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Vol. XXII, No. 24

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Mall bowling alley wins approval ■ Zoning: Condo residents,

Pinstripes reach agreement By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

A hastily drawn agreement between Pinstripes Bowling and residents of Georgetown Park Condominiums cleared the way yesterday for zoning approval of a 12-lane bowling alley and bocce ball

courts at the redeveloping Shops at Georgetown Park mall. The Board of Zoning Adjustment unanimously endorsed the plan after viewing a detailed — and legally binding — set of operating conditions for the bowling alley and its various eating and drinking facilities. The agreement was being finalized right as the zoning hearing began. The upscale bowling alley, complete with bars, an Italian bistro and

upstairs banquet facility, is a key part of Vornado Realty Trust’s effort to transform the underused mall at Wisconsin Avenue and M Street into a more attractive shopping and entertainment destination. Pinstripes, which already has four venues in the Midwest, envisions using 28,000 square feet of space on two levels of Georgetown Park, sandwiched between a parking garage below and condos above, for See Bowling/Page 18

ANC protests bar’s roof deck proposal By ALIX PIANIN Current Staff Writer

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In collaboration with StreetSigns Center for Literature and the Performing Arts, Theater J and Georgetown University opened “Boged (Traitor): An Enemy of the People” over the weekend at Georgetown University’s Gonda Theatre. The Israeli adaptation of the classic Henrik Ibsen play will run through Feb. 3.

A planned roof deck atop the Mason Inn sports bar could increase noise and other disruptions at an already problematic establishment, according to the Glover Park advisory neighborhood commission, which voted unanimously to protest the application last Thursday. Several residents — including the closest neighbors to the 2408 Wisconsin Ave. bar — said, however, that they had confidence in Mason Inn’s management and that a roof deck might even relieve some existing noise from the venue’s lower levels. But commissioners said they had received too many complaints about the Mason Inn from other residents to be able to support the application. They also expressed serious concern about the number of investigations of the establishment by the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration. See Deck/Page 19

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Glover Park’s advisory neighborhood commission voted unanimously against a roof deck application by the mason Inn sports bar on Wisconsin Avenue.

In Foxhall, uncertainty over fate of 1850 home

Bilingual charters hone plan for combined upper school

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A 163-year-old farmhouse on Foxhall Road may have a “new house” sign on the front lawn, but the structure appears to be staying put for now. Despite neighborhood speculation that the “Shugrue House” might be torn down soon to make way for construction, no recent permits have been requested for the property, said Helder Gil, spokesperson for the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. After a blogger at palisades-dc.com noticed a sign reading “new house” — along with the name of a construction company — in front of the farmhouse at the beginning of January, some took it as a warning sign that the Shugrue House’s days were numbered. According to Paul DonVito, chair of the Foxhall Community Citizens

Leaders of four language-based elementary charter schools are making plans to open a merged middle school in fall 2014, at least a year before their innovative language immersion program moves into permanent digs at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The newly hatched District of Columbia International Public Charter School combines resources of four small charters that now offer French, Spanish, Mandarin and English instruction in various parts

NEWS Zoning panel approves Tenley project with one parking space

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Palisades and Foxhall residents have rallied around the farmhouse, fearing that it might be torn down. The city says no such permit has been requested.

Association’s preservation committee, former advisory neighborhood commissioner Alma Gates then took to the Palisades listserv to rally locals around the farmhouse’s unique history. “The house really represented part of a much earlier See Farmhouse/Page 16

SPOR TS Gonzaga gets revenge by knocking off WCAC rival

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PASSAGES Local resident, planner touts ‘walkability’ in his new book

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of the city. The new school will allow their students to continue on to middle and eventually high school, leaders say, perhaps with space to enroll additional children as well. The language immersion school also hopes to gain accreditation as an International Baccalaureate program, offering what sponsors say is a rigorous education for “world citizens.” The middle and upper school, once they are lodged in permanent facilities at Walter Reed, could enroll about 1,000 students. But the big push for now is finding temporary, or “incubator” space, See Bilingual/Page 5

INDEX Calendar/20 Classifieds/29 District Digest/4 Exhibits/23 In Your Neighborhood/10 Opinion/8

Police Report/6 Real Estate/17 School Dispatches/14 Service Directory/26 Sports/11 Theater/23

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Parking-free apartment project in Tenley wins commission’s approval By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

A Tenleytown mixed-use building with just one parking space won enthusiastic preliminary approval from the Zoning Commission Monday night. Commissioners praised the developer for working with the community, and rejected a neighborhood group’s assertion that the project would cause parking problems. The Bond at Tenley, a glassy 60-unit rental

apartment building with about 20,000 square feet of retail space, will be located on the longvacant Babe’s Billiards site at Wisconsin Avenue and Brandywine Street near the Tenleytown Metro station. The commission’s preliminary approval comes more than two years after Douglas Development first filed plans to redevelop the site, and a reversal seems unlikely before the second vote that’s required on major projects. The years of discussion surrounding the

Army gets homeowner’s OK to investigate backyard site Current Staff Report The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has won long-sought permission to investigate an “anomaly” in the backyard of a Spring Valley property, which officials believe might be the site of another World War I-era burial pit. The work could begin this fall. The owner of the property, in the 3700 block of Fordham Road, agreed verbally to an extensive investigation, Army officials reported at last week’s meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board, which oversees the long-running efforts to clean up the neighborhood. Nearly a century ago, American University hosted an Army munitions testing program, with soldiers firing weapons into then-undevel-

oped woods and burying unwanted materiel in unmarked pits in the area that later became Spring Valley. A 1918 aerial photo of the Fordham Road property shows a scar on the ground similar to another where workers have found munitions. The Army’s cleanup project manager, Dan Noble, secured the verbal agreement with the property owner there after many years of unsuccessful attempts, officials reported at the meeting. The owner had previously resisted allowing the investigation, which Army officials have described as “intrusive.” At several previous advisory board meetings, members discussed possible legal action to force the permission. See Munitions/Page 7

The week ahead Wednesday, Jan. 16

The D.C. Office of Planning will hold a Ward 4 community meeting to discuss draft proposed changes to the District’s zoning regulations. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Takoma Education Campus, 7010 Piney Branch Road NW. For details, visit dczoningupdate.org. ■ The Georgetown-Burleith advisory neighborhood commission and the D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to discuss community ideas and input on parking in the Georgetown and Burleith neighborhoods. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Hardy Middle School, 1819 35th St. NW.

Thursday, Jan. 17

The Cleveland Park Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will feature a program on “The Future of Parking in D.C.” Speakers will include Angelo Rao of the D.C. Department of Transportation, John Townsend of AAA MidAtlantic and Susan Lihn of the Cleveland Park Business Association. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■ The Tenleytown Neighbors Association will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 220 at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 42nd and Albemarle streets NW.

Tuesday, Jan. 22

The D.C. Federation of Citizens Associations will hold its monthly meeting, which will feature a presentation by Mohammad Akhter, chair of the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange Authority, about implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the District. The meeting will begin at 6:45 p.m. at All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church, 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW.

Wednesday, Jan. 23

The D.C. State Board of Education will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Old Council Chambers, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. ■ Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh will hold a public forum to discuss the proposed development at 5333 Connecticut Ave., owned by Calvin Cafritz Enterprises. Cafritz representatives are expected to attend. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Thursday, Jan. 24

The Crestwood Citizens Association will hold its bimonthly meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 1761 Crestwood Drive NW. Agenda items will include pedestrian safety and recommended safety enhancements at Blagden Avenue and Beach Drive, as well as reactivation of Orange Hat patrols to deter crime.

Babe’s project mostly swirled around parking. This type of development would normally require more than 80 spaces, but Douglas balked at building an underground garage because it would require demolition of the existing structure — which is sturdy enough to support new construction atop it. Developers offered to locate some parking spaces in that existing structure, but determined that there was more community support for retail space. Douglas says the project will target resi-

dents who prefer to use bicycles and transit, and leases will prevent tenants from having cars in the area. Furthermore, Douglas signed an extensive agreement with the Tenleytown/ Friendship Heights advisory neighborhood commission, which stipulated costly community amenities like underground utilities and requirements for certain types of retail tenants, among other conditions. “This is an extraordinary package that the See Babe’s/Page 16

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District Digest Metro sets schedule for Inauguration Day

Metrorail will operate for 22 hours on Inauguration Day, according to a news release. Rush-hour rail service will run from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m., with peak fares in effect. From 9 p.m. until 2 a.m., off-peak fares will be in effect. Three Metro stations — Smithsonian, Archives and Mount

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Service day cleanups set for Rock Creek

The Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service will commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service with four cleanups in Rock Creek Park on Saturday morning. Tasks will include removing trash and cutting English ivy and periwinkle from trees. Tools, gloves and training will be provided. Work will take place in Soapstone Valley, on Albemarle

Street east of Connecticut Avenue; along Piney Branch, between Mount Pleasant and Crestwood; in the Little Forest, on 28th Street near Military Road; and at Normanstone, in front of the British Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue. Registration information and other details are available at rockcreekconservancy.org.

Kennedy Center gala honors top teachers

Some of the District’s standout teachers got a long-awaited ovation Monday at the Kennedy Center as Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack — herself a former D.C. teacher — and others gathered for a high-profile gala and awards show. Originally scheduled for Oct. 29 but postponed because of Hurricane Sandy, the third annual “A Standing Ovation for D.C. Teachers” honored nearly 1,000 educators who have earned “highly effective” ratings under the school system’s Impact evaluation system. The event also featured special honors for seven teachers and one principal with $10,000 prizes for excellence. The winners of the 2012 Excellence in Teaching prize were Sarah Bax, who teaches math at Hardy Middle School; Mayra Canizales, instructional coach, Columbia Heights Education Campus; Hope Harrod, fifth grade, Burroughs Education Campus; Valyncia Hawkins, fifth grade,

Anne Beers Elementary School; Kristin Schrauth, preschool, Francis-Stevens Education Campus; Brian Thompson, world history, Cardozo High School; and Camille Townsend, fifth grade, Ketcham Elementary School. The winner of the 2012 Excellence in Leadership Award was David Pinder, principal of McKinley Technology High School.

