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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Beach Drive overhaul touts first milestone

Dupont weighing fight over alcohol at Safeway

PETTING ZOO

■ ABC: Some opponents

reject calls for compromise

By ALEXA PERLMUTTER Current Correspondent

The first phase of the Beach Drive reconstruction project has concluded, and the newly refinished stretch of roadway from Rock Creek Parkway to Tilden Street and Park Road NW is scheduled to open fully by the end of August. To celebrate its completion, the National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy are hosting a block party on Sunday.

The rehabilitation of Beach Drive and its adjacent pedestrian/ bicycle trail began in September 2016, and road closures will continue in phases through fall 2019 as the project advances north toward the Maryland line.

The Aug. 20 block party, during which guests are invited to try out the upgraded trail and roadway on foot or on any non-motorized vehicles, marks the end of 1.82 miles of construction. The festivities will begin at 1 p.m. at the Beach Drive entrance to the National Zoo. The entrance has been outfitted See Beach/Page 2

By ALEXA PERLMUTTER Current Correspondent

Dupont Circle residents critical of plans to sell alcohol at the neighborhood Safeway turned out in force for a Monday town hall, continuing a “Food, Not Booze” campaign that’s attracted media attention from around the area.

In June, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B (Dupont Circle) voted 4-3 to protest Safeway’s liquor license application

for the 1701 Corcoran St. NW store, and the commission convened Monday’s meeting to hear feedback on a possible compromise. The dispute is scheduled for mediation today.

“The ANC pulls great weight as an advisory board,” commissioner Stephanie Maltz said at the beginning of the meeting. “We are the diplomat — we want to hear from you. What are your thoughts?

Where do you want a middle ground to be?’”

Many residents at the meeting said that reserving two aisles for alcohol would further cut down on See Safeway/Page 22

Scott Circle floods remain an issue amid repair effort ■ Transportation: 16th St.

underpass repeatedly closes

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The Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District hosted a petting zoo with rabbits, chicks, ducks, sheep, goats and more on Saturday morning in Milian Park.

By GRACE BIRD Current Staff Writer

Measures target safety under Whitehurst

By GRACE BIRD Current Staff Writer

Following last month’s fatal shooting under the Whitehurst Freeway, officials are taking steps to improve public safety in the Water Street NW corridor, which include improving lighting and installing security cameras.

While proposed changes often divide Georgetown residents, worries about crime-conducive conditions along the waterfront draw a firm consensus: Something must be done. “It has definitely been an ongoing issue in Georgetown,” Joe Gibbons, chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E (Georgetown, Burleith), said in an interview.

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Last month’s homicide on Water Street NW drew safety concerns.

In the early hours of July 8, a double shooting in the 3500 block of Water Street killed 19-year-old Kennedy Javier Amaya-Olivares and left another man injured. The homicide took place in the area near the road’s terminus at the Capital Crescent Trail beyond the Key Bridge.

Following the incident, the D.C. Department of Transportation repaired about 100 streetlights around the waterfront and installed two wall-mounted lights. “DDOT night inspectors reported, and residents confirmed the area is now properly illuminated,” agency spokesperson Maura Danehey wrote in an email.

The agency is also considering installing parking meters on the 3500 block of Water Street, which officials hope will dissuade drivers from loitering on the quiet roadway. However, the department does not plan to eliminate parking from this part of Water Street, according to Danehey.

“Although combatting crime See Water Street/Page 10

Two people were rescued from a vehicle stalled in high water in 16th Street NW’s underpass below Scott Circle on Saturday night, and several other drivers were forced to abandon their vehicles and evacuate the scene.

Although no one was injured, the emergency response brought extra attention to a recurring trouble spot in the busy transportation corridor. Including Saturday’s incident, the underpass has flooded four times in less than three weeks, with water also accumulating there on July 29, Aug. 7 and Aug. 15.

According to Pamela Mooring of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, the Aug. 12 flood was caused by a suction line blockage, which DC Water cleared by 10:46 p.m. that night. The Aug. 7 flood was caused by a blown transformer, which has since been repaired.

Mooring said that DC Water crews were making permanent

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The underpass below Scott Circle has flooded four times in three weeks during recent storms.

repairs, which the agency hoped to complete by Tuesday night. In the meantime, the water authority installed a temporary pump to prevent possible additional flooding, but Tuesday morning’s deluge once again closed the underpass.

The D.C. Department of Transportation’s stormwater team recently launched a citywide flood study, according to spokesperson Maura Danehey. The team is currently amassing data on historical floods.

“This is really unacceptable,” Randy Downs of Advisory NeighSee Scott/Page 10

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with a new staircase, crosswalk, and flashing signal for drivers “that finally provides safe passage into the zoo, which has been requested by concerned visitors and staff for nearly a decade,” according to a Park Service release.

“This is really our way of giving back to a community that has put up with the Beach Drive rehabilitation. We know it has been tricky for neighbors,” Rock Creek Creek Conservancy spokesperson Katy Cain told The Current. “It’s a one-time opportunity; once vehicles get on there, there won’t be another opportunity to bike and walk on a carless road.”

Zoo vendors will be selling snacks at the block party, and Scott Einberger, author of “A History of Rock Creek Park: Wilderness & Washington D.C.,” will lead a history and nature walk beginning at 2 p.m. at Peirce Mill, 2401 Tilden St. NW. Rock Creek Conservancy also hopes to organize a guided bike tour and a trash cleanup.

The southern segment of Beach Drive is set to reopen to motor vehicles shortly after the festivities. “With the rain we’ve had and construction schedules, we don’t have a firm date at the moment,” Park Service spokesperson Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles said.

In conjunction with that reopening, the Park Service will close Beach Drive from Park Road/Tilden Street north to Joyce Road NW for the combined second and third phases of the work. Anzelmo-Sarles recommended that drivers start thinking now about detour routes to prevent confusion. Work will finish up first south of Broad Branch Road/Blagden Avenue, which will reopen, although some detours will remain in effect while work continues up to Joyce. Once that segment is completed, the final phase will extend from Joyce to the Maryland line. Despite early delays to the first phase of the work, the full rehabilitation is on schedule to finish in fall 2019.

The Beach Drive project entails fully excavating the road and replacing it with a new gravel base and asphalt paving. In addition, the Park Service and the D.C. Department of Transportation are improving pedestrian and bike trails. The work also includes installation and upgrades of raised pavement markers, guardrails and road signs; replacement of traffic signals and streetlights; and the rehabilitation of parking areas, a DC Water storm drain and six pedestrian bridges.

“Beach Drive is well past its service life. The last time it had significant work done was in 1991,” Anzelmo-Sarles said. “The heavy volume of traffic and the weather we have here in the winter breaks it down, and there are potholes and drainage issues, so this project will create a new, smooth, pothole-free road for drivers for the next 15 to 20 years.”

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Glenbrook cleanup delayed Grant, Sherman circles eyed for safety fixes following possible exposure

By GRACE BIRD Current Staff Writer

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

Workers cleaning up a contaminated Spring Valley property were hospitalized last Wednesday after suffering symptoms of possible chemical exposure, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the cleanup effort.

In response to the Aug. 9 incident, the Army has suspended excavation at the 4825 Glenbrook Road NW property and is now reviewing its next steps. The most recent hazard was limited to the closed-off work area and posed no risk to nearby residents or the American University campus, Army officials said.

The Army Corps has been cleaning up the Spring Valley neighborhood since 1993, when it became clear that the area had been contaminated by World War I-era chemical munitions testing conducted by the U.S. Army at American University. The property at 4825 Glenbrook is perhaps the neighborhood’s most notorious, and the Army tore down the home in 2012 to fully investigate the site and remove its soil down to bedrock.

Last Wednesday, workers were hand-digging along the property line between 4825 and 4835 Glenbrook — American University’s official president’s residence, which is currently unoccupied — when they suffered “eye and skin irritation and other minor symptoms,� according to a message from the Army to the community.

The workers reported an odor consistent with mustard breakdown products, and seven of them were

hospitalized on Wednesday afternoon and released that night.

The work was taking place in a section of the property that the Army terms “low probability� — meaning that it had fewer protections than “high probability� locations, where excavation was conducted under the cover of a protective tent. Army Corps spokesperson Christopher Gardner told The Current that the designations are based on the likelihood of finding intact glass bottles, munitions and munition debris, and explosives, none of which have been found in the low-probability area.

Furthermore, he said, the chemical hazard would have dissipated in the air within about a meter of the exposure point, and was never picked up by the Army’s air-quality monitoring systems.

The workers were hand-digging between 5 and 10 feet below ground level when the possible exposure occurred, according to Gardner. They were wearing gloves and other protective clothing. “We are currently investigating how our crew might have potentially experienced exposure on site, though we are yet to confirm that to be the case,� Gardner wrote in an email to The Current. “If they were exposed to an unknown chemical while hand digging in the contaminated soil, we will work to determine how that exposure occurred and make any necessary upgrades to site safety that our investigation might recommend.�

It may take months before excavation resumes at 4825 and See Glenbrook/Page 11

The week ahead Sunday, Aug. 20

The National Park Service, the National Zoo and the Rock Creek Conservancy will host a “no cars allowed� Beach Drive Block Party to celebrate the reconstruction of the first segment of Beach Drive NW on the day before the road opens to traffic. Activities will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. near the National Zoo’s entrance on Beach Drive near Harvard Street NW, with limited free parking available in the Zoo’s Parking Lot E beginning at noon. Featured programs will include a hike, a ranger-led bike tour, children’s activities and information booths.

Friday, Aug. 25

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will host a Family Fun Day from 4 to 8 p.m. to celebrate the completion of renovations and new facilities at Friendship Recreation Center/Turtle Park, 45th and Van Ness streets NW. Activities will include popcorn, a moon bounce, face painting and more, with a screening of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles� set to begin as soon as it gets dark at around 8 p.m.

A pair of Petworth traffic circles are under consideration for modifications as the D.C. Department of Transportation works to identify safety measures that won’t cause excessive traffic congestion.

Grant and Sherman circles have wide travel lanes and high traffic volumes, presenting hazards to pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers, according to officials. The Transportation Department’s initial

idea for each circle was to eliminate one travel lane — leaving one travel lane, one parking lane and a new bicycle lane.

But after a May trial at Grant Circle left long queues of cars on nearby streets — particularly New Hampshire and Illinois avenues and Buchanan Street — the agency has proposed a range of alternative measures there. A notice of intent, issued last week, includes the following changes to Grant Circle: ■​installing a bicycle lane with a 2-foot-wide bufSee Grant/Page 3

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The Historical Society of Washington, D.C., is relocating to an interim location for 12 to 18 months while renovations to its Carnegie Library headquarters are underway, the group announced.

The historical society — along with the D.C. Public Library’s Washingtoniana Collection, which had moved to the Carnegie

to accommodate a rehabilitation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library — will reopen Sept. 19 in a portion of the Newseum, according to a news release.

