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Police plan for PSAs is still unclear

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LABOR DAY TUNES

District files lawsuit over digital advertising signs ■ Government: Agency says

firm lacked proper permits

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

Following a Metropolitan Police Department commander’s announcement of changes to police service areas, city officials are offering conflicting accounts regarding the agency’s plans.

Police service areas, or PSAs, are the subsections of the department’s seven police districts. In each one, a single lieutenant and his or her officers are responsible for patrolling certain neighborhoods, getting familiarity with the territory and the people there.

At a Georgetown community meeting last Monday, though, 2nd District Cmdr. Melvin Gresham told attendees that the model was changing — instead, PSAs would be grouped into larger “sectors” that would each be headed by one lieutenant per eight-hour shift.

Gresham said the consolidation was responding to staffing shortages and would ensure that there’s always a lieutenant on duty, albeit See Police/Page 5

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By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

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The Labor Day Weekend Music Festival at the Lincoln Theatre included a Saturday set by the rock band Wanted Man, among other acts at the historic U Street NW venue.

An outdoor advertising company that recently entered the D.C. market now faces a lawsuit and a request for a temporary restraining order over electronic signs posted on buildings over the last month, Attorney General Karl Racine announced last week.

Racine’s office is asking Digi Outdoor Media to remove all of the signs it has already erected and to stop posting additional signs until existing issues are resolved, according to a news release. The lawsuit also names the property owners at each of the involved locations as plaintiffs in the case.

Digi developed plans earlier this year to erect more than 50 large digital signs at 20 locations around the city, with a high concentration downtown and a few in other locations that include upper Northwest. The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs spent the last two weeks issuing

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One of the signs at issue is located at 1101 Vermont Ave.

stop-work orders and other documentation that requires the company to halt construction on the signs.

The agency has not observed any new signs posted or any old ones removed since the suit was announced, according to spokesperson Annie McCarthy. An additional stop-work order notice was issued on Sept. 3 at 700 H St. NE for “unlawful continuance” of construction, McCarthy wrote in an email to The Current on Tuesday.

The suit alleges that the comSee Signs/Page 32

Park Service spells out ideas for trail network

By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

A new National Park Service plan includes a host of recommended improvements to nearly 100 miles of paved trails within the D.C. area.

The 172-page document features more than 100 recommendations large and small. Some of the main recommendations affect areas in Northwest, among them improving visitor safety and reducing pedestrian and motorist conflicts at Lincoln Memorial Circle; conducting a feasibility study for a cycle track or trail along Military Road NW from Glover Road NW to 16th Street NW; and conducting a feasibility study for a trail facility along the Oregon Avenue NW corridor.

The document also has recommendations for improvements to the Capital Crescent Trail in Georgetown, including closing the gap from 30th to 31st streets NW through an analysis of the Water

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Better bicycle connections through Georgetown beneath the Whitehurst Freeway are among the topics in the National Park Service report.

Street corridor and evaluating potential access improvements from the Capital Crescent Trail to the Key Bridge.

The overall goal of the study is to make the city’s network of trails more interconnected while simultaneously promoting natural and historic resources, according to the study document. The study came together through a review of the trail network’s See Trails/Page 32

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DCRA debuts online permit tool for area small businesses

By CUNEYT DIL

Current Correspondent

Small-business owners can now entirely skip a trip to the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs when renewing business licenses, thanks to the newly expanded business.dc.gov website.

Mayor Muriel Bowser launched the D.C. Business Portal on Aug. 25 at The Coupe eatery in Columbia Heights, a local success story from restaurateur Constantine Stavropoulos.

Stavropoulos said at the launch that his business was able to use the online portal to begin its license renewal in minutes. Bowser, meanwhile, touted the new tool as a response to calls from D.C.’s business community. Instead of making a personal trip to the agency in Southwest — open on hours that usually conflict with small businesses — merchants can upload necessary documents and applications for licenses and track the approval progress online.

Stavropoulos said he’s “seen definitely an improvement” with the regulatory agency. “The big focus on small businesses has made a difference,” he said. He opened his first restaurant in the

District, Tryst in Adams Morgan, in 1998 and now employs 430 employees with five other outfits such as Open City and the Diner.

The portal launch comes during a period of increased scrutiny for the agency, which oversees permits for both construction and businesses. Amid the city’s residential boom, the department has faced criticisms of corruption and developers gaining illegal permits, along with complaints about the burdens of its permitting processes. Bowser — who spent a week last month reviewing the agency’s operations — said her administration is dedicated to improving the customer service experience.

With the new tool, the mayor said, “the best trip you’ll have at DCRA is one you don’t have to make.”

The department expects a turnaround of one day on business license decisions through the portal, and merchants can print the license out themselves once approved. Agency spokesperson Matt Orlins said the tool took roughly two years of planning, and that other city agencies are considering similar online processes.

“We’ve designed a portal that is intuitive and easy to use,” said agency director Melinda Bolling.

The week ahead Thursday, Sept. 8

The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold its third public workshop for the Rock Creek East II Livability Study. The meeting will consist of an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. (with a brief presentation at 6:30 p.m.) at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. For details, visit rockcreekeast2.com.

■ The D.C. Department of General Services and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will hold their third Hearst Park and Pool community meeting. Agency representatives will present potential concept plans for the modernization of the park and the proposed new pool. The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Friday, Sept. 9

The National Capital Planning Commission will host a public meeting to provide an update on the development of draft square guidelines to shape redevelopment of the FBI headquarters building site. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at the commission’s office in Suite 500N, 401 9th St. NW.

Saturday, Sept. 10

The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will hold a Ward 1 town hall meeting to obtain community input on the agency’s programs and on what residents would like to see offered at local recreation centers

Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh will hold a “Chat With Cheh” event from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW.

■ The Burleith Citizens Association will hold a town hall meeting to discuss possible historic designation for the neighborhood, with a focus on architectural questions. David Maloney, the District’s state historic preservation officer, will be the featured speaker. The meeting will begin at 8 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room at the Washington International School, 1690 36th St. NW. For details, visit burleith.org.

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Thursday, Sept. 15

and fields. The meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Columbia Heights Community Center, 1480 Girard St. NW.

Sunday, Sept. 11

The Glover Park Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. ■ The Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board will meet at 7 p.m. in the “Undercroft” meeting room at St. David’s Episcopal Church, 5150 Macomb St. NW.

Wednesday, Sept. 14

The Federal Aviation Administration will hold a community workshop in D.C. to provide more information about proposed changes in departure procedures for northbound flights and to receive public comments. The changes were developed in response to resident complaints about aircraft noise created by the LAZIR flight path that takes plans over Georgetown and other Northwest neighborhoods. The meeting will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW.

The D.C. Department of Transportation will host a public meeting to discuss the Cleveland Park Streetscape and Drainage Improvement Project on Connecticut Avenue NW between Quebec and Macomb streets. The project is aimed at addressing recurring flooding problems at the Cleveland Park Metro station; improving pedestrian safety, access and visibility at all intersections; adding bike racks; and upgrading existing public amenities, such as curb ramps, benches and tree boxes.

The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Wednesday, Sept. 21

The D.C. Public Library will hold a community meeting to present final plans and an updated timeline for the Cleveland Park Library renovation project. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.

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District Digest Library prepares to open interim facility

The Cleveland Park Library will close and shift to an interim location next month in preparation for its reconstruction project, library officials announced last week. Effective this week, some programs have been reduced in preparation for the move.

The library’s last day at 3310

Connecticut Ave. NW will be Oct. 8, when it will close at 5:30 p.m. Operations will resume in the University of the District of Columbia law school building at 4340 Connecticut at 9:30 a.m.

Oct. 31, in space once occupied by a Wachovia bank branch near the corner with Yuma Street.

Meanwhile, the design team for the new library will brief the community about the project and

its timeline on Sept. 21. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the current library.

GU looks at ways to atone for slavery ties

A Georgetown University working group has announced a series of recommendations related to the school’s slave-holding past, which infamously included the

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sale of 272 slaves in 1838 to fund the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operations.

The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation has proposed renaming two university buildings in honor of notable African-Americans in Georgetown (a sold slave identified only as Isaac, and local black educator Anne Marie Becraft); formally apologizing for the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in slavery; engaging with the descendants of the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former slaves; developing memorials on campus regarding the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slaveholding history; and creating an Institute for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies at Georgetown.

The working group had spent nearly a year crafting the proposal, which was announced Sept. 1.

Adams Morgan Day set for this Sunday

The 38th annual Adams Morgan Day celebration will take place on Sunday afternoon in the area around 18th Street and Columbia Road NW, featuring musicians, artists and promotions from local businesses.

Denis James, president of the Kalorama Citizens Association and a member of the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organizing committee, told The Current that 2016â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adams Morgan Day will be similar to last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event â&#x20AC;&#x201D; focusing on the immediate community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The difference from pre-2015 events is no outside vendors, no street closures, no chicken on a stick,â&#x20AC;? James wrote in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The old model actually hurt many local businesses by putting masses of competition in the middle of 18th Street.â&#x20AC;?

The event, now sponsored by the new Adams Morgan Community Alliance nonprofit, will take place from noon to 6 p.m. Visit adamsmorganday2016.com to see

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Youth orchestra is seeking musicians

The DC Youth Orchestra Program is hosting auditions through Sept. 17, as it prepares for a winter tour to Chile.

The Chile excursion is planned for Dec. 26 through Jan. 7, with the young D.C.-area musicians traveling the country and collaborating and performing with their peers within the Children and Youth Orchestras Foundation of Chile. Joint performances will take place at the Palace La Moneda (the presidential seat), the cultural center Chimkowe and a music festival in Valdivia.

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responsible for a larger area during their shifts. He said the changes would go into effect Sept. 18.

In response to requests for more detail, police spokesperson Aquita Brown told The Current last Wednesday that it would be premature to release the specifics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be a consolidation of some PSAs across the District,â&#x20AC;?

Brown wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, some changes have not been finalized.

MPD will release more information once the boundaries have been approved.â&#x20AC;?

On Friday, Brown sent a follow-up message: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The PSA boundaries in the 2nd District will not change,â&#x20AC;? she wrote in full.

Requests for further comment from the police department were not returned.

D.C. Council members also had limited information on the plans. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said last week that he spoke about the issue with Chief

Cathy Lanier and Assistant Chief Peter Newsham, who will serve as acting chief after Lanierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retirement this month. Mendelson said they told him that the lieutenants would get the new responsibilities that Gresham described, but that there would be no other changes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that the impression the community had, that the PSAs are being replaced, is not accurate,â&#x20AC;?

Mendelson said.

At the Aug. 29 meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E (Georgetown, Burleith), Gresham had laid out broader changes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Traditionally, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re running into an issue with retirements and ... attrition, and you would have certain PSAs that would not have full coverage,â&#x20AC;? Gresham said at that time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To solve that problem, the chief thought it was better to consolidate the PSAs into the sector concept.â&#x20AC;?

In response to community questions, Gresham added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the sector concept, you will not have a situation where a select

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number of officers are dispatched to Georgetown. Instead of eight or nine per tour, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have 20 or 30 ... throughout the entire sector.â&#x20AC;?

Mendelson said he favors the existing approach, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confident that the police department does not intend to make the changes Gresham described. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The PSAs are important, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important for community policing,â&#x20AC;? said Mendelson.

Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie, who chairs the

councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary, said in a written statement last week that the police department hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t informed him about its plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was not informed of a potential change to sectors but am following up with MPD about it,â&#x20AC;? the statement reads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is critical that MPD inform the community and the Council regarding structural changes in order to ensure stability and consistency during any transitions. It is important that residents

know officers in their PSAs.â&#x20AC;?

Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans had an aide at the ANC 2E meeting where Gresham spoke, but Tom Lipinsky, spokesperson for Evans, said the council member â&#x20AC;&#x153;isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t familiar enough with the proposal at this time to comment.â&#x20AC;?

ANC 3B (Glover Park, Cathedral Heights) and ANC 3E (Friendship Heights, Tenleytown) are scheduled to discuss the changes at their meetings, on Thursday and Tuesday respectively.

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Administrative glitches

The goal of the District’s standardized tests is an important one — to ensure that students, teachers, schools and the city as a whole are on the right track for education. Accordingly, we’re troubled to hear education officials saying that this year’s Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exams can’t make definitive conclusions about high school students’ achievement.

The issue apparently stems from poor scheduling at two of D.C.’s best-performing high schools — Wilson and School Without Walls, which each saw a double-digit decline in at least one test. At Wilson, proficiency rates on the English exam plummeted from about 50 percent to 21 percent.

The specifics of the issue are in question. D.C. Public Schools officials say that many high-performing students blew off their PARCC tests so they could study for Advanced Placement exams that they’d be taking soon after. Ward 3 State Board of Education member Ruth Wattenberg suggests the broader issue is that many students were inappropriately given exams for classes they weren’t taking at the time.

We don’t know which account is true, or whether it’s a combination of factors. But the reality is that test performance saw a huge drop, and that the fault likely lies in the tests’ administration. This concern is extremely serious and must be investigated and fully resolved before the next PARCC tests are administered. Students must be given the correct exams, and students must not be asked to sacrifice their preparation for important Advanced Placement or SAT exams.

Sadly, this year’s failures will have far-reaching consequences. We can draw no conclusions from PARCC about this year’s academic progress at D.C. high schools — we don’t know which teachers were wonderful and which were ineffective, we don’t know what schools have improved or still struggle, and we don’t have adequate data on achievement gaps among different demographics. In comparing scores from different schools and demographics, we can’t tell which suffered due to lack of effort or the wrong class versus which need additional attention.

Issues will persist into next year, as this year’s PARCC data won’t allow for valid year-to-year comparisons. Even if performance does improve, we won’t know for sure just how much of it is the students and instruction, versus how much is just correcting the flaws of test administration. These errors are inexcusable, and D.C. officials must work hard to ensure that accountability exams aren’t a waste of time and money.

Successful collaboration

In 2012, Georgetown University was battling with its residential neighbors about its campus plan, a zoning application meant to ensure that a university’s activities in a 10-year period won’t unduly burden the community. As is common for such applications, opinions varied on whether the university was doing enough to minimize impacts.

But then things started to change, and fast. University officials requested a delay in the zoning process to work with the community, and began doing so in earnest. Neighborhood leaders, along with student representatives, joined the effort and forged a rare compromise: a short-term plan that would expire in 2017, giving the new Georgetown Community Partnership time to establish a 20-year framework.

Commendably, the collaborative spirit has continued unabated in the last four and a half years. And it has resulted in the submission, last Thursday, of the university’s 2017-2036 campus plan — with the support of both advisory neighborhood commissions and the three citizens associations that adjoin the university’s property.

The university’s concessions are substantial, and they include housing nearly all undergraduates on campus and operating under an unchanged enrollment cap for the main campus. In turn, neighbors aren’t fighting against any of the university’s construction projects, its faculty and staff increases, or any of its other operational requests. The plan also covers a major expansion of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

The plan also spells out procedures for parties to address future disagreements. In keeping with the respect shown during the plan’s development, all sides agree that if they must argue, they will do so on the merits — not procedural matters, like the timeliness of a filing.

We would like to commend every party to the Georgetown Community Partnership for their successful collaborative approach, and we hope that universities and communities around the city can see it as a model to work through any disagreements of their own.

Labor Day done … now what?

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he digital world has pretty much obliterated the seasons.

It’s easy to work or be in touch anytime — on days off, weekends and vacations.

Still, Labor Day serves as something of a demarcation point.

The presidential campaign you can’t escape heads into the homestretch.

New school years from elementary to college have begun, although Labor Day is highly debated in Maryland.

The college and pro football seasons are starting.

Major League Baseball is winding down its regular season, and teams are jockeying for the post-season. (Go Nats!)

A year-round sport — guessing where the next Washington Redskins stadium will be built — continues unabated. Last week shows why it’s a more heated subject than whether the team itself will be a real contender.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said last week that he’s confident he can work out a taxpayerfriendly deal to bring the team to Northern Virginia, likely Loudoun County.

Not so fast, says Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, the No. 1 fan of the idea of all local pro teams playing in the District. Only the ’Skins play in the ’burbs. Where the team’s corporate headquarters and tax obligations are remain different stories.

Evans and McAuliffe good-naturedly squared off before NBC4’s cameras at the ’Skins annual charity luncheon last week in Tysons Corner. The two put up their fists in mock battle, but there is nothing “mock” about their contest.

Despite the controversial team name and unanswered questions about the best use of nearly 200 acres around the old RFK site, the ’Skins are a billion-dollar business with an annual payroll around $200 million. Prince George’s County has never monetized or benefited much economically from FedExField.

Both McAuliffe and Evans (and Mayor Muriel Bowser) believe they can craft better land-use deals. Neither is an easy fight given community opposition and whatever favors the team might try to gain. There’s only a decade left on the team’s commitment to Prince George’s County. McAuliffe said, and others agreed, that the team needs to make a new-home decision within the next year. It will take years for any new deal to be worked out and for the new facility to be constructed. None of the jurisdictions is interested in paying for the new stadium. That will be on Dan

Snyder’s dime.

We’re likely to see many more Labor Days before we know the final score of this story.

■ The Virginia ballot. Polls show Republican Donald Trump trailing badly in the state many thought would be a battleground. Trump has no independent ground game and isn’t advertising in key television markets. He was in Fredericksburg a few weeks ago and held a rally in Virginia Beach this week in hopes of reversing the trend lines.

Still, Trump already has lost one contest in the Commonwealth: the official ballot placement for Nov. 8. Hillary Clinton will be listed first. Generally, anyone listed first is seen as having a slight edge, although we know of no real proof in major elections.

■ What’s next for Maryland’s Donna Edwards?

The Prince George’s congresswoman lost her Senate battle to Chris Van Hollen. She told WAMU’s Politics Hour on Friday that she plans a long drive to visit all the national parks in the Lower 48 after she leaves office in January. (She had to give up her House seat to make the bid for the Senate.)

Appearing more relaxed and thoughtful than we’ve ever seen her, Edwards recalled how as a child her family visited national parks and how her father instilled in her respect for them.

On the radio, Edwards clearly was looking past her bitter contest with Van Hollen. She told Politics Hour host Kojo Nnamdi and the Notebook that she believes Van Hollen will win and be a good senator for Maryland.

She doesn’t back away from her criticism that Maryland Democrats talk a good diversity game but that the party’s delegation to Washington likely will be all male and almost all white after November.

And she left a door cracked for a possible next campaign for herself. Edwards aggressively criticized the Head Start debacle in Prince George’s County, singling out county executive Rushern Baker’s oversight of education politicians. Now, that likely is in part payback for Baker’s endorsement of Van Hollen.

Baker is gearing up to run for governor in 2018; he can’t run again for county executive. We asked Edwards if she would run for county executive. She sidestepped the question, but she says she intends to remain in “public service.”

We’ll see how she feels when that national parks tour is over.

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

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR City should comply with rules on noise

I would like to ask that now that Lafayette Elementary School is open, and the students are able to learn, that the school project return to the work hours presented to the community at the outset and allowed under Chapter 27 of the D.C. Municipal Regulations (7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday).

Neighbors were told at the outset that occasionally the school project would need to use weekends. That morphed into virtually every Sunday from Thanksgiving on, with

trucks moving before 6 a.m., outside work past 7 p.m. and inside work until midnight.

Then these past weeks, we had track excavators rumbling down our streets at 11 p.m., 2 a.m., 3 a.m., waking up kids and parents. We’ve had dust like Desert Storm; damage to street trees, cars, curbs and driveway aprons; and parking restrictions.

Our patience — which was already taxed after living through Green Alley jackhammers from 2012 to 2014 and PlayDC construction in 2014 and 2015 — is now pretty much exhausted.

Section 2707 of the D.C. Municipal Regulations states that one 45-day extension of hours is allowed per project.

Neighbors endured construction noise for hours way, way

beyond that in order to ensure that school opened on time — and a beautiful school it is. But going forward, any work needs to comply with the hours outlined in this regulation.

Laura Phinizy Chevy Chase

Research is needed on Little Falls Park

I can find no information beyond a map of the fairly substantial area of Little Falls Park that is within the borders of Washington, D.C. Is this some kind of military facility?

Researching this would be a great project for someone with a background in history or the military.

Robert York American University Park

The Current

Police Report This is a listing of incidents reported to the Metropolitan Police Department from Aug. 29 to Sept. 4 in local police service areas, sorted by their report dates.

psa 101

PSA 101 â&#x2013; downtown

Robbery â&#x2013; 900-999 block, F St.; 10:33 p.m. Sept. 4.

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, New York Ave.; 7:03 p.m. Aug. 29.

Theft â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 3:58 a.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 600-699 block, 13th St.; 2:02 p.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, G St.; 4:53 p.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 400-499 block, 11th St.; 10:03 a.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, H St.; 3:14 p.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 750-799 block, 10th St.; 2:16 a.m. Sept. 2.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 900-999 block, G St.; 3:39 a.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, K St.; 8:33 a.m. Sept. 3.

Theft â&#x2013; 3400-3499 block, N St.; 1:20 p.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 3100-3199 block, M St.; 3:06 p.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 3:14 p.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 3100-3199 block, M St.; 11:14 a.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 3200-3275 block, M St.; 6:07 p.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 3100-3199 block, M St.; 6:07 p.m. Sept. 2. â&#x2013; 3200-3275 block, M St.; 6:21 p.m. Sept. 2. â&#x2013; 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 1:16 p.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, Thomas Jefferson St.; 6:38 p.m. Sept.

