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Vol. VI, No. 6

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Dupont sting nets arrest in holiday thefts

City agency finishes study of Klingle trail

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■ Transportation: Project to

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include full creek restoration

Current Staff Writer

Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department say they think they’ve caught the culprit responsible for a spate of package thefts over the holidays. And they say generous help from neighbors helped them snag the suspect. “I’ve never seen a community come together like this,” Lt. Scott Dignan said at Wednesday’s meeting of the Dupont Circle advisory neighborhood commission. On Jan. 6, police arrested Wayne Bridgeforth as he allegedly attempted to pluck a package from a Corcoran Street porch. The owner of the Corcoran Street house, who asked not to be identified, said she first contacted police on Christmas Eve, when she found two empty packages sitting on her porch. The boxes, she said, had contained a cable box and some clothes, but were open and empty by the time she found them. Then, a week later, she discovered another barren box outside her door. This one, she said, was from her mother-in-law and was supposed to contain wedding china. But See Arrest/Page 7

By CAROL BUCKLEY Current Staff Writer

The D.C. Department of Transportation has settled on a path forward to convert a controversial section of Klingle Road into a 10foot-wide hike/bike trail with lighting and a newly built connection to the nearby Rock Creek Trail. The project will also restore and stabilize about 1,600 feet of Klingle Creek.

Watergate fights Park Service on new trees ■ NCPC: Federal panel delays

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Mayor Vincent Gray and George Washington University President Steven Knapp share a moment during Thursday’s tribute to the new mayor, a 1964 graduate of the university.

Connecticut Avenue medians to get upgrades By TEKE WIGGIN

Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets is signing a maintenance agreement and will be responsible for the median’s upkeep, he said. After years of delays, restoration The beautification initiative of the Connecticut Avenue median comes on the heels of a median projbetween R and S streets in Dupont ect already in the works — though Circle is scheduled to begin this recently halted by a construction spring, according to the D.C. mishap — farther south on Department of Transportation. Connecticut, between K and L Partnering with the Historic Bill Petros/Current File Photo streets. Dupont Circle Main Streets, the The effort there is also largely Transportation Department will use Dupont Circle’s Main Streets focused on enlivening the $85,000 from a transportation group will maintain the median. streetscape through plant embellishenhancement grant to install an irrigation system, ornamental fencing and an array of ment and will likewise rely on a community organizaplants, according to John Lisle, a department spokesper- tion — in this case the Golden Triangle Business See Medians/Page 7 son. Current Correspondent

NEWS ■ Police officials offer 2nd District assurances on resources. Page 3. ■ Feds consider growth at Nebraska Avenue site. Page 3.

The options selected from a menu presented to the public last summer will total about $6.8 million to convert the 0.7-mile section of road and restore the creek, according to a final environmental assessment released last week. Although the options did not include restoration of the longblocked roadway — which, when open, funneled drivers across Rock Creek Park — the release of the department’s final assessment has sparked advocates of both road and trail to take up battle stations once again. See Klingle/Page 7

EVENTS ■ ‘Carpetbagger’s Children’ heads to Ford’s Theatre. Page 23. ■ National Gallery to show Dutch master’s work. Page 23.

By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

The National Park Service faced off this month against angry residents of the Watergate complex who fear some newly planted sycamore trees in Rock Creek Park will block their views and lower their property values. Caught in the middle of a surprisingly contentious dispute, the National Capital Planning Commission blinked. At its Jan. 6 meeting, the commission voted 8-2 to put off for one month a final vote on new plantings, pathways and other improvements to the narrow strip of parkland that borders the Potomac River near the Watergate. Commissioners have asked the Park Service to see if it can find shorter trees. “It’s a shame we’re at this point, since the waterfront project has generated so much goodwill,” said Rob Miller, who represents Mayor Vincent Gray on the commission.

PA S S A G E S ■ Hebrew goes digital at Wisconsin Avenue synagogue. Page 13. ■ GWU pitches in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Page 13 .

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Watergate residents fear the new trees will eventually block views. “Is there any interest in exploring alternatives?” “I’m sympathetic to the Watergate, but aware of the precedent,” said Harriet Tregoning, the D.C. planning director who also sits on the federal commission. “We have hundreds of trees planted by the river. If every time someone’s view is obstructed, we cut trees down, it would be devastating to the city.” But even Tregoning wondered if shorter trees would do. “Can they be trimmed?” she asked officials. At issue is the last phase of a See Watergate/Page 10

INDEX Business/5 Calendar/20 Classifieds/29 District Digest/4 Foggy Bottom News/11 Exhibits/23 In Your Neighborhood/18

Opinion/8 Passages/13 Police Report/6 Real Estate/17 School Dispatches/14 Service Directory/25 Theater/23

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Chancellor, principal unveil new Hardy School plan By JESSICA GOULD Current Staff Writer

As parents sounded the alarm about deteriorating conditions at Hardy Middle last week, officials released a plan to address concerns at the Georgetown school. On Jan. 11, principal Dana Nerenberg and Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson sent a note home to parents outlining a series of new strategies for Hardy. They include: • asking students to articulate an academic, social and behavioral goal, and then working

with them during a biweekly advisory period to achieve those goals; • holding a set of grade-level assemblies where administrators communicate their expectations to students and affirm their commitment to students’ success; • implementing a layered set of consequences for inappropriate student behavior; • assigning more substitutes to Hardy; • creating new “School Climateâ€? and “School Schedulingâ€? task forces; • inviting educators from the Office of Youth Engagement and other middle schools to identify areas for improvement at Hardy;

• establishing an office at Hardy for cluster superintendent Eric Redwine; and • holding a PTA meeting, which took place Jan. 12. But many parents said they were dissatisfied with the plan, which came after a crescendo of complaints about school safety, scheduling and overall disorder at the school. “I was absolutely SHOCKED this afternoon when my daughter gave me a copy of the new Hardy ‘Plan,’ parent Candy MilesCrocker wrote in an e-mail to Henderson and others. “I was even more shocked to see that in the letter you state that ‘Working together,

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Parents are divided over the extent of the issues at Hardy and how to address them. we have developed a plan ... .’ Nothing could be further from the truth. This is YOUR plan See Hardy/Page 9

Mayor discusses city budget, development Current Staff Report At last week’s Washington Rotary Club meeting, Mayor Vincent Gray reiterated the message he’s been sharing since he got elected: The District, with an expected budget shortfall of $450 million, will have to decrease spending and increase some taxes. Gray promised to propose a truly balanced budget, which he said has not happened during the past four years as the city has dipped into and depleted its reserve funds. While D.C. is suffering from the troubled economy, Gray said it has

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The D.C. Council Committee on Government Operations and the Environment will hold an oversight roundtable on the Board of Elections and Ethics’ readiness for the April 26 special election. The hearing will begin at 2 p.m. in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

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The Georgetown-Burleith advisory neighborhood commission will hold a public meeting to consider Georgetown University’s proposed campus plan. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, 3500 R St. NW. ■The George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus will hold its quarterly community meeting at 7 p.m. in the Webb Building on the campus. A reception at the home of the university’s new provost, Steve Herman, will follow. For details, contact 202-994-9132 or arlewis@gwu.edu. ■The Cleveland Park Citizens Association will hold a forum on “Proposed New Zoning Laws — Neighborhood Impacts.� Travis Parker, the Office of Planning’s zoning review manager, and Nancy MacWood, a Cleveland Park advisory neighborhood commissioner, will explain proposed changes to the District’s zoning regulations and take questions on the subject. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■The Kalorama Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will feature a presentation by Traceries Inc. on the history of the Lanier Heights section of Adams Morgan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Good Will Baptist Church, 1862 Kalorama Road NW.

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s 4th District Citizens Advisory Council will hold an awards banquet to honor outstanding police officers, civilian personnel and community leaders of the 4th District. The event will begin at 8:30 p.m. at the Nativity Catholic Church, 6000 Georgia Ave. NW. Tickets cost $40. For details, call 202-369-0331. The University of the District of Columbia will hold a community meeting to present the draft version of a master plan for the campus. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in Room A-03, Building 44, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■D.C. Public Schools will hold a middle school fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at EliotHine Middle School, 1830 Constitution Ave. NE. For details, contact Krystal Beaulieu in the Office of Secondary School Transformation at 202-299-2115 or krystal.beaulieu@dc.gov. ■Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh will hold a “Chat With Cheh� event for constituents from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Marvelous Market, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

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Residents worried about a proposed overhaul to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security campus on Nebraska Avenue have the comfort of knowing that any change will be a long time coming: Even with the rosiest of congressional funding scenarios, building at the site would get started no sooner than 2016, according to the project’s manager. When groundbreaking does occur at the 37-acre site, the highsecurity facility could double in size and could hold nearly twice the number of employees it does now, according to the options proposed in a newly released draft environmental impact statement. That level is the most intense of the three alternatives outlined in the document, which is available for public comment at gsa.gov/ncrnepa and at a meeting Feb. 8 at Mann Elementary School at 7 p.m. But even the less dramatic development scenarios add employees to the site — which now hosts 2,390 workers — while slightly decreasing the number of parking spaces in the closed-to-the-public facility. The proposed revamp is part of a plan to consolidate 28,000 Department of Homeland Security employees now scattered across 40 locations into seven to 10 sites. Because the campus is inaccessible to neighbors, said advisory neighborhood commissioner Matt Frumin, residents “don’t really have much stake in what happens in the interior.� Less important than building schemes, then, are traffic, parking and the aesthetics of the campus See Homeland/Page 9

from each subsection of the district to focus on burglaries in Upper Northwest. Such reassignments are clearly not a surge, Baumann said in an interview yesterday. He added that, instead of faulting reporters, a chronic reaction for the chief, she should be honest with the public. “Playing these games� will be “damaging to the public trust� in the long run, Baumann said. Cmdr. Klein said at last week’s meeting that the public has been key to battling the recent crime spike. Calls from citizens reporting suspicious activity led to some of the five arrests connected to Ward 3 burglaries, he said. Montgomery County police have charged another three suspects who may be connected to incidents on the D.C. side of the border. As a result, said Klein, the number of burglaries in which criminals enter homes while owners are asleep has “really taken a tumble.� Burglaries in the 2nd District do remain at a significantly higher level than last year, however. Tackling that issue will be Klein’s successor, Cmdr. Michael Reese. Police also faced neighborhood concern over reports that five squad cars were removed from the 2nd See Police/Page 9

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The D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education will hold a public hearing on proposed policies that would establish state-level standards and criteria for extended school year and special-education transportation services consistent with requirements under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The hearing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at 810 1st St. NE. To testify, contact DesirĂŠe Brown at 202-741-0271 or desiree.brown@dc.gov by Jan. 21. â– The D.C. Federation of Citizens Associations will hold its regular meeting, featuring a presentation by D.C. Department of Public Works director William Howland. The meeting will be held from 6:45 to 9 p.m. at the Sumner School Museum, 17th and M streets NW.

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Biddle to chair new school committee Newly appointed at-large D.C. Council member Sekou Biddle will chair a new special committee dealing with school security issues that include bullying, absenteeism and safe travel to and from school. According to a news release, the Special Committee on School Safety and Truancy will review existing security policies and propose legislation to complement

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Committee selected Biddle earlier this month to fill Council Chairman Kwame Brown’s vacant at-large seat. He faces a special election April 26 to retain the seat.