The public can access the historical society and Washingtoniana collections from the Newseum’s group entrance, located on C Street NW. Admission to this portion of the Newseum building is free but requires photo ID. The project at the Carnegie

Library, located at 801 K St. NW, is part of the historic 1903 building’s conversion into an Apple “global flagship store.” The society’s updated footprint will include new storage facilities, a renovated Kiplinger Research Library and two new galleries with space for public programs.

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Sibley wins award for emergency services Sibley Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department has won the 2017 Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association, according to a news release from the hospital.

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GRANT: Transportation agency advances safety proposals for pair of Petworth traffic circles

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fer area, protected with flexible posts in the areas they wouldn’t interfere with cross traffic.

■​installing flexible posts near certain intersections where roads

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Proposals for Sherman Circle NW include removing one travel lane.

enter the circle, to reduce the pedestrian crossing distance and force motorists to slow down to make their turns.

■​reducing the outer travel lane from 12 feet wide to 11 feet.

■​eliminating one travel lane in each direction on New Hampshire Avenue from Grant Circle south to Upshur Street, and narrowing New Hampshire’s northern approach to the circle.

■​converting all approaches to Grant Circle into yields, replacing the stop signs now at half of the intersections.

The plans would retain two travel lanes throughout the circle and would not affect parking, according to the Aug. 8 notice of intent.

A separate Transportation Department letter, sent to community leaders a week earlier, stated that the agency is open to further measures if issues remain. These would include constructing raised crosswalks on Illinois Avenue, 5th Street north of the circle and Varnum Street; installing a lighted pedestrian signal or flashing beacon on busier streets, specifically 5th Street north of the circle and New Hampshire Avenue; install-

ing additional flexible posts; and adding further signage and pavement markings.

Meanwhile, despite the results of the pilot program on Grant Circle, the Transportation Department still intends to reduce Sherman Circle to one lane. At a July 26 community meeting on the two circles, officials said Sherman handles 3,000 fewer cars per day than Grant and that computerized traffic modeling showed positive results.

Several attendees urged the Transportation Department to conduct a similar pilot program at Sherman Circle before making permanent changes, which traffic planner Ted Van Houten agreed to consider.

There’s widespread consensus that improvements are needed.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4D member Amy Hemingway, who lives near Sherman Circle on Kansas Avenue NW, said she finds it terrifying to cross the roundabout with her 2-year-old.

“Seventy-five percent of the time, the cars don’t stop at all,”

Hemingway told The Current.

“When they do, it’s always that second car that whips around.”

The Transportation Department shared data showing that in 2013 and 2014, a total of 18 collisions were recorded — four at Sherman, and 14 more at Grant. Hemingway said these figures don’t capture the full picture of the safety conditions. “The near misses don’t show up on the police reports,” she said.

“There’s no data for that.”

Regarding Grant Circle, Joseph

Martin of ANC 4C (southern 16th Street Heights, western Petworth) said he supports the Transportation Department’s plans. He expressed optimism that the changes will improve safety and praised the designs for preserving the existing parking.

“At the end of the day, my neighbors and I want to be able to walk across Grant Circle in the crosswalks with our families, children and friends without feeling we are taking our lives in our

hands,” Martin wrote in an email.

“Anything that helps to increase pedestrian and traffic safety is welcome and needed.”

ANC 4C voted 7-0 to endorse the Grant Circle plans last Wednesday.

Residents may send comments on the Grant Circle notice of intent to theodore.vanhouten@dc.gov.

The agency will review all feedback received by Sept. 7. Van Houten is also continuing to solicit comments on Sherman Circle.

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A diplomatic solution

As the saying goes, you can’t beat city hall. But it’s even harder to beat the U.S. Department of State.

That’s the lesson that many Sheridan-Kalorama residents have learned from decades of dealing with blighted properties and other issues with their diplomatic neighbors.

In most cases, if your neighbor doesn’t regularly mow his grass, it’s relatively simple for you to request a visit from D.C. code enforcement officers. If an ordinary neighbor leaves her house vacant for an extended period of time, she’s likely to be charged a higher tax rate and to have the property seized if she doesn’t pay it. And if, in the worst of cases, your neighbor’s property has deteriorated to the point at which it endangers your own, the District government is generally empowered to address the unsafe conditions.

But if your neighbor is a foreign government, then you often don’t enjoy these same protections. Once a property has won foreign mission status from the State Department, overgrown grass or falling shingles are no longer merely a matter of municipal ordinances. Rather, they become part of the broader international relations between the United States and the landowner — and are generally given short shrift.

Sheridan-Kalorama, located between Rock Creek Park and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Florida avenues NW, is most frequently in the news for its roster of VIP residents, which now includes the Obama family, Ivanka Trump, Amazon.com owner Jeff Bezos and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. But for decades, it’s also been a go-to spot for embassies, ambassador’s residences and other foreign mission functions.

Unfortunately, many of the foreign countries owning property in Sheridan-Kalorama have fallen on hard times at times. Argentina saw economic collapse. Egypt went through political turmoil. And other nations, including Sri Lanka, Serbia and Pakistan, ended up with buildings they didn’t need or couldn’t maintain.

The two members of Sheridan-Kalorama’s advisory neighborhood commission, ANC 2D, are well-versed in the issues associated with foreign missions. But these volunteer community members are no match for the State Department.

Accordingly, we would like to see a high-level city official designated as the District’s official liaison to the State Department regarding diplomatic issues such as reserved parking and neighborhood eyesores owned by foreign governments. This individual would also serve as the community’s point of contact — someone who is paid to serve D.C. residents, and whose job title is more significant to federal officials. We believe this approach would be more effective and fair than relying on desperate community members to shoulder the burden.

Even if city hall can’t beat the State Department, at least the playing field would be more level and the responsibility wouldn’t be dumped almost entirely on concerned citizens.

Rethink pool schedule

In what’s often the height of the District’s muggy summer heat, our outdoor public pools have already begun to shut down for the year. The staggered closures began over the weekend and will continue through early September, with every facility’s season over after Sept. 4.

We have long argued that these closures are inappropriately early.

While the District’s elite has traditionally been able to flee in August, the residents who stay behind are often in the greatest need of a no-cost oasis from heat and humidity. And given that summer weather often extends through September, these pools should really be open longer.

The District has historically contended that it’s hard to staff pools after school starts up again for the fall semester, robbing them of their summer lifeguard staff. But we think there’s room for creative thinking.

We could accept reduced hours of operation later in the season, perhaps evenings and weekends only. But it just seems like such a pity to leave residents standing hot and sweaty outside a closed fence.

Unseasonably pleasant weather so far this August has muted the normal complaints about early pool closures. But rather than waiting for grumbling to begin anew, we hope that the District will begin preparing now for a longer 2018 season.

In conjunction with that review, we’d also like officials to consider adding some earlier-morning hours. We’ve heard parents of small children complain that their kids are already past the most active part of their day before pools open at 11 a.m. or noon. We think opening at 10 a.m. at least a few days a week would help accommodate such a need.

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A ‘political’ eclipse …

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n Monday afternoon, our area and nation will be mesmerized by the total solar eclipse. It will darken our skies, but the shadow will last only for a couple of minutes.

It will take a lot longer for the dark shadow of racial hatred and white supremacy exposed in Charlottesville, Va., to pass from our politics. Perhaps it never will.

Surely, as a baseline, any person of any measure of goodwill simply could say a protest that includes waving a Nazi swastika flag is worthy of full-throated condemnation. Yet, there is some equivocation and false equivalency on the fault of the violence.

Such hateful protests by white supremacists, if peaceful, are protected by the same rights that allow peaceful demonstrations such as January’s Women’s March, the LGBT March on Washington in June, and the annual March for Life against abortion that is held each January.

“Peaceful” being the key word.

On Monday, we heard from D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

“In a life spent striving for equal rights, I am accustomed to setbacks,” she said in a statement.

“No setback I have known, however, has been as foreseeable as the attacks in Charlottesville. The reemergence of white supremacist and neo-Nazi affiliated hate groups, and even the KKK, and their relationship to the Trump presidency, now cannot be doubted.”

Noting President Trump’s stumbling responses, Norton said he may be unifying the country “not by his words, but by his failure to learn the lesson of 400 years of slavery and racial oppression.”

The reverberations from Charlottesville will continue to play out from presidential to state and local politics. And certainly it is now an issue in the ongoing campaign for governor of Virginia.

President Trump has personally but belatedly condemned in unmistakable words Nazism and far-right, white supremacy. Critics say his measured words on Saturday blaming “many sides” in Charlottesville were a dog-whistle code to some of his supporters on the far right.

Some in the Trump administration and other national Republicans have no trouble being more direct about the violence and death. “Certainly I think we can confidently call it a form of terrorism,” Trump’s National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.”

Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch was also not equivocating: “We should call evil by its name.

My brother didn’t give his life fighting Hitler for Nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home.”

In Virginia there is an election for governor in November. The Charlottesville violence prompted denunciation from all sorts of Democrats and most Republicans. (We say “most” because Republican 2018 Senate candidate Cory Stewart offered a general denunciation of violence and law-breaking, but not specifically the Naziinspired right.)

Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, a Demo-

crat, specifically blamed President Trump’s initial refusal to clearly denounce right-wing extremists.

“He should look in the mirror,” Signer said on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” adding that Trump’s first words “go right to the gutter and play to our worst prejudices … a tide of coarseness and bullying.”

Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, thought to be considering a 2020 run for president, is not one normally shy about national publicity. But he made it a point to avoid the Sunday talk shows last weekend.

“I was invited today to go on a lot of TV shows. I turned them all down,” he said from the pulpit of the Mount Zion First African Baptist Church in Charlottesville. “This is not about politics; it’s about who we are as American citizens.”

But, of course, this is about politics. “Politics” is not a bad word. It’s how our government functions. But there are good politics and bad politics.

It was good politics for the governor to have invited Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam to stand with him in the church. Northam is the Democratic candidate to succeed McAuliffe, locked in a political race for governor with Republican nominee Ed Gillespie.

Northam has been unabashed in placing blame for Charlottesville. “We need to make it clear to those responsible for yesterday’s violence: White supremacy has no safe harbor in the United States of America,” he tweeted.

Gillespie was no less direct. “We’ve seen evil in white supremacist torches and howling neo Naziism,” he tweeted. “Definitely tragic effect of vile neo Nazi and white supremacist actions.”

■ That Lee statue in Charlottesville. The statue of Robert E. Lee that brought the far-right demonstrators to Virginia has a connection to Washington. The lead sculptor was Henry Merwin Shrady, who is best known for the huge Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the west front of the U.S. Capitol.

Shrady was commissioned in 1917 to do the Lee statue, but he died before it was finished. Leo Lentelli finished it in 1924. It stands 26 feet high and joined the list of the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

The park in which the statue stands originally was named “Lee Park.” Charlottesville’s city council recently renamed it “Emancipation Park.”

