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Vol. XIV, No. 23

Nando’s back on in Woodley Park

HORSING AROUND

ment yesterday rescinded an order

approval to open. Back in February,

popular grilled chicken chain from opening at 2631 Connecticut Ave. NW. Members unanimously agreed that their previous decision was based on insufficient information and that they had intended to allow Nando’s into the neighborhood.

Woodley Park is subject to restrictions on new restaurants, which is why Nando’s needed to petition the zoning board for

for Nando’s to operate for five years before needing a renewal.

That first approval was a compromise with the Woodley Park Community Association, which opposed the Nando’s application.

Zoning board members said that after five years Nando’s could reapply and cite evidence that it wasn’t contributing to trash and See Nando’s/Page 8

■ Zoning: Restaurant to open that had effectively precluded the the board initially granted approval

after reversal of board’s order

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

It will be a year later than the company originally intended, but Nando’s Peri-Peri is now slated to come to Woodley Park in summer 2016.

The Board of Zoning Adjust-

Dupont landlords sued over fatal fire

By KELSEY KNORP Current Correspondent

Brian Kapur/The Current

Oyster-Adams Bilingual School celebrated the season with a “Fall Festival and Haunted Garage,” featuring costume and pumpkin-carving competitions, a moon bounce, an obstacle course and other activities. The multiday event held in the Woodley Park school’s parking garage concluded Friday.

The grieving parents of Michael McLoughlin and Nina Brekelmans have filed wrongful death lawsuits against the owners of the Dupont Circle row house where a fire killed the two young residents in June.

Each family is suing for $10 million in damages, alleging that homeowners Max Salas and son Len Salas leased to multiple tenants on the house’s four levels, including the basement, with appliances that were improperly installed and maintained. The property, located at 1610 Riggs Place NW, housed McLoughlin and Brekelmans in separate rooms on the building’s third floor, with another tenant occupying the basement and Max Salas occupying both the first and second floors.

The lawsuits cite a lack of proper fire escape, fire extinguishers and working smoke detectors, and further See Fire/Page 5

Brian Kapur/Current file photo

An electrical fire destroyed the Riggs Place NW home in June, killing two third-floor tenants. The victims’ families allege the landlord was negligent.

‘Greening Diplomacy’ blossoms in Van Ness

Confucius grant lets Hardy offer new Chinese program

By MARK LIEBERMAN

By MARK LIEBERMAN

Current Staff Writer

Current Staff Writer

In 2009, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the Greening Diplomacy Initiative, a multiyear effort aimed at reducing the State Department’s carbon footprint in the United States and abroad.

Six years later, Clinton has set her sights on a higher office, but her environmental efforts are still going strong. The initiative’s latest step came during an event Friday morning in Van Ness. Employees from the nearby complex of embassies teamed up with volunteers from the local nonprofit Casey Trees to plant 31 trees in front of the International Cultural Center, home of 21 foreign missions on a sprawling campus near Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness Street NW. Spearheaded by the State Department’s Office of

Patricia Pride, principal of Hardy Middle School, has long wanted to bring a Chinese language program to her students.

That goal is now on track to become reality in the 2016-17 school year, thanks to a new partnership with George Mason University’s Confucius Institute, a program that funds Chinese language and culture programs at schools across the country. The first phases of the Confucius Classroom program will kick off with a ceremony at the school this

EVENTS

Courtesy of the U.S. State Department

Embassy workers and other volunteers planted trees Friday at the Van Ness diplomatic enclave.

Foreign Missions, which facilitates secure diplomatic missions and acts in an oversight role to embassies worldwide, the event brought together employees of various governments and volunteers from the local community, with the goal of preserving the environment for future generations of diplomats.

Heather Higginbottom, deputy secretary of state for See Embassies/Page 7

NEWS

‘Metamorphosis’ show comes to Foundry Gallery — Page 19

Mayor honors local artists at annual awards ceremony — Page 3

Friday at 6:45 p.m. “This is definitely a strategic language for our students and one that’s needed,” Pride said.

Hardy’s application was developed by Jonathan Jou, a friend and colleague of Pride’s who moved from China to the U.S. as a teenager and now teaches English as a second language. The approved proposal includes instilling in the current middle school curriculum a reverence for Chinese cultural traditions, partnering with feeder elementary schools and Wilson High School to make the program a broader educaSee Chinese/Page 8

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Georgetown Hospital wins ANC nod for proposed building — Page 7

Calendar/18 Classifieds/25 District Digest/2 Dupont Circle Citizen/13 Exhibits/19 In Your Neighborhood/16

Opinion/10 Police Report/6 Real Estate/15 School Dispatches/12 Service Directory/23 Week Ahead/3

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D.C.’s residential street sweeping program ended for the season Friday, and leaf collection began Monday.

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Department of Public Works employees will instead be picking up leaves for composting, making two passes in each neighborhood between Nov. 2 and Jan. 9. Residents should — by the Sunday of their collection week — rake their leaves into the tree box near their home or place leaves in paper bags and put them in the tree box or with their trash. Leaf collection schedules are available at leaf.dcgis.dc. gov and will also be sent to residents by mail.

The crews that collect leaves also do snow removal, so snow could interrupt collections. From Dec. 26 through Jan. 8, the agency will also collect holiday trees and other greenery from trash-collection locations. Trees should be cleared of ornaments and lights and not put in bags.

Aidan Montessori selects new head

Aidan Montessori School has selected a new head of school, who

will take charge in July 2016.

The school’s board unanimously chose Bethany Heller — who previously headed a Montessori school in Evergreen, Colo. — to replace Kathy Minardi, who is stepping down after working at the Woodley Park school for nearly two decades, according to a news release.

Heller helped grow her Colorado school, recruiting students, faculty and donors, and the board hopes she will also boost enrollment at Aidan, the release says.

Aidan is located at 2700 27th St. NW and serves roughly 200 students from 18 months old through sixth grade.

mixer and dance, and alumni and current families to a kid-friendly “tailgate party� picnic. Details on these events and the Tiny Folks program are at littlefolks.org.

Metro recruiting for riders’ council seats

The Metro Riders’ Advisory Council is seeking new members to fill positions representing D.C. and several surrounding jurisdictions.

The 21-member council, which advises Metro’s board, is meant to “represent a cross-section of Metro’s riders from around the region.�

Members serve three-year terms.

To apply, complete the form at tinyurl.com/councilapply.

Little Folks School adds toddler program Corrections The Little Folks School, a 43-year-old nursery school in Georgetown, has added a new toddler program for 2-year-olds to its offerings.

Along with its play-based programs for ages 2 1/2 to 4, the 3247 Q St. NW school was scheduled to launch “Tiny Folks� this week, with varied options (morning or full day and three, four or five days a week) for kids as young as 24 months.

Starting in fall 2016, the program will extend to children 18 months to 29 months.

The Little Folks School is also holding a Homecoming Weekend Nov. 6 and 7, inviting alumni to a

An Oct. 28 article on the D.C. high school results on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) mistakenly referred to School Without Walls as the city’s best-performing high school in both English and geometry and Washington Latin as the city’s best-performing charter school in both categories. The article relied on the data released by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, which excluded schools with fewer than 25 test-takers. One such school, BASIS DC, ranked first among all D.C. high schools in math (with 100 percent of students scoring 4 or 5) and led

all charter schools in English (with 73 percent of students scoring 4 or 5). The article also misidentified Joy Russell, head of the Democrats for Education Reform advisory board.

Also in the Oct. 28 issue, an article on the Historic Preservation Review Board’s consideration of the proposed Millie’s restaurant in the Spring Valley Shopping Center included a statement from owner Bo Blair that alcohol service until 11:30 p.m. on weeknights and midnight on weekends is appropriate for the site. The article should have noted that the restaurant’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board license application, if approved as submitted, would allow longer hours: until midnight Sunday through Thursday and until 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

In the same issue, an article on assaults occurring on the plaza near the Foggy Bottom Metro station mischaracterized the most recent incident, which was a simple assault, not a sexual assault.

According to George Washington University, a woman reported to university police that another woman had punched her in the neck and fled; neither was affiliated with the university.

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Mayor’s Arts Awards recognize Ellington School founder’s achievements

By KELSEY KNORP Current Correspondent

Artists and art enthusiasts filled U Street’s historic Lincoln Theatre last Thursday night to mark the 30th annual Mayor’s Arts Awards.

Along with several live performances, the event featured 11 award recipients from D.C., including both individual artists like poet Dolores Kendrick and organizations such as Washington Performing Arts and Street Sense.

The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities organized the ceremony, with winners selected by a panel of prominent local figures from organizations including Shakespeare Theatre, Class Acts Arts and the Rare Essence Band.

Perhaps most notably, at the end of the evening Mayor Muriel Bowser presented a lifetime achievement award to Peggy Cooper Cafritz, founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and chair of the first arts commis-

sion to hold the awards ceremony in 1985. “Probably about 15 people came, and we had two performers or something like that,�

Cafritz said. “But the arts commission has sustained this and many other programs. It has grown, it has fixed things that are wrong, it has strategies, and it has vision.�

Cafritz has been active in local arts since her youth, when she moved to the District to attend George Washington University. Since that time, she has served the community in

various roles ranging from minority rights activist to Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, and from school board president to vice chair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

She started the Ellington School while she was still at George Washington, as a project that began in 1968 as a summer arts workshop for minority children. It has since grown into an accredited four-year high school program See Arts/Page 4

The week ahead Wednesday, Nov. 4

D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson will hold a public hearing on the upcoming fiscal year 2017 budget. The hearing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the auditorium of Stuart Hobson Middle School, 410 E St. NE. ■The D.C. State Board of Education will hold a working session at 4:30 p.m. in Room 1114, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. Discussion items will include recent test results, proposed accountability adjustments and creation of a state diploma. (A 20-minute closed session is scheduled at the start of the meeting.) ■The D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development will hold a public hearing on its Consolidated Plan, which highlights the District’s needs and goals in terms of affordable housing, community economic development, and public infrastructure and facilities. The hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the headquarters of the Greater Washington Urban League, 2901 14th St. NW. ■The D.C. Public Library will hold a forum on how best to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when the library that bears his name is modernized.

Speakers will include D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton; Carla Hayden, CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore; Howard Dodson, author and historian; Charneice Fox Richardson, creative director of Straight No Chaser Productions; and Kerrie Cotten Williams, manager of special collections at the D.C. Public Library. The forum will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW.

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Thursday, Nov. 5

Ward 4 D.C. Council member Brandon Todd will present his “State of the Ward 4 Senior� event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Riggs LaSalle Recreation Center, 501 Riggs Road NE. In addition to an address by Todd, the event will include health screenings, information from D.C. government agencies, breakfast, lunch and entertainment. To RSVP, contact Solomon Waller at 202-724-8052 or swaller@dccouncil.us. ■The National Capital Planning Commission will hold its monthly meeting, which will include an information presentation by representatives of the General Services Administration on the Potomac Hill Campus Master Plan for the Navy Hill and Potomac Annex parcels on 23rd Street NW. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the commission’s office in Suite 500N, 401 9th St. NW.

Saturday, Nov. 7

The annual Annunciation Church/Holy Trinity Parish One-Day Clothing Drive will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Annunciation School gym next to the church’s parking lot, 3810 Massachusetts Ave. NW. The drive provides clean clothing and other gently used or new household items to local charities; efforts to sort clothing by type (men, women, children, infants) are appreciated. Broken items, stained clothes and linens, decorative items, vases, pictures and posters are not accepted. To volunteer for a three-hour shift to help sort donations and make deliveries, contact Lisa Directo Davis at youngadults@annunciationdc.org. ■Hearst Elementary School will present its annual E-cycle event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the school, 3950 37th St. NW. The event will include electronics recycling and swap, bike and sports equipment swap, rummage sale, a book and bake sale, pet adoptions, a moon bounce and more. For details, visit hearstes.org or email hearstecycle@gmail.com. ■Members of the Burleith community, in partnership with Georgetown University, will hold a fall neighborhood cleanup from 9 to 11 a.m. Participants will meet at the 38th Street NW entrance to Ellington Field for coffee and bagels, followed by trash collection and possible weeding of the field. ■The Singleton Mason Lodge will host a blood drive and marrow registry event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 4441 Wisconsin Ave. NW. ■Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh will host a “Chat With Cheh� event from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.

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The Brightwood Community Association will hold its monthly meeting at St. John United Baptist Church, 6343 13th St. NW. Discussion items will include parking, speed bumps, litter and street cleaning.

Thursday, Nov. 12

The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting on the Klingle Valley Trail Project to present schedule updates and information regarding upcoming stream restoration work on Klingle Creek. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.

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for the arts at the site of the former Western High School in Burleith.

More recently, the institution has faced some criticism for a massive renovation whose budget started out at around $70 million when the design process began three years ago and has since grown to a whopping $180 million, with the projected end date still uncertain. “This is not a young people’s

world,� Cafritz said. “It is a world that is for all of us. But we who are now older have an absolute obligation to help those who are younger to get where they need to go.�

A reflective presentation titled “Black Broadway on U Street� detailed the Lincoln Theatre’s significance during segregation, when it acted as an artistic haven for the District’s black community and hosted legends like Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and

Billie Holiday. Jazz vocalist Akua Allrich paid tribute to the landmark’s history with a soulful performance of George and Ira Gershwin’s “I Loves You, Porgy.�

Members of the funk group Black Alley Band presented the Mayor’s Award for Innovation in the Arts to Southeast Boy Productions, named for founder Anthony Anderson’s roots in Anacostia. The Award for Impact on Culture and Humanities went to artistic director Molly

Smith of Arena Stage, the nonprofit theater company with an exclusive focus on American plays and playwrights and a collective audience of roughly 300,000 each year.

The nonprofit Women in Film and Video received the Award for Excellence in Service to the Arts for its work to advance the careers of women in all areas of screen-based media production through equalrights advocacy and public education. Additionally, the arts commis-

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â??At Street Sense, we understand the transformative power of storytelling.â?&#x17E; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brian Carome that offers homeless District residents opportunities to write about poverty and other socioeconomic issues alongside staff and volunteers.

Street Sense vendors contribute 50 cents apiece for publication costs and distribute the papers on the street for suggested donations of $2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Street Sense, we understand the transformative power of storytelling,â&#x20AC;? said executive director Brian Carome. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We understand how it transforms both teller and listener.

Our vendors, courageous men and women, too many of whom live outside, with great courage bring those stories forward.â&#x20AC;?

As for individual awards, Terry Thomas of Seaton Elementary School was recognized for Excellence in Arts Teaching, and photographer Adam Davies was named Outstanding Emerging Artist. The Award for Special Recognition went to Kendrick, the official poet laureate of D.C., who read a piece titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank You Is Not Enough.â&#x20AC;?

Another individual honor for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline went to contemporary artist RenĂŠe Stout for her vast visual art repertoire dealing with themes related to African and African-American heritage.

Nonprofit arts presenter Washington Performing Arts received the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education for its numerous public arts programs targeting both youth and adult communities. Meanwhile, the arts commission selected Sachiko Kuno and Ryuji Ueno of the S&R Foundation, whose programs further the aspirations of many upand-coming artists, for its Award for Visionary Leadership. The Georgetown-based foundation has so far provided over $3 million in financial support to the artists, scientists and entrepreneurs it has served.

The event also featured performances by singer-songwriter Citizen Cope, Gin Dance Company, the Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington, tap dancing prodigy Luke Spring, the D.C. Youth Slam Team, Lesoleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dance Project, R&B singer Kevin Ross with the Capital City Symphony, and the Dupont Brass Band.

Mayor Bowser said she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;heartenedâ&#x20AC;? by the performances and presentations throughout the evening, and she especially noted the significance of Street Senseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service to the homeless. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re reminded in this city that we have great challenges, but we have what it takes to meet those challenges,â&#x20AC;? Bowser said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No matter what, great cities have and support the arts, and we will in Washington, D.C., too.â&#x20AC;?