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Palisades library to close for updates The Palisades Neighborhood Library will be closed next week for scheduled maintenance, including the installation of improved, energy-efficient lighting. According to the D.C. Public Library’s website, the 4901 V St. branch will be closed from Jan. 24 to Jan. 31, when the library’s ground-floor collections will reopen. The second floor, which includes the children’s collections and meeting rooms, will reopen Feb. 7, when all scheduled programs and activities will resume. During the closure, patrons may return materials to the book drop outside the Palisades library or to any other D.C. library branch.

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Robbery (gun) â– 3500 block, Wisconsin Ave.; sidewalk; 4:45 a.m. Jan. 15. Theft (below $250) â– 3900 block, Watson Place; residence; 12:30 p.m. Jan. 11. â– Unspecified location; church/synagogue/temple; 3 p.m. Jan. 14. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 3400 block, 30th St.; unspecified premises; 7 p.m. Jan. 9. â– 2600 block, Woodley Place; street; 12:20 a.m. Jan. 10. â– 2900 block, Cortland Place; unspecified premises; 12:30 a.m. Jan. 12. â– 3500 block, Garfield St.; street; 8:50 a.m. Jan. 13. Simple assault â– 2600 block, Woodley Place; street; 8:50 p.m. Jan. 10. Destruction of property â– 2700 block, Porter St.; street; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 14. â– 3100 block, Macomb St.; street; 8:30 p.m. Jan. 15. Property damage â– Connecticut Avenue and Ordway Street; street; 11 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 3200 block, Woodley Road; street; 9 p.m. Jan. 14. Prostitution (solicitation) â– 2500 block, Calvert St.; hotel; 12:15 p.m. Jan. 12.

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This is a listing of reports taken from Jan. 9 through 15 by the Metropolitan Police Department in local police service areas.

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Assault with a dangerous weapon ■3200 block, M St.; tavern; 1:35 a.m. Jan. 15. Theft (below $250) ■2900 block, M St.; store; 2 p.m. Jan. 10. ■1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 3:45 p.m. Jan. 11. ■3800 block, Reservoir Road; medical facility; 7:30 a.m. Jan. 12. ■3300 block, O St.; residence; 10:03 a.m. Jan. 12. ■1300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; unspecified premises; 1:51 p.m. Jan. 12. ■3800 block, Reservoir Road; medical facility; 3 p.m. Jan. 12. ■3600 block, St. Mary’s Place; residence; 3 p.m. Jan. 12. ■1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 6:20 p.m. Jan. 12. ■M Street and Wisconsin Avenue; unspecified premises; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 13. Theft (shoplifting) ■3200 block, M St.; store; 3:25 p.m. Jan. 11. Theft from auto (below $250) ■34th Street and Volta Place; street; 9 p.m. Jan. 9. ■3100 block, N St.; street; noon Jan. 11.

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Simple assault â– 2400 block, Virginia Ave.; church; 4:30 p.m. Jan. 12. Unlawful entry â– 2100 block, I St.; university; 10:15 p.m. Jan. 13. Destruction of property â– 2100 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; parking lot; 8:14 a.m. Jan. 13. Property damage â– 2400 block, Virginia Ave.; residence; 6:45 p.m. Jan. 12. Prostitution (solicitation) â– 2300 block, M St.; hotel; 12:57 p.m. Jan. 12.

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Robbery (gun) â– 1300 block, 21s St.; parking lot; 9:40 p.m. Jan. 10. Robbery (pocketbook snatch) â– 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 6:18 p.m. Jan. 10. Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 3 a.m. Jan. 15. Burglary â– 1500 block, Connecticut Ave.; medical facility; 11:30 p.m. Jan. 11. Burglary (attempt) â– 1600 block, 16th St.; residence; 8 a.m. Jan. 10. Theft (below $250) â– 1700 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; sidewalk; 9 a.m. Jan. 11. â– 1500 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 4 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 800 block, 17th St.; bank; 4 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1100 block, 22nd St.; restaurant; 7:15 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1800 block, M St.; tavern; 2:30 a.m. Jan. 15. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 20th Street and Massachusetts Avenue; street; 3 a.m. Jan. 9. â– 1500 block, N St.; street; 2 a.m. Jan. 11. â– 1600 block, L St.; street; 10 a.m. Jan. 12. â– 1700 block, 16th St.; alley; 3:10 p.m. Jan. 14. â– 1600 block, 20th St.; street; 1:11 p.m. Jan. 15. â– 1300 block, 18th St.; street; 4:20 p.m. Jan. 16. Simple assault â– 2100 block, K St.; tavern; 1:45 a.m. Jan. 12. â– 1200 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 6:17 p.m. Jan. 12. â– Unit block, Dupont Circle; sidewalk; 1:30 a.m. Jan. 15. â– 19th Street and Dupont Circle; sidewalk; 2:50 a.m. Jan. 15. Unlawful entry â– 1600 block, 16th St.; hotel; 2:25 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 1500 block, 17th St.; store; 6:10 p.m. Jan. 14.

Destruction of property â– 2300 block, S St.; unspecified premises; 7 p.m. Jan. 14. Property damage â– 2200 block, Decatur Place; street; 4 p.m. Jan. 9. â– 2100 block, S St.; street; 11 a.m. Jan. 12. â– 1800 block, Florida Ave.; street; 2:50 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1600 block, L St.; alley; 9 a.m. Jan. 14. â– 2200 block, Decatur Place; street; 9 a.m. Jan. 14. â– 1700 block, U St.; street; 11:30 p.m. Jan. 14. â– 2100 block, M St.; unspecified premises; 2 p.m. Jan. 15. Prostitution (solicitation) â– 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 2 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 1:13 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 1:24 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 2:42 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 3:46 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 4:48 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 5:19 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 5:24 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 5:32 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 5:54 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 6:13 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 6:20 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 8:39 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 8:46 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 9:18 p.m. Jan. 13. â– 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 9:55 p.m. Jan. 13. Drug possession with intent to distribute (cocaine) â– 900 block, 19th St.; street; 10:34 a.m. Jan. 11. Drug possession (marijuana) â– 1900 block, 14th St.; street; 3:45 p.m. Jan. 12. â– 18th and M streets; unspecified premises; 7:28 p.m. Jan. 14. â– 2100 block, P St.; alley; 9:45 p.m. Jan. 14. â– 1500 block, 22nd St.; park area; 12:30 a.m. Jan. 15.

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Robbery (attempt) â– 1800 block, Adams Mill Road; bank; 3:52 p.m. Jan. 13. Burglary (armed) â– 2500 block, Ontario Road; residence; 7:20 p.m. Jan. 10. Stolen auto â– Fuller Street and Mozart Place; street; 4:30 p.m. Jan. 12. Theft (below $250) â– 1700 block, Columbia Road; store; 3:50 p.m. Jan. 15. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 18th Street and Columbia

Road; street; 10 p.m. Jan. 14. Simple assault â– 18th Street and Florida Avenue; construction site; 3:20 p.m. Jan. 14. â– 2300 block, 18th St.; sidewalk; 6:20 p.m. Jan. 14. Destruction of property â– 2400 block, Ontario Road; alley; 6 p.m. Jan. 11. Property damage â– 18th Street and Florida Avenue; street; 3:30 p.m. Jan. 14. â– 18th Street and Kalorama Road; street; 11:33 p.m. Jan. 14. Drug possession (marijuana) â– 2200 block, 18th St.; street; 2:25 a.m. Jan. 13. Prostitution (solicitation) â– 1900 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 1:50 p.m. Jan. 12.

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Burglary â– 1400 block, Corcoran St.; residence; 9 a.m. Jan. 10. â– 1200 block, Q St.; residence; 9:05 a.m. Jan. 10. â– 1100 block, Massachusetts Ave.; residence; 9:45 a.m. Jan. 10. â– 1500 block, 14th St.; unspecified premises; 10:30 p.m. Jan. 13. Stolen auto â– 1300 block, 10th St.; street; 10 a.m. Jan. 15. Theft (below $250) â– 1400 block, Rhode Island Ave.; residence; 8:30 a.m. Jan. 10. â– 1100 block, Vermont Ave.; store; 5:45 p.m. Jan. 13. Theft from auto ($250 plus) â– 15th and Q streets; street; 7:50 p.m. Jan. 13. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 1300 block, 13th St.; unspecified premises; 10:39 a.m. Jan. 12. â– 1500 block, Kingman Place; street; 3:30 p.m. Jan. 14. â– 1300 block, Rhode Island Ave.; street; 6 p.m. Jan. 14. â– 1000 block, M St.; parking lot; 9:15 p.m. Jan. 14. â– 900 block, O St.; street; 2 p.m. Jan. 15. Property damage â– 1100 block, 15th St.; parking lot; 8:45 a.m. Jan. 14. â– 1600 block, 11th St.; street; 1 p.m. Jan. 14. Drug possession (cocaine) â– 1300 block, N St.; street; 1:10 a.m. Jan. 11. Drug possession (marijuana) â– Unit block, Thomas Circle; street; 3:25 a.m. Jan. 14. â– 900 block, M St.; street; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 14. Drug possession (paraphernalia) â– 1200 block, M St.; residence; 6:14 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 14th Street and Rhode Island Avenue; sidewalk; 4:30 a.m. Jan. 15. Prostitution (solicitation) â– 1100 block, 13th St.; street; 2:25 p.m. Jan. 12.

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The decision to convert the road into a trail “doesn’t reflect the needs of one city,” said Laurie Collins of the Coalition to Repair and Reopen Klingle Road, referencing Mayor Vincent Gray’s campaign slogan. And the price tag “makes the $400,000 dog parks look like a bargain,” she added. Though Collins and others, including Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham, fought long and hard to reopen the road, first blocked in 1991 due to severe deterioration, the D.C. Council passed a law in 2008 to turn the road into a hike/bike path. But the new trail will still be a road, according to a correction contained in the Transportation Department’s final assessment. For federal-funding purposes, the path will be considered a trail, but the city will still define it internally as a public street open to emergency vehicles and more. That definition marks a reversal from last summer’s proposal to remove Klingle from the city’s street network. Threading the needle in that way appears to allow the District to retain confident ownership over the section of Klingle Valley it received in an 1885 easement requiring the city to build a road. With the option of restoring vehicle access off the table, discus-

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Improvement District — for maintenance. The work on that median, which has been on hold since a piece of concrete fell into the Farragut North Metro station, is supposed to last less than two months, Lisle said. The project north of Dupont Circle should take even less time since it is only rehabilitative, he said. Lisle said he is not sure if the second project will close down lanes on Connecticut Avenue, but if it does, it will be during off-peak hours only. Community leaders have long advocated for the work north of the Dupont traffic circle, arguing that the median’s decrepit condition is unbecoming and perhaps even a detriment to local businesses. The median is a “gateway to one of the historic and most heavily used neighborhood circles in the city,” said Terry Lynch, director of the advocacy group the Downtown Cluster of Congregations. Lynch said the weeds, graffitimarred ironwork and under-watered trees have long vexed him. “It should be a first-class European promenade,” he said. “Instead it’s been allowed to fall into decay and neglect.” Lynch said he had heard a number of times that restoration was at hand. Prospects seemed especially

sion over the summer revolved around the width, surface material and lighting options for the new path. That path, when finished, will connect to the Rock Creek Trail below Porter Street via a new 6- to 8-foot-wide spur to be built south of Klingle. The trail will be made of a permeable material. Officials from the District Department of the Environment had previously criticized options that included a permeable surface, charging that the surface material alone would not be enough to stem runoff. Transportation Department planners then added bioswales — shallow trenches designed to hold and treat storm-water runoff — to the permeable-surface options. The city environmental agency, in a letter included in the final assessment, said the Transportation Department’s solution had adequately responded to its concerns. Environmentalists had also opposed the proposal to include lighting along the trail — paths in Rock Creek Park aren’t lit, they noted, and late-night lighting can disturb nocturnal wildlife. But the modification the Transportation Department has suggested seems to be a “reasonable compromise,” said the Sierra Club’s Jim Dougherty. Pole lights will illuminate the path for walkers and bikers during commuting hours but will be shut off at night. promising in recent years, Lynch said, but a fall 2009 plan involving students of the University of the District of Columbia’s master gardener program never materialized. The following spring a similar effort also fizzled out, he said. So Lynch took matters into his own hands last August, writing an impassioned letter to Gabe Klein, then-director of the Transportation Department. “Frankly, enough was enough,” he said. To his satisfaction, Klein’s office responded with assurances that work on the median would begin shortly. “They stepped up right away,” he said. Lisle said Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets will bear full responsibility for the restored median’s maintenance. The south-side median project, where work should resume soon, draws on community support of the same kind. Golden Triangle Business Improvement District executive director Leona Agouridis said the group will buy plantings for the median following construction and bear operational costs thereafter. “The goal is to really enhance the streetscape — create an environment where people want to come and shop,” she said. Local leaders still hope to see improvements made to another section of Connecticut Avenue median — the portion just south of the circle. Lisle said the department currently has no plans or funds to pursue a project of this kind.

