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Serving Foggy Bottom & the West End

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Vol. IX, No. 2

The Foggy BoTTom CurrenT

Projects break ground in West End

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

■ Development: EastBanc

still awaiting final permits

By KAT LUCERO Current Staff Writer

Mayor Vincent Gray joined officials from EastBanc Monday to break ground on a long-awaited development that will integrate a new public library and fire station with private residences and other

amenities at two sites in the West End. “This is a testament to how, in government, you can’t let an innovative opportunity go by,” said Gray.

“It’s an indication of creativity in co-locating facilities and amenities in the city.”

Monday’s ceremony at the library site was among the outgoing mayor’s swan song of public appearances for development projects. Starting in January, Muriel Bowser’s mayor-

al administration will oversee the development, which has gone through “12 years, three mayors and seven deputy mayors,” according to EastBanc founder Anthony Lanier.

“I don’t know if this was an exercise of seeing who will be standing at the end,” Gray joked.

The West End project involves D.C. stakeholders from the Public Library agency, Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department and See West End/Page 14

Board to consider raze of 1870s building

By GRAHAM VYSE Current Staff Writer

Brian Kapur/The Current

Members of the 42nd Street Singers — Stephanie Griffin, left; Meghan Taylor, center; and Jackson Caesar — sing carols Thursday outside Sarar on L Street at a free gift-wrapping event held by the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District.

An application to demolish most of a derelict 19thcentury building at the corner of 14th and Corcoran streets is heading to the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board tomorrow with the support of the Logan Circle advisory neighborhood commission.

The commission voted unanimously last Wednesday to support a raze permit for 1618 14th St., but the panel also said that the front facade should be preserved and restored. Commissioners and community members criticized a consistent lack of upkeep by property owner Stephen Jaffe.

“This building is a horrible, terrible eyesore — a blight on the whole block,” said commissioner Peter Lallas. “This is prime real estate that could be put to some productive use.”

The commercial building was likely constructed in See Demolition/Page 14

Brian Kapur/The Current

The owner of the 1618 14th St. building said it’s not economically feasible to restore the structure.

ANC highlights local value of Reeves Center

Removal of Wilson principal sparks community criticisms

By BRADY HOLT

By GRAHAM VYSE Current Staff Writer

Current Staff Writer

Amid extensive discussion about how best to redevelop U Street’s Reeves Center, the Dupont Circle advisory neighborhood commission is urging city officials to consider the office building’s place in the immediate community.

Formally known as the Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center, the building emerged last year as one of many moving pieces in Mayor Vincent Gray’s complex proposal to bring soccer to Southwest’s Buzzard Point. Gray agreed with critics last Thursday to handle the Reeves Center separately from a D.C. United stadium deal, but city officials and area developers haven’t lost sight of the site’s lucrative potential in a booming neighborhood.

When it was built in 1986, the office building was a

NEWS

Brian Kapur/The Current

The 1986 office building at 14th and U streets is seen by many as a redevelopment candidate.

government investment at the blighted corner of 14th and U streets, bringing rare employment, public amenities and secure gathering spaces. Much has been made of the fact that the neighborhood has since changed dramatically, leaving the Reeves Center a dated structure on a piece of land that’s now worth an estimated $66.8 million. As with other nearby parcels, it’s recently been eyed for luxury housing.

See Reeves/Page 5

EVENTS

Zoning rewrite wins preliminary approval from commission — Page 3

Images of Thailand, Myanmar featured at new exhibition — Page 19

Wilson High School principal Peter Cahall made headlines last Friday with an unexpected announcement: D.C. Public Schools has decided not to renew his contract for the 2015-16 school year.

Since the weekend, D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson has offered no explanation for Cahall’s removal, but on Monday she told the Washington City Paper that the decision is final. As a matter of policy, the school system doesn’t comment on personnel matters.

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More restaurants offer holiday fare for Christmas dining — Page 16

In a Dec. 8 letter published by the City Paper, Cahall told the D.C. Council that he is being removed as the result of low student test scores, calling the choice “purely capricious and arbitrary.”

Cahall also cited a variety of data points to demonstrate school improvements during his six-year tenure. Among many other positive outcomes, they show increased student achievement in English and math as well as an uptick in the number of students taking Advanced Placement exams. In addition, Cahall noted that he oversaw a $120 See Wilson/Page 8

INDEX Calendar/18 Classifieds/25 District Digest/2 Exhibits/19 Foggy Bottom News/9 In Your Neighborhood/8

Opinion/6 Police Report/4 Real Estate/13 School Dispatches/22 Service Directory/23 Week Ahead/3

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District Digest Bowser fills several leadership positions

Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser has selected a charter school founder to serve as her deputy mayor for education, she announced Monday.

Bowser also chose an Obama administration staffer as deputy city administrator, and a D.C. government director as deputy mayor for health and human services. And she announced that Chancellor Kaya

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Jennifer Niles, founder of the E.L. Haynes Public Charter School, will become deputy mayor for education. Before founding Haynes, Niles worked in a variety of education-related jobs, including teaching in middle and high school.

Kevin Donahue will serve as deputy under recently appointed city administrator Rashad Young, overseeing and coordinating government operations. Donahue currently works as director of the U.S. General Services Administration’s Performance Improvement Council.

And Brenda Donald, who is currently the director of the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency, will become deputy mayor for health and human services.

Taxi board arranges for electronic app

The D.C. Taxicab Commission adopted a rule last week that will establish an electronic app for passengers to hail rides.

The Universal DC TaxiApp will begin beta testing in March, according to a news release. When a commission-licensed taxi with a handheld device to operate the app is on duty, it will be required to run the program, though customers can also continue to hail cabs from the curb.

An industry co-op will set the app’s charges, manage its operation and market the service to the public.

The app will allow credit card payment.

Zoning board delays vote on AU project

American University’s plan for a two-level underground parking garage topped by new dormitories — already under construction — is now in limbo until at least February.

The Zoning Commission is slated to vote Feb. 2 on a proposed amendment to the school’s campus plan that would allow the garage to be two levels instead of one. The university plans to provide the approved number of parking spaces but in a different configuration, and the city’s permitting officials signed off on the plan.

But the Spring Valley/Wesley Heights advisory neighborhood commission filed an appeal of the permits with the Board of Zoning Adjustment, arguing that deeper excavation could disturb the area’s water table. In the middle of the

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appeal, the university filed an application back at the Zoning Commission that would explicitly allow the two-level garage.

The Board of Zoning Adjustment decided yesterday to delay its own consideration of the appeal until the Zoning Commission’s Feb. 2 decision.

Linda Argo, American University’s assistant vice president for external affairs, previously told The Current that “we will continue construction activity on the site in accordance with approved and validly issued building permits.� She was not available for comment Tuesday. Zoning board chair Lloyd Jordan had warned the university that it is proceeding at its own risk while the zoning case remains open.

Under its 10-year campus plan, the university must provide housing for 67 percent of undergraduates on campus by fall 2016, and the new 590-bed “East Campus� complex is needed to meet that deadline.

DC Chamber hears from Gray, Bowser

Mayor Vincent Gray and Mayorelect Muriel Bowser addressed the DC Chamber of Commerce last week at its annual meeting, with Bowser sharing some of her plans and Gray discussing the strength of the local economy.

Bowser told the 460 attendees that she plans to use technology to better deliver city services to both residents and businesses. She noted that the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, in particular, could improve in this regard. An American University alumna, she also praised the local university community for “providing good living-wage jobs� and for helping graduates prepare for strong careers.

On taxes, Bowser called for the city to be competitive with Mary-

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She said her most important priorities are improving public education, increasing the amount of affordable housing and improving infrastructure.

For his part, Gray said he is “very proud� of the city’s status as among the nation’s five strongest metropolitan area economies.

It was not so long ago, said Gray, that the District was “on the high-risk list� as far as the U.S. Department of Labor was concerned and was close to not being eligible for department grants. That is no longer the case.

Among the economic development achievements of the past four years, Gray said, have been the opening of the City Market at O Street, the development of CityCenterDC downtown and the clearing of space for the Skyland Shopping Center in Ward 7.

At Thursday’s meeting the chamber also recognized native Washingtonian Russ Ramsey, who is chairing the group trying to bring the 2024 Olympics to Washington, with its Hometown Hero Award.

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Corrections

In the Dec. 10 issue, an article on plans for Kalorama Park misreported the advisory neighborhood commission’s vote. The vote to support the District’s plans was 3-2, not 4-2; commissioner Gabriela Mossi had left the meeting.

In the same issue, an article on the Lanier Heights downzoning issue stated incorrectly that residents had rejected a proposed Lanier Heights historic district. In fact, proponents of the designation dropped the idea after conducting a Historic Resources Survey due to controversy within the neighborhood; there was no formal vote on historic designation.

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Glover Park Hardware loses lease but seeking site nearby

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

Glover Park Hardware announced Monday that it must abruptly relocate from its longtime location at 2251 Wisconsin Ave. next month, having lost its lease for the property with no replacement site yet determined.

The store will begin clearance sales in the new year before shutting its doors on Jan. 15, owner Gina Schaefer told The Current yesterday. Schaefer said lease renewal negotiations broke off suddenly about a month ago. “We had a deal and the landlord decided at the last minute to lease to someone else,” she wrote in an email. The store has been in place in Glover Park since 2005.

“It felt like the worst part of business,” Schaefer added. “We like to think of ourselves as members of the community and a desirable tenant. We are easy to negotiate with.

None of that worked in our favor

this time.”

Chesapeake Realty Partners, the building’s owner, is in the midst of a redevelopment project to construct apartments behind the older building housing the hardware store and a Washington Sports Clubs gym.

The company’s co-chairman and chief operating officer, Josh Fidler, had told The Current in January 2013 that the project wouldn’t affect the retail tenants. Fidler couldn’t be reached for comment yesterday.

Schaefer wrote that she hopes to reopen Glover Park Hardware in the same area soon, adding that “we have a couple of sites we are working on,” though she declined to identify them. “We cannot anticipate how long this might be but we will try to minimize as much as possible,” she wrote of the closure period.

Employees will be shifted to other Ace Hardware stores she owns, including locations in Tenleytown and Woodley Park, and she See Hardware/Page 5

The week ahead Wednesday, Dec. 17

The D.C. State Board of Education will hold a public meeting to discuss revisions to proposed rules that would provide additional pathways for students to earn credit toward graduation. The meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Old Council Chambers, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. ■ The D.C. Public Service Commission will hold a community hearing regarding the Pepco-Exelon merger. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the commission’s offices in Suite 700, 1333 H St. NW. ■ The C&O Canal National Historical Park will host a public meeting to solicit input on Fletcher’s Cove river access. The discussion will focus on potential short- and long-term solutions to sedimentation that is threatening recreational and subsistence fishing and concession operations at the site. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the National Park Service’s National Capital Region Headquarters, 1100 Ohio Drive SW. ■ Mayor Vincent Gray will give a farewell address highlighting the accomplishments of his administration over the past four years. A reception will follow. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Dunbar High School, 101 N St. NW.

Thursday, Dec. 18

The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will hold its monthly meeting at 9 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. Agenda items include historic designation of the Hill Building at 839 17th St. and the Editors Building at 1729 H St., as well as the proposed demolition of 1618 14th St.

Saturday, Dec. 20

The D.C. Audubon Society will host a D.C. Christmas Bird Count at Battery Kemble Park. Volunteers will meet in the parking lot off Chain Bridge Road south of Loughboro Road at 9 a.m. To sign up, visit audubondc.org/fieldtrips.

Thursday, Jan. 1

Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser will host a “Fresh Start” 5K Run/Walk at 9 a.m. at the Oyster-Adams Bilingual School, 29th and Calvert streets NW. Registration is free; T-shirts are available for $10. Visit murielbowser.com.

Friday, Jan. 2

Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser will attend an Inauguration Interfaith Service at 8 a.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW. The mayor’s inauguration and the swearing-in of the attorney general, D.C. Council chairman and D.C. Council members will follow at 9:30 a.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. Mayor Bowser’s “DC Proud” Inaugural Ball, also at the convention center, will begin at 7 p.m. Free registration is required for the interfaith service and inaugural ball; visit murielbowser.com.

Saturday, Jan. 3

Mayor Muriel Bowser will host an Inaugural Kids Party at 2 p.m. at the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center, 701 Mississippi Ave. SE. Registration is required, and children must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian; visit murielbowser.com.

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Zoning rewrite gets preliminary approval

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

The D.C. Zoning Commission is preparing to seek more public comments on a proposed overhaul of the city’s land-use regulations, which it preliminarily approved last week, with the final decision likely in the first half of 2015.

As part of a three-hour discussion before the vote last Thursday, commissioners also asked for a series of final tweaks. The Office of Planning will incorporate the feedback into the final text by late January or early February, according to Office of Zoning spokesperson Zelalem Hill.

At that point, the full 900-plus-page document will be published in the D.C. Register and offered up for 60 days of comment by the public and the National Capital Planning Commission, according to Hill.

The Zoning Commission’s final vote hasn’t yet been scheduled.

“While we still have more work to be done, there’s light at the end of the tunnel,” Zoning Commission chair Anthony Hood said after last week’s vote.

The Office of Planning has been working since 2007 on the first major overhaul of the District’s zoning code since 1958, which will reorganize much of See Zoning/Page 14

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Police Report This is a listing of reports taken from Dec. 8 through 14 in local police service areas.

psa PSA 101 101 ■ downtown

Robbery ■ 600-699 block, 11th St.; 10:09 p.m. Dec. 8.

Theft ■ 900-999 block, 10th St.; 7:17 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1000-1099 block, G St.; 2:09 p.m. Dec. 12.

■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 9:38 p.m. Dec. 12.

■ 703-799 block, 9th St.; 11:30 p.m. Dec. 12.

■ 800-901 block, I St.; 2:24 p.m. Dec. 13.

■ 1200-1299 block, L St.; 2:39 p.m. Dec. 13.

Theft from auto ■ 900-999 block, 10th St.; 11:12 p.m. Dec. 13.

■ 900-999 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 11:19 p.m. Dec. 13.

psa 102

■ Gallery PSA 102 place

PENN QUARTER

Burglary ■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 8:40 p.m. Dec. 9.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 5th Street and New York Avenue; 11:08 a.m. Dec. 13.

■ D and 7th streets; 7:28 a.m.

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Theft ■ 600-699 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 7:35 a.m. Dec. 8.

■ 400-499 block, 7th St.; 11:02 p.m. Dec. 9.

■ 600-699 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 7:50 a.m. Dec. 11.

■ 400-499 block, 8th St.; 10:43 a.m. Dec. 11.

■ 800-899 block, 7th St.; 10:51 a.m. Dec. 12.

■ 700-799 block, 7th St.; 2:50 p.m. Dec. 14.

Theft from auto ■ 900-999 block, 9th St.; 6:34 p.m. Dec. 10.

■ 600-699 block, K St.; 11:32 a.m. Dec. 11.

psa 204

■ Massachusetts avenue

heights / cleveland park woodley park / Glover PSA 204 park / cathedral heights

Theft ■ 2700-2807 block, 27th St.; 8:01 a.m. Dec. 9.

