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The Dupont Current

Vol. XIV, No. 17

Kennedy Center work set to begin

OKTOBERFEST

■ Foggy Bottom: Neighbors

praise plans for traffic control

By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

The Kennedy Center is ready to begin construction on an expansion that will add new pavilions, courtyards, a cafe and a pedestrian bridge to its grounds over the next few years.

Having shifted the river pavilion from its originally planned — and controversial — spot on the Potomac to a space next to the center on land, officials are now focused on firming up plans for traffic flow and construction sites. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved the project in July, and construction is slated to begin within the next month. Representatives from the Kennedy Center presented the most updated version of

the plan at a meeting of the Foggy Bottom/West End advisory neighborhood commission last week. The new plan includes extensive landscaping and several fountains dotting the area surrounding the new pavilions, which will host concerts and other events. A cafe will take up part of the space in the river pavilion. Exhibits memorializing John F. Kennedy will also be a feature of the new addition. See Expansion/Page 5

Convention center aims to recruit retail By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

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The Heurich House Museum held its fourth annual Oktoberfest on Saturday, teaming up with the D.C. Brewers’ Guild to serve craft beers along with German staples such as pretzels and sausages. The home’s original owner and namesake, Christan Heurich, was a German immigrant and prominent D.C. brewer.

After more than a decade of inactivity in nearly 20,000 square feet of retail space, Events DC has partnered with the design and strategy firm Streetsense in hopes of turning a challenging aspect of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center’s commercial fortunes around by the end of the year. The convention center, which sits on a lot between 7th, 9th and N streets NW and Mount Vernon Place, opened in 2003 and has struggled to find retail tenants ever since. As of now, Sbarro is the only vendor currently signed to a space within the building, according to a Washington Business Journal report on the new partnership. Nine spaces along 9th and N streets are up for lease. In less than a month, Streetsense has already heard so many offers that the firm is having to turn some away, according to director of retail strategy Jared Meier. A

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Most of the storefronts in the sprawling complex, built in 2003, have remained vacant for years.

bar-and-grill-style restaurant along 9th Street, neighborhood amenities like a small-format grocer and some specialty fitness options are among the possibilities See Retail/Page 5

Metrobus hearing garners little Northwest feedback

Wisconsin and M eyed for various safety fixes

By BRADY HOLT

By BRADY HOLT

Current Staff Writer

Current Staff Writer

The intersection at the heart of Georgetown may get traffic-control officers next year to address its consistently high collision rates. Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh, who chairs the council’s transportation committee, said in an interview that pedestrians are at high risk at Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW when motorists carelessly make turns. “Any car-kind of aggressiveness — all of that can be better handled if you have traffic-control officers on the scene,” said Cheh. “We’ll have to find some money for that. I’m committed to looking for money to do that.” Every year, the D.C. Department of Transportation compiles data on the District’s most dangerous intersec-

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Council member Mary Cheh held a site visit at the corner on Sept. 4 to highlight safety issues there.

tions, combining accident severity, accident frequency and traffic volume statistics to rank them. Wisconsin and M is frequently near the top of the list — seventh in 2014, third in 2013 and first in 2012. The corner’s bustling traffic is compounded by narrow sidewalks. Cheh hosted a site visit there earlier this month with participants from the Transportation Department, the community, and advocacy groups representing pedestriSee Safety/Page 2

EVENTS

Loughboro Road reopens after major water main break — Page 3

Exhibition features 50 years of prints by dynamic artists — Page 17

Residents from across the region sounded off last Thursday about proposed changes to Metrobus routes — which include a mix of improvements and cuts — but Northwest lines were represented little during the two-and-a-half-hour public hearing. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority developed the proposed enhancements in response to rider feedback and internal reviews, and also looked for corresponding reductions to

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Mayor Bowser sets sights on bringing business to District — Page 6

cover the costs. “We’re trying to find the best balance across the region,” Jim Hamre, Metro’s head of bus planning, said at the hearing. “We want to make sure we’re being good stewards of the resources, that they’re being used in the most efficient way possible.” The possible changes include improved north-south service on Georgia Avenue NW and parallel streets, but Metro also proposed shortening or eliminating some less popular routes where riders could still reach the same destination by changing buses. If approved by the See Buses/Page 5

INDEX Calendar/15 Classifieds/21 District Digest/3 Dupont Circle Citizen/9 Exhibits/17 In Your Neighborhood/14

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SAFETY: Prominent Georgetown intersection eyed for traffic-control officers, other fixes

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ans and bicyclists, as part of her effort to address the most troublesome intersections. In addition to traffic-control officers, attendees at the site visit suggested various fixes including pedestrian bump-outs on the corners, longer times for pedestrians to cross M Street, a “block-the-box” ticket camera, a red light camera on M Street, having pedestri-

ans cross Wisconsin farther south from the intersection, and relocating an inbound M Street bus stop closer to 31st Street, according to Cheh spokesperson Kelly Whittier. Cheh said her office will “pester” Transportation Department officials weekly until they develop solutions for the troubled intersection. “It’s in their hands now to evaluate some of these suggestions and then to come back to us about what they can do, and what they can’t do

and an explanation … and what might need legislation or a budget fix,” she said. Transportation Department spokesperson Terry Owens wrote in an email yesterday that the agency is still reviewing options. “We are still pulling together our observations from the site visits. Nothing to report yet,” he wrote. One improvement is already on the way, according to Ron Lewis, chair of the George-

town advisory neighborhood commission: a new traffic signal that will allow right turns from southbound Wisconsin onto westbound M while M Street traffic is already turning left to head north on Wisconsin. Other frequently troublesome intersections in Northwest include Florida Avenue and 7th Street and several corners in the 14th Street NW corridor, according to the Transportation Department data.

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District Digest Street reopens after water main break

After traffic detours for nearly a week, repairs are now complete on a stretch of Loughboro Road NW near the entrance of Sibley Memorial Hospital. The repair work was necessary after an 8-inch water main broke in the early-morning hours of Sept. 16, causing extensive damage to the roadway close to Dalecarlia Parkway. In the days following, motorists and the D6 and M4 bus lines were rerouted to MacArthur Boulevard and Arizona Avenue NW, while Sibley’s patients and visitors were advised to access the hospital via Dalecarlia or MacArthur. The damage from the gushing water was dramatic, according to advisory neighborhood commissioner Stu Ross. “It took out nearly 100 yards of concrete, that’s how strong it was,� he said. Ross said the resulting traffic impact was “horrible� for neighboring streets such as Macomb and Watson, where drivers diverted to avoid jams. But all is back to normal now, according to Pamela Mooring of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, who reported that road repairs were finished on Monday. The cause of the water main break is unknown. Water service disruptions were minimal, lasting until 11 a.m. the day after the break, Mooring said. Sibley also experienced no service impacts during this time, because the hospital has a “redundant water supply,� according to hospital spokesperson Gary Stephenson. — Katie Pearce

City to start work on 15th Street changes

The D.C. Department of Transportation will begin work on the 15th Street Safety Project Sept. 21. During the project, New Hampshire Avenue NW from Florida Avenue to W Street will be detoured north along 15th to Belmont Street NW and down to 14th Street or up to 16th Street to W Street. And Florida Avenue to New Hampshire Avenue will be detoured south along 14th to V Street. Curbside parking will also be restricted, and there will be sidewalk detours, but the bicycle lane will be available. The construction work, which typically runs from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, is expected to last six months. The first step will be removing the construction median along New Hampshire in the center of the intersection between 15th, W and New Hampshire.

Papal visit affects D.C. trash collection

A number of D.C. Department of Public Works services are being affected by this week’s papal visit,

including bulk waste collections scheduled for Wednesday in Ward 3, which will be postponed to Friday. On Wednesday, the Fort Totten Transfer Station will close at 1 p.m., with no one allowed to enter after 12:30 p.m. Commercial customers will be redirected to the Benning Road Transfer Station, which is open until 6 p.m. Fort Totten will reopen as usual on Thursday. Trash and recycling collections in wards 4 and 5 will be made starting at 6 a.m. Wednesday to ensure completion before streets close. In Ward 3, those collections will be made starting at 7 a.m. Thursday. Some special parking restrictions will be in place in parts of the city, marked with “Emergency No Parking� signs. Otherwise, normal parking rules will be in place.

Banquet to celebrate area police officers

The Metropolitan Police Department’s 2nd District Citizens Advisory Council will hold its annual awards banquet at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 30 at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Friendship Heights. The banquet honors officers and residents who have contributed to public safety efforts in the 2nd District, which generally covers the western half of Northwest D.C. WJLA reporter Sam Ford will emcee the event. Tickets, which include a fourcourse meal, cost $50 and can be purchased at tinyurl.com/2d-awards or by mailing a check made out to “2D MPD CAC� to 2D MPD CAC c/o Leigh Catherine Miles, vice chair, 4421 Burlington Place NW, Washington, DC 20016. Regardless of attendance, residents may also sponsor a ticket for a member of the police department, and businesses and groups can purchase an ad in the program or a

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Store splits nickels for West End Library

For most of September, the Whole Foods branch at 22nd and I streets NW has been allocating five cents from each customer purchase to a charitable fund split between

Habitat for Humanity and a more local cause, the West End Library Friends. Store manager Jessica Carlin said the donations, collected as part of the Whole Foods “Nickels for Non-Profits� program, recognize the library booster group for its commitment to keeping the community involved with the West End Library, even after its original building was razed last year.

An updated library is slated to open in 2018; until then, West End’s inventory resides at the Watergate complex as part of an interim library. The Whole Foods fundraiser is set to conclude Sept. 27.

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Motor vehicle theft â– 900-999 block, G St.; 3:17 p.m. Sept. 18. Theft â– 800-901 block, I St.; 1:35 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 1000-1099 block, H St.; 5:40 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 1100-1199 block, New York Ave.; 6 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 1200-1299 block, G St.; 7 p.m. Sept. 16. â– 600-699 block, 11th St.; 12:23 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 700-749 block, 10th St.; 5:30 a.m. Sept. 18. â– 600-699 block, 11th St.; 4 p.m. Sept. 19. Theft from auto â– 900-999 block, New York Ave.; 9 a.m. Sept. 16. â– 900-999 block, New York Ave.; 8:30 a.m. Sept. 17.

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â– Gallery place PSA 102

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Robbery â– 800-899 block, 5th St.; 12:40 a.m. Sept. 20. Burglary â– 400-499 block, 8th St.; 4:04 a.m. Sept. 16. Theft â– 700-799 block, 7th St.; 5:40 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 800-899 block, 7th St.; 6:50 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 700-799 block, 7th St.; 1:45 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 700-799 block, 6th St.; 6 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 400-499 block, 7th St.; 8 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 700-799 block, 7th St.; 4:02 p.m. Sept. 16. â– 600-699 block, H St.; 12:45 p.m. Sept. 18. â– 400-499 block, L St.; 2:03 a.m. Sept. 19. â– 700-799 block, 7th St.; 12:13 p.m. Sept. 19.

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Robbery â– 2301-2499 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4:28 p.m. Sept. 16. Burglary â– 3000-3079 block, 32nd St.; 4:40 p.m. Sept. 19. Theft from auto â– 2731-2899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:45 a.m. Sept. 17. â– Connecticut Avenue and Hawthorne Street; 7:36 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 42nd Street and Tunlaw Road; 9:28 a.m. Sept. 18.

â– 2300-2499 block, 37th St.; 5 p.m. Sept. 18. â– 35th and Lowell streets; 5:32 p.m. Sept. 18. â– 2800-2899 block, New Mexico Ave.; 12:30 a.m. Sept. 19.

psa PSA 206 206

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Burglary â– 3300-3399 block, N St.; 10:30 p.m. Sept. 14. Theft â– 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 12:59 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 3036-3099 block, M St.; 1:30 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 2900-2999 block, M St.; 2:50 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 1224-1299 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 1:30 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 1000-1039 block, Potomac St.; 3:47 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 1026-1099 block, 31st St.; 1:15 p.m. Sept. 18. â– 3200-3275 block, M St.; 2:26 p.m. Sept. 18. â– 3000-3049 block, M St.; 6:45 p.m. Sept. 18. â– 3200-3275 block, M St.; 3:40 p.m. Sept. 19. â– 1026-1051 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4:10 p.m. Sept. 19. â– 34th and Water streets; 1:45 p.m. Sept. 20. â– M and 33rd streets; 4:30 p.m. Sept. 20. Theft from auto â– 1000-1025 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 6:06 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 30th and N streets; 12:30 p.m. Sept. 19.

