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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

International charter opens new campus

Vacant embassies draw attention from Norton

ISLAND EATS

■ Kalorama: Delegate urges

action against local eyesores

By ALEXA PERLMUTTER Current Correspondent

The DC International School welcomed students to Delano Hall this week for the start of classes in its new campus, located at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center site near 16th and Aspen streets NW. The building has gone through a major renovation over the past few months and is now a lightfilled, airy space with brand-new classrooms, a library, a cafe and a theater. The athletic, science and art wing is still under construction, and is scheduled to open this spring.

DC International, often known by the initials DCI, is a languageimmersion public charter school currently serving grades six through 10, with plans to expand to 12th-graders by the 2019-20 school year. Formed in 2014 by five bilingual charter schools in order to establish a feeder program for their graduates, DCI was most recently located in temporary space on 16th Street NW in See School/Page 5

By GRACE BIRD Current Staff Writer

Although U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recently moved to Sheridan-Kalorama, he’s seldom seen wandering around his new neighborhood. But if he were to take a walk, he might notice a chronic problem that’s particularly prevalent in this Ward 2 community: abandoned foreign missions falling into disrepair.

Late last month, D.C. Del.

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■ Transportation: Culvert

Carifesta, a music and arts festival celebrating CaribbeanAmerican heritage, featured live bands, cultural dances, a food court, a craft village, a beer garden and more on Monday afternoon at Woodrow Wilson Plaza next to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

By ALEXA PERLMUTTER Current Correspondent

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Proposed architectural lighting is intended to better highlight the 1923 bridge’s iconic archways.

the time resulted in the current proposal.

“We were currently rehabbing the bridge, so while we were preparing for that, we did a quick bridge facade lighting study that looked at some options,” agency

Eleanor Holmes Norton sent a letter to Tillerson citing concerns about the growing number of vacant missions across the city and requesting a meeting with him or another State Department official within 30 days. Norton said in an interview Tuesday that she hasn’t yet received a response.

Norton said she learned about the volume of abandoned foreign missions in D.C. from an Aug. 2 article in The Current. Norton implored constituents and elected officials to inform her office about such properties going forward.

“There needs to be as many of See Embassies/Page 15

Roadway collapse follows warnings from neighbors failed below parkside street

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

Key Bridge eyed for architectural lighting The Key Bridge may receive decorative lighting on its underside to highlight its distinctive arches, according to the D.C. Department of Transportation, which will hold a public meeting Sept. 27 to discuss options, answer questions and receive community feedback.

The historic bridge between Georgetown and Rosslyn, Va., is in the midst of various upgrades, and the agency said the new proposal is separate from work to install LED fixtures in the bridge’s streetlights.

The Transportation Department studied the architectural lighting concept in 2014, and its work at

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planner Ted Van Houten told The Current. “If we wanted to light the bridge, how would we do that?”

The 2014 study concluded that “uplighting the bridge face along with the highlighting of arches from within will provide the most dramatic effect.” Federal money for the lighting project, however, didn’t come through until 2016, and now the agency is ready to kick off the project publicly at the upcoming meeting.

The lighting plans are now in the environmental assessment process, during which the Transportation Department is getting the plans to 30 percent of the design and preliminary engineering.

Meanwhile, it is also going through See Lighting/Page 2

Three years ago, the D.C. Department of Transportation conducted a routine inspection of a culvert carrying a small stream under 49th Street NW and into Battery Kemble Park. Finding damage and evidence of frequent clogs, the agency recommended replacing the pipe, according to agency spokesperson Terry Owens.

The work is now underway — but only after the culvert failed during the rain-soaked weekend of Aug. 18, creating a sinkhole under 49th Street and forcing a 16-week emergency road closure between Dexter and Fulton streets.

Spence Spencer, a former Wesley Heights advisory neighborhood commissioner who lives on 49th Street, said the Transportation Department had been promising repairs for nearly a year before the cave-in. The most recent update came just last month.

“Basically, DDOT tells us that they are going to work on it, they

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49th Street is closed between Dexter and Fulton streets NW due to a collapsed culvert.

don’t give us any details and then inform us that the road is ‘passable’ and therefore it’s OK,” Spencer told The Current. “That was a week before the entire thing collapsed and became impassable.”

According to Owens, the Transportation Department began preparing to replace the culvert in October 2015. A project design was completed in March 2016, and the agency secured permits in November. Asked why the project didn’t move forward sooner, Owens said that preparations were in fact taking place behind the scenes.

“The culvert was functioning, if at a reduced capacity, from 2014 See Sinkhole/Page 2

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SINKHOLE: Construction delays spawn community complaints

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when it was identified as deficient up until the storms of August 2017,” Owens wrote in an email. “DDOT prudently planned, designed and obtained permits for its replacement and was in procurement for the work when the August storms washed out the roadway.”

The project entails replacing the old 36-inch-wide pipe with a new 48-inch one, whose greater capacity will reduce the risk of clogging. New catch basins, storm drains

and manholes will direct water from 49th and Fulton streets into this culvert. Owens told The Current that concrete manholes and catch basins are being specially made for the project, which slows down its pace.

He added that some trees will be removed to accommodate construction, and that the project team is coordinating with the National Park Service and the Transportation Department’s Urban Forestry Division.

Residents have full access to their homes during the road closure, but the collapsed roadway cuts off part of a popular cut-

through route to the Palisades.

Spencer said he isn’t satisfied by the Transportation Department’s explanations for the delay on beginning construction.

“We’ve been trying to warn these guys about the impending collapse, and not only do they concede it was about to collapse, but they didn’t do anything about it,” he said. “This is like a parable of D.C. malfeasance. What does it take for them to listen to their citizens?”

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D, which includes the affected area, is

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49th Street NW is blocked to through traffic due to the sinkhole.

scheduled to discuss the 49th Street issue at its monthly meeting tonight. A Transportation Department representative is expected to attend.

LIGHTING From Page 1 Section 106 review under the National Historic Preservation Act in order to ensure that the historic architecture of the bridge — completed in 1923 — is maintained and protected. It’s too soon to have a timeline on when new lighting could be installed, officials said.

Van Houten also acknowledged three possible sticking points: The bridge goes over the Whitehurst Freeway; there is marine traffic on the Potomac River underneath; and the air over the river is the approach for planes landing at Reagan National Airport. “We’re working with the [Federal Aviation Administration] and our own safety team.

Anything we do for the lighting has to be safe: not blinding boaters or drivers, and not causing a disruption for air pilots,” he said.

Joe Gibbons, chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E (Georgetown, Burleith), told The Current that it’s too early in the planning process for him or ANC 2E to form an opinion on the proposed lighting.

“I don’t know placement, Kelvin, those types of details,” he said.

“Yes, we need more effective lighting down there, but we have to be aware with what we’re doing and how it fits with the historic preservation and the rest of the community.”

The Transportation Department will hold its public meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Georgetown Library. In advance of that meeting, representatives of ANC 2E and the Georgetown Business Improvement District will meet with the agency, but Will Handsfield of the BID is optimistic.

“We’re not ahead of the community on this one — people really do believe it needs to be lit,” he said in an interview. “It doesn’t really affect any function. We’re being subtle, envisioning subtlety and just improving the bridge.”

The idea of lighting the bridge was proposed in the BID’s Georgetown 2028 plan, created in 2013.

Handsfield told The Current that the BID did extensive research while formulating its plan. “We had 83 public meetings and came up with about 75 action items, one of which was studying lighting the Key Bridge with architectural lighting,” Handsfield said.

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District alters plans for Janney playing field amid crumb rubber concerns

By GRACE BIRD Current Staff Writer

Amid debate about the health effects of crumb rubber — a synthetic surface used at playgrounds and fields across the U.S. — the District has backed off plans to install the material at Janney Elementary School this month.

The D.C. Council adopted a moratorium on crumb rubber in the fiscal year 2018 budget, which takes effect Oct. 1. However,

D.C. Public Schools initially planned to use the synthetic infill at a new Janney field this month before the law could go into effect.

“Saving on time or cost are no excuse for choosing a material that may put our children’s health at risk,” Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh wrote in an Aug. 21 letter.

Officials opted to use an alternative substance — a sand product called envirofill.

“They concluded that it’s safe,” Cheh said of the sand material. “In fact, it has one advantage. … It’ll be a cooler surface.”

“I don’t mean that in a cultural way,” the council member added.

While Cheh conceded that the subject of crumb rubber requires further scientific research, she said that preliminary studies raise safety concerns.

The District’s crumb rubber moratorium follows a series of temporary bans on the material in several U.S. counties and cities — notably New York City in 2008, Los Angeles in 2009 and Montgomery County, Md., in 2015. Cheh has advocated for a

crumb rubber moratorium for several years.

In a 2013 letter, Cheh asked the D.C. Department of General Services’ thendirector Brian Hanlon to avoid the material because safety and environment impacts were “far from settled.”

On the federal level, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Consumer Product Safety Commission launched a study on crumb rubber in February 2016, and a multi-agency team is working on a timeline See Playground/Page 5

The week ahead Thursday, Sept. 7

The National Capital Planning Commission will hold its monthly meeting at 1 p.m. in its offices in Suite 500, North Lobby, 401 9th St. NW. Agenda items will include preliminary and final site and building plans for the renovation and expansion of the Carnegie Library; preliminary site development plans for a new guard booth and fence augmentation at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Nebraska Avenue Complex; and a presentation on the Metropolitan Washington Coastal Storm Risk Management Study.

Saturday, Sept. 9

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Join Us.

Van Ness Main Street will hold a community meeting on “Public Art and Wayfinding in Van Ness” from 10 a.m. to noon at the WAMU building, 4401 Connecticut Ave. NW. Three finalists selected by the Van Ness Main Street Design Committee will meet with the community to discuss ways to create a more vibrant and walkable neighborhood.

Experience Corps volunteers – people age 50 and older – help children in kindergarten through third grade learn to read. Join us at one of the following information sessions to learn how you can become a reading tutor and transform the lives of students in the DC Metro Area.

Sunday, Sept. 10

Upcoming Sessions:

The InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington will host its 12th annual Unity Walk to provide a public display of solidarity and friendship. The walk will begin at 12:30 p.m. at Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St. From there the walk will progress southward to other houses of worship and foreign missions on Embassy Row, with a closing ceremony at 4:30 p.m. at the Islamic Center of Washington, 2551 Massachusetts Ave. NW. A donation of $25 for adults and $10 for students is suggested. Visit 911unitywalk.org for a complete program.