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FIRE: Victims’ families seek damages from landlord, alleging safety violations at property

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allege that windows on the third floor were painted shut. McLoughlin, 24, and Brekelmans, 25, were trapped on the third floor when the blaze occurred around 2:30 a.m. on June 3.

The elder Salas sustained injuries that sent him to the hospital for several days following the incident.

Initial scheduling conferences are set for Jan. 22 for the two lawsuits, which were filed about two weeks ago. Court records indicate that attorney Andrew T. Nichols has filed an official response to the Brekelmans family’s complaint on behalf of Max Salas, though as of Tuesday none had yet been filed in response to the complaint by McLoughlin’s family.

Nichols declined to comment on the case at this time, and there was no answer at a phone number listed for Len Salas.

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms initially contributed to an investigation of the fatal blaze, finding the cause to

be electrical. The bureau lost jurisdiction over the case after it found no evidence of arson.

“As far as the ATF is concerned, this is an accidental fire,” spokesperson Thomas Faison told The Current. “This means that the fire was not criminal in nature.”

Back in June, Faison noted a lack of sprinkler system on the premises and told The Washington Post that “there was no evidence of a fire escape.”

The D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, which also had a role in the initial investigation, declined to comment on the lawsuits but “stands by initial assessments” of the burned property, according to spokesperson Matt Orlins. Those assessments found that the Salases did not have a proper license to rent the property.

Such a license requires prior inspection for features like hard-wired smoke detectors and a reliable escape route. Orlins did not verify whether the house met the requirements at the time of the fire or had undergone such an

inspection in the past.

The D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department declined to comment on the findings of its investigation, as a final report is not yet available.

Attorney Patrick Regan, who represents the Brekelmans family, called Max Salas’ answer to the complaint a “routine denial” of all charges against him. He also said Salas initially tried to dodge his firm’s process server, thus requiring “extraordinary lengths” to serve the summons papers.

Regan hopes to hold depositions of both Max and Len Salas before the case’s initial scheduling conference in January. He said the fatalities were preventable, had the landlords complied with standard fire code regulations.

“Part of this is that they never, ever should have been leasing these rooms out in the condition the property was in, in terms of fire safety,” he said.

Despite the early morning hour, Regan said that Brekelmans did not sleep through the fire,

DC Chamber honors local award recipients Current Staff Report The DC Chamber of Commerce honored philanthropic promoter Marcella Jones with its Lifetime Legacy Award Friday evening at its annual Choice Awards Gala.

Jones has worked worldwide to raise funds for a host of organizations and was recently recognized by the president of Liberia, who named a school in her honor. Among her board memberships are the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art, the Apollo Theatre and the Washington Tennis Education Foundation. She is a major fundraiser for Spelman College, Habitat for Humanity, Howard Theatre, the Kennedy Center and the ASPO Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.

George Washington University, with its 20,000 students from all 50

states and 130 countries, was honored with the chamber’s Economic Impact Award. The school is one of the District’s largest employers.

The Washington Nationals Dream Foundation, the baseball team’s charitable arm, was honored with the chamber’s Community Impact Award for its support of academics, the arts, nutrition and sports.

The foundation completed construction of the Washington Nationals Diabetes Care Complex at Children’s National Medical Center and the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, which provides academic, athletic and nutritional programming for children in wards 7 and 8.

The chamber named Joseph Rigby of Pepco as Business Leader of the Year. He became president and chief executive officer of the com-

pany and chair of the board in 2009.

He is past chair of the United Way of the National Capital Area and serves on the Rutgers University Board of Governors.

Comcast was named Business of the Year, for making more than $344 million in cash and in-kind community investments to organizations such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, the Greater Washington Urban League, the American Youth Center, the United Way of the National Capital Area and the DC Public Education Fund.

The Chairman’s Distinction Award went to the Washington Area Community Investment Fund, a nonprofit loan fund providing access to capital and technical assistance to nonprofits and to low-to-moderateincome entrepreneurs.

as evidenced by a five-and-a-half minute 911 call that recorded her speaking to dispatch operators for about three minutes before her line went silent.

Attorney Richard Bussey, who represents McLoughlin’s father Michael McLoughlin Jr. and mother Martha Johnson, declined to comment on further details of the suit.

Brekelmans had earned her master’s degree in Arab studies from Georgetown University just the month before the fire and was preparing to travel to Jordan on a Fulbright grant.

McLoughlin graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland in 2012 with degrees in finance and economics. He had earned a reputation as an exceedingly competent employee with OST Global Solutions, where he worked during the years following his graduation.

“Frankly, had even some [regulations] been complied with, both of these young people would have gotten out of there,” Regan said.

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Police Report This is a listing of reports taken from Oct. 26 through Nov. 1 by the Metropolitan Police Department in local police service areas.

psa PSA 101 101 â&#x2013; downtown

Robbery â&#x2013; 900-999 block, New York Ave.; 3:43 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 600-699 block, 13th St.; 7:15 a.m. Oct. 28.

Theft â&#x2013; 600-699 block, 12th St.; 11:47 a.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, F St.; 12:30 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 600-699 block, 13th St.; 3 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 700-799 block, 11th St.; 1:10 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, G St.; 1:30 p.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, H St.; 7:51 p.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, F St.; noon Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, I St.; 12:01 a.m. Nov. 1.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, G St.; 8:30 a.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 12th and K streets; 10 p.m.

Oct. 31.

psa 102

â&#x2013; Gallery place PSA 102

PENN QUARTER

Robbery â&#x2013; E and 6th streets; 6:20 p.m.

Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 800-899 block, F St.; 1:07 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 500-599 block, G St.; 6 p.m.

Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; midnight Nov. 1. â&#x2013; 600-699 block, E St.; 12:45 a.m. Nov. 1.

Assault with a dangerous weapon â&#x2013; 600-699 block, F St.; 10:45 p.m. Oct. 31 (with gun).

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Theft â&#x2013; 400-497 block, L St.; 12:10 p.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:45 p.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 800-899 block, 7th St.; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 600-699 block, E St.; 9:40 a.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 400-499 block, K St.; 6:52 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; midnight Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 500-599 block, 7th St.; 9:45 a.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 5 p.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 904-999 block, 6th St.; 7:40 a.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 500-599 block, Indiana Ave.; 9:34 a.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 8:10 p.m. Oct. 30.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1110-1123 block, 4th St.; 5:55 p.m. Oct. 30.

psa 204

â&#x2013; Massachusetts avenue

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Burglary â&#x2013; 4200-4349 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:16 p.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 4200-4349 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 4 p.m. Oct. 30.

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 2400-2499 block, Observatory Place; 9 p.m. Oct. 31.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 3200-3236 block, Garfield St.; 10 p.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 3100-3199 block, 35th St.; 3:15 p.m. Nov. 1.

psa PSA 206 206

â&#x2013; georgetown / burleith

Robbery â&#x2013; 1600-1677 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 1:57 p.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, 34th St.; 10:10 a.m. Oct. 31. â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, Thomas Jefferson St.; 11:35 p.m. Oct. 31. â&#x2013; 1000-1199 block, 30th St.; 11:50 p.m. Oct. 31.

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, 28th St.; 6:20 p.m. Oct. 26.

Theft â&#x2013; 3600-3699 block, O St.; 12:10 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 2:08 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 3200-3275 block, M St.; 3:44 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 3200-3275 block, M St.; 3:44 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 1000-1039 block, Potomac St.; 12:40 p.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 3100-3199 block, M St.; 1:05 p.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 3200-3275 block, M St.; 1:14 p.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 3:50 p.m. Oct. 31. â&#x2013; 1048-1099 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 10:45 a.m. Nov. 1. â&#x2013; 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 3:20 p.m. Nov. 1.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 3200-3223 block, Grace St.; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 30.

psa PSA 207 207

â&#x2013; foggy bottom / west end

Robbery â&#x2013; 25th and I streets; 8:35 p.m.

Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, I St.; 1:30 a.m. Oct. 31. â&#x2013; 2400-2499 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 12:30 a.m. Nov. 1. â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, L St.; 7:20 p.m. Nov. 1 (with gun). â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 (with gun).

Theft â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, 20th St.; 12:15 p.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, L St.; 2:40

p.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, 23rd St.; 1 a.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 2400-2499 block, M St.; 5:40 a.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 1400-1419 block, L St.; 12:30 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; L Street and Vermont Avenue; 1:30 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, 16th St.; 3 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:50 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 1900-1999 block, M St.; 3:02 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, 19th St.; 3:30 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 7:30 a.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 20th Street and Constitution Avenue; 11:55 a.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, K St.; noon Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, L St.; 3:50 p.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 2100-2199 block, H St.; 11 a.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 2100-2499 block, K St.; 11:30 a.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; noon Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 600-699 block, 14th St.; 9 p.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, 23rd St.; 4:30 p.m. Oct. 31. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, 25th St.; 8 p.m. Oct. 31. â&#x2013; 1000-1099 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:21 p.m. Nov. 1.

â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 1 p.m. Nov. 1. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 5:20 p.m. Nov. 1. â&#x2013; 1811-1899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:50 p.m. Nov. 1.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 2100-2199 block, G St.; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 28.

psa PSA 303 303

psa 208

â&#x2013; sheridan-kalorama PSA 208

dupont circle

Robbery â&#x2013; 1200-1225 block, 28th St.; 9:50 p.m. Oct. 31.

Assault with a dangerous weapon â&#x2013; 1200-1217 block, 18th St.; 12:25 a.m. Nov. 1.

Burglary â&#x2013; 1500-1517 block, 17th St.; 12:30 a.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 3:43 a.m. Oct. 30.

Theft â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 6 p.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:45 p.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:15 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 2000-2099 block, M St.; 6:08 p.m. Oct. 27. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 1:02 p.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, P St.; 2:52 p.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 3 p.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5 p.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 2100-2199 block, N St.; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 9:45 a.m. Oct. 31. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, P St.; 12:30 p.m. Oct. 31.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, 20th St.; 10 a.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, 16th St.; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, O St.; 9 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; Massachusetts Avenue and Decatur Place; 7 p.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 1200-1221 block, 17th St.; 12:30 a.m. Nov. 1.

psa PSA 301 301

â&#x2013; Dupont circle

Theft â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, U St.; 8 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 2100-2199 block, 14th St.; 8:13 p.m. Oct. 31. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, V St.; 1:50 p.m. Nov. 1.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1500-1599 block, Swann St.; 10:30 a.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 1500-1599 block, Caroline St.; 11 a.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 1500-1599 block, T St.; 1:45 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 1424-1499 block, R St.; 1 a.m. Oct. 29.

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Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 1650-1691 block, Lanier Place; 6 p.m. Oct. 30.

Theft â&#x2013; 2400-2479 block, 16th St.; 1:23 p.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 1907-1999 block, Florida Ave.; 6 p.m. Oct. 29.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, California St.; 9 a.m. Oct. 26. â&#x2013; 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 10:50 p.m. Oct. 31.

psa PSA 307

307

â&#x2013; logan circle

Assault with a dangerous weapon â&#x2013; N Street and Vermont Avenue; 3 p.m. Oct. 29 (with knife).

Burglary â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, R St.; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26.

Theft â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, 11th St.; 9 a.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, M St.; 7 p.m.

Oct. 28.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1300-1329 block, Q St.; 2:57 p.m. Oct. 28. â&#x2013; 10-10 block, Thomas Circle; 5 p.m. Oct. 29. â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, 9th St.; 10 a.m. Oct. 30. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, Vermont Ave.; 11:07 a.m. Oct. 31.

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Georgetown University Hospital expansion wins general support from ANC

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

A new $560 million building planned at MedStar Georgetown University Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus won significant community support Monday following an agreement governing traffic, construction and noise impacts on the surrounding neighborhoods.

The Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission unanimously supported the hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certificate of need application, in which MedStar must persuade city health officials that a major investment is valuable to the District and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t duplicate other hospitalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offerings. Commissioners also generally sup-

ported its Old Georgetown Board application, governing the proposalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compatibility with the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic district. â&#x20AC;&#x153;MedStar has made, in my view, a very strong case that this is needed,â&#x20AC;? said commission chair Ron Lewis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really in need of renovation.â&#x20AC;?

The project comprises a new five-story â&#x20AC;&#x153;surgical pavilionâ&#x20AC;? building that will replace above-ground parking adjacent to the existing 1940s hospital building at 3800 Reservoir Road NW. Construction is slated for late 2016 until 2020.

MedStar pledges to include a modern emergency room, state-of-the-art operating and treatment rooms, rooftop helicopter access

and other hospital amenities, plus three levels of underground parking. Additionally, parking areas not occupied by the medical building will become green space, with cars moved underground. Existing hospital buildings will remain.

Details on the green space are the primary point of contention thus far between the hospital and the neighborhood commission. Commissioners unanimously asked the Old Georgetown Board to reject the hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed entry and exit for the underground parking, which would involve a driveway in a trench disappearing under the lawn. The commission said garage access should be located elsewhere as to not disrupt the green space,

EMBASSIES: Trees planted From Page 1

management and resources, highlighted the intersection of global and local affairs during the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening remarks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Improving our environment and combating climate change canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be an effort that ends at our borders,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our collective responsibility, no matter where we live.â&#x20AC;?

Higginbottom, along with Office of Foreign Missions director Gentry Smith, planted the first tree before putting the cadre of volunteers from Casey Trees and the embassies to work. Armed with shovels and orange vests, the teams fanned out to assigned posts to begin planting.

Kuwait Embassy attachĂŠ Muhammad Alsarhid had never planted a tree before, but Casey Trees volunteer Valerie Wheeler quickly taught him the proper technique. Alsarhid said he felt honored to be a part of this event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We appreciate what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing, and hopefully they appreciate our participation in this,â&#x20AC;? Alsarhid said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Socializing, and meeting people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always nice.â&#x20AC;?

The Foreign Missions Office first reached out to Casey Trees over a year ago, requesting the nonprofitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services for planting a tree in front of

the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq on Massachusetts Avenue NW. After that project was successful, the office set its sights on a larger endeavor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; beautifying the green space in front of and on the sides of the International Cultural Center, according to Casey Trees director of tree planting Jim Woodworth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really about building local capacity, getting to know your neighbors,â&#x20AC;? Woodworth said of his organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this case, your neighbors are all these international parties.â&#x20AC;?

Greening Diplomacy Initiative team leader Landon Van Dyke said ideas for environmental â&#x20AC;&#x153;best practicesâ&#x20AC;? like this often come from lower-level government staffers.

From this event, Van Dyke hopes more of its kind will emerge.

Casey Trees president Mark Buscaino said the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long lead time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; starting when the foreign missions office submitted its official proposal last spring â&#x20AC;&#x201D; resulted in a strong plan for the placement and variety of trees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge event for Casey Trees because it really speaks to that web of connections you create with trees,â&#x20AC;? Buscaino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just planting a tree. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shaking a hand, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting to know somebody.â&#x20AC;?

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though it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t request a specific alternative.

Aside from the garage, neighborhood commissioners are enthusiastic about the concessions made by the hospital, outlined in a fourpage agreement drafted by a group of Georgetown, Burleith and Foxhall leaders.

Among other terms of the agreement, MedStar promised to use traffic-demand management measures to cut peak-hour vehicular trips to the hospital by at least 5 percent despite the expansion; prohibit construction trucks from idling on Reservoir Road; and continue working with the community on various issues.

These issues will also be reviewed by the Zoning Commission as part of Georgetown Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus plan.

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CHINESE: Thanks to successful grant, Hardy Middle School will add its language offerings

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tional effort, and hiring a new Chinese teacher whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a native speaker.

The institute is providing $20,000 in startup costs and an additional $15,000 to $30,000 in annual operating funds. Those sums will pay for textbooks and classroom resources as well as curriculum updates on Chinese cultural traditions, but they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cover a full-time teacher. Pride and her staff are instead working with the Hanban Volunteer Chinese Teacher program, which will bring an instructor from China once his or her visa application is approved. Pride expects the volunteer to begin teaching three sections of first-year Chinese at

the start of next school year.