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by the time she got to it, the dishes had disappeared. “I was indignant,” she said. So she called the police and learned they were hearing similar complaints from other neighbors, especially on Corcoran Street. “The officer was already familiar with the guy,” she said. “He tends to stick around Corcoran Street.” Police believe Bridgeforth may even live in the neighborhood itself. But regardless of where he resides, they said, Bridgeforth has cultivated quite a reputation with his penchant for packages and devotion to Dupont. “Mr. Bridgeforth is not a new-

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bie,” one officer said at last week’s commission meeting. In 2007, The Washington City Paper published an article chronicling a string of petty crimes linked to Bridgeforth, and a long history of arrests. Back then, the article said, Bridgeforth’s charge sheet included at least 31 criminal cases. “I’ve personally gotten him arrested five times,” said resident Rob Halligan, who said he once watched Bridgeforth steal a leaf blower or chainsaw from someone’s garage and then break into a car. “He doesn’t seem to mind spending a year in jail, coming out and doing this for a few months, and then doing another year in jail,” he said. Ultimately, the Corcoran Street resident allowed police officers to use her home as part of a sting oper-

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ation to catch the thief. A police officer placed a package on the porch, the resident said, and waited in the bedroom. Soon enough, Bridgeforth arrived. “The officer ran from my bedroom down the front steps,” the resident said. “Then two police cars came. It was very dramatic.” Dignan said Bridgeforth had been out of jail for only a couple of months before returning to his old tricks. He was locked up last week, Dignan said, pending a hearing. But Halligan hopes for a longer sentence this time. “Given that he continuously commits similar crimes ... they should put him away for five, 10 years,” he said. Halligan is urging impacted residents to submit victim impact statements to D.C. Superior Court.

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Election reforms There have been many complaints about the D.C. Democratic State Committee’s process last week in choosing Sekou Biddle as interim at-large D.C. Council member in place of now-Chairman Kwame Brown. Editorials, articles and blogs have called the three-stage vote — in which council members lobbied committee members and committee members held discussions in a private room — chaotic, distasteful and “enough to make anyone abandon hope in democracy.” The vote began in favor — but short of a majority — toward Mr. Biddle, then shifted to an even split and finally ended with Mr. Biddle’s win. And amid all the chaos, it was unclear exactly who had voted for whom. All that leaves the District with a council member who, though he may well do a good job, has been selected by a tiny portion of voters who were heavily influenced by a cadre of politicians. Mr. Biddle will also have a major leg up in the April special election, making it quite possible that a small, insider group will have effectively selected a long-term legislator. While the city’s charter has party committees fill temporary atlarge posts, ward seats must await a special election. Neither seems ideal. Instead, we suggest that the party committees make the temporary appointments — at-large and ward representatives — but that the chosen member not be allowed to run in the subsequent election. He or she would be a caretaker, until an election can be held. Alternatively, the council, which under current rules steps in when the person who vacated the seat had no political affiliation, could appoint the temporary members, with the same rule prohibiting those members from holding the seat long-term. Either proposal would provide a better solution to filling vacant seats — decreasing backroom politicking while increasing voters’ contribution.

No taxation without … Mayor Vincent Gray and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton are making a major push for designating the District, absent the National Mall and downtown government buildings, as the nation’s 51st state. We wish them success, but we doubt statehood will be achieved absent overwhelming Democratic congressional majorities. Even then, it would be a challenge. Democrats representing Maryland and Virginia likely would be opposed to statehood, as it could give the District the right to levy a commuter tax. And traditionally, new states have been added in pairs, yet there is currently no Republican territory to match the Democratic District. Instead, we urge our representatives to consider revising their message: “no taxation” until we can have representation. This concept has precedent. Before Hawaii and Alaska were admitted as states, residents of both territories were free from federal income taxes. Yet the move didn’t prove a barrier to statehood. It’s also an argument that could appeal to Republicans in Congress, as it aligns with general GOP principles. While there are downsides — such as the possibility of rapid gentrification, from well-heeled suburbanites swarming to the city to shrink their tax burdens — we think the move would be more than fair. Until D.C. residents can have the full representation that they deserve, their dollars should not go to the system in which they have no real say. In the Jan. 12 issue, the editorial “Working With Walgreens” incorrectly identified Mike Silverstein — rather than Gary Griffith — as one of the protestants in the case. The Current regrets the error.

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ormer U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers lost her job back in 2004 when she said publicly that her force was being stretched too thin. “Tom, I felt betrayed,” she told us in an interview. “To this day I don’t know what went wrong. … The hammer fell.” Now, after all these years, she’s won an appeal to get her job back, and she’s anxious to try on her old uniform again. “They took it back,” she said, laughing, during an interview with NBC4. “I haven’t been able to try it on. And I’m sure — a few gray hairs, a few extra pounds — we’ll have to see. Maybe I’ll have to get back on that bicycle a little more.” Chambers has always had a good sense of humor and strong sense of right and wrong. She says she realizes she’s become a symbol for any worker who loses his or her job unfairly. When the Interior Department under President George W. Bush dismissed her, she didn’t give up. And last week, after endless paperwork and testimony, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board ruled that Chambers is entitled to get her job back within 20 days and is entitled to more than $800,000 in back pay and interest. The money is nice, but it’s her reputation she wants back. And does she really want to return to the chief’s job? “Absolutely. They’re directed to put me back in the position and that’s what we seek, that’s been the goal,” she said. “It’s an opportunity to serve the law enforcement profession and to serve our country at the same time. And I look forward to getting back to that work.” As this workweek unfolded, Chambers met late Tuesday afternoon with Interior Department officials. Emerging from the discussion, she said she was pleased with the meeting’s professionalism and that everyone is working out the details of her return to the job. It looks like Chambers will be trying on that uniform again. “It’s really just the paperwork at this point,” she said. ■ Zodiac zapped. The most fun story of the past week was news that astronomical readings of the heavens have disrupted the astrological basis for Zodiac signs. The shifting of the planets apparently has changed the date alignment. For example, your Notebook was a Leo but now is a Cancer. There’s even a new sign — Ophiuchus (the Snake Handler) — that covers Dec. 1 through 18. It’s too complicated to explain. But we did have fun asking people what they thought of the changes. Not much, it turned out. Many said they’d keep

reading the horoscopes of their old signs. We suggest you read both, and then pick the one you like. Whether it really means anything anyway is up to you. ■ Honoring King. We spent the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday at the Lincoln Memorial. As we stood near the spot where King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963, many people walked up to stand where King had stood. We talked with people from all over. Among them was Thomas Blanton, a 59year-old labor leader here in D.C. He was there with a grandchild. He said he didn’t know King personally, but he knew what King was about and what his work wrought. “It’s great that people are learning about King and his contributions, his leadership contributions to the civil rights movement,” he said. “But it’s more important that we’re living under the legacy, we’re living those things that he fought for.” In addition to a protest promoting “peace and justice” and the eclectic tourists, we found the 19th Street Band — a local group — posing for an album cover near the Lincoln Memorial steps. “Thought it was kind of historical,” said bassist Mike Scoglio. “What better day to take pictures in the nation’s capital?” And with that, the trio cued up the bass fiddle, violin and guitar to give us all an impromptu musical treat. ■ Eisenhower’s warning. This week marks the 50th anniversary of another important milestone in American history. On Jan. 19, 1961, days before leaving office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the nation and warned of dangers from the new military-industrial complex. In his farewell, the president said it was necessary for America to be armed properly for any modern warfare. But he warned, “We must not fail to comprehend its grave implications.” Eisenhower looked directly into the camera, his face projected on the stark black-and-white televisions of the time. “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.” The Notebook would just like to note that Eisenhower’s warning remains relevant. And his words would apply even more to the newer “national security complex” that continues to rise rapidly in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, now 10 years later. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Walgreens editorial wrong on Silverstein

As one of the residents involved in the protest of the Walgreens license to sell beer and wine at its West End location, I was pleased to read your Jan. 12 editorial, “Working with Walgreens.” It was great to have The Current’s commendation for this cooperative agreement. However, the editorial contains one error that I’d like to correct. Mike Silverstein was not one of the eight protestants, and the words you attribute to him at the end of the editorial were mine. I know Mike and the work in

which he is involved. He is a current member of the Dupont Circle advisory neighborhood commission, and its former chair. He is also a member of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Mr. Silverstein was not involved in the negotiations, but was rather an impartial member of the board. It might, in fact, have been improper for him to have been otherwise involved without notifying his fellow board members. I think you have the two of us confused. Mike and I are occasionally involved in the same issues, but not always on the same side. The two neighborhood commissioners mentioned in the editorial, Rebecca Coder and Asher Corson, are members of the Foggy Bottom/West End

commission, and both played an important role. I appreciate the interest The Current takes in the West End, and its reporting on our issues. Our group felt that the Walgreens agreement was both pro-neighborhood and pro-business, and we were heartened to have it recognized as “a sensible accord.” Gary Griffith

West End

Helmet law doesn’t apply to D.C. adults

There is no requirement for adults to wear helmets while cycling in the District. Surely The Current could minimally fact check its letters? Nick Keenan Palisades

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District’s pool. A Cleveland Park resident said the deficiency may have been the cause of an hourlong wait after a call about a potential burglary. The report turned out to be a false alarm, but the homeowner wrote on the neighborhood listserv that the responding officers told her that the wait was due to the removal of squad cars. Assistant Police Chief Diane Groomes said in an interview that the vehicle changes — which have not affected staffing levels — have had “no impact on operations,� a claim disputed by Baumann, who pointed out that the shift took away 10 percent of the 2nd District’s cars.