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Robbery â– 1100-1199 block, Vermont Ave.; 2:50 p.m. Sept. 16. â– 1900-1999 block, F St.; 12:30 a.m. Sept. 20. Theft â– 2200-2299 block, I St.; 11:20 a.m. Sept. 14. â– 800-899 block, 22nd St.; 2:20 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 900-999 block, 16th St.; 1 a.m. Sept. 15. â– 2500-2599 block, M St.; 8:30 a.m. Sept. 15. â– 900-999 block, 23rd St.; 9:10 a.m. Sept. 15. â– 2100-2199 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 2:45 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 2100-2199 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 2:50 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 1100-1199 block, Vermont Ave.; 8:13 a.m. Sept. 16. â– 2200-2299 block, I St.; 6:05 p.m. Sept. 16. â– 916-999 block, New Hampshire Ave.; noon Sept. 17. â– 1000-1099 block, 15th St.; 3 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 2100-2499 block, K St.; 5 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 1100-1199 block, 16th St.; 2:05 p.m. Sept. 19. â– 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 4:40 p.m. Sept. 19. â– 1400-1499 block, I St.; 11:45 p.m. Sept. 19. â– 1400-1499 block, Constitu-

tion Ave.; 12:45 p.m. Sept. 20. â– 900-999 block, 23rd St.; 6 p.m. Sept. 20.

â– 1700-1725 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 11:32 p.m. Sept. 17.

Theft from auto â– 2000-2099 block, I St.; midnight Sept. 19. â– 1600-1699 block, K St.; 3:30 a.m. Sept. 19. â– 1000-1099 block, 15th St.; 1:15 a.m. Sept. 20.

Theft â– 1600-1619 block, 16th St.; 11:30 a.m. Sept. 14. â– 1500-1599 block, T St.; 4 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 2100-2199 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 12:12 a.m. Sept. 15. â– 1500-1599 block, T St.; 12:30 p.m. Sept. 16. â– 1800-1823 block, 14th St.; 2:11 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 1620-1699 block, 15th St.; 8 p.m. Sept. 18.

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Burglary â– 1400-1499 block, N St.; 3:30 a.m. Sept. 19. â– 2200-2299 block, M St.; 10 a.m. Sept. 19. Motor vehicle theft â– 2100-2199 block, Bancroft Place; 10 a.m. Sept. 18. Theft â– 1800-1899 block, S St.; 8:30 a.m. Sept. 14. â– 1-7 block, Dupont Circle; 7 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 2118-2298 block, S St.; 7 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 1400-1499 block, P St.; 11 a.m. Sept. 16. â– 1400-1499 block, 17th St.; 4:10 p.m. Sept. 16. â– 1218-1299 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:45 p.m. Sept. 16. â– 1924-1937 block, 18th St.; 12:39 a.m. Sept. 17. â– 1500-1599 block, P St.; 8:30 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 1518-1599 block, 17th St.; 9:01 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 1500-1599 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 11:26 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 1700-1799 block, N St.; 12:30 p.m. Sept. 18. â– 1200-1219 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:10 p.m. Sept. 18. â– 1200-1249 block, 22nd St.; 6:55 p.m. Sept. 18. â– 1400-1499 block, P St.; 7:15 p.m. Sept. 18. â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:29 p.m. Sept. 18. Theft from auto â– 2200-2399 block, Decatur Place; 5 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 1700-1799 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 6:55 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 1900-1999 block, Sunderland Place; 7:45 p.m. Sept. 15. â– 1825-1899 block, 24th St.; 6 a.m. Sept. 16. â– 1400-1499 block, 21st St.; 11:30 p.m. Sept. 16. â– 1200-1249 block, 22nd St.; 11:30 a.m. Sept. 17. â– 1700-1799 block, N St.; 2:46 a.m. Sept. 19. â– 1500-1599 block, O St.; 1 p.m. Sept. 19. â– 1700-1799 block, N St.; 3:30 p.m. Sept. 19.

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Theft from auto â– 1500-1599 block, R St.; 5 p.m. Sept. 14. â– 1400-1499 block, V St.; 5:45 p.m. Sept. 16. â– 1600-1699 block, S St.; 10 a.m. Sept. 17. â– 1600-1699 block, U St.; 12:33 a.m. Sept. 19. â– 1700-1799 block, Johnson Ave.; 11 a.m. Sept. 19.

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Robbery â– 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 1:30 a.m. Sept. 19. â– 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 1:45 a.m. Sept. 19 (with knife). â– 1866-1880 block, Columbia Road; 2:25 a.m. Sept. 20. Theft â– 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 9:25 p.m. Sept. 16. â– 1900-1999 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:15 a.m. Sept. 19. â– 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 4:44 a.m. Sept. 20. Theft from auto â– 1700-1719 block, Kalorama Road; 6 a.m. Sept. 15. â– 1610-1631 block, Columbia Road; 7 p.m. Sept. 16. â– Ashmead Place and Connecticut Avenue; 12:46 p.m. Sept. 18.

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Burglary â– 1720-1799 block, 10th St.; 7:20 p.m. Sept. 17. â– 1600-1617 block, 14th St.; 3:30 a.m. Sept. 19. Motor vehicle theft â– 1500-1599 block, Kingman Place; 12:31 a.m. Sept. 20. Theft â– 1300-1399 block, M St.; 8 a.m. Sept. 14. â– 1100-1199 block, 14th St.; 10 a.m. Sept. 17. â– 1200-1299 block, 9th St.; 3 a.m. Sept. 19. â– 1200-1299 block, 11th St.; 6:10 p.m. Sept. 19. Theft from auto â– 1300-1399 block, Riggs St.; 1:30 p.m. Sept. 16. â– L and 12th streets; midnight Sept. 19.

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Saturday, Sept. 26

The D.C. Office of the Tenant Advocate will hold the eighth annual Tenant and Tenant Association Summit at 9 a.m. at Kellogg Conference Center, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave. NE. Advance registration is required; visit ota.dc.gov or call 202-719-6560. ■ The Metropolitan Police Department will host dropoff sites for unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs as part of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative. Medications will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 3320 Idaho Ave. NW; 1620 V St. NW; 6001 Georgia Ave. NW and 750 Park Road NW. ■ The West End Citizens Association will hold its fall membership meeting at 2 p.m. in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 728 23rd St. NW. The guest speaker will be D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine. David Toney, vice president of development at Akridge, will provide an update on the redevelopment of the Stevens School, and Hyatt Place will present plans for a new alcoholic beverage license with live rooftop entertainment.

Sunday, Sept. 27

The Walk DC, an annual interfaith event along Embassy Row expected to draw hundreds of walkers with participation from 10 area congregations, will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St. NW. The closing ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Islamic Center, 2551 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

Wednesday, Sept. 30

D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson will discuss “2015 State of Schools” in conversation with NBC4 anchor Jim Vance. A reception with refreshments, student performances and interactive displays will precede her remarks. The event will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at Dunbar High School, 101 N St. NW. To RSVP, visit bit.ly/2015ChancellorsAddressRSVP.

RETAIL: New effort to fill vacancies under consideration, Meier said. One of the major factors in the convention center’s stalled development was the long delay in opening the adjacent Marriott Marquis hotel, according to Alex Padro, a Shaw advisory neighborhood commissioner since 2001 and Shaw Main Streets executive director since 2004. Padro watched firsthand as several mayoral administrations passed the buck on Marriott. “When the retail brokers that initially represented the center’s spaces negotiated and promoted the spaces to potential retailers, it was always with the understanding that the convention center’s hotel guests were going to be an important part of why the retailers were locating there,” Padro said. When it became clear that the absence of the hotel was a stumbling block, the convention center board delayed searching for further retail applicants, Padro said. “I think that was prudent,” Padro said. “You wouldn’t want to sell someone a bowl of goods when you knew you couldn’t deliver.” It didn’t help that the broker before Streetsense was, in Padro’s words, “totally inadequate.” He had pitched Streetsense to Events DC for several years, so he’s excited that they’ve finally linked up. Meier attributes the challenges of the space partially to the area’s difficult commercial fortunes when the building was constructed in the early 2000s. The “gray” aesthetics of the building itself also present a challenge, Meier said. “When the retail was initially implemented, it was not developed with a true streetscape vision in mind of how to actually activate that side of 9th Street,” Meier said.

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But Meier thinks the demographics of the neighborhood lend the building strong potential to be a neighborhood hub. Events DC board chair Max Brown said Streetsense is the right fit because of its track record. “What had been done prior hadn’t been moving as quickly as we would like,” Brown said. “They do great work; they bring a broad vision.” Padro points out that much of the neighborhood’s recent retail development, including more than 20 businesses opening in the past year, is a testament to the work of Streetsense. The firm has been attached to many of the neighborhood’s biggest projects, including La Colombe, a coffee shop at 924 N St. NW; Progression Place, the mixed-use residential development at 7th and S streets NW; and the Jefferson Marketplace, a mixed-use development at 1550 7th St. NW. Meier thinks Streetsense will succeed where others have failed in part because the neighborhood is ready for more sweeping changes to arrive, and in part because his company is well-connected within the neighborhood and beyond. “For us, it really is a matter of information-gathering. We’re well in tune with a variety of users who are interested already in opening and expanding to the Shaw neighborhood,” Meier said. “It’s a matter of connecting the dots.” Brown said Events DC isn’t wasting any time, especially after the long waiting period since the center opened. “We’ll be making some final decisions and consultations with the neighbors, and making sure that we have a tremendous group of businesses and hopefully get this done by the end of the year,” Brown said.

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Metro board of directors, changes could go into effect between December 2015 and June 2016. Residents who did not attend the hearing have until 5 p.m. today to visit wmata.com/betterbus to view the proposal and fill out a survey or submit feedback. (The public comment period began Aug. 15.) At the hearing, the most-discussed change was the elimination of the 5A bus from L’Enfant Plaza to Dulles Airport. Fort Lincoln residents in Northeast also rallied against eliminating their B8 and B9 lines to the Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metro station; they included a School Without Walls freshman who said it would take her 30 more minutes to get to school. “With the upcoming change I’d have to start my commute before the sun goes up, which would be dangerous,” she said. In other comments, Ken Eye of Petworth said his 64 route — though slated to receive an additional bus trip in the morning and evening rush hours — needs even more

attention, as full buses regularly pass his stop. Meanwhile, downtown resident Fritzi Bodenheimer worried that shortening the 54 route to end at McPherson Square rather than L’Enfant Plaza would force her to depend on Metrorail, which she said is untenable on weekends. And although his neighborhood would see reduced service under the Metro proposal — an elimination of the N3 route and the southern end of D1 — Glover Park resident Rene Tiongquico said he appreciates budget realities. “We’re going to have winners and losers unless we want an increase in fares, and I don’t think that will go over very well,” he said. Metro spokesperson Morgan Dye said yesterday that the agency has received more than 5,000 surveys to date — over half of which oppose elimination of the 5A — and more than 300 emailed comments. In a blog post last week, Metro also noted high opposition to a proposal that would shift service between the Kennedy Center and McPherson Square from the 80 route to the D4.

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Much of the construction will take place underground and on the south portion of the center’s grounds, said project manager Tom Whitaker. Construction vehicles will gain access to the center from the parking area in front of the main building. Parking at the Kennedy Center will be reduced and relocated in part to a temporary underground garage for the entirety of the upcoming season, but it will be fully restored in time for the 2016-2017 season next October. Neighbors were concerned about bus parking after seeing an earlier version of the plan, said Foggy Bottom advisory neighborhood commissioner William Kennedy Smith. But Kennedy Center representatives assured attendees at last week’s meeting that tour buses will have plenty of room to park in the tempo-

rary underground garage and in the large space in front of the center. During construction, Metropolitan Police Department officers and National Park Service officials will be helping during the early stages of the temporary traffic patterns; the exact details are under discussion. Smith said he’d had concerns about earlier versions of the plans, but was impressed by improvements in the latest. “I think it’s really kind of remarkable that you guys were able to come up with a very, very attractive alternative” to the original design, he told the Kennedy Center representatives at the meeting. An ambitious longer-term plan includes a pedestrian bridge over Rock Creek Parkway that will connect the Kennedy Center to the riverfront as well as the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, helping visitors access Theodore Roosevelt Island. That portion of the project is still under

environmental assessment and is projected to be complete by 2018, according to center representatives. The bridge will be at a slight incline and comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Whitaker said. It’s intended to be a notable aesthetic addition to the area. “The idea is that this is a promenade in the way that the High Line is a promenade in New York,” Whitaker said. Those plans are still off in the distance, but Smith said in an interview that he’s excited in the meantime to see the Kennedy Center grow in a way that benefits the community rather than inconveniencing it. “I think they’ve done a good job of addressing [traffic] issues,” Smith said. “They had an incredibly detailed traffic flow and traffic pattern analysis that they’re facilitating with off-duty police officers as flagmen. It looks like a solid job of planning.”