■ The Black Student Fund and the Latino Student Fund will hold their annual school fair, offering families the opportunity to learn about independent school admissions, financial aid, testing and curricula. The event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. Admission is free.

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Register online at: www.aarpfoundation.org/ecdcmetro or contact Denise Fraction at 202-434-6349

Tuesday, Sept. 12

The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation and the D.C. Department of General Services will hold a community meeting on the renovation of Hearst Park and proposed additions. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the gym at Hearst Elementary School, 3950 37th St. NW. ■ The Glover Park Citizens Association will meet at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW.

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District Digest Adams Morgan Day details announced

Organizers of Adams Morgan Day 2017 have announced the lineup for the festival’s Columbia Stage and are continuing their online fundraising campaign.

The 39th annual celebration of Adams Morgan’s history, culture, arts, music, restaurants, businesses and residents will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday

along 18th Street and Columbia Road NW. Part of 18th Street will be closed to motor vehicles to create space for vendors, an interactive artists alley and live music.

Participating Adams Morgan businesses and nonprofits will offer discounts and special food and drink menus. Activities will include exercise classes, T-shirt tie-dying, “corn hole” and discounts on self-service dog washing. Visual artists will be featured

at exhibits and booths.

The lineup at the Columbia Road Stage, presented by Songbyrd Music House and Record Café, ranges from the femalefronted indie psych-rock group NAH at noon to the local brass band Dupont Brass at 5 p.m.

Mayor Muriel Bowser will make remarks at 1 p.m. The lineup for the Kalorama Road Stage, presented by GrowClub DC, will be announced soon, according to the

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Admission is free, but organizers are raising money to defray the costs of holding the event. To donate, visit ioby.org/admoday.

For details about the event, visit adamsmorganday2017.com.

City to test Sherman Circle lane closures

Sherman Circle NW will lose one travel lane for the next three weeks, a change that will allow the D.C. Department of Transportation to study the effects of such a traffic pattern.

The agency has proposed permanently eliminating one of the Petworth roundabout’s two travel lanes in an effort to reduce vehicle speeds and make it easier for pedestrians to cross. A similar pilot closure at nearby Grant Circle NW resulted in major traffic delays, prompting the Transportation Department to back off a

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Although officials said previously that such an experiment wouldn’t be necessary at Sherman Circle because it sees less traffic volume, some residents had raised concerns about implementing a permanent change without enough information.

The department will begin the experiment on Monday, blocking a lane using orange traffic barrels starting late Sunday night, according to a release. The agency asks motorists to expect “moderate” delays. Sherman Circle NW is located at the intersection of Kansas and Illinois avenues and 7th and Crittenden streets.

Dogs get afternoon in three local pools

Francis, Randall and Upshur pools will be open to local canines on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. in the city’s annual Doggie Day Swim.

The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation partners with the Department of Health to host the free event after the facilities close to residents for the season, according to an announcement.

All pets must have a D.C. dog license to enter the pool; for details, call the Department of Health at 202-535-2323.

Dog handlers, who must be at least 16 years old, may not get into the pool, and there will be a limit of 150 dogs at a time in Francis and 75 each in Randall and Upshur.

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SCHOOL: New facility opens

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DC International School is now open in Delano Hall.

entation took place last week.

“I felt a lot of comfort and safety at DCI. I think the students may even do better academically this year because the space is bigger and filled with light,” new sixth-grader Daniela Sepulveda said during orientation.

Sepulveda’s mom, Ileann Jimenez-Sepulveda, echoed her daughter’s sentiments. “When we arrived at Walter Reed, the kids jumped off the bus and ran up the hill, all the way to the front door,” she said. “The excitement in their voices was inspirational.”

The Walter Reed campus is being transformed into a vibrant mixed-use community featuring residential, commercial, nonprofit, government and public recreational uses along Georgia Avenue and Aspen Street NW. A section of the campus near 16th Street and Alaska Avenue NW is envisioned as a complex of foreign missions.

The DC International School is among the first public uses of the Walter Reed property after the Army closed it in 2011.

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Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Center for Health Research, is convinced that crumb rubber should be avoided. Zuckerman told the The Current that the material has both confirmed and suspected hazards — for example, it absorbs heat more quickly than natural surfaces, and can reach temperatures of 145 degrees. Additionally, Zuckerman said, synthetic

turf is more compact than it feels, which gives children a false sense of security and can result in injury.

Overall, in Zuckerman’s view, grass and dirt are the best surfaces for children and for the environment. “That’s what I used to play on,” she said. However, some disagree since grass is not durable, is more expensive to maintain, and takes longer to dry than synthetic surfaces.

The crumb rubber debate comes as numerous D.C. parks

and school playgrounds were shuttered after failing a shock absorption test. None of the city agencies responsible for the play areas responded to requests for more information either from Cheh or from The Current.

No list of affected facilities has been made public, though Cheh’s office determined that it included some outdoor areas at several Ward 3 schools: Janney, Eaton and Mann elementaries and Wilson High.

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After numerous delays, construction on the DC International’s new Walter Reed home began this past December, according to the school’s executive director Mary Schaffner. “We thought we were going to get access to the space in 2014 then 2015 then 2016. They said at one point it might not happen in 2016, and we said, ‘It has to happen, because, with 800 students, there is nowhere for us to go,’” Schaffner told The Current.

Last fall parents and administrators coined #DeliverDelano, in hopes of reminding officials of the importance of this project and the tight deadline. Soon after, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office announced the successful transfer of the former federal hospital campus to the D.C. government, allowing construction to begin.

“Everyone moved mountains and helped us, and families banded together and worked really hard to get us here. Working with Building Hope and MCN, they really pushed it to get us to opening,” Schaffner said, referring to a nonprofit organization that supports D.C. charter schools and to construction contractor MCN Build. “That’s a quick turnaround for a 175,000-square-foot building.”

Classes officially began on Tuesday, but students, alumni and parents were able to tour the new, light-filled building at the end of the summer, and new student ori-

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A reckless process

Last month, the District unveiled the long-awaited, much-scrutinized renovation of Burleith’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts — a $165 million project that cost more than twice the originally requested budget.

“Let ’em talk about how much it cost,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said at the school’s opening ceremony. “You’ll see; it’s worth it.”

It is true that the school is a jaw-dropping masterpiece. The modernization artfully retrofitted a historic but dated 1898 high school with modern educational amenities and state-of-the-art performing arts spaces.

But we’re troubled by the mayor’s dismissive attitude toward legitimate cost complaints. The Ellington renovation has become synonymous with school-modernization boondoggles, and an exquisite result is hardly proof that money hasn’t been wasted. The project’s planning and construction frequently revealed indifference to cost containment. In her remarks, Ms. Bowser acted as though these issues were immaterial as long as the school building turned out well. We vehemently disagree.

To be clear, we do support the Ellington program. The nation’s capital should indeed offer an exceptional arts education to its young people, and Ellington is ably preparing its students both for artistic careers and for college. Part of that success does indeed come from amenities such as a professional-grade theater space.

But Ellington is symptomatic of a broader issue with the District’s school modernizations. So many projects have blown their original budgets, and for so long. Ellington, the most expensive renovation, represents the biggest number — but doubling the original cost estimate is nothing new for the District. Whether intentionally or not, officials routinely provide lowball estimates while securing D.C. Council approval, make grand promises to the community that such a budget would never fufill, break ground and then demand more money to avoid leaving the school half-built. That’s not acceptable. And this obviously faulty process surely means we pay more for what could have been achieved more affordably with proper planning.

Furthermore, the Ellington project in particular has tied up tens of millions of capital dollars that otherwise could have gone to other schools that also need upgrades. Reckless spending in one part of the District directly affects the parents, students and staff of schools whose promised renovations have had their budgets sucked dry by another project. The strain is also felt by taxpayers citywide.

We’re glad that many council members have expressed frustration with these expensive school modernizations, and we hope they can properly execute their oversight role. While a well-executed modernization is important, it’s essential that our public dollars are efficiently spent while achieving that desired result.

Better biking

Every day, thousands of D.C. residents and visitors hop on a distinctive red Capital Bikeshare bicycle. They travel to one of the 440 bike docks that are scattered around the District and many of its suburbs, rent a bicycle and then return it at any other bike-share station.

The system has proved effective and, especially in central areas of the city, highly popular. So popular, in fact, that once you’ve pedaled your bicycle downtown, you may have trouble finding an available docking space to return it.

Furthermore, Capital Bikeshare stations are hard to come by in outer areas such as upper Northwest. That paucity limits both the number of residents with a station near their home and also the list of local destinations served by the bike-sharing system.

That’s why we’re intrigued by the D.C. Department of Transportation’s plan to pilot “dockless” bike sharing. This system — widely used in China and also recently launched in Seattle — lets a cyclist end a rental anywhere, simply by locking the bike. It then waits in place for the next renter to come along.

The Transportation Department intends to involve different vendors of this technology in a pilot program, which will begin Sept. 20 and run through April 2018. The trial period should help iron out essential issues with this type of service. We’re particularly concerned that some riders might leave their bikes blocking sidewalks, alleys, streets or doorways.

And given the number of tourists using Capital Bikeshare, rules must be clear and concise for first-time users.

We look forward to the results of the pilot program and hope the issues can be resolved satisfactorily, allowing the District to reap the many potential benefits of dockless bike-sharing.

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Football, books and bluesy drama …

No matter what the meteorologists or astronomers officially say, summer ends for most us with Labor Day. We know because football — high school, college and pro — is upon us.

But warning signs are flashing. Are we seeing football’s popularity starting to fade?

The District, Virginia and Maryland are each eying the potential for a new Washington Redskins stadium project. But questions are arising about the future of the game itself, no matter where the team may play.

“This sport will never die, but it will never again be, as it was until recently, the subject of uncomplicated national enthusiasm,” writes columnist George Will.

The columnist essentially says this fading popularity can be explained in two words: brain damage.

“CTE [chronic traumatic encephalopathy] is a degenerative brain disease confirmable only after death, and often caused by repeated blows to the head that knock the brain against the skull,” Will wrote in a recent Washington Post column. “The cumulative impacts of hundreds of supposedly minor blows can have the cumulative effect of many concussions.”

Will is a columnist and author who otherwise waxes romantic on baseball, except for its excruciating length of play.

But back to football. Is the District wooing a dying game? Could the play on the field become less gladiator and more finesse? Would the further loss of brutal hits also mean a loss of fans?