Exhibit to raise funds to improve Francis

The Friends of Francis Field group will launch a new fundraising campaign this weekend with an exhibit of artwork by two local residents, according to a news release. “A Night of Art” will take place Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Lucent Lounge at the WestEnd25 apartment building, 1255 25th St. NW. The featured artists are painter Fran Beard and photographer J.P. Kadzinski, who will donate 10 percent of the proceeds to the group’s campaign. Dubbed “Let’s Make Francis Field Green,” the effort will seek funds to replant or resurface the playing field. For details, visit fffdc.org.

United Way grants go to local nonprofits

The United Way of the National Capital Area last week announced grants worth a cumulative $358,271 to 20 D.C. nonprofits, according to a news release.

Recipients included Ayuda, the Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place, the DC Central Kitchen, Food & Friends, the Georgetown Ministry Center, Iona Senior Services, Joseph’s House, Jubilee Jobs and Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care. The funds came through the District of Columbia Community Impact Fund in the United Way’s annual workplace giving campaign. Each grant addresses the group’s focus areas of education, health and financial stability. At Jubilee Jobs, the funds will go toward the salary of a job counselor, according to the release. Meanwhile, Iona will use its grant to provide direct care and supportive services to vulnerable older adults in its service area. Director Sally S. White noted in the release that foundation, corporate and individual donations have become increasingly important due to a decline in government grants. D.C. organizations seeking funding from the Community Impact Fund submitted 175 proposals totaling more than $3.6 million, according to the United Way. A volunteer task force made the funding decisions, in many instances favoring proposals for fresh approaches.

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BILINGUAL: Upper grades slated From Page 1

said Mary Schaffner, founder and director of Yu Ying Public Charter School. The four charters currently operate in scattered buildings, including some closed public schools, and need to find a bigger location to open a middle school with sixth through ninth grades in 2014. Schaffner said plans are still on track to open at Walter Reed for the 2015-2016 school year. The four schools, of various sizes and class ranges, include Yu Ying, which has a Chinese immersion program in Brookland; Latin American Montessori Bilingual (LAMB), which has a SpanishEnglish curriculum at the old Military Road School and a smaller site in Michigan Park; Mundo Verde Bilingual, which offers Spanish and English instruction near Dupont Circle; and the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom School in Brookland, which has French and Spanish programs. The consolidation concept was born after Yu Ying won rights to coveted space at Walter Reed as part of an ongoing effort to redevelop the former Army hospital to serve District needs. Yu Ying will place a middle and high school in 100,000 square feet at a former nurses’ residence known as Delano Hall. LAMB, by the same process, won rights to 35,000 square feet in the same building. But school leaders soon realized they could combine forces — and money — to offer an even better program to more kids. Under current plans, Yu Ying and LAMB will control the space at Walter Reed, collecting rent from the other two schools, with a student body large enough to support a full academic program as well as the athletic and social programs older kids need. But the need for a middle school seemed too pressing to wait for the transfer of Walter Reed from the federal government to the city, and for the extensive renovation required

before the 1933 Delano Hall can accommodate a school. Elsie Whitlow Stokes, which started in Mount Pleasant 15 years ago serving largely immigrant families, is the oldest of the bilingual charters. “By the third year, parents were asking about middle school,� said director Linda Moore. “But we could never figure it out. You need a certain amount of size to have a credible program.� So when Shaffner first broached the idea of a consolidated middle and high school, “I got incredibly excited,� Moore said. “It’s a wonderful idea. This will be new for all of us, because none of us have space for a middle and high school.� Adding grades so that students can continue in the same program will also please parents, she said. “Having an end point will increase their interest.� The four charters all immerse children in a new language at a very young age — the ideal time to learn a language. So for the older grades, “there is an assumption of a certain level of fluency,� Moore said, noting for example that a science class taught in Spanish at the seventhgrade level would by “pretty difficult for someone with poor Spanish skills.� Thus the District’s rules for charters, requiring them to enroll all comers regardless of ability, will be “a bit tricky,� Moore said. “It’s important to explain the expectations to parents. We have to tell parents it might not be a good idea.� Yu Ying is already an International Baccalaureate School, a respected model that “incorporates language, culture, lots of high-ordered thinking,� Moore said. She expects the consolidated middle and high school to win IB accreditation as well. Moore envisions a publicly funded version of the Washington International School, the acclaimed multilingual kindergarten-through12th-grade private school in Burleith and Cleveland Park, but with a less affluent student body.

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Police Report This is a listing of reports taken from Jan. 6 through 13 in local police service areas.

psa PSA 101 101 â– downtown

Theft ($250 plus) â– 1200 block, G St.; unspecified premises; noon Jan. 12. Theft (below $250) â– 1000 block, F St.; store; 11:07 a.m. Jan. 8. â– 1200 block, G St.; store; 11:05 a.m. Jan. 10. â– 700 block, 14th St.; medical facility; 2:55 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 400 block, 11th St.; liquor store; 10:53 p.m. Jan. 11. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 1000 block, 10th St.; unspecified premises; 9:30 a.m. Jan. 8. â– 1000 block, 11th St.; unspecified premises; 1 p.m. Jan. 11.

psa 102

â– Gallery place

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Theft (below $250) â– 400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; medical facility; 8:50 a.m. Jan. 8. â– 400 block, K St.; residence; 10 a.m. Jan. 8. â– 800 block, 7th St.; grocery store; 4:24 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 400 block, L St.; grocery store; 10:30 a.m. Jan. 11. â– 400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; medical facility; 8:06 p.m. Jan. 12. â– 500 block, L St.; sidewalk; 3 p.m. Jan. 13. Theft (shoplifting) â– 400 block, H St.; medical facility; 8:04 p.m. Jan. 9.

psa PSA 201 201

â– chevy chase

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Theft ($250 plus) â– 3000 block, Military Road; residence; 10:13 a.m. Jan. 10. Theft from auto ($250 plus) â– 3800 block, Morrison St.; unspecified premises; 10 a.m. Jan. 10. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 3700 block, Harrison St.; street; 4 p.m. Jan. 6. â– Unspecified location; residence; 10:09 p.m. Jan. 9.

psa 202

â– Friendship Heights PSA 202

Tenleytown / AU Park

Burglary â– 3600 block, Van Ness St.; residence; 4 p.m. Jan. 7. â– 4400 block, Brandywine St.; residence; 9:43 p.m. Jan. 9. â– 4300 block, 45th St.; residence; 7:50 a.m. Jan. 10. â– 4400 block, Brandywine St.; unspecified premises; 8:56 a.m. Jan. 10. â– 4700 block, Warren St.; residence; 12:46 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 4900 block, 43rd St.; residence; 1 a.m. Jan. 12. Burglary (attempt) â– 4700 block, Windom Place; residence; 2:18 p.m. Jan. 11.

Theft ($250 plus) â– 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 7:01 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 4500 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 11. Theft (below $250) â– 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 8. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 4300 block, 39th St.; unspecified premises; 6 p.m. Jan. 8. â– 4500 block, 42nd St.; street; 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8. â– 4500 block, 42nd St.; unspecified premises; 7 p.m. Jan. 10. â– Unspecified location; street; 8:24 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 5300 block, 43rd St.; unspecified premises; 8:52 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 4200 block, Garrison St.; unspecified premises; 7:48 p.m. Jan. 12.

psa 203

â– forest hills / van ness PSA 203

cleveland park

Robbery (force and violence) â– 4700 block, Connecticut Ave.; street; 2:36 a.m. Jan. 12. Burglary â– 4200 block, Connecticut Ave.; school; 10:44 p.m. Jan. 7. Stolen auto â– 5100 block, Linnean Terrace; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 6. Theft (below $250) â– 3400 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 3 p.m. Jan. 8. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 35th and Macomb streets; street; 1:40 a.m. Jan. 9. â– 3300 block, 36th St.; street; 8:56 a.m. Jan. 9. â– 2800 block, Porter St.; unspecified premises; 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12.

psa 204

â– Massachusetts avenue

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

Stolen auto â– 3700 block, Calvert St.; street; 8 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 2500 block, Woodley Road; street; 2:23 p.m. Jan. 12. Theft (below $250) â– 2100 block, Wisconsin Ave.; hotel; 3:57 p.m. Jan. 7. â– 2600 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 10:30 p.m. Jan. 7. â– 2400 block, Tunlaw Road; residence; 9 p.m. Jan. 9. â– 2400 block, Wisconsin Ave.; tavern/nightclub; 12:45 a.m. Jan. 11. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 38th and Rodman streets; street; 7:40 a.m. Jan. 9. â– Unspecified location; 7:41 a.m. Jan. 9.

psa 205

â– palisades / spring valley PSA 205

Wesley Heights / Foxhall

Breaking and entering (vending)

â– 4500 block, MacArthur Blvd.; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 7. Theft from auto ($250 plus) â– 5000 block, V St.; street; 3:48 p.m. Jan. 9.

psa PSA 206 206

â– georgetown / burleith

Burglary â– 3500 block, T St.; residence; 10:40 a.m. Jan. 7. â– 1400 block, 35th St.; residence; 6 p.m. Jan. 11. Stolen auto â– 3000 block, R St.; street; 5:30 a.m. Jan. 10. â– 3600 block, O St.; street; 3 p.m. Jan. 11. Theft (below $250) â– 3100 block, M St.; store; 2:51 p.m. Jan. 7. â– 3200 block, M St.; store; 10:38 a.m. Jan. 8. â– 3100 block, O St.; residence; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 8. â– Unspecified location; sidewalk; 7 p.m. Jan. 8. â– 2800 block, M St.; store; 9:14 a.m. Jan. 9. â– 37th and O streets; unspecified premises; 12:40 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 2600 block, P St.; store; 4:45 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 2800 block, M St.; sidewalk; 3:12 p.m. Jan. 12. â– 1000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 6 p.m. Jan. 12. â– 3200 block, M St.; store; 6:32 p.m. Jan. 12. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 3100 block, Dumbarton St.; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 8. â– 3300 block, Q St.; unspecified premises; 7:32 a.m. Jan. 9.

psa PSA 207 207

â– foggy bottom / west end

Burglary â– 1400 block, K St.; office building; 10:06 a.m. Jan. 7. Theft (below $250) â– 1600 block, I St.; restaurant; 2:13 p.m. Jan. 8. â– 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 1:40 p.m. Jan. 9. â– 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 4:45 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 2100 block, I St.; restaurant; noon Jan. 11. â– 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; hotel; 12:33 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 900 block, New Hampshire Ave.; store; 3:52 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 1100 block, 15th St.; store; 4:59 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 2100 block, K St.; unspecified premises; 2:45 a.m. Jan. 12. â– 900 block, 23rd St.; medical facility; 8 a.m. Jan. 12. â– 21st and G streets; street; 9 a.m. Jan. 12. Theft (shoplifting) â– 1500 block, K St.; store; 3:23 p.m. Jan. 7. â– 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 9:25 p.m. Jan. 9. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 1700 block, De Sales St.; unspecified premises; 3:46 a.m. Jan. 8.

