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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Vol. VI, No. 8

Serving Foggy Bottom & the West End

THE FOGGY BOTTOM CURRENT

UDC plans for pool upgrades

Revised law targets noise disturbances

WHITE-OUT

■ Police: Arrests possible for

By KATIE PEARCE

disorderly conduct violations

Current Staff Writer

After two years of closure, the University of the District of Columbia’s pool is slated to reopen sometime this year as host to a more competitive university swimming program. The D.C. Council approved a $2.8 million renovation contract for the facility Jan. 24. The end result, said university athletic director Patricia Thomas, will be a six-lane, 25-yard pool that will allow the school to participate in NCAA Division II men’s and women’s swimming and diving competitions for the first time. But the pool, once a free resource for community members, will start charging membership fees to non-students when it reopens. “This place was pretty much open to the public. The public had gotten used to coming in and using it whenever they wanted,” university spokesperson Alan Etter said recently. “But these facilities are first and foremost for the use of students and student athletes.” When the pool shut down suddenly in December 2008, officials told patrons it needed a relatively See Pool/Page 21

By KATIE PEARCE Current Staff Writer

Effective yesterday, an amended D.C. law gives police officers discretion to make arrests for nighttime noise that is “likely to disturb or annoy” nearby residents. The provision, one of several amendments recently tacked onto the city’s disorderly conduct laws, allows such arrests for “unreasonably loud noise” between 10 p.m.

Bill aims to clear way on snowy sidewalks ■ Council: Cheh, Wells seek

to simplify fines for scofflaws By BRADY HOLT Bill Petros/The Current

Mina Jocic joined sisters Zora and Milica Djuric for an afternoon of sledding Saturday at P Street Beach.

New Dupont group aims to forge alliances By KATIE PEARCE

September after the city completed upgrades on the corridor. In general, “some businesses have felt for a while that residents After quickly pulling off a festiaren’t really supportive of them,” val on 17th Street last fall, the she said. Meanwhile, she and other Dupont Circle residents who organresidents “felt that was completely ized the first-time event surveyed opposite, that we want to support local business owners to get their [them], that we want more retail on take. 17th Street.” “We reached out and asked a Bill Petros/The Current This apparent communication few questions about how we could problem spawned first a series of do this differently,” said festival The new group will initially focus random meetings, and, eventually, a chair Lee Granados. “They said, on issues along 17th Street. new neighborhood nonprofit. The ‘Yeah, we’d like to be more Urban Neighborhood Alliance, which offers free meminvolved.’” Granados found that this sentiment applied to more bership to Dupont and Logan Circle residents and busiSee Alliance/Page 21 than just the 17th Street Festival, which took place in Current Staff Writer

NEWS ■ School Without Walls receives autonomous designation. Page 4. ■ Council bills target unemployment, power outages. Page 3.

and 7 a.m. At a Georgetown meeting Monday, Lt. John Hedgecock said Metropolitan Police Department officials had been “getting all kinds of legal opinions on what we can and cannot do” with the new measure. But at-large D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson, who introduced the disorderly conduct amendment last year, characterized the noise measure as more of a clarification than a significant change of operations for police. “It’s actually not anything new,” See Noise/Page 20

EVENTS ■ Company will bring Stoppard’s ‘Razzle’ at Source. Page 25. ■ Foundry Gallery features work by new members. Page 25.

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As the D.C. Council prepares for a hearing on legislation that would allow fines for residents and business owners who don’t clear snow from their sidewalks, one member is suggesting another way to improve pedestrians’ winter safety: make it the city’s responsibility. Last month, Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh and Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells proposed that the District simplify enforcement of its existing law that sidewalks must be cleared within eight daylight hours of the snowfall’s end. In their Winter Sidewalk Safety Amendment Act, they suggest replacing a city-filed lawsuit against non-compliers with a simple fine. After the safety act was introduced last month — a year after a similar bill stalled in committee — community response on both sides quickly became as active as this

PA S S A G E S ■ Arena Stage honors student playwrights. Page 13. ■ Georgetown pair turns design ideas into new business. Page 13 .

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The city would fine homeowners $25 and businesses $250 if the bill becomes law. year’s winter weather. Advocates of the legislation say it would provide a much-needed incentive to follow a critically important law; others say it could prove too problematic for the elderly or infirm and difficult to enforce. In an interview, Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham put forward an alternate concept that he said would make sidewalks safe while avoiding the complications of fining residents and offering a critical boost to the See Sidewalks/Page 5

INDEX Business/7 Calendar/22 Classifieds/30 District Digest/4 Foggy Bottom News/11 Exhibits/25 In Your Neighborhood/16

Opinion/8 Passages/13 Police Report/6 School Dispatches/14 Real Estate/17 Service Directory/26 Theater/25

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EastBanc again floats new development plan for Georgetown Post Office By KATIE PEARCE Current Staff Writer

Developer EastBanc has changed course again on a planned addition to the Georgetown Post Office at 1215 31st St. Following a directive from the city’s Office of Planning, EastBanc is proposing a residential project behind the post office, abandoning plans for an office building.

The project will be a three-story, nine-unit building with 13 parking spots that joins the rear of the 1850s post office, architect Guy Martin said at Monday night’s Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission meeting. He said the switch to residential use came about after city planners deemed commercial use in that space inconsistent with the city’s Comprehensive Plan. This marks the third major revision for the

project, which was originally proposed as high-end town houses. The post office will remain open, but will downsize operations as the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service makes cuts around the country. To residents who expressed concerns about traffic on 31st Street, Martin said maildelivery trucks will no longer visit the site. Two next-door neighbors of the post office

GW COMMUNITY CALENDAR A selection of this month’s GW events—neighbors welcome!

For more information on the GW community calendar, please contact Britany Waddell in the Office of Community Relations at 202-994-9132 or visit us at www.neighborhood. gwu.edu

$ Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.

GW Women’s Basketball vs. Temple Charles E. Smith Center 600 22nd St., NW Support GW women’s basketball as they take on Temple. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com. Feb. 16 at 3.30 p.m. GW Women’s Lacrosse vs. Howard Mount Vernon Field 2100 Foxhall Road, NW Support GW women’s lacrosse as they take on Howard. This event is free and open to the public. Feb. 19 at 1.00 p.m. GW Women’s Lacrosse vs. Drexel Mount Vernon Field 2100 Foxhall Road, NW Support GW women’s lacrosse as they take on Drexel. This event is free and open to the public.

Jessica McConnell Burt

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Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. University Orchestra and University Singers Concert Lisner Auditorium 730 21st St., NW Join the Department of Music for musical entertainment at the University Orchestra and University Singers Concert. This event is free and open to the public.

The GW Orchestra will perform at the GW Music Department’s University Orchestra Concert and University Singer’s Concert on Feb. 6 in Lisner Auditorium.

Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. Last Lecture Series: Professor Max D. Ticktin Marvin Center 800 21st St., NW The Last Lecture Series provides the opportunity to connect with GW faculty and share in their stories based on the premise, “If you knew this was the last lecture you’d ever give, what would you say?” This event is free and open to the public. $ Feb. 2 at 7 p.m.

GW Women’s Basketball vs. Rhode Island Charles E. Smith Center 600 22nd St., NW Support GW women’s basketball as they take on Rhode Island. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.

$ Feb. 3–5

Forbidden Planet Production’s 5th Annual MUSICAL CABARET West Hall Theater 2100 Foxhall Road, NW Performances include: “Dancing Through Life” - Wicked, Julie Rhinestrom “I Got Life” - Hair, Rachel Johnson “Be Our Guest” - Beauty and the Beast, Ashley Chen “You’re the One That I Want” and “We Go Together” - Grease, Ashley Kowlaski. Performances are as follows: Feb. 3 at 8 p.m.; Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.; Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door.

$ Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.

GW Men’s Basketball vs. Richmond Charles E. Smith Center 600 22nd St., NW Support GW men’s basketball as they take on Richmond. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.

$ Feb. 12 at 2 p.m.

GW Women’s Basketball vs. Massachusetts Charles E. Smith Center 600 22nd St., NW Support GW women’s basketball as they take on Massachusetts. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.

$ Feb. 23 at 7 p.m.

GW Men’s Basketball vs. Charlotte Charles E. Smith Center 600 22nd St., NW Support GW men’s basketball as they take on Charlotte. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.

$ Feb. 24–26 at 7.30 p.m.

Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. “Anyone Can Whistle” Betts Theater 800 21st St., NW GW’s Department of Dance and Theatre presents the musical “Anyone Can Whistle.” Directed by GW’s Leslie Jacobson, the musical follows a corrupt mayoress, an idealistic nurse, a man who may be a doctor and various officials, patients and townspeople, all fighting to save a bankrupt town. Tickets are $10 for GW students and seniors and $15 for general public. For more information or to purchase tickets: http://www.gwu.edu/~theatre/Season/mainstage.html

$ Feb. 26 at 2 p.m.

GW Men’s Basketball Homecoming Game vs. Temple Charles E. Smith Center 600 22nd St., NW Support GW men’s basketball in their homecoming game as they take on Temple. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.

$ Feb. 26 at 8 p.m.

AEG Live presents: Bo Burnham And (No) Friends Lisner Auditorium 730 21st St., NW Three years ago, Bo Burnham was just another high-schooler recording YouTube videos for fun. Today, Burnham has burst on the comedy scene with a full-length LP, a Comedy Central special and a deal to write a film for Judd Apatow. Entertainment Weekly recently named Burnham one of the “12 Rising Stars of Comedy.” Tickets are $26.50 and $20 for GW students at the Lisner Box Office, 202-397-SEAT and www.ticketmaster.com. Fridays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Jazz Jams Phillips Hall B-120 801 22nd St., NW Presented by the Department of Music, this weekly event features live music performed by GW students and faculty. This event is free and open to the public.

came to Monday’s meeting to emphasize how the residential project would affect their privacy and peace and quiet. EastBanc has already responded to some concerns by shifting the project’s location southward and planning landscaping as a buffer. The neighborhood commission voted to support the project, provided the developers continue to work with the neighbors on their concerns.

For scholars, college comes with a Posse By JESSICA GOULD Current Staff Writer

The Posse Foundation is on a mission to help students graduate — with a little help from their friends. Since 1989, the foundation, which operates in seven cities, has identified talented high school students and partnered with top-tier universities to offer them four-year, full-tuition scholarships. The group expanded to the District in 2004. But what makes Posse a little different from its philanthropic peers is that the foundation sends students to college together in groups, as part of what Posse D.C. director Paloma Garcia-Lopez calls a “traveling support system.” Last month, Posse welcomed 62 new D.C. area members to its ranks. Andrew Alikhani was one of them. Alikhani, a senior at St. John’s College High School, is an Eagle scout, athlete and student government vice president. He plans to attend Lafayette College in eastern Pennsylvania in the fall and expects to study biomedical engineering. “I think it’s a great idea to send kids together,” he said. “I feel like now we’re individuals, but eventually we’ll gel together like a family.” And that, said Garcia-Lopez, is exactly the point. For many students, she said, making the transition to college can be tough. “These students are moving from places like wards 7 and 8 in Washington, D.C., to a place like Grinnell College in Iowa,” she said. “There’s a huge cultural shift. The environment. The weather. Everything’s really different. When you go with a posse ... you feel ready to take on that campus.” Posse also offers intensive precollege preparation to ensure that students have the skills to be confident when they arrive on campus. Since the program’s inception, Posse has sent more than 3,000 students to college. This year, students from Northwest’s Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, Columbia Heights Education Campus, St. John’s College High School, Maret School, St. Albans School and Washington International School were among those who received the four-year, full-tuition scholarships.

New bills target outages, unemployment By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

Responding to last week’s “thundersnow� and the electrical outages that followed, Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser introduced legislation Tuesday that would require Pepco to reimburse residents who seek alternate shelter when their power goes out for more than 24 hours if the temperature is below freezing or above 95 degrees. Such conditions can be dangerous for those who try to keep warm with candles or stoves, or for people with respiratory or other medical conditions that require electricity, Bowser said. But many residents of the roughly 23,000 District households that lost power last week stayed put because they couldn’t afford a hotel or motel, she said. Bowser acknowledged that the bill may be modified after public hearings, but she said it is important to put it on the table now. Six of her colleagues signed on as co-sponsors, meaning a majority of the council has registered preliminary support. Other bills introduced Tuesday address a range of city issues. Interim at-large member Sekou Biddle offered legislation that would have the mayor share lists of unemployed residents and their skills with District employers looking to hire. “We hear criticism that we don’t have a qualified workforce. But that’s not true,� Biddle said, noting that the ranks of the unemployed swelled with lawyers, construction workers and other professionals during the recent recession. “We just need to connect the employers with District residents.� He said the information is already available from the city’s unemployment compensation rolls. Separately, Ward 3 member Mary Cheh introduced a bill to protect residents from unwanted “robocalls.� Cheh said national “do-not-call� laws have many loopholes, and she urged the District to join 20 states in plugging them with tighter restrictions. Her bill would prohibit robocalls unless the caller has a personal or business relationship with, or the express consent of, the recipient. It would allow residents to opt

District may tap ANCs for help in emergencies In a bootstrap response to last week’s snowstorm, the D.C. Council yesterday passed emergency legislation to study the feasibility of training advisory neighborhood commissioners to handle some of the basic emergency work — like blocking off a street when a power line is down — that now requires calls to overburdened police officers and firefighters. Ward 5 Council member Harry Thomas, who authored the measure, said he realized the need while working with Mayor Vincent Gray to respond to the many emergencies the storm created. He said residents found a power line down on a major street in his ward, but had to wait for police to respond because they were not authorized to put up flares to stop traffic. Meanwhile, some police cars were diverted for an entire day simply blocking traffic on streets with downed lines or trees. Thomas said the city’s emergency agencies have already developed a six-hour course that would provide the necessary training for neighborhood commissioners. His bill authorizing a feasibility study passed by unanimous voice vote. — Elizabeth Wiener

out of future robocalls, and forbid them before 9 a.m. and after 9 p.m. The provisions would apply to anyone who uses an “automatic dialing-announcing device� without consent, according to an aide to Cheh. Exceptions would allow calls by municipal governments, but not political campaigns, the aide said.