The political fight over removing the Lee statue is ongoing.

■ A final word. The Ward 8 community said farewell Saturday to William “Cardell” Shelton. Family and friends celebrated his life during a service at the Ambassador Baptist Church on Minnesota Avenue SE. Your Notebook went to say goodbye to the 87-year-old civic activist and former advisory neighborhood commissioner who never minced words about his passion — encouraging the city to do more to get young men into wellpaying jobs in the vocational and building trades.

Shelton knew there were good jobs to be had.

Advocates for job training have lost a true friend.

Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Effort should place priority on fountain

The Friends of Chevy Chase Circle group is to be commended for matching the funds dribbled out by the National Park Service; however, I don’t believe they should proceed as

outlined in The Current’s Aug. 9 article “Northwest parks secure centennial grant funds.” Rather, we would all be better served if the combined cash were used to raise the estimated $500,000 needed to repair the fountain.

When the fountain works, there will be reason to brave traffic to sit on the benches.

Fountain first; then roadwork, including a special light to enable safe crossing; then

benches. Not the other way around.

There are several developers and large property owners operating near the District-Maryland line to whom the cost of fountain repairs is a rounding error, and I am certain that publicity for making this contribution to the community would be valuable to them.

Leni Berliner Chevy Chase

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Residents should help maintain cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oaks thriving tree. Choukas-Bradley notes that our region is home to more than 20 species of native oak trees.

It is particularly urgent that we encourage new STEVE DRYDEN oak growth because it is a long-lived tree that prowas saddened to read The Currentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s July 12 artivides extraordinary benefits to people and wildlife. cle about possible mortal damage to venerable The shade from an oak tree can keep your house red oaks caused by the large apartment developfrom overheating in the summer, for example. A ment at 5333 Connecticut Ave. NW. large oak soaks up large quantities of stormwater These kinds of outcomes are all too common in a runoff, protecting Rock Creek and the Chesapeake city where construction unavoidably takes place Bay watershed. And scientists have documented that under the tree canopy. Contrary to popular belief, oaks, in the Mid-Atlantic region alone, harbor more most tree roots spread horizontally, to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;drip lineâ&#x20AC;? than 500 beneficial species of insects, providing perof the treeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full canopy or farfect food for birds and their ther. That means it is very diffiyoung. cult to avoid harming mature Yet there are many obstacles to trees on a small construction site. the successful replacement of the The D.C. government should current oak canopy. In our parks, do all it can to protect our mature deer have destroyed several gentree canopy. Meanwhile, there are erations of oaks by gobbling up many opportunities for residents the seedlings as fast as they and business owners to enhance sprout. Invasive non-native vines the â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Trees,â&#x20AC;? as Washingblanket many young trees and Brian Kapur/Current file photo eventually kill them by depriving ton, D.C., has been known for more than 100 years, according to City arborists say development of the tree of light.

Melanie Choukas-Bradley, author a driveway at 5333 Connecticut In addition, the oak is rarely of the book of the same name. planted these days by home and Ave. NW killed two red oaks.

The first way is often staring commercial builders because it is you in the face. Oaks, as we know, are prolific acorn a slow-growing specimen that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a gaudy producers. Any patch of dirt or lawn will provide all flower (though the autumn color should be appreciatan oak acorn needs to take root and produce its first ed). And when the oaks do sprout in neglected corfew leaves. Once you see more than a few, oak ners or on city median strips, they are cut down as leaves are easy to recognize. â&#x20AC;&#x153;weeds.â&#x20AC;?

If an acorn has sprouted in the corner of your You can also buy a young oak sapling and plant yard, and that area gets at least a half-day of full it in a sunny part of your lawn. Keep in mind that sun, you might consider â&#x20AC;&#x153;adoptingâ&#x20AC;? that free tree. the 5-foot tree you plant could take 50 or more years Mulch around the seedling (not more than an inch before it reaches its natural height. Meanwhile, deep) and water regularly, especially during hot dry enjoy that young oak â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a species that has been venspells in the summer. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all you have to do. erated by many cultures for thousands of years.

Native to this area, the oak species are adapted Steve Dryden is founder and director of the Rock already â&#x20AC;&#x201D; giving them a little attention in the first Creek Songbirds habitat restoration project in Rock years will almost guarantee survival and produce a Creek Park.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR District should use 2700K streetlights

The D.C. Street Light Task Force was pleased to see The Currentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s front-page Aug. 2 article â&#x20AC;&#x153;Push for LED street lighting sees resistance.â&#x20AC;? However, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to clarify three points.

First, our task force has not opposed the installation of LED streetlights. But we do object to the high blue content of those already installed, at 4000 Kelvin and 5000 Kelvin color temperature. Science has shown us that exposure to blue-spectrum wavelength during the evening and night alters our physiology: It suppresses the sleep hormone melatonin, disrupts circadian rhythm, decreases sleep quality and impairs daytime functioning. Also, some evidence supports an increased risk of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity.

Second, the fact is: â&#x2013; The higher the Kelvins of

the LED, the more blue content, and therefore the colder the light appears to the eye. â&#x2013; The lower the Kelvins of the LED, the lower the blue content, and therefore the warmer the light appears to the eye.

Thus this statement is incorrect: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Members of D.C. Street Light Task Force â&#x20AC;Ś and other observers have said that lights any warmer than 2700 Kelvin would pose health risks to nearby neighbors.â&#x20AC;?

For comparison, the LEDs already installed in the District at 4000K and 5000K appear white, or cold, because they contain higher amounts of blue. A traditional incandescent light bulb, which appears warmer, is rated at about 2700K. Our conventional high-pressure sodium streetlights, which appear orange or amber, are about 1900K to 2100K (little to no blue content).

Because of the health risks of blue spectrum light exposure, and because its glare can hamper our vision, the American Medical Association has urged us to minimize our environmental lighting

to the lowest emission of blue light possible. The D.C. Street Light Task Force is urging the city and the D.C. Department of Transportation to replace the 4000K and 5000K LEDs with the warmer 2700K LEDs, and to use a maximum color temperature of 2700K for the future installation of 70,000 LED streetlights.

A third clarification: Throughout the United States, cities are already installing 2700K streetlights. As of this week, Phoenix has begun installing 100,000 new LED streetlights at 2700K at the request of its residents. There is no need to wait on the warmer 2700K â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it is available already.

By using a warmer color (of 2700K or lower) in full cut-off design (which directs the light downward) and in the brightness levels needed for good visibility (but no more than is needed), we will all benefit from protection of our health and safety, reduced energy costs, a better view of the night sky, and a more inviting historic ambiance for the District.

Bonnie Garrity Member, D.C. Street Light Task Force

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Current publishes letters and Viewpoint submissions representing various points of view. Because of space limitations, letters should be no more than 400 words and are subject to editing. Letters and Viewpoint submissions intended for publication may be sent to newsdesk@currentnewspapers.com. The mailing address is Letters to the Editor, The Current, Post Office Box 40400, Washington, D.C. 20016-0400.

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Police Report This is a listing of incidents reported from Aug. 7 through 13 in local police service areas, sorted by their report dates.

PSA 204

â&#x2013; MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE

HEIGHTS / CLEVELAND PARK WOODLEY PARK / GLOVER PARK PSA 204 CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS

Theft â&#x2013; 2600-2699 block, Woodley Road; 1:27 a.m. Aug. 7. â&#x2013; 2600-2649 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:34 p.m. Aug. 7. â&#x2013; 2200-2298 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 11:26 a.m. Aug. 10. â&#x2013; 2600-2649 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:57 p.m. Aug. 12. â&#x2013; 3200-3399 block, Klingle Road; 8:30 p.m. Aug. 12. â&#x2013; 3800-3899 block, Davis Place; 11:03 a.m. Aug. 13.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 3200-3299 block, 38th St.; 1:14 p.m. Aug. 13.

PSA PSA 206 206

â&#x2013; GEORGETOWN / BURLEITH

Theft â&#x2013; 3100-3199 block, M St.; 3:45 p.m. Aug. 7. â&#x2013; 3036-3099 block, M St.; 5:54 a.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 3300-3399 block, Water St.; 5:11 p.m. Aug. 10. â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, Thomas Jefferson St.; 3:08 p.m. Aug. 11. â&#x2013; 3100-3199 block, K St.; 6:47

p.m. Aug. 12. â&#x2013; 3100-3199 block, K St.; 10 p.m. Aug. 12. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, 34th St.; 3:33 a.m. Aug. 13. â&#x2013; 1401-1498 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 3:55 a.m. Aug. 13.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1400-1418 block, 27th St.; 5:52 p.m. Aug. 7. â&#x2013; 3000-3099 block, Dumbarton St.; 6:36 p.m. Aug. 11. â&#x2013; 1000-1027 block, 31st St.; 9:26 p.m. Aug. 11. â&#x2013; 3300-3399 block, Water St.; 1:06 a.m. Aug. 12. â&#x2013; 2800-2899 block, N St.; 12:42 p.m. Aug. 13.

PSA PSA 207 207

â&#x2013; FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END

Assault with a dangerous weapon â&#x2013; 1100-1129 block, 17th St.; 12:52 a.m. Aug. 7. â&#x2013; 1500-1599 block, L St.; 3:22 a.m. Aug. 7 (with gun).

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 1500-1599 block, K St.; 10:21 a.m. Aug. 10.

Theft â&#x2013; 2000-2099 block, L St.; 4:45 p.m. Aug. 7. â&#x2013; 2505-2599 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 5:35 p.m. Aug. 7. â&#x2013; 1100-1129 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:41 p.m. Aug. 8. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, E St.; 5:04 p.m. Aug. 8.

â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, L St.; 8:18 p.m. Aug. 8. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, I St.; 3:46 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, I St.; 6:21 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 800-899 block, 15th St.; 7:33 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, 22nd St.; 8:51 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 1700-1709 block, K St.; 10:36 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, 22nd St.; 12:58 a.m. Aug. 10. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, L St.; 1:50 p.m. Aug. 11. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, E St.; 7:55 p.m. Aug. 11. â&#x2013; 2200-2299 block, I St.; 1:45 p.m. Aug. 12. â&#x2013; 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 4:05 p.m. Aug. 12. â&#x2013; 2100-2499 block, K St.; 7:47 p.m. Aug. 13. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, Vermont Ave.; 11:58 p.m. Aug. 13.

â&#x2013; 2202-2299 block, Q St.; 3:59 p.m. Aug. 9 (with knife). â&#x2013; 1608-1613 block, 18th St.; 5:48 p.m. Aug. 12.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1804-1899 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 8:18 p.m. Aug. 10. â&#x2013; 800-899 block, Vermont Ave.; 6:09 a.m. Aug. 11. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, 20th St.; 2:03 p.m. Aug. 12.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 2000-2029 block, Florida Ave.; 5:28 p.m. Aug. 7. â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, P St.; 4:23 p.m. Aug. 8. â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, Sunderland Place; 8:24 p.m. Aug. 11. â&#x2013; 1800-1819 block, 19th St.; 12:31 a.m. Aug. 12.

