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Board preps for June 14 election day

Traffic signal tweaks aim to cut congestion

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effort focuses on wards 3, 4

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The D.C. Board of Elections says it has new and faster ballot tabulation machines this year, and promises quicker returns on results during the night of the June 14 D.C. primary. Democratic voters next Tuesday will vote on their party’s ■ VOTERS nominee for GUIIDE: Profiles president. The and Q&A’s with D.C. Demo- council hopefuls. cratic Party Pullout. selected its delegates to the Democratic convention in Philadelphia on May 21 through a caucus. Of the city’s 46 delegates, 20 are pledged, which means they have to support candidates in proportion to the number of popular votes they received. The remaining 26 unpledged delegates — party leaders and elected officials — aren’t bound to support a particular candidate at the Democratic National Convention next month. Locally, there are five races for See Election/Page 14

By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

The latest round of a multiphase optimization project for the District’s traffic signals swept across wards 3 and 4 on Friday, with community leaders largely in agreement that changes are needed but, in some cases, frustrated at the lack of concrete information from city agencies. The timing for more than 350 signals were upgraded on Friday,

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Art Soiree hosted a concert on Thursday at the Ritz-Carlton in Georgetown. The event featured a variety of music including samba, bossa nova, maracatu and frevo. Singer Rose Moraes added lyrics to the Brazilian music at Live Music Garden, which is part of Art Soiree’s summer concert series.

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The city grant will allow George Washington University to install rain barrels in the GroW garden.

announced last week that nine proposals from a total of 35 applicants citywide earned the first annual round of grants. In addition to the three projects in Northwest D.C., recipients include projects at the 8th Street

with the twin goals of reducing traffic congestion and improving pedestrian safety. The D.C. Department of Transportation says it has assembled data on vehicular and pedestrian patterns broken down by day of the week and time of day. Further adjustments to this round of signal changes could take place over the next few months as the agency takes stock of the optimization impacts. Last summer, the agency initiated a larger round of signal upgrades, with more than 650 signals in the downtown area affected. A year later, the Transportation See Signals/Page 16

Federal panel adopts draft guidelines for FBI parcel By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

RiverSmart program funds local green efforts Katrina Weinig of Forest Hills wants to see the Broad Branch stream restored and converted for community use. Steve Dryden of Mount Pleasant has been fighting since 2013 to preserve the woodlands of Rock Creek Park as a habitat for avian wildlife. George Washington University seeks a more frugal irrigation system for its network of community gardens. These environmental efforts have in common a recent influx of fund, thanks to the new RiverSmart Innovation Grant program from the D.C. Department of Energy & Environment. The agency

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Arts Park and the East Capitol Urban Farm in Northeast; at Sousa Middle School in Southeast; and three at the Anacostia Watershed in Southeast. Proposals for stormwater-related improvement projects that also contained an educational angle or community involvement earned top priority in the selection process, according to the agency’s Emily Rice. The agency accepted applications for 60 days — twice the length of a normal application process — in order to accommodate as many grant proposals as possible. A team of six staffers combed through each proposal and See Grants/Page 14

The site of the current FBI headquarters could become home to a 160-foot-tall mixed-use building that officials hope will revitalize one of the District’s most storied avenues, after a federal design panel approved draft guidelines for the site on Thursday. The U.S. General Services Administration has been working to consolidate and relocate the bureau to the suburbs, hoping to accomplish the move via a land swap that would have a developer taking over the J. Edgar Hoover Building at 935 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. The developer would be expected to follow National Capital Planning Commission guidelines, which the commission’s panel intends to finalize later this year to establish the size and shape of a redeveloped building and other urban design considerations. The goal for the 6.6-acre site, the largest on the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the U.S. Capitol, is to “preserve civic and ceremonial function of the avenue” with a “highly visible” building, the

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The prominent Pennsylvania Avenue NW site of the Hoover Building would be redeveloped.

commission’s senior urban planner Diane Sullivan said at a meeting Thursday. The tall, high-density building would occupy the block north of D Street — which would be restored between 9th and 10th streets NW — and there would also be a plaza area on either side of D. Though the mixed-use development is at least five years from completion, downtown stakeholders are already weighing in on the prospects for revitalizing Pennsylvania Avenue. Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans told The Current he See FBI/Page 29

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Georgetown University seeks comment on draft of 20-year campus plan By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

Georgetown University will continue its current undergraduate enrollment levels through 2036; continue moving undergraduates out of neighborhood rental properties; and gradually increase its numbers of graduate students, faculty and staff, officials said Monday. The school that day unveiled its draft

campus plan, which was developed in partnership with Georgetown, Burleith and Foxhall community leaders, as well as university students. Universities in residential areas must periodically produce these plans for review by the Zoning Commission, which ensures that the schools aren’t causing undue impacts on their communities. While campus plans are often contentious — as Georgetown’s have been in the past — the school has most recently been

working closely with neighbors to minimize opposition. The current campus plan, adopted in 2012 and expiring next year, won unanimous support after the university agreed to house more undergraduates on campus and invest more in protecting the neighborhood from noise, trash and traffic impacts. “Being able to hear each other and not talk past each other has enabled us to get to where we are today,” Chris Murphy, the

university’s vice president for government relations and community engagement, told residents at Monday’s presentation. A few dozen residents attended the meeting, and only a handful had any questions or concerns. “Three years ago, this room would have been overflowing with people complaining about the conditions on the streets,” Georgetown advisory neighborhood commissioner See Campus/Page 29

Georgetown leaders question green infrastructure proposal By CUNEYT DIL

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A proposal to build rainwatercapturing “green infrastructure” in Georgetown has hit opposition, with neighborhood leaders questioning whether the scale of the project is necessary. The plans are a part of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority’s solution to sewage overflow into the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. During heavy rainfall, excess stormwater can overwhelm the city’s wastewater treatment system, as the same pipes carry stormwater and sewage in some

locations. That contaminated water can then pour into waterways. Under an Environmental Protection Agency mandate to address the issue, the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority plans to catch that stormwater before it enters sewers. Green infrastructure, such as permeable pavements in alleys and streets, would be used to ease water runoff, in addition to planting more vegetation and encouraging homeowners to use rain barrels. But Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E (Georgetown, See Green/Page 5

Shakespeare troupe revives outdoor theatrical tradition By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

Alexis Truitt and Heather Cipu had been toiling in D.C.’s community theater scene for several years when they decided they wanted to try something new. Truitt, a lifelong D.C. resident, felt nostalgic for the days when the Shakespeare Theatre Company hosted free outdoor plays at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park; those productions moved indoors to Sidney Harman Hall downtown in 2009. “We wanted, really on a smaller scale, to offer that same opportunity to people,” Truitt said. Their solution was to form the Fat and Greasy Citizens Brigade, a startup theater group that presents one Shakespeare play on the lawn of the Grace Episcopal Church at 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW in Georgetown for two weekends each summer. With Cipu as artistic director, Truitt running the business end and two other core members, the team feels it has established a foothold in the community. The brigade’s latest production, “The Tempest,” debuts with the first of seven performances tomorrow night. For its first show in 2013, the brigade didn’t have to go far. Truitt and Cipu, both Capitol Hill residents, were in a production of

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Last year, the group performed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

“As You Like It” with the St. Mark’s Players the year before. After some negotiation, they convinced the group to transfer that production over to the church lawn as the brigade’s first offering, requiring only minor changes to translate the play from an indoor to outdoor setup. A line from the show — “sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens” — also inspired the troupe’s name. Each year since then, Fat and Greasy has selected a Shakespeare play to produce on its own, with a cast and crew assembled from auditionees young and old. Truitt said the brigade has attracted a mix of regulars who return year after year and hopefuls who prefer to do just a one-off performance. The productions operate under somewhat flexible conditions See Shakespeare/Page 5

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Agency investigating floods Business student launches Korean restaurant at Guy Mason pottery room Eunjung Kim has known since a young age that she wanted to open a Korean restaurant. But she probably couldn’t have predicted that she would achieve her dream of starting a business

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

Cleveland Park resident Paula Miller has been teaching pottery classes and doing her own pottery work at the Guy Mason Recreation Center since 1998. And since 1998, she said, Miller has frequently seen the center’s basement pottery room flood — not only with water from heavy rain or melting snow, but also from sewage that comes up out of floor drains. It was the latter issue that struck the pottery room during Saturday’s Glover Park Day event. As many event attendees used the center’s bathrooms, waste emerged onto the pottery room floor. “It’s a pretty nasty situation,â€? Miller said in an interview. “We had told them when they renovated the building in 2011 ‌ over

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The latest flood at Guy Mason took place on Saturday.

and over again that they need to pay attention to the drainage. But it was not part of the renovation plans, and hence you’ve got a [$4 million] renovation and you’re still getting flooding. Within a week after it opened after the renovation, the kiln room was flooding.� The D.C. Department of General Services, which is responsible See Flooding/Page 16

before earning a degree that’s designed to help people do just that. Kim worked as a foreign exchange broker for three years in New York after receiving a bachelor’s degree from New York University. Then she decided it was time for business school, so she enrolled at Georgetown University in the fall of 2014. All the while, she had an idea in the back of her mind for a Korean restaurant. Now that restaurant — Zannchi, which means “feast� in Korean — is a couple months old, tucked between Artist’s Proof and Via Umbria at 1529 Wisconsin Ave. NW in Georgetown. When she saw the location during her first year of business school, Kim had a feeling she had found the right place. At Georgetown, she was in the midst of learning how to do the very thing she wanted to do. Instead of waiting, she just started doing it.

Wednesday, June 8

The New Columbia Statehood Commission will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the draft constitution. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Raymond Recreation Center, 3725 10th St. NW. â– The D.C. State Board of Education will host a community meeting to obtain input related to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and efforts to define what constitutes a successful school and to fix schools that are failing. The Ward 3 meeting will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. â– The newly formed DC Residents for Safety & Dignity, a group of residents opposed to the proposed Ward 3 family shelter site at the 2nd District Police Headquarters on Idaho Avenue NW, will hold a meeting from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Club, 3433 33rd Place NW.

Thursday, June 9

The Ward 4 Education Alliance will hear from guest speaker Brian Pick, chief of teaching and learning at D.C. Public Schools. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Brightwood Education Campus, 1300 Nicholson St. NW. ■The Cleveland Park Citizens Association will host a forum on “Money and Politics: Proposals for D.C. Electoral Reform� from 7 to 9 p.m. at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. Speakers will include Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh; D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine; Dan Smith, director of the U.S. PIRG Democracy Campaign; and DC4Democracy chair Kesh Ladduwahetty. The moderator will be Walter Smith, executive director of the DC Appleseed Center for Law & Justice. ■The Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education Network will meet at 7 p.m. at the Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Members of the D.C. Public Schools facilities team will discuss the process of revising the education specifications that guide the design of school modernization projects. To RSVP, contact w3ednet@gmail.com.

Saturday, June 11

The D.C. Department of Health will host its annual Animal Health Fair. The Ward 4 event will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Upshur Dog Park, 4300 Arkansas Ave. NW. The Ward 3 event will take place from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Newark Street Dog Park, 39th and Newark streets NW. On-site veterinarians and free vaccinations will be available, and there will be information on dog licenses, emergency preparedness and animal laws.

Monday, June 13

The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a Klin-

gle Watershed Green Streets Walking Tour from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. beginning at 36th and Lowell streets NW. The tour will feature proposed sites for green infrastructure. â– The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a second public workshop on the Rock Creek East II Livability Study, which will identify opportunities for safer travel for residents of and visitors to Petworth, Crestwood, Brightwood Park and 16th Street Heights. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Truesdell Education Campus, 800 Ingraham St. NW. For details, visit rockcreekeast2.com. â– The D.C. State Board of Education will host a community meeting to obtain input related to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Ward 2 meeting will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. â– The New Columbia Statehood Commission will convene a Constitutional Convention at 6:30 p.m. at the offices of the D.C. Taxicab Commission, 2235 Shannon Place SE. The event will continue at Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW, on Friday, June 17, at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 18, at 9 a.m. At the convention, D.C. residents will able to provide testimony on the draft New Columbia constitution.

Kim’s parents own a restaurant chain in South Korea, and she hoped to bring some of their business and culinary acumen to her restaurant stateside. After much internal debate, she landed on a concept that bridged the gap between fast-casual and full-service — sit-down, but no white tableSee Business/Page 26

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The D.C. Department of Transportation announced a flurry of temporary changes last week, in an effort to ease commuter inconvenience during Metro’s SafeTrack initiative. Here’s an overview of what travelers can expect: ■Rush-hour parking restrictions on bus corridors and major thoroughfares will be extended by 30 minutes during both morning and evening rush-hour commutes. Morning restrictions will start at 7 a.m., as usual, but end at 10 a.m. instead of 9:30 a.m. Evening restrictions will start at 4 p.m., as usual, and extend to 7 p.m. instead of the usual 6:30 p.m. Locations currently under rush-hour restrictions include: 1900 to 2800 blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue NW; Washington Circle NW; 2900 to 3400 blocks of M Street NW; 1100 to 1800 blocks of H Street NW; 1000 block of K Street NW; 800 block of 11th Street NW; 800 and 900 blocks of 13th through 20th streets NW; 800 block of Vermont Avenue NW; 800 block of Connecticut Avenue NW; and 900 block of 21st Street NW. More blocks will be added throughout the city as SafeTrack continues over the coming months. ■Capital Bikeshare riders without a membership have the option of paying $2 per trip instead of the standard $8 per day. ■The D.C. Taxicab Commission will allow ride-sharing within one mile of Metro stations. Cab drivers will be permitted to pick up multiple passengers in the same vehicle, even if they don’t know each other and they want to arrive at different destinations. ■No-parking zones will be established for bus shuttle loading and unloading zones.

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â– A moratorium on construction work within several public spaces in Northeast and Southeast will be issued from June 18 to July 3, as well as during other portions of SafeTrack. â– Variable message signs will alert motorists of late-breaking changes, and traffic control officers will be deployed more frequently. â– City officials are considering but have not yet agreed upon extending operations for the DC Circulator buses until 3 a.m. on weekends.

City pools now open for summer season

Summer pool season is in full swing in the District, with the city’s 19 outdoor aquatic centers shifting to their full schedules on Sunday after operating on weekends since May 28. Mayor Muriel Bowser and several other officials and guests celebrated the start of the pool season on May 27 at Oxon Run Pool in Ward 8. The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation has announced an expanded schedule for the pools this year, with the opening hour set at 11 a.m. — two hours earlier than in the past. Full details on individual pool schedules are available at dpr.dc.gov/page/ aquatic-facilities. For the third year in a row, the agency will be hosting evening community pool parties at a handful of city facilities. In Northwest, those pools are Banneker at 2500 Georgia Ave., where a party is set for June 25; and Francis Pool at 2535 N St., where a party is scheduled for Aug. 20.

Wilson High alumni honor two teachers

Alumni of Wilson High have selected Desmond Dunham and Belle Belew as this year’s winners of the Vincent E. Reed Award for excellence in teaching. An endowment from Wilson’s Class of 1970 funds the $1,500 award for each teacher, which will be presented at the high school’s June 14 graduation ceremony. Dunham, known as “Coach D,� teaches physical education at Wilson and currently coaches the girls cross country team, as well as the girls and boys track and field teams. In his four years at Wilson, Dunham’s teams have won eight D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association championships and three D.C. State Athletic Association championships, according to a release from the Class of 1970. Dunham is also the founder of the Wilson Archery Club. English teacher Belew came to Wilson in 2006, where “much of what [she] saw reminded her of the dysfunctional high school she

had once attended� growing up in Georgia during the Civil Rights era, according to the release. But she recognized “possibilities in the efforts of the teachers and the willingness to learn of the very diverse student body� at Wilson, the release says. She first came to D.C. to teach at Georgetown Day School after starting her career in rural Georgia. The Reed Award was established in 2000 in honor of Wilson’s principal from 1968 to 1969. Reed went on to become assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education at the U.S. Department of Education.

S&R Foundation taps Webre as director

The S&R Foundation has hired the Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre as its new artistic director, the Georgetown-based nonprofit announced last week. In a news release, the foundation praised Webre as “one of the most brilliant artistic minds in the nation’s capital� and said he will curate its new performance series, “Halcyon Stage,� which will include music, dance and interdisciplinary work. Webre has spent 17 years as the ballet’s artistic director, a position he is leaving to join the S&R Foundation this fall. The foundation supports individuals in the arts, sciences and entrepreneurship.

Group selects Bunch for ‘visionary’ honor

The Historical Society of Washington, D.C., last month presented Lonnie G. Bunch III with its third Visionary Historian Award. The honor is presented to “an individual whose lifetime body of work represents the highest achievement in the study of Washington, D.C. history,� according to a news release. Bunch is the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Bunch began his museum career in 1978 as an education specialist at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. His books have included “History and Museums� (2010) and “Memories of the Enslaved: Voices from the Slave Narratives� (2015). In this past, the visionary award has gone to Kathryn Schneider Smith and Dr. James Goode. This year’s ceremony took place Thursday, May 26, in the historic Carnegie Library; special guests included Mayor Muriel Bowser.

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Burleith) argues that constructing that green infrastructure could harm the historic Georgetown neighborhood. Commissioners argue that DC Water’s projections of overflow are overblown, which would cause unnecessarily disruptive infrastructure construction. There are nine combined sewer overflow outfalls along the Potomac, where overflow water in sewage pipes drains into the river. According to DC Water’s model projections, the outfall located at the Georgetown waterfront sends 41.8 million gallons of stormwater into the river every year. But members of ANC 2E said last Tuesday that DC Water’s own actual measurement of that outfall shows there were only 8 million gallons of overflow in 2015, while the frequency of overflows was roughly the same as projected, at 62 occasions during the year. Carlton Ray, director of the D.C. Clean Rivers Project at DC Water, said on Tuesday afternoon that the agency “is in the process of reviewing the metering data” from that waterfront outfall and will assess whether changes to plans are appropriate. “We want DC Water to be rational about this,” Ron Lewis, chair of ANC 2E, said in an interview. “We want them to design only remedies that are actually needed. In picking the remedies, we also want them to look at all the options, so as to do minimal disruption to the community, and minimal interference with the historic streetscape.” ANC 2E unanimously passed a resolution at its meeting last Tuesday that expressed “grave doubts about DC Water’s assumptions, analysis and conclusions.” Under the agency’s timeline, infrastructure would be designed and built from mid-2017 to 2019, with monitoring happening for a year. The project area runs roughly between R and M streets NW in Georgetown, and also includes parts of Glover Park and Burleith. Agency officials said the plans are meant to “provide infrastructure upgrades and ancillary bene-

fits to [the] community,” such as sidewalk and alley repairs. Other considerations include to “minimize temporary and long-term impacts, [and] match character and aesthetic of neighborhoods.” The agency has an online survey at dcwater.com/PRGI-A2 to determine green infrastructure sites. Local and federal officials announced the citywide plan to build green infrastructure last

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given that the budget for a free show is limited, Truitt said. The group accepts donations on performance night, and it recently acquired a sponsor: Fractured Atlas, a New York-based nonprofit that promotes the independent arts community. The personality of the performances lies not in their extravagance, but in their unified themes ❝We don’t want them to and “connectivity,” Truitt said. For instance, a 2014 production of use a national historic “Much Ado About Nothing” plunked the Renaissance-era comlandmark district for edy into the 1920s, with a “special style” that extended to the cosbeta testing.❞ tumes and overall production — Ron Lewis design. Location also plays a major summer, amending the $2.6 bil- role in the group’s appeal, accordlion Clean Rivers Project resulting ing to Truitt. One of Truitt’s fellow from a 2005 agreement that man- cast members in a show before the dates improvements to D.C. brigade formed had attended serwaterways. A swath of water­ - vices at Grace Episcopal, which capturing green infrastructure boasts a “beautiful lawn you walk would be built from Howard Uni- immediately into,” she said. The versity to Takoma, to address flooding, and also around Georgetown, Glover Park and Burleith. In total, the plan envisions enough green infrastructure in these areas to offset the amount of runoff that results from 1.2 inches of rain falling on 500 impervious acres. The proposal is intended to avoid the need for tunnels in Rock Creek Park and along the Georgetown waterfront that would have held excess stormwater, but those additions might still be needed. “In the event that GI [green infrastructure] is determined to be impracticable after the first GI project in the Potomac River Sewershed, the Amended Consent Decree requires constructing the Potomac River Tunnel to intercept” overflow from three Georgetown sewer outfalls, DC Water wrote to ANC 2E in February. That possibility gives pause to Lewis, the ANC chair. “All this work they’re planning may simply cause construction and visual disruption without actually doing the job,” he said. “We don’t want them to use a national historic landmark district for beta testing.”

attractive space also boasted another feature that Truitt and her colleagues felt was essential — an indoor alternative in case rain or other inclement weather gets in the way on performance night. It occurred during “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” last year, and it could easily happen again. Every space has its advantages and disadvantages. For the brigade, the main detractor at the church site is noise from passing vehicles and pedestrians on Wisconsin Avenue. Helicopters and airplanes flying overhead also have disrupted the shows at times. But the benefits of outdoor theater outweigh the hurdles, Truitt said. The group’s best-attended show boasted a crowd of more than 200 people. “We honestly — knock on wood — have done relatively well with audience and participation in that regard,” Truitt said. “People are coming out when the weather is super nice.” Looking ahead, Truitt wants to

see the group branch out into more overtly dramatic territory, after a few years of sticking to comedy, which tends to be more palatable to a crowd that might be skeptical of a dark tragedy on a breezy summer night. The team has gravitated toward comedies thus far because they’re more likely to reach audience members unfamiliar with the source material and Shakespeare’s dense language, Truitt said. Truitt also wants to see the group expand beyond the summer, with more than one show per year. The positive relationship with Grace Episcopal makes that a distinct possibility, she said. Whatever the future of the group, she’s proud of how far it has come. “I think it’s definitely been super exciting. Challenging, but in a great way,” Truitt said. “It just gives us amazing creative outlets.” The brigade will present “The Tempest” on the church lawn June 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 and 23. Gates open at 7 p.m. and performances start at 8 p.m.

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This is a listing of incidents reported to the Metropolitan Police Department from May 30 through June 5 in local police service areas, sorted by their report dates.

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Motor vehicle theft â– 1200-1399 block, Jefferson Drive SW; 7:57 p.m. May 30. Theft â– 1200-1299 block, G St.; 8:31 p.m. May 30. â– 600-699 block, 11th St.; 3:18 p.m. May 31. â– 900-999 block, G St.; 7:36 p.m. May 31. â– 1000-1099 block, H St.; 8:59 p.m. May 31. â– 1000-1099 block, F St.; 3:44 p.m. June 1. â– 600-699 block, 11th St.; 5:41 p.m. June 1. â– 1300-1349 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 2:25 p.m. June 2. â– 600-699 block, 11th St.; 6:24 p.m. June 2. â– 1200-1299 block, F St.; 7:56 p.m. June 2. â– 900-999 block, G St.; 9:24 p.m. June 2. â– 1300-1399 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 12:23 p.m. June 3. â– 900-999 block, F St.; 9:29 p.m. June 3. â– 1000-1099 block, F St.; 10:05 p.m. June 3. â– 1200-1299 block, F St.; 6:13 p.m. June 4. Theft from auto â– 700-999 block, Independence Ave. SW; 1:53 p.m. May 30. â– 500-599 block, 11th St.; 8:32 a.m. May 31. â– 900-999 block, H St.; 10:53 p.m. June 1. â– 1100-1199 block, F St.; 8:35 p.m. June 5.

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Robbery â– 2300-2399 block, G St.; 5:03 p.m. May 30. â– 2200-2299 block, I St.; 11:40 a.m. June 4. Sexual abuse â– 1400-1433 block, K St.; 7:20 a.m. June 3. Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 2400-2499 block, M St.; 12:41 a.m. June 1. â– 2100-2199 block, I St.; 2:08 p.m. June 1 (with knife).

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Burglary â– 718-799 block, 15th St.; 1:02 a.m. May 30. â– 1000-1099 block, 23rd St.; 4:12 p.m. May 30. â– 500-599 block, 20th St.; 11:18 p.m. May 31. â– 2400-2499 block, I St.; 5:19 p.m. June 4.