3. â&#x2013; 3300-3399 block, M St.; 3:37 p.m. Sept. 4. â&#x2013; 3200-3275 block, M St.; 6:15 p.m. Sept. 4. â&#x2013; 3030-3099 block, K St.; 10:30 p.m. Sept. 4.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 3400-3499 block, Reservoir Road; 10:39 a.m. Aug. 29.

psa PSA 207 207

â&#x2013; foggy bottom / west end

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, 26th St.; 7:34 p.m. Aug. 30.

psa PSA 206 206

Theft â&#x2013; 2200-2299 block, M St.; 2:14 a.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, 25th St.; 2:21 p.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 1400-1433 block, K St.; 11:55 a.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, Vermont Ave.; 10:05 p.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, G St.; 3:02 p.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 6:03 p.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, K St.; 10:18 p.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 1100-1129 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:54 a.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, De Sales St.; 12:50 p.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 1130-1199 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:53 p.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 6:48 p.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, F St.; 5:30 p.m. Sept. 2. â&#x2013; 2200-2299 block, M St.; 7:10 a.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, L St.; 7:57 p.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 9:16 p.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 2100-2199 block, E St.; 2:03 a.m. Sept. 4. â&#x2013; 2100-2199 block, E St.; 4:13 a.m. Sept. 4. â&#x2013; 500-599 block, 19th St.; 7:15 p.m. Sept. 4. â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, M St.; 7:49 p.m. Sept. 4.

Burglary â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, 35th St.; 2:24 p.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 3600-3699 block, S St.; 6:53 p.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 3248-3299 block, O St.; 2:19 a.m. Sept. 3.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, K St.; 11:41 a.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 2400-2499 block, L St.; 5:24 p.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 400-499 block, 18th St.; 1:34 p.m. Sept. 4.

psa 102

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PSA 102 PENN QUARTER

Robbery â&#x2013; 500-599 block, Indiana Ave.; 7:34 a.m. Sept. 1.

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 600-699 block, H St.; 12:47 a.m. Sept. 4.

Theft â&#x2013; 600-699 block, K St.; 8:32 p.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 600-699 block, K St.; 2:31 p.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 400-497 block, L St.; 8:00 p.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 700-799 block, 7th St.; 2:26 a.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:31 p.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, 9th St.; 9:55 p.m. Sept. 2. â&#x2013; 800-899 block, 7th St.; 11:58 p.m. Sept. 4.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 500-599 block, H St.; 10:27 a.m. Sept. 2. â&#x2013; 500-599 block, K St.; 3:44 p.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 600-699 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 9:20 p.m. Sept. 4. â&#x2013; 400-499 block, 8th St.; 11:08 p.m. Sept. 4.

â&#x2013; georgetown / burleith

â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, 26th St.; 8:47 p.m. Sept. 4.

psa 208

â&#x2013; sheridan-kalorama

PSA 208 dupont circle

Robbery â&#x2013; 1-7 block, Dupont Circle; 5:16 a.m. Sept. 2.

Assault with a dangerous weapon â&#x2013; 2100-2199 block, P St.; 2:50 a.m. Sept. 1.

Burglary â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, 14th St.; 8:35 p.m. Sept. 3.

Theft â&#x2013; 1500-1599 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 8:18 a.m.

Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:35 a.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, P St.; 5:10 p.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 1700-1720 block, 19th St.; 9:12 a.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:33 a.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, S St.; 11:37 a.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1721-1799 block, 19th St.; 1:37 p.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1907-1999 block, Florida Ave.; 8:04 a.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:50 a.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:15 p.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:39 p.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, M St.; 6:08 p.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; 1200-1219 block, 19th St.; 12:01 p.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 3:38 p.m.

Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, N St.; 8:30 p.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 12:45 p.m. Sept.

2. â&#x2013; 1-7 block, Dupont Circle; 3:58 p.m. Sept. 2. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, Riggs Place; 6:06 p.m. Sept. 2. â&#x2013; 1200-1219 block, 19th St.; 6:58 p.m. Sept. 2. â&#x2013; 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 2:05 p.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 3:39 a.m. Sept. 4.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1220-1299 block, 19th St.; 3:53 a.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 2100-2199 block, California St.; 12:41 p.m.

Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1252-1299 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 2:21 p.m.

Aug. 31.

psa PSA 301 301

â&#x2013; Dupont circle

Burglary â&#x2013; 1400-1425 block, R St.; 11:52 a.m. Aug. 30.

Theft â&#x2013; 1818-1899 block, 18th St.; 3:57 p.m. Sept. 1.

â&#x2013; 1700-1723 block, 17th St.; 12:14 a.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 1500-1599 block, T St.; 2:57 p.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, W St.; 10:56 p.m. Sept. 4.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, S St.; 8:47 a.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, T St.; 1:54 p.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1500-1599 block, T St.; 8:28 a.m. Sept. 2. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, Q St.; 8:20 a.m. Sept. 3.

psa PSA 303 303

â&#x2013; adams morgan

Robbery â&#x2013; 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 3:01 a.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 1700-1719 block, Kalorama Road; 4:59 a.m. Sept.

3. â&#x2013; 1700-1733 block, Columbia Road; 5:06 a.m.

Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 2300-2399 block, 17th St.; 5:56 a.m. Sept. 4.

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Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 1700-1733 block, Euclid St.; 4:35 p.m. Sept. 4.

Theft â&#x2013; 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 6:38 a.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 11:21 p.m. Sept. 3. â&#x2013; 2300-2399 block, 18th St.; 5:08 a.m. Sept. 4.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1730-1797 block, Lanier Place; 5:52 a.m. Sept. 3.

psa PSA 307 307

â&#x2013; logan circle

Robbery â&#x2013; 900-922 block, P St.; 2:31 p.m. Aug. 29. â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, L St.; 8:52 a.m. Sept. 1.

Burglary â&#x2013; 1202-1299 block, Q St.; 6:13 a.m. Sept. 3.

Theft â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, M St.; 11:51 a.m. Sept. 4.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, 9th St.; 9:41 p.m. Aug. 30. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, R St.; 5:04 p.m. Aug. 31. â&#x2013; Unit block, Thomas Circle; 11:06 a.m. Sept. 1. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, M St.; 6:29 p.m. Sept. 2. â&#x2013; 1510-1599 block, 12th St.; 3:16 p.m. Sept. 3.

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; presentation by the D.C. Office of Planning regarding a creative place-making activity it plans to host in Adams Morgan in the fall. â&#x2013; possible consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control license application for Ababa Ethiopian Restaurant, 2106 18th St. NW. â&#x2013; possible consideration regarding a settlement agreement with Lapis restaurant at 1847 Columbia Road NW. â&#x2013; consideration of a a $1,000 grant request from Young Playwrightsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Theater. â&#x2013; consideration of a a $1,000 grant request from Jubilee JumpStart. â&#x2013; consideration of a a $1,000 grant request from the volunteers organizing Adams Morgan Day 2016. â&#x2013; possible consideration of a grant request for $1,000 for the Adams Morgan Basketball Association to assist in holding its annual tournament. â&#x2013; possible consideration of a request by Belmont Road NW residents for a traffic study to assess the possibility of making Belmont Road NW a one-way street. â&#x2013; possible vote regarding an appeal seeking R-5-B treatment for 1630-1634 Argonne Place NW in the recently rezoned R-4 district

of Lanier Heights. â&#x2013; consideration of a resolution regarding the D.C. Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed legislation to create a universal paid leave system in D.C. â&#x2013; possible consideration of a request by constituents that ANC 1C call on the D.C. Public Library system to hold a forum in Adams Morgan to provide an update on renovation plans for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. â&#x2013; possible vote regarding the Marie Reed Learning Center modernization process. â&#x2013; possible consideration of a resolution regarding proposed legislation that would make changes to the way advisory neighborhood commissions operate.

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

ANC 2A ANCBottom 2A Foggy

â&#x2013; FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21. The location has not been determined.

For details, visit anc2a.org.

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â&#x2013; DUPONT CIRCLE

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; announcements and public comments. â&#x2013; presentation by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine. â&#x2013; updates from the Metropolitan Police Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2nd and 3rd districts. â&#x2013; consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Stonefish Grill & Lounge, 1050 17th St. NW, for a substantial change to convert from a restaurant-class license to a tavern license. â&#x2013; consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application for a new Class C restaurant license for Wahlburgers-DC at 1 Dupont Circle NW (for a restaurant with 183 seats and total occupancy load of 424, with a 74-seat sidewalk cafe; hours of operation and alcoholic beverage sales, service and consumption from 11 a.m. to midnight daily). â&#x2013; consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Exiles, 1610 U St. NW, for a substantial change to its Class C restaurant license to add an endorsement to allow live entertainment (proposed hours for live entertainment, Sunday through Thursday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. and Friday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m.). â&#x2013; consideration of historic preservation and zoning items: 1716 17th St. NW; 1759-1761 P St. NW; 1626 Riggs Place NW, renovation and addition to convert a single-family home into a twofamily flat; 1630 Riggs Place NW;

1717 Corcoran St. NW, application for variances from the floorarea ratio requirements and the lot occupancy requirements to construct an addition to an existing three-unit apartment house; and 1719 Corcoran St. NW, application for variances from the floorarea ratio requirements and the lot occupancy requirements to construct an addition to an existing three-unit apartment house. â&#x2013; consideration of D.C. Department of Transportation and Public Space Committee matters: 1701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, application by Eatsa for a new unenclosed sidewalk cafe with five tables, 19 seats and three umbrellas; 1222 Connecticut Ave. NW, application

by Cava Mezze Grill for a new unenclosed sidewalk cafe with four tables and eight seats; and consideration of a resolution regarding the D.C. Department of Transportationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed rulemaking on the Residential Permit Parking (RPP) program.

For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.

ANC 2C ANC 2C Quarter Downtown/Penn

â&#x2013; DOWNTOWN / PENN QUARTER

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, in Room A-3, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. For details, visit anc2c.us or contact 2C@anc.dc.gov.

ANC 2D ANC 2D Sheridan-Kalorama

â&#x2013; SHERIDAN-KALORAMA

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; administrative matters and commissioner comments. â&#x2013; introduction of a draft budget for fiscal year 2017, as well as revision of the 2016 budget to add a line for contractual services. â&#x2013; police report. â&#x2013; report from the offices of Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans. â&#x2013; presentation by DC Water regarding lead outreach efforts. â&#x2013; consideration of contractual agreements with Peter Sacco for administrative services and website services. â&#x2013; presentation by Andrea Gleaves of the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence. â&#x2013; presentation by Pepco.

For details, visit anc2d.org or contact davidanc2d01@aol.com.

ANC 2F ANCCircle 2F Logan

â&#x2013; LOGAN CIRCLE

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW. For details, call 202-667-0052 or visit anc2f.org.

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ANDERSON HOUSE TUESDAY|SEPTEMBER 13|6:00 PM LARZ AND ISABEL ANDERSON: WEALTH AND CELEBRITY IN THE GILDED AGE Stephen T. Moskey discusses and signs copies of his dual biography of Larz and Isabel Anderson, which explores their lives through the intersection of wealth, celebrity, politics, gender and race in early twentieth-century America.

The talk will last about 45 minutes, followed by a book signing and light refreshments. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

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FRIDAY|SEPTEMBER 16|12:30 PM TWO AUTOCHROME PORTRAITS OF ISABEL ANDERSON Rachel Jirka, research services librarian, presents two Autochrome portraits of Isabel Anderson, likely done by Frances Benjamin Johnston in 1910. The two portraits depict Mrs. Anderson in the Winter Garden of Anderson House and are among the very few known photographs of the Andersons at their Washington home. The talk will last about 30 minutes with time afterwards for questions and up-close viewing of the portraits.

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WEDNESDAY|SEPTEMBER 28|6:00 PM VALIANT AMBITION: GEORGE WASHINGTON, BENEDICT ARNOLD, AND THE FATE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Nathaniel Philbrick discusses and signs copies of his account of the middle years of the Revolutionary War and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold—one defined by loyalty, personal integrity and political forces that led to Washington’s triumph and Arnold’s treason.

The talk will last about 45 minutes, followed by a book signing and light refreshments. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

ANDERSON HOUSE|2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW|202.785.2040 THEATRE J|THE LAST SCHWARTZ September 7 - October 2 Nothing is funnier than family dysfunction.

The Schwartz family has been on their last legs since Papa died a year ago. Norma’s husband isn’t speaking to her, Herb and Bonnie are having baby troubles, and Simon wants to be an astronaut. Throw a sexy wanna-be Hollywood starlet into the mix, and you’ve got the recipe for a yahrzeit gone perfectly wrong. Can Judaism hold this family together? “[A] fine balance has been struck between hilarity and pathos.” – The Washington Post For more information: 1529 16th Street NW|Washington, DC 20036 P: 202.777.3210|To purchase tickets go to: http://edcjcc.org/center-for-arts/ theater-j/box-office/

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WASHINGTON STUDIO SCHOOL 2016 FALL TERM OPEN HOUSE SEPTEMBER 11|1:00-3:00 PM 2129 S Street NW|202.234.3030 Meet Faculty and see work on exhibit.

Visit Studios. Draw for Free. www.washingtonstudioschool.org

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KEEGAN THEATRE*|WHAT WE’RE UP AGAINST|REGIONAL PREMIERE 1742 Church Street NW|Playing September 24 – October 15 * DCCA Preferred Merchant – members receive a $10 discount.

Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 PM| Sunday at 3:00 PM A scathing, ferocious comedy about sexism in the workplace by one of today’s most acclaimed and provocative playwrights. Set in a highly competitive architecture firm, WHAT WE’RE UP AGAINST takes an explosive look at the complicated battle of the sexes and one woman’s response when she tires of slamming into the glass ceiling.

“WHAT WE’RE UP AGAINST is biting, brilliant comedy. Theresa Rebeck has lived through and survived the corporate world and totally and completely nails it.” – Houston Chronicle PHILIP TRAGER|Thursday|September 15|7:00 PM American photographer Philip Trager joins Director Dorothy Kosinski to discuss his recent publications, “New York in the 1970s” and “Photographing Ina” (both Steidl, 2016). Trager’s personal portraits of buildings are regarded as landmarks in architectural photography, while his expressionistic New York in the 1970s (2016) images of dancers have expanded the genre of dance photography.

A book signing follows.

EVENT ADMISSION: Included in museum admission—$12; $10 for visitors 62 and over and students. Free for members. Reservations required. The Phillips Collection|1600 21st Street NW|www.phillipscollection.org/ Philip Trager/Photographing Ina (2016)

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NW Olympian reflects on her time in Rio

By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

Northwest native Katharine Holmes just returned from her first Olympic games, where she competed in fencing for Team USA in Rio de Janeiro. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to imagine an experience like that being overwhelming. But Holmes didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite see it that way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The context is different. The competition itself, the fencing, is the same. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same people; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same sport,â&#x20AC;? Holmes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let myself get wrapped up in all the differences. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t super nervous or awed or floored by anything. At the end of the day, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still fencing.â&#x20AC;?

Some of what she experienced threw her for a loop, though. As a fencer, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s used to a bare-bones training staff that comes down to her and her coach.

But in Rio, the International Olympic Commission presented athletes with round-the-clock sports medicine staff and dozens of other resources. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You basically donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to take care of anything,â&#x20AC;? Holmes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They do it all for you.â&#x20AC;?

All, of course, except the competition itself.

Holmes went in, as almost every athlete does, with gold medals in her sights. But the 23-year-old athlete fell short in both the individual and team rounds â&#x20AC;&#x201D; losing by a single touch in each one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was definitely an underdog. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win, but I did everything I could. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of anything more I could have done or anything that I shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done in retrospect,â&#x20AC;? Holmes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not to say there wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be things that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d change in the future.â&#x20AC;?

She has every intention of continuing to train in preparation for the 2020 games, and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping her initial taste of Olympic glory will yield bigger dividends next time around. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team loss was particularly gutting because she and her teammates had prepared aggressively to face the Romanian team, which had crushed them by a wide margin in previous competitions. They fought harder and smarter against Romania than they ever had before, but their opponent still eked out the victory.

That familiarity with her opponents extends to nearly everyone in the fencing community, Holmes said. She has known many of her fellow Team USA members and competitors from other countries for more than a decade, having encountered them at youth competitions in the U.S. and abroad. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even friends with a few of her fellow fencers from other nations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they understand each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive for success, even when oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success is at the expense of the other, Holmes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a highpressure environment, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so few people that can directly relate to it,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Holmesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fencing career began at the tender age of 9. She dabbled in sports like basketball and swimming, but neither was a passion for her. In the meantime, the medieval era and sword-fighting became one of her early fascinations, spurred by books like Tamora Pierceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Song of the Lionessâ&#x20AC;? series.

When she told her parents she wanted to try out sword-fighting, they obliged immediately, enrolling Holmes in classes at the Chevy Chase Fencing Club.

Within a few years she had her heart set on being the best at the sport. She credits her competitive spirit to her mom, a lawyer with an argumentative streak, and her dad, a longtime athlete.

Many of her subsequent fencing exploits were defined by her unusual approach to the sport. Most fencers keep their arm bent at 90 degrees during bouts, but Holmes started at an early age with her arm fully extended outward. Her coaches, Ray and Jean Finkleman in Chevy Chase and Zoltan Dudas at Princeton University, supported her from the start.

But some of the other coaches she encountered over the years told her that she would eventually have to give up that unconventional technique. By the time she got to the Olympics still doing it, though, her critics were silenced.

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Katharine Holmes, a National Cathedral grad, trained at the Chevy Chase Fencing Club from age 9 until she left for Princeton University.

She counts the day she qualified for the Olympics this past March as a highlight of her young life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of the emotions exploded at once. I was laughing and crying. I was kind of paralyzed. I just kept repeating, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to the Olympics!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; over and over again,â&#x20AC;? Holmes said.

Looking ahead, Holmes wants to keep in shape for more fencing to come, with her sights set once again on Olympic gold when the Tokyo games come around in 2020. In the meantime, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spending a few weeks at home with her parents in D.C. before heading back on Saturday for her senior year at Princeton, where sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studying pre-med, psychology and neuroscience.

Being in D.C. again has brought back memories.

Sitting in front of the Washington National Cathedral one day last week, she was reminded once again of how far sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s come since she graduated from National Cathedral School six years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of weird thinking back to when everything was just a dream,â&#x20AC;?

Holmes said.

Cathedralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletic director, Heather Dent, has known Holmes since her middle school years and helped her navigate the competing schedules of academics and athletics. She was so inspired by Holmesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; drive and success that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s considering starting a fencing team at Cathedral. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Katharine was always a big personality, but in her own quiet way. She was always really positive and reflective and mature beyond her years, early on as a student,â&#x20AC;? Dent said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really just continued to blossom as a person.â&#x20AC;?

When Holmes heads back to Princeton, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be knee-deep in her senior thesis. She hopes to one day become an orthopedic surgeon and help unite disparate forms of health care for athletes.

Even while sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s working, though, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unlikely that the Olympic memories will fade away any time soon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience of my life, insert every adjective ever,â&#x20AC;? Holmes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In every aspect, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an experience unlike any Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had before.â&#x20AC;?

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Events Entertainment Thursday, Sept. 8 Thursday SEPTEMBER 8 Concerts ■ Grace Episcopal Church’s “Music on the Lawn” series will feature Karen Collins & the Backroads Band, one of the area’s top honky-tonk groups.

Attendees are invited to bring a picnic supper or buy refreshments from Dog Tag Bakery and Pinstripes concessionaires. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; music from 6 to 7:15 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7100.

■ “Luce Unplugged” will feature the band Paperhaus. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free.

Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ The Manny Kellough Trio will perform original music and hits from throughout the years, presented by the DC Legendary Musicians. 6 p.m. Free.

Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.

■ Brian Johnson — a Cleveland native, Christian worship leader, and singer — will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ Young soprano Janai Brugger, winner of the Kennedy Center’s 2016 Marian Anderson Vocal Award, will perform. 7:30 p.m. $39. Family Theater, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600.

■ “Back to School Indie Night” will feature the bands Wylder, Valley Queen and Courtesy Tier. 8 p.m. $10. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and readings ■ Joe Solmonese, former CEO of Emily’s List and past president of the Human Rights Campaign, will discuss his book “The Gift of Anger: Use Passion to Build Not Destroy.” 6:30 p.m. Free.

Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

■ A panel discussion on “9/11: Inspiring the Future of Memorials,” about the interplay of the built environment and memory, will feature Lester Levine, author of the forthcoming book “9/11 Memorial Visions: Innovative Concepts From the 2003 World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition”: Paul Murdoch, architect of the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pa.; and Julie Beckman, co-designer of the Pentagon Memorial. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $12 to $20; reservations required. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

■ Folger Shakespeare Library staff will share their insights about the Bard’s “The Merchant of Venice.” 7 p.m. Free.

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

■ Local author Herta Feely will discuss her novel “Saving Phoebe Morrow,” a story about the timeless struggle between mothers and their teen daughters with a 21st-century twist. 7 p.m. Free.

Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com.

■ Joseph E. Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for economics and former World Bank senior vice president, will discuss his latest book “The Euro:

How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Mary Helen Washington, professor of English at the University of Maryland at College Park, will discuss her book “The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s.” 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org.

■ Rabia Chaudry will discuss her book “Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial,” about newly discovered evidence related to Adnan Syed’s murder conviction for the death of his former girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, a case explored in the Peabody Award-winning podcast Serial. 7 p.m. $17 to $30. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487.

Films ■ The National Archives will host a screening of “CG 8225: The People and the Police,” one of a series of films produced by the Office of Economic Opportunity after the 1968 Washington riots to improve the shattered relationship between citizens and its law enforcers.

After the screening, a panel discussion moderated by NBC4 reporter and Current Newspapers columnist Tom Sherwood will feature Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier and longtime D.C. community activist Susan Meehan exploring the project’s legacy and the current state of police-community relations. 7 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ “What’s Up? Docs!” — a new George Washington University Documentary Center series pairing landmark documentaries that defined the form with talks by scholars, critics and film directors — will screen the 1974 film “Hearts and Minds,” with special guest Linda Dittmar, editor of “From Hanoi to Hollywood: The Vietnam War in American Film” and professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston. 7 to 9:30 p.m. $10 to $15. Marvin Center Amphitheater, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. go.gwu.edu/whatsupdocs.