In fact, said Groomes, a review revealed that the wait experienced by the Cleveland Park resident was due to “dispatcher delay,� not a shortage of police vehicles. The shift began with two cars moving from the 2nd District — which started 2011 as one of the two districts in the city with the most cars — to the 7th District, said Groomes. The 7th District, which spans much of the area east of the Anacostia River, sees more wear and tear on its vehicles due to pursuits and other intense use in that high-crime area than do other districts, said Groomes. And with little hope for additional resources due to budget cuts, she added, the department has to use existing assets as best as possible. Then, said Groomes, “we looked

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visible to passersby, he said. There’s already pressure from the site on parking, said community members at a recent meeting. One neighbor said she had to hire a security guard to prevent government contractors — who are not allowed to park on the campus — from parking on her property. But increasing the number of on-site workers while holding parking spots steady is doable, said federal program specialist Suzanne Hill. A transportation management plan aims to halve the percentage of employees who drive alone to work, and incentives would push employees to use transit and existing shuttles more often, Hill said. What’s missing from the mix, however, are any downsides to driving to the campus, said new commissioner Tom Quinn. Free parking, as the government complex offers, will always draw more drivers than pay-

again� and made another move of three cars from the 2nd District. Other districts saw poaching as well; two cars, for example, were moved from the 3rd District, she noted. As police have worked to stem the burglary tide in Ward 3, other problems have sprung up. Armed robberies “are the real issue,� claimed one neighbor at last week’s meeting. The resident of the 4100 block of Harrison Street reported that his wife was attacked on the couple’s front porch as she was unlocking the door. New Cmdr. Reese said that he would step up the police presence in the area, and reports indicate that he has, including having an “outdoor roll call� assembly of several squad cars on the block Saturday.

to-park sites will, he said. Traffic around Ward Circle, which the federal property borders, is another headache that some Homeland Security employees already exacerbate, said residents. During the morning rush hour, inbound Massachusetts Avenue traffic is not supposed to turn left into the campus entrance, but residents say many cars do. The problematic traffic circle is likely to be the center of transportation concerns over the federal project as well as over growth proposed by American University. The advisory neighborhood commission that covers the south side of the circle has already authorized a $20,000 outlay to study the cumulative transportation effects of the changes proposed by the two institutions. The federal government has already done its own traffic study — and, according to that document, which is included in the draft impact statement, the projections for Ward Circle are dim. With or without the proposed changes, according to the government’s transportation study, rush-hour conditions around Ward Circle will worsen in almost every direction by 2020.

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Ms. Henderson.� She called the plan “ill-conceived� and full of “Band-Aid� approaches. Parent Mia Pettus said the plan smacks of the sort of top-down decision-making she associates with former Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. “Michelle Rhee ran the school system like a dictatorship,� she said. And she was equally disappointed in the plan itself. “It’s ridiculous,� she said. “This is what you do to a school that’s failing.� On the contrary, she said, Hardy is a successful school that has suffered a setback after a change in leadership. “This is evidence that the current administration we have can’t handle the school,� she said. In fact, Pettus and other parents said Hardy — once a “premier� middle school — has been in turmoil since Rhee removed longtime principal Patrick Pope and replaced him with Dana Nerenberg. The arts program has been decimated, they said, and chaos rules the corridors. Parents said a student recently lit a fire inside the school, one teacher is facing allegations of corporal punishment, and fights and bullying are common. On Jan. 14, a delegation of parents and students converged on Mayor Vincent Gray’s office to ask that he return Pope to his post. The mayor wasn’t there, Pettus said, but parents spoke to two deputies. “We didn’t get any commitment, but we

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are going to work through what the result is going to be,� she said. She added that Gray was sympathetic to parents’ concerns in the months leading up to Pope’s departure last year. “He is acutely aware of our situation,� she said. Miles-Crocker said she expects Gray to do what it takes to improve conditions at Hardy. “He said he would make this situation right,� she said. “My hope is that the mayor will keep to his word.� But not all Hardy parents are unhappy. “I think that the administration is being responsive and is doing what they can to make sure Hardy is where it needs to be in terms of excellence,� said parent Lisa Simpson. “I don’t think the administration is perfect. I do think the administration is trying.� Simpson’s daughter, a sixthgrader, is one of a cohort of kids who came to the school from HydeAddison Elementary, which is also under Nerenberg’s leadership. “My daughter does not come home feeling like she’s in a war zone,� Simpson said. “Has she seen fights? Yes. ... Is it every day? Absolutely not.� Simpson said it’s time for parents to work together to improve the situation at Hardy. “I understand that people are upset,� she said. “But I also know that the current administration didn’t ask for Patrick Pope to be removed. ... We have a responsibility at some point to say, ‘It is what it is. This is the hand you were dealt.’ It’s time to move forward in a solution-focused and productive manner.�

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lined the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in the early 20th century. Some died off over time, but the Park Service for many decades didn’t have the money to replace them. The parkway is a national landmark, its landmark nomination specifically citing “the widely spaced allĂŠe of sycamore trees [that] function as a graceful transition between the monumentally

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Watergate East. Hicks said she had recently refinanced her co-op, and that the appraiser specifically noted her river view in setting the value. “All of Foggy Bottom will be impacted in a negative way, with declining property values if river views are destroyed,â€? she said. Liz Sara, representing Watergate South, predicted declining sale prices at the complex would “drag downâ€? other real estate prices in Foggy Bottom. Sara called the Park Service’s decision to restore an 80year-old landscape plan along the parkway “unreasonable and rigid.â€? “A 1930s plan could not possibly take into account the evolution of this particular neighborhood,â€? she said. The Foggy Bottom advisory neighborhood commission, Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans and D.C. Del. Eleanor Homes Norton submitted statements urging replacement of the sycamores with shorter trees or shrubs. The Park Service’s position was unyielding. Steve Lorenzetti, deputy director for the National Mall and the monuments, said replacement of trees — even those that died decades ago — is Park Service policy and does not require public hearings or approval. “These trees pre-dated and postdate the Watergate,â€? Lorenzetti said. “In the late ’70s, we were not as efficient in replacing trees, and now we’re finally able to replace them.â€? He said the agency was unaware of any opposition before the sycamores went in. Lorenzetti also explained why other species would not do. The sycamore, he said, “is a fine tree for us, because they climb up high, so the view [for cyclists, pedestrians and motorists on the parkway] is maintained. ‌ A lower tree will not give you that boulevard, that majestic sense.â€? Peter May, an associate regional director with the National Park Service who also sits on the planning commission, said some community residents “strongly supportâ€? the new sycamore trees. “We’re sensitive to this, but there’s a broader benefit that goes beyond people immediately impacted,â€? he said. The planning commissioners were clearly torn. They asked if other trees, or perhaps another species of sycamore, could accomplish the Park Service’s goal. “You’d get a funny allĂŠe, not a uniform allĂŠe,â€? Lorenzetti replied. Miller moved to table a vote for one month and asked the Park Service to research other trees. Tregoning seconded the motion. “I’m not convinced we couldn’t meet the historic plan, yet mitigate some of the concerns of the Watergate residents,â€? she said. May and Mina Wright, representing the U.S. General Services Administration, were the only dissenters. Asked if the delay will cause the Park Service any problems, May acknowledged approval is “not time-sensitiveâ€? because construction is already complete.

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The People and Places of Northwest Washington

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Hebrew goes digital at Glover Park synagogue By MARION LEVY Current Correspondent

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he Northwest reform synagogue Temple Micah, like most synagogues in America, offers Hebrew instruction to its members. But unlike at any other synagogue, the learning does not take place at Temple Micah. Instead, the synagogue uses Skype to tutor its students in their own homes. And while the use of Skype is innovative, the revamping of the entire educational system that brought it about is even more so. The computer learning is an integral part of an approach to teaching Judaism called Machon Micah — “Micah Institute” in Hebrew — that Rabbi Daniel Zemel initiated in response to the changing role of the synagogue in the lives of its members. The idea for Machon Micah came to Zemel in 2006, when he realized that the old method for teaching Judaism was based on an outdated model of Jewish life outside the synagogue. The old system was based on the assumption that Jewish children were learning about their culture and heritage from their families and communities as well as in Hebrew school. “The schooling really supplemented and complemented what was already a rich Jewish life,” said Deborah Ayala Srabstein, education director at Temple Micah.

❝Grandparents don’t even live in Jewish neighborhoods anymore. Independent of the synagogue, there are not many places left where there is active Jewish life going on.❞

— Rabi Daniel Zemel

But that is no longer the case in most cities. “The thinking behind [Machon Micah] is, the kids today don’t experience any Jewish life anywhere except maybe their home and the synagogue — that there is no such thing as an ethnic Jewish community that anybody even goes to visit,” said Zemel. “Grandparents don’t even live in Jewish neighborhoods anymore. Independent of the synagogue, there are not many places left where there is active Jewish life going on.” And that has broadened what the synagogue is about, he said. “Tourists ask questions about everything that natives take for granted. And so Jews in America today come to their Judaism in a way that is similar to tourists,” said

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Nine-year-old Temple Micah congregant Ilana Samuel learns Hebrew over video-phone service Skype. While young members do take classes at the synagogue, using Skype to develop their written language at home frees up classroom time for other lessons in Judaism, says the temple’s education director. Zemel. Using the old-school education models today meant Jewish children “were learning about their own traditions in a classroom as if they were learning about some other people and not their own traditions,” said Srabstein. So Zemel decided to rethink the entire system of Jewish education, “because nothing can be taken for granted anymore,” he said. “Nothing.” The rabbi formed a task force to investigate ways to re-think teaching Judaism, with one subgroup

focusing on how best to teach Hebrew. The task force had been meeting once a month or more for a year when the temple hired Srabstein as its education director in 2008, and it was the new hire who came up with the idea of using Skype to tutor students in Hebrew. The idea was to give students oneon-one attention while freeing up classroom time for other elements of Jewish education. “Because these educational programs tend to be three, five, seven hours a week, teaching all of the tradition, all of the culture, the holi-

days, the history, the literature of our tradition, and the language — I mean, we’re being asked to do the impossible … [because kids] are not getting it in their homes, and there’s just too much to impart in this kind of framework” said Srabstein. She guesses the 15-minute weekly Skype sessions, which supplement computer and other athome work, free up an hour to an hour and a half of class time. “So it’s a pretty remarkable trade-off,” she said. “And the one-on-one is so See Skype/Page 19

For GWU students, a ‘day on, not a day off’ at Ballou By TEKE WIGGIN

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Above, GWU students Paulina Kanakos and Patrick Cero paint a mural at Ballou. Right, GWU Student Association president Jason Lifton and GWU president Steven Knapp pose in front of another mural.

ed, yellow and green hands stretch up through a brown background on a stretch of wall in the long halls of Ward 8’s Ballou High School. “School and Community Beautification Project,” reads the mural. “MLK Day of Service/January 17, 2011.” George Washington University President Steven Knapp said that to pinpoint the exact meaning of the mural, you’d have to ask Guerrilla Arts Ink, the art education group that co-sponsored the day of service with his university on Monday. But he could tell you a little bit: The variegated hands celebrated diversity. And their urgent reach upward? That represents a common aspiration toward achievement. Present for an event whose message of service was emblazoned on every participant’s shirt — “Day on, Not a Day off” — Knapp rallied his students behind an effort to

restore and decorate the halls of the high school. Ballou students also chipped in to spruce up their school. “Be the change that you want to see in the world,” reads one quotation next to a stencil of its author, Mohandas Gandhi, on a hallway wall. According to principal Rahman Branch, Ballou began to develop especially strong ties with George Washington after a Ballou student won a Trachtenberg Scholarship last year. The scholarship provides a full ride to the university.

In another collaborative effort, he said, George Washington sponsors a black cinema club at Ballou, which a university faculty member leads. “They’re keeping their eye on more of our students,” Branch said, noting that the relationship stands as a testament “that a lot of people from different walks of life are all invested in the success on this side of the river.” On four other campuses across Ward 8, George Washington students conducted similar missions Monday, enhancing schools with inspirational murals and quotations. Along with the 150-odd university students, this group included Guerilla Art Ink, which designed many of the murals. The federal No Child Left Behind Act “wiped out” many of the District’s arts programs, said Guerilla Art founder Gabriel Asheru Benn, who said the refurbishment effort was one of his organization’s many attempts to help repair the damage. Guerilla See MLK/Page 28

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Spotlight on Schools Aidan Montessori School

In Mrs. Mosher’s upper-elementary class, the students are looking forward to many things. Fifth-grader Serena Brown is looking forward to the science and math fair. This year, some of the topics the students are researching are friction, weather and botany.