â– 24th and L streets; unspecified premises; 8 p.m. Jan. 8. â– 1700 block, K St.; unspecified premises; noon Jan. 11. â– 2400 block, N St.; street; 1:35 a.m. Jan. 13.

psa 208

â– sheridan-kalorama PSA 208

dupont circle

Robbery (snatch) â– 1700 block, Massachusetts Ave.; sidewalk; 7:09 p.m. Jan. 9. Burglary â– 1800 block, 19th St.; residence; 3:55 p.m. Jan. 8. â– 1800 block, 19th St.; residence; 3:55 p.m. Jan. 8. â– 1800 block, 19th St.; residence; 3:55 p.m. Jan. 8. Theft ($250 plus) â– 1200 block, 19th St.; restaurant; 11 p.m. Jan. 7. â– 1500 block, New Hampshire Ave.; unspecified premises; 3 p.m. Jan. 11. Theft (below $250) â– 2000 block, P St.; unspecified premises; 10 p.m. Jan. 8. â– 1500 block, Massachusetts Ave.; unspecified premises; 2:30 a.m. Jan. 9. â– Unit block, Thomas Circle; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 1700 block, Q St.; sidewalk; 9:07 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 11:42 p.m. Jan. 11. â– 1300 block, 19th St.; restaurant; 1:32 a.m. Jan. 12. â– 2200 block, Massachusetts Ave.; street; 12:47 a.m. Jan. 13. Breaking and entering (vending) â– 1700 block, 19th St.; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 8. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 1800 block, T St.; parking lot; 8 p.m. Jan. 8.

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Robbery (force and violence) â– 1400 block, Q St.; sidewalk; 10:10 p.m. Jan. 11. Burglary â– 1700 block, T St.; residence; 1:27 p.m. Jan. 10. Stolen auto â– 1600 block, 16th St.; unspecified premises; 10 p.m. Jan. 10. Theft (below $250) â– 1400 block, Corcoran St.; sidewalk; 11 p.m. Jan. 7. â– 1800 block, 18th St.; office building; 3 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 1700 block, 16th St.; unspecified premises; 9:30 p.m. Jan. 10. â– 17th and U streets; sidewalk; 1 a.m. Jan. 13. Theft from auto ($250 plus) â– 1700 block, Johnson Ave.; unspecified premises; 3:34 p.m. Jan. 13. Theft from auto (below $250) â– 1400 block, S St.; unspecified premises; 7:30 a.m. Jan. 8.

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Ward 3 shows mixed reaction to zoning rewrite proposals at meeting Current Staff Report Proposed changes to the District’s zoning regulations got mixed responses last week at a Ward 3 presentation, with some attendees siding with the Office of Planning’s “smartgrowth� initiatives and others saying that the agency’s expectations are unrealistic. The Planning Office is presenting its proposals ward by ward throughout the city, after spending years developing them in-house and with a community task force. At the presentation, agency director Harriet Tregoning said the changes are intended to make the regulations easier to understand, to reduce car dependency in favor of walkability and other transportation modes, to accommodate population increases, and to promote “green� initiatives. The agency will present its recommendations to the Zoning Commission, which will ultimately decide their fate later this year. Further public hearings will accompany that

final step. One of the most controversial proposals aired at the meeting was the removal of required parking minimums for new buildings in “transit corridors,� defined as within quarter-mile of a high-service bus line or half a mile of the subway. In Ward 3, this would be the Wisconsin and Connecticut avenue corridors, Tregoning said. New buildings in an expanded “downtown� area and those with fewer than 10 housing units would also be exempted from required parking. According to Tregoning, structured parking garages cost $50,000 per space to build, raising the cost of any building that includes them. Planners have also argued that requiring new buildings to include parking attracts residents who want a car instead of those who don’t. But several Ward 3 residents won applause at the meeting as they expressed doubts that

MUNITIONS: Army investigates From Page 3

Due to the long delay in finally winning the approval, the Army will have to prepare a separate “task order� to solicit cleanup proposals from new contractors, which means the work probably won’t begin until October at the earliest. At the meeting, Noble also disclosed that the Army Corps has launched an investigation into “potentially responsible parties� regarding 4825 Glenbrook Road — which is believed to be the site of another larger munitions pit — as well as 4835 Glenbrook Road and American University’s Public Safety Building. After spending tens of millions of dollars excavating the 4825 Glenbrook site, the Army demolished the long-vacant home there last fall in the belief that the burial pit was located beneath the structure. Excavation work there is now under way. The Army Corps is looking for information regarding the past development of the three sites and is

encouraging anyone who might have relevant information to contact its investigation contractor, Watermark Inc., at 866-383-7327 or Jon Owen, the assistant district counsel for the Army Corps’ Baltimore office, at 410-962-3385. The clock is now ticking for filing legal claims, Noble said. Officials also reported at the meeting that numerous investigations of former burial pits and other sites in the Spring Valley area have found no remaining dangerous chemicals. Two soil samples did have a level of aluminum that exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recommended maximum level, officials said. Nineteen samples had higher levels of cobalt and one had a higher level of mercury. Slightly excessive levels of thallium, vanadium and iron were also found in some of the samples. Several samples also had slightly elevated amounts of manganese, for which the Environmental Protection Agency has never established a recommended maximum level.

the occupants of these new buildings would be eager to go car-free. Eliminating parking would shift apartment dwellers’ cars to nearby streets, one attendee argued, taking up space from residents of single-family homes there. Several residents said that although their neighborhoods are well-served by transit, getting around by car is often quicker and more convenient. On the other side of the spectrum, the residents who agree with the Planning Office’s less car-dependent mentality feel that the agency isn’t going far enough. A Woodley Park resident got claps when she asked the agency to restore an earlier proposal — dropped in response to objections — to set a maximum number of parking spaces in transit-heavy areas. Tregoning said the agency would consider the idea further. Several residents also spoke to proposals for accessory dwelling units, which are now

allowed only through a special exception process. The Planning Office calls for allowing the units for an existing house or outbuilding without further approval, which planners say will streamline the process. The residents objected to greater density in quiet residential neighborhoods, and unsightly additions above garages. Planners said the use is already allowed in some cases, and that adding a new dwelling unit to a garage would still require special permission. Palisades resident Alma Gates said she wanted greater protections against large new houses in neighborhoods that have historically been limited to two stories. Tregoning answered that planners are willing to support downzoning in areas where there is consensus. The Office of Planning will offer the same presentation tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 at Takoma Education Campus, 7010 Piney Branch Road NW.

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Striking a balance

This week, the D.C. Zoning Commission approved redevelopment of the Babe’s site in Tenleytown as a mixed-use project with apartments, retail and just one parking space. The developer — confident that the nearby Metro station and amenities within walking distance will attract renters — says the building’s residents won’t be allowed to bring cars to the neighborhood. We have our doubts about the likelihood of avoiding negative impacts on the community, since some people coming to visit the building’s residents or to patronize the planned businesses will undoubtedly drive. But at least the review process forced a careful look at mitigation measures. In contrast, proposed changes to the District’s zoning regulations could make this type of parking situation much more common — and routine. In considering the proposed rules, it’s important to note that the Office of Planning isn’t suggesting a wholesale elimination of parking requirements. The new rules would discard parking minimums for “the areas where cars are needed and used least — in Downtown and in mixed-use and apartment zones within easy walking distance of transit,” according to an Office of Planning fact sheet. We agree that less parking is needed in such areas, but eliminating the requirements goes too far. “If you don’t build it, they won’t come by car” just doesn’t work as a precept. It’s clear that many people find it perfectly convenient to live without a car, but others consider automobile ownership essential to their way of living. Easy access to transit doesn’t mean everyone will arrive by transit, bike or foot. A compromise solution could allow a developer to obtain a parking exception like the one being granted at Babe’s — after appropriately addressing parking and traffic impacts. Even with the proposed zoning rules, some off-street parking will undoubtedly be built (thankfully, planners pulled back from a plan to set maximums, a much more intrusive approach). The desire to enhance a project’s marketability is likely to convince developers to include some parking whether or not it’s required. The amount, however, may not be enough to minimize community impacts, even if the District enacts and enforces prohibitions on residential parking permits for residents of new rental and condo buildings, as planned with the Babe’s project. Reducing parking minimums in some areas — downtown and near Metro stations — makes sense. Striking the right balance is clearly a challenging, complicated task that requires a lot of research and analysis. But eliminating the requirement altogether is unreasonable.