Chinese will be a new language option for Hardy students, who currently choose between Spanish and Italian. Between 40 and 60 students will enroll in the inaugural full-year Chinese course, and that number will increase to as many as 135 in future years, Pride said.

Plans are also in the works to send several Hardy teachers to China this summer to acquire firsthand experience in a nation theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be expected to understand come next school year.

Lihong Wang, resident director of the Confucius Institute, said there are no strings attached with participation in the Confucius Classroom program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have particular requirements for

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how to run a Chinese class,â&#x20AC;? said Wang. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are autonomous in deciding how they run their classroom.â&#x20AC;?

Instead, the institute will focus on providing resources, as well as connecting the school to artists like the two-dozen natives of mainland China who will perform at Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event.

Price had originally expected that Hardyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application would be accepted for a future year. She credits Jou (who declined to be interviewed) for the earlier timeline, saying he worked tirelessly to meet the initial April deadline and several subsequent dates for new drafts throughout the summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phenomenal,â&#x20AC;? Pride said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he puts his sights on something, he makes it happen.â&#x20AC;?

D.C. Public Schools chief of teaching and learning Brian Pick praised the new program in an email statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Confucius Classroom at Hardy Middle School is a great example of how DCPS is creating rich cultural opportunities for students through global education, specifically Chinese language,â&#x20AC;? Pick wrote.

Looking ahead, Pride hopes to grow the program into a fleshed-out organism that distinguishes Hardy from other schools in the area. Unlike the German class she took in high school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t helped her much in her daily life and career â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pride thinks Chinese is a valuable addition to a young studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repertoire.

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rodent problems in the area.

But Nandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decided it couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the risk that the zoning board would deny the application five years later. Burton Heiss, CEO of the South African chainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s U.S. operations, told The Current that it costs over $1 million to build out a Nandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location, yet it could have been forced to close in 2020.

The zoning board denied an initial request for reconsideration that Nandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s filed over the summer, at which point Heiss announced that

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the company would look for alternative locations. Many community members lamented the decision, and two Woodley Park advisory neighborhood commissioners asked the board last month to reconsider.

In reconsidering the case, board members accepted a compromise 10-year term, which will begin once Nandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s receives its certificate of occupancy to begin operating. They also mandated that Nandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fulfill its commitments to not act like a standard fast-food restaurant: Even though patrons will pay for their food before receiving it, tables must be served and cleared by wait staff on non-disposable dishes. Nandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s must also use a trash compactor and have its trash collected at least five times per week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The board generally wanted to see this restaurant happen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to restrict them from being able to move forward with their plans to move in,â&#x20AC;? said board chair Marnique Heath. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The conditions put forward address the Woodley Park Community Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issues with trash and rodents.â&#x20AC;?

Mandating these items within the zoning order ensures that the city can enforce the provisions without waiting until the end of the 10-year term, added Heath. However, mem-

bers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree to the 20-year term originally requested by the Nandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Peter Brusoe, president of the community association, wrote in an email that his group is disappointed by the decision and was surprised that the reconsideration took place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The five year review period is to ensure that Nandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is upholding its promises,â&#x20AC;? Brusoe wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re worried that they would not pass a five year review suggests that they are unsure, and should give us all pause.â&#x20AC;?

In a previous interview, Heiss said the issue is the uncertainty of how 2020â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s zoning board might rule on the issue compared to todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really all the things we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t control that made us nervous,â&#x20AC;? he said in July. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any risk of losing that permit that would make us close down â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t justify it.â&#x20AC;?

Yesterday, Heiss thanked residents who supported Nandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We absolutely wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be sitting here having this conversation today if it werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for these community members â&#x20AC;&#x201D; our soon-to-be new neighbors,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Heiss said he expects the Woodley Park Nandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to open this coming summer, almost exactly 12 months past the original target.

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The Current

More Clean Energy for DC We want a cleaner and greener District. The Pepco Holdings-Exelon merger will bring $7 million to fund renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, add more than $10 million into the District’s Green Building Fund and make it easier for customers to connect their solar panels to the grid.

Exelon will also significantly expand solar energy in the District and purchase wind energy– enough to power more than 23,000 homes.

The merger also brings other benefits that will help our neighbors like a one-time direct bill credit of more than $50 per residential customer and increased reliability standards that would lead to fewer and shorter power outages.

We support the merger, and we made our voices heard. You can, too. Go to PHITomorrow.com where you can sign the petition and send a letter to voice your support.

“A greener DC is good for everyone.”

“The merger will make it easier for customers to add solar energy in their homes.”

Edith Shipley

Pepco Customer Anacostia

Mark Davis

Owner – WDC Solar

The Pepco Holdings-Exelon Merger: Affordability, Reliability and Sustainability for DC. For more information or to voice your support visit PHITomorrow.com

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Davis Kennedy/Publisher & Editor Chris Kain/Managing Editor

A mixed report card

D.C. was awash in test scores last week, as results became available for both a national assessment of fourth- and eighth-graders and a new test of high-schoolers that’s been adopted by the District and 10 states.

Kids throughout the country take the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), yielding comparable data on math and reading across states every two years. National scores were disappointing this year, but D.C.’s fourth-graders had some of the biggest increases in the country while District eighth-graders’ results stayed essentially flat (relatively good news given the drop elsewhere). It was the second time in a row that D.C. has stood out for improvement on the test.

The results of the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), however, were dispiriting. The new test is given to high-schoolers who have taken English II and geometry, and it replaces the old D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System taken by 10th-graders.

Only about a quarter of the D.C. students tested scored “proficient” on the new test in English, while just 10 percent did so on math.

State Superintendent of Education Hanseul Kang notes that the PARCC sets a “far more rigorous bar” than the old DC CAS, and that’s a fair point.

But we nonetheless agree with State Board of Education president Jack Jacobson that the dismal results should be seen as a “call to action.” The test says students scoring at least 4 out of 5 are ready for college material — that there’s a strong change they would receive at least a C in a first-year college course without remedial coursework — which means just 10 percent of our students are truly prepared for the next level. That has to change.

We are pleased, though, that the state board voted before the results were released to insist on a strict standard of interpretation for PARCC scores.

Some states are opting to deem a 3 “proficient,” even though the test itself says nothing lower than a 4 indicates readiness for post-high-school work.

We appreciate the D.C.’s board insistence on the higher mark as an indicator of proficiency.

Now that we’ve set a lofty course, we must follow it. We’ve long said that stability is a key to school success over time, and as Chancellor Kaya Henderson readies to celebrate five years on the job next week, we’d like to offer our appreciation for her efforts. Where the average urban superintendent stays in the post for just three years, we think Ms. Henderson’s continued tenure is an important ingredient in both the gains D.C. has made so far and the plans to improve it going forward. Our PARCC scores offer a particularly stark reminder that we have much left to do, but they also provide a solid standard to which we should aspire.

Community spirit

Hundreds turned out Friday to celebrate one of Georgetown’s quirkiest claims to fame.

Back in 1973, film director William Friedkin used the neighborhood as the backdrop for a chilling tale of a 12-year-old girl possessed by a demon.

He shot footage on Georgetown University’s campus and used the exterior of 3600 Prospect St. NW as the home of his young protagonist. But a narrow stairway adjacent to the house stuck in many viewers’ minds; it was the site of the movie’s climax, where one of the priests trying to exorcise the demon tumbles to his death.

The scene certainly made an impact on Andrew Huff, a Ward 4 resident who works in community relations at American University. Mr. Huff, who counts the movie as one of his top five favorites, says he’s long taken his guests to the site, forgoing monuments and museums for an unmarked Georgetown staircase.

Over the summer, Mr. Huff started agitating for a plaque to commemorate the oft-visited location. He reached out to the city’s Office of Motion Pictures and TV Development. He connected — surprisingly easily — by Twitter to director Friedkin. And he raised money to support his plan.

Last Friday, Mr. Huff stood at the bottom of the stairs with Mr. Friedkin and screenplay (and book) author William Peter Blatty to unveil the result of his efforts. All three said they were proud of the commemoration.

“This monument that they’re about to unveil will be seen by tens of thousands of people — eventually perhaps more — that will come through here and associate the film that we made with this beautiful and historic community,” Mr. Friedkin told the gathered crowd. “I’m really proud of that and grateful.”

We’re grateful, too. Mr. Huff’s effort brought people together for an exciting night, and he has added charm and character to the neighborhood for the foreseeable future.

The Current

Another one bites the dust …

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eal Cohen, we hardly knew ye.

The aerospace executive who emerged as the leading candidate to become general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority flamed out Monday.

The Metro board and Cohen put out a perfunctory statement saying they had “mutually agreed” that Cohen was “no longer under consideration.”

Several sources say Cohen and his wife were rattled by the intense media spotlight on him the minute NBC4’s Adam Tuss broke the news of his pending selection last week. “They freaked,” said one Metro source.

There also were issues with Cohen’s desire to remain on a few companies’ boards of directors. But it was the media firestorm that caused Cohen’s second thoughts regardless of what the official statement said.

On Monday, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe was livid, decrying “the latest setback in a process that would be comical if the need for new leadership at Metro were not so great.”

Last February, three original candidates for the general manager position also withdrew when NBC4 learned identifying details of their jobs.

Let’s stop right there. We don’t want anyone going on a media-bashing rant.

The choice for Metro’s general manager is one of the most significant appointments in this region.

Leaks are part of the job. As Jim Dinegar of the Greater Washington Board of Trade has said, Metro is the spine and circulatory system of the Washington region and it must work better.

And the media will stay on it until it does. Any executive anywhere who wants to lead Metro had better learn that. This is a city of leaks. It thrives on leaks. It depends on leaks. If anyone thinks this selection process is an aberration, they should think again.

The whole Metro system leaks, from the top leadership to the union to the contractors to the rank and file. And through the media the public is informed through all of this. Maybe not as neatly as some would want, but that’s the way it works.

And whoever becomes general manager for Metro, she or he had better know how to deal with the media, as well as the Congress; officials from Maryland, Virginia and D.C.; union leaders; and, last but not least, the frustrated and disappearing riders.

Paul Schonfeld, a transportation specialist at the University of Maryland, told The Washington Post that Metro needs a leader skilled in complex relationships. “Someone who’s relatively good at dealing with people,” he said, “including many people who are hard to satisfy.”

Metro had hoped to have a candidate identified and publicly introduced at this Thursday’s board meeting. That’s not going to happen. The board, according to sources, has been interviewing a backup candidate, a former executive of Thurgood Marshall Baltimore Washington International Airport. But, as

of Monday night, it was unclear whether he is still interested.

■ Vacancies are us. The aforementioned Jim Dinegar was quick on the Twitter draw last week, noting that Metro, the Nationals and the House Republicans all appeared to be about to get new leaders. “Not sure what we need more,” Dinegar opined, “but glad we have them in line.” Well, two out of three ain’t bad.

■ You had what? Your Notebook remains amazed at what is confiscated at the nation’s airports. The most recent Transportation Safety Administration report notes it was a record week with 68 seized firearms. The previous record was 67, set just the week before!

Of those 68 most recent firearms, 61 of them were loaded and 25 of those had a bullet round in the firing chamber. And one checked bag in Seattle had two feet of demolition cord. Luckily, it was replica cord and not the real thing. But even replica explosives are banned.

And apparently it is bear-hunting season. The TSA took pains to remind everyone that bear repellant is banned on our airplanes. The TSA dryly notes, “It’s best to buy it at your destination.”

■ Boom times still. The Washington DC Economic Partnership has released its latest review of the city’s economy.

Some highlights spotted by Urban Turf included: ■ The average size of a one-bedroom apartment in the early 2000s was 850 square feet. That’s down to 725 square feet now.

■ The downtown/Logan Circle area has the highest effective rental rate per unit at $2,466 a month, and ■ The city has 61 residential projects currently under construction, which will add 10,400 units of new housing in 2016 and 2017.

The report is a reminder that the need to preserve or create affordable housing for the middle class and working poor of our city has to be more than a goal or empty promise.

■ “The Exorcist” remembered.” Andrew Huff, director of community relations at American University, couldn’t stop smiling last week. Huff orchestrated a fun Halloween event where Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans unveiled a plaque commemorating the steep steps featured in the 1973 movie “The Exorcist.”

Director William Friedkin and “Exorcist” author and screenwriter William Peter Blatty participated.

It was great fun. A big crowd turned out on M Street NW near the Whitehurst Freeway exit to watch the unveiling. An invited crowd got to watch the movie later. The film still has the ability to jar you in your seat. Spilled popcorn was reported in a few rows.

Check out the plaque at the bottom of the steps and then get some exercise by walking up.

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

TOM SHERWOOD’s

Notebook

Letters to the Editor Sidwell no friend to aged D.C. residents

The sale and conversion of the Washington Home & Community Hospices comes as a real shock [“Washington Home, Sidwell aim to reap benefits of land deal,” Sept. 30].

Evicting the elderly, especially those undergoing hospice care at the Washington Home, for the benefit of rich kids at Sidwell Friends School, illustrates once

again the classic conflict between the “haves and the have-nots” and is a great tragedy in the making.

Sharon Casey, chair of the Washington Home board, defends the sale of the home as a means, in effect, of doing more for more people. She callously refers to the current facility in a Washington Post article as “our fortress on Upton Street.”

The displacement of more than 100 Medicaid recipients is merely the tip of the iceberg involving a terrible uprooting of lives facing eviction and displacement. Those undergoing hospice care there have to wonder if they will have

to speed up the “process of dying” to accommodate Sidwell’s takeover calendar in 2016.

The prospective demise of the Washington Home is especially ironic in view of the compelling nature of the recent D.C. visit by Pope Francis, whose message was and is unalloyed compassion for those in need. Shakespeare’s King Lear speaks to this tragedy involving the young and the old: “The oldest hath borne most. We that are young shall never see so much, not live so long.”

Jim McGrath Chair, D.C. Tenants’ Advocacy Coalition

The Current

Letters to the Editor Many object to plan for oversize library

Unfortunately, The Currentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oct. 28 article on the planned reconstruction of the Cleveland Park Library was unbalanced. The article highlights the views of some who support the design while quoting only one unnamed resident who objects to the proposed architecture.

Many residents in fact strongly oppose the modernist, over-scaled plans, which are at variance with the look and feel of the historic neighborhood. The architectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assertions that they reflect adjacent properties is in contrast to the plans themselves, which feature huge open and wasteful spaces and design elements self-described to â&#x20AC;&#x153;wowâ&#x20AC;? the viewer. Cleveland Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s houses and other characteristic buildings are generally modest in size and cozy in feeling.

I trust the upcoming Architectural Review Committee meeting, on Nov. 9, will conclude that the plan needs to be substantially modified and scaled back to be consistent with our historic district. The Cleveland Park Historical Society will be commenting on the design.

Arlene Holen Cleveland Park

Hardy Middle sorely needs crossing guard

Any parent with a student at Hardy Middle School is painfully aware of the treacherous gauntlet kids must navigate simply to arrive at the school entrance at 35th and T streets NW. Two Metrobus stops within a few hundred feet, a school bus stop and a three-way stop intersection, filled with distracted, frustrated and impatient drivers, turn the simple act of street-crossing into a human version of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frogger.â&#x20AC;?

So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than a bit surprising that the D.C. Department of Transportation is unable â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or unwilling â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to provide a crossing guard for Hardyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival/dismissal hours.

When I inquired, I was advised by the department that â&#x20AC;&#x153;budget, a hiring freeze and a queueâ&#x20AC;? (among schools waiting for crossing guards) prevented them from deploying one to Hardy. They even asserted that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the school systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problem.