PSA 208

â&#x2013; SHERIDAN-KALORAMA PSA 208

DUPONT CIRCLE

Robbery â&#x2013; 2000-2015 block, O St.; 1:24 a.m. Aug. 8 (with knife).

Burglary â&#x2013; 2000-2016 block, P St.; 11:50 a.m. Aug. 7.

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 2100-2199 block, Bancroft Place; 1:52 p.m. Aug. 10.

Theft â&#x2013; Unit block, Scott Circle; 1:05 a.m. Aug. 7. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, Q St.; 9:42 a.m. Aug. 8. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, Florida Ave.; 11:41 a.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 8:35 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, 17th St.; 1:59 a.m. Aug. 11. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, M St.; 2:27 a.m. Aug. 13.

PSA PSA 301 301

â&#x2013; DUPONT CIRCLE

Robbery â&#x2013; 1400-1425 block, R St.; 6:34

a.m. Aug. 12.

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, Swann St.; 2:04 p.m. Aug. 11.

PSA PSA 303 303

â&#x2013; ADAMS MORGAN

Theft â&#x2013; 1811-1899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:04 p.m. Aug. 8. â&#x2013; 1650-1798 block, Harvard St.; 10:34 p.m. Aug. 8. â&#x2013; 2300-2499 block, Champlain St.; 6:32 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 2:25 a.m. Aug. 12.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, California St.; 6:13 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 2120-2323 block, Ontario Road; 11:27 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 1632-1669 block, Columbia Road; 2:29 p.m. Aug. 10. â&#x2013; 1650-1798 block, Harvard St.; 10:30 a.m. Aug. 11. â&#x2013; 2000-2099 block, Kalorama Road; 11:17 a.m. Aug. 11.

PSA PSA 307 307

â&#x2013; LOGAN CIRCLE

Robbery â&#x2013; 1522-1599 block, 11th St.; 10:45 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, O St.; 11:14 p.m. Aug. 11.

Assault with a dangerous weapon

â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, R St.; 4:59 a.m. Aug. 12 (with knife).

Burglary â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, M St.; 5:51 p.m. Aug. 13.

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, 10th St.; 4:35 p.m. Aug. 7. â&#x2013; 1300-1329 block, Q St.; 7:08 p.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, 13th St.; 4:41 p.m. Aug. 12.

Theft â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, M St.; 8:28 p.m. Aug. 8. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, Riggs St.; 10:32 a.m. Aug. 9. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, 10th St.; 6:34 p.m. Aug. 10. â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, 10th St.; 7:06 p.m. Aug. 11. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, 13th St.; 9:07 a.m. Aug. 12.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1600-1628 block, 13th St.; 6:24 p.m. Aug. 8. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, S St.; 6:16 a.m. Aug. 10. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, 10th St.; 7:54 p.m. Aug. 10. â&#x2013; 900-922 block, P St.; 2:38 a.m. Aug. 12. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, French St.; 6:01 p.m. Aug. 12. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, 13th St.; 1:46 p.m. Aug. 13. â&#x2013; 1100-1127 block, 13th St.; 5:52 p.m. Aug. 13.

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 Historical Preservation: 16th Street remains four lanes  Zoning Enforcement: Carlyle Hotel Roof Deck Permit Withdrawn  Park Beautification: T St. Park Friendship Park  Grants to Good Neighbors: Charlie’s Place, Keegan Theater, Heurich House  Garrison School Renovation  Sponsor of 17thStreet Festival

Knowledge is power. Those who have it are masters of the constantly evolving laws by which we balance individual rights with their community. As a citizen association, the DCCA has often advocated for causes with a great disadvantage in this knowledge. This lack has resulted in either unnecessary losses for the community or a large outlay of expenditures for lawyers and experts who know the laws and can defend them. A recent example is DCCA's and Church Street Neighbors' advocacy during the St. Thomas dispute. Both defended an historic preservation law which prohibits additions to historic structures from being seen from the street. Now part of the new residence will be both lower and unseen. Who knew? Certainly both the Historic Preservation Board and the developer’s lawyers. Yet this wasn’t enforced until neighbors intervened.

Today some Dupont neighbors are petitioning the Alcohol Board (ABRA) to deny Safeway a license to sell beer and wine. The ANC 2B also opposes the license on the grounds of its “impact on peace, order, and quiet.” One ANC commissioner asserted this was the sole relevant clause in the regulations. But one Dupont citizen knew better, pointing out that property values, over-concentration, and proximity to schools are also grounds for protest. Who knew? ABRA, some of our commissioners, and certainly Safeway’s lawyers.

Knowledge is power. Our ANC Board needs to inform themselves and then to share that knowledge in full with those they represent. The intent of the law is balance--which can only succeed when both parties equally understand the law.

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borhood Commission 2B (Dupont Circle) said of the recurring issues at Scott Circle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives and property are at risk.â&#x20AC;?

Vito Maggiolo, spokesperson for the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, said Scott Circleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flooding is unusual and the underpass there is not a â&#x20AC;&#x153;target destinationâ&#x20AC;? for the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency responders.

Downs said he suspects climate change â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with a greater number of intense rain storms in the area â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is

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does not fall under our jurisdiction, we support other agencies by installing such assets as streetlights, and evaluating parking scenarios,â&#x20AC;? Danehey wrote.

So far this year, the Metropolitan Police Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crime data show 20 incidents on Water Street NW. In addition to the July 8 homicide, these include an April 22 armed robbery, two burglaries, four thefts from parked cars and 13 additional thefts.

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Improvement District, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Transportation Department and ANC 2E met recently to discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;some of the ongoing concerns in the area,â&#x20AC;? U.S. Park Police Lt. Christopher Cunningham, commander of Rock Creek Station wrote in an email.

According to Cunningham, the park police have increased their presence near the waterfront since the shooting.

Meeting attendees, Cunningham wrote, discussed adding lights to Water Street, the Whitehurst Freeway and the remains of the former Aqueduct Bridge, as well

as installing security cameras on the freeway or adjacent properties.

The Georgetown BID raised the idea of painting over graffiti or commissioning a mural near the aqueduct. Following the meeting, National Park Service officials agreed to assess the feasibility of building a fence to restrict access to the old Aqueduct Bridge.

According to BID director Joe Sternlieb, his organization has also begun a study on the feasibility of increasing Water Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commercial activity. The team would make recommendations according to the studyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s findings by the end of the year, Sternlieb said.

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responsible for the increase in Scott Circleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s underpass flooding, and called for the Transportation Department to install a bioretention pond to store runoff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As our climate continues to change weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to see more and more storms,â&#x20AC;? Downs said.

The Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own climate change adaptation plan, published in 2012, highlights the risk of increased tunnel flooding and calls for improved drainage systems to cope with excess water.

Downs intends to invite DC Water and the Transportation Department to send representatives to ANC 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next meeting, scheduled for Sept. 13.

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Controversial effort seeks to link gas leaks to dying trees

By GRACE BIRD Current Staff Writer

Last week, after spending two days examining trees in Georgetown for signs of gas leak-related decline, natural gas industry veteran Bob Ackley recorded 40 to 60 leaks in Georgetown and â&#x20AC;&#x153;many dying trees.â&#x20AC;?

Ackley has claimed a connection between gas leaks and dying trees since leaving his industry job a decade ago. However, his contention that urban trees suffer slow deaths when exposed to natural gas has drawn some skepticism.

According to Michael Chuko of the D.C. Urban Forestry Division, there is no evidence to suggest that leaks commonly cause trees to die. The agency does not test trees for signs of gas damage because it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the equipment or the expertise to do so, Chuko said. However, Washington Gas is required to call the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

arborists when it performs an emergency tree excavation, and Chuko said he has never seen evidence that gas leaks are causing trees to die.

Mark Buscaino, executive director of the Casey Trees nonprofit, shares Chukoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skepticism.

Most urban trees die from a lack of soil, he said. If a tree were to die from a gas leak, it â&#x20AC;&#x153;would be brown all the way from the top to the bottom, it would just be dead. â&#x20AC;Ś Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sudden death,â&#x20AC;? Buscaino said.

In Ackleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s view, the Urban Forestry Division and Casey Trees are ill-informed about natural gas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any data supporting or against what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m talking about, so how would they know?â&#x20AC;? he told The Current. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping to help D.C. trees and the whole District.â&#x20AC;?

Buscaino suggested Ackleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motives are less altruistic: He has approached Casey Trees and the

District government for funding to further investigate D.C. trees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to peddle a product,â&#x20AC;? Buscaino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really question what this person is saying.â&#x20AC;?

Gas leaks are relatively common nationwide, and the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dated pipelines are no exception. A widely reported 2014 study found almost 6,000 gas leaks under D.C. streets, though few were deemed to be safety hazards. To repair the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dated pipeline system, Washington Gas has begun a 40-year plan to replace gas and service lines. The program aims to replace â&#x20AC;&#x153;aging infrastructureâ&#x20AC;? and improve â&#x20AC;&#x153;operational safety and reliability, as well as helping to lower greenhouse gas emissions,â&#x20AC;? Washington Gas spokesperson Bernie Tylor wrote in an email.

In Georgetown, resident Edward Segal has led efforts to address persistent leaks in his community. At one point, Segal said, he alerted the company about

a leak outside his O Street NW home â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and although Washington Gas began to repair the leak, the company abandoned the job halfway through and never returned.

Segal began a blog detailing his concerns about gas leaks at georgetowngasleaksandrepairs. wordpress.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having lived in Georgetown on and off for more than 30 years, I am fed up with the never-ending and disturbing pattern of reported gas leaks, socalled repairs, and new reports of gas leaks in our neighborhood,â&#x20AC;?

Segal wrote. Ackley contacted Segal after learning of the blog via a Google Alert.

Segal is lobbying Washington Gas to create an online portal mapping locations of gas leaks across D.C. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just need transparency,â&#x20AC;? he said in an interview.

According to Tylor, a technician investigates every call that Washington Gas receives about a suspected leak. If a leak is con-

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Bob Ackley checks Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trees for issues he links to gas.

firmed, crews repair it immediately or follow up later, depending on the severity. Procedures comply with federal and D.C. regulatory requirements, Tylor said.

Joe Gibbons, chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E (Georgetown, Burleith), joined Ackley as he worked last week and was alarmed by his claims of damage to the street trees. Gibbons said he planned to meet with Washington Gas to discuss the problem, but first plans to examine Ackleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work thoroughly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just want to look through it and get a handle on it,â&#x20AC;? Gibbons said.

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4835 Glenbrook, Gardner said, pending the results of the Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s review. In the meantime, protective plastic sheeting is covering the area where the workers suffered possible exposure, and investigators will be on site this week testing for the presence of

various chemicals there.