Motor vehicle theft â– 1400-1499 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 11:38 a.m. June 1. Theft â– 2400-2448 block, Virginia Ave.; 10:23 a.m. May 30. â– 800-899 block, 17th St.; 1:52 p.m. May 30. â– 1800-1899 block, L St.; 4:36 p.m. May 30. â– 900-999 block, 16th St.; 10:28 a.m. May 31. â– 2200-2299 block, I St.; 12:19 p.m. May 31. â– 2500-2699 block, Virginia Ave.; 12:22 p.m. May 31. â– 1100-1199 block, 23rd St.; 12:32 p.m. June 1. â– 2400-2499 block, M St.; 5:04 p.m. June 1. â– 2500-2699 block, Virginia Ave.; 6:42 a.m. June 3. â– 2200-2299 block, I St.; 3:27 p.m. June 3. â– 2100-2199 block, F St.; 9:20 p.m. June 3. â– 1130-1199 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:12 a.m. June 5. Theft from auto â– 1100-1199 block, 15th St.; 7:07 p.m. May 31. â– 1130-1199 block, 17th St.; 9:21 p.m. May 31. â– 1200-1299 block, 25th St.; 2:44 p.m. June 1. â– 1900-1999 block, L St.; 11:07 p.m. June 1. â– 2300-2399 block, N St.; 10:34 a.m. June 2. â– 1900-1999 block, K St.; 3:47 p.m. June 2. â– 1700-1799 block, De Sales St.; 7:42 p.m. June 5. â– 1700-1779 block, M St.; 11:18 p.m. June 5.

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Robbery â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 1:46 p.m. June 5. Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 1200-1225 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 12:14 p.m. June 1. Burglary â– 1220-1299 block, 19th St.; 11:07 a.m. June 1. â– 1600-1614 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 4:14 a.m. June 3. â– 1900-1923 block, 18th St.; 10:39 a.m. June 3. â– 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:11 a.m. June 3. Motor vehicle theft â– 2200-2299 block, Bancroft Place; 4:30 p.m. June 1. â– 1400-1499 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 3:57 p.m. June 3. Theft â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:54 p.m. May 30. â– 1500-1599 block, O St.; 1:56 p.m. May 30. â– 2000-2007 block, N St.;

7:41 p.m. June 1. â– 1-7 block, Dupont Circle; 8:40 p.m. June 1. â– 1400-1499 block, P St.; 5:43 p.m. June 3. â– 1800-1805 block, Connecticut Ave.; 2:12 p.m. June 4. â– 1400-1499 block, P St.; 3:36 p.m. June 4. Theft from auto â– 1300-1499 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 3:49 p.m. May 30. â– 1900-1999 block, Sunderland Place; 4:10 p.m. May 30. â– 1200-1399 block, 16th St.; 4:18 p.m. May 30. â– 2200-2399 block, Decatur Place; 11:43 a.m. May 31. â– 1300-1321 block, 15th St.; 7:01 p.m. May 31. â– 2100-2199 block, California St.; 11:12 a.m. June 1. â– 1200-1219 block, 19th St.; 6:16 p.m. June 1. â– 1517-1599 block, 14th St.; 11:03 a.m. June 2. â– 2100-2199 block, O St.; 11:59 a.m. June 2. â– 1700-1799 block, N St.; 7:23 a.m. June 3. â– 1800-1899 block, Jefferson Place; 3:56 p.m. June 3. â– 2100-2199 block, Bancroft Place; 4:14 p.m. June 3. â– 1623-1699 block, 19th St.; 4:30 p.m. June 3. â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:16 p.m. June 3. â– 1800-1899 block, P St.; 12:44 a.m. June 4. â– 1500-1599 block, Church St.; 12:14 a.m. June 5. â– 1400-1499 block, N St.; 4:10 a.m. June 5. â– 2100-2199 block, O St.; 11:10 a.m. June 5.

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Robbery â– 1400-1499 block, Corcoran St.; 5:22 a.m. June 4 (with gun). Burglary â– 1600-1699 block, R St.; 12:51 p.m. May 31. Theft â– 1918-1999 block, 17th St.; 11:04 a.m. June 2. â– 1600-1620 block, T St.; 5:24 a.m. June 4. â– 2100-2199 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 4:37 p.m. June 4. Theft from auto â– 1400-1499 block, U St.; 3:57 p.m. June 3. â– 1800-1828 block, 16th St.; 4:22 p.m. June 4.

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Burglary â– 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 11:44 a.m. May 31. â– 2000-2099 block, Kalorama Road; 9:49 p.m. June

1. â– 1900-1999 block, Kalorama Road; 11:28 p.m. June 1. â– 1930-1999 block, Columbia Road; 1:52 p.m. June 4. Theft â– 2000-2099 block, Kalorama Road; 7:26 p.m. May 30. â– 1700-1719 block, Kalorama Road; 11:32 a.m. May 31. â– 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 2:34 a.m. June 2. â– 1866-1880 block, Columbia Road; 7:37 p.m. June 2. â– 1800-1810 block, Columbia Road; 8:39 p.m. June 2. â– 2100-2199 block, 19th St.; 9:43 p.m. June 2. â– 1690-1741 block, Lanier Place; 10:20 p.m. June 2. â– 1866-1880 block, Columbia Road; 12:47 p.m. June 4. Theft from auto â– 2500-2589 block, 17th St.; 12:49 a.m. June 1. â– 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 6:55 a.m. June 1. â– 1909-1999 block, 19th St.; 3:06 a.m. June 2. â– 1646-1699 block, Columbia Road; 1:57 p.m. June 2. â– 1632-1669 block, Columbia Road; 5:02 p.m. June 5. â– 1630-1699 block, Euclid St.; 5:30 p.m. June 5.

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Robbery â– 1300-1399 block, 11th St.; 2:50 a.m. May 30. Burglary â– 1200-1299 block, 10th St.; 6:29 p.m. May 30. â– 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 5:25 a.m. May 31. â– 1100-1199 block, R St.; 8:39 p.m. June 1. Motor vehicle theft â– 900-999 block, N St.; 4:21 p.m. May 30. â– 1200-1299 block, 10th St.; 4:31 p.m. June 5. Theft â– 1300-1499 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 10:42 p.m. May 31. â– 1300-1399 block, M St.; 2:12 p.m. June 1. â– 1000-1099 block, L St.; 10:09 p.m. June 1. Theft from auto â– 1320-1399 block, N St.; 10:21 p.m. May 30. â– 1300-1399 block, Corcoran St.; 1:24 p.m. June 1. â– 1200-1299 block, 9th St.; 11:46 a.m. June 2. â– 1200-1299 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 7:08 p.m. June 2. â– 900-999 block, L St.; 12:12 a.m. June 4.

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Spotlight on Schools Hyde-Addison Elementary School

Last week, my class went to the National Zoo and my group saw pandas, elephants, alligators and apes. We also saw a bug made out of different types of bugs. My favorite part of our Zoo trip was the Small Mammal House, where we saw cute baby chinchillas and anteaters. It was an amazing time at the Zoo. — Jessica C. Greene, second-grader

Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital

Our school’s Green Committee is a group of kids who help the environment and tell people to stop littering. We recently had a Green Week for the whole school. During Green Week, we did different fun activities each day to get excited about helping the environment. One day, everyone brought a flower to school, and another day we had “Seed Giveaway Day,� where everyone got to take home some flower seeds to plant. We also had a day where everyone dressed up as their favorite fruit or vegetable or in the color green, and a day where we used no new paper at all, called “Paperless Day.� On another day, each student wrote about what they do to make the environment better on a paper leaf. We taped the paper leaves to the trunk of a three-dimensional cardboard tree in the lobby of our school so everyone could see it. The last day of Green Week was Field Day on Friday. Each class made up a chant or a song about we like the Earth. Then the classes sang them together for the

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whole school. Green Committee really had a good, green year with fun activities! — Elisheva Applebaum, Maya Goldman, Noa Holtzblatt, Serah Jeruchim, Michal Nadata, Sophie Schwartz, Eden Sharon, Rose Slade, Naomi Steiner, Miriam Turner, Yara Vannier and Audrey Yedwab, second-graders

Our Lady of Victory School

It is a great honor for me as a fourth-grader to be one of the youngest members of my school’s Advanced Band. Playing in a band, practicing and performing can open up opportunities later on in life, for example in high school and college. Also I like our band director, Miss Weich. She understands us and is always telling us that if we practice “we will be great in anything we do, even if it is not band-related.� I like going to band practice during the school day because during a stressful subject on a Monday you can always count on band to bail you for a good 30 minutes. During the second practice Mondays after school, you can see your friends and play famous music, like the theme for “Star Wars� by extraordinary composers like John Williams. Our Advanced Band has nine musicians in total. I wish that some if my classmates would join the Beginner Band and then make their way up to Advanced Band. They can open up opportunities while at the same time having fun. — Quinn S., fourth-grader

On May 20, St. Patrick’s held its 10th annual Performing and Studio Arts Night for seventh and eighth grades. The gymnasium was filled last month with students in costumes and makeup, and the walls, usually covered with sports banners, were decorated with colorful art pieces. Eighth-graders can choose an arts elective during the spring trimester — musical theater or studio art — and both groups showcase their work on Arts Night. This year’s Grade 8 Studio Art group comprised seven students, who put together a special art exhibit, “hiSTORY & herSTORY: NEAR and far...and In-between.� Each student created an art piece that represented the concept of “near, far and in-between.� They also designed small cardboard rooms that were inspired by the exhibit at the Renwick Gallery, “Wonder.� Other than those requirements, the art students had free rein to explore various art techniques and mediums to create pieces that expressed themselves and the ideas they wished to communicate to their viewers. The 22 other students, who chose the musical theater elective, put on a production of “The Lion King.� These students worked very hard memorizing lines, choreography and building the set. They were joined on stage by four teacher singers, the seventhgrade musical theater club and the siblings of cast members. Overall, Arts Night is a wonderful opportunity to share the artistic talents of our students! — Helen Walker, eighth-grader

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For Ward 4 council

It can be very helpful for a ward D.C. Council member to have a strong relationship with the mayor — and Ward 4 incumbent Brandon Todd has that in spades. We also find Mr. Todd to be the most articulate of the four candidates for the Democratic Ward 4 council nomination by a wide margin. Our fear, however, is that Mr. Todd’s superb relationship with Mayor Muriel Bowser — he was her constituent services director when she served on the council, and she strongly endorsed his candidacy to replace her last year — might be at the expense of his relationship with some of his fellow council members. And that’s not merely an academic point. It could be a reason why the council shifted money from Shepherd Elementary School and Coolidge High School modernization projects, using it to fund projects elsewhere in the city. This concern, among others, draws our interest to Leon Andrews, whom we found to be far more informed about local issues than Mr. Todd’s other challengers. His extensive resume, with local and national civic experience that includes a position with the National League of Cities, is also impressive. We were not surprised that most of the candidates who ran for the seat last year endorsed him. We also side with Mr. Andrews on several important policy positions. He favors a two-year ban on city campaign contributors from receiving government contracts; although we’d favor a slightly more relaxed position, his approach is certainly one that could bring more confidence in city contracting than the status quo that Mr. Todd prefers. Additionally, when interviewed this spring, Mr. Andrews said it was important for the council to cut costs from the mayor’s family shelter plan. The council subsequently did so; Mr. Todd had told us he supported Ms. Bowser’s original proposal, though he did join in voting for the revisions. We also were discouraged by Mr. Todd’s lack of expressed interest in boosting vocational education and creating a special tax to fund Metro; we agree with Mr. Andrews that both are important. And we were unimpressed when Mr. Todd said he wasn’t sure where the District could make cuts to accommodate various budget increases he favors. We do want to give credit to Mr. Todd’s fiscal prudence on some important matters. He raised sensible concerns about the economic viability of the council’s proposed bill for extensive paid family leave, while Mr. Andrews supports it fully. And we agree with the incumbent that the District should consider selling valuable real estate upon closing a public school, rather than forcing that site to be locked into educational uses despite the opportunity costs. And, to be sure, Ward 4 voters who feel they benefit most from a council member who is close with the mayor should certainly support Mr. Todd. However, those who want someone who is more independent and see a need to eliminate the appearance of “pay-to-play” should join us in supporting Mr. Andrews.

Beyond the fare box

Our regional Metrorail system is the only major American subway that lacks a dedicated funding source beyond the fare box. Metro gets no reliable revenue stream from any of its partners — the District, Maryland, Virginia and the federal government. This situation is untenable, and ongoing budget shortfalls and uncertainty bear part of the responsibility for our subway’s dire state. We’re fortunate that Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans is now Metro’s board chair, and that he is working hard to press Maryland and Virginia to join the District in setting up a funding stream that ensures Metro has at least $1 billion annually from the jurisdictions it serves. So far, D.C. and Maryland lawmakers are on board with the idea, though Mr. Evans tells us Virginia has so far been less receptive. He also will make the argument to the federal government — an argument we agree with — that with half of the region’s federal employees commuting via Metro, the feds, too, should be providing significant funds, particularly when they don’t pay property taxes. The District’s chief financial officer is studying how much various approaches would yield. Mr. Evans is hopeful that a 1 percent increase in the sales tax rates across the region would do the trick, and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson thinks we might get by with a far smaller rise. The essential thing is that the region’s political leaders agree that Metro needs such support. We commend Mr. Evans for working on this key issue.

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hen Jesse Jackson was running for president in the 1980s, the longtime civil rights leader frequently would talk about the millions of low- and moderate-income workers. He said his campaign was about helping those workers, the ones “who took the early bus.” It was a graphic description of not just bus riders, but workers who deserved help to do their jobs. We thought about Jackson and the early bus this week as Metro’s SafeTrack repair work got underway. Tens of thousands of lower-income workers depend on Metrorail and Metrobus. “It’s extra difficult for people who arrive at work early in the morning and leave late at night,” said John Boardman, the aggressive leader of Unite Here Local 25, which represents 7,000 hotel and hospitality workers. “We’re not 9-to-5.” Boardman said he and other union leaders were urging Metro’s management to do more to make alternative buses available: “Lyft, Uber, car transportation, parking — those are not economic options available to most of our members.” Metro executive Jack Requa told the Notebook that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is assessing all impacts on travel and would consider adjusting buses. It’s not just the workers who are worried. The Greater Washington Board of Trade held a special meeting Monday for business and government leaders to explore their employee management options. Many were worried as they took their chairs at the Capital Hilton. “They should be worried,” Board of Trade president Jim Dinegar told NBC4. “People haven’t really planned.” Dinegar was blunt. “Boy, I’ll tell you, if companies and individuals don’t have a plan and [just] rely on everybody else to have a plan, this won’t work.” There are more than 6,500 employees of the Children’s National Health System, popularly known as Children’s Hospital. About 4,000 of those workers are at the hospital. Human resource officials Vanessa Tyson and Mary Lynn Elsmo were sitting in the Board of Trade audience. Are the employees worried? “Absolutely,” said Elsmo. “And again, that’s why we are here today. To see what we can do to help the situation.” The hospital complex routinely runs shuttle buses to and from several Metro stations. The Metro SafeTrack program “is going to have an impact on our employees, as well as our patients and families,” Tyson said. NBC4 also talked with the Clyde’s Restaurant Group that operates 14 restaurants in the Washington region, including the Old Ebbitt Grill, the newer Hamilton downtown and a dozen other Clyde’s restaurants. It has about 2,400 workers, many of them hourly employees dependent on Metrorail and Metrobus. Clyde’s CFO Jeff Owens said all the employees have been given a phone app, DC MetroHero, that allows them to check on the status of Metro

trains in real time. The restaurant group is juggling schedules to ease in and out times. “Employers have not traditionally gotten too involved in how employees get to and from work,” Owens told us. “But the Metro SafeTrack program is creating an urgent need for employers to help.” ■ Maximum minimum wage. The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted to gradually increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020. It is $10.50 now and already is scheduled to go to $11.50 on July 1. Tuesday’s vote came after intense negotiations among council members, Mayor Muriel Bowser and advocates for a ballot initiative this fall to achieve the same increase. The council vote means there will not be a ballot measure. The District joins New York and San Francisco as the few jurisdictions moving to the $15 wage floor. ■ The return of Vincent Gray? The hottest race in the D.C. Democratic primary next week is not the outcome of the Hillary Clinton-Bernie Sanders presidential contest. That was pretty much decided even before the voting in California, New Jersey and other places this week. The delegate math for Sanders is just daunting, and he trails Clinton in the popular vote, too. No, the big race is the Ward 7 contest pitting former Mayor Vincent Gray against his former ally Yvette Alexander. Alexander has held the Ward 7 post ever since Gray moved up to council chairman and then mayor. Most observers of the contest say they believe Gray will win, but we aren’t making any predictions. Should he win, will Gray be content with being back on the council, like Marion Barry in Ward 8? Or, will he look to challenge Mayor Muriel Bowser for mayor again in 2018? Alexander is considered an ally of Bowser, whose campaign operation has been lending help. Tuesday’s primary is also important for Ward 8. Incumbent LaRuby May succeeded the late Barry. But she only narrowly won against Trayon White. And White is making a determined run at her again this time. In Ward 4, most observers say incumbent Brandon Todd, maybe the council member closest to Bowser, likely will prevail over Leon Andrews. Andrews has put up a strong fight and lots of posters, but posters don’t vote. For Bowser, if both May and Alexander are defeated, she’ll have lost out on two strong votes on the council. Another reliable vote for Bowser is at-large member Vincent Orange. Orange, who won The Washington Post’s editorial page endorsement, appears headed for re-election, most observers say. Challengers Robert White and David Garber have made sustained campaigns, but with both in the race, the split field favors Orange. The at-large race is the only citywide contest of note. The three candidates appeared on the Kojo Nnamdi Politics Hour last Friday on WAMU 88.5. You can listen at tinyurl.com/kojo-6-3. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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Letters to the Editor Overpopulation at issue with shelters

This is in response to Ritha Khemani’s letter [“Seniors should push city to help children,” June 1] regarding the status of supporting D.C. children: The best way to help children is

to stop having so many. The homelessness here in D.C. is reaching devastating proportions — too many single mothers with four and five children from multiple fathers and no visible means of support. This growing population is necessitating building multiple taxpayer-supported shelters throughout the city. Many of the problems facing our city, country and the rest of

the world stem from overpopulation. Too many people demanding resources no longer available and not enough jobs to support the growing number of applicants. I don’t know what the answer is, but it would be far more beneficial to help prevent unwanted pregnancies, and to provide abortion and birth control services when required. Dee Foscherari Van Ness

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s chair and members of the D.C. Board of Elections, we appreciate just how busy this election year is; the agency we oversee must carry out both a local primary on June 14 and presidential general election on Nov. 8. The enormity of this responsibility is magnified by the ever-present national spotlight on where we hold elections — the nation’s capital, the very center of democracy for the entire country. We are charged with empowering your voices. Turning these empowered voices into votes we can count is a process that begins long before Election Day. Most voters probably are not aware of the behind-the-scenes preparation and planning that has been months in the making. For example, we must prepare 143 polling places across the District — your churches, schools and civic centers — and ensure that they are properly equipped and accessible to accommodate the more than 400,000 registered voters in the District of Columbia. Furthermore, while our full-time staff members are some of the best minds and hardest workers the District has to offer, they could not carry out their mission without the more than 2,000 temporary election workers we recruit and train months before the first ballot is cast. We provide extensive training so that they are fully aware of D.C.’s election laws and Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines, and also are comfortable with helping voters use our newly acquired touch-screen voting equipment, which offers the latest technology to make voting experiences as independent, accessible and secure as possible. As Election Day approaches (and early voting is already underway), we are ready to make this election a success. Here is how you can keep score: ■High turnout — We want all registered voters to vote. District voter participation in 2008 was a historic 59.5 percent (it was slightly lower in 2012 at

Letters to the Editor Nonpartisan voting would expand field

If the new, proposed New Columbia Constitution is passed and we become a state, my longheld dream will come true. I do, however, have one suggestion for a simple amendment to the constitution that would have a significant and positive impact on the new state government. I propose that all state elections be nonpartisan, not partisan as they currently are proposed to be in the constitution. A partisan election will continue to prevent all of the approximately 200,000 federal employees and military personnel living in the new state from being candidates for state office, just as the D.C. partisan elections have prevented them in the District for decades. A nonpartisan election will allow all the federal employ-

52.5 percent), but records exist only to inspire us to break them. We are making a concerted effort to engage with all D.C. citizens, including our military and overseas voters, residents in nursing homes and those incarcerated for non-felonies. These are just a few examples of our efforts to capture all the District’s voices in this important conversation. ■Lots of options — We are providing several options to register and vote. Registration is available in person at the Board of Elections, through the Department of Motor Vehicles and other government agencies, online, and with our Vote4DC mobile app. We offer same-day registration during Early Voting (now through Saturday) and on Election Day with proper proof of residence. You can vote at any early voting center that is convenient for you, and at your assigned precinct on Election Day. We also offer “no excuse� absentee voting — which means you have “no excuse� for not voting. ■Accurate results — We promise that our vote count will be one you can count on. The board prioritizes accuracy over speed because we have to get the numbers right. But we will try our best to tabulate and report results as quickly as possible so you can hear what your fellow citizens had to say. Once the election is over, we will take a hard look at what worked well and what we can do better. Our best feedback comes from the concerned citizens who recount their own experiences, good and not so great, at our monthly meetings (which are open to the public, the first Wednesday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at the board’s office) and by telephone, email and on social media. Whether you choose to vote or stay silent is up to you. However, the cost of silence will be a future shaped by voices that do not include your own — and that will not be so easy to opt out of. So, vote, D.C. We are prepared to see you between now and Election Day — and, hopefully, after the voting is done, because we will need your help to prepare and plan for our next election. D. Michael Bennett is chair and Dionna Maria Lewis and Michael D. Gill are members of the D.C. Board of Elections.

ees to run for and hold state offices, just as nonpartisan elections around the nation already do for those jurisdictions. College Park, Md., is one of several nearby examples. It also has a small council (legislature), just as New Columbia would have a small, unicameral legislature. We have long suffered from corruption and similar issues by candidates and officeholders in the District. Increasing the pool of potential candidates to include the wider range of experience and backgrounds that federal employees represent would improve the selection of quality candidates for all the new state voters. Lawrence Albert Cleveland Park

Store display offers demoralizing ideas

I was going to work recently when I was faced at 29th and M streets NW with an unbelievably misogynistic, violent and degrading full-size window display at

Suitsupply. With a bit of Googling, I found that the company’s “toy boy� campaign this spring is generally sexist and degrading — yet the company defended it in a news article. I called the store and the corporate office to register my complaint, but I was passed along from one dead-end phone number to another. I was told that there was no one in customer relations, media relations or public relations available, nor was there a direct line or an email address where I could register my concern. This display is appalling and unacceptable. In the U.S., where on average three women are killed each day by current or expartners, and where an estimated 38 million women will experience domestic abuse during their lifetimes, a full-size depiction of what appears to be a partially clad, asphyxiated woman with a fully clothed man on her neck is outrageous. Michelle Cochran

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Letters to the editor The Current publishes letters and Viewpoint submissions representing various points of view. Because of space limitations, letters should be no more than 400 words and are subject to editing. Letters and Viewpoint submissions intended for publication may be sent to letters@currentnewspapers.com. The mailing address is Letters to the Editor, The Current, Post Office Box 40400, Washington, D.C. 20016-0400.