The week ahead Thursday, Feb. 3

The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will hold its monthly meeting, which was postponed last week because of inclement weather. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. â– DC for Democracy, Greater Greater Washington and the DC Environmental Network will host a candidates forum for the at-large D.C. Council seat. The forum will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 1107 at One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.

Friday, Feb. 4

The D.C. Council Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary will hold a public hearing on “Enforcement of Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety.� The hearing will begin at noon in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Saturday, Feb. 5

The Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW, will host a grand-opening party from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities will include library tours, performances by the Deal Middle School jazz band and Wilson High School choir, and a reading by author Erica S. Perl from her picture books, including “Dotty� and “Chicken Butt!� For details, visit dclibrary.org/tenley or call 202-727-1488.

Monday, Feb. 7

A benefit for the Fund for Kalorama Park will feature Brazilian food and door prizes. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Grill From Ipanema, 1858 Columbia Road NW. Tickets cost $25. For details, visit kaloramapark.com or contact Lisa Duperier at ammainstreet@aol.com.

Tuesday, Feb. 8

The U.S. General Services Administration will hold a public hearing on the draft environmental impact statement on the proposed master plan to guide future development of a campus for the Department of Homeland Security at the Nebraska Avenue Complex. The hearing will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the community center at Mann Elementary School, 4430 Newark St. NW. â– The Shepherd Park Citizens Association will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. at Shepherd Elementary School, 7800 14th St. NW.

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Biddle urges study of Pepco storm efforts

Interim at-large D.C. Council member Sekou Biddle is calling for an investigation of Pepco after what he sees as an unsatisfying response to the recent snowstorm, which left many without power for days. “Pepco’s actions before, during and now after the recent storm have been inadequate and have endangered countless people,� Biddle

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District Digest says in a news release. “It is clearly time for the District to move forward with legislation now being proposed by [Ward 3] Councilmember Mary Cheh that would impose penalties on Pepco if it fails to meet restoration goals.� According to the release, the company has repeatedly promised improvements to its emergency response plans since Hurricane Isabel in 2003. “Their words do not match their actions,� says Biddle. The council member said he has

received reports from customers that Pepco has provided inaccurate or inaccessible information on when their power would be restored. He is urging the D.C. Public Service Commission to examine the utility’s adherence to its reliability and restoration plan. This week, the commission announced that it will hold a hearing Feb. 10 to question senior Pepco officials on reliability, restoration efforts and electrical outages before and after the recent

snowstorm. The commission’s rules also require the company to file a written report within three weeks of any major service outage.

DCPS grants Walls autonomous status

School Without Walls has achieved autonomous status, allowing it some flexibility in its budget, staffing, curriculum and professional development, D.C. Public Schools chief academic officer Carey Wright announced in a Jan. 28 letter to principal Richard Trogisch. “Autonomous status provides schools that have demonstrated success in student achievement the space to innovate,� Wright wrote. “Schools are granted autonomous status as a reward and are expected to leverage their status to continue along the trajectory of success.� Terry Lynch, vice president of Walls’ parent association, said the flexibility will allow the school to do just that. “It will allow teachers and members of the parental body to devise programs that better fit the needs and desires of students,� Lynch said. “It’s just another step in the ongoing growth of the school.� In fall 2010, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan named Walls a “Blue Ribbon� school. It was one of 300 schools to achieve the designation nationwide last year. There are seven other

autonomous schools in the District. Six are in Northwest.

GWU makes arrests in dorm burglaries

George Washington University Police on Thursday night arrested a man and a woman suspected of attempting to steal more than $3,200 of property from a dormitory that evening, according to a release from the university. The male suspect also was arrested and charged in connection with an assault on a university police officer that occurred during his apprehension, the release states. According to police, the two suspects entered Mitchell Hall, a dormitory in the 500 block of 19th Street NW, at around 6 p.m., when an unidentified person was exiting. Once inside, the suspects entered multiple unlocked rooms and attempted to steal a number of valuable items, according to the university release. When the male suspect was apprehended and arrested in the residence hall, he was found in possession of a laptop charger and a woman’s gold watch, according to the release. The female suspect was apprehended and arrested soon after at nearby 19th and F streets. Neither suspect is affiliated with the university, the release states. University police handed over both suspects to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Correction

Janney Elementary’s submission to the Jan. 19 School Dispatches omitted the authors’ names. They are Molly Ehrlich, third-grader, and Claire Medina, fifth-grader. As a matter of policy, The Current corrects all errors of substance. To report an error, please call the managing editor at 202244-7223.

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SIDEWALKS District’s economy: contracting unemployed residents. “I think probably the real solution lies in a city responsibility, and some program that we can develop to hire those who are not working to go and clean sidewalks,� Graham said, adding that the District already has such a program for autumn leaf pickup. “Maybe we need to expand their responsibility and have them shovel sidewalks,� he said. “That’s probably a whole lot closer to the solution than ticketing people.� Under Cheh and Wells’ bill, residents would be fined $25 and businesses $250 for not clearing the public sidewalks in front of their properties. Graham was chair of the council’s Committee on Public Works and Transportation when it held a hearing on last year’s sidewalk bill, and he said it was clear at the time that the details were unworkable. “We looked at it very seriously; I couldn’t come up with solutions that I felt really comfortable with,� Graham said. “I’m willing to work with others, but this is the type of issue that everyone will respond to by saying ‘absolutely,’ but then you dig into it and all the complexity emerges.� The problems Graham mentioned include issuing fines effectively to rented properties, avoiding punishing residents who are unable to clear their sidewalks, and using scarce city resources for issuing snow tickets. Graham said he plans to suggest his alternative at the bill’s hearing — scheduled for Feb. 9 and overseen by new committee chair Wells, the bill’s co-sponsor — and will also work with his colleagues to see if there are other solutions he missed last year. Cheh said she is looking forward to hearing suggestions for how best to keep sidewalks clear, but she said the problems don’t seem insurmountable and the need is great for effective enforcement. “People are put at risk when they have to walk on sidewalks that are icy and snow-packed,� Cheh said, and keeping sidewalks clear is one of many “costs associated with maintaining your property.� Cheh added that the elderly and infirm are expected to keep their hedges under control and their grass mowed, so it isn’t unreasonable to ask them to find a way to get snow and ice cleared off their sidewalks as well. She said her staff is investigating how other jurisdictions have solved the problem. “Apparently other places do this and the sky hasn’t fallen,� she said. As to Graham’s suggestion that the city assume responsibility for clearing its sidewalks, Cheh said that

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D.C. law requires residents and businesses to clear their sidewalks, but it’s hard to enforce. with budgets the way they are, such a move might be “not realistic� and not the right message to send out. “Are we honestly thinking of telling all homeowners to forget about clearing the sidewalks?� she said. The D.C. Department of Transportation — which, under the bill, would split responsibility for ticketing with the Metropolitan Police Department and the Department of Public Works — wants to encourage residents to keep their sidewalks clear, spokesperson John Lisle said, but also hopes to do so without writing citations. “While we generally support efforts to increase compliance, enforcement is a challenge especially when so many of our resources are already on snow removal duty,� Lisle wrote in an e-mail. “That’s why we focus on education to encourage property owners to voluntarily clear their sidewalks of snow and ice.� In response, Cheh said there’s room for both in efforts to maintain safe sidewalks. The bill “is also an educational tool. In fact, we’d want to collect no money. ... The whole idea is to get them to do it; it’s not to raise money,� Cheh said. “Maybe this would fit in with [Lisle’s] thesis about education — if you know there’s a consequence, you’d learn to shovel your sidewalk.� Even merely as a proposal, some residents have noted that the bill has had that same effect. “Since this was announced in The Northwest Current, I’ve been really surprised how people on my block who have not really done anything about their snow — people who haven’t shoveled their sidewalk in 20 years — were out there today putting down salt,� Cathy Wiss said at a recent community meeting. Wiss, a Forest Hills-Tenleytown advisory neighborhood commissioner, joined her colleagues in a unanimous resolution in support of the sidewalk clearing bill.

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Police Report This is a listing of reports taken from Jan. 22 through 29 in local police service areas.

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Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 2200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; sidewalk; 10:01 p.m. Jan. 23. Burglary â– 3000 block, Rodman St.; residence; 10:45 a.m. Jan. 28. Theft (below $250) â– 3400 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 1:45 p.m. Jan. 29. â– 3500 block, Lowell St.; street; 7 a.m. Jan. 25. Simple assault â– 4200 block, Massachusetts Ave.; unspecified premises; 5:15 a.m. Jan. 29. Destruction of property â– 3000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; residence; 10:30 a.m. Jan. 26. â– 2800 block, Woodland Drive; parking lot; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 28. Property damage â– 3000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; parking lot; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 24. â– 3800 block, Calvert St.; street; 7 p.m. Jan. 26. â– Garfield Street and New Mexico Avenue; street; 7:15 p.m. Jan. 26. â– 2400 block, Wisconsin Ave.; street; 8 p.m. Jan. 26.

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Burglary â– 1500 block, 30th St.; residence; 12:30 p.m. Jan. 24. â– 3300 block, M St.; store; 2:01 a.m. Jan. 27.

Theft ($250 plus) â– 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 6 p.m. Jan. 24. â– 3200 block, M St.; store; 3:30 p.m. Jan. 27. Theft (below $250) â– 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 6:10 p.m. Jan. 24. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 3700 block, S St.; street; 10:30 p.m. Jan. 23. Simple assault â– Unspecified location; street; 9:30 a.m. Jan. 28. Property damage â– 3300 block, Prospect St.; residence; 4 a.m. Jan. 23. â– 1000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; street; 11 a.m. Jan. 25. â– 1300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; street; 2 p.m. Jan. 25. â– 3400 block, Prospect St.; street; 7 p.m. Jan. 26. â– 1600 block, 35th St.; street; 8:30 p.m. Jan. 26.

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Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 900 block, 23rd St.; unspecified premises; 10 p.m. Jan. 25. Burglary â– 500 block, 19th St.; university; 7 a.m. Jan. 27. â– 500 block, 19th St.; university; 3 p.m. Jan. 27. â– 500 block, 19th St.; residence; 3:45 a.m. Jan. 28. â– 500 block, 19th St.; university; 6:20 p.m. Jan. 28. Theft ($250 plus) â– 2200 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; construction site; 3:35 p.m. Jan. 25. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 26th and I streets; street; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 25. â– 2400 block, N St.; street; 9:45 p.m. Jan. 25.

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Robbery (gun) â– 17th and Corcoran streets; grocery store; 1:50 p.m. Jan. 28. Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 1600 block, I St.; tavern; 2:30 a.m. Jan. 29. Burglary â– 1700 block, Willard St.; residence; 10:15 a.m. Jan. 28. â– 1100 block, 20th St.; restaurant; 2 p.m. Jan. 28. â– 1500 block, 18th St.; office building; 3:05 p.m. Jan. 28. â– 2000 block, P St.; restaurant; 12:30 a.m. Jan. 29. â– 1000 block, 16th St.; office building; 8:45 a.m. Jan. 29. Stolen auto â– 1800 block, 20th St.; street; 7:45 a.m. Jan. 24. Theft (below $250) â– 1800 block, M St.; tavern; 12:15 a.m. Jan. 23. â– 1800 block, M St.; restaurant; 2 a.m. Jan. 23. â– 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; drugstore; 4:41 p.m. Jan. 24. â– 1800 block, Connecticut Ave.;

restaurant; 9:30 p.m. Jan. 24. â– 1900 block, L St.; liquor store; 4 p.m. Jan. 26. â– 1500 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 12:05 a.m. Jan. 28. â– 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 10:15 a.m. Jan. 28. â– 1800 block, M St.; restaurant; 4 p.m. Jan. 28. â– 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 10:50 a.m. Jan. 29. â– 1500 block, U St.; unspecified premises; 12:50 p.m. Jan. 29. â– 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 7 p.m. Jan. 29. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 16th and Church streets; street; 9:35 a.m. Jan. 24. â– 1900 block, Sunderland Place; street; 6 p.m. Jan. 25. â– 2200 block, Q St.; street; 1:43 p.m. Jan. 27. â– 1600 block, O St.; street; 5:45 p.m. Jan. 27. â– 1500 block, 16th St.; street; 10 a.m. Jan. 29. â– 18th Street and Riggs Place; street; 4:10 p.m. Jan. 29. Simple assault â– 1800 block, K St.; store; 10:30 a.m. Jan. 25. â– 18th and N streets; sidewalk; 2:30 a.m. Jan. 28. â– 1800 block, Jefferson Place; tavern; 4:28 a.m. Jan. 29. Threats â– 2400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; unspecified premises; 10 a.m. Jan. 28. Unlawful entry â– 1600 block, 17th St.; restaurant; 5:30 a.m. Jan. 25. â– 1900 block, M St.; restaurant; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 28. â– 2100 block, N St.; residence; 4:15 p.m. Jan. 29. Destruction of property â– Unspecified location; street; 6 p.m. Jan. 25. â– 1200 block, New Hampshire Ave.; restaurant; 11:15 p.m. Jan. 27. â– 1000 block, 16th St.; office building; 5:45 p.m. Jan. 28. â– 17th and M streets; street; 12:15 a.m. Jan. 29. â– 1800 block, Swann St.; street; 7 p.m. Jan. 29. Property damage â– 1700 block, Corcoran St.; street; 11 a.m. Jan. 25. â– 1600 block, I St.; office building; 8 p.m. Jan. 26. Drug possession (marijuana) â– 1700 block, N St.; street; 10:55 p.m. Jan. 25.

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â– ADAMS MORGAN

Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 2400 block, 18th St.; restaurant; 2:22 a.m. Jan. 24. â– Champlain Street and Kalorama Road; sidewalk; 2:35 a.m. Jan. 29. Burglary â– 1800 block, Kalorama Road; residence; 5 p.m. Jan. 29. Theft (below $250) â– 1900 block, Connecticut Ave.; hotel; 3 p.m. Jan. 24. â– 2800 block, Ontario Road; residence; 9 p.m. Jan. 26.