No drugstore loophole

For years, few D.C. supermarkets could sell beer and wine, with licenses restricted to one per chain. In 2000, the D.C. Council added flexibility in hopes of encouraging supermarkets in areas of the city, exempting new “fullservice grocery stores” and those undergoing “substantial” renovation. In recent years, big pharmacy chains such as CVS and Walgreens have sought to add beer and wine in new stores along with groceries. At first, the requests drew only minor scrutiny, with locations in Cleveland Park and the West End obtaining licenses with relatively little resistance. But contentious skirmishes in Woodley Park and Van Ness brought the issue to the forefront, and the D.C. Council rightly directed the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to review the situation. As a result, the board is working to clarify its regulations. Caught in a 45-day hold are applications from Walgreens at 4225 Connecticut Ave. and CVS at Calvert Street and Connecticut Avenue. We’re glad the board is taking a look at the issue. Beer and wine sales at supermarkets do not seem to have created many adverse impacts, and the last decade has certainly brought a lot of new stores and renovations. But there seems to be much less of a basis for luring new chain drugstores, which have grown in number here even without lucrative alcohol sales. We count at least seven just along Connecticut Avenue north of Taft Bridge. In addition, granting them full access to beer and wine licenses could hamper the viability of liquor stores and corner markets that rely on alcohol sales to remain profitable — not to mention the few remaining independent drugstores, which would be at a competitive disadvantage. We doubt seriously that automatically exempting drugstores is worthwhile. A full-service grocery is defined in the D.C. code as a store whose “primary business and purpose … is the sale of a full range of fresh, canned, and frozen foods.” The regulations should carry out this definition. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and D.C. Council ought to consider, however, allowing special exceptions in areas of the city that would benefit from encouraging the opening of new chain pharmacies.

The Current

Inaugural buzz and bummers …

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t’s a given. Any president’s second inaugural really isn’t as big a deal as the first. That’s doubly so for President Barack Obama. How does he top his historic election in 2008 and inaugural party that followed? Crowds for the festivities through Monday’s ceremony and parade are expected to be respectable, but a fraction of the estimated million-plus that flooded the city four years ago. Street vendors understand what’s happening. In 2009, more than 1,000 vendors sought special licenses to sell wares on the street. This year, just about 100 or so vendors signed up. (That’s still pretty good. City officials say that for the second George W. Bush inaugural in 2005, only about two dozen vendors applied.) The Notebook is bummed that Aretha Franklin is not making a return appearance this year. Her rendition of “America (My Country, ’Tis of Thee)” was so powerful. And, of course, the dramatic hat had the country talking. The New York Times a couple of days later reported: “She reached back to her gospel roots and adorned herself as if for church, topping her outfit with a dove-gray wool chapeau, dominated by a giant bow set off at a jaunty angle and ringed in sparkling Swarovski crystals. “The hat was an instant sensation. Even before Ms. Franklin had finished singing ‘My Country, ’Tis of Thee’ on the inaugural podium, calls began pouring in to her hat designer, Luke Song, 36, of Mr. Song Millinery in Detroit, Ms. Franklin’s home town.” And the Smithsonian itself asked for the hat for its collection. Just for the record, singer Kelly Clarkson will sing “My Country, ’Tis of Thee” on Monday. She’s good. But she’s not Aretha. ■ The oath. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will again swear in President Obama. But the public ceremony in front of the Capitol will be only for show. By law, the president has to be sworn in by noon on Jan. 20. That’s a Sunday this year. Obama will take the oath in private at the White House, and they’ll do it again for the public on Monday. “I will be honored to again stand on the inaugural platform and take part in this important American tradition,” Obama was quoted as saying in the official announcement. ■ Purple tunnel of doom. Four years ago thousands of people who thought they had preferential inaugural seating (the purple section) wound up being stuck in the 3rd Street Tunnel. There aren’t any purple-colored tickets this year, and the tunnel will be closed. We’re sure there will be some kind of snafu somewhere — just because the inaugural is so huge an undertaking, even if it is a second one for Obama. ■ On the home front. What’s an inaugural without a protest? Mayor Vincent Gray has said he would erect

some kind of sign in front of the Wilson Building to protest the city’s lack of voting rights and/or statehood. As our deadline arrived, we were still awaiting word on what type of protest it might be. The city did get good news this week that the White House will put the city’s “taxation without representation” license tag on the presidential limousine. The White House said it would stay on through the Obama second term. “President Obama has lived in the District now for four years, and has seen firsthand how patently unfair it is for working families in D.C. to work hard, raise children and pay taxes, without having a vote in Congress,” said White House spokesperson Keith Maley. “Attaching these plates to the presidential vehicles demonstrates the President’s commitment to the principle of full representation for the people of the District of Columbia and his willingness to fight for voting rights, home rule and budget autonomy for the District.” The D.C. Council passed a resolution urging Obama to put the District’s “taxation without representation” tags on his car. President Bill Clinton used them, but Bush and Obama didn’t play along. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Ward 3’s Mary Cheh, who authored the unanimous resolution, took the plate to the White House last week. They met briefly with an official but came away with no immediate assurance the tag will be used. And worse, much of the media coverage came as ridicule because the council leaders initially tried to get a city police escort to the White House, about three blocks away. The sporadic efforts in the city to highlight the District’s second-class citizenship seem never to take hold. There’s a dramatic decision at one point for people to get arrested; then the effort fades away. There’s a march on Congress; then, there’s nothing. There are meetings on the Hill and then, again, nothing. The fight for voting rights in the city has ebbed and waned. The organization DC Vote has tried any number of things. When will something stick? Maybe the activists should get Aretha Franklin to sing for them? And she can wear that hat. ■ March for Life. Just four days after the inaugural, the city really will have a massive crowd in town. It’s the 40th annual March for Life protesting the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortions. Whether you are “pro-life” or “pro-choice” or any other designation when it comes to abortion, the crowd that annually assembles in Washington is huge. The rally starts at noon on the National Mall, and the march itself begins about 1:30 p.m. It takes several hours for the crowd to march up Constitution Avenue to Capitol Hill and then assemble in front of the Supreme Court building. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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Letters to the Editor Zipcar is registering vehicles in District

Recently, a member of the community wrote in regarding his observation of a Zipcar parked onstreet with New York tags [“City should review Zipcar requirements,” Letters to the Editor, Jan. 2]. He had expressed concern that Zipcar was not adhering to the District’s laws regarding titling and registration of vehicles.

In late October, Zipcar started transferring 150 vehicles from our New York fleet to the Washington, D.C., fleet as a means of refreshing our cars for our members. These low-mileage vehicles are helping us provide a well-maintained, up-to-date fleet for our members in the local area. We have been working with the Department of Motor Vehicles to transfer titling and registration of these vehicles to D.C. and currently have more than one-third already registered in the city. Our transfer of these vehicles was held up with some outstanding parking

and red-light ticket issues that were discovered during this transfer. We have since resolved these tickets and are continuing to reregister and title all of these transferred vehicles in the District. We expect that this process should be concluded in the next few weeks. Zipcar values its partnership with the District of Columbia, the Department of Transportation and the surrounding jurisdictions, and we welcome any comments from the public to improve our service. Scott Hall Washington, D.C., general manager, Zipcar

The Current

Step up for D.C. planners’ dog and pony show VIEWPOINT

carolyn “Callie� cook

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he D.C. Office of Planning’s recent Ward 3 meeting on the zoning regulations review unfortunately missed the mark on providing anything more than minimal opportunity for public input. Officials described three goals for the meeting: first, providing information about zoning code revisions in a formal presentation; second, providing an opportunity for attendees to understand the regulations “in greater detail� during smaller sessions with Office of Planning staffers; and third, enabling attendees to provide their thoughts, questions and comments to staff members. Assuming attendees learned something about zoning code revisions from the presentation or the handouts, goal No. 1 was fulfilled. However, it would be appreciated if speakers would refrain from using industry jargon throughout their remarks. Attendees should not have to continually refer to the provided glossary of terms just to follow along. As to the second point, why was the decision made to host meetings in every ward rather than a single, Metro-accessible location downtown? I expected that the Ward 3’s meeting would discuss “in greater detail� certain aspects of the Office of Planning’s proposal as it related to this ward. Conversely, if I had traveled downtown that night, I would not have expected anything more than a generic presentation with questions and answers, which is what we got. For future meetings, tailoring the presentation even slightly to that ward would go a long way to reassure skeptics that the effort to erect a “sustainable community� in D.C. was not planned in a vacuum. It’s a nice idea, in theory, to give attendees 30 minutes to speak with the Office of Planning’s staff following the presentation. However, how was one expected to visit six different stations located around a very large auditorium in that amount of time — an average of five minutes per topic? Each station had a different focus, and one had to wait among the crowd gathered to have one’s question answered. I gave up. How about revising the ground rules to suggest that residents of that particular ward be given first priority to ask their questions?

Letters to the Editor Proposed graduation standards need work

I’m writing regarding your Jan. 9 editorial “Graduation requirements.� The D.C. State Board of Education’s proposed high school graduation requirements fail to embrace, encourage or create conditions favorable for meaningful improvements in education. They purport, on the one hand, to embrace “flexibility� by allowing students to meet additional, and some existing, requirements in ways other than taking a class. On the other hand, ironically, they take flexibility away from schools by increasing the total number of credits required in order for students to graduate. The proposal contains an explicit acknowledgment that “proficiency� in a subject matter can — and, in many cases, should — be used

Now, I realize the Office of Planning can’t enforce it, but it would have been a nice gesture to cater to ward pride and get its residents out on time. In considering the third stated goal, I might have believed that city officials were committed to a fair and democratic process if Neighbors 4 Neighborhoods DC (N4NDC) representatives had been invited to voice their concerns to everyone in the public forum instead of literally being denied a seat at the table. N4NDC is made up of caring and concerned homeowners, some of whom I’m proud to say are my constituents. Their primary goal is to preserve the unique character of Chevy Chase and protect the significant financial and personal investment we’ve all made in choosing to live uptown. We all lost by not having their input except through handouts as we walked in the door. I’d like to give a shoutout to Chairman Phil Mendelson for staying afterward to speak with residents. I clarified my beef with the proposed regulations, and it went something like this: “For residents in Chevy Chase, having peaceful surroundings, lots of green space and being able to drive our cars was a worthwhile trade-off for ceding the higher property values to homeowners living closer to the city center. The proposed zoning regulations compromise why we chose to live here without the benefit of increasing our property values. So what will we receive for this concession? Nothing, and it’s not right.� Bottom line: I want to know when the Office of Planning will drill down and weigh the strengths and weaknesses of their uniform, “one-size-fits-all� proposal within various wards. How will our comments inform the process given the lack of any context of location or lifestyle? Clearly, it didn’t matter who made the comment or where they were from or what their lifestyle is. Clearly, the proposed regulations will benefit developers and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, but what about D.C.’s citizenry? With no ombudsman to negotiate the best possible outcome for Chevy Chase and other neighborhoods, the road ahead looks mighty foreboding. ISO a ringmaster to rein in the circus. Carolyn “Callie� Cook is a member of the Chevy Chase advisory neighborhood commission.

