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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

The Dupont Current

Vol. XIV, No. 5

Divided council approves tax cuts

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■ Politics: Implementation

schedule for changes at issue By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

A deeply divided D.C. Council voted Tuesday to implement a broad range of tax cuts in late September, leaving neither side satisfied with the final result. A cadre of new council mem-

bers argued that the city should wait until next year to determine whether the city can afford to cut taxes or should instead dedicate more funds to affordable housing. A slim 7-6 majority countered that the District has ample revenue for the long-promised tax relief for both individuals and businesses. All members did insist that they support a comprehensive tax reform package approved by an independent Tax Revision Commission,

chaired by former Mayor Anthony Williams. The group worked for a year to produce a plan that would provide relief for low-income residents; less relief for higher-income residents; selective sales tax hikes; and benefits for businesses that say they are being taxed out of the District. The package was set to take effect last year, but a revenue gap at that time forced a delay except for See Taxes/Page 12

Curtain rises on renovated Keegan space By KATIE PEARCE Current Staff Writer

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The George Washington University Museum and Textile Mueseum hosted its weekly “Arts for Families” series Saturday afternoon. This young Dupont Circle resident, who will be a first-grader at Ross Elementary in the fall, made a crown as part of the museum’s hat-making workshop.

The Keegan Theatre has been dark for most of the past year, making way for a major addition to its Dupont Circle home. Last night the 1742 Church St. theater finally marked its grand reopening, with a brand-new glass atrium lobby welcoming patrons to a performance of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” The Tennessee Williams play holds special significance to the Keegan: It was the first production the nonprofit theater company ever staged, back when it launched in Arlington in 1996. These days the Keegan operates exclusively out of the Dupont building, which it officially purchased in 2013 after a few years of residency there. The theater raised $4.4 million total for both that purchase and the renovation project that began in August 2014. The project — funded mainly by private donations — added the two-story, 150-square-foot glass atrium

Photo courtesy of the Keegan Theatre

The 1742 Church St. theater reopened this week with a performance of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”

through which patrons now enter. That addition replaced a gravel lot on the east side of the original Church Street building, which dates back to 1905. Other upgrades include a new elevator and other See Theater/Page 4

Signage spat simmers in McLean Gardens

Roosevelt parents fight delay in leaving interim school site

Current Correspondent

■ Education: Students may

By MARK LIEBERMAN

Since the 1970s, residents and visitors to McLean Gardens on Porter Street have been greeted with a pair of plaques bearing the neighborhood’s name, mounted on a 1917 wall left over from the former Friendship estate that once stood on the site. But on Friday morning, the “McLean Gardens” plaques at Porter Street and Wisconsin Avenue were gone. Capital Properties, which controls that section of the sprawling condo and apartment complex, said it removed them for aesthetic reasons. Residents, though, contend that the plaques were actually a casualty of a long-simmering dispute with the company over public space permits, and are furious with the decision. “To just remove those and take them away without

NEWS

stay extra year at MacFarland By MARK LIEBERMAN Brian Kapur/The Current

Residents said they had only a few hours of notice that “McLean Gardens” plaques would be removed from this spot at an entrance to the community.

any consideration, I think is just really disrespectful of the community and the residents,” said advisory neighborhood commissioner Carl Roller, whose single-member district includes McLean Gardens. The issue was a matter of branding. Capital ProperSee Plaques/Page 14

EVENTS

Proposed signage rules spark worries over electronic ads — Page 2

World premiere of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ slated for Arena — Page 19

Current Correspondent

Community members in Petworth want students to be able to use the new Roosevelt High School building at 4301 13th St. as soon as its modernization is completed. But even though work is supposed to finish in November, city officials say they want to wait until September 2016 to officially reopen the renovated building because it

could take a month to complete the transition. That means Roosevelt students would continue reporting to the former MacFarland Middle School building at 4400 Iowa Ave., where dire conditions have been reported. Parents say a rat problem poses dangers to students and teachers alike. Student athletes have no designated facilities to themselves — not even locker rooms for their clothes and gear, according to the community. The air-conditioning system is weak, old and barely functioning. At a Monday public forum on See Roosevelt/Page 7

INDEX

NEWS

EastBanc eyes gas station parcel for apartment building — Page 3

Calendar/16 Classifieds/22 District Digest/5 Dupont Circle Citizen/13 Exhibits/17 In Your Neighborhood/8

Opinion/10 Police Report/6 Real Estate/15 Service Directory/20 Theater/19 Week Ahead/3

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The Current

Amid housing crunch, AU offering students gift cards to move off campus By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

American University is in the midst of constructing a new complex of buildings at Nebraska and New Mexico avenues, and 590 beds of student housing for upperclassmen are a central element of the project. But with the new “East Campus� still a

year away — slated to open in August 2016 — the school is facing a shortage of dorm space this coming fall, prompting officials to offer $500 gift cards to students willing to cancel their dorm reservations and move off campus. “AU is retaining continuing students and enrolling first year and transfer students with greater success than ever before,� the university’s website states. “We are also retaining

more students in the residence halls as a result of their satisfaction with the experience.� The gift-card offer was first reported by The Eagle, the university’s student newspaper. Under the Zoning Commission order governing the school’s operations — its 10-year campus plan, designed to minimize its impact on the surrounding residential community — American University must have the capacity to house at least 67 percent of its students on

campus by fall 2016. The school is also subject to an enrollment cap of 13,600, and officials have pledged to meet regularly with the community. Tom Smith, chair of the Spring Valley/ Wesley Heights advisory neighborhood commission, said the news about the school’s latest housing shortage was discouraging and that the university never notified the community of See Dorms/Page 7

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Signage rule changes spark citizen debate A broad city effort to streamline and modernize signage regulations has prompted fears from some community groups that the changes could usher in a wave of electronic advertising popping up on buildings across the District. The proposal crafted by a working group of the D.C. Department of Transportation and several other agencies aims to consolidate rules for signs into a single title in the District’s regulations, and also to reflect and regulate changing advertising technology, the Transportation Department’s Alice Kelly said in an interview. “The goal has always been to clarify and simplify what are multiple and disparate regulations,� she said. And regarding electronic signage, “One of the other reasons for rewriting the sign regs is that it’s brand-new technology, so the existing regs are really silent on that.� But when the Committee of 100 on the Federal City advocacy group reviewed the proposal, members found aspects to be alarming. Two chief concerns were that 40-squarefoot electronic variable-message signs would be allowed in commercial and mixed-use areas, and that the mayor could establish “Designated Entertainment Areas� in which full-motion video advertising screens would be allowed in the style of Gallery Place and Chinatown. The committee’s Meg Maguire said in an interview that the District has a history of limiting advertising signage, allowing few stand-alone billboards. “It will fundamentally change the character of the commercial areas of our city, throughout the city, and it’s really in defiance of the entire history of sign control in the District,� she said. “We’ve removed the old-fashioned kind of billboards, and now we’re putting up much more highly intrusive, brightly lit flashing billboards.� The committee has been circulating its concerns to the city’s advisory neighborhood commissions; in response, several Northwest commissions have taken action in the last See Signage/Page 14

The Current

Apartment building slated near Four Seasons By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

At the gateway to Georgetown — between Pennsylvania Avenue and M Street across from the Four Seasons hotel — visitors to the historic neighborhood are currently greeted by a small gas station and a jumble of cars in various states of repair. But as early as next summer, developer EastBanc intends to begin construction on a new five-story building there. It would house eight 2,000-square-foot rental apartments and a roof terrace as well as a 70-seat groundfloor restaurant. The firm presented its plans for the building to the area’s advisory neighborhood commission on Monday

in preparation for an Old Georgetown Board design hearing tomorrow and Zoning Commission land-use considerations this fall. Neighborhood commissioners praised the general concept of putting the gas station site to new use, but several were wary of the particular design proposed — a rectangular red-brick building that’s punctuated by deeply recessed balconies for the apartment units. Commissioner Jeff Jones said the prominent site might benefit from a more adventurous design. “I feel like this is an opportunity — it’s a blank space,� said Jones. “I like authenticity in Georgetown as far as all the different types of architecture that we have. Once we start replicating what Georgetown looks like ... See EastBanc/Page 12

‘Turtle Park’ construction to start this month By CUNEYT DIL

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The turtles will be multiplying at Turtle Park. Starting later this month, the Friendship Recreation Center at 4500 Van Ness St. NW will undergo a year of construction to build a larger community center, separate playgrounds for toddlers and older children, a water spray area and more turtle statues, for which the park is affectionately nicknamed. “This is going to be one of the biggest playgrounds in the city,� Jackie Stanley of the D.C. Department of General Services said at a community meeting last week. The project team took sugges-

tions from students at nearby Janney and Horace Mann elementary schools, such as a water park and mock treehouse play area, which have been considered during the design process. Architect Edwin Schmidt of the Hughes Group said the firm has a “really good handle� on the design of the community center building, but the playground plans need more tweaks before they are finalized. “We don’t really have a definitive handle on what everyone cares about, which is the park,� Schmidt said. The project team is set to present to the Tenleytown/Friendship Heights advisory neighborhood commission July 9, when officials

expect to have more specific details to offer on the playground. Friendship Recreation Center, located in the American University Park neighborhood, is under the jurisdiction of the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation, while the Department of General Services is heading the construction project. During construction, which is expected to last a year, there “may be some inconvenience,� Stanley acknowledged. She addressed questions at the community meeting last Wednesday about contractors parking on residential streets, which she said the general services agency doesn’t have control over. Residents at that meeting also See Park/Page 12

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The week ahead Wednesday, July 1

The D.C. State Board of Education will hold a working session to discuss revisions to current health and physical education standards. The meeting will also include presentations by the Office of the Ombudsman for Public Education and the Office of the Chief Student Advocate. The meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Room 1114, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. â– The D.C. Department of General Services and the D.C. Public Schools will hold a community meeting to discuss the modernization of Murch Elementary School. The agenda will include introduction of the project team and presentation of conceptual drawings. The meeting will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Murch Elementary School, 4810 36th St. NW.

Wednesday, July 8

The D.C. Council’s Committee on Education and its Committee on Transportation and the Environment will hold an oversight roundtable on the D.C. Department of General Services’ contracting and procurement practices for constructing and modernizing D.C. public schools. The hearing will begin at 11 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. ■At-large D.C. Council member David Grosso, chair of the Committee on Education, will hold a Ward 2 town hall meeting on public education in D.C. from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Sumner School Museum, 1201 17th St. NW.

Thursday, July 9

The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. Agenda items include construction of a two-story building and lot consolidation at the Spring Valley Shopping Center, 4820 Massachusetts Ave. NW, and a four- and six-story addition to two row homes at 1355-37 U St. NW. ■The University of the District of Columbia will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the largest food-producing green roof in the District. The university’s newly appointed president, Ronald Mason Jr., will host invited guests from the mayor’s office, the D.C. Department of the Environment and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The event will begin at 5 p.m. on the penthouse level of Building 44, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. To RSVP, visit tinyurl.com/udcgreenroof. ■The Logan Circle advisory neighborhood commission and Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans will host a crime prevention meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the University of the District of Columbia Room at the Marriott Marquis hotel, 901 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Speakers will include the Metropolitan Police Department’s Assistant Chief Diane Groomes and 3rd District Cmdr. Jake Kishter.

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KEEGAN: Church Street theater space opens after renovation, expansion project

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accessibility features for disabled patrons, and new areas for performers in an excavated basement level, like dressing rooms and rehearsal spaces. And the Keegan now has seven bathrooms total, as opposed to its original two. “The big part of the renovation was for patron comfort,� said Jeff Klein, who’s in charge of media relations for the Keegan. “We’re adding

more amenities for them.� For the 120-seat theater space itself, changes include new seating, additional space for wheelchairs, and upgraded lighting. But the setup remains the same, said Klein. “It offers the same feel as the older venue, which is good, because that’s what we wanted to keep,� he said. “That’s what people liked, the intimacy of the seating.� Dupont Circle advisory neighborhood commissioner Justine

Underhill, who lives on the same block as the Keegan, said the theater has “offered a model� for how construction projects in the neighborhood should go. “They were very communicative about the whole process.� She added that the theater’s presence “makes quiet little Church Street a much more vibrant, exciting place to live.� The neighborhood commission last month voted to support a new

liquor license for the Keegan, Underhill added. While the theater has traditionally specialized in Irish plays, it also “offers a variety of different shows [that] appeal to a broad audience,� Klein said. The lineup over the next year includes the D.C.-area premiere of the musical “Dogfight� this fall, Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile� kicking off 2016, and the Green Day-based musical “Ameri-

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District Digest Glover Park sexual assault reported

A woman was sexually assaulted in Glover Park early Saturday by a man who entered a home in the 2600 block of 41st Street, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release. The man entered the home near Stoddert Elementary School at approximately 4 a.m. June 27 and fled on foot after assaulting the woman, police said. He is described as a white male with brown buzzcut hair, approximately 23 years of age, standing 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet tall. He was last seen wearing shorts, a T-shirt and a dark-colored backpack, according to the release. Anyone with information should call police at 202-727-9099 or send a text to 50411. The department offers a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to arrest and conviction of a person responsible for assault committed in D.C. Police had previously reported the crime’s location as the 2600 block of 31st Street but subsequently corrected the alert.