â– 1700 block, Columbia Road; store; 1 p.m. Jan. 28. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 1800 block, Wyoming Ave.; street; 5:45 p.m. Jan. 25. â– 1800 block, California St.; parking lot; 9 p.m. Jan. 27. Simple assault â– 2400 block, 18th St.; tavern; 1:45 a.m. Jan. 29. Unlawful entry â– 2400 block, 18th St.; tavern; 9:50 p.m. Jan. 26. Destruction of property â– 1900 block, Biltmore St.; residence; 5 p.m. Jan. 24. â– 1800 block, Wyoming Ave.; street; 9 a.m. Jan. 26. Property damage â– Champlain and Euclid streets; street; 12:30 a.m. Jan. 23. â– Kalorama and Ontario roads; street; 9 p.m. Jan. 23. â– 20th Street and Columbia Road; street; 10 p.m. Jan. 23. â– Connecticut Avenue and Kalorama Road; street; noon Jan. 26. â– 1900 block, Columbia Road; street; 6 p.m. Jan. 26. â– 1800 block, Kalorama Road; street; 9:15 p.m. Jan. 29.

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â– LOGAN CIRCLE

Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 1300 block, S St.; residence; 7:15 p.m. Jan. 27. Burglary â– 900 block, French St.; residence; 8:45 a.m. Jan. 25. Stolen auto â– 1700 block, 13th St.; street; noon Jan. 23. Theft (below $250) â– 1400 block, P St.; store; 2:50 p.m. Jan. 24. â– 1200 block, 10th St.; residence; 11 a.m. Jan. 28. Theft from auto ($250 plus) â– 900 block, L St.; street; 8 p.m. Jan. 24. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 900 block, M St.; street; 8 p.m. Jan. 23. â– 1300 block, Massachusetts Ave.; street; 8 p.m. Jan. 23. â– 1200 block, M St.; alley; 7 a.m. Jan. 24. â– 1200 block, 13th St.; street; 7 p.m. Jan. 25. Simple assault â– 11th and N streets; sidewalk; 5:09 p.m. Jan. 24. â– 1400 block, R St.; residence; 7:30 a.m. Jan. 25. Unlawful entry â– 900 block, French St.; residence; 8 a.m. Jan. 26. Property damage â– 900 block, L St.; street; 8:30 p.m. Jan. 24. â– 900 block, M St.; street; 4 p.m. Jan. 25. â– 900 block, R St.; street; 8 p.m. Jan. 26. Drug possession (marijuana) â– 1300 block, Corcoran St.; street; 3:44 p.m. Jan. 27. Prostitution (solicitation) â– 1200 block, L St.; street; 1:13 a.m. Jan. 28. â– 1200 block, L St.; street; 3:21 a.m. Jan. 28.

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RESTAURANTS

BGR the Burger Joint opened at 1514 Connecticut Ave. NW in Dupont in December. The restaurant offers an array of gourmet burgers ($6.99 to $14.99), sides (fries, onions rings, asparagus, $2.89 to $4.49) and desserts ($1.49 for a cookie to $4.99 for a shake). BGR is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. bgrtheburgerjoint.com. ■Merzi, billed as the District’s first fast, casual Indian restaurant, opened in October at 415 7th St. NW in Penn Quarter. Patrons pick

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naan, rice, salad or chaat as their base. That base is topped with black-eyed peas, garbanzo beans or an onion pepper mix and then a choice of vegetables and/or meat. Merzi is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. merzi.com. ■The Passenger, which opened in November at 1021 7th St. NW near Mount Vernon Square, is a diner-themed bar offering music and a wide variety of cocktails and mixed drinks. The rear Columbia Room, described by co-owner and founder Derek Brown as a “cocktail club and laboratory bar,� opened in February. It offers bartending classes as well. Passenger is open 5 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday; 5 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m. to midnight

Sunday. passengerdc.com. The Columbia Room is open 5 to 11:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Reservations are recommended. passengerdc.com/columbia. â– Sala Thai opened in June at 3716 Georgia Ave. NW in Petworth. It offers traditional Thai cuisine and sushi dishes priced from around $5 for soups or appetizers to $15 for entrees and noodle dishes. The restaurant is the latest outpost of a local chain that includes locations in Bethesda and on U Street. The Georgia Avenue Sala Thai is open 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday; noon to 11 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 11:30 p.m. Sunday. salathaidc.com. â– Thunder Burger and Bar opened in June at 3056 M St. NW in Georgetown. The restaurant offers appetizers ($4 to $13), burgers ($11 to $16), salads ($6 to $16) and entrees such as crab cakes See Openings/Page 18

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THE FOGGY BOTTOM

Davis Kennedy/Publisher & Editor Chris Kain/Managing Editor

Shoveling’s no joke In recent days, walking in Washington has been a dangerous endeavor. Sidewalks never cleared of last week’s snow have come to resemble luge tracks, sending pedestrians slipping into streets, and icing since then has slickened even some well-shoveled walks. No bit of government intervention can prevent the sleet and snow from falling, but Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh’s sidewalk bill could help ensure their removal. In early January, the council member joined Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells in reintroducing legislation that would make it easier for the city to fine residents and businesses that fail to clear their walks. The Winter Sidewalk Safety Amendment Act would allow the mayor to issue $25 fines to residents and $250 fines to businesses that fail to clear sidewalks in front of their properties within eight daylight hours after a snowfall’s end. The law that requires snow clearing is already in place, but enforcement is tricky: The city must clear the sidewalk and then file a lawsuit against the property owner to recover the costs, with recovery capped at $25. We think this legislation is a logical fix to make the law enforceable, and we urge the council to move quickly to enact it, setting the stage for an improved cleanup when the next storm hits. There are complaints about the measure. Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham, who prevented passage of the bill when it was in his committee last year, plans to suggest instead that the city take responsibility for snow removal. We think that’s an unwise proposal in this time of budget crisis. Some have asked whether it’s appropriate to fine seniors unable to shovel and people who happen to be out of town during a storm. They also ask whether the city can be trusted to enforce the policy fairly, and why workers assigned to issue tickets couldn’t instead just clear the snow. We think these are reasonable questions that should be considered, but they don’t dissuade us. Current law requires, appropriately, that owners help make their properties and surrounding areas passable; the city should be able to enforce this rule.

Bury, bury, bury Given the extent of electrical outages after last week’s snowstorm and the days many had to wait for the return of power, the D.C. Public Service Commission was right to schedule a hearing for Feb. 10 to investigate Pepco’s reliability and restoration efforts. The commission’s rules require the utility company to file a written report within three weeks of any major outage, but we’re glad to see regulators acting swiftly — something many would undoubtedly wish Pepco would do the next time a storm wreaks havoc on D.C. To date, the District’s regulators have seemingly taken a backseat to their counterparts in Maryland in insisting that Pepco improve reliability. We hope this signals a more aggressive tack. Along with raising questions about the company’s vegetation management practices and the sufficiency of its restoration efforts, the commission should prod Pepco officials to re-examine their reluctance to bury overhead wires. We understand that fully accomplishing this task within the next few years isn’t feasible because of the cost. Yet there is a tremendous cost — whether because of lost productivity or wasted food — when residents and businesses suffer prolonged outages. Power disruptions are not only tremendously inconvenient, but they can be downright dangerous when they occur in extreme heat or extreme cold — the very times outages are most likely to arise. The pricetag for putting more of the electrical infrastructure underground would drop markedly, we believe, if Pepco were to combine the work with water-main repair and road construction projects. With proper coordination, Pepco could gradually bury overhead wires throughout the city without incurring unreasonable costs.

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‘We failed …’

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t-large D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson neatly summed up the region’s transportation response to last week’s fastmoving storm. “We failed … ,” the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments vice chair told The Washington Post’s Tim Craig. Just as NBC4 also reported, there appeared to be no regional cooperation or coordination in the panicky rush hour that developed last Wednesday afternoon. Terry Bellamy, the interim D.C. transportation director, told us that all the traffic control aides, who normally would help keep major intersections clear, were pulled from the streets to drive snowplows. The city never declared a snow emergency that would have gotten people to move their cars off major roadways. At a news conference in Southeast Washington, Mayor Vincent Gray gathered his public safety people principally to congratulate the various departments on how well they each responded to the snow. But it was only after withering questions from the media that officials acknowledged that the evacuation was a disaster that needed review. City Administrator Allen Lew, still getting his hands around the day-to-day operation of the city, seemed clearly irritated by the traffic mess. But Lew would say only that the city would re-evaluate what it had done and not done. Mayor Gray agreed. When The Post’s Craig and others asked what would have happened had the evacuation been in response to a terrorist attack or something similar, the answer wasn’t consoling. D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management director Millicent West suggested a terror attack would have been different because officials wouldn’t have focused on the snow; all the resources would go toward the terror attack. Yes, but what if the terror attack came during a snowstorm? The sad fact of the matter is, this region had an opportunity to put into action all the talk about orderly evacuations. It didn’t. Maybe the District and suburban leaders should stop doing evacuation tests during the July 4 fireworks on the Mall. That’s not a test. People are in a good mood, the crowds are orderly, and the traffic disperses with minimum backups. No doubt now there will be meetings and reports and new plans. Maybe the planners should start with some basics. An early release of government should spur traffic control. The National Park Service, with its control of parkways, could begin one-way operations sooner. Major thoroughfares could switch sooner to rush-hour lanes. D.C. police officers could be assigned to intersections.

On Thursday night, the day after the big storm, we stood and watched during rush hour as traffic snarled at Tenley Circle where Wisconsin and Nebraska avenues cross. The traffic signal for Wisconsin was flashing red furiously. The Nebraska lights were dark. No one was directing traffic. The four-way-stop drivers are supposed to observe was little more than a joke. We showed the chaotic scene on News4 at 5 p.m., and literally minutes later there were two hard-working police officers directing traffic. Why did it take a newscast to get such elementary traffic control? Replicate that a thousand times and you see the problem the city and region face. ■ Open at last. The new Tenley library is open. We’re sure all the users will like the modern space, the technology and the comfortable surroundings. When a series of public meetings couldn’t yield agreement on how to develop the site with a library, housing and retail, only a library was built. The city says it has added extra foundation should there ever be agreement on what to build above the library. And, on an aesthetic note, the Notebook is still deciding whether we like the exterior design, with all its vertical panels. ■ GOP takes a stand. The District’s energetic but tiny Republican Party takes a public stand on more issues than does its rival and much larger D.C. Democratic State Committee. The Democrats tend to be inward looking, with endless leadership battles and posturing. Maybe the Notebook has missed it, but we don’t recall many policy statements coming from a unified Democratic leadership group. Meanwhile, the local Republicans most recently have urged their national leaders in the new U.S. House majority to keep their hands off local District affairs. In a recent letter, re-elected GOP chair Bob Kabel urged the Republicans to reassess their plans to attempt to overturn the city’s same-sex marriage law. “Congressional Republicans saw tremendous wins this past November because they stuck with fiscal issues that matter to many Americans. We are hopeful that the [House Republican Study Committee] will reconsider its decision and work with us on improving our city,” stated Kabel. Similar appeals have been made over control of city finances. Whether the local Republicans can affect public policy is not the issue. Party executive director Paul Craney has said it’s important for the small party to speak to the issues of the day. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

TOM SHERWOOD’S

NOTEBOOK

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Red light tickets need revision in D.C. My father, a longtime D.C. resident (since 1954) and D.C. taxpayer, received in the mail a $150 “Signal Pass Red Lite” camera ticket from the Metropolitan Police Department. This $150 fine was a doubled fine. The doubling occurred recently in an emergency rulemaking process to “… contribute to the revenue necessary to maintain the District’s balanced budget.” Upon investigation, we found three problems with the ticketing process. First, the ticket was not

for the infraction stated. The actual violation was rolling through a right turn on red, an infraction carrying a considerably smaller fine. Second, the decision to issue this ticket was not based on the still photos shown on the ticket that was received in the mail (as authorized by D.C. law) but rather on a video clip from a redlight camera. Use of videos for driving infractions is not specifically permitted by D.C. law, and as a result these videos have no time codes or frame numbers embedded in them upon which to determine accurately time-based moving violations. Nonetheless, such “videos” are collected and retained in D.C. police files. Third, it appears that the tickets D.C. issues for red-light traffic

camera violations are issued only by a “program manager,” not a D.C. police officer who must swear under oath to uphold the laws of the District of Columbia. If drivers receive tickets in the mail based on a red-light traffic camera, they cannot rely on the ticket for correctly stating the violation. In other words, they won’t know what they did wrong. This appears to defeat the legislative purpose of imposing these fines, namely to persuade drivers to obey traffic laws. In light of these problems with D.C.’s ticketing process, it would appear that the real goal of ticketing is to maximize city revenue rather than teach drivers or improve public safety. Daniel Meijer

Silver Spring

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Experimental Klingle trail is costly, unwise VIEWPOINT WILLIAM H. CARROLL

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n 2008, without benefit of a public hearing, the D.C. Council directed the mayor to tear up the barricaded segment of Klingle Road and build a 10foot-wide, permeable-surface hike/bike path where motorized vehicles once traversed Rock Creek Park. At an informal transportation committee roundtable, hike/bike advocates proffered $2 million as the trail cost and claimed that rebuilding the road would cost $18 million. The environmental assessment released by the Federal Highway Administration and the D.C. Department of Transportation on Jan. 13 demonstrates the folly of those claims and the council’s legislation. For starters, the document’s $6.8 million cost estimate for the hike/bike path is outlandish by any standard and outrageous in this era of governmental belt tightening. And the recommended trail does not even resolve issues raised by other government agencies. Transportation officials issued a draft environmental assessment in June 2010. The next month, the D.C. Department of the Environment responded by saying that steep slopes make the permeable pavement options inappropriate for the valley. The 2008 legislation overlooked the fact that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority and Washington Gas have facilities along the trail route that must be accessed by heavy vehicles. In response to the draft environmental assessment, the water authority asserted that the trail must be available for vehicles and associated equipment weighing approximately 47,000 pounds and measuring 32 feet by 8 feet by 12 feet. The 2011 document responds only to vehicle width, stating that there will be 2-foot shoulders on either side of the 10-foot trail. The Transportation Department ignored the more significant weight factor. The city environmental agency, backing away from its slope concerns, is asserting its authority to weigh in during design reviews as construction proceeds and offering to assist in finding additional funds that may be necessary. In other words, taxpayers are being asked to fund a $6.8 million, experimental-technology trail that will probably wash out or end up requiring more money for fixes. The trail will also cost D.C. hundreds of thousands in lost income and property tax revenues (not to mention money spent on threatened litigation) because it landlocks five lots fronting Klingle that were approved