This refusal became even more vexing when a quick survey of the wealthy, private schools in the area revealed that most have at least one Department of Transportation guard taming traffic and assisting children in arriving safely. Even those fortunate enough to have a traffic light at their location appear to have also received guard coverage.

Notwithstanding that these

schools may be compensating the Transportation Department for the guards, the fact remains that they are nonetheless usurping a public resource that is therefore unavailable for public schools. Priority for these guards should be for public school use, particularly given a shortfall of guards. These wealthy schools can easily employ the services of contractors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for only a fraction of the tuition charged for one of their students â&#x20AC;&#x201D; rather than arrogating public resources to serve their private needs.

As so often happens, we can expect that the day after a Hardy student is hit by a vehicle, the Transportation Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bureaucratic reasons (excuses) for denying a crossing guard at this location will magically evaporate, and a guard will dramatically appear for duty. In the interim, though, this agency will continue to provide guards to private schools while telling public school students that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on their own when it comes to making their way through the surging traffic. The denial of a city service designed to ensure child safety â&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially where those limited resources are allowed to be allocated to a private entity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is simply wrong.

Peter Watkins Palisades/Foxhall

Emergency vehicles should use U Street

Why doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the police, fire and ambulance traffic traveling east on U Street NW from 16th Street to 7th Street take the most direct route, which is to stay on U Street?

Instead, the emergency vehicle traffic turns left onto New Hampshire Avenue at 16th Street, travels on New Hampshire (which turns into Florida Avenue), then re-enters U Street at 9th Street from Florida.

The much more direct route is to stay on U Street all the way.

Below are several reasons that the Florida Avenue route makes no sense at all. â&#x2013; It is much longer. The unnecessary distance lengthens the response time to the emergency. â&#x2013; It requires two left turns â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one on New Hampshire at a complicated intersection, and then another at 9th Street in order to get back on U Street. These are dangerous turns against oncoming traffic. â&#x2013; Two-lane Florida Avenue is dangerous to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic (U Street is four lanes).

Actual speeds are lower on Florida, increasing the response times. â&#x2013; While U Street is straight, Florida Avenue is curvy and winding with limited sight lines, especially between 15th and 14th streets. â&#x2013; Florida Avenue is often congested at key intersections, making it difficult for emergency traffic to get

through. U Street has ample lanes and wider intersections that would allow emergency traffic better through access. â&#x2013; Florida Avenue is mostly residential while U Street is mostly commercial. The current route unnecessarily creates 24/7 disturbances for all the residents on Florida Avenue. â&#x2013; Cardozo Education Campus, which is located on Florida Avenue between 12th and 13th streets, receives a constant onslaught of emergency vehicle traffic. Not only does this traffic unnecessarily endanger the safety of our schoolchildren, but it also interferes with the kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to concentrate and do well in their studies. This is a lifelong impact. Our children deserve better.

Maybe when Metroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Green Line was being built, it was appropriate to turn off U Street to serve residents better. But that was about two decades ago. Did the staff not get the memo (perhaps because leadership forgot to send it)?

If we cannot trust our city leadership in police, fire and ambulance services to do something as simple as pick the fastest, safest routes to respond to emergencies, then how can the residents of D.C. have confidence in these services for other matters?

Jerome Roberts Washington, D.C.

When stop means go, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dangerous for all

It happens every day. It seems like everybody does it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; toddlers and their nannies, small children and their parents, students, adults, lawyers, law enforcement, politicians. They are local, or from out of town. Many are from other countries. It is one of the few things that reaches across all barriers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; racial, social, political, et cetera.

When one does it, it goes unnoticed. Nobody says anything. Those who do say something are given the stare, the finger or a mouthful of obscenities. No one enforces it. Yes, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a law, but not a law that warrants time and effort to enforce.

But just wait until one gets hurt, maimed or killed. Then everyone screams for justice, bigger signs, brighter colors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; punishment.

Mayor Muriel Bowserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administration is even adopting a program embraced by six other U.S. cities to date, designed to eliminate all of these fatalities.

The emphasis is on drivers, but the emphasis should be on the pedestrians who constantly â&#x20AC;&#x201D; day and night, on holidays and during the workweek, even during government shutdowns, presidential elections and Super Bowls â&#x20AC;&#x201D; cross the street on a RED light.

Andreas Kristinus

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For students who love geography and fun, Eaton has a Geoplunge team. Geoplunge is a geography based card game where students have to learn facts about the United States to be good at the games. The information includes: state capitals and other big cities, state names, postal codes, state nicknames, border states, state rankings of size, population and order of statehood, and other interesting

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We play games using these facts.

Some of the games are: Guess the State, Race for the Borders and Play the Ranks. This year we had to learn new games and new facts because the creators of Geoplunge made new cards with more facts and more games.

Our Geoplunge team is prepar-

ing for the fall tournament, which is held at the Portrait Gallery on Nov. 17. We compete against teams from schools from all over D.C. Each round is 10 minutes, and each team plays until itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for the finals.

They announce the teams in the finals and everyone else crowds around the table to watch the final game.

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first, second and third place, and awards for teamwork and sportsmanship.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really excited for the tournament. We hope to win, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a fun day with our teammates. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Zachary Isaacs, Miles Wilkinson, Myles Bell and Talia Ehrenburg, fifth-graders; Alvaro Orlove-Rodriguez, third-grader; and Anina Holley, fourth-grader

The Field School

Last week we had many Halloween activities. On Monday, students shared scary stories while drinking hot apple cider. The next day, some students participated in an art project based on Halloween, with posters and other material displayed throughout the campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Suite Life of Zack and Codyâ&#x20AC;? was screened in the meetinghouse on Wednesday, and students also participated in a scavenger hunt.

Last Thursday it was Scooby Day, with Scooby Snacks and an episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scooby Dooâ&#x20AC;? featured. Finally, the week was capped with students dressed up in a wide variety of Halloween outfits and then taking part in a parade and after-lunch trick-ortreat contest. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; William Farley, seventh-grader

Hearst Elementary

Third-graders in Ms. McCranorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s math class have been working hard on solving multiplication and division problems. We use games and stations to help make learning fun! In stations, we have been using dry erase books, flashcards, puzzles, computer programs and board games to make sure we can solve multiplication and division problems fluently.

We recently completed our Math Cornerstone 2. We made shopping lists with missing variables for our friends to solve. We enjoyed coming up with items to buy and making it tricky for people to solve.

Stop by our room to see if you can solve our shopping lists!

This week, students applied multiplication and division strategies to solve for unknown variables using Pumpkin Math! We got our hands slimy and gooey by digging for pumpkin seeds to find out the total number of seeds in a pumpkin.

Groups used the seeds they found to create arrays and equal groups and established fact families based on their visual representation. Altogether we found 571 seeds in our pumpkins! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ms. McCranorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third-grade math class

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We went on the field trip to Audubon Naturalist Society because we wanted to see nature. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been learning about fall in science, and we wanted to look for fall things like seeds. Before we went, we learned about who John Audubon was. He was an important person because he was a bird expert.

When we were there, we saw a big nest that other children made. We all added more sticks to it. It could be an eagleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nest.

We took a nature hike with a girl named Alex the Slug. First we went to a meadow. We found caterpillars that will turn into moths. They were grizzly bear (woolly bear) caterpillars. They were living in the milkweed patch. We blew the milkweed seeds so they would spread and then more milkweed would grow.

In the meadow, there was also a praying mantis egg case. We have a praying mantis in our classroom so this was exciting. When we were going into the woods, we saw a fox home. There were two holes that were connected by a tunnel. In the forest, we saw a pond with frogs.

We also heard a woodpecker. The pecks were quiet because it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to find as much food. We saw other birds, too. We saw 16 creatures on our hike and had fun. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Abby Feffer, Ella Herman, Hannah Jakabovics, Jonah Levine, Evelyn May, Theo Pearlman, Juliana Robbins and Evie Singer, kindergartners

Murch Elementary

Last weekend, on Oct. 25, Murchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Fall Fair took place on a beautiful autumn day. The fair is an important fundraiser and community event for the school, and it is really fun. There are lots of games to play, rides to go on, yummy food and a book sale.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something for everybody at the fair. Some of the most popular games and activities are the â&#x20AC;&#x153;sweep a pumpkinâ&#x20AC;? race, face painting, cake walk, rock wall, moon bounce and sandstorm ride.

For many of the games, you can receive prizes too. A favorite activity is the photo booth because there are different backgrounds and friends can take pictures together for a great memory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fall Fair was really fun because it had a lot of great games like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;knock the cans overâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and the dunk tank,â&#x20AC;? said Andrew Bennett, a second-grader. Emmitt Gerstein, a fifth-grader, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I liked dunking the man; it was fun watching him go under water. The fair was fun but the tickets were expensive.â&#x20AC;? But of course it was all for a good cause. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gabrielle Bennett, fifth-grader

Our Lady of Victory School

On Oct. 23 our school had a Sock Hop. The Sock Hop was so much fun because we got to see everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s costumes. There was a Cleopatra, ghosts and skeletons. It was an awesome experience! We want to go to the Sock Hop every day. It was the best Sock Hop ever.

The decorations were cool with skeletons and webs. There was a DJ and dancing and one of us ate four cupcakes. They had games. One was to toss rings on the legs of a spider. There was a candy corn contest. There was also art and we See Dispatches/Page 17

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Board opposes raze plans for Walter Reed

By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

Road improvements and minor alterations to existing buildings can proceed at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus, following a decision Thursday by the Historic Preservation Review Board.

But members unanimously opposed the planned removal of three buildings, which were slated for demolition during the redevelopment of the shuttered Army facility.

Developers are working to convert 66 acres of the site into â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Parks at Walter Reed,â&#x20AC;? a vibrant mixed-use community with residences, retail and office space, public buildings and park space. The project team has already received zoning approval for the plans and hopes to begin construction by the end of next year.

At issue are a guardhouse, oil storage shed and wagon shed, which fall within the period of significance for the landmarked property. Board members said the current iteration of the plan doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sufficiently justify tearing them down, and chair Gretchen Pfaehler asked the project team to provide â&#x20AC;&#x153;special meritâ&#x20AC;? applications detailing plans for those sites.

The guardhouse and oil storage shed were partially or entirely constructed in 1922, and the wagon shed

was built in 1942. In order to demolish the buildings, the applicant must prove either that failure to tear them down would present an economic hardship or that demolition is necessary, not ancillary, to the project.

Developers want to raze the sheds to make way for a new entrance to the redeveloped campus on Aspen Street NW, but the board agreed with a Historic Preservation Office report that the latest plan for the entrance moves it far enough away from the buildings that a full raze shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be necessary.

The latest plan also emphasizes a roadway management plan to account for an increase in traffic.

Several streets would be widened to accommodate bike and vehicular traffic. In two cases â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on Dahlia and 12th streets NW â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the expansion would encroach upon a small set of stairs that board members agreed could be removed.

Meanwhile, members worried that changes to Main Drive threaten the historical aesthetic of the roadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s several roundabouts, which exist largely for memorial purposes rather than to address traffic. After a lengthy discussion of topography on Thursday, the board voted to support the roadway plan, requesting more detailed information about topography variations at a future hearing.

Seven buildings are in various

stages of planning, including several at the southwest and southeast corners of the complex. The board plans to make further judgments on the buildings once the designs have been finalized.

Loretta Neumann from the Committee of 100 on the Federal City testified that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerned about the tallest proposed buildings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a highly developed, high-density area,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very residential neighborhood.â&#x20AC;?

In an interview after the hearing, Neumann said she expects the developers to return to the preservation board many more times before the project is ready to proceed. She also said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not sure to what extent the developers are taking feedback like hers into account. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got more of an impression of them explaining why they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do what we wanted than I heard, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, we might consider that,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Neumann. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So that gives me pause.â&#x20AC;?

Caroline Kenney, who helped represent the development team at the hearing, did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication. But project team members stressed throughout the presentation that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing to work with the board and other stakeholders on getting the project to an agreeable place and that the site is important to them.

Ceremony commemorates Exorcist stairway

By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

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The year was 1973. Michael Queen stumbled out of Blues Alley in Georgetown late one night, heading home. A few blocks away, he saw a peculiar sight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a camera crew surrounding a steep staircase and the neighboring house at 3600 Prospect St. NW. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what was going on,â&#x20AC;? Queen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought there was some horrible accident because there were police cars and everything.â&#x20AC;?

Queen quickly learned that he was actually seeing the filming of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Exorcist,â&#x20AC;? which would go on to win an Academy Award and become one of the most revered Hollywood horror films of all time. When the movie came out, Queen saw it once, then twice, then 12 more times in theaters, and countless more on video and DVD. The self-proclaimed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exorcist junkie,â&#x20AC;? now a Gaithersburg resident, was just one of several hundred onlookers at Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedication ceremony for a new plaque commemorating the historic significance of the so-called Exorcist steps. The steps appear throughout the movie and play a major role in the climax, when the demon leaves young Regan and sends the priest Father Karras hurtling to his death down the staircase.

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event was organized by American University community relations director Andrew Huff with help from Dupont Festival founding member Aaron DeNu and the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development. It attracted national press from outlets including The New York Times and received support from the D.C. Council, which unanimously voted to commemorate Oct. 30 as Exorcist Day in a ceremonial resolution.

Friday night marked the reunion of the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oscar-winning director William Friedkin with the author of the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s screenplay and the book from which it was adapted, William Peter Blatty. Both of the Williams â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Friedkin goes by Billy, Blatty by Bill â&#x20AC;&#x201D; said the excitement surrounding this event means more to them than the awards theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve won.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This monument that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about to unveil will be seen by tens of thousands of people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; eventually perhaps more â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that will come through here and associate the film that we made with this beautiful and historic community,â&#x20AC;? Friedkin said.

In addition to Huff and the filmmakers, Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event featured remarks from Mayor Muriel Bowser, Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia and Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans. All three noted the importance of honoring the steps as part of Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich cultural history.

And Bowser took the opportunity to impart upon a diverse crowd her hope that D.C. will eventually become a â&#x20AC;&#x153;film town,â&#x20AC;? with more middle-class jobs on production crews and a stronger on-screen presence for the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re attracting business and industry to put D.C. residents to work in good, paying jobs, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to see some good movies while we do it,â&#x20AC;? Bowser said.

Attendees ranged from those old enough to remember seeing the movie when it came out to younger fans like Sonora Bostian-Posner and her husband Will Posner. Sonora first saw the movie 15 years ago. During a tour she took of the neighborhood when she was applying to a grad school program at Georgetown University, which she ultimately attended, Bostian-Posner posed in front of the steps in a photograph that made its way to The Washington Postâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual scavenger hunt.

When the Arlington residents heard about this event on the day before Halloween, they knew they had to experience it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a really fun way to start the celebration,â&#x20AC;? said Will Posner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something for D.C to take pride in.â&#x20AC;?

Reflecting on the whirlwind day, Huff was also feeling proud. The lifelong â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exorcistâ&#x20AC;? fan spent the day with his idols Friedkin and Blatty, even watching the first 30 minutes of the movie with Friedkin at the AMC Georgetown theater in preparation for the private screening that followed the ceremony. Huff said it was gratifying to hear other people agree with his high opinion of the steps and their importance.

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home for their son â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in their own backyard.

They hired architect Karl Komatsu and designed a modern, lightfilled property that looks like it could have been built today. Two more owners later, the four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath house at 3819 Ingomar is on the market for $1,565,000.

From the street, this red-brick Chevy Chase house seems pretty typical of Upper Northwest D.C. But looking closely, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something slightly different â&#x20AC;&#x201D; slightly Japanese, even â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about the pitch of the roof. And paper screen shutters, lined with light-colored wood, on the sidelights belie what otherwise might be a standard colonial.

Inside, the unique touches continue, starting with woodwork that runs alongside the stairs in the foyer, forming large squares that decorate the space without closing it off. Open connections are an

important feature in this home, where every room provides glimpses of both the outdoors and other interior spaces. The easy flow is perfect for entertaining, and it helps make the home bright and welcoming.

