALE

2720 Unicorn Ln NW | Chevy Chase

4 BRs, 5 BAs

$1,299,950

COMING SOON

1825 19th St NW #1 | Dupont

2 BRs, 2 BA, Patio

$699,000

FOR SALE

1808 California St NW #31 | Kalorama

2 BR, 2.5 BA, PKG, Views

$850,000

$1,395,000

FOR SALE 2 BRs, 1 BA

$469,000

$2,750,000

FOR SALE

1223 Potomac St NW | Georgetown

Mixed Use, MU-4 Zoning

3851 Porter St NW #D280 | McLean Gardens

FOR SALE

400 M St NW | Mount Vernon

9 BRs, 9 BAs, 2 Half BAs

FOR SALE

919 Florida Ave NW #105 | U St Corridor

2 BRs, 2 BAs, Roof Deck

$619,000

FOR SALE

3812 13th St NW | Columbia Heights

4 BRs, 2 BA, PKG

$649,000

FOR SALE

3719 34th St | Mount Rainier

Green House, Net-Zero Energy

$549,000

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