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Public will benefit from green Klingle

I pondered Gail Charity’s bizarre logic about Klingle Valley — she resents that residents are “directly impacted by the traffic that no longer travels through it” [“Public Klingle should not have been closed,” Letters to the Editor, Jan. 26]. But she may actually be enlightening us, since it turns out that all residents of D.C., indeed the region, benefit from more green space for walking, biking and just hanging out, in a car-free space. The plan for a hike/bike trail is quite a beautiful plan for a nice

for residential development in an agreement approved by the Mayor’s Agent for Historic Preservation. The environmental assessment dismisses this loss, relying on an obtuse letter from the D.C. Historic Preservation Office noting that, when the agreement was signed in 2006, the road was barricaded. The Transportation Department ignores much more relevant evidence of the extent of the revenue lost by making the lots undevelopable: In 2006, D.C. law mandated repair and reopening of Klingle Road; a 2005 preliminary environmental impact statement by the Federal Highway Administration and the D.C. Transportation Department recommended restoring Klingle Road to its pre-collapse two-lane configuration; and in 2008, the D.C. Council accepted testimony identifying property and income taxes to be derived from residential development of the five lots as an offset to tax relief enacted under the Tregaron Conservancy Tax Relief and Exemption Act. The June 2010 environmental assessment announced that closing Klingle Road would have to comply with the District’s Street and Alley Closing Act, including its public hearing provision. The Federal Highway Administration and the D.C. Department of Transportation now state that the June announcement was in error. The agencies now claim that, because the 2008 legislation did not find the barricaded section of Klingle Road to be unnecessary, it is not being closed. This is brazen sophistry. The Street and Alley Closing Act allows the D.C. Council to determine whether a road is necessary after a public hearing. The 2008 legislation was enacted without a public hearing and specifies no other mechanism for determining whether the barricaded segment is necessary. No street in D.C. is safe from closing without a public hearing under the agencies’ distorted reasoning. The January environmental assessment estimates the cost of rebuilding the vehicular road at $10 million. Clearly, in the context of one city, many more D.C. residents would benefit from continuing to use the road to connect to schools, churches and hospitals. Nevertheless, trail advocates will seek momentum from this flawed document regardless of its costly, technical defects because it suits their goal of keeping Klingle Road closed to vehicles. Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman Kwame Brown should stop this hike/bike trail immediately and submit the cost, technical and road-closing issues to a public hearing. William H. Carroll is a North Cleveland Park resident.

trail through a wooded section of densely inhabited neighborhoods along Connecticut Avenue, as The Current reported the week before. The design includes improvements to the drainage problems that washed out the roadbed in the first place. It’s a little steep westbound, but the younger half of the baby boomer set and their kids will be able to pedal up it; the rest can walk, as I’m anxious to do. Lisa Swanson Petworth

Snowy Georgetown bridges need help

After every snow, the main pedestrian passages into Georgetown — the bridges that carry Pennsylvania Avenue and M

Street over Rock Creek — become treacherous ice patches that endanger pedestrians and discourage visitors. For years, the city has refused to shovel and salt these ice gauntlets, and it is unlikely to begin tackling the problem anytime soon. We wonder whether the Georgetown Business Improvement District or some other civic group would take on the task of clearing these sidewalks. Alternatively, the Four Seasons could, as part of its community service, send its own snow blowers past its property line and at least clear the sidewalk on the south side of the Pennsylvania bridge, the sidewalk most used by pedestrians. Steve Crimmins

Georgetown

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Arena vets Albees, Kushners of the future By TEKE WIGGIN

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top! You are both being arrested for marriage of the same sex — you two stupid lesbians!” This line might not be the cutesy opener you’d expect from a sixthgrader’s play. But if the runners-up in Arena Stage’s 10-Minute Play Competition tell us one thing, it’s this: These budding dramatists spend little time thinking about cutesy things. There’s even a teaser of a disclaimer on the event’s news release insinuating this fact: “Note: Some of the plays contain mature content and language and may not be appropriate for younger children,” it reads. Along with seven other works, the gay rights-themed “Zelda and Suzuki’s Brave Fight Against Laws” by Tobie Collins of Grace Episcopal School in Kensington, Md., was honored as a runner-up in the competition Monday with a reading at Arena Stage’s Ammerman Rehearsal Hall. As a crowd of adults and

students sat grinning in their seats, nine theater fellows who taught playwriting classes at D.C.-area schools this past fall read out students’ scripts, leaning heavily on lecterns, gesticulating dramatically and exaggerating their intonation to make up for the absence of costumes and props. The plays read Monday were the eight middle school honorable mentions of a competition that picks 16 winning works and 16 honorable mentions each year — half from middle school submissions and half from high school submissions. A record-breaking 800 entries were subjected to the scrutiny of a panel of artist fellows at Arena Stage this year, having poured in from private and public schools all over the region, according to Raymond Caldwell, Arena’s community engagement partnership coordinator. The competition is part of Arena Stage’s “Student Playwrights Project,” whose purpose, said Caldwell, is “to get everyday students, normal students who don’t think they’re

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Honorable mention winner Marta Lewis poses with her parents Svitlana and Kent Lewis after Monday’s ceremony at Arena Stage. The theater holds an annual playwriting competition for local middle and high school students. Left, a cake listed the names of all the night’s honorees. artists … to know that they can be playwrights as well.” Now in its 12th year, the project assigns nine or 10 artist fellows to art-starved schools, where they teach students the ins and outs of playwriting. The project also sends out artists for one-day playwriting workshops in the hopes of creating a “ripple effect” that causes artistic interest to percolate into student bodies across

the metropolitan area, said Caldwell. “Arena Stage wanted to address [the disparity in arts offerings] by sending teaching artists into those schools,” he said. The theater holds its 10Minute Play Competition every year to cultivate the seeds planted by its fellows — and spur others at non-partnership schools to join

the creative process. Winners of the competition are awarded “master classes” in playwriting, where students work with a dramaturg to develop and polish their winning stories, Raymond said. After the work receives the pro-playwright seal of approval, a professional director takes on the work, coaching a cast of profesSee Plays/Page 19

Georgetowners put their ‘nesting instincts’ to work refreshing local homes By BETH COPE Current Staff Writer

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s kids, Georgetown residents and new business partners Karen Murphy and Robin Jones watched their mothers set up house — a lot. “I grew up in a military family, and we moved all the time,” said Jones. “My mother, she really had the touch.” “I do think that we were influenced by our mothers in that they had to make a temporary space a home,” said Murphy, whose father was also in the Navy. “They had to use what they had. They didn’t want to buy things specific to that space every time.” And that’s just the concept at work in Jones and Murphy’s new business, Refresh Your Nest. The company uses the things you have — and a few purchased touches — to upgrade your home. “A lot of people don’t need a decorator per se … and they kind of like the stuff that they have,” said Jones. “But they want

to bring some current style and trends into the house.” The new job marks a pretty big makeover for Jones and Murphy as well.

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Robin Jones, left, and Karen Murphy are turning to their years of design inspiration for their new business, Refresh Your Nest.

The former recently moved to Georgetown from Frederick, Md., after selling her public relations/ad agency. And Murphy, who uprooted from Atlanta about seven years ago, has worked as a senior vice president for Smith Barney and Bank of America. But both say their design roots go deep. Perhaps in part because of their mothers’ influences, both have the “nesting instinct,” said Murphy. Evenings at Murphy’s childhood homes featured the scraping sounds of the only child’s desire for dynamic décor: She rearranged her bedroom furniture constantly. She also created her own accessories, including a “Flower Power” sign made of shelf paper for the wall of her beige/orange/brown room. (“It was the late ’60s,” she explained.) In Maryland, Jones was doing the same thing, moving her furniture constantly and making her own decorations. “I was like a little Martha Stewart,” she said. “I had a sewing machine and I was making curtains.” Her bedroom color? All purple.

Jones carried her redecorating interest throughout her young-adult years, when she redid the kitchen of every apartment she rented in black and white, even spraypainting one avocado-green refrigerator white. “And I’d take the icky cabinet doors off and I’d stack the dishes,” she said. “I increased the value of all the places I lived in.” As a young professional, she translated that design interest into fashion, working in New York for Ralph Lauren and Christian Dior. Family changes brought her back to Maryland, and then to Georgetown, where she met Murphy thanks to a little family matchmaking. “Her daughter, who was working at Clyde’s one summer, waited on me,” said Murphy. Eyeing Murphy’s group of friends, Jones’ daughter suggested an addition to their posse — her new-toGeorgetown mom — and Murphy took her up on it. The two women clicked. Now they’re excited to be working See Nest/Page 19

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Chevy Chase Citizens Association

George Corey, our public safety committee co-chair, was recently elected chair of the 2nd District Citizens Advisory Council. Corey will continue in his role with our association. We wish him the best in his new position. The advisory council is a volunteer organization that works with police officials to improve public safety in the 2nd District, including in our Police Service Area 201. The council meets with the 2nd District commander and a representative of the U.S. Attorney’s Office on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m., at the 2nd District headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. The next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 24. All are welcome to attend. Corey succeeds Samantha Nolan as the advisory council’s chair. Nolan, who is the director of our Neighborhood Watch Program, worked tirelessly during her six-year tenure to raise crime-prevention awareness and to support police efforts to combat crime. As the advisory council’s chair, among other things, Nolan helped organize Neighborhood Watch programs throughout the 2nd District, reinstituted the 2nd District’s annual awards banquet that recognizes the accomplishments of officers and citizens, and helped to organize an annual holiday party at the 2nd District’s headquarters for disadvantaged youth in the city. We thank Nolan for her exceptional service. On a related matter, the 2nd District also has a new commander, Michael Reese. His predecessor, Cmdr. Matt Klein, who headed the 2nd District for two years, has been reassigned as court liaison within the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau. We are grateful to Cmdr. Klein for his excellent service and wish him well. Cmdr. Reese, a 25-year veteran of the department, was most recently the 1st District’s assistant commander. We look forward to working with Cmdr. Reese to promote public safety in our community. — Jonathan Lawlor

Shepherd Park Citizens Association

The Shepherd Park Citizens Association’s annual potluck dinner was canceled due to the lack of electricity at the Lowell School during most of last week. The event will be rescheduled, and the new date will be publicized as soon as possible. Residents of Colonial Village, North Portal Estates and Shepherd Park may now pay 2011 annual dues to the citizens association online using PayPal. Please check our website at shepherdpark.org. The site also contains loads of information about the association and the community. The citizens association will hold its next community meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 8, beginning at 7 p.m. at Shepherd Elementary School, 7800 14th St. NW. Featured speakers will include William Howland, director of the D.C. Department of Public Works; Cmdr. Kimberly Chisley-Missouri of the Metropolitan Police Department; and a representative from Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser’s office. They will address issues of pressing concern to our community. Our association’s T-shirts and hoodies will be available for purchase. Also, please remember to bring new and gently used books to support Capital BookShare. — Merrit Drucker 7:15 p.m. Feb. 22 at Fort Stevens Recreation Center, 1327 Van Buren St. NW. The regular meeting date was changed due to predictions of inclement weather and the potential for dangerous road and sidewalk conditions. Agenda items include: ■announcements. ■presentation on the Walmart store proposed for the former Curtis Chevrolet site on Georgia Avenue. ■discussion of single-member district boundaries. ■discussion of the proposed Klingle Road hike/bike trail. ■discussion of plans for a house to be built on an empty lot on Mathewson Drive in Crestwood. ■consideration of proposed fines for failure to clear sidewalks of snow and ice. ■consideration of D.C. legislation

concerning publication of official notices. For details, call 202-291-9341. ANC 4C ANC 4C Street Heights Petworth/16th â– PETWORTH/16TH STREET HEIGHTS Crestwood CRESTWOOD

The commission will hold a community forum on the Walmart store proposed for the former Curtis Chevrolet site on Georgia Avenue. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 8 in the auditorium of Roosevelt High School, 4301 13th St. NW. The commission will hold its monthly meeting Feb. 15, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at Roosevelt High School, 4301 13th St. NW. For details, call 202-723-6670 or visit anc4c.org.

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Spotlight on Schools Aidan Montessori School

Mrs. Hailé’s primary class went on a field trip to the Rock Creek Nature Center Planetarium. The students learned about stars and planets in outer space. Dakota Dorsey, 5, said she learned about constellations. The class saw a close-up of some of the

School DISPATCHES constellations, including the Little Dipper and Big Dipper. The students saw a movie projected on a dome on the ceiling. It was about the U.S. astronaut who took the first step on the moon. “It was one of the best field trips I’ve ever been on,” said Olivia Maguire. — Serena Brown, fifth-grader, Rowan Bortz, fourth-grader

Annunciation Catholic School

The seventh-graders recently made cell projects out of Jell-O. The assignment was to make a plant or animal cell. The smelly projects turned out to be a success. The parts of the cell had to be made of food. It was hard to find foods that looked like the parts of the cell. Some of the foods that were used were eggs, fruit, candy, pasta, rice, gum and vegetables. All the seventh-graders thought this was a very interesting project, and everyone got a fairly good score. Last week, the seventh- and eighth-grade students went to a Mass for life at St. Matthews Cathedral. There was a special guest, Tony Melendez. He sang and played the guitar with his feet

because he was born without arms. It was amazing. He sang beautifully, and we really enjoyed it. — Alana Maria Robinson and Terri Kazuyo Dorsey, seventh-graders

British School of Washington

Both Year 6 classes have been learning about the weather in our International Primary Curriculum lessons. We went to the NBC4 studio to meet Mr. Tom Kierein, a meteorologist, who showed us around. We learned a lot. The TV camera is attached to a robot, and everyone on the news has an earpiece and gets reminded of how much time there is before air time. We have also researched the ways news is spread around. For example, the weather can be reported in the newspaper, discussed on the radio or shown on television or through the Internet. Our classrooms were turned into a news station for a day, which turned into a real success as we produced all sorts of different news from events that kept occurring. In addition, in our literacy work we have been learning about flashback stories. We have just finished writing a short story, which included two flashbacks. Finally, in our Information Communication Technology lessons, we are learning to use Microsoft Excel and how we can add, subtract, multiply, divide and find the average of data we have been collecting. — Oscar Sallusti and Manveer Chauhan, Year 6 Birmingham (fifth-graders)