instead of time spent in a classroom to satisfy some requirements. At the same time, the proposal increases the number of requirements and therefore the amount of time that students must spend in order to satisfy them regardless of their proficiency. The proposed requirements purport to function as a “one-size-fitsall� approach to high school education, when many schools, especially public charter schools, are bringing innovations to the classroom that may not necessarily fit the one-sizefits-all model. Finally, the proposed graduation requirements come at a time when there is robust conversation around the country about moving education in the direction of being more tailored and flexible as opposed to being more rigid. Successes in public education are happening in schools that, beyond meeting minimum core requirements, have the flexibility to be innovative, and tailor their programs to meet the needs of their

students in exciting ways. Imposing additional requirements beyond basic core standards stifles teaching, learning and success. The State Board of Education should hold off on approving the proposed graduation requirements until further consideration can be given to new emerging concepts in education reform, such as competency-based standards and greater flexibility. The board may find, after a more thorough review, that fewer required credit hours, not more, coupled with greater flexibility and room for innovation, may lead to better outcomes. While the proposed policies contain some good ideas, they generally are at odds with what is working best in schools today, especially the public charter schools that currently educate 43 percent of D.C. public school students. They also go in the wrong direction for improving outcomes for District students. Robert Cane Executive director, Friends of Choice in Urban Schools

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At the commission’s Jan. 9 meeting: ■four newly elected commissioners introduced themselves: Michael Gold, Rory Slatko, Gayle Trotter and Joe Wisniewski. Returning commissioners are Penny Pagano, Stu Ross, Kent Slowinksi, Tom Smith, W. Philip Thomas and Nan Wells. ■Metropolitan Police Department Officer Anthony McElwee reported that there had been six crimes reported in Police Service Area 205 and that the area had the least crime of any section of the city. He encouraged residents to call 911 to report suspicious people, including doorto-door salespeople. McElwee also reported that he’d been conducting recent traffic enforcement in Ward Circle, ticketing many drivers who claimed their GPS device instructed them to make illegal turns. He said he will concentrate on MacArthur Boulevard enforcement in January. A Clark Place resident complained that many vehicles make illegal turns from Canal Road when that thoroughfare is congested and

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What do you think of the parking situation in our neighborhood? Is it easy to park in front of your house? Impossible? Does it depend on the time of day? Come out tonight and share your views with the rest of the community and the D.C. Department of Transportation. A group of residential community, business and university representatives has been talking with the Transportation Department to see if improvements can be made to the parking situation in Georgetown. The meeting tonight is for the agency to listen to the community. No decisions have been made. Agency officials want to hear from us. Tonight’s meeting will be held from 6:30 to 9 at Hardy Middle School, 1819 35th St. NW (across from the Safeway). The Transportation Department will explain the available tools and technology now available, some of which already are in place in other neighborhoods, providing a variety of options for communities such as ours. The emphasis will be on identifying the issues and priorities of all involved. Based on the discussions, the department will consider possible responses and options. The goal is to make the situation better for everyone. Doing so will take community input and consideration. Please come and contribute your views. I would love to see you there. — Jennifer Altemus then cut through the neighborhood at high speeds. McElwee said he will increase enforcement efforts there. McElwee invited residents to the monthly Police Service Area 205 meeting, which will be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 23 at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave., and to register for a four-hour ride-along with a 2nd District officer. ■Sherier Place resident Nick Keenan, who chairs the nonprofit Stoddert Soccer youth league, complained that his group had recently lost afternoon field time to the Lab School. “They have an obligation not to have a negative impact on the quality of life of their neighbors,� Keenan said. Commission chair Stu Ross said the issue was for the Department of Parks and Recreation to sort out. “There’s always going to be somebody who’s not happy about what they don’t get,� he said. The commission may discuss the issue more at a future meeting. ■commissioners voted 9-0, with Kent Slowinski abstaining, to support a petition for residential permit parking protections in the 2900 block of New Mexico Avenue. Most of the block’s residents live in a condo building that has an address of 3033 New Mexico Ave. despite its location in the 2900 block, one condo owner said. The D.C. Department of Transportation therefore requested that the neighborhood commission verify that their request is legitimate, she said. Slowinski abstained because he said he wanted a chance to talk to one owner of a single-family home who opposed the change and two others who expressed no opinion; the owner of the remaining singlefamily home signed the petition. ■commissioners discussed Office of Planning proposals to revise the city’s zoning regulations, following up on a community presentation held the previous night. At its February meeting, the commission will likely reconstitute its lapsed zoning committee of residents and commissioners, who will study the

issue further. ■commissioners voted unanimously to send a letter to the D.C. auditor requesting advice on how to deal with money the commission spent based on an improperly conducted vote. In response to a question from commissioner Tom Smith, the D.C. Office of the Attorney General sent a Dec. 18 letter stating that the commission acted improperly to raise its administrator’s salary during a closed executive session of a July meeting. ■commissioners voted 5-2 to restate a November vote taken in public session that stipulated the administrator’s revised salary. Tom Smith and W. Philip Thomas opposed; new commissioners Michael Gold, Rory Slatko and Gayle Trotter abstained. ■commissioner Nan Wells proposed that the commission issue plaques to former commissioners. Commissioner Tom Smith said the body had previously voted down the same measure as an improper use of resources, but several commissioners said they’d be willing to contribute individually to such an initiative. ■commissioners voted unanimously to elect new officers: Penny Pagano, chair; Gayle Trotter, vice chair; Rory Slatko, treasurer; and Joe Wisniewski, secretary. ■commissioners voted unanimously to spend $25 to participate in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission Security Fund, which protects the commission against misappropriation and negligent losses of funds by the chair and treasurer. ■commissioner Kent Slowinski reported that a planned renovation and expansion of Mann Elementary School did not receive the expected level of city funding, pushing back the project by at least a year. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, in Room B108, West Hall, George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. For details, call 202-363-4130 or visit anc3d.org.

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Purple Eagles get revenge, rally past Cadets on the hardwood

By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

When Gonzaga’s boys basketball team was practicing last Wednesday, coach Steve Turner constantly reminded the players about what happened when they faced St. John’s last year. In that game, the Eagles walked into Gallagher Gymnasium as a nationally ranked powerhouse, but when the final buzzer sounded, they’d lost to the Cadets. “I made sure they didn’t forget about it; I got loud in practice [last Wednesday],” Turner said. “I had to make them understand how important this game was.” The Eagles certainly got Turner’s message. The team silenced the Cadets’ raucous student section, winning 65-61 Thursday. The win pushed the Eagles’ Washington Catholic Athletic Conference record to 5-0 this season; meanwhile, St. John’s fell to 5-3 in league play. “We came over here and we lost last year,” said Gonzaga senior forward Kris Jenkins. “We wanted to come here in this hostile environment and get a win. We just had to bring our A-game and grind it out.” Jenkins led all scorers with 22 points and 15 rebounds, while Gonzaga senior guard Charles Glover added 18 and sophomore guard Bryant Crawford contributed 14. On the other side, junior guard James Palmer led St. John’s with 17 points. And junior guards Darian Bryant and Darian

Anderson added 16 and 11 points, respectively. The nip-and-tuck game between the bitter WCAC rivals came down to the final minutes of play. The teams were tied at 50 when the Cadets’ Bryant scored a fast break layup and hit a free throw to put St. John’s ahead 53-50. But Gonzaga struck back in a flurry. First, Crawford took the ball down the baseline and hit a quick layup. Moments later, Jenkins hit a contested shot to put the Eagles back ahead See Gonzaga/Page 12

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Gonzaga sophomore Bryant Crawford, above, and his team needed a solid fourth quarter effort to defeat Tre Campbell, middle left, and St. John’s Thursday night.

Maret Frogs hop to the top of the MAC By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

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Junior forward Jalen Barnes led the Frogs with 21 points Monday.

Maret’s boys basketball team hasn’t faced the pressure of being in first place of the Mid-Atlantic Conference in ages. But on Monday night, the Frogs proved worthy of that distinction by passing a big test against Georgetown Prep. After seeing their 20-point lead dwindle to just 10 midway through the third quarter, the Frogs responded with an explosive play, going on to romp the Little Hoyas. Maret won the game 69-38, pushing its record to 13-2. Junior forward Jalen Barnes led the Frogs with 21 points, while junior guard Steffen Davis added 14. Junior point guard Marlon Beck and junior guard Drake Goddard each contributed eight points. “Jalen is Mr. Steady. He has nerves of steel,” said Maret coach Garrett O’Donnell. “Everyone sees the big dunks and the rebounds. But it’s really his defense that has spurred us along. He finishes well around the rim and is getting stronger.” The play of the game occurred

when the Frogs were clinging to a 10-point lead in the third period and needed a spark. Maret regained the momentum when Beck saw Barnes cutting to the basket and dished the ball to him. Barnes did the rest, throwing down a thunderous dunk to send the Maret student section into a frenzy and stifle Georgetown Prep’s rally. “We just came out in a lull,” said Barnes. “We fought through it, and Marlon hit me with a backdoor pass. It was a sight adjustment, and it was just wide open.” “They were overplaying in the post, and I knew Jalen had the speed advantage,” Beck added. “We both knew what each other was going to do.” Coming into this season, the measuring stick in the Mid-Atlantic Conference was Sidwell. Last Tuesday night, the Frogs showed they were well-prepared for the challenge, toppling the Quakers 59-55. With that win, Maret went from an up-and coming team to one with a target on its back. “It’s fun having everyone’s attention,” said Beck. “We know every-

one is going to come at us playing their best game, so we have to be on top of our own game.” The Frogs handled that pressure well Friday, knocking off St. Andrew’s 44-37. But on Monday night, the Frogs faced another challenge with Georgetown Prep. The Little Hoyas are a big name locally in part because Georgetown University star Markel Starks spent his high school career there. Maret quickly pounced on Prep from the opening tipoff and built an 18-9 lead by the end of the first quarter. Barnes scored eight of his 21 points in the period. The junior’s scoring and 10 points from sharpshooting Davis keyed a dominant first half from Maret, and the Frogs took a 36-15 lead into halftime. “Today was a pride game. It’s a testament to the kids being focused on what they want to do and what they want to accomplish,” said O’Donnell. “They made a run at us, but we answered by just sticking to our offense — that was the key.” The Frogs will get back into league play when they travel to Saint James to play at 5 p.m. today.