16th Street bridge set to reopen early

All lanes of the 16th Street bridge over Military Road will reopen today, two weeks ahead of schedule, the D.C. Department of Transportation announced last week. The department closed the section of roadway entirely last weekend in order to complete “critical deck work,� the agency says in a news release. Work has been underway since October to replace the bridge, and 16th Street had been reduced to one lane in each direc-

tion since March. “Our plan had been to fully reopen the 16th Street bridge on July 15, but now we’ll be able to do that on July 1,� department director Leif Dormsjo says in the release. “One of the main thoroughfares into the nation’s capital will now be fully open to traffic for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.� For more information on the project, visit 16thandmilitary.com.

Adams Morgan Day canceled for 2015

The annual Adams Morgan Day event will not be held as planned this September, organizers have announced on Facebook. “It is with our deepest apologies that we must inform you all that there will not be an Adams Morgan Day festival in 2015,� reads a banner posted for the page’s 1,000-plus fans. “Please be patient as we organize a new festival of fun and celebration of this diverse neighborhood. The fun will continue in 2016!� WAMU first reported the cancellation on Monday, citing chaos and discord in the leadership of the Adams Morgan Main Street group that organizes and funds the street festival. Board members of the nonprofit told the station that its finances are in disarray, and that it seems that the group owes some $50,000 to the D.C. government and private companies from 2014’s event. Moreover, the debt to the city precluded the organization from obtaining the necessary street closure permits this fall. Board members faulted president Marc Morgan, a former U Street advisory neighborhood commissioner and at-large D.C. Council

candidate, saying he mismanaged the group’s finances and was nearly impossible to reach. Morgan responded to WAMU that the criticisms are not correct and that the board has a history of unreasonably criticizing the organization’s leadership.

DPR announces plans for Fourth of July

The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation is closing a number of facilities for the July Fourth holiday, the agency recently announced. Aside from events with existing permits, the following will be closed, according to a news release: ■summer camps and administrative offices on Friday; ■recreation/community centers and indoor aquatic centers on both Friday and Saturday, except the Palisades Community Center at 5200 Sherier Place NW during the annual Palisades parade; ■playgrounds on Friday and after 6 p.m. on Saturday; ■synthetic fields on Friday and Saturday; and ■tennis courts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Outdoor and children’s pools will be open from noon to 6 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Spray parks will operate on their normal schedule. The release also notes that fireworks are not allowed on Parks and Recreation Department property.

Tennis courts named for Peters sisters

Peters Walker — who used the courts as a springboard to win 14 national doubles tournaments starting in 1936. The sisters, AfricanAmericans who lived four doors down from the courts at 26th and O streets, also taught tennis to neighborhood children and later became teachers in D.C. public schools. “Before there were the [Serena and Venus] Williams sisters, there were the Peters sisters,� said Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, who noted that the Peters were raised in a time of segregation, but learned and promoted their sport at a park where all races were welcome. “This is a fitting tribute to both D.C. and Afro-American history,� he said.

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Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 1400-1499 block, I St.; 6:14 a.m. June 26. â– 1000-1099 block, 13th St.; 9:40 a.m. June 27 (with knife). Motor vehicle theft â– K and 12th streets; 7:27 p.m. June 26. â– New York Avenue and 13th Street; 7:59 a.m. June 28. Theft â– 1400-1499 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 10:40 a.m. June 23. â– 13th and F streets; 6:36 p.m. June 23. â– 1200-1299 block, New York Ave.; 12:30 p.m. June 24. â– 1200-1299 block, G St.; 10:30 p.m. June 25. â– 1300-1399 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 5:15 p.m. June 26. â– 900-999 block, F St.; 5:28 p.m. June 26. â– 500-599 block, 11th St.; 4 p.m. June 27. â– 1000-1099 block, H St.; 5 p.m. June 28. Theft from auto â– 1300-1309 block, New York Ave.; 7:30 p.m. June 22. â– 1000-1099 block, F St.; 12:18 p.m. June 23. â– 1200-1299 block, L St.; 8 a.m. June 24.

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Motor vehicle theft â– 700-899 block, K St.; 7:37 a.m. June 28. Theft â– 800-899 block, E St.; 9:46 a.m. June 22. â– 700-799 block, 7th St.; 5:45 p.m. June 22. â– 400-499 block, K St.; 5:48 p.m. June 22. â– 400-499 block, L St.; 3:52 p.m. June 24. â– 800-899 block, E St.; 10:05 p.m. June 24. â– 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 3:39 a.m. June 25. â– 600-699 block, E St.; 10:04 a.m. June 25. â– 700-799 block, 7th St.; 8:45 p.m. June 25. â– 800-899 block, 7th St.; 11:10 a.m. June 27.

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Motor vehicle theft â– 19th and G streets; 4:46 p.m. June 24.

Theft â– 1000-1099 block, 17th St.; 3:23 p.m. June 22. â– 1800-1899 block, K St.; 5:34 p.m. June 22. â– 2100-2109 block, M St.; 6:29 p.m. June 22. â– 1800-1899 block, H St.; 9:05 p.m. June 22. â– 1800-1899 block, H St.; 9:30 p.m. June 22. â– 2400-2499 block, M St.; 9:15 a.m. June 23. â– 2400-2499 block, M St.; 12:51 p.m. June 23. â– 1400-1433 block, K St.; 3 p.m. June 23. â– 1100-1129 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:55 p.m. June 23. â– 1500-1599 block, K St.; 6:36 p.m. June 23. â– 2100-2199 block, L St.; 7:31 p.m. June 23. â– 1800-1899 block, G St.; 2:46 p.m. June 24. â– 2400-2499 block, N St.; 6:23 p.m. June 24. â– 1800-1899 block, K St.; 8:30 p.m. June 24. â– 1800-1899 block, K St.; 9:31 p.m. June 24. â– 2200-2299 block, I St.; 9:23 p.m. June 25. â– 2100-2199 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 11:47 a.m. June 26. â– 1800-1899 block, L St.; 4:33 p.m. June 26. â– 900-999 block, 16th St.; 7:49 p.m. June 27. â– E and 18th streets; 1:02 a.m. June 28. â– 1700-1799 block, K St.; 1:18 p.m. June 28. â– 2200-2299 block, I St.; 3:22 p.m. June 28. â– 25th and N streets; 5:01 p.m. June 28. Theft from auto â– 1200-1299 block, 23rd St.; 3:54 a.m. June 24. â– 2400-2499 block, M St.; 4:01 p.m. June 25. â– 1100-1129 block, 17th St.; 9:05 p.m. June 27.

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Robbery â– 1700-1720 block, 19th St.; 11:55 p.m. June 25 (with gun). Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 1200-1399 block, 16th St.; 2:05 a.m. June 28. Burglary â– 2120-2199 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 4:47 p.m. June 24. Motor vehicle theft â– 2100-2199 block, O St.; 4:59 p.m. June 22. â– 1800-1819 block, 18th St.; 2:48 a.m. June 27. â– 1700-1799 block, Q St.; 4:10 p.m. June 27. Theft â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:16 a.m. June 22. â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:41 a.m. June 22.

â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:58 p.m. June 22. â– 2100-2199 block, P St.; 6:32 p.m. June 22. â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:18 p.m. June 22. â– 1523-1599 block, 18th St.; 12:17 p.m. June 23. â– 2100-2199 block, O St.; 4:27 p.m. June 23. â– 2000-2099 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 3:59 p.m. June 24. â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5 p.m. June 24. â– 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9 p.m. June 24. â– 1500-1599 block, Q St.; noon June 25. â– 1218-1299 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:23 p.m. June 25. â– 1400-1499 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 11:43 p.m. June 25. â– 2200-2299 block, N St.; 9:30 a.m. June 26. â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 1:15 p.m. June 26. â– 1400-1499 block, P St.; 5:44 p.m. June 26. â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:44 p.m. June 26. â– 1518-1599 block, 17th St.; 9:05 a.m. June 27. â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:53 a.m. June 28. Theft from auto â– 1800-1899 block, R St.; 7:04 a.m. June 22. â– 1400-1499 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 2:55 p.m. June 24. â– O and 16th streets; 10:56 a.m. June 27.

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Robbery â– 1600-1699 block, Corcoran St.; 2:40 a.m. June 23. â– 1500-1599 block, R St.; 11:52 p.m. June 23.

Sexual abuse â– 1800-1899 block, Summit Place; 8 p.m. June 26. Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 2200-2299 block, 18th St.; 2:55 a.m. June 23. Burglary â– 1930-1999 block, Columbia Road; 11 a.m. June 22. Theft â– 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 12:16 p.m. June 22. â– 1600-1699 block, Belmont St.; 10:04 a.m. June 23. â– 1811-1899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 3 a.m. June 24. â– 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 4:30 p.m. June 26. â– 1800-1810 block, Columbia Road; 2:10 a.m. June 27. â– 2100-2199 block, 18th St.; 4:23 a.m. June 27. â– 2100-2199 block, 18th St.; 4:53 a.m. June 27. â– 2300-2399 block, 18th St.; 3:26 a.m. June 28. â– 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 1:24 p.m. June 28. â– 2400-2499 block, 17th St.; 5:52 p.m. June 28. Theft from auto â– 1847-1999 block, Calvert St.; 7:17 a.m. June 22. â– 1690-1741 block, Lanier Place; 8:15 a.m. June 22. â– 1690-1741 block, Lanier Place; 8:50 a.m. June 22. â– 1732-1736 block, Columbia Road; 2:31 p.m. June 22. â– 1800-1899 block, Wyoming Ave.; 10:02 a.m. June 24. â– 2416-2499 block, 19th St.; 6:43 p.m. June 24. â– 1626-1699 block, Fuller St.; 7:07 a.m. June 26. â– Belmont Road and 19th Street; 4:19 a.m. June 28.

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Theft â– 1600-1699 block, R St.; 10:59 p.m. June 25.

Burglary â– 900-999 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 10:29 a.m. June 27.

Theft from auto â– 1700-1799 block, Q St.; 11:16 a.m. June 22. â– 1400-1499 block, Swann St.; 4:10 p.m. June 25. â– 15th and V streets; 4:40 p.m. June 26. â– 1600-1699 block, S St.; 8:10 a.m. June 28. â– 1500-1599 block, W St.; 11:43 a.m. June 28. â– 1500-1599 block, R St.; 1:49 p.m. June 28.

Motor vehicle theft â– 1200-1299 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 4:42 p.m. June 25.

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Robbery â– 2300-2399 block, 20th St.; 1 a.m. June 24 (with gun). â– 2100-2199 block, 19th St.; 1:51 a.m. June 25. â– 1745-1822 block, Harvard St.; 10:46 p.m. June 25 (with gun). â– 2300-2399 block, 18th St.; 3:28 a.m. June 27.

Theft â– 1100-1199 block, 14th St.; 6:11 p.m. June 25. Theft from auto â– 1300-1399 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 11:57 a.m. June 22. â– 1000-1099 block, N St.; 11:45 a.m. June 23. â– 1300-1399 block, 13th St.; 1:10 p.m. June 23. â– 1300-1329 block, Q St.; 12:16 p.m. June 24. â– 1108-1199 block, 12th St.; 2:18 p.m. June 24. â– O and 11th streets; 2:22 p.m. June 27. â– 1400-1499 block, 9th St.; 3:48 p.m. June 27. â– 900-999 block, N St.; 3:15 a.m. June 28.

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Roosevelt students are at the former MacFarland Middle School during their school’s modernization.

discussed at the original community meeting had been addressed or were in the process of getting addressed. The locker rooms were cleaner. Two air-conditioning units arrived on Monday. The bathrooms had been repaired and restocked with the appropriate toiletries. As for the rats, the building’s exterior holes were sealed and an extermination crew was on site to deal with remaining pests. Jackson isn’t sure if her vocal outrage spurred hasty action or if this repair process was already in the works, but she doesn’t necessarily care either way. “Does it even matter?” Jackson wrote in a blog post after the walk-through. “Not really. What matters is that the children get a facility they can learn and thrive in.” D.C. Public Schools will concentrate on continuing those improvements at MacFarland throughout the summer, according to spokesperson Frederick Lewis. In particular, locker rooms will be ready for use by August, Lewis said. In the meantime, community members are holding out hope that the city will allow students to enter the new Roosevelt building as soon as it’s complete, even if it means sacrificing some instructional time. Robin Gerber, a former member of the School Improvement Team for Roosevelt High, said she thinks it would cost the city more money to make MacFarland suitable for another year than to open the new Roosevelt High as soon as it’s ready. Regardless, she thinks forcing the students to stay at MacFarland is unfair. “It’s still not a high school with high school facilities,” Gerber said at the meeting. “To ask the students who have been very patient for two long school years to lose an entire third school year of being in a high school facility, it’s just an awful lot to ask.”