Special events ■ The National Head Start Alumni Network will host a reception and alumni social with Sylvia Mathews Burwell, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and a Head Start alumna. 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Atrium, PNC Place, 800 17th St. NW. alumni@nhsa.org.

■ Local Louisiana expats will host a “Floodraiser Fête” to benefit the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s Louisiana Flood Relief Fund. 6 to 9 p.m. $20 donation in exchange for three drink tickets and a raffle entry. Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar, 1104 H St. NE. classy.org/DCFloodraiserForRelief.

■ “Rum: From Cane to Cask” — an evening program with tastings — will feature Reed Walker and Jordan Cotton, the duo behind Washington’s first rum distillery, which opened in Union Market this year. 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $45.

Exhibit features birds, butterflies

“Wing to Wing,” featuring new paintings by Cindy Kane that showcase her recent work on birds and butterflies, will open Friday at Cross

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MacKenzie Gallery with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will continue through Oct. 5.

Located at 1675 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

202-333-7970.

■ “Public Displays of Privacy,” highlighting four local female artists who explore the complexities of identity, memory and subjectivity in relation to black womanhood, will open Friday at the D.C. Arts Center with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. The artists are Nakeya Brown, Khadijah Wilson, Adrienne Gaither and Danielle Smith. The exhibit will close with a reception and artist talk Oct. 16 at 5 p.m.

Located at 2438 18th St. NW, the center is open Wednesday through Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m. 202-4627833.

■ “The Prismatic,” presenting mixedmedia and installation works from the Prismatic artists’ collective that explore tension between the self and others, will open Friday at the Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C., with a reception and talks by several of the artists from 6 to 8 p.m. Featured are Nina Cho, Hwan Jahng, Yunjung Kang, Jin Kim, Yeonhee Kim, June Lee and Yunwook Mun. The show will continue through Sept. 26.

Located at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW, the center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.

S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

Sporting event ■ The Washington Nationals will play the Philadelphia Phillies. 7:05 p.m. $10 to $345. 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.

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Friday SEPTEMBER 9 Concerts ■ The “Fringe Music in the Library” series will feature Kino Musica, a D.C.based quartet that melds music from across Africa and its diaspora into soulful sounds that educate and entertain.

Noon. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202727-0321.

■ The “Live! Concert Series on the Plaza” series will feature the Groove Spot Band & Show performing R&B. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ John Cannon of Cooperstown, N.Y., will present an organ recital. 12:15 p.m.

Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103.

■ The U.S. Navy’s premier jazz

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■ “Infrastructure,” a group show that explores the physical objects and work that go into making art, will open Saturday at Addison/Ripley Fine Art with an artists’ reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit will continue through Oct. 15.

Located at 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-338-5180.

■ “William Kentridge: The Great Storyteller — Three Decades of Prints & Drawings, 1986-2016,” highlighting the South African artist, will open Saturday at Gallery Neptune & Brown with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit will continue through Oct. 22.

Located at 1530 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. 202986-1200.

■ The American University Museum opened five shows on Tuesday and will continue them through Oct. 23. An opening reception will take place Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m.

“Hung Liu: Daughter of China, Resident Alien” presents paintings by the Chinese émigré that reflect upon refugees and heroines.

“Silos” features eight artists who examine the cultural and social ramifications of marginalization based on one’s identity. The artists are Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Duron Jackson, Yaw Agyeman, Wesley Clark, Wilmer Wilson IV, Stacy-Lynn Waddell, Ellington Robinson and Nathaniel Donnett.

“Updraft America” is an installation by Adams Morgan artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg that manifests Americans’ frustration with gridlocked partisan politics.

“Todas las Manos” is a collaborative public-art project created by

ensemble, the Commodores, will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ As part of the Embassy Series, pianist Laylo Rikhsieva will perform works

by Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Tchai-

Cynthia Kane’s “Wing on Wing” is part of an exhibit at Cross MacKenzie Gallery. muralist Francisco Letelier and participants from the Latin American Youth Center and celebrating human rights and global justice.

“It Takes a Nation: Art for Social Justice With Emory Douglas, and the Black Panther Party, Africobra, and Contemporary Washington Artists” is a group show that helps to visualize the 1967 Black Panther Party’s 10-point platform.

Located in the Katzen Arts Center at 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, the museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 202885-1300.

■ The Arts Club of Washington opened three shows last week and will continue them through Oct. 1. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

“Eve Stockton: Woodcuts and Solar Prints” and “Ric Garcia: Archival Inkjet Prints” are featured in the Monroe and MacFeely galleries. The Spilsbury Gallery highlights works by Ruth Meixner Bird, along with other member artists.

Located at 2017 I St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 202-3317282. kovsky and others. 8 to 10 p.m. $25.

International Student House, 1825 R St. NW. 202-625-2361.

■ A triple bill will present performances by the Ron Holloway Band feaSee Events/Page 12

The Current’s Pets of the Week From the Washington Humane Society and Washington Animal Rescue League Meet Rick and Sia, two handsome boys looking for loving homes — preferably together. To look at them, you’d never know these BFFs once lived in a hoarding situation. But when they arrived, they were scared, confused and unsocialized. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of the behavior and training staff, however, they’ve blossomed! Rick, a 2-year-old orange tabby, is incredibly affectionate. The 1-year-old Sia enjoys playing, climbing, investigating and learning new things. Because of their background, both can be a little shy in new environments, although they acclimate quickly. Both are more relaxed when near another feline. And if you adopt one WHS-WARL cat, you can adopt a second with fees waived, so please consider opening your heart and home.

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Continued From Page 11 turing Holloway on tenor sax; Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old Soul Revival, devotees of the Allman Brothers Band; and the Virginiabased, Southern Americana rock band Big Mama Shakes. 8:30 p.m. $15.

Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Mouse band will perform original Americana tunes. 10:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Garden writer Marta McDowell will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the Presidentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gardens: Madisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cabbages to Kennedyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; How the White House Grounds Have Grown With America.â&#x20AC;?

Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. â&#x2013; Judy Polumbaum will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Juxtapositions,â&#x20AC;? a collection of her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photographic works that explore contrasting images of life around the world. 6 p.m. Free. East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. eastcitybookshop.com. â&#x2013; Thomas Rainer and Claudia West will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes.â&#x20AC;? 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. â&#x2013; Nicholson Baker, winner of a National Book Critics Circle award for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Double Fold,â&#x20AC;? will discuss his sixth nonfiction book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Substitute: Going to School With a Thousand Kids,â&#x20AC;? which chronicles his experience as a substitute teacher in the Maine public schools. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Games, Lunch and a Movieâ&#x20AC;? will feature a screening of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dead Poets Society,â&#x20AC;? starring Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke. Games at 11 a.m.; lunch at noon; film at 1 p.m. Free; reservations required by Sept. 7 for lunch. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7703. The program will repeat Sept. 23 with a screening of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Town,â&#x20AC;? starring Paul Newman.

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Events Entertainment â&#x2013; Friends of Mitchell Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Films in the Fieldâ&#x20AC;? series will screen the 1984 supernatural comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghostbusters,â&#x20AC;? starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Mitchell Park, 23rd and S streets NW. 202-546-4293. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Films at the Stone,â&#x20AC;? a series of free movies screened at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to promote his tenets, will present director Ellie Waltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fly by Light,â&#x20AC;? which follows a group of D.C. teens who leave the city streets to experience the wilderness and confront the violence, abuse and neglect in their pasts. 8:15 p.m. Free. On the green space south of the bookstore at the King Memorial, 1964 Independence Ave. SW. filmsatthestone.org.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Mystics will play the Seattle Storm. 7 p.m. $19 to $125.

Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000.

Saturday, Sept. 10 Saturday SEPTEMBER 10 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; Graham M. Schweig, professor of philosophy and religion at Christopher Newport University, will lead a class on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Death and Beyond: Comparative Reflections on World Religious Traditions.â&#x20AC;?

9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. $90 to $140. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202243-1188. â&#x2013; A session on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Developing a Plotâ&#x20AC;? will kick off a five-part class on fiction writing, led by Georgetown University professor emeritus David Hoof, which will be held on the second and fourth Saturdays each month. 2 to 4 p.m. Free; registration required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

The class will continue Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Nov. 5 and Nov. 19.

Concerts â&#x2013; The Music @ the Market Series will present Duo Blanco y Negro de Cuba, featuring Cuban-born musicians Yenobis Delgado Alba and Reimy Perez Bauta.

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Free. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Friday, SEPTEMBER 9 â&#x2013; Concert: Indie folk duo Famous October, featuring U.S. singer-songwriter Sarah Bowman and rising star Rene Coal Burrell from Switzerland, will perform. 8 p.m. Free.

Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ers Market, 4340 Connecticut Ave. NW. 240-462-9664. â&#x2013; Salt Peanuts, the Kyrgyz Republicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading jazz band, will perform playing traditional Kyrgyz instruments and incorporating a manaschi, who will recite parts from the Kyrgyz poem â&#x20AC;&#x153;Epic of Manasâ&#x20AC;? in honor of the 25th anniversary of the former Soviet Republicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s independence. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rock the City,â&#x20AC;? a benefit concert in support of the Carter Barron Amphitheatre and Rock Creek Park trails, will feature Jas Funk & Proper Utensils, Nappy Riddem, and Ras Lidj and Raggâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Go. 7 to 10 p.m. $25. Carter Barron Amphitheatre, 16th Street and Colorado Avenue NW. musicatthemonument.com. â&#x2013; The lyric-driven, rock-based musical project Questionsinletters will perform. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; Soulful singer-songwriter Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles will perform. 8 to 11 p.m. $15. Perry Auditorium, Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. â&#x2013; A double bill will feature the New York-based quintet Assembly of Dust and Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s folk-inspired rock band Adam Ezra Group. 9 p.m. $15 to $17.

Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; Willies Light front man Hall Williams will play a combination of funk, 7+( :25/' )$0286

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10:30 a.m. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. â&#x2013; U.S. Botanic Garden science education volunteer Todd Brethauer will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pome Fruit: Apples, Pears & Quince â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Botany, History and Production.â&#x20AC;? 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. â&#x2013; Linguist Anne Curzan, professor of English and associate dean for humanities at the University of Michigan, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Puzzling Out Politically Correct Language.â&#x20AC;? 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030. â&#x2013; Photographer Lorna Simpson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; known for her large photograph-and-text pieces that challenge conventional views of gender, identity, culture, history and memory â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will discuss her work, which also includes film and video creations in which individuals engage in enigmatic conversations. Noon. Free.

East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; Todd Moss, a former U.S. State Department official, will discuss his novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghosts of Havana,â&#x20AC;? his third Judd Ryker thriller in which the State crisis manager goes to Cuba to negotiate the release of four American fishermen. 1 p.m.

Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; Jerry Smith, a landscape architect and owner and principal of GreenHealth Consulting, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Changing Landscape in Healthcare Design.â&#x20AC;? 2 to 3:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202225-8333. â&#x2013; Amor Towles, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rules of Civility,â&#x20AC;? will discuss his second novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Gentleman in Moscow,â&#x20AC;? which examines the Bolshevik Revolution from the perspective of unrepentant aristocrat Count Alexander Rostov, sentenced to 30 years of house arrest in a hotel. 3:30 p.m.

Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; Filmmaker and writer Michelle Brafman will discuss her second novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bertrand Court,â&#x20AC;? a profile of a suburban D.C. cul-de-sac from 1993 to 2007. 6 p.m. Free.

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

Festivals and family programs â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Dayâ&#x20AC;? will feature a petting zoo, pony rides, DIY top hats, food vendors and a Civil War encampment, as well as other entertainment and creative activities inspired by the Lincoln family and their life at the Soldiersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Home. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free; reservations requested. President Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cottage

at the Soldiersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Home, Upshur Street at Rock Creek Church Road NW. lincolncottage.org. â&#x2013; Miller Jeanne Minor and the Friends of Peirce Mill will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Run of the Mill,â&#x20AC;? a chance to see Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only surviving gristmill in action. The dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events will also feature childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, including crafts based on milling. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive NW. 202895-6070. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;STAR Family Festival: Sing, Talk and Readâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about how singing, talking and reading with your baby or young child now can help them later in school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will feature workshops, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, free books, live entertainment, door prizes, face painting and guest appearances by Radio Oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angie Ange and Shorty Da Prince (for ages 8 and younger). 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

Films â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cine-Concert: The Asta Nielsen Hamlet (German Version)â&#x20AC;? will feature a screening of the restored 1921 inaugural opus of the Danish actressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; company in which Nielsen performs a genderbending reworking of the title role, with a new score by Dennis James performed

by James, Michael Tsalka and Madeline Beitel. 2:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-842-6799. â&#x2013; The Smithsonian American Art Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film series about artists will feature the D.C. premiere of the documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Awakening in Taos,â&#x20AC;? about how artist and activist Mabel Dodge Luhan influenced the careers of Georgia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keeffe, D.H. Lawrence and Ansel Adams. A Q&A with director Mark Gordon and producers Katie Peters and Pat Hall will follow. 3 to 4:30 p.m. Free.

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

Performance â&#x2013; The Vermont Opera Project will present Ricky Ian Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Orpheus and Euridice,â&#x20AC;? with Suzanne Kantorski as Euridice and Wesley Christensen as Orpheus. 3 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, West Building, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. The performance will repeat Sunday at 3 p.m.

Special events â&#x2013; The National Zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Enrichment Day will feature a chance for visitors to attend demonstrations, participate in training and enrichment activities, and talk to animal keepers about the importance for the Zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animals of unique forms of stimulation such as jolly balls, climbing structures and puzzle feeders.

9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Free. National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202633-3045. â&#x2013; The Kreeger Museum Open House will feature performances by vocalist Rochelle Rice, a djembe drum circle, outdoor art activities, First Studio stories for children, sculpture garden and gallery art talks, and food trucks. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-337-3050. â&#x2013; The Kennedy Center will host the third annual Museum Stores Sidewalk Sale featuring items from more than a See Events/Page 34

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Voters set to consider D.C. statehood referendum in November

By CUNEYT DIL

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n November, Washingtonians will vote on whether they support the District becoming the country’s 51st state, a move aimed at shoring public support for the long-standing cause.

District leaders through the summer have said it’s a politically opportune time, given the chances of Hillary Clinton winning the presidency and Democrats retaking the U.S. Senate. Instead of waiting on a stalled congressional bill granting D.C. statehood, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Emancipation Day in April that she would lead an effort to petition Congress directly for D.C. to be admitted as a state.

This fall, the D.C. Council will make final tweaks to a proposed state constitution, which as currently drafted expands the legislative body to 21 members but largely keeps intact the city government’s agencies and institutions. Further public hearings on the constitution are scheduled for Sept. 27 and Oct. 6.

The ballot measure, only advisory in nature, instructs the D.C. Council to formally ask for admittance into the union — a similar path to Tennessee’s own statehood victory in 1796.

Prospects are good that the measure will pass. Last November, a Washington Post poll found support for statehood at a record high, with 67 percent backing the cause, and it’s unlikely to find a District politician against the idea. Residents have a lot to debate, however, when it comes to the details.

The constitutional document underwent tweaks through a “convention” process where the five-person D.C. Statehood Commission — Mayor Bowser, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and the shadow congressional delegation — took public comments. A group handpicked by the Bowser administration had drafted the document, which closely resembles the 1982 statehood constitution that garnered voter approval at that time.

Josh Burch, a Brookland resident with the group Neighbors United for D.C. Statehood, said he’s gearing up to testify to the D.C. Council that this constitution drafting process was rushed.

Many activists have said they wanted more time to revise the document. Longtime statehood advocate Timothy Cooper wrote in an op-ed in The Hill that residents need to “take control of their own state-making destiny” through a new convention.

Burch said he wants to see lan-

guage inserted into the document that allows a “real” constitutional convention to be convened within a year of becoming a state.

“The document that we have today was really crafted by lawyers,” Burch said, adding that residents should elect delegates to write the constitution through a new convention process.

Then there’s the question of the name. “New Columbia” remains the likely choice, adorning the title of the statehood bill that is now before the council.

It’s also the name voters chose in a 1982 ballot referendum, and it was formally retained when the D.C. Statehood Commission voted in July, although the D.C. Council could amend that.

The idea of keeping “Washington, D.C.” has been floated, too, particularly to ease the transition and forgo additional costs associated with renaming city documents and landmarks.

More creative suggestions have also emerged, including “Douglass Commonwealth,” after the 19th-century abolitionist and Anacostia resident Frederick Douglass. “Potomac” and “Anacostia” have also been suggested at public meetings in the summer, without gaining much traction from District leaders.

Terry Lynch, a 35-year resident of Mount Pleasant, said he

sees choosing a name as window dressing, although he favors the name Washington, D.C. The top concern, in his mind, is whether the current effort will ultimately achieve success. And he thinks that’s unlikely.

“Is it politically flawed, in that it does not have Republican leadership on this effort? Yes,” he said. “We need to continue to press this effort, but it’s critical that we make it a bipartisan issue.”

David Bardin, 83, who actually witnessed a state being voted into the Union, is hopeful for the District’s current effort. The former advisory neighborhood commissioner and civil servant said he was only “vaguely” interested in statehood until April, when he happened to be sitting at the Emancipation Day breakfast where Bowser announced she would push for a citywide vote to become the 51st state.

Bardin now is presenting to ANCs about the upcoming vote in order to build awareness about the ballot initiative.

In 1958, he saw the U.S. Senate vote for Alaska to become the 49th state, after an Army pal working for an Alaska shadow senator gave him a gallery ticket.

Bardin sees similarities in D.C.’s and Alaska’s plights: Alaska eventually overcame political

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A copy of the proposed document has been displayed at recent community events. opposition, in the form of segregationists who opposed its statehood because the territory was seen as likely electing pro-civil rights representatives to Congress. Many Republicans today oppose D.C. statehood because it would likely mean two more Democratic senators.

But Bardin cautions that “nothing is guaranteed,” even if the national election goes in the favor of the District’s ambitions.

After all, in the early years of President Barack Obama’s term, a Democratic-controlled Congress did not give the District voting rights, he noted.

But Bardin still lauds the current effort. “If we don’t ask, we certainly will not become a state,” he said. “It’s good for America, for this place to be self-governing and self-electing, for this place to be like the other capitals and the other democracies.”

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Reminders of Underground Railroad hidden in Northwest

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f one of Northwest D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most-writtenabout Underground Railroad sites is any indication, this area has a rich history with the Underground Railroad â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one with the intrigue of runaways hiding anxiously in the pre-burial storage vault of a cemetery â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but it can be hard to find visible traces of that history in the District today.

That site, Mount Zion Cemetery, is tucked behind the intersection of Q and 27th streets NW in Georgetown. Before Abraham Lincoln signed D.C. emancipation into law in April 1862, people who had escaped slavery would hide among the cemeteryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urns and coffins, often waiting to head down to the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s docks and to freedom.

Today, many of the cemeteryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gravestones are in disrepair, and some have been moved into piles. Park benches give the grassy hill more the feel of a recreation area than a cemetery; the contrast between the cemetery today and what local historian C.R. Gibbs called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;danger, excitement and mysteryâ&#x20AC;? of the Underground Railroad

is striking.

As Gibbs explained in an interview, D.C. was a key stop on the Underground Railroad and many people escaped slavery from the District itself. Northwest D.C. is therefore home to a number of historically verified Underground Railroad stops.

Often, these places bear little resemblance to what they looked like in the 19th century. Because of the secretive nature of the Underground Railroad, there are also many unverified sites, most of which have also been transformed by the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changes.

Kalorama Park, at Kalorama Road and 19th Street NW, was the location of the John Little cattle farm, which held 12 enslaved African-Americans. In spring 1861, a 20-year-old woman named Hortense Prout escaped the farm and was captured in June of that year dressed as a man in an encampment of Ohio soldiers approximately two miles east of the John Little cattle farm, according to the National Park Service website.

Today, the three-acre Kalorama Park has a recreation center, community garden, a playground and basketball courts.

Another well-established Underground Railroad site is the property of Leonard

Grimes at 22nd and H streets NW. Grimes was an abolitionist who used his occupation as a hackney carriage driver to transport runaways into Washington, D.C., and also north out of the District, according to the National Park Service website.

Grimes was arrested in 1854 and spent two years in jail when he helped a family escape slavery in Virginia.

Oral histories suggest that a host of other locations in Northwest D.C. were important for the Underground Railroad, but it is often difficult to verify these claims.

Diane Miller, the national coordinator of the Park Serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Underground Railroad program â&#x20AC;&#x153;Network to Freedom,â&#x20AC;? said that her agency welcomes new applications to add to its interactive online map of Underground Railroad sites. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are ways of verifying these sites, but it often involves a creative and painstaking approach,â&#x20AC;? said Miller.

Still, Miller believes it is important to identify sites because of the Underground Railroadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s larger significance in U.S. history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a country, we have done a really bad job of approaching and dealing with

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Escapees would hide in Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mount Zion Cemetery before fleeing from the local port.

our history of slavery,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Underground Railroad gives us a way to look at slavery that seems to be a little more palatable.â&#x20AC;?

Recently, the topic has been in the news because of the popularity of the Colson Whitehead novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Underground Railroad,â&#x20AC;? in which the author imagines a literal underground railroad. Both Miller and Gibbs said that fiction can be valuable in getting people interested in the subject, but they said that once people study the actual Underground Railroad, they will be drawn in by the history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Underground Railroad seems to symbolize some of the best elements of the human character,â&#x20AC;? said Gibbs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has all the elements of a Hollywood screenplay.â&#x20AC;?

DC Shorts festival serves up greater variety

By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

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oe Bilancio struggled for months to come up with a short description or â&#x20AC;&#x153;elevator pitchâ&#x20AC;? for DC Shorts 2016, which heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-directing this year with Derek Horne. Eventually, he reached the solution: There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one.

This festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wide range of offerings can be attributed in part to the unusually difficult selection process, which required whittling more than 1,350 submissions down to 130 films. With some help from an informal review committee, Bilancio and Horne handled the bulk of that task, watching nearly all of the films and making many hard choices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not curing cancer, but I think we really do have a purpose,â&#x20AC;? Horne told reporters at a recent media luncheon previewing the festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s escapism.â&#x20AC;?

Horne means something more than the traditional definition of that word, which implies turning off oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brain and letting pure sensation take over. He and his colleagues hope audiences will find stimulation of all kinds at their events, which run from Sept.

8 to 18 at various locations across the city. Now in its 13th year, the festival also includes a screenplay competition, in which the audience selects a winner, who receives $2,000 for shooting.

The main thrust of the festival â&#x20AC;&#x201D; lots of shorts in lots of places â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has remained largely the same since its inception. Jon Gann, a local filmmaker who created the festival in 2003, passed his program manager role on to Bilancio and Horne this year. Their biggest

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Program managers Joe Bilancio, left, and Derek Horne sifted through over 1,300 shorts for this yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival. change is in the organization of the shorts, which will be shown in 18 themed showcases including comedy and horror.

Bilancio and Horne said they wanted to lend some additional consistency to the viewing experience, but they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go out of their way to select films that fit into pre-existing boxes. Instead, they chose films based solely on their merits and then tried to organize those picks into groups.

Another new wrinkle capitalizes on the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foreign ties.

Earlier this year, DC Shorts helped facilitate a short film festival in Sunderland, England, the ancestral home of George Washington that also happens to be one of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister cities. Now DC Shorts is fulfilling its end of the bargain with the Best of Sunderland Film Festival on Sept. 14.

Though Gann isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in charge anymore, he still plans to attend portions of the week and moderate the animation panel on Sept.

10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am very excited about the films and the creative ways the showcases are programmed,â&#x20AC;?

Gann wrote in an email to The Current.

Some events from previous festivals remain this year, including events at libraries in each of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wards and parties like the City View opening weekend celebration on The Rooftop at Carroll Square, 975 F St. NW. The festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth will be striking to anyone who was familiar only with the early years, when the staff was tiny and the program not much larger. One reporter recalled interning for the fledgling festival almost a decade ago and having done the bulk of the event marketing himself.

Now the festival employs five year-round staffers and a consulting public relations firm, and it hopes to continue to grow.

Its centerpiece, as always, is its diverse array of films, which hail from 31 countries and represent every imaginable genre and style. At the media luncheon, reporters got an early look at â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breakfast With Tiffany,â&#x20AC;? a wistful romance involving a young man and a prostitute; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aria for a Cow,â&#x20AC;? a dazzling animated musical ode to the virtues of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite farm animal; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pickle,â&#x20AC;? an eccentric documentary about a couple with a penchant for unusual house pets.

Each could not have been more different from the last.

More details, including schedules and ticket information, are available at festival.dcshorts.com.

Select films will also be available for online streaming for a fee during the festival. Event locations include Landmarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s E Street Cinema at 555 11th St. NW, the U.S. Navy Memorialâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Burke Theater at 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, and Atlas Performing Arts Center at 1333 H St. NE.

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Where is local D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic, comprehensive TV show?

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n a recent episode of the HBO comedy series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Veep,â&#x20AC;? the muchmaligned Sen. Jonah Ryan (Timothy Simons) emerged, only partially clothed, from a home in Spring Valley, where he had just completed an ill-considered night of debauchery. His colleague Richard (Sam Richardson) awaited him outside in an Uber, eager to hear details. Frantic and exhausted, Jonah admitted that he had slept with a girl who told him she goes to Georgetown, only to find out the next morning that she meant Georgetown Day School.

Then the men sped off for the Capitol, minutes away from missing a crucial vote.

This brief scene was a rare foray into upper Northwest for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Veep,â&#x20AC;? a long-running and acclaimed TV show about D.C. thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most frequently set within the confines of the White House and other government buildings. This season did made room for a Kramerbooks cameo, as President Selina Meyer (Julia LouisDreyfus) visited the bookstore as an opportunity to break up with her conniving boyfriend, Charlie Baird (John Slattery). But aside from exceptions like those, someone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never set foot in D.C. would miss out on much of what makes the city unique if they only understood the city through the

show.

The story is similar for most of the TV shows widely considered to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;D.C. shows.â&#x20AC;? By that standard, â&#x20AC;&#x153;D.C.â&#x20AC;? stands for politics, government and the law first, and everything else a distant second. The most iconic shows differ in their approach to tone, the splendor of the production values and the color of their worldview. But theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re linked by a kind of blindness to the world outside the center of the city.

For almost a decade in the late 1990s and early 2000s, creator Aaron Sorkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The West Wingâ&#x20AC;? stood uncontested in the top spot for shows set in D.C., in terms of both popularity and cultural relevance.

Even now, it can interest residents enough to fuel a charged conversation overheard during a recent Metrobus ride. More than 17 million people tuned in to the show at its peak in seasons two and three, according to Nielsen ratings. White House staffers have demonstrated their love for the show in the form of Block of Cheese Day, an actual annual event inspired by a tradition

imagined by Sorkin in several episodes of the series. And thanks to its long-standing availability on the streaming service Netflix, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The West Wingâ&#x20AC;? has maintained a presence in the TV landscape more than a decade after NBC aired its last episode.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a few years since I downed the first two seasons of Sorkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idealistic vision of American politics, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recall much more than passing references to D.C. landmarks outside the cliches.

Full disclosure: I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen the remaining five seasons. Perhaps, it transforms into a nuanced look at D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residential landscape.

For some reason, though, I doubt it. Who can blame a show called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The West Wing,â&#x20AC;? written by a lifelong New Yorker, for obsessing over the inner workings of the White House?

The modern successor to â&#x20AC;&#x153;The

HBOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Veep,â&#x20AC;? Netflixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;House of Cardsâ&#x20AC;? and NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The West Wingâ&#x20AC;? are among the many TV shows set in official Washington over the years that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include much local flavor, aside from occasional cameos. NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1980s sitcom â&#x20AC;&#x153;227â&#x20AC;? was a notable exception.

West Wingâ&#x20AC;? appears to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;House of Cards,â&#x20AC;? the first of many original series commissioned by Netflix itself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;House of Cardsâ&#x20AC;? boasts sterling bona fides: an A-list cast including Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright; a respected Hollywood director, David Fincher, behind the scenes; a lavish budget of more than $5 million per episode, compared to only $2.7 million per episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The West Wing,â&#x20AC;? according to Variety. But for all of its eyecatching accoutrements, â&#x20AC;&#x153;House of Cardsâ&#x20AC;? doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have anything more to say about local Washington than â&#x20AC;&#x153;The West Wingâ&#x20AC;? did. (It also has less to say about politics than â&#x20AC;&#x153;The West Wingâ&#x20AC;? did, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a debate for another time.)

Having established those two shows as the most likely to pop

into someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head when the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;D.C. TVâ&#x20AC;? is uttered, a look at other shows set in D.C. reveals several distinct categories: â&#x2013; Shows nominally set in D.C. despite having almost nothing to do with D.C.: Crime procedurals like â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Blacklistâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bonesâ&#x20AC;? belong here. Neither of those shows would be qualitatively impacted in any way if they were transplanted to a different urban center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homelandâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The X-Filesâ&#x20AC;? also fit in this category.

While setting them in D.C. lends an urgency to stories about counterterrorism and FBI investigations into the supernatural, neither has an interest in the nuts and bolts of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital. â&#x2013; Shows that were canceled early in their runs but probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have become iconic even See Television/Page CG15

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With a bevy of races set for fall, events combine exercise, charity and socializing

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he summer months are on their last legs, and the temperatures are cooling down, slowly but surely. Autumn brings light jackets, falling leaves and opportunities for outdoor exercise that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave you feeling sweaty and dehydrated.

One of the most productive ways to take advantage of the pleasant weather is to combine your recreation with a donation to a good cause. A host of upcoming local races send registration fees and other contributions directly to charities, which apply the funds to research and resources for fighting disease and raising awareness.

These races also offer the possibility of new friends and acquaintances. All of the races listed below also offer opportunities for creating teams. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more information on several upcoming events and how to get involved. â&#x2013; Four Seasons Race to Beat Cancer 5K Cause: Washington Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

When: Saturday, Sept. 17. Registration begins at 7 a.m.; race starts at 8 a.m.

Where: The Four Seasons Hotel at 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. The loop travels as far south as Potomac Parkway near the Lincoln Memorial before returning to the hotel.

How: Register for $50 at tinyurl.com/ FourSeasonsRace. â&#x2013; Prevent Cancer 5K Walk/Run Cause: The Prevent Cancer Foundation.

When: Sunday, Sept. 25. Check-in begins at 7:45 a.m.; runners start at 9 a.m. and walkers start at 9:05 a.m.

Where: Nationals Park, with a route around the Capitol Riverfront area.

How: Register for $30 at www.preventcancer5k.org â&#x2013; 2016 Steps for Life 5K Run/Walk Cause: Gift of Life, which helps patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other cancers and genetic disorders find donors for bone marrow transplants.

When: Sunday, Sept. 25. Registration begins at 8 a.m. A Superhero Sprint for kids begins at 9:15 a.m., and the race begins at 9:30 a.m.

Where: The Boathouse at Fletcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cove at 4940 Canal Road NW. Race participants will travel along the towpath.

How: Register for $30 for adults, $15 for students at tinyurl.com/StepsForLife. â&#x2013; Race for Every Child Cause: Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Health System.

When: Saturday, Oct. 1. Pre-race activities begin at 7 a.m.; 5K run/walk starts at 8:45 a.m.

Where: The race starts at 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and heads to Virginia Avenue and 3rd Street NW before looping back toward its endpoint on Pennsylvania between 12th and 13th streets NW. How: Register for $50 at tinyurl.com/ RaceForEveryChild. â&#x2013; Boo! Run for Life â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 10K Run & Tidal Basin Walk Cause: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for kidney cancer research.

When: Sunday, Oct. 2. Registration begins at 6:30 a.m.; 10K run begins at 8 a.m. and walk begins at 8:05 a.m.

Where: West Potomac Park. The run crosses the Inlet Bridge and continues along the Potomac River to Hains Point before turning around in a parking lot.

How: Register at register.chronotrack. com/r/21817 until Oct. 1 at 11:59 p.m.

The entry fee is $35 for runners and $29 for walkers until Sept. 18. From then until Oct. 1, registration costs $39 for runners and $33 for walkers. â&#x2013; Run for the Badge Cause: National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

When: Saturday, Oct. 15. Race begins at 9 a.m.

Where: The memorial at the Judiciary Square Metro.

How: Register for $40 at RunForTheBadge.com. â&#x2013; The seventh annual National Race to End Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cancer Cause: The Foundation for Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cancer, marking its 25th anniversary as an organization.

Who participates: Walkers and runners of all athletic abilities will race in support of

the cause alongside National Race chair Camille Grammer, a cancer survivor and one of the stars of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.â&#x20AC;?

When: Sunday, Nov. 6. Pre-race program begins at 8:15 a.m., race at 9 a.m.

Where: The west end of Freedom Plaza at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. The exact race map has yet to be finalized. Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race took participants from Freedom Plaza to 3rd and D streets NW and then back to the start.

How: Register for $45 at endwomen-

scancer.org. â&#x2013; March for Marrow 5K Run and Walk Cause: The Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation, which helps families struggling with various bone marrow diseases.

When: Saturday, Dec. 10. Registration begins at 6 a.m.; run begins at 7 a.m. and walk begins at 7:30 a.m.

Where: Hains Point, East Potomac Park.

How: Register for $35 at tinyurl.com/ MarrowWalk. Registration fee includes a T-shirt, entertainment and refreshments.

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Diverse season ahead for District theatergoers

By MARK LONGAKER Current Correspondent

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rom world-premiering comedies and dramas to triedand-true musicals, the upcoming theater season promises an abundance of variety and something for just about everyone.

No less than three Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals will be presented, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carouselâ&#x20AC;? this fall at Arena Stage, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sound of Musicâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The King and Iâ&#x20AC;? at the Kennedy Center toward the end of the season. In June, the Kennedy Center will also stage the rock musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hedwig and the Angry Inch,â&#x20AC;? and the National Theatre will present the 20th-anniversary tour of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rent.â&#x20AC;? A dozen or so other musicals are sprinkled throughout the season, including a parody of the genre, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Urinetown, the Musical,â&#x20AC;? which opened recently at Constellation Theatre.

The Kennedy Center pays tribute to the presidential race by pre-

senting a three-play cycle about the 2016 election by playwright/ director Richard Nelson (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Apple Family Playsâ&#x20AC;?). Staged in time for Inauguration Day, the trilogy is titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gabrielsâ&#x20AC;? and includes the intriguingly named plays â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hungry,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Did You Expect?â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women of a Certain Age.â&#x20AC;? The Kennedy Center will open its season with five-time Tony Award-winner â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeâ&#x20AC;? and will feature one of two different stagings of Anton Chekhovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Three Sistersâ&#x20AC;? to be offered around town next spring.

The other â&#x20AC;&#x153;Three Sistersâ&#x20AC;? will be presented by Studio Theatre side-by-side with a world-premiering Chekhov parody by Aaron Posner called â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Sisters.â&#x20AC;?

Also on the Studio bill is Tom Stoppardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest play, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hard Problem,â&#x20AC;? which attempts to

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define consciousness, along with â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Father,â&#x20AC;? in which Ted van Griethuysen plays an octogenarian descending into dementia.

This being the year of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, what better way for the Shakespeare Theatre Company to kick off its season than with one of his most immortal plays, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Romeo and Juliet.â&#x20AC;? The company will also present another of his classics, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbeth,â&#x20AC;? along with a musical version of Frances Hodgson Burnettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1911 childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Secret Gardenâ&#x20AC;? and an updating of Molièreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Misanthropeâ&#x20AC;? called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The School for Lies,â&#x20AC;? directed by company artistic director Michael Kahn.

The Folger Theatre will present two plays by the Bard, including the comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;As You Like Itâ&#x20AC;? and the tragedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Timon of Athens,â&#x20AC;? as well as a stage adaption of Jane Austenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sense and Sensibility.â&#x20AC;?

Not to be forgotten, Miguel de Cervantes also died the same year as Shakespeare, and GALA Hispanic Theatre will open its season with a suitable tribute, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cervantes: The Last Quixote,â&#x20AC;? a world premiere in Spanish with English surtitles.

Arena Stage will feature a Lillian Hellman Festival, starting

Photos by Joan Marcus (top left), Liza Lauren (above) and Christopher Mueller

This seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offerings at D.C. theaters include the Sondheim musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Into the Woodsâ&#x20AC;? at the Kennedy Center (top left), the Lookingglass Theatre Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moby Dickâ&#x20AC;? at Arena Stage (above) and the American classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?â&#x20AC;? at Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre. off with the season-opening â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Little Foxesâ&#x20AC;? and concluding with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watch on the Rhine,â&#x20AC;? starring Marsha Mason, and it will also premiere a political thriller called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intelligence,â&#x20AC;? based on the reallife outing of CIA spy Valerie Plame.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come From Away.â&#x20AC;? Irene Sankoff and David Heinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical tells the true story of how a small Canadian town cared for 6,579 airline passengers stranded there on Sept. 11, 2001, when 38 planes were diverted to its doorstep. Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre through Oct. 9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Report to an Academy.â&#x20AC;? Franz Kafkaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absurdist short story about an ape who becomes human and reports on his former life to a scientific academy was adapted for the stage by Gabriele Jakobi and Scena Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artistic director Robert McNamara, who also stars. A Scena Theatre production at Atlas Performing Arts Center through Sept. 25. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Urinetown, the Musical.â&#x20AC;? A city in the midst of a water shortage rebels against a ban on private toilets in this sendup of politics and populism, corruption and

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capitalism and musical comedies themselves. A Constellation Theatre Company production at Source through Oct. 9.

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7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cloud 9.â&#x20AC;? Directed by Michael Kahn, Caryl Churchillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1979 play contrasts the repression of British colonial Africa with the liberation of late 1970s London and shakes up preconceived ideas of gender, sexuality and race. Studio Theatre through Oct. 16.

7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Schwartz.â&#x20AC;? Theater J artistic director Adam Immerwahr makes his D.C. directorial debut in this rollicking, absurd, thoughtful comedy about family dysfunction by playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer. Theater J through Oct. 2.

8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cervantes: El Ăşltimo Quijote (The Last Quixote).â&#x20AC;? World premiere of a play by Jordi Casanovas of Spain, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Cervantesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death with a tale of mystery and intrigue. In Spanish with English surtitles.

GALA Hispanic Theatre through Oct. 2.

12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Collective Rage: A Play in Five Boops.â&#x20AC;? World premiere of the Jen Silverman absurdist romantic comedy that delivers a knockout blow to shop-worn tropes about female identity. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through Oct. 9.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Romeo and Juliet.â&#x20AC;? Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s timeless tale of star-crossed lovers. The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Lansburgh Theatre through Nov. 6.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sense and Sensibility.â&#x20AC;? Kate Hamillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adaptation of Jane Austenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel about two sisters, their romances, and the collision of reason and passion. Folger Theatre through Oct. 30.

23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Little Foxes.â&#x20AC;? Lillian Hellmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic tale follows a family torn apart by greed, presented as part of the Lillian Hellman Festival. Arena Stage through Oct. 30.

28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Motherstruck.â&#x20AC;? Written and performed by Staceyann Chin (Def Poetry Jam), the play traces a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changing attitudes toward and impediments to having a child. Studio Theatre through Oct. 23.

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5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.â&#x20AC;? Based on the best-selling novel, the five-time Tony Awardwinning production follows the adventures of a teenage boy whose investigation of a mystery leads to a life-changing adventure.

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7 — “The Year of Magical Thinking.” Based on Joan Didion’s memoir and starring Kathleen Turner, the play documents the author’s grief in the year following the death of her husband. Arena Stage through Nov. 20.

10 — “Kiss.” U.S. premiere of acclaimed Chilean playwright-director Guillermo Calderón’s disquieting exploration of the limitations of art in grappling with the suffocating effects of an oppressive regime.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through Nov. 6.

28 — “Carousel.” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s gold-standard musical features classic songs like “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over.” Arena Stage through Dec. 24.

NOVEMBER

9 — “Straight White Men.” Young Jean Lee’s razor-sharp comedy confronts the complexities of identity and hypocrisies of privilege. Studio Theatre through Dec. 18.

12 — “The Second City’s ‘Black Side of the Moon.’” A cast of AfricanAmerican sketch and stand-up comedians from Chicago explores the future of race relations in America. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through Jan. 1.

15 — “The Secret Garden.” Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon’s Drama Deskand Tony Award-winning musical based on the beloved children’s book from 1911. The Shakespeare Theatre Company at Sidney Harman Hall through Dec. 31.

16 — “The Christians.” Lucas Hnath’s provocative play offers an unflinch-

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ing look at faith of any denomination and through Dec. 28. election. Kennedy Center through Jan. 17. its power to unite or divide. Theater J 11 — “The Hard Problem.” Tom through Dec. 11.

Stoppard’s new play explores the complexiJANUARY 17 — “A Christmas Carol.” Stage ties of consciousness, the nature of belief, 5 — “Copenhagen.” Michael Frayn’s adaptation of the Dickens classic. Ford’s and how to reconcile hard science with Tony Award-winning play recounts the hisTheatre through Dec. 31. toric 1941 meeting between German physi- lived experience. Studio Theatre through 18 — “Moby Dick.” Lookingglass Feb. 19. cist Werner Heisenberg and his Danish Theatre Company production 11 — “‘What Did You based on the novel by Herman Expect?’: Chapter 2 of ‘The Melville, adapted and directed Gabriels.’” The second chapter

by David Catlin. Arena Stage in Richard Nelson’s three-play through Dec. 24. cycle about the 2016 election.

18 — “A View From the Kennedy Center through Jan. Bridge.” Two-time Tony-win18. ning revival of Arthur Miller’s 12 — “‘Women of a Cerplay about family, love and tain Age’: Chapter 3 of ‘The duplicity, directed by Ivo van Gabriels.’” The third chapter in Hove. Kennedy Center through Richard Nelson’s three-play Dec. 3. cycle about the 2016 election.

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2012 Tony Award-winning musi“Once” will visit the National Theatre in November. cal tells the story of a down12 — “Roe.” World-preand-out street musician revived miere drama by Lisa Loomer by love. National Theatre through Nov. 27. about the epic Roe v. Wade abortion case. counterpart, Niels Bohr, each on opposite Arena Stage through Feb. 19 sides in World War II and embroiled in the 21 — “Edward Albee’s ‘Who’s DECEMBER race to create the first atomic bomb. TheAfraid of Virginia Woolf.’” Aaron Posner 6 — “Into the Woods.” Witty reinven- ater J through Jan. 29. tion of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award 5 — “Someone Is Going to Come.” directs this classic, and Holly Twyford stars as Martha. Ford’s Theatre through Feb. 19. winning musical classic that intertwines Jon Fosse tale about paranoia and sexual 24 — “As You Like It.” Shakeseveral fairy tales. Kennedy Center through jealousy, as an isolated couple awaits a visiJan. 8. tor to their country home. Scena Theatre at speare’s romantic comedy set in the Forest 9 — “The Second City’s ‘A ChristAtlas Performing Arts Center through Feb.5. of Arden. Folger Theatre through March 5.

30 — “Baby Screams Miracle.” mas Carol: Twist Your Dickens.’” Com 7 — “‘The Gabriels: Election Year Clare Barron drama about an apocalyptic edy troupe parodies Dickens’ “A Christmas in the Life of One Family’ (Three Play storm that besieges a small house and Carol” with improvisation and sketches.