According to Gardner, the workers had been finding scattered pieces of broken glass related to the Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World War I-era activities, and areas of soil there were contaminated with â&#x20AC;&#x153;small black chunks of material with low levels of mustard agent and agent breakdown product.â&#x20AC;? Once the project

resumes, excavation will take place on both sides of the property line, Gardner said.

The cleanup at 4825 Glenbrook has been beset with repeated delays. It was originally scheduled to be completed more than three years ago, and until last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s setback, the Army had hoped to finish restoring the site this coming winter. With further â&#x20AC;&#x153;weeks or

monthsâ&#x20AC;? of delay, the Army isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t currently speculating on a timeline.

The Army is also continuing to investigate areas of the American University campus and occupied residential properties for buried hazards, though officials say the public faces no imminent threat at these locations.

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all their shimmering glory. Or, perhaps, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fall when the trees and shrubs are ablaze with color. No, wait! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spring, when the gracious wraparound porch provides the perfect vantage point to view games and sports played on the terraced side lawn. (Or not â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the porch also invites more restful pursuits like naps in the hammock or dining al fresco under the gazebo.)

Whatever you choose, and whenever you choose to do it, this welcoming family residence is a home for all seasons and reasons.

Built in 1910 and expanded in the late â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s, it sits on more than half an acre of richly landscaped grounds that embrace a large pool area with a 55-foot pool and adjoining heated spa; an outdoor kitchen with fireplace; a covered cabana/sitting area; a private dressing room; and an outdoor shower. There is also a two-car attached garage and a wide circular driveway for additional parking.

Inside, the house offers approximately 6,300 square feet of living space on four levels that includes five bedrooms, five-anda-half baths, two wood-burning fireplaces and a host of elegant touches throughout â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both vintage (dentil and acanthus crown molding, leaded glass windows, timbered beams) and modern (spa bathrooms, chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-grade appliances). It is on the market for $4,995,000.

Set back from the street and sheltered by tall trees, the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic facade features a columned front porch, large windows with black shutters and a bright red Palladian door. True to its Southern roots, the porch features ceiling fans, a hunter green painted floor and pale blue beadboard ceiling.

An elegant center hall with a staircase leading to the upper floors anchors the entry. To the right is a formal living room with built-in arched cabinets, large windows (one with a window seat) overlooking the front porch

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Built in 1910 and later expanded, the five-bedroom house at 3220 Idaho Ave. is listed at $4,995,000. and garden beyond and a woodburning fireplace with natural pine mantel. Next door is the den with two sets of French doors that open onto the porch and a wet bar cleverly situated to serve thirsty guests inside and out.

Across the hall from the living room is the formal dining room, also with built-in cabinetry. It opens into a spacious country family kitchen with such rustic touches as timbered beams (which appear elsewhere in the home), wide-plank pine floors, a farmhouse sink, butcher-block countertops and pine display cabinetry. Kitchen appliances include a FiveStar six-burner gas range with griddle and two side-by-side ovens; GE Monogram microwave; Bosch dishwasher; and Sub-Zero refrigerator/freezer with glass

door. An enormous open pantry and mudroom with access to the garage is down a few steps from the kitchen.

Adjoining the kitchen is a breathtaking family room with a timbered two-story ceiling, builtin shelving, clerestory windows, a large bay window with custom window seat overlooking the pool and an imposing fireplace with carved stone mantel. It also features a back stairway up to the bedrooms on the second floor.

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The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at the D.C. Housing Finance Agency, 815 Florida Ave. NW. For details, visit anc1b.org.

ANC 1C ANCMorgan 1C Adams

â&#x2013; ADAMS MORGAN

The commission does not have a regular meeting scheduled in August. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org.

ANC 2A ANCBottom 2A Foggy

â&#x2013; FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END

The commission does not have a regular meeting scheduled in August. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, in Room 221, Funger Hall, George Washington University, 2201 G St. NW. For details, visit anc2a.org.

ANC 2B ANC Circle 2B Dupont

â&#x2013; DUPONT CIRCLE

At the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aug. 9 meeting: â&#x2013; commissioners discussed the vacant 2B07 seat, and announced that the commission will hold a special election for the position during its October meeting if more than one candidate qualifies for the position. â&#x2013; commissioner Scott Davies discussed a planned renovation of the Dupont Circle Resource Center at 9 Dupont Circle NW, and asked people to remove anything stored there. ANC 2B will spend $30,000 on the project. â&#x2013; Jerry Chapin of Mayor Muriel Bowserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office urged anyone see-

ing graffiti or evidence of rodents to call 311. He also reported that recent flooding under Scott Circle was caused by a pump malfunction, which has been corrected, but added that there was damage to nearby private property and to public space. â&#x2013; Jennie Chang announced that School Without Walls at FrancisStevens will hold a Night Out and Silent Auction on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. She also reported that the school lost $100,000 of Title I funding. â&#x2013; Bill McLeod of Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets announced that the 17th Street Festival will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26, between P and R streets NW. Several area restaurants will participate in the event, which will also include music, art and other vendors, and a kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; area. â&#x2013; the Dupont Circle Citizens Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Robin Diener announced that her groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th anniversary house tour will take place Sunday, Oct. 15, from noon to 5 p.m. The event will feature 20 homes, and the Temple of the Scottish Rite will host the afternoon tea. Volunteer guides and house captains are needed and should call 202-431-9254. â&#x2013; the Washington Area Bicyclist Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Renee Moore said her group will conduct a site visit to look for problems on K Street NW from 14th to 21st streets, a high accident area, on Thursday, Aug. 23, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and report any findings to the D.C. Department of Transportation. â&#x2013; Kary Cunningham of the Friends of Stead Park said her group is conducting a survey and setting priorities for the $10 million that has been allocated for a renovated recreation center. â&#x2013; commissioner Amy Johnson said ANC 2B members are considering how best to achieve their goals and objectives, which include improving residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; qual-

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ity of life and strengthening community participation in commission activities. A report is scheduled for December or January. â&#x2013; Pepcoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Linda Greenan and Stephen Hoskins described the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planned $800 million 10-mile underground grid project to increase reliability and allow for growth.

Plans call for building a new substation in the Mount Vernon Square area, as well as upgrading the one at 1001 Harvard St. NW starting in 2019 and the one at 2119 Champlain St. NW in 2022. â&#x2013; commissioners voted unanimously to protest proposed alcohol license changes to Local 16, 1600 U St. NW. The application called for changing the weeknight closing time from midnight to 2 a.m., and would have included the rooftop. Owner Aman Ayoubi agreed to sign an agreement limiting the change to inside. â&#x2013; commissioners voiced no objections but did not vote on an application to extend a nightclub license at 1219 Connecticut Ave. NW to the ground floor from an upstairs level. Owner Arman Amirshahi said he wants both floors available for patrons, but will not sell liquor downstairs. The commission will consider the application in September. â&#x2013; commissioners voted unanimously to support a project to replace the Australian chancery at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 16th Street NW. Plans call for demolishing the existing sixstory building to construct a more modern five-story glass and copper chancery with similar height and a green roof. Parking will be in the adjacent alley and under the building. â&#x2013; commissioners voted 5-2 to support City Tap Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public space application for a sidewalk cafe at 1250 Connecticut Ave. NW in a non-residential area, but stipulates that the furniture be brought inside at closing or by midnight.

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â&#x2013; with one abstention, commissioners supported the Washington Jewish Music Festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request to use Stead Park from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7, for face painting, snow cones and balloon animals and until 8 p.m. for music for young adults. â&#x2013; with one abstention, commissioners supported a sidewalk cafe application for Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donuts at 1107 19th St. NW, which would close weekdays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 1 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Commissioners also supported Pisco y Nazcaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application for a canopy over its sidewalk cafe at 1823 L St. NW. â&#x2013; D.C. Department of Transportation planner Megan Kanagy described plans for two-way bus service on one-way H Street NW between New York and Pennsylvania avenues to speed bus travel times on H and I streets. The commission unanimously supported further study. Some attendees of the meeting feared the change would make it difficult for Hampton Inn guests at 1729 H St. to load and unload vehicles and could also negatively affect other nearby businesses.

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.

ANC 2C ANC 2C Quarter Downtown/Penn

â&#x2013; DOWNTOWN / PENN QUARTER

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, in Room G-9, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. For details, visit anc2c.us or contact 2C@anc.dc.gov.

ANC 2D ANC 2D Sheridan-Kalorama

â&#x2013; SHERIDAN-KALORAMA

The commission does not have a regular meeting scheduled in August. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact 2D01@anc.dc.gov.

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Shopping & Dining in D.C.

Lifestyles, Retail and Restaurants in Northwest Washington

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Local culinary winners

By ALEXA PERLMUTTER Current Correspondent

Various Northwest eateries recently won recognition in the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 35th annual RAMMY Awards.

The recipients in 21 categories were chosen by public voting and an anonymous panel of volunteer judges, made up of food journalists, educators and industry professionals.

The RAMMYs honor the â&#x20AC;&#x153;exceptional ability and accomplishments of the hard-working individuals and organizations of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurants and foodservice community,â&#x20AC;? according to a release from the association.

Winners in Northwest are: John Grace, The Hamilton (Manager of the Year); Ryan Ratino,

Ripple (Rising Culinary Star of the Year); Pearl Dive Oyster Palace (Favorite Gathering Place of the Year); Convivial (Upscale Brunch of the Year); Cava Grill (Favorite Fast Bites of the Year); Proof (Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year); Compass Rose Bar + Kitchen (Casual Restaurant of the Year); Jack Rose Dining Saloon (Beer Program of the Year); Kapnos by Mike Isabella (Cocktail Program of the Year); Charlie Palmer Steak (Wine Program of the Year); minibar by JosĂŠ AndrĂŠs (Formal Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year); The Source by Wolfgang Puck (Service Program of the Year); Hazel (New Restaurant of the Year); and Ike Grigoropoulos, Dimitri Moshovitis, Ted Xenohristos and Brett Schulman of Cava Group Inc. (Restaurateur of the Year).

Ryan Ratino, Rising Culinary Star Ohio native Ryan Ratino has worked previously at Caviar Russe in New York; Shulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Steak House and Todd Englishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bluezoo at the Walt Disney World Swan in Orlando, Fla.; and Masa 14 in Washington. He also operated Ripple in Cleveland Park, but after it closed this past June, Ratino moved on to a new project: Bresca, which is set to open soon at 1906 14th St. NW. Ratino responded by email to The Currentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s questions about his career and recent win.

The Current: When did you decide to become a chef? What training did you go through?

Ryan Ratino: To be honest with you, I always wanted to be a professional baseball player but I knew that career had a determined lifespan. That is when I enrolled in Culinary Photo by Rey Lopez School and I loved it since day one. I went to Ryan Ratino is set to [Le Cordon Bleu] in Orlando, Fla. What was a pivotal moment in your career? open Bresca.