Will cited a New York Times story reporting on data from Stanford University researchers.

Their analysis explained the effect on a college lineman who sustained 62 hits in just one game.

“Each one came with an average force on the player’s head equivalent to what you would see if he had driven his car into a brick wall at 30 mph.”

In the end, Will pointed to the unreal riches of both pro and college football and suggested the schools and pro owners may tilt here and there toward more player safety reform, but the hugely profitable appeal of the sport will win out. At least for a while.

■ A book blitz. To our knowledge, no one was hurt in the crush of book lovers last weekend at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The National Book Festival had every floor of the place jumping. The crowd it attracts is diverse in age, race and gender. Dozens of Library of Congress volunteers and staffers scoot about in purple T-shirts, guiding lost folks to history, poetry, contemporary life, fiction and children’s events.

Your Notebook had the pleasure of dabbling in a taste of poetry. We introduced the five new National Student Poets for 2017. They were the winners — maybe survivors — of a contest that drew 20,000 entries this year. Entrants had to be at least juniors in high school. The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers culled the number to 1,000 aspiring high school poets. Of those, 200 were awarded either gold or silver medals for achievement. The five regional winners were chosen from a field of 35 semifinalists.

Your Notebook thinks back to high school days, especially that class in the 10th grade where our teacher drilled us on poetry mechanics — iambic pentameter for all — but never got to the heart of what poetry can mean. We all have poetic thoughts; most of us just fail to remember to write them down. But poetry is a messenger from the heart and mind like no other art form.

A poem may speak only to its author or to millions. It was fun to be part of Saturday’s annual event again. If you missed it, watch for it next year.

■ Come for the music. Stay for the play. Another part of our cultural weekend was taking in the Mosaic Theater’s production of “The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith.” It’s playing until late September at the Atlas Performing Arts Center on H Street NE. The one-act play covers the extraordinary world of Bessie Smith, including her life, music and loves as well as the discriminatory racial times that limited her career. She died 80 years ago, in September 1937. But her style — she called herself the “Empress of the Blues” — set the stage for the blues world that has come after her.

Bessie Smith is played and sung by Miche Braden, who also serves as director, arranger and composer. Hers is a long and applauded career.

The theatrical notes in the program say that she dedicates her performance “to the memory of her mother, Dr. Mildred J. Dobey, her first musical influence.”

The Mosaic Theater Company of DC is in just its third season. Founding artistic director Ari Roth says Mosaic is unique in that it is a “fusion community” of participants from other, disparate theaters. He writes that its plays, community discussions following some performances, and breadth of subjects intentionally “reflect a fusing of different racial, religious, and theatrical DC hubs, with the intention of forging cross-cultural experiences.”

Roth notes the nation has entered “a period of intensifying belligerence, intolerance and re-segregation” and says of Mosaic that “we join the fight to beat back” that ugly strain: “Passionate art can stem the rush of rage and despair.” And amid this seriousness of purpose, there is a lot of humor with which to lighten the load. You’re invited to inquire. Local theater is only as good as the people active in it — and supporting it.

■ A final word. Former D.C. Police Chief Isaac “Ike” Fulwood died this past week. He served as chief during one of the city’s most difficult and violent times. After he left the Metropolitan Police Department, he spent five years as head of the U.S. Parole Commission until stepping down in 2015.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said it best: “Ike Fulwood’s career in locking people up led him to its antithesis — deterring residents from trouble and prison. It would be difficult to find a resident whose service has been as deep and lasting as the Chief’s.”

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

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Boy Scouts collect Harvey donations

My son, Zach Blumenfeld, organized a fundraiser for his Boy Scout troop to raise funds for animals in need of shelter due to Hurricane Harvey.

This past Sunday, Troop 61 hosted a table at the Palisades Farmers Market and because of the generosity of the community, the troop raised $1,045 for the Houston Humane Society’s Hurricane Harvey Fund. The troop has been invited back for next Sunday’s farmers market, so if anyone didn’t have an opportunity to help these animals, there is still another

chance.

Troop 61, which meets at the Palisades Community Church, has been around for more than 70 years and has D.C., Virginia and Maryland members. The troop is very grateful to all who have supported their efforts over the years, including helping the displaced pets in Texas.

Liz Blumenfeld The Palisades

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Metro needs regional tax, but don’t hurt D.C. VIEWPOINT PHIL MENDELSON

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ow could D.C. officials be so “un-regional” that they won’t support a regional tax to fund the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s deferred Metrorail capital needs?

Indeed, an Aug. 27 editorial in The Washington Post labels our position a “death wish for Metro.”

Actually, the District does support a regional tax — estimated to be a 3/4-cent increase in the sales tax that would be paid by every resident, business and visitor in the region. This uniform approach — borne equally by everybody — is used by other cities.

The need for a new tax comes from years of underfunding Metro. The underfunding highlights the safety and reliability issues that have plagued Metro.

A regional tax recognizes that Metro is a regional system. It’s hard to say who benefits more when a resident of Northern Virginia commutes on Metro into the District for work. The District? Virginia? I say both. And when Metro helps relieve congestion on Interstate 95, I say the region benefits, because congestion makes the region less attractive for residents and businesses.

When the Wilson Bridge is blocked, we see gridlock downtown. When Constitution Avenue NW is closed due to an accident, we see gridlock in Virginia.

All of the nation’s largest transit systems — except ours — rely on a dedicated tax. Most often it is a sales tax, and typically it is regional and uniform — for example, New York City and seven nearby counties, or San Francisco and two adjacent counties.

After 40 years, regional leaders here have agreed, finally, to support a dedicated tax. But there is not agreement that it should be regional and uniform.

Instead, the sentiment seems to be that District residents and businesses should pay about three times more than their counterparts in Virginia. Meanwhile, Maryland residents and businesses would pay double their Virginia counterparts.

Not only is this unfair — and “un-regional” — but it presents a burden that District residents and businesses cannot afford. Our hotel tax would go from 14.8 percent to 16.01 percent, among the highest in the country, and our convention center would lose business. Our restaurant tax would go from 10

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Proposed helipad is unnecessary expense

I am writing to express my strong opposition to the request

by George Washington University Hospital to install a helipad.

My primary concern is service redundancy. MedStar Washington Hospital Center has an existing helipad 3.5 miles from George Washington University. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2.3 miles away) has received zoning and neighborhood approval to build a 477,000-square-foot medical/surgical pavilion that will

percent, already the highest in the region, to 11.21 percent. Our general sales tax would go from the lowest (5.75 percent) to the highest (6.96 percent) in the region.

In the spirit of supporting our regional transit system, the District would be made uncompetitive with its regional partners!

Opponents of a regional sales tax point to the fact that Virginia would pay roughly half of the new, dedicated revenue. At first glance that would seem unfair. But the tax is on the individual, not the jurisdiction, and Northern Virginia has roughly half the region’s population.

Opponents also point to the current formula for funding Metro. It was a political compromise 40 years ago when the region’s sprawl looked very different and the rail system was envisioned to be 98 miles. Indeed, track miles are not part of the formula. The District pays 37.2 percent, Maryland pays 34.8 percent, and Northern Virginia localities pay 28 percent.

No one has explained why this is fair, and, indeed, it was not the approach when the District, Maryland and Virginia agreed in 2009 to pay onethird each to match new $150 million annual funding from the federal government.

Another issue with using the 40-year-old formula for a new, dedicated tax is that as ridership and station counts change, the allocation per jurisdiction would have to change. Because this is a dedicated tax, each jurisdiction would have to vote to change — sometimes raise — tax rates. That outcome can’t be guaranteed, contrary to the purpose of a dedicated tax.

Opponents also point to Richmond: The Northern Virginia jurisdictions cannot impose a new tax without approval by the commonwealth’s legislature.

Not only does Richmond disfavor taxes, but a tax for Metro that comes 50 percent from Virginia taxpayers would be fatal.

I understand the argument — it’s a political one — but the response cannot be for District residents and businesses to subsidize the commonwealth.

Metro must have dedicated tax revenue. The burden should be shouldered equally by all individuals and businesses in the region. A regional 3/4-cent sales tax does that; is the same approach used by other big cities; does not alter the competitiveness among our local jurisdictions; and is more dependable than relying on allocations under an old formula.

Phil Mendelson is chairman of the D.C. Council.

house 156 private patient rooms, a new emergency department, larger operating rooms and a rooftop helipad with direct access to the emergency room. Given the proximity of these facilities, I do not believe a helipad at George Washington University Hospital is warranted.

These types of significant and expensive redundancies in our U.S. health industry are among the main drivers for the continuing escalation in the cost of our health care. I strongly urge Universal Health Services Inc. and George Washington University to rescind their request for their own helipad. Otherwise, the D.C. Council has an obligation to help regulate the overall cost of health

care by not changing existing laws to enable such redundant services.

Safety is also a concern given that Foggy Bottom area is already congested with Reagan National Airport aircraft, White House helicopters and other governmental air traffic. The population density of Foggy Bottom is too great to risk any accident that may occur.

I urge the Foggy Bottom Association, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A, the D.C. Council and other decision-makers to reject George Washington University Hospital’s request for a helipad.

John George Foggy Bottom

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This is a listing of incidents reported from Aug. 28 through Sept. 3 in local police service areas, sorted by their report dates.

PSA 101

PSA 101 ■ DOWNTOWN

Robbery ■ 1000-1099 block, F St.; 3:18 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1100-1199 block, New York Ave.; 1:09 a.m. Aug. 31.

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1200-1299 block, New York Ave.; 4:50 a.m. Aug. 30 (with knife).

■ 1306-1399 block, H St.; 7:09 a.m. Sept. 3 (with knife).

Theft ■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 4:47 p.m. Aug. 28.

■ 1100-1199 block, K St.; 11:30 a.m. Aug. 29.

■ 1000-1099 block, F St.; 1:36 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 1300-1349 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 2:52 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 700-799 block, 11th St.; 3:44 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 5:27 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 750-799 block, 10th St.; 10:21 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 1200-1299 block, New York Ave.; 9:35 a.m. Sept. 1.

■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 2:36 p.m. Sept. 3.

PSA 203

■ FOREST HILLS / VAN NESS PSA 203

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Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 4600-4699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:11 a.m. Sept.

3 (with knife).

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Motor vehicle theft ■ 3700-3899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:22 p.m. Aug. 28.

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Theft ■ 5100-5133 block, Linnean Terrace; 11:31 a.m. Aug. 30.