Cycle).” Shining a spotlight on the 2016 leads its inhabitants, who include a prodigal Kennedy Center through Dec. 31. election year, playwright/director Richard daughter, to pray for a miracle. Woolly Mam 14 — “Wicked.” Return of the musiNelson and the Public Theater present his moth Theatre Company through Feb. 26. cal about the untold story of the witches of wildly relevant and fiercely human new Oz. Kennedy Center through Jan. 8. three-play cycle. Kennedy Center through 20 — “Oy Vey in a Manger.” The Jan. 22.

FEBRUARY Kinsey Sicks, billed as “America’s favorite 10 — “‘Hungry’: Chapter 1 of ‘The 1 — “I Wanna F***ing Tear You dragapella beautyshop quartet,” make their Gabriels.’” The first chapter in Richard Apart.” World premiere of Morgan Gould’s long-awaited return to D.C. Theater J Nelson’s three-play cycle about the 2016 ode to the complications of friendship in its

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many messy forms, with a nod to the kind of love that sometimes looks a lot like hate.

Studio Theatre through Feb. 19.

2 — “Yo también hablo de la rosa (I Too Speak of the Rose).” U.S. premiere of Emilio Carballido play about repercussions resulting from the accidental derailment of a train by two teenagers in Mexico City. In Spanish with English surtitles. GALA Hispanic Theatre through Feb. 26.

3 — “Watch on the Rhine.” Lillian Hellman’s suspenseful drama, set on the brink of America’s entering World War II, stars Marsha Mason, presented as part of the Lillian Hellman Festival. Arena Stage through March 5.

7 — “King Charles III.” Mike Bartlett’s Olivier Award-winning play about a newly crowned king preparing for power, written primarily in Shakespearean blank verse. The Shakespeare Theatre Company at Sidney Harman Hall through March 12.

9 — “Peter and the Starcatcher.”

Playwright Rick Elice’s adaptation of the “Peter Pan” prequel by novelists Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Constellation Theatre Company at Source through March 12.

15 — “The How and the Why.” Sarah Treem, a writer for the hit TV shows “The Affair” and “House of Cards,” explores themes of womanhood, family and survival of the fittest. Theater J through March 12.

18 — “The Select (The Sun Also Rises).” Created by the theater ensemble Elevator Repair Service, this adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway novel is the last in a trilogy of famous 20th-century novels. The Shakespeare Theatre Company at Lansburgh Theatre through April 2.

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by Jacqueline E. Lawton tells the story of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame. Arena Stage through April 2.

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8 — “Three Sisters.” Irina, Masha and Olga bristle against the mundanities of their backwater town in Anton Chekhov’s tragicomic masterpiece about missed opportunities and misplaced dreams. Studio Theatre through April 23.

10 — “Ragtime.” Tony Award-winning musical adapted from E.L. Doctorow’s novel

by Terrence McNally depicts three families striving for the American dream at the turn of the 20th century. Ford’s Theatre through May 20.

10 — “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington presents the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical with an all-male cast. Lincoln Theatre through March 12.

16 — “No Sisters.” World premiere, written and directed by Aaron Posner, explores the screwed-up endlessly fascinating psyches of Anton Chekhov’s lovelorn world-weary misfits and broken dreamers.

Studio Theatre through April 23.

16 — “Ex Machina/Robert Lepage: apart by war and trying to make sense of the horrors they’ve experienced and perpe‘Needles and Opium.’” Writer/director trated. Kennedy Center through April 2.

Robert Lepage and his multidisciplinary 31 — “A Raisin in the Sun.” Lorproduction company Ex Machina present a raine Hansberry’s classic look at an Africanhighly visual staging of his work about creAmerican family yearning ativity, love, addiction and for a better life than the withdrawal through three one they have in a Chicago artists’ stories. Kennedy tenement. Arena Stage Center through March 18. through April 30.

24 — “Sulayman Al Bassam: ‘Petrol StaAPRIL tion.’” Writer/director 4 — “Chicago.” SixSulayman Al Bassam uses time Tony Award-winning the setting of a deserted musical about Prohibitiongas station as a poetic era Chicago. Kennedy Censpace to explore the Photo by Scott Suchman ter through April 16. oppressions and aspiraKevin McAllister will 5 — “Brighton Beach tions of the Persian Gulf star in “Ragtime” at Memoirs.” American playregion. Kennedy Center Ford’s in the spring. wright Neil Simon’s classic through March 26. coming-of-age comedy. The 27 — “Pike St.” Nilaater J through May 7. ja Sun’s one-woman play about a Puerto 11 — “The Last Two People on Rican immigrant’s struggle on the Lower Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville.” An East Side to keep the electricity flowing to apocalyptic flood leaves only two people her daughter’s respirator as a hurricane with no common language except song and approaches, with varying degrees of help dance, starring Mandy Patinkin and Taylor from cast of colorful characters. Woolly Mac, with direction and choreography by Mammoth Theatre Company through April Susan Stroman. Kennedy Center through 23.

29 — “Peter Brook’s ‘Battlefield.’” April 16.

14 — “Smart People.” Lydia R. DiaDirector Peter Brook takes subject matter mond dramedy about four intellectuals from his production of “The Mahabharata” studying the brain’s response to race, while for his new play, in which a family is torn

looking for love, acceptance and identity.

Arena Stage through May 21.

18 — “Fun Home.” Five-time 2015 Tony Award-winning musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.

National Theatre through May 13.

20 — “In the Heights (in Spanish).” U.S. Spanish-language premiere of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical about life in New York’s Washington Heights, a vibrant community on the brink of change. In Spanish with English surtitles. GALA Hispanic Theatre through May 21.

26 — “Maly Drama Theatre: ‘Three Sisters.’” Lev Dodin and St. Petersburg’s Maly Drama Theatre tackle the classic Chekhov tale. Kennedy Center through April 30.

25 — “Macbeth.” Provocative director Liesl Tommy brings Broadway flair and a revolutionary sensibility to Shakespeare’s exploration of murderous ambition, fiendish equivocation and a love of terrifying intimacy. The Shakespeare Theatre Company at Sidney Harman Hall through May 28.

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4 — “The Arabian Nights.” Playwright Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of “The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night.” Constellation Theatre Company, Source through June 4.

9 — “Timon of Athens.” Shake-

speare’s tragic satire about the fickleness of prosperity, with Merrill Peakes in the title role. Folger Theatre through June 11.

10 — “The Father.” Florian Zeller tragedy about an octogenarian, played by Ted van Griethuysen, descending into dementia. Studio Theatre through June 18.

22 — “Hir.” Taylor Mac black comedy about gender power dynamics in a family whose members have upended their traditional roles. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through June 18.

30 — “The School for Lies.” Directed by Michael Kahn, David Ives’ adaptation of Molière’s “The Misanthrope” follows an aristocrat’s battle with hypocrisy. The Shakespeare Theatre Company at Lansburgh Theatre through July 2.

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13 — “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘The Sound of Music.’” Jack O’Brien directs a brand-new production of the beloved musical. Kennedy Center through July 16.

13 — “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” Four-time Tony Award-winning gender-bending rock musical. Kennedy Center through July 2.

14 — “Broken Glass.” Set in Brooklyn during 1938’s Kristallnacht, this Arthur Miller play demands we confront our fears, assumptions and anguish. Theater J through July 9.

20 — “Rent: 20th Anniversary Tour.” This Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Awardwinning rock-musical re-imagining of Puccini’s “La Bohème” returns in a vibrant 20thanniversary touring production. National Theatre through June 25.

JULY

11 — “Cabaret.” As part of its 50th anniversary, the Roundabout Theatre Company presents the Tony Award-winning musical set amid the fascism of pre-World War II Germany. Kennedy Center through Aug. 6.

12 — “Wig Out!” Tarell Alvin McCraney’s portrayal of African-American drag-ball culture by way of Ovid, Jay Z and Destiny’s Child. Studio Theatre through Aug. 6.

18 — “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘The King and I.’” Four-time Tony Awardwinning Lincoln Center Theater revival about the collision of East and West and the resulting romance. Kennedy Center through Aug. 20.

Theater locations

■ Arena Stage: 1101 6th St. SW; 202-488-3300; arenastage.org ■ Atlas Performing Arts Center; 1333 H St. NE; 202-399-7993; atlasarts.org ■ Folger Theatre; 201 East Capitol St. SE; 202-544-7077; folger.edu ■ Ford’s Theatre; 511 10th St. NW; 202-347-3833; fords.org ■ GALA Hispanic Theatre: 3333 14th St. NW; 202-234-7174; galatheatre.org ■ Kennedy Center: 2700 F St. NW; 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org ■ Lansburgh Theatre: 450 7th St. NW; 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org ■ National Theatre: 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW; 202-628-6161; thenationaldc.org ■ Sidney Harman Hall: 610 F St. NW; 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org ■ Source: 1835 14th St. NW; 202-204-7800; sourcedc.org ■ Studio Theatre: 1501 14th St. NW; 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org ■ Theater J: Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, DC, 1529 16th St. NW; 800-494-8497; washingtondcjcc.org ■ Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: 641 D St. NW; 202-393-3939; woollymammoth.net

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Exhibit season kicks off with museum opening and Sculpture Garden will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Processions, 1,â&#x20AC;? the first of four performance pieces by Theaster reated in 2003 by an act of Gates highlighting African Congress, the National and African-American hisMuseum of African tory and culture.

American History and Culture A few other highlights will open its doors for the very include an exhibit of works first time Sept. 24 with a special by women artists from the weekend program of events and Rubell Family Collection activities on the National Mall. this month at the National On opening day, there will be Museum of Women in the an outdoors dedication ceremony Arts, a spotlight on at 10 a.m., with President Barack Toulouse-Lautrec at the Obama expected to attend. No Phillips Collection in admission tickets remain for the museum during opening weekend; February, and shows about Isamu Noguchi and however, as of The Currentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadline, timed-entry tickets were Washington Color School artist Gene Davis at the available for the following week.

Smithsonian American Art To reserve museum tickets, visit Museum in November. The nmaahc.si.edu or call 800-514Hillwood Estate, Museum 3849 or 919-653-0443 Monday and Gardens will open a through Saturday between 9 a.m. full season with an outdoor instal- wick Invitational 2016.â&#x20AC;? The seventh and 8 p.m. or Sunday from noon lation of sculptural busts based on installment of the Renwick Galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biennito 8 p.m. Some same-day tickets al series about artists deserving wider recpaintings by Renaissance artist will be made available beginning ognition includes art in diverse media by Giuseppe Arcimboldo in October, Sept. 26, on a first-come basis Steven Young Lee, Kristin Morgan, Jennifer a month that will also see the starting at 9:15 a.m. with a limit Trask and Norwood Viviano. Renwick Galopening of an of six per perlery through Jan. 8. exhibit on son.

Quran art at the 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrating Our Memories, The museCelebrating Our Lives: Snapshots of Arthur M. um will preAfrican American Communities.â&#x20AC;? To Sackler miere with 12 celebrate the opening of the National Gallery. And exhibits drawn Museum of African American History and the intersection Culture, the National Museum of American from a collecof rock music, tion designed History presents a special display of 25 politics and to illustrate the photographs that reflect the diversity of the power will be major periods African-American experience. National Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution explored in a of AfricanMuseum of American History through Dec. Newseum The new National Museum of American his27. show set to 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Timber City: Innovations in tory, which African American History and open in Wood.â&#x20AC;?

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January. es offered by cutting-edge methods of timview indefiber construction, including surprising This is just a sampling of a nitely. A preview of the exhibits is strength, fire resistance, sustainability and season that will get off to a lively included in the listings below, start with Smithsonian Magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beauty. National Building Museum through which also survey the upcoming May 21. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Museum Day Live!â&#x20AC;? Sept. 24, seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offerings at other major 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Processions, 1.â&#x20AC;? The first in when free passes are available to Washington museums. a number of museums that usually a series of four performance pieces After a three-year hiatus for charge admission. For details visit throughout the year by Theaster Gates celeextensive renovations, the brates the opening of the National Museum smithsonianmag.com.

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Garden one night only, 5:30 p.m. Tickets required.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Slavery and Freedom.â&#x20AC;? As the centerpiece of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, this exhibit explores the complex story of slavery

and freedom. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: Era of Segregation, 1876-1968.â&#x20AC;? This exhibit takes visitors See Exhibits/Page CG10

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EXHIBITS From Page CG9 from the end of Reconstruction through the civil rights movement of the 1960s. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond.â&#x20AC;? Illustrates the impact of African-Americans on life in the U.S. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; social, economic, political and cultural â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to the second election of President Barack Obama. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Power of Place.â&#x20AC;? Explores the idea of place and region as a crucial component of the African-American experience through an interactive multimedia area, where visitors can engage with stories about migration and other themes. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making a Way Out of No Way.â&#x20AC;? Teaches the ways in which AfricanAmericans created possibilities in a world that denied them opportunities. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Military History.â&#x20AC;? Conveys a sense of appreciation for the military service of African-Americans from the American Revolution to the current war on terrorism. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sports: Leveling the Playing Field.â&#x20AC;? Illustrates the contributions of

African-American athletes on and off the playing field. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Musical Crossroads.â&#x20AC;? Tells the story of African-American music from the arrival of the first Africans to todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hip-hop. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cultural Expressions.â&#x20AC;? Introduces the concept of African-American and African diaspora culture. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taking the Stage.â&#x20AC;? Shows how African-Americans transformed the ways they are represented onstage by challenging racial discrimination and striving to produce more positive, authentic and diverse images of their identity and experience. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Visual Art Gallery.â&#x20AC;? Works in many mediums illustrate the critical role played by African-American artists in shaping the history of American art. National Museum of African American History and Culture indefinitely.

24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Century in the Making: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture.â&#x20AC;?

Explores the journey toward the fulfillment of the long-held dream for the museum.

National Museum of African American History and Culture ongoing.

25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art and Wellness: Creative Aging.â&#x20AC;? Features artwork by older adults from Ionaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wellness & Aging Center in collaboration with the Phillips Collection. The

30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artificial Heart Valves.â&#x20AC;?

Phillips Collection through Dec. 11.

30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Tower: Barbara KruTraces the history of a valve that has ger.â&#x20AC;? Reopening the East Building Tower become commonplace since its invention Gallery after a nearly three-year renovation, after World War II. National Museum of this exhibit comprises American History Krugerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s related images through March 2017. of figures in profile over which she has superimOCTOBER posed striking figures of 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Four Seaspeech. National Gallery sons.â&#x20AC;? For the first-ever of Art through Jan. 22. installation of art in the 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Los AngeHillwood gardens, conles to New York: temporary American artDwan Gallery, 1959ist and filmmaker Philip 1971.â&#x20AC;? Highlights the Haas transforms the foliCourtesy of the Smithsonian remarkable career of age, blossoms and vegeavant-garde gallerist and Gene Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 1964 acrylic tation of each season â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hot Beatâ&#x20AC;? is part of a patron Virginia Dwan into four larger-than-life Smithsonian American Art sculptural portrait busts, with some 100 works.

National Gallery of Art inspired by the RenaisMuseum exhibit. through Jan. 27. sance paintings of 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photography Reinvented: Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Hillwood Estate, The Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff Museum and Gardens through March 31. and Rheda Becker.â&#x20AC;? Brings together 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Drawings to Paintings works of critically important artists who in the Age of Rembrandt.â&#x20AC;? Features have changed the course of photography some 100 drawings and paintings by such through their experimentation and concepDutch Golden Age artists as Jan van Goyen tual scope. National Gallery of Art through and Rembrandt van Rijn that reveal the Jan. 29. many ways in which preliminary drawings 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Land: Women Art- were used in the painting process. National ists From the Rubell Family CollecGallery of Art through Jan. 2. tion.â&#x20AC;? Organized by the Rubell Family Col 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;People on the Move: Beauty lection, Miami, the exhibit features largeand Struggle in Jacob Lawrenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scale paintings and sculptures by 37 conâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Migration Series.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Lawrenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 60-panel temporary women artists from 16 countries work is presented and explored from multion the subject of the female body and the ple perspectives on the meaning of migraprocess of making. National Museum of tion. The Phillips Collection through Jan. 8.

Women in the Arts through Jan. 8.

8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whitfield Lovell: The Kin Series & Related Works.â&#x20AC;? Features 40 of the Bronx-born artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ContĂŠ crayon drawings of anonymous African-Americans with timeworn objects from everyday life, in explorations of identity, heritage, memory and the collective American past. The Phillips Collection through Jan. 8.

14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ragnar Kjartansson.â&#x20AC;? Midcareer survey of the Icelandic artist charts his wide-ranging practice across film, performance, painting and drawing. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through Jan. 8.

14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wanderer/Wonderer: PopUps by Colette Fu.â&#x20AC;? Features two series of large-scale pop-ups made from photographs, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Haunted Philadelphia,â&#x20AC;? inspired by eerie historical sites in Fuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hometown, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Are Tiger Dragon People,â&#x20AC;? her visual explorations of the culture in Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yunnan Province, her ancestorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; homeland. National Museum of Women in

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15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art of the Qurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;an: Treasures From the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts.â&#x20AC;? Fifty manuscripts from the eighth century through the 17th century are presented in recognition of one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extraordinary collections of Qurans.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery through Feb. 20.

20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arlene Shechet: From Here On Now.â&#x20AC;? Along with a re-installation of some of the Phillips Collectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permanent collection, Shechet adds her own ceramic sculptures. The Phillips Collection through May 7.

NOVEMBER

5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Landslide 2016: The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Lawrence Halprin.â&#x20AC;? A traveling photographic exhibit about the life and work of landscape architect Halprin (1916-2009), who designed the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. National Building Museum, closing date TBD. 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Isamu Noguchi, Archaic/ Modern.â&#x20AC;? Presents more than 80 works made by American artist/engineer Noguchi over six decades. Smithsonian American Art Museum through March 19.

11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;For a Love of His People: The Photography of Horace Poolaw, DC.â&#x20AC;? Highlights the images that Kiowa photographer Poolaw (1906-1984) made of his friends and family over a 50-year period beginning in the 1920s. National Museum of the American Indian through June 4.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mark Bradford.â&#x20AC;? An installation by the Los Angeles artist of large-scale site-specific paintings. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through Sept. 17, 2017.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gene Davis: Hot Beat.â&#x20AC;? Presents 15 classic striped paintings by the Washington Color School artist of the 1960s. Smithsonian American Art Museum through April 2.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bill Viola: The Moving Portrait.â&#x20AC;? Features videos that focus on the face and the body, using Violaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature metaphors of water, light and spirituality.

National Portrait Gallery through May 7.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Refugee.â&#x20AC;? An exhibit from the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles that illuminates the plight of refugees through photographs by five photographers who traveled across five continents.

Newseum through March 12.

20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stuart Davis: In Full Swing.â&#x20AC;? Through some 100 of Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most See Exhibits/Page CG11

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EXHIBITS From Page CG10 important, visually complex, jazz-inspired compositions, this exhibit offers a new exploration of his working method. National Gallery of Art through March 5.

21 — “Bold Broadsides and Bitsy Books.” Highlights broadsides meant for public consumption, like the “Dead Feminists” series, and miniature artists’ books that demonstrate intricate craft meant to be privately enjoyed. Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center at the National Museum of Women in the Arts through March 17.

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13 — “Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics.” In partnership with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, the Newseum explores the power of rock to change attitudes about patriotism, peace, equality and freedom. Newseum through July 31.

FEBRUARY

4 — “Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Époque.” Presents nearly 100 examples of the Parisian artist’s lithographs and posters, drawn from his most prolific years, 1891-1899. The Phillips Collection through April 30.

5 — “Della Robbia: Sculpting With Color in Renaissance Florence.” Presents some 40 colorful works by Luca della Robbia (1400-1483), his nephew Andrea (1435-1525), Andrea’s sons and the competing Buglioni workshop. National Gallery of Art through June 4.

18 — “Friends and Fashion: An American Diplomat in 1820s Russia.”

Forty-five portraits, taken from an album assembled by the family of Henry Middleton, the American minister to Russia in the 1820s, paint a captivating picture of the diplomatic landscape of early-19th-century St. Petersburg. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens through May 28.

23 — “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors.” Spanning more than five decades, this exhibit focuses on the evolution of the Japanese artist’s immersive, multi-reflective infinity Mirror Rooms. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through May 14.

MARCH

5 — “In the Tower: Theaster Gates.” Features several pieces created by Gates for the National Gallery of Art that examine how discarded and ordinary objects acquire value through the stories we tell. East Building Tower of the National Gallery of Art through Sept. 4.

10 — “June Schwarcz.” Retrospective of one of America’s foremost enamelists. Renwick Gallery through Aug. 20.

12 — “East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography.” Features 175 works by photographers working in the eastern half of the United States. National Gallery of Art through July 16.

APRIL

6 — “My Fellow Soldiers: Letters From World War I.” Through personal correspondence written on the front lines and home front, this centennial exhibit uncovers the history of America’s involvement in World War I. National Postal Museum through Nov. 29, 2018.

7 — “Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years.” The first exhibit to focus on the early career of ceramicist Peter Voulkos,

who completely re-invented his medium through his unconventional approach to his craft. Renwick Gallery through Aug. 20.

9 — “Frédéric Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism.” Presents 75 works, not only by Bazille but also his contemporaries and predecessors, to show his littleknown but significant contribution to impressionism. National Gallery of Art through July 9.

14 — “Down These Mean Streets.”

Examines how Latino photographers depicted America’s urban areas when notions of the inner city began to emerge. Smithsonian American Art Museum indefinitely.

19 — “Modern Medicine and the Great War.” Explores how World War I provided a testing ground for the application of new medical technologies and procedures.

National Museum of Natural History through Nov. 17, 2018.

MAY

21 — “America Collects EighteenthCentury French Painting.” Brings together 70 paintings from American collections to tell the story of the country’s appetite for French rococo and neoclassical styles.

National Gallery of Art through Aug. 20.