Ratino: I think all of the jobs Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve held have had significant impact in my career, but if I had to choose one it would have to be the one-star Michelin restaurant, Caviar Russe in New York City. Here I really polished my technique and enhanced my team building skills. But most importantly, I think this is where I was really able to understand the importance of sustainably sourcing products.

What is your favorite dish to cook? Ingredient to use? Dish to eat?

Ratino: I honestly donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cook the same dish twice. I am always cooking with seasonal ingredients â&#x20AC;&#x201D; what I find at the fresh farm market. If I am given the choice to pick my meal, I would go back to my Italian roots and choose a pasta. You can never go wrong with a good pasta. And you can be sure that if I spot [foie gras] somewhere on a menu, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be sure to order that.

What is your vision for Bresca? What type of restaurant will it be?

What do you want to achieve?

Ratino: Depending on your mood, Bresca will be an upbeat weekday hangout, a special occasion, or a casual spot to have dinner with friends. Our vision is to celebrate seasonality and the bounties of earth.

We want to bring our guests a unique experience by creating a menu that highlights creative and contemporary flavors with products that are responsibly sourced.

What is your reaction to receiving this RAMMY? Ratino: Just the fact that I was nominated and put on the same category as colleagues such as Sasha Felikson (Doi Moi), Rob Rubba (Hazel), Piter and Handry Tjan (Kobo) and Miranda Rosenfelt (Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Middle Name) was big enough for me. I really respect and admire their work and I was just flattered to be in the same group as these great talents. I am very humbled and extremely honored to have been recognized by the RAMW as 2017 Rising Culinary Star. This is just another incentive to work harder and deliver our best on this new concept. The pressure is on â&#x20AC;Ś

Left: Photo by Rey Lopez / Above: Courtesy of National Restaurant Group

Chefs work hard in the Hazel kitchen to create refined shared plates under executive chef Rob Rubba.

Hazel, Best New Restaurant Hazel, which opened in Shaw in June 2016, features a menu of mostly shared plates created by executive chef Rob Rubba. Before arriving in D.C., Rubba worked at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in New York City, Guy Savoy in Las Vegas and L20 in Chicago. Hazel is his first solo act. The Current interviewed Rubba about Hazel and its recent RAMMY win.

The Current: What does it mean to you to win this award? Were you surprised?

Rob Rubba: Yes, I was definitely surprised â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know it happened at first. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what took me so long to get to the stage. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still in disbelief. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an honor. To me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just really great for our team as a whole. Everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put in a lot of work, a lot of dedication this past year, and it really shows that hard work does pay off. It has helped boost morale.

What is it like to be executive chef?

Rubba: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of fun because I have full range of what we want to do with the menu, the dining experience. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not pigeon-holed into doing an already-filled-out box, and I had to fill in the blanks.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been great because I can reflect myself personally and have fun doing it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice not having restric-

tions on whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already a concept, but I can build a concept around what your vision is, the type of food you want to do, the type of service, the music. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neat to have a personal project.

What is your favorite dish you serve?

Rubba: Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hard one â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I love every dish.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like picking a favorite child! But this one is a crowd favorite: I would have to say Grandma Hazelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Zucchini Bread. It is something that, every time I still eat it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve eaten it a million times here â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it takes me back to my childhood, hanging out with her. So I think for that sentimental value, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of my favorite dishes.

What do you see in Hazelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future?

Rubba: It will continue to evolve. Not in terms of being more fine-dining or anything, but continue to evolve with our staff, becoming more educated in the front of the house and the back of the house, rolling with our menu in terms of our flavor profile.

And I want to continue to be a staple in the neighborhood. I want our guests to know that this is where they can come to get a good meal, and that might mean changing a few things, but I just want to constantly evolve to become a better restaurant.

Hazel is located at 808 V St. NW and offers a 38-seat dining room, a 16-seat bar, and a 38-seat year-round patio.

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Events Entertainment A Listing of What to Do in Washington, D.C. Thursday, Aug. 17

Thursday AUGUST 17 Performance â&#x2013; The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Free for Allâ&#x20AC;? performance of director Ron Danielsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Othello,â&#x20AC;? one of Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most haunting tragedies. 8 p.m. Free; tickets required. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. shakespearetheatre.org. Performances will continue through Aug. 27.

Tour â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Visit Dupont Undergroundâ&#x20AC;? will offer a chance to explore the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest art space â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a former trolley station with 75,000 square feet of underground platforms and tunnels. 6, 7 and 8 p.m. $16. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. dupontunderground.org. The tour will also be offered Friday at 6, 7 and 8 p.m.

Friday,AUGUST Aug. 18 Friday 18 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smithsonian Sleepover at the Natural History Museumâ&#x20AC;? will feature a chance for ages 8 through 12 to participate in an interactive exploration of the museum with quizzes, puzzles, games and craft projects. 7 p.m. to 9 a.m. $120 to $135. National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; Christian Kloc will present a juggling workshop. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Donation of at least $5 suggested. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-5476839.

â&#x2013; Art historian Karin Alexis will focus on ancient Greece and Rome and the Middle Ages to kick off a two-day course on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Evolution of Architectural Styles: Ancient Temples to Modern Skyscrapers,â&#x20AC;? a chronological survey of Western architecture. 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. $140 to $210. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. The class will continue Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. â&#x2013; Artist Will Fleishell will present a drop-in figure drawing class. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $15. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. â&#x2013; Washington Improv Theater will present an improv workshop. 7 p.m.

Free; reservations required. CentroNia, 1420 Columbia Road NW. witdc.org/ learn/improv-for-all.

Concerts â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live! Concert Series on the Plazaâ&#x20AC;? will feature Sharon Rae North & SunRae performing R&B and funk. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. â&#x2013; Jazz in the Garden at the National Gallery of Art will feature Davina and the Vagabonds performing jazz and blues.

5 to 8:30 p.m.

Free. Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-289-3360. â&#x2013; The Lucky So & Soâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will perform their distinctive tropical mix of jazz and hip-hop. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Discussion â&#x2013; Angela P. Dodson, a contributing

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editor for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box.â&#x20AC;?

Joining her in conversation will be in conversation will be Dorothy Gilliam, former columnist for The Washington Post. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films â&#x2013; The 11th annual African Diaspora International Film Festival in D.C. will open with the D.C. premiere of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rosa Chumbe,â&#x20AC;? a Peruvian film that depicts the multiculturalism and multiracialism present everywhere in Peruvian society, at 4 p.m.; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba,â&#x20AC;? a documentary about one of the first African musicians to win global stardom, at 6:30 p.m.; and the D.C. premiere of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not Black Enoughâ&#x20AC;? (shown), a documentary about class warfare and ostracism within the black community, at 9 p.m. $11 to $35. Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. nyadiff.org. The festival will continue through Sunday. â&#x2013; Reel Affirmations XTRA will present David Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson,â&#x20AC;? about the selfdescribed â&#x20AC;&#x153;street queenâ&#x20AC;? of New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christopher Street and the protests that occurred when the police declared Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1992 death a suicide without an investigation when she was found floating in the Hudson River. 7 p.m. $12 to $25. Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island

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August 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 24, 2017 â&#x2013; Page 16 Ave. NW. reelaffirmations.org. â&#x2013; American Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Neighborhood Movie Night will feature an outdoor screening of the animated classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Secret Life of Pets.â&#x20AC;? 8 p.m. Free. WoodsBrown Amphitheatre, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202885-2167. â&#x2013; The outdoor Golden Cinema series will feature the 1986 teen comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ferris Buellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Off.â&#x20AC;? Sunset.

Free. Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com.

Sporting events â&#x2013; The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will present the Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup, an amateur boxing tournament featuring women and men ages 8 through 40. 6 to 10 p.m. Free; reservations required. Raymond Recreation Center, 3725 10th St. NW. bit.ly/DPRMayorsCup2017. The tournament will continue Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. â&#x2013; The Washington Mystics will play the Phoenix Mercury. 7 p.m. $25 to $130. Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center), 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000.

Saturday, Aug. 19 Saturday AUGUST 19 Book signing â&#x2013; Novelist Allan Topol will sign copies of his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Washington Power Play: A Political Thriller.â&#x20AC;? 1 to 4 p.m. Free. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brightest stars, planets and constellations (for ages 5 and older). 1 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. The program will repeat Sunday at 1 p.m. â&#x2013; The House of Sweden will host a weekly storytime for children and families to experience Swedish childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s literature. 2 p.m. Free. House of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW. www.swedenabroad. com/washington. â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the solar system, the Milky Way and other deep space objects (for ages 7 and older). 4 to 4:45 p.m.

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Saturday, AUGUST 19 â&#x2013; Discussion: Jewish Lit Live will present a reading by comedienne, actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch from her new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories From the Edge of 50.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free.

Amphitheater, Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. 202-994-7470.

Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. The program will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; The Mount Pleasant Library will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Morning Yoga.â&#x20AC;? 10 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. â&#x2013; The Kennedy Center will host an all-levels vinyasa yoga class led by Chris Duling. 10 a.m. Free; reservations suggested. Grand Foyer, Kennedy Center. kennedy-center.org. â&#x2013; The Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs will host a tai chi class. 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. Free. Chinatown Park, 5th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW. 202-727-3120. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-2431188.

Concerts â&#x2013; Presented by the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the third annual Chuck Brown Day will feature performances by the Chuck Brown Band, the We Are One Tribute Band and EU featuring Sugar Bear. The event will also include childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities and a back-to-school giveaway, with food trucks on site. 3 to 7 p.m. Free admission. Chuck Brown Memorial Park, 2901 20th St. NE. windmeupchuck.com. â&#x2013; Jazz pianist and organist Charles Covington will perform with Nasar Abadey on drums and James King on bass. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The group Friends of Friendship â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turtleâ&#x20AC;? Park will host its inaugural Jazz Project event to celebrate the reopening of the renovated park, starting with a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert by Dinorock, at 6 p.m.; and continuing with a performance by self-taught piano prodigy Bob Diener, bassist Paul Langosch and guitarist Rick Whitehead, from 7 to 9 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket and a picnic; food trucks will also have items available for purchase. Free admission.

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 16 Friendship-Turtle Park Recreation Center, 45th and Van Ness streets NW. ■ The Adinkra Group will present the Birthright Annual Concert, featuring Egun Omode, Taratibu Youth Association, ASA! Kelenya and Farafina Kan Family. 7 p.m. $20 to $60. Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC), 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. BirthrightMovement. com.

■ “Ladies of Jazz” will feature Julia Nixon. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $12.50 to $19.50; tickets required. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412.

■ “Sounds of the Underground” will feature vocalist Rue Brown performing a mix of blues, jazz, reggae and hip-hop. 9 p.m. $18 to $20. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. dupontunderground. org.

Discussions and lectures ■ Jannes Waples Gibson, board member of Andean Textile Arts and former education program specialist at the Textile Museum, will discuss “Empowering Weavers at the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco.” 10:30 a.m. Free.