Deal Middle School

The girls basketball team has an amazing record this year. We’re undefeated, with a 3-0 record. We beat our rivals, the Hardy Hawks, twice, and we beat Oyster-Adams. It’s been hard because many of our games have been postponed and rescheduled because of the weather. Coach Downing is an inspiration to the team. He helps to strengthen our skills by creating fun drills and having us scrimmage the boys team. We play well against the boys team, and we beat them once. Sixth-, seventh- and eighthgraders play on the team. Sixthgraders look up to the older players. Sixth-grader Syndey Frasier is a strong scorer and a big part of our victories. Autumn Robinson and Lyndsey Downing, eighth-graders, also contribute to our wins. I like to think that I’m a big help to the team, too! We were so close to winning the city championship last year; we really hope to win it this year. I think that we can do it! — Lalibela Temple, seventh-grader The boys basketball team’s record is 2-1. We suffered our first loss to the Hardy Hawks last week. Suffering our first loss has made Coach Turner encourage the team to play hard at all times. He inspires us by making us run the whole school, do defensive slides and scrimmage the girls team. Standout players on the team this year are eighth-graders Robert Wright, Brandon Sharp, Nehemiah Scott, Martin Kelly and Jonathan James. Sixth- and seventh-graders round out the team. I think that Roderick Willams and I are strong

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Eaton Elementary

Ms. Maxwell’s second-grade class is a busy place. In science, we have been learning about gases, liquids and solids. Our teacher did an experiment using water, cotton balls, marbles and paper. She crumpled up the paper and threw it on the floor. She tried to smush the cotton balls, and she shook up the marbles in her hands. When she was done, except for the crumpled paper, all of the objects were the same as before. She did all that to show us that solids hold their shape. Then she poured water into a container to show us that water and other liquids take the shape of their container, which is not what the solids do. We did pictures of the liquids and solids and found that it’s easier to draw the solids, especially the cotton balls and marbles. In language arts this month, every student will do a report for Black History Month. Each student has to choose a famous AfricanAmerican and write a biography about the choice. We will have to find out about the person’s life. We will find facts about when and where they were born and how and why they became famous. When we’re done with our reports, we will present them to our parents. — Nolie Thornell, Zahra Stewart and CJ Edelin Jr., second-graders

Edmund Burke School

In the eighth grade right now, we’re working in groups on leadership projects. We’re already the leaders of the middle school, and we’re making the transition to high school. By planning school events, we get to practice being leaders and interact with people at Burke we don’t normally see on a day-to-day

basis. We also learn more about how to work effectively in groups. Each leadership group is planning an event for other students at Burke, for students who will join Burke next year in ninth grade, or for students at other schools. We came up with the ideas for the leadership projects during the eighthgrade retreat, where we did an activity to brainstorm ideas. At the end of the brainstorming process, we chose, as a grade, our favorite three ideas to put into action. Each of the three groups is in the process of planning a middle school breakfast, an international fair or a Valentine’s Day mixer. Students in each group are in charge of organizing the event, planning when and where the event is going to happen, making presentations to get the word out and inviting individuals. The groups meet once every eight-day cycle. Each group has a teacher to help plan the logistics and make the work easier and more efficient. Everyone is excited and working hard to make the events fun. — Victoria Hernandez and Blair Reynolds, eighth-graders

Georgetown Day School

Since Martin Luther King Jr. Day, many students and teachers at Georgetown Day have been reflecting on significant people in the civil rights movement. One way in which both lower and middle school students honor these leaders is through annual assemblies. While the assembly in the lower school is basically the same each year, the one in the middle school changes based on student feedback. In the lower school assembly, fifth-graders perform brief scenes about leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. First-graders recite poems and sing songs about people who advocated for change through nonviolence. The theme of this year’s middle school assembly is “Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Dr. King’s Legacy and 65 years of Social Justice at GDS.” Sixty-five years ago, Georgetown Day School was founded as the first integrated school in D.C. The assembly will focus on the founding of the school during a time of segregation and will highlight the power of student activism. In preparing for the assembly, some students went to the Metro DC Student Diversity Leadership Conference. In the assembly, we will celebrate how far we have come, but we will always strive to make this world fair and equal for all. People like Martin Luther King Jr. still inspire us to provide rights for every human in the world. — Samantha Shapiro, sixth-grader

Hyde-Addison Elementary

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second-graders studied citizenship and learned how to be good citizens. We wrote books that had many pages. Each page had a different headline that said courage, responsibility, honesty, respect or compassion. On each page, we wrote and drew an example in our lives when we showed one of these things. After we finished, we hung our pages in the stairwell for other people to see. The second-graders also did some special projects to show that we are good citizens. In November, we made small-moment stories about our lives, and then we read them to senior citizens at St. John’s Church. In December, second-graders worked on making shoeboxes for the homeless, filling the boxes with socks, hand sanitizers, bars of soap, shampoo, toys and more. Students in every class brought in a different item. Some second-grade parents and students delivered boxes to So Others Might Eat. Now second-graders are going to collect coins from all the students for Pennies for Patients. Each class will have a box, and the second-graders will help count all the change. The money will go to help very sick kids. — Jack Maysak and Katherine Robinson, second-graders

Kingsbury Day School

We have exams this week to see how much knowledge we have from the entire semester. I had both academic and elective courses that I had to study for this week. Kingsbury will end the semester in a half-day field trip on the Friday that exams finish. The field trip gives us an opportunity to spend time with friends and do fun activities. This year we will go to the National Gallery to ice skate and go to the movies. — Aiman I., 12th-grader

Mann Elementary

We are having two huge events. The first exciting thing is the fourth-grade coat drive. Ask your parents first, but if you have any spare adults’ or children’s coats, you can bring them to school and drop them off in the coat bins we have put in the hallways. We are hoping to help those in need. Your donation will be appreciated. The second exciting thing that’s going on at our school is that the fifth-grade class had an author come to visit today! The author is named John Stephens. He came to talk about his new fantasy book called “The Emerald Atlas.� The book will be published on April 4. It is the first book in a trilogy, and it was cool to read it before anyone else. It was also a very fun visit! — Julia Diaz-Young, Bianca Berrino, Katerina Kitarovic and Sophia Colon-Roosevelt, fourthgraders, and Catherina Bley and Nyusha Lin, fifth-graders

National Cathedral School

Students are getting ready to give back to their community during “That Week of Service.� Planned by the student-run Service Board, the service week will take place from Jan. 31 to Feb. 4. This year’s theme is humanitarian. Each grade is running a bake sale to donate money to different charities and will participate in a variety of fundraising activities. The Service Board designed Tshirts that the members will sell. They will donate the profits to a Cambodian orphanage. At Thursday’s Chipotle Day, students will order burritos via That Week and donate money to another charity. In addition to dedicating this week to service, students participate in weekly offertories during Friday cathedral services. The money collected at the services will be sent to charities ranging from veterans support organizations to orphanages across the world. Additionally, various clubs on the close are participating in local and global efforts to aid the disadvantaged. Cathedral students are making an impact outside of the campus. — Parisa Sadeghi, 11th-grader

Paul Public Charter School

Sixth-graders in Ms. Venti’s English class fractured fairy tales. First, we read fairy tales that were already fractured like “The True Story of The Three Little Pigs.� We also read different versions of Cinderella stories around the world to see how the plot elements change but the theme stays the same. Finally, we read “Rapunzel� and saw the new fractured fairytale version at the cinema called “Tangled.� Afterward, we read original fairy tales such as “Little Red Riding Hood,� “Jack and the Beanstalk,� “Cinderella,� and “The Princess and the Pea.� We fractured them by changing the setting, switching the antagonist and protagonist, or adding elements of another genre, like horror. I, Asenat, changed the title of “Little Red Riding Hood� to “Unlikely Friends,� and switched the protagonist and antagonist so Little Red Riding Hood became the villain and the Big Bad Wolf wasn’t bad at all. Miguel’s story was called “Fututrella.� He wrote a futuristic Cinderella story. We wrote our stories, typed them up, pasted them in a blank book, and illustrated each page. Our goal was to change the plot but to keep the same theme. At an open-mike day at Barnes & Noble, we shared our books and movie posters that we had made to advertise our project. Our most exciting event after publishing our books was going to LAMB Elementary School to share our books with the kids. We are really happy the kids loved and enjoyed our stories.

It felt great sharing our love of literacy with others. — Asenat Bokretzion and Miguel Hernandez Ventura, sixth-graders

Ross Elementary

Almost all pre-kindergarten students have mastered their letters and sounds. Ms. Juriga, the pre-k teacher, reported, “We will be starting word study and guided reading groups. The kids are so excited to learn how to read!� The kindergartners have been writing poems during Writer’s Workshop. They are also using their reading skills to solve word problems in math. First- and second-graders had their publishing parties to celebrate their “how-to� books. Principal Searl explained that a how-to book is also called a procedural text, a text that tells you how to do something. Ms. Peters said the secondgraders were very excited about the celebration. The fourth- and fifth-graders are getting ready to go on their annual ski trip to Liberty Mountain. Fifthgrader Jasmin Argueta reported, “It’s a great experience to learn how to ski because it is not normally something you get to do with your school.� Third- and fifth-grade mathematicians have been working on fractions. Ms. Anderson said, “We are working on relating fractions to our everyday world.� The fourth-graders are creating an Explorer’s Wax Museum. Fourth-graders will present firstperson accounts of the explorers that they have been researching. — Jasmin Argueta, Noni Hebron and Nkozia Knight, fifth-graders

St. Albans School

The St. Albans Lower School’s hockey team, which is in its fourth year, is designed to prepare young players for upper school hockey and beyond. The team has no tryouts, and it accepts all players in Form A, Form I and Form II (sixth through eighth grades) regardless of experience. Like all lower school sports at St. Albans, the team practices four times in a normal week. Two of those days are on-ice practices at Fort Dupont, while the other two include street hockey, handball and various other workouts. On-ice practices require players to skip study hall and arrive back at school no later than 4:30 p.m. This year’s team is off to a 2-1 start, the best in the program’s history. The Bulldogs have competed against Landon and Holy Trinity, the latter twice, and are scheduled to take on Mater Dei, St. Paul’s and Bullis two times apiece, and the Arlington Middle School once. Although it is designed as a developmental team, the squad has enjoyed more wins each successive year. Overall, the program has provided the student athletes with the opportunity to be a part of a team, develop their skills and knowledge of the game and compete inter-

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Our school has changed its P.E. program to a less competitive approach. Our instructor, Ms. Jackson, made the change because of how students react. Now we learn about space awareness in our multipurpose room at Meyer, where we moved after the fire at our old school. We learn about exercises that help different types of muscles grow and make them stronger. We also study the food pyramid, so we learn how to eat healthily. Instead of playing only competitive games like hockey, we are using more P.E. equipment that keeps us moving. There are many activities written on cards that are really fun. We start with push-ups and running, but we also jump, skip and dance. We play games that exercise our bodies. Our teacher tells us to keep practicing. Even if there is not much space, we keep moving. — Ana Aragon, Tyrone Carpenter, Marvely Flores and Niles Townsend, sixth-graders

St. John’s College High School

This week, there were quite a few events. First there was another freshman seminar. These are meetings where a couple of teachers get in front of the freshman classes and discuss issues and ways to cope with them. For example, there has been a meeting on social networking, discussing things such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter and ways to stay safe while using them. Also, there was a session on sleeping habits. This week, the topic of discussion was families. The speakers focused on how to have a civilized and heated discussion without its becoming an argument. They said we should not raise our voice and lose control; instead, we should stay calm, showing maturity. Also this week, the winter semiformal will take place. — Emmett Cochetti, ninth-grader

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. Agenda items include: ■public safety report. ■remarks by at-large D.C. Council member Michael Brown. ■announcements. ■update on the 18th Street reconstruction project. ■update on the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority’s small-diameter water-main replacement project. ■consideration of a resolution in opposition to proposed modifications at 2329 and 2335 Champlain St. ■consideration of a motion in support of conversion of the second floor at 1631 Kalorama Road to residential use. ■consideration of motions to waive grant guidelines and to approve a grant for Adams Morgan-based group CHIME (Community Help in Musical Education). For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org.

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Brookings Institution building, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Agenda items include: â– remarks by at-large D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown. â– announcements. â– consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Komi, 1509 17th St., for substantial changes to a restaurant-class license (expansion to lower and street levels at 1511 17th St. with six seats above and 26 below; addition of a sidewalk cafe with no more than 10 seats; hours of operation daily from 7 a.m. to midnight; hours of sales/service Sunday from 10 a.m. to midnight and Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to midnight). â– consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Upper Crust Pizza, 1747 Pennsylvania Ave., for a new restaurant-class license for beer and wine (serving gourmet pizza for dine-in, takeout and delivery; occupancy load of 34; hours of operation Sunday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; hours of sales/service Sunday from noon to 10 p.m. and Monday through Saturday from noon to 11 p.m.). â– presentation by organizers of the sixth annual National Marathon and Half Marathon on March 26 and consideration of a request for a letter of support for the route, including under Dupont Circle. â– consideration of a resolution requesting a more equitable distribution of polling places in Ward 2 for the upcoming special election for the at-large D.C. Council seat. â– consideration of a resolution opposing recruitment on D.C. Public Schools property by organizations that discriminate against individuals based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other class protected by law. â– committee reports, including a presentation by the Dupont West moratorium ad hoc committee on its draft report and resolution and upcoming public meetings. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.

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The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at the West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th St. NW. For details, call 202-630-6026 or visit anc2a.org.