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Even with all the due respect offered, I was not expecting negative “fame� for supporting an expansion of services for seniors residing in Ward 3 of the District. I try to deal with facts. Ward 3, entirely west of Rock Creek Park, has been neglected in many ways in favor of other wards. I recognize that the mean and median incomes within Ward 3 suggest that residents can fend for themselves. Some can. I, also, vigorously believe that we should help others more broadly. But averages do not tell the whole story. There are different expressions of “capability.� We must recognize that 18 percent of the ward’s citizenry are seniors, and adding to that percentage are residents who are disabled. A look at census data shows a number of them are near or below the poverty level. Some may be “housing rich� but lack the income generation of their youth. Others are renters and face increases beyond their control. A variety of services are needed. If one does not believe the need exists, go into the agora and you can find (not enough) food kitchens helping to supplement nutrition. Food is only part of the need. Well-distributed transportation, health and fitness, and social interventions must be available. This is not class warfare. It is not trying to set the elderly against the youth. Both can share the same facilities at different times. Community centers are virtually idle while children are in school, yet there are few dedicated senior services at those times. What fitness services exist at the Chevy Chase Community Center, for example, are supported by outside entities and not from public funds, though seniors pay their fair share of taxes. Resources may not be limitless, but allocation is a measure of societal priorities. I, for one, am not afraid of the “tax burden� put to good use. Bringing our sales tax up to Maryland’s level — from 5.75 percent to 6 percent — would generate $50 million a year for homelessness, the elderly or something else that’s important. Jay Thal Chevy Chase

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ANC 3D’s behavior harms its credibility

In her May 25 letter in The Current, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D member Alma Gates has conflated my letter of May 18 with ANC 3D commissioner William Spence Spencer’s letter of May 4. Mr. Spencer noted that the manner in which the chair convened the commission’s “special� meeting on historic designation of

the Palisades Field House probably violated ANC 3D bylaws. In my letter, I noted that the failure of the chair (and Ms. Gates) to take into consideration the overwhelming views of the community opposing historic designation violated other ANC 3D bylaws and D.C.’s ANC law. These are two different issues. Under Article V, Section 3B, a special meeting may be called by the chair “by written request of (2) Commissioners or upon petition of (10) residents ‌ .â€? When asked at the special meeting for copies of such, the chair was dismissive and declined to provide the same. Not surprisingly, Ms. Gates failed to disclose that the question of a bylaws violation is now being reviewed by Attorney General Karl Racine. Ms. Gates claims that the meeting was delayed to receive the Historic Preservation Office’s staff report. This is a departure from the commission’s regular order of business, and is the first time in memory that ANC 3D considered the staff report essential to evaluate a historic preservation application. In any event, it is a thin reed to justify the flouting of community concerns. Ironically it illustrates the backflips being performed to justify a decision and process at odds with community sentiment and the commission’s own rules. Regardless of Ms. Gates’ justifications, the result of convening the special meeting was to suppress community input and exclude commissioners who would have supported our community’s wishes. As noted by Larry Ray in his letter of May 25, most ANCs do not consult their constituents and act as a result of personal agendas. ANC 3D’s actions with respect to the special meeting constitute a clear case in point. Ms. Gates’ selective disclosure of the facts, confused analysis, spurious personal attacks, and cartwheels of self-justification harm the credibility of ANC 3D. Despite ANC 3D’s mis-actions and the historic nomination of the Palisades Field House, not all is lost. As noted by the board: “Nomination of a building or site does not preclude change, addition, modification to the site [or] the building, or demolition.â€? Thus, it is still possible, sic probable, that the community’s desires and needs will be met. The current field house will ultimately be razed and replaced on substantially the same footprint by a structure modern in function and architecturally appropriate in design for the Palisades. Gordon Kit The Palisades

Process and outcome valid on field house

Recently, a dispute has been playing out in the pages of The Current over Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D’s resolution

concerning the now-official landmark designation of the Palisades Field House. While I am neither an expert on ANC 3D’s bylaws nor privy to its inner workings, I can offer my view as a community member who has followed this discussion closely. And I can report that the commission majority acted honorably and responsibly in the face of a small but highly determined group opposing the designation. This issue was discussed at multiple ANC 3D meetings I attended, and it attracted almost no community comment, save for a single opponent who repeatedly assured the commission that he spoke for the entire community, which was “dead set against designation.� He always promised that at the next meeting “a large group of opponents� would be joining him. As the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board hearing approached, this group of determined opponents seemed to grow to about five. Despite their small size, they certainly were active: writing sometimes vitriolic posts on the community listserv, writing letters in The Current attacking ANC 3D members they perceived as against them, and describing the writer of the nomination as “unqualified� and “not from our community.� Given this flurry of activity, the ANC 3D chair did the right thing. He organized a special meeting in a larger venue to accommodate the promised large crowds and to allow a discussion free of normal time constraints. At the special meeting, the same handful of people put forward the same arguments. They claimed the building and the site were not historic — despite research going back more than a decade showing both the building’s architectural significance and the site’s Native American history. They claimed that the “overwhelming majority of the residents of ANC 3D opposed the designation,� despite the mere handful of opponents at the meeting. Finally, they pointed to an online “survey� (a highly unscientific method, at best) that they claimed proved a majority opposed “maintaining the current field house in its entirety� — something that designation would not, in fact, even require. In the end, opponents of the landmark designation simply didn’t make their case. The wellresearched application, along with the additional information in the Historic Preservation Office’s staff report, was overwhelmingly persuasive. So both ANC 3D and the Historic Preservation Review Board were correct in supporting landmark status for the Palisades Field House and the site. Now, it’s time to work with the Historic Preservation Office and create a renovated field house that both respects its history and serves the community’s needs. Paul DonVito Foxhall Village

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CLEAN COMMUNITY - A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY Here are a few more suggestions to ensure our neighborhood is as clean, healthy, and attractive as possible. Some of these ideas may be controversial. It’s a question of balance. Trim vegetation and pull weeds. Heavy vegetation provides

a great place for rodents to hide. Thwart their efforts by trimming plants, pulling weeds, and if possible removing ground cover like ivy and liriope. Don’t feed the birds – especially bread. Foggy Bottom and the West End are full of bird

TURF AND TERRAIN EXHIBITION CONTINUES Visitors to the neighborhood have discovered the sculptures of Arts In Foggy Bottom’s 5th Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Turf and Terrain. When the weather cooperates, one sees dozens of groups and individuals exploring the exhibition. For more information, visit www.artsinfoggybottom. com/2016-exhibition/. You can download a map of the exhibition at the website.

Find our schedule and the monthly volunteer’s phone number every week here in the Foggy Bottom Current. Call the volunteer to make your reservation(s) for one or more of the trips. Call early, since the bus holds only 16 people.

food on the ground is food for rats. The Foggy Bottom Association is continuing to work with other community entities, including the George Washington University, the GWU Hospital, and the Foggy Bottom West End Village to keep our community clean. You’ll see

new signs in the next several weeks. And we are working to convince the DC Department of Public Works that we need additional trash cans we may need your help to get that task accomplished. Watch this space and www. foggybottomassociation.org for more details over the next several months.

FBA JUNE MEETING TO ADDRESS METRO TUESDAY, JUNE 28 7:00-8:45 PM SSchool Without Walls Francis Stevens 2425 N St NW, Auditorium The Foggy Bottom Association is pleased to

announce that Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld and Metro Board Chair Jack Evans will address the June meeting of the association. Given the many challenges facing Metrorail, and the recent launch of the

SafeTrack Plan to repair the system’s problems on a highly compressed schedule, Mr. Wiedefeld and Councilmember Evans will have much to discuss. Bring your friends and your questions.

WEST END LIBRARY EVENTS Kingdom, 2016 2538 Queen Annes Lane NW

GET ON THE SENIOR SHOPPING BUS To register, give your name, address, phone number, and date of birth to Seabury Resources. You can reach them by phone at (202) 595-1990.

lovers, so this suggestion may not go over well. But consider this bread is not particularly good for birds. The Audubon Society recommends feeding birds seeds, which contain the oils they need for good health. And put them in a rodentproof bird feeder, not on the ground. Remember

The Volunteer for June is Helen Caldwell; you can reach her at (202) 3385597. Leave your name, telephone number, and the date(s) on which you wish to ride in the van. You will not receive a return call unless there is a problem. Wednesday, June 8 Georgetown Safeway Wednesday, June 15 Trader Joe’s

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016, 5:30 PM Hitchcock Film Series The 39 Steps TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, JUNE 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28 & 30, 2016, 2:00 PM Between the Lines Coloring Club Reawaken your inner child and relieve stress with this newly popular pastime. Bring your own materials or use ours! THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016, 7:00 PM Meditation with David Newcomb

MONDAYS, JUNE 13, 20 & 27, 2016, 2:00 PM EReader Help Bring your fully charged tablet, smartphone, or ereader and learn how to download ebooks and movies. MONDAYS, JUNE 13, 20 & 27, 2016, 3:00 PM ESL Circle Practice your conversational English in a pleasant, welcoming environment. MONDAYS, JUNE 13, 20 & 27, 2016, 6:00 PM Everybody Yoga All levels of expertise welcome. Bring your own mat or borrow one of ours.

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016, 1:00 PM Le Salon Book Club This month’s book is Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf TUESDAYS, JUNE 14, 21 & 28, 2016, 5:00 PM West End Knitting Circle Are you interested in learning the basics of knitting? Or do you know how to knit, but need some help, direction, or just companionship? Join us for an hour at the West End Library. Please bring your own materials. THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016, 6:30PM Movie Night 6 Degrees of Separation

Unless otherwise indicated, all events take place at the interim West End Neighborhood Library, 2522 Virginia Ave NW. Call (202) 724-8707 for more information.

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, in Room 309, Media and Public Affairs Building, George Washington University, 805 21st St. NW. Agenda items include: ■ community forum, including reports from the Metropolitan Police Department, the offices of Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, and the Ward 2 Education Network. ■ presentation by Chris Geldart, director of the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, regarding the Mayor’s Special Events Task Force Group’s special events application process. ■ presentation by Susan Haight, president of the West End Library Friends, regarding updates for the opening of the new West End Library. ■ presentation by the DC Fair Elections Coalition and consideration of a resolution regarding the Citizens Fair Election Program

Amendment Act of 2015. ■ discussion about West End neighborhood branding, including the possible hiring of an artist to create promotional materials for the neighborhood. ■ consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application for a new Class C restaurant license by Roti Mediterranean Grill, 2221 I St. NW. The total occupancy load would be 98 with a summer garden; the establishment would be open from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. ■ consideration of several renewal applications for current Alcoholic Beverage Control license holders. ■ consideration of a public space application regarding an application by Sweetgreen for a new, unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 2238 M St. NW. ■ consideration of a resolution regarding the proposed plan to “green” Francis Field. ■ consideration of a resolution regarding the proposed expansion of the DC Circulator’s operating hours and service area as a result of Metro’s SafeTrack plan. ■ consideration of a resolution regarding the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs proposal to notify the affected advisory neighborhood commission whenever an application for an overnight construction permit is sought. For details, visit anc2a.org. ANC 2B ANCCircle 2B Dupont ■ dupont circle The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Agenda items include: ■ public comments. ■ presentation by Tim Colbert, general manager of The Hepburn. ■ presentation by White Oak Properties, developer of 1758

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status of the project. ■ consideration of a resolution of support for additional funding for small capital projects at School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens. ■ consideration of several renewal applications for current Alcoholic Beverage Control Board license holders. ■ consideration of an application from the Eritrean Cultural & Civic Center for a substantial change to its Class C multipurpose facility alcohol license, which would allow for transfer of the license from 600 L St. NW to a new location at 1214 18th St. NW. Total occupancy load would be 354, limited to members and guests; the establishment would be open until 2 a.m. weeknights and 3 a.m. weekends, with live entertainment from 6 p.m. until closing time daily. ■ consideration of an application from Bistro Bistro, 1727 Connecticut Ave. NW, for a substantial change to its Class C tavern alcohol license to allow an eight-seat sidewalk cafe with hours of 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sundays, 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays; alcohol service would begin daily at 9 a.m. and last until closing time. ■ consideration of an application for a new Class C restaurant alcohol license for Bareburger, 1647 20th St. NW, which would have an indoor occupancy load of 65, with 48 seats; 72 sidewalk cafe seats; and indoor and outdoor closing times of midnight daily. ■ consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for 1714-1716 N St. NW, which seeks variance relief from floor area ratio and nonconforming structure requirements, as well as special exception relief from penthouse setback requirements, to renovate existing offices. ■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for a fourth-story addition to a

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row house at 1520 T St. NW. ■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for a new retaining wall and front patio area, partially in public space, at 1824 17th St. NW. ■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for a rear addition to a row house at 2122 O St. NW. ■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for a rear addition, new roof penthouse and deck, and removal of the garage roof at 1713 S St. NW. ■ consideration of a public space application for a new, unenclosed sidewalk cafe at Protein Bar, 925 17th St. NW. ■ consideration of a public space application for a new, unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 1831 Bar & Lounge, 1831 M St. NW. ■ consideration of a public space application from The Carlyle hotel for a valet parking staging area at 1731 New Hampshire Ave. NW. ■ consideration of a public space application for a new, unenclosed sidewalk cafe for no more than 30 patrons at Brick Lane Restaurant, 1636 17th St. NW. ■ consideration of a public space application for a new, unenclosed sidewalk cafe with 11 tables and 22 seats at Sweetgreen, 1901 L St. NW. ■ consideration of financial support for the 17th Street Festival. ■ update regarding the Dupont Circle Resource Center renovations. ■ treasurer’s report and discussion of financial reporting process. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net. ANC 2C ANC 2C Quarter Downtown/Penn ■ downtown / penn quarter The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 13, in Room A-3, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. Agenda items include:

■ presentation by David Do, director of the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, regarding Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. ■ discussion of plans for the Techworld Plaza complex at 800 K St. NW and 801 I St. NW. ■ consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control license application for Free State, 700 5th St. NW. For details, visit anc2c.us or contact 2C@anc.dc.gov. ANC 2D ANC 2D Sheridan-Kalorama

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, June 20, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. Agenda items include: ■ government reports. ■ presentation by the D.C. Office of the Attorney General. ■ discussion of neighborhood noise disturbance. ■ discussion of an elevator project at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church. ■ open comments. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact davidanc2d01@aol.com. ANC 2F ANCCircle 2F Logan

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Acting Executive Director’s Message Laura Newland Happy summer! Every June, the District of Columbia celebrates Gay Pride, and the Capital Pride Alliance hosts two weeks of events that include the Capital Pride Festival and Parade. The DC Office on Aging (DCOA) is proud (get it?) and excited to participate in both of the main Pride events and celebrate the LGBT community with the rest of the District. The generation that established DC’s first Pride celebration in 1972 is now part of our aging community, and DCOA is committed to better understanding the needs of our LGBTQ seniors in the District and making sure that the hard-fought gains to allow people to live freely and openly don’t go away when they age. Nearly 11 percent of District residents identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer

(LGBTQ) —the highest in the country. No other state comes close. Vermont comes in second, with 6 percent of its residents identifying as LGBTQ. This June the DC LGBTQ community has a lot to celebrate: government workers no longer have to fear being fired for being gay or even just suspected of being gay, for one. And last year, The Supreme Court recognized marriage as a fundamental right for everyone. But Pride Month is also an opportunity to shine a light on the host of unique challenges still facing LGBTQ people in the District, particularly as they age. We know that family and social connections are the key to aging well—relationships are what allow all of us, regardless of age, to live full, meaningful lives. But LGBTQ seniors are statistically less likely to have a

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR

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JUNE EVENTS 4th • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 27th Annual Glover Park Day will be held at the Guy Mason Recreation Center. 3600 Calvert St. NW. To learn more, call 202-727-7736.

7th and 21st • noon Join the DC Caregivers Online Chat at Noon on June 7 to discuss “Caregiving for someone with PTSD.” On June 21, the topic will be “Tips and techniques for dealing with stress.” Visit http://dcoa. dc.gov/page/caregiver-chat at noon or visit at your convenience and hit replay to see the chat. For more information, contact linda.irizarry@dc.gov or call 202-535-1442.

11th • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Hospital for Sick Children will hold its June Fair and Family & Community Health Expo. The address is 1731 Bunker Hill Rd. NE. For more information, contact Cecil Doggette at 202-580-6485 or cdoggette@hscsn.org.

support system that would allow them to age in place—they’re twice as likely to live alone, twice as likely to be single, and much less likely to have children than their non-LGBTQ counterparts. So how can we do a better job of meeting the needs of LGBTQ seniors in our city? Being visible supporters (like in Capital Pride events) is a good start. But we’re committed to real work, too. Earlier this year, Mayor Bowser signed legislation passed by the Council requiring LGBTQ cultural competency training for all health professionals who see patients in a clinical setting. This is a striking commitment to making sure that people can receive health care and that partners/ spouses can be a part of health care decisions, regardless of how people identify. So DCOA has partnered with

Whitman Walker Health to provide mandatory LGBTQ competency trainings for our Senior Service Network (Network) and for DCOA staff over the next several months. Most of our Network and DCOA staff aren’t considered health professionals, but we all interact with seniors as part of our jobs. This training won’t just be for our front-line staff—executives and managers will be required to attend as well, because we know that leadership with LGBTQ competency is critical. These are the easy things that we can do. But to create a true community—one in which all seniors are respected and valued—we’ll need your input, advice, and commitment. How can we better meet the needs of the LGBTQ community, and all underserved seniors in the District?

When Mayor Bowser asked me to lead this agency, I knew that I agreed to a big job. What I didn’t know was that I’d find a new family. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting many of you through our work together, and I’ve been surprised and humbled by how welcoming you’ve been. My personal life hasn’t mattered to you. What matters is that I see you, and that my top priority every day is making sure you know that you matter—to this agency, the larger community, and to the District. How can we embrace every senior, and welcome them as warmly as you’ve welcomed me? I believe that when we do this—when we uplift everyone and exclude no one—that we can make the District of Columbia the best place in the world for seniors to live. Just as they are.

attorney advisor, Com2855 Bladensburg Rd. munity Outreach Division. NE. For more informaThey will talk about tion, call Norma Hardie housing code enforceat 202-529-8701. ment, including how the Office of Attorney Gen18th • 10 a.m. eral investigates housing to 3 p.m. code violations and holds The 2016 Community 11th • 10 a.m. to noon landlords accountable for Day will take place at the A brain health conference will be held their actions. They will Greater Fellowship Bapat the D.C. Baptist Convention, 1628 also warn about telemartist Church, located in 16th St. NW. Parking is available in the keting scams and advise the 3800 block of 9th St. garage. To register, call 202-265-1626. about how to file a comSE Contact Gwen Brightplaint. They will describe haupt at 202-561-5594 13th and 20th • 11:30 a.m. how the OAG Neighborfor more information. Seabury Resources for Aging Ward hood Services Section 5 presents a program on AARP legal works closely with the 18th • noon counseling. It will be held on May 13 at Visit www.dcoa.dc.gov or call 202-724-5622 Police Department to to 4 p.m. Vicksburg nutrition site, 3005 Bladassist crime victims. The 22nd Annual North ensburg Rd. NE. On May 20, it will be Service Network. The ambassadors serve There will be plenty of Michigan Park Family presented at North Capitol @ Plymouth as points of contact for distributing & Fun Day will take place at the North nutrition site, 5233 N. Capitol St. NW. For time for a question and answer session information about the programs and about how the Office of the Attorney Michigan Park Recreation Center, 1333 more information, call Norma Hardie at services available to seniors, people General can help District residents. It Emerson St. NE. Contact Grace Lewis at 202-529-8701. living with disabilities and caregivers in will take place at Iona Senior Services, 202-526-7696 for more information. their wards and communities. To register, 4125 Albemarle St. NW. Registration is 14th • 2 to 4 p.m. call 202-724-5622 or email Darlene. 22nd • 11 a.m. Take part in a session about how the D.C. appreciated! Call 202-895-9448. nowlin@dc.gov. United Healthcare will lead a workshop Office of the Attorney General (OAG) on prostate cancer prevention at Kibar 16th • 10 a.m. to noon helps District residents. There will be a nutrition site, 1519 4th St. NW. For more panel discussion with OAG attorneys and Train to become a DCOA Ambassador, an 16th • 11:30 a.m. United Healthcare will present a workinformation, call Norma Hardie at 202initiative to train community residents investigators led by Tony Towns, com529-8701. munity outreach director for the Office of about the programs and services offered shop on preventing hypertension. It will Attorney General and Lateefah Williams, by the D.C. Office on Aging and its Senior be held at Fort Lincoln I nutrition site, The 8th Annual D.C. Housing Expo & Home Show will be held at the Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Pl. For more information, see http://dhcd.dc.gov/node/1147421.

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seats on the D.C. Council, for an at-large seat and in wards 2, 4, 7 and 8. Council member Jack Evans runs unopposed in Ward 2. After being elected in a special election to fill Mayor Muriel Bowser’s former seat, Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd is on the ballot again, facing competition from three challengers. East of the Anacostia River, former Mayor Vincent Gray is running against Ward 7 council incumbent Yvette Alexander to restart his political career. Also joining the council in a special election last year was Ward 8 Council member LaRuby May. She’s now in a likely tight contest with challenger Trayon White, after besting him by only roughly 150 votes last April. On the Democratic ballot will also be Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, up for re-election to the U.S. House, and shadow representative. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Republican and D.C. Statehood Green Party voters will also cast ballots, though the GOP selected their presidential candidate in a caucus earlier this year. There are no contested races in the local and party offices on their ballots. Since May 31, nearly 7,500 people have voted early as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the elections board’s website. The eight early voting sites, one in each ward, will remain open until Saturday. On Monday afternoon, foot traffic was light outside the Takoma Park Recreation Center, where Ward 4 voters have so far cast 715 early votes. Theresa Cusick, a volunteer for Todd’s re-election campaign, said some people may not know Election Day is coming up. “They keep changing the date,� she said. In past years, primary dates have been in the fall, or earlier in

the spring during presidential cycles. “I don’t think people are used to this primary date.� The elections board declined to give predictions on turnout. Meanwhile, on Tuesday afternoon, the Office of the D.C. Auditor released a report concluding the elections board “needs to do a better job of scrubbing the list of eligible voters, including removing duplicate and deceased voters.� Auditor Kathy Patterson notes that the board has taken “steps in the right direction� lately to improve its list of registered voters. In example, however, the report took a sample of 33 decedents and found that they were all still listed among the board’s eligible voter file. As for the speed of voting and election results, the elections board touts its new voting equipment, fully replacing all previous election devices. Each precinct — 143 in total across town — will have two touchscreen ballot-marking devices that are compatible with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Most voters will use pen on paper ballots, which will then be inserted into a new “high-speed� tabulator, said agency spokesperson Margarita Mikhaylova. Those tabulators will be able to electronically transmit results for the elections board to announce by 9:30 p.m., Mikhaylova said. On Election Day, voters can complete same-day registration. In previous elections, voters who register on Election Day have their ballots marked “special,� requiring further verification by the elections board. But this year, residents who provide proof of residency will be able to vote “live ballots� — the same as all registered voters. The party primaries are closed, however, and the deadline has already passed for registered voters to change parties.