The spacious living room is nearly symmetrical: Built-in shelves are tucked into each corner, flanking windows on the front wall and, in the same spot on the rear, glass doors leading to the dining room. On the other two walls, pocket doors can separate the space from the foyer, while French doors opposite open to a side yard. The room is centered on a fireplace with a concrete surround, and hardwood covers the floors here and throughout this level.

While the living room is painted a serene gray, the dining room offers a faux-finished fiery orange.

This space shares two features with the living room: a fireplace, and connections to the outdoors. One of the three sets of French doors leads to a screened porch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a nice touch

Photos courtesy of Long & Foster Real Estate

This four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath house on Ingomar Street NW in Chevy Chase is priced at $1,565,000. in sometimes-buggy Washington. A cathedral roof and grey beadboards make this a serene spot to relax.

Back inside, the dining room connects to the kitchen, which was redone in 1999 by Bethesdaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Richard Tunis. Though the update is now nearly two decades old, it added elements that remain popular today including concrete countertops, a statement hood and open shelving. Stainless steel appliances include a Viking pro oven and range and an under-counter fridge.

Drawers fill further refrigeration and freezer needs. The walls are covered with yellow handmade ceramic tiles, which, together with

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cherry cabinets, give the space a warm vibe.

To the rear is a bright breakfast room, which draws light from two walls of windows and a vinyl-covered roof. One more wall houses a massive chalkboard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; currently sporting a family memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recipe for banana bread â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the last features white-painted bricks.

A powder room with a statement mirror rounds out this floor, and then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up the carpeted stairway to the level above. The latticework isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the staircaseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only feature; a

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; consideration of a proposed amendment to the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bylaws regarding committee membership and voting provisions. â&#x2013; consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Starbucks, 1801 Columbia Road NW, for a beer and wine license. â&#x2013; possible consideration of the D.C. Department of Transportationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal for a contra-flow bike lane on Ontario Road NW between Columbia Road and Euclid Street. â&#x2013; possible consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for the proposed conversion of the row house at 1823 Kalorama Road NW into a five-unit condominium. â&#x2013; consideration of a resolution opposing the Coalition for Smart Growthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed revisions to inclusionary zoning requirements. â&#x2013; possible consideration of possible appeals of building permits issued for construction at 1630, 1632 and 1634 Argonne Place NW. â&#x2013; possible consideration of a public space permit for a sidewalk cafe at Combinacion Restaurant, 1772 Columbia Road NW. â&#x2013; possible consideration of a letter of authorization regarding the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board of Zoning Adjustment appeal related to the conversion of a one-family dwelling into a four-unit apartment house at 1828 Ontario Place NW. â&#x2013; consideration of a committee recommendation to support the historic preservation landmark nomination

for Kalorama Park.

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

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Room 103, Funger Hall, George Washington University, 2201 G St. NW. For details, visit anc2a.org.

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Room 500, Bernstein-Offit Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW. The commission adjusted its regular meeting schedule in recognition of Veterans Day. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; public comment. â&#x2013; presentation by Matt Rogers of the Urban Institute. â&#x2013; consideration of a resolution in support of renewing Historic Dupont Circle Main Streetsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; permits for streetlight banners in Dupont Circle, including P, S, 17th and 18th streets NW and Massachusetts and Connecticut avenues NW. â&#x2013; consideration of continued support for a special exception for Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th St. NW, to allow a theater in the basement. â&#x2013; consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Starbucks, 1700 Connecticut Ave. NW for a new Class D liquor license with a 43-seat sidewalk cafe. â&#x2013; consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by The

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For details, visit dupontcircleanc. net.

ANC 2C ANC 2C Quarter Downtown/Penn â&#x2013; downtown / penn quarter The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. For details, visit anc2c.us or contact 2C@anc.dc.gov.

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; consideration of a proposed meeting schedule for 2016. â&#x2013; government reports. â&#x2013; update by Pepco on recent developments. â&#x2013; consideration of a public space application at 2310 Bancroft Place NW for construction of a driveway and leadwalks. â&#x2013; announcements and public comments.

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

ANC 2F ANCCircle 2F Logan â&#x2013; logan circle The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the Archives Room, Level M4, Marriott Marquis Hotel, 901 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; announcements. â&#x2013; police report. â&#x2013; briefing on Pepco/Exelon settlement terms. â&#x2013; reports from the offices of Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans and Mayor Muriel Bowser. â&#x2013; consideration of Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration Policy Committee matters: license transfer application for Barrel House Liquors from 1341 14th St. NW to 1339 14th St. NW; substantial change request from a Class D restaurant license to Class C for Table, 903 N St. NW; and a settlement agreement and stipulated license for a new Class C tavern license at Columbia Room, 1224 9th St. NW. â&#x2013; consideration of Community Development Committee matters: D.C. Department of Transportation notices of intent for installation of contra-flow bicycle lanes on N Street NW between 15th Street and Vermont Avenue and on M Street NW between 9th Street and Blagden Alley; request for two or three Zipcar-only street parking spaces on the north side of Corcoran Street NW east of 14th Street; Board of Zoning Adjustment application for variance relief for lot occupancy, rear-yard setback, alley-lot setback and singlerecord-lot requirements for a building permit for 0012R Logan Circle; and report on a meeting with Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans regarding the D.C. Historic Preservation Office.

The commission will hold a special meeting on the Franklin School project at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW. For details, call 202-667-0052 or visit anc2f.org.

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Some of the teachers and parents were dressed up and that was very fun and nice. Ask yourself, would you like to go to the Sock Hop every day like we do? Every year we have a Sock Hop even better than the last. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait for next year! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mia O. and Brooke O., second-graders

Oyster-Adams Bilingual School

On Oct. 26, sixth grade went to Camp Horizons in Harrisonburg, Va. The trip had many fun activities. For canoeing we paddled around a small lake playing tag or tug-of-war! We also did archery, learned survival skills (how to build a shelter in the wilderness), and team-building activities.

There was more! The Giant Swing was a contraption where you were connected by a harness to a rope, which hung in the middle of a wire between two trees. Your teammates pulled you up by another rope and you released yourself by pulling a release handle and then swung through the air at heights of nearly 40 feet! Many students loved it but also cried for their mommies!

The High Ropes Course really challenged our fear of heights. Some students climbed all the way up through the entire course, and some were able to face their fear by climbing halfway up a tree with wires implanted.

Students were divided into six cabins. The teacher chaperones occupied a separate cabin. Each student cabin had the same set-up: six bunk beds, one bathroom with a shower, a toilet, two sinks and a space heater. While there were many amenities, even hot water, sleep did not come easy. There were many opportunities to talk with cabinmates through the night and also to miss home.

In conclusion, even though we were cold and wet from the weather much of the time, the trip was a total blast. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sylvie Alexander, Clara Morton, Oliva Csedrik, sixth-graders

in the outdoors.

The end of the first quarter marks a change in life at St. Albans.

The first quarter is often a time of trial and error to see what is most useful and effective in the new grade. By the second quarter, you have a very good idea of what the expectations are, and how overall to be successful in the next seven months of the year. After this week, we will be ready to take on the remaining seven months of the school year. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mateo Rice, Form II (eighth-grader)

St. Albans School

Our time at Wilderness Adventure was so much fun. Activities included canoeing, a climbing wall and a zip line.

Navigating the canoe was hard at first, but as we went downstream we got the hang of it. When we went backward down one of the rapids, we screamed our heads off.

The water was so cold that some people flat-out refused to even stick their hands in, but we jumped in and got soaking wet.

The climbing wall was 40 feet tall and very hard. Some people only made it some of the way up but were glad they tried. The zip line was the best part of the whole trip. At first it seemed scary, but it was extremely fun. First, we hiked up to a wooden tower on the side of a hill and the staff helped us get into a huge harness. Then they hooked each of us on the zip line and told us to step out onto a wooden step on the side of the tower. Going out onto the step was scary, but the next

The week of Oct. 24 is always a hectic one. With the first quarter ending on Friday, students focus extra hard to make sure that they end the quarter on a high note. At the same time, lower school students prepare for the annual Halloween costume contest. The homemade, original and overall funny costumes make the contest a joy to see for all, and for those who choose not to participate, free dress is a happily accepted alternative.

The fall sports season is coming to a close as well. Seniors look to lead their teams to victory in what will for many of them be their last chance to represent St. Albans in interscholastic sports, and other students will begin their preparations for winter sports and their tryouts.

Amid the frantic studying and costume brainstorming, lower school students will take time to enjoy the new fields for the last time before the cold temperatures close up shop

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floorboards and around a fireplace thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cut out of a convex corner.

Perhaps the pièce de rĂŠsistance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; depending on your perspective â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is a small locked closet with built-in jewelry drawers.

A second bedroom, covered in hardwoods like the master, is connected to it via a pocket door, making this a prime space for a nursery â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or even a dressing room. It leads to the main hall via a laundry space with Miele stacked units and a built-in folding space. (Those opting for the nursery option would particularly appreciate that easy access.) And a third bedroom, this one carpeted and currently used as an office, has a wall of closets covered by a paper screen like the shutters that flank the front door below.

A hall bath with Jacuzzi tub/shower was recently redone.

The basement is finished and features a kitchen, a recreation room/den with a built-in entertainment center, a spacious bedroom with fireplace (the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth!) and a full bath, as well as ample

storage space. There are hook-ups should new owners wish to add another washer-dryer here.

Most of the outdoor space that winds around the home is covered in brick or flagstone patios, further cementing the party persona. And with its clean lines, tidy plantings and pergolas, the rear yard feels almost like a Japanese garden. A driveway beyond the fenced area offers one off-street space, which is accessed via an alley.

The house is walking distance to three different commercial areas: Friendship Heights, the Connecticut Avenue strip of Chevy Chase and the Politics and Prose-anchored shopping center at Nebraska and Connecticut avenues NW. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a short drive to other parts of town, particularly given its easy access to Reno Road.

The four-bedroom, three-and-ahalf-bath home at 3819 Ingomar St. NW in Chevy Chase is listed for $1,565,000. For more information contact Kathryn Schwartz of Wydler Brothers of Long & Foster Real Estate at 202-320-8058 or kathryn@wydlerbrothers.com.

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thing we knew, we were flying down the zip line with wind shooting in our faces. It was an awesome reward for facing our fears.

Other activities included teambuilding trials and a high-ropes course with fun yet challenging elements like a pole-climb, a wobbly bridge and a tightrope. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Carys Davenport and Henry Frickert, fifth-graders

Sheridan School

In kindergarten, I like to start the day by drawing. At morning meeting we do the greeting. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an elbow bump or a fist bump or a handshake to say good morning.

The Star of the Week gets to choose a greeting. We also do our jobs. We have lots of jobs like the calendar keeper and day counter. So far weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been at school for 33 days.

Then we get a wiggle break. We just go outside and get all our sillies out. Sometimes we do math centers

or read stories. We write in our handwriting books. I like centers.

Centers are things like Tinkertoys, reading loft, dramatic play or trains.

We have real recess where we get to play a lot and have snack. Mr. Levin plays hide-and-go-seek.

In science we make things and test the weather. In art we draw our faces. In PE right now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re practicing lacrosse. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re learning to scoop the ball up and throw it up in the air, or bounce the ball off the wall and catch it again. In Spanish class we sing songs and learn our colors. We eat with our friends at lunch. Sometimes we have dessert and chocolate milk. Then we go outside for another recess. Then we have rest and story time.

I love kindergarten because we get to have three recesses. I love kindergarten because I like practicing writing my name. Then my mom and dad pick me up. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ella Miles, kindergartner

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Wednesday november 4 Concerts â&#x2013; The Vinyl Lounge Grateful Jam will feature beginning to intermediate players performing with the regulars. 7 p.m. Free.

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

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; The D.C. Public Library and Friends of the Tenley-Friendship Library will sponsor a book talk by Garrett Peck, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C.: The Civil War and Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Great Poet.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; The Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library will host a discussion of â&#x20AC;&#x153;All Aunt Hagarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Childrenâ&#x20AC;? by Edward P. Jones. 7 p.m. Free.

Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. â&#x2013; Jack Sustic, curator of the Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the National Arboretum, and Sandra Moore, author of the book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peace Tree From Hiroshima: The Little Bonsai With a Big Story,â&#x20AC;? will discuss how bonsai became part of D.C. lore. 7 p.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252. â&#x2013; The Book Hill Talks series will feature Jill Eicher, director of the Pension Infrastructure Collaborative at Stanford University, discussing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Financing Our Infrastructure.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Films â&#x2013; Disability Rights International will present the D.C. premiere of the public television documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;No One Left Behind,â&#x20AC;? about the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work to ensure that all children with disabilities grow up in families in the community. 6 to 8 p.m.

Free; reservations requested. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. rsvp@DRIadvocacy.org. â&#x2013; The National Gallery of Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agnès Varda: CinĂŠ-Portraitureâ&#x20AC;? series will feature the 1955 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;La pointe courte,â&#x20AC;? about the daily rhythms of a village on the Mediterranean coast. 7 p.m. Free. McKinley Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; The Programmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice series will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Brilliant Young Mind,â&#x20AC;? about a teenage math prodigy. 8 p.m. $8.75 to $11.75. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

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Events Entertainment Performances and readings â&#x2013; As part of the Kids Euro Festival 2015, Bulgarian master storyteller Julia Tasheva will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Baba Martaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yarn,â&#x20AC;? featuring a traditional folk tale told with puppets and props made of yarn. 6 p.m.

Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Actor Dwane Starlin will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marching Along With John Philip Sousa.â&#x20AC;?

7 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. â&#x2013; The Visiting Writers Series will feature a reading by Abigail Thomas. 8 p.m.

Free. McDowell Formal Lounge, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2973.

Special events â&#x2013; Oyster-Adams Bilingual School will host its 21st annual Bilingual Book Fair, featuring childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books in Spanish, in English and in both languages. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Free admission. Oyster Campus, Oyster-Adams Bilingual School, 2801 Calvert St. NW. 202-671-6130. The sale will continue Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. â&#x2013; Margaret McNamara Education Grants will host an International Arts and Crafts Fair featuring hand-crafted accessories, decorative objects, fair trade items and more from around the world. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. World Bank Main Complex, 1818 H St. NW. mmmf-grants.org/home/fair. The event will continue Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Wizards will play the San Antonio Spurs. 7 p.m. $19 to $899.

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

Thursday, Nov. 5

Thursday november 5 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program â&#x2013; The Georgetown Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cats and Dogsâ&#x20AC;? film series will feature Walt Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1970 comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Aristocatsâ&#x20AC;? (for ages 4 through 12). 4 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Class â&#x2013; Iona Senior Servicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Take Charge/ Age Well Academy will begin a six-week class on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Charge of Your Aging 101,â&#x20AC;? covering topics such as financial and estate planning, brain and memory fitness,

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emotional wellness and long-term care housing options. 4 to 6 p.m. $110. Iona Senior Services, 4125 Albemarle St. NW. 202-895-9420. The class will continue through Dec. 17.

Concerts â&#x2013; The Brown Bag Concert series will feature chamber music. Noon. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-1291. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Luce Unpluggedâ&#x20AC;? will feature a performance by Den-Mate, the electronic solo project of D.C. resident Julia Hale. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free. Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; Members of the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows will perform works

by Saint-SaĂŤns, Shostakovich and Zimbalist. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The National Symphony Orchestra, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie van Otter, the Choral Arts Society of Washington and the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington will perform Mahlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Symphony No. 3. 7 p.m. $15 to $89. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. â&#x2013; Snakehead Run will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; The Jeff Austin Band and Highland Hill Boys will perform. 8:30 p.m. $20 to $23. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Richard Moe will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rooseveltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War.â&#x20AC;? Noon. Free.