ANC 2C2C ANC Shaw â– SHAW The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library, 1630 7th St. NW. Agenda items include: â– police report. â– consideration of a street-closing request for the Chinese Lunar New Year Parade on Feb. 6. â– consideration of a proposal to move the Precinct 18 voting site from Shiloh Family Life Center, at 1510 9th St., to Kennedy Recreation Center, at 1401 7th St.

consideration of a recommendation to move Metro security screening to surface station entrances in Shaw. â– update from Metropolitan Development regarding the Kelsey Gardens/Addison Square development in the 1500 block of 7th Street. â– consideration of a request for support of a proposal for a new program for Options Public Charter School, 1501 11th St. â– consideration of a request for support of a stipulated Alcoholic Beverage Control license for Zee’s Restaurant, 600 Florida Ave. â– consideration of street-closing requests for the Scope It Out 5K Race on March 20 and the Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 30. â– consideration of a public-space application for an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at Pret a Manger, 1155 F St. â– consideration of a request for support of a valet parking permit application for Red Line, 707 G St. â– presentation by the D.C. Department of Transportation on the P Street Greenway project now under construction. â– consideration of a request for support of a Neighborhood Investment Fund application by Shaw Community Ministries for adult literacy and college prep programs. For details, call 202-387-1596. â–

ANC 2D2D ANC Sheridan-Kalorama â– SHERIDAN-KALORAMA The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, contact davidanc2d01@aol.com or visit anc2d.org. ANC 2F 2F ANC Logan Circle â– LOGAN CIRCLE The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at Luther Place Memorial Church, 1226 Vermont Ave. NW. Agenda items include: â– announcements. â– police report. â– consideration of a street-closing request for Bike DC. â– consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration matter: Ghana Cafe, status of protest against summer garden. â– committee reports. â– consideration of community development committee matters: 1513-1521 14th St., application for zoning variance; 1432 Q St., application for zoning variance; and 1211 10th St., application for zoning variance. â– discussion of the P Street Greenway project. â– discussion of trash pickup in the alley between CVS, Ace Hardware and Whole Foods. For details, call 202-667-0052 or visit anc2f.org.

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Foxhall Village home offers sunlight and space

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this on-the-market Reservoir Road home in particular — are exceptions to the dark-and-moody reputation of the architectural style. The three-level property sits on a bit of a rise above Reservoir Road, allowing sunlight to flood the living room through four front windows, even on a dreary February morning. Hardwood floors in that space flow into the adjacent butter-yellow dining room. A pendant light with a drum shade adds a dose of contemporary design well suited to this unfussy 1926 home. The nearby kitchen is — as in most original Foxhall Village properties — an efficient galley style, which terminates in a glass-front door to an outside retreat. Casement windows are a vintage touch in this (also sunny) space. The white cabinetry — some with glass fronts — and other surfaces here are in good condition

but will leave some buyers wanting a change. The good news for those would-be renovators: Since the layout works, upgrading some materials or appliances would be an easy switch. Two bedrooms and one bath wait upstairs. Both sunny bedrooms are generously sized and have a surprising amount of closet space for this home’s vintage. In fact, the entire property offers many spots, including an attic, for storage, noted seller Marcela Zamora. But that’s not what Zamora will miss most about the home, she said. Accessibility on foot — both to amenities like nearby parks and the quaint commercial strip down the street as well as Georgetown’s commercial center — has been a great part of living here, she said. The location also makes quick trips out of driving to downtown and beyond, she added. What’s more, said Zamora, leaving a close-knit community has made her departure “bittersweet. ‌ People are very proud of Foxhall Village; there’s definitely a community here,â€? she said. Like its neighbors, many of which have seen renovations over the years, this home sports a

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while it lacks the natural light of the upstairs rooms, this space does offer its own full bath. If not needed as a bedroom, the spot is a natural for a home office, playroom or more. More storage space waits on this level, as does a separate — and sizable — laundry room. Though the nearby parks and trails offer plenty of recreation space, there’s room here to enjoy

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he said in an interview yesterday. “We worked with various stakeholders to make the disorderly conduct noise [provision] clearer.” The old law, on the books since the 1950s, allowed arrests for “the intent to provoke the breach of peace”; the new law simply updates the language, he said. Violators of disorderly conduct laws face fines of up to $500 and up to 90 days in jail. Mayor Vincent Gray signed the emergency legislation on Jan. 18, and the new disorderly conduct measures took effect yesterday morning after a training period for police officers. “We’ve only had about nine days to absorb all this,” Lt. Hedgecock said at Monday’s meeting of the Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission. Hedgecock emphasized that, as with all aspects of their job, police will have to use judgment with noise arrests. “Discretion is a big part of our job,” he said. He said an officer must be on the scene to witness the noise violations, and can then opt to make an arrest. “The officer, on his or her observation, if they deem it likely to annoy someone, can effect an arrest,” he said. Mendelson, in the interview, stressed the difference in heft between violations of the updated “disorderly conduct” rules and violations of the city’s existing noise ordinances. As part of the criminal code, disorderly conduct offenses “are going to be held to a different and higher standard than noise ordinances,” he said. For a party with loud music, “police can come and issue a ticket or fine for violating the noise ordinance,” Mendelson said. “But if I’m setting firecrackers … then there’s a chance police will make an arrest.” Hedgecock noted that police in Georgetown plan to use the disorderly conduct law to combat the neighborhood’s well-known noise problems, including those associated with late-night bar hoppers. “We get a large amount of noise complaints,” he said. “We plan on enforcing the law.” The open-endedness of the noise measure prompted several questions at Monday’s meeting. One resident, who said she lives next door to a house of students with “24/7 music,” asked if an officer would have to come into her home to witness a noise violation in order to make an arrest. Hedgecock pointed out that an officer needs only to judge whether unreasonable noise is “likely” to disturb; by the time an official complaint has been filed, the disturbance is already past tense. “A breach of the peace does not have to occur” for an arrest, he said. “At the point of a 911 call, it has occurred.”

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ness representatives, held its first formal meeting in December and launched its website, unadc.org, this month. In an area already populated by many civic organizations — the advisory neighborhood commission, the Dupont Circle Citizens Association and Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets, to name a few — the new alliance is carving out a distinct space, Granados said. “The main goal is to bridge the gap between businesses and residents� when it comes to community interests, said Granados, the group’s president. “If you bring those two groups together, you’re going to be a lot more happy and effective.� Jack Jacobson, the secretary of the alliance, said it offers an alternative to both the business-focused Main Streets organization and the resident-focused citizens association.

exact timeline for the reopening. Thomas said she expects the university to recruit staff for the new swim program during the next academic year. But “I don’t see us competing until 2012-2013,� she said. The upgrades to the pool fit into the university’s broader plan to “upgrade all of our athletic programs in the very near future,� Etter

“Each of those groups [is] focused on their own parochial needs. They don’t take into consideration the other side,� he said. “That’s what our group wants to accomplish, to find a balance between the rights of residents and the business sector.� Mary Lord, a board member of the citizens association, said that she had not yet heard of the new group but that “there’s plenty of room for more civic engagement.� But she said she hoped for no unnecessary antagonism between organizations. “Partner with us, absolutely, but don’t sort of put yourself in the corner of saying, ‘We’re the business-friendly citizens association,� she said. Granados, a lifelong resident of Church Street and president of the Ross Elementary School PTA, said the alliance’s board will be deliberately “split 50/50 between residents and businesses.� Right now the board, which is seeking members, particularly on the business side, includes Dupont residents Stephen Rutgers

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and Jon Caley in addition to Granados and Jacobson. Though the alliance will look at issues across the Dupont and Logan areas, for now the group is focused mostly on 17th Street. “I don’t think the need is as great in other areas. I think there’s a sense of fear for new business owners coming in here,â€? Granados said, pointing to a spat over liquor license issues at Hanks Oyster Bar as an example. One 17th Street shop owner, who asked not be named, said he felt the community was actually very welcoming to its businesses. But George Mallios, owner of Trio Restaurant at 1537 17th St., said that certain strains of civic activism have hurt restaurants and bars. “When anybody tries to expand or do something in the neighborhood, certain small groups oppose everything you do ‌ they try to cut back the hours, cut back the seating,â€? said Mallios, who plans to join the alliance. Granados noted that a controversial mora-

for the community at large.� But she said public access will work in the same way it now does for the university’s tennis courts, which were previously open free of charge to the public but now require a membership fee. Thomas said the annual membership for the tennis courts is $250, but the school has not yet discussed the fees for future pool access.

torium on liquor licenses on 17th Street is coming up for potential renewal soon. She said the alliance would like to “bridge that business and community relationship� before the Dupont advisory neighborhood commission casts a formal vote on the matter. Jacobson, who also serves on the neighborhood commission, said the alliance will sometimes work with the commission. “Sometimes we’ll attend ANC meetings and add our voice to the chorus,� he said. “At other times, we’ll probably be at odds with ANCs and provide another voice to the agencies and city council.� The alliance is also focused on event planning, including preparing for a second street festival next fall. The 2010 event — which featured music, food and activities like a pet parade — was fairly impromptu. This year, Granados said, the festival will be more organized, with input from the organizers of the Adams Morgan Day and Columbia Heights Day festivals.

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Events Entertainment Compiled by Julio Argüello Jr. Wednesday, February 2 Wednesday FEBRUARY 2 Concerts ■ “The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration” will feature classical violinist Niv Ashkenazi, the Youth Fellowship Emerald Quartet and cellist Kristina Winiarski. 6 p.m. Free. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Boxwood Recorder Trio will perform music from the Renaissance to modern day. 7 p.m. Free. St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 600 M St. SW. 202-5543222. Discussions and lectures ■ Frederick Starr, chair of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the School of Advanced International Studies, will discuss “Turkmenistan: A New Identity?” 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Rome Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-6637723. ■ Ori Z. Soltes, a resident scholar of theology and fine arts at Georgetown University, will lead a discussion of “Phèdre” by Jean Racine. 6:30 p.m. Free.

West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707. ■ Phillip Fried will discuss his book “Early/Late: New & Selected Poems.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Films

The inaugural DC Human Rights Watch Film Festival will open with Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer’s documentary “Out in the Silence,” about the controversy ignited in a small American town by the filmmakers’ same-sex wedding announcement in the local paper and the subsequent brutal bullying of a gay teen. A question-and-answer session with the filmmakers will follow. 7 p.m. $11; $9 for seniors and students; $8 for military personnel. West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. 202-419-3456. ■ The Panorama of Greek Cinema series will feature Penny Panayotopoulou’s film “Hard Goodbyes: My Father,” about a 10-year-old boy who refuses to accept his father’s death and creates an imaginary world. 8 p.m. $11; $9 for students; $8.25 ■

202-639-1770. ■ The “Best of INPUT 2010 — Television out of the Box” series will feature “Inventive TV From Brazil.” 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202-289-1200, ext. 160.

for seniors; $8 for ages 12 and younger. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. Thursday, February 3 Thursday FEBRUARY 3 Children’s program ■ A park ranger will lead ages 3 and older on a half-mile “Winter Wildlife Walk.” 4 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. Class

■ Arnold Sanow will lead a seminar on “Speaking for Big Dollars.” 6 to 8 p.m. $39. First Class Inc., 1726 20th St. NW. 202-797-5102.

Concerts ■ The National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows will perform classical works. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Costa Rican piano prodigy Pablo Esquivel will perform works by Debussy, Chopin, Beethoven and Gutiérrez. 6:30 p.m. Free. Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Center, Inter-American Development Bank, 1330 New York Ave. NW. 202-623-3558. ■ NSO Pops will feature “Disney in Concert,” featuring memorable scenes and melodies from films such as “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Mary Poppins” and “The Lion King.” 7 p.m. $20 to $85. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. The concert will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. ■ The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC will host an open-mic piano bar night. 7 to 10 p.m. Free. Black Fox Lounge, 1723 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-293-1548. Discussions and lectures ■ Jonathan Pershing, deputy special envoy for climate change at the U.S. Department of State, will discuss “Report From Cancun: The Future of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.” 12:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-663-5786. ■ Drew Thompson, director of China studies at the Nixon Center, will discuss “Silent Partners: Chinese Joint Ventures in North Korea.” 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Rome Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. uskoreainstitute.org. ■ Curator Anne Goodyear will lead a gallery talk on Lincoln Schatz’s “Esquire’s Portrait of the 21st Century.” 6 to 6:30 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ Michael Baxter, visiting associate professional specialist in theology at the University of Notre Dame, will discuss “God, Notre Dame, Country: Rethinking the Mission of Catholic Higher Education in the United States.” 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. tocquevilleforum@georgetown.edu. ■ Poets Carolyn Forché (shown) and Suheir Hammad will celebrate Hedgebrook, the renowned writer’s colony on Whidbey Island in Washington state that supports visionary women writers. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ Mark Miceli, Malta’s ambassador to

Friday, FEBRUARY 4 ■ Concert: The Friday Morning Music Club will present performances by soprano Harlie Sponaugle (shown) and pianists Hanyin Chen, Raymond Jackson and Rosanne Conway. Noon. Free. Sumner School Museum, 1201 17th St. NW. 202-333-2075.

the United States since 2007, will discuss “7,000 Years in 15 Minutes,” about the most significant milestones in Malta’s economic and political development. 6 to 8 p.m. $25; reservations required. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■ Julian Smith will discuss his book “Crossing the Heart of Africa.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Borders, 18th and L streets NW. 202466-4999. ■ “Three Arrangements: Exploring Our Grand Universe,” about new discoveries at the frontiers of physics, will feature James Gates of the University of Maryland, Larry Gladney of the University of Pennsylvania and Herman White Jr. of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. 6:45 p.m. Free. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1530 P St. NW. 202-328-6988. ■ Nina Totenberg, NPR’s legal affairs correspondent and an “Inside Washington” panelist, will talk with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about life before and after her judicial appointment. 7 p.m. $35. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-633-3030. ■ Edith Pearlman will discuss her book “Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ “Mystery Lovers Meet-Up” will feature a chance for fans of mystery novels to share tips about favorite authors and series. 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202727-0232. Films

■ The West End Neighborhood Library will present “The Cause, 1861,” part of Ken Burns’ documentary series “The Civil War.” 1 p.m. Free. West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707. ■ The Rockman Film Series will feature the 1972 sci-fi film “Silent Running,” about a scientist trapped on Saturn with two robots as his only companions. 6 p.m. Free. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ The Corcoran Gallery of Art will present Morgan Neville’s film “The Cool School,” about how the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles forever changed the cultural climate of the West Coast. 6:30 p.m. $12. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW.