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has declined over the past few decades. Elsewhere in Northwest, a $5,900 grant for George Washington University will go toward two rain barrels, 200 gallons each, which will collect stormwater from at least three 4-foot-wide rain saucers, according to Rice of the environment agency. That system will irrigate the university’s GroW Community Garden on H Street NW between 23rd and 24th streets NW, which provides more than 1,000 pounds of produce to

assigned ratings in five categories: installing green infrastructure; removing impervious surfaces and planting trees; creating and promoting green jobs; restoring native habitats; cleaning up an area affected by high volumes of litter; and preventing litter. Extra points went to projects that fell within the agency’s priority areas in outer edges of the city. All three of the Northwest projects fall outside of the priority area, which means they were “super stellar� in other components, Rice said. In Forest Hills, Weinig envisions her group’s $19,650 project creating a park area for families and older people to enjoy, as well as addressing stormwater issues and restoring native habiPhoto courtesy of Darlene Robbins tats for pollinators, amphibians, birds and The Forest Hills Neighborhood Alliance will small mammals. Her lead an effort to upgrade areas along the team will enlist the Broad Branch stream for community use. nonprofits Rock Creek Conservancy and Casey the nearby homelessness nonprofit Trees for volunteer efforts such as Miriam’s Kitchen, according to planting 100 trees, removing trash Shannon Ross from the universiand adding seats and pathways to ty’s Office of Sustainability. “Even though the amount of the park area at Broad Branch water diverted by these rain barRoad and Linnean Avenue NW. The ultimate goal is to estab- rels is small in comparison to lish the stream area “as the green DC’s overall numbers, a major heart of Forest Hills,� Weinig said. value comes from the educational “What we’re really trying to do opportunity since the high visibilis build a culture of stewardship ity of this new feature will help around this site. We really over education GW students on this time would love to see the com- issue and show them how they can munity take ownership of it and individually make an impact,� take pride in it,� Weinig said. “The Ross wrote in an email. The grant program in general more it’s beautiful, the more it’s inviting, the more people will represents several years of effort want to be there and the more on Rice’s part. She managed a they’ll take care of it, and that’s similar program at her old job in Portland, Ore., a little less than a what we’re trying to promote.� Meanwhile in Ward 1, Steve decade ago. When she moved to Dryden of the Endangered Species the D.C. government in 2010, she Coalition plans to extend his hoped she’d be able to translate three-year initiative in Rock Creek her work to the nation’s capital. Park, where he hopes to improve But the process took longer than the habitat for migratory song- she expected. “When I managed it in 2008 or birds that arrive in the District from as far as Latin America. With so, it was like the 15th consecutive the help of a previous grant from year it had been going on [in the National Audubon Society, Oregon]. It was this wildly sucDryden and his collaborators cessful program that pulled in planted 100 trees. Now with the over 60 applications and was RiverSmart grant of $18,500, engaging with new community they’ll plant 100 more and extend groups,� Rice said. “I thought, outreach to the neighboring Ran- ‘This is a thing that DOEE could dolph Tower Apartments at 3900 use.’� Rice can’t promise the program 14th St. NW. “It’s an educational program to will return next year, but she hopes talk to folks about how they’re it does, since it will likely grow part of this amazing ecological now that environmentalists know phenomenon and to make a sort of about it and have all year to preenvironmental link between two pare their proposals. “What’s great about this year is different communities in Washthat there’s been so much interest. ington,� said Dryden. Dryden is particularly con- Even more people were interested cerned with elevating the park’s in it and didn’t have enough time reputation, which suffers when to get their proposals together,� users litter and more generally she said. “Providing the opportubecause federal funding for nity again will get even better national parks like Rock Creek proposals.�

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June 7, 2016 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Town Hall to discuss draft constitution African American Civil War Memorial & Museum 1925 Vermont Avenue, NW RSVP: June7Statehood.Eventbrite.com June 8, 2016 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Town Hall to discuss draft constitution Raymond Recreation Center 3725 10th Street, NW RSVP: June8Statehood.Eventbrite.com June 9, 2016 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Working groups present recommendations to the New Columbia Statehood Commission University of the District of Columbia Student Center 4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW

June 13, 2016 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. The New Columbia Statehood Commission will launch the Constitutional Convention District of Columbia Taxicab Commission 2235 Shannon Place, SE, Room 2032 June 17, 2016 6:00 p.m. The New Columbia Statehood Commission will reconvene the Constitutional Convention Woodrow Wilson High School 3950 Chesapeake Street, NW June 18, 2016 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. The New Columbia Statehood Commission will convene the final day of the Constitutional Convention Woodrow Wilson High School 3950 Chesapeake Street, NW RSVP for Constitutional Convention events at: http://bit.ly/DCStatehoodConvention

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for maintaining city facilities, is looking into the issue. Agency spokesperson Kenny Diggs said in an interview yesterday afternoon that crews were on site at that moment and would likely have information soon. “They’re trying to get to the root cause of it and then take that corrective action — not just clean it up,� said Diggs. The Department of Parks and Recreation referred all questions to the general services agency. Following another flood in 2014, Miller had accused the city agencies of “institu-

tional denial,� telling The Current at the time that officials had failed to consider the big picture. Another potter, Tenleytown resident Mary Pendergast, agreed that cleanups have been the only way the floods have been addressed in the past. Pendergast added that the cleanings, at times, have failed to fully sanitize the room after its contamination from sewage. She estimated that floods have forced the pottery room to temporarily close a half-dozen times per year. “If you can see fecal material in the water, then I put that as really bad — and

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I’ve seen it really bad before,� said Pendergast. Photos shared by Guy Mason potters suggest that Saturday’s incident was also in the “really bad� camp. Miller said the floods have never damaged anyone’s pottery, but everyone still feels their effects. “We have to cancel classes numerous times, and people who want to come in during open studio time can’t,� she said. “With pottery, it’s kind of like a timing thing — you have to get in there and work on your stuff before the clay dries out.� Outside of the pottery circle, some community leaders said they hadn’t been aware

of the issue in the Guy Mason basement, including a Friends of Guy Mason member and Glover Park advisory neighborhood commissioner Jackie Blumenthal. “I’m surprised to learn this problem was not corrected when Guy Mason was renovated and certainly hope that DPR will focus on a permanent solution to stop the sewage from backing-up and creating an unhealthy, dirty mess,� Blumenthal wrote in an email to The Current. “Guy Mason is a centerpiece of the Glover Park community and should be maintained for the enjoyment of all residents.�

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Department reports that traffic delays decreased by as much as 30 percent, based on engineers’ estimates. The project began in 2012. The latest round of optimizations coincides with a time of significant upheaval in the D.C. transportation system. This week, Metro initiated its yearlong SafeTrack plan, which will close large sections of the city’s railways for weeks and months at a time in order to conduct repairs that many observers argue have been necessary for years. While the Transportation Department separately announced roadway measures to account for the impacts of SafeTrack last week, the traffic signal optimization is intersecting with SafeTrack only by coincidence, according to agency spokesperson Michelle PhippsEvans. “Once SafeTrack starts in earnest, we’ll be taking a look at the signals and we can adjust at that time,� Phipps-Evans said in an interview. “They’re two different programs happening at the same time.� Even so, neighborhood leaders across the affected area think the signal work will play a critical role in the state of the transportation system this summer and beyond. Several advisory neighborhood commissioners interviewed for this story said they hadn’t been briefed on the specifics of the signal optimization project in their neighborhoods, and expressed frustration that the Transportation Department took action without consulting them first. “DDOT hasn’t reached out to the ANC to discuss specific plans, which is unfortunate since the ANC can be a very useful partner in these sorts of things, given our intimate knowledge of local conditions,� Malachy Nugent, chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F (Forest Hills, North Cleveland Park, Van Ness), wrote in an email. But those who know more about the plan think it’s a step in the right direction. Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh told The Current she’s pleased to see the traffic signal program, ostensi-

bly successful downtown, make its way to her portion of the District. She plans to keep a watchful eye on three intersections in particular that have repeatedly been problem areas: Wisconsin Avenue and Albemarle Street NW, Connecticut Avenue and Porter Street NW, and 39th and Van Ness streets NW. If they continue to cause headaches, she’ll conduct site visits with neighborhood leaders and agency officials like she did last year at several key intersections with a history of accidents. The problems addressed by the optimization process range from misleading signage to malfunctioning schedules, Cheh said. The easiest way to address specific issues is to visit the intersection in person, she said. One lingering issue Cheh plans to keep an eye on is the possibility of speeding along corridors with aligned signal timing. If the signals turn green in a sequence that allows cars to travel through without needing to brake, Cheh thinks there’s a possibility more traffic violations could occur. But she plans to wait until the program is underway before raising such an issue. The American Automobile Association applauds the Transportation Department’s optimization project and thinks it comes at the right time, potentially helping to ease traffic woes stemming from SafeTrack, according to AAA spokesperson John Townsend. “It will improve travel times, making them more predictable and dynamic, reduce vehicular traffic emissions, improve traffic flow and bus running times, and, most of all, enhance the safety of vulnerable highway users, pedestrians, the disabled, the elderly, school children and cyclists,� Townsend wrote in an email. “Though the process began in 2012, the timing is perfect.� Priorities for the impacts of the traffic signal changes differ from neighborhood to neighborhood. Tom Smith, chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D, hopes the changes reduce the number of drivers cutting through the residential neighborhoods in his district. (ANC 3D includes

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More than 350 signals were adjusted, including here at Canal and Foxhall roads NW.

Foxhall, the Palisades, Spring Valley and Wesley Heights.) Jackie Blumenthal, chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3B (Glover Park, Cathedral Heights) has noticed numerous instances of pedestrians struggling to get across the street before the walk signal turns back to red. She thinks the signal schedules have been weighted against pedestrians, and she hopes to see that balance change. In Ward 4, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4A chair Gale Black said she applauds the Transportation Department’s efforts to reduce congestion and increase safety, but she thinks the agency ought to extend that spirit of improvement to Broad Branch Road NW, currently in need of major repairs, and Klingle Road NW, currently in use only for pedestrians and bikes. (ANC 4A includes Colonial Village, Crestwood, Shepherd Park, northern 16th Street Heights and western Brightwood.) “I continue to believe that DC and Ward 4, particularly the Crestwood area, would be better served by keeping all of the public roads and bridges truly open and available to all of us,� Black wrote in an email. “If the aim of the transportation project is ‘to improve multimodal connectivity,’ it makes no sense to restrict the public’s use of any public right of way.� The effects of the optimization program won’t become clear until later this summer, the agency cautions. Cheh remains hopeful that this long-standing issue will be addressed in a productive manner. “I do hear from people from time to time that they want better signalization. I tell them, ‘It’s coming, it’s coming,’� Cheh said. “Now they’re here, and I’m happy. But it’ll take a little while.�

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available online at issuu.com/ currentnewspapers. The Current’s staff interviewed the three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for a D.C. Council at-large seat, as well as the four Democratic candidates seeking their party’s nomination for the Ward 4 D.C. Council seat. Jack Evans, the incumbent Ward 2 D.C. Council member, does not have a challenger in the Democratic primary and is therefore not included; the same is true for D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and shadow U.S. Rep. Franklin Garcia. The Democratic ballot will also include three U.S. presidential candidates: Hillary Clinton, “Rocky” Roque De La Fuente and Bernie Sanders. There are no contested races in the Republican or D.C. Statehood Green parties. At-large D.C. Council candidate Carolina Celnik is the only name on the GOP ballot other than those seeking positions with the local party; in the D.C. Statehood Green Party, G. Lee Aiken is running for an at-large D.C. Council seat and Natale (Lino) Stracuzzi is seeking the party’s nomination for D.C. delegate to the House of Representatives.

About the election The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 14. To vote on Election Day, you must go to your assigned polling place; if you have moved and have not updated your address with the Board of Elections, you should go to the polling location serving your old address. Absentee ballots must be received by 8 p.m. June 14 to be counted. Early voting began May 31 at One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW, and will continue daily from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. through June 11. Satellite early-voting locations — including the Chevy Chase, Columbia Heights and Takoma community centers — are open June 4 through 11. Election Day will mark the first time D.C. voters will use a new voting system featuring an optical scan machine that tabulates ballots marked either by hand or by the accessible ExpressVote Ballot Marking Device. For details, visit dcboee.org or call 202-727-2525.

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At-large D.C. Council candidate David Garber is a former two-term Ward 6 advisory neighborhood commissioner who has worked for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, for the Urban Land Institute, as a substitute teacher and as a U.S. Senate intern. He also served as co-chair of the Historic Anacostia Design Review Committee. If elected, Garber said, the three areas he would most emphasize are neighborhood safety, education and inclusive citywide growth. “We must make sure we have enough officers on the streets every day,” Garber said in an interview. “Right now, we have a deficit across the city that leads to forced overtime and less ability to handle crime.” He wants to “bring back localized street crime enforcement units, which were centralized last year. Officers need to have on-the-ground knowledge of the communities.” Garber said the city must address systemic poverty so there are economic opportunities for kids “other than crime,” in part by bolstering vocational training in D.C. schools. Garber spent 2 1/2 years as a substitute teacher in the public school system. Regarding education, he said that a priority must be closing “the opportunity gap for kids who do not come from strong backgrounds” in after-school activities. Schools in high-income areas frequently receive private funding from parents for sports and arts programs, funding that low-income areas do not receive, he said. He called on the District to use part of its surplus to fund these activities across the city “so the wealthy no longer feel they need to contribute.” The biggest need is for better middle and high schools, he said, which is “why we have such a robust charter school program. … Elementary schools have made improvements across the District.” He would like more language immersion programs throughout D.C. Regarding the need for more inclusive growth, Garber pointed to his See Garber/Page V4

Incumbent Vincent Orange is seeking re-election to the at-large D.C. Council seat he has held since winning an April 2011 special election. He chairs the council’s Committee on Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. A certified public accountant and an attorney, Orange previously served as the Ward 5 council member. He also has been chief financial officer of the National Children’s Center and a Pepco vice president. He has run unsuccessfully for mayor and council chairman. If re-elected, Orange said in an interview that he would focus most on education, transportation safety, and jobs and economic development. He hopes to serve on the council’s Education Committee, where he would push to ensure that the chancellor has a goal that 80 percent of thirdgraders can read independently, add, subtract, multiply and divide before they enter fourth grade. Orange called these abilities a foundation for middle and high school success and for being able to apply to college. He said that 60 percent of today’s D.C. third-graders cannot independently read. He also wants the chancellor to strive to achieve an 85 percent high school graduation rate, and to ensure that 75 percent of high school students apply to college. He favors eliminating tuition at the University of the District of Columbia’s Community College to ease the path for residents to obtain associate degrees. Orange said he hopes he will be allowed to serve on four committees, instead of his current three, so he will not have to give up one of them to join the Education Committee. Regarding transportation, Orange said he would support his council colleague Jack Evans, also chair of the Metro board of directors, in the effort to improve the safety and maintenance of the local subway system and to push for more federal funding. He also would like the system to prohibit knives, guns and other weapons on its buses and trains, and is generally supportive of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plans to See Orange/Page V4

At-large D.C. Council candidate Robert White is an attorney who has served as community outreach director for D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, general counsel for D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and a clerk in the Montgomery County District Court. He is also president of the Brightwood Park Citizens Association in Ward 4. If elected to the D.C. Council, White told The Current he would concentrate on improving schools, creating more affordable housing and creating more jobs. On education, White believes the city needs “a solid turnaround strategy for each underperforming school” including multi-year budgeting. He favors more investment in early childhood development, improved nutrition for lowincome children and a better program of job retention for good teachers by including them in decision-making processes. White is particularly concerned about improving education for lowincome minority children, whom he feels have not really benefited from the school system’s progress. He agrees with the mayor’s plan to rebuild the District’s older school buildings on a complete basis rather than just fixing up dilapidated parts of buildings. Because many rebuilding projects are significantly over budget, White said he wants the council to hold oversight hearings on school modernization at least every quarter. Regarding affordable housing, White said the government should purchase affordable apartment buildings if they go on the market to prevent their conversion into condos or higher-priced rental units. These buildings should be subject to “a permanent covenant limiting rent on a share of the units, adjusting for inflation once they go back on the market,” he said. Such a strategy would be a less costly affordable housing approach than building new units, White said. He also wants the city to work with commercial building owners to convert under-utilized office structures into apartments with a large percentage of affordable See White/Page V4

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Vincent Orange

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Should you be elected or re-elected to the D.C. Council, what are the three areas upon which you would concentrate the most?

Neighborhood safety; great education options; an inclusive equitable citywide growth policy.

How would you differentiate yourself from your competitors?

I’m the only candidate unassociated with other officeholders. I have more community-level experience and will emphasize a community focus.

Ensuring third-graders can read independently and can add, subtract, multiply and divide; public safety in transportation, especially Metro; improving business opportunities in D.C. and making the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs more effective. I’m running on a record of achievement and providing results. I have a committee chairmanship, which they would not have for at least two years.

Should firms that do business with the city be allowed to make political contributions? How about their owners, spouses and employees? Would you support some form of public financing of campaigns? If yes, what form?

Yes, but I also support public financing of elections.

Yes, as long as it’s transparent and the Office of Campaign Finance can track all contributions.

No. They should play no role in fundraising.

Yes. If a candidate has raised a certain amount of money, individual contributions should be matched by the city up to a limit.

No. Public funds should be spent on safety-net needs such as free mobile shower buses for the homeless and free hygiene products for homeless women. Yes, as the public will do it by a referendum this November. The mayor’s legislation is $15 and $7.50 for tip wage. The ballot issue is a straight $15. Ours will be coordinated with Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. There is no evidence we’re losing jobs to Virginia.

Yes. I would support a contribution match. I’d look for successful arrangements nationally.

Should we raise the minimum wage in the manner urged by Mayor Muriel Bowser?

We should raise it, but ensure small businesses have an opportunity for success. I support a lower minimum for tipped employees.

Virginia’s minimum wage is currently several dollars an hour less than ours. Will the recent minimum wage legislation attract qualified lowpaid workers from Virginia that will reduce D.C. residents’ job opportunities? Should the D.C. Council pass the proposed paid family leave bill? Would it put some employers at risk? Do employees need its benefits?

I don’t believe it will have a meaningful effect.

People wouldn’t be paid as much as when they are on the job full time, so I don’t think it would be a major problem. I support its being all paid for by the employer.

Improving schools; creating and protecting affordable housing; creating jobs for local residents.

Strong character, I believe highly in transparency, and I have a significant policy background.

Yes, but use the savings from social services to help small businesses. They could apply based on need. Not if we implement a local hiring incentive. I would like to see a profit tax rebate for local hires

Not in its current form, as it can’t pass the economic impact or fiscal impact thresholds.

We should pass a version with 12 instead of 16 weeks. New York has one that is employee-paid. Would be open to having it partially employeepaid, but uncertain as I have not studied the economic model for it. Increase funding for schools, affordable housing It is a very good budget. Education dollars should be more goal-oriented and focus more on and job training. Can save a lot of money by early childhood education. Tuition-free looking at contracts such as the DC Trust’s. community college. No cuts.

In looking over the upcoming budget, what spending areas, if any, would you like increased? Which decreased?

Less toward major sports facilities; more going to economic development in neighborhoods that need it and for school building improvements and operating costs.

Some say that although D.C. receives little tax revenue from the high-tech sector, the city could recruit firms as the District is very attractive to potential employees. Would you support lowering D.C. profits taxes for this kind of firm to attract them from Virginia and Maryland? How about capital gains taxes for local owners? Should the sales tax include services such as gym memberships? What steps do you think the council should take to improve public education?

I support the city investing in startups that agree In the past, we needed to. The NoMa area is to stay in the District, like Maryland and Virginia attracting them as we have high disposable do. Would expand high-tech franchise tax relief income and a high influx of residents. from five years to 10.

We should have a separate capital gains tax, and a separate profits tax if it will beef up the businesses here.

No.

Yes.

Given the fact that many recent school modernizations are significantly over budget, are you concerned that the District might be overpaying or otherwise spending its money inefficiently? If so, what would you do about it? Some say recent improvements in test scores indicate the present system, while still having a long way to go, is making real progress. Should the council pass laws that the mayor might think would interfere with her ability to run the system? Some Ward 4 residents have said their children’s education quality will sharply decline when they lose their in-boundary status to attend Deal Middle School and Wilson High. Do you agree? If you do, what specifically should be done about it? If you don’t, how would you answer the residents who claim it will? Some charter school advocates claim the city government ignores existing laws by not giving charters first crack at all closed school buildings. Do you agree? If so, what if anything should be done about it? Do you support allowing a neighborhood preference for charter schools?

No. We should encourage a fit D.C. (especially since I’ve lost 65 pounds!). Encourage diversity such as language immersion The chancellor must be given realistic goals: across the District. Continue to invest in facilities Eighty percent of our children should be able to improvements. Better funding of sports, arts and read, add, subtract, multiply and divide before they enter fourth grade. The District should have other extracurricular activities, especially in a minimum 85 percent high school graduation neighborhoods with fewer resources. rate, and 75 percent of our children should apply for college.

Invest more on early childhood development and nutrition for low-income kids, and do a better job retaining good teachers by including them in decision-making. Develop turnaround plans for low-performing schools including multi-year budgeting, expand vocational education, and improve collaboration between public and charter schools.

Yes. I would work with Education Committee members to look at how we spend more money on facilities than private and charter institutions do.

I’m concerned. I support the re-examination of these projects to ensure that we’re getting what we desire in an efficient manner.

We’re definitely overspending and spending inefficiently. We need an at-large council member who will do a better job of oversight.

The council should always act in our best interests, especially if we think it would have a greater impact than what is now being done.

The progress is marginal. We need to put higher I don’t think we’ve made real progress for lowincome minority students. I would support any expectations on the system and on the chancellor. At a minimum, we should be equal to actions that would help our kids. the national results.

Redistricting always has a big impact. People do move to communities based on in-boundary schools. Still, redistricting should take place and it will lead to a stronger citywide system.

If new boundaries produce less than desirable schooling options, extra funding should help improve results for schools where students are reassigned.

I agree. I would work to develop specific turnaround plans for the Ward 4 schools, working with Deal and Wilson leadership.

All closed school buildings should be reserved for educational use.

I agree. Charters should have first dibs.

I’d enforce the law. I’d call for hearings and if necessary a lawsuit.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes, but not requiring it.

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As long as Republicans control the House or the Senate, getting statehood is likely to prove difficult, as they do not want more Democratic senators. Also, Maryland and Virginia fear their residents working here would have to pay D.C. income taxes. Should D.C. try to get more home rule or should statehood remain the priority? Should the District seek territorial status under which residents and businesses would not pay federal taxes? What would you as a D.C. Council member do to improve Metro’s subway system?

We should continue to push for statehood. Nothing is hopeless.

We should move forward with statehood and follow the mayor’s plan.

It depends on the makeup of Congress. Should the Democrats control, we should push for statehood. With a Republican Congress, we have to take incremental steps.

No.

It’s worthy of consideration.

No. It would be a backward step.

Work with partners to increase long-term funding Call for Jack Evans, our representative on the and prioritize maintenance. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, to push for a strong maintenance fund and a safety program prohibiting guns and knives and other weapons on the system. I support Evans’ call for a $300 million infusion from Congress. Should there be a special tax that D.C. and the No. Everything should be considered. There are Virginia and Maryland counties served by Metro more than three parties. The federal government pay to support it? If yes, what should the tax be? is also a party. Should the District expand the streetcar Yes, if we learn how to do it better and more Yes. network beyond H Street NE? efficiently. Do you support the bus-only lanes planned for Yes. Not in its current fashion, as 16th Street is too 16th Street NW? narrow now. Do you support efforts to get the D.C. Public No. I believe it’s too late. The commission has the Service Commission to reverse its decision to sole authority according to our charter. approve the Pepco-Exelon merger? Would you have supported Mayor Bowser’s I’m supportive of the final proposal. I have no position. proposed terms for a settlement agreement? Would you support public funding for a new No. Residents surrounding that site would prefer I support the process put in place by Events DC and want first to see its recommendations to be football stadium at the site of RFK? mixed residential, recreational and commercial better informed. development. Would you support public spending for a new No. I support Verizon Center’s contributions to the hockey/basketball arena to replace the aging city. Events DC has proposed possibly moving it Verizon Center downtown? to the RFK footprint, and I would first want to see its proposal.

I’d use my federal connections to push for increased federal funding.

No, I don’t think we’ve justified the need as yet for a tax. Only if it can be done in a partnership with the private sector. Yes. Yes. No. No. Only if it were located in an economically depressed area of the city.

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Vincent Orange

Robert White

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Charter school advocates also claim charters do not receive as much per pupil as does the public school system, as most have to fund their own buildings. Do you agree? If yes, what if anything should be done about it? Would you support undergrounding the city’s electric wiring beyond the amount that is now being done, which would be very expensive? If yes, how should it be paid for and what areas should be undergrounded? The D.C. Office of Planning favors mandating fewer parking places in new apartment buildings. Supporters say underground parking is expensive to build and forces increased rents. Opponents say it forces more cars on the street, depriving adjacent single-family homeowners of parking. Where do you stand? Should bicycle riders be ticketed when they go through red lights or stop signs? Do you support Mayor Bowser’s plan for eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2024? Are there elements of the plan that should be changed, such as the proposed very high fines for some traffic offenses? Do you approve of the city’s allowing recreational marijuana sales or possession in the face of opposition from Congress Do you approve of Mayor Bowser’s plans to locate new family homeless shelters in seven of the eight wards? Some have criticized the cost of the mayor’s shelter plan. What are your thoughts? The Washington Post reported that many of Mayor Bowser’s proposed shelter locations would benefit her campaign contributors. What are your thoughts? What could you as a council member do in response to charges that the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has made it difficult to view construction permit information online despite city law? How can we improve job training in low-income areas of the city?

GARBER From Page V1 observations from living in Anacostia, Shaw and the Navy Yard area. “Seeing how important it is to have folks who work for their communities was my inspiration to get involved politically,”

ORANGE From Page V1 increase fines for disobeying traffic laws. Regarding jobs and the economy, Orange wants the city to cre-

I agree. I would look into city funding for capital costs for buildings.

There should be uniform funding. We should provide the available resources for the charters to be successful.

I agree with them. The council has the power of the purse, so we must make sure the funding is equitable.

Yes, especially in main streets and commercial districts, paid for by utilities during overhaul of street infrastructure.

Yes, but first complete the $1 billion project on the table. Once it’s completed, we can look at other areas, paid for by both Pepco and the District.

Yes, over time we should underground all of our wires, but pair it with other infrastructure needs like improving sewer and water lines. It should be used as a training program for resident workers. The compromises have generally been adequate, but we should encourage co-located parking for residential and commercial uses. When residents are gone, the business folks could park there.

The current compromises have been reasonable. If you build, you should build with appropriate parking. There should be at least one spot for every unit.

Yes, and that also applies for autos.

First issue warnings; then on the third issuance, they should receive tickets. I support her plan in concept. Some of the fines should be revisited.

I do support the goal. All fines must include a deterrence factor.

Yes.

We cannot violate federal law.

Yes.

I support facilities in all eight wards, but the city should own them in locations accessible to public transportation and with access to jobs. The city must own the facilities, where we can better control costs and get the homeless into humane living conditions as quickly as possible. Any real estate deal involving taxpayer money should be scrutinized to make sure we are getting the most possible and increase public trust along the way.

I agree with the concept. Some locations and the financing need to be revisited.

Yes. There should be shelters in every ward.

The financing had to be revisited. It was too costly.

The costs were not justified.

The developers own most of the land. I’m more concerned about the cost.

It creates an appearance of pay-to-play and may potentially sink this very important effort.

The agency must follow the law. I’m having an oversight hearing of DCRA operations and to ascertain if it is too big and needs to be broken up.

Get rid of Vincent Orange on the council, who has oversight of DCRA.

By creating a profile of the unemployed and under-employed, we can connect them to jobs we know are coming, as we did with Costco and the Marriott Marquis.

Ensure that programs get people into jobs and not just prepare a certificate.

Yes, I support the plan, but not the trap measures of some speed cameras on roads designed for higher speeds.