■ 2800-2899 block, Bellevue Terrace; 7:49 a.m. Dec. 10.

■ 2700-2799 block, 35th Place; 1:48 p.m. Dec. 10.

■ 2806-2899 block, 27th St.; 6:28 p.m. Dec. 10.

■ 2301-2499 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 8:33 p.m. Dec. 14.

Theft from auto ■ 2810-2899 block, 36th St.; 2:23 p.m. Dec. 13.

■ 3800-3899 block, Klingle Place; 9:49 a.m. Dec. 14.

psa PSA 206 206

■ georgetown / burleith

Robbery ■ 1600-1677 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 11:20 p.m. Dec. 13.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 1227-1299 block, 30th St.; 12:10 a.m. Dec. 9.

Theft ■ 3200-3247 block, O St.; 8:20 p.m. Dec. 8.

■ 2300-2699 block, Q St.; 8:43 p.m. Dec. 8.

■ 2300-2599 block, P St.; 10:16 a.m. Dec. 9.

■ 2900-2999 block, N St.; 12:35 p.m. Dec. 9.

■ 3600-3699 block, O St.; 10:15 a.m. Dec. 10.

■ 1230-1299 block, Potomac St.; 11:32 a.m. Dec. 10.

■ Potomac and Water streets; 2:16 p.m. Dec. 10.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 6:15 p.m. Dec. 10.

■ 3000-3049 block, M St.; 7:26 p.m. Dec. 10.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 2:51 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 2800-2899 block, M St.; 2:56 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1400-1499 block, 28th St.; 4:05 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1401-1498 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 1:30 p.m. Dec. 12.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 4:18 p.m. Dec. 12.

■ 3100-3199 block, M St.; 7:34 a.m. Dec. 13.

■ Wisconsin Avenue and S Street; 1:40 p.m. Dec. 13.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 6:08 p.m. Dec. 13.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 7 p.m. Dec. 13.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 9:50 p.m. Dec. 13.

■ 3000-3049 block, M St.; 6:39 p.m. Dec. 14.

Theft from auto ■ 3800-3899 block, S St.; 2:59 p.m. Dec. 12.

psa PSA 207 207

■ foggy bottom / west end

Robbery ■ 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 6 p.m. Dec. 11.

Sexual abuse ■ 2000-2099 block, F St.; midnight Dec. 10.

Burglary ■ 2200-2299 block, L St.; 10:38 a.m. Dec. 8.

■ 2200-2299 block, F St.; 1:40 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 900-999 block, 25th St.; 2:09 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 900-999 block, 25th St.; 2:17 p.m. Dec. 12.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 900-999 block, 15th St.; 11:21 p.m. Dec. 10.

■ 900-1010 block, 24th St.; 8:12 p.m. Dec. 14.

Theft ■ 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 6:35 p.m. Dec. 8.

■ 1700-1799 block, I St.; 3:03 p.m. Dec. 9.

■ 2200-2299 block, I St.; 7:02 p.m. Dec. 9.

■ 1100-1129 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8 a.m. Dec. 10.

■ 1800-1899 block, F St.; noon Dec. 10.

■ 1100-1199 block, 19th St.; 2 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1100-1199 block, 22nd St.; 4:53 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1100-1129 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:51 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1900-1999 bock, Pennsylvania Ave.; 7:12 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1600-1699 block, K St.; 7:54 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 11:28 a.m. Dec. 12.

■ 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 11:29 a.m. Dec. 12.

■ 1100-1199 block, 22nd St.; 4:17 p.m. Dec. 12.

■ 500-599 block, 21st St.; 11:18 p.m. Dec. 13.

■ 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 2:20 p.m. Dec. 14.

■ 1100-1199 block, Vermont Ave.; 6:30 p.m. Dec. 14.

Theft from auto ■ 800-899 block, 25th St.; 11:52 a.m. Dec. 8.

■ 1100-1199 block, Vermont Ave.; 6 p.m. Dec. 8.

■ 900-999 block, 15th St.; 2:16 a.m. Dec. 10.

■ 15th and L streets; 4:30 a.m. Dec. 13.

■ 1600-1699 block, L St.; 9:54 a.m. Dec. 14.

psa 208

■ sheridan-kalorama PSA 208

dupont circle

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1400-1499 block, 22nd St.; 3:15 a.m. Dec. 13 (with knife).

■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:28 p.m. Dec. 14.

Theft ■ 2000-2029 block, S St.; 11:52 a.m. Dec. 8.

■ 1300-1699 block, 12:32 p.m. Dec. 8.

■ 2000-2029 block, S St.; 1:04 a.m. Dec. 9.

■ 1400-1499 block, P St.; 8 p.m. Dec. 9.

■ 1400-1499 block, P St.; 8 p.m. Dec. 9.

■ 1200-1399 block, 16th St.; 9:56 a.m. Dec. 12.

■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:26 a.m. Dec. 13.

■ 1400-1499 block, 14th St.; 3:18 p.m. Dec. 13.

■ 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:47 a.m. Dec. 14.

■ 2100-2199 block, P St.; 3:07 p.m. Dec. 14.

Theft from auto ■ 2100-2199 block, N St.; 8:48 a.m. Dec. 8.

■ 1300-1499 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 11 a.m. Dec. 9.

■ 2200-2399 block, Decatur

Place; 7:44 p.m. Dec. 9.

■ Phelps Place and S Street; 7:14 a.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1900-1917 block, T St.; 10:18 a.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1500-1599 block, M St.; 3:17 a.m. Dec. 14.

■ 1700-1779 block, M St.; 3:22 a.m. Dec. 14.

■ Rhode Island Avenue and 17th Street; 10:34 a.m. Dec. 14.

psa PSA 301 301

■ Dupont circle

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 2200-2299 block, 14th St.; 11:30 p.m. Dec. 12.

Burglary ■ 1400-1499 block, Q St.; 5:50 p.m. Dec. 8.

■ 1900-1920 block, 14th St.; 7:30 a.m. Dec. 12.

Theft ■ 2100-2199 block, 14th St.; 11:33 a.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1800-1823 block, 14th St.; 4:20 p.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1800-1828 block, 16th St.; 10:30 p.m. Dec. 13.

Theft from auto ■ 1700-1799 block, Willard St.; 12:05 a.m. Dec. 14.

psa PSA 303 303

■ adams morgan

Theft ■ 2600-2699 block, Adams Mill Road; 11 a.m. Dec. 8.

■ 2800-2999 block, Adams Mill Road; 7:17 a.m. Dec. 9.

■ 2400-2499 block, 17th St.; 4:28 p.m. Dec. 9.

■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 2:16 a.m. Dec. 11.

■ 1800-1810 block, Columbia Road; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12.

■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 6:04 p.m. Dec. 13.

■ 1650-1798 block, Harvard St.; 1:38 p.m. Dec. 14.

■ 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 8:20 p.m. Dec. 14.

Theft from auto ■ 1700-1733 block, Columbia Road; 8 a.m. Dec. 12.

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added that she hopes customers will follow them until a new location is up and running. “We can’t express enough how much the Glover Park community means to us,� wrote Schaefer. “We are trying very hard to stay and continue to be a source for all of the community’s hardware needs.�

Jackie Blumenthal, who represents the area on the Glover Park advisory neighborhood commission, said in an interview that she’d heard about earlier difficulties in the lease negotiations but had thought they were resolved. “I am reaching out to people right now to see if we can create some kind of pressure to keep Ace Hardware in the neighborhood,� she

said. “This will be a terrible thing for the neighborhood if they go.�

Blumenthal said she is also worried about the availability of another suitable space for the hardware store in Glover Park. The former training facility for the International Union of Operating Engineers (Local 99) is available at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Calvert Street, but Blumenthal said it might be too big.

REEVES: Dupont ANC looks at center’s local benefits From Page 1

Opponents of the original proposal to swap the property with land for a D.C. United stadium — including Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson — generally focused their criticism on the financials. They argued that if the city sold the Reeves Center, the District would likely get more money from a competitive bidding process than from a land swap with Akridge, the primary owner of the prospective stadium site.

Gray ultimately accepted requests to “de-couple� the Reeves Center from the stadium deal, and the council is expected to pass the revised package today.

Multiple advisory neighborhood commissions — including 1B, where the center is located, and the nearby 1C in Adams Morgan — passed resolutions praising the citywide benefits of handling the Reeves Center disposition separately.

But the Dupont Circle commission, whose area begins directly across the street from Reeves, focused on the more local effects.

Commissioners said the city must consider neighbors, not just revenue, if officials are to continue with the idea of selling the land and relocating the functions to Ward 8.

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“That building has value beyond its real estate potential,� Dupont commissioner Mike Silverstein said in an interview. “We shouldn’t be in a situation where we know the costs of everything and the value of nothing.�

Silverstein, who also works in the Reeves Center as a member of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, doesn’t argue against criticisms of the building’s flaws. “I think it’s fair to say it’s not being put to its best and highest use,� he said. “It was built for a certain time, and it certainly did its job, but it is still doing an important job.�

Its benefits, as outlined in the Dupont neighborhood commission’s resolution, include: ■bringing people to the neighborhood during the day who support local restaurants and other businesses that might otherwise see customers only at night; ■providing hundreds of public parking spaces used by restaurants’ customers outside of the government’s business hours; ■housing the neighborhood’s post office and public meeting space; and ■placing agencies and organizations in the neighborhood where they’re most needed, notably the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, Office of Latino Affairs and DC

Center for the LGBT Community. “It would make no sense to move the Office of Latino Affairs away from the Latino community,� said Silverstein. “It would make no sense to move the gay center away from areas with the largest gay population.�

And with so much nightlife clustered nearby, he added, it’s useful to have alcohol investigators on hand to respond to complaints quickly.

The Dupont neighborhood commission adopted its resolution 5-1, with Mike Feldstein casting the only opposing vote. At that Dec. 10 meeting, Feldstein questioned the value of the commission’s action and the benefits of the Reeves Center itself.

Commission chair Noah Smith, whose single-member district is Dupont’s closest to Reeves, responded that it’s important for those objections to at least be subject to public discussion. “The most salient point is that we hadn’t been consulted in all of this,� Smith said.

In a brief email, the chair of the U Street neighborhood commission wrote that he expects his panel to have a voice in the future of the property. “The Reeves Center is located in ANC 1B and we will be working with the Administration on opportunities for the property,�

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Expectedly disappointing Congress: You don’t surprise us, but you sure do disappoint us.

Last week, as legislators struggled with the troublesome task of keeping the federal government operating by passing a budget bill, they took the time to reach into local D.C. affairs and squash a voter initiative. The omnibus budget includes a rider that prohibits the city from spending money to enact legislation legalizing marijuana.

We were afraid of just such a move, as we noted in an October editorial on the legalization referendum, which passed with overwhelming support last month. We advised waiting until more states acted to legalize the drug before pursuing the effort, in the hope of blending in with the crowd.

But we nevertheless supported the idea of legalization, and we still do.

And more importantly, we support local autonomy. The District should have the authority to make its own choices about marijuana policy, just as the states do. This latest interference is effectively no different from when Congress overturns laws passed by the D.C. Council, but it feels particularly galling that it undermines the direct will of the populace. And we’re still troubled that Congress’ tea party adherents aren’t following the sort of “no taxation without representation” rhetoric to which they claim to ascribe.

Even The Washington Post, which opposes legalization, has denounced Congress’ move, saying that this injustice is about more than the specifics.

There’s still hope, though. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and others believe that there’s a loophole in Congress’ rider. The originally proposed language would have prohibited the city from both enacting and carrying out the marijuana measure; the adopted bill prohibits only enacting. And Del. Norton believes the measure was “most likely” enacted when the voters approved it, she notes in a news release.

For his part, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said he will send a bill implementing Initiative 71 to Congress. Congress would have 30 days to either veto the move, which some say is unlikely, or let it become law. The trick will be in submitting the measure without spending any of the city’s congressionally approved funds; paper-pushing requires staff hours and other expenditures, after all. There are ideas floating around to get around this additional hurdle, including using emergency funds or donations. And the Office of the Attorney General says it is investigating.

Del. Norton says she has heard that some Democrats involved in the budget negotiations meant to provide exactly this option when they cut the words “carry out” from the prohibition rider. We won’t cheer those leaders for their effort — they could have done much more to halt this action. But the loophole is better than nothing, and we hope local officials can find a way to steer us through it.

A worthwhile committee

When D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson created a new Committee on Education two years ago, many activists hailed the development, saying it would surely be an improvement over the system in which the Committee of the Whole handled school issues.

Ward 7 parent advocate Cinque Culver told The Washington Post at the time that dealing with the full council was sometimes like working with a “Committee of None.” Today, he and others say the benefits from the change have been tangible.

They’re hoping that progress continues. As Education Committee chair David Catania prepares to leave the council after giving up his seat to run for mayor, Mr. Culver and about 20-odd other activists and advocacy groups wrote to Chairman Mendelson to urge him to maintain the committee and appoint a strong new chair.

Though some say Mr. Catania’s oversight has at times been overzealous, it’s hard to debate the value of the attention he has paid to the issues. Over his two years heading the committee, Mr. Catania has visited about 150 city schools and drafted a number of education bills, passing major special education reform and a measure aimed at decreasing truancy.

There are simply not enough hours in the week for the council chairman — who also heads the Committee of the Whole — to devote that kind of time to education. Mr. Catania’s efforts provided strong opportunities for parent input, and his focus resulted in action. Strong oversight is particularly crucial given our current school governance structure, in which D.C. Public Schools decisions are made by a mayorally appointed chancellor, rather than a superintendent selected and overseen by an elected school board.

We would like to second the call for Chairman Mendelson to maintain the Education Committee and to take care in choosing a new chair who will devote himself or herself to the issues. Our schools deserve it.

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t cannot be said any more plainly.

The Congress last week castrated the D.C. Council, our mayor and the people of Washington by passing legislation intended to invalidate the city’s November vote to legalize marijuana.

(We say “intended” because there is an effort by the city to reinterpret the legislation.)

The popular vote of 115,050 citizens was summarily ignored and laughed off as Congress voted to overturn a local election.

Only Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., gave an impassioned floor speech on behalf of District citizens.

Booker said that the “self-determination of peoples is at the core of our Democratic ideals as a nation. I believe it is an offense to Americans of all states.”

It wasn’t just conservative Republicans who allowed the amendment, but people like Maryland Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski, chairman for a few more weeks of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. And President Barack Obama.

The House Republican leadership had inserted language into a “must pass” budget bill denying the city the right to spend federal or local tax dollars on legalizing marijuana.

The Democrats, anxious to pass the budget, allowed the poisonous language to remain.

At week’s end, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and the city’s attorney general were trying to find a loophole escape for the city. The amendment — called a rider — says that the city could spend no federal or local funds to “enact” the legislation. But Norton and some others say it came too late, that the law was enacted when the voters approved it.