Special events ■ Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff will speak as part of a commemorative event to honor “The Four Chaplains,” a group of military spiritual leaders from different denominations who sacrificed their own lives to save scores of others during the fatal German UBoat attack on the U.S. Army transport ship Dorchester. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Naval Heritage Center, U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-737-2300. ■ “Phillips After 5” will feature talks by painter Trevor Young, photographer Max Hirshfeld and printmaker Kristina Bilonick on their relationship with the Phillips Collection in celebration of the museum’s 90th anniversary; a gallery talk on Renoir’s “Luncheon of the Boating Party”; and a tasting of Cointreau Noir and sweets from a local chocolatiere. 5 to 8 p.m. Cost varies by activity; registration suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/phillipsafter5. Friday, February 4 Friday FEBRUARY 4 Concerts ■ Organist Charles Miller and harpist Jacqueline Pollauf will perform works by Marcel Grandjany and Maurice Duruflé. 12:15 to 1 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103. ■ The U.S. Navy’s 17-member band Next Wave will perform with guest artist Dan Cavanagh. 1:15 p.m. Free. McNeir Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787. ■ The Potter’s House will present “Looney Tunes Jazz,” with proceeds benefiting deaf people living in Tanzania. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. $15 to $50 donation suggested. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.og. ■ The Salzburg Hyperion Ensemble will perform works by Strauss, Schoenberg and Brahms. 8 p.m. Free; tickets required. Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502. ■ Klavier Trio Amsterdam will perform works by Beethoven and Saint-Saëns. 8 p.m. $50. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1770. Discussions and lectures ■ David Holdridge, president of Bridging the Divide, will discuss “Foreign Assistance: Where the Rubber Hits the Road.” 12:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 200, Rome Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 201-739-7425. ■ Julianne Malveaux (shown), author of “Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History,” will lead a discussion of “Caribbean Erotic: Poetry, Prose and Essay,” with editors Opal Palmer Adisa and Aza Weir-Soley and several contribuSee Events/Page 23

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■“Neorealismo 1941-1954: Days of Glory� will feature Vittorio De Sica’s 1941 film “Teresa Venerdi.� 2:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Fundraiser ■Dupont Circle Village will hold a preValentine’s Day silent auction to raise funds for its programs. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $25. National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-328-1121. Performances ■“The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration� will feature 15-year-old tap phenomenon Leo Manzari; siblings Amanda, Michael and Amelia Ransom of The Ransom Notes performing a blend of classical, Celtic, bluegrass and gospel music; and jazz pianist and vocalist Amy K. Bormet (shown) performing her own compositions and jazz standards. 6 p.m. Free. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■Black Movements Dance Theatre will perform. 8 p.m. $10; $7 for students. Davis Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202687-3838. The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. Sporting event ■The Washington Wizards will play the Orlando Magic. 7 p.m. $10 to $475. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Saturday, February 5 Saturday FEBRUARY 5 Children’s programs ■The Saturday Morning at the National series will feature Matthew Pauli in “Treasure Quest! Rollicking Pirate Comedy.� 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets required. Helen Hayes Gallery, National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-7833372. ■The Weekend Family Matinees series will feature a live performance by familyfriendly rock band The RTTs. 10 a.m. $8. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. ■Tudor Place will offer “Be My Valentine: Valentine’s Day Card Workshop,� for ages 5 and older. 10:30 a.m. $10; registration required. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org/calendar.html.

■The Ford’s Theatre Society will celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday with two programs for families with children ages 6 and older — “Papa Day,� featuring stories about the Lincoln White House, as told by former slave and Lincoln family friend Elizabeth Keckly, at 10:30 a.m.; and storyteller Jon Spelman’s “Tales of the Lincoln,� exploring the legends of Abraham Lincoln’s life, at 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations suggested. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. 800-899-2367. The programs will repeat Feb. 5, 12 and 19.

p.m. $15; $10 for ages 2 through 18. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. ■“Creative DC Moms Winter Festival� will feature a marketplace for unique gifts, accessories, art, food and upscale crafts. 3 to 6 p.m. Free admission. Lil Omm, 4830 V St. NW. 202-248-6304.

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■Josh Taylor Jr. will lead a workshop on “Creative Flower Photography.� 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. $160. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-1116. The workshop will continue Sunday at 8 a.m.

Concerts ■Intimate Winds, the chamber music ensemble of DC’s Different Drummers, will perform a mix of classical, jazz and easy listening music. 3 to 4:30 p.m. $20. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. ■The Augmented Eight, a D.C.-based a cappella ensemble, will host its 19th annual benefit concert, “Sing Out for Shelter,� featuring guest performers the Princeton Tigertones, DC Vocals, and Madrigal Singers and Jackets Off of National Cathedral and St. Albans schools. Proceeds will benefit Christ House, Metropolitan House and Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place. 8 p.m. $25 to $50; $10 for students and seniors. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-244-5707. Discussions and lectures ■A park ranger will discuss what life might have been like in the Old Stone House for an 18th-century slave. 10:30 a.m. Free. Old Stone House, 3051 M St. NW. 202-426-6851. ■M.L. Liebler and contributors will discuss their poetry anthology “Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking out the Jams,� at noon; Hannah Pittard will discuss her novel “The Fates Will Find Their Way,� at 3 p.m.; and George Mason University alumni authors will read from their fiction, at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■A park ranger will discuss the civilian struggles of women, children, slaves and freedman in Washington during the Civil War. 2 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-8956070. ■A book launch will feature readings from “Halal Pork & Other Stories,� by Cihan Kaan, and “One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature,� edited by Zohra Saed and Sahar Muradi. 4 to 6 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Films

■“Johnny Depp Filmfest� will feature the 2010 film “Alice in Wonderland.� 1 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. ■“Neorealismo 1941-1954: Days of Glory� will feature two films by Vittorio De

Saturday, FEBRUARY 5 ■Concert: “The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration� will feature singer/songwriter Scott MacIntyre, an “American Idol� finalist and a 2008 VSA International Young Soloist Award recipient. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.

Sporting event â– The DC Rollergirls will present matches between the Cherry Blossom Bombshells and DC DemonCats and between the DC All-Stars and Dutchland All-Stars of Lancaster, Pa. 4 p.m. $12; $6 for ages 6 through 11; free for ages 5 and younger. D.C. Armory, 2001 East Capitol St. SE. ticketmaster.com. â– The Washington Wizards will play the Atlanta Hawks. 7 p.m. $10 to $475. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Walk

A park ranger will lead ages 8 and older on a one-mile hike to Fort DeRussy and discuss what life was like for Union soldiers encamped there. 10 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. â–

Sica and Cesare Zavattini’s — the 1948 film “Bicycle Thieves,â€? at 2 p.m.; and “Miracle in Milan,â€? at 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â– The National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum will present Oscar Micheaux’s 1925 silent film “Body and Soul,â€? accompanied live by the Thad Wilson Orchestra. 3 p.m. Free. 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. Open house â– The Mexican Cultural Institute will present “Oaxaca,â€? an open house featuring exhibitions, weaving demonstrations and more. Noon to 4 p.m. Free; reservations required. Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th St. NW. 202-728-1628. Reading â– Split This Rock and Poets for Living Waters will host a poetry reading in tribute to the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding regions. 5 to 7 p.m. $5 donation suggested. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Performances â– Sharna Fabiano Tango Company will present “Abrazoâ€? and “Wait for Me.â€? 4 and 7 p.m. $20. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. The performance will repeat Sunday at 4 and 7 p.m. â– Unevenlane, under the artistic direction of founder Mary Lane, will present stories with emotions to create richly layered dances full of curious intersections, angles and meaning. 8 p.m. $22; $17 for students, teachers, seniors and artists; $8 for ages 17 and younger. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. The performance will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m. â– Theater J’s “Voices From a Changing Middle East: Portraits of Homeâ€? theater festival will feature a reading of Peter-Adrian Cohen’s theatrical biography “To Pay the Price.â€? 8 p.m. $10. Goldman Theater, Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3210. Special events â– Alliance Française de Washington and Hillwood will present “Celebrate La Chandeleur,â€? featuring crĂŞpes, stories and a plate-decorating activity. 10 a.m. to 1

Sunday, February 6 Sunday FEBRUARY 6 Concerts â– The George Washington University Orchestra will perform. 3 p.m. Free. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800. â– Violinist Victor Danchenko and pianist Vera Danchenko-Stern will perform works by Beethoven, Mozart, DvorĂĄk and Smetana. 4 p.m. $20. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151. â– The professional Choir of Christ Church will perform works by Philip Radcliffe, Herbert W. Sumsion and William Crotch. 5 p.m. Free. Christ Church, Georgetown, 31st and O streets NW. 202333-6677. â– Kristian Schneider of Linz, Austria, will present an organ recital. 5:15 p.m. Free.

Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200. ■The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own� Chamber Ensemble will perform contemporary music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Dahlak Restaurant will host its weekly “DC Jazz Jam� session. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. 1771 U St. NW. 202-527-9522. ■The Ariel String Quartet will perform works by Beethoven. 6:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-8426941. ■The Smithsonian Chamber Players and the Castle Trio Friends will perform works by Brahms. 7:30 p.m. $28. National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-6333030. Discussions and lectures ■Jasmin Darznik will discuss her book “The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life.� 1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■A post-adoption support group, Concerned United Birthparents, will hold its monthly meeting to offer support, information and education for birth parents, adult adoptees and adoptive parents. 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Free. Contact dcmetrocub@aol.com for meeting details and location. ■Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, associate professor of American art the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss “‘We Build Our Temples for Tomorrow’: Writing African American Art History.� 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■Erika Dreifus will discuss her book “Quiet Americans.� 2 to 4 p.m. Free. See Events/Page 24

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The Washington Ethical Society will present Josh Fox’s film “Gasland,â€? about the impact of the natural gas drilling boom in the United States. 6:30 p.m. $5 donation suggested. Washington Ethical Society, 7750 16th St. NW. ethicalsociety.org. â–

Sporting event ■The Washington Capitals will play the Pittsburgh Penguins. 12:30 p.m. $95 to $355. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202397-7328. Walks and hikes ■A park ranger will lead a tour of historic Herring Hill, a vibrant 19th-century African-American community in the heart of Georgetown. 10 a.m. Free. Old Stone House, 3051 M St. NW. 202-426-6851. ■A park ranger will lead ages 7 and older on a three-mile hike to Rapids Bridge. 2 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. Monday, February 7 Monday FEBRUARY 7 Children’s program ■“Young Portrait Explorers,� for ages 5 and younger with an adult companion, will feature a story about Andy Warhol and hands-on activities inspired by his colorful portraits. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. Concerts ■“International Journey of Strings� will feature student musicians ages 5 through

20 from the Renaissance Music Academy Chamber Orchestra, the Hong Kong Youth Orchestra and the Macao Youth Symphony; students trained through the Outreach Fine Arts Initiative at Virginia Tech; violinist Jue Yao; and pianist Teresa Erlich. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. ■The Monday Night at the National series will feature Potomac Fever and the Rock Creek Singers, ensembles from the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, performing pop harmonies and Broadway show tunes. 6 and 7:30 p.m. Free; tickets required. Helen Hayes Gallery, National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202783-3372. Discussions and lectures ■Peter Wood will discuss his book “Near Andersonville, Winslow Homer’s Civil War.� Noon. Free. Jefferson Room, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-3575000. ■Carol Oja, professor of music at Harvard University, will discuss “Bernstein’s Broadway.� Noon. Free. Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502. ■Bill Isaac, chairman of LECG Global Financial Services and author of “Senseless Panic: How Washington Failed America,� will speak as part of the Distinguished Leaders Series at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. 4:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Hariri Building, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. billisaac.eventbrite.com. ■U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., will discuss “African-American Members of Congress and Reconstruction Legislation.� 6:30 p.m. Free. Great Hall, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-1291. ■The Chevy Chase DC Library Book

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■“Marvelous Movie Mondaysâ€? will feature the 2007 film “Like Stars on Earth.â€? 2 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202282-0021. ■“Les Lutins du Court-MĂŠtrage: Fourth Annual French Short Film Festivalâ€? will open. 6:30 p.m. $8; free for university students. Reservations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. 202-234-7911. The festival will continue through Feb. 13 at various venues. ■“Johnny Depp Filmfestâ€? will feature the 2007 film “Sweeney Todd.â€? 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. ■“A Deeper Look: Showcasing Film|Neu Directorsâ€? will feature Percy Adlon’s 1987 film “Baghdad CafĂŠ.â€? 6:30 p.m. $7. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202-289-1200, ext. 160.

Performances ■The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present a “NT Live� high-definition broadcast of Donmar Warehouse’s “King Lear� from London’s Covent Garden. 7:30 p.m. $20. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. ■Theater J’s “Voices From a Changing Middle East: Portraits of Home� theater festival will feature a reading of “I’m Speaking to You Chinese� by Savyon Liebrecht. 7:30 p.m. $10; tickets required. Embassy of Israel, 3514 International Drive NW. 202-777-3210. Tuesday, February 8 Tuesday FEBRUARY 8

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Concert ■Members of the Soldiers’ Chorus and pianists of the U.S. Army Field Band will perform selections from Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte.� 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Discussions and lectures ■Kate Masur will discuss her book “An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and Struggle Over Equality in Washington, D.C.� Noon. Free. Jefferson Room, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-3575000. ■Kevin Kosar will discuss his book “Whiskey: A Global History.� Noon. Free. West Dining Room, James Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101

Wildflower Center. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Free. Casey Trees, 3030 12th St. NE. 202-8339125. Concert ■“DC’s Got Talent� will feature performances by Grammy-nominated producer and bassist Antone’ “Chooky� Caldwell and vocalist Tamika Jones. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.

Monday, FEBRUARY 7 â– Concert: Organist Todd Wilson will perform works by Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Johann Sebastian Bach, David Conte, Georges Bizet, CĂŠsar Franck, Maurice DuruflĂŠ and Charles-Marie Widor. 7:30 p.m. $15; $10 for seniors and students; free for ages 18 and younger. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202797-0103. Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5221. â– Egyptologist Robert Bauval will discuss his theory on the origin and purpose of the Pyramids of Giza. 6 p.m. Free; tickets required. Main Auditorium, Building 46, University of the District of Columbia, 4201 Connecticut Ave. NW. jpickney@udc.edu. â– Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya will discuss his novel “The Storyteller of Marrakesh.â€? 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. Films

■The 22nd annual Black Film Festival, spotlighting “Blaxploitation� cinema, will feature “Coffy� at 3 p.m. and “Foxy Brown� at 6 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7271291. ■A Spike Lee Film Festival will feature the 1994 film “Crooklyn.� 3:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Special event â– Tudor Place will host a traditional Victorian tea complete with tea sandwiches, scones, desserts and historic tea blends. 1 p.m. $25; registration required. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. 202-965-0400. Sporting event â– The Washington Capitals will play the San Jose Sharks. 7 p.m. $60 to $330. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Tour

■A tour will offer an introduction to Tudor Place, the Georgetown mansion built by Martha Washington’s granddaughter, Martha Custis Peter, and her husband, Thomas Peter. 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Free; reservations required. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. 202-965-0400. The tours will also be offered Feb. 15 and 22.