George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ Herbalist, organic farmer, author and international speaker Tammi Hartung will discuss “Cattail Moonshine and Milkweed Medicine,” about various North American plants. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-2258333.

■ U.S. Botanic Garden science education volunteer Todd Brethauer will discuss “The Botany and Chemistry of Brewing — Wheat.” 1 to 2:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ Realtor Ebony Bates will host a real estate Q&A featuring insider tips. 2:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-7271488.

Festivals ■ Hosted by the University of the District of Columbia, Van Ness Main Street, Comcast and RCN, the Van Ness Neighborhood Social will feature music, games, a petting zoo, children’s activities and complimentary food. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Student Center, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■ The inaugural Capital Chili Cook-Off and DMV Beer Festival at the Bullpen will feature samples of local brews from D.C., Maryland and Virginia, as well as food from 30 chili cooks competing for prizes and entry into the 2017 World Championship Chili Cook-off. 2 to 6 p.m. $45 to $65. Half Street Fairgrounds, 1199 Half St. SE. capitalchilicookoff. com.

Films ■ “Gaumont at 120: Twelve Unseen Treasures” will feature Raymond Bernard’s 1924 movie “Le miracle des loups,” with live accompaniment by pianist Andrew Simpson. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The Washington Jewish Film Festi-

val will present “American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs,” about the history of American populism and a man who inspired progressive ideas from Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal to Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign. A discussion with filmmaker Yale Strom and writer Elizabeth Schwartz will follow. 7 to 9 p.m. $13.

Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. wjff.org.

Teen event ■ Joseph LMS Green will host a youth open mic poetry event with teen members of the DC Youth Slam Team. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St. NW. 202789-2227.

Tours and walks ■ A park ranger will lead “Seasonal Discovery Nature Walk: MIlkhouse Ford Loop.” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Meet at the Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000.

■ Washington Walks’ “Get Local!” series will feature “Georgetown Waterfront.” 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet in the park at 28th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. washingtonwalks.com.

■ “Close-up Tour: Earthquake” will examine the damage incurred by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that rocked the Washington National Cathedral on Aug. 23, 2011 (for ages 10 and older). 2 p.m. $18 to $22; reservations suggested. Meet at the west-end docent station, Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

■ “Visit Dupont Underground” will offer a chance to explore the city’s newest art space — a former trolley station with 75,000 square feet of underground platforms and tunnels. Hourly from noon to 5 p.m. $16.

Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. dupontunderground. org. The tour will also be offered Sunday at the same times.

Sunday, Aug. 20

Sunday AUGUST 20 Classes and workshops ■ Local yoga instructors Alia Peera and Amy Mitchell will present “Sunday Serenity: Yoga in the East Park.” 10 to 11 a.m. $5 donation suggested; reservations encouraged. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org. The program will repeat Aug. 27.

■ The Kadampa Meditation Center will host a weekly class on meditation.

10 a.m. $6 to $12. Kadampa Meditation Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202986-2257.

■ Master Gloria DuBissette of DC Gentle East Martial Arts will present a self-defense class for women on power kicks, strikes and hitting targets (for ages 13 and older). 2 to 4 p.m. Free.

Large Meeting Room, Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-6713122. The four-session series will conclude Aug. 27.

Concerts ■ The National Building Museum will present Grupo Gato performing Cuban

Rumba songs and drumming as part of its summer concert series. 2 to 3 p.m.

Free. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

Discussions and lectures ■ U.S. Botanic Garden science education volunteer Todd Brethauer will discuss “The Botany and Chemistry of Brewing — Barley,” about the botanical inputs and the chemical transformations that occur as grain is brewed into ale and beer. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ National Gallery of Art imaging scientists John Delaney and Kathryn Dooley will discuss “Beyond What the Eye Can See: Using the Technology of NASA’s Rovers to Explore Paintings.” 2 p.m. Free.

East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Film ■ “Gaumont at 120: Twelve Unseen Treasures” will feature Max Ophüls’ 1940 movie “De Mayerling à Sarajevo.”

4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-7374215.

Reading ■ “Sunday Kind of Love,” a monthly program, will feature readings by emerging and established poets, followed by an open mic segment. 5 to 7 p.m. $5.

Langston Room, Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

Special event ■ The National Park Service and the Rock Creek Conservancy will host a Beach Drive Block Party — a chance to walk, run or bike along the fully reconstructed section of Beach Drive and the wider, smoother multi-use trail. Featured programs will include a nature hike, a ranger-led bike tour, children’s activities and information booths. 1 to 4 p.m. Free.

Near the National Zoo entrance on Beach Drive at Harvard Street NW. 202895-6070.

Monday, Aug. 21 Monday AUGUST 21 Children’s program ■ Children’s performer Margot Bevington will present “Rise + Rhyme,” a storytelling and performance series for ages 5 and younger.

9:30 to 11 a.m. $5 per child. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

Classes and workshops ■ The weekly “Yoga Mondays” program will feature a gentle yoga class.

10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Free; tickets distributed at the second-floor reference desk beginning at 10:15 a.m. to the first 30 people who arrive. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488.

■ The West End Interim Library will host an all-levels yoga class. 6 p.m. Free.

West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707.

■ The Petworth Library will host “Fix (Nearly) Anything,” a monthly fix-it session offering assistance, tools and support so attendees can make needed

of Greater Washington, accompanied by the NEWorks House Band. 6 p.m. Free.

Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.

■ The U.S. Navy Concert Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. navyband.navy.mil.

Sunday, AUGUST 20 ■ Concert: Alif Laila will present a sitar recital, accompanied by Nitin Mitta on tabla. A lecture on Indian classical music and a master class with Sitar Niketan students will precede the performance. Master class at 5:30 p.m.; concert at 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

repairs to various items. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. bit.ly/ labsclasses.

■ The D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs will present a workshop on “The Regulatory Process of Starting a Small Business.” 6:30 p.m.

Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122.

■ The Science of Spirituality Meditation Center will begin a four-week class on Jyoti meditation, a discipline focusing on the experience of inner light. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Science of Spirituality Meditation Center, 2950 Arizona Ave. NW. dcinfo@sos.org.

Concerts ■ “Live! Concert Series on the Plaza” will feature Diversified performing R&B. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ “New Frontiers: Back to School Youth Rally” will feature youth performances by Step Afrika!, Split this Rock, Washington Performing Arts’ Children of the Gospel, and the Boys and Girls Clubs

Discussion ■ Joe Tone, former editor of The Dallas Observer, will discuss his book “Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream,” about life on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Film ■ The “Marvelous Movie Monday” series will present Woody Allen’s 1975 film “Love and Death.” 2 and 6:30 p.m.

Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

Special events ■ The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum and National Zoo will host a solar eclipse viewing through a safe solar telescope, with free safe eclipse glasses available for attendees. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. Pachyderm Plaza outside the Elephant Community Center, National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. nationalzoo.si.edu.

■ The National Archives will offer visitors an opportunity to view the solar eclipse through the lenses of safe solar telescopes provided by the National Air and Space Museum, as well as a chance to look through the lens of history by reviewing records about past solar eclipses. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. Outside near the Special Events Entrance to the National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

Tour ■ U.S. Botanic Garden volunteer docent Nancy Ragsdale will discuss the history of the National Garden, plants attractive to butterflies, native plants of the middle Atlantic area and roses that grow well in the Washington environSee Events/Page 18

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Tuesday, Aug. 22 Tuesday AUGUST 22 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program â&#x2013; Mr. Lilo will present an interactive, bilingual musical performance on his guitar. 11 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-6713122.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; A certified yoga instructor will lead a walk-in gentle yoga class targeted to ages 55 and older. 10 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-7270232. â&#x2013; The Georgetown Library will present a walk-in yoga class practicing introductory vinyasa techniques. 11:30 a.m.

Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. â&#x2013; Megan Mamula of Yoga District will present a yoga class for beginners. 1 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. â&#x2013; Jackie Anderson, a certified yoga instructor and librarian at Marie Reed Elementary School, will present a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Yoga!â&#x20AC;? class. 6 p.m. Free. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Room, Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. â&#x2013; As part of a summer garden series, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will present a workshop led

by Andy Clark on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cover Crops for Gardens.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Raymond Recreation Center, 3725 10th St. NW. bit.ly/UrbanGardeningPrograms. â&#x2013; Facilitator Catharin Dalpino of the Washington English Center will lead an Evening English Conversation Group for members to talk about ideas and events and practice conversation skills. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 7:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-2431188.

Concerts â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live! Concert Series on the Plazaâ&#x20AC;?

will feature Prototype performing contemporary jazz. Noon to 1 p.m. Free.

Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-3121300. â&#x2013; The Tuesday Concert Series will feature David Pedraza on viola and Anna Nizhegorodtseva (shown) on piano performing works by Bach, Paganini and Rebecca Clarke. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202347-2635. â&#x2013; Rob Cheatham & Co., an Americana rock band based in Charlottesville, Va., will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The U.S. Navy Band and Navy Ceremonial Guard will perform. 7:30 p.m.

Free. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. navyband.navy.mil. â&#x2013; The U.S. Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Night at the Movies.â&#x20AC;? 8 p.m. Free. West Side, U.S. Capitol. usafband.af.mil.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Biographer Walter Stahr will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stanton: Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s War Secretary.â&#x20AC;? Noon to 1 p.m.

Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. â&#x2013; Allison M. Kuchar, a certified health education and end-of-life specialist with Capital Caring Hospice, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Is Hospice â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Debunking the Myths,â&#x20AC;? about the true nature of hospice and palliative care. 1 to 2 p.m. Free.

Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 443-417-3738. â&#x2013; Political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Trump Challenge to Black America.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m.

Free. Sankofa Books, 2714 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-234-4755. â&#x2013; Jon Kukla â&#x20AC;&#x201D; author of the new book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Patrick Henry: Champion of Libertyâ&#x20AC;? and an authority on early American history â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Patrick Henry: The Forgotten Founding Father.â&#x20AC;? 6:45 p.m.

$20 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030. â&#x2013; Biographer Walter Stahr will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stanton: Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s War Secretary.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

Performance â&#x2013; The Washington Improv Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harold Nightâ&#x20AC;? will feature long-form improv performances by various ensembles. 8 and 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.

Special event â&#x2013; An adult coloring program will focus on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dog Days of Color.â&#x20AC;? 5:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488.

Tour â&#x2013; U.S. Botanic Garden conservation and sustainability horticulturist Ray Mims will lead a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rediscover Bartholdi Park!â&#x20AC;? tour to highlight recent renovations to upgrade accessibility, safety and sustainability, as well as the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Meet by the Bartholdi Park Fountain, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

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Wednesday, AUGUST 23 â&#x2013; Discussion: Ibram X. Kendi, professor of history and international studies at American University, will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.â&#x20AC;?

Joining Kendi (shown) in conversation will be Wesley Lowery, a national correspondent for The Washington Post and author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;They Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Kill Us All.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free.

Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

shop on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exhibiting and Selling Your Photographs.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $45 to $65. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. â&#x2013; The Poets on the Fringe will host a weekly poetry workshop to critique participantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poems. 7 to 9 p.m. Free.

Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. â&#x2013; Instructor Tara Bishop will lead a weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yoga for Allâ&#x20AC;? restorative yoga practice. 7:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

Concerts â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live! Concert Series on the Plazaâ&#x20AC;? will feature Outta the Blue performing classic rock. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-3121300. â&#x2013; Levine Music faculty members will present an interactive family concert in celebration of their newly released CD of early childhood and elementary music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The Marine Dixieland Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; National Museum of Women in the Arts digital editorial associate Emily Haight will discuss several works in the special exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Revival.â&#x20AC;? Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-5000. â&#x2013; The Tenley-Friendship Book Discussion Group will meet. 2 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; Dorothy Phoenix â&#x20AC;&#x201D; local game developer, software engineer and owner of Cloudy Heaven Games â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Idea to Reality: How to Make Your First Video Game,â&#x20AC;? on how anyone can make a video game with no prior programming experience. 6:30 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. â&#x2013; Marlena Chertock, poetry editor at

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Free. East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. eastcitybookshop.com. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plastics: Separating the Good From the Badâ&#x20AC;? will feature Odile Madden, a materials scientist and head of modern materials research at the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, and Pierre Comizzoli, research biologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and senior program officer for science for the Smithsonian. 6:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030.

Films â&#x2013; The West End Interim Library will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,â&#x20AC;? starring Tina Fey as a cable news producer who becomes a war correspondent in Afghanistan.

6:30 p.m.

Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spies on Screenâ&#x20AC;? will feature the 2003 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bon Voyage,â&#x20AC;? featuring German spies, the French Resistance, romance and a corpse in Paris in the final days before the Nazi occupation.

6:30 p.m. $8 to $10. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. â&#x2013; The NoMa Summer Screen outdoor film series will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;White House Down.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Storey Park Lot, 1005 1st St. NE. nomabid.org/nomasummer-screen. â&#x2013; The Reel Israel DC series will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harmonia,â&#x20AC;? a modern adaptation of the mythological triangle between the childless Abraham and Sarah and young Hagar, set in the Jerusalem Philharmonic. 8 p.m. $8 to $12.25. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-9666000.

Performances and readings â&#x2013; Historian William Biehl will share the story of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Atta Boy,â&#x20AC;? a successful 1918 military show by the Quartermaster School at Camp Meigs in D.C. that was performed locally and on Broadway in 1918 and 1919. The program will include songs from the show performed

by Biehl and the Maryland Heritage Vocal Ensemble. 6 p.m. Free. Anderson House, Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. societyofthecincinnati.org. â&#x2013; The Washington Improv Theater will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Improvapalooza,â&#x20AC;? its annual celebration of experimental improv. 7:30 p.m. $15 to $40. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. The five-day festival will continue Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at noon and 6 p.m.; and Sunday at noon.

Special event â&#x2013; The Georgetown Business Improvement District and 50-plus stores and restaurants in the historic neighborhood will feature end-of-summer shopping deals, sips and bites. 5 to 9 p.m. Free admission. Various locations, including shopSee Events/Page 19

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 18 persâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lounges at Dean & Deluca, 3276 M St. NW; Living Room at The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown, 3100 South St. NW; the Rosewood Washington, D.C., 1050 31st St. NW; and The Graham Georgetown, DC, 1075 Thomas Jefferson St. NW. georgetowndc.com.

Sporting event â&#x2013; D.C. United will play Atlanta United FC. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $200. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800-7453000.

Thursday,AUGUST Aug. 24 24 Thursday Classes and workshops â&#x2013; The Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs will host a tai chi class. 8 to 9 a.m. Free. Chinatown Park, 5th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW. 202-727-3120. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tai Chi Health Labâ&#x20AC;? will offer a chance to learn about tai chi through practice and a study of texts such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Harvard Medical Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to Tai Chiâ&#x20AC;? and Kenneth Cohenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art of Qigong.â&#x20AC;? 9:30 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Concerts â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live! Concert Series on the Plazaâ&#x20AC;? will feature Six Pack Rodeo performing country. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. â&#x2013; An American roots concert series will feature singer and guitarist Dede Wyland performing bluegrass. 5 to 7

p.m. Free. National Garden Amphitheater, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. â&#x2013; The Luce Unplugged Community Showcase will feature vocalist and keyboardist Aaron Abernathy. The event will include snacks and drinks available for purchase. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; Musicians and songwriters Rachael Kilgour (shown) and Wilder Adkins â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the most recent grand prize winners of the NewSong Music Competition â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will share the stage to explore, perform and discuss their own inspirations and methods of songwriting. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Demonstration â&#x2013; Gardening and cooking writer Adrienne Cook and nutritionist Danielle Cook will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer Harvest,â&#x20AC;? featuring new recipes using the abundance of peppers, corn, tomatoes, beans and zucchini now available. Noon and 12:50 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; National Portrait Gallery curator Robyn Asleson will discuss the portrait of the Mohawk military and political leader Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) by John Raphael Smith. Noon. Free. G Street lobby, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F

Thursday, AUGUST 24 â&#x2013; Discussion: Brittney C. Cooper, assistant professor of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and gender studies at Rutgers University, will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women,â&#x20AC;? about the development of AfricanAmerican women as public intellectuals. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. The Potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org. streets NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; Achille Ekeu, a certified valuation expert, will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;30 Frequently Asked Questions in Business Valuation.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-7270232. â&#x2013; Lorraine Treanor, editor of the website DC Theatre Scene, will offer a preview of the upcoming theater season.

6:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-

633-3030. â&#x2013; Kamila Shamsie will discuss her novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home Fire,â&#x20AC;? the story of a family pulled in several directions at once. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; ESPN commentator and journalist Kate Fagan will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen,â&#x20AC;? about college athlete Madison Holleran, whose death by suicide rocked the University of Pennsylvania campus. 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; The Georgetown Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Twentythirtysomething Book Club â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a group for younger adults ages 21 and older â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Universal Harvesterâ&#x20AC;?

by John Darnielle. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Mad Fox Tap Room, 2218 Wisconsin Ave. NW. julia. strusienski@dc.gov. â&#x2013; Local book critic Bethanne Patrick â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who tweets at @TheBookMaven â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will lead a discussion on the work of novelist Alice McDermott. 8 p.m. Free. The Den at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beat the Heat Summer Film

Seriesâ&#x20AC;? will feature the 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sicario,â&#x20AC;? about an idealistic FBI agent enlisted to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the U.S.-Mexico border. 10:30 a.m.

Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. â&#x2013; The Korean Cultural Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s K-Cinema series will present Park Dae-minâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2016 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River,â&#x20AC;? about a genius swindler who tries to deceive one of the most powerful men in the Joseon Dynasty. Appetizer social at 6 p.m.; film at 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW. KoreaCultureDC.org. â&#x2013; The Phillips Collection will present the German comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good Bye Lenin!,â&#x20AC;? about the effects of German reunification. 6:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two Film Guys From the Hillâ&#x20AC;? will feature a screening of the 1993 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Line of Fire,â&#x20AC;? starring Clint Eastwood.

A Q&A with Mike Canning and Tom Zaniello will follow. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SW. hillcenterdc.org. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Films at the Stone,â&#x20AC;? a series of free movies screened at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hidden Figures.â&#x20AC;? 8 p.m. Free. On the green space south of the bookstore at the King Memorial, 1964 Independence Ave. SW. filmsatthestone.org.

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the “already scarce” food selection.

“I’m not opposed to liquor at Safeway; I’m for food at Safeway,” one resident said. “There is simply not enough food. If space is made for beer and wine sales, what do they choose to dispense with?”

Others opposed alcohol sales regardless of the food impact, citing concerns about the young children who frequent the store and about the impact on nearby small businesses such as Cairo Wine & Liquor.

In a news release publicizing Monday’s meeting, ANC 2B commissioner Nick DelleDonne — who represents neighbors who live across 17th Street from the store — highlighted a desire to maintain the current retail balance.

“We strongly support the many existing family-owned businesses and our current grocery-only Safeway,” he said in the release. “We need to preserve the mix of businesses and residences that respects the special livable/walkable neighborhood that makes our neighborhood in Dupont Circle the place where people want to live, shop and socialize.”

Today’s mediation is open to all

groups that have protested the Safeway application. In addition to ANC 2B, these include the Dupont Circle Citizens Association, the owners and supporters of Cairo Wine & Liquor and parents from nearby Ross Elementary School.

Many of the opponents at Monday’s meeting — some of whom sported T-shirts reading “Food, Not Booze at Safeway” — want to block the store’s alcohol application altogether, rather than looking for a legally enforceable compromise.

“I am deeply concerned that the ANC will only do a settlement agreement, and not a simple protest,” one resident said. “I want my ANC to strongly oppose. We are your voting constituents. This is our grocery store — we want groceries.”

Others, however, seemed open to a settlement agreement that accounted for the layout of the store, focusing on the square footage and location of the alcohol.

“It’s easy to get caught up in protest,” former ANC 2B member Will Stephens said, “but the ANC is meant to be a process. We need to support a reasonable agreement.”

At the beginning of the meeting, Sarah Fashbaugh of the Alco-

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The Corcoran Street Safeway is seeking to add beer and wine.

holic Beverage Regulation Administration passed out a list of items that are typically enforceable — and unenforceable — in a settlement agreement. Many meeting attendees said a settlement agreement’s likely terms wouldn’t address their broader concerns.

“Most of these enforceable items aren’t relevant to a grocery store and are things that are simply enforceable by D.C. law,” the representative from Cairo said. “This would not suffice for us.”

But Fashbaugh urged residents to consider being open to a settlement agreement, as those enforceable and unenforceable items on the list are not final.

“The [Alcoholic Beverage Control Board] has final approval,” she said. “I haven’t seen a situation where the board has had an issue with someone providing a

map of the store in the settlement.

Personally, I haven’t seen people do it in a grocery store and restrict how much space is devoted to liquor, but I don’t see why [including it in a proposed settlement agreement] would be an issue.”

In an interview after the meeting, Maltz — whose district includes the store — cautioned against reading too much into the Monday meeting.

“It seems like everyone is vehemently against,” she said. “But if you kind of just agree, you probably wouldn’t be coming to the meeting. We represent 18,000 people in this ANC. There is a lot of diversity of opinion. I’ve received emails from people on both sides of the issue.”

Maltz also said she was wary of going to a full protest hearing without attempting to work out a settlement agreement — in case the alcohol board simply approves Safeway’s application without any of the limitations residents might favor. “We don’t want to get to a point where we have no control, and no one is getting any of the stipulations they want,” she said.

After Wednesday’s mediation, there will be a status hearing on Sept. 13, with a protest hearing set for Sept. 27 if no settlement is reached.

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