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its plans to offer incentives. “We learned during the nearly two-year campus plan process that AU had exceeded its enrollment cap put in place by the Zoning Commission during the previous campus plan cycle,” Smith wrote in an email. “It was precisely this disregard for the enrollment cap that created the demand for new on-campus housing and led to nearly two years of controversy over AU’s expansion into the residential neighborhood. Hopefully, this is not history repeating itself.” University spokesperson Camille Lepre said the school has offered similar incentives once before in its history and that they generally attract few takers. She added that all freshmen who applied for housing will have a slot, and the school is just helping fund upperclassmen’s moves to off-campus housing. “We’re trying to balance our commitments to our students and the community and are working diligently over the next eight weeks to ensure satisfactory housing options for our students,” Lepre wrote in an

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ROOSEVELT education and the city’s budget hosted by at-large D.C. Council member David Grosso, Roosevelt High parent Marlese Turner said her son refuses to eat lunch or use the bathroom at MacFarland because he’s afraid of getting sick. Turner said she feels like the city isn’t listening to the school community’s concerns. “I don’t know how anybody could subject my child or anybody else’s child to what he has gone through,” Turner said, inspiring loud applause from the approximately 40 people who attended the forum. D.C. Deputy Mayor of Education Jennifer Niles played a role in the decision to delay students’ entry to the new building. Niles and other officials have said they don’t want students to miss up to a month of classes during the transition process to the new Roosevelt building. At this week’s forum, Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd said that he trusts Niles’ judgment. “It’s my gut instinct to stick with what the educator is saying,” Todd said. “I personally don’t believe that we should risk losing a month of instruction for students at Roosevelt.” Niles said at the meeting that she’s willing to go back to D.C. Public Schools and the Department of General Services to see if they’re willing to change their minds, but she’s not optimistic or keen on changing the plan. Construction on the new Roosevelt building, estimated to cost as much as $125 million, began last June after several rounds of funding delays from the D.C. government. The old MacFarland building — which closed its doors to middle school students in 2013 but may reopen in a few years — has served as the interim site for the high-schoolers since. Some community members have taken more decisive action on MacFarland’s conditions. Lisa Jackson was outraged when she attended a June 18 community meeting and heard about the school’s adverse state. She took to her personal blog, where she posted detailed emails to Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and other D.C. officials expressing her concerns and demanding a response. Last Friday, D.C. Public Schools invited Jackson to join a walk-through of the facilities at MacFarland with other city officials and community leaders, including Council member Todd. During the walkthrough, Jackson saw construction crews working diligently, and many of the problems

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email. “We sometimes supplement this with the use of incentives to manage high demand for campus housing from both new and returning students.” Asked whether the school is at risk of again exceeding its enrollment cap, as feared by Smith, Lepre said she had no enrollment information at this time but that the community will receive preliminary numbers in September. She did say that higher demand for on-campus housing can have reasons beyond enrollment increases: “An increase in demand reflects the appeal of improved residential options on campus,” she wrote. The on-campus housing requirement from the Zoning Commission reflects complaints from many neighbors that their streets were filling up with rowdy student group homes, and that university officials were unresponsive to complaints. The school recently finished two projects that added enough beds to offset those lost at its Tenley campus, which were demolished to build a new law school. But the university won’t be adding new capacity until East Campus opens next year.

Current Staff Report The D.C. auditor is releasing a report today blasting the city’s school modernizations from 2010 through 2013, concluding that the program “violated statutory requirements on transparency and funding, failed to assess and secure contingency savings,” and overspent on five high school renovation projects. In total, the District spent $1.2 billion on school renovations during the four-year period assessed, according to a news release from the Office of the D.C. Auditor. That period fell during the mayoral administrations of Adrian Fenty and Vincent Gray. The release summarizes the audit’s major findings, including that the city spent $37 million to contract out project management to a private partnership called “D.C. Partners for the Revitalization of Education Projects.” The auditor’s office is recommending that the city “periodically reassess that privatization” and consider whether the government itself could provide better management. The report also finds that the program failed to comply with transparency requirements set by the two major legal documents guiding the modernization process. “Information and analysis … have not been consistently provided, including the rationale for selection of projects for funding,” the release says, noting that the auditor’s office wasn’t able to find or verify a large number of documents related to the modernizations.

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In addition, an advisory committee intended to provide oversight of school renovations “was essentially disbanded in 2008 and has not been reappointed,” the auditor’s office found. The audit includes a preliminary response from the D.C. Department of General Services, the city agency now in charge of oversight and management of D.C. school modernizations. The letter, which acknowledges “the need for immediate corrective action” on the program, notes that the agency will respond in more depth at a July 8 D.C. Council hearing. The publication of the audit was timed to give information to the council and public in advance of that public hearing, according to the release. The news release notes that the audit itself is an effort to comply with the same 2006 School Modernization Financing Act that launched the District’s massive renovation efforts in recent years. “I regret we have not fully done our part to promote sound oversight of school modernization spending,” D.C. auditor Kathy Patterson, who joined the office about six months ago, says in the release. She noted that her office recently “has ramped up our review of school modernization,” including a review of the cost escalations for the renovation of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. The full audit will be available today on the Office of the D.C. Auditor’s website, dcauditor.org.

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The commission will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. (The early start time is due to a long agenda.) Agenda items include: ■ remarks by Ward 1 D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau. ■ possible appointment of a replacement member for commissioner Alan Gambrell on the Public Services and the Environment Committee. ■ vote on design options for modernization of Marie Reed Elementary School. ■ consideration of whether to join neighbors’ appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment if the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs grants a parking credit in connection with the development of a row house at 1828 Ontario Road. ■ consideration of the Planning, Zoning, and Transportation Committee’s recommendation to oppose revised plans for development at Meridian International, approximately 2350 16th St., which the Historic Preservation Review Board expects to review July 23. ■ consideration of the Planning, Zoning, and Transportation Committee’s recommendation to acknowledge a proposed development at the Henderson House, 2434 16th St., as an overall positive development but to seek certain revisions to better ensure that historic facade is preserved. ■ consideration of Bul’s application to create a sidewalk cafe at 2431 18th St. ■ consideration of the D.C. Department of Transportation’s proposed

regulations regarding signs throughout the city. ■ consideration of a proposal to provide consolidated valet parking service for Adams Morgan restaurants at three locations along 18th Street and Columbia Road. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org. ANC 2A ANCBottom 2A Foggy

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At the commission’s June 10 meeting: ■ a representative from the Dupont Circle Citizens Association announced that a new board was elected for the group. ■ commissioners voted 9-0 to adopt a resolution praising firefighters’ response to the Riggs Place fire where two people died. ■ commissioners voted 7-0 to support a stipulated liquor license for Olivia’s Diner, a new late-night restaurant at 1120 19th St. Due to his position on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, commissioner Mike Silverstein did not participate in the discussion or vote, as with other alcohol licensing matters. ■ commissioners voted 8-0 to support an application for a summer garden for the restaurant Gryphon at 1337 Connecticut Ave. Gryphon is seeking a technical correction from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board: The restaurant has had a

sidewalk cafe permit for years — for outdoor alcohol service in public space — but was notified it actually needed a summer garden permit, applying to outdoor private space. ■ commissioners voted 8-0 to support a DX license for the Keegan Theatre at 1742 Church St., allowing the theater to sell beer and wine during hours of operation except from 2 to 8 a.m. on weekdays, and 3 to 8 a.m. on weekends. ■ commissioners voted 8-0 with one abstention to support allowing the closure of Rock Creek Parkway during the Sept. 13 Nation’s Triathlon from 7 to 11 a.m. ■ commissioners voted 8-0 with one abstention to support a streetscape improvement project for Connecticut Avenue north of Dupont Circle. Commissioner Mark Feldstein, who introduced the resolution, noted that the area north of Dupont Circle is considerably more rundown than the south. He plans to head to the Adams Morgan and Sheridan-Kalorama commissions next to bring them on board with the proposal. ■ commissioners discussed creating a public grants program for their group, based on an idea by Mike Feldstein. While most supported the general concept of a grants program, commissioners agreed more time was needed to flesh out the specifics. Feldstein was tasked with bringing forth a more detailed plan for a future vote. ■ commissioners voted 9-0 to support a zoning special exception for the Phillips Collection art museum, in order to build an enclosure for a replacement heating and cooling system. The project requires an exception from normal roof struc-

ture requirements. ■ commissioners voted 7-0, with one member abstaining, to support a zoning application at 1337 Connecticut Ave. for a 50-room hotel. Commissioners Daniel Warwick and Justine Underhill reported that neighbors they reached out to had no objections to a special exception from roof structure setback requirements. ■ commissioners voted 8-0 to support unenclosed sidewalk cafes for Panera Bread at 1750 H St. and Claudia’s Steakhouse at 1501 K St. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net. ANC 2D ANC 2D Sheridan-Kalorama

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The commission will hold its next regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact davidanc2d01@aol.com. ANC 2E ANC 2E Georgetown ■ Georgetown / cloisters Cloisters burleith / hillandale The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, call 202-724-7098 or visit anc2e.com. ANC 2F ANCCircle 2F Logan

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, in the Howland Center at the National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. Agenda items include: ■ announcements. ■ remarks from Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans. ■ police report. ■ discussion of D.C. Department of Transportation sidewalk improvement projects on 14th Street and Rhode Island Avenue. ■ update from the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority on flooding along the 900 block of P Street. ■ report from the mayor’s office. ■ consideration of Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration Committee matters: withdrawal of a protest of the new Class C nightclub license for Soundcheck, 1420 K St.; protest of a Class CR license for El Sol Restaurant & Tequileria, 1227 11th St.; and a new Class CT license request for In Stereo LLC, 1410 14th St. ■ consideration of Community Development Committee matters: concept, design and massing for 1126 9th St. in connection with Historic Preservation Review Board review; public space application for a sidewalk cafe at Table

restaurant, 903 N St.; and public space application for a sidewalk cafe at Espita Mazcaleria, 1250 9th St. ■ reports from the Crime and Public Safety Committee and the Education Committee. ■ consideration of a grant request from the Friends of Carter Barron Foundation. For details, call 202-667-0052 or visit anc2f.org. ANC 3B ANCPark 3B Glover ■ Glover Park / Cathedral heights The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 9, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. For details, email info@anc3b. org or visit anc3b.org. ANC 3C ANC 3C Cleveland Park ■ cleveland park / woodley Park Woodley Park massachusetts avenue heights Massachusetts Avenue Heights Cathedral Heights The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 20, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3c.org. ANC 3D ANCValley 3D Spring ■ spring valley / wesley heights Wesley Heights palisades / kent / foxhall The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, at the Sibley Memorial Hospital Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. For details, call 202-957-1999 or visit anc3d.org. ANC 3E ANC 3E Tenleytown ■ american university park American University Park friendship heights / tenleytown The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9, in Room 603 at the American University Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Agenda items include: ■ announcements/open forum. ■ police report. ■ update by Georgetown Day School on building architecture and traffic management associated with its proposed construction of a middle and lower school and a mixeduse project in Tenleytown. ■ discussion of and possible vote on a resolution opposing Pepco’s installation of pad-mounted transformers on the public space portion of residents’ yards. ■ presentation regarding the availability of funding to launch a Main Streets program in Tenleytown and the work of business and advisory neighborhood commission representatives to establish a Tenleytown Main Streets nonprofit. ■ discussion of and possible vote on three resolutions regarding pedestrian safety on Wisconsin Avenue. For details, visit anc3e.org.

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A need for accountability

The Office of the D.C. Auditor has issued a scathing condemnation of D.C. Public Schools’ modernization program, saying it “lacks accountability, transparency and basic financial management.” And that’s just the title. The auditor assessed school renovation projects from 2010 to 2013, finding problems throughout the effort, from a lacking rationale behind which schools are chosen for updates to the negligent way the city manages its projects. The program was so troubled, in fact, that often the auditor’s office struggled to even do its job: “It has proven difficult, if not impossible, to determine how, when, why and by whom schools are selected for modernization,” states the audit. Later it says that in some cases, the agency’s internal “control environment was so deficient that [the auditor] could not perform … a basic program evaluation.” Perhaps most troubling is that the city government may have spent far more than necessary on the work completed so far. A summary of the report’s findings notes that the agencies involved “failed to provide basic financial management, creating the risk that the District has not obtained maximum value for taxpayer dollars and the potential for the misuse of taxpayer funds.” The office is also conducting audits of recent and ongoing specific projects, such as Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where the estimated cost of a major modernization has ballooned from $71 million three years ago to nearly $178.5 million today. A report on Ellington’s project is expected this fall. The Department of General Services recently attributed the higher price tag at Ellington to its educational program needs, an increase in square footage, construction market conditions and historic preservation requirements. But the agency also claimed, in a response via Twitter to The Current’s article last week on the Ellington project, that it has never “missed a deadline or gone over-budget.” That statement seems to lean on an terribly loose definition of “budget”; it’s certainly far easier to stick to one if it can change constantly. But whatever way you phrase it — cost overrun or response to budget pressures — these constantly shifting numbers are clearly atrocious planning. Obviously, we’d prefer estimates that come closer to the mark from the start. Schools activist Matt Frumin says the initial number for Ellington was way off: “Everybody I’ve heard from said the original cost projections didn’t make sense,” he said. “There was always an expectation that costs would go up.” We can understand tweaks to a budget along the way, but an increase of more than 150 percent? There are serious impacts, too: When the cost of one modernization goes up, others lose money or have to be delayed. Perhaps $178 million is warranted to rebuild Ellington, whose arts program is considered a jewel of the system, but the community should have been able to weigh in on that question at the start. The D.C. Council will hold a hearing July 8 on school modernization projects and the auditor’s findings. We hope and expect that our legislators will demand changes to this absurd system of fiscal mismanagement.