There is a lot that needs to be done to make the agency more transparent and efficient. We should increase oversight that is supposed to be done by Mr. Orange as chair of the Committee on Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Incorporate vocational training in our public schools and at the University of the District of Columbia.

he said. “Nobody was doing anything to cause positive change to neighborhoods that have been ignored.” Garber said there’s a surplus of cityowned vacant property east of the Anacostia River. “If we offered that for free or at low cost to local retailers and manufacturing, we could help boost neighborhoods,” he said.

ate a profile of its unemployed and underemployed residents and then connect them to jobs the city knows are coming. His proposed free community college would help prepare city residents for jobs, he added. Furthermore, Orange said, city

WHITE From Page V1 units. On jobs issues, White said the District should actively recruit restaurants and grocery stores to neighborhoods that need them to create more entry-level positions.

He also called for providing affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods, as getting wealthier people to the poorer neighborhoods “will happen on its own.” Garber also says there is a need to protect residents of poorer neighborhoods from being pushed out through property taxes as homes and apartment buildings increase in value, and that helping older

contractors would then have no excuses for avoiding the city law that requires a percentage of their employees live in the District — a regulation he favors being enforced more vigorously. Orange, 59, grew up in California and won a scholarship

To do so, White would use low- or nointerest loan programs, as well as tax incentives. He favors investigating a profits tax rebate for firms hiring local residents and wants employment training programs on large infrastructure projects, such as burying power lines. White also favors raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour and offering profits

Yes.

residents to age in place is essential. Garber, 32, was born in Colorado Springs, Colo., grew up in Northern Virginia and attended Alexandria’s St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School and then Michigan’s Calvin College, where he majored in political science, geography and business. He also studied in London and Beijing. Garber is single and lives in Shaw.

to attend Colorado’s Fountain Valley School. He earned degrees in business administration and communications from California’s University of the Pacific, a law degree from Howard University and a Master of Laws in taxation from Georgetown University. He

tax rebates to businesses that make local hires to protect D.C. residents from Virginians seeking the jobs rather than lower-paid positions in their own state. White, 34, is married to an attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and they have a daughter due in July. He resigned from his job in the attorney general’s office to run for the

has earned two certificates from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Orange is married to a recent retiree from the public school system and has three children and a daughter-inlaw. He lives in the Ward 5 community of Brookland.

council seat. White, a fifth-generation Washingtonian, is the only college graduate in his family. His mother died when he was 8, and he was brought up by his father. White graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School; St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where he majored in philosophy and political science; and American University’s

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Calvin H. Gurley

Ron Austin

Brandon Todd

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Leon T. Andrews Jr.

Ron Austin

Calvin H. Gurley

Brandon Todd

Leon Andrews works for the National League of Cities and is involved in various nonprofits. If elected, he said he would concentrate on helping seniors, improving education and strengthening economic development. “We need to increase the Office of Aging’s budget,” which faced a $700,000 cut under the mayor’s proposed 2017 fiscal plan, Andrews said in an interview. Meanwhile, housing preservation needs attention “so people can age in place.” On education, Andrews said the city should expand vocational training and teach tech students how to become entrepreneurs. He wants full funding to modernize Shepherd Elementary School, a project that the council defunded aside from $1 million for preliminary design work. Andrews also called for better resource alignment between public and public charter schools. For instance, he said, Paul Public Charter School serves middle and high school students even as nearby MacFarland Middle School will go after the same students. On economic development, he emphasized increasing affordable housing and revising affordability standards to help young families and seniors. Andrews said some housing should be reserved for those in various income brackets, ranging from 10 to 80 percent of the area median income. He wants to double annual funding for the Housing Production Trust Fund to $200 million. He said Ward 4 has four D.C. government-backed real estate projects in the pipeline, while Ward 6 has 17 — attributing the disparity, in part, to the “inexperience of our council member.” Meanwhile, Andrews wants to see more commercial corridors launch Main Streets programs to help them attract and retain businesses. Andrews serves as director of race, equity and leadership initiatives with the National League of Cities, as chair-elect of the National Recreation and Park Association, and on the boards of several nonprofits, as well as the D.C. Commission on African-American Affairs. He lives in the Petworth house where he grew up, with his wife and three daughters, who attend Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda. Andrews graduated from Gonzaga College High School and Howard University. He holds a master’s in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Ward 4 D.C. Council candidate Ron Austin, a native Washingtonian who previously worked in various D.C. government roles, has chaired Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4B for the last four years. If elected, he said he would concentrate on increasing affordable housing, fighting crime and improving education. Austin said he would encourage nonprofits and churches to develop more affordable housing, especially with churches for members of their congregations. His main goal is to assist people earning less than $50,000 annually, which he believes the District could tackle in part by developing certain city-owned properties into affordable housing. Regarding public safety, Austin highlighted his work as a member of the police department’s 4th District Citizens Advisory Council and said he has observed that police do not always have the resources or staff they need to fight crime. He believes police need far more community support. Austin said he is particularly concerned with the Kennedy Street NW corridor and areas in Petworth, and said blighted properties attract criminals and should be addressed. On education, Austin said he would try to make charter and regular public schools’ attendance areas “more uniform.” He favors geographic boundaries for many charters, because right now children living within a block or two of a charter school can’t necessarily attend it. Greater emphasis is needed for special education programs, Austin said. “We’re housing all of them at River Terrace,” he said of the school system’s program for students with the greatest needs. “There are too many special education students in one building. How could we get them out if we had an emergency?” Austin attended Whittier Elementary, Rabaut Junior High and Coolidge High. He attended but did not graduate from the University of the District of Columbia majoring in political science. Now 59, he got involved in politics at 14 serving on his local Neighborhood Planning Council, which oversaw grants for youth services and employment projects. He is retired after working for D.C. Public Schools and the Department of Parks and Recreation, as well as for Adrian Fenty — as constituent services director when Fenty was the Ward 4 council member and clean city coordinator when he was mayor. Austin lives in Chillum and is married with two grown daughters.

Calvin Gurley is a retired accountant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a former president of the Takoma Civic Association. If elected, Gurley said he would concentrate on fighting crime, reforming public schools and increasing the city’s supply of affordable rental housing. To improve public safety, Gurley favors enforcing the summer curfew act whereby children must be home by 11 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends from June to September. He said he would also push to finalize a contract with the police union, as police have worked without a contract for several years. Gurley said he would try to return the police cadet program to local high schools and provide more youth recreation programs during summer and after school. He encouraged residents to press Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier to cover more of the city with the summer crime prevention initiative, and to place more desk officers on street patrol. On education reform, Gurley said teachers “must have a signed negotiated agreement” and should receive retroactive cost-of-living increases. Schools must receive more resources, counselors and social workers, he added, saying he would push for more art and science offerings, reduced class sizes and a program to entice dropouts to return to school. Vocational schools should be established in wards 4, 5, 7 and 8 to provide apprenticeship programs in various fields, Gurley said, noting the under-enrolled Coolidge High School would be an ideal location. Coolidge’s non-vocational students could be shifted to Roosevelt or Cardozo, he said, and these programs could be financed by dedicating a portion of D.C. Lottery sales revenue to schools funding, as Maryland and Virginia do. On affordable housing, Gurley said the city should renovate boarded-up housing it owns to make it available for low-income residents. He advocates for offering subsidies to teachers, police and fire/emergency staff if they live in the District. He also said he would encourage a study to find better balance between landlord profit and affordable rents. Gurley, 56, lives in Takoma. Born in the District, he attended Eastern High School and Bowie State University, majoring in accounting. He has two children, and his wife is president of the D.C. office of the National Council of Negro Women.

Brandon Todd is the incumbent, elected last year in a special election to replace Muriel Bowser, for whom he had served as constituent services director. If re-elected, Todd said he would concentrate most on helping the elderly, improving education and providing constituent services. “Every agency across the government has to help people age in place,” Todd said in an interview. To help, Todd introduced legislation establishing a University of the District of Columbia law school clinic so students can offer free legal advice to seniors. The bill is funded in the 2017 budget. Todd favors amending real property and income taxes to help the elderly, as well as raising income limits for the “Safe at Home” program that provides help on home adaptations to reduce the risk of falls or improve mobility. On education, Todd said he visited every public and charter school in Ward 4 “to get an understanding of individual school needs.” He found them generally in “great condition,” but “we have a lot of work … to make sure we have great buildings and the best teachers.” Todd called for a program for graduate students in education to get 20 percent of their student loans forgiven every year they teach in lowincome schools, and said that he would work to keep Deal and Wilson boundaries unchanged. He said he formed an advisory committee to suggest policy initiatives. Regarding the recent de-funding of Shepherd Elementary’s modernization, Todd said he fought to restore funds for the project — either in full or in part — but was turned down by other council members except for $1 million for planning. Meanwhile, Mayor Muriel Bowser budgeted $59 million for Coolidge High School’s renovations, but the council reallocated $49 million of those funds for homeless housing facilities. Todd said he opposes “Ward 4 shouldering the burden for the entire city.” Regarding constituent services, Todd said he wants “every agency to deliver high-quality service” in Ward 4 neighborhoods, especially “ensuring maintenance of public facilities.” Todd, 33, is single, grew up in Hillcrest and lives in Petworth. An Eastern High graduate, he received a bachelor’s in communications from Maryland’s Bowie State. He earned a master’s of business administration from Trinity Washington, specializing in organizational development.

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Should you be elected or re-elected to the D.C. Council, what are the three areas upon which you would concentrate the most? How would you differentiate yourself from your competitors?

Seniors, education, economic development.

Housing, crime, education.

Crime, school reform, affordable rental Aging in place, education, constituent housing. services.

Independent leadership not beholden to the mayor or a single contributor. Lots of national and local experiences provide an understanding of what works and doesn’t in cities across U.S.

My experience in the community. I’ve been serving people since I was 14. I’ve lived in the same location for 59 years.

I am the only candidate who has stood I am the incumbent and have the up for residents throughout the years. experience to deliver. I fought to fine Pepco for unreliable service as did Montgomery County.

Should firms that do business with the city be allowed to make political contributions to local candidates? How about their owners, family members or employees? Virginia’s minimum wage is now several dollars an hour less than ours. Will the recent minimum wage legislation attract qualified low-paid workers from Virginia that will reduce D.C. residents’ job opportunities? Should we raise the minimum wage in the manner urged by Mayor Muriel Bowser?

No. Contributors should be banned from city contracts for at least two years after the contribution.

No.

Only if they make it in a pool going to all candidates equally in a particular race.

Research shows it is not a problem. It will push Virginia to increase its minimum wage.

It could be a problem. It’s a possibility. Yes, so we should provide funds to train less skilled District residents so they can compete.

I don’t believe it will be a problem.

No. Raise it immediately to $15 an hour.

Yes, but complement increase with stronger rent control policy.

Yes. Doing it over time is the right approach.

Yes. It would put some employers at risk. There should be some form of tax incentives for employers that have problems with it. Increase spending on schools, recreation, police and programs for seniors. Reduce taxes. We have a big surplus in our rainy day fund. No spending cuts are needed, but I would look at cutting fringe benefits.

Yes, but it would put some employers at risk. Employees do need its benefits, but government should contribute as in Europe. Increase school spending, especially for music and sports; police, fire and emergency medical personnel; job training; affordable housing; senior housing; and school renovation. To pay for expenditures, decrease council constituent services fund, use lottery revenues, and allow and tax heavily a Las Vegas-style grand casino hotel.

No. I support paid leave but our chief financial officer can’t tell us how much it will cost.

No for profits taxes, yes for capital gains taxes.

Yes to both, to lure them here.

Yes, as they employ lots of people. It would increase our tax base.

Better funding. Now it’s according to the number of kids in a school. Schools with lower numbers should have higher per-pupil funding so they can provide needed programs. Continue to rebuild them.

Improve teacher salaries; include more arts and sciences; reduce class sizes; add more counselors, social workers and teacher aides.

Work with chancellor to quickly implement her recommendations.

We should renovate the older ones, but not rebuild them.

Absolutely, until all are done.

Yes. We need better oversight of the budget and contractors, and more audits.

I am concerned. I would hold people accountable.

Yes. Contractors are taking advantage of the city.

A reason for starting the Department of General Services was to get better estimates and stay within them for school modernization.

We’re now teaching to the test. There is insufficient investment in arts, technology and science to allow our young people to be competitive.

No.

The council cannot establish policy. Its No. only control is through the budget.

Yes. It could cause a decline if we don’t fully invest in educational resources we need in our ward. The council is cutting Shepherd’s resources when we need more.

I agree. I would work to help them keep their in-boundary status.

We must improve all schools. We should keep the current boundaries.

As long as I’m the council member, I will do everything possible to keep them within the boundaries.

I don’t know if it’s true.

I don’t agree.

I’m unfamiliar with the issue. The community should have first right as to what to do with the building.

We have done an excellent job in Ward 4 at ensuring charters get to take over unneeded school buildings.

Raise it sooner than she proposes and include cost-of-living increases, but give small businesses extra time to get to $15 an hour. Yes, for 16 weeks. There are models in Should we pass the proposed paid other cities that work. I would look at family leave bill? Would it put some employers at risk? Do employees special support for small businesses need its benefits? when a key employee is affected. In looking over the upcoming budget, Increase Shepherd Elementary what spending areas, if any, would modernization budget (which was cut you like increased? Which decreased? by $12.4 million), Office of Aging, senior wellness centers, bus routes, housing and Main Street designations. Look at reducing very excessive costs of temporary housing shelters based on deals with Bowser contributors (as the council ultimately did). Some say that although D.C. receives I favor lowering profits taxes for them little tax revenue from high-tech firms, as well as capital gains taxes. it could recruit firms as the city is very attractive to potential employees. Would you support lowering District profits taxes for this kind of firm to attract them from Virginia and Maryland? How about capital gains taxes for their local owners? Capital improvements, expand options What steps do you think the council should take to improve public such as vocational training, offer education? technology courses. Should we continue to rebuild our older school buildings? Given that many recent school modernizations are well over initial budgets, are you concerned that D.C. might be overspending? If so, what would you do about it? Some say recent improvements in test scores indicate the present system, while still having a long way to go, is making real progress. Should the council pass laws that the mayor might think would interfere with her ability to run the system? Some Ward 4 residents say their children’s education quality will sharply decline when they lose their in-boundary status to attend Deal Middle and Wilson High. Do you agree? If you do, what should be done about it? If you don’t, how would you answer residents who claim it will? Some charter school advocates claim D.C. ignores existing law by not giving charters first crack at all closed school buildings. Do you agree? If so, what should be done about it?

Yes.

Yes, they should be allowed to do so.

More for transportation infrastructure, education and senior support. Nothing decreased; unsure what I would cut to pay for the increases.

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Ron Austin

Brandon Todd

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Others say providing closed schools in such cases would be wasteful when they occupy extremely valuable real estate. Do you agree? Charter school advocates also claim charters do not receive as much per pupil as does the public school system, as most have to fund their own buildings. Do you agree? If yes, what should be done about it? Would you support undergrounding the city’s electric wiring beyond the amount that is now being done, which would be very expensive? If yes, how should it be paid for and what areas should be undergrounded? The D.C. Office of Planning favors mandating fewer parking places in new apartment buildings. Supporters say undergrounding parking is expensive to build and forces increased rents. Opponents say it forces more cars on the street, depriving single-family homeowners from parking near their residences. Where do you stand? Should bicycle riders be ticketed when they go through red lights or stop signs? Should bicycle riders be allowed on sidewalks?

No, I don’t agree.

Yes.

It depends on the circumstances.

It should be on a case-by-case basis.

I think they are correct. We need better oversight of their locations and quality.

I’m uncertain.

I understand the disparity. It must be prioritized with the current capital school budget.

I will continue to work to ensure that all public schools get the support we can provide. No specific suggestions.

Yes. We need to carefully investigate how to do it.

Yes for some residential areas and where there are health facilities. I would pay for it through money that is set aside for special funds and some of the city surplus.

No. It’s too costly.

We should prioritize areas where service is unreliable, paid for jointly by the District and Pepco.

It’s not a huge issue in Ward 4. The current rules are fine.

I think it forces more cars on the street. Apartment builders should have to provide free parking.

With amenities come costs. I do not like the reductions in apartment house parking requirements.

We have to approach parking with great balance if we are to have 1 million residents. In some cases they get it right; in some cases not exactly.

Yes. I’m an avid cyclist and I follow the Yes, and they should be tagged and rules. have insurance requirements.

Yes.

Yes. They should follow the law just as motorists must.

No, except for young children.

Only the very young.

Yes, except downtown. The current law is fine.

Should the tickets for bicycle riders who break the law be increased to the same level as autos? Do you support Mayor Bowser’s plan for eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2024? Are there elements of the plan that should be changed, such as the proposed very high fines for some traffic offenses? Do you approve of recreational marijuana sales or possession? Do you approve of Mayor Bowser’s plans to locate homeless shelters in seven of the eight wards? Some have criticized the cost of the mayor’s shelter plan. What are your thoughts?

Yes.

No, but it should be a reasonable amount.

Children should ride on sidewalks. Riders who know they are able should be on the street. Uncertain; needs research.

I don’t think increased fines or more speed cameras are the answer.

No.

I support some provisions, but oppose increased fines.

It never came before the full council for a vote. It has been amended, with fines reduced drastically. I approve of the revised version.

Yes.

No.

Uncertain.

No.

Good idea, bad execution. Locating a family shelter in a major commercial corridor in Ward 4 is questionable. It’s way too high. We haven’t negotiated effectively with the developers. We should own the buildings, rather than have short- or medium-term leases.

Not the way she proposed to do it, renting from developers. We should develop city-owned properties. It should be examined to see who is being benefited. If abuses exist, somebody should go to jail. It’s why developers shouldn’t be allowed to contribute to political campaigns.

Yes. No. Homeless families should be integrated into the community and not housed in one location. It’s too costly. The city should own the The council has changed the plan buildings and not lease them. considerably. I voted for the changes.

The Washington Post reported that many of Mayor Bowser’s proposed shelter sites would benefit campaign contributors. What are your thoughts? Supporters of the plan fear the effort to create new shelters could lose steam if the issue becomes bogged down in questions on costs. What are your feelings? What would you as a D.C. Council member do to improve Metro’s subway system? Should there be a special tax that the District and the nearby Virginia and Maryland counties served by Metro pay to support the transit system? If yes, what should the tax be? Do you support the bus-only lanes planned for 16th Street NW? What could you as a council member do about charges that the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has made it difficult to view construction permit information online despite city law?

There is evidence of that. In Ward 4, the developer made a contribution to the current council member. There is evidence of pay-to-play. I don’t think so. We want to make sure we’re getting it right.

It seems as though it is. And it’s why we shouldn’t use those facilities.

It’s business as usual in D.C.

No comment.

I don’t feel we’ll get bogged down on costs. We should use city-owned property.

There should be accountability and cost estimates to make determinations and contract agreements.

Yes, I fear it could create delays in closing D.C. General.

We need to expand the number of rails and hold regional partners more accountable for the investment. It could be a good option. Maryland and Virginia should first agree to do their fair share.

Work with Metro to get the funding sources they need and monitor how it’s spent. No.

I would ask the federal government to pay the maintenance costs. No.

We’re going to have to find $70 million from each jurisdiction, including Maryland and Virginia. No.

Yes.

No. The street is not wide enough. It would increase congestion. It’s a long-term problem. We must work together to improve it.

I have to research that.

Yes.

The council should request that the agency director put the information online or else it will affect its annual budget.

We should ensure the requirement is fulfilled.

I would work to see they put it online.

It should be reviewed by the appropriate council committee.

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The People and Places of Northwest Washington

The Current

June 8, 2016 ■ Page 25

Tudor Place manor turns 200

Historic Georgetown home of six generations of Martha Washington descendants celebrates its bicentennial with garden party, family-friendly July 2 birthday festivities By LEE CANNON

Current Correspondent

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he historic home and gardens of Tudor Place at 1644 31st St. NW in Georgetown were even more decked out in flowers than usual — impressive, considering many of the flowers in the 5 1/2 acres of gardens and grounds were in full bloom. The warm evening called for extra arrangements because it was Tudor Place’s Bicentennial Spring Garden Party. “This is the most wonderful party of the spring season,” guest Chris Minter-Dowd said. “We’re enjoying wonderful company, and it supports an important organization that’s part of the history of the neighborhood.” Melissa McGee, a Tudor Place board of trustees member, said she has been attending the spring party for many years. “It’s important to keep the house and gardens in good condition,” she said.

The annual garden party is one integral part of raising funds to support preservation of the historic estate, although the fun of the May 25 event was an equal draw. Nancy Everett, a guest of McGee’s, said she enjoyed “watching adults on their playful side, with hats, costumes and party dresses.” The guests indeed came prepared with their garden-party best for the celebration and mild weather. The ladies wore summery sundresses, decorated hats and elaborate feather fascinators. Gentlemen brought out their best khaki suits, colorful ties and dashing straw skimmer hats. Guests entered through the main gate and filtered past the rose gardens and a vintage 1919 Pierce-Arrow Roadster on their way to the party tent, tables and conversation circles — some with upholstered sofas — on the front lawn of the estate. Tudor Place is the historic home of the Peter family, famous as the descendants of

Photos by James R. Brantley Photography

Above, Garden Party chair Marcia Mayo with the Marquis de Lafayette, President George Washington and Nellie English, a Peter family servant; left, Tudor Place development director Mary­-Michael Wachur, left, and Tudor Place trustee Pamela Jenkinson America’s first first lady. President George Washington and Martha Washington had no children together, but Martha entered the marriage with two living children from her previous marriage to Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy landowner and tobacco merchant. Her son John married and had four children; and his daughter Martha Parke “Patsy” Custis married Thomas Peter, another landowner and tobacco merchant. In 1805, Martha and Thomas Peter purchased 8.5 acres of land and existing

Finding common ground at Knock on Wood By GEORGE ALTSHULER Current Correspondent

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t first glance, three of the stalwarts of the Knock On Wood tap dance studio wouldn’t seem to have much in common. There’s Yvonne Edwards, an 81-year-old retired federal worker who has been teaching tap dance since the late 1950s. Then there are Sam and Max Heimowitz, twin ninth-graders at School Without Walls High School. But get the three of them dancing, and their eyes light up the same way. The Knock on Wood studio, located on Willow Street NW in Takoma, demonstrates how tap dancing can still appeal to a wide range of people. Last Thursday, for example, Edwards led a class of 11 adult beginners diligently imitating her every step in the studio’s mirrors as a children’s class learned similar steps in a different room and the Heimowitz twins arrived for rehearsal. The twins, who in late 2013 performed 57 times at Arena Stage with tap legend Maurice Hines, have even extended the reach of the studio to a younger set; the Heimowitz brothers teach tap weekly to a pre-K class at CentroNía in Takoma Park, Md.

buildings and began constructing Tudor Place. The house was built in an unusual manner, as well as with unique architectural features. Two disconnected buildings were first built in 1795 by the previous owner, which became the two wings of the house. Martha and Thomas Peter then used designs of architect and friend Dr. William Thornton — known for designing the first U.S. Capitol Building, destroyed in the See Bicentennial/Page 28

This month in ...

■ 1971 — The Washington Senators hosted the ninth annual charity baseball game to benefit Children’s Hospital. The committee hoped to sell out RFK Stadium for the game against the Oakland A’s. The event recently had been attracting the second-highest attendance at Senators’ games, ranking behind opening day. In eight years, the event had earned $240,000 for programs benefiting children’s health and development. ■ 1976 — Members of the Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens Asso From Our archives ciation, faced with a number of proposed changes to traffic patterns in Spring Valley, voted against installing more stop signs on 49th Street NW as an attempt to limit commuter traffic. The association voted 109-36 to support the installation of four-way stop signs at nine other intersections. Members voted 115-79 in favor of forbidding traffic from entering Rockwood Parkway NW at Nebraska Avenue during the weekday afternoon rush hour. Members voted 84-80 for forbidding cars from entering Indian Lane NW from Loughboro Road during the afternoon rush hour.