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With just four seniors leading nine underclassmen, Field’s young but talented girls basketball team wasn’t able to offset its inexperience last Wednesday, falling to Washington Christian 44-40. Field’s youth contributed to its sink into a 41-27 hole in the second half. But the Falcons’ skills also shined as they rallied to make it a real contest in the final moments. “We’re super young,” said first-year coach Dan McMahon. “We’re already immensely better than we were at the beginning of the year. We will be [better] in a few more weeks.” Senior guard Mia Blackmon and sophomore guard Sydney Klaiman each had a team-high nine points.

❝We know we’re young, but we are super talented. ... We could shock somebody this year for sure.❞ — Field coach Dan McMahon Meanwhile, senior guard Jenn Vise added eight points and sophomore guard Saige Honiy notched six. The key to the Falcons’ rally was their defensive effort. The team used a full-court press to stifle Washington Christian and climb back into the game. “Our strength is our defense and more specifically our press,” said McMahon. “We try to create havoc in the open floor. We’re definitely a transition team. We just waited too long to get it together tonight.” McMahon, who coached Field’s boys junior varsity team last season, saw good effort from his girls team and correctable mistakes — both of which give the coach optimism. “We’ve played Grace Brethren and Covenant Life already — they’re the two best teams — and we could easily beat them both,” said McMahon. This season the team has looked to Blackmon and Vise as leaders. Down the stretch of last Wednesday’s game, both were instrumental in the rally, lining up players on defense and coming up with turnovers. The presence of a promising sophomore class — including Honiy and Klaiman — gives McMahon hope that the Falcons will become a force in the Potomac

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Senior guard Jenn Vise, left, scored eight points for Field School last Wednesday night. Valley Athletic Conference. “Our goal is to be the best program in the league by the end of next season,” said McMahon. “That’s the goal that we’ve stated as a team. We know we’re young, but we are super talented. Our three best players are sophomores who all play basketball outside of season. We could shock somebody this year for sure.” Field will look to bounce back with games against Sandy Spring Thursday and archrival Edmund Burke Friday night.

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54-53. “I just stayed aggressive and tried to help my team the best we could,” said Jenkins. St. John’s wouldn’t let the Eagles pull away, and stayed on Gonzaga’s heels. After trading buckets, Cadets junior forward Allante Holston stole the ball from the Eagles and fed it to Anderson on a fast break to tie the game at 59. But the Eagles closed the game with strong free-throw shooting to win 65-61. While Jenkins came up with clutch plays down the stretch, Glover buoyed the Eagles in the first half with big-time shots. He kept the Cadets defense honest with solid outside shooting and two clutch three-pointers. “[Glover] is a guy that we really have to have step up,” Turner said. “Tonight he stepped up like a senior

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Grace Brethren-Clinton 61, Burke 37 Jewish Day 53, Field 24 Hebrew Academy 57, WIS 42 Maret 59, Sidwell 55 Bullis 70, St. Albans 54

St. John’s 76, Carroll 32 Gonzaga 71, Ryken 51 Roosevelt 69, Dunbar 66 Coolidge 73, Washington Metropolitan 12 Wilson 68, Bell 62 Clinton Christian 35, Lab School 24 Gonzaga 65, St. John’s 61 Saint Anselm’s 60, Field 39 Burke 45, Sandy Spring 33

should. He has to consistently score in double figures to take some of the load off [Jenkins].” For the Cadets, it was a missed opportunity for firstyear coach Sean McAloon to notch a signature win in the WCAC. The team had a 30-27 lead at half, and a late lead, but were unable to take the game. “I’m disappointed,” McAloon said. “I’m a competitor. You have an opportunity to play on your home floor and we didn’t protect it. It came down to the last four minutes. They just made tougher and more solid plays than we did.” The Eagles hope to continue their winning when they play DeMatha at Gallaudet University Thursday. Ticket information is available at facebook.com/gonzagasports. Meanwhile, the Cadets will look to get back on track when they host the Good Counsel Falcons Saturday night in Gallagher Gymnasium. Dunbar 69, Bell 66 Burke 47, Field 39 St. Albans 57, St. Stephen’s Roosevelt 85, Wilson 75 Maret 44, St. Andrew’s 37 Potomac 62, Coolidge 54

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Bullis 69, Sidwell 43 St. John’s 58, Carroll 53

Visitation 65, Holton-Arms 26 Grace Brethren-Clinton 50, Burke 10 NCS 51, Maret 22 Anacostia 50, Walls 20 Wilson 56, Bell 4 NCS 52, Madeira 27 Sandy Spring 27, WIS 24 St. John’s 53, Holy Cross 43 Maret 41, St. Andrew’s 37 Episcopal 39, Sidwell 33

The People and Places of Northwest Washington

January 16, 2013 ■ Page 13

Local author espouses benefits of walkability

By DEIRDRE BANNON Current Staff Writer

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hat makes a city thrive? In the years since the 2008 economic recession, it’s a question many local officials are asking themselves. In his new book, D.C. author and urban planner Jeff Speck has defined what he says is a critical piece of the puzzle — walkability. In “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time,” published in November, Speck outlined 10 steps that he says can help any city become more vital by attracting businesses and residents to spur growth. The key is to create desirable neighborhoods with convenient amenities, he says, which can accelerate both new development and more sustainable practices. According to Speck, who lives and runs a design firm in the Cardozo/Shaw neighborhood, cities need “useful, safe, comfortable and interesting” walking environments that provide residents with what they need — like grocery stores and neighborhood schools, for example — along with features they desire — like good restaurants and recreational areas. Two segments of the population, millennials and empty nesters, are moving to urban cores in everincreasing numbers, Speck writes in his book. In what could be called the “Seinfeld” or “Friends” effect, Speck says characters from these iconic television programs modeled an ideal city life centered around walkability: traveling on foot to meet friends at a local coffeehouse or to run errands. Millennials in particular, Speck

says, decide where they want to live first, then look for a job next. While some cities like San Francisco, for example, have been attracting new residents and businesses for decades, Speck argues that smaller cities can replicate those successes. That can be achieved, he says, by creating unique buildings and landscapes, what he calls “outdoor living rooms,” rather than blank settings such as a block of identical buildings or large parking lots that don’t offer compelling visual or practical reasons for residents to walk by them. “We want to create walkers by choice, because driving and parking continue to be an inexpensive option for people,” Speck said in an interview. While Speck calls his theory on walkability a “work in progress,” the idea comes by way of significant experience as an urban planner and architectural designer. A former director of design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 to 2007, Speck oversaw the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, where he worked one-onone with a number of city mayors to solve their most pressing planning issues. In 2001, he co-wrote the best-selling book “Suburban Nation,” which condemns suburban sprawl. Today, Speck leads a design

Top, left: Courtesy of Jeff Speck; below: Bill Petros/The Current

Jeff Speck, an urban planner who lives in the Cardozo/Shaw area, outlines 10 strategies to help cities in his book. The West End, below, ranks as one of D.C.’s most walkable neighborhoods.

practice in the District, the city he has called home for nearly 10 years. He currently lives with his wife, Alice, and two young children in a home the couple designed on Florida Avenue. When one of Speck’s children attended Ross Elementary at 1730 R St., he said he saw firsthand how neighborhood schools that parents and their children can walk to also help communities come together.

“First you come to pick up your kids, then you help clean up the school playground, and then you help clean the streets around playground — and you care because your kids are going to school there,” said Speck. “Any ideal image of urban functionality involves walking your children to neighborhood schools.” The District is the seventh most walkable city in the country, according to Walk Score, a nationally recognized organization that ranks walkability among U.S. cities. Breaking it down by neighborhood, Dupont Circle is the most walkable, followed closely by the West End and Logan Circle. Harriet Tregoning, director of the D.C. Office of Planning, called Speck’s book “very practical” and said in an interview that “walkability is a great lens through which to examine the environment and urban design.” “Even if you are a very small community, there are things every neighborhood can do to make it more walkable,” she added. “Residents can petition their government to improve walkability,” including weighing in on what kinds of buildings will be constructed in their neighborhood. According to Speck, many U.S. cities, particularly those in the Sun Belt, have suffered after relying too much on car-centric designs. These

cities built big parking areas and multi-lane roads and highways, rather than creating interesting, pedestrian-friendly streetscapes. In some cases by failing to support walkability, populations and economies have declined in such cities. A study Speck cites says that “cities with the largest drops in housing value (such as Las Vegas, down 37 percent) have been the most cardependent.” Other cities, like Portland, Ore., stand out for prioritizing walkability in their long-term city planning and for earning back what’s called “walkability dividends,” Speck writes. He cites another study showing that Portland residents, by spending more time walking or biking and less time in their cars since 1996, have saved an estimated $1.1 billion each year — money that is often churned back into the local economy. According to Speck, any city neighborhood — whether in the District or elsewhere — can improve its walkability, often by starting small and focusing on one block at time. “A little bit of a great downtown,” he writes, “can help push a whole city into the great category. That’s the place to begin.” “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time,” published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, is available in hardcover and digital editions.