Confederate controversy

Dean Gary Hall of the Washington National Cathedral is wisely urging the Cathedral’s governing bodies to remove two stained-glass windows honoring the lives and legacies of Confederate Gens. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and Robert E. Lee, each of which includes an image of the Confederate battle flag. In a statement about his position, Dean Hall says that he does not fault the Cathedral administrators who in 1953 installed the windows: Our nation, though united, was still emotionally divided almost 100 years after the war. Back then, he argues, it was appropriate to recognize the two outstanding Confederate generals in order to depict our history in a manner to promote “healing and reconciliation” between the North and the South. We agree with his point, though we wish the commemorative windows had not included the flags, as they were offensive to many Americans even then, and battle flags are generally out of place in a church. Gen. Lee did not believe in slavery and took steps to ensure that those who belonged to his late father-in-law were freed, but he nevertheless led armies of slave owners. We agree with Dean Hall that celebrating him and Gen. Jackson does not promote healing or reconciliation today — rightful goals for an religious organization that uses the name “National Cathedral.” We also agree with Dean Hall that we “cannot in good conscience justify the presence of the Confederate battle flag in the iconography of the nation’s most visible faith community.” We trust the Cathedral’s governing bodies will follow Dean Hall’s advice.

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he District of Columbia is changing — as the cliche goes — right before our eyes. Look in most any direction to see massive redevelopment. Look and listen a little closer. Among the clanging cacophony you’ll also hear the cries of the poor and lower middle class. They are losing their homes and the hopes of ever finding other ones in the nation’s capital. “Weekly we lose some,” at-large D.C. Council member Anita Bonds told us over the weekend. “We have about 40 [subsidized] properties that are losing their affordability” around the city, she said, amounting to a housing crisis struggling to be heard. “If we are serious about housing affordability, and we should be, then some our resources must go toward saving these units,” she said. Last week, dozens of low-income tenants gathered near the convention center at 401 K St., a sprawling relic of about 300 subsidized apartments. Chinese immigrants make up about 60 percent of the renters, according to Washington Post reporter Perry Stein. They are trying to save their apartment homes in the fast-changing neighborhood. The property has been the focus of tenant and landlord legal battles since 2014 when Bush Cos. announced plans to end federal subsidies and redevelop the property into luxury rentals and condos at profitable market rates. Under the District’s landlord-tenant laws, the tenants have what’s called the first right of refusal to band together and buy the property. But Bush set the asking price at $250 million. A court ruled that too high, but the matter remains in litigation and the tenants’ future in doubt even if the price is lowered. Council member Bonds, who has focused on lowincome housing, said the remaining tenants still will get individual rent subsidies if they’re forced to move, but finding suitable housing will be tough. The federal subsidy runs out at Museum Square in October as the owners move to exit the federal housing Section 8 program and tear down the structure. “We have nowhere to go,” said Vera Watson, who has lived in the building for 33 years. She told The Post, “Even if we get a voucher to move somewhere else, the voucher will not help us in D.C.” Another activist tenant, Jenny Tang, told The Post, “I want my children to be part of this community.” Tang, 44, is a native of China. She has lived at Museum Square for five years with her two daughters. Sam Jewler, a community organizer with Jews United for Justice, told us, “Development doesn’t have to mean displacement.” He said the developer is determined “to push the long-term community out and bring higher-paying residents into Museum Square. We need our elected officials to show some real leadership and find a solution that maintains this vital part of the cultural

and social fabric of D.C.” Jewler said the city “has the resources and power to do it.” Bonds told us the city since 2008 has had a law on the books that would allow the government itself to step in and buy this type of housing to preserve its affordability. But seven years after the law was passed, she said, the rules and regulations required to implement the law have never been written. ■ Not so fast. There were many cheers — and even jeers — over the U.S. Supreme Court ruling approving samesex marriage as a constitutional right. There has been a common thread among much of the reaction: The ruling came amazingly fast. The end game did come quickly as many courts over the past few years threw out bans on same-sex marriage. But if you ask any gay person, gay activist or any person of goodwill, the fight was not fast. Here in the District, the city was the sixth jurisdiction in the nation to legalize marriage equality. It passed the D.C. Council 11-2 and became legal in March 2010 after the required congressional review period ended. The law in 2009 was proposed by then-at-large Council member David Catania, the first openly gay member of the council. But kind of lost in the celebration was that marriage equality in the District was first proposed back in 1975 — nearly 35 years earlier. Arrington Dixon, still active in city issues today, was a member of the earliest elected D.C. Council. In proposing reforms and no-fault divorces, Dixon had included a provision to allow same-sex marriages. As he told the Notebook this week, he was shouted down by city clergy and others. Philip Pannell, then an activist as he is today, testified on behalf of the Dixon law during a 1975 hearing on the bill. But Dixon’s proposal went nowhere. “At its heart, a city is its people,” Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance leader Rick Rosendall said in 2010 when marriage quality finally had passed in the District. The alliance was honoring activists for its 39th anniversary. “The people of Washington, by consistently electing a strongly pro-gay legislature, have given our nation its first majority-black jurisdiction to enact civil marriage equality,” he said then. ■ A final word. There was sad news of the death this week of Ron Linton. He was the feisty chairman of the D.C. Taxicab Commission from 2011 until this past January. Appointed by Mayor Vincent Gray, he helped lead (drag?) the taxi industry into the 21st century with credit card machines and a uniform color scheme that now lets local and out-of-town visitors all know what a cab looks like here. Ron Linton was a good man with a hearty laugh and a big love for our city. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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Letters to the Editor Nostalgia for flag still rooted in evil

Tom Sherwood needs to think more carefully about his conversation with Mr. Joe Whitney [Tom Sherwood’s Notebook, June 24]. I myself grew up in Georgia and have numerous Confederate ancestors who fought in the Civil War. However, there is no honest way to ignore what they fought for in that war. Their intent was to defend and maintain chattel slavery. This is clear from reading the

various declarations of the state legislatures as they left the Union. I took a quick look again at those of Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida as a sample. All present the threat to slavery as their reason for departing the Union. War is not a game. It is an instrument of policy and fought for a purpose. In this case the purpose could not be plainer. And, please, spare me the states’ rights arguments. They were a case of clever postbellum misdirection orchestrated by Southern apologists who did not relish the job of continually having to say to the world, “Why, yes, in fact, we did

fight a ruinous war to continue slavery as an institution when every other advanced country on Earth had abandoned it.” No amount of gathering around smoky campfires in re-created uniforms and singing “Lorena” or “Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground” can disguise the fact that, if the South had won, these young men Mr. Whitney gets so worked up over would have ensured the extension of slavery who knows how many years into the future. Sincere convictions, which I agree they possessed, do not redeem evil goals. Jim Steed Dupont Circle

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n trumpeting a Current correction to a story about the spiraling out-of-control expense of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts modernization project, the D.C. Department of General Services claimed on Twitter: “We’ve never missed a deadline or gone overbudget.� Who are they kidding — themselves or D.C. taxpayers? The published capital plan accompanying the fiscal year 2014 budget put the cost of the Ellington project at $81.5 million, with construction to be completed by the end of August 2015. The capital plan accompanying the fiscal year 2016 budget now puts the cost at a whopping $170 million, with construction to be complete at the end of August 2016, and recent reports suggest the students will not return to the school until August 2017. Talk about busting the budget! Perhaps the theory is that because the budget has been increased and the completion date put off, the Department of General Services has not gone over budget or missed a deadline. Fortunately, newly installed D.C. auditor Kathy Patterson is now focused on the management (or lack thereof) of school modernizations generally and the Ellington project specifically. When completed, Ellington will be stunning — but also a stark monument to poor planning. The General Services Department is plunging into a mind-bogglingly expensive modernization — with apparently no cap on costs — of a school in a suboptimal location, as other very worthy schools get pushed

Letters to the Editor Historic designation doesn’t harm values

Kudos to Elizabeth Wiener for her article on the threat to Northwest Washington’s residential heritage of the 1920s [“Luxury home ‘teardowns’ spur landmark fights,� June 10]. The years between World War I and the Depression were boom years characterized in residential architecture by imaginative houses in revivalist modes constructed in superior materials by skilled craftsmen. It is virtually impossible today to replicate the masterpieces that resulted from those dozen years of optimism. How sad that the desire for McMansions — as well as the lack of imagination for adapting existing houses to contemporary needs and desires — has resulted in the threat to viable residences. But what is particularly troubling is that the real estate agent for one of the houses said he had to take the listing down pending the city’s decision on the landmark designation. That simply isn’t true! What he does need to do is remove the words “or build your dream house� from his ad. That possibility is still to be determined. And he does need to advise any potential

further back and even out of the queue for modernization. Benjamin Banneker — an academic flagship magnet high school serving a similar number of students as Ellington — has had its modernization postponed in essence indefinitely owing in no small part to the expense of Ellington’s modernization; other very needy, worthy schools have seen their modernizations delayed as well. If the Ellington building had been converted back to be a traditional neighborhood high school, the city could have created another high-performing school that would have directly eased the overcrowding at Wilson High School — a still-unresolved problem. Ellington could have been moved to a dynamic, more conveniently located site. It is not too late to stop this runaway train. As one possibility, the city could co-locate Ellington in the soon-to-be-completely-modernized (and also beautiful) Roosevelt High School, located just blocks from the Petworth Metro. Indeed, if officials did that, the city could plan for the modernization of the adjacent MacFarland Middle School in ways that create a truly exciting campus, supercharging efforts to strengthen the feeder system in Ward 4, where currently many families seek charter and private school alternatives to D.C. Public Schools. Thanks to Kathy Patterson’s work, we may get to the bottom of what has happened with this project, but only as it moves deeper past the point of no return and at costs that are a disservice to the many other families of D.C. that also deserve modernized school facilities. That should not happen — the city can provide a firstclass facility to Ellington students in a way that does not disadvantage so many others. Terry Lynch is a Mount Pleasant resident and a D.C. education activist.

purchasers that there is a pending landmark nomination. But to allow his clients to lose time is doing them a disservice. Furthermore, the real estate agent asserts that “landmark designation could drastically lower its value.� This, also, simply isn’t true! Such action only serves to make the owners angry at what may appear to them to be a sabotage of their efforts to sell the house. How unfortunate that the real estate agent has chosen not to: 1) educate himself on the preservation process (the DC Preservation League offers such classes to real estate agents); 2) help his clients to understand that process; 3) inform his clients that listing the house as a potential landmark might actually attract potential buyers; 4) inform his clients of the added value of a landmarked house. To best serve his clients, he should immediately put the house back on the market. The number of people who seek houses with landmark protection are legion. Thousands of D.C. residents have sought historic designation for their neighborhoods or houses, or bought homes in areas with historic protection or individually designated houses. Among them are the residents of Capitol Hill, Cleveland Park, Dupont Circle, Foxhall Village, Georgetown, Mount Pleasant, Shaw, Sheridan-Kalorama, Strivers’ Section and Takoma Park. The

strong real estate values in all of these neighborhoods prove that rather than decreasing the value of a property, historic designation actually ensures its stability and, in most cases, appreciation. Sally Lichtenstein Berk Architectural history and preservation specialist

Leaf blowers aren’t the only answer

Loud, obnoxious, noise-polluting leaf blowers are most definitely not an integral part of keeping our city safe and clean [“Don’t ignore value of leaf blowers,� Letters to the Editor, June 3]. Rakes, brooms and low-noise leaf blowers can do the job just as well. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve had to suffer through the high-octane, high-pitched squeal of leaf blowers as the building across the street from me employs leaf blowers to mostly blow air and dust off the sidewalk and into the street. Sidewalks were “safe and clean� before the noise pollution of leaf blowers, and we can keep the city “safe and clean� without them. At a bare minimum, use of the low-noise version should be mandated. A “low hum�? Which leaf blowers are you hearing? It’s a highpitched scream. Google it. Joey Spatafora Van Ness

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measures cutting personal income taxes for low- and middle-income residents. This week Mayor Muriel Bowser and six council members urged further delay to February “to allow more public discussion,” in the words of one member, and to see whether the funds should be used for more pressing social needs. “The most progressive things have already been done,” said atlarge member Elissa Silverman. “New members have not been part of the discussion. We should be able to have a hearing” on revenue estimates and needs. But others, including Chairman Phil Mendelson, said he’s confident that revenue estimates due this week and in September will provide ample funds to implement the tax cuts now. “We can provide tax relief to our residents in 2015,” he said. “If we delay the tax relief, we gain nothing,” since money would simply be added to the city’s reserves. And the delay would have realworld implications, others said. “This was pretty much decided in 2013,” said at-large member