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A place to call home

Sidwell Friends School’s purchase of the adjacent Washington Home and Community Hospices property is big news in Northwest. But is it good news? Clearly the sale is a coup for the Sidwell community, which will be able to consolidate operations onto one Wisconsin Avenue campus for the first time since 1963, when the lower school moved to Bethesda. The 5.7-acre Washington Home property will be transformed into a facility for pre-K through fourth grade, as well as meeting spaces for middle and upper school students. By the end of 2016, Sidwell’s operations will extend the entire block of Wisconsin Avenue NW, from Quebec to Upton streets. Less clear is the impact on the elderly, chronically ill and terminally ill patients the Washington Home serves. The Washington Post this week quoted a resident saying that the news that he would have to relocate is “murder to me. … It will definitely put my health at risk.” And the article notes that more than 100 Medicaid recipients receive care at the facility, which also serves as the city’s only inpatient hospice. A co-chair of the nonprofit’s family council lamented the sale as a loss for “the most vulnerable, the poorest, the oldest people,” at the hands of “the 1 percenters that want to come in,” referencing the families that can afford Sidwell’s $37,750-a-year tuition. Yet leadership of the Washington Home say the sale will let the nonprofit expand its reach to more people in the region’s poor communities. A letter on the group’s website states that the organization is trying to keep up with aging-in-place trends and thus wants to expand its services further into people’s homes. It also pledges to spend the year-plus until the sale closes developing individual care plans for the 129 current residents. It does seem a bit of an about-face for an organization founded in 1888 to serve the city’s many chronically ill residents who had no place to go. Surely there are Washingtonians who cannot age at home. Where will they go? There may be no formal role here for the city, but we hope local officials will involve themselves as much as they can. We’d like to know what it will mean for Washington to have no in-patient hospice facility. And we’re anxious to learn whether there will be sufficient places for the home’s current residents to relocate. We think Mayor Muriel Bowser and council members — particularly Ward 3’s Mary Cheh, and Ward 7’s Yvette Alexander, who chairs the health committee — should investigate.

Promoting parks

Last week, Buddy Bison (the National Park Service’s answer to Smokey Bear) handed out “Every Kid in a Park” passes to 110 local fourth-graders in a ceremony in Rock Creek Park. The event marked the start of a school-year-long campaign to get kids into national parkland, by giving them free passes for themselves and their families. D.C.’s parkland is already free to visit, of course, but the goal of these free tickets is to engage children in natural and historical spaces both near and far. Earlier this month, fourth-graders from Janney Elementary helped kick off the program with great flair by visiting the Lincoln Memorial — the spot where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech — and reciting their hopes and dreams for the new school year. The kids received their own park passes afterward. There’s more impetus to appreciate our local resources this weekend, when a free “Rock Creek Park Day” will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the park, which was founded in 1890, before the Park Service was even established. Saturday’s celebration will feature talks, guided hikes, classes, a poetry reading and more, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the nature center at 5200 Glover Road NW. One hike will mix yoga with hiking, while another will spotlight Fort DeRussy, and classes will focus on smartphone photography and map/compass reading, among other topics. There will also be special activities at the Georgetown Waterfront Park. Inspired to get outside? We are. We hope Every Kid in a Park — and the Rock Creek anniversary celebration — will encourage residents of all ages to experience this country’s amazing natural and historical resources. Kudos, too, to the Janney Jaguars for taking part in the Every Kid in a Park kickoff.

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t may make some folks nervous, but Mayor Muriel Bowser this past week made it clear — if there was any doubt — that she sees economic development as a key to her time as mayor. And, appearing on the WAMU Politics Hour hosted by Kojo Nnamdi last Friday, she said she’s ready to compete with Maryland and Virginia to attract, retain or poach businesses to locate in the city, not the suburbs. In announcing the $55 million plan to build the new Wizards training camp at St. Elizabeths in Southeast, Bowser had noted that the team easily could have gone to the suburbs. “It used to be … we lost every time,” she said of regional competition for businesses. “We lost those businesses and those jobs. … We lost that hopefulness and we lost that pride in the District of Columbia.” Bowser promised that “we are going to be at the table at big deals, not only with [Wizards owner] Ted Leonsis.” She said she has had her deputy mayor for planning and economic development look at companies all over the region and up and down the East Coast. “And we cold-call them. And we tell them the District of Columbia is a good place to do business.” Bowser further explained that the Wizards deal was important to generate economic opportunity specifically in Ward 8. “You know that much has been promised and little delivered for the people of Ward 8,” she said. “So we knew that if we were ever going to make a difference on that campus … we had to get something done.” But with development comes potential gentrification in which longtime, poorer residents get forced out by the new people. Was the mayor prepared to minimize that, Nnamdi asked? “When people from Ward 8 go to Chinatown, they say, ‘Why can’t we have access to restaurants?’” Bowser replied. “When they go around Nationals Park, they say, ‘Why can’t we have this type of energy in our neighborhoods?’” Nnamdi interjected, “But the energy comes and often [the original residents] have to go. That’s what happened in Chinatown.” Bowser said there are nearly 200 acres of land to plan new development and provide affordable housing and opportunities for the poor, middle class and other higher-income people who live there or want to live there, “so it is a good thing to have public and private investment.” ■ Crime fears? The Notebook pointedly asked about fears that there’s more crime — homicides or other offenses — east of the river. Would people journey to the new training center when it opens in about two years? Would the Congress Heights Metro stop be safe? We noted that the fear question came from some white people who asked us about it. “What do you say to people, regardless of their race, who say the neighborhoods have high crime

rates?” we asked. “I think the chief of police [Cathy Lanier] is bringing a lot of energy in getting in front of and focusing on the areas where we have a concentrated problem and we need concentrated solutions,” the mayor said. ■ More east of the river. Last week’s announcement that the District would fund the $55 million Wizards training facility was not the only development news in the area. Just down Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE toward Anacostia, Urban Turf reported on new plans to build a complex of 124 apartments and six town houses near MLK and Good Hope Road. It includes retail and office space plus a new home for the Anacostia Playhouse. A lot of it is private or public-private development that will be in addition to anything the U.S. Department of Homeland Security does with its western portion of the old hospital grounds. ■ A note on the news. You may have noticed this has been a papal-free column. You may be reading this in the midst of his visit. We’ll revisit any impact of his visit next week. ■ A final word. When you think of the town of Reston, Va., your mind doesn’t conjure Carnegie Hall, but the two are linked in history. Robert E. Simon was the founder of Reston. But before he could build the new town, his family real estate company sold Carnegie Hall in 1960 to the city of New York, which wanted to save it from demolition. With the profits, Simon bought nearly 7,000 acres in Fairfax County and developed a master plan of mixed-use development where people could live complete lives without driving all over the place. The name “Reston” is a combination of his initials and the word “town.” Simon remained active in the region and as recently in his late 90s was still a proponent of a new Potomac River crossing above the American Legion Bridge. He died Monday at 101. Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly released a respectful statement on his death. It’s worth repeating here. “I was extremely saddened to learn of the loss of our beloved Bob Simon,” Connolly wrote. “To the end of his 101 years, he was a grand man of extraordinary vision, heart, and charm. Most people know Bob as the founder of Reston, but his insistence on making Reston the first racially integrated housing development in Virginia also made him a civil rights pioneer. “He was an environmentalist before the term was invented, a patron of the arts, and passionate advocate for social justice. The Northern Virginia region owes much of its character and success to Bob. I feel this loss sharply and shall miss his dedication, his laugh and his friendship. A local giant is gone from our midst.” Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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Letters to the Editor D.C. schools need tutors for reading

We all know how important it is to have caring adults in a child’s life — adults who show they are the child’s buddy while modeling good behavior and good decisions. A child knows instinctually that you are on his or her side and will study harder, to please you. All the while their social skills are being sharpened, and the chil-

dren’s growth increases rapidly, both emotionally and academically. I tutor four wonderful children in reading and writing in D.C.’s poorest ward at the highly rated Garfield Inquiry-Based Preparatory Academy at Garfield Elementary in Southeast. I am joined by tutors from Virginia and D.C. (We Burleithians carpool from my home at 35th and S streets NW.) The children eagerly wait for us with huge smiles, knowing they have a reading buddy for 30 minutes once a week. But we need many more

tutors. If you have Thursdays free and wish to change the life of a child in his or her formative years, please email me at aiovino99@ aol.com or call 202-337-1898 for further details. We will have an orientation meeting at my home this month. Volunteerism is a cultural quality of which we Americans can be proud. I promise you, the love of these kids will transform you, and they will never forget your voice, your caring and how you believed in them. Angela Iovino Burleith

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Stop the violence before it occurs long-term VIEWPOINT shelley tompkin

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was there on Aug. 27 when Mayor Muriel Bowser appeared before a packed auditorium at the vacant Malcolm X Elementary School to unveil her administration’s plan for stemming an uptick in homicides resulting from gun violence. I heard the mayor say that this crime wave has many causes: the use of guns to settle petty disputes; the increase in the number of machine guns with high-capacity magazines in the community; and the onslaught of synthetic drugs and their unpredictable behavioral effects. These contributing factors — coupled with poverty, joblessness and unresolved mental health deficits — create fertile ground for destructive behavior. Mayor Bowser tried to tell the audience that the solutions to these problems have to be complex and multifaceted, and that there are no easy answers. She called for an approach that includes efforts to support policing as well as efforts to increase preventive services for the affected communities. The latter proposed actions include a community stabilization program in affected areas, community policing and micro-grants for community-based prevention programs. Unfortunately, there were those at the meeting whose main intent appeared to be to disrupt the proceedings, and it was difficult to hear many of the features of the mayor’s plan when shouting from demonstrators was loud and sustained. Too often in times of crisis, fear, anger and finger-pointing eclipse thoughtful problem solving and discussion. Pent-up anger is understandable, given the spike of violence citywide and the joblessness and hopelessness endemic to many neighborhoods. Notwithstanding these realities, these are times that call for fostering the ability to discuss, hear and listen rather than to agitate. Over the last several weeks, there have been encouraging developments. There has been more hearing and listening. The mayor has added elements to her plan to link returning citizens to jobs and job training. Just last week, Ward 5 D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie, chair of the Judiciary Committee, held a marathon hearing that attracted over 70 public witnesses from all

Letters to the Editor Don’t demolish quaint home on Forest Lane I have lived in Wesley Heights since 1985. One of the true pleasures of this neighborhood is its charm, largely brought about by the beauty of its homes built in the 1920s with great taste and a kind of uniform (yet not identical) appeal. Each home fits in so beautifully. Without a doubt, my favorite walk — in fact everyone’s favorite walk — has been to go down 44th Street NW with a side meander down Forest Lane to the cul-de-sac. I deeply believe that cul-de-sacs are special places that offer a calm and peacefulness, almost like an embrace. The homes in them always seem to be composed to “be together,� to reside and welcome you as an ensemble. I like to linger there momentarily and feel their grace, but nowhere more than the

over the city, in addition to Police Chief Cathy Lanier and other administration witnesses. An important theme emerged from multiple speakers: Whatever supports might be necessary in the short term to shore up police operations, long-term solutions will only emerge from community-based programs designed to prevent crime in the first place, directed by people who are trusted within the affected communities. Moreover, those programs that are working must be sustained over a long duration with continued funding. Many witnesses said D.C. is not going to police itself out of this crisis. From the outset of the hearing, the tone of the public participants was proactive, analytical and creative. Violence was presented repeatedly as a “public health� problem as opposed to a “crime� problem. Most encouraging was testimony from various nonprofit groups that reported evidence-based strategies that had dramatically reduced gun violence in other urban areas. One such organization, which trains young leaders within affected communities to act as “violence interrupters� to prevent criminal activity before it occurs, has had dramatic success in lowering the crime rate in other urban areas. Programs that mentor youth in the neighborhoods most affected by violence, and school-based programming that helps develop conflict-resolution skills, are also needed. Such programs need facilitators who can develop trust among the people who feel most disconnected from opportunities for economic advancement. Action must be taken to address short-term public safety requirements, but the root causes and longer-term needs should not be shortchanged. Enhancing community-based programs is essential. Increased violence in our city demands that we work together intentionally to respond to the underlying realities that have made people feel that their lives are so bleak that they have nothing to lose by striking out in destructive ways. It is my hope that as responses from the mayor and council are developed and shared, they include increased opportunities for employment, social services and safe spaces in communities that are disproportionately suffering. Such programs in these communities will enhance public safety for all. Shelley Tomkin is a Chevy Chase resident and a former chair of the Ward 3 Democratic Committee.

cul-de-sac on Forest Lane. The three homes that occupy this cul-de-sac were clearly built in a unifying Tudor theme, each meant to complement the others and add to the extreme beauty of this peaceful lane. Now I have been told that the central home — the one that is at the very end of the lane, the one that to me is the pinnacle of this charming lane — is poised for demolition! How can this be? It is hard to imagine such an architectural and civic travesty — the careless destruction of a landmark home that so obviously has been such a part of the charm of the community. To destroy a home that would completely undo the unity of this carefully constructed ensemble is tantamount to tearing down the middle of the White House, between its two wings, and replacing it with a 2015 high-rise. The comparison might sound extreme, but this is how strongly I feel that these homes must be kept in their friendly, similar, Tudor, old-fashioned, charming, perfect style.