JUNE

10 — “Spectacular! Gems and Jewelry From the Merriweather Post Collection.” Nearly 60 pieces that once belonged to Marjorie Merriweather Post, one of the greatest jewelry collectors of the 20th century, tell the story behind some remarkable stones and the jewelry made with them. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens through Jan. 1.

Museum information

■ Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: 1050 Inde-

Wednesday, sepTember 7, 2016 pendence Ave. SW; 202-633-1000; asia. si.edu Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

■ Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens: 4155 Linnean Ave. NW; 202-6865807; hillwoodmuseum.org Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission: $18 for adults; $15 for seniors; $10 for students; $5 for ages 6 through 18; free for children younger than age 6 ■ Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW; 202-633-1000; hirshhorn.si.edu Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

■ National Building Museum: 401 F St. NW; 202-272-2448; nbm.org Hours: Monday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission: $8 for adults; $5 for youth, students and seniors ■ National Gallery of Art: 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW; 202-737-4215; nga.gov Hours: Monday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

■ National Museum of African American History and Culture: 1400 Constitution Ave. NW; 844-750-3012; nmaahc. si.edu Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

■ National Museum of American History: 12th Street and Constitution Avenue NW; 202-633-1000; americanhistory.si.edu Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

■ National Museum of the American Indian: 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW; 202-633-1000; nmai.si.edu Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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

■ National Museum of Women in the Arts: 1250 New York Ave. NW; 202-783-5000; nmwa.org Hours: Monday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. (Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center open weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.)

Admission: $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and students; free for ages 18 and younger; free “Community Days” on the first Sunday of every month ■ National Portrait Gallery: 8th and F streets NW; 202-633-1000; npg.si.edu Hours: Daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

■ National Postal Museum: 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE; 202-633-5555; postalmuseum.si.edu Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

■ Newseum: 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW; 888-639-7386; newseum.org Hours: Daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission: $22.95 for adults; $18.95 for ages 65 and older; $13.95 for ages 7 to 18; free for ages 6 and younger.

■ Phillips Collection: 1600 21st St. NW; 202-387-2151; phillipscollection.org Hours: uesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays until 8:30 p.m.; and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Admission: Varies ■ Renwick Gallery: 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW; 202-633-1000; americanart.si.edu/renwick Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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

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The Kennedy Center is presenting a number of series this season, including one that celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of its namesake, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;JFKC: A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy.â&#x20AC;? This includes a concert in January by the National Symphony Orchestra called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Portraits of America,â&#x20AC;? conducted by its artistic director designate, Gianandrea Noseda, who will take over next season. He replaces Christoph Eschenbach, who is retiring at the end of the season in grand style by leading a performance of Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ninth Symphony, the same work with which he ushered in his tenure as director six years ago. The same series also features cellist Yo-Yo Ma joining the National Symphony Orchestra in a tribute concert in May. As part of the Kennedy centennial celebration, Washington National Opera will present three new operas, including a world premiere titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dictatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wifeâ&#x20AC;? to be staged in January. The other two, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dead Man Walkingâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Champion,â&#x20AC;? both based on reallife events, will take place in February and March. Other highlights of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season include Donizettiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Daughter of the Regiment,â&#x20AC;? Pucciniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Madame Butterflyâ&#x20AC;? and the season-opening Mozart comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Marriage of Figaro,â&#x20AC;? which will be simulcast free to Nationals Park on Sept. 24 for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opera in the Outfield.â&#x20AC;?

Elsewhere, early operas staged in period style with early instruments by Opera Lafayette include â&#x20AC;&#x153;LĂŠonore, ou lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;amour conjugal,â&#x20AC;? the Pierre Gaveaux work on which Beethoven based his own â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leonoreâ&#x20AC;? (his original version of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fidelioâ&#x20AC;?). Opera Lafayette will also stage â&#x20AC;&#x153;Les Indes Galantes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Part IV,â&#x20AC;? Rameauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ballet hĂŠroĂŻque set in America, to close its season, while Washington Concert Opera will present Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leonoreâ&#x20AC;? in March to close its 30th-anniversary season.

The Folger Consort, resident at the Folger Shakespeare Library, will open its 40th season in October with music from Purcellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opera â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dido and Aeneasâ&#x20AC;? paired with readings by Derek Jacobi and Richard Clifford from Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Measure for Measure.â&#x20AC;? Its five-concert season is strong on medieval music this year, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Second Shepherdsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Play,â&#x20AC;? all on period instruments.

One of the oldest choral societ-

ies around, the Cathedral Choral Society, is celebrating its 75th season, but unfortunately without its much-beloved music director J. Reilly Lewis, who died unexpectedly in June. This tragic event has also left the Washington Bach Consort without its founder/director as well. But both groups are still carrying on with full seasons.

At the Atlas Performing Arts Center, the In Series kicks off its 35th season with a double bill of comic operas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pergolesiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;La serva padrona (The Servant Mistress)â&#x20AC;? and Gilbert & Sullivanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trial by Jury.â&#x20AC;? It is also featuring Granadosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; operaballet â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goyescas,â&#x20AC;? based on the paintings of Francisco de Goya in December.

Washington Performing Arts is celebrating its 50th anniversary season and has joined with the Kennedy Center to present a special series called â&#x20AC;&#x153;SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras,â&#x20AC;? which will bring orchestras from Colorado, North Carolina, Atlanta and Brooklyn to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall next spring.

And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new choral group in town, the Thirteen, settling here after five years of touring and residencies around the world.

SEPTEMBER

14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Boss?: Pergolesiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;La serva padronaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Gilbert & Sullivanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Trial by Jury.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? In Series kicks off its 35th season with a double bill of comic operas in which feminine wiles turn the tables on the patriarchy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;La serva padrona (The Servant Mistress)â&#x20AC;? is presented in English. In Series at Atlas Performing Arts Center through Sept. 25.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Washington Concert Opera celebrates its 30th anniversary with a concert featuring company stars of past and present. Lisner Auditorium.

22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Marriage of Figaro.â&#x20AC;?

Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comic masterpiece about the marriage of the barber of Seville. Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center through Oct. 2.

25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra presents its Season Opening Gala Concert in a program jointly conducted

by Christoph Eschenbach and NSO Pops conductor Steven Reineke, and featuring pianist Lang Lang. Kennedy Center.

25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iconic Bach.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Bach Consort performs iconic Bach works.

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Dumbarton Concerts will host Imani Winds Quintet (above) in April, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra in May. National Presbyterian Church.

29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra opens its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shakespeare at the Symphonyâ&#x20AC;? series with three works inspired by the Bardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plays: Elgarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Falstaff,â&#x20AC;? Waltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Suite from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Henry Vâ&#x20AC;? and Tchaikovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Romeo and Juliet.â&#x20AC;? Kennedy Center through Oct. 1.

OCTOBER

1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Folger Consort presents Measure + Dido: Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Play in Concert With Purcellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Opera.â&#x20AC;?

Inspired by a 1699 adaptation of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Measure for Measure,â&#x20AC;? the Folger Consort opens its 40th anniversary season by pairing music from Purcellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dido and Aeneasâ&#x20AC;? with passages from Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play, read by Derek Jacobi and Richard Clifford. Folger Consort, Kennedy Center.

6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra continues its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shakespeare at the Symphonyâ&#x20AC;? series with pianist Emanuel Ax in Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Piano Concerto No. 1, along with Shakespeare-inspired works by Korngold, DvorĂĄk and R. Strauss. Kennedy Center through Oct. 8.

8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brooklyn Rider and mezzosoprano Anne Sophie von Otter perform music from the Beatles to BjĂśrk. Washington Performing Arts Society at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue.

15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art of the Italian Madrigal.â&#x20AC;? Madrigals by Monteverdi, Palestrina and two 20th-century composers are presented by the Choral Arts Chamber Singers.

Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Cathedral Choral Society opens its 75th season with Berliozâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Te Deumâ&#x20AC;? and Saint-SaĂŤnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Symphony No. 3.

Washington National Cathedral.

22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Thirteen chamber choir opens its inaugural season in Washington with a program that includes the American premiere of Thomas Tallisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ave Dei patris filia,â&#x20AC;? Samuel Barberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reincarnationsâ&#x20AC;? and Caroline Shawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fly Away I.â&#x20AC;? St. Columbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church.

23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Romantics: Schumann & Heine.â&#x20AC;? A salon-style concert at the heart of the romantic age, featuring Schumann and Heineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dichterliebe (Love of the Poet)â&#x20AC;? and other works. In Series at Source through Oct. 29.

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27 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra is joined by violinist Nicola Benedetti in the East Coast premiere of jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Violin Concerto on a program that also includes Tchaikovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Polishâ&#x20AC;? Symphony. Kennedy Center through Oct. 29.

28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hilary Hahn, violin, and Robert Levin, piano, play classical standards plus three new partitas commissioned from Spanish composer AntĂłn GarcĂ­a by the Washington Performing Arts Society. Washington Performing Arts Society at the Kennedy Center.

NOVEMBER

3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its music director designate Gianandrea Noseda, continues its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shakespeare at the Symphonyâ&#x20AC;? series and begins its â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Salute to Slavaâ&#x20AC;? series with Prokofievâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ballet score for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Romeo and Juliet.â&#x20AC;? Kennedy Center through Nov. 5.

4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eine Kleine Bachmusik.â&#x20AC;? Bach sonatas presented as part of the Washington Bach Consortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chamber series. First Congregational United Church of Christ.

5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The New Zealand String Quartet, joined by violist Maria Lambros, performs works by Brahms, Haydn and New Zealand composer and ethnomusicologist Jack Body. Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The City Choir of Washington kicks off its 10th anniversary season with Brahmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ein Deutsches Requiem.â&#x20AC;? National Presbyterian Church.

12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Daughter of the Regiment.â&#x20AC;? Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee star in Donizettiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opĂŠra comique about a woman raised by soldiers. Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center through Nov. 20.

12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Misbehave!â&#x20AC;? The Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington presents a cabaret of true confessions by its members.

Atlas Performing Arts Center.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Washington Chorus performs Philip Glassâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Symphony No. 5 with the Washington National Cathedral Girl Choristers. Kennedy Center.

16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Metropolis.â&#x20AC;? The 1927 German film is shown, accompanied by a live film score by Tom Teasley. Source through Nov. 19.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra performs DvorĂĄkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;New World Symphonyâ&#x20AC;? and is joined by cellist Johannes Moser in Tchaikovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Variations on a Rococo Theme.â&#x20AC;? Kennedy Center through Nov. 19.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Menu: Plaisirs.â&#x20AC;? Opera Lafayette presents the U.S. premiere of a production from ThÊâtre de la Croix-Rousse in Lyon, France, in which tenor Jean-Paul FouchĂŠcourt sings music from the 17th century through the 20th century. La Maison Française through Nov. 19.

20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Choral Arts Society of Washington performs the Berlioz Requiem â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grande Messe des Mortsâ&#x20AC;? and works by J.S. Bach and Steven Stucky. Kennedy Center.

20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;HĂŠrodiade.â&#x20AC;? Washington Concert Opera performs the Massenet work about a kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lust and his stepdaughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obsession with a man of God. Lisner Auditorium.

27 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Second Shepherdsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Play.â&#x20AC;? The Folger Consort presents the medieval Nativity play on period instru-

ments. Folger Elizabethan Theatre through Dec. 21.

29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Mahlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monumental Fifth Symphony. Washington Performing Arts Society at the Kennedy Center.

DECEMBER

3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Celtic Christmas.â&#x20AC;? The Barnes and Hampton Celtic Consort presents the perennial Washington favorite.

Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist Church through Dec. 4.

4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas With the Consort.â&#x20AC;?

The Washington Bach Consort chorus and the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble perform music for the season.

National Presbyterian Church.

7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enrique Granadosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Goyescas.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? The In Seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; presentation of the opera-ballet based on Francisco de Goyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paintings honors the centennial of the workâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere and the composerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death on a program that also features Manuel de Fallaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seven Spanish Popular Songs.â&#x20AC;?

GALA Theatre through Dec. 18.

7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, the Kennedy Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ensemble-in-residence, plays trios by Mendelssohn, Schubert and Zwilich to celebrate the performing arts centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 40th anniversary. Kennedy Center.

9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NSO Pops: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Holiday Pops!â&#x20AC;?

Holiday classics led by Steven Reineke, with Laura Benanti, Santino Fontana and the Washington Chorus. Kennedy Center through Dec. 10.

9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joy of Christmas.â&#x20AC;? The Cathedral Choral Society presents a program of holiday favorites and a carol singalong, with the Lyric Brass Quintet, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Choir and the premiere of a newly commissioned carol by Carson Cooman. Washington National Cathedral through Dec. 11.

9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; FrĂŠdĂŠric Yonnet, harmonica, is

joined by Washington-area musicians in a holiday celebration. Dumbarton Concerts, Dumbarton United Methodist Church through Dec. 10.

10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Nordic Winter Celebration.â&#x20AC;? Washington Revels presents its 34th annual celebration of the season with a pageant of music, dance, stories and poetry from Nordic countries. Lisner Auditorium through Dec. 18.

10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Naughty and Nice.â&#x20AC;? The Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington celebrates the season with holiday classics. Lincoln Theatre through Dec. 18.

10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NPRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Jazz Piano Christmas.â&#x20AC;? Top jazz performers play Christmas favorites. Kennedy Center.

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

The Washington Chorus presents its annual tribute to the season. Kennedy Center through Dec. 22.

15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra presents Handelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Messiahâ&#x20AC;? with vocal soloists and the University of Maryland Concert Choir. Kennedy Center through Dec. 18.

17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Family Christmas.â&#x20AC;? The Choral Arts Society of Washington presents its annual family concert with appearances

by Santa and Rudolph. Kennedy Center.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Choral Arts Christmas.â&#x20AC;?

The Choral Arts Society of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual holiday celebration. Kennedy Center through Dec. 24.

18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Holly and the Ivy: Music for Christmas.â&#x20AC;? The City Choir of Washington celebrates the season. National Presbyterian Church.

21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmastime in the City.â&#x20AC;?

An evening of festive holiday music performed by the Choral Arts Chamber Singers.

First Congregational United Church of Christ.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016 music from this monumental manuscript, performing on medieval instruments. Washington National Cathedral through Jan. 7.

6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Simple Melody: The Magic of Irving Berlin.â&#x20AC;? Features music by Irving Berlin. In Series at Source through Jan. 28.

12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra performs Stravinskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Firebird,â&#x20AC;? Rimsky-Korsakovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Legend of the Invisible Cityâ&#x20AC;? Suite and, joined by pianist Jeremy Denk, Ravelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Left Handâ&#x20AC;? Concerto.

Kennedy Center through Jan. 14.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dictatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wife.â&#x20AC;? Worldpremiere satirical one-hour opera composed

by Mohammed Fairouz with a libretto by Mohammed Hanif based on his eponymous play about a wife who has to answer for her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s atrocities. Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center through Jan. 15.

19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by artistic director designate Gianandrea Noseda, presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Portraits of America,â&#x20AC;? a program of works

by Gershwin, Bernstein, John Williams and others, presented as part of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;JFKC: A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedyâ&#x20AC;? series. Kennedy Center through Jan. 22.

26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra continues its â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Salute to Slavaâ&#x20AC;? series with Shostakovichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eighth Symphony and, joined by violinist Gidon Kremer, Weinbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Violin Concerto. Kennedy Center

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28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jonathan Carney Piano Trio, which includes Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Jonathan Carney, principal cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski and pianist Ryo Yanagitani, plays Brahmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Piano Concerto No. 2. Dumbarton Concerts, Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

FEBRUARY

6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Beijing Symphony Orchestra performs Chinese works plus a special orchestration of Mahlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Song of the Earthâ&#x20AC;? to include traditional Chinese instruments. Kennedy Center.

10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joshua Bell, violin, and Sam Haywood, piano, celebrate the 100th anniversary of President John F. Kennedyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth with a program of classical favorites, plus a reading of Robert Frostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poem â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dedicationâ&#x20AC;? (written for JFKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inauguration), set to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Airâ&#x20AC;? by Aaron Jay Kernis. Washington Performing Arts Society at the Kennedy Center.

11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nordic Voices, a six-voice a cappella ensemble, performs everything from centuries-old plainchant to modern commissions from Norwegian composers.

Dumbarton Concerts, Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

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6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medieval Illuminations.â&#x20AC;? The Folger Consort joins the Orlando Consort in

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13 — Venice Baroque Chamber Ensemble plays Italian concertos by Vivaldi, Corelli and others on period instruments in a historically informed manner. Kennedy Center.

16 — The National Symphony Orchestra, joined by violinist Hilary Hahn, plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto on a program that also includes fantasy-influenced works by Dvorák, Janácek and R. Strauss. Kennedy Center through Feb. 18.

19 — “Léonore, ou l’amour conjugal.” Opera Lafayette presents the Pierre Gaveaux opera on which Beethoven based his “Leonore,” his first version of “Fidelio.”

Lisner Auditorium.

19 — “Living the Dream . . . Singing the Dream.” The Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs join the Choral Arts Society of Washington in their annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Kennedy Center.

22 — “Music and Instruments of Victor Gama.” As part of composer-in-residence Mason Bates’ “KC Jukebox” series, Gama plays music on instruments he made, on a program that also includes works by

Bates, Caroline Shaw and Sarah Kirkland Snider. Kennedy Center.

24 — “Secular Bach.” Two of Bach’s secular cantatas and other music are presented as part of the Washington Bach Consort’s chamber series. First Congregational United Church of Christ.

24 — “Bach Reflections.” The Thirteen chamber choir features three Bach motets and works by Schutz, Brahms and 21st-century composers. St. Columba’s Episcopal Church.

25 — “Dead Man Walking.” Jake Heggie’s 2000 classic opera about a death row inmate and the kindhearted nun who takes on his final appeal, based on real-life events. Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center through March 11.

26 — “New Music for a New Age.” The Washington Chorus presents music by its artistic director, Julian Wachner. National Presbyterian Church.

MARCH

2 — The National Symphony Orchestra performs Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 and, with violinist Simone Lamsma, Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto. Kennedy Center through March 4.

4 — “Champion.” 2013 opera by Terence Blanchard tells the real-life story of closeted gay boxer Emile Griffith, whose 1962 welterweight bout with homophobe

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4 — Kronos Quartet performs repertoire from around the world, along with newly commissioned works for string quartet. Washington Performing Arts Society at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue.

5 — “Leonore.” Washington Concert Opera performs the work best known as the first version of Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio.”

Lisner Auditorium.

9 — The National Symphony Orchestra continues its “A Salute to Slava” with Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, joined by cellist Alisa Weilerstein, along with Schubert’s Ninth Symphony. Kennedy Center through March 11.

12 — “St. Matthew Passion.” The Washington Bach Consort and vocal soloists perform the Bach masterpiece. National Presbyterian Church.

12 — The City Choir of Washington performs Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Dona Nobis Pacem,” joined by the James Madison High School Madrigals and soloists from the City Choir’s “Young American Artists” program. National Presbyterian Church.

12 — Richard Goode, piano, plays Chopin. Washington Performing Arts Society at the University of the District of Columbia Theater of the Arts.

16 — The National Symphony Orchestra performs Bruckner’s First Symphony and, with concertmaster Nurit BarJosef, Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto. Kennedy Center through March 18.

18 — “Don Pasquale.” Donizetti’s comic opera about the misadventures of a young couple as they plot to marry and snatch their inheritance from a pompous old uncle before he gets married. In Series at the GALA Theatre through March 26.

18 — “Calidore String Quartet: In the Wake of Beethoven.” The quartet plays quartets by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schumann. Dumbarton Concerts at the Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

19 — The Cathedral Choral Society presents “Amid a Crowd of Stars,” featuring plainsong and works by Tallis, Elgar, Tavener, Willaert and others, joined by New York Polyphony. Washington National Cathedral.

28 — “SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras: Boulder Philharmonic.” A program called “Nature and Music,” highlighting the natural wonders of Boulder, Colo., and the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Kennedy Center.

29 — “SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras: North Carolina Symphony.” Presents music by four composers with ties to the state, Caroline Shaw, Mason Bates, Sarah Kirkland Snider and Robert Ward. Kennedy Center.

31 — “SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.” Features “Creation/Creator,” a theatrical and multimedia oratorio. Kennedy Center.

31 — “Starry Messenger.” The Folger Consort celebrates Galileo’s treatise on the motions of planets with music from the era of its publication performed on period instruments. Folger Elizabethan Theatre through April 2.

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1 — “SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras: The Knights.” Brooklyn chamber orchestra, joined by the San Francisco Girls Chorus, performs works by Brahms, Vivaldi, Aaron Jay Kernis and a piece written collaboratively by the orchestra. Kennedy Center.

4 — Daniil Trifonov, piano, performs works by Schubert, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. Washington Performing Arts Society at the Kennedy Center.

6 — The National Symphony Orchestra, with pianist Lise de la Salle, performs Prokofiev’s First Piano Concerto on a program that also includes Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony and selections from Britten’s “Peter Grimes” as part of its “A Salute to Slava” series. Kennedy Center through April 8.

7 — “Politically Corrette.” The music of 18th-century composer Michel Corrette is presented as part of the Washington Bach Consort’s chamber series. First Congregational United Church of Christ.

8 — Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, and Lambert Orkis, piano, play works by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Respighi and Sebastian Carter. Washington Performing Arts Society at the Kennedy Center.

8 — Imani Winds Quintet plays Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade,” Paquito D’Rivera’s “Kites” and Simon Shaheen’s “Dance Mediterranea.” Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

20 — The National Symphony Orchestra, with violinist Sergey Khachatryan, performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in a program that also includes works by Smetana, Sibelius and Bates. Kennedy Center through April 22.

23 — The Choral Arts Society of Washington presents Mozart’s Requiem, a cantata by Bach and the world premiere of a new work commissioned from Jake Runestad. Kennedy Center.