David Grosso. “It’s just a fact of fairness, for 40,000 small businesses. If we wait till February, they won’t get tax relief, and for them $9,000, $10,000, $12,000 in savings is a big deal.” Last-minute maneuvering to change the implementation date —

❝It’s disheartening that the process is so untransparent.❞ — Council member LaRuby May emerging during Tuesday’s second vote on a massive Budget Support Act — clearly added to the tension. “It’s disheartening that the process is so untransparent,” said Ward 8’s newly elected member, LaRuby May. “It’s very difficult to support lumping these ninth-hour changes” into the complex Budget Support Act. But Ward 3 member Mary Cheh said the objections were disingenuous. “Opponents say, ‘We’re in favor of the tax package,’ but listen to their arguments: ‘We have needs;

we need time to talk about them.’ We’ll always have needs. We’ll always want more time to talk about them. This is about not implementing these cuts,” Cheh said. The cuts in personal income tax rates, when fully implemented, will cut the effective tax rate for those earning $25,000 to $50,000 a year from 2.8 percent to 1.8 percent, for example. For those earning $100,000 to $200,000, the rate would drop from 5.2 percent to 4.7 percent. For the highest earners, those taking in more than $1 million a year, the effective tax rate would actually rise from 5.9 percent to 6.2 percent, according to statistics provided by the council. New revenue estimates released late Tuesday appear to back Mendelson’s position. They show revenue growing by $17 million over a February forecast for 2015, the current fiscal year; by $38 million in fiscal 2016; and by $43 million through fiscal 2019. Chief financial officer Jeffrey DeWitt attributed more than half of the 2015 forecast to a “one-time windfall from capital gains taxes” as the stock market recovered from a multiyear recession.

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wanted to be sure officials maintain the park’s current ample seating and tree-shaded areas. Schmidt said the new designs preserve seven large heritage trees; Stanley also said the District requires planting a new tree if one is removed, though not necessarily in the same spot. Another issue for some neighbors is that the demolition of the current community building will leave no bathrooms for those using the adjacent baseball field during construction. That field, which is not part of the renovation project, is used primarily by Little League baseball

groups. While many at the meeting said they want porta-potties on site during construction, Stanley said the Department of Parks and Recreation does not want to spend money on renting them — and cleaning up after — due to a strict budget. She said the parks agency told her they’re “not going to take a dime from this project for porta-potties.” Stanley added that the community or the private baseball leagues that use the field could raise money to pay for porta-potties. She also pointed out that many fields and centers in the city don’t have bathrooms.

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on the aesthetics of the proposal. In addition to that board’s review of the project’s consistency with the Georgetown Historic District, the Zoning Commission will need to designate a zone category for a portion of the property that currently has none. Part of the site is governed by restrictions found on the north side of M Street, including a 50-foot height limit, but EastBanc is hoping

all of a sudden we’re losing some of our authenticity. I’m OK with a modern building here. This is almost pedestrian-like — it’s OK, I guess.” EastBanc officials noted that the property is deceptively small, just 7,400 square feet, between two areas of National Park Service land. The site held a small church until 1951; it was demolished just before Georgetown’s strict preservation rules went into effect, according to EastBanc. “I sympathize very much with your comments — we struggled a lot with the buildRendering courtesy of EastBanc ing,” the company’s Anthony The idea of a new use for the prominent parcel was Lanier told praised, but the design is drawing concern from the commissioners. Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission. “It’s a building that grows on you over time. I like it to instead match the 60-foot limit better today than I liked it at my first found at the Four Seasons site and impression. It’s a very difficult nearby properties to the south. Motbuilding to understand, and it’s a tershead said this wouldn’t increase the number of stories but would very difficult site to build on.” EastBanc’s Mary Mottershead allow for higher ceilings, especially added that the design, with lots of at the restaurant. brick and deep windows, avoids the EastBanc will also need relief pitfalls of many new residential from parking requirements. Mottersbuildings, in which passersby can head said zoning rules call for three easily see into the units. “Their parking spaces on the property, and vision for the site has been not to the company would rather use its make a big glass box that lights itself limited land area for 40 to 50 outup, but sort of a quiet building,” she door seats for the restaurant and for a service driveway connecting M said. Victoria Rixey of the Citizens and Pennsylvania. She said the new Association of Georgetown asked tenants either would not have cars or EastBanc to make the proposed could lease spaces at commercial garages nearby. design “a little friendlier.” “We feel that this building speaks In an interview after the meetto the architecture of the West End,” ing, Mottershead said EastBanc she said. “This is sort of a ’60s style hopes to break ground on the projwhere you have the concrete slabs ect in 12 to 18 months, with timing with the brick infill, and we feel it dependent upon regulatory approvbelongs better in that neighbor- als. She said the firm doesn’t have a particular restaurant tenant in mind hood.” The neighborhood commission nor does it have a cost estimate for voted to support the plans to raze the the project. gas station and construct a new According to property records, building, and asked the Old George- EastBanc purchased the site for $4 town Board to use its own judgment million in March.

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Public Hearing on Nightlife Apply for An Arts Grant in DC Regulation Amendment Act of 2015 Thursday July 9th, 10am Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW

Are you concerned about noise — especially music — generated by local restaurants, bars, and clubs? DC Councilman Vincent Orange has proposed new legislation to bring ABC establishments into compliance with the DC Noise Act. You can voice your concerns two ways: (1) contact Councilman Jack Evans and urge him to support the new law, and (2) testify at a hearing either by speaking or by submitting testimony in writing. Contact Faye Caldwell at (202) 727 6683 Or fcaldwell@dccouncil.us and provide your name, address, telephone number, email address, and organizational affiliation by close of business Monday, July 6. For more information, talking points about the law, etc., visit http://dcnightlifenoise.com.

DC City Services Over July 4 th Weekend The DC Department of Public Works will follow its normal trash and recycling collections schedule on Friday, July 3 . Residents whose trash and recycling are collected on Friday, should have their trash and recycling containers out for collection no later than 6:00 am, Friday, July 3, and return the containers to their private property by 8:30 pm Friday. Other DPW sanitation services to be affected during the holiday weekend: The Ft. Totten Transfer Station* will be closed to residents on Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4. Fort Totten will reopen on Monday, July 6 between 1 pm and 5 pm. Household hazardous waste/e-cycling drop-off will be available Thursday, July 2, 1 pm to 5 pm and Saturday, July 11, 8 am to 3 pm. Due to the holiday on the first Saturday, the next monthly personal document shredding event will be Saturday, July 11, 8 am to 3 pm. HHW and e-cycling also will be accepted July 11, 8 am to 3 pm. DPW will enforce parking restrictions Friday, July 3 through Sunday, July 5 in the Nationals Park area. Parking restrictions also will be enforced Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4 along Constitution Avenue, from 7th to 17th Street, NW in support of the annual parade. Emergency No Parking signs will be enforced.

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) offers several gr ant funding programs for individuals and nonprofit organizations located in the District of Columbia. To find these opportunities and learn how to apply go to DCCAH’s online grant portal , which can be found at http://dcarts.dc.gov/page/getting-started. All applications must be submitted online by 4:00pm of the deadline date. Incomplete or late applications, or applications which do not follow the instructions, will be ineligible for review and funding. The FY2016 grant period is from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016.

Sign-Awning Grant

Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets offers up to $1500 grant money for a new sign or awning around Dupont Circle. Commercial business owners who wish to improve their commercial signs within the HDCMS boundary are eligible a grant. HDCMS will reimburse selected participants up to $1500 for the cost of a sign or awning. Grants provided under this program are to be used for materials and labor, and are available until the fund is exhausted. Contact info@dupontcircle.biz for an application.

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Want to Make Dupont’s Gardens Beautiful? There are many seasonal opportunities to DC DMV has added two more online services to its garden in our Dupont community.

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website. Apply for a disability placard online and track the mailing status of a driver license or ID card.

Residents can apply online for a disability placard at http://formsmarts.com/form/1k44. To be eligible: * Disabled visitor; * Resident with a short-term disability certified by a physician; * Resident with a disability tag, or * Resident with one or more disabilities listed on the back of the disability placard application. Once approved, the placard and wallet certificate arrive in the mail in approximatel y 7 to 10 business days. Owners are required to carry the wallet certificate at all times, while using the disability placard. Additionally, To track the mailing status of their driver license or ID online http://dmv.dc.gov/page/driver-licenseid-cardmailing-status. DC DMV has more than 40 online services, enabling customers to "skip the in-person trip" and complete their DC DMV transaction on their schedule.

Block Party Permits Online

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DUPONT CIRCLE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

DCCA’s Environment Committee cleans up, plants and waters many Dupont venues including tree boxes throughout Dupont. If gardening and other hard labor interests you’re your help would be welcome. Robin Diener robinsdiener@gmail.com

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES

FREE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FESTIVAL @KENILWORTH AQUATIC Saturday July 11, 10am-4pm 1550 Anacostia Ave NE, DC 20019 Celebrating Africa's Cultural and Natural Beauty KAG Lotus and Water Lily Festival Kenilworth Aquatic Garden, National Park Site Free Parking and Free Shuttle from Minnesota Ave Metro 4th Annual African and Environmental Festval showcases various African regions through cultural and environmental activities in one the DC's best National Parks. -Free Face-painting -See lotus and water lilies in full bloom in the gardens - Arts and Crafts for children -Wildlife presentations -Cultural Food Demonstrations and Free Tastings -African Fashion Show -Cultural dance and music from Coyaba African Dance Theatre -Kids storytelling by African Griots http:/africanlotuswaterlilyfest2015.eventbrite.com

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Northwest Real Estate SIGNAGE: Electronic advertising draws concerns From Page 2

couple of months to oppose the regulations, including Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park/Woodley Park, and Sheridan-Kalorama. “The regulations should keep us more in line with what we have today, which is relatively uncommercialized,� Chevy Chase commissioner Chris Fromboluti said before his group’s unanimous vote June 8. The Georgetown neighborhood commission unanimously supported the regulations on Monday due to a specific section pertaining to signage in the area’s federal historic district, which reflects the commission’s earlier recommendation. But even in other areas, Transportation Department officials say the impact of the changes should be less drastic than some residents believe. A 40-square-foot variablemessage sign is essentially the type of advertising used in many Metrobus shelters, where they said it has drawn no objections. “I think some of the language that we’re looking at is written in a slightly alarmist way — I think the word ‘flashing’ is a little misleading because it sounds like the screen is pulsing,� the department’s Sam Zimbabwe said, referring to the Committee of 100’s letter to neighborhood commissions. Rather, the screens show “something that’s static that looks like a photo; it then changes to a new advertisement.� Furthermore, officials said, the new regulations would control the amount of light such signs could emit, and permits would require

periodic re-inspections of the signs to ensure continued compliance. “The proposed regulations achieve a reasonable balance between the needs of commercial businesses to identify their businesses, and other public concerns,� according to an email to The Current crafted by the city’s signage working group. The Committee of 100, meanwhile, wants a prohibition on any

â??It’s very difficult once you have these signs up to ever get them back down.â?ž — Meg Maguire new signs on buildings — electronic or otherwise — advertising something not sold at that building, which the group feels should be defined as a billboard. (The regulations define billboards only as stand-alone advertising structures, of which there are few in D.C.) Maguire said other cities across the country have realized only too late that advertising has badly hurt the aesthetics of their neighborhoods. “It’s very difficult once you have these signs up to ever get them back down,â€? she said. Regarding the Designated Entertainment Areas, the Committee of 100 was concerned with the amount of authority given to the mayor. A revised proposal mandates that the mayor consult with key agencies and advisory neighborhood commissions, but opponents said that’s not

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enough protection. “Essentially the mayor would have unilateral authority,� Nancy MacWood, a Cleveland Park neighborhood commissioner who also chairs the Committee of 100, said at the commission’s June 15 meeting. “The statement that a mayor would at their sole discretion do this, I think that’s true,� Zimbabwe responded in the interview, “but I think mayors are elected by the people of the District and most mayors are going to be sensitive to that.� The Transportation Department envisions the Southwest Waterfront and the area around Nationals Park as possible Designated Entertainment Zones, and officials say the new procedure provides more transparency and clarity. Current large video screens have been subject to case-by-case D.C. Council approval. In its email to The Current, the signage working group said some Committee of 100 concerns are simply not reflected in the current proposed regulations. For instance, they said, the variable-message signs would not be allowed on rooftops, and large building-covering “special signs� would still be confined to existing locations and, subject to various restrictions, Designated Entertainment Areas. Officials encouraged residents to share specific concerns and suggestions on the proposal, with feedback due by July 13. Visit tinyurl.com/ ddot-sign to view the regulations and submit a comment. The Committee of 100’s “call to action� is available at tinyurl.com/100-billboard.