■ 3319-3499 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:08 p.m. Sept. 1.

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Theft from auto ■ 3400-3499 block, Yuma St.; 5:16 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 4900-4911 block, Connecticut Ave.; 2:08 p.m. Aug. 31.

PSA 204

■ MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE

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Sexual abuse ■ 3030-3299 block, Macomb St.; 3:45 a.m. Aug. 30.

Theft ■ 3600-3699 block, 39th St.; 9:28 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 2200-2298 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 7:51 a.m. Sept. 2.

■ 3800-3899 block, Davis Place; 12:29 p.m. Sept. 3.

■ 2600-2649 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:35 p.m. Sept.

3.

Theft from auto ■ 2900-2911 block, 32nd St.; 8:08 p.m. Aug. 28.

PSA PSA 206 206

■ GEORGETOWN / BURLEITH

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1900-1999 block, 35th St.; 7:27 p.m. Sept. 1 (with knife).

Burglary ■ 3500-3599 block, O St.; 3 p.m. Aug. 29.

Theft ■ 3500-3599 block, R St.; 3:47 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 2800-2899 block, M St.; 6:10 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 2750-2899 block, Virginia Ave.; 7:26 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 3000-3029 block, K St.; 6:17 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 8:25 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 3600-3699 block, O St.; 12:34 p.m. Sept. 1.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 5:30 p.m. Sept. 1.

■ 3000-3049 block, M St.; 6:23 p.m. Sept. 1.

■ 1300-1335 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4:25 p.m. Sept. 2.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 7:12 p.m. Sept. 2.

■ 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 6:28 p.m. Sept. 3.

Theft from auto ■ 2700-2799 block, Q St.; 1:05 p.m. Aug. 28.

■ 1320-1399 block, 30th St.; 1:37 p.m. Aug. 28.

■ 2800-2899 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 5:42 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 3300-3399 block, P St.; 6:31 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 3100-3199 block, O St.; 7:18 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 9:24 p.m. Sept. 2.

PSA 207

PSA 207 ■ FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 900-999 block, 16th St.; 3:55 p.m. Aug. 28 (with knife).

Burglary ■ 1800-1899 block, M St.; 9:59 a.m. Sept. 2.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 1900-1999 block, L St.; 12:37 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 1700-1799 block, K St.; 12:53 p.m. Sept. 3.

Theft ■ 1000-1099 block, 17th St.; 12:53 a.m. Aug. 28.

■ 1000-1099 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:32 p.m. Aug. 28.

■ 1000-1099 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:32 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 1800-1899 block, K St.; 6:10 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 2200-2299 block, L St.; 4:56 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 2200-2299 block, F St.; 4:56 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1000-1099 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:09 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 1800-1899 block, K St.; 10:34 a.m. Sept. 1.

■ 2100-2199 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 11:26 a.m. Sept.

1.

■ 2000-2099 block, H St.; 6:46 p.m. Sept. 1.

■ 900-915 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 5:06 p.m. Sept. 3.

Theft from auto ■ 1000-1099 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:29 a.m. Aug. 28.

■ 1804-1899 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 2:46 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 2300-2399 block, H St.; 10:17 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1000-1099 block, Vermont Ave.; 5:20 p.m. Sept. 1.

■ 1011-1099 block, 24th St.; 9:18 a.m. Sept. 2.

■ 1000-1099 block, 23rd St.; 12:59 p.m. Sept. 2.

PSA 208

■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMA PSA 208

DUPONT CIRCLE

Sexual abuse ■ 2100-2199 block, Leroy Place; 1:47 a.m. Aug. 28.

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1200-1219 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:15 a.m. Sept. 3 (with knife).

Motor vehicle theft ■ 1400-1499 block, 17th St.; 1:40 p.m. Sept. 1.

Theft ■ 1400-1499 block, 14th St.; 7:06 p.m. Aug. 28.

■ 1200-1217 block, 18th St.; 10:03 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 1800-1899 block, M St.; 12:22 a.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:40 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 2100-2199 block, Leroy Place; 11:13 a.m. Aug. 31.

■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:55 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 1200-1249 block, 22nd St.; 11:51 a.m. Sept. 2.

■ 1200-1249 block, 22nd St.; 7:52 p.m. Sept. 3.

■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:34 p.m. Sept. 3.

Theft from auto ■ 1700-1799 block, 20th St.; 1:44 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 2000-2099 block, Q St.; 10:32 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 2154-2299 block, Wyoming Ave.; 12:11 p.m. Sept.

1.

PSA PSA 301 301

■ DUPONT CIRCLE

Motor vehicle theft ■ 1721-1799 block, 14th St.; 6:02 a.m. Aug. 31.

Theft ■ 1400-1499 block, U St.;

7:20 a.m. Aug. 28.

■ 1700-1780 block, U St.; 4:59 p.m. Aug. 28.

■ 2000-2099 block, 14th St.; 1:34 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 2100-2199 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 4:09 p.m.

Aug. 30.

■ 1400-1499 block, U St.; 4:29 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1400-1499 block, W St.; 10:42 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1618-1699 block, 14th St.; 7:16 p.m. Sept. 1.

■ 1400-1499 block, W St.; 10:26 a.m. Sept. 2.

Theft from auto ■ 1700-1789 block, Corcoran St.; 8:20 a.m. Aug. 31.

PSA PSA 303 303

■ ADAMS MORGAN

Theft ■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 6:50 p.m. Aug. 28.

■ 2300-2499 block, Champlain St.; 7:52 p.m. Aug. 28.

■ 2300-2399 block, 20th St.; 8:42 p.m. Aug. 28.

■ 2100-2199 block, 18th St.; 8:31 a.m. Aug. 29.

■ 1761-1780 block, Columbia Road; 3:49 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 1:43 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1909-1999 block, 19th St.; noon Aug. 31.

■ 1900-1902 block, Wyoming Ave.; 7:43 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 2300-2399 block, 18th St.; 5:05 a.m. Sept. 2.

■ 2700-2799 block, Adams Mill Road; 8:23 p.m. Sept. 2.

■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 8:26 p.m. Sept. 3.

Theft from auto ■ 2120-2323 block, Ontario Road; 11:43 a.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1700-1799 block, California St.; 4:50 p.m. Aug. 30.

PSA PSA 307 307

■ LOGAN CIRCLE

Robbery ■ 900-999 block, R St.; 1:52 p.m. Aug. 28 (with gun).

Theft ■ 1101-1199 block, 11th St.; 9:39 a.m. Aug. 29.

■ 1618-1699 block, 14th St.; 1:34 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 1-1299 block, Blagden Alley; 12:07 a.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1500-1599 block, 13th St.; 3:38 p.m. Aug. 30.

■ 1618-1699 block, 14th St.; 7:08 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 1100-1199 block, 14th St.; 11:45 p.m. Aug. 31.

■ 1618-1699 block, 14th St.; 11:05 p.m. Sept. 2.

■ 1200-1299 block, N St.; 1:03 p.m. Sept. 3.

■ 900-999 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 10:25 p.m. Sept.

3.

Theft from auto ■ 1300-1399 block, S St.; 5:09 p.m. Aug. 29.

■ 1300-1399 block, 11th St.; 2:18 p.m. Sept. 1.

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Northwest teams kick off season with mixed results

By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

Roosevelt starts 1-1

The Rough Riders traveled to Virginia on Aug. 24, where they fell to Falls Church High School 38-0.

Roosevelt played a much better game than the final score indicated, and despite the defeat, the team showed promise with two touchdowns taken back on penalties.

“They kept fighting,” said Roosevelt coach Chris Harden. “We started out slow with penalties and touchdowns called back. Our guys learned a lot, and I think we did a pretty good job.”

In that contest, junior quarterback Leon Gray completed five of his nine passes for 26 yards and added 9 yards more on the ground.

Meanwhile, Roosevelt’s rushing attack was led by Alonzo Beverly, who racked up 66 yards on 12 carries.

Roosevelt followed up the blowout defeat with a thrilling 32-26 overtime win in its home opener against KIPP on Friday night.

The Rough Riders saw a 20-12 halftime lead turn into a 20-20 tie and eventually a 26-26 tie at the end of regulation before regaining the lead in the extra session.

The Rough Riders will be back in action on Sept. 15 when they host D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Conference foe Dunbar.

St. John’s shows potential on national stage

St. John’s opened its season on Aug. 26 with a 49-30 victory over Jones High School from Florida.

In the opener, senior quarterback Kevin Doyle — who transferred to the Chevy Chase school from Malvern Prep in Pennsylvania — showed why he’s a highly sought-after Division I prospect.

The Cadets quarterback threw four touchdown passes for 289 yards.

His favorite targets were sophomore Rakim Jarrett, who racked up 99 receiving yards on five catches, and junior Quinten Johnson, who caught two scoring passes.

Meanwhile, the Cadets rushing attack was just as potent. Junior running back Keilan Robinson, who missed the latter part of the

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Roosevelt dropped its opener to Falls Church (shown), but rebounded with a win over KIPP on Friday.

2016 season with an upper body injury, returned to form, chewing up 111 yards on 15 touches for two rushing touchdowns.

The Cadets followed up the win with a narrow 35-31 defeat in California to De La Salle, in a game that was broadcast on ESPNU. In the loss, St. John’s built a 31-14 lead in the third quarter, but couldn’t stop the Spartans’ late rally.

Doyle once again had an outstanding performance under-center. The senior quarterback threw

two touchdown passes and rushed for another. In addition, Robinson added a rushing score of his own.

The Cadets will be back at home for this Saturday’s tilt with St. Joseph’s out of New Jersey at 2 p.m.

Gonzaga splits first two contests

The Eagles opened their season with a 1-1 record after drubbing Gilman 38-0 on Aug. 26 and falling to Viera of Florida 21-6 on Friday evening.

In the latter game, Gonzaga’s offense couldn’t quite get on track, but junior kicker Marco Kemp booted a pair of field goals to keep the Eagles in the game.

The team’s first-year starting quarterback, freshman Caleb Williams, completed 17 passes for 207 yards. And on the ground Gonzaga was led by Jason Labbe’s 27 yards.

Gonzaga will look to rebound when it travels to play New Jersey-based Peddie School at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on Friday.

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On the first day of school at Lafayette, students poured into the schoolyard, both excited and afraid to look up at the sky. Principal Broquard had already made two announcements preparing us to line up and exit the building in

School DISPATCHES

order to witness one of the most anticipated events of the year.