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Steve Windhager, chief executive officer of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, will lead a class on the Sustainable Sites Initiative at the Lady Bird Johnson â–

Discussions and lectures ■Michele L. Norris, host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,� will discuss her book “The Grace of Silence: A Memoir.� Noon. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-1291. ■Kate Masur will discuss her book “An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle for Equality in Washington, D.C.� Noon. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, will discuss “Consensus and Cacophony: Debating Sharia in 21st Century Egypt.� 12:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 270, Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. mem297@georgetown.edu. ■J. Alexander “Sandy� Douglas Jr., president of Coca-Cola North America, will speak as part of the Distinguished Leaders Series. 4:15 p.m. Free; reservations required. Hariri Building, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. cocacola.eventbrite.com. ■Kate Masur will discuss her book “An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle for Equality in Washington, D.C.� 6 p.m. $10. President Lincoln’s Cottage, Upshur Street and Rock Creek Church Road NW. 202-829-0436, ext. 31228. ■A discussion of the importance of Italy and Italian culture to Philip Guston’s work will feature Susan Behrends Frank, curator of “Philip Guston, Roma�; Chuck Close, artist and American Academy in Rome trustee; Peter Benson Miller, exhibition organizing curator; and Robert Storr, dean of the Yale University School of Art and American Academy in Rome trustee. 6:30 p.m. $20; registration required. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202387-2151. ■Tim Johnson will discuss his book “Tragedy in Crimson.� 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■Saxophonist Loren Schoenberg, executive director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, will present “Duke Ellington: Beyond Category.� 6:45 to 9 p.m. $40. Rasmuson Theater, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-3030. ■Golden Glovers will present a talk by author, philosopher and gerontologist Harry R. Moody on “Later Life Creativity.� 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Stoddert Elementary School, 4001 Calvert St. NW. 202-337-3056. ■Oliver Rathkolb, professor of contemporary history at the University of Vienna, will discuss his book “The Paradoxical Republic.� 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court NW. 202-895-6776. Sporting event ■The Washington Wizards will play the Milwaukee Bucks. 7 p.m. $10 to $475. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328.

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he Feb Four” will open On EXHIBIT today at the Foundry Gallery and present a through Feb. 26. wide range of new paintings from “Impressions: Deserts and the newest members of the gallery. Landscapes” features Steve Highlighting artists Judy Fleming’s landscapes of the Gilbert-Lewey, Wayne Johnson, Kalahari Julia LateinDesert. Kimming and “Metafisica” Tania Meski, presents paintthe show will ings by Trix continue Kuijper that through Feb. explore the 27. duality of the An opening natural world, reception will Newton More’s “Woman Waiting” contrasting its take place Friday from 6 is featured at Touchstone Gallery. fragility with its power. to 8 p.m. “Threaded Seascapes” includes Located at 1314 18th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through drawings with thread on cloth by Elena Stamberg. Friday from 1 to 7 p.m. and A “First Friday” reception will Saturday and Sunday from noon to take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., 6 p.m. 202-463-0203. and an artists’ reception will be ■ Studio Gallery will open three held Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. shows today and continue them

Located at 2108 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday and Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m., Friday from 1 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. 202-232-8734. ■ “Artists in Dialogue: Sandile Zulu and Henrique Oliveira,” presenting site-specific works by the featured artists in dialogue with each other, will open today at the National Museum of African Art and continue through Dec. 4. Located at 950 Independence Ave. SW, the museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-6334600. ■ “America I Am: The African American Imprint,” a touring exhibit celebrating nearly 500 years of African-American contributions to the United States, will open today at the National Geographic Museum and continue through May 1. Located at 1145 17th St. NW, the museum is open daily from 9

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affety Punk Theatre Company will present “Owl Moon” Feb. 4 through 26 at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. In Liz Maestri’s new play, the everyday world veers into extremities — hot blood spurts and passions seep into a wintry landscape of cold and desolation. Maestri

On STAGE says it’s a play about “love and body bags.” Performance times are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $10. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop is located at 545 7th St. SE. 202-261-6612; taffetypunk.com. ■ No Rules Theatre Company will present “Touch” Feb. 4 through 27 at the H Street Playhouse. Kyle loves astronomy and Keats, but most of all he loves his quirky and vivacious wife, Zoe. When she goes out to run a quick errand and never returns, Kyle’s world is turned upside down. Kyle leads us through this heartbreaking portrait of what it takes to rebuild one’s life in the wake of personal tragedy. Performance times are generally 8 p.m. Monday and Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $25. The H Street Playhouse is located at 1365 H St. NE. 336-462-9182; norulestheatre.org. “On the Razzle” will run ■ Opera Lafayette will Feb. 5 through March 6 present the modern preat Source. miere of “La Magnifique” for one performance only at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Kennedy Center. The story, by Sedaine from Boccaccio via La Fontaine, takes place in Il Magnico’s Florence. A virtuoso troupe of seven actor-singers join intimate and bravura arias to fast-paced ensemble finales, which drive this short three-act comedy toward its inevitably happy close. This concert version is sung in French with English surtitles and dialogue. Tickets cost $60. 202-4674600; kennedy-center.org. ■ Constellation Theatre Company will present Tom

Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s “Owl Moon” will open Feb. 4 at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Stoppard’s “On the Razzle” Feb. 5 through March 6 at Source. An early Stoppard work, “On the Razzle” offers an opportunity to glimpse a young, lighthearted version of the celebrated playwright, delighting in such joys of language as double-entendre, pun and malapropism. Stoppard based the play on the 1843 comedy “Einen Jux will er sich machen,” which he described as being a “tale of two country mice escaping to town for a day of illicit freedom.” The plot taps into a primary human fantasy: Our heroes get to pretend they’re someone else for a day. Performance times are generally 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $25 to $30; $20 to $25 for those under 25 years. Source is located at 1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7741; constellationtheatre.org. ■ Woolly Mammoth Theatre will present Luis Alfaro’s adaptation of “Oedipus el Rey” Feb. 7 through March 6. Amid the sizzling rhythms of central Los Angeles — the gang capital of America, with the highest recidivism rate — a juvenile delinquent rises to be king … but his passion for one woman will violate society’s most sacred law. Performance times are generally 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Ticket prices begin at $30. Woolly Mammoth is located at 641 D St. NW. 202-393-3939; woollymammoth.net. ■ Irish theater company Druid and New York’s Atlantic Theatre will present “The Cripple of See Theater/Page 31

Judy Gilbert Levey’s “Backlight” is part of an exhibit of works by new members at the Foundry Gallery. a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-857-7588. “Color of Love” will open Friday at Touchstone Gallery and feature the work of 50 of the gallery’s member artists through Feb. 27. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. ■

Located at 901 New York Ave. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-347-2787. See Exhibits/Page 29

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“Second Lives: The Age-Old Art of Recycling Textiles,” highlighting the ways people in various cultures have re-purposed old fabrics to create new textile forms, will open Friday at the Textile Museum and continue through Jan. 8. Located at 2320 S St. NW, the museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. A donation of $8 is suggested. 202667-0441. ■ “Close to Home: Photographers and Their Families,” featuring 32 photographs taken over three decades, will open Friday at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and continue through July 24. Featured photographers are Tina Barney, Virginia Beahan, Christopher Dawson, Muriel Hasbun, Martina Lopez, Elaine O’Neil, Margaret Strickland, Larry Sultan and Carrie Will. Located at 9th and G streets NW, the museum is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-6331000. ■ “Seasons: Arts of Japan,” reflecting the seasonal associations that have permeated Japanese poetry, art and customs through the ages, will open Saturday at the Freer Gallery of Art and continue through Aug. 7. Located at 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW, the gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000. ■ “Fort Distraction,” a site-specific installation by Mariah Johnson, opened recently at the Washington Project for the Arts Headquarters, where it will continue through Feb. 11. Throughout the exhibit’s duration, Johnson will keep adding to the installation, which is transforming the headquarters office space into a kind of artists’ pillow fort. A “First Friday” reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Located at 2023 Massachusetts Ave. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-234-7103. ■ “Wrestling With the Image: Caribbean Interventions,” presenting contemporary photography, video, painting, graphic art, sculpture and installations from 12 Caribbean countries, opened recently at the Art Museum of the Americas and will continue through March 10. Located at 201 18th St. NW, the museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-458-6016. ■ “Beyond Home Remedy: Women, Medicine, and Science,” an exploration of historic medicine concocted by women in Shakespeare’s England, opened recently at the Folger Shakespeare Library and will continue through May 14. Located at 201 East Capitol St. SE, the library is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-544-7077. ■

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Public Notice Public Notice Rock Creek Park Multi-Use Trail Environmental Assessment The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and the District Department of Transportation, proposes to rehabilitate a 3.7 mile section of Rock Creek Trail from Broad Branch Road, NW to M Street, including a 3,000 foot segment of the Rose Park Trail, and a spur along Piney Branch Parkway from Beach Drive to Arkansas Avenue. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and other laws, regulations, and policies, an Environmental Assessment and Assessment of Effects will be prepared to analyze the potential impacts of a range of alternatives on the natural, cultural, and human environment. A 30-day public scoping period will be opened from January 28, 2011 to February 28, 2011. During this time, the public is invited to comment on the proposed action, and identify potential issues or concerns for consideration in the EA. Only written comments can be accepted. You may submit comments electronically at the National Park Service's Planning, Environment, and Public Comment website (http://parkplanning.nps.gov) or mailed to District Department of Transportation, Planning, Policy, and Sustainability Administration, 2000 14th Street NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20009. Comments must be received by February 28, 2011 to receive consideration. Furthermore, NPS, DDOT, and FHWA invite you to attend an informational public meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to present the alternatives under consideration for inclusion in the EA and allow the public an opportunity to provide comments. WHEN: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 Open House: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Open Microphone Session: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. WHERE: National Zoological Park Visitor Center Auditorium 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 Registrations to provide comments at the microphone will be accepted on a first come, first served basis starting at 6:00 p.m. Comments are limited to two (2) minutes. If you need special accommodations or language assistance services (Translation or interpretation) please contact Amy Vance at (202) 671-2384 or by email at amy.vance@dc.gov at least four days in advance of the meeting. These services will be provided free of charge.

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Inishmaan” Feb. 8 through 12 at the Kennedy Center. Written by Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh and directed by Tony Award winner Garry Hynes, the play chronicles a Hollywood film crew’s presence in a rural Irish town. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $25 to $69. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org. ■ The Mariinsky Ballet will present “Giselle” Feb. 8 through 13 at the Kennedy Center. The story of a simple peasant girl who falls deeply and completely for a dashing prince disguised as a commoner, “Giselle” twists into a tale of betrayal and heartbreak. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $29 to $150. 202-4674600; kennedy-center.org. ■ EMP Collective will present “( … and you’re just not good enough)” Feb. 10 through 12 at The Fridge DC. Exploring the destruction and development of the human psyche, spirit and flesh through various forms of rejection, the performance dissects and derides our insatiable need for acceptance and celebrates serial solitude. Performances begin at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $15. Fridge DC is located in the rear alley at 516 8th St. SE. empcollective.org. ■ The Keegan Theatre will present Conor McPherson’s “The Weir” Feb. 12 through March 13 at the Church Street Theater. The cast of “The Weir,” a portrait of the dark and guarded corners of the human heart, includes company members and Helen Hayes nominees David Jourdan, Kevin Adams, Susan Marie Rhea and Jon Townson. Performances times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, along with 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14. Tickets cost $30 to $35. Church Street Theater is located at 1742 Church St. NW. 703-892-0202; keegantheatre.com. ■ GALA Hispanic Theatre will present “La cándida Eréndira (The Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother)” Feb. 3 through 27. The young Eréndira is forced to sell herself by her grandmother to pay for accidentally burning down the family home. After traveling from town to town, Eréndira is wed to a young man who loves her deeply, and together they plot an escape. The play will be performed in Spanish with English surtitles. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $30 to $36; $20 to $26 for students, seniors and military personnel. GALA is located at 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174; galatheatre.org. ■ Alvin Ailey American Dance

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Theater is visiting the Kennedy Center through Feb. 6. The company is performing a compilation of classics and new works and celebrating 50 years of “Revelations.” Also in the program are “Anointed,” a premiere by Christopher L. Huggins; the return of Judith Jamison’s “Forgotten Time”; and Robert Battle’s “In/Side” and “The Hunt.” Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $30 to $99. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org. ■ As part of “The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration,” the Kennedy Center will close “American Scrapbook: A Celebration of Verse” Feb. 6 in the Family Theater. This hourlong play, recommended for ages 9 and older, is based on two collections of poetry selected by Caroline Kennedy: “The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis” and “A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children.” Remaining performance times are 1:30 and 4 p.m. Feb. 5 and 6. Tickets cost $18. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org. ■ The D.C. stop of the international tour of “Black Watch” at Sidney Harman Hall will close Feb. 6. Written by Gregory Burke and directed by John Tiffany, “Black Watch” gives audiences a bird’seye view of what it’s like to be a soldier in Iraq. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $40 to $85. Sidney Harman Hall is located at 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org. ■ Studio Theatre has extended “Tynan” through Feb. 13. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 8 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets cost $44 to $65. Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-3323300; studiotheatre.org. ■ Arena Stage is presenting the first stop of a national tour of Second Stage Theatre’s “Let Me Down Easy,” conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith, through Feb. 13. Performance times generally are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Ticket prices start at $40, with certain discounts available. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org. ■ Ford’s Theatre is presenting “The Carpetbagger’s Children,” featuring Nancy Robinette, Kimberly Schraf and Holly Twyford, through Feb. 13. Performance times generally are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $15 to $55. Ford’s is located at 511 10th St. NW. 202-397-7328; fords.org.

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