“You’ve got to look closely at what they do,” Norton said Friday on the WAMU 88.5 Politics Hour.

“And in their rush to do it, I believe they have made a mistake.”

Norton especially noted that Congress had dropped language preventing the city from “carrying out” any such law.

But whether or not the city is seizing a thin reed in this battle, there is more to the story.

When a whole city is disenfranchised, where is the outrage? Fewer than a dozen demonstrators descended on the offices of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last week.

A few years ago, when Congress had passed legislation banning the use of any federal or local funds to support needle exchanges for drug users, the city turned to private, nonprofit groups. And Mayor Vin-

cent Gray last year busted up a Reid news conference on Capitol Hill to avoid closing the city during the federal government shutdown.

But now, Gray, who is just weeks from leaving office, is strangely silent. Both at a ceremony accepting some federal land at Walter Reed and at a news conference on financing the soccer stadium, the mayor passed up chances to call out the wrongdoers in both parties.

Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser didn’t appear very outraged either.

In a brief talk at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments luncheon last week, Bowser first mentioned regionalism and traffic and air pollution and public safety and homelessness and the Olympics. And when she did get to the congressional affront, she never specifically asked the room full of congressmen and local elected officials to lift a hand to protect the District’s right to its own local legislation.

“We also want to make sure the Congress recognizes the people of the District of Columbia and their will,” she finally said, adding that she and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson would “reach out” for help from suburbanites.

■ Where’s President Obama? The president’s White House agreed to the marijuana rider. WAMU reporter Martin Austermuhle filed a story recalling that Obama had publicly supported the city’s earlier legislation to decriminalize marijuana. But the White House wasn’t standing up for the city’s right to pass its own laws without undue interference from Congress.

One caller to the WAMU program on Friday asked what District citizens could do. Norton responded that “we do need more activism.”

You might say we need it from a lot of people, in office or not.

■ The soccer vote. The D.C. Council will pass the final version of the new soccer stadium deal on Wednesday. The council was scheduled to meet and vote on Tuesday, but Chairman Mendelson agreed to postpone the vote until Wednesday. That allowed Mayor-elect Bowser to travel on Monday to Los Angeles, where the U.S. Olympic Committee was hearing bids from the District, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco on which city would get to represent the USA in the world competition for the 2024 Olympics.

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

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Letters to the Editor Renaming fountain seeks to hide past

The Current’s Dec. 3 article on the deliberations of the Chevy Chase advisory neighborhood commission concerning the name of the 81-year-old Chevy Chase fountain is fascinating in that it reports an unenlightened understanding of history. The specific subject of the commission’s deliberations is the discovery that Sen. Francis Griffiths Newlands, the developer of much of the Connecticut Avenue corridor, was quite likely a racist.

Surprise, surprise. A neighborhood commissioner is reported to have said, upon discovering that the senator had a record of racial bigotry, that it “stuck in my craw that we have this fountain named

after him. I think it’s time we move on in history” — I confess I do not know what that means — “and rename the fountain after someone that our current community admires and respects.”

I would say, without research, that the community in which Newlands resided admired and respected the senator. With that in mind, how could one possibly be sure that 81 years from now the admired and respected person after whom the fountain would be renamed was also not — if not a racist — a despicable scoundrel?

This is what history is in significant measure. Don’t hide the past. There were likely thousands of Americans in the Washington area in 1933 who were also racist — and perhaps these citizens didn’t consider themselves to be racist. Our “sweet land of liberty,” which we are continuing to create, is not yet to be. It is my feeling and judgment that the name of the

fountain should not be changed; we cannot change history, and I think it to be politically and morally healthful that we are reminded from time to time of the sins of our yesteryear.

Were the name of this monument changed, what would we next do? Change the name of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Woodrow Wilson High School?

Wilson segregated the U.S. Navy and fired African-Americans who had been employed by the federal government. He might have been named The Great Separatist. I can go on and talk about slave-owning presidents, but these things are a part of our past. They shouldn’t happen again, but changing names of our monuments and memorials because they were named after those who reflected common attitudes will not end the problems or wipe the slate clean.

William A. Morgan Wakefield

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Time is now for a Wisconsin Ave. Metro line Metro stations that are part of the moveDC plan. It would create hundreds of jobs during construction, and many, many more when it is complete.

Brian cohen, Abigail Zenner, Brian Turmail,

Building a Wisconsin Avenue subway line would be carl roller, catherine may, tom quinn and expensive â&#x20AC;&#x201D; perhaps $1 billion or more â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but the Amy hall costs are manageable, and pale in comparison to the long-term benefits. Effective transit links to our expandhe D.C. Department of Transportation recently ing metro area will make certain that our Northwest published moveDC, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-term future D.C. communities remain vital and strong, and will transportation plan. There is much to like in this ensure that we do not lose key retail and other services plan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a new Metro line with stops in Georgetown; to more transit-accessible neighborhoods. new high-capacity bus and streetcar lines for key trans How to pay for a new Metro line? The D.C. Council portation corridors; and more and better (and safer) should consider tax increment financing, using future bicycle and pedestrian corridors. gains in property taxes as a result of the new Metro line But city plannersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vision fell short in one key area: to help pay for the bonds to build it. And surely, if we the failure to include a new Wisconsin Avenue Metro can afford to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a line to connect the newly proposed Georgetown station new soccer stadium, and propose to the Red Line at Tenleytown. The tens of millions of dollars on incenfailure to do so misses an important tives to have Hollywood film movopportunity to improve transit ies and TV shows in D.C., we can accessibility, reduce traffic in some afford a critical, slam-dunk, longof our areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most congested interterm investment like Metro. sections, cut carbon pollution while Finding the financing and develreducing soot and smog, and take oping a long-term plan for a Wisadvantage of the economic growth WMATA photograph by Larry Levine consin Avenue Metro will not be that comes with investment in easy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but the city is growing and Metro. running budget surpluses, and it can be done. Jack Under the new citywide plan, every key transportaEvans and Mary Cheh, as chairs of the D.C. Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tion corridor in D.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from South Capitol Street to finance and transportation committees, are in prime Rhode Island Avenue, 16th Street, Connecticut Avenue and New York Avenue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be served by high-capac- position to make this vision a reality. And our new Mayor Muriel Bowser should support Metro expansion ity bus service. The same goes for Wisconsin Avenue. as a part of her legacy, and a way to turn her â&#x20AC;&#x153;all eight But unlike these other corridors, there is no plan to add wardsâ&#x20AC;? vision into a reality. a dedicated bus lane to Wisconsin â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and given the Fifty years ago, Georgetown and many parts of width of the avenue south of Reservoir Road, it would be seemingly impossible to do so. This means that even Northwest D.C. were left off the plans for Metro â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a decision that haunts us today as we stew in traffic going if there is more frequent bus service along Wisconsin, up and down Wisconsin Avenue. Now is the time to riders will be stuck in ever-increasing traffic jams. correct that mistake and begin planning and funding a The failure to include a Wisconsin Avenue Metro Wisconsin Avenue Metro line. Completing this project line means that the plan will not serve the long-term needs of communities along the Wisconsin Avenue cor- will mean that our future neighbors in Glover Park, Burleith, Cathedral Heights, Cleveland Park and other ridor, and that citizens and businesses will suffer as it Northwest communities will thank us for our vision becomes more and more difficult to get downtown and instead of wondering how and why we missed out on to other points in the city.

There is a better way, and planners should start mov- this much-needed transit improvement.

Authors of this Viewpoint piece are Brian Cohen ing forward on it now. It is a mere three miles from the (commissioner), Abigail Zenner and Brian Turmail new proposed Georgetown Metro stop to the Tenley(commissioners-elect), Advisory Neighborhood town stop. The appropriately ambitious long-term Commission 3B (Glover Park and Cathedral approach would be to build a new underground line connecting the two, with stops in Burleith, Glover Park, Heights); commissioners Carl Roller and Catherine May, ANC 3C (Cathedral Heights, Cleveland Park, Cathedral Heights and the new Cathedral Commons Massachusetts Avenue Heights, McLean Gardens and development in Cleveland Park.

Woodley Park); Tom Quinn (commissioner) and Amy This Metro line would reduce traffic on Wisconsin Hall (commissioner-elect), ANC 3E (American Avenue, replace inadequate and slow bus service, and University Park, Tenleytown and Friendship Heights). enhance the utility of the newly planned Georgetown

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Letters to the Editor Push to change name reeks of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;presentismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible to disagree with those who assert that the views of Mr. Newlands, the namesake for the fountain at the center of Chevy Chase Circle, are by todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standards and understanding entirely reprehensible. He is, of course, not being represented because of those views any more than the specific political or social beliefs of all Nobel Prize winners, Pulitzer winners, Oscar winners, et cetera are

an essential basis upon which they are honored for their work.

Certainly, many of us holding â&#x20AC;&#x153;properâ&#x20AC;? views today might be seen as insensitive, or even nearly evil, were our current views and habits (for example, eating meat) evaluated by the standards of 2050.

Wikipedia is spot-on in explaining the concept of presentism: â&#x20AC;&#x153;In literary and historical analysis, presentism is a mode of literary or historical analysis in which presentday ideas and perspectives are anachronistically introduced into depictions or interpretations of the past. Some modern historians seek to avoid presentism in their work because they believe it creates a

distorted understanding of their subject matter.â&#x20AC;?

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not make it a fallacy we perpetuate in evaluating those who lived in other times any more than we perceive as evil the large number of persons in other societies whose manners and values are strikingly different from our own.

Taking despicable-seeming views and actions out of context of place and time makes little if any sense in assessing essential moral character or worthiness or being represented for deed entirely unrelated to viewpoints of which we disapprove.

Lanny Moldauer Chevy Chase

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At the commission’s Nov. 19 meeting: ■ commissioner Florence Harmon gave an update on two projects in her single-member district: Construction has started for Hyatt Place, a hotel at 2121 M St., which is a “very narrow space” and a “creative project by the developer,” said Harmon. Work is expected to last 18 months, said resident Howard Biel.

Harmon also said hotel developer Renaissance Centro’s plan for the existing M Street bike lane will be an “interesting configuration,” similar to what’s laid out outside neighboring St. Gregory Hotel at 2033 M. “We’re going to keep an eye on it,” said Harmon.

■ chair Patrick Kennedy reported that the Board of Zoning Adjustment last month ruled in favor of the 22 West Condo Association in its opposition of a sign at Hilton Garden Inn, 2201 M St. The commission had supported the condo association. “It’s a substantial win for residential quality of life,” said Kennedy.

■ Ward 2 Education Network’s Chris Sondreal reminded the audience that the public school enrollment process starts Dec. 15. The process will continue until early March for elementary and middle-

schoolers and through early February for high-schoolers. For more information, visit myschooldc.org.

He also gave updates on the neighborhood’s schools: An outdoor project at School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens is sprucing up the picnic area behind the West End school. Thanks to a grant from the neighborhood commission, the school was able to purchase paint supplies for use by George Washington University volunteers. Lending libraries will also soon be built.

The school community also held an on-site tree and wreath fundraiser during the first two weekends of December.

■ commissioners voted 7-0, with Graham Galka absent, to ask George Washington University to implement an off-campus patrol system to help maintain the quality of life in areas just outside university boundaries. Neighbors who pushed for such a system said the university’s new disciplinary sanctions and other preventative measures have not stopped students living off campus from hosting loud parties that disturb neighbors late at night. University representatives said they’ll be evaluating the new policy after the end of this semester.

■ commissioners unanimously supported a resolution to file an “objection to the procedural minor major modification” with regard to George Washington University’s plans to amend the 2007 Foggy Bottom campus plan to account for 34 undergraduate students from the Corcoran College of Art and Design.

These students are currently residing on campus but are taking classes at Corcoran facilities located outside the Foggy Bottom campus.

■ EastBanc development manager Ben Sonnett provided updates on the firm’s long-awaited West End development projects: An interim replacement fire station, behind the Stevens School, is complete and now has a D.C. certificate of occupancy.

At the former station on M Street, EastBanc is working with the District to clear the building for an “environmental abatement” procedure, followed by demolition that will last until next March. Construction is expected to begin this spring and continue through the end of 2016.

Meanwhile, Square 37, the former location of the West End Library and Metropolitan Police Department auxiliary station, is also undergoing environmental abatement work. The procedure will continue through December. The District had planned to break ground on Dec. 15. Construction is expected to last 24 months.

A new mixed-used building with 71 condominium units and 93 rental units will be built on this site. Sonnet said EastBanc hopes to start marketing the units by September 2015 and deliver the finished product by January 2017. The building will also house the new West End Library.

Sonnet also reported that EastBanc has been trying to relieve rat problems in the construction sites since August.

■ commissioners voted unanimously to urge the D.C. Council to swiftly approve a bill authorizing the renovation of and development project for the former Stevens School, which was in danger of not getting passed this year.

■ commissioners adopted a resolu-

tion pushing D.C. Department of Transportation to fix problematic sidewalks.

■ commissioners unanimously supported a new Class CR liquor license application for Beefsteak, which is set to open in a new George Washington University building on 2200 I St. The restaurant is ThinkFoodGroup’s newest fast-food concept that will focus on grilled vegetables.

■ commissioners unanimously supported Shadow Room’s decision to withdraw from its original settlement agreement to enter into a new one. A source of late-night complaints from neighbors, the club at 2131 K St. has been seeking the commission’s support for its request to extend late-night hours. Club owners have also agreed to include a police detail during extended hours.

■ commissioners voted unanimously to notify Whole Foods and Circa that their early-morning truck deliveries violate D.C. regulations and that the commission would protest the businesses’ liquor licenses if problems persist.

Drafted by a resident at The Avenue, the resolution addresses complaints about morning deliveries beginning as early as 4:30 a.m. to the businesses, which are located across from the Foggy Bottom Metro station.

■ commissioners voted 5-0, with two recusals, to continue highlighting concerns related to the Kennedy Center renovation such as construction staging, parking, traffic and a planned river pavilion. The resolution is an effort “to be sure we’re visible and upfront on this,” said chair Patrick Kennedy.

■ commissioners voted to support

the annual “Race for Every Child.”

The commission has canceled its December meeting and will hold its next meeting Wednesday, Jan. 21. The time and location have not been determined.

For details, visit anc2a.org.

ANC 2B ANCCircle 2B Dupont ■ dupont circle The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc. net.

ANC 2D ANC 2D Sheridan-Kalorama

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact davidanc2d01@aol.com.

ANC 2E ANC 2E Georgetown ■ GeorGetown / cloisters Cloisters burleith / hillandale The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, call 202-724-7098 or visit anc2e.com.

ANC 2F ANCCircle 2F Logan

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7. The location has not been announced.

For details, call 202-667-0052 or visit anc2f.org.

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million modernization of Wilson’s campus.

In an email to the Wilson community last Friday, the principal wrote, “I have accepted that it may be time for me to leave and allow someone else to lead this incredible school.” He added that he is determined to finish the school year with “passion, energy and commitment.”

After that, he may take a year off, move to the Dominican Republic and write a book.