School DISPATCHES Fifth-grader Sofia Brown said that she cannot wait to go to Echo Hill, where Mrs. Mosher’s class goes to every year. Students sleep over for three nights at the environmental education center. Fourth-grader Jaquelin Weymouth said she is excited about the play. The elementary class will be performing “Oliver.� Fourth-grader Eva Sophia Shimanski is also looking forward to doing the play as well as learning new lessons. “I am basically looking forward to all of the coming events,� fifth-

grader Lucia Braddock said. — Ashton Lindeman, fifth-grader, and Rowan Bortz, fourth-grader

British School of Washington

Recently the junior school put on the play “Puss in Boots.� The senior school is putting on the play “Return to the Forbidden Planet,� and I decided to participate in the chorus. No matter how small a part you have, this is a big job for everyone; there are rehearsals every Wednesday after school for the whole cast and plenty in between. We have been learning many songs. We are enjoying producing the play and look forward to performing it February. — Maya Ahuja Hofheiz, Year 7 San Francisco (sixth-grader)

Eaton Elementary

The third-graders read a book called “Molly’s Pilgrim,� about a girl named Molly who came to America from Russia with her par-

ents for a better life. At her new school, kids kept teasing her because she didn’t know the language, didn’t wear the same clothes and celebrated different holidays. Molly was sad and lonely. The class learned about pilgrims and had to make a pilgrim doll. Molly made a doll that was her mom. Everybody thought that it wasn’t even a pilgrim and Molly thought that she didn’t do the right thing, but the teacher explained that Molly’s mother was a pilgrim because she traveled a long way for a better life. After we finished the book, we had to do an assignment just like Molly’s class. We had to make our own culture dolls. We had to make the base of the doll in art class out of newspaper and tape. Then, at home we had to write a paragraph about our own family’s culture and tell about a pilgrim in our own family. We had to make clothes for the doll to make it look like that culture. Finally, we each got to share our doll and paragraph with

our classmates. — Stone Walker, Jaidyn Campfield, Henry Frankel and Amelia Myre, third-graders

The Field School

This week Dale (the head of school) came back from his sabbatical. We welcomed him back with open arms. We had an all-school “Welcome Back� assembly, which pretty much consisted of cheers and applause for Dale. We were able to reunite with friends and see all our teachers again. We told each other stories about what happened over our breaks. Some people traveled around the country, and some traveled out of the country. But for most people their biggest trip was to the supermarket. Some teachers traveled around the globe, like our math teacher, who went to India. The founder of our school, Elizabeth Ely, sadly passed away last year. On Jan. 7, we had a day dedicated to Elizabeth Ely. We had an assembly dedicated to her where

students stood up to thank her for her beloved creation of The Field School. — Ted Tron and Connor Madan, eighth-graders

Georgetown Day School

There are two exciting upcoming arts events at Georgetown Day School. On Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. is the Middle School Dance Showcase. Seventh- and eighthgraders will perform choreographed and improvised pieces, and there will be guest appearances by high school dancers. Marissa Joseph, a 2007 graduate who will be moving to Israel to dance with the Kibbutz Dance Company, will perform a modern dance solo. The High School Winter OneActs, an evening of short shows directed, produced and designed by students, are coming up. This year’s titles range from Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,� excerpted and directed by senior Calder Hudson, to John Glore’s “The Morpheus Quartet,� directed by senior Aliza Sotsky. Shows will be Jan. 26 through 29 at 7:30 p.m. — Samantha Shapiro, sixth-grader

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The Holy Trinity School Chorus is made up of third- and fourthgraders who choose to use their free study time during the school day to participate in the chorus program. We have had many performance opportunities, including singing at Georgetown University Hospital, the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, the Four Seasons Hotel and a Georgetown festival covered by Fox 5. The chorus also sings at all of our school masses and at the Christmas show. The music teachers who put all this together are Mrs. Mary Lou Galvin and Mrs. Michelle Tober. One of the most fun chorus performances was singing at Georgetown University. When we arrived there, we got to eat in its dining hall. It’s very big with a pizza place and an ice cream bar. Then we sang in an old, beautiful library called Riggs Library. The chorus also visited the Four Seasons Hotel in December and sang lots of songs like “Deck the Halls.� There were lots of decorations. The chorus was there to sing at a party for the Christmas season. We also sang to guests of the hotel and people who were walking by. — Olivia Silsby, Lexi Morales, Spencer Morgan, Jack Kelly and Aidan Mitchell, fourth-graders

Janney Elementary

Respect is important at Janney. We give out Paw Prints because we like to reward students for good behavior. The idea behind the Paw Print is that it is the symbol of our mascot, the Janney Jaguar. Ms. Green and Ms. Watkins, See Dispatches/Page 15

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administrative assistants at the school, collect Paw Prints and keep track of how many we earn. Once we earn 1,000 as a school, we will have a whole-school celebration. Ms. Leventhal, our school social worker, said, “In the past we have had many Paw Print celebrations. One time, we had no homework for a week. For another, we had a moon bounce on campus, and for a third, we had an extra recess with Popsicles and lots more. We try to do something unique every time.” Principal Norah Lycknell said, “Paw Prints are unique because they help everyone in the community, not just the student who gets the Paw Print.”

Kingsbury Day School

We will have exams in a week and are getting a lot of assignments from our teachers. I have an essay for English, a PowerPoint presentation for science and a project for art. In English we are reading “Othello” by William Shakespeare. We are comparing the two Othellos. The first is a charming and naive person who desperately seeks Desdemona’s hand in marriage. The second is a suspicious, violent and angry man. William Shakespeare made the drama complicated and nerve-racking so that you would jump in your seats. My classmates and I just finished a project for my history teacher in which we each were given a department to research, display on a pamphlet and present to the class and teacher. I researched the Treasury Department. This department is part of the executive branch. The president heads the executive branch. In science class we had to research an energy resource like solar energy. My resource is wind energy. The wind comes from different directions, which keeps the turbine moving and making more energy, generating electricity. In art we are taking a poem and turning it into a multimedia project. The poem has to be about freedom. I’m going to contribute wire, canvas and paint, CDs (because of the

reflection) and a touch of magic. — Aiman Iapalucci, 12th-grader

Lafayette Elementary

In Jeff Kinney’s book, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw,” he writes, “You know how you’re supposed to come up with a list of resolutions at the beginning of the year to try to make yourself a better person?” Lafayette’s fourth-graders made quite a few resolutions. I interviewed some classmates and friends. Among the goals they want to accomplish are spending more time practicing their musical instruments, eating healthier, and avoiding junk food. Not surprisingly, many of the resolutions involve school. Several fourth-graders hope to get better grades in school. Others said they plan to get to school on time, participate and be more attentive in class, and try to become better students. When asked how they would know that they had achieved their goal or were at least making good progress toward it, fourth-grader Greta Jalen said, “I will feel that my world is calmer. And, of course, the expression on my teacher’s face will be nicer when I’m five minutes earlier for school!” If they break their resolutions, how will these fourth-graders feel? Most will be unhappy with themselves, but say they will start over again. Fourth-grader Gerald Young was one of the students who wants to eat healthier and make better grades in 2011. “But if I break my current resolutions, I will just find a new goal to accomplish.” — Sari Finn, fourth-grader

Lowell School

Recently students in the sixthgrade marine biology elective dissected a goldfish. The dissection began with a visual presentation by the science teacher, Kavan Yee. He showed the fish on the SMART Board. He walked the class through the packet and showed them how to do cuts on the fish. He also told them to play with the eye, open the mouth, look for an air balloon in the fish, and much more. Kavan also explained the materials in the tool kit that each student had. He said he purchased the goldfish from the pet store and put ice on them to let them die under the

ice. He said there is always a chance that the fish will have a nerve reaction and move when dissected. Luckily, none of them did. Some students were very into dissecting, like Brandon, who informed this reporter that, “I haven’t used gloves yet and I’m not going to!” When asked what was the most interesting thing about dissecting a goldfish, Zach, another student, said, “Seeing that it has more inside it than it seems.” This was a fun, and for some,

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Mann Elementary

The third-, fourth and fifthgrade students recently went to our first play rehearsal. It was music practice for the big show. We did it in the cafeteria, and we had to be there at 8:30 a.m. We will be rehearsing every Thursday at 8:30 in the community center until we do the big show at American University’s Greenberg Theater. We don’t know what the title is

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yet. It is a show about Ben Franklin, the inventor and American revolutionary. It is a musical. Ms. Pace is the director. It will be put on in May. — Camille Blackman, Mikey Brady, Pia Doran, Jonah Gersten, Bernard McGuire, Hugh Mullane, Annie Rafferty and Siena Waldman, third-graders

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snow-covered branches of Rock Creek Park that line Oregon Avenue. But to truly appreciate the natural resources that sit near this 1985 home, look at a map: The quiet cul-de-sac of Oregon Knolls Drive is sandwiched in a corner created by Rock Creek Park and parkland surrounding the Pinehurst tributary. The site offers ample hiking and biking opportunities, of course, but there are other advantages, say the owners. Silver Spring is minutes away by car through the park, and downtown and Friendship Heights are surprisingly close as well. Sited a bit above some nearby homes, this property seems almost part of the nearby parkland: Its many windows — almost all rooms feature at least two exposures — offer views of now-bare treetops and beyond. Owners took advantage of the sunny location when they renovated the kitchen. Now a dining table nestles in a bright bay lined by the

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This three-bedroom Chevy Chase home is priced at $929,000. same hardwood that extends into the refurbished kitchen. A modern pendant light tops that table and adds a shot of contemporary style to the traditional — though unfussy — lines of cherry cabinetry and stainless-steel appliances here. A gas Dacor cooktop and separate oven sit near a warming drawer, and an appliance garage offers a useful way to corral clutter. A nearby storage spot, a custom-built multi-tiered pantry, provides another. The ample natural light in this home welcomes a range of wall colors. The window-lined living room is a neutral warm wheat and ready for all seasons: The focal point here is a wood-burning fireplace, while a side door leads to a screened porch cooled by a ceiling fan. “Spring to fall, we’re out here

all the time,� owner Boldrick said of the mosquito-proof porch. Lounging furniture sits here now, as well as a spot to enjoy the products of the grill just outside the screened area. The living room is in fact one of two here. Another space off the main entry also centers on a fireplace. So buyers have options — make this second space more formal and television-free, for example, or use it as a library or home office, as owners do now. A dining room is cheerful in a grayed-out cornflower blue; the hue works surprisingly well with the warm wood of a dining set. Upstairs, three bedrooms surround a large central landing that owners now use to house bookshelves. Two of the bedrooms feature new carpet and share a hall bath, while the master is a large retreat somewhat removed from the rest of this level. A vaulted ceiling and raised fireplace set this butter-yellow space apart. Near the hearth is ample room for a sitting area, and a door here leads to a private balcony. Closets, including a walk-in area, line a hallway to the renovated master bathroom, which features a walk-in shower and spa tub. This home’s bottom level offers

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way can also fit up to four vehicles, owners say. This three-bedroom home with two full- and two half-baths at 3006 Oregon Knolls Drive is offered for $929,000. Yearly homeowners association fees total $1,500. For details, contact Realtor Marin Hagen of the Bergstrom Team at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage at 202-4715256 or mhagen@cbmove.com.