Mumford Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5221. â&#x2013; Avi Max Spiegel will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young Islam: The New Politics of Religion in Morocco and the Arab World.â&#x20AC;? Noon to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. pomeps.org. â&#x2013; Faedah Totah, associate professor of political science at the Virginia Commonwealth University, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Plight of Palestinians in the Syrian Conflict.â&#x20AC;? 1 to 2 p.m. Free. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1290. â&#x2013; The Literary Book Group will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;All Aunt Hagarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Childrenâ&#x20AC;? by Edward P. Jones. 2:30 p.m. Free. Room A-9, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. 7+( :25/' )$0286

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Wednesday, november 4 â&#x2013; Discussion: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Power Wars: Inside Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Post-9/11 Presidency.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.

NW. 202-727-0321. â&#x2013; Legal scholar John Witte Jr. will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lasting Impact of the Protestant Reformation.â&#x20AC;? 3 p.m. Free. Room 119, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-0213. â&#x2013; Bernard McGinn, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago and a scholar in the history of Christianity, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stretching Out Forever: Infinity and Incomprehensibility in Early Christian Mysticism.â&#x20AC;?

4 to 7 p.m. Free; reservations requested.

Bunn Intercultural Center Auditorium, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. theology.georgetown.edu. â&#x2013; Jan Eliasson, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The UN in the New Global Landscape.â&#x20AC;? 5 to 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Herter Auditorium, Nitze Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW. sais-jhu.edu. â&#x2013; The Mystery Book Group will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Burnable Bookâ&#x20AC;? by Bruce Holsinger.

6:30 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176. â&#x2013; Scientist Erik Hauri will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water in the Moonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Interior: Truth and Consequences.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Carnegie Institution for Science, 5241 Broad Branch Road NW. carnegiescience.edu. â&#x2013; Biographer Flora Fraser will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Washingtons: George and Martha, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Joinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d by Friendship, Crownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d by Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? in conversation with longtime White House photographer Diana Walker. 7 p.m.

Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Honor of Our Veterans: Caring for Our Heroesâ&#x20AC;? will feature a bipartisan panel discussing what Congress has done to aid active service members, veterans and their families. 7 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. â&#x2013; Cecile E. Kuznitz, associate professor of history and director of Jewish studies and historical studies at Bard College, will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation.â&#x20AC;? 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Films â&#x2013; The 2015 Human Rights Film Series will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Out in the Night,â&#x20AC;? about how

the race, gender identity and sexuality of four young women became criminalized in the news media and criminal legal system. A Q&A will follow. 5:30 to 8 p.m. Free.

Room 602, American University Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW. auhumanrightsfilmseries.org. â&#x2013; Teatro de la Luna will present a video of Argentine playwright Ricardo Talesnikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Las Quiero a las Dos (I Want Them Both)â&#x20AC;? as part of a retrospective of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performances over the past 24 years. 7 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Casa de la Luna, 4020 Georgia Ave. NW. 202882-6227. â&#x2013; The Avalonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Film Studies program will feature a talk by NPR film critic Bob Mondello on the dark side of comedy, followed by a screening of Mel Brooksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young Frankenstein.â&#x20AC;? 7:30 to 10:15 p.m. $18 to $20. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Reading â&#x2013; Folger Theatre will present a workshop reading of Aaron Posnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play-inprogress â&#x20AC;&#x153;District Merchants,â&#x20AC;? a variation on Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Merchant of Veniceâ&#x20AC;? set in Reconstruction-era Washington, D.C., in which a prosperous African-American merchant and newly minted U.S. senator comes into conflict with a local Jewish businessman. 6 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

Special events â&#x2013; Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phillips After 5â&#x20AC;? installment will focus on the flavors and sound of Switzerland in conjunction with the exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks From Switzerland, the Staechelin and Im Obersteg Collections.â&#x20AC;? 5 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. â&#x2013; Fashion stylist Stacy London and former clandestine operative Tony Shaffer will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stealth Eye for the Spy,â&#x20AC;? a look at classic scenes from the James Bond films.

6 to 9 p.m. $60 to $75. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. â&#x2013; The Historical Society of Washington, D.C., will present the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making D.C. History Awards,â&#x20AC;? honoring the Association for the Study of African American Life & History, Clydeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant Group, the Cassell family, the Hillcrest Children and Family Center, the Ourisman family and Wagner Roofing.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flashback D.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bootleggerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ballâ&#x20AC;? will follow the awards presentation and buffet dinner. 6 p.m. $200 to $250. Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square, 801 K St. NW. dchistory.org.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Capitals will play the Boston Bruins. 7 p.m. $36 to $341. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Tours â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gardenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Focus: Specialty Mums at Hillwoodâ&#x20AC;? will feature a behind-thescenes tour of Hillwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greenhouse led by head grower Drew Asbury. 11 a.m. $15 to $18; tickets distributed at the Visitor Center upon opening each day. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. The tour will repeat Sunday at 2 p.m. â&#x2013; A tour on â&#x20AC;&#x153;20th Century American See Events/Page 19

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Friday, Nov. 6 Friday november 6 Class ■ “Metro Tap Roots” — a three-day celebration of the area’s rich history of tap dancing with a weekend of live jazz music, workshops, panel discussions and concert performances — will kick off with master classes. 6 to 7:30 p.m. and 8 to 9:30 p.m. $25. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202269-1600. The festival will continue Saturday and Sunday.

Concerts ■ The Friday Morning Music Club will present works by Haydn, Persichetti, York Bowen, Albéniz, Sainz de la Maza, O’Carolan and Moore. Noon. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-3332075.

■ The Arts Club of Washington’s chamber concert series will feature the Daraha Ensemble performing German composer Theodor Blumer’s “Woodwind Quintet, Opus 52.” Noon. Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282.

■ Organist David Brock of Lake Tahoe, Nev., will perform. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103.

■ Members of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra will perform music

by Brahms. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Singer-songwriter MaryLeigh Roohan will perform, at 7 p.m.; and guitarist, singer and songwriter Casey Bloom will perform, at 10:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ The Afro-Cuban band Yoruba Andabo will perform. 7 p.m. $35 to $66. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.

■ “Barbara Cook’s Spotlight” series will feature Emmy and Tony nominee Michele Lee in “Nobody Does It Like Me, the Music of Cy Coleman.” 7 p.m. $50. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Pan American Symphony Orchestra will present a night of dancing with its tango ensemble and Argentine bandoneon player Rodolfo Zanetti. 8 p.m. $30; reservations required. Embassy of Argentina, 1600 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 240-2482-8032.

■ Pink Talking Fish Are Dead and Holly Bowling will perform. 9 p.m. $14 to $18.

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

Discussions and lectures ■ Phillips Collection conservator Patricia Favero will discuss Pablo Picasso’s double-sided canvas “The Absinthe Drinker/Woman in the Theatre.” Noon. $10 to $12. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.

■ Robert P. Weller, professor of anthropology at Boston University, will discuss “Expanding Cities and Transforming Religions in Contemporary China.” 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/weller.

■ Slovenian author Ales Steger will read from his work and discuss the role

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‘Metamorphosis’ depicted in photography show “Metamorphosis: From Decay to Display,” featuring experimental photographer Gordana Gerskovic’s images of organic change and worn surfaces, will open today at Foundry Gallery and continue through Nov.

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29. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Located at 1314 18th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. 202463-0203.

■ “Of All Places,” a retrospective of photography by Alexander Vasiljev, will open tomorrow at Watergate Gallery with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will continue through Nov. 30.

Located at 2552 Virginia Ave. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-338-4488.

■ Touchstone Gallery will open four shows Friday with a reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and continue them through Nov. 29. The shows can be previewed today and tomorrow during regular hours.

An exhibit by gallery photographers is part of FotoWeekDC, Nov. 7 through 15.

“Seeing is believing” presents various works by gallery artists.

“Nature Sketched” highlights a new series of nature-inspired pastel paintings by Betsy Forster.

“Handpicked” features artwork created in the studios of Miriam’s Kitchen.

Located at 901 New York Ave. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202poetry plays in people’s lives today in Berlin. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com.

■ As part of the “Kinetic: Conversations in Contemporary Art” series, visiting artist Titus Kaphar will discuss “The Vesper Project” and his other work. 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Free. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.

■ Mycologist, Arctic explorer and author Lawrence Millman will discuss “Mushrooms 101: A Study in Morels and More.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $62. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Garry Kasparov will discuss his book “Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.

Films ■ The 22nd annual Film Neu festival of new cinema from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will open with Baran bo Odar’s 2014 cyber thriller “Who Am I: No System Is Safe.” A discussion and a red carpet party with a DJ will follow the film’s first screening. 7 and 9:30 p.m. $8.50 to $26.50. Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. filmneu.org. The film festival will continue through Nov. 12.

■ “Close Up: Bollywood Action Master Anurag Kashyap” will feature the director’s 2013 saga “Gangs of Wasseypur 1.” 7 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000. The second installment of the film will be shown Sunday at 2 p.m.

Performances and readings ■ A PEN/Faulkner Fiction event will feature novelist Jane Smiley reading from

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■ The American University Museum will open seven shows Saturday with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. and continue them through Dec. 13.

“The World Is a Narrow Bridge” highlights drawings

by Beverly Ress.

“Micheline Klagsbrun: Free Fall Flow” features the NoMa artist’s new mixed-media works.

“Titus Kaphar: The Vesper Project” is an installation that explores the overlap of truth and fiction.

“Joseph White: Post-It” is a retrospective of the Adams Morgan artist’s work since the 1980s.

“Susanne Kessler: Jerusalem, 2013-2015” presents mixed-media works in tribute to the Middle Eastern city.

“Two Designers and Their Art” highlights designers Michael Graham and Marc Pekala.

“Francis Cape & Harmony Hammond: Angle of Repose” presents reflections by sculptor Cape and painter Hammond on the precariousness of our lives.

Concurrently in the museum’s Kreeger Lobby, the special FotoWeekDC exhibit “Documenting America: Facing Change and the FSA” spotlights work by the Facing Change photography collective.

Located in the Katzen Arts Center at 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, the museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 202-885-1300.

■ Mid City Artists will open their studios Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For a listing of studio locations and hours, visit midcityartists.com.

■ An exhibit of watercolors by Mimi Morse will open Sunday at the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW, and continue through Jan. 31. It may be viewed Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon or by appointment. 202-363-2202.

her book “Golden Age.” 7:30 p.m. $15.

Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu.

■ Opera Camerata will present Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte.” 7:45 p.m. $125.

Location provided upon ticket purchase. operacamerata.org.

■ GALA Hispanic Theatre’s “Fuego Flamenco Festival XI” will present “Flamenco Men II,” featuring the Flamenco Aparicio Dance Company with guest artists Domingo Ortega and Iván Vargas from Spain. 8 p.m. $20 to $35. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174. The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

■ Washington Improv Theater will present “HOWL,” featuring an improvised slash-

Gordana Gerskovic’s “Adagio in Maribor” is part of the Foundry Gallery’s new exhibit.

■ “RomarisingV4,” featuring portraits of successful Roma from the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary), will open Monday with a reception at 6 p.m. at the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. The exhibit may be viewed by appointment through Dec. 14. RSVP for the reception at romarisingv4.eventbrite. com. 202-274-9105.

■ Studio Gallery opened three shows last week and will continue them through Nov. 21. A “First Friday” reception will take place Friday from 6 to 9 p.m.

“Looking towards the future” highlights artist Monica Perez Roulet. A reception for Roulet will take place Nov. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m.

“FotoWeekDC: Photographers@Work” shows how a group of photographers designs, conceptualizes and executes a photographic project.

“Icono-pop,” about viewing the world through a digital lens, features works by Jeff Huntington, Cory Oberndorfer, Randall Lear and Samantha Sethi.

Located at 2108 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-232-8734.

er movie and performances by the company ensemble. 8:30 p.m. $12. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202399-7993. The show will repeat Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

Special events ■ As part of the monthly First Friday Dupont art event, the Heurich House Museum will open its first floor and the historic carriage house used by the artists of Brewmaster Studios. 6 to 8 p.m. Free.

Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-429-1894.

■ The Little Folks School will open its first-ever homecoming weekend with an alumni mixer (for ages 18 and older). 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Little

Folks School, 3247 Q St. NW. littlefolks@ littlefolks.org. Events will continue Saturday with a family picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Guy Mason Recreation Center and a homecoming dance from 7 to 10:30 p.m. at L2 Lounge on Saturday; tickets for the dance cost $100 to $250.

■ The Coalition for the Homeless will host its third annual “Stepping Out for the Homeless” dance featuring a demonstration by the National Hand Dance Association and a go-go performance by Sugar Bear and Experience Unlimited. 6 to 10 p.m. $60. St. Francis Hall, 1340 Quincy St. NE. dccfh.org.

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Continued From Page 19 workshops, live shows, a dance party, game-inspired networking and other activities. 6 p.m. to midnight. $89. The Wonderbread Factory Event Space, 641 S St. NW. dcpodfest.com. The event will continue Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon. â&#x2013; Upshur Street Books will present a talk by Lauren Stein on her cookbook â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fresh Made Simple: A Naturally Delicious Way to Eat,â&#x20AC;? with a three-course dinner menu prepared by the Petworth Citizen chef. 7 p.m. $60; reservations required.

Petworth Citizen, 829 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. â&#x2013; The FotoWeekDC 2015 Opening Party will feature an evening of photography exhibitions, open bars, small bites, music and more. 7:30 to 11 p.m. $50 to $60. FotoWeek Central, Former Residence of the Spanish Ambassadors, 2801 16th St. NW. fotodc.org/fotoweekdc. The festival will continue through Nov. 15 with events at various venues.

Tour â&#x2013; Heather Shannon, photo archivist at the National Museum of the American Indian, will lead a tour of the exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dark Fields of the Republic,â&#x20AC;? emphasizing Alexander Gardnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s images from the postCivil War American West. Noon. Free. Meet at the exhibition entrance on the second floor of the National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.

Saturday, Nov. 7 Saturday november 7 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Morning at the Nationalâ&#x20AC;? will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Single Carrot,â&#x20AC;? featuring elaborate costumes, audience participation, improvisation and humorous action sequences. 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before the screening. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Studio: Story + Workshopâ&#x20AC;? will feature a gallery tour, a story and an artmaking activity. 10 to 11 a.m. $7 per child; free for adult companion. Reservations required. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552. â&#x2013; A family program will focus on the pirates who roam the seas of Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plays. 10 a.m. for ages 5 through 9; 11 a.m. for ages 10 through 14. Free;

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Events Entertainment reservations suggested. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-675-0395. â&#x2013; Alliance Française de Washington will host a story time in French. 11:30 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about distant galaxies, nebulas and other deep space objects (for ages 7 and older). 4 to 4:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; Lisa Passaglia Bauman, assistant professor of art history at George Mason University, will lead a class on â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Does It Mean? Stories and Symbols in Art.â&#x20AC;? 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $90 to $130. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-3030. â&#x2013; Kathryn Johnson, author of more than 40 published novels and an instructor at The Writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center in Bethesda, will lead a class on how to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Write a Novel in a Month.â&#x20AC;? 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $90 to $130.

S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. â&#x2013; Jason Gedeik, Hillwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head of design operations, will lead a hands-on workshop on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fall Floral Design.â&#x20AC;? 9:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. $55 to $65. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807 â&#x2013; The Mount Pleasant Library will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Morning Yoga.â&#x20AC;? 10 a.m.

Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. â&#x2013; Instructor Janeen Piccurrio will lead an outdoor yoga class. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. $10; reservations required. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. visitorservices@kreegermuseum.org. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. â&#x2013; David Hoof, professor emeritus in writing at Georgetown University, will begin a three-part workshop on writing fiction. 2 to 4 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202727-0232. The workshop will continue Nov. 14 and 21. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Wars Family Yogaâ&#x20AC;? will focus on using yoga poses to become AT-AT walkers, Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt and other characters (for ages 4 through 8 and their

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families). 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. $30 per family; reservations required. lil omm yoga, 4708 Wisconsin Ave. NW. lilomm.com.