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BSW’s House Cup is always exciting. This one was no exception. With the houses gearing up for this term’s cup, no one could rest peacefully. The atmosphere around the school had become tense, ready for 2012’s showdown between the teams; Chesapeake, Shenandoah, Potomac and Patuxent. To add to the excitement, the House Christmas Tree Competition results were going to be announced and would add to the totals. Going into the assembly Chesapeake were favourites. Then came the Christmas tree results and Chesapeake came in fourth, a bit of a blow to their title hopes. Shenandoah won the contest. The moment of truth arrives. Everyone is waiting patiently. House points are awarded for sports, whole school competitions, earning class and subject trophies, behaviour and work. Over a term, thousands are earned by BSW pupils. The results: “In fourth place, Shenandoah”. The students couldn’t believe their ears. As the Shenandoah House captains pulled off the blue ribbon from the cup, everyone wondered what had happened to Shenandoah, which had been in second place up until a week ago. Then came “Potomac” (red ribbon removed), “In second place, Patuxent” (gone was the yellow ribbon). A huge cheer came from Chesapeake. They had won, and the green ribbon would stay on the cup for next term. Everyone had

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a good time. I certainly did. — Matteo Cardarelli, Year 5 (fourth-grader) and member of Chesapeake

Eaton Elementary

Last Wednesday, nine John Eaton students competed in the eighth annual GeoPlunge Tournament held at the National Portrait Gallery. One of our three teams came in fifth place out of 74 teams from D.C. elementary and middle schools! GeoPlunge is a fun, educational card game about U.S. geography. There are three different games in the GeoPlunge Tournament. In “Guess the State,” you have to guess your opponent’s state by getting clues from the other team. The clues are facts about the states, including state flowers and birds; rankings in size, population and statehood; and state capitals. Another game is “Race for the Borders,” which is where you are dealt cards and each team has to find sets of bordering states quicker than the other team. The last game is “Play the Ranks,” where you use the population, statehood and size ranks to beat your opponent. The goal is to always have a higher ranking than your opponent. We learned that there is a lot of strategy in all of the games, but especially “Play the Ranks.” The Eaton GeoPlunge teams

have been preparing since September. On some days, we spend lunch and recess practicing the games and memorizing the facts with our coach, Ms. Pugh. — Jack Wallis, Matthew O’Toole and Cormac Bianchi, fourth-graders

Edmund Burke School

I thought that entering a new school at the middle of the year would be a major change and somewhat hard for me, but it has turned out to be easy to get used to. At Burke there are multiple things that are far better than at my former school. First off, many of the teachers here are very caring and have a great sense of humor. At Burke it feels like the teachers are completely there for you. They work to try to connect with their students so as to know and really care about them. Also, the students at Edmund Burke are really helpful and help you get used to the routine. There is also a lot more personal freedom at Burke. For example, there are some free periods where students get to go off campus for an hour or so and go to nearby stores like 7-Eleven, CVS Pharmacy and Starbucks (most people’s favorite in my grade). There are also longer transition times here from class to class, which really helps to keep me organized and unstressed. Although we have all this freedom, with it also comes the great responsibility that you get back to school and to your next class on time. If you come late to school or

class and or don’t finish your homework, you are sent to promptness workshop at lunchtime, which is similar to a study hall. This really isn’t too bad as it’s a quiet place to finish your homework. These are some of the things that made my transition easy and make Edmund Burke School one of the best schools I’ve ever been to. — Stefan Cabrera, eighth-grader

out the school, which were run by teachers and focused on differences in race, religion and ability. Field’s middle school girls basketball team played two games last week, winning one 18-6 and losing the other. The boys team lost to Covenant Life. — Jana Cohen, eighth-grader; and Nina Gutzeit and Adam Bressler, sixth-graders

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Field students returned to school last Monday. The students are looking forward to the second half of this school year, which will be highlighted by our two-week internships in February, the Science Expo in March, and end-of-the-year festivities in June. On Thursday, middle school students played a spirited basketball game against Field’s faculty members. This annual tradition is exciting both for students playing in the game and students cheering on the sidelines. At the end, the scoreboard indicated that the students had pulled off a miraculous, lopsided victory of 199-0, which may have had more to do with the fact that the official scorekeeper was an eighthgrader, Tom Tenhula, than with the actual results on the court. It should be made known that the faculty did get in a few good dunks before the score went awry. Last Friday was Diversity Day at Field. Kevin Jennings, a supporter of the gay rights movement, came to speak to students. Afterward, students attended workshops through-

Our second grade class is studying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King did an “I Have a Dream” speech so that white and black people could be treated fairly and not be judged by the color of their skin. We also learned that he was a pastor. Both he and Jesus handled problems with peace and love. Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Our class did a presentation for the lower school about his life. We talked about how changing things begins with one person and one step. — Catherine Patterson, second-grader

Mann Elementary

A few weeks ago, the whole school planted trees. Peter Forbes from Trees for the Planet, with the help of student volunteers, planted one tree for each grade on the school grounds. The trees planted included Red Chokeberry, American Holly and Witchhazel. We planted the trees in what will be the school’s new garSee Dispatches/Page 15

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DISPATCHES From Page 14 den. We are moving Horace Mann’s gardens to make room for the upcoming renovation of the school. We hope that the new garden will attract wildlife such as butterflies, birds and deer. The trees can make homes for birds and other animals. We planted each tree in the ground and put “Groasis Waterboxx Technology� around the tree. A Waterboxx is a plastic container that holds four gallons of water and gives a certain amount of water to the tree each day. It also collects rainwater and moisture from the air. The Waterboxxes help trees grow strong roots, which promotes longterm survival. On Dec. 11, Peter Forbes planted one more tree on school grounds. It was an older, larger Hawthorn. The tree was dedicated to Horace Mann’s teachers and faculty. — Joseph Laroski, third-grader

Maret School

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make their community flourish through service learning. One of our many projects is a partnership with an organization called Martha’s Table, which donates endlessly to the homeless and hungry. Each month, a lower school class makes soup, chopping and then delivering the ingredients. We also create and teach lessons for Martha’s Table preschoolers, teaching language development and academic skills. One of the things that Maret fourth-graders will always remember is the look of pure glee spreading from one small cheek to the next when the preschoolers start to decipher the lesson, and no fourth-grader can remember a time when they were unhappy with their preschool buddy. Every year, around the holidays, teal blue tubs are distributed around the school with neon yellow “Toy Drive� signs in heavy black type. Then the miracle happens! Hundreds of toys are piled in the tiled lower school lobby. Brilliant hues of plastic, wood, cloth and cardboard with catchy labels pro-

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duce a mountainous pile of toys. Jumbles of huge black trash bags are loaded on to the bus. A grand total of 364 toys making D.C. a better place! — Lindsay Kaplan, fourth-grader

Powell Elementary

After the horrible event that occurred in an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., we all spent a moment of peace to think about the individuals and their families that were the victims of this unthinkable tragedy. Teachers and administrators

asked us how we think about peace. I think for me that peace is when I feel safe and content in whatever I do or wherever I am and what I strive to have daily. This tragedy affects us in some way because we are children and lots of innocent children were killed in the massacre. Here at Powell Elementary, our teachers and the principal helped us understand that whatever questions and any confusion we have, they are there to support us, that we are never alone, and no matter what we face, someone will always be there

to help us rise to the challenges set before us. They taught us that every day is important. — Jeff Williams, fifth-grader

Ross Elementary

This past Wednesday nine Ross students, including myself, went to the annual GeoPlunge Challenge Tournament. It was hosted at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. This tournament is an opportunity for students to work in groups of three and compete with See Dispatches/Page 25

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ANC worked out with the applicant, and I’m looking forward to seeing the revitalization of this important corner in Tenleytown after nearly eight years of blight,� zoning commissioner Robert Miller said Monday. With its extensive amenities agreement in hand, the neighborhood commission unanimously supported the Babe’s project, as did many residents. But many other neighbors, and the Tenleytown Neighborhood Association, vehemently opposed the plans — mainly for the lack of parking. Even if most tenants take transit to work,

they argued, many would want to own cars and would likely park them on nearby streets regardless of attempts to restrict them. So, too, they said, would the residents’ guests, employees and customers of the retail component, and contractors servicing the building. Douglas, backed by the D.C. Department of Transportation and Office of Planning, countered that prospective tenants will be well aware of The Bond’s restrictions and that those who want cars will choose to live elsewhere. Developers contended that the effect will be reduced traffic and parking congestion in the area compared to apartment buildings with parking spaces for tenants.

The Zoning Commission, during Monday’s brief public deliberations, mentioned a filing by the neighborhood association only in passing. Commissioners were more swayed by the arguments from the developers and their supporters. “I think that the big concern about whether there’s going to be a traffic impact from this project basically has been addressed more thoroughly than any other project I’ve seen where there was parking relief sought,� zoning commissioner Peter May said, “and it has been done in a direct and an enforceable way, unlike many of the other things we’ve seen.� May added that Douglas’ environmentally

friendly decision to retain the existing Babe’s building rather than demolish it to make a garage, and the company’s extensive community negotiations, made The Bond stand out from other projects. “This is an unusual case; we’re not going to start seeing zero-parking buildings bursting all over the city because of what we do here today,� said May. “It’s an unusual situation and an unusual solution.� Beyond the waiver of parking rules, Douglas also needed permission to build a taller, denser building than would normally be allowed on the site. Commissioners agreed that the 71-foot-high building was reasonable in the Wisconsin Avenue corridor near a Metro.