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replacing the conduit pipes on 18th Street, but that there will be some temporary power shutoffs. The schedule for the 18th Street reconstruction project is being reviewed over a two- to three-week period. A website with a two-week lookahead schedule is available at adamsmorganstreetscapeproject.com. ■commissioners voted unanimously to request a review of the proposed ramp at the Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library to determine whether it violates city zoning law, as was stated by a commission study. Commissioner Marty Davis said the proposed ramp violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and possibly similar D.C. regulations. ■commissioners voted 5-0, with Marty Davis and Olivier Kamanda abstaining, to make the $20,000 the commission had set aside for an attorney to work on voluntary agreements available to use for any alcohol-related matter. Resident Steve Trynosky complained about the budget item, saying that $20,000 amounts to half the commission’s budget and that it’s being used for “going after good corporate citizens.� He said the money should be used for grants. Commission chair Wilson Reynolds said the money would probably not have to be spent, as bars and restaurants would be aware that the commission would fight them if they tried to get out of their voluntary agreements. “There are some bad players on the street,� said commissioner Gabriela Mossi, and the $20,000 would show “we’re prepared to negotiate� or fight. ■commissioners voted unanimously to join the Kalorama Citizens Association in opposing the request of Heaven and Hell, 2327 18th St., to void its voluntary agreement. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. Agenda items include: ■remarks by at-large D.C. Council member Michael Brown. ■update on the 18th Street reconstruction project. ■update on the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority’s small-diameter water-main replacement project. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org. ANC 2A ANCBottom 2A Foggy ■FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at St. Mary’s Court, 725 24th St. NW. Agenda items include: ■report on the Stevens School visioning committee. ■consideration of George Washington University’s application for a second-stage planned-unit development on Square 103 (Law Learning Center). ■consideration of George Washington University’s application for a campus plan amendment to cover acquisition of three proper-

ties within the campus boundaries. ■presentation on George Washington University’s restoration of historic town houses at 20th and G streets. ■consideration of a proposed development at 1700 New York Ave. by Carr Properties on the parking lot of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. ■consideration of a public space application for curb cuts at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel, 515 20th St. ■consideration of a public space application by Litestars, 2101 L St., for a sidewalk cafe. ■updates on Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration applications by the Rookery/Bayou and Shadow Room. ■election of officers. For details, call 202-630-6026 or visit anc2a.org. ANC 2B ANC Circle 2B Dupont ■DUPONT CIRCLE The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Brookings Institution building, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net. ANC 2C2C ANC Shaw ■SHAW The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library, 1630 7th St. NW. For details, call 202-387-1596. ANC 2D2D ANC Sheridan-Kalorama ■SHERIDAN-KALORAMA The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 24 at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. Agenda items include: ■election of officers. ■updates from neighborhood groups. ■updates on a public-space application for an outdoor cafe at 2100 Connecticut Ave.; a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for renovation and expansion of a vacant embassy building for chancery use at 2406 Massachusetts Ave.; a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for construction of a new chancery and embassy staff residential building at 2300-2310 Connecticut Ave.; and an Alcoholic Beverage Control license renewal application by Veritas Wine Bar at 2031 Florida Ave. For details, contact davidanc2d01@aol.com or visit anc2d.org. ANC 2F 2F ANC Logan Circle ■LOGAN CIRCLE The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW. For details, call 202-667-0052 or visit anc2f.org.

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■A weekly workshop will offer instruction in “Sahaja Yoga Meditation.� 7 p.m. Free. West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707.

Concert ■The Diotima String Quartet will perform. 7:30 p.m. $20; $15 for students. Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW. InstantSeats.com. Discussions and lectures ■Editor Marita Golden and contributor Edward P. Jones (shown) will discuss their contributions to the book “The Word� and how the acts of reading and writing have deeply affected their lives and the lives of others. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■Roger Rosenblatt will discuss his book “Unless It Moves the Human Heart: The Craft and Art of Writing.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■The Chevy Chase Neighborhood

Library will host a six-week “Jung Reading Group.� 7 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. Films

â– The Japan Information and Culture Center will present Kyoko Gasha’s 2009 film “Mothers’ Way, Daughters’ Choice,â€? about the lives of several Japanese women who struggle to reconcile a traditional upbringing with the desire to create unique lives. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Japan Information and Culture Center, 1155 21st St. NW. jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp. â– The French CinĂŠmathèque series will feature Olivier Assayas’ film “Carlos,â€? about the notorious international terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal. 8 p.m. $11; $9 for students; $8.25 for seniors; $8 for ages 12 and younger. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Performance ■“The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration� will feature students from the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre performing Kanji Segawa’s “Toward the Light,� “Pas de Deux� from Vasily Vainonen’s “Flames of Paris,� and Raymond Lukens’ “Divertissement.� 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Thursday at 6 p.m. Reading ■A reading to benefit the group Food & Friends will feature members of American University’s creative writing faculty, including Kyle Dargan (shown), Danielle Evans, Stephanie Grant, David Keplinger, Richard McCann, Andrew Holleran and Rachel Louise Synder. 7 to 10 p.m. $5 donation suggested. Founder’s Room, School of International School Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2972. Thursday, January 20 Thursday JANUARY 20 Children’s program ■A park ranger will lead ages 3 and

older on a “Discovery Hikeâ€? along the Woodland Trail in search of signs of animals. 4 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-8956070. Classes and workshops â– Ray Franklin-Vaughn will lead a weekly class on “Classical Yang Style T’ai Chi Ch’uanâ€? for area seniors. 10:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Friendship Terrace Retirement Community, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202-244-7400. â– Housing Counseling Services, a local nonprofit, will present information on programs and resources available to first-time home buyers. 11 a.m. Free. Suite 100, 2410 17th St. NW. 202-667-7712. The seminar will repeat Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. â– The U.S. Botanic Garden will offer a workshop for elementary school teachers on “How Plants Work.â€? 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Free; registration required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-1116. â– Geraldine Amaral will lead a seminar on “Tarot Messages.â€? 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $39. First Class Inc., 1726 20th St. NW. 202-797-5102. Concert â– Tribute artist Scot Bruce and his four backup musicians will present “Elvis Presley, Live-in-Concert.â€? 7 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633633-8520. 202-633-8520. Discussions and lectures ■“Hungary’s Media Lawâ€? will feature panelists AndreĂĄs KoltĂĄy, a member of Hungary’s Media Oversight Board; ZoltĂĄn KovĂĄcs, Hungarian secretary of state for government communications; and Kurt Volker, managing director of the School of Advanced International Studies Center for Transatlantic Relations. 10 a.m. Free; reservations required. Rome Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-6635883. â– Toni Michelle Travis will discuss her book “Democratic Destiny and the District of Columbia: Federal Politics and Public Policy.â€? 11:30 a.m. $30; reservations required. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW.

Wednesday, JANUARY 19 ■Lecture: U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., will discuss “LGBT Rights Are Human Rights.� 8 p.m. Free. Mary Graydon Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202885-3321.

202-232-7363. ■Jack Hamann will discuss his book “On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of WWII.� Noon. Free. Jefferson Room, National Archives Building, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■Curator Anne Goodyear will lead a gallery talk on Marcel Duchamp. 6 to 6:30 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■A gallery talk will focus on “A Day in the Country: Renoir’s ‘Luncheon of the Boating Party.’� 6 and 7 p.m. Donation suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151. ■Editors Harold Holzer and Craig Symonds will discuss their book “The New York Times Complete Civil War 18611865.� 6 p.m. $10. President Lincoln’s Cottage, Upshur Street and Rock Creek Church Road NW. 202-829-0436, ext. 31228. ■Jay Krueger, senior conservator of modern paintings at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss some of the unique techniques that artists of the Washington Color School employed in their abstract canvases. 6:30 p.m. $10; $8 for students and seniors; free for ages 11 and younger. Reservations suggested. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1770. ■Tamara Chalabi will read her book “Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: The Lost

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Dreams of My Iraqi Family.� 6:30 p.m. Free. Borders, 18th and L streets NW. 202466-4999. ■Elaine Fuchs of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at Rockefeller University will discuss “Stem Cells: Their Biology and Promise for Regenerative Medicine.� 6:45 p.m. Free. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1530 P St. NW. 202-328-6988. ■Witold Rybczynski will discuss his book “Makeshift Metropolis: Ideas About Cities.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■The Georgetown Book Club will discuss “A Visit From the Goon Squad� by Jennifer Egan. 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202727-0232. ■The Palisades Garden Association will present “Honey in the City,� featuring a local beekeeper’s firsthand experiences. 7:30 p.m. Free. Grand Oaks Assisted Living, 5901 MacArthur Blvd. NW. 202-6861229. Friday, January 21

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Concerts ■The Friday Morning Music Club will perform works by Poulenc and Blake. Noon. Free. Sumner School Museum, 1201 17th St. NW. 202-333-2075. ■“Arts @ Midday� series will feature theater director Gillian Drake reading excerpts from T.S. Eliot’s World War II-era masterpiece “Four Quartets� and pianist Sonya Sutton performing movements from some of Beethoven’s late piano sonatas. 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Free. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 3001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-363-8286. ■New York-based throwback group Francis and the Lights, fronted by singer Francis Farewell Starlite, will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■The 18th Street Singers, a choir of young professionals, will present “Choir Masters,� its annual winter concert. 7:30 p.m. $10. First Trinity Lutheran Church, 501 4th St. NW. 18thstreetsingers.com. The concert will repeat Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Discussions ■Collector Fleur Bresler and curator Nicholas Bell will lead a gallery talk on “A Revolution in Wood.� Noon. Free. Renwick Gallery, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. ■Conservators Amber Kerr-Allison and Brian Baade will discuss “Painting Techniques of Henry Ossawa Tanner.� 4 p.m. Free. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000. ■Matthias Seidel, adjunct professor of Near Eastern studies at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss “The Red Chapel of Queen Hatshepsut.� 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Rome Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-663-5676. Films

■Reel Affirmations’ “RA Xtra� film series will feature James Kent’s 2010 film “The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister,� about an early19th-century English gentlewoman who See Events/Page 21

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 20 “preferred the fairer sex� and recorded her conquests in a coded diary. 7 and 9:15 p.m. $12. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. reelaffirmations.org. ■The “Film|Neu� series will feature Feo Aladag’s 2010 film “When We Leave,� about a woman who flees to Berlin to make a better life for herself and her 5-year-old son (in Turkish and German with English subtitles). A discussion with Aladag will follow the first screening. 7 and 10 p.m. $10; $8 for seniors and students. Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. filmneu.org. The “Film|Neu� series will continue through Jan. 27. Performances ■Theater J’s “Voices From a Changing Middle East: Portraits of Home� theater festival will feature a reading of “Argentina� by Boaz Gaon. 2 p.m. $5. Bernstein Library, Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3210. ■Patrick Sims will perform the one-man play “Ten Perfect,� about the only person ever known to have survived a lynching in America. 4 p.m. Free. Lohrfink Auditorium, Hariri Building, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-4358. ■The Malcolm X Drummers and Dancers will perform. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. $15 to $50 donation suggested. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.og. Sporting event ■The Washington Wizards will play the Phoenix Suns. 7 p.m. $10 to $475. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-397-7328. Tour