Concerts â&#x2013; The Adult Music Student Forum will present a fall piano recital featuring works

by Beethoven, DvorĂĄk, Chopin, Satie, Khachaturian and other classical greats. 2 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. â&#x2013; The Singing Capital Chorus, a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cappella chorus, will present its 69th annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harvest of Harmonyâ&#x20AC;? concert, featuring special guests Last Kids Picked, Half & Half and Class Ring. 3 and 7:30 p.m. $10 to $25. Greenberg Theater, American University, 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202885-2587. â&#x2013; The 21st Century Consort will pay tribute to the exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irving Penn: Beyond Beautyâ&#x20AC;? in a concert highlighting composers Nicholas Maw, David Froom, Stephen Jaffe and Caroline Shaw. Discussion at 4 p.m.; concert at 5 p.m. Free.

McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202633-1000. â&#x2013; Soloists from the Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington, D.C., will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home Cooked Cabaret â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The S* Show,â&#x20AC;? featuring the music of Sinatra, Streisand and Sondheim in a special season-opening fundraiser. 5 p.m. $125. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-293-1548. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Broadway Tomorrowâ&#x20AC;? will feature Brooklyn-based writer and performer Nick Blaemire, who wrote the score to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glory Days.â&#x20AC;? 6 p.m. Free.

Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The Smithsonian Chamber Music Society will present the Axelrod String Quartet performing works by Haydn and DvorĂĄk, preceded by artistic director Kenneth Slowik discussing the featured composers. Lecture at 6:30 p.m.; concert at 7:30 p.m. $25 to $31. Music Hall, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-6333030. The program will repeat Sunday at the same times. â&#x2013; Levine Music will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Electric Miles,â&#x20AC;? exploring the birth of jazz fusion with selections from Miles Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; music performed by faculty members Brad Linde, Joe Herrera, Josh Walker, Karine Chapdelaine, Paul Bratcher and Andrew Hare. 7 to 9 p.m. $15 to $20. Levine Music, 2801 Upton St. NW. levinemusic.org. â&#x2013; The Capitol Pride Symphonic Band, part of D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Different Drummers, will perform music written or inspired by women.

7 p.m. $21. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. dcdd.org. â&#x2013; Headliners Henry Butler and Steven Bernstein will join other members of the all-star band Hot 9 to perform selections from their 2014 recording â&#x20AC;&#x153;Viperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drag.â&#x20AC;? 7 and 9 p.m. $30. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Georgetown Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Phantoms and GraceNotes will host the annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;DC A Cappella Festival.â&#x20AC;? 7:30 p.m. $8 to $10.

Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787. The festival will continue Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. â&#x2013; Atlanta-based duo City Muse will perform. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; The American University Chamber Singers, members of the American Symphony Orchestra, mezzo-soprano Charlotte Bergmann, baritone Austin Siebert and

organist Julie Evans will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Spirits Attend in the Balcony,â&#x20AC;? featuring works by DuruflĂŠ, Pärt, Bach and Tavener.

8 p.m. $5 to $10. Kay Spiritual Life Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2787. The performance will repeat Sunday at 3 p.m. â&#x2013; Dumbarton Concerts will present composer Nicholas White and the Raven Consort performing musical version of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ravenâ&#x20AC;? and other poems by Edgar Allan Poe. 8 p.m. $10 to $35. Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St. NW. dumbartonconcerts.org. â&#x2013; Folk Soul Revival, the Hello Strangers and the Weather Machine will perform.

8:30 p.m. $14. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Gerald Anderson will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Still Standing,â&#x20AC;? about his troubled past and his change of heart when he bravely rescued victims of Hurricane Katrina. 1 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488. â&#x2013; John Burgess will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Temple in the Clouds: Faith and Conflict at Preah Vihear,â&#x20AC;? at 1 p.m.; Daniel de VisĂŠ (shown) will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show,â&#x20AC;? at 3:30 p.m.; and David Hare will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir,â&#x20AC;? at 6 p.m. Free.

Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; As part of the DC Reads event series, local historian C.R. Gibbs will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tangled Web: Race, Gentrification, and Urban Renewal,â&#x20AC;? about the modern transformation of Washington, D.C., since the 1950s.

2 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. â&#x2013; Artist Susanne Kessler will discuss the process behind her installation â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jerusalem,â&#x20AC;? at 5 p.m.; and artists Marc Pekala and Michael Graham will discuss the progression of their work from graphic design to painting, drawing and collage art, at 6 p.m. Free. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-8851300.

Films â&#x2013; In conjunction with the Kids Euro Festival, the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Film Program will present Dutch filmmaker Tim Oliehoekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Amazing Wiplalaâ&#x20AC;? (ages 10 and older). 10:30 a.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opera Unmaskedâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a series intended to demystify the genre â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will feature an introductory lecture by the Maryland Opera Studio and a screening of Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Don Giovanni.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free.

Room 207, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. â&#x2013; In conjunction with FotoWeekDC, the National Gallery of Art will present the D.C. premiere of Louie Palu and Devin Gallagherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2015 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kandahar Journals,â&#x20AC;? about a photojournalistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s firsthand reflections while covering war. The directors will attend. 3 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Performances and readings â&#x2013; The Washington DC Youth Poet Lau-

reate Program will feature 12 performers competing in the finals. 5 to 7 p.m. $5 to $10. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. â&#x2013; The DC Contemporary Dance Theatre/El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;30 Years of Diversity in Concert Dance,â&#x20AC;? a celebration of D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultural heritage. 8 p.m. $30. Jack Guidone Theater, Joy of Motion Dance Center, 5207 Wisconsin Ave. NW. joyofmotion.org. â&#x2013; Dancer and choreographer Mirenka CechovĂĄ will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Voice of Anne Frank.â&#x20AC;? 8 p.m. $20 to $28. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-3997993.

Special events â&#x2013; The Greater Washington Heart Walk â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a fundraiser for the American Heart Association â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will feature a three-mile walk as well as stage performances, giveaways, a health expo, a dog costume parade, health screenings and family activities.

8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free. National Mall between 4th and 7th streets. greaterwashingtonheartwalk.org. â&#x2013; A symposium on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Picturing China: Qing-Dynasty Photography and Fashionâ&#x20AC;? will feature international scholars discussing how Scottish photographer John Thomsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s images and period fashions have had lasting impacts on how China is pictured today. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $270 to $325; reservations required. Jack Morton Auditorium, Media and Public Affairs Building, George Washington University, 805 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. â&#x2013; The DC Youth Orchestra Program will celebrate its 55th anniversary with a tour, side-by-side rehearsals, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why Music Mattersâ&#x20AC;? panel discussion, master classes, a concert and other activities. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $65 to $85. Eastern High School, 1700 East Capitol St. NE. dcyop.org. â&#x2013; Georgetown Lutheran Church will host an Arts & Crafts Fair. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. â&#x2013; The International Spy Museum will host its ninth annual Parade of Trabants, featuring vintage cars regarded as symbols of East Germany. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free.

International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. â&#x2013; Minyan Oneg Shabbat will hold a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mindfulness Practice Through a Jewish Lens,â&#x20AC;? led by Rabbi Mark Novak and mindfulness games leader Klia Bassing. 10:15 a.m. to noon. Free. Geneva Room, Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW. MinyanOnegShabbat.org. â&#x2013; Friendship Walks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a 1.5-mile walk around the National Mall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will benefit Friendship Placeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs to help local homeless people. 10:30 a.m. to noon. $20 to $30; free for ages 5 and younger. The course begins and ends in front of the Lincoln Memorial. friendshipwalks.org. â&#x2013; Shaw Community Day will feature food, music, cultural performances, games, a moon bounce and more. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Kennedy Recreation Center, 1401 7th St. NW. 202-727-3120. â&#x2013; The DC Beer Festival will feature dozens of craft breweries and fall seasonal beers, along with live music, games and DJs on the ball field. Noon to 3 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. $40. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. dcbeerfestival.com. â&#x2013; The opening of the Capitol Hill Art League Small Works Show & Holiday Sale will feature juried small works from member artists. 3 to 7 p.m. Free admission.

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839.

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Continued From Page 20 â&#x2013; The Science of Spirituality Meditation Center will host a Diwali celebration with Indian snacks, games, a henna competition, a vegetarian dinner and a spiritual and musical program celebrating the mystical origins and scope of the holiday. 5 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Science of Spirituality Meditation Center, 2950 Arizona Ave. NW. dcinfo@sos.org.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Capitals will play the Toronto Maple Leafs. 7 p.m. $39 to $323.

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

Tours â&#x2013; Washington Walksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get Local!â&#x20AC;? series will feature a walking tour of key John Philip Sousa sites in his hometown neighborhood of Capitol Hill. 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet outside the Eastern Market Metrorail station. washingtonwalks.com. â&#x2013; A tour on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Service and Sacrificeâ&#x20AC;? will feature iconography in the Washington National Cathedralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sculpture, stained glass and needlework that pays tribute to significant events in U.S. history and honors those who have served and sacrificed for their country. 1:30 p.m. $20; reservations suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

Sunday,november Nov. 8 Sunday 8 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brightest stars, planets and constellations (for ages 5 and older). 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; Circle Yoga will offer half-hour kids yoga classes as part of its Budding Yogis Teaching Yoga to Kids Certification program. 10:15 a.m. for ages 2 through 4 with one adult; 11:30 a.m. for ages 5 through 8 (drop-off); and 3 p.m. for ages 8 through 12 (drop-off). Free; reservations required. Circle Yoga, 3838 Northampton St. NW. circleyoga.com. â&#x2013; A teacher from Yoga Activist will present a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soothing Sunday Yogaâ&#x20AC;? class. 1:30 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a yoga class. 3:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. ThorntonShepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

Concerts â&#x2013; Washington Performing Arts will feature cellist Amit Peled (shown) and pianist Noreen Polera presenting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homage to Pablo Casals,â&#x20AC;? a re-creation of the legendary performerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program of cello favorites. 2 p.m. $50. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The nonprofit group Help Hospitalized Veterans will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Salute to America â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Washington,â&#x20AC;? featuring performances by the iconic rock band Jefferson Starship and the American pop and rock band the Grass Roots. 2 p.m. Free; reservations required through Ticketmaster ($2 service charge per ticket). DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St. NW. hhv.org. â&#x2013; The U.S. Army Band â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pershingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Events Entertainment Ownâ&#x20AC;? will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Salute to Veterans.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free; tickets required. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. usarmyband.com. â&#x2013; The Steinway Series will feature the Claremont Piano Trio. 3 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the G Street lobby a half hour before the performance. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; Cellist David Hardy and pianist Lisa Emenheiser will perform works by Britten and Rachmaninoff. 3:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215. â&#x2013; Organist J. Reilly Lewis, founding conductor of the Washington Bach Consort and music director of the Cathedral Choral Society, will perform works by Bach, Vierne, Widor and others in recital. 4 p.m. Free.

First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, 1328 16th St. NW. 202-387-2206. â&#x2013; Chamber ensembles from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ownâ&#x20AC;? U.S. Marine Band will perform. 4 p.m. $15 to $30; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music. â&#x2013; DC Swing, part of D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Different Drummers, will perform a tribute to the music of World War II. 5 to 6:30 p.m. $21.

Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St. NE. dcdd.org. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Broadway Tomorrowâ&#x20AC;? will feature Charlie Sohne and Tim Rosser, recipients of the 2015 Jonathan Larson Award. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Amos Kamil will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Great Is the Truth: Secrecy, Scandal, and the Quest for Justice at the Horace Mann School,â&#x20AC;? about a New York private school.

1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; As part of the DC Reads event series, clinical professional counselor Michael Reeder and Wiccan mystic Katrina Messenger will lead a discussion of themes in Edward P. Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; story â&#x20AC;&#x153;Root Work,â&#x20AC;? part of the anthology â&#x20AC;&#x153;All Aunt Hagarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Children.â&#x20AC;?

2 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. â&#x2013; David Bindman, professor emeritus of the history of art at University College London, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canova and Color.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; L.M. Elliott, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Da Vinciâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tiger,â&#x20AC;? will discuss how she was inspired to write a novel based on Leonardo da Vinciâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ginevra deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Benci.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free.

West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; A panel discussion on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Too Good to Miss â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Picture Books for Older Readersâ&#x20AC;? will feature moderator Julie Danielson and panelists Jason Chin, Christopher Myers, John Parra, Nancy Paulsen, Chris Soentpiet and Jacqueline Woodson. 5 p.m. Free.

Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave.

NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; The creative team behind the Washington National Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Appomattoxâ&#x20AC;? will discuss bringing the premiere of the updated show to the stage. 5:30 p.m. $10. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; As part of FotoDC, Leah Bendavid-Val will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Facing Change: Documenting America.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

Films â&#x2013; In conjunction with the Kids Euro Festival, the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Film Program will present Dutch filmmaker Frans Weiszâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Finnâ&#x20AC;? (ages 10 and older). 11:30 a.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Golden Sunday Movieâ&#x20AC;? series will feature Alan J. Pakulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1976 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Men.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

Performances and readings â&#x2013; Chocolate City Burlesque and Cabaret will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beyond Blackface: Cultural Appropriation, Entertainment, and the Community.â&#x20AC;? 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227. â&#x2013; A poetry reading will feature Amy Berkowitz and Paul Ebenkamp. 6 p.m.

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

Special events â&#x2013; The National Race to End Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cancer, co-sponsored by Abrielle Fine Linens and Lingerie of the team â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pennyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s From Heaven,â&#x20AC;? will feature a 5K run and 1-mile walk. 8:15 a.m. pre-race program; 9 a.m. race start. $50. Freedom Plaza, Pennsylvania Avenue between 13th and 14th streets NW. endwomenscancer.org. â&#x2013; The Exceptional Schools Fair will showcase school choices available to families of children with learning differences.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. exceptionalschoolsfair.com.

Tour â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spies: North by Northwestâ&#x20AC;? walking tour will feature tales of espionage in the area near the Washington National Cathedral and the Russian Embassy. 1 p.m. $15. Meet in the park on the southeast corner of Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 703-569-1875.

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Monday november 9 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Livestreaming 101â&#x20AC;? will focus on the basics of using your smartphone or computer to send video across the Internet instantly. 6 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202727-0321.

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â&#x2013; Mike Isabella Concepts corporate chef Adam Howard will demonstrate how to make holiday pies, including sweet potato and spiced pear with mascarpone. 6:30 p.m. $101.22. G by Mike Isabella, 2201 14th St. NW. gbymikeisabella.com. The class will repeat Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. â&#x2013; Poets on the Fringe will host a weekly poetry workshop, with attendees asked to bring one of their own poems with sufficient copies to share with the group for positive critique. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Stoddert Recreation Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. passapamela@aol.com. â&#x2013; The Science of Spirituality Meditation Center will begin a four-week class on Jyoti meditation, a discipline focusing on the experience of inner light. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Science of Spirituality Meditation Center, 2950 Arizona Ave. NW. dcinfo@sos.org. â&#x2013; 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.

Concerts â&#x2013; Singer Gina ChĂĄvez will perform bilingual songs traversing cumbia, bossa nova, vintage pop, reggaeton and folk. 6 p.m.

Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The American University Saxophone Quartet and the Florio Saxophone Quartet will perform jazz works. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; In cooperation with the Embassy of Israel, the Embassy Seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Daniel Pearl Memorial Concert will feature pianist Tomer Gewirtzman performing works by Chopin, Beethoven and Scriabin. 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. $70. Location provided upon registration.

202-625-2361. â&#x2013; The Hungarian Cultural Center will present Hungaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renowned classical and jazz big band Modern Art Orchestra in concert. 7 p.m. $16. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Keegan Theatre will present a concert by Irish singer-songwriter Mick Flannery. 8 p.m. $25. Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. keegantheatre.com.