Each time, she had one last warning: “Whatever you do, do not look directly at the sun.”

As students, we had already gotten that message loud and clear through the news, school warnings sent to parents and talks by teachers.

Once outside, some kids put on school-issued glasses (we were not allowed to bring our own) and used crackers with pinholes to track the eclipse. But many others covered their eyes nervously and expressed fear about potential damage to their eyes.

A lot of kids thought it was a great educational experience. “I felt like it was a good opportunity for kids to learn about the solar system,“ said Sarah Francis Jones.

“It was really cool!” Addison Anders added. Later, I asked Addison if she was ever afraid of going blind. She answered, “Yes, very!” I also asked Sarah Francis Jones if she noticed people doing anything strange to protect their eyes from the sun. She said, “A couple of my friends were burying their faces in the ground.”

It seems like the school’s precautions paid off because vice principal Madison Bosurgi says that no eye damage was reported.

— Zinnia Deora, fifth-grader

Washington Latin Public Charter School

Sophomore Luke Tewalt broke a 12-year-old record for the boys 3,000-meter run this summer. He earned a gold medal with a time of 9:03.57, with his closest competitor clocking a time of 9:29.17.

The track star offered gratitude for his coach Dean Callum and his classmates. Tewalt also earned the AAU Junior Olympic Games 1,500-meter National Title at the race in Ypsilanti, Mich. His race score was his personal best, clocking in at 4:13.57.

Tewalt’s AAU team is called DC Speed, and he lives up to the title.

— MK Wilson, 10th-grader

Sheridan to host character forum Sheridan School will host a panel discussion next week to highlight the national Schools of Character program, which this spring selected the Van Ness private school as one of 83 honorees nationwide.

The nonprofit Character. org bestows the awards to recognize schools that demonstrate a commitment to ethics, social justice and citizenship in their educational programs.

Organizers of the Sept.

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Stately Colonial Village house is well worth a detour

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n Colonial Village, history is everywhere. This charming enclave, located at the northernmost tip of the city, features

ceiling medallions; a two-car garage; and a wholly unexpected rooftop deck. It is on the market for $1,950,000.

The traditional white facade with arches, pilasters, hunter green shutters and door sets the stage for the ambiance within. A SUSAN BODIKER spacious entry foyer flows to a some of the finest examples of step-down living room with a American Colonial architecture, wood-burning fireplace on the inspired in part by Colonial Willeft, a switchback stairway liamsburg. With grand homes, straight ahead and the dining large landscaped room on the right. lots and Rock Hardwood floors Creek Park as its run throughout and backyard, the oversized windows neighborhood — (bay, fanlight and one of Washingcolonial) bring ton’s best-kept resiabundant light to dential secrets — every room.

French doors has all the graciousfrom the living ness and unhurried room open into a feel of another era.

Built in 1934 solarium overlookand expanded in ing the back garden 2000, the stately with hardscape, Cape Cod at 1920 grass and brick Susan Bodiker/The Current patio. Next to the Plymouth St. NW is the quintessential solarium is a woodBrass sconces like this Colonial Village one are among the 1934 paneled library with home. It offers built-in bookcases, home’s vintage details. more than 7,000 cabinets and leaded square feet of living space on windows with a Tudor-style diafour levels and includes six bedmond grill pattern. Past a cozy rooms; five full bathrooms and “lady’s writing room” overlooking two half-baths; vintage architecthe front yard is the dining room tural details, including arched with round-topped double doors doorways with keystones, panand similarly arched built-in eled walls, brass sconces and glass-fronted cabinets.

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This six-bedroom house at 1920 Plymouth St. NW replete with vintage details is priced at $1,950,000.

The professional chef’s kitchen is lined with walls of rich wood cabinetry (some glassfronted), honed marble countertops and a ceramic tile backsplash. Stainless appliances include a Sub-Zero refrigerator/ freezer; Wolf double wall oven and six-burner gas range; Elan hood; and Miele dishwasher.

Conveniently, there’s a back staircase leading from the kitchen to the upstairs bedrooms (great for kiddos’ midnight snacks). There’s also easy access to the mudroom, garage and sunken wood-paneled family/screening room, which features a dry bar and an almost floor-to-ceiling window with custom shutters and a window seat.

Upstairs on the second level are four bedrooms. These include the owner’s suite, with a sitting room and spacious en-suite bath with separate shower, soaking tub and skylight. There are also three guest or children’s rooms, one with an

en-suite bath and the other two sharing a comfortable Jack-andJill bathroom. There is also a balcony off the second-floor landing, as well as numerous closets — some cedar — with built-ins for hanging and folded storage.

The third floor houses the fifth bedroom and large en-suite bath, plus a second solarium/conservatory with three walls of windows and leaded glass built-in bookcases. It would make an ideal family room, office or yoga/workout/ meditation space.

And just when you think there are no more secrets to be discovered, you find a spiral staircase that takes you up to a hardwood rooftop deck with a glorious view of the trees and the neighborhood beyond. It is a magical place.

On the lowest level, the partially finished basement offers

extensive storage space, a halfbath, a walk-out to the rear garden and a laundry room with Whirlpool Duet washer and dryer.

Meanwhile, above the garage, there is a separate, very private in-law or au-pair suite with a bedroom, sitting room and bathroom.

Serene, private, pastoral yet still urban, this Colonial Village home offers an easy commute downtown or north into Montgomery County. It is within easy access to Beach Drive, 16th Street and the Red Line’s Silver Spring Metro station.

The six-bedroom home at 1920 Plymouth St. NW in Colonial Village is listed for $1,950,000 with Washington Fine Properties. For details, contact Theresa Burt at 202-258-2600 or theresa.burt@ wfp.com. For a video tour, visit 1920plymouthstreet.com.

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Northwest Real Estate ANC 1B ANCColumbia 1B Lower Heights ■ LOWER COLUMBIA HEIGHTS / SHAW Pleasant Plains PLEASANT PLAINS / U STREET Shaw/U Street LOWER GEORGIA AVENUE 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.

application by Zenebech Restaurant for a sidewalk cafe at 2420 18th St. NW. ■ presentation by the developers of 1829 Kalorama Road NW regarding plans for the property, and possible consideration of a resolution on the matter.

For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org.

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ANC 2A ANCBottom 2A Foggy ■ FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. Agenda items include: ■ announcements.

■ presentation by Mayor Muriel Bowser.

■ presentation by MSKM Architects regarding a public space permit for a fence replacement project at Beekman Place.

■ consideration of a public space application for Porchfest.

■ consideration of withdrawal of ANC 1C’s protest of Spaghetti Garden’s alcohol license.

■ consideration of a settlement agreement with Bom Restaurant, 2440 18th St. NW (formerly the site of Millie & Al’s).

■ consideration of whether to protest an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Local 16 for a change in hours at the 1600 U St. NW establishment or to approve modifications to the existing settlement agreement.

■ consideration of a public space

The commission will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, in the first-floor dining area at St. Mary’s Court, 725 24th St. NW. Agenda items include: ■ community feedback and consideration of a resolution on George Washington University’s proposal to install a helipad on the roof of the hospital at 900 23rd St. NW. ■ consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Bindaas for a new Class C restaurant license at 2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. ■ consideration of a resolution on the D.C. Department of Transportation’s Downtown West Transportation Planning Study for the Pennsylvania Avenue NW and H Street NW corridors.

The commission will hold its next regular meeting at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 19, in Room 221, Funger Hall, George Washington University, 2201 G St. NW. For details, visit anc2a.org.

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ANC 2B ANCCircle 2B Dupont

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

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. Agenda items include: ■ police report.

■ reports from the offices of Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans.

■ presentation from the public health nonprofit organization HIPS. ■ presentation by Washington Gas regarding its accelerated pipeline replacement project.

■ consideration of Alcoholic Beverage Control matters: ongoing settlement discussions with Hando-Medo at 1315 14th St. NW and Tiger Fork (formerly Noddle Dog) at 922 N St. NW rear; a settlement agreement amendment to allow for recorded music in the summer garden at TG Cigar, 1118 9th St. NW; a new Class B license for Rice Market, 1608 14th St. NW; and a new Class C restaurant license for Pappe, 1317 14th St. NW. ■ consideration of Community Development Committee matters: a public space application for a new unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 1401 K St. NW; a public space application for fixture/bollards at the Marriott Marquis, 901 Massachusetts Ave. NW; a Historic Preservation Review Board application for concept, massing and design for raze and new construction of a three-story, two-unit condo at 1318 10th St. NW; a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for a variance to construct an addition to an existing nine-unit building at 1310 Vermont Ave. NW; a petition to allow residents on 14th Street NW between Rhode Island Avenue and P Street to qualify for residential parking permits; a Historic Preservation Review Board application for concept, massing and design for the proposed Dacha Beer Garden at 1740 14th St. NW; and a public space application for a new sidewalk cafe at the proposed Dacha Beer Garden, 1740 14th St. NW. ■ consideration of Education

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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

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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. Agenda items include: ■ commissioner comments.

■ introduction of ANC 2D’s draft budget for fiscal year 2018.

■ government reports.

■ update on Belmont Road Park.

■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for an attic addition and roof deck at 2318 California St. NW. ■ discussion of street musicians and unreasonable sound levels.

■ discussion of the Spanish Steps hand railing.

■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for front-roof skylights at 2541 Waterside Drive NW. ■ open comments.

For details, visit anc2d.org or contact 2D01@anc.dc.gov.

ANC 2E ANC 2E Georgetown ■ GEORGETOWN / CLOISTERS Cloisters BURLEITH / HILLANDALE The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, in the second-floor Heritage Room at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, call 202-724-7098 or visit anc2e.com.

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Committee matters, including playground construction at Garrison Elementary School.

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. Agenda items include: ■ police report, including congratulations to Lt. Ralph Neal, a local Metropolitan Police Department official and liaison to ANC 3B, who was recently recognized as one of the department’s longestserving members with 38 years on the force.

■ presentation by D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences director Jenifer Smith and program manager Paul Reedy, discussing what the agency does and how it serves D.C. residents.

■ consideration of a resolution regarding the Glover Park Citizens Association’s plan to add more benches throughout the neighborhood.

■ consideration of a zoning variance to allow Domino’s Pizza to operate a fast-food restaurant in the now-vacant consulate location at 2330 Wisconsin Ave. NW, including takeout, delivery and indoor dining space.