■Walk of the Town tour guide Tim Stewart will present “Monumental Stories,� a walking tour of major attractions. 10:30 a.m. Free; tips appreciated. Meet on 15th Street NW near Pennsylvania Avenue and the northwest corner of the Commerce Department. walkofthetowndc.com. The tour will repeat every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Feb. 20 at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, January 22 Saturday JANUARY 22 Benefit ■“Saturday Night Sipsâ€? will feature celebrity chefs Alice Waters, JosĂŠ AndrĂŠs and Joan Nathan to benefit DC Central Kitchen and Martha’s Table. 6 to 9 p.m. $100. 1609 16th St. NW. saturdaysips.eventbrite.com. Children’s activity â– The Saturday Morning at the National series will feature Joe Jamaldinian sketching the adventures of Penguin Bob. 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets required. Helen Hayes Gallery, National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372. Classes and workshops â– Artist Jean Brinton Jaecks will lead a four-day workshop on “Painting Amaryllis and Spring Bulbs.â€? 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $375; registration required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-1116. The workshop will continue Jan. 23, 29 and 30. â– First Class Inc. will present a seminar on “Conquering Clutter: Get Control of Your

Life.â€? 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $45. First Class Inc., 1726 20th St. NW. 202-797-5102. â– Billy Smith, a certified IKKO instructor, will lead a self-defense seminar. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 703-963-0142. Concerts â– The Washington Performing Arts Society will present Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak performing works by Schubert, Chopin, Franck, FaurĂŠ and Ravel. 2 p.m. $38. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■“The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebrationâ€? will feature mandolin virtuoso and vocalist Sierra Hull. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â– The National Symphony Orchestra and pianist Tzimon Barto will perform works by Lieberson, Bernstein and Gershwin. 8 p.m. $20 to $85. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The concert will repeat Sunday at 1:30 p.m. and Monday at 7 p.m. Discussions and lectures â– Scholars will discuss “Truth to Nature: British Photography and PreRaphaelitism.â€? 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â– An introductory seminar will launch “Move It & Lose It,â€? a 12-week exercise and weight-loss program. 1 p.m. Free. City Fitness Gym, 3525 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-537-0539. â– Richard Panek will discuss his book “The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality.â€? 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Saturday, JANUARY 22 â– Concert: Dumbarton Concerts will present the Brazilian Guitar Quartet performing works by AlbĂŠniz and VillaLobos. 8 p.m. $33; $29 for seniors and students. Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St. NW. 202-965-2000.

a tasting tour of four Adams Morgan restaurants. 2 to 5:15 p.m. $76. Meet at the southwest corner of Columbia Road and 18th Street NW (in front of SunTrust Bank). 202-633-3030. The tour will also be offered Jan. 29. Sunday, January 23 Sunday JANUARY 23 Concerts â– The Washington Performing Arts Society will present cellist Amit Peled performing works by Eccles, Britten, Schumann, Tsintsadze and Beethoven. 2 p.m. $35. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â– The Raphael Trio will perform works by Schubert. 4 p.m. $20. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-3872151.

■Pianist Frederick Moyer will perform. 4 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW. 202-363-2202. ■Lee Dettra of Wilmington, Del., will present an organ recital. 5:15 p.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200. ■“The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration� will feature performances by various U.S. Navy Band ensembles. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Verge Ensemble will perform works by Schoenberg, Ligeti and other composers. 6:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-842-6941. ■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.

Discussions and lectures ■Joseph J. Rishel, professor at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss “Vincent van Gogh Between Past and Future.� 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215. ■Wood artist Mark Sfirri will discuss his works currently on view in the “A Revolution in Wood� exhibition. 2 p.m. Free. Renwick Gallery, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. ■James Zug will discuss his book “Run to the Roar: Coaching to Overcome Fear.� 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Films

■ITVS Community Cinema will present the film “For Once in My Life,� about workers at the Goodwill Industries center in

Miami whose determination, talent and dedication takes them from the rehearsal room to the concert stage as members of the Spirit of Goodwill band. 3 p.m. Free; reservations required. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. 202-939-0794. ■Busboys and Poets will present the film “Lunch Line,� about the national school lunch program. 8 to 10 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Walk

■A park ranger will lead ages 8 and older on a walk through Dumbarton Oaks Park and discuss why it was considered landscape architect Beatrix Ferrand’s “crowning achievement.� 2 p.m. Free. R Street between 30th and 31st streets NW. 202-895-6070.

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Classes ■John Craig will lead a seminar on “Find a Job Fast Using Internet Radio.� 6 to 9 p.m. $45. First Class Inc., 1726 20th St. NW. 202-797-5102. ■A weekly workshop will offer instruction in qi gong, a Chinese practice that uses movement, breathing and meditation techniques. 7 p.m. Free. West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707. Concerts ■“The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration� will feature the U.S. Navy Band Jazz Combo. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■The Young Concert Artists Series will feature flutist Aleksandr Haskin performing works by Clarke, Bach, Mozart, Doppler, See Events/Page 22

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■“Johnny Depp Filmfest� will feature the 2003 film “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.� 1 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

Performance ■TAKE Dance, led by artistic director Takehiro “Take� Ueyama, will perform. 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.

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Sporting event â– The Washington Wizards will play the Boston Celtics. 7 p.m. $10 to $475. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Walks and tours â– A park ranger will lead ages 7 and older on a two-mile hike to Milkhouse Ford and back. 2 p.m. Free. Meet at Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202895-6070. â– The Smithsonian Associates will host

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Events Entertainment Dutilleux, Kornakov and Taktakishvili. 7:30 p.m. $35. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Discussions and lectures ■ Tom DiGiovanni, president of Energy Coaching Associates, will discuss “Control Your Energy in Your Job Search.” 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. Free. Suite T2, 40Plus of Greater Washington, 1718 P St. NW. 202387-1582. ■ Dupont Circle Village will present a talk on “Dispelling the Myths About Alzheimer’s Disease” by Carolyn Ward, program coordinator of the Georgetown University Memory Disorders Program. 3:30 to 5 p.m. $10. 2013 N St. NW. dupontcirclevillage.org. ■ Suzanne Clark, president and chief executive officer of Potomac Research Group, will speak as part of the Distinguished Leaders Series. 4:30 p.m. Free. Hariri Building, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. suzanneclark.eventbrite.com. ■ Clarence Lusane will discuss his book “The Black History of the White House.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ Mark Hertsgaard will discuss his book “Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ The History/Biography Book Club will discuss “Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America” by John M. Barry. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, Wisconsin Avenue and Albemarle Street NW. Films

■ “Marvelous Movie Mondays” will feature the 2008 film “Goodbye Solo.” 2 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

■ “Johnny Depp Filmfest” will feature the 1993 film “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

Performance ■ Theater J’s “Voices From a Changing Middle East: Portraits of Home” theater festival will feature a reading of “A Railway to Damascus” by Hilel Mitelpunkt. 7:30 p.m. $10. Goldman Theater, Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3210. Sporting event ■ The Washington Capitals will play the New York Rangers. 7:30 p.m. $60 to $330. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Tuesday, January 25 Tuesday JANUARY 25 Classes ■ Arnold Sanow will lead a seminar on “How to Up Your Charm Quotient.” 6 to 8 p.m. $39. First Class Inc., 1726 20th St. NW. 202-797-5102. ■ The Jewish Study Center will present a class on “Contemporary Kabbalah — the Madonna Phenomenon vs. Jewish Renewal.” 7 to 8:15 p.m. $40. National Museum of American Jewish Military History, 1811 R St. NW. 202-265-6280. The class will continue Feb. 1. Concert ■ The Fessenden Ensemble will perform works by Bach and Schoenfield. 7:30 p.m. $30; free for students. St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St. NW. 202-362-2390. Discussions and lectures ■ Greg Sottile of Research Frontiers Inc. will discuss “Advancing Sustainability and Security Goals Using Architectural Smart Glass.” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

■ Ron Reagan will discuss his book “My Father at 100: A Memoir.” 12:30 p.m. Free. Borders, 18th and L streets NW. 202466-4999. ■ Editor Kathryn Schneider Smith and contributors Jim Byers, Kia Chatmon, Alison K. Hoagland and Brian Kraft will discuss the book “Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods in the Nation’s Capital” and its chapters on East Washington Heights, Deanwood, downtown and Columbia Heights. 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ Jendayi Frazer, former U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs, will discuss the referendum in southern Sudan on whether to become an independent country. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. City View Room, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. tiny.cc/9emfe. ■ Ron Reagan will discuss his book “My Father at 100: A Memoir.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

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■ The 22nd annual Black Film Festival, spotlighting “Blaxploitation” cinema, will feature “Lockdown” at 3 p.m. and “Doing Hard Time” at 6 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-1291. ■ The Washington Psychotronic Film Society will present Joel M. Reed’s 1976 film “Bloodsucking Freaks,” about a theater director who tortures naked women on stage. 8 p.m. Free; donations suggested. The Passenger, 1021 7th St. NW. 202-4623356.

Performances ■ “The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration” will feature the Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance presenting a “Tribute to the Irish American President.” 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The monthly Beltway Poetry Slam will

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■ The Embassy Series will present pianist Adam György performing works by Chopin and Liszt and his own composition. 7 p.m. $75. Embassy of Hungary, 2950 Spring of Freedom NW. 202-625-2361. The concert will repeat Thursday at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, JANUARY 25 ■ Lecture: Alice Rivlin, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a member of President Barack Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, will discuss “Deficit Reduction.” 11:30 a.m. $30; reservations required. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202232-7363.

feature writers performing original work. 8 p.m. $5. The Fridge DC, 516 8th St. SE. beltwayslam@gmail.com. ■ Local comedian Wayne Manigo will host a weekly comedy show featuring local comics. 8 to 10:30 p.m. Free. RAS Restaurant & Lounge, 4809 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-291-2906. Sporting event ■ The Washington Wizards will play the Denver Nuggets. 7 p.m. $10 to $475. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Wednesday, January 26 Wednesday JANUARY 26 Concerts ■ “The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration” will feature singer/songwriter Blessing Offor performing an eclectic mix of retro R&B and soul sounds. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. LARGEST SELECTION of sheet music in DC!

Discussions and lectures ■ A forum on “Are Your Affairs In Order?” will focus on Social Security, legal issues, wills and powers of attorney, and what to do when disaster strikes. 10:30 a.m. Free. Friendship Terrace Retirement Community, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202-244-7400. ■ Joseph Wheelan will discuss his book “Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape From the Notorious Civil War Prison.” Noon. Free. Room 105, National Archives Building, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ Brigid O’Farrell will discuss her book “She Was One of Us: Eleanor Roosevelt & the American Worker.” Noon. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202633-1000. ■ Poet Dana Gioia, former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, will discuss “The Catholic Writer Today.” 4:15 p.m. Free. Great Room B, Pryzbyla University Center, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. 202-319-5600. ■ “For the Greener Good: Inspired by Nature,” about how the built environment can mimic the biological world, will feature panelists Chris Garvin of Terrapin Bright Green, Veit Kugel of Kennedy & Violich Architecture, Taryn Mead of the Biomimicry Guild and Susan Szenasy of Metropolis. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $20; free for students. Reservations required. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. ■ Keith J. Masback, president of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, will discuss “An Introduction to Geospatial Intelligence.” 6:30 p.m. $15; reservations required. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. ■ Brian Greene will discuss his book “The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Film

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■ The new Reel Israel DC series will feature Eran Riklis’ 2010 film “The Human Resources Manager,” about a disgruntled administrator who rediscovers his own humanity after one of his company’s workers is killed in a suicide bombing. 8 p.m. $11; $9 for students; $8.25 for seniors; $8 for ages 12 and younger. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Performance ■ New Tang Dynasty TV will present Shen Yun Performing Arts in a program of classical Chinese dance and music. 7:30 p.m. $80 to $300. Opera House, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

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room, we have been studying the people of ancient and present Maya. Specifically we have been studying their calendar, jobs, games, writing system, clothing, architecture and math system. We are reading “Time Warp Trio: Me Oh Maya� by Jon Scieszka. The main characters went back in time and ended up in the middle of a Mayan ballgame that was very hard to play because you could hit the ball only with your shoulder or hip! The ball was very heavy and many people got hurt while playing and trying to get the ball to go through a very tall hoop on the side of the wall. The loser was sacrificed to the gods. The Maya built step pyramids for their temples. We built Mayan temples out of Legos. We worked with partners to figure out how to make it look like steps on each side. The Mayan math system is really cool. We solved really hard math problems using the Mayan system.