Piece by piece, our charming homes are being ruthlessly disassembled, destroyed, torn to the ground and replaced with oversized McMansions devoid of any charm and incompatible with the theme of the original plan for this neighborhood. It is a crying shame this neighborhood does not have the landmark status of so many other older neighborhoods in this city. Instead, many newcomers choose to move into Wesley Heights without respect for the original community (and yes, we are a community). They do not show a consideration for its purposeful aesthetic; they undo what careful architects and original neighborhood planning took years to create. Our beautiful neighborhood has become a hodgepodge of these new houses. Please don’t let this happen to our paramount home on Forest Lane. It’s so beautiful and so in keeping with the original charm of our neighborhood. Lorraine Rose Wesley Heights

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Spotlight on Schools Eaton Elementary

On Sept. 4, author Jon Scieszka came to our school to promote his new book series “Frank Einstein,� about a boy and two robots who discover many things about science. Our librarian, Ms. Fotheringill, helped us design a presentation for Mr. Scieszka using the scientific method. To welcome him, kids dressed up as scientists. Lots of kids had white lab coats. One student dressed up as a zoologist and even brought in his tortoise! Mr. Scieszka spoke to third-, fourth- and fifth-graders about his books, and had everybody laughing when he told about silly and sometimes dangerous games he made up with his brothers like “slaughterball� and “ghost rider.� Mr. Scieszka thought he wanted to be a doctor, but he told us that when he had to dissect cow eyeballs, he changed his mind. He became a teacher instead of a doctor and began to write stories for his students. We’re lucky that he became a hilarious children’s writer and that he came to our school. — Myles Bell, Sophia Bergfalk and Akari Sintonm, fifth-graders

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day, four students running for middle school representative for student government gave speeches asking for support: Meredith Robinson, Martin Gerlein, Drew Kittredge and Ziggy Tomares. Everyone in the middle school voted for two of the candidates. Winners were to be announced later. On Tuesday we had a welcoming presentation, where we learned about sports and other activities that will be going on this fall at school. During lunch on Friday, middleschoolers went on a fun scavenger hunt with their older buddies from the high school. — Zuri Alexander, Leith Chesser and Fiona Sekerke, sixth-graders; and Alex Orlove, eighth-grader

Hearst Elementary

Our class has been reviewing popular nursery rhymes. Here is what the students said about why Jack and Jill were going to get the water and why Jack fell down: “I think they were homeless. ‌ He was dragging that bucket up the hill and when he fell no adult came,â€? said Charlie. “I think they need it to water

something like the grass,� said Abigail. “We think they have no water, no milk and no juice in their home so they have to get water,� thought Zac and Aeseyah. “They were thirsty,� thought Keven and several others. “They are going to put it in the pipe for their sink,� thought Claire. Nora, Jai, Avalon, and Malcolm thought “they were kind of bored and needed to cool off and wanted the water for a pool.� Now, why did he fall? Several kids thought he fell because he tripped on rocks, sticks or his crown, or his shoes were untied. They also thought the hill was too high and he wasn’t watching where he was going. Finally, Avalon thought that he fell because there was dew on the grass. Stay tuned for ways the king’s men could have fixed Humpty Dumpty. — Ms. Prince and Mrs. Whittaker’s kindergarten class

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Our Lady of Victory School

Dr. John Warman played the organ and the piano at Our Lady of Victory church for a very long time. They said he was a “musical genius� because he could play any song by ear. He died on Aug. 25. I went to the funeral at Gonzaga. They said he was the “consummate Gonzaga man for others.� Dr. Warman did a lot for me. He played at my baptism, all of my sacraments, and for the OLV children’s choir on Sundays. And he always was very nice to me. He let me sing with the grown-up choir whenever I wanted. Dr. Warman knew me before I was born! My mom and my grandma sang in the choir, and while my mom was pregnant with me she started the John Warman Scholarship to make sure he always would be remembered by helping young musicians. Now the church also has plans to build a plaza in front of the church and name it after him. I will greatly miss Dr. Warman. —Tea P., fifth-grader

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St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School

As part of middle school orientation, seventh- and eighth-graders spent a day at Terrapin Adventures in Howard County, Md. There, they spent about five hours practicing cooperation, working together to figure out problems and listening to each other’s ideas. Activities included a zip line, a giant swing and navigating while blindfolded and listening to a partner’s instructions. After each activity, the group would gather in a circle to talk about the object of the event and what they had to work on for future courses. Also, a couple of days before, seventh- and eighth-graders learned the rules of the school and did group activities to get to know each other better. For example, during one, students had to pass a balloon around with only a couple of body parts. Overall, the teachers and eighth-graders helped us newly minted seventh-graders adjust to our new environment. — Sofie Fisher, seventh-grader

Sheridan School

This week Sheridan School got a new principal, Jessica Lee. For the opening assembly it was fun to watch her take her first risk as part of Sheridan: She sang a song called “Sheridan Funk� with all the teachers. We also have a new French and Spanish teacher, a new math teacher, and a new after-school assistant director, Phillip Katinas, who is a former Sheridan student. X-club also got a lot of new toys and board games, and we’re excited about our brand-new gym floor. This year in fourth grade it’s different because we have a special math teacher. Some kids are working on division, and some are working on place value. The fourth-graders get new computers which they will have through eighth grade. Fourth grade is the first year we get younger buddies — the new kindergarteners who are joining Sheridan. — Carter Hanauer, fourth-grader

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THE DUPONT CIRCLE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION 48TH ANNUAL HOUSE TOUR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 FROM NOON TO 5 PM

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THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY? My first thought when I saw the advertisement was outrage. But now I’m thinking it is flattering—you can go to CityCenter and buy all your fancy clothes, but then you have to go somewhere better to show them off. –S. A “new” DC neighborhood, CityCenter DC, had a glossy advertisement in the September 13 Washington Post Magazine. CityCenterDC used an almost-full-page photo of our neighborhood symbol: our Dupont Circle Fountain. For using our iconic neighborhood symbol to advertise your neighborhood… guess we should say thanks! –P. Photo: September 13, 2015 Washington Post Magazine

AND SPEAKING OF THE HOUSE TOUR.... Tour-goers will also be treated to a “sneak preview” of the Dupont Underground, compliments of the Underground Arts Coalition. CALL FOR 2015 DCCA HOUSE TOUR VOLUNTEERS! SUNDAY OCTOBER 18 | NOON TO 5 PM The Dupont Circle House Tour would not be possible without the help and support of our extraordinary volunteers! Volunteer benefits include: * Visiting any of the House Tour sites (before or after your shift) * Attending the Volunteer After-Party from 5-7 pm. If you (and/ or a friend) would like to volunteer, sign up here: www.dupont-circle.org/volunteer2015 DON’T MISS OUT–SCAN OUR QR CODE [AT RIGHT] TO PURCHASE HOUSE TOUR TICKETS NOW!

TREE CANOPY PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT OF 2015 Our city’s trees clean the air, lower energy costs, provide shade and beautify our neighborhoods. But the city’s tree cover has shrunk to 36 percent, down from its 50 percent peak in the 1950s. To reverse this trend, the Tree Canopy Protection Amendment Act of 2015 includes a number of provisions designed to address tree loss and support tree replacement. These include: Expanding protections to more trees by reducing the size limit of Special Trees from 55 inches in circumference to 47 inches; Increasing the fee to property owners for Special Tree Removal from $55—up from $35—per circumference inch; Raising fines for unlawful tree removal from $100 to no less than $300 per circumference inch; and Using Tree Fund money to plant trees on Districtmanaged properties, including schools and parks. Casey Trees will be working with the D.C. Council to strengthen the bill to protect more trees. For more information on how to support Casey’s work go to: http://caseytrees.org/get-involved/action/ comments/legislation/tree-canopy-protectionamendment-act-of-2015/

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GDS set to file Tenley development plans By CUNEYT DIL

Current Correspondent

Following months of selling its proposed development to the Tenleytown community, Georgetown Day School is now preparing to file a planned-unit development application for the mixed-use and campus expansion project that would remake the area around 4800 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The latest plans would erect two residential buildings with ground-floor retail space on the site of the former Martens car dealership at Wisconsin and 42nd Street, which the school bought in 2014. Georgetown Day would also move its lower and middle school campus from the Palisades, bringing hundreds more students to new, larger facilities adjacent to the high school at 4200 Davenport St. NW. A lengthy and at times testy community engagement process has played out in monthly meetings and presentations from developers. Many immediate neighbors continue to be concerned about morning and afternoon traffic woes from an increase in cars commuting to the campus and the scale of the mixed-use buildings. Developers lowered the height of the two planned mixed-use buildings by two stories earlier this month, to seven and six stories. Some opponents still want their height closer to 65 feet, however, rather than upward of 80. Supporters, who have also made their way to advisory neighborhood commission meetings in increasing numbers lately, welcome added residential density to the neighborhood. Dennis Williams, coordinator of GDS Neighbors, a group of residents who live near the school, is one of the opponents. He said he welcomes vibrancy from new shops and residents, but he would like to see the height

of the residential buildings dialed back. A shorter building would be “more palatable to the neighbors and the zoning board,� and would “still be vibrant,� Williams said during a meeting at the school on Monday. Another flashpoint has centered around whether the project’s high-rise buildings comply with the city’s Comprehensive Plan. Critics have argued that the proposal won’t make it through the zoning process. “It’s like the Bible. You can interpret the Comprehensive Plan however you want,� countered Steve Seelig, a supporter of the development, at a Tenleytown advisory neighborhood commission meeting on Sept. 9. The mixed-use project would create 270 to 290 residential units between two buildings, which will sit on either side of a plaza dubbed “Davenport Steps.� Developers hope to attract a mid-sized grocery store to the north building; the nearby Safeway, whose land Georgetown Day has purchased, is set to close once construction for campus expansion gets underway. Plans also envision retail and restaurants with outdoor seating facing Wisconsin Avenue in the south building. An obstacle to parts of the project will be approval from the city to build on over 20,000 square feet of public land, which includes the driveway into both Safeway and the high school, a public alley on Ellicott Street and parts of 42nd Street. To discourage the use of cars, school officials said they plan to fund a new Capital Bikeshare station; residents of the buildings also would be ineligible for onstreet parking permits. Plans and renderings can be viewed at tinyurl.com/ gds-plan. The school plans to submit its planned-unit development application to the Zoning Commission in October, triggering the formal review process.

Cafritz project faulted for death of street tree By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

A large pin oak tree on Military Road died recently in part due to adjacent construction of a large apartment building at 5333 Connecticut Ave. NW, according to city arborists. The Calvin Cafritz Enterprises development team disputes the cause of the tree’s death. But the issue is the latest of many community complaints about the project, which began when neighbors first learned of the plans in 2012 and have continued over nearly two years of construction. Besides calling the 10-level, 261-unit building out-of-scale and out of character for its Chevy Chase surroundings, neighbors feared impacts from major construction in their backyards. Cafritz has repeatedly pledged to mitigate those concerns and be a “good neighbor,� including in a statement yesterday to The Current. “Our goal has been to minimize any disruptions to the community and to immediately address any issues that may arise,� the statement reads. But most recently, with the building nearly complete, Cafritz has come under fire for the death of the tree and for allegations of inadequate control of construction dust. Concerns about tree impacts led the Chevy Chase advisory neighborhood commission to include protections for four trees at the site in a memorandum of understanding developed with Cafritz in summer 2013. But commission chair Randy

Speck said the Military Road tree wasn’t among them. Even so, street trees are public property overseen by the D.C. Department of Transportation. Agency spokesperson Terry Owens said Cafritz will have to replace the dead oak, and arborists in the department’s Urban Forestry Administration have selected a Quercus lyrata, a type of white oak. The newly planted tree must have a trunk diameter of 2 inches, said Owens; trees of that size generally stand 12 to 14 feet tall at the time they’re planted. In its statement, Cafritz said its arborists had found health issues with the tree when they checked it before construction began. “At that time, it was determined the tree was in poor/critical condition with decay and crown decline as well as severe structural issues and large dead limbs,� the statement reads. In 2013, Cafritz asked the city to inspect the tree, and the Urban Forestry Administration elected to prune it. As of this month, its health had declined to the point that the city deemed it a hazard and asked Cafritz to remove and replace it. The company says that will take place over the next few weeks, and the new tree will be in the same location as the old one. Owens said his agency holds Cafritz partially at fault for the tree’s loss. “The existing tree had fungal issues and was in decline, but we believe the construction activity sped up the dying process,� he wrote in an email. “The contractor does not believe the tree died due to construc-

tion activities but has agreed to replace the tree.� Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh, who had been approached by neighbors with concerns about the 5333 Connecticut construction, said in an interview last week that she was disappointed by the issue but hoped appropriate penalties would be applied for damaging a city tree. “Once these folks cut down trees, we’re stuck; we can’t put the tree back,� she said. Regarding the dust, the Cafritz statement says it “was resolved immediately after being brought to our attention. A watering system is now in place to ensure there is minimal construction dust associated with the debris dumpster.� Cheh said she’s optimistic that the dust problem won’t recur but blasted the project team for not following city code: “It’s annoying to me in the extreme that they didn’t take steps to deal with that problem, that it had to await the community telling me about it.� Neighborhood commissioner Speck said that aside from these recent issues, Cafritz has taken many steps that benefit the community, in accordance with the signed memorandum of understanding. Its terms include prohibiting residents of the new building from receiving onstreet residential parking permits, aside from tenants of “inclusionary� apartments below the market rate, Speck said — a condition that has reportedly been finalized. Construction is expected to continue through the end of this year.