■ consideration of a $366.23 grant request from Iona Senior Services to purchase two dry-erase whiteboards for use at Iona’s senior center.

■ consideration of a grant request from Community Foodworks for the Glover Park-Burleith Farmers Market.

■ updates on D.C. Office of Public-Private Partnerships projects, including the installation of LED lighting throughout the city.

■ open forum.

■ administrative matters, including presentation of ANC 3B’s proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year.

For details, email info@anc3b. org or visit anc3b.org.

ANC 3C ANC 3CPark Cleveland ■ CLEVELAND PARK / WOODLEY PARK Woodley Park MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE HEIGHTS Massachusetts Avenue Heights CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3c.org.

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us involved [as possible],” Norton said. “There are a number of different ways to approach this that have not been used or have been underused.”

According to Norton, a number of existing laws should prevent missions from falling into disrepair. In Norton’s Aug. 28 letter, she cited the 1982 Foreign Missions Act as an example, which states that the secretary of state should “require foreign missions to comply substantially with District of Columbia building and related codes in a manner determined by the Secretary to be not inconsistent with the international obligations of the United States.”

Across the city, a number of abandoned foreign missions have loomed for years, with their diplomatic privileges firmly intact. The former Sri Lankan Embassy at 2148 Wyoming Ave. NW, the former Serbian Embassy at 2221 R St. NW and the former residence of the Iraqi ambassador at 3110 Woodland Drive NW have all retained diplomatic statuses despite long spells of vacancy.

The State Department has rescinded diplomatic privileges on occasion. A long-abandoned Argentine mission at 2136 R St. NW had its status revoked in the late 1980s. Former Pakistani properties at 2201 R St. NW and at 2315 Massachusetts Ave. NW, each abandoned for years, had their diplomatic statuses revoked within the last few years. And because the Pakistani government did not pay its local property taxes — waived for valid diplomatic properties but not other foreignowned properties — both were sold during the District’s annual tax sale in July.

But rescinding a property’s dip-

lomatic status does not always suffice. Due to complicated tax laws, abandoned diplomatic properties without status are charged regular property or commercial rates — only a fraction of the charges imposed upon most vacant or blighted residences. The same applies even when they’re located in a residential area such as Sheridan-Kalorama.

Norton said she feels the city should charge abandoned foreign missions a higher tax rate than it does, and she is considering the legalities of doing so. She plans to send a letter to D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson asking city officials to consider such a statute.

Over the years, various D.C. elected officials have individually implored the State Department to address the problem, either by pressuring foreign governments to repair and return to a property, or by revoking diplomatic privileges.

Since her tenure as commissioner began in 2013, Ellen Goldstein of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2D (Sheridan-Kalorama) said she has sent letters and held meetings with State Department officials to little avail.

“It’s like scratching your left ear with your right toe,” Goldstein said of her efforts. To Goldstein, State Department officials “have one tool” — rescinding diplomatic status — “and they’re very reluctant to use it.”

Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, whose area includes the majority of D.C. embassies, said he has also lobbied the department over the years with little success. In an interview, Evans said he is hopeful that Norton’s action will result in some change. “It’s a step in the right direction,” Evans said.

“I think it’s fantastic.”

There are foreign missions scattered throughout the District. Ward

3 Council member Mary Cheh also has a significant diplomatic presence in her jurisdiction, including the former Iraqi ambassadorial residence. After learning of concerns there, Cheh lodged an inquiry with the State Department. Construction workers have since appeared on the property, indicating that it would be repaired.

Meanwhile, Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd has received “a high volume of complaints” from constituents about an Egyptian-owned property on 5500 16th St. NW. Todd sent the State Department a letter on June 7 asking them to pressure Egyptian officials to repair the abandoned property, citing safety hazards.

“It is my hope that upon review of the significantly deteriorated condition of the property and the resulting discontent from neighbors, the U.S. Department of State will take appropriate actions to encourage the Egyptian Government to make improvements to the property,” Todd wrote in the letter.

According to a State Department official, “matters of reciprocity” must be considered when dealing with foreign missions. “Our constant goal is to identify the most effective strategy for achieving the desired corrective actions, which generally are for the mission to reoccupy or sell the associated property,” the official wrote in an email.

In Norton’s view, District officials and Congress don’t face the same diplomatic challenges.

“The State Department has a number of different issues to consider when dealing with a foreign party,” she said. “Well, we don’t have to consider those.”

For Sheridan-Kalorama resident Alan Wurtzel, the issue of abandoned missions isn’t theoretical, it’s personal — and has been haunting him for more than two

decades. The abandoned Argentine former mission borders his fourstory R Street home, and over the years Wurtzel has repeatedly appealed to Argentine and U.S. officials alike to repair the decrepit property. In an interview, Wurtzel said he was encouraged by Norton’s letter.

“I think it’s terrific,” Wurtzel said. “It puts pressure on the Argentinian government and the

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Thursday SEPTEMBER 7 Film ■ The DC Shorts Film Festival & Screenplay Competition 2017 — the largest such event on the East Coast — will open with two different seven-film showcases, each followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. 7 and 9:30 p.m. $13.50 per showcase. Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. festival.dcshorts.com.

The festival will continue through Sept.

17 at various venues.

Sporting event ■ The Washington Nationals will play the Philadelphia Phillies. 7:05 p.m. $12 to $370. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Friday and Saturday at 7:05 p.m. and Sunday at 1:35 p.m.

Tour ■ A fall garden tour will focus on the history, the design and the plants and flowers of the 13 acres of formal gardens at Hillwood. 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Included in suggested donation of

$5 to $18 for museum admission. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.

The tour will be offered daily through Nov. 12 except Mondays.

Friday,SEPTEMBER Sept. 8 Friday 8 Class ■ Kellie Cox, professional botanical artist, horticulturist and director of gardens and grounds at Tudor Place, will lead an “Art in the Garden” workshop focusing on pen and ink techniques (for ages 16 and older). 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. $45 to $50; reservations required. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org.

Concerts ■ “Live! Concert Series on the Plaza” will feature The Groove Spot Band & Show 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.

■ David Lang, artistic director of the

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■ 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.

Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. The program will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m.

Reston Chorale and director of music at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in McLean, Va., will present an organ recital. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202797-0103.

Discussions and lectures ■ The Italian Cultural Institute and the Washington National Opera will present an overview of the upcoming performance of “Aida,” with stage director E. Loren Meeker giving a presentation on the new production and soprano Amber Wagner performing excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera. 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Auditorium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. www.iicwashington.esteri.it.

■ Danielle Allen will discuss her memoir “Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Performance ■ The 2017–2018 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellows will present their work collaboratively as part of a threeday performance and presentation series featuring the work of artist and designer Ekene Ijeoma, muralist and community arts educator Michelle Angela Ortiz, El Sistema USA executive director Katie Wyatt, artist and activist De Nichols, poet Hakim Bellamy, violinist and Street Symphony founder Vijay Gupta, and composer Reena Esmail. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Special events ■ “Games, Lunch and a Movie” will feature the movie “Body Heat,” starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner. Games at 11 a.m.; lunch at noon; film at 1 p.m.

Free; reservations requested. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-7277527.

■ Goethe-Institut Washington will present “Sommerfest,” featuring German speed courses, karaoke, a photo booth with 1980s costumes, short films, a scavenger hunt and more, with German

Saturday, SEPTEMBER 9 ■ Class: National Geographic photojournalist and conservationist Brian Skerry will present a master class. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $200. National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.

food and drinks available for sale. 3 to 9 p.m., with a concert by two local punk bands at 7 p.m. Free admission; reservations required. Goethe-Institut Washington, Suite 3, 1990 K St. NW. goethe.de/ dc/sommerfest.

Tour ■ The Heurich House Museum will host a “Brewmaster Tour,” featuring a one-hour guided tour through the mansion and a half-hour craft beer tasting in the conservatory. 4 to 5:30 p.m. $25.

Heurich House Museum, New Hampshire Avenue and 20th Street NW. heurichhouse.org.

Saturday,SEPTEMBER Sept. 9 Saturday 9 Children’s programs ■ “Saturday Morning at the National” will feature Bright Star Theatre’s “Alice in Wonderland.” 9:30 and 11 a.m.

Free; reservations suggested. Helen Hayes Gallery, National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. thenationaldc.org/saturdaymorning-at-the-national.

■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the season’s brightest stars, planets and constellations (for

Classes and workshops ■ Gayla April will present a weekly dance/exercise class. 9:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202727-7527.

■ Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-2431188.

Discussions and lectures ■ The Civil War Roundtable will feature Civil War historian Hari Jones on “Why Victors Have Been Portrayed as Victims: America’s African Descent Soldiers in the War of Rebellion.” 9:30 a.m.

Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000.

■ Collector Austin Doyle will discuss “Antique Carpets From Northwest Persia and Southeast Caucasus.” 10:30 a.m.

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

■ U.S. Botanic Garden science education volunteer Todd Brethauer will discuss “The Fascinating World of Carnivorous Plants.” 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ Author Oscar P. Fitzgerald will discuss “A Closer Look: American Furniture, 1650 to the Present.” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Free; reservations required. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. americanart.si.edu/calendar.

■ Jamie Stiehm, a Creators Syndicate columnist and contributor to usnews. com, will discuss “Burning Sky Over Washington,” about the events of Aug. 24, 1814, and Sept. 11, 2001. 1 p.m.

Free. Peabody Room, Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0233.

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■ Karim Sultan and Mandy Merzaban, curators from the Barjeel Art Foundation, will discuss the ideas and inspiration behind the exhibition “Between two rounds of fire, the exile of the sea” and the methods Arab artists employ to expose and comment on mechanisms of conflict. 5 to 6 p.m. Free. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.

■ Vanessa Grigoriadis will discuss her book “Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus.” 6 p.m.

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

■ Zoë Quinn will discuss her book “Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate.” 8 p.m.

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

Films ■ The DC Shorts Film Festival and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities will present a family showcase of short films by national and international directors (for ages 3 and older).

11 a.m. Free; reservations required.

West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. festival.dcshorts.com. The same program will take place at 12:30 p.m. at Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW, and at Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. ■ “From Vault to Screen: Recent Restorations From the Academy Film Archive” will feature four of Les Blank’s films, including “Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off,” at 2 p.m.; and Gus Van Sant’s 1986 short comedy “Five Ways to Kill Yourself,” Paul Bartel’s 1966 film “The Secret Cinema” and Ben Maddow, Joseph Strick and Sidney Meyers’ 1959 film “The Savage Eye,” at 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-7374215.