Photo courtesy of Dori Gillman

The Heimowitz brothers, twins who attend ninth grade at School Without Walls, are among the dancers at Knock on Wood. The breadth of the studio will be on display at its annual showcase on Sunday at Deal Middle School. Knock On Wood’s resident company Capitol Tap will perform, as will the Heimowitz brothers and the studio’s various classes. “Tap is simply a lot of fun,” said Edwards, explaining the dance style’s broad appeal. “The thing that’s fun about tap dancing to me is that you can not only see it — like ballet, it’s beautiful — but you also hear tap. So you’ve got the two elements there, and to me that makes it more intrigu-

ing.” In her Thursday evening classes, Edwards, who co-founded Knock On Wood 21 years ago and is now on the nonprofit’s board, offers her students phrases of encouragement and an unrelenting positive attitude. “If you walk into this studio, you’ll tap your way out,” said Edwards, who goes by “Miss Yvonne” around the studio, located at 6925 Willow St. NW. “She’s 100 percent cheerful,” said Sam Heimowitz, who said he and his brother have benefited See Tap/Page 28

■ 1981 — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority held a public hearing on plans to consolidate 35 bus routes. Among the proposals was elimination of rush-hour service connecting Glover Park and the Federal Triangle area, to be replaced with additional D2 buses ending at Farragut Square. The plan also called for the elimination of rush-hour routes connecting Chevy Chase and Wesley Heights with Potomac Park and Federal Triangle, again to be replaced by existing all-day routes ending at Farragut Square. Ward 3 D.C. Council member Polly Shackleton, one of 40 speakers at the hearing, criticized Metro for increasing fares, reducing service and still expecting people to use public transportation. ■ 1986 — Wilson High School sophomore David Thompson organized a project to paint all the bleachers at the school’s football stadium, seating 4,000 people. To help reach his goal of becoming an Eagle Scout, Thompson recruited fellow students to help and also raised the money to buy all the supplies. ■ 1991 — The D.C. Council adopted a redistricting plan that transferred Burleith, upper Georgetown, Foxhall Village and lower Palisades from Ward 3 to Ward 2. “While these boundaries keep the political jurisdiction of the Foxhall and the Burleith citizens associations intact and restore the political integrity of all of Georgetown, unfortunately a piece of the lower Palisades area shifts to Ward 2,” said Ward 3 D.C. Council member Jim Nathanson. With the exception of the lower Palisades, he said, the bill kept neighborhoods intact and used natural boundaries to the greatest extent possible.

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Northwest Real Estate BUSINESSES: Recent Georgetown University MBA grad opens neighborhood restaurant

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cloth, she said. The menu offers tapas from $6 to $11, bowls of bibimbap and bulgogi from $13.50 to $17.50, and rolls filled with vegetables and seaweed priced between $9 and $10. Kim said the food is pretty true to its roots. “I wanted to keep it authentic. I didn’t want the flavor and the taste to be lost while making it too much fusion,� she said. “But there will be some recipes and some menus that’s authentic Korean but will not be right for people here.�

Taking the business from concept to execution proved a significant challenge for Kim. Because she had no prior restaurant experience or formal training in the field, landlords and brokers initially hesitated to take her seriously. Her original vision for a restaurant in Chinatown stalled, bringing her to the neighborhood where she lived and went to school. The process of opening the restaurant also involved permits and other hurdles that Kim didn’t anticipate. She credits her mom, who visits occasionally, and her business partner, a fellow George-

town student with similar entrepreneurial instincts, for helping her through the rough patches. “I think this is probably the hardest thing I’ve done in my life so far,� Kim said. “Everybody warned me that it is going to be difficult. Certainly, it is more than I expected.� Her professor and academic mentor at Georgetown, Jeff Reid, agrees. Kim struck him as a particularly ambitious and hardworking student from his first encounters with her a couple years ago. She approached him during office hours about the possibility of starting her own company, and then one day sent him an email saying she had committed to the project. Reid said he was impressed — his students have attempted businesses in the past, but rarely succeeding by the time graduation rolled around. “Opening a restaurant is one of the hardest activities you could do. It’s just so time-consuming, with all the details and staffing and hours of being open and working,� Reid said. “For her to graduate with a class a few weeks after the restaurant had opened was an amazing accomplishment.� Reid said he’s proud to be a repeat customer at Zannchi, especially since it’s a rare example of a student starting a business near the university. Kim’s work wasn’t always easy, she admits. She struggled, in particular, to adjust to the frustrating process of working hard only to find out that the results of that

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labor won’t be evident until months later, if at all. Balancing these commitments on top of a full course load at school added stress. And now that the restaurant is open, Kim has experienced a crash course in being a manager, leading a staff and taking charge. She’s happy with the restaurant’s progress so far, but she thinks she has far more growing to do. Further out, she’d love to expand the brand elsewhere in the city and to other urban centers. “I feel like it’s my baby. I feel so attached,� Kim said. “I do get emotional.� The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner, seven days a week from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Lilly Pulitzer opens

The popular nationwide clothing brand Lilly Pulitzer arrived in the District for the first time last month, with a new location near the heart of Georgetown’s business district. The bi-level store at 1079 Wisconsin Ave. NW features resort wear for women and girls based on authentic Palm heritage, including shirts, tunics, printed shorts, knit dresses and white jeans, as well as an array of accessories, according to spokesperson Eleni McCready. Customers can use six fitting rooms, featuring handprinted designs from the store’s artists. The store joins two Lilly Pulitzer locations in the D.C. suburbs: Westfield Montgomery in Bethesda, Md., and Tysons Galleria in McLean, Va. The Lilly Pulitzer signature store Pink Palm has locations in Bethesda, Md., and McLean and Alexandria, Va. Georgetown has been on the store’s wish list for a while, according to assistant manager Carolyn Landes. “We love the multigenerational shoppers, the international clientele, and the overall aesthetic of the area,� Landes wrote in an email. “It’s quaint, cute, and a fun, happening place.� The store plans to regularly host “Shop and Share� events to benefit local charities, Landes said. A grand opening party is scheduled for June 25.

‘Age-friendly’ designation

Thirty-two D.C. businesses have been officially designated as “Age-Friendly� for providing exceptional services for older adults. The Washington DC Economic Partnership bestows that designation on local businesses that exhibit best practices for seniors across four categories: personnel, physical facility, products and services, and print and web materials. A May 19 event at the partnership’s headquarters honored the new designees.

In Northwest, these businesses include Busboys and Poets, 235 Carroll St., 2021 14th St. and 1025 5th St.; Annie’s Ace Hardware, 1240 Upshur St.; ArtJamz, 1728 Connecticut Ave.; Forest Hills of DC, 4901 Connecticut Ave.; Ledo Pizza, 7435 Georgia Ave.; Balance Gym, 2121 Wisconsin Ave.; Safeway, 6500 Piney Branch Road; and Secondi, 1702 Connecticut Ave. The 32 new designees add onto 11 original Age-Friendly Businesses from 2014. The full list is available at wdcep.com/becomean-age-friendly-business.

Summer fitness classes

Foundation Fitness, a facility located at the cusp of Georgetown and the Palisades, will be offering youth fitness camps throughout the summer. From June 28 to Aug. 24, the fitness center at 4380 MacArthur Blvd. NW will offer three sessions of twice-a-week fitness camps for children ages 6 to 9 and 10 to 13. Then, from Aug. 9 to 17, the center will offer a high school sports performance session for youths ages 14 to 17 for pre-season conditioning. Details about the camps are available at foundfit.com. Foundation Fitness also operates three locations in Virginia.

Tenley to host music day

Live musical performances will take place along a stretch of Wisconsin Avenue NW on June 21, as Tenleytown Main Street celebrates “Make Music Dayâ€? on the longest day of the year. The free festival is part of a global celebration of music making in over 700 cities and 120 countries, inspired by France’s “FĂŞte de la Musique.â€? The Tenleytown celebration, the first of its kind in the District, will offer both veteran and amateur musicians the chance to perform in public parks and at local businesses, according to a release from the Main Street group. A variety of genres will be represented, including classical, punk, flamenco and choral music. The day’s schedule includes a performance by Crush Funk outside the Tenleytown-AU Metro station from 8 to 9 a.m., instruments for children and adults to try out throughout the day at the Middle C Music Store, and a minilesson and jam session on ukuleles at 4 p.m. at the Tenley-Friendship Library. From 1 to 8 p.m., a dozen venues with outdoor spaces will host musical performances; venues will include Washington College of Law, City Bikes and Burger Tap & Shake. Information on Tenleytown’s Make Music Day, including details for musicians interested in registering to perform, is available at makemusicday.org/washington-dc.

Northwest Real Estate

A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington

The Current

June 8, 2016 â– Page 27

Foxhall house adds modern touches to classsic space

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he five-bedroom, four-anda-half-bathroom town house at 4439 Greenwich Parkway NW in Foxhall Village

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was built in 1926 and fully renovated in 2007, updating the plumbing and electrical systems and the windows and doors, plus increasing the home’s square footage with a four-story “popout� addition in back. The addition expanded the kitchen to include a large breakfast area and spiral staircase down into the expanded basement, and also created a new master suite at the top of the house. The home features pine floors throughout the original structure and exposed brick in the kitchen and stairwells. Convenient to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, the Georgetown campus, George Washington University, the Key Bridge, and the shopping and dining of MacArthur Boulevard NW, this home is on the market for $1,249,000. A slate walkway leads from the quiet, one-way street to the art deco glass front door, which opens onto the south-facing living room and the updated, stone-tiled powder room. A broad, arched doorway frames a second, nar-

rower arched doorway beyond and leads from the living room into the kitchen, with space between for the staircase up to the second level. In the kitchen, exposed original brick lends a rustic flavor, while the black granite countertops and commercial-grade, stainless steel Viking refrigerator, gas range and oven make the space look on trend. A stainless steel Bosch dishwasher rounds out the suite of appliances. Although there is no built-in microwave, the kitchen’s wide countertops, spacious island with breakfast bar and plentiful cabinets — with white Shaker finishing — ensure there’s no shortage of space for appliances and tableware. The addition houses the dining area, next to floor-to-ceiling windows and French doors with blinds that close from the bottom up, to provide privacy while still allowing light. Out the back door, the home has private, two-car parking off the alley. The spiral staircase in the kitchen leads down into the fully finished in-law or au pair suite in the basement, perfect for long stays. The suite provides a stone-

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This five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom town house at 4439 Greenwich Parkway NW is priced at $1,249,000. tiled recreation room, a carpeted living and bedroom area with closets, a full bathroom with stacked GE washer and dryer, and a full kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Also, two extra-large, ground-level windows into the basement — on the north and south sides — offer plentiful light and pass-throughs for furniture and bulky items. On the second floor, one ensuite bedroom in the front of the house lets in light from south-facing windows and offers a walk-in closet and renovated bathroom with gray slate tile floor and stand-up shower. Two more bedrooms share a hall bathroom with custom-cut travertine tile floor and standing shower, as well as a balcony overlooking the private alley and neighbors’ gardens. The bedroom in the addition offers more square

footage than the other two, plus six windows. In the hall, one closet offers under-stairs storage and a second houses an LG Tromm stacked washer and dryer set. The master suite sits in the new story added to the back of the house, invisible from the front to satisfy historic district regulations. The master bedroom offers a wall of windows with privacy blinds that rise from the bottom of the window frame, plus a French door onto a Juliet balcony. The walk-in closet serves as a pass-through to the master bath, which is finished with the same custom-cut travertine stone as the second-floor bathroom. Double vanities, a walk-in shower, a soaking tub with jets and a separate toilet room make this a luxu-

rious oasis at the top of the house, while skylights in the closet and bathroom keep the space bright. Located only a short walk from the Jetties sandwich shop and a short drive from The Lab School, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School and The Field School, this home is ideal for families with school-age children who want a small, convenient community and also for families connected to the nearby universities or hospitals. The five-bedroom, four-and-ahalf-bathroom town house at 4439 Greenwich Parkway NW is listed for $1,249,000 with TTR Sotheby’s International Realty. For details, contact Katherine Kranenburg at kkranenburg@ ttrsir.com or 703-307-1024.

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Northwest Real Estate TAP: Takoma dance studio offers broad range of educational opportunities for all ages

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from her praise and pointers. Like Edwards, the Heimowitzes have discovered that tap can quickly draw people in, although they’ve figured this out in decidedly modern ways. “After we performed at a school assembly, we basically exploded on Snapchat,� Max Heimowitz said of the response from other students on the social networking app. The Heimowitz brothers also attribute the appeal of tap dancing to the fact that it is both auditory and visual. They explained that the Knock On Wood studio teaches

rhythm tap, which is more focused on musicality and less on upper body movements than the other main type of tap, Broadway tap. “Rhythm tap is less showy than Broadway tap,� said Sam Heimowitz. “We’re making music with our feet and dancing at the same time.� In interviews, the Heimowitz twins and Edwards all emphasized how important it is to learn the history of tap. Colorful pieces of paper with the names of great tap dancers, including Fred Astaire, Shirley Temple and Sammy Davis Jr., cover one of the back rehearsal rooms of the Knock On Wood studio.

These days, students in the Knock On Wood studio also learn the names of the school’s notable alumni. This includes the Grammy-winning R&B singer Mya; the company’s assistant artistic director and former Broadway performer Baakari Wilder; and Jason Holley, who is currently performing on Broadway. At the Sunday showcase, in addition to performing with Capitol Tap, the Heimowitzes will dance two duets, including “Charlestwins,� which they choreographed themselves. Edwards’ adult class will perform to “Poor Butterfly� by Erroll Garner. Dori Gillman, who is the president of

Knock On Wood’s board and the Heimowitz twins’ mother, said that Edwards’ classes are always the company’s most popular. “People would show up to her classes at 7 a.m. the day after a holiday,� she said. “Miss Yvonne is an incredible teacher.� Edwards, when asked about her success as a tap instructor, said she always preferred teaching to performing, and she likes that her classes attract a lot of students. Knock On Wood Tap Studio’s annual showcase will take place Sunday, June 12, at 2 p.m. at Deal Middle School, 3815 Fort Drive NW. For more information, including ticket prices, visit knockonwood.org.

BICENTENNIAL: Tudor Place celebrates with historical re-enactments at annual garden party

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War of 1812 — to fill in between the existing buildings with two connector wings and a main, center building. The Federalist-style mansion was completed in 1816. The center building features the only fully round portico in America, with half the circle projecting from the front of the home and the second half dipping into what Martha Custis Peter called her “saloon,� the main room for music, dancing and entertainment. At first glance, the portico appears to have no entrance, but the cleverly curved wooden window frame slides upward to cre-

ate a pass-through. On May 25, waiting to greet the garden party guests around the grounds were costumed actors portraying key figures in the history of the house, from Martha and Thomas Peter to George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, a friend of Washington’s and a Revolutionary War hero. Also portrayed were subsequent generations of the Peter family, such as Britannia Peter Kennon, who safeguarded Tudor Place through the Civil War, and Agnes Peter, her granddaughter, who performed humanitarian work in France after World War I;

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on hand as well were a maid, a carpenter and a gardener, lesserknown figures but a crucial part of the home’s history. On the grounds beyond the tent, actors portraying two of the final residents, Armistead Peter III and wife Caroline OgdenJones Peter, stationed themselves at one of the evening’s many vignettes — tables displaying antiques from Tudor Place’s collection: typewriters and tools, bicycles and baby carriages. The actors and vignettes added to the sense of history coming alive, as guests sampled delicacies and sipped punch made from Martha Washington’s own recipe: rum, orange juice and cinnamon. “It’s a phenomenal house and phenomenal collection,� said Grant Quertermous, the new curator of the collections. “The family kept everything and realized the significance of what they had.�

The stately home, blooming rose garden and wide lawn ringed with trees provided a dramatic backdrop for the evening’s entertainment: The Sage String Quartet, Sage Jazz band and members of the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program performing songs popular during the different stages of Tudor Place’s history, such as “Yankee Doodle� from the late 18th century, “The Battle Cry of Freedom� from the Civil War and “I Got Rhythm� from the Jazz Age. Tudor Place remained in the Peter family for six generations until Armistead Peter III used the first scenic easement in the United States to provide for preservation of the property. He also created the Tudor Place Foundation, which, after his death in 1983, assumed ownership of the site. The foundation opened Tudor

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Place as a museum in 1988 and currently maintains the home, gardens, antique furnishings and the extensive collection of George and Martha Washington’s personal possessions — the largest on view outside of Mount Vernon. “Armistead Peter III was very farsighted with his preservation easement,� said board of trustees member and Bicentennial Garden Party chair Marcia V. Mayo. “He knew the importance of this place. Tudor Place is history. It’s heritage. It’s the future, too. It’s a vehicle to connect the past with the future.� Thomas E. Crocker, president of the board of trustees, said of the home: “It’s quite a package — the gardens, the architecture. It’s a unique, hidden gem in the middle of the city. Lots of public school kids come through and get exposure to this family. Six generations lived here, so that’s unusual.� For those who missed the Bicentennial Spring Garden Party, there are more anniversary celebrations throughout the year. In addition to regularly scheduled tours of the house and gardens available to the public, Tudor Place has a full calendar of events ranging from weekly Art in the Garden classes to Tudor Tots Tuesdays enrichment events for children and a brunch for the grown-ups on June 18. The next major event is the Bicentennial Birthday Party, a family-friendly party scheduled for Saturday, July 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. The joint celebration of Tudor Place’s bicentennial and Independence Day seems fitting for the home of George Washington’s adopted family. Partygoers can tour the gardens, try traditional yard games, make patriotic crafts and enjoy birthday cake from Dog Tag Bakery. Veterans and military families will be admitted free of charge. For more information about these events, tours, the collections and the history of this beautiful home, visit tudorplace.org.

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Ron Lewis told The Current. “The fact that this is a small meeting speaks to the improvements that have been made.â€? The proposed 2017-2036 campus plan keeps the university on the same trajectory as in recent years, continuing toward a goal of keeping undergraduate activity on campus. In the last five years, the university created 385 new oncampus beds. An additional 244 undergrads will be accommodated outside of the neighborhoods by 2036 — on campus or elsewhere — leaving just 10 percent living in private residences near the campus. The school also will renovate existing dorms and increase oncampus amenities to attract students who would otherwise prefer to live elsewhere. “What the students have been very articulate about is that they’re not opposed to living on campus, but they want it to be in an attractive, marketable place,â€? said Murphy. “There will always be a number of students who don’t want to live on campus ‌ but our goal and our challenge is to make them want to live on campus.â€? The university already added an on-campus pub as part of the current campus plan, providing a late-night gathering spot that students wouldn’t need to pass through the neighborhood to patronize. The campus plan also calls for a “student life corridorâ€? to replace a maintenance building and cluttered parking area along the stretch of Tondorf Road that passes between Harbin Hall and Cooper Field, creating a more inviting way for students to travel between different activity areas. The university intends to ask the Zoning Commission for flexibility on many of its plans for changes to buildings. It does plan to tear down the aging Yates Field House but is open to various uses for a replacement facility. The Reiss Science Building could be renovated for continued academic use, or torn down and replaced with anything from classrooms to dorms. Additionally, the university isn’t specifically committing to adding further dorm capacity on campus. Officials said other strategies for bringing students out of the neighborhood could include sending students abroad or to satellite facilities; the only fixed requirement would be that 90 percent of undergraduates would live on campus or outside of the 20007 ZIP code. Undergraduate enrollment would remain capped at 6,675 students throughout the new 20-year plan, and medical students would still be limited to 830. The total student cap would remain at 14,106 for the George-

town campus, allowing an increase of about 2,000 graduate students. Officials said Monday that this growth would come gradually as new programs are introduced, and that they expect many of these programs to attract students who wouldn’t live near the campus or even come to it frequently. To serve the new students, the university also will request a faculty and staff increase from 4,150 employ-

â??We do know that it would be in our interest to find a community for our graduate students.â?ž — GU official Robin Morey ees to up to 4,565, an increase they also expect to be gradual. In response to community questions about graduate student housing, the university’s Robin Morey said that’s not part of the campus plan but that the school is nonetheless looking into the situation. “We do know that it would be in our interest to find a community for our graduate students,â€? he said. “Where that community would be remains to be seen.â€? Morey said areas downtown or otherwise near Metro stations would likely be the best option, and he said the university is also looking to expand a small residential program it already coordinates in Rosslyn, Va. The campus plan also will include the planned expansion of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, which includes construction of a new surgical wing on the site of a surface parking lot. The project also includes new green space and an underground parking garage, and hospital president Michael Sachtleben said Monday MedStar hopes to break ground in mid- to late 2017 and open the facility for patients in 2020. The expansion also will provide capacity for existing hospital facilities to close temporarily for renovation, he said. Over the 20-year life of the campus plan, hospital staffing levels are expected to grow from 4,414 to 5,119 employees, according to university documents. The draft campus plan and a two-page summary are available at campusplan.georgetown.edu, where residents can also submit questions or comments until July 6. The two advisory neighborhood commissions adjoining the university — ANC 2E and ANC 3D — will vote on the draft plan in August; the school expects to submit it to the Zoning Commission in September, and hopes the commission will approve it in late 2016 or early 2017.

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thinks the FBI site and other developments like the nearby Trump hotel will help the city transform the block, similar to what happened on 14th Street NW, now a thriving commercial district. “We need something that’s living 24 hours a day in order to increase foot traffic on the avenue,� Evans said. “The FBI is the best hope to revive Pennsylvania Avenue.� Evans is concerned, however, that the federal involvement will prove a significant roadblock. “To say that they move at a glacial pace would be giving them credit because they don’t move at any pace at all. That’s your big problem — the federal government,� Evans said. “Congress is in charge, and they have the vision of an ant.� The council member said he has been putting in calls to his federal connections and the planning commission in an effort to emphasize the importance of this project. Though he thinks the city is at a disadvantage due to its mandated reliance on the feds, Evans said he’s hopeful the project will come through. Gerry Widdicombe, director of economic development for the Downtown DC Business Improvement District, also believes the prospect of a mixed-use development will be a boon to that section of the neighborhood. “Pennsylvania Avenue’s kind of dead,� Widdicombe said in an interview. He hopes to see a building that encompasses office space, residential facilities, cultural uses and possibly a supermarket. “All that will have to be worked out, but it’s going to add a lot of vitality. There’s a low bar for what’s there today,� he said. “Working out� the guidelines proved a challenge at Thursday’s meeting, despite overall agreement that the broad strokes of the project are worth pursuing. Aaron Hassinger of the General Services Administration criticized the guidelines for addressing individual design elements rather than considering them holistically. In particular, the “build-to� line — the distance the development can extend onto the existing sidewalk from the building itself — ought to be

as large as possible in order to maximize development potential, Hassinger said. The current building sits 50 feet from the property line, allowing for a 75-foot sidewalk. Building to the existing property line would remove two-thirds of that sidewalk, limiting the potential for visitors to congregate on the block. The draft guidelines fall somewhere in the middle, allowing for development as close as 20 feet to the property line, for a sidewalk of 50 feet. Hassinger doesn’t accept that compromise. “Restoring D Street without also moving the build-to line out to the property line is a condition that runs counter to potential value, historic preservation best practice, good architecture, and planning principles and together compromise the feasibility of redevelopment of this site,� Hassinger testified. Other witnesses who spoke at the commission meeting were split on this debate. John Fondersmith of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City said he’s wary of reopening traffic on D Street but supports the commission’s recommended build-to design. “We think a setback in this range would allow for a lively streetscape and that reducing that further would limit what could be achieved,� Fondersmith said. Rebecca Miller, executive director of the DC Preservation League, countered Fondersmith, arguing that the commission’s guidelines are “in direct conflict� with the principles of the original designer Pierre L’Enfant’s documented vision for Pennsylvania Avenue as a vibrant streetscape. The commission ultimately voted to explore the possibility of both smaller and larger setbacks than the approved draft, with findings to be presented later this fall before final approval. Due to an long-standing memorandum of agreement among the involved agencies, the General Services Administration has the option of ignoring the planning commission’s recommendations if an agreement on issues like this one can’t be reached. Meanwhile, developer proposals are due to the federal government by June 22, Sullivan said. The commission plans to review and vote on the final guidelines this fall.