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Stone residence w/7BR, 5.5BA & indoor endless pool. 1st flr BR w/priv entrance. Architectural details, large MBR/sitting rm & study. Finished LL. Spacious rms w/ arched doorways, hwd flrs/moldings. Corner lot near National Cathedral, schools & shopping. Terri Robinson 202.607.7737 / 202.944.8400 (O)

Stunning 1926 4BR, 3.5BA Bungalow loaded with original charm and two-story rear addition – great floor plan with open kitchen/family room, huge master suite, warm hardwood floors, private rear patio and yard/garden. Roby Thompson 202.255.2986 / 202.483.6300 (O)

Located in Capitol Hill, this bright and spacious 3BR, 2.5BA home is an ideal blend of modern amenities and historic charm. This home boasts original hardwood floors and trim throughout, 2 fireplaces, a gourmet kitchen, and generous backyard with parking. Miller Spring Valley Office 202.362.1300

Expanded 4BR, 3BA Center Hall Colonial w/family room off the kitchen, over-sized screened porch, Owner’s Suite w/Cathedral ceilings, & one-car garage. Located in the heart of Bethesda, blocks away from restaurants, shopping, theaters, Metro, NIH. Rochelle Ruffin 202.531.8686 / 202.364.1300 (O)

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1916 American Four Square w/4 finished lvls. Rear detached Micro house w/amazing original details, dining room w/window seat, large kitchen/island +brkfst rm. 5+BRs, 4.5BAs, in-law suite, parking, patio, deck, balcony, play yard, 2 blocks from RC Park. Denise Champion 202.215.9242 / 202.363.9700 (O)

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Center Hall Colonial w/3BR, 2FBA & 2HBA (updated), & walk-up attic. Renov kit open to brkfst rm, finished LL rec rm w/FP, new roof, back yard, & 1-car detached gar. Updated Geothermal HVAC w/very high-efficiency. Near RC Pk, downtown Silver Spring & Metro. Nathan Carnes 202.321.9132 / 202.966.1400 (O)

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Stunning 2-level Penthouse in boutique building. Kitchen w/granite & SS open to LR/DR, gas FP, extra high ceilings, skylights, & deep moldings. Two master suites. Can add roof deck subject to engineering study. Close to 3 Metros, Whole Foods & more. Susan Van Nostrand 301.529.1385 / 202.364.1300 (O)

1,200 SF, 2BR, 2.5BA Penthouse encompassing top 2 floors of classic rounded bay front. Open floor plan w/ gourmet chef’s kit, living room w/FP & rounded dining area, private 300+ SF roof deck w/views! Low fee, blocks to Metro, shopping & more! Roby Thompson 202.255.2986 / 202.483.6300 (O)

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Updated, spacious 2BR+den, 2.5BA townhome/condo w/1,700 SF of living space. Large living room, kitchen w/SS & granite, huge family room & deep rear yard & patio. Great MBR w/large balcony, skylight, den/office, & bright second BR. Parking. Roby Thompson 202.255.2986 / 202.483.6300 (O)

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A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington

September 23, 2015 â– Page 13

Extensive Wesley Heights renovation retains authentic charm

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gian Colonial-style home has been renovated inside and out, but the meticulous update maintained the proportions and style of the original 1929 property. The six-bedroom, four-and-ahalf-bath house at 2917 Glover Driveway NW is listed for $2,195,000. Spring Valley resident Tony Serafino and his Property Alchemist company spent six months thoroughly restoring the property, from systems to exterior to landscaping. His efforts are on display right from the curb, where a new flagstone walkway winds through a neatly manicured lawn to a brightened facade. Restored black shutters (and some new ones) pop against off-white walls, which Serafino re-stuccoed; new sconces light up the front door. Inside, the home maintains a mainly traditional layout, eschewing the wide-open style so common

today in favor of spacious but distinct rooms. Updates have made the spaces — living room, kitchen, dining room on the first floor — bright and open, especially through converting a rear porch into part of the living room. This change also yielded a new powder room and rear hallway connecting the living space to the show-stopping kitchen. This living room, just to the right off the foyer, runs the length of the house. Centered on a fireplace that features the original mantel but new stainless steel flue, firebox damper and chain, the room lets in light through new doublepane windows and a glass door. Original white oak flooring runs throughout this room and floor, as well as the one above. The elegant dining room sits opposite the living room, looking out over the front yard. There’s plenty of space for an eight-person table here, and two windows provide light and a verdant backdrop. To the dining room’s rear is the standout kitchen, with an attractive blend of white cabinetry, quartzite countertops, marble backsplash and stainless steel appliances. The fixtures are top-of-the-line: Wolf sixburner range, Zephyr hood, JennAir wall oven and convection

microwave, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Jenn-Air dishwasher and U-Line wine refrigerator. The kitchen offers two sinks — one a large farmhouse-style — and ample prep space, on both counters and a grand center island. Adding charm is a built-in eating area, with benches sitting atop storage drawers. Serafino and his wife Leyla, who staged the property through her own House Alchemist firm, found a perfect-sized table for this spot, and it conveys with the home. A door from the kitchen leads outside, providing a convenient entry for groceries or dirt-covered kids (a large closet with customizable shelving makes for something of a mud room). In this main floor’s rear, doors also lead down to the back yard, which was styled after a Japanese Zen garden. The focal point of said garden is a babbling brook — a naturally occurring feature that will appeal to serenity-seeking adults as well as imaginative kids. A small red footbridge crosses the creek, connecting two stone patios. Adjacent to the back yard is the home’s walkout bottom level, which sits above ground in the rear, bringing light to what’s often a dark space. This floor houses a cozy car-

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This Wesley Heights home is on the market for $2,195,000. peted recreation room; a “beverage center� with drink refrigerator; a full laundry room with new Whirlpool washer and dryer; a guest bedroom; and a full bath. There’s also access to the home’s attached garage. Two floors up are four of the home’s bedrooms, along with two bathrooms. The master suite here features cathedral ceilings in the bedroom, a small private deck and two walk-in closets. A seating nook offers a quiet respite. The three other second-floor bedrooms, all sizable and with ample, Elfa-outfitted closets, share the hall bath, with a double sink, bathtub/shower and ceramic tiles. And a hallway closet offers a surprise feature: an extra washer

and dryer for when the basement’s too far. On the top floor, Serafino bumped out dormers to create more space — and inviting window seats — in the home’s sixth bedroom and an office/den. The latter is a particularly inviting spot, as it houses the home’s second wood-burning fireplace (updated like the one below). The final bathroom in the house is on this level, with a full shower making the floor fully functional. The six-bedroom, four-and-ahalf-bath home at 2917 Glover Driveway NW (also known as Glover Drive) is on the market for $2,195,000. For details, contact Shari Gronvall of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage at 202-3607648 or sgronvall@cbmove.com.

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In Your Neighborhood ANC 1C ANCMorgan 1c Adams ■adams morgan The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org. ANC 2A ANCBottom 2A Foggy

â– Foggy bottom / west end

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Room 103, Funger Hall, George Washington University, 2201 G St. NW. For details, visit anc2a.org. ANC 2B ANCCircle 2B Dupont

â– dupont circle

At the commission’s Sept. 9 meeting: ■Holly Biglow and John Kupcinski discussed their candidacies for the vacant 2B07 seat. Biglow said she wants to maintain the neighborhood’s character and will work on the St. Thomas’ Church redevelopment project, on which “much has been accomplished.� Kupcinski, who owns a home and a small business, said he moved from Maryland in 2010 and would work on a host of developments in the neighborhood. An election will be held at the Oct. 14 commission meeting from 7:15 to 9 p.m. ■Eva Lewis of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office discussed increased rewards for those who report ownership of illegal guns by others, as well as the mayor’s proposals to end chronic homelessness. ■the Dupont Circle Citizens Association’s Susan Bowman said the

group could use another house or two for its Oct. 18 house tour. ■a local resident urged the commission to arrange for a hearing on traffic around Dupont’s central traffic circle, which she described as “a mess,� saying it took her 15 minutes to get around it on her way to the meeting. Commission chair Noah Smith said he raise the issue at the commission’s next meeting. ■commissioners voted 5-0, with Daniel Warwick abstaining, to recommend that the Foundry United Methodist Church be allowed to use Stead Park on Sept. 13 for a picnic celebrating the church’s 200th anniversary. ■commissioners took no action on a requested liquor license for a new restaurant to be located at 1132 19th St. NW, which will feature a DJ on the second floor. The owner, the Social Restaurant Group, already has two area establishments. ■commissioners unanimously opposed an application by Bertucci’s of Dupont Circle, 1220 Connecticut Ave. NW, to change its restaurant liquor license to a tavern license, unless the establishment agrees to a settlement agreement. ■the commission’s liquor liaison, Patrick Kain, reported that Stetsons at 1610 U St. NW has withdrawn its application for permission to offer entertainment after the commission opposed the request. ■commissioner Stephanie Maltz reported a settlement agreement with the Brick Lane Restaurant, to be located at 1636 17th St. NW near some residences. The hours on Sunday through Thursday will be 10 a.m. to midnight and on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. There will be up to 30 outdoor and 50 indoor seats, but the commission

has not yet received a public space application. ■commissioner Michael Upright reported he hopes to soon reach a settlement agreement with Dupont Italian Kitchen, 1637 17th St. NW. ■commission chair Noah Smith reported the commission was late in filing its protest about Tico’s liquor license at 1926 14th. St. NW and has been denied standing. Since several other complainants have standing, it might still be possible to negotiate a settlement agreement. ■commissioner Daniel Warwick reported that an application from Marrakech, 2147 P St. NW, to extend its entertainment hours was denied. ■commissioners unanimously joined the Dupont Conservancy in supporting a zoning variance for 1508 Caroline St. NW allowing the single-family residence to add a second unit. The building will have a lot occupancy of 61 percent with an additional 9 percent due to a nonconforming side yard caused by an alley. ■commissioners unanimously joined the Dupont Conservancy to recommend that the Historic Preservation Review Board approve a twostory rear addition to the home at 1315 22nd St. NW. The owner said she and her husband had support from both their adjacent neighbors. ■commissioners said they are working with The Carlyle hotel at 1731 New Hampshire Ave. NW and its neighbors to avoid the need for November hearings on the hotel’s plans. ■commissioner Daniel Warwick reported that the St. Thomas’ Church developer has applied for a zoning variance. He said he will meet with both the developer and the neighbors. ■commissioners took no action on a

public space application for a replacement canopy on the premises of the John Hancock Life Insurance Co. at 750 17th St. NW. ■commissioners voted 5-0, with Abigail Nichols abstaining, to oppose a public space application from &Pizza at 1215 Connecticut Ave. NW. The restaurant proposed a sidewalk cafe with six seats at three tables on public space, which would leave only 8 feet of walking space on a busy Connecticut Avenue sidewalk and, commissioners said, “interrupt a long stretch of open sidewalk that creates an elegant view.� A majority of the commission would like to work with &Pizza and to support two tables and four chairs close to the storefront, but Nichols said she believes even two tables will break up the sightlines. ■commissioners voted 4-1, with Noah Smith opposed and Daniel Warwick abstaining, to increase their contribution to the 17th Street Festival by $220 to $2,220 in order to fully fund emergency ambulance service. Commission treasurer Michael Upright said he feared partial funding might not meet the auditor’s standards; Smith said he thought $2,000 was too much. ■commission treasurer Michael Upright said the commission’s 2015 budget exceeded its city allotment and he expects the 2016 budget to also do so. The commission currently has $77,600 in the bank. ■commissioners briefly discussed financing renovation of the Resource Center at 9 Dupont Circle NW. Commission chair Noah Smith said he is uncomfortable spending half the commission’s savings account on the complex project and suggested looking at other funding sources. ■commissioners unanimously agreed to combine the jobs of executive director and web application supervisor into one part-time position. The executive director will be asked to serve as the first line of communications with the public and city officials, commission chair Noah Smith said. Hours would be

between 25 and 30 hours a month instead of the current 20 to 25 hours. ■commissioners voted 5-0, with Noah Smith abstaining, to ask the D.C. Department of Energy & Environment to reconsider ending the trap, neuter and return program for feral cats. Commissioner Nicole Mann said the cats help “control the rat population� and that most of the birds they eat are invasive pigeons and starlings. The department’s draft proposal stated that the cats are an invasive species damaging bird, reptile and mammal populations. The commission’s majority felt the change “would have a negative effect on neighborhood pest control.� The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc. net. ANC 2C ANC 2C Quarter Downtown/Penn