28 — “The Play of Love.” The Folger Consort performs theatrical excerpts from the medieval “Play of Robin and Marion,” along with other music from the time on period instruments. Folger Elizabethan Theatre through April 30.

29 — “Passion & Struggle.’” Diana Sáez & Friends explore Latin America’s trova, or nueva canción, and its musical legacy. In Series at the Atlas Performing Arts Center through May 7.

30 — “Messiah.” The Washington Bach Consort and vocal soloists perform the Handel Masterpiece. National Presbyterian Church.

program to be announced. Kennedy Center.

18 — The National Symphony Orchestra, joined by harpsichordist, organist and conductor Ton Koopman, performs Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks” and other baroque music. Kennedy Center through May 20.

21 — The Cathedral Choral Society closes its 75th season with Dvorák’s “Te Deum,” music by Vaughan Williams and the premiere of a new work for symphonic chorus and orchestra by Nico Muhly. Washington National Cathedral.

24 — The National Symphony Orchestra is joined by cellist Yo-Yo Ma for a concert as part of the “JFKC: A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy” series. Kennedy Center.

31 — “Les Indes Galantes — Part IV.” Opera Lafayette presents Rameau’s ballet héroïque, a multicultural love story set in North America. Lisner Auditorium.

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■ Atlas Performing Arts Center: 1333 H St. NE; 202-399-7993; atlasarts.org ■ Dumbarton United Methodist Church: 3133 Dumbarton St. NW; 202-965-2000; dumbartonconcerts.org ■ First Congregational United Church of Christ: 10th and G streets NW; 202628-4317; firstuccdc.org ■ Folger Elizabethan Theatre: 201 East Capitol St. SE; 202-544-7077; folger.edu ■ GALA Theatre: 3333 14th St. NW; 202234-7174; galatheatre.org ■ La Maison Française: 4101 Reservoir Road NW (Reservations and governmentissued photo ID required for entry); 202-944-6192; ambafrance-us.org ■ Lincoln Theatre: 1215 U St. NW; 202-888-0050; thelincolndc.com ■ Lisner Auditorium: 730 21st St. NW; 202-994-6800; lisner.org ■ Kennedy Center: 2700 F St. NW; 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org ■ National Presbyterian Church: 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW; 202-537-0800; natpresch.org ■ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue: 600 I St. NW; 202-408-3100; sixthandi.org ■ Source: 1835 14th St. NW; 202-204-7800; sourcedc.org ■ St. Columba’s Episcopal Church: 4201 Albemarle St. NW; 202-363-4119; columba.org ■ University of the District of Columbia Theater of the Arts: 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW; 202-274-5000; udc.edu ■ Washington National Cathedral: Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW; 202-537-6200; cathedral.org

2 — “Ariodante.” Handel’s opera seria is performed in concert with mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato and the English Concert. Kennedy Center through May 2.

2 — Chanticleer, as part of Mason Bates’ “KC Jukebox” series, gives the world premiere of a new Kennedy Center cocommission from Bates, on a program with other contemporary a cappella pieces. Kennedy Center.

6 — “Madame Butterfly.” Puccini’s tragic opera about betrayed love features dazzling sets and costumes by Jun Kaneko, remembered for his designs for 2014’s “The Magic Flute.” Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center through May 21.

6 — The Poulenc Trio, blending piano, bassoon and oboe, performs music

by Poulenc, Rossini and Francaix. Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist Church.

24 — “The French Connection.” The Thirteen chamber choir sings works by French composers from the 15th to the 21st centuries. St. Columba’s Episcopal Church.

7 — “Solomon.” The City Choir of Washington performs Handel’s oratorio.

National Presbyterian Church.

14 — The Washington Chorus concludes its final season under the direction of Julian Wachner by presenting Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” and Igor Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex” oratorio with the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, the Children’s Chorus of Washington, the Washington National Cathedral Boy and Girl Choristers and the orchestra NOVUS NY. Kennedy Center.

16 — Maurizio Pollini, piano, on a

JUNE

1 — The National Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler’s Second Symphony with mezzo-soprano Nathalie Stutzmann, soprano Golda Schultz and the Washington Chorus. Kennedy Center through June 3.

3 — “And the Tony Goes To...” The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington celebrates gay on the Great White Way. Lincoln Theatre through June 4.

10 — “Oberon, or the Elf King’s Oath.” Carl Maria von Weber’s three-act romantic opera about the fairy king made famous by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” In Series at the GALA Theatre through June 18.

15 — The National Symphony Orchestra, in conductor Christoph Eschenbach’s final program as the orchestra’s music director, presents a program that includes Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the work that began his tenure. Kennedy Center through June 17.

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Its cagey narrative was a shambles from the start and only grew more convoluted and less intriguing over the course of its dismally low-rated season. But its most memorable set piece, in which the Washington Monument collapses into rubble, played with D.C. iconography in a way that would have been appealing had the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writers maintained a grasp on their story. â&#x20AC;&#x153;1600 Pennâ&#x20AC;? also had promise, given that one of its creators was Jon Lovett, a former speechwriter for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton who could easily have found an interesting perspective on the city during his years serving Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaders. But once again, the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fascination lay primarily in the neighborhood of the titular address. NBC also canned this show after 13 episodes in 2013. â&#x2013; Shows that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t widely remembered but focused on D.C. more than youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d expect: For five years in the late â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s, NBC aired one of the most D.C.-centric shows of all time. The president wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a character, and the White House wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a central component. Instead, the half-hour sitcom â&#x20AC;&#x153;227â&#x20AC;? focused on several women living in a predominantly black apartment building at 227 Lexington Ave. NE, which still stands today in the Stanton Park section of the Capitol Hill area.

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Community Events & P rog rams 4TH ANNUAL GEORGETOWN COMMUNIT Y DAY Saturday, September 17th, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Georgetown University's Healy Lawn at 37th and O St reets, NW Join us where the neighborhood and the university come together to celebrate our shared community with a day of fun and family-f riendly activities! is year will be better than ever with more f ree food, more family-f riendly activities, and more entertainment!

- Burgers, hot dogs, and desserts - Face painting and balloon art - Moonbounce

- Inflatable obstacle course - Jack the Bulldog mascot - Live performances

UNIVERSIT Y HELPLINE Call the University Helpline at (202) 687 - 8413 with concerns about noise, trash, or other neighborhood issues. Calling the Helpline allows the university to immediately address the issue and keep track of issues in the community.

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLET TER Sign up at communityengagement@georgetown.edu for the weekly Neighborhood Newsletter for information about campus news and events, including athletic events, performing arts shows, lectures, guest speakers, and much more.

SIGN UP FOR CLASSES AT GEORGETOWN GEORGETOWN UNIVERSIT Y LEARNING COMMUNIT Y COURSES Regist ration cur rently open ese short, non-credit courses for persons "55 or better" cover topics such as Navigating the Healthcare System, e Several Faces of Galileo, Christians and the Holocaust, and Health much more. ccpe@georgetown.edu | (202) 687 - 7000 SENIOR CITIZEN NONDEGREE AUDITOR PROGRAM Regist ration deadline is Friday, September 9th Senior citizens, age 65 and up, have the opportunity to audit undergraduate level courses. e courses are open on a "space available" basis with the consent of the professor. riddera@georgetown.edu | (202) 687 - 5706

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE ON AGING NEWS

Spotlight on Community Living Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Serving D.C. residents who are age 18+ with a disability or age 60+ and their caregivers

Vol 5, No 10

Executive Director’s Message Laura Newland Thanks to everyone who came out to the Mayor’s Fifth Annual Senior Symposium! We had more than 600 seniors and caregivers attend the symposium at the historic Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.

The theme for this year’s event was “Healthy Homes.

Healthy Hearts. Healthy Living.” One of the highlights of the symposium was our guest speaker, Dr. Patricia Davidson who is a local internist and cardiologist. She gave a great nononsense presentation that left everyone thinking about how they eat and how they live their lives—including me! I presented Dr. Davidson with a plaque to recognize her commitment to the District of Columbia and making sure health information is accessible for all of us.

You told me that you wanted a symposium that provided you with useful information—what

it means to live healthier, how to connect to community resources, how to access government resources, etc.—so we worked with an advisory panel with seniors from all eight wards on coming up with our programming for the symposium.

I’d like to give special thanks to our government and community partners who served on panels and provided information at the exhibit hall. Our partner agencies do a LOT for seniors in the community (and some even fund DCOA programs like Safe at Home— funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development—and the Aging and Disability Resource Center— funded by the Department of Health Care Finance!), and I’m glad you got to see for yourself the good work that they’re doing and how committed we

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR – SEPTEMBER 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th • 6 to 8 p.m.

mation, contact linda.irizarry@dc.gov or call 202-535-1442.

Iona Senior Services offers a course called “Mindful Living,” in which participants will think about how you want to live your life, enjoy reflective learning and find deeper connection with your emotional and physical being. Learn healthy aging approaches to wellness, community, purpose-filled living, and practical lifestyle choices in this series facilitated by Lylie Fisher, founder and director of Iona’s Take Charge/Age Well Academy. The cost is $75. Iona is located at 4125 Albemarle St. NW. Sign up or learn more by calling 202-895-9420.

15th • 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Iona offers a one-time class called “Graceful Transitions,” focusing on lessening clutter and preparing to move. This class will provide inspiration and practical hints on how to tackle these tasks effectively. It is facilitated by Donna Eichelberger, a senior living specialist and senior move manager. The cost is $10 if you register by Sept. 8, $15 after that. It will be held at Iona, 4125 Albemarle St., NW. Call 202-895-9448 for more information or to register.

24th • 9 a.m.

13th and 27th • noon Join the D.C. Caregivers Online Chat at Noon to discuss “Caregiving and Hospice Care” on Sept. 13 and “Fear of Falling: Preventing Falls and Fear” on Sept. 27. Log on to http://dcoa. dc.gov/page/caregiver-chat at noon or visit at your convenience and hit replay to see the chat. For more infor-

The Office of the Tenant Advocate will hold its 9th Annual Tenant and Tenant Association Summit at the Kellogg Conference Center located on the campus of Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave. NE. The summit serves as a forum to bring together tenants, tenant associations, housing attorneys and advocates, policy

all are in District government to making sure you’re living well.

The Senior Symposium began a great discussion about healthy aging in the community, and we want to continue the conversation. Over the past year, I’ve told you that I want to hear more from you directly about what we’re doing, and how we’re doing it. Four times a year (once a quarter), I hold town halls at our senior wellness centers. This fall, I’m upping the ante.

DCOA is going to host a twopart Senior Services Town Hall series in September and October on senior services in the District.

The first conversation will provide information about DCOA’s services (and how funds are allocated), trends in the District, and other useful information needed to start thinking about the entire system of services and supports.

During the first meeting, we’ll identify community volunteers to lead a conversation with the group that will then be translated back to me in a presentation a couple weeks later—about the current services, whether we should make any changes (and if so, what they are), how to prioritize people needing services when services reach capacity, and whatever else you think I need to do about the services we offer and how you receive those services.

I know you have a lot of ideas—I’ve heard from many of you already—so I really want to know your thoughts based on your experiences and what you know you and your friends and family will need further down the road. My executive team and I will be leading the conversation in each ward in the city, and I’ll be at the community presentation in each ward be-

cause I want to hear from you directly. This is the first time we’ve tried something like this, so I’m excited to hear from you about what’s important to you.

This will definitely require commitment from you to make this work, but I know you’re up to the challenge! You’ve heard me say over and over that the foundation of making the District the best place in the world to live and age well is strong community investment. I know we have that foundation here, and I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts on what would make DCOA even better. Thanks for joining me in this important work, and I look forward to seeing you in the community! To find dates, locations, and other important details about the Senior Services Town Hall series, please visit dcoa.dc.gov or ask your local senior wellness center.

experts, community leaders, and District officials to discuss matters of concern to the District’s tenant community.

This year’s theme is “Don’t Complain …

Organize.” The day’s events will include a plenary session as well as workshops, which will provide participants with information and tools to effectively advocate for themselves and other renters. There will be two clinics.

The legal clinic will provide attendees with an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an attorney to discuss their housing issues. The seniors and persons with disabilities registration clinic will allow eligible tenants to register their status to

qualify for lower rent increases under rent control. Advanced registration required. Register at

http://ota.dc.gov and click on “online registration” or call 202-719-6560.

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A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington

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Two carriage houses morph into one Zen wonderland

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ucked behind the Church of the Pilgrims and hidden down a private alley, the house at 2220 Q St. NW is an

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architectural gem from every angle. From the outside, the fivebedroom, five-bathroom home looks like two separate row houses, which hints at its origin as freestanding carriage houses prior to two waves of extensive renovations, in 2001 and 2008. With multiple outdoor spaces, large and small, the home â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now on the market for $4.5 million â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will appeal to those who love to escape outside.

The former alley between the two houses is now a grand entrance hall ending in an 18-foot waterfall, with a clear plexiglass floor revealing a delightful surprise â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a pond where colorful koi swim beneath your feet and turtles sun themselves on rocks under the skylight. This peaceful entry sets the stage for a house that delights the eyes and calms the mind at every turn.

To the left is the open-floorplan kitchen, dining and living

space with a gas fireplace and tall French doors introducing the first of many fenced-in patios. The kitchen features solid wood and glass-front cabinetry and stainless steel appliances, as well as black granite countertops and a boomerang breakfast bar made of curled metal shavings suspended in resin.

Next to the kitchen is a stonetiled side entrance hall with a full bathroom, stairs down to the old chauffeurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quarters and a door out to a second patio with a stone fountain, home to more koi fish.

On the opposite side, in the conjoined carriage house, is a great room with a laundry area behind antique hardwood doors. Sliding glass doors let out onto still another side patio, and a hidden door behind a mirror leads to the climate-controlled two-car garage. The final door in the great room looks like a red British telephone booth, opening to reveal an elevator that lifts all the way to the rooftop deck on the fourth floor.

Joining the first floor and the second is a modern, open staircase that lets out onto a spacious landing with a seating area between the first two bedrooms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one with a walk-in closet and pass-

Photos courtesy of Compass Real Estate

The five-bedroom home at 2220 Q St. NW is listed for $4.5 million. It includes a rooftop deck and pool. through into a full bathroom, and the second with a full bath and dual Juliet balconies and windows overlooking the entrance hall.

The staircase continues up to the master suite and third-floor deck. The elevator opens directly onto the bedroom on this floor.

Behind the bedroom is a passageway-style closet with the full bathroom beyond it. The sink vanity top and shelf in the water closet are hand-picked marble slabs from a nearby quarry in Virginia. The walls are tiled in glass, and the shower stall features a glass door that can slide open right to a private deck, with an outdoor shower mounted outside.

Turn the corner on the deck, and a narrow staircase rises to the fourth-story rooftop deck, which has multiple terraces, built-in flower boxes and elevator access, so guests can bypass the master bedroom. The views of the neighborhood and Rock Creek Park are

peaceful, while the close-up view of the spire of the Church of the Pilgrims on another side is aweinspiring.

Below, the third-floor deck offers a bench along the side and ample space for entertaining a large group of friends. Stairs descend to the 5,000-gallon rooftop pool, outfitted with an ingenious detail: an underwater peep window into the kitchen, living and dining room below. Across the pool, glass double doors lead to the fourth bedroom, with an ensuite tile bathroom and walk-in closet.

Next to that bedroom, a wet bar with storage connects both to the pool deck and a staircase with original skylight down to a landing overlooking the kitchen. This staircase was built with rafter beams repurposed from the ceil-

ing of the old carriage house, salvaged during renovations. Wellsuited for a home office, the landing also includes a hookup for the full-house sound system, while a faux brick wall on the landing slides away to reveal the hidden fifth bedroom. The final flight of stairs leads back down to the side entrance hall, completing the circuit.

Though it feels like a private oasis, the home is located in a central urban spot for ultimate convenience, with easy access to Georgetown, Kalorama, Dupont Circle and the West End. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom home at 2220 Q St. NW is listed for $4.5 million with Compass Real Estate. For details, contact Mandy Mills or David Getson at 202-425-6417 or team@mandyanddavid.com.

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pany has not complied with the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regulations, which require a permit application process for all signs and restrict â&#x20AC;&#x153;revolvingâ&#x20AC;? signs with digital components from being installed on roofs, as several of the Digi signs are. None of the signs named in the lawsuit had been properly permitted prior to construction, according to the agency.

Digi Media continues to insist that its actions were consistent with D.C. law. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Digi Media complied fully with all applicable permitting regulations as those regulations have been consistently applied for years, and which have been used by others to erect numerous signs around the city in locations analogous to Digiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,â&#x20AC;? a spokesperson wrote in a statement yesterday.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;All construction work related to the brackets for Digiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signs was fully permitted with DCRA. Digiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s installations are carefully engineered and have never been the subject of any injury or accident anywhere.â&#x20AC;?

The regulatory agency has said previously that the firm indeed had permits for brackets but not for the signs themselves.

The lawsuit also alleges that the company proceeded with construction in places where the agency had already issued stop-work orders, which halt all work on the property regardless of permit status. According to the suit, agency representative Clarence Whitescarver told Digi Media owner Donald McCord in person at 111 Massachusetts Ave. NW that the signs were illegal, but McCord replied that the company â&#x20AC;&#x153;was under a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;work scheduleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; because

of contractsâ&#x20AC;? and refused to stop installing the signs. Less than a week later, Whitescarver observed construction workers making progress on the signs in question, the lawsuit claims.

Newly installed signs at 1 Thomas Circle NW have been removed by the company, though some materials remain on-site, according to the suit. Signs are still visible at several other locations, including ones not named in the suit.

Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh told The Current last week that this issue and others like it have encouraged her to consider legislation that could prompt a hearing on signage regulations.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;baseline conditionsâ&#x20AC;? and a daylong visioning exercise conducted

by National Park Service staffers.

The Georgetown Business Improvement District has also been working to improve the trail network in its neighborhood, with a provision in its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Georgetown 2028â&#x20AC;? plan that calls for similar efforts to connect disparate pieces of the several trails that converge near Georgetown Waterfront Park.

The business improvement districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transportation director, Will Handsfield, told The Current that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s particularly pleased to see the Park Service embracing the possibilities for trails as transportation options. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important that the Park Service is, in writing and with the backing of a very thorough plan, stating the importance of what used to be just considered recreational resources,â&#x20AC;? Handsfield said.

Handsfield said he and his colleagues provided guidance to the National Park Service as it approached ideas for trail improvements. He advised the Park Service to pay special attention to the grade changes that make travel tricky in areas like the path from the Key Bridge to the C&O Canal towpath, which lies 85 feet above the Capital Crescent trail despite appearing closer than that.

The business group has already drafted plans for a cycle track on the south side of Water Street NW that will bridge the gap between the end of the Capital Crescent Trail and the start of the Rock

Creek Trail a few blocks away. If a planned streetcar line arrives in Georgetown in the next few years, that cycle track would be shifted into the waterfront park itself.

Handsfield hopes that the end result will be a trail system able to manage a large number of people in a very small space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The feeling of it will be a really positive experience to be in there and using the system,â&#x20AC;?

Handsfield said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feel like it was designed for you.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to the location-specific recommendations, the study also offers eight programmatic recommendations, including to develop a National Park Service regional trails coordinator; a comprehensive manual of trail standards; protocols for incident reporting and data collection; and a National Capital Trail marketing and promotion program.

Katie Harris from the Washington Area Bicyclist Association told The Current that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excited that trails will be held to the same uniform standards as roads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to commend them on a job well done, but also acknowledging that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of work ahead to turn this plan into an onthe-ground network,â&#x20AC;? Harris said.

Handsfield thinks D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trail system has a â&#x20AC;&#x153;competitive advantageâ&#x20AC;? over other urban centers, and he hopes the outcomes of this study increase that advantage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really great trail network that you can ride around as your primary or secondary mode of transportation,â&#x20AC;? Handsfield said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Very few places in America are like that.â&#x20AC;?

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Continued From Page 12 dozen local institutions, including Tudor Place, Dumbarton House, the American University Museum, Hillwood and the President Woodrow Wilson House. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. Atrium, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The Tenley-Friendship Library will host an adult coloring event. 2 to 3 p.m.

Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; The Taylor Agostino Group will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paws for a Cause,â&#x20AC;? a benefit for the Washington Animal Rescue League featuring a raffle and puppy parade. 3 to 6 p.m. Free; reservations requested. PNC Bank, 5530 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202236-0749. â&#x2013; Friends of Peirce Mill will host a Hard Cider Tasting and Tour, focusing on historically popular beverageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production on the Peirce estate when the Rock Creek valley was lined with fruit trees and apples were processed at a nearby distillery. 4 to 6 p.m. Free for Friends of Peirce Mill; $25 memberships available on the day of the event. Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive NW. friendsofpeircemill.org. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Performing Indonesia: High Fashion for Muslim Wear,â&#x20AC;? a three-month festival, will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Designs From Java,â&#x20AC;? demonstrating how fashion for Muslim women has reached new artistic heights. Lecture at 6 p.m.; fashion show at 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Hammer Auditorium, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, George Washington University, 500 17th St. NW. asia.si.edu/performances.

Walk â&#x2013; Washington Walksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get Local!â&#x20AC;? series will present a tour of the historic Dupont Circle neighborhood. 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet outside the Dupont South exit to the Dupont Circle Metro station on 19th Street NW. washingtonwalks.com.

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Concerts â&#x2013; Washington National Cathedral organist Benjamin Straley will present a recital. 2 p.m. $10 donation suggested.

Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. â&#x2013; 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. â&#x2013; The monthly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jazz in the Basementâ&#x20AC;? series will feature Chris Barrick on vibraphone, Allyn Johnson on piano, Ethan Philion on bass and Ele Rubenstein on drums. 2:30 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. â&#x2013; The Steinway Series will feature pianist Steven Lin. 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.