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Wednesday june 8 Concerts ■ Tom Savage will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band will perform works by Aaron Copland, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Vincent Persichetti. 8 p.m. Free. West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011. The performance will repeat Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument grounds, 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. ■ The 17th annual Washington Jewish Music Festival will feature a concert by the Geulah Trio, a new group led by guitarist Jon Madof of Zion80 and taking inspiration from Jewish music, rock, jazz and beyond. 8:30 p.m. $10. Tropicalia, 2001 14th St. NW. wjmf.org. The festival will continue through June 15 at various venues. Discussions and lectures ■ Georgetown Village will present a book talk by Ann Satterthwaite, author of “Local Glories: Opera Houses on Main Street, Where Art and Community Meet,” about the creative, social, and communal roles of the thousands of opera houses that flourished in small towns across the United States. 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 3240 O St. NW. 202999-8988. ■ Author David Dayen will discuss his book “Chain of Title,” about uncovering the largest consumer crime in American history: the foreclosure fraud that forced millions of families out of their homes based on false evidence by mortgage companies that had no legal right to foreclose. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■ Radhanath Swami, a teacher in the Bhakti yoga tradition who has established missionary hospitals, a hospice, an orphanage and the Govardhan Eco Village, will discuss his book “The Journey Within.” 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. journeywithindc.com. ■ Christina Crosby, a professor at Wesleyan University, will discuss her newest book, “A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets 5th and K, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227. ■ Arkady Ostrovsky, Moscow bureau chief for the Economist and a regular commentator on Russia for the BBC and NPR, will discuss his book “The Invention of Russia: From Gorbachev’s Freedom to Putin’s War.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■ “Designing a Memorial for the 21st Century” will feature moderator Jason Schupbach, director of design programs at the National Endowment for the Arts, and panelists Edward T. Linenthal, history professor at the University of Indiana; Brent Leggs, a preservation senior field officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation; and artist Janet Echelman. Prior to the discussion, Van Alen Institute director David van der Leer will announce the three finalist teams for

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prospective homebuyers. 11 a.m. Free; reservations requested. Suite 100, 2410 17th St. NW. housingetc.org. ■ Instructor Nina Dunham will lead a “Gentle Gyrokinesis” class to improve posture, balance and agility. 4 p.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■ Yoga teacher and self-care mentor Gracy Obuchowicz will present “Life Hack: Self-Care,” about simple yet effective practices that will make you start to feel good immediately. 6 to 7 p.m. $12. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202547-1122. ■ David Newcomb will present a meditation workshop on finding lasting peace, happiness and a greater sense of well-being. 7 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. ■ A program by the Upper NW Knitters will explore how to knit and crochet. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488. Concerts ■ The Freddie Dunn Quartet will perform jazz selections. 6:30 p.m. Free. Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market, 716 Monroe St. NE. 202-269-1600. ■ As part of the DC Jazz Festival 2016, the University of the District of Columbia’s “JAZZalive” series will present “Meet the Artist on the Bandstand,” featuring conversation and performances by pianist Allyn Johnson and saxophonist Antonio Parker. 7 p.m. Free. Recital Hall, Building 46-West, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. jazzaliveudc.org. ■ The National Symphony Orchestra and contralto Nathalie Stutzmann will perform works by Bruckner and Mahler. 7 p.m. $15 to $89. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. ■ Singer-songwriter Wilson Harwood will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers will perform on a double bill with the Cathy Ponton King Band. 8 p.m. $18 to $20. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ “Thursday Night Bluegrass” will feature Hollertown performing contemporary bluegrass. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; $12 minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-5468412. Discussions and lectures ■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk on “America’s Political Dynasties From Adams to Clinton” by author Stephen Hess, a leading authority on the media and government and a senior fellow emeritus at the Brookings Institution.” 10 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW 202-895-4860. ■ Gretchen Bloom, whose four

Thursday, june 9 ■ Concert: The Embassy Series will present pianist Veronika Böhmová performing works by Shostakovich, Albéniz, Ravel and Prokofiev. 7:30 p.m. $95. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. 202625-2361.

decades of work in international development and humanitarian assistance started when she was a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa in the late 1960s, will discuss “From Togo to Papua New Guinea — Finding New Pathways for Women.” Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202232-7363. ■ Book artist Emily Martin will discuss “Sculptural Books: Finding My Ways to Shakespeare,” about her recent work using the playwright’s tragedies as source material. 3 to 4 p.m. Free. Room 205, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-6253. ■ Social historian Marian Moser Jones, a professor at the University of Maryland, will discuss “Ladies in the War Zone: How Washington, D.C., Red Cross Volunteers Risked Life and Health on the Western Front and the Home Front.” 6 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. ■ A chapbook release party will feature Temim Fruchter, author of “I Wanted Just to Be Soft,” and Seema Reza, author of “When the World Breaks Open.” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org. ■ The European Union Institutes of Culture will present a conference on “Digital Media and the Challenge of Safeguarding Cultural Heritage: New Ways of Knowing About Our Past.” 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Abramson Family Auditorium, New York University Washington, D.C., 1307 L St. NW. events.nyu.edu. ■ Berlin-based artist Bettina Pousttchi will discuss her Intersections exhibition “Double Monuments” with Vesela Sretenović, senior curator of modern and contemporary art at the Phillips Collection. 6:30 p.m. $10 to $12. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. ■ Author Mary Roach, noted for her studies of space travel, sex, death and the afterlife, will discuss her new book “Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War,” which investigates how we prepare combatants for war by exposing

them to extremes of temperature, noise, panic and boredom. Roach will be in conversation with Terry Monmaney, deputy editor at Smithsonian magazine. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Guy Mason Recreation Center will host a talk by Bonnie Friedman on her book “Hospital Warrior: How to Get the Best Care for Your Loved One,” based on her experience advocating for her husband through 14 separate hospitalizations over more than 24 years. 7 p.m. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7736. ■ Gregg Shapiro will discuss his book “How to Whistle,” and Jonathan Harper will discuss his book “Daydreamers.” 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. ■ In conjunction with the opening of the exhibit “The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander,” author Caroline Alexander and actor Dominic Keating will present dramatic readings from Alexander’s new translation of “The Iliad” and lead a discussion of the epic work. 7:30 p.m. $25. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic Museum, 1600 M St. NW. 202857-7700. Films ■ The Textiles at Twelve series will present the 2009 film “Faith Ringgold Paints Crown Heights.” Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. ■ The weeklong EuroAsia Shorts festival will feature films from Italy and Korea. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Korean Cultural Center, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW. euroasiashorts. com. ■ The Capitol Riverfront’s outdoor movie series will feature “Inside Out.” Sundown. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org. Performances ■ The American College Dance Association’s 2016 National College Dance Festival will feature works selected from colleges and universities throughout the country. 2 and 7 p.m. $25. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The festival will continue Friday and Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. with a different program featured each day. ■ Actor, writer and comedian John Early, who appeared in the movie “Neighbors 2” and Netflix series “Love,” will give a comic performance (mature themes and strong language). 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the Family Theater lobby a half hour before the performance. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Washington Improv Theater will present “Road Show: Pandemonium,” a long-form performance by ensembles of experienced improvisers who create entire worlds spontaneously, spurred by a single audience suggestion. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833. Performances also will be held Friday at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ■ The Fat and Greasy Citizens Brigade, the resident theater company of Grace Episcopal Church and a project of the nonprofit arts group Fractured Atlas, will present an outdoor production of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” 8 p.m. Free. Grace Episcopal Church, See Events/Page 31

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 30 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. fgcitizens.org. The performance will repeat at 8 p.m. June 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23 and 24. Special events ■ The West End Interim Library will host its twice-weekly program, “Between the Lines: Coloring Club for Adults.” 2 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. ■ The Palisades Library will present “Color That Stress Away!” 6:30 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. ■ Takoma Park Library will host an “Adult Coloring Corner,” with coloring pages and materials provided. 7 p.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252. Walks and tours ■ The D.C. chapter of the American Institute of Architects will host a walking tour led by John Huennekens exploring the architecture, history and folklore of social clubs in Dupont Circle. 6 to 8 p.m. $10 to $35. Meet at the Q Street NW entrance to the Dupont Circle Metro station. aiadc.com. ■ A slide show and outdoor tour will focus on the Washington National Cathedral’s gargoyles and grotesques. 6:30 p.m. $18 to $22. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. The tour will repeat Sunday at 2 p.m. Friday, June 10

Friday june 10 Benefit ■ The Friends of Volta Park will hold its annual spring cocktail party and auction to raise funds for the park. 7 to 9 p.m. $150 to $250. Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. voltapark.org. Children’s programs ■ A summer reading kickoff will feature a performance by Cantaré, Latin American Music, led by vocalist Cecilia Esquivel. 10 a.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202282-3080. ■ The Hustle & Muscle Mat Club will hold an open practice for youth wrestlers. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Wrestling Room, Activities Building, St. Albans School, 3551 Garfield St. NW. hustlemusclematclub.org. Classes ■ Capitol Hill Arts Workshop teaching artists Ellen Cornett and Sheppard Bear will present “Paint & Sip,” an evening of painting and wine. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $30. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. ■ Capitol Hill Arts Workshop will present “Friday ARTnights: Grooving With GiGi,” a line dancing class featuring instruction on the cha-cha slide, wobble and electric slide. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $25. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. Concerts ■ The Friday Noon Concert series will feature the Potomac Wind Quintet performing works by Stravinsky and Barber. Noon. Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282. ■ David K. Houston of College Park, Md., will present “Summer Sweets,” a Capital Pride organ recital. 12:15 p.m.

Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103. ■ The “Fringe Music in the Library” series will feature the new wave soul band Mundy and the rock/soul band the CooLots. Noon. Free. Outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ In conjunction with the DC Jazz Festival, National Gallery of Art’s “Jazz in the Garden” series will feature musician George V. Johnson Jr., who writes and sings soulfully about family, home, heaven, love and history. 5 p.m. Free. Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-289-3360. ■ As part of the 2016 DC Jazz Festival’s “Dis Is ’Da Drum” series, an evening of jazz will feature Mark Prince’s AquaLeo, with bandleader Prince on drums, Federico Peña on piano/keyboards, Marshall Keys on alto and soprano saxophone, and Michael Bowie on acoustic bass. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■ A recital will feature flute and horn students of Gwyn Jones and Rod Hill. 6 to 7 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326. ■ The Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series will feature the Reflex. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. capitolriverfront.org. ■ The Arcadian Wild will perform. 7 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org. ■ The June Chamber Festival will feature artistic director Miles Hoffman and the American Chamber Players. 7:30 p.m. $30 to $40. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552. ■ The 2016 East River JazzFest will present a “Blue Note Tribute” concert featuring the Kenny Rittenhouse Quartet. 7:30 p.m. $20. We Act Radio, 1918 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE. eastriverjazz.net. ■ The U.S. Army Concert Band and Army Voices ensemble will perform as part of the “Sunsets With a Soundtrack” concert series. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. usarmyband.com. ■ “Jazz on the Hill” will feature the Kevin Cordt Quartet performing Blue Note jazz. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; $15 minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412. ■ Naughty Professor and Ernest Stuart of Red Baraat will perform. 9 p.m. $12 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ A symposium will focus on “The Assyrian Legacy From Ancient Civilization to Modern Cultural Revival.” 8:30 to 3:30 p.m. Free. Room 119, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-4188. ■ Tatyana Livshultz, assistant professor at Drexel University and assistant curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences, will discuss “Milkweeds and Orchids: Survival of the Most Efficient.” Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ In a Lunch Bite Object Talk, fash-

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■ “Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks,” chronicling the intersections between mail and the U.S. national parks in honor of this year’s centennial of the formation of the National Park Service, will open On exhibit tomorrow at the National Postal Museum and continue through bering the past, will open tomorrow at March 25, 2018. the Phillips Collection and contin Located at 2 Massachusetts Ave. ue through Oct. 2. Part of the interNE, the museum is open daily from sections series, the exhibit also fea10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-786-2120. tures a work by Naum Gabo and pho■ “(Art)xiomas — CUBAAHORA: The tographs by Berenice Abbott, Louis Next Generation,” a contemporary Faurer, Alfred Eisenstaedt and Gjon Cuban art exhibit of mixed-media Mill. installations, video, photography, Pousttchi will discuss the exhibit sculpture, painting and performance at a reception tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. by 15 artists in their 30s, will open On Friday at 6:30, she will discuss an tomorrow at the Art Museum of exhibit about her the Americas with “World Time Clock” a reception from 6 series that will run to 8 p.m. Organized concurrently at the with SPAIN Arts & Hirshhorn Museum Culture and the and Sculpture GarSpanish Cultural den. Center of Miami, the Located at 1600 show will continue 21st St. NW, the through Aug. 7. museum is open Located at 201 Tuesday through Sat18th St. NW, the urday from 10 a.m. museum is open to 5 p.m., Thursday Tuesday and Thursuntil 8:30 p.m. and day through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission © Alison Saar p.m. 202-370-0147. on the weekends Alison Saar’s woodcut on ■ “Beyond the Rectfeaturing costs $12 for adults paper “Washtub Blues” is angle,” innovative abstract and $10 for seniors part of an exhibit at the and students; it is works by New Yorkfree for ages 18 and National Museum of based artists CynWomen in the Arts. younger. Admission thia Carlson and Byoung Ok Min, will during weekdays is open Friday with a reception at 6 p.m. free. 202-387-2151. at the Korean Cultural Center ■ “Bettina Pousttchi: World Time Washington, D.C. The exhibit will Clock,” presenting portraits of public continue through June 30. RSVP for clocks in each of the world’s 24 time zones, will open tomorrow at the the opening reception at koreaculHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture turedc.org. Garden and continue through Oct. 2 Located at the Embassy of the Located at Independence Avenue Republic of Korea, 2370 Massachuand 7th Street SW, the museum is setts Ave. NW, the center is open open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 202-633-1000. noon and from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. “Bettina Pousttchi: Double Monuments,” highlighting sculpture by Berlin-based Pousttchi that explores architecture as a means of remem-

ion historian Katherine Hill Winters will discuss Isabel Anderson’s wedding dress made by the House of Worth in Paris in 1897. 12:30 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. ■ Lebanese-American photographer Rania Matar, one of the principal contributors to the special exhibition “She Who Tells a Story,” will discuss her background, artistic process, philosophy and the exhibit of works by women photographers from Iran and the Arab World. 6:30 to 9 p.m. $15 to $25; reservations required. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202783-5000. ■ First-time author Amy Silverman, managing editor at Phoenix New Times, will discuss her book “My Heart Can’t Even Believe It: A Story of Science, Love and Down Syndrome,” about mothering a daughter with that condition and what she has learned from Sophie. Silverman will be in conversation with Laurie Notaro, a humor writer and author of the upcoming book “Housebroken.” 7 p.m. Free. Children and Teens Department,

Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Popular culture commentator Chuck Klosterman, a consulting editor at Grantland and former columnist for The New York Times Magazine, will discuss his book “But What If We’re Wrong? Thinking About the Present as if It Were the Past,” which looks at today’s world as someone from the future might and comes up with ingenious speculation about what would happen if time or gravity or the value of democracy turn out to be wrong. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Films ■ The National Archives will host a screening of the film “Jeremiah,” a new documentary that tells the story of U.S. Navy Cmdr. Jeremiah Denton, who was shot down in July 1965 over North Vietnam, spent eight years as a POW and

Bettina Pousttchi’s “Double Monument for Flavin and Tatlin IX,” made of powder-coated crowdbarriers and neon, is part of a new exhibition at the Phillips Collection. koreaculturedc.org. ■ The National Museum of Women in the Arts will open an exhibit of prints by Alison Saar on Friday that explore themes of feminine, racial and cultural identity and will continue it through Oct. 2. Located at 1250 New York Ave. NW, the museum is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission costs $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors; it is free for ages 18 and younger. Free “Community Days” are held the first Sunday of every month. 202-783-5000. ■ “Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945,” exploring how the Japanese interpreted the art deco style and transformed it through their own rich art and craft traditions, will open Saturday at Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens and continue through Jan. 1. Located at 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, the museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission costs $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, $10 for students and $5 for ages 6 through 18; it is free for ages 5 and younger. 202-686-5807. went on to become a U.S. senator from Alabama. A post-screening discussion will feature filmmakers Mark Fastoso and Luis Blandon as well as James S. Denton, son of Jeremiah and editor of World Affairs. Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ “Lunch and a Movie” will feature a screening of Peter Weir’s 1989 film “Dead Poets Society,” starring Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke. Lunch at noon; film at 1 p.m. Free; reservations required by June 8 for lunch. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-7277703. The program will repeat June 24 with a screening of Lewis Gilbert’s 1983 film “Educating Rita,” starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. ■ A summer film series will feature twin brothers Arab and Tarzan Nasser’s See Events/Page 32

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Continued From Page 31 2015 film “Degrade,” set in a hair salon in Gaza during a confrontation between the police and a local gangster that effectively traps the women inside. 6 p.m. Free; reservations requested. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1958. ■ The Woman’s National Democratic Club’s Film Night will feature Aviva Kempner’s documentary “Rosenwald,” about how philanthropist Julius Rosenwald partnered with African-American communities to build 5,300 schools in the South during the Jim Crow era (rescheduled from May 20). 6 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $25. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■ The weeklong EuroAsia Shorts festival will culminate with films from China, Germany, the Philippines, France, Spain, Italy and the United States. A discussion and international reception will follow. 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. euroasiashorts.com. ■ The outdoor Golden Cinema series will feature Ivan Reitman’s 1993 film “Dave,” starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver and Frank Langella. Sunset. Free. Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com. Performances and readings ■ Teatro de la Luna’s 24th annual Spanish-language poetry marathon, “La Pluma y la Palabra,” will open with a presentation of the participants’ books and a dialogue on Hispanic poetry today. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Free. Mary Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-882-6227. The event will continue Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m. with readings and an open mic event at Casa de la Luna, 4020 Georgia Ave. NW. ■ Busboys and Poets will present “11th Hour Poetry Slam,” hosted by 2Deep the Poetess. 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Special events ■ Cathedral Commons will host the first of a summer series of outdoor “Friday Nights at the Heights,” featuring music, shopping, food and wine bar, with Memphis 59 lead singer Scott Kurt performing country/rock music on opening night. 6 to 9 p.m. Free. Cathedral Commons, Newark Street and Wisconsin Avenue NW. fridaynightsintheheights. com. The series will continue weekly 7+( :25/' )$0286

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Saturday june 11 Book sale ■ The Georgetown Library Friends and the D.C. Public Library will host a Pop-up Book Sale for all ages. Information about the Georgetown Library’s summer reading program will be available. 1 to 4 p.m. Free admission. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. Children’s programs ■ Casey Trees will present “Buds,” a tree-focused story time for toddlers and preschoolers. The program will include songs and a craft project. 9:30 a.m. Free; reservations suggested. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. caseytrees.org/events. ■ “Saturday Morning at the National” will feature Blue Sky’s musical comedy “The Barker of Seville.” 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; reservations suggested. Helen Hayes Gallery, National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. thenationaldc.org/events. ■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the season’s brightest stars, planets and constellations (for ages 5 and older). 1 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. The program will

Saturday, june 11 ■ Discussion: Author Yaa Gyasi — born in Ghana, raised in Alabama and a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop — will discuss her novel “Homegoing,” which draws on her heritage to tell the story of two half-sisters in 18th-century Ghana who live out two distinct historical trajectories that both culminate in Harlem. Gyasi (shown) will be in conversation with Dolen PerkinsValdez, author of “Wench” and “Balm.” 3:30 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. repeat Sunday at 1 p.m. ■ Children will hear a story about Alice Waters and then create a special piece of art. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. The program will repeat Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. ■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the solar system, the Milky Way and other deep space objects (for ages 7 and older). 4 to 4:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. Classes and workshops ■ Guy Mason Recreation Center will host a tai chi class with Jennie Tam and an exercise and dance class with Gayla April. 9:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■ Volunteer teachers from the Washington English Center will hold a weekly conversational practice circle for adults who already have some English speaking ability. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ Washington City Paper staff photographer Darrow Montgomery will present “Hands-on Street Photography” as part of the Street Photography Series organized by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $20 to $30; reservations required. Kiplinger Research Library, Carnegie Museum, 801 K St. NW. dchistory.org. ■ The National Museum of Women in the Arts will host a “Firsthand Experience” workshop in connection with the special exhibition “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers From Iran and the Arab World,” in which participants, guided by guest artist Laurie Doctor, will incorporate poetry, ink, graphite and watercolors into a small handmade book and a “studio to go” (for ages 13 and older). 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. $15 to $25; registration required. Kasser Board Room, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202783-5000. ■ Designer Shelli Martinez will present “Make and Take: Arm Knitting 101,”

about how to create a chunky-knit using only your arms, a skein of yarn and a pair of scissors. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. $40. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202547-1122. ■ In partnership with the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s production of “An Octoroon,” the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., will host a collections workshop on slavery and emancipation. 1 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Kiplinger Research Library, Carnegie Museum, 801 K St. NW. dchistory.org. ■ Bahman Aryana of Rendezvous Tango will present “Library Tango Practica.” 2:30 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202727-0321. ■ In conjunction with the Washington Jewish Music Festival, a study session led by Sara Shalva will delve into a musical exploration of the Book of Ruth using a new curriculum by Alicia Jo Rabins’ indie-folk project Girls in Trouble. 10:30 p.m. $20. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. wjmf.org. Concerts ■ The 2016 East River JazzFest will present “Monk/Ellington: A Tale of Two Masters,” featuring Rhythminic Accents with Bill Washburn on piano, Zack Graddy on saxophone, Ismail James West on bass and Joe Henderson on drums. 2 p.m. Free. Dorothy I. Height/ Benning Library, 3935 Benning Road SE. eastriverjazz.net. ■ The Adams Morgan Summer Concert Series will feature a rockabilly performance by Goin’ Goin’ Gone. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road NW. 202-997-0783. ■ A recital will feature piano and ukulele students of Gjinovefa Sako, at 6 p.m.; and piano students of Gjinovefa Sako and cello students of Frederik Spiro, at 7 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-2447326. ■ The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and special guest Charles Covington will present “A New Sound in Jazz: The Incredible Jimmy Smith.” 7 p.m. $25 to $40. Coulter Performance Plaza, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. bit.ly/SJMOtix. ■ Singer-songwriter Dan Lipton will perform, at 8 p.m.; and Slim Stevens and Jessie Fenton will perform, at 10:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ As part of the DC Jazz Festival, Brad Linde’s Team Players will perform songs from their album “All-American.” 8 p.m. $20. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. ■ Folk Soul Revival will perform on a double bill with Greg Payne and the Piedmont Boys. 9 p.m. $15. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Demonstration ■ The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation’s “A Day in the Park” event will feature a demonstration of pickleball, a fast-growing paddle sport created for all ages and skill levels that combines elements of tennis, badminton and pingpong. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free.