â– downtown / penn quarter

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at the 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– sheridan-kalorama

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact davidanc2d01@aol.com. ANC 2F ANCCircle 2F Logan

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Wednesday september 23 Class ■ Spiritual practitioner David Newcomb will begin a two-part series on “Meditation: A Tool to Balance Your Life.” 7 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. Concerts ■ The National Youth Orchestra of Uruguay will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Harbour Nights summer concert series will feature the Dan Haas Duo. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-295-5007. ■ Clyde’s on Fire will perform. 7 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Finlandia Foundation’s “Sibelius 150 Jubilee Concert” will feature cellist Jussi Makkonen and pianist Ruusamari Teppo. 7 p.m. $20 to $25; reservations suggested. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. sibelius150dc@gmail.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Marco Politi will discuss his book “Pope Francis Among the Wolves: The Inside Story of a Revolution.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. 202-636-7230. ■ David Silbey, associate director of Cornell in Washington, will discuss “Topics in Military History.” 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-7270232. Film ■ The four-day series “The Magic of Uzbek Cinema” will feature a screening of Ayub Shahobiddinov’s 2012 film “Heaven, My Abode,” with the director in attendance. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Marvin Center Amphitheatre, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. go.gwu.edu/uzbekcinema. Performances ■ Laugh Index Theatre will present “Three’s Comedy,” featuring long-form improv, games and stand-up. 7:30 p.m. $5 to $10. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. laughindextheatre.com. ■ As part of a weeklong visit to the Washington Improv Theater, the Minneapolis-based improv comedy company The Theater of Public Policy will present “Improv-o-Nomics,” with Chris Farrell, senior economics contributor to American Public Media’s “Marketplace,” and Cardiff Garcia, U.S. editor of the Financial Times’ blog Alphaville. 8 p.m. $15 to $20. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. Shows featuring other guest performers will continue through Saturday. Tours and walks ■ As part of the annual WalkingTown DC event, “Art and History Are Alive at the Cemetery” will explore the immaculate and shady 86 acres of St. Paul’s Rock Creek Parish and Rock Creek Cemetery, including notable public art by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, James Fraser, V. Ream and Gutzon Borglum. 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Meet at Rock Creek Church Road and Webster Street NW. culturaltourismdc. org. Various tours throughout the city will continue through Sunday. Thursday, Sept. 24

Thursday september 24 Concerts ■ The Down Hill Strugglers, John Cohen and Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxto will

perform traditional American music. Noon. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202707-5510. ■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza” series will feature Secret Society performing go-go and R&B. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. ■ The Music on the Lawn series will feature the band Cloudburst. 6 to 7:15 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7100. ■ QuinTango will present “Tango: Community Art for the Ages.” 8 p.m. $20 to $22. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. ■ The DeadPhish Orchestra and Zydeco Jed will perform. 8:30 p.m. $12 to $15. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ The American University Library’s “Exploring Social Justice” series will feature Alexander Moore, chief development officer at the DC Central Kitchen and author of “The Food Fighters,” discussing how the group developed new social enterprise solutions to fight food injustice. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Abramson Family Founders Room, School of International Service Building, American University, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. 202-885-3847. ■ Merle Weiner, professor at the University of Oregon School of Law, will discuss her book “A Parent-Partner Status for American Family Law.” 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. ■ Children’s book authors and artists Karen Deans and Kate Samworth will discuss their craft. 5 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. ■ Kathleen DuVal, professor of history at the University of North Carolina, will discuss her book “Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution.” 6 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. ■ Carnegie Institution for Science librarian Shaun Hardy will discuss “From Outpost to Icon: A Century of Science at Broad Branch Road.” Tour at 6 p.m.; lecture at 7 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Carnegie Institution for Science, 5241 Broad Branch Road NW. carnegiescience.edu. ■ Joseph Bahout, visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment’s Middle East Program, will discuss “The Islamic State: The Face of Sectarian Violence and Extremism in the Middle East.” 6 to 7:15 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. elliott.gwu.edu. ■ The World Affairs Council will host a book talk by Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of “Failed: What the ‘Experts’ Got Wrong About the Global Economy.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. University of California Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave. NW. worldaffairsdc.org. ■ Richard Shiff will discuss “German Art Without Ideology,” about the new generation of artists that established an avantgarde reputation in Germany during the 1960s. 6:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reserva-

Wednesday, september 23 ■ Concert: Americana troubadour Brian Dolzani will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. tions required. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. ■ Sotheby’s representatives Charles Locke Moffett, Hannah Byers and Carolyn Nagy will discuss trends in the contemporary art market. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $15; free for members. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552. ■ The Smithsonian Associates will present Bud Selig, commissioner emeritus of Major League Baseball, in conversation with USA Today writer and broadcast commentator Christine Brennan and Washington Post national baseball correspondent Barry Svrluga. 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030. ■ David Grann, author of “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the

Amazon,” will discuss “Percy Fawcett: In Search of El Dorado.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $52. Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-6333030. ■ Independent scholar George Sullivan will discuss “Rome’s Via Pia: A Hidden Gem of a Street.” 6:45 to 9 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ The Tenleytown Memoir & Essay Writing Club will kick off with an introductory talk by communications expert and facilitator Maura Policelli. 7 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ Robert Kloss will discuss his book “The Revelator” in conversation with Amber Sparks. 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. ■ Chelsea Clinton will discuss her book “It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!” 7 p.m. Free; signing ticket available only with purchase of the book. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ David Latingua, assistant professor of moral theology at Catholic University, will discuss “Bishops of the Poor in the Latin American Tradition of Human Rights.” 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Lower Level Meeting Room, Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. dclibrary.org/node/50209. ■ The West End Nonfiction Book Club will discuss Lawrence Wright’s “Thirteen Days in September.” 7 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. ■ Taina Caragol, curator of Latino art and history at the National Portrait Gallery,

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will discuss the life and activism of Dolores Huerta, a champion of the farm workers’ movement of the 1960s and 1970s. 7 to 8 p.m. Free. McEvoy Auditorium, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202633-1000. ■ Social psychologist Richard Nisbett will discuss his book “Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking” in conversation with Malcolm Gladwell. 7 p.m. $20. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-9876487. Films ■ The “Future Perfect” film series — about transforming modern society toward sustainability — will feature John Webster’s 2008 film “Recipes for Disaster,” about the efforts of the director’s family to go on an “oil diet” to limit their carbon footprint. 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Suite 200, Building 32, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. tinyurl.com/udc-recipes. ■ The Investigative Film Festival will present the documentary “Triple Divide,” about the impact of shale gas extraction on people. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. investigativefilmfestival.com. The film festival will run Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 with screenings at the National Portrait Gallery and an accompanying symposium; a two-day film pass costs $50. ■ The K-Cinema series will feature Lee Hae-jun’s 2009 romantic comedy “Castaway on the Moon.” Appetizer social at 6 p.m.; screening at 6:30 p.m. Free; See Events/Page 16

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Continued From Page 15 reservations required. Korean Cultural Center, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW. koreaculturedc.org. Performances and readings ■Maru Montero Dance Company will perform. 4 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. ■The Jenny McKean Moore Series will feature a reading by Kseniya Melnik, author of “Snow in May.� 7:30 p.m. Free. Room 702, Gelman Library, George Washington University, 2130 H St. NW. gwtoday.gwu.edu/events. ■Vocalist Heidi Martin will combine poetry, songs and monologues in “Abbey!,� a one-woman tribute to jazz vocalist, actress and civil rights advocate Abbey Lincoln. 8 p.m. $25. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. Walk ■Birder Sheila Cochran will lead a walk through the Olmsted Woods. 8:30 a.m. Free. Meet at the George Washington statue on Pilgrim Road on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. allhallowsguild.org. Friday,september Sept. 25 Friday 25 Children’s program ■Steve Sheinkin will discuss his book “Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War� (for ages 11 through 14). 10:30 a.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Sheinkin will also discuss his book at 7 p.m. in the store’s Children and Teens Department.

Events Entertainment series will feature an R&B tribute to Luther Vandross. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202312-1300. ■Joanne Peterson of Oshkosh, Wisc., will present an organ recital. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103. ■The Friday Music Series will feature the New Orchestra of Washington performing works by Mozart and Hedges, as well as the East Coast premiere of Georgetown University professor Joel Friedman’s “When the World Disintegrates Before Your Eyes.� 1:15 p.m. Free. McNeir Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787. ■The American Roots Music Concert Series will feature the South Rail Band. 3 to 5 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■As part of the Kennedy Center’s World Stages series, Stew and Heidi Rodewald will present the premiere of “Wagner! Max! Wagner!,� a song cycle that explores the connection between the music-myths of composer Richard Wagner and the blues. 7 p.m. $40. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Saturday at 7 p.m. ■Christopher Paul Stelling will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■New York-based pianist Eldar will perform. 8 p.m. $20 to $28. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-3997993. ■King Soul and Texas Chainsaw Horns will perform. 8:30 p.m. $14 to $17. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■The Rev. Naim Ateek, an Anglican priest and co-founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, and Jonathan Kuttab, co-founder of Al-Haq and the Mandela Institute for Palestinian Prisoners, will discuss “Christians in the

Holy Land.� 9 to 10:30 a.m. Free. Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu. ■Stephanie Travis, director of George Washington University’s Interior Architecture and Design Program and interim codirector of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, will discuss her book “Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design.� Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. ■Molly Gubtill Manning will discuss her book “When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II.� Noon. Free. Mary Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5221. ■National Geographic explorer and agricultural ecologist Jerry Glover will discuss “Farming’s Perennial Future & Beyond.� Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■Carol Joynt’s Q&A Cafe series will feature author and investigative reporter Ron Kessler discussing the U.S. Secret Service and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. 12:30 p.m. $35. The George Town Club, 1530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202333-9330. ■“Folger Friday� will feature a book talk by Caroline Bicks and Michelle Ephraim, authors of “Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas.� 6 p.m. Free. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. ■Annie Jacobsen will discuss “The Pentagon’s Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top-Secret Military Research Agency.� 6:30 p.m. Free. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202393-7798. ■Emmy Award-winning costume designer Lyn Paolo will discuss “Designing ‘Scandal’: Costume Design for Capitol Intrigue.� 7 to 9 p.m. $35 to $45. Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculp-

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designers and retailers; and an art exhibition exploring the abuse of information in the digital age. 7 p.m. $50. Great Hall, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. dclibrary.org/node/49973. Sporting event â– 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 Saturday at 4:05 p.m. and Sunday at 1:35 p.m.