Several elected officials in Ward 3 are reacting negatively to the news about Cahall.

“I’m very disappointed,” said Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh. She said Cahall seemed to be doing a good job, and she stressed that she hadn’t heard a single complaint about him from parents: “He’s changed the culture over there, as far as I can tell. Students seem to be respectful and engaged, and that’s a credit to him.”

Cheh pledged to meet with Henderson and “get to the bottom of the situation.” She also criticized the

school system for failing to offer an explanation. “That’s not going to cut it with me,” she said.

Jonathan Bender, a Tenleytown advisory neighborhood commission whose daughter attends Wilson, told The Current he understands why officials wouldn’t want to discuss certain personnel decisions. However, he added, “Principals are quasipublic figures, and DCPS has staked a lot on its ability to choose and retain good principals.”

Like Cheh, Bender said Wilson appeared to be running fairly well, and he was under the impression that test scores were rising. “I just find it puzzling,” he added.

Cheh did float one theory about Cahall’s removal that has nothing to do with test scores. Noting that the principal was known to have “an independent streak,” she said she hoped he wasn’t being removed because of his leadership style.

Ruth Wattenberg, Ward 3’s representative-elect to the D.C. State Board of Education, is focused on what will come next for Wilson. “It’s really important to engage parents who feel disengaged,” she said.

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Published by the Foggy Bottom Association – 50 Years Serving Foggy Bottom / West End The Neighbors Who Brought You Trader Joe’s!

Vol. 56, No. 52

FBN archives available on FBA website: www.foggybottomassociation.com/fbn/

December 17, 2014

FBA HOLIDAY PARTY – AN ANNUAL TRADITION Old and new friends gathered at the Circle Bistro the Foggy Bottom Association’s annual holiday party. Neighbors enjoyed a cash bar, delicious food, and great conversation to celebrate the season.

The Olga Corey Spirit of Community Award was presented to two longstanding community members at the party, too.

Please join the Board in congratulating Ellie Becker and Steve Timlin for their consistent and longstanding service to the community.

Ellie and Steve were, until very recently, two of the three longest-term residents of the Foggy Bottom Historic District.

Ellie was well known for, among other things, her newsletter detailing comings and goings of local residents, and her spearheading of “Clean Teams” to get a handle on litter. Steve’s knowledge of neighborhood history is legendary – as is his big yellow house on the corner of New Hampshire and I Streets NW. At the party, the FBA also took a moment to thank members of the Rodent Control Division of DC’s Department of Health for their hard work to keep our community as pest-free as possible.

SENIOR SHOPPING VAN SCHEDULE Here is the December schedule for the shopping van which leaves Watergate East driveway by 10:30 am.

Wednesday, December 24: Trader Joe, Bank Wednesday, December 31: Wegman’s To reserve, Seniors (age 60 and up) should call Bea Reef at (202) 785-3882 or Karen Medsker at (202) 386-6342 (these are volunteers). The shuttle bus operator is Seabury Connector; the sponsor is the DC Council on Aging.

HOLIDAY MUSIC FRIDAY, DECEMbER 19, 7:30 PM The United Church, 1920 G St NW Holiday Concert: The International Chorus performs songs and carols in French, Russian, Welsh, Arabic, et al. Admission free For more information (202) 331-1495

Foggy Bottom neighbors enjoy the holiday party at Circle Bistro.

FBA Board members Jessie Spressart, Peter Maye, and Robert DePriest enjoy the holiday party.

SAVE THE DATES FOR WEST END NEIGHbORHOOD LIbRARY FRIENDS’ 2014 WINTER-SPRING bOOK DISCUSSION SERIES WEDNESDAYS, bEGINNING JANUARY 28, 6:30-8:30 PM West End Neighborhood Library, 2522 Virginia Ave NW, Led by Ori Z. Soltes Sometimes Strange Meetings: Music in Western Literature “If music be the food of love, give me excess of it...” The opening lines of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night will define this series, as it considers some of the interesting intersections between literature and music in the Western tradition by engaging various ways in

which music has been used in diverse literary works: plays and novels, with mythological and historical—but always fanciful—backdrops, between the time of the Renaissance and our own time.

January 28: William Shakespeare: The Tempest.

Written in 1610-11, and possibly the last play that the Bard authored alone, it tells

of a disenfranchised king who hopes to regain his throne and an appropriate husband for his beautiful daughter. Along the way the play includes more music than in any other Shakespearean work, including songs for which we still have the tunes and not only the words. We shall read but probably not sing. Then again, who knows?

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GRASTEK should be started at least 12 weeks before the season. Talk to an allergy specialist now about whether GRASTEK is right for you. *Date is approximate, depending on your region.

GRASTEK is grass allergy immunotherapy in a tablet.

It may help you gradually build tolerance so you become less sensitive to grass pollen.

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GRASTEK is a prescription medicine used for sublingual (under the tongue) immunotherapy to treat Timothy and related grass pollen allergies that can cause sneezing, runny or itchy nose, stuffy or congested nose, or itchy and watery eyes. GRASTEK may be prescribed for persons 5 through 65 years of age who are allergic to grass pollen.

GRASTEK is taken for about 12 weeks before grass pollen season and throughout grass pollen season. GRASTEK may also be taken daily for 3 years to provide a sustained effect for a fourth year in which you do not have to take GRASTEK. GRASTEK is NOT a medication that gives immediate relief for symptoms of grass allergy.

Important Safety Information about GRASTEK • GRASTEK can cause severe allergic reactions that may be life-threatening. Stop taking GRASTEK and get immediate medical treatment right away if you or your child has any of the following symptoms after taking GRASTEK: trouble breathing; throat tightness or swelling; trouble swallowing or speaking; dizziness or fainting; rapid or weak heartbeat; severe stomach cramps or pain, vomiting, or diarrhea; severe flushing or itching of the skin.

• Do not take GRASTEK if you or your child has severe unstable, or uncontrolled asthma; had a severe allergic reaction in the past that included trouble breathing, dizziness or fainting, or rapid or weak heartbeat; had difficulty with breathing due to swelling of the throat or upper airway after using any sublingual immunotherapy before; has ever been diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis or is allergic to any of the inactive ingredients contained in GRASTEK. • For home use of GRASTEK, your doctor will prescribe epinephrine if you or your child has a severe allergic reaction after taking GRASTEK. Talk to your doctor or read the epinephrine patient information.

• The first dose of GRASTEK must be taken in the doctor’s office. After taking the first dose, you or your child will be watched for at least 30 minutes by a healthcare professional for symptoms of a serious allergic reaction.

• Children should be given each tablet of GRASTEK by an adult.

• You should tell your doctor about any medicines you or your child take.

• Stop GRASTEK and contact your doctor if you or your child has any of the following after taking GRASTEK: Any type of a serious allergic reaction; heartburn, difficulty swallowing or pain with swallowing, or chest pain that does not go away or worsens; any mouth surgery procedures (such as tooth removal), develop any mouth infections, ulcers or cuts in the mouth or throat.

• The most commonly reported side effects were itching of the mouth, lips, or tongue, swelling under the tongue, or throat irritation. These side effects, by themselves, were not dangerous or life-threatening.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please read the Brief Summary on the following page for more detailed information.

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Made from small amounts of natural Timothy grass pollen, GRASTEK treats the grass allergies that cause eye and nose symptoms. Starting treatment early may give your body time to become less sensitive to grass pollen in preparation for the allergy season. It’s recommended that you start taking GRASTEK at least 12 weeks before the grass pollen season. Make an appointment with an allergy specialist soon. To find a doctor near you, go to grastek.com/thinkspring.

12 Wednesday, december 17, 2014 Brief Summary

Carefully read the Medication Guide before you or your child start taking GRASTEK and each time you get a refill. This Brief Summary does not take the place of talking to your doctor about your medical condition or treatment. Talk with your doctor or pharmacist if there is something you do not understand or you want to learn more about GRASTEK.

What is GRASTEK? GRASTEK is a prescription medicine used for sublingual (under the tongue) immunotherapy to treat Timothy and related grass pollen allergies that can cause sneezing, runny or itchy nose, stuffy or congested nose, or itchy and watery eyes. GRASTEK may be prescribed for persons 5 through 65 years of age who are allergic to grass pollen.

GRASTEK is taken for about 12 weeks before grass pollen season and throughout grass pollen season. GRASTEK may also be taken daily for 3 years to provide a sustained effect for a fourth year in which you do not have to take GRASTEK. GRASTEK is NOT a medication that gives immediate relief for symptoms of grass allergy.

Who should not take GRASTEK? You or your child should not take GRASTEK if: • You or your child has severe, unstable or uncontrolled asthma • You or your child had a severe allergic reaction in the past that included any of these symptoms: o Trouble breathing o Dizziness or fainting o Rapid or weak heartbeat • You or your child has ever had difficulty with breathing due to swelling of the throat or upper airway after using any sublingual immunotherapy before.

• You or your child has ever been diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis.

• You or your child is allergic to any of the inactive ingredients contained in GRASTEK. The inactive ingredients contained in GRASTEK are: gelatin, mannitol and sodium hydroxide.

What should I tell my doctor before taking GRASTEK? Your doctor may decide that GRASTEK is not the best treatment if: • You or your child has asthma, depending on how severe it is.

• You or your child suffers from lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

• You or your child suffers from heart disease such as coronary artery disease, an irregular heart rhythm, or you have hypertension that is not well controlled.

• You or your daughter is pregnant, plans to become pregnant during the time you will be taking GRASTEK, or is breast-feeding.

• You or your child is unable or unwilling to administer auto-injectable epinephrine to treat a severe allergic reaction to GRASTEK. • You or your child is taking certain medicines that enhance the likelihood of a severe reaction, or interfere with the treatment of a severe reaction. These medicines include: o beta blockers and alpha-blockers (prescribed for high blood pressure) o cardiac glycosides (prescribed for heart failure or problems with heart rhythm) o diuretics (prescribed for heart conditions and high blood pressure) o ergot alkaloids (prescribed for migraine headache) o monoamine oxidase inhibitors or tricyclic antidepressants (prescribed for depression) o thyroid hormone (prescribed for low thyroid activity).

You should tell your doctor if you or your child is taking or has recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription and herbal supplements. Keep a list of them and show it to your doctor and pharmacist each time you get a new supply of GRASTEK. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking GRASTEK.

symptoms of a serious allergic reaction.

If you tolerate the first dose of GRASTEK, you or your child will continue GRASTEK therapy at home by taking one tablet every day. Children should be given each tablet of GRASTEK by an adult who will watch for any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction.

Take GRASTEK as prescribed by your doctor until the end of the treatment course. If you forget to take GRASTEK, do not take a double dose. Take the next dose at your normal scheduled time the next day. If you miss more than one dose of GRASTEK, contact your healthcare provider before restarting.

What are the possible side effects of GRASTEK? In children and adults, the most commonly reported side effects were itching of the mouth, lips, or tongue, swelling under the tongue, or throat irritation. These side effects, by themselves, were not dangerous or lifethreatening.

GRASTEK can cause severe allergic reactions that may be life-threatening. Symptoms of allergic reactions to GRASTEK include: • Trouble breathing • Throat tightness or swelling • Trouble swallowing or speaking • Dizziness or fainting • Rapid or weak heartbeat • Severe stomach cramps or pain, vomiting, or diarrhea • Severe flushing or itching of the skin For additional information on the possible side effects of GRASTEK, talk with your doctor or pharmacist. You may report side effects to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.

This Brief Summary summarizes the most important information about GRASTEK. If you would like more information, talk with your doctor. You can ask your doctor or pharmacist for information about GRASTEK that was written for Are there any reasons to stop taking GRASTEK? healthcare professionals. For more information Stop GRASTEK and contact your doctor if you or go to www.grastek.com or call toll-free at 1-800-622-4477. your child has any of the following after taking GRASTEK: The Medication Guide has been approved by the • Any type of a serious allergic reaction U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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• Do not take GRASTEK with food or beverage.

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What is the most important information I should know about GRASTEK? GRASTEK can cause severe allergic reactions that may be life-threatening. Stop taking GRASTEK and get medical treatment right away if you or your child has any of the following symptoms after taking GRASTEK: • Trouble breathing • Throat tightness or swelling • Trouble swallowing or speaking • Dizziness or fainting • Rapid or weak heartbeat • Severe stomach cramps or pain, vomiting, or diarrhea • Severe flushing or itching of the skin For home administration of GRASTEK, your doctor will prescribe auto-injectable epinephrine, a medicine you can inject if you or your child has a severe allergic reaction after taking GRASTEK. Your doctor will train and instruct you on the proper use of auto-injectable epinephrine.

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Classic touches revive Swann Street row house

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residence now shows off a bright facade topped with dentil trimmings and pitched roof, with refurbished steps leading to a front porch with classical-inspired columns, hardwood flooring, bay windows and a glass-paneled door with a transom.

In modernizing the property, local developer John Formant of Nantucket Holdings used several classical touches to retain its timeless appeal within the Dupont Circle Historic District. At the same time, Formant outfitted the entire home with a brand-new roof and systems, including separate heating and cooling zones for the main house and the lower level.

Located at 1749 Swann St., the four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath house is listed for $1,569,500.

Through the main entrance is an open layout, with high ceilings, oversized windows and crown molding on full display. Along with the tall doors, these features repeat throughout several sun-

Photos courtesy of John C. Formant Real Estate Inc.

Featuring classical touches, this renovated Swann Street row house with four bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths is priced at $1,569,500. washed spaces of the house, creating a lofty ambience.

White wainscoting also runs elegantly along the west wall, past the dining area in the middle. The molding complements the trey ceiling above, from which a large semi-flushed mounted light dangles in several rooms.

On the opposite side of the home, along the living room and staircase, is an exposed red-brick wall that serves as a trendy foil to the vintage mood. It also adds a pop of color to the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neutral palette.

A side entrance toward the rear marks the starting point of the

kitchen. Here, espresso-hued cabinetry, quartz countertops and marble backsplashes continue to bring out the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic motif. The room is divided between prep and cooking areas, along with table space that faces the patio. The area is outfitted with high-end Electrolux steel appliances.

More high ceilings, windows and doors are on the second level.

This floor of the home also features three skylights, including one pouring sunlight down the main staircase. Along the hallway is a shared bath with the second skylight, as well as a laundry closet.

Three of the four bedrooms are

on this level, with the master suite facing quiet Swann Street. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complete with a private bath and the third skylight.

The lower level can serve as a separate apartment unit. It comes complete with a full kitchen, bath and laundry closet. Its carpeted living room is at the front, while the bedroom is at the rear. This area can be accessed inside from the main level, as well as from the back and front. It also has its own

heating and cooling system.

Behind the house is an open area designed to perform double duty as a flagstone patio or a twocar parking pad behind a garage door.

Located at 1749 Swann St., the four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath house is priced at $1,569,500. For more information, contact Genie Hutinet of John C. Formant Real Estate Inc. at 202-413-7661 or genie@johncformant.com.

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Department of Housing and Community Development. On the private side, EastBanc has partnered with other real estate companies, including JBG Cos. and Clark Enterprises.