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PLAQUES: Removal upsets many From Page 1

ties is the majority owner of Vaughan Place, the largely rental portion of McLean Gardens that includes a 10-story mid-rise, garden apartments and town houses clustered along Wisconsin Avenue. Last fall, the company applied for a permit to post “Vaughan Place� signs along streets around its part of the complex, and also hoped to put the name next to McLean Gardens on the Porter Street wall. After some negotiation, Roller and Vaughan Place agreed on the terms of the permit application, provided that Vaughan Place preserve the wall as it was with no additional signage and support an application for historic designation. But Capital Properties failed to approve that agreement by the deadline. As a follow-up, the neighborhood commission passed a resolution in February asking Roller and Capital Properties to continue negotiations until they could reach an agreement. Though Roller had heard positive feedback from Vaughan Place about the progress of the agreement as early as three weeks ago, on Thursday evening he received an email saying the plaques would be taken down the following morning. Indeed, by 7:30 a.m. Friday, they were gone. “Frankly I think it’s just a really bad all-or-nothing tactic. It might not even be a negotiating tactic,� Roller said. “It just might be straight-up revenge for not getting their application approved in February.� In an interview with The Current, Capital Properties regional manager Vivian Smith said the company’s motivation was not so complicated. “We want the wall to be attractive,� Smith said. “We think it looks better without the plaque.� The wall was built in 1917, part of the Friendship estate constructed in 1898. During World War II, government workers occupied housing on the land at McLean Gardens, named after influential D.C. developer and newspaper owner John McLean. The plaques arrived to accompany the wall sometime during the 1970s, according to Elaine English, a McLean Gardens resident and chair of the informal coalition Citizens Concerned About Preservation. That organization was formed ad hoc in response to the negotiations with Vaughan Place over the plaques and other aesthetic elements of the community. English circulated a petition expressing reservations about proposed changes to the wall last February. More than 700 residents signed it. Many of them have already expressed frustration at Friday’s news, English said. “I think the abruptness of it is outrageous,� English said. “I think it’s a slap in the face or an affront to all of the residents of McLean Gar-

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Residents had hoped for historic protections for the 1917 wall.

dens.� McLean Gardens resident Tim Brockett said he’s confused by the decision to remove the plaques. “I don’t know why they’re doing this. It doesn’t make sense,� Brockett said. People outside the community “know McLean Garden as a destination; they don’t know Vaughan Place as a rental property. I’m just bewildered by the action.� Kathy Silva, president of the McLean Gardens Condominium Association, was also stunned by the news. She returned from a trip to Prague on Thursday night and almost immediately heard that the plaques would be removed. “We were absolutely shocked to find that all of this had happened without notification to us at all,� Silva said. The association agreed at a Monday meeting to send a letter to Capital Properties, and the group is weighing options for finding new ways to identify McLean Gardens at the community’s entrance. The plaques have not been destroyed or damaged, according to Vaughan Place spokesperson Ipek Saydam. The property owner has them in storage, but Saydam said it’s unclear whether they will be restored. Capital Properties has no current plans to restore the plaques, despite the community’s response, according to Smith. Roller said taking further steps will be difficult because the property owner is free to make changes to the wall as a matter of right, since it doesn’t fall in public space. Roller said the community might try picketing as a different kind of response. “To be frank, our options are somewhat limited except to bring people’s attention to this and hope that reason wins out,� Roller said. Another option is for the plaques to be donated to a historical society, English said. But it’s unclear if Vaughan Place will let that happen. Like English, Roller received a flood of emails when the plaques were taken down, and he expects the community’s frustrations to continue. “This should have been a winwin scenario for everyone involved,� Roller said. “Everyone gives a little bit, everyone gets a little bit. There’s really confusion and outrage.�

A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington

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Cottage-themed home gets full makeover

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ing spaces, a brand-new open kitchen, a two-zoned heating/cooling system and many other features. The property is tucked into a corner lot at 3601 35th St., with a spacious yard wrapping around the home. With five bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths, the house is priced at $1,950,000. On its exterior, the cottagethemed home features a bold shade of blue shingles, complemented by white lattice windows of varying sizes. A flagstone path leads to the center-hall main entrance, which is anchored by a period Craftsmanstyle door painted with a pop of red and covered by a gabled portico. Two al fresco spots bookend the home — a brand-new deck from the recent renovation on one side and an existing covered porch on the other, overlooking the corner of Porter and 35th streets. Through the entrance are the vestibule, a staircase with a powder room beneath it, and a foyer split-

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This newly renovated 1912 Cleveland Park home with five bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths is priced at $1,950,000. ting the two main areas of the first floor. Refinished hardwood floors run throughout this level. To the north, the expanded living room is soaked in natural light thanks in part to multiple Pella windows overlooking the deck. A glass door with sidelights here also offers side access outdoors. The area prominently features a large, dark gray fireplace, flanked by half bookcases. On the other side of the foyer, the new kitchen and dining room are part of an open floor plan, with a breakfast bar between them. These areas also get plenty of sun-

light due to their southern exposure. French doors in the dining room open out to the covered porch and backyard. A trio of modern light pendants crowns the center island of the gray-and-white-themed kitchen. High-end stainless appliances, stone countertops, designer basketweave backsplash tiles and soft-close cabinets also enhance its new modern look. The second floor offers four of the five bedrooms. A new master suite receives the same ample sunlight as the first-level living room. Its marble bath features a sturdy

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dark brown double vanity with a basketweave design, a standing shower and subway tiles. The shared bath just outside the suite also has the same decor as the master. Another set of stairs leads up to the attic space, an area brimming with possibilities — it could be a recreation room, a study or another bedroom. Three floors down is the finished basement, which includes the fifth bedroom, another bathroom and

plenty of storage space. This lower level can be accessed from the rear of the kitchen, which has another convenient entry out to the side yard. Off 35th Street is a two-car parking pad. Located at 3601 35th St., the listing offers five bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths. It is priced at $1,950,000. For more information, contact Terri Robinson of Long & Foster Real Estate at 202944-8400 (office), 202-607-7737 (cell) or trrestate@aol.com.

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Wednesday july 1 Children’s programs ■ The fifth World Children’s Festival, a three-day quadrennial event hosted by the International Child Art Foundation, will feature workshops, activities and multicultural performances focusing on health, the environment, creativity, imagination, peace and leadership. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission. The Ellipse, Constitution Avenue between 15th and 17th streets NW. worldchildrensfestival.org. The festival will continue Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ■ Magician Joe Romano will use the art of magic and illusion to bring to life the characters in comic books, graphic novels and other stories about heroes (for ages 5 through 10). 3 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-7248707. Classes and workshops ■ Knowledge Commons DC will present a class led by Brandon Dube on how to create social innovation hubs. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. cove K St, 1990 K St. NW. knowledgecommonsdc. org. ■ Lorraine Ressegger-Slone of the dog & pony dc theater group will lead a “Stage Combat for the Improviser” workshop. 7 to 9:30 p.m. $15. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. chaw.org. ■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a weekly class on meditation. 7 to 8:30 p.m. $6 to $12. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202430-6540. Concerts ■ The ensemble Tutuma will present Afro-Peruvian music as part of the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. ■ The Rockin’ the Block Concert Series will feature the multiinstrumental D.C. duo the Sweater Set. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org.

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Events Entertainment ■ The Vinyl Lounge Grateful Jam will feature an opportunity for beginning to intermediate players to join the regulars. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Woodshedders, Herb and Hanson, and Big Hoax will perform. 8 p.m. $10. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ Herb Scott will host a weekly Capitol Hill Jazz Jam. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412. Discussions and lectures ■ The NAACP DC Branch will host a roundtable discussion on the resources available to promote the financial capability and stability of low-income black residents in the District as part of the group’s “Strengthen the Black Dollar” campaign to support black-owned businesses. 6 p.m. Free. NAACP Financial Freedom Center, 1816 12th St. NW. naacpdc.org. ■ Pamela Newkirk, a professor at New York University’s Carter Journalism Institute, will discuss her book “Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga.” 6:30 p.m. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ Jessica Fechtor will discuss her book “Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■ Marcus Jones, history professor at the U.S. Naval Academy and consultant at the Institute for Defense Analyses, will discuss “The Battle of Guadalcanal.” Afterward, educator Al Gaspar will present a miniature war-game battlefield created to depict the event. 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Neely Tucker will discuss his book “Murder, D.C.: A Sully Carter Novel.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Anthony Gualtieri, historian and former curator at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, will discuss “Neighborhood Heroes: The Homestead Grays and a Changing Washington.” 7 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100. Festival ■ The Smithsonian Institution’s 49th annual Folklife Festival will focus on “Perú: Pachamama,” about the South American country’s diversity of ecosystems and cultures. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Free. National Mall between 3rd and 4th streets. 202633-1000. The festival will continue daily through Sunday. Films ■ “Teen Heroes Summer Film Series” will feature the 2014 movie “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” starring Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen. 4:30 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. ■ The NoMa Summer Screen outdoor film series will feature the 1978 movie musical “Grease,” starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. 7 p.m. Free. Storey Park Lot, 1005 1st St. NE.

202-546-8412. ■ The Southern Belles will present a CD release party with performances by Moogatu and Toxic Moxie. 8:30 p.m. $10 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

nomabid.org/noma-summer-screen. ■ The fourth annual Jane Austen Film Festival will open with Ang Lee’s 1995 movie “Sense and Sensibility,” starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. 7:30 p.m. Free. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org. The festival will continue with the 1996 film “Emma” on July 15 and the 2005 film “Pride & Prejudice” on July 29. ■ The Programmer’s Choice series will feature the D.C. premiere of the 2014 film “Jauja,” starring Viggo Mortensen as a man desperately searching for his daughter. 8 p.m. $6.50 to $11.75. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-9666000. Performances ■ The Odisha Society of America will present “Amazing Odisha,” a multi-faceted program of classical Indian dance and music. 7:30 p.m. $50. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Chris “Poetryzchyld” Thomas will host an open mic poetry event. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227. Special events ■ Miss World America will host a “Beachwear Competition” as part of a pageant to select a U.S. representative to December’s 65th annual Miss World event in Sanya, China, from 52 entrants, including 2015 Miss District of Columbia World Shannon Lynch. 7 p.m. $50. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW. missworldamerica.com. Teen program ■ Poet, emcee, producer, lyricist, writer and artist Bomani D. Armah will lead a program on making great independent and socially relevant art. 4 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. Thursday, July 2 Thursday july 2 Children’s programs ■ Cartoonist Paul Merklein will demonstrate how he draws faces and will share some of his drawing techniques. 4 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. ■ Friends of the Cleveland Park Library will present weekly chess instruction for kids of all ages. 5 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. Classes ■ Serve DC will present a CPR, first-aid and automated external defibrillator training session. 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Room A-10, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-7925. The class will also be offered July 11 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ■ A workshop on “Creating Narratives Using Hip Hop, Poetry, and Theatre” will feature tips for aspiring and established writers. 4 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7270321. ■ The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District will present an hourlong “Pilates in the Park” class led by a certified instructor. 5:30 p.m. Free. Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com. Classes will continue each Tuesday and Thursday through Sept. 29. ■ “Sunset Fitness in the Park” will feature a one-hour class presented by Crossfit Key Yoga. 6 p.m. Free;

Wednesday, july 1 ■ Concert: The Harbour Nights summer concert series will feature Justin Trawick and the Common Good. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-295-5007. reservations required. Georgetown Waterfront Park, Potomac and K streets NW. georgetowndc.com/healthydays. ■ VIDA Fitness and the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District will present a weekly outdoor Zumba class. 7 p.m. Free. Boardwalk, The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. vidafitness.com. Classes will continue through Sept. 10. ■ Instructor Camila Karam will lead a weekly Belly Dance and Yoga Class. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15. Dance Institute of Washington, 3400 14th St. NW. 202-371-9656. Concerts ■ The Marine Jazz Combo will present a 30-minute program. Noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Free. Outside the Star-Spangled Banner exhibit, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-433-4011. ■ El Trio de la Estudiantina Municipal de Ayacucho and Tradiciones Carumeñas will perform traditional music from the Ayacucho and Tixani Valley regions of Peru as part of the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ In honor of the day on which the Continental Congress voted for independence, David and Ginger Hildebrand of the Colonial Music Institute will present “Music to Celebrate the 2nd of July,” featuring 18th-century songs with period instruments. 6 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. ■ The Jerusalem Fund and World Class Arts will present a performance by Ramzi Aburedwan and the Dal’Ouna Ensemble. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $20. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. dalouna.brownpapertickets.com. ■ The band Milkweed will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ 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 performance will repeat Friday at 8 and 10 p.m. ■ By & By will perform bluegrass and Americana music. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE.