Friday, september 25 â– Concert: NSO Pops will present the a cappella sextet Rajaton in “Best of the Beatles.â€? 8 p.m. $20 to $88. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. ture Garden, 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-3030. â– John Lahr will discuss his books “Show People and Their Showsâ€? and “Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh.â€? 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. Films â– The Woman’s National Democratic Club will present the documentary “You May Call Her Madam Secretary,â€? about New Deal social reformer Frances Perkins. 6 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $25. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. â– Reel Affirmations XTRA will host a screening of “Paris Is Burningâ€? in honor of the film’s 25th anniversary. Accompanying events will include a mini-ball, a Q&A with two cast members and a book signing for “Paris Is Burning: A Queer Film Classicâ€? by Lucas Hildebrand. 7 p.m. $25 to $75. Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW. reelaffirmations.org. Performances and readings â– Usphur Street Books will host an evening with poet Buck Downs and local folk band Ballad’ve. 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. ■“New Student Showcase: Overtureâ€? will feature members of American University’s class of 2019 revealing their insecurities, passions and ambitions through monologues, scenes and song. 8 p.m. $5. Greenberg Theatre, American University, 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-885-3634. The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. Special events ■“Beyond the Little Black Dress,â€? a fashion show and silent auction pairing local and international designers and artists, will benefit Alliance Française de Washington’s cultural programs. 7 p.m. $55 to $195. Dupont Circle Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire Ave. NW. francedc.org. ■“Uncensored: Opening Night,â€? a fundraiser for the D.C. Public Library, will feature live music from jazz artist Reginald Cyntje and D.C.-based bands Delafield String Band and Baby Bry Bry & the Apologists; exclusive banned book-inspired cocktails; a pop-up market featuring local

Tour â– Tudor Place Historic House and Garden will present “Historic & Growing,â€? a guided garden tour. 11 to 11:45 a.m. $10; free for members. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org. Saturday,september Sept. 26 Saturday 26 Children’s programs ■“Saturday Morning at the Nationalâ€? will feature “Illstyle and Peace Production — The History of Hip Hop.â€? 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before the screening. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-7833372. ■“The Life of a Continental Army Soldierâ€? will include a chance to participants to learn a drill muster performed by soldiers (for ages 8 through 12). 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. $5 per child; reservations required. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. â– City Kids Theater will present “The Story Thief and the Prince of Dreams,â€? a world-premiere play written by Sean Fri and directed by Angela K. Pirko. 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. $15. Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. citykidstheater.org. The performance will repeat Sunday at 1 and 3:30 p.m. â– Alliance Française de Washington will present “Do-rĂŠ-mi les amis!,â€? a musical storytime featuring traditional songs and dancing. 11:30 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. Classes and workshops â– Cellist Yvonne Caruthers will present a seminar on “Jean Sibelius: 150 Years Young.â€? 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. $90 to $130. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. â– Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. â– Violinist Jody Gatwood, National Philharmonic Orchestra choirmaster emeritus, will lead a master class featuring students from the Horman Violin Studio. 4 p.m. Free. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW. hormanviolinstudio.com. Concerts â– A Dick Morgan tribute will feature pianist Tadataka Unno, guitarist Steve Abshire, bassist David Einhorn and drummer Nasar Abadey. 4 p.m. Free. Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, 5301 North Capitol St. NE. 202-271-1613. â– The Petworth Jazz Project will present a children’s show with Baba Ras D, at 5 p.m.; a performance by the Petworth Dance Project, at 6 p.m.; and a performance by the Dave Kline Band, at 7 p.m. Free. Lawn, Petworth Recreation See Events/Page 17

Continued From Page 16 Center, 8th and Taylor streets NW. petworthjazzproject.com. ■ The Diderot String Quartet will perform “Haydn and Mozart: Quartet Correspondence.” 5 p.m. $20 to $40. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. ■ Levine Music will present a sneak preview of its upcoming season of “Levine Presents,” preceded by an opening reception for its exhibition “Celebrating 40 Years: A Levine Music Retrospective.” Reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m.; concert at 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Levine Music, 2801 Upton St. NW. levinemusic.org. ■ Violinist Machiko Ozawa, the S&R Foundation’s newest artistin-residence, will present a program of tango music and the sounds of South America with pianist Carlos Avila. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Jazz@Wesley will feature “Latin Jazz With Verny Varela and Friends,” featuring the internationally acclaimed flutist, singer, composer and arranger. 6:30 p.m. $7 to $10; free for ages 12 and younger. Wesley United Methodist Church, 5312 Connecticut Ave. NW. wesleydc.org. ■ East River Jazz and the Mighty Men of Metropolitan will present “Strayhorn’s Big Band Sound: A Journey Down Memory Lane.” 7 p.m. $25. Frederick Douglass Hall, Metropolitan Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1518 M St. NW. metropolitanamec.org. ■ The Catholic University of America Chamber Choir and alumni soloists will present “The Music of Faith in Times of War: Musical Treasures From Mid-17thCentury Vienna.” 7:30 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul Chapel, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. music.cua.edu. ■ Doobie Decibel System will perform. 8 p.m. $20 to $25. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ “Tango Lovers,” a touring musical production, will explore the cultural essence and evolution of tango. 8 p.m. $28 to $38. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800. ■ Musician Casper Hollands will perform. 10:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ “Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming” will feature speakers such as Adam Sacks and Jim Laurie of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, Nick Maravell of Nick’s Organic Farm, Will Mitchell of Tenleytown Meat Co., Alexis Baden-Mayer of Organic Consumers Association and Larry Kopald of the Carbon Underground. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $10 to $50. David A. Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia, 4340 Connecticut Ave. NW. bio4climate.org. ■ “The Extraordinary Story and Discovery of Yarrow Mamout: From African Slave to Georgetown Property Owner,” a seminar for students, teachers and the public, will feature Maurice Jackson, associate professor of history and African-American studies at Georgetown University; Ruth Trocolli, city archaeologist at the D.C. Historic Preservation Office; James H. Johnston, author of

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Events Entertainment “Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family”; and Muhammad Rahim, doctoral student at Howard University. 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Bunn Intercultural Center Auditorium, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. ccas.georgetown.edu/yarrow-mamout. ■ Art historian William Kloss will discuss American and French impressionism, focusing on key women artists of the period. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. a-closer-look-2015.eventbrite.com. ■ John DeFerrari will discuss his book “Capital Streetcars: Early Mass Transit in Washington, D.C.” 1 p.m. Free. Peabody Room, Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ Kaitlyn Boeckler, policy associate at the Drug Policy Alliance, will discuss marijuana decriminalization and legalization in the District. 1 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. ■ Joe Urschel will discuss his book “The Year of Fear: Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the Nation,” at 1 p.m.; Ira Chaleff will discuss his book “Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What You’re Told to Do Is Wrong,” at 3:30 p.m.; and Scott Shane will discuss his book “Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Mark Osterman, photographic process historian at George Eastman House International Museum of Photography, will discuss “Process and Portraiture: Looking at Abraham Lincoln.” 2 p.m. Free. MacMillan Education Center, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ “A Cathedral Virtual Celebration: Conversation Among Friends” — a panel discussion on the mission and ministry of the Washington National Cathedral, marking the 25th anniversary of the final finial being laid at the Washington National Cathedral — will feature the Right Rev. Eugene T. Sutton, bishop of Maryland; Joe Alonso, Cathedral head mason; Jan Smith, Cathedral congregation member; and Ray Foote, former National Cathedral Association director. 2 p.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. ■ Historian Richard Lowry will discuss his book “The President and the Photographer: Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner, and the Images That Made a Presidency.” 3:30 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ “Writing in the District: Women Playwrights of Washington DC Speak Out” will feature panelists Kathleen Akerley, Jennie Berman Eng, Paige Hernandez, Caleen Sinnette Jennings, Patti Kalil and Mary Hall Surface. 5 p.m. Free. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. womensvoicestheaterfestival.org. ■ Elizabeth Gilbert will discuss her book “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear.” 7:30 p.m. $35 for a book and one ticket. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org. Festivals ■ “Festival: Celebrate Junior Botanists!” will feature hands-on activities, discussions and cooking demonstrations. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. Conservatory Terrace, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ The Innovation Festival will feature hands-on activities, expert talks and demonstrations. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Innova-

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celebrates Banned Books Week, which goes from Sept. 27 through Oct. 3. An opening-night fundraiser for the D.C. Public Library Foundation will take place Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets cost $50. Located at 901 G St. NW, the library is open Monday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. 202-727-1111. ■ “Renée Stout: Wild World,” presenting paintings, sculpture and works on paper by Stout, will open Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hemphill. The exhibit will continue through Dec. 19. Located at 1515 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-234-5601. ■ “Picasso to Kentridge: Prints by Modern & Contemporary Masters,” spotlighting prints made in the last 50 years by a dynamic group of artists who address line, form and movement, opened recently at Gallery Neptune & Brown, where it will continue through Oct. 18. An open house will take place Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Located at 1530 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. 202-986-1200. ■ “The Outing of Tohheun,” featuring 60 traditionally inspired tion Wing, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. Films ■ The DC Anime Club will present “Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme” (for ages 13 and older). 2 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. dcanimeclub.org. ■ The National Gallery of Art will present Richard Misek’s 2013 film “Rohmer in Paris” and Éric Rohmer’s 1963 film “The Girl and the Monceau Bakery.” 2:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ The group Friends of Rose Park will show the 2003 animated film “Finding Nemo” (rescheduled due to inclement weather). 7 p.m. Free. Rose Park, 26th and O streets NW. Performances ■ The U.S. Botanic Garden and the Kennedy Center will present “The Cerulean Time Capsule,” a site-specific theatrical adventure about a botanist who claims to be a time traveler from 2041. 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Advance reservations available for $1 to $2; free on-site registration on the day of the performance. Conservatory, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. The event will repeat Sunday at the same times. ■ Maru Montero Dance Company will perform in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. 11 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121. ■ The U.S. Botanic Garden will host the world-premiere musical “Flowers Stink,” about finding the best of nature in the most unlikely places. 11 a.m. to noon. Free. National Garden Amphitheater, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

Gallery Neptune & Brown’s exhibit features Brice Marden’s etching and lithograph “Muses.” contemporary ceramic works by Korean pottery and ceramics master Jong-neung Lee (whose artistic name is Jisan), opened last week at the Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C., where it will continue through Oct. 5. 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. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. koreaculturedc.org. ■ “This Is Light,” presenting light-themed works by Tommy Bobo, Lisa Dillin, Pamela Gwaltney and Esther Ruiz, opened last week at Carroll Square Gallery, where it will continue through Nov. 25. Located at 975 F St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-347-7978. ■ Art Whino will close its G40 Art Summit 2015, which is showcasing more than 500 works by over 70 artists in the building at 700 H St. NE, with an “Art All Night” reception Saturday from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. The reception is the only time the exhibit is open to the public. An RSVP is requested at goo.gl/37NW80. artwhino.com.

Special events ■ The second annual Freedom 5K, a fundraiser for President Lincoln’s Cottage featuring Olympic champion and running icon Joan Benoit Samuelson, will feature a cross-country event through the 250-acre Armed Forces Retirement Home campus, where President Abraham Lincoln and his family resided during his presidency. 8 a.m. $30. President Lincoln’s Cottage, Upshur Street and Rock Creek Church Road NW. 202-829-0436. ■ The Washington Humane Society’s annual DC Walk for the Animals and Pet-APalooza will include music, pet adoptions, vendor booths, contests and children’s entertainment. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $15 to $30. Kingsbury Center, 5000 14th St. NW. washhumane.org. ■ Miller Jeanne Minor and the Friends of Peirce Mill will host “Run of the Mill,” a chance to see Washington’s only surviving gristmill in action. The day’s events will include a family tour focusing on “Gravity, Gears and Grain,” as well as children’s activities featuring traditional toys and games. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive NW. 202895-6070. Events will also be held Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ■ As part of “Art All Night,” Hillyer Art Space will host a projection, light and music experience with Projection Mapping DC; a pop-up jewelry shop with UDOP jewelry; a hands-on activity; and exhibitions by Novie Trump, Susan Grace and 14 artists of Baltimore’s Sol Print Studios. 7 p.m. to midnight. Hillyer Art Space, 9 Hillyer Court NW. 202-338-0325. Tours and walks ■ The Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects will present a tour of Penn Quarter, “Washington’s Oldest New Neighborhood.” 10:30 a.m. to noon. $10 to $35; reservations required. Meet at the District Architecture Center, 421 7th St. NW. aiadc.com/calendar.