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â&#x2013; Mason Bates, the Kennedy Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new composer-in-residence, will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lounge Regime: 100 Years of Ambient Music.â&#x20AC;? 8 p.m. $20. Atrium, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Michele Castro, special collections librarian at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Insiderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Insight: D.C. Punk Archive Project at MLK.â&#x20AC;?

Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. â&#x2013; Margaret Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century.â&#x20AC;? Noon.

Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. â&#x2013; Anthony Pitch will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Crime Was Being Jewish,â&#x20AC;? featuring vivid memories of 358 Holocaust survivors, and Nancy Geise will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Auschwitz #34207: The Joe Rubenstein Story,â&#x20AC;? one manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tale of survival.

Noon. Free. Mary Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-9897. â&#x2013; Herrick Chapman, associate professor of history and French studies at New York University, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;1945 as a French Year Zero? Rupture and Continuity in Postwar Reconstruction.â&#x20AC;? Noon to 2 p.m.

Free. Room 450, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu. â&#x2013; Barbara Berrie, head of the scientific research department at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mining for Color: Smalt and Naples Yellow in Sixteenth-Century Painting.â&#x20AC;? 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. Free.

West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin, a member of Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knesset, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yitzhak Rabin and the Future of Progressive Zionism.â&#x20AC;? 12:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. See Events/Page 22

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Continued From Page 21 pjc.georgetown.edu/events. â&#x2013; Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Night in Gaza.â&#x20AC;? 1 to 2 p.m. Free. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1290. â&#x2013; Fulbright Scholar Svitlana Khutka, visiting associate professor at Stanford University, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Political Participation in Transition Countries: Apathy vs.

Ardency in Ukraine.â&#x20AC;? 4 to 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. Suite 412, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/khutka. â&#x2013; Papa Sow, a migration scholar at the University of Bonn in Germany, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;En Route to Hell: Dreams of Adventure and Traumatic Experiences Among West African â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Boat Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to Europe.â&#x20AC;? 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room B-07, Media and Public Affairs Building, George Washington University, 805 21st St. NW. go.gwu.edu/drsow. â&#x2013; Bruce Riedel will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;JFKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m. Free.

Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. â&#x2013; In conjunction with FotoWeekDC, the

National Building Museum will present a panel discussion on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Picturing Buildings: Line Versus Atmosphere,â&#x20AC;? featuring architectural photographers Colin Winterbottom, Maxwell Mackenzie and Walter Smalling and museum curator Chrysanthe Broikos.

6:30 to 8 p.m. $12 to $20. FotoWeek Central, Former Residence of the Spanish Ambassadors, 2801 16th St. NW. 202272-2448. â&#x2013; Mark Bitterman, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bittermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field Guide to Bitters and Amari,â&#x20AC;? will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Savory World of Bittersâ&#x20AC;? in a program that will include a tasting.

6:45 to 9 p.m. $45 to $50. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-3030. â&#x2013; Book artist Carol June Barton, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Land Forms and Air Currents,â&#x20AC;? will discuss her process in creating her sculptural books, her research on historical movable books and her background as a painter. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Performance Hall, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370. â&#x2013; Roger Lowenstein will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m.

Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; Orhan Pamuk, recipient of the 2006

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Nobel Prize for Literature, will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Strangeness in My Mind.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. $16. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.

Films â&#x2013; The Avalonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Film Studies program on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last 20 Years: Documentaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Golden Ageâ&#x20AC;? will feature a talk by Georgetown University professor and former AFI Docs festival director Sky Sitney on major approaches, techniques and milestones in documentary filmmaking over the past two decades. 10:30 a.m. $25 to $40. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202966-6000. The second session on Nov. 16 will feature a screening of Errol Morrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 1988 documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Thin Blue Lineâ&#x20AC;? with a post-film discussion. â&#x2013; The Music and Poetry Club will screen the 2005 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make It Funky!,â&#x20AC;? starring Aaron Neville, Allen Toussaint and Amadee Castenell. A performance by the Blues Muse ensemble will follow. 7:30 p.m. Free. St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Court, 725 24th St. NW. 202-393-1511.

Performance â&#x2013; Local actor Dwane Starlin will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marching Along With John Philip Sousa,â&#x20AC;? drawing on Sousaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body of personal papers, letters, recordings and biographies. 7 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139.

Special event â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adult Color Therapy Partyâ&#x20AC;? will explore coloring books as a hot new trend to relieve anxiety and promote focus.

Attendees can bring a coloring book of their own or use one provided by the library. 6 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. â&#x2013; A panel discussion will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Walls Bear Witness: Iraq,â&#x20AC;? a weeklong nighttime display featuring images on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outdoor walls depicting religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq who are being persecuted by the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

6:30 p.m. Free. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW. 202-488-0460.

Tuesday, Nov. 10

Tuesday november 10 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program â&#x2013; Madelyn Rosenburg will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;How to Behave at a Dog Showâ&#x20AC;? (for ages 4 through 7). 4 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-7270232.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; The Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association will present a workshop on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disease.â&#x20AC;?

1 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Family Life Community Center, Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church, 605 Rhode Island Ave. NE. 800-272-3900. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 7:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-2431188.

Concerts â&#x2013; As part of the Tuesday Concert Series, violinist Sarah Foard, cellist Vasily Popov, guitarist Gary Prince, pianist Ralitza Patcheva and bassist Alex Lacquement will perform. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635. â&#x2013; The University of the District of Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;JAZZforumâ&#x20AC;? will feature a junior recital by tenor saxophonist Jordon Dixon. 12:30 p.m. Free. Recital Hall,

Building 46-West, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. jazzaliveudc.org. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Broadway Tomorrowâ&#x20AC;? will feature Neil Bartram, composer and lyricist of Broadwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Story of My Life.â&#x20AC;? 6 p.m.

Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Washington Performing Arts will feature pianist James Tocco performing music

by Liszt. 7 p.m. $60. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Seraphic Fire will perform Charpentierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Te Deum,â&#x20AC;? Handelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coronation Anthemsâ&#x20AC;? and excerpts from Purcellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;King Arthur.â&#x20AC;? 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church, 2430 K St. NW. seraphicfire.org. â&#x2013; Catholic University will continue its yearlong series of concerts featuring all of Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 32 sonatas. 8 p.m. Free.

Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. â&#x2013; Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free.

Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; The bands Whiskey Shivers and Ghost of Paul Revere will perform. 8 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; The Low Vision Group of the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington will present a talk by Dr. Hari Mylvaganam on â&#x20AC;&#x153;ABCs of Glaucoma: Learn About the Sneaky Thief of Sight.â&#x20AC;? 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Eye Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving St. NW. 202-877-6159. â&#x2013; The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk

by R.D. Rosen on his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Surviving Survival,â&#x20AC;? about three Jewish women who survived nightmarish childhoods during the Holocaust and went on to lead remarkable adult lives in New York City. 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Free. Temple Baptist Church, 3850 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-895-4860. â&#x2013; Harold Meyerson, executive editor of The American Prospect and a weekly columnist for The Washington Post, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is America Splitting in Two?â&#x20AC;? Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. â&#x2013; The Friends of the National World War II Memorial will host a lecture on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Ideas for Big Challengesâ&#x20AC;? by journalist and author Tom Brokaw, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Greatest Generation.â&#x20AC;? 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Lincoln Hall Auditorium, National Defense University, Fort McNair, 2nd and P streets SW. wwiimemorialfriends.org. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Books That Shaped Americaâ&#x20AC;? series will feature a discussion of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goodnight Moon,â&#x20AC;? led by Vivian Maria Vasquez, professor of education at American University. 3 to 4 p.m. Free. Training and Events Room 115, Bender Library, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3847. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;EU Rendez-Vou: What Is Cultural Heritage? And for Whom?â&#x20AC;? will feature Rosemary Joyce, professor of anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley; Maria P. Kouroupas, director of the Cultural Heritage Center at the U.S. State Department; Nico Prucha, postdoctoral researcher; and Emmanuel Kattan, director of the British Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York office. 3 to 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. European Union Delegation to the United States, 2175 K St. NW. euintheus.org. â&#x2013; Michael Marmot, research professor of epidemiology and public health at Uni-

versity College London and president of the World Medical Association, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World.â&#x20AC;? 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Jack Morton Auditorium, Media and Public Affairs Building, George Washington University, 805 21st St. NW. elliott.gwu.edu. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Washington Post Life: New Kids on the Bloc,â&#x20AC;? a panel discussion about the issues and candidates that will mobilize millennial voters in 2016, will feature Sarah Chamberlain, chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Republican Main Street; Katie Backer, principal at Burning Glass Strategies; Brad Jenkins, managing director and executive producer at Funny or Die; Ashley Spillane, president of Rock the Vote; and Marcy Stech, communications director at Emilyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

City View Room, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. calendar.gwu.edu. â&#x2013; Artist Joseph White will discuss his prolific career and latest work based on Post-It drawings. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Free.

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Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. â&#x2013; The World Affairs Council will host a talk by Christopher S. Chivvis, associate director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corp., on his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The French War on Al Qaida in Africa.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Horizon Ballroom, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. worldaffairsdc.org. â&#x2013; Photographer Ian Shive will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The National Parks: An American Legacyâ&#x20AC;? and his efforts to build awareness of the urban sites that are part of the U.S. See Events/Page 26

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■ Antony Beevor will discuss his book “Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge.”

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

■ Portrait photographer Dan Winters will discuss street photography, creating a visual language and the journey he took to become a photographer. 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. asmpdc.org/winters.

■ In conjunction with the premiere of a similarly named theater piece by Renee Calarco, Washington Walks will present “Creating Our National Museum of the Unforeseen Tragedy,” a panel discussion about the challenges of bringing a new (fictional) museum to life. Proceeds will benefit the Welders Playwrights’ Collective. 7 p.m. $25. Octagon Museum, 1799 New York Ave. NW. 202-484-1565.

Films ■ Director Samantha Farinella will introduce a screening of her 2014 film “Hunting in Wartime,” about the experiences of Tlingit Vietnam War veterans from the village of Hoonan, Alaska. Noon. Free.

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

■ Adventurer and photographer Ryan Pyle will present a screening of “Sacred Mountains of China,” about the months he spent exploring the most sacred Tibetan regions in Western China. 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/sacredmountains.

■ “Reel Writers,” part of National Novel Writing Month, will feature the 2002 film “Adaptation,” starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep. 6:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ The “National Theatre Live” series will feature an encore screening of Lyndsey Turner’s production of “Hamlet,” featuring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role. 7 p.m. $20. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. fathomevents.com.

■ The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will present John Goldschmidt’s 2014 film “Dough,” about a curmudgeonly bakery shop owner in London’s East End. 7:30 p.m. $13. Goldman Theater, Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Performances and readings ■ Keegan Theatre will present a staged reading of the new musical “Evening Train,” featuring music and lyrics by Mick Flannery and book by Ursula Rani Sarma.

7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. boxoffice@keegantheatre.com.

■ The Lannan Center author series will feature a reading by Sinéad Morrissey, a poet from Northern Ireland who won the T.S. Elliot Prize in 2014 for her fifth collection, “Parallax.” 8 p.m. Free. Room 103, Healy Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. lannan.georgetown.edu.

■ Story District will present its monthly show, “If I Were You: Stories about giving and taking advice.” 8 p.m. $15. Town Danceboutique, 2009 8th St. NW. storydistrict.org.

■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night” will feature performances

by the ensembles Discoteca! and Madeline, at 8 p.m.; and by Crude Mechanicals and Thank You for Sharing at 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.

Sporting event ■ The Washington Wizards will play the Oklahoma City Thunder. 7 p.m. $28 to $899. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800745-3000.

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Wednesday november 11 Children’s programs ■ “First Studio: Story + Workshop” will feature a gallery tour, a story and an artmaking activity. 10 to 11 a.m. $7 per child; free for adult companion. Reservations required. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552.

■ Arts on the Horizon will present “Point A to Point B,” a world-premiere, nonverbal production inspired by the “America on the Move” exhibit at the National Museum of American History (best for ages 2 through 5). 10 and 11:30 a.m. $9. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. The performance will repeat Thursday and Friday at 10:30 a.m., Saturday at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., and Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

Concerts ■ The U.S. Army Chorus will present “Songs of the Soldier: A Salute to Veterans,” featuring works by Stephen Foster, Gustav Holst, Roger Miller and others.

12:10 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ East River Jazz will present “Come Dance to Strayhorn!,” featuring jazz and blues organist Greg Hatza and his ensemble. 2 p.m. $20. Anacostia Playhouse, 2020 Shannon Place SE. eastriverjazz.net.

■ “Broadway Tomorrow” will feature Michael Mott, composer, lyricist, singer, actor and voice teacher. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.

■ Musician Jeremiah Tall will perform.

7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ Fortas Chamber Music Concerts will feature the Shanghai String Quartet, pianist Joseph Kalichstein and violinist Jaime Laredo performing works by Beethoven, Ravel and Chausson. 7 p.m. $50. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Sol Roots Band, Nicky C and the RSB, and Swift Technique will perform. 8 p.m. $11. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures ■ Marlene Laruelle, research professor and director of the Central Asia Program at George Washington University, will discuss the rise and fall of socialist realism in the Soviet “colonial” periphery of Central Asia.

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

■ Rebecca Stein, associate professor of anthropology at Duke University, will discuss her book “Digital Militarism: Israel’s Occupation in the Social Media Age.” 1 to 2 p.m. Free. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1290.

■ Maira Kalman will discuss her book “Beloved Dog.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

■ Deepa Iyer will discuss her book “We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE.

202-636-7230.

■ Joel Kotkin will discuss his book “The New Class Conflict,” about the dynamics of class in America. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free.

Bunn Intercultural Center Auditorium, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. tocquevilleforum.georgetown.edu.

■ Matt Ridley will discuss his book “The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

■ Actor Ethan Hawke will discuss his novel “Rules for a Knight.” 7 p.m. $18.

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.

■ Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lynsey Addario will discuss “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War.” 7:30 p.m. $27. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-8577700.

Films ■ The Film in Focus series will present “Sally Pacholok,” about a nurse who tries to spread awareness of the dangers of misdiagnosis of the B-12 deficiency that led to her own bouts of dizziness and fatigue. A post-screening Q&A will feature Chevy Chase, Md.-based writer, director and producer Elissa Leonard, lead actress Annet Mahendru and composer Charlie Barnett. 8 p.m. $8. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

■ Words, Beats and Life will present Shan Nicholson’s film “The Rubble Kings,” about life in New York City during the era of gang rule from 1968 to 1975. 9 to 11 p.m. $10. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

Performances and readings ■ The Twyla Tharp 50th Anniversary Tour will feature new work by the Tony Award-winning choreographer and Kennedy Center Honoree. 7:30 p.m. $34 to $75.

Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. The performance will repeat Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.

■ Student choreographers will present “Choreolab 2015: Facing Forward,” an evening of concert dance. 8 p.m. $5. Greenberg Theatre, American University, 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-885-2787.

■ The Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society will present its Donn B. Murphy One-Acts Festival. 8 p.m. $5 to $8. Stage III, Poulton Hall, Georgetown University, 1421 37th St. NW. 202-687-2787. The performance will repeat Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.

Special events ■ The Friends of the National World War II Memorial and the National Park Service will host a Veterans Day ceremony. 9 a.m. Free. National World War II Memorial, 17th Street and Independence Avenue SW. wwiimemorialfriends.org.

■ In honor of Veterans Day, Tudor Place will offer tours highlighting memories and artifacts of the Peter family at war and on the home front from the War of 1812 through World War II. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. $3 to $10; free admission for retired and active duty service members and their families. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org.

■ “Renwick Gala: Celebrate WONDER” will highlight the reopening of the renovated Renwick Gallery and its inaugural exhibition, which features site-specific installations by nine leading contemporary artists.

7:30 to 10:30 p.m. $75; reservations required. Grand Salon, Renwick Gallery, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-633-6565.

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