Discussions and lectures ■ The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will host a discussion of Stewart O’Nan’s novel “Emily, Alone.” Free. Room 220, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ The Mystery Book Group will discuss “Invisible City” by Julia Dahl. 6:30 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176. ■ William S. Cohen will discuss his thriller “Collision.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■ Pamela Newkirk will discuss her book “Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga.” 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. Films ■ The monthly “Family Movie SingAlong” series will feature a Disney musical based on “Bed-Knob and Broomstick” by Mary Norton. 6 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. ■ The Capitol Riverfront’s outdoor movie series will feature the 1996 film “Independence Day,” starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum. Sundown. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org. Performances and readings ■ The First Thursday Evening Poetry Reading series will feature two local poets, followed by an open mic. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202727-0232. ■ The Topaz Hotel Bar’s weekly standup show will feature local comics. 8 to 10 p.m. Free. 1733 N St. NW. 202-393-3000. Special event ■ July’s “Phillips After 5” will feature opportunities to explore the many lenses of photography, test different printing processes, learn about photographic techniques through tours of “American Moments,” and taste classic American barbecue, beer, wine and a Texas punch. 5 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. Tour ■ “Forged in Fire: Cathedral Ironwork” will explore the magic of wrought iron in the Washington National Cathedral — from fantastic creatures to stunning flowers, all unique and made by skilled hands. 1:30 p.m. $16 to $20; reservations suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. The tour will repeat Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 3

Friday july 3 Concerts ■ Speakers of the House will perform old-school funk, boogaloo and rock as part of the “Jazz in the Garden” concert series. 5 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ Los Wembler’s de Iquitos, a familybased musical group from Peru known as innovators of the cumbia amazónica style, See Events/Page 17

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will perform as part of the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■ The Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series will feature the tribute band Almost Journey. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. capitolriverfront. org. ■ Gypsy Sally’s will host “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead,” featuring a live broadcast of the band’s reunion concert at Soldier Field in Chicago. A performance by Beggars Tomb will follow the simulcast. 8 p.m. $15 to $19. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The weekly “Jazz on the Hill” event will feature “Dial 251 for Jazz.” 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412.

Concerts ■ The Washington National Cathedral’s annual Independence Day Organ Recital will feature organists Christopher Betts and Benjamin Straley with the Washington Symphonic Brass and the U.S. Navy’s Sea Chanters ensemble. 11 a.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-5372228. ■ The U.S. Air Force Band’s Ceremonial Brass Quintet will perform 20-minute sets. 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Free. National Air and Space Museum, 600 Independence Ave. SW. 202-767-5658. ■ The Foo Fighters 20th Anniversary Blowout will feature Buddy Guy, Cary Clark Jr., Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, LL Cool J featuring DJ Z-Trip, Trouble Funk, and Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue. Noon. $78. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. bit.ly/foojuly4. ■ The Monterey Jazz High School Honor Band will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■ The U.S. Air Force Band’s Max Impact will perform. 6 to 9:10 p.m. Free. National Sylvan Theater, 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-767-5658. ■ The National Symphony Orchestra will join host Bradley Whitford and performers Barry Manilow, Alabama, Nicole Scherzinger, Hunter Hayes, Meghan Linsey, KC and the Sunshine Band, Lang Lang and Ronan Tynan for the musical extravaganza “A Capitol Fourth 2015.” Gates open at 3 p.m.; concert starts at 8 p.m. Free. West Lawn, U.S. Capitol. 202-467-4600. ■ Gypsy Sally’s will host “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead,” featuring a live broadcast of the reunion concert at Soldier Field in Chicago. 8 p.m. $15 to $19. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The weekly “Ladies of Jazz” performance will feature Tacha Coleman Parr. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412.

Discussions ■ The National Gallery of Art’s daylong “Patriotic Pop-Ups: The American Story Through Art” series will feature docent-led conversations drawing on works of art as primary sources to explore topics in American history and culture such as Manifest Destiny and the birth of the Constitution. 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. Performance ■ Beny Blaq will host the “Live! From Busboys Talent Showcase.” 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Special events ■ Miss World America will host the final round of a pageant to select a U.S. representative to December’s 65th annual Miss World event in Sanya, China, from 52 entrants, including 2015 Miss District of Columbia World Shannon Lynch. 8 p.m. $80. Theater, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. missworldamerica.com. ■ DC Casineros will present a monthly Cuban Dance Social series. 8 p.m. to midnight. $12. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. Sporting event ■ The Washington Nationals will play the San Francisco Giants. 6:05 p.m. $10 to $345. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Saturday at 11:05 a.m. and Sunday at 8:08 p.m. Tour ■ “Gardener’s Focus: Seasonal Designs” will feature a look at plant displays and first-hand stories of practical gardening lessons. 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. $18; $15 for seniors; $10 for college students; $5 for ages 6 through 18. Tickets distributed at the Visitor Center on the day of the tour at 10 a.m. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202686-5807. The tour will repeat July 7 and 10 at 2:30 p.m.

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Demonstration ■ “Food Fridays” will feature chef Curtis Aikens sharing summertime recipes from his native Georgia. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Free. Coulter Performance Plaza, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.

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Film ■ The National Gallery of Art will present the 1984 documentary “The World of Tomorrow,” about the futuristic extravaganza that was the 1939 New York World’s Fair, at 1 p.m.; and the 1979 documentary “America Lost and Found,” about the Depression era, and the 1982 documentary “No Place to Hide,” about civil defense education in the U.S., at 3 p.m. Free. West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution 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 St. NW and proceed to 18th Street, Taylor Street, Argyle Terrace and back to Shepherd. crestwood-dc.org. ■ The 49th annual Palisades Citizens Association Fourth of July parade will include neighborhood children on decorated bicycles, the Washington Scottish Bagpipe Band, Alma Boliviana, the Georgetown-Palisades Lions Club, the Masons, the D.C. Different Drummers marching band, D.C. Fire

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Exhibit spotlights activist “One Life: Dolores Huerta,” highlighting a Latina leader in the U.S. agricultural workers’ movement of the 1960s and ’70s, will open Friday at the National Portrait Gallery and continue through next May. Located at 8th and F streets NW, the gallery is open daily

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from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-633-1000. ■ “A Woman in the Landscape,” featuring works by Spanish watercolorist Ana Sediles, will open tomorrow with a reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at All We Art. The exhibit will continue through July 26. To RSVP for the reception, send an email to contact@allweartstudio.com. Located at 1666 33rd St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. 202-375-9713. ■ “Abbas Kiarostami: Five Dedicated to Ozu,” a single-screen projection by Kiarostami about Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, will open Friday at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and continue through Sept. 13. Located at 1050 Independence Ave. SW, the gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-6331000. ■ Touchstone Gallery will open three shows Friday and continue them through Aug. 2. An opening reception will take place July 10 from 6 to 8:30 p.m., and an “Encore Opening” will take place July 25 from noon to 5 p.m. with “Sol Duc Falls, Olympic an artist talk at 2 p.m. The Peninsula, WA” is part exhibits can be previewed today and tomorrow during of a photo exhibit at regular hours. Touchstone Gallery. “Some Like It Hot” highlights gallery members with diverse works on the theme of heat. “Memoryscapes — Blurry Lines II” continues artist Steve Alderton’s exploration of the line between realism and abstraction in landscapes. “Olympic Peninsula: From Coast to Ancient Forests” presents new photographs by Harvey Kupferberg of Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Located at 901 New York Ave. NW, the gallery is open Department Engine Co. 29, United Horsemen’s Association, clowns, vintage cars and city officials. The parade 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, site of a free post-parade picnic. 202363-7441. ■ The National Independence Day Parade will feature marching bands, floats, balloons and military units. 11:45 a.m. Free. Constitution Avenue between 7th and 17th streets NW. july4thparade.com. Special events ■ The National Archives will celebrate the Fourth of July with an annual dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence, performances by the Fife and Drum Corps and Continental Color Guard, and tours and activities inside the Archives Building. Ceremony from 10 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. ■ Minyan Oneg Shabbat will present “Mindfulness Practice Through a Jewish Lens,” led by Rabbi Mark Novak and Kim Blessing. 10:15 a.m. Free. Geneva Room, Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy

“Dolores Huerta at California demonstrations,” a circa 1970 print by an unidentified photographer on loan from the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University, is part of a National Portrait Gallery exhibit on the Latina leader. Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-347-2787. ■ “Time and Nature,” featuring works made from glued-andsanded paper by Gail Hillow Watkins that resemble time-worn objects from some imagined archaeological dig, will open Monday at the Cabinet Art at Wonder Graphics and continue through Aug. 28. Located at 1000 Vermont Ave. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-898-1700. ■ “Between,” highlighting works by Korean contemporary artist Kim Ji Min that repurpose product labels to explore the psychology of consumerism, opened last week at the Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C., where it will continue through July 20. Located at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW, the center is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. koreaculturedc.org. ■ “Hipster Fascism,” a group show of socially conscious works curated by Graham Boyle, opened recently at the Fridge and will continue through July 12. The artists include ADAPT, Eames Armstrong, Gregg Deal, Ryan Florig, GAIA, LMNOPi, Falon Shackleford, Ashley Shey, Ra Nubi and Shirin Towfiq. In conjunction with the exhibit, an Independence Day “Paint Jam,” barbecue and concert will take place Saturday from 1 to 11 p.m. An artist-and-curator discussion will be held Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m., and a closing reception will take place July 12 from 3 to 6 p.m. Located at 516 1/2 8th St. SE, rear alley, the gallery is open Thursday and Friday from 1 to 7 p.m., Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-6644151.

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Sunday july 5 Classes and workshops ■ Local yoga instructor Lauren Jacobs will present “Sunday Serenity: Yoga in the East Park.” 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. $5 donation suggested. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org. ■ Dumbarton House will host an “English Country Dance” workshop. 1 to 2:45 p.m. $5. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. 202-337-2288. ■ A teacher from Yoga Activist will present a “Soothing Sunday Yoga” class. 1:30 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. Concerts ■ The 23rd annual Grace Church Bach Festival will feature organist/harpsichordist Francine Maté, soprano Soo Young Chrisfield, violinists Regino Madrid and Chris Franke, violist Eric DeWaardt, cellist Charlie Powers, oboist Joe DeLuccio, and trumpeter/cornetist Jeffrey Strong. 3 p.m. $20. Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7100. ■ Jazz vocalist Akua Allrich, a D.C. native, will celebrate the release of her third album, “Soul Singer,” with a concert.

6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Discussions and lectures ■ Marc Leepson, author of “Saving Monticello,” will discuss U.S. Navy Commodore Uriah Levy and how the Jewish veteran and his family helped save the home of Thomas Jefferson. 1 p.m. Free. National Museum of American Jewish Military History, 1811 R St. NW. 202-265-6280. ■ D.C.-based psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing, known for her Cress Theory of Color Confrontation and author of “The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors,” will discuss “Rachel Dolezal, ‘Passing’ and Racial Identity.” 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Films ■ A classic movies series will feature the 1962 film “To Kill a Mockingbird,” starring Gregory Peck. 2 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. ■ “Teen and Adult Hero Film Series” will feature M. Night Shyamalan’s 2000 See Events/Page 18

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Continued From Page 17 film “Unbreakable,� starring Bruce Willis as a security guard who slowly discovers he has superhuman abilities. 2 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100. ■The National Gallery of Art will present the 2014 documentary “How to Smell a Rose: A Visit With Ricky Leacock in Normandy,� at 2 p.m.; and the 1991 documentary “Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia,� at 4 p.m. Free. West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. Performances and readings ■The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company will perform. 7 p.m. $20 to $25. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487. ■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, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Special event ■The National Museum of Women in the Arts will hold its monthly Community Day. Noon to 5 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370. Monday, July 6

Monday july 6 Classes â– Yoga Activist will present a weekly Hatha yoga class. Noon. Free; reservations required. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. megan.mcnitt@dc.gov. Concerts â– The 23rd annual Grace Church Bach Festival will feature Teiber Trio members Charlie Powers and Regino Madrid (shown) and guest violist Eric DeWaardt of the National

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Nighy and Carey Mulligan and broadcast from London’s West End by National Theatre Live. 7:30 p.m. $20. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-5688. Performances ■Balloon the Oomph That Keeps You There — which uses theater, spoken word, music and movement to journey through D.C.’s changing neighborhoods — will perform as part of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Teens from the “America Put on Blast� Multimedia Social Justice Advocacy Team will present their summer showcase. 7 to 9 p.m. $5 donation suggested. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Sporting event ■The Washington Nationals will play the Cincinnati Reds. 7:05 p.m. $10 to $345. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, July 7

Tuesday july 7 Children’s programs ■“Tudor Tots: Summer Fun in the Sun� will feature songs, stories and movement (for ages 2 through 4). 10 a.m. $5; free for accompanying adults. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org. The program will repeat July 14, 21 and 28. Classes ■Robert DeCaroli, associate professor of history and art history at George Mason University, will open a four-session course on “The Art of India: From the Indus Valley to Independence.� 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $90 to $130. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. The class will continue July 14, 21 and 28. ■VIDA Fitness and the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District will present a weekly outdoor Vinyasa yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Boardwalk, The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. vidafitness.com. Classes will continue through Sept. 8. ■Joe Ryan, managing principal of CareerMentor.us, will lead a workshop for job seekers. 7 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. Concerts ■As part of the Tuesday Concert Series, the vocal trio Eya will perform medieval chant and polyphony. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635. ■Concerto Competition finalists from the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. ■The Summer Music Series will feature “Crossing Over: Musical Journeys in American Faith,� featuring soprano Laura Choi Stuart, mezzo-soprano Lena Seikaly and pianist Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez. 7 p.m. $3 to $6. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200. ■The U.S. Navy Band’s Commodores ensemble will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. navyband.navy.mil. ■The Austrian Cultural Forum will host a choir concert by Kinder- und Jugendakademie Graz, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of Austria, 3524