■ Washington Walks’ “Get Local!” series will explore the historic SheridanKalorama neighborhood. 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet at 22nd Street and Decatur Place NW. washingtonwalks.com. ■ A relaxing walk will share the bittersweet history of how Georgetown became an attractive, vibrant community. 12:30 p.m. Free. Meet at the fountain in the Georgetown Waterfront Park, Wisconsin Avenue and K Street NW. 202-895-6070. ■ The National Gallery of Art will present a “Picture This! Audio-Described Art Tour” for individuals with impaired sight or who wish to enhance their art experience with verbal descriptions. 1 to 2 p.m. Free. National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-842-6905. ■ Dwane Starlin will lead a “Cupcakes of Georgetown” walking tour with stops at Baked & Wired, Sprinkles and Georgetown Cupcake for fall-flavored treats. 1 to 3 p.m. $25; reservations requested by Sept. 24 at noon. Meet at 27th and Q streets NW. dumbartonhouse.org/events. ■ Tim Krepp, author of “Capitol Hill Haunts” and “Ghosts of Georgetown,” will lead a special edition of Washington Walks’ “Capitol Hauntings” tour. A book signing will follow. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $15 to $20. Meet outside the Capitol South Metrorail station. washingtonwalks.com. Sunday, Sept. 27

Sunday september 27 Classes and workshops ■ A teacher from Yoga Activist will present a “Soothing Sunday Yoga” class. 1:30 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. ■ Yoga Activist will present a yoga class for adults. 3:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100. Concerts ■ The Washington Saxophone Quartet See Events/Page 18

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Continued From Page 17 will perform dance music in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Noon and 1 p.m. Free. Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■Flutist and vocalist Verny Varela and four other musicians will perform Latin music. A reception and Haitian art show will follow. 3 p.m. Free. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-363-4900. ■The Music With the Angels Concert Series will feature mezzo-soprano Tanya Ruth Langlois and pianist Michael Langlois performing works by Heggie, Korngold, Greer and Brahms, among others. 3 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Church of the Holy City, 1611 16th St. NW. 202-4626734. ■A concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church’s 2,500-pipe organ will feature director of music Julie Vidrick Evans and trumpeter Woodrow English. The concert will feature an introductory talk by director of music emeritus Ken Lowenberg on the organ’s history. 4 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW. 202-363-2202. ■Guest organist James Wetzel from St. Agnes and St. John the Divine, New York, will perform a recital. 5:15 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. Discussions and lectures ■Marvin Kalb will discuss his book “Imperial Gamble: Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War,� at 1 p.m.; and Thomas Mallon will discuss his book “Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years,� at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■Richard Brettell, founding director of the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History and co-director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Museums at the University of Texas at Dallas, will discuss “Caillebotte and Monet: At the Impressionist Exhibition of 1877.� 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■Carol D. Marsh — founder and former executive director of Miriam’s House, a

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Viniyoga� class focusing on postures and the connection between breath and body. 11 a.m. Free; reservations requested. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. tenleylibrary@dc.gov. The class will also be offered Oct. 5, 19 and 26. ■Roxana Ehsani, registered dietician and in-store nutritionist for Giant Food, will lead a class on “Healthy Ideas for Managing Your Diabetes.� 2 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100. ■Yoga Activist will present a weekly yoga class geared toward beginners. 7 p.m. Free. Second-floor meeting room, Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. The class will also be offered Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Film ■“Titanus Presents: A Family Chronicle of Italian Cinema� will feature Mario Monicelli’s 1960 film “The Passionate Thief.� 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Concerts â– The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plazaâ€? series will feature the band Arty performing country. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. â– Washington Performing Arts will present a concert by violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Emanuel Ax featuring works by Mozart, FaurĂŠ, Strauss and others. 7 p.m. $55 to $135. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Performances and readings ■Mitchell Park will host musical highlights from “Most Happy Fella,� sung by stars of Catholic University’s upcoming production. 4 p.m. Free. Mitchell Park, 23rd and S streets NW. mitchellparkdc.org. ■Semilla Cultural will present the interactive Puerto Rican musical genre of bomba. Dance lesson at 5 p.m.; performance at 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Split This Rock and Upshur Street Books will present a poetry reading by Mahogany Browne, author of “Smudge.� 6 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. Special event ■Rock Creek Park will celebrate its 125th anniversary with special events and activities, including guided hikes, talks, workshops and children’s activities. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-8956070. Monday, Sept. 28 Monday september 28 Children’s program ■Katherine Applegate will discuss her book “Crenshaw� (for ages 10 through 14). 7 p.m. Up to four tickets with the purchase of the book for $16.99. Maret School, 3000 Cathedral Ave. NW. politics-prose.com. Classes and workshops ■Yoga teacher Robin Glantz, owner of Vibrant Health, will lead an “Introduction to 7+( :25/' )$0286

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Discussions and lectures ■Anne Dobberteen, assistant curator of the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection, will discuss 19th-century printmaking techniques. Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-9945200. ■“Smart Growth: How We Get Around� will feature Adam Frank, professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester; Dag Gogue, founder and CEO at Transit Labs; and moderator Franklyn Cater, NPR Cities producer and “All Things Considered� senior producer. 12:30 to 2 p.m. $10; reservations required. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. ■The Dupont Circle Village Live and Learn Seminar series will feature a talk on “Estate Planning Ideas� by Gina Lynn, cochair of the steering committee of the D.C. Bar’s Estates, Trusts and Probate Section. 3:30 to 5 p.m. Free for Dupont Circle Village members; $10 for others. St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, 1772 Church St. NW. 202-234-2567. ■Artist Walter McConnell will discuss the process behind his large-scale moist clay installations. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300. ■Kate Harding will discuss her book “Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture — and What We Can Do About It.� 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3871400. ■Ron Rash will discuss his novel “Above the Waterfall.� 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■Robb Hunter, a professional fight director and choreographer, will discuss “En Garde! The Art of Fight Choreography.� 6:45 to 8:50 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■Jay Winik will discuss his book “1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■Marione Ingram will discuss her

book “The Hands of Peace: A Holocaust Survivor’s Fight for Civil Rights in the American South.� 7 p.m. Free. West End Interim LIbrary, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-7248707. Films ■The “Marvelous Movie Monday� series will feature the 2015 film “McFarland, USA,� starring Kevin Costner. 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. ■The “Surveillance Blind� series — about what privacy means in the context of social and political ideas — will feature James Spione’s 2014 documentary “Silenced,� about the experiences of three whistleblowers who used to work for federal agencies. A post-screening discussion will feature Spione. 6:30 p.m. $4 to $7. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202-2891200. ■The Music and Poetry Club will screen the 1964 movie musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,� starring Debbie Reynolds and Harve Presnell. A performance by the Blues Muse ensemble will follow. 7:30 p.m. Free. St. Mary’s Court, 725 24th St. NW. 202-393-1511. Performances and readings ■As part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, the “Women of Welders 2.0� showcase will feature works by Rachel Hynes, Ronee Penoi, Alexandra Petri and Hannah Hessel Ratner. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■In honor of Banned Books Week, members of the D.C. Public Library’s Birmingham Jail Players will present live readings from their favorite banned and challenged authors. 6:30 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■The Women’s Voices Theater Festival will feature a reading of Lisa Loomer’s “Roe,� about the 1973 court case that legalized abortion. 7:30 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the States Gallery a half hour before the performance. Theater Lab, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Poets W.S. Di Piero and Rowan Ricardo Phillips will read from their work. 7:30 p.m. $15. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. Sporting event ■The Washington Nationals will play the Cincinnati Reds in the final home game of the season. 3:05 p.m. $10 to $345. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. Tuesday, Sept. 29

Tuesday september 29 Classes and workshops ■Stephanie Chong, director of community outreach and education at Lifematters, will lead a class on “Aging With HIV.� 9 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations requested. Seabury at Friendship Terrace Retirement Community, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 301-767-5707. ■A certified yoga instructor will lead a class targeted to seniors. 10 a.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. geoyogarsvp@dc.gov. ■The Georgetown Library will host an introductory yoga class. 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. geoyogarsvp@dc.gov. ■Instructor K. Despertt will present “Genealogy at Your Fingertips: Database Workshop.� 6:30 p.m. Free. Room 311, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

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EVENTS From Page 18 Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■ “International Literature: Poets From Sweden” will feature readings by Malena Mörling and Jonas Ellerström, followed by a moderated discussion with Taru Spiegel, reference specialist in the European Division of the Library of Congress. 3 to 4:30 p.m. Free. Montpelier Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-9814. ■ In celebration of Banned Books Week 2015, a talk on censorship and intellectual freedom will feature National Book Award finalist Deborah Hautzig and Newbery Award winner Phyliss Reynolds Naylor. 4 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ Timothy Denevi will discuss his memoir “Hyper: A Personal History of ADHD.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3871400. ■ Marianne Bohr will discuss her book “Gap Year Girl: A Baby Boomer Adventure Across 21 Countries.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856. ■ A DC Net Impact-sponsored panel discussion on “What Makes an Effective Nonprofit?” will feature Jacob Harold, president and CEO of GuideStar; Jennifer Lentfer, director of communications at International Development Exchange; Victoria Vrana, senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and Dennis Whittle, co-founder of GlobalGiving. 6:30 to 9 p.m. $4 to $10; reservations required. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. dcnetimpact.org. ■ Libby H. O’Connell, History Channel’s chief historian, will discuss “Foraging Through America’s Culinary History.” 6:45 p.m. $20 to $25. Smithsonian Castle, 1000 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ David Maraniss will discuss his book “Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ David Gregory, former moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” will discuss his book “How’s Your Faith?: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey.” 7 p.m. $12. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487. ■ Nora Pouillon will discuss her book “My Organic Life: How a Pioneering Chef Helped Shape the Way We Eat Today.” 7:30 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Austrian Cultural Forum, 3524 International Court NW. acfdc.org. ■ The D.C. Public Library’s “Lowbrow Throwdown” discussion series will focus on “The Exorcist” by William Peter Blatty. 8 p.m. Free. The Tombs, 1226 36th St. NW. dclibrary.org/node/49786. Films ■ “Tuesday Night Movies” will feature the 2015 film “Furious 7,” starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. 6 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ The Embassy of the Czech Republic will present the 1947 film “Capek’s Tales.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required by Sept. 25. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. capekstales.eventbrite.com. ■ The Media Rise Festival will present Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s 2015 documentary “The Mask You Live In,” about boys and young men struggling to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Brookland,

625 Monroe St. NE. 202-636-7230. Performances and readings ■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night” will feature performances by the ensembles Madeline and Thank You for Sharing, at 8 p.m.; and by V.I. Lenin and Team X, at 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. Wednesday, Sept. 30

Wednesday september 30 Concerts ■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza” series will feature Junior Bryce performing jazz and R&B. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. ■ The Harbour Nights concert series will feature The Bubbas. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-295-5007. ■ Singer Jamie Lin Wilson will perform. 7 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Devon Allman Band and BYOG will perform. 8:30 p.m. $16 to $20. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ The Smithsonian Associates and International Spy Museum will present a talk by William J. Lahneman on the life of Herbert O. Yardley as part of the series “The Men Who Spilled Secrets: Whistleblowers, Leakers, Heroes, or Traitors?” 10:15 a.m. $25 to $35. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-633-3030. ■ Bonnie Morris, adjunct professor in George Washington University’s Women’s Studies Program, will discuss the women’s music movement of the 1970s. Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. ■ Michael S. Paulsen, professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, will discuss his book “The Constitution: An Introduction.” Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ Activities to Go will present an experiential presentation on “Landmarks in Foreign Lands Beyond the Seven Wonders.” 1 p.m. Free. Seabury at Friendship Terrace Retirement Community, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202-244-7400. ■ Michael Oren, member of the Knesset and former Israeli ambassador to the United States, will discuss the state of U.S.Israel relations. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. american.edu/cas/israelstudies/rsvp. ■ Sandra Grady will discuss her book “Improvised Adolescence: Somali Bantu Teenage Refugees in America.” 6 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176. ■ Historian Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia will discuss “Bernardo de Gálvez and the Spanish Involvement in the American Revolution.” 6 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. ■ Theresa Brown will discuss her book “The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients’ Lives.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■ Paul Fleischman will discuss his book “Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856. ■ The World Affairs Council will host a

book talk by Ambassador Herman J. Cohen, author of “The Mind of the African Strongman: Conversations With Dictators, Statesmen, and Father Figures.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. University of California Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave. NW. worldaffairsdc.org. ■ American music specialist Robert Wyatt will present a program on “Lerner and Loewe: Musical Champagne.” 6:45 to 9 p.m. $30 to $42. Rasmuson Theater, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Artists Billy Friebele and Mike Iacovone, who work together as Freespace Collective, will discuss the evolution of their collaborative approach to art production. 7 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. mlkmaker.com/new-events. ■ Paul Theroux will discuss his book “Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■ As part of the Book Hill Talks series, Maria-Stella Gatzoulis of the Woodrow WIlson Center for International Scholars will discuss “Greece and the Eurozone — What Lies Ahead.” 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ Dr. Dana Suskind will discuss her book “Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain” in conversation with Arne Duncan, U.S. secretary of education. 7 p.m. $5 to $10. Meeting House, Sidwell Friends School, 3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Film ■ Daily Dementia Caregivers will present Barbara Klutinis’ film “The Sum Total of Our Memory: Facing Alzheimer’s Together.” Afterward, Klutinis will provide an update on the three couples featured in the film. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Hera Hub DC, Suite 100, 5028 Wisconsin Ave. NW. julia@herahub.com. Health fair ■ The Walgreens Wellness Tour will offer free health tests measuring key indicators such as cholesterol, blood pressure and body mass index. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Greater Washington Urban League, 2901 14th St. NW. 202-265-8200. Performances and readings ■ As part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, “We Speak Their Names … A Tribute to Warrior Women!” will feature the hip-hop theater ensemble FRESHH Inc. paying tribute to Nina Simone, Pearl Cleage and MC Lyte. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Visiting Writers Series will feature a reading by Ravi Howard, author of the novels “Like Trees, Walking” and “Driving the King.” 8 p.m. Free. Board Room, Butler Pavilion, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2973. Special events ■ The Woman’s National Democratic Club and Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets will host a garden party to honor the neighborhood business community and launch the club’s new business and professional memberships. 6 to 8 p.m. $75; reservations required. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■ Upshur Street Books will present “Fall Favorites Release Party,” featuring authors, publisher representatives and booksellers discussing 30 new titles. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com.

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