How did the groups manage to move forward with this endeavor? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Persistence,â&#x20AC;? said Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, whose goals when he came into office in 1991 included revitalizing parts of the West End and Foggy Bottom neighborhoods. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have a first-class operation and in many ways it will complete this whole area.â&#x20AC;?

Estimated to cost over $200 million, EastBancâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s West End development will include

two mixed-use buildings designed by awardwinning Mexico City-based architect Enrique Norten of T.E.N. Arquitectos.

On the 2300 block of L Street, a 10-story building will feature 164 residential units above a 21,000-square-foot library and 7,300 square feet of retail space.

Demolition is expected to start later this month once EastBanc finalizes permits, development manager Benjamin Sonnet told The Current. Construction will soon follow to complete the entire structure by January 2017, he said. The luxury residences will be broken down into 71 for-sale condos and 93 rental units.

Over on the 2200 block of M Street, a new

mixed-use building will contain 55 affordable housing units. It will be accompanied by a new fire station below and a squash facility.

Contractors are preparing the fire station site for demolition, which will begin early next year, according to Sonnet. Construction will follow in the spring with plans to finish the building by December 2016 or January 2017.

Lanier has been eyeing the D.C.-owned parcels in the West End for more than a decade, and he received the green light in 2010 to move forward with his proposal. ThenMayor Adrian Fenty selected EastBanc to redevelop the two sites.

Since then, the West End project has had to clear various hurdles, including a legal battle

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with a group called the D.C. Library Renaissance Project, founded by Ralph Nader, which opposed the mixed-used plans.

The plans also underwent multiple reviews by city agencies, as well as the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which reviews public projects in Washington. Additionally, the project received support from community groups such as the West End Citizens Association and the local advisory neighborhood commission. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great day for the West End to think that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be adding affordable housing, condos and retail and most importantly a state-of-the-art library and fire station that would serve the public,â&#x20AC;? said neighborhood commissioner Rebecca Coder.

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the text and introduce a host of new or modified rules about development. Key changes include reductions in parking requirements in transit-friendly areas, provisions for apartments in single-family homes and small stores in row houses, and various other measures that aim to make it easier for residents to get around car-free.

Zoning commissioners â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the public â&#x20AC;&#x201D; disagreed over many of these provisions during the process. The latest version of the text was hammered out during a week of votes in early October, incorporating several individual measures by a narrow margin. Despite the contro-

versies, no commissioners suggested rejecting the rewrite as a whole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We may not always agree, but we need to keep pressing on for the best interests of this city,â&#x20AC;? said Hood, who had been in the minority in opposing changes that would increase density and reduce the amount of parking required.

The Zoning Commission is also considering other regulatory changes separately from the main rewrite process that should also move forward in the new year. These include allowing occupied penthouse space that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count toward a buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal height, controlling â&#x20AC;&#x153;popupâ&#x20AC;? developments in row houses, and determining which sites are suitable for embassies.

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2014 Rebuilding TogetherÂŽ DC volunteers. Over 50 volunteers came out to support this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DC project.

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The report concludes, however, that the building â&#x20AC;&#x153;no longer [retains] sufficient integrity to be qualified as contributing to the historic district.â&#x20AC;?

The deficiencies include a deteriorating brick-and-mortar exterior, rotted interior wood, and walls with cracks near their windows.

Neighborhood commissioners agreed with the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for a raze permit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; although they made clear that they did not arrive at this stance out of affection for Jaffe, who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear at the meeting. Commissioners and other community members faulted the property owner for failing to maintain the building or plan for the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future. Lallas said he hoped the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vote would push Jaffe to come up with ideas of what to do next on the site and share them with the community.

Some residents expressed concern about forcing the preservation of the facade, saying they worried about hindering future development.

But resident Evelyn Boyd Simmons

said in a statement, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I simply cannot muster a cavalier attitude about obliterating every trace of a building that has stood since around the time of the Civil War.â&#x20AC;?

Simmons said the structure had survived the riots following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while many other nearby buildings had not. She asked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What meaning can historic preservation possibly have if we do not value a rare building that has stood for a century and a half and has survived the ravages and the renaissance of our neighborhood and our capital city?â&#x20AC;?

The property at 1618 14th St. made headlines back in 2010, when a clandestine gay sex club operating there was closed amid a citywide crackdown on prostitution and sex crimes.

Jaffe first sought a raze permit in 2013, at which point city officials instead recommended measures to preserve the building, according to the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In September, the applicant met with the HPO to inform the office that while the project for bracing and reconstruction may be technically possible, it would result in virtually all of the south, north and west exterior walls having to be reconstructed, and the project was financially infeasible for him to do so,â&#x20AC;? the report states.

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Holidays inWashington

Party, Play & Shop...

Local restaurants to serve up holiday feasts

By DEIRDRE BANNON Current Correspondent

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he holiday season usually brings more than its fair share of hustle and bustle, and sometimes that means planning a Christmas dinner can fall by the wayside. Or maybe the thought of doing all the dishes afterward leaves you cold. Or perhaps itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a holiday you celebrate, but you still want a festive night on the town, especially if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to go to work the next day.

Enter local restaurants, which are offering special menu offerings for Dec. 24 and 25 in increasing numbers.

While the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t formally collected data on whether more restaurants are now open on Christmas than in years past, anecdotal evidence shows that there is an uptick in establishments offering special dining options that day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can say that dining out on holidays has increased over the past decade in the Washington, D.C., region as more people move into the District and surrounding metropolitan areas and have smaller homes and smaller entertaining spaces,â&#x20AC;? said spokesperson Brittany Lancaster. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This seems to be coupled with more restaurants opening each year on major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas to accommodate the influx of retail shopping taking place on the major holidays, instead of before or after

them, which used to be the trend.â&#x20AC;?

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sampling of restaurants open in Northwest with special holiday dining options.

Downtown

â&#x2013; Bibiana Osteria-Enoteca, 1100 New York Ave. NW. This Italian eatery will offer the traditional Christmas Eve Feast of Seven Fishes from 5 to 9:30 p.m. The $65 prix fixe menu includes fish and pasta dishes such as grilled eel and black spaghetti with sea urchin, with Amalfi Coast sponge cake filled with lemon cream for dessert. â&#x2013; Decanter at St. Regis, 923 16th St. NW. Located inside the St. Regis hotel, Decanter will offer Christmas Day brunch and dinner with a special menu by inspired by chef Sebastien Rondierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s childhood homes in Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basque region and the French Riviera. The threecourse dinner costs $85. â&#x2013; Rural Society, 1177 15th St. NW. This authentic Argentinian restaurant will be open Christmas Day for brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and for dinner from 4 to 9 p.m., which will include a chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holiday tasting menu for $75 as well as a la carte offerings. â&#x2013; Soi 38, 2101 L St. NW. This Thai restaurant is selling boxes of traditional holiday sweets called â&#x20AC;&#x153;look choupâ&#x20AC;? this holiday season. The intricate miniature imitation fruits and vegetables are hand-molded and painted from sweetened housemade yellow bean paste and coconut milk. A 10-piece box costs $17.

From Dec. 22 to 27, the restaurant will also offer complimentary look choup to dinner guests. (Soi 38 will be closed Dec. 25.) â&#x2013; BLT Steak, 1625 I St. NW. Open

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Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1789 restaurant, dressed to the nines for the holidays, is one of many local establishments catering to holiday diners. on Christmas Eve, the restaurant will offer a special blackboard menu of holiday dishes along with its regular dinner menu. Entrees range from $29 to $92.

19th St. NW. Christmas Day dinner will feature farm-to-table cuisine including local turkey and ham as well as seasonal sides and desserts for $55; open until 11 p.m.

Dupont Circle

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â&#x2013; CafĂŠ Dupont and Bar Dupont, Dupont Circle Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire Ave. NW. Both venues will offer brunch on Christmas Day, with special menu items to include gingerbread-spiced Belgian waffles with pumpkin whipped cream and candied pecans, honey and pineapple glazed Christmas ham, and Christmas pudding with a mulled wine glaze. CafĂŠ Dupont will serve brunch from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and Bar Dupont will serve brunch from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Entree prices range from $11 to $26. â&#x2013; Sette Osteria, 1666 Connecticut Ave. NW. This Italian restaurant will be open for brunch as well as a festive three-course menu on Christmas Day for $29.95. â&#x2013; Teddy & The Bully Bar, 1200

â&#x2013; Founding Farmers, 1924 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. This sister restaurant of Farmers Fishers Bakers will be open on Christmas from noon to 8 p.m., serving its regular menu. Entree prices range from $11 to $29. â&#x2013; GCDC, 1730 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. For a taste of Hanukkah, this grilled cheese bar is offering a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maccabee sandwich,â&#x20AC;? based on a family recipe that features slowcooked brisket, cheddar cheese and dill pickles served on challah bread.

Owner Bruce Kloresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 83-year-old mother Esther (aka Bubbe) will cook batches of her family-recipe brisket for the restaurant. The sandwich will be served on the eight days of Hanukkah, Dec. 16 to 24, for $10 during lunch and $14 for

dinner, which includes a side dish.

Friendship Heights

â&#x2013; Rosa Mexicano, 5225 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Offering contemporary Mexican cuisine, the restaurant will wish guests a Feliz Navidad with a special $35 prix fixe menu on Christmas Eve and Day. Menu items will include its signature guacamole, Maine lobster ceviche, roasted turkey with huitlacoche stuffing, shrimp and scallop brochette, and churros en bolsa for dessert. Its Penn Quarter location at 575 7th St. NW will offer the same.

Georgetown

â&#x2013; 1789, 1226 36th St. NW. This Washington institution is almost as famous for its Christmas decor as it is for its classic and contemporary American cuisine. Open on Christmas Eve from 4 to 10 p.m., the chef will offer a special three-course a la carte Christmas menu, which includes foie gras torchon, coddled See Dining/Page 17

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Improv Actuallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ties holiday romance to D.C. environs

By DEIRDRE BANNON Current Correspondent

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he holidays are often full of surprises â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some welcome, some unwanted and some genuinely awkward. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one place in town where you can watch all of those dynamics play out and get a big laugh as well: Washington Improv Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seasonal Disorderâ&#x20AC;? production.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show features the headlining act â&#x20AC;&#x153;Improv Actually,â&#x20AC;? inspired by movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Actually,â&#x20AC;? complete with intersecting storylines set in the District, which change with each performance.

The idea to deconstruct the 2003 British holiday film had been percolating among improvisers at the theater for a while, said director Dan Miller. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At some point we recognized how â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Love Actually,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; in addition to becoming a huge part of the Christmas movie canon along with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Wonderful Life,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; is also really conducive to a long-form improv show,â&#x20AC;? Miller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have multiple threads, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big ensemble production, and there are lots of storylines that intertwine. It struck me that in addition to being a timely and topical show to do around

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Prices range from $13 to $44 per course. â&#x2013; Farmers Fishers Bakers, 3000 K St. NW. This farm-to-fork-inspired restaurant will be open Christmas Day from noon to 8 p.m., offering its regular lunch and dinner menus.

Entree prices range from $8 to 29.

McPherson Square

â&#x2013; Lincoln, 1110 Vermont Ave. NW. Offering New American cuisine in small plates, Lincoln will serve a seasonal Christmas Day dinner sourced from local farms until 11 p.m., for $55.

Mount Vernon Square

â&#x2013; Corduroy, 1122 9th St. NW, Located inside the Four Points Hotel by Sheraton, this upscale restaurant will offer a $65 three-course menu with four to five choices per course on Christmas Day.

Palisades

â&#x2013; Et Voila!, 5120 MacArthur Blvd.

NW. Open Christmas Eve and Day, the Belgian-French bistro will showcase holiday specials including fois gras terrine with quince compote and brioche, Muscovy duck breast with orange sauce, and for dessert, buche de Noel. Specials cost $10 to $28 each.

Penn Quarter

â&#x2013; Jaleo, 480 7th St. NW. Chef JosĂŠ AndrĂŠs will bring back the annual

the holidays, it seemed like it would be fun to try to create an improv show around the structure of the movie.â&#x20AC;?

At the beginning of the show, a performer asks audience members to shout out their favorite places in the city â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which have ranged from the Lincoln Memorial to the National Portrait Gallery to Crispus Attucks Park in the Bloomingdale neighborhood â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and then the show is off and running, with its cast of 15 creating new characters and storylines each night. A performance last week included a serial kleptomaniac, a sleepwalker and Civil War re-enactors.

When Miller was developing the production with assistant director Jamie Bingner and the cast, they worked on the format and figured out which moments would lead to choices that could create the most fun in the show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not dissimilar to coaching a sports team,â&#x20AC;? said Miller. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sure what exactly theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do on the field, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve given them the reps they need so you know that whatever they do, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be giving a good performance.â&#x20AC;?

Behind the scenes this year was a little real-life romance: Miller got married while the show was in rehearsals, and a week later,

Clementina celebration at Jaleo this holiday season, featuring clementines in a number of dishes, including a clementine salad, seared clementines with goat cheese, and various cocktails. Prices for the specials range from $8 to $16 each; they will be available Dec. 15 to 28 except on Christmas Day when Jaleo will be closed. â&#x2013; Pinea Restaurant, 515 15th St. NW. Located inside the W Hotel, Pinea offers Mediterranean fare. On Christmas Day, the restaurant will offer a $60 prix fixe menu along with its a la carte menu. â&#x2013; The Willard InterContinental

Bingner did as well (though neither married improv people) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which led the show to hit a more sincere note, rather than a satirical one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are doing a romantic comedy,â&#x20AC;? said Miller. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit earnest, but hopefully not sickeningly so.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Improv Actually,â&#x20AC;? the three-act â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seasonal Disorderâ&#x20AC;? show features a rotation of holiday-themed performances by ensemble troupes, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday Nox! Talks,â&#x20AC;? a takeoff on the ubiquitous TED talks; â&#x20AC;&#x153;iMusical,â&#x20AC;? an improvised musical act that includes audience participation; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;ÂĄNavidad Picante!,â&#x20AC;? which improvises the telenovela â&#x20AC;&#x153;ÂĄSĂĄbado Picante!,â&#x20AC;? setting it at Christmastime.

The Washington Improv Theater, founded in 1986, has been running its annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seasonal Disorderâ&#x20AC;? show for 10 years. As a nonprofit theater company, it also offers free classes to the public.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a pay-what-you-choose Harold Night performance every Tuesday at 9 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so named by renowned improv teacher Del Close, who created this commonly used structure for a series of scenes and group games. A jam session follows, where audi-

Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Christmas brunch will be served in the Willard and Crystal rooms, with seatings at 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., for $99 per adult and $35 per child.

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â&#x2013; Lupo Verde, 1401 T St. NW. On Dec. 24, the restaurant will offer a traditional Christmas Eve Italian celebration, the Feast of Seven Fishes, from 5 to 11 p.m. The $85 prix fixe menu will include fresh fish and pasta dishes such as swordfish crudo and squid ink ravioli, with warm panettone for dessert.