Special events â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;September 11: Reflections From the Smithsonianâ&#x20AC;? will feature 35 objects from New York, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa., including airplane fragments, a World Trade Center stairwell sign and a Pentagon clock that stopped upon impact. Visitors also can meet Robin Murphy, the inventor of a rescue robot used at Ground Zero, and see a screening of the Smithsonian Channelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;9/11: Stories in Fragments.â&#x20AC;? 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Interfaith Service of Prayer and Remembrance: The Fifteenth Anniversary of 9/11â&#x20AC;? will feature special prayers, readings from the world faiths, and music. 11:15 a.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. â&#x2013; A cultural forum featuring Aviva Kempner, Peter Kornbluh, Joe Eldridge, Francisco Letelier and Patricia Zamorano will celebrate the enduring practices in art, music and poetry that emerged in Chile after the fall of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. 2 to 3:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Kay Spiritual Life Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. todaslasmanos.eventbrite.com.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; The Rev. Shaun Casey, special representative for religion and global affairs at the U.S. State Department, will speak as part of the Washington National Cathedralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Second Sunday Series on pressing issues of the day. 10 a.m. Free.

Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. â&#x2013; Haley Sweetland Edwards, a policy correspondent for Time, will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shadow Courts: The Tribunals that Rule Global Trade.â&#x20AC;? 1 p.m. Free.

Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; Elizabeth Alexander, author of six books of poetry and two collections of essays, will discuss her memoir â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Light of the World.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free. East Building, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; Local author Barbara Saffir will

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Monday, SEPTEMBER 12 â&#x2013; Discussion: Author Jonathan Safran Foer (shown) will discuss his latest novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here I Am,â&#x20AC;? the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. Joining Foer in conversation will be Jeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent for The Atlantic. 7 p.m. $20 to $35.

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487. discuss her tour book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walking Washington D.C.: 30 Treks to the Newly Revitalized Capitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cultural Icons, Natural Spectacles, Urban Treasures, and Hidden Gems.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; 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 p.m. Free.

Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. â&#x2013; Peter Ho Davies, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Welsh Girl,â&#x20AC;? will discuss his second novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fortunes,â&#x20AC;? which remakes a century of American history in the image of overlooked Chinese-Americans in a multi-generational literary epic. 5 p.m.

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

Festivals and family programs â&#x2013; Hillwood will host a picnic for LGBT families in partnership with Rainbow Families DC. 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. â&#x2013; The 2016 Adams Morgan Day celebration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; focusing on local businesses and artists, and sponsored by the nonprofit Adams Morgan Community Alliance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 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. adamsmorganday2016.

Film â&#x2013; The Washington premiere of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Thoughts That Once We Had,â&#x20AC;? a cineessay by teacher and filmmaker Thom Andersen, will present an expose of French philosopher Gilles Deleuzeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theories of the cinema, expressed through a montage of texts and clips. 4 p.m.

Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-842-6799.

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Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Mystics will play the Indiana Fever. 4 p.m. $19 to $125.

Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000.

Walks and tours â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a two-mile â&#x20AC;&#x153;Centennial Hikeâ&#x20AC;? highlighting the diversity of the National Park Serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attractions. 10 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000. The hike will also be offered Sept. 17 and 25 at 10 a.m. â&#x2013; A slide show and outdoor tour will focus on the Washington National Cathedralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whimsical stone gargoyles and grotesques (for ages 10 and older).

2 p.m. $18 to $22; reservations suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. The tour will repeat Sept. 18 at 2 p.m.

Monday,SEPTEMBER Sept. 12 Monday 12 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Viniyoga Mondaysâ&#x20AC;? will feature a gentle yoga class. 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; 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. â&#x2013; The Science of Spirituality Meditation Center will begin a four-week class on Jyoti meditation, a discipline focusing on the experience of inner light. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

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

Concerts â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live! Concert Series on the Plazaâ&#x20AC;? series will feature saxophonist Brian Lenair performing smooth jazz.

Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Penn-

sylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. â&#x2013; Singer Maya Kamaty, four-time winner of the Music of the Indian Ocean prize, will perform a concert featuring her signature island blues melodies and halting ternary rhythm music.

6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Author and historian Fergus Bordewich will discuss his latest book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government.â&#x20AC;?

Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. â&#x2013; As part of the Mutual Inspirations Festival 2016, the Embassy of the Czech Republic and The Washington Post will present a sit-down interview with tennis legend Martina NavrĂĄtilovĂĄ led by Washington Post reporter Petula Dvorak. 2 p.m. Free; reservations required by Sept.

9. The Washington Post. 1301 K St. NW. mutualinspirations.org. â&#x2013; Fiction writer Robert Bausch will discuss his ninth novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Legend of Jesse Smoke,â&#x20AC;? about a female quarterback signed by the Redskins who finds the pressure of proving herself and dealing with intimidation by other players more challenging than playing the game. 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. â&#x2013; Franz Nicolay will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Humorless Ladies of Border Control,â&#x20AC;? about his five-year jaunt, guitar, banjo and accordion in hand, through the punk-rock diaspora. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. â&#x2013; Ross King will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m.

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

Film â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marvelous Movie Mondaysâ&#x20AC;? will feature the 2015 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 33,â&#x20AC;? about the Chilean miners who were trapped in a gold and copper mine for 69 days in 2010. 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Meeting Room, Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

Special event â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Conversations at The Kreeger Museum,â&#x20AC;? a program for those with memory disorders and their caregivers, will feature a musical component by Levine Music musicians and a discussion of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seated Man with Clarinet II,â&#x20AC;? a late Cubist bronze sculpture by Jacques Lipchitz. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Free; registration required. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202337-3050, ext. 318. The program will repeat Sept. 19.

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Tuesday,SEPTEMBER Sept. 13 Tuesday 13 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; CityDance POP! will present a Mommy & Me class (for ages 18 months to 2 1/2 years with a guardian), from 10 to 10:30 a.m.; and a Creative Movement class (for ages 2.5 to 5 years old), from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Free; reservations suggested. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; Visual artist and arts educator Karen Brown will explore how to make one-of-a-kind books and bookmarks (for ages 6 through 12). 4 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; Author Louis Bayard will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lucky Strikes,â&#x20AC;? about a 14-year-old girl who struggles during the Great Depression to save her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gas station and keep her siblings from being sent to foster homes (for ages 12 and older). 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; A seven-week American Lung Association â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freedom From Smokingâ&#x20AC;? class will feature small-group sessions led by a trained facilitator, with individual and group step-by-step plans using a variety of evidence-based methods for quitting.

5 to 6:30 p.m. $95; registration required. Conference Room 4, Renaissance Building, Sibley Memorial Hospital, 5255 Loughboro Road NW. 202364-7602. The sessions will continue through Oct. 25. â&#x2013; Instructor Diana Abdul will present a hatha yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 7:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202243-1188.

Concerts â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live! Concert Series on the Plazaâ&#x20AC;? series will feature Aaron Rhines & the Groove Unit performing jazz. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. â&#x2013; Violinist Elizabeth Adams and pianist Melinda Baird will perform works by Beethoven. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-3472635. â&#x2013; Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free.

Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; MarchFourth â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 20 musicians, Vaudeville-style dancers, stilt walkers and hoopers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will perform. 8 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; Singersongwriter Amos Lee will make his Kennedy Center debut with music from his new album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spirit.â&#x20AC;? 8 p.m. $29 to

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Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Journalist Larry Tye will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Lion.â&#x20AC;? Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. â&#x2013; Journalist Deborah Kalb will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The President and Me: George Washington and the Magic Hat.â&#x20AC;?

Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. â&#x2013; Stephen T. Moskey will discuss his dual biography â&#x20AC;&#x153;Larz and Isabel Anderson: Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age.â&#x20AC;? 6 p.m. Free. Anderson House, Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. â&#x2013; Two female Israeli high-tech leaders â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nili Davidovitz, an ultra-Orthodox Jew and founder and CEO of Daat, and Reem Younis, an Israeli Arab and cofounder of Alpha Omega â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will discuss the impact of bringing high-tech jobs to all parts of Israeli society. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. HeraHub, Suite 100, 5028 Wisconsin Ave. NW. bit.ly2bfWT4s. â&#x2013; MSNBC national reporter Zachary Roth will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy.â&#x20AC;? Joining Roth will be Rahna Epting, chief of staff for Every Voice.

6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. â&#x2013; Tim Murphy will discuss his debut novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christodora,â&#x20AC;? which follows a set of characters whose fates intertwine in an iconic Manhattan building. 6:30 p.m.

Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. â&#x2013; Author Daniel Stashower will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roald Dahl: The Curmudgeon Who Built Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chocolate Factory,â&#x20AC;? and actor Scott Sedar will president a dramatic reading of some of Dahlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writings. 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. $35 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. â&#x2013; University of Michigan historian Heather Ann Thompson will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacyâ&#x20AC;? in conversation with Michael Eric Dyson, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Black Presidency.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m.

Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Marfield Prize for arts writing, the Arts Club of Washington will present a talk by the awardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first recipient: Scott Reynolds Nelson, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Steel Drivinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Man: John Henry, The Untold Story of an American Legendâ&#x20AC;? and professor of history at the University of Georgia. 7 p.m.

Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282. â&#x2013; Larry Tye will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon.â&#x20AC;? 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. The Potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org. â&#x2013; The Opening Heart Mindfulness Community will host a panel discussion on â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Eat Meat or Not to Eat Meat (and How?): Perspectives on Sustainable Food, Ethics and Health.â&#x20AC;? Speakers will

tournament game will feature Team USA and Team Finland. 7 p.m. $37 to $795.

Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. WashingtonCaps.com.

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Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 13 â&#x2013; Concert: Singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah will perform music inspired by old-time music and the vocal stylings of R&B and country music from the 1950s to the 1970s. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. include Tovar Cerulli, Geshe Phelgye, Sally Fallon Morell, Leora Lancaster, the Rev. Gertie Loretta Hurley and Annie Lake Mahon. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; donations welcome. Friends Meeting of Washington, 2111 Florida Ave. NW. openingheartmindfulness.org.

Films â&#x2013; The DC Labor FilmFest will present the new documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blood on the Mountain,â&#x20AC;? about economic and environmental injustices in West Virginia. A post-screening discussion will feature producer Deborah Wallace and United Mine Workers of America director of communications and governmental affairs Phil Smith. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856. â&#x2013; The Washington Jewish Film Festival will screen Dara Brattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2015 documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Singing Abortionist,â&#x20AC;? about Holocaust survivor, womanizer and prochoice crusader Dr. Henry Morgentaler.

7:30 p.m. $13.50. Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC, 1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3247.

Sporting event â&#x2013; A World Cup of Hockey 2016 pre-

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; The Kreeger Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Studio: Story + Workshopâ&#x20AC;? will feature a gallery tour, as well as a story and a handson art-making experience (for ages 3 to 5). 10 to 11 a.m. $10 per child; registration required. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-337-3050. â&#x2013; Cathedral Commons will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mornings With Mommy & Daddies, Too!,â&#x20AC;? featuring a presentation on safety by the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. 10 a.m. to noon.

Free. Cathedral Commons, Newark Street at Wisconsin Avenue NW. cathedralcommons.com/blog.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; Guy Mason Recreation Center will offer a weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gentle Gyrokinesisâ&#x20AC;? class to improve posture, balance and agility. 2:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7736. â&#x2013; CityDance POP! will present a Zumba workshop. 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488. â&#x2013; The Mount Pleasant Library will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Save Your History: A Digital Preservation Workshop,â&#x20AC;? with attendees encouraged to bring in examples of precious family heirlooms. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. â&#x2013; Poets on the Fringe will host a weekly poetry workshop. 7 to 9 p.m.

Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. passapamela@aol.com. â&#x2013; Butcher Scott Weiss will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spritz and Salami,â&#x20AC;? featuring tips on combining cocktails and charcuterie.

7:30 to 9 p.m. $25; reservations suggested. Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW. viaumbria.com/events.

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ald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. â&#x2013; Chiara Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Odorico, a renowned Paraguayan pianist, will perform works by composers from her native land, presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Paraguay. 6 p.m.

Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The U.S. Army Blues will present a World War II Memorial Concert. 6 p.m.

Free. World War II Memorial, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. usarmyband.com. â&#x2013; Singer-songwriter and D.C.-area native Stephen Spano will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound will play music mixing R&B, Caribbean and New Orleans styles. 8 p.m. $15. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spies of the American Revolution: Famous to Infamous,â&#x20AC;? a Spy Seminar Series in collaboration with Smithsonian Associates, will debut with a session on â&#x20AC;&#x153;George Washington: Spymaster.â&#x20AC;? 10:15 a.m. $80 to $125. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-633-3030.

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28 and Oct. 5. â&#x2013; Attorney Arthur T. Downey will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cold War: Law, Lawyers, Spies and Crises.â&#x20AC;? Noon. Free.

McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. â&#x2013; Rafif Jouejati, director of the Foundation to Restore Equality and Education in Syria, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Resilience and the Arts in Syria.â&#x20AC;? 6 to 8 p.m. $25 to $30.

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6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

■ A discussion about “Knowledge Is Power: Cervical Cancer” will explore the latest advances in cervical health, along with updates on surgical, chemotherapy and radiation options. Speakers will include cervical cancer survivor and Cervivor founder Tamika Felder; social worker Meagan Paulk; and oncologists Jeffrey Lin, Mildred Chernofsky, Akila Viswanathan and Bruce Kessel. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Conference Room 2, Sibley Medical Office Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. 202-243-2320.

■ Journalist Miriam Horn, author of “Earth: The Sequel,” will discuss her book “Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, the curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will discuss “The Garden as a Picture: Agnes Northrop’s Stained-Glass Designs for Louis C. Tiffany.” 6:30 p.m. Free; tickets available in the G Street lobby at 6 p.m.

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

■ Patricia Van Kirk, vice president of Capital Wealth Management at UBS Financial Services, will discuss “Savvy Women, Smart Investors,” about concerns women have about investing and financial planning, how they look at money and investing, and challenges that are unique to women. 6:30 p.m.

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

■ Lawrence Wright, author of the Pulitzer-winning history “The Looming Tower” and a fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University, will discuss his book “The Terror Years: From AlQaeda to the Islamic State.” 7 p.m. Free.

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

■ Writer, food entrepreneur and pickler Jeffrey Yoskowitz and cooking teacher Liz Alpern will discuss “The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods,” a cookbook treasury of stories, photographs and reinvented recipes drawn from Old World bakeries, pickle shops and modern delis. 7 p.m. $14 to $35. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.

■ A panel discussion on the ancient treasures highlighted in the exhibit “The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” will feature Fred Hiebert, National Geographic archaeologist-in-residence; Bill Parkinson, specialist in European and Eastern Mediterranean prehistory; and Dimitri Nakassis, American classicist, archaeologist and 2015 MacArthur Fellow. 7:30 p.m. $25. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.

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■ The Avalon Theatre’s “Film in Focus” series will feature Roger Ross Williams’ movie “Life, Animated,” the coming-of-age story of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child but found ways to communicate with his family through repeated viewings of Disney classics. A Q&A with the Suskind family will follow. 8 p.m. $9.25 to $12.25. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-3464.

Performance ■ The In Series will present “Who’s the Boss?,” a double bill of short comic opera, pairing Pergolesi’s “La Serva Padrona” (in English) with Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Trial by Jury.” 7:30 p.m. $22 to $42. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. The performance will repeat Sept. 17 and 24 at 3 p.m. and Sept. 18 and 25 at 7 p.m.

Sporting event ■ A World Cup of Hockey 2016 pretournament game will feature Team Sweden and Team Europe. 7 p.m. $30 to $477. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. WashingtonCaps.com.

Support ■ PFLAG will host a monthly support group for parents and friends of children who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. lavendartime@aol.com.

Tour ■ Susan Pell, science and public programs manager at the U.S. Botanic Garden, will lead a “Marvelous Morphology” tour on leaf structures. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Meet in the Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

Thursday, Sept. 15 Thursday SEPTEMBER 15 Concerts ■ The “Live! Concert Series on the Plaza” series will feature the Soul Messengers performing gospel. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ The National Gallery of Art’s GuitarFest will present Celil Refik Kaya (shown), winner of the Boston GuitarFest, at 12:10 p.m.; and Gohar Vardanyan, at 1:10 p.m.

Free. West Garden Court, West Building, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The Take 5! Jazz Series will feature saxophonist Tedd Baker and his quintet

Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 14 ■ Discussion: Marc Lamont Hill, host of HuffPost Live and BET News and a political contributor to CNN, will discuss his book “Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, From Ferguson to Flint and Beyond.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. performing John Coltrane’s iconic recording “A Love Supreme” in its entirety as well as other works by the jazz legend. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ Grace Episcopal Church’s “Music on the Lawn” series will feature the area group Machaya performing klezmer and rock. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; music from 6 to 7:15 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7100.

■ The Onix Ensemble will perform Latin American contemporary music. 6 p.m. Free; tickets per distributed in the Hall of States at 5 p.m. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Italian Cultural Institute will present pianist Laura Bortolotto and pianist Matteo Andri performing works by Beethoven, Brahms, Hahn and Franck. 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Auditorium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. www.iicwashington.esteri.it.

■ Box Set will perform folk music featuring inspired guitar interplay and vocal harmonies. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ A double bill will feature Coloradobased The Magic Beans and Upstate New York’s Mister F. 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures ■ Sumru Belger Krody, senior curator and expert in Islamic textiles, will discuss “1,200 Years of Resist-Dye in West Asia.” Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ Local chapters of the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees will host a seminar on November’s referendum on D.C. statehood, featuring Ann Loikow of the group DC Statehood — Yes We Can! as the principal speaker. Noon. Free. Iona Senior Services, 4125 Albemarle St. NW. 202-744-2874.

■ Dr. Susan Blumenthal, former U.S. assistant surgeon general and a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service, will discuss “A New National Prescription: Women’s Health Issues —

History, Progress, Challenges.” 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.

■ “History at the House,” a lecture series exploring the history of the Federal Period, will feature Denver Brunsman, associate professor of history at George Washington University, discussing the Compromise of 1790 and the creation of Washington as the federal city. 5 to 7 p.m. $10 to $20. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org.

■ A seminar series on “Trauma and the Brain” will feature Johns Hopkins University and National Institutes for Health neuroscientist and researcher Bill Marks and attorney Jeanine Hull. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-7271488. The series will continue Sept. 27, Oct. 11, Oct. 25 and Nov. 8.

■ Peter McCoy will discuss his book “Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing & Working With Fungi.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org.

■ Folger Theatre’s “Stage Director Talk” will feature “Sense and Sensibility” director Eric Tucker discussing the creative process and vision of bringing the Jane Austen novel to the stage. 6:30 p.m. $20. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu.

■ Cartoonist and author Simon Schwartz will discuss his autobiographical graphic novel “The Other Side of the Wall,” which is based on the reprisals faced by his parents who announced their intent to leave East Germany and the difficulties they faced on the western side of the Berlin Wall. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Goethe-Institut Washington, Suite 3, 1990 K St. NW. goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com.

■ Mindfulness coach Cynthia Kane will discuss her new book, “How to Communicate Like a Buddhist,” accompanied by a brief mindfulness exercise.

6:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested.

East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. eastcitybookshop.com.

■ Historical novelist Jennifer Chiaverini, author of “Fates and Traitors: A Novel of John Wilkes Booth,” will discuss the man who became one of American history’s most notorious villains. A book signing will follow. 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $20 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Carolyn Phillips, author and illustrator of “All Under Heaven: Recipes From the 35 Cuisines of China,” will discuss “The Many Cuisines of China,” followed by a book signing and dim sum tasting. 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $35 to $50.

S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ The 10th annual State of the Constitution program will feature Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and other speakers discussing the future of policy making under the current constitutional system against the backdrop of national elections. 7 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ Joe Conason, author of “The Hunting of the President,” will discuss his book “Man of the World: The Further

Endeavors of Bill Clinton.” 7 p.m. Free.

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

■ American photographer Philip Trager will join Phillips Collection director Dorothy Kosinski to discuss his recent publications, “New York in the 1970s” and “Photographing Ina.” 7 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations required. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.

■ The Georgetown Book Club will discuss Lauren Groff’s “Fates and Furies.”

7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. julia.strusienski@dc.gov.

■ Man Booker Prize and Whitbread Award winner Ian McEwan (shown), a force in British literature for three decades, will discuss his 14th novel, “Nutshell,” a story of marital betrayal told from the perspective of the wife’s unborn child.

Joining McEwan in conversation will be novelist and memoirist Richard McCann.

7 p.m. $17 to $30. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.

■ Three authors will discuss their novels featuring girls finding their way through troubled times: Meg Medina, for “Burn Baby Burn”; Hannah Barnaby, for “Some of the Parts”; and Kristen-Paige Madonia, for “Invisible Fault Lines” (ages 15 and older). 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

■ Playwright Staceyann Chin will discuss current political events, her life and her new play, “Motherstruck,” now showing at Studio Theatre. 8 p.m. $5; reservations required. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. busboysandpoets.com.

Films ■ The Pajama Movie Night Series will feature the 2008 film “WALL-E.” 6 p.m.

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

■ The Mutual Inspirations Festival 2016 will feature a screening of ESPN Films’ “30 for 30: Unmatched,” about the fierce competition and everlasting friendship between tennis legends Martina Navrátilová and Chris Evert. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required

by Sept. 14. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. mutualinspirations.org.

Performances ■ The Happenings Happy Hour series will present a Capturing Fire Poetry Slam, featuring works about young love and youthful passion by LGBT poets. 6 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Sidney Harman Hall Forum, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122.

■ NSO Pops will present “The Second City Guide to the Symphony,” starring comedian Colin Mochrie of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” 7 p.m. $24 to $99.

Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

Special event ■ The U.S. Botanic Garden will celebrate the National Garden’s 10th anniversary with a cocktail hour in the garden, a seated dinner in the conservatory, and entertainment. 6 p.m. $250; reservations required. U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-1281.

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