Takoma Community Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW. 202-576-7068. Discussions and lectures ■ Linda Lear, author of the biography “Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature,” will discuss “Beatrix Potter, a Natural Woman,” about the British children’s author and illustrator, an unconventional woman in a conventional Victorian world. 10 to 11:15 a.m. $20 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Ann Satterthwaite will discuss her book “Local Glories: Opera Houses on Main Street, Where Art and Community Meet,” about the creative, social and communal roles of the thousands of opera houses that flourished in small towns across the United States. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. PC Suite, National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-2722448. ■ Eliza McGraw, an editor at EQUUS magazine and a contributor to The New York Times racing blog, will discuss her book “Here Comes Exterminator!: The Longshot Horse, the Great War, and the Making of an American Hero,” which profiles the life and times of the legendary thoroughbred and surprise Kennedy Derby winner in 1918. 1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■ Jamie Stiehm, a Creators Syndicate columnist and contributor to usnews.com, will discuss “James Madison: Burning Down the (White) House,” about how the author of the Constitution was a brilliant political thinker but a bumbling president who let the British army burn down the President’s House and the U.S. Capitol in 1814. 1 p.m. Free. Peabody Room, Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0233. ■ “Building Family in the 21st Century” — about what a family looks like today and how to build a cohesive unit despite divorce, incarceration and social dysfunction — will feature panelists HyeSook Chung, executive director of DC Action for Children; Darryl Green, president of Baltimore-based Deep Forgiveness; Brittany Nicole Adams, co-director of Esther Productions Inc.’s Fatherless Daughter Reconciliation Project; and Frank Love, radio host and relationship adviser; and Brother Yao (Hoke) Glover, assistant professor at Bowie State University. The event will include book giveaways for adults and arts and crafts for children. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. Francis A. Gregory Library, 3660 Alabama Ave. SE. 202-829-0591. ■ A discussion of “The Taming of the Shrew” will feature Laura Buda, associate director of communications for the Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Craig Baldwin, assistant director and immersive designer of the company’s current production of the Shakespeare play. 5 p.m. Free. Mezzanine Lobby, Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202547-1122. ■ Musicologist Saul Lilienstein will discuss “Fresh Ears: Mahler,” about the conductor and composer known for his See Events/Page 33

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merce, 1080 Bruxelles,” an early tour de force that examines a woman’s ritualized behavior insider her bourgeois Brussels flat using simple visuals made in real time. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-­842-­6799. Games ■ Tenley-Friendship Library’s new monthly “Game On!” event will feature a bevy of board games and video games for all ages — from Connect Four to Battleship to Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U. 1 to 3 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488. The program will also be held July 23 and Aug. 20. Performances and readings ■ A National Symphony Orchestra prelude concert will feature an evening of Tchaikovsky played by violinists Alexandra Osborne and Joel Fuller, violists Mahoko Eguchi and Daniel Foster, and cellists Rachel Young and James Lee. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Joy of Motion Dance Center will present “Haute Couture Bodies,” exploring provocative themes centered on fashion and the fashion industry’s impact on representation of the physical body. 8 p.m. $12 to $15. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. Special events ■ In honor of World Oceans Day, the National Zoo will host activities, crafts, games and demonstrations celebrating ocean health and conservation. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. nationalzoo.si.edu. ■ “Classic Cars of the Deco Era” will feature a lavish display of vintage automobiles provided by the Chesapeake Bay Region of the Classic Car Club of America in honor of the new exhibit “Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945.” 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Included in suggested donation of $5 to $15 for museum admission. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. ■ The D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development will host the eighth annual “DC Housing Expo and Home Show,” featuring more than 20 workshops, 150 exhibitors, prizes and giveaways, free credit reports, credit and foreclosure counseling, home purchasing assistance and more. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Walter Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. 2016expo.eventbrite.com. ■ As part of “Make48 DC,” a 48-hour invention challenge, visitors will get a sneak peek into the invention process by watching 3D printing in action, testing out in-progress inventions and hearing from inventors about their backgrounds, process and workspaces. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Free. Coulter Performance Plaza and Draper Spark!Lab, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. The event will continue Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ■ The U.S. Botanic Garden will celebrate its summer exhibit “Flourish: Inside and Out!” with activities highlighting the positive ways plants impact people. Events will include a chance to dig in the soil to make herbal seed balls,

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Saturday, june 11 ■ Parade: The annual Capital Pride Parade — celebrating the diversity of the area’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and featuring grand marshal Leslie Jordan as well as more than 180 contingents — will proceed along P Street, New Hampshire Avenue, R Street, 17th Street and 14th Street NW. 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. capitalpride.org/parade. taste cuisine from the Cook sisters, delight in a rainbow array of colors and explore therapeutic horticulture practices. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Conservatory Terrace, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ The Washington Humane Society/ Washington Animal Rescue League will hold the 29th annual Bark Ball, a blacktie gala for canines and their human companions featuring a reception, auction, dinner, formal program and dancing. 6 to 10 p.m. $250. Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW. barkball.org. Sporting event ■ The Washington Mystics will play the Minnesota Lynx. 7 p.m. $19 to $300. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000. Teen program ■ The Urasenke Tea Ceremony Association of Washington, D.C., will share the basic principles of the chado (the Japanese “way of tea”) and demonstrate how a bowl of tea satisfies our physical thirst and offers harmony with nature. 1 p.m. Free. Teen Space, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. Walks and tours ■ A park ranger will lead a two-mile hike while explaining how Rock Creek Park is unique in its resources yet serves as a reflection of the National Park Service as a whole. 10 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. ■ The National Civic Art Society’s “Classical Architecture, Classical Values” walking tour series will feature “The View From the White House: Buildings and Statues in Proximity to the Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief,” led by tour guide Anne-Marie Whittaker. 10 a.m. $15; free for students, interns and Hill staffers. Meet at the entrance to Teaism, 800 Connecticut Ave. NW. civicart.org. ■ Washington Walks’ “Get Local!” series will present a tour of the Bloomingdale neighborhood, an enclave of tree-lined streets and early-20th-

Children’s programs ■ Swedish artist and art teacher Karin Lithell will hold an arts and crafts workshop for children ages 4 through 10. Noon to 3 p.m. Free. Embassy of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW. swedenabroad.com/washington. ■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the “Rise and Fall of the Solar System” (for ages 7 and older). 4 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. Classes and workshops ■ Local yoga instructor Alia Peera and Amy Mitchell will present “Sunday Serenity: Yoga in the East Park.” 10 to 11 a.m. $5 donation suggested. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org. The class will be offered weekly through Aug. 28. ■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a class on “Advice for Life.” 10 and 11:30 a.m. Free; $5 to $12 donation suggested. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202986-2257. ■ Yoga teacher and self-care mentor Gracy Obuchowicz will present “Life Hack: Self-Care for Members of the LGBTQ Community and Their Allies,” about simple yet effective practices that will make you start to feel good immediately. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. $20. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. ■ Dumbarton House will host an “English Country Dance” workshop. 12:30 to 2:45 p.m. $5. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. 202-337-2288. Concerts ■ The 2016 East River JazzFest will present a jazz duet featuring Freddie Dunn on trumpet and John Lee on gui-

tar. 10 a.m. Free. Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, 1550 Anacostia Ave. NE. eastriverjazz.net. ■ Renowned organist Diane Bish, host of the TV show “The Joy of Music,” will perform a recital of Bach, Widor and Bish’s own catalog on a custombuilt organ with 6,000 pipes and trumpets in four chambers. A reception will follow. 4 p.m. Free. First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., 1328 16th St. NW. firstbaptistdc.org. ■ A recital will feature drum, guitar and piano students of Stephen Baker. 5 to 6 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326. ■ Guest organist Filippa Duke from Titusville, Pa., will perform a recital featuring works by Widor, Mendelssohn, Howells and Bach. 5:15 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. ■ Washington Men’s Camerata will present “Music From Down Under,” featuring musical selections from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Indonesia and more. 7 p.m. $35. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Transparent Productions will present a concert by the Bill Cole Trio, at 7 p.m.; and by the Matt Shipp Trio, at 8:30 p.m. $15 to $25. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. ■ “Cathedral Sings: Schubert Is Great,” a community singalong led by Washington National Cathedral music director J. Reilly Lewis, will feature singers of all abilities performing two works by Franz Schubert. 7:30 p.m. $10. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. Discussions and lectures ■ The Second Sundays Series will See Events/Page 34

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Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, on “Game-Changing Apps and Low-Vision Tech,� about ways to make smart devices more accessible for those with macular degeneration and other low-vision conditions. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Free. Conference Room 2, Sibley Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. 202-3647602. ■The Legends & Lore DC book discussion series will focus on “Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival� by Jennifer Chiaverini. 2 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. ■Nick Sousanis — comics artist, educator and postdoctoral fellow in comics studies at the University of Calgary — will discuss his book “Unflattening,� about revolutionizing thought in comics. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■Former Detroit Free Press reporter Nathan Bomey will discuss his book “Detroit Resurrected: To Bankruptcy and Back,� which tells the story of the unfolding of the city’s 2013 bankruptcy crisis, pro-

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files the drama’s central players and city, and depicts the remarkable spirit that eventually drew Detroit together to save the community. 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â– Faith Salie — former Rhodes Scholar, panelist on NPR’s “Wait Wait‌Don’t Tell Me!â€? and host of the PBS show “Science Goes to the Moviesâ€? — will discuss her book “Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much,â€? a collection of essays about the sometimes absurd lengths to which she has gone to please others. 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202387-7638. Festival â– The Capital Pride street festival will feature a variety of entertainment and activities, including three stages of national and local talent. Headliners will include Alex Newell, Melanie Martinez, Charlie Puth, Meghan Trainor and DJ Tracy Young. Noon to 7 p.m., with musical entertainment continuing until 9:45 p.m. Free admission. Pennsylvania Avenue between 3rd and 7th streets NW. capitalpride.org/festival. Film â– As part of its series “Chantal Akerman: A Traveler’s Taleâ€? about the late Brussels-born cineaste, the National Gallery of Art will present a screening of “No Home Movie,â€? an unassuming recording of Akerman’s mother made on a small, consumer-grade digital camera in her Brussels apartment and a reflection of the inevitability of having “no home.â€? 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-­842-­6799. Performances and readings â– Knock on Wood Tap Studio will present its 21st annual showcase, featuring performances by students and guest dancers including Capitol Tap, Step Aside, Shannon Dunne Dance and the Heimowitz Brothers. A reception will follow. 2 p.m. $15 to $20; free for ages 4 and younger. Deal Middle School, 3815 Fort Drive NW. knockonwood.org. â– The Jones-Haywood Dance School will present its 75th-anniversary dance concert. 2 and 5:30 p.m. $35. Greenberg Theatre, American University, 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-885-2587. â– The Joaquin Miller Poetry Series will feature readings by poets Lois Marie Harrod and Martin Shapiro, as well as an open mic segment. 3 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 703-820-8113. â– Poet and educator Matt Gallant will host a Jazz & Verse Open Mic event featuring the Bruce Krohmer Trio. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856. â– The Association for the Study of African American Life and History will present a dramatic reading of A. Peter Bailey’s two-act play “Malcolm, Martin, Medgar,â€? about the three human rights warriors commenting on events since their assassinations. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. $20. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St. NW. apeterb@verizon.net. â– As part of the DC Jazz Festival’s “Dis is ’Da Drumâ€? series, the D.C.-based BatalĂĄ band will perform with a distinctive samba-reggae beat that spread from Brazil to 30 groups worldwide. 6

Monday, june 13 ■Concert: The DC Jazz Festival will present “A Night at the Kennedy Center,� performances by National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Benny Golson (shown), gospel master Richard Smallwood, Greg Osby, Loston Harris, Tim Warfield, Cyrus Chestnut, Mark Batson, Paul Carr, Afro Blue, Carroll Dashiell, Shelton Becton, Kris Funn, Savannah Harris and others. 8 p.m. $39 to $65. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Laugh Index Theatre’s “Summer Improv Medley� will feature house team Community Sauna performing shortform improv and New York City group Annoyance Theatre performing musical improv, at 6 p.m.; and a performance by its house team Hot & Sweaty and New York City musical improv group Happy Karaoke Fun Time, at 8 p.m. $15 to $20 for each show; $25 for an all-access pass. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. laughindextheatre.com. Sale ■The Palisades Georgetown Lions Club will host its annual community flea market. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. Parking lot, Wells Fargo, Arizona Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard NW. Special events ■Shake Shack will host the Washington Humane Society’s mobile pet adoption center Adopt Force One with adoptable cats and dogs. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Shake Shack, 1216 18th St. NW. washhumane.org/adoptionevents. ■The fourth annual Watson Place Artist Open House will feature the work of 10 local artists (including one in her 90s), who create with metal, quilts, acrylic, jewelry and stone. 5 to 7 p.m. Free admission. 3900 Watson Place NW. 202-965-4369. Walk ■A park ranger will lead a Georgetown Waterfront Walk and discuss the history of how Georgetown evolved from an active port town into a vibrant community (for ages 7 and older). 11 a.m. Free. Meet at the water fountain in Georgetown Waterfront Park, Wisconsin Avenue and K Street NW. 202-8956070. Monday, June 13 Monday june 13 Children’s program ■Children’s performer Jessica “Cul-

Concerts ■As part of the DC Jazz Festival’s “Dis is ’Da Drum� series, Lenny Robinson’s MadCurious will present an evening of jazz, featuring Lenny Robinson on drums, Brian Settles on saxophone and Tarus Mateen on bass. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. ■The 2016 East River JazzFest will present “Blues-Jazz Gumbo,� featuring Phil Wiggins on harmonica and vocals and Ian Walters on piano. 7:30 p.m. $20. Anacostia Payhouse, 2020 Shannon Place SE. eastriverjazz.net. ■The U.S. Navy Band’s Commodores ensemble will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. navyband.navy.mil. ■The Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra will perform the music of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. 8 p.m. $20. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. Discussions and lectures ■The Capital Area Tibetan Association will host a talk by the Dalai Lama on “A Peaceful Mind in a Modern World.� 1:30 to 3 p.m. $26.44 to $105.75. Bender Arena, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. dalailama2016dc.com. ■Heather Hodges of the Neighborhood Legal Services Program will discuss the legal requirements for a valid will in the District, how to find free help to prepare a will and how historical figures have used wills. 2 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100. ■Northwest Neighbors Village will present a talk by Pam Holland of TechMoxie on “Being Safe Online,� about how to recognize phishing emails, how to avoid computer viruses and scams, and how to find trustworthy information online. 3:30 to 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. Assembly Room, Forest Hills of DC, 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202777-3435. ■A teach-in on D.C. statehood will feature Jon Bouker, chair of DC Appleseed; Betsy Cavendish, general counsel to Mayor Muriel Bowser; Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and professor of public interest law at the University of the District of Columbia; and John Brittain, civil rights litigator and law professor at the University of the District of Columbia. 6:15 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Room 518, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, 4340 Connecticut Ave. NW. bit.ly/StatehoodUDC. ■Malka Older will discuss her debut novel “Infomocracy,� about Information, a powerful search engine monopoly that pioneered a switch from warring nationstates to global micro-democracy, as an election nears between two parties — Heritage and Supermajority — and everything is on the line. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■Virginia Heffernan, who writes on digital culture for The New York Times See Events/Page 35

Continued From Page 34 Magazine, will discuss her book “Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art,” which considers the past, present and future of the Internet and how it has changed the presentation and reception of ideas. 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227. ■ National Book Award finalist Angela Flournoy will discuss her book “The Turner House” in conversation with Kelly Navies, oral historian at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. 6:30 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ Cathleen Schine, whose novels “The Love Letter” and “Rameau’s Niece” were the basis for feature films, will discuss her 11th novel “They May Not Mean To, But They Do,” a warm and funny chronicle of a large and loving family coming to terms with the inevitable changes of aging and a mother’s emergent independence. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Rebecca Schiff will discuss her book “The Bed Moved.” 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. ■ Counterterrorism investigator Crofton Black will discuss his book “Negative Publicity: Artefacts of Extraordinary Rendition,” about the CIA’s secret detention network. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Film ■ “Marvelous Movie Mondays” will feature the 2015 film “The Big Short,” starring Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt and Christian Bale. 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Meeting Room, Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-2820021. Performances and readings ■ A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Black Arts Movement and the 20th anniversary of Cave Canem will feature an open mic reading of past and present Cave Canem fellows Joel DiasPorter, Jacqueline Johnson, Sharon Dennis Wyeth and Kamilah Aisha Moon, among others. 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. ■ Iona Senior Services will host a reading of Ernie Joselovitz’s play “Into the World of What-Ifs,” about pals of 42 years who are magically returned to 1973 to remake their only play, a flop, into a success. 7 p.m. $5 donation suggested. Iona Senior Services, 4125 Albemarle St. NW. 202-895-9420. ■ The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present its 14th annual “Will on the Hill,” a bipartisan comedic event featuring members of Congress and other influential Washingtonians — this year in Peter Byrne’s original political satire “Heavy Lies the Head.” Proceeds will support education, artistic and community engagement programs. 7:30 p.m. $50 to $250. Sidney Harman Hall, 610

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Tuesday, june 14 ■ Discussion: Author Steven Rowley will discuss his book “Lily and the Octopus,” which combines emotional depth and magical spirit to tell the story of a young writer who finds himself unable to open up to the possibility of love — except through the companionship of his aging dachshund Lily. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. mini, flute 2015 winner, and Eric Lin, piano 2016 winner, performing works by Beethoven, Nielsen and Prokofiev. 7:30 p.m. Free. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The U.S. Navy Band and Navy Ceremonial Guard will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. navyband.navy.mil. ■ The Friday Morning Music Club will perform a chamber concert featuring works by Mozart and Schubert. 7:30 p.m. Free. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. 202-337-2288. ■ Vocalist, composer and actress Lani Is will perform with Jesske Hume on bass and voice. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Austrian Cultural Forum, 3524 International Court NW. acfdc.org. ■ Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ Musician Steve Coleman and Five Elements will perform as part of the DC Jazz Festival. 8 p.m. $28 to $33. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877987-6487. ■ John Kadlecik & the DC Mystery Cats will perform. 8 p.m. $15 to $20. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Linda Pastan, former poet laureate of Maryland and two-time National Book Award finalist, will read from and discuss her 14th book, “Insomnia,” in an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute event. 10 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW 202-895-4860. ■ Stephen Allee, associate curator for Chinese painting and calligraphy at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler galleries, will discuss “Wu School and the Three Perfections,” about the renowned group of Ming dynasty Chinese artists and the connections among the complementary art forms of poetry, calligraphy

and painting. Noon. Free. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000. ■ As part of Iona Senior Services’ spring advocacy series, investigators and staff attorneys from the Office of the D.C. Attorney General will discuss the agency’s role in consumer protection, holding landlords accountable and other matters. 2 to 4 p.m. Free; registration requested. Iona Senior Services, 4125 Albemarle St. NW. 202-895-9448. ■ The National Museum of Women in the Arts will present “Reading Club: Life in Conflict,” a facilitated discussion in which participants will examine photographs from the exhibit “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers From Iran and the Arab World,” read a short story and explore a nonfiction article that ties creative works with lived realities. 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-5000. ■ Politico journalist-turned-novelist Karin Tanabe will discuss her book “The Gilded Years,” which looks at class, race and ambition in the Gilded Age, following the story of the talented, pale-skinned daughter of a janitor who realizes her dream of attending Vassar. Tanabe (shown) will be in conversation with LaFleur Paysour, communications director for the National Museum of African American History and Culture. 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ Architectural historian and travel writer Barry Goldsmith will discuss “The Other Spain: Traveling North of Madrid.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Laurence Leamer, a former Newsweek journalist, will discuss his latest book “The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan,” about the lawsuit filed by Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, against the Klan after the 1981 conviction of a white Klansman for the killing of a black teenager in Alabama. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ “A Relentless Pursuit: Bringing Holocaust Perpetrators to Justice” — about how “Nazi hunters” brought war criminals to justice and laid the foundation for pursuing today’s perpetrators of genocide — will feature Andrew Nagorski, journalist and author of “The Nazi Hunters”; Eli Rosenbaum, director of human rights enforcement strategy and policy at the U.S. Department of Justice; and Elizabeth White, historian at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and former deputy chief for human rights and special prosecutions at the Department of Justice. 7 p.m. Free. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW. 202-4880460. Films ■ “Adventures in Space: Exploring the Cosmos in Sci-Fi Cinema,” the Avalon Theatre’s latest film studies program, will feature a screening and discussion of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” 10:30 a.m. $15 to $18. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. The series will conclude June 21 at 10:30 a.m. with a

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screening and discussion of Ridley Scott’s “The Martian.” ■ The Palisades Library’s “Pride Month Movie Screening” will feature the 2005 film “Rent,” a rock opera about a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent in New York City’s gritty East Village. 5 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. ■ Tuesday Night Movies will feature Michael Showalter’s 2015 film “Hello, My Name Is Doris,” starring Sally Field as an older woman longing for her much younger co-worker. 6 p.m. Free. Auditorium A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, will present an advance screening of an episode of the CNN original series “Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies.” A Q&A with Rogers and International Spy Museum historian Vincent Houghton will follow. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798. ■ “Adams Morgan Movie Nights,” sponsored by the Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District, will feature Howard Deutch’s 1986 “Pretty in Pink,” starring Molly Ringwald and Jon Cryer. The movie will start about a half hour after sundown. Free. Soccer field, Marie Reed Elementary School, 18th and California streets NW. adamsmorganmovienights.com. The series will continue with a screening of “Inside Out” on June 21. Performances and readings ■ Laugh Index Theatre’s “Summer Improv Medley” will feature musical improv by Wonderland, Dos Ojos, Door #3 and Cloaking Device. 7:30 p.m. $15 to $20. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. laughindextheatre.com. ■ Story District will present its monthly show, “Notorious: Stories about fleeting moments of infamy and glory.” 8 p.m. $15. Town Danceboutique, 2009 8th St. NW. storydistrict.org. ■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night” will feature long-form improv performances by various ensembles. 8 and 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. witdc.org. Special events ■ The Smithsonian’s “America Now” series will feature a Flag Day naturalization ceremony in front of the Star-Spangled Banner gallery. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Flag Hall, National Museum of American History, Constitution Avenue and 14th Street NW. americanhistory.si. edu. ■ The West End Interim Library will host its twice-weekly program, “Between the Lines: Coloring Club for Adults.” 2 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. ■ “Hear Now!” will feature excerpts of four European radio productions presented at Berlin’s Prix Europa 2015 competition. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Goethe-Institut Washington, Suite 3, 1990 K St. NW. goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com. Tours ■ U.S. Botanic Garden curator Bill See Events/Page 39

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Wednesday june 15 Children’s programs ■ The Palisades Library will host a musical journey through Latin American cultures with Latin Grammy Award nominee 123 Con Andrés. 10:30 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ Cartoonist Paul Merklein will draw famous faces from children’s books as well as people right from the audience (for ages 5 and older). 7 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. Classes and workshops ■ Kripalu yoga teacher Eva Blutinger will lead a “Yoga in the Galleries” class. 10 a.m. $10. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. tinyurl.com/aumtickets. ■ Susan Joseph will lead a weekly English as a Second Language class. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■ The Palisades Library will present an adult-child yoga class led by instructor Dexter Sumner (recommended for adults and children ages 6 and older). 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202282-3139. ■ The weekly “Sunset Fitness in the Park” event will feature a one-hour class presented by barre3 DC. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Waterfront Park, Potomac and K streets NW. georgetowndc.com/sunsetfitness. ■ Aparna Sadananda of Yoga District will lead a gentle yoga class. 6:30 p.m. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■ Poets on the Fringe will host a weekly poetry workshop. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. passapamela@aol.com. ■ A “Meatball Mania” class will explore how to grind your own meat and the secrets to seasoning and saucing your meatballs. 7 to 9 p.m. $25; reservations required. Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW. viaumbria.com/events. Concerts ■ As part of the DC Jazz Festival’s “Dis is ’Da Drum” series, drummer and vibraphonist Chuck Redd will present an evening of jazz with his “Rhythm in Redd.” 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ As part of the DC Jazz Festival, the

University of the District of Columbia’s “JAZZalive” series will present a soulstirring evening of jazz featuring saxophonist Charlie Young, pianist Allyn Johnson and the UDC JAZZtet. 7 p.m. Free. Theater of the Arts, Building 46-East, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. jazzaliveudc.org. ■ Scottish fiddle and cello duo Elizabeth and Ben Anderson will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys. com. ■ As part of the Washington Jewish Music Festival, Jewish-Israeli cellist Udi Bar-David, Arab-Israeli violinist Hanna Khoury, and Venezuelan/Syrian percussionist Hafez Javier Kotain will perform a concert fusing sounds from throughout the Middle East and Israel. After the performance, the musicians will discuss the role of the arts in building a shared society in Israel in a conversation moderated by Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, director of Arab-Israeli conflict programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace. 7 p.m. $30. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. wjmf.org. ■ The Marine Dixieland Band and Jazz Combo will perform a variety of music, including “Mack the Knife” by Kurt Weill, “All of Me” by John Legend, “I Found a New Baby” by Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams, and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” 8 p.m. Free. West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011. The performance will repeat Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument grounds, 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. ■ Birds of Chicago and Annabelle’s Curse will perform. 8 p.m. $10 to $20. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Brooklyn-based experimental artist Julianna Barwick will perform with Mas Ysa. 8 p.m. $12 to $15. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877987-6487. Discussions and lectures ■ Michelle Egan, professor in the School of International Service at American University and author of “Single Markets: Economic Integration in Europe and the United States,” will discuss “Brexit or Bremain: The British Referendum, the Future of Europe and the Implications for the U.S.” in an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute event. 10 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW 202-895-4860. ■ Guy Mason Recreation Center’s Reading Club will discuss “H Is for Hawk” by Helen Macdonald. 11 a.m. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■ Joshua Kendall, author of “First Dads: Parenting and Politics From George Washington to Barack Obama,” will discuss presidential parenting styles and what they reveal about each man’s beliefs and psychological makeup. Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202357-5000. ■ National Museum of Women in the Arts digital editorial assistant Emily Haight will discuss several works in the special exhibition “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers From Iran and the Arab World.” Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370. ■ Dr. Harold Glickman, chief of podi-

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 atric surgery at Sibley Memorial Hospital and past president of the American Podiatric Medical Association, will discuss “All You Wanted to Know About Feet: Skin, Bunions, Heel Pain and Hammer Toes.” 3 to 4 p.m. Free. Renaissance Meeting Room 1, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Loughboro Road NW. 202-3647602. ■ “Pear v. United States” will feature mock Supreme Court arguments regarding the issues involved in the Apple cellphone controversy, such as First Amendment law, cybersecurity, civil liberties and national security. 3 p.m. Free; reservations required. Annenberg Theater, Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. newseum.org. ■ David Preston, professor of national security studies at the Citadel, will discuss his book “Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution,” about the devastating loss by the British in the 1755 battle and how it altered the balance of power and helped shape a distinct American identity on the road to the Revolutionary War. 6 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. ■ Melissa Deckman will discuss her book “Tea Party Women,” which uses national public opinion data, observation at Tea Party rallies and interviews with female Tea Party leaders to conclude that many find the grass-roots, decentralized nature of the movement to be more inclusive for them than mainstream Republican politics. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■ Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food and Water Watch and author of “Foodopoly,” will discuss her book “Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment,” which takes a close and skeptical look at the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and compares the industry’s estimate of the health and economic consequences of it with what she says communities are actually experiencing. 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ Ali Issa, national field organizer with War Resisters League, will discuss his book “Against All Odds: Voices of Popular Struggle in Iraq,” in conversation with Ramah Kudaimi, an organizer with the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. 202-636-7230. ■ Folger Shakespeare Library director Michael Witmore will discuss Aaron Posner’s “District Merchants.” 6:30 p.m. $20. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. ■ Harman Cohen, former U.S. assistant secretary of state, will discuss “The Mind of the African Strongman,” about his experiences during a four-decade diplomatic career. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-7270232. ■ Annie Proulx, author of “Brokeback Mountain” and National Book Award winner “The Shipping News,” will discuss her new novel “Barkskins,” which traces the story of two indentured woodcutters through four generations and several continents, and charts decades of adventure and hardship in living off the resources of the forests. 7 p.m. $5 to $33. Sidwell Friends School, 3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ New York Times columnist Dan Barry will discuss his book “The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation

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