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A recent â&#x20AC;&#x153;Improv Actuallyâ&#x20AC;? show featured Greg Tindale, left, and Richie Pepio as two Civil War re-enactors who fall in love.

ence members can jump on stage with cast members and try their hand at improv â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no experience required.

Throughout the run of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seasonal Disorder,â&#x20AC;? the theater company is sponsoring a canned food drive to support Marthaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Table, a local nonprofit that provides food, clothing and education programs to those in need. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seasonal Disorderâ&#x20AC;? runs through Dec. 27 at Source, 1835 14th St. NW, with ticket prices starting at $12. For more information, go to witdc.org.

â&#x2013; Ulah Bistro, 1214 U St. NW. The restaurant will be open Christmas Eve and Day, serving a $40 threecourse prix fixe menu in addition to its regular a la carte menu. The prix fixe options include a pear and burrata salad with cranberry vinaigrette, lobster pot pie, and an apple tart with cinnamon gelato and salted caramel for dessert.

West End

â&#x2013; Blue Duck Tavern, 24th and M streets NW. A three-course holiday meal Dec. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. will include seasonal salads and showcasing produce from

regional farms, priced at $100.

Patrons can also call ahead for a Christmas feast for six to eight to go for $350; orders must be placed

by Dec. 19. â&#x2013; Cafe Deluxe, 2201 M St. NW. The American bistro will offer its regular menu on Christmas Day along with brunch from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (M Street location only.)

Entree prices range from $9 to $19. â&#x2013; Juniper Restaurant, 2401 M St. NW. Located inside the Fairmont hotel, the restaurant will offer a four-course prix fixe dinner from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on Christmas Day for $60 or $75 with wine pairing.

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Wednesday december 17 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; Discovery Theater will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seasons of Light,â&#x20AC;? an interactive program about the history and customs of Ramadan, Diwali, Sankta Lucia, Hanukkah, Los Posados, Kwanzaa, Christmas and the First Nationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tradition of the winter solstice (for ages 5 through 10). 10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. $3 to $8. Discovery Theater, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-8700. Performances will repeat at 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. Thursday and Friday and 1 p.m.

Thursday. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arts on the Horizon: Snow Dayâ&#x20AC;? will feature a look at a young boy named Skip as a playful winter elf show him all of the fun one can have on a snow day (for ages 2 through 6). 10:30 a.m. $8. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202399-7993. Performances will continue through Dec. 22 at various times. â&#x2013; The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tiny Tempest,â&#x20AC;? a version of Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tempestâ&#x20AC;? intended for young audiences. 11 a.m. Free; reservations required. Sidney Harman Hall Forum, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-5688. The performance will repeat at 11 a.m. Thursday and Friday and at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday.

Classes â&#x2013; Outreach specialist Pamela Nelson will discuss affordable and simple energy efficiency protects and tips on how to achieve energy savings. 7 p.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202576-7252.

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Events Entertainment â&#x2013; Washington Improv Theater will present an introductory improv workshop. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Reading Room, Petworth Citizen, 829 Upshur St. NW. petworthcitizen.com. â&#x2013; The Georgetown Library will present a yoga class. 7:15 p.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. geoyogarsvp@dc.gov.

Concerts â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday Lobbyingâ&#x20AC;? concert series will feature the chamber choir Carmina Illuminare. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free.

Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-9100. â&#x2013; Jazz pianist and composer Kaja Draksler will perform original works and free improvisations. 6 p.m.

Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Sweetback Sisters will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas Country Singalong.â&#x20AC;? 8:30 p.m. $12 to $15. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Films â&#x2013; The Japan Information and Culture Center will present Masato Haradaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chronicle of My Mother.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Japan Information and Culture Center, 1150 18th St. NW. www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc. â&#x2013; The Cineforum 2014 series will feature Susanna Nicchiarelliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2008 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cosmonauta.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Auditorium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St.

NW. www.iicwashington.esteri.it. â&#x2013; The French CinĂŠmathèque series will feature Vokker SchlĂśndorffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2014 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Diplomacy.â&#x20AC;? 8 p.m. $6.50 to $11.75. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Performances â&#x2013; The Folger Consort will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Renaissance Christmas: Music of Flanders and Italy Circa 1500,â&#x20AC;? featuring seasonal music by Josquin, Ockeghem, Obrecht and Compère. 7:30 p.m. $35 to $50. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. The performance will repeat Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 5 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 5 p.m., and Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. â&#x2013; Step Afrika! will present its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Magical Musical Holiday Step Show.â&#x20AC;? 7:30 p.m. $15 to $38. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. The performance will repeat Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 4 p.m. and Monday at 7:30 p.m.

Special events â&#x2013; The 10th annual Downtown Holiday Market will feature exhibitors, local food and live music. Noon to 8 p.m. Free admission. Sidewalk of F Street between 7th and 9th streets NW, in front of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. downtownholidaymarket.com.

The market will continue through Tuesday from noon to 8 p.m. daily. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;ZooLightsâ&#x20AC;? will feature environmentally friendly light displays, a model train exhibit, two 150-foot-long â&#x20AC;&#x153;snow tubingâ&#x20AC;?

tracks, a carousel and live entertainment.

5 to 9 p.m. Free admission. National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-6334470. The event will repeat daily through Jan. 1 (except Dec. 24, 25 and 31). â&#x2013; St. Albanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parish will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Advent Healing Service From Loss to Christmas Lightâ&#x20AC;? for people who have known a devastating loss or deep disappointment and find the holidays a difficult time. 6:30 p.m. Free. St. Albanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parish, 3001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-363-8286.

Thursday, Dec. 018 Thursday december 18 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program â&#x2013; The Georgetown Library will host a holiday party with games, crafts, stories and a movie. 4 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Concerts â&#x2013; The Take 5! Jazz Series will feature trumpeter Joe Herrera and the Unity Quartet. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday Lobbyingâ&#x20AC;? concert series will feature Voce. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Free. Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-6289100. â&#x2013; The local klezmer band Lox & Vodka will perform songs in English, Hebrew and Yiddish in honor of Hanukkah. 6 p.m. Free.

Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. â&#x2013; A live seasonal music series will feature the Capital Hearings performing a cappella music. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden,

100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. â&#x2013; The National Symphony Orchestra will present Handelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Messiah,â&#x20AC;? featuring conductor Nicholas McGegan, soprano Sherezade Panthaki, countertenor Jay Carter, tenor Thomas Cooley, baritone Christopher Purves and the Washington Chorus. 7 p.m. $10 to $85. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. â&#x2013; Soprano Alina Kozinska will perform a classical Christmas concert featuring works by Bach, Vivaldi, Schubert and Cantaloube. 7:30 p.m. Free. St. Stephen Martyr Church, 2436 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-785-0982. â&#x2013; The Encore Chorale will present a holiday choral concert with an international flair, including traditional favorites for Christmas and Hanukkah. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Rasmuson Theater, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. encorecreativity.org. â&#x2013; The St. Lawrence String Quartet and violist Hsin-Yun Huang will perform works

by Mozart and Beethoven at the annual Antonio Stradivari Anniversary Concert. 8 p.m. Free; tickets required. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502. â&#x2013; Beggars Tomb and the Bats Dynamic String Band will perform. 9 p.m. $10.

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

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Continued From Page 18 Rotunda, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-7374215. The gallery talk will repeat Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at noon. â&#x2013; Students from Takoma and Raymond education campuses will make a final presentation in the fall CityVision program, which had participants study plans for a soccer stadium on Buzzard Point and come up with ways to improve existing proposals. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $12 to $20; reservations required. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. â&#x2013; The Mount Pleasant Library Book Club will discuss Cormac McCarthyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Child of God.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121. â&#x2013; The Georgetown Book Club will discuss Khaled Hosseiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the Mountains Echoed.â&#x20AC;? 7:30 p.m. Free.

Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202727-0232. â&#x2013; The Authors Out Loud series will feature Boris Fishman discussing his novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Replacement Life.â&#x20AC;? 7:30 to 9 p.m. $11.50 to $13.50. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Films â&#x2013; Senior Cinema Thursday will feature Philippe Falardeauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Good Lie,â&#x20AC;? about the young victims of the brutal civil war in Sudan who traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety.

10:30 a.m. $3.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. â&#x2013; The K-Cinema series will feature Kim Hyun-Seokâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010 comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cyrano Agency.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Korean Cultural Center, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW. koreaculturedc.org. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Book vs. Movie Nightâ&#x20AC;? will focus on â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carol.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com.

Performances â&#x2013; In honor of Hanukkah, SpeakeasyDC will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;My So-Called Jewish Life,â&#x20AC;? featuring funny, poignant, powerful and peculiar autobiographical stories. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $25. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 800-745-3000. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tabla for Twoâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a show combining tabla, harmonium and classical dancing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will feature Abigail Adams Greenway and Masood Omari performing Eastern classical, traditional, popular Bollywood and original compositions. 7:30 p.m. $18 to $20.

DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202462-7833. â&#x2013; Contradiction Dance will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boundaries,â&#x20AC;? an exploration of feminine sensuality, strength and vulnerability as seen through the lens of men, women and the media. 7:30 p.m. $12 to $15. Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Road SE. 202631-6291. The performance will repeat Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. â&#x2013; The Washington Improv Theater will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seasonal Disorder,â&#x20AC;? a cornucopia of holiday-themed improv. 8 p.m. $12 to $30. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.

Performances will continue Dec. 19 and 20 at 8 and 10 p.m. and Dec. 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. with varying lineups.

Special events â&#x2013; A â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sparkling Holiday Teaâ&#x20AC;? will feature

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Events Entertainment a traditional Victorian tea in the stately 1870s Dower Townhouse at Tudor Place, followed by a guided tour through the 1816 mansion decorated for the holidays.

1 to 3 p.m. $25 to $30; reservations required. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;ArtJamz Jamming Jolly Holiday Soireeâ&#x20AC;? will feature painting, socializing, holiday music and colorful sweaters. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. or 8 to 11 p.m. $25. ArtJamz Dupont Studio, 1728 Connecticut Ave. NW. ajzholidaysoiree.eventbrite.com. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Maccabee Tradition in the Modern Eraâ&#x20AC;? will feature latkes, jelly doughnuts and chocolate gelt. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. National Museum of American Jewish Military History, 1811 R St. NW. mrugel@nmajmh.org. â&#x2013; NPRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hanukkah Lights Reading,â&#x20AC;? featuring stories commissioned for the event. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. hillcenterdc.org.

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Friday december 19 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; As part of a series of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Weekâ&#x20AC;? events hosted by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in honor of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tempest,â&#x20AC;?

826DC will lead a workshop on the sonnet form. 11 a.m. Free; reservations required.

Sidney Harman Hall Forum, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-5688. â&#x2013; The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop will hold a drop-in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Working From the Figureâ&#x20AC;? session for artists to work on drawings or paintings in front of a live model. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $20. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839.

Concerts â&#x2013; The Noon-Time Organ Recital Series will present Kenneth Lowenberg of Potomac, Md., performing Christmas songs. 12:15 to 1 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday Lobbyingâ&#x20AC;? concert series will feature Sound Advice, the female barbershop quartet of the Vienna Falls Chorus. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free.

Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-9100. â&#x2013; The U.S. Army Blues will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Stan Kenton Christmas,â&#x20AC;? highlighting the music of pianist, composer and orchestra leader Stan Kenton. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. â&#x2013; Students of various teachers will present a holiday recital. 6 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326. â&#x2013; The Washington International Chorus will present a holiday concert featuring songs and carols in French, Russian, Welsh, Arabic and more. A reception will follow. 7:30 p.m. Free. The United Church, 1920 G St. NW. 202-331-1495. â&#x2013; Popa Chubby and Scott Kurt & Memphis 59 will perform. 9 p.m. $20 to $25.

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

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week at Addison/Ripley Fine Art, where it will continue through Jan. 24.

Located at 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202338-5180. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Yuan Legacy,â&#x20AC;? connecting the unique stylistic innovations of five Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) masters with the evolution of later styles and artistic traditions, opened recently at the Freer Gallery of Art, where it will continue through May 31.

The Freer will open an additional exhibit highlighting Yuan dynasty art Saturday. Showcasing Chinese ceramics from the 13th and 14th centuries, it will continue through December next year.

Located at 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW, the gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Riot,â&#x20AC;? presenting paintings by David Molesky that portray the turmoil of modern-day riots, opened recently at the Fridge and will continue through Jan. 14.

Located at 516 1/2 8th St. SE, rear alley, the gallery is open Thursday through Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. 202-664-4151. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boje in Washington, D.C.,â&#x20AC;? an installation by Korean artist Jae-hun Choi that evokes the raw beauty of construction and the rhythm of maritime journeys, opened last week at the p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Performances â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Block the Box,â&#x20AC;? a standup comedy show, will feature Subhah Agarwal, Elahe Izadi, Chris Milner, Hillary Scofield and Reggie Melbrough. 7:30 p.m. $3. The Wonderland Ballroom, 1101 Kenyon St. NW. 202-861-9706. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy Buddhaâ&#x20AC;? comedy show will feature local improvisers and standup comedians, as well as New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s improv duo Trike. 7:30 and 10 p.m. $10 to $12. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. buddhashow.eventbrite.com. â&#x2013; The National Broadway Chorus will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas by the Letter,â&#x20AC;? an original musical comedy about a family of five as they prepare to host their Christmas party and draft their annual anxiety-inducing holiday newsletter. 8 p.m. $20 to $25.

Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-271-6680. â&#x2013; Culture Shock DCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth groups will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Hip-Hop Christmas Carol,â&#x20AC;? featuring Scrooge as a D.C. slumlord about to foreclose on an apartment house, a dance

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pagoda #8â&#x20AC;? by Frank Hallam Day is part of an exhibition at Addison/Ripley Fine Art. Korean Cultural Center and will continue through Jan. 9.

Located at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW, the center is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. koreaculturedc.org. â&#x2013; Carroll Square Gallery recently opened an exhibit of artwork by participants in the Tracyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kids Art Therapy Program, which helps young cancer patients and their families cope with the emotional stress and trauma of cancer and its treatment. The exhibit will continue through Jan. 30.

Located at 975 F St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-234-5601. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Urban Bungalow,â&#x20AC;? a group show of handmade furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, electric guitars and skateboards, will close Saturday at Smith Center for Healing and the Artsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery.

Located at 1632 U St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 202-483-8600.

studio and a church. 8 p.m. $15 to $30.

Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-2691600. The performance will repeat Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. â&#x2013; Paso Nuevo, GALAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth education program, will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hidden Behind an Empty Smile/Escondidos detras de una falsa sonrisa,â&#x20AC;? an evening of original work brought to the stage by a new group of program participants and directed by Quique AvilĂŠs. 8 p.m. Free. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174. â&#x2013; Tap dancer and choreographer Chloe Arnoldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Syncopated Ladies will perform. 8 p.m. $25 to $30. Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. 202-803-2899.

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Saturday december 20 Book signing â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meet a Spyâ&#x20AC;? will feature former CIA

officer Joe Goldberg, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Secret Wars: An Espionage Story.â&#x20AC;? 1 to 4 p.m.