Performances ■ The 2017–2018 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellows will present their work as part of a three-day performance and presentation series featuring the work of artist and designer Ekene Ijeoma, muralist and community arts educator Michelle Angela Ortiz, El Sistema USA executive director Katie Wyatt, artist and activist De Nichols, poet Hakim Bellamy, violinist and Street Symphony founder Vijay Gupta, and composer Reena Esmail. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Spilling Ink will present “Symphony of Temple Bells,” an evening of poetry, music and dance celebrating Indian classical and contemporary expression. 7 to 9:30 p.m. $20 to $30. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW. spillingink.org.

Special events ■ Presented by the D.C. Commission

on the Arts and Humanities, the familyfriendly 202 Arts & Music Festival will celebrate D.C. through visual arts, performance art and interactive cultural experiences. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Free; reservations requested. 4th and M streets SW. 202-724-5613.

■ Dance Place Family Day will feature introductory children’s classes and family activities. 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free.

Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. danceplace.org.

■ Miller Jeanne Minor and the Friends of Peirce Mill will host “Run of the Mill,” a chance to see Washington’s only surviving gristmill in action. The day’s activities will include family workshops and craft programs. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive NW. 202-895-6070. The program will repeat Sept. 23.

■ Celebrate Petworth 2017 will feature children’s activities, music, arts programs, history events, a dog show and fitness classes. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. 800 block of Upshur Street NW. celebratepetworth.org.

■ The Colonial Dames of America Chapter III will host an open house at the historic Abner Cloud House, the oldest original building along the C&O Canal and a primary example of Federal architecture in Washington. Noon to 5 p.m.

Free. Abner Cloud House, Canal and Reservoir roads NW. mayhugh2@verizon.net.

■ DC Wine Fest will feature more than 65 wines to sample, as well as a performance by Katie Hargrove and food from Red Hook Lobster and Sweeter Hue. Noon to 10 p.m. $35 to $60.

National Union Building, 918 F St. NW. dcwinefest.com.

■ The fourth annual VinoFest Wine & Music Festival in Ivy City will feature wine and spirits tastings and a concert lineup including electro funk duo Chromeo, soul singer Allen Stone and eight-piece funk band Aztec Sun. 2 to 10 p.m. $49 to $150. 1350 Okie St. NE. cityvinofest.com.

Sporting event ■ D.C. United will play Orlando City SC. 7 p.m. $20 to $200. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800-745-3000.

Tour ■ Camille Ann Brewer, curator of contemporary art, will lead a tour of the exhibition “Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse.” Noon. Free; reservations required George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-7394.

Sunday,SEPTEMBER Sept. 10 Sunday 10 Children’s program ■ A park ranger will host a drop-in program on “Colonial Arts and Crafts” (for ages 5 and older). 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Free. Old Stone House, 3051 M St. NW. 202-895-6070.

Classes and workshops ■ Dumbarton House will host an “English Country Dance” workshop. 1 to 3 p.m. $5. Bellevue Ballroom, Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. 202-3372288.

■ Author Ingrid Anders will facilitate a monthly reading group for writers, with participants reading a celebrated short story aloud and discussing the literary devices used by the author. 2:30 p.m.

Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

p.m. $22.50 to $25. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Sunday, SEPTEMBER 10 ■ Concert: The Steinway Series will feature pianist Blair McMillen performing 19th- and 20th-century Russian music, including works by Scriabin, Prokofiev and Mussorgsky. 3 p.m. Free; tickets available in the G Street lobby at 2:30 p.m.

McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

Concerts ■ Not What You Think, a 12-person a cappella ensemble, will perform pop, light jazz and folk songs. 2 to 3 p.m.

Included in suggested donation of $5 to $18 for museum admission. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.

■ Pianist Kenny Peagler will perform American jazz music. 4 p.m.

Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.

■ Rachel Baiman — a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter specializing in old time, bluegrass, Scottish and folk music — will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.

■ The Philadelphia-based EDM/jam ensemble Conspirator will perform. 8 A Spiritual Revolution:

The Quest to Experience God Sunday, September 10 at 3:00 pm Katzen Arts Center American University 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. A free talk by

Giulia Nesi, C.S.B. A former psychotherapist and now a spiritual healer and teacher of Christian Science.

Sponsored by Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist, Washington, DC Questions?

Call 202-966-2565.

Childcare provided Free underground parking

Discussions and lectures ■ A panel discussion on “Edvard Munch: Spiritualism, Science, and Color” will feature Valerie Hellstein, independent scholar; Elizabeth Prelinger, professor of art history and modern art at Georgetown University; and Mollie Berger, curatorial assistant at the National Gallery of Art. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ Giulia Nesi, a former psychotherapist and now a spiritual healer and teacher of Christian Science, will discuss “A Spiritual Revolution: The Quest to Experience God” in a talk sponsored by the Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist, Washington, D.C. 3 p.m. Free. Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-966-2565.

■ Artist Jane Dickson will discuss her painting “Fab 5 Freddy,” which features the seminal hip-hop artist. 3 p.m. Free.

National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ Author Claire Messud will discuss her sixth novel, “The Burning Girl.” 5 p.m.

Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

Film ■ “From Vault to Screen: Recent Restorations From the Academy Film Archive” will feature Robert M. Young’s 1982 film “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.” 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-7374215.

Performances and readings ■ Poet Bao Phi will read from his book “Thousand Star Hotel.” 3 to 5 p.m.

Free; reservations required. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org.

■ Poet and educator Matt Gallant will

host a Jazz & Verse Open Mic event. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ Keegan Theatre’s “Boiler Room Series” will feature “Forbidden Fruit,” a cabaret evening with Emily Levey. 7 p.m. $25. Andrew Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. keegantheatre.com.

Special events ■ Hillwood will host a picnic for LGBT families in partnership with Rainbow Families. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $5 to $18; free for ages 17 and younger. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.

■ The 2017 Adams Morgan Day celebration — focusing on local businesses and artists, and sponsored by the Adams Morgan Community Alliance — will feature live music, art displays, craft activities for kids and adults, food and drink specials, and more. Noon to 6 p.m. Free.

18th Street and Columbia Road NW. adamsmorganday2017.com.

■ Georgetown Lutheran Church will welcome its new pastor, the Rev. Brett Davis, during a service and luncheon.

Afterward, the congregation will help clean up the grounds and catalog headstones at Mount Zion Cemetery; volunteers are encouraged to wear gardening gloves and sturdy footwear. Service at 10 a.m.; cleanup project from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-3379070.

Walk ■ A park ranger will lead a walk through Georgetown Waterfront Park and discuss Georgetown’s evolution from an active port town (for ages 7 and older).

11 a.m. Free. Meet at the fountain in the Georgetown Waterfront Park, Wisconsin Avenue and K Street NW. 202-8956070.

Monday,SEPTEMBER Sept. 11 Monday 11 Classes and workshops ■ The weekly “Yoga Mondays” program will feature a gentle yoga class.

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■ 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.

■ Instructor Abigail Bruhlmann will present an English as a second language class covering conversation and basic skills. 6 to 7 p.m. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527.

■ Author Ingrid Anders will lead a Short Fiction Writing Workshop. 7 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Author Peter Lovenheim will present a four-session class on “Narrative Non-fiction: Writing True Stories.” 7 to 9 p.m. $152 to $162. Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. dcjcc.org. The class will continue Sept. 18, Sept. 25 and Oct. 2.

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

■ The Senegalese trio Bideew Bou Bess will perform. 6 p.m.

Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■ “Conversations at The Kreeger Museum,” a program for those with memory disorders and their caregivers, will feature a discussion of the architecture of Philip Johnson’s building, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Free; registration required.

Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-337-3050, ext. 318. The program will also be offered Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

■ Independent scholar Aaron DeNu will discuss “Rock History, or How Pieces of the Capitol Landed in the Smithsonian,” about portions of the historic east facade of the U.S. Capitol that sat decaying in Rock Creek Park for years until DeNu learned of their connection to enslaved African-Americans and helped get them into the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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

■ Duane Evans will discuss his book “Foxtrot in Kandahar: A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America’s Longest War.” Noon. Free.

International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798.

■ Cuban health professionals and U.S. doctors who graduated from the Latin America School of Medicine in Cuba will participate in a panel discussion on “In Cuba Health Care Is a Human Right.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ Sally Quinn will discuss her book “Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Experts from Bazaar Spices will discuss “The World of Salt: An Introduction.” 7 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. dclibrary.org/node/57850.

Films ■ The “Marvelous Movie Monday” series will present the 2015 film “El Jeremias.” 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

■ National Theatre Live will present a broadcast of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America, Part 2,” about New Yorkers grappling with life and death in the mid1980s in the midst of the AIDS crisis and the conservative Reagan administration. 7 p.m. $20. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-5688. The film will be shown again Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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Tuesday SEPTEMBER 12 Children’s programs ■ “Tudor Tots: Weather” will feature songs, stories and movement (for ages 2 through 4). 10 a.m. $5; free for accompanying adults. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org. The fall “Tudor Tots” 4 H SO ON N 30 9 TWorld H S S E Famous AS The 4 SO ON N 30 9TH H S SEAS

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Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 12 ■ Discussion: Joy Stocke and Angie Brenner — authors of the memoir “Anatolian Days and Nights” and the cookbook “Tree of Life: Turkish Home Cooking” — will discuss “Tree of Life: Turkish Cuisine in Context of Turkey’s Political and Cultural History.” Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. series will continue weekly through Oct. 31.

■ Margarita Engle and Mike Curato will discuss their book “All the Way to Havana.” 10:30 a.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

Classes and workshops ■ 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.

■ 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.

■ 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.

■ CASS Fitness will present a weekly outdoor fitness class led by a certified personal trainer. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free.

The Parks at Walter Reed, Georgia Avenue and Butternut Street NW. TheParksatWalterReed@gmail.com. The class will continue weekly through Oct. 24, weather permitting.

■ As part of the D.C. Public Library’s monthlong Banned Books celebration, artist and cartoonist Dana Jeri Maier will

present a class on “DIY Wheatpasting,” about the art of gluing oversized photocopies to walls. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. bit.ly/labsclasses.

■ 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.

■ Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 7:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-2431188.

Concerts ■ “Live! Concert Series on the Plaza” will feature the Decades Band performing jazz and R&B. Noon to 1 p.m. Free.

Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-3121300.

■ The Tuesday Concert Series will feature pianist Yoonie Han (shown) performing Spanish music by Albeniz and Granados. 12:10 p.m. Free.

Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635.

■ The Cambodian Space Project will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■ A meeting of the Low Vision Support Group will present a talk on “Aging Eyes” by Dr. Noreen Shaikh, an ophthalmology resident at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Eye Center Conference Room, Suite 1A-19, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving St. NW. 202-234-1010.

■ Sigrid Johannesdottir, assistant professor of costume design and technology at George Washington University, will discuss “Exploring the Costume Collections of GW Department of Theater and Dance.” Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-9945200.

■ Journalist Mark Bowden will discuss his book “Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam.” Noon to 2 p.m.

Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ Ashraf El-Bayoumi will discuss his book “Colored Water: Dixie Through Egyptian Eyes.” 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-3381958.

■ The Moveable Feast Classics Book Club will discuss “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 1 p.m.

Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

■ Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, will discuss “Pope Francis: A Model for Collaboration and Dialogue in the Church Today.” 4 to 5 p.m.

Free. Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ Donna Lucey will discuss her book “Sargent’s Women, Four Lives Behind the Canvas,” a collection of biographies that illuminate the lives of four high-society women painted by John Singer Sargent. 5:30 p.m. Free. MacMillan Education Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202633-1000.

■ The World Affairs Council will present a talk by Dan Plesch on his book “Human Rights After Hitler: The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes.”

Free. 6 to 8 p.m. Horizon Ballroom, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. worldaffairsdc.org.

■ To celebrate the launch of the new African American and African Diaspora Studies Program at American University, professors James Peterson of Lehigh University and Ibram X. Kendi (shown) of American University will explore how the drive to understand race and ethnicity in American society can help achieve social justice. 6 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Abramson Family Founders Room, School of International Service Building, American University, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. 202-885-2583.

■ Tom Wright will discuss his book “All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century & the Future of American Power.” 6:30 p.m.

Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ Journalist Juan González will discuss his book “Reclaiming Gotham: Bill de Blasio and the Movement to End America’s Tale of Two Cities.” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

■ William Drozdiak will discuss his book “Fractured Continent: Europe’s Crises and the Fate of the West.” 7 p.m.

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Silver opened at 3404 Wisconsin Ave. last month, with plans to debut breakfast and lunch next week.

employees, Torres said he couldn’t wait to open the restaurant.

Among Torres’ favorite cocktails are the lemonand-honey “pear blossom,” and the flagship “silver smash,” served with cucumber, blueberries and raspberry rum.

Silver is looking to tap into D.C.’s enthusiastic brunch crowd with breakfast offerings such as buttermilk pancakes, French toast, eggs Benedict and fried chicken and waffles — all day, every day. The prospect of early-morning dining was a major selling point when Silver first announced plans for the new establishment, given the scarcity of current offerings in the area.

Silver’s happy hour is held weeknights between 4 and 6:30 p.m., with most tapas, desserts and drinks priced at $5 apiece. The restaurant’s patio features an extensive underground heating system and is fitted with wicker chairs and blue umbrellas reminiscent of a French bistro. Acoustic outdoor music is slated to play twice a week between 4 and 8 p.m.

Silver almost missed out on its Wisconsin Avenue NW venue due to zoning regulations that required the project undergo an extensive review process. But Giaimo was determined.

“It wasn’t easy,” Giaimo said. “But the neighborhood was very supportive.”

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By GRACE BIRD he newest fixture at Cleveland Park’s Cathedral Commons complex, Silver, falls somewhere between Parisian bistro and all-American diner, serving classic comfort food and exotic small plates from breakfast until late.

The “new American brasserie” opened at 3404 Wisconsin Ave. NW for dinner Aug. 29, and breakfast and lunch are due to follow Sept. 12.

Silver is an upscale version of Silver Diner, a Rockville, Md.-based chain that debuted in 1989.

Silver Diner was concocted by chief operating officer Richard Giaimo and executive chef Ype Von Hengst, and today the restaurant has 14 locations in Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey.

Two years ago, Giaimo and Von Hengst opened upscale spinoff Silver in Bethesda, aiming to provide families with affordable, quasi-fine dining. That’s the concept the company brought to Cathedral Commons for the company’s first foray into the District.

While Silver traverses a range of cuisines, courtesy of Norwegianborn chef Von Hengst’s distinctive style, color emanates from each dish. From tuna poke salad and goat cheese bruschetta, to hearty bison meatloaf and chicken pot pie, to a healthy children’s menu, Silver hits various culinary bases. And guests won’t want to forget dessert. The brasserie’s unique take on sweet classics including a campfire sundae, Mason jar cheesecake and butterscotch pudding are difficult to pass up.

Richard Torres, Silver’s larger-than-life bar manager, began busing tables at Silver Diner as a teenager and quickly ascended the ranks. After months of concocting new drinks and fielding prospective

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Calvin Klein Underwear reopened its Georgetown location at 3207 M St. NW last month after completing renovations.

The shop, which sells men’s and women’s undergarments, unveiled the changes when it resumed sales on Aug. 22. The space — described by a publicist as having “a collegiate energy” — now features energy-efficient light-bulbs, central display tables and wool rugs of different shapes and colors atop a concrete floor.

“We’re excited to move back to the area,” spokesperson Ashley Jacobs said.

Facial, esthetics spa opens in Georgetown

A new facial and esthetics spa opened in Georgetown late last month. Georgetown Allure, located at 3288 M St. NW, is a 2,800-square-foot spa with attached retail space,

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Calvin Klein Underwear has reopened at 3207 M St. NW.

according to a news release.

The spa includes a consultation room and two treatment rooms, and will offer facial treatments and chemical peels.

Specialized services include an anti-aging facial using gold and a gentle scrub to reduce male razor bumps. Products from the organic skincare brand Botanifique include cleansers, serums and creams.

Georgetown Allure also plans to open a medical spa branch in partnership with a local plastic surgeon, which will offer injectable treatments such as Botox and Juvederm.

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Films ■ The 202filmcollective will present a screening of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 cult classic “Blow-Up.” 6:30 p.m.

Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

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Sunset. Free. Georgetown Waterfront Park, K Street and Cecil Place NW. georgetowndc.com/sunsetcinema.

Performances and readings ■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night” will feature long-form improv performances by various ensembles. 8 and 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.

■ Story District will present “Identity Theft: Stories about being confused for someone or something you’re not.” 8 p.m. $15. Town Danceboutique, 2009 8th St. NW. storydistrict.org.

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■ The Poets on the Fringe will host a weekly poetry workshop to critique participants’ poems. 7 to 9 p.m. Free.

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■ Silvia Kargl, archivist of the Vienna Philharmonic, and Friedemann Pestel, historian at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, will discuss “Vienna Philharmonic 1842‒2017: 175 Years of Political, Social, and Music History.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Austrian Cultural Forum, 3524 International Court NW. acfdc.org.

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Concerts ■ “Live! Concert Series on the Plaza” will feature The Kendrick Project performing smooth jazz. Noon to 1 p.m.

Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ Music on the Lawn will feature Little Red & the Renegades performing Zydeco and New Orleans-style R&B. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free; donations welcome.

Lawn, Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7100. The series will continue Sept. 21 and 28.

■ Combo Chimbita and Dark Water Rising will perform as part of “First Nations + First Americans” in collaboration with ArtChangeUS. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.

Conference ■ The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s 15th anniversary Educating America National Tour will present an educational conference, memory screenings and more in a program open to professional caregivers and people who are caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease. 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. The Whittemore House, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 866-232-8484.

Discussions and lectures ■ Artist Mark Wagner will discuss “How to Make Money by Cutting up

Money.” 6:15 p.m. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-9945200.

■ Robert Lustig will discuss his book “The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains.” 6:30 p.m.

Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ Artist Michael Jones McKean will discuss the nature of objects in relation to folklore, technology, anthropology and mysticism as presented in his works.

6:30 p.m. $12; reservations suggested.

Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.

■ Celeste Ng will discuss her book “Little Fires Everywhere.” 7 p.m. Free.

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

■ Shawna Kenney and Rich Dolinger will discuss their book “Live at the Safari Club,” about a quirky D.C. underground club that lasted a decade until it burned down under mysterious circumstances. 7 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

■ Panelists Maria Hinojosa, Ramesh Ponnuru and Khazir Khan will discuss the historical and modern importance of the Constitution to American society, with an emphasis on America’s changing demographics. 7 to 9 p.m. Free.

McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ Journalist Franklin Foer will discuss his book “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech.” 7 p.m. $18; $30 for one ticket and one book. Sixth &

I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877987-6487.

■ Georgetown University art historian Ori Soltes will provide an overview of 3,000 years of Jewish art and architecture in a presentation on his book “Tradition and Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art & Architecture.” 7:30 to 9 p.m. $11.50. Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. dcjcc.org.

Films ■ The Washington Jewish Film Festival’s series “5777: A Year in Review,” a tribute to major Jewish artists who passed away, will feature Lian Lunson’s 2005 film “Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man,” at 6:30 p.m.; and Robert Altman’s 1971 film “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” at 8:30 p.m. $13.50 per screening.

Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. wjff.org. The series will continue through Sept. 17.

■ The DC Shorts Film Festival, the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District, the Goethe-Institut and the Japan Information and Culture Center will present an outdoor showcase featuring films from Japan, Germany and the United States. 7:20 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. festival.dcshorts.com.

Performance ■ Washington Improv Theater will present “Rise Up!,” a politically inspired improv performance. 7:30 p.m. $12 to $15. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. witdc.org. Performances will continue

through Oct. 1 with a different lineup at each show.

Special events ■ The Embassy of the Czech Republic will launch “Mutual Inspirations Festival 2017 — Gregor Mendel” with talks on the founder of modern-day genetics by Ondřej Dostál, director of the Mendel Museum, and Edward Guinan, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Villanova University. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required by Sept. 13. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. mendelscience.eventbrite.com.

■ The Georgetown Library’s monthly Trivia Night will offer a chance to team up with friends or join fellow nerds to take home a prize (for adults and savvy teens). 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Tours ■ Alexandra Torres, an education specialist at the U.S. Botanic Garden, and Claire Alrich, a staff member at the National Fund for the U.S. Botanic Garden, will lead a guided nature walk focusing on “Nature in Motion” and incorporating stretching and calming exercises. Noon and 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ A slide show and outdoor tour will focus on the Washington National Cathedral’s whimsical stone gargoyles and grotesques (for ages 10 and older). 6:30 p.m. $18 to $22; reservations suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

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