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Continued From Page 18 Creek, will host a weekly tai chi class. 2 p.m. Free. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rock Creek, 201 Allison St. NW. 202-7262080. ■ “Sunset Fitness in the Park” will feature a one-hour class presented by Georgetown Yoga. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Waterfront Park, Potomac and K streets NW. georgetowndc. com/healthydays. ■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a weekly class on meditation. 7 to 8:30 p.m. $6 to $12. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202430-6540. Concerts ■ The Harbour Nights summer concert series will feature musician Phil Kominski. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-295-5007. ■ The 23rd annual Grace Church Bach Festival will feature internationally renowned organist Roland Stangier of Essen, Germany. 7:30 p.m. $20. Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7100. ■ The U.S. Air Force Band’s Max Impact will perform. 8 p.m. Free. National Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument grounds, 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-767-5658. ■ The Marine Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202-4334011. ■ Banjo player Andy Dale Petty will perform. 7 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ Herb Scott will host a weekly Capitol Hill Jazz Jam. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412. ■ Split String Soup, Grandaddy’s Gravy and Caribou Mountain Collective will perform. 8 p.m. $10. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ National Museum of Women in the Arts curatorial assistant Stephanie Midon will discuss pieces in the special exhibition “Casting a Spell: Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones.” Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370. ■ David Major, a retired supervisory special agent of the FBI and director of counterintelligence and security programs for the National Security Council staff at the White House, will discuss global terrorism, espionage and cybersecurity. Noon. Free. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. ■ Washington Capitals head coach Barry Trotz will discuss his first year at the helm in D.C. and look ahead to the upcoming season. 12:30 to 2 p.m. $23 to $37. National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. press.org. ■ National Gallery of Art lecturer Diane Arkin will discuss “‘Selfies’ and Portraits in 19th-Century France.” 1 and 2 p.m. Free. West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar will discuss her book “The Migrant Report.” 6 to 7 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ Melissa Cistaro will discuss her memoir “Pieces of My Mother.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856. ■ “Finding Shared Values for U.S. For-

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Thursday july 9 Book signing ■ Former President Jimmy Carter will sign copies of his book “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. Children’s programs ■ Upshur Street Books will host a “Bear Songs” singalong (for ages 6 months to 5 years). 11 a.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. ■ Friends of the Cleveland Park Library will present weekly chess instruction for kids of all ages. 5 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. Classes and workshops ■ The Crime Museum and the Kashmir World Foundation will present a Drone Building Workshop on the role drones play in illegal wildlife trafficking. 4 to 7 p.m. $450. Crime Museum, 575 7th St. NW. crimemuseum.org/drone-workshop. The classroom workshop will continue July 16 and 23 from 4 to 7 p.m., with a flight day in the field July 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ■ The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District will present an hourlong “Pilates in the Park” class led by a certified instructor. 5:30 p.m. Free. Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com. Classes will continue each Tuesday and Thursday through Sept. 29.

Ben Platt and Laura Dreyfuss star in “Dear Evan Hansen,” an original musical premiering at Arena Stage this summer. from one level to the next means destroying armies of zombies. In one suburban subdivision, teens playing the game find the targets looking more and more like their parents. Tickets cost $20 to $25. The theater is located at 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833; molotovtheatre.org. ■ The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present Molière’s “Tartuffe” — a co-production with South Coast Repertory and Berkeley Repertory Theatre — through July 5 at the Sidney Harman Hall. Tickets cost $20 to $110. The theater is located at 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org. ■ Theater J will present Charles Busch’s satirical comedy “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife” through July 5 at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. Tickets cost $25 to $55. The theater is located at 1529 16th St. NW. 800-494-8497; theaterj.org. ■ Theater Alliance will present “Occupied Territories,” about the history and legacy of war, through July 5 at the Anacostia Playhouse. Tickets cost $20 to $35. The theater is located at 2020 Shannon Place SE. 202-241-2539; theateralliance.com.

■ “Sunset Fitness in the Park” will feature a one-hour class presented by CorePower Yoga. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Waterfront Park, Potomac and K streets NW. georgetowndc.com/healthydays. ■ VIDA Fitness and the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District will present a weekly outdoor Zumba class. 7 p.m. Free. Boardwalk, The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. vidafitness.com. Classes will continue through Sept. 10. ■ Instructor Camila Karam will lead a weekly Belly Dance and Yoga Class. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15. Dance Institute of Washington, 3400 14th St. NW. 202-371-9656. Concerts ■ The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra will perform as part of the StarSpangled American Music Series. Noon, 1 and 2 p.m. Free. Flag Hall, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. ■ The American Roots Music Concert Series will feature Big Daddy Love performing Appalachian rock. 3 to 5 p.m. Free. Conservatory Terrace, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ The Art on 8th series will feature the Alex Martin Trio performing acoustic jazz. 6:30 p.m. Free. Arts Walk at Monroe St. Market, 716 Monroe St. NE. danceplace. org. ■ Musician Laura Ruggles will perform a blend of avant-pop and soul-folk. 7 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Summer Music Series will feature “Halcyon Harmony: Clarinet, Voice, Cello, and Piano,” featuring clarinetist Lauren Cook, soprano Susan Kavinski, cellist Lauren Weaver and pianist Brandon Straub. 7 p.m. $3 to $6. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200.

■ The Marine Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. National Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument grounds, 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-433-4011. ■ Old Town Tradition will perform. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412. ■ Wood & Wire, the Honey Dewdrops and Caleb Stine will perform. 8:30 p.m. $10 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Demonstration ■ Writer Adrienne Cook and nutritionist Danielle Cook will present a “Just Peachy” cooking demonstration featuring sweet and savory recipes to make the most of peaches early in the season. Noon and 12:45 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. Discussions and lectures ■ Historian Anthony S. Pitch will discuss his book “Our Crime Was Being Jewish: Hundreds of Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Stories.” 9 p.m. Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ Brad Taylor will discuss his book “The Insider Threat: A Pike Logan Thriller.” 6 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176. ■ “Beat Sessions: J Dilla” will examine the music and life of James Dewitt Yancey (aka J Dilla) from the perspective of fellow music producers, DJs, artists and special guests. Panelists will include Amp Fiddler, Slum Village, Musiq Soulchild, DJ Spinna, Georgia Anne Muldrow and 9th Wonder. 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the States Gallery a half-hour before the performance. Terrace Theater, Millennium Stage, See Events/Page 23

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EVENTS From Page 19 Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Joy T.J. Riley will discuss her book “Shh Don’t Tell: Journey of Survivors” and participate in a panel discussion on child abuse. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Busboys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. getyourjoyinthemorning.com/contact. ■ Conan O’Sullivan, co-owner and founder of Sona Creamery in D.C, will explore the long global history of cheese production and explain what turns a good cheese into a great one. The event will include a light tasting. 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $40 to $52. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Local author Shannon Morgan will discuss her book “100 Things to Do in Washington DC Before You Die.” 7 p.m. Free. Takoma Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252. Films ■ “Bella Notte! A Taste of Italy” will feature a screening of Nico Cirasola’s 2009 documentary “Focaccia Blues,” about a McDonald’s that is run out of the town of Altamura by a locally owned establishment. A sampling of Italian cuisine will follow. 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the G Street lobby at 5:30 p.m. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ The Capitol Riverfront’s outdoor movie series will feature the 2000 teen comedy “Bring It On.” Sundown. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront. org. Performances and readings ■ Pallas Theatre Collective will present a staged reading and singing of “Cynthia,” an action-packed new musical celebrating the exploits of a spy whose career ranged from Madrid to Warsaw to Washington. 6:30 p.m. Free. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. ■ PostClassical Ensemble will perform Aaron Copland’s “Piano Variations” and “Quiet City,” followed by a screening of the 1939 film “The City.” A conversation afterward will feature Angel Gil-Ordóñez and Joseph Horowitz of PostClassical Ensemble and Thomas Krähenbühl of TKTR Architects. 6:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations required. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. ■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “WIT Attacks!” — a performance featuring ensembles experimenting with new formats — will feature performances by Sweater Kittens, Gumshoe and Cake Bagel. 8 p.m. $12 to $15. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. ■ Busboys and Poets will present “Nine on the Ninth,” a poetry night hosted by Derrick Weston Brown. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Sporting event ■ The Washington Mystics will play the New York Liberty. 11:30 a.m. $19 to $300. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000. Friday,july July 10 10 Friday Children’s programs ■ “¡Uno, Dos, Tres con Andrés!” will feature a chance to sing, shake and dance while learning about Spanish and Latin American culture (for ages 3 through 8). 1 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 ■ “Science at the Cinema” will feature an experiment and a related film (for ages 4 and older). 2 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ “¡Uno, Dos, Tres con Andrés!” will feature a chance to sing, shake and dance while learning about Spanish and Latin American culture (for ages 3 through 8). 4 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121. Classes and workshops ■ Multicultural Community Service will present a professional development workshop addressing interpretation and translation technology that impacts civic engagement for English language learners. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $75; reservations required. Inter-American Development Bank, 1330 New York Ave. NW. dccommunityinterpreters.org. ■ “Friday Night Fever Disco Dance Workshop” will feature steps and moves performed in time to the beat of popular disco music. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $25. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. Concerts ■ “Fringe Music in the Library” will feature a concert by the all-women percussion band Batalá Washington, D.C. Noon. Free. Great Hall, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ Musician Hendrik Meurkens will perform as part of the “Jazz in the Garden” concert series. 5 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215. ■ The Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series will feature Hand Painted Swinger performing pop hits. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. capitolriverfront.org. ■ The 23rd annual Grace Church Bach Festival will feature classical guitarist Piotr Pakhomkin, a Georgetown resident and prize winner in various international competitions. 7:30 p.m. $20. Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202333-7100. ■ The D.C.-based duo SmithJackson will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The U.S. Army Orchestra with Herald Trumpets will perform as part of the “Sunsets With a Soundtrack” concert series. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. usarmyband.com. ■ The weekly “Jazz on the Hill” event will feature the Kevin Cordt Quartet. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412. ■ The Cactus Liquors and singersongwriter Arty Hill will perform. 9 p.m. $12 to $15. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Demonstration ■ “Food Fridays” will feature Llewellyn Correia and Krystal Register of Wegmans Food Markets showcasing grilled meats and vegetables. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Free. Coulter Performance Plaza, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-6331000. Discussions ■ “Meet an F-4 Pilot” will feature Mark A. Hewitt, author of the novels “Special Access” and “Shoot Down.” 1 to 4 p.m. Free. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. ■ Lisa Gornick and Rebecca Makkai will discus their respective books, “Louisa

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Meats Bear” and “Music for Wartime.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Film ■ The outdoor Golden Cinema series will feature the 1980 film “Nine to Five,” starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Dabney Coleman. 7:30 p.m. Free. Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com. Performances and readings ■ In conjunction with the “Outliers” exhibition, poet Fred Pollack will read from his work, preceded by a docent-led tour. Tour at 12:30 p.m.; reading at 1:30 p.m. Free. Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300. ■ The S&R Foundation Washington Award Alumni Performance will feature cellist Tim Park and pianist Tanya Gabrielian performing solo pieces by J.S. Bach and dancer Junichi Fukuda performing a modern dance work. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Art on 8th series will feature “Hoop Jam” with Carla Perlo, Freddie Dunn and POP. 6:30 p.m. Free. Plaza, Busboys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. danceplace.org. ■ Dancer and choreographer Raphael Xavier will present “The Unofficial Guide to Audience Watching Performance” as part of the DC Hip-Hop Theater Festival. 8 p.m. $15 to $30. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. ■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “WIT Attacks!” — featuring ensembles experimenting with new formats — will present performances by Richie and iMusical, at 8 p.m.; and by Remote Possibilities and Welcome to Seasonsixville, at 9:30 p.m. $12 to $15. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. Open house ■ An open house for the summer session at the Alliance Française de Washington will feature a mini-class, tours of the library and a wine and cheese reception. 5 to 8 p.m. Free. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. Performance ■ Busboys and Poets will present “11th Hour Poetry Slam,” hosted by 2Deep the Poetess. 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Special event ■ “Lafayette Returns to America,” the Comité Tricolore’s annual Bastille Day celebration, will feature an evening of music, dancing and fine food in the style of an 18th-century grand soirée. 7:30 p.m. to midnight. $110 to $175. Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW. bastille-day.org. The Current welcomes submissions for the Events & Entertainment calendar, although space constraints limit the number of items we can include. 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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