Free. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. spymuseum.org.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; FĂŞte de NoĂŤlâ&#x20AC;? will feature a holiday story time, an activity hour and a chance to decorate winter houses using candies, cookies and more. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $8 to $10. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. â&#x2013; Artists Camilla Younger, Rain Young and Alma Robinson will lead a holiday arts and crafts event, and dance historians Briant and Karin Bohleke will present a participatory Civil War dance program. 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required.

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Continued From Page 19 Place SE. 202-633-4844. â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brightest stars, planets and constellations (for ages 5 and older). 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. The program will repeat Sunday at 1 p.m. â&#x2013; Children will hear a story about artist Grandma Moses and then create a special

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Events Entertainment piece of art inspired by her life and accomplishments. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202633-1000. The program will repeat Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. â&#x2013; A Winter Wonderland Party will feature games, craft activities, treats, holiday tunes and a reading of Jan Brettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winter classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Mitten.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a planetarium

program about distant galaxies, nebulas and other deep space objects (for ages 7 and older). 4 to 4:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. The program will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m.

Classes â&#x2013; The Mount Pleasant Library will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Morning Yoga.â&#x20AC;? 10 a.m.

Free. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122.

â&#x2013; The Glover Park Village will present a weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tai Chi for Beginnersâ&#x20AC;? class led by Geri Grey. 11 a.m. to noon. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. events@gloverparkvillage.org. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.

gogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chinese Menuâ&#x20AC;? comedy show will feature Patrick Gantz, Kate Symes, Dave Johnson, Pete Bergen, Topher Bellavia, Michael Hatchett, Aaron Singer, Jaime Lantinen and others. 10 p.m. $8.

DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. brownpapertickets.com/event/983341.

Concerts â&#x2013; The Choral Arts Society of Washington will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Family Christmas,â&#x20AC;? featuring songs about Santa, Rudolph and Frosty (for ages 5 and older). 1 p.m. $15 to $45. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. â&#x2013; The Georgetown Chorale, sopranos Allison Mondel and Laura Choi Stuart and early-music ensemble Divisio will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Mediterranean Christmas,â&#x20AC;? featuring Ottorino Respighiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Laud to the Nativityâ&#x20AC;? and seasonal music from Italy and Spain.

3 p.m. $10 to $25. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW. georgetownchorale.org. â&#x2013; Thomas Circle Singers will present holiday caroling. 3:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215. â&#x2013; The Washington Chorus will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Candlelight Christmas,â&#x20AC;? featuring Christmas classics, singalongs, theatrical lighting and a candlelight processional. 4 p.m. $15 to $70. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Monday at 7 p.m. â&#x2013; The Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington Concert Chorus, Chamber Ensemble, Young Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ensemble and Bel Canto Chorus will perform â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chantons NoĂŤl,â&#x20AC;? a French-themed holiday concert featuring the Amadeus Brass Quintet, flutists Joseph Cunliffe and Kathryn Farenish, oboist Laurie Loomis de Mancebo and cellist Amy Miller. 4 p.m. $10 to $50. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-237-1005. The concert will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m. with the Treble Chorus replacing the Bel Canto Chorus. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday Lobbyingâ&#x20AC;? concert series will feature Capitol Harmonia, a community womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chorus. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202628-9100. â&#x2013; Pasatono Orchestra will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Piano students of Gjinovefa Sako will present a holiday recital. 6 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326. â&#x2013; Turkuaz and the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra will perform. 9 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Service â&#x2013; The Washington National Cathedralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual simulcast Bethlehem Prayer Service will feature prayers, readings and hymns alternating between worshippers in D.C. and Palestine via the Internet. 10 a.m.

Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200.

Performances â&#x2013; The Dance Institute of Washington will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Nutcracker.â&#x20AC;? 3 and 7 p.m. $15 to $20. Gala Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-371-9656. â&#x2013; The Capital City Showcaseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmahanukwanzakah Holiday Specialâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to benefit the DC Central Kitchen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will feature comedy by Danny Charnley, Matty Litwack and Haywood Turnipseed Jr., music by the Army of the Potomac and Don Kim, and musical comedy by Romane & Lettuce. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15.

DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202431-4704. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chanu-Comedy: A Festival of Laughsâ&#x20AC;? will feature Los Angeles comedians Rachel Bloom and Danny Jolles. 8 p.m. $20 to $23. Sixth & I Historic Syna-

Special events â&#x2013; The Washington Humane Society will offer a chance to get your petâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photo taken with Santa. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $20.

Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW. washhumane.org. â&#x2013; The Washington National Cathedralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Christmas pageant for children will include a re-enactment of the story of Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; birth, including visits from the three magi, animals and angels. 2 p.m. Free.

Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202537-6200.

Walks and tours â&#x2013; The Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Restoration Ramble,â&#x20AC;? a one-hour tour focusing on its environmental protection and restoration efforts. 10 a.m. Free. Meet at the top of Loversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lane near 31st and R streets NW. dopark.org. â&#x2013; A park ranger will present a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Civil War Winter Stroll,â&#x20AC;? featuring a hike to Fort DeRussy and stories about how soldiers passed the cold winter months in the forts surrounding Washington and how they kept warm there (for ages 10 and older).

10 to 11:15 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-8956070.

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Sunday december 21 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; A holiday story time will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honeyky Hanukahâ&#x20AC;? by Woody Guthrie. 1 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hanukkah Crafts for Kidsâ&#x20AC;? will offer a chance to create a dreidel ornament and other holiday-themed activities (for ages 2 and older). 2 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; The Dumbarton House will host an â&#x20AC;&#x153;English Country Danceâ&#x20AC;? workshop. 1 to 4 p.m. $5. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. 202-337-2288. â&#x2013; The Georgetown Library will present its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take an Om Breakâ&#x20AC;? yoga series. 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. geoyogarsvp@dc.gov. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yoga Nidra: Relax and Renewâ&#x20AC;? will feature a meditative practice for all levels.

6:15 to 7:45 p.m. $30. lil omm yoga, 4708 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-248-6304.

Concerts â&#x2013; The Institute for Spiritual Development will present a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music recital featuring traditional Christmas songs and a Christmas story with a seasonal message. 11 a.m. Free.

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Continued From Page 20 Institute for Spiritual Development, 5419 Sherier Place NW. isd-dc.org. â&#x2013; The Marine Brass Ensembles will present a holiday concert. 2 p.m. Free.

Sousa Band Hall, Marine Barracks Annex, 7th and K streets SE. 202-433-4011. â&#x2013; The Alexandria Kleztet will perform klezmer music. 3:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215. â&#x2013; Piano, voice and harp students of Many Brown will present a holiday recital.

5 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday Lobbyingâ&#x20AC;? concert series will feature the Heritage Signature Chorale. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-9100. â&#x2013; Listen Local First and The 9 Songwriter Showcase will present nine of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most talented songwriters and musicians in a show full of seasonal cheer.

6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The Choral Arts Society of Washington will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Capital Christmas,â&#x20AC;? featuring holiday favorites as well as carols from Argentina. 7 p.m. $15 to $75. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

The performance will repeat Wednesday at 1 p.m. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas With the Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Singersâ&#x20AC;? will feature one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most celebrated vocal ensembles. 7:30 p.m. $25 to $85. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-2228.

Discussion â&#x2013; Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington curator Zachary Paul Levine will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jewish Immigrants in Washington, D.C., During the Civil War.â&#x20AC;? 2 to 4 p.m. Free; reservations required. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE. 202-633-4844.

Films â&#x2013; Fathom Events will present the Bolshoi Balletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Nutcracker.â&#x20AC;? 12:55 p.m. $15. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. fathomevents.com. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsienâ&#x20AC;? will feature the directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2001 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Millennium Mambo.â&#x20AC;? 2 to 4 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunday Shortsâ&#x20AC;? will feature a themed collection of films from various genres. 3 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/ Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Athens Todayâ&#x20AC;? will feature Elina Psykouâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas.â&#x20AC;? 4:30 p.m. Free. West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Special events â&#x2013; St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, will present a Festival of Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas.â&#x20AC;? 11 a.m. Free. 16th and H streets NW. 202-347-8766. â&#x2013; The Washington Humane Society will offer a chance to get your petâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photo taken with Santa. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $20.

Hotel Monaco, 700 F St. NW. washhumane.org. â&#x2013; A Christmas celebration will feature

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Events Entertainment carols and traditional Polish dishes. 5 p.m. $20 to $25. The Kosciuszko Foundation, 2025 O St. NW. 202-785-2320. â&#x2013; The Institute for Spiritual Development will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Winter Solstice â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Celebrate the Earth Plane,â&#x20AC;? re-creating an ancient ceremony combined with a universal spiritual message. 7:30 p.m. Free. Institute for Spiritual Development, 5419 Sherier Place NW. isd-dc.org.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Wizards will play the Phoenix Suns. 6 p.m. $24 to $322. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Monday, Dec. 022

Monday december 22 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program â&#x2013; Children will hear a story about artist Roy Lichtenstein and then create a special piece of art inspired by his life. 1 to 4 p.m.

Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; Yoga District instructor Smita Kumar will lead a weekly class. 12:30 p.m. Free; registration required. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-7248698. â&#x2013; The group Yoga Activist will present a weekly yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. â&#x2013; The Georgetown Library will host a workshop for job seekers on how to improve search strategies, interview skills, networking and more. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-7270232.

Concerts â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday Lobbyingâ&#x20AC;? concert series will feature the early-music ensemble Vox Pulchra. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free.

Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-9100. â&#x2013; The folk and roots-rock band David Wax Museum will perform â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mexo-Americanaâ&#x20AC;? fusion. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Greek-born guitarist and bouzouki virtuoso Avram Pengas will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;World Music for Chanukah.â&#x20AC;? 7 to 8:30 p.m. $13.50 to $16.50. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Capitals will play the Ottawa Senators. 7 p.m. $33 to $484. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Tuesday, Dec. 023 Tuesday december 23 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tudor Tots: Winter Wigglesâ&#x20AC;? will feature songs, stories and movement (for ages 2 through 4). 10 a.m. $5; free for accompanying adults. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org. â&#x2013; Children will hear a story about artist Romare Bearden and then create a special piece of art inspired by his life. 1 to 4 p.m.

Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Around the World Holiday Celebrationâ&#x20AC;? will feature stories, songs and handson activities, including a chance to make pop-up holiday cards and a winter scarf. 4

p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. â&#x2013; The Petworth Library will host a discussion of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobeâ&#x20AC;? by C.S. Lewis (for ages 6 and older). 4:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.

Classes â&#x2013; The Georgetown Library will present a yoga class for seniors. 11 a.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. geoyogarsvp@dc.gov. â&#x2013; Yoga teacher Heather Ferris will lead a class. Noon. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. â&#x2013; The group Yoga Activist will present a weekly yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a beginnerlevel class for adults and teens. 7:30 p.m.

Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.

Concerts â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holiday Lobbyingâ&#x20AC;? concert series will feature the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-9100. â&#x2013; The Encore Chorale, a dynamic ensemble made up of first-time or returning musicians over 55, will perform holiday favorites. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; A live seasonal music series will feature 40 Thieves performing Irish folk rock.

6 to 8 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. â&#x2013; The Kennedy Center will present its annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Messiahâ&#x20AC;? singalong, led by conductor Barry Hemphill and featuring members of the Opera House Orchestra, professional soloists, a chorus of 200 and enthusiastic audience members. 8 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the Hall of Nations beginning at 6 p.m. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free.

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

Performances â&#x2013; The Washington Improv Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harold Nightâ&#x20AC;? will feature performances

by Madeline and Love Onion, followed by an improv jam. 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. â&#x2013; Busboys and Poets will present an open mic poetry night. 9 to 11 p.m. $5.

Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

Service â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carols by Candlelightâ&#x20AC;? will celebrate Christmas with holiday music. 6 p.m. Free; passes required. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200. The event will repeat Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Wizards will play the Chicago Bulls. 7 p.m. $25 to $522. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Tour â&#x2013; Horticulturist Bill Johnson will lead a tour on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gardenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Focus: Bones of the Winter Garden.â&#x20AC;? 11 to 11:30 a.m. Included in suggested donation of $5 to $15 for museum admission; tickets distributed at 10 a.m. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-

5807. The tour will repeat Dec. 30 at 11 a.m.

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Wednesday december 24 Concerts â&#x2013; The Beltway Brass Quintet will perform original arrangements characterized by 20th-century jazz harmonies and stylings. Noon. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The St. Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir, soloists, strings, harp and organ will perform â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Christmas Oratorioâ&#x20AC;? by Saint-SaĂŤns as a prelude to the Christmas Eve Mass. 5:45 p.m. Free. St. Stephen Martyr Church, 2436 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-7850982. â&#x2013; The Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ will present the 17th annual Christmas Eve Jazz Vespers, featuring the Davey Yarborough Ensemble with Esther Williams, the Washington Jazz Arts Institute Saxophone Ensemble and special guest artist Marcus Johnson. 7 p.m. Free.

Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ, 4704 13th St. NW. 202-723-3953. â&#x2013; Opera star Alessandra Marc will perform at a Christmas Eve concert. 8 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th St. NW. universalist.org/opera.

Film â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chinese Food and a Movieâ&#x20AC;? will feature Danièle Thompsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;It Happened in Saint-Tropez.â&#x20AC;? 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $12.50.

Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Services â&#x2013; The Choir of the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart will perform a choral prelude, and the Rev. Walter Rossi will lead a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mass with pageant, at 5 p.m.; a choir will offer choral meditations on the Nativity, at 10 p.m.; and Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, will lead the Solemn Vigil Mass of Christmas Eve, at 10:30 p.m.

Free. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave. NE. 202-526-8300. â&#x2013; The Institute for Spiritual Develop-

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ment will host its Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, featuring an interpretation of the traditional Nativity story told as a spiritual journey. 7:30 p.m. Free. Institute for Spiritual Development, 5419 Sherier Place NW. isd-dc.org. â&#x2013; The Washington National Cathedral will celebrate Christmas Eve with a Festival Holy Eucharist service. 10 p.m. Free; passes required. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200.

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Thursday december 25 Concerts â&#x2013; Washington National Cathedral organists Christopher Betts and Benjamin Straley will perform a Christmas recital with soprano Rosa Lamoreaux (shown). 5:15 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200. â&#x2013; The 16th All-Star Christmas Day Jam will feature host/vibraphonist Chuck Redd, drummer Lenny Robinson, trumpeter Tom Williams, bassist James King and vocalist Delores Williams. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Services â&#x2013; The Washington National Cathedral will celebrate Christmas with a Festival Holy Eucharist service, at 11 a.m.; and soloist Rosa Lamoreaux will perform at the Christmas Day Service of Lessons and Carols, at 4 p.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-6200. â&#x2013; Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, will lead the Solemn Christmas Day Mass, at noon; and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, will lead the Spanish-language Christmas Day Mass, at 2:30 p.m.

Free. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave. NE. 202-526-8300.