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Students are preparing for the Winter Formal, an annual dance planned by the sophomore class. This year, the 10th-graders have proposed a (RED) theme in the spirit of allocating some funds raised from the dance to the cause of HIV/AIDS prevention. Sophomore class president Nakisa Sadeghi hopes that it will add a new dimension to the dance and possibly set a precedent for dances to come. She said, “We really want this dance to be an event that people can remember — not just because it was fun, but also because it supported a good cause.� — Parisa Sadeghi, 11th-grader

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to review the upcoming and past events. The most recent assembly was held in Jones Hall on Jan. 11. Many interesting things occurred in this month’s assembly, but one special event was the “Jar of Thanks� presentation read by two fifth-graders. The Jar of Thanks is a big jar outside of the head of school’s office where students can share with the community what they are thankful for. Thankfulness is most related to our core value of love, because to be thankful you need to love yourself and the gifts that God has given us. To contribute, students write down something they are thankful for and place it into the jar. Then, at the next assembly, their thought is shared with the school. This is the first year National Presbyterian has had the Jar of Thanks, and it is thanks to our great chaplain, the Rev. McDonald. — Kathleen Neill, fifth-grader

and liked. He liked jazz. We are also learning about things related to microscopes. I learned that a microscopic view is when you see a picture of a thing that you couldn’t see with the naked eye. We also have something new called Tiger Cards this year. When your teacher sees you doing something good, that means that they “caught� a tiger. Oyster-Adams Bilingual students are called tigers. We have been learning about fluency and calligraphy. I have learned so much in this class. We have learned what the word “distinguishes� means. Here is a way to use it: what distinguishes The Northwest Current from the Anna Article is that The Northwest Current is more popular than the Anna Article. Well, at least I am honest. I hope you enjoyed reading the Anna Article. — Anna Ruhlman, third-grader

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Paul Public Charter School

I felt happy to perform in our school assembly on Dec. 16, but it made me sad when I learned that it would be Ms. Johnson’s last assembly at Paul. The winter assembly had many things. Ms. Walton and her students sang, Mr. Saltman and the band played, Ms. Camary and her students performed an African dance and a student named Joshua played his guitar. Ms. Johnson taught all the dances. In the winter concert my class danced a nice solo to a Christmas song. I felt nervous to go on stage, but when I went on I did well. I did the dance correctly and I had fun doing it. Ms. Johnson taught us how to pliÊ, which means to bend the knees, and tendu, which means you put your leg out with your heel touching the floor. She also taught us to dance like professionals. Ms. Johnson worked at Paul Junior High for 25 years, and she even went to Paul as a student. She loved to dance. It was her job and her hobby. Over the winter break, Ms. Johnson passed away and it affected me a lot. Since we are back, we have been making tissue-paper flowers, posters and cards to honor her. Another thing we will do is have a concert to honor her since she taught us dance and drama. We will miss her a lot. — William Leach, sixth-grader

The River School

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At the end of February the fifthgraders will put on the play “Hamlet.” They read the play in class, and they will perform it for the whole school. The fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Thompson, has created an abridged version of the Shakespeare play for her class to perform. The fifth-graders perform a play every year. In the past they have done a Sherlock Holmes mystery and a play about Jamestown. “Hamlet” will be much more difficult to pull off than the plays in the past. It will be challenging because the language is difficult, and the students will need to memorize many lines. This play is full of ghosts, sword fights and suspense. Claudio Espinoza will be playing Hamlet. He said, “I think this is a great opportunity for me because I have never been in a play before.” Abby LeNoir also has a very important role. She will be playing Ophelia. She said, “It will be fun to perform the play in front of everyone at school.” Molly Quinn will play Gertrude. “She is Hamlet’s mother. I am excited because this is the part I wanted to play,” she said. — Latera Abdeta, third-grader

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school is quiet except for the scratching of hundreds of pencils. The midterms count as 20 percent of the entire semester’s grade and 10 percent of the whole year’s grade. So it is important for students to do well! St. John’s is excited to have a nationally ranked girls basketball team. Our varsity girls basketball team was ranked by USA Today as No. 1 on the East Coast and No. 5 in the country. Going into Friday’s game against Good Counsel, they had a record of 15 wins and zero losses. Good Counsel also had a 15-0 record, so this was the largest face-off in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference this week. One of the players, Mooriah Rowser, was named ABC7’s Athlete of the Week. “I can’t wait until this game, because there’s a lot riding on this game, but I’m also kind of scared, because it’s so much pressure,” Rowser said of the Good Counsel matchup. — Emmett Cochetti, ninth-grader

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There was lots of testing this week. First, 10th-graders spent two days taking the DC-BAS, forcing some students to be displaced and all students to eat lunches late. On Thursday, midterms started. The midterms are required for all classes, and each subject (i.e. math, humanities and foreign language) has a proscribed time. We have had finals like this for years, and many Advanced Placement teachers have given midterms, but they have not been required before. There are two a day. All students must report to their first-period teacher so attendance can be taken. From 8:45 until 9:30, students are free to go wherever they want to study. There is also an extended lunch, a full two hours. Thursday morning was the music or art final (since all music and art classes, except AP courses, last only a semester). The afternoon was humanities. Friday we had off. As usual, there were many activities this week. Clubs met, and teams practiced. In particular, our championship-winning ski team is preparing for an upcoming trip. The sophomore class had yet another pizza sale. Only two years in, and they are probably the richest class already. Their senior class trip will be amazing. The senior class also had a fundraiser: the Winter Formal. It was last Thursday, from 7 to 11 p.m. The theme was Black and White, our school colors. — Lillian Audette, 12th-grader

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Mrs. Bostic’s fifth-grade class performed Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” before the winter break. We have a stage now in the new part of our school. We had a lot of fun doing the play, but we were nervous about everyone watching us. We practiced a lot because we had to memorize our lines. We read and reread our lines. We designed

and created our own costumes and stage scenery. We sewed fabrics together, used paint to decorate, and made crowns and headpieces. The boys had swords, and we used a donkey mask, wand, whistle and mustaches for the gentlemen. The play is a mixed-up version of people falling in love. It’s a comedy, and it begins with a father asking a duke to uphold the Athenian law that a father has the right to choose whom his daughter will marry. There are fairies and a trickster fairy called Puck who puts love dust in people’s eyes. There were some funny parts in the play, like when Titania, the queen of the fairies, fell in love with a donkey, and when Lysander, while confessing his love for Helena, lost his fake mustache! We liked that we could entertain an audience and make them laugh. One of our students played the piano, and one of the pieces was the wedding march. Everybody liked that. Doing a play can be scary because you don’t know how it’s going to go once you’re on stage. We all got into it and it went well. The third-, fourth- and other fifthgraders, along with parents, made up our audience. They filled out review cards. We received positive reviews! — Jasmine Romero, Fatemeh Samoei, Tara Scepanovic and David Havern, fifth-graders

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On Jan. 6, our group of middleschoolers graduated from the CityVision program at the National Building Museum. We presented our projects to family members, teachers and friends. Even Ward 6 D.C. Council member Tommy Wells attended and spoke to us. CityVision is a program in which groups from different schools get together to help better their community. It is all about teaching children how to work together peacefully to solve a problem. The sites for our three teams were the RFK Memorial Stadium parking lot, Southwest waterfront and Brookland Metro station. Over the course of several weeks, each group visited its site and brainstormed ideas of what that particular community needed. We even interviewed locals. Then we came down to one idea in each group and developed a design that would meet the community’s needs. The waterfront team came up with a hotel and mock fish market; RFK’s design included a series of businesses such as Gamespot, Giant and a shoe store; and Brookland’s team planned to build a library. At the final presentation, we showcased our architectural models and described how we had come up with solutions. Our volunteer architects and urban developers then asked each team to explain the choices we had made. — Jada Saxon, eighth-grader

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WILLIAMSBURG CHARM

Chevy Chase, DC. Cherishable colonial with graceful foyer, living rm and dining rm; kitchen w/ granite counters, fam rm w/ Fr drs to patio; 4 Brs, 2 Bas up; NEW lower lvl rec rm and bath. $915,000

Ellen Abrams- 202-255-8219; Anne-Marie Finnell202-329-7117

URBAN GEM

ENGLISH ACCENT

Town of Chevy Chase. Close to downtown Bethesda, this brick and half-timbered colonial has a gourmet kitchen, 3 Brs, 1.5 Bas, fabulous lot perfect for new construction. $895,000

Karen Kuchins- 301-275-2255; Eric Murtagh- 301-652-8971

BUNGALOW BEAUTY

Chevy Chase, Md. Hallmark bungalow in great location w/ panoramic views awaits your loving touch or build your dream house here. Two 1st flr bedrooms, 3rd bedroom above. Det. garage. Walk to Metro. $845,000

Karen Kutchins 301-275-2255 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

CLASSIC

Chevy Chase, DC. Generous space in this fine renovated semidetached home circa 1925; front porch, side hall. ARTS & CRAFTS STYLE big liv rm, din rm; new gourmet Rockville. Two new homes to be built near Metro & Town Center. kitchen, deck; Superb location & excellent price. 3 Brs+ study One Bedroom on main level + two up; 3.5 Bas; above. 2.5 Baths, Family room, fin lower lv. Study, front porch. Great $729,000 opportunity. $449,000 Ellen Abrams- 202-255-8219;

Anne-Marie Finnell202-329-7117

Delia McCormick 301-977-7273

SUNNY &

Brightwood. WOODLEY BRIGHT WONDER Fresh and updated The Westclassic townhouse. chester. Art Deco Open 1st floor has Impressive style 1 Br apt Liv rm w/ gas fp, renovation. has renovated Din rm, Kit w/ 1 Br, 1 Ba, kitchen w/ granite counters, Solarium granite and 3 Bedrms, 2 Bas. w/ lawn s.s. appls; Br Finished LL w/ view. Sleek has built-in FRESH & UPDATED SLEEK & SASSY Rec. rm, Office. granite & bookshelves Glover Park. Newly renovated Capitol Hill. Chic renovation of vintage Garage pkg. S.S. kitchen. 1 Br apt with fabulous bath, gourmet building. 3 super apartments left, 1 Br and desk, lg Walk to Metro. closets, hdwd flrs, pets OK. Walk to LR w/ built- kitchen; bldg has 24-hr desk, pool, + den, 1 Ba; French doors, hdwd flrs, Owner is licensed ins, spacious entry. Full service bldg. Metro, Zoo. $339,000 parking. $274,990 sparkling kitchen & baths. $179,000 agent. $399,000 Great location. $304,900 Susan Morcone- 202-333-7972 Courtney Abrams 202-253-0109 Melissa Chen- 202-744-1235;

Shawn Goldstein 202-329-1493

Andrea Evers- 202-550-8934

Martha Williams 202-271-8138 Rachel Burns 202-384-5140

CHEVY CHASE 4400 Jenifer St. NW Washington, DC 20015 202-364-1700

Denny Horner 703-629-8455

DUPONT 1509 22nd St. NW Washington DC 20037 202-464-8400

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