Special event â&#x2013; The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will hold its 28th annual Day of Service, featuring events at dozens of area sites. Various times. $20 fee; registration required. washingtondcjcc.org/d25.

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In Year 6, the Year 9 kids have been teaching us how to be playground leaders, so that we could help younger kids organise activities and inspire others to do the same. The Year 9 pupils taught us by playing certain games, telling us about leadership and organizing activities. We later used the tips to make up our own activities in the playground and therefore made new friends and taught other kids new games so they could play at home or with friends. Many kids liked the games and wanted to play almost every day. It was challenging because we only had a couple of lessons and I was a little confused about what to do and how to help others.

We also had to learn how to be respectful, cooperative and helpful and not to bully, have favourites, cheat or be mean to people. I learnt how to be a good leader and help others. My friends and I organised a game called ninja in which you play in a circle and on your turn you

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have to tap the person to your left or right with one move. If you get tapped you are out. It was very fun. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Guilherme de Campos Dutra, Year 6 New York (fifth-grader)

The Field School

At The Field School last week, seventh-graders were excited as they watched â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gameâ&#x20AC;? in block advisory. The sixth-graders, meanwhile, were watching â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Giverâ&#x20AC;? after they read the book in September.

Exams are coming up, and one way or another, everyone is thinking about them. Even the sixthgraders, who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even take them, are feeling the pressure. For the seventh-graders, it will be the first year of true exams.

As the week closed, students were preparing for a Friday afternoon basketball triple-header against Burke. The boys varsity, the girls varsity and the boys junior varsity were all set to play.

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Winter break is coming up and the school is starting to feel the chill again, back from November and probably here to stay. The beginning of this week brought beautiful weather, which quickly vanished as colder temperatures and rain swept in. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Isabella Morales-Talero, sixth-grader, and Patrick Elwood, seventh-grader

Hardy Middle School

The Hardy Debate Team hosted a debate at Hardy Middle School on Dec. 6. In this debate, there were seven team members from the sixth and seventh grades. Eleven schools from the region participated.

Every Hardy student was excited and ready to debate. Let me give a walk-through of what happens in a real debate. First you need to know if you are the proposition or the opposition side of the debate. The first speaker is the person who sets the stage for your side of the debate and must speak for five whole minutes! Then the second speaker must rebut or disagree with the opposing teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first speaker and elaborate on your teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three main topics.

The third speaker is the one who wraps everything up plus rebuts the other team. See, being in a real debate is not all fun and games. It takes hard work and a lot of practice to make your team the best it can be.

The first topic was about if authorities should allow hate speech at universities. The last topic of the day was about if the government should or should not quarantine an individual against his or her will if said individual has, or has been exposed to, a communicable disease.

Overall the debate was awesome and from my opinion each debate we go to, the better our team becomes as a team and as debaters. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Zarina Lewis, sixth-grader and Debate Team member

Holy Trinity School

On Nov. 26, Holy Trinity School welcomed grandparents and special friends to a very fun day. They were invited to eat breakfast, visit classrooms, see a performance and receive a special blessing at Mass.

First thing in the morning, grandparents had coffee and bagels, chatted with each other and got to meet new people.

Then the grandparents and special friends visited classrooms to work on activities with their grandchildren and little friends. For example, in third grade they played a game of spelling sparkle and wrote Mad Libs stories that were really funny. Everyone enjoyed it.

Next, our music teachers Mrs. Tober and Mrs. Galvin hosted a performance in Holy Trinity Church. Students from many grades participated. The third-grade class performed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thanksgiving Bluesâ&#x20AC;? about some of the unhealthy foods people might eat on Thanksgiving.

Pre-K and kindergarten sang â&#x20AC;&#x153;If

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Thankful and You Know It.â&#x20AC;?

Fourth grade showed how thankful they are in several different languages including Spanish, French, German and Italian. Miss Bridgeland and Mrs. Barklow taught a seventh- and eighth-grade a cappella group that also sang.

After the performance we had a Mass. There was a special blessing for grandparents and special friends and a surprise snowfall!

Finally, all the students and their families said goodbye and went home to prepare for Thanksgiving. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Eilish Carroll-Gavula and Millie Giuffrida, third-graders

and share his or her topic during the day. We will dress up for the day and do all different practices from the Japanese culture, like taking off our shoes outside the room and competing in a calligraphy contest, but not, of course, going to school very late at night. Japan Day is special because everyone gets to share all the research they have done in the past two months with the whole grade.

Third grade is a really fun year with lots of exciting things, but the Japan project is one of my favorite projects we have done so far. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jamie Covitz, third-grader

Jewish Primary Day School of the Nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Capital

Murch Elementary

This week, grades three through six participated in the Math Olympiad. It is an international competition that takes place every year from November to March. Each month, we get five questions ranging in difficulty that need to be answered without calculators.

Fourth-grader Emmett thought the most interesting problem this month was about Pascalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triangle, classmate Benjamin enjoyed the geometry question, and Eliav preferred the algebra question.

For many students, this was not the first year participating in the Olympiad. The contest is open to mathletes from grades four to six, but some third-graders can participate too. Sara commented that she was excited the first time she participated in the Math Olympiad as a third-grader. Fourth-grader Eliav added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year, I was really nervous but then it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t super hard and I could do a few of the questions. This year, I felt excited and confident. I liked it.â&#x20AC;? Fourth-grader Emmet said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first time, I knew it was going to be fun because my sister had been in the Math Olympiad and she told me it was fun. This year, it was even better! I really like doing challenging math and logic problems.â&#x20AC;?

This month, there was an alltime high of 12 perfect scores in the school. We wish good luck to all of our fellow mathletes at the next Math Olympiad, on Dec. 17. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Shuli Frenkel, Beri Gershwind and Miriam Shron, sixth-graders; and Sarah Breeze, Eliav BrooksRubin, Emmett Brosowsky, Ella Elkoni, Jacob Heller and Jamin Weiss, fourth-graders

Maret School

The Japan unit is fun for everyone in Mr. Stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class. We get a chance to select three to five topics that we are interested in researching. The Japan project is fun because you can always learn new things, even if you are on expert on the topic! There are a lot of facts about Japan, so every student can have a lot to share. One example of a fact I learned is that a lot of American games come from Japan.

The week before winter break, we will have Japan Day. Each student will get a chance to present

What is ST Math? Good question. ST Math is a math computer program used at Murch that allows kids to get a better understanding of math. It uses pictures and numbers to give you a task, and the student needs to use their own brain to figure out the task and then answer it.

We use it because D.C. Public Schools adopted ST Math to help teach Common Core curriculum for math.

Ms. Kull, a fourth-grade math teacher at Murch, has a few words to say about ST Math. She says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It helps my students with problemsolving skills.â&#x20AC;? She also says that ST Math helps them look at the problem in a new way. Ms. Mather, another fourth-grade math teacher at Murch, says it helps her students improve their understanding of math ideas and concepts, which helps them improve their grades.

We also have some opinions from students themselves. They say they prefer it if their teacher introduces a new math subject. Then they like to practice the new math subject on ST Math. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Claire Abrams, fourth-grader

Our Lady of Victory School

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My name is Wyatt Qualiana and I am a 12th-grader at the Parkmont School. Located at the northeast corner of the Crestwood neighborhood, the school has played a pivotal role in my high school career. I have been provided with a unique educational experience that can only be found at Parkmont.

There are many contributing factors that make the school what it is today. One of those things is its internship program. The program at Parkmont lets students explore their career interest in the most hands-on approach possible: getting them out there in the real world and working with the people in that field. In my two years of attending the school I have worked at both the National Zoo and the Natural History Museum. I can say with confidence that working at the Zoo has been one of the most positive experiences of my life. I am currently still at the National History Museum and it has made me realize how important networking will be in the near future.

There are no other experiences like the ones a student can get at Parkmont. It is these experiences that have shaped who I am today and have allowed me to come closer to my dreams for the future.

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Ross Elementary

This past weekend, we started with an open house for our new Ross community members.

Although the weather was cold and wet, we had a great turnout.

We started our seventh annual Ross Holiday Tree Sale. During this time, we also had a bake sale that included everything from cookies to cupcakes. This is one of the most fun and rewarding volunteer events of the school year.

Also, for almost the entire week, grades two through five took tests to see how much we have learned and what our teachers need to re-teach.

The kindergarten class went on a field trip to the Imagination Stage.

They saw “101 Dalmatians.” Our guidance counselor, Mr. Rogers, continues to help the fourth and fifth grades collect toiletries for the D.C. Coalition for the Homeless.

We are encouraging the Ross community to donate travel-size toiletries.

Be on the lookout for some new student activities happening at Ross.

The first will be Language Stars, an after-school program offering with classes in Spanish and French. Next up will be a gaming class called Labyrinth Games. Stay tuned for more details.

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actors at St. Albans and National Cathedral schools put on a spectacular performance of Norton Juster’s “The Phantom Tollbooth.” The plot centers on Milo, an average schoolboy who “didn’t know what to do with himself — not just sometimes, but always.” He sees everything as a waste of time, and nothing really interests him, least of all the things that should. But one day, his life changes forever when he discovers a seemingly magical tollbooth in his room and is whisked away to a mystical land full of odd and interesting characters. There he meets a “watchdog” by the name of Tock, and together they go on a quest to rescue the princesses of Sweet Rhyme and Pure Reason. They find adventure in Dictionopolis, the land of words, and Digitopolis, the land of numbers. On their journey they encounter a plethora of silly characters such as the Dodecahedron, the Spelling Bee and the Humbug. The journey changes Milo’s perspective on life as he learns the wonders of both words and numbers and discovers that there is so much to do.

The play features many hysterical puns mixed with a bit of philosophy.

The hard work of the crew combined with the amazing talents of the actors made for a marvelous show that was enjoyed by both children and adults alike.

— Robert Shekoyan, Form II (eighth-grader)

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School

Each year at St. Patrick’s, on the day before our holiday break, the whole school participates in one of two Christmas pageants. One of them includes students in grades one through seven. The second, in which I am participating, includes nursery school, kindergarten and eighth-grade students. The community looks forward to next year’s pageants as soon as the current year’s pageants end. It is one of the most important aspects of life at St. Patrick’s.

Throughout my years at St. Patrick’s, I have played many roles including an angel, a shepherd, a lead shepherd and a member of the choir. This year, I am the soloist who opens the pageant with the first verse of the carol “Once in Royal David’s City.” The highlights of each pageant include the baby in the manger, the three kings and the procession of children into the chapel.

The chapel at St. Patrick’s is very large, but it somehow always fails to seat all of the adults who come to watch their children — you must come at least 20 minutes early to even get a seat!

In addition to parents, the crowd usually includes many St. Patrick’s alumni coming to see the event that was so important to them. The pageant always ends with the carol “Joy to the World,” but you can barely hear the children singing if you are in the crowd because of all the crying of proud parents.

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Luxury & Style Bethesda, MD. New classic elegance in Greenwich Forest. Superb culinary center & designer appointments. 5 BRs, 4 BAs. Attached 2 car garage. $2,395,000 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Design & Style

Town of Chevy Chase. Newly renovated 5 BR, 5.5 BA classic. 4 levels of custom design. Kit w/quartz & top of the line appliances. Family rm w/French drs.

Built -ins, 4 frpls. Patio. $2,050,000 Melissa Brown 202-469-2662 Beverly Nadel 202-236-7313

Show Stopper

Chevy Chase. Beautiful architecture, thoughtful design and an incredible kitchen, high end finishes 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths and super amenities throughout. $1,895,000 Marina Krapiva 301-792-5681 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Stately & Charming Chevy Chase, MD Grand style so close in. Exciting floor plan w/bright open spaces on 4 levels. Pristine condition. 6 BRs, 4.5 BAs Picturesque street short stroll to dwntwn Bethesda, Crescent Trail. $1,860,000

Classic Favorite Georgetown.

Semi-detached 4 BR townhouse w/large deep lot.

2 frpls, high ceilings.

Renovated TS kit w/granite & SS.

Graceful Spaces

Kenwood. Updated & remodeled from top to bottom.

Large home on quiet cul de sac backing to Kenwood Club. 6 BRs, 5 BAs. Two separate in-law suites. $1,795,000 Patricia Lore 301-908-1242 Ted Beverley 301-728-4338

Delightful Cottage Town of Chevy Chase Incredible opportunity to live close-in to dwntwn Bethesda. 4+ BRs, 4 BAs w/ potential apt. 2 car garage w/dramatic studio. Endless possibilities. Walk to Metro. $949,000 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Sunny Spaces 4000 Tunlaw. Super 2 bedroom, 1 bath apt with parking. Great light, all the bells and whistles; great bldg with super amenities. $364,000 John Nemeyer 202-276-6351 Susan Morcone 202-437-2153

uPtown

City Oasis Woodley. Tucked away from the street and great for large scale entertaining, stunning kitchen, 5 bedrooms, 3 full and 2 half baths, finished lower level, dbl garage. $1,769,000 Lynn Bulmer 202-257-2410

Dramatic Contemporary

Cabin John, MD. Light filled 4 split levels w/cathedral ceilings, soaring foyer & spacious kit. 3 BRs, 3.5 BAs includes MBR w/den. Above ground LL rec rm.

2 frpls. Sited on quiet cul de sac but easy commute to DC & VA. $785,000 Melanie Friedson 301-346-9207

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City Charm

Cleveland Park Super large 1 BR across from the Zoo & between 2 Metros. Lge kit, sep. dining area. High ceilings, built-ins. Free laundry on every floor. Shared pkg. Pet friendly. $359,000 Denny Horner 703-629-8455 Leyla Phelan 202-415-3845

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Carriage house/ studio w/guest suite. 2 car pkg. $1,550,000 Louise Lang 202-345-2631

Sophisticated Gem

Elegant Interior Colonial Village. Renovated & expanded Colonial adj. to Rock Creek Park. 4 BRs, 3.5 BAs includes elegant MBR suite. Stylish kit w/adj. family rm. 2 story staircase. Fin. LL w/rec rm & gym. $1,174,900 Dina Paxenos 202-256-1624

Charm & History

H Street Corridor. Brand new 1500 sf 2 level condo w/2 BRs, 2 BAs. Gorgeous light filled open concept w/stunning kit. High end finishes, deck & great location. $599,000 Denny Horner 703-629-8455 Leyla Phelan 202-415-3845

Washington Grove. Delightful Victorian with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, large kitchen and MBR suite.

Town amenities incl. parks, ball fields, tennis cts and a lake! $575,000 Kathi Kershaw 301-613-1613

Cathedral Views

Sparkling & Sunny

Cleveland Park. Rare top flr front unit w/great views. Cleveland Park. Large, sunny 1 bedroom at The Old world charm in 2004 renov. bldg. High ceilings, Wilshire Park. Updated kitchen & bath. New hrdwd flrs. Pet friendly! Gated private park in rear w/ dog run. Short stroll to shops & restaurants. $310,000 appliances. Refinished hrdwd floors. $285,000 Bren Lizzio 202-669-4999 Laura McCaffrey 301-641-4456

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