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family’s farmland — from the area of the farmhouse west to what is now Arizona Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. Located just south of the Field School, the farmhouse at 2207 Foxhall Road had more recently been home to Sylvia Shugrue, an Atlanta-born educator who began teaching elementary school in D.C. in 1952. She made her mark as an innovative science instructor, and eventually went on to become president of the National Science Teachers Association, according to her obituary. An award in her honor, the “Sylvia Shugrue Award for

past of our neighborhood,� said DonVito — a somewhat forgotten agricultural era, when rolling farmland defined the area. The 1850 house, built on an 11,625-square-foot property, was long home to the Shugrues and Malones, a pair of families who operated the Palisades Dairy Farm during the 19th century. Gates said in an interview that neighbors who had known the Shugrue family reached out to her after the listserv posting, and explained the extensive reach of the

Elementary School Teachers,� is now given annually. Shugrue passed away last August. Shugrue sold the farmhouse on Feb. 14, 2008 — to a revocable trust bearing her name. While the nowvacant property is still listed under Shugrue’s name, according to the city’s property sales database, the mailing address provided is in Vienna, Va. DonVito said he thought part of the community’s concern was how little they knew about what was happening to the house: He and several other neighbors still don’t know exactly who owns the home.

In order to tear down the existing farmhouse, the owners would need to apply for a raze permit with the regulatory agency, said Gil, as well as obtain clearance from city agencies such as the D.C. Historic Preservation Office, the Department of Transportation and the Department of the Environment. The owners would then need to post a notice on the property for at least 30 days declaring submission of the raze application before the regulatory agency could grant one. If that happened, only a historic landmark application would halt the raze application, Gil said. According

to a representative from the city’s Office of Planning, no one has submitted an application seeking historic designation for the farmhouse. Gates said she does not yet have enough information to decide whether to file an application. DonVito said the demolition would follow a pattern of the area’s older homes being redeveloped in recent years. “I’m really sad to see that much history disappear,â€? he said. “I don’t think the community wants to see everything frozen in time, but pretty much that entire area will become rebuilt ‌ with no reminders of what had been there.â€?

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ready for occupancy this fall), a well-appointed two-bedroom sales model is available for viewing across the street from the project, tempting prospective buyers with an alluring package of city living. London-based Foster + Partners designed the condos’ exteriors and interiors, aiming for a contemporary yet warm aesthetic, according to John Mullin, director with Hines, the firm that developed the project along with Archstone. Units will range in size from roughly 700 to 3,000 square feet, and while no two will be identical, all will incorporate glass and wood elements and an open layout. Each one is designed to offer a direct sightline from any vantage point to dramatic, floor-to-ceiling windows spanning the unit’s width. Custom 6-foot-wide sliding glass doors provide access to private outdoor space, which will vary with each unit. Some will have Juliet balconies, and others will have 4-foot-deep terraces with Cumaru wood decking. Eleven of the units will come with fully landscaped patios ranging from 900 to 1,200 square feet. Inside the model unit, almost as eye-catching as the oversized windows are the gleaming white oak floors with 7.5-inch-wide planks. In all of the residences,

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One-bedroom units start at $500,000, and two-bedrooms range from $800,000 to $3,500,000. these floors will extend throughout. In the model kitchen, the L-shaped design features custom cabinetry by Italian company Molteni/Dada. Created to resemble a piece of furniture, the sleek cabinets are available for other units in three finishes — bleached white oak, bleached walnut or white lacquer — and conceal all of the appliances, save for the Bosch electric and microwave ovens. Other appliances include a refrigerator by Thermador or Liebherr, a dishwasher by Miele and a Bosch gas stovetop. White Caesarstone quartz countertops, a Kohler stainless-steel sink and Grohe faucet complete the modern look. Units will also include a Bosch stackable washer and dryer tucked discreetly behind a closet door.

In the model, the same clean lines of the kitchen continue into the bath and powder rooms, where Molteni/Dada and Caesarstone elements again make their mark. With innovation in mind, some units will include a sliding wall to separate the sink and toilet — accessible from the living areas — from the private shower or soaking tub area, which opens to a bedroom. Other features include built-in drawers, open shelving and porcelain tile flooring. In the bedrooms, floor-to-ceiling windows let natural light flood the space. Some will also open onto a

balcony or terrace, an ideal spot for a morning cup of coffee. Making organization easier, customdesigned closets with modular shelving allow for personalized configurations. Almost as appealing as the luxe features of the units is the abundance of amenities that enhance life at the condominiums. Residents will be able to take advantage of a spa treatment room, a yoga studio and a fitness center, which overlooks the courtyard. A banquetsized dining room with a catering kitchen and bar area is ideal for See Condos/Page 19

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weekends and 9 p.m. on weekdays. None of the facilities, indoors or out, would open before 8 a.m. • put screening around the patios to protect “the privacy of neighborsâ€? on both sides of the C&O Canal, which flanks Georgetown Park. Movable walls will be used to prevent noise from escaping whenever amplified music is used inside. In addition, as Prince pointed out, the entire operation will be bound by D.C. code requiring any establishment serving alcohol in Georgetown’s waterfront zone to limit noise escaping its doors to essentially “the level of the human voice.â€? And even though only the bowling alley requires zoning approval, Prince said the agreement covers much more. “We took a global approach with conditions that address the totality.â€? Even so, board members had some doubts about the noise controls, and whether they would work at Georgetown Park. Despite a lengthy report by Pinstripes’ sound engineer, Jordan noted, “I don’t see any actual readings from this facility.â€? But members seemed reassured when Vornado official Scott Milsom described the 12-inch concrete slab between the bowling alley and floor above, and another thick slab between the banquet level and condos. “Any vibration and noise will be completely eliminated,â€? Schwartz said. “The goal is this is essentially inaudible in the residential space,â€? his sound engineer said. After the board granted approval, Schwartz said Pinstripes hopes to begin construction in the next few months, and to open by the end of 2013.

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entertaining, as is a wine-tasting lounge that comes complete with private wine storage. But perhaps what steals the spotlight are the multiple rooftop gardens that feature built-in seating, fire pits and water elements, providing residents with relaxing outdoor spaces. Two

rooftop-dining areas include long tables with seating for 12 and adjacent outdoor kitchens, each with a gas grill, refrigerator and sink, which would make hosting parties a breeze. Since vying for parking downtown is no party, condominium owners will have access to a gated parking area within the development’s underground garage.

The two condominium buildings themselves are expected to achieve a Silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, for water and energy efficiency, lighting and use of sustainable materials. The broader CityCenterDC project is aiming for a Gold certification overall.

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require demolition of the existing structure — which is sturdy enough to support five stories of new construction on top of it. Developers offered to locate some parking spaces in that existing structure, but determined that there was more community support for street-level retail space. Douglas says the project will target residents who prefer to use bicycles and transit, and leases will prevent tenants from having cars in the area. Furthermore, Douglas signed an extensive agreement with the Tenleytown/Friendship Heights advisory neighborhood commission, which stipulated costly community amenities like underground utilities and requirements for certain types of retail tenants, among other conditions. “This is an extraordinary package that the ANC worked out with the applicant, and I’m looking forward to seeing the revitalization of this important corner in Tenleytown after nearly eight years of blight,” zoning commissioner Robert Miller said at Monday’s meeting. With its extensive amenities agreement in hand, the neighborhood commission unanimously supported the Babe’s project, as did many residents. But many other neighbors, and the Tenleytown Neighborhood Association, vehemently opposed the plans — mainly for the lack of parking. Even if most tenants take transit to work, they argued, many would want to own cars and would likely park them on nearby streets regardless of attempts to restrict them. So, too, they said, would the residents’ guests, employees and customers of the retail component, and contractors servicing the building. “Parking spaces cannot be inserted under a multi-family project once it is built,” the neighborhood association wrote in a 26-page Dec. 3 Zoning Commission filing. “The Commissioners must recognize that DC’s minimum parking requirements represent the community’s ounce of prevention. We have no pound of cure.” Douglas, backed by the D.C. Department of Transportation and Office of Planning, countered that prospective tenants will be well aware of The Bond’s restrictions and that those who want cars will choose to live elsewhere. Developers con-

tended that the effect will be reduced traffic and parking congestion in the area compared to apartment buildings with parking spaces for tenants. The Zoning Commission, during Monday’s brief public deliberations, mentioned the neighborhood association’s filing only in passing. Commissioners were more swayed by the arguments from the developers and their supporters. “I think that the big concern about whether there’s going to be a traffic impact from this project basically has been addressed more thoroughly than any other project I’ve seen where there was parking relief sought,” zoning commissioner Peter May said, “and it has been done in a direct and an enforceable way, unlike many of the other things we’ve seen.” May added that Douglas’ environmentally friendly decision to retain the existing Babe’s building rather than demolish it to make a garage, and the company’s extensive community negotiations, made The Bond stand out from other projects. “This is an unusual case; we’re not going to start seeing zero-parking buildings bursting all over the city because of what we do here today,” said May. “It’s an unusual situation and an unusual solution.” Zoning Commission chair Anthony Hood offered less effusive praise than his colleagues, and requested additional information before the commission’s second and final vote: an explanation from developers about the situation at any other recently built parking-free apartment house as an example of how it could work. But he joined fellow commissioners in voting to grant the preliminary approval. “I am not sure how it’s all going to work, but I’ve seen this applicant in the past and in my experience he has a good track record of making things work,” said Hood. Beyond the waiver of parking requirements, Douglas also needed permission to build a taller, denser building than would normally be allowed on the site. Commissioners agreed that the 71-foot-high building was reasonable in the Wisconsin Avenue corridor near a Metro. In advance of Monday’s meeting, Douglas had also tweaked the design of the building in response to zoning commissioners’ objections during a hearing last fall. Commissioners praised the changes as “very successful.”

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about the friendship between a quadriplegic aristocrat and his streetsmart caretaker. 8 p.m. $11.50; $9 for students; $8.75 for seniors; $8.50 for ages 12 and younger. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. Meetings ■ The Tenley-Friendship Library will discuss its new Teen Advisory Board. 5:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ The Mystery Book Club will discuss “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” by Alexander McCall Smith. 7 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. Performances ■ Taffety Punk Theatre Company will present Shakespeare’s “The Rape of Lucrece” as a concert poem. 5:30 p.m. Free. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. ■ LYGO DC will present a comedy show featuring Jon Eick, Kyle Martin and Schewitz Whichard. 7 p.m. $10. Codmother, 1334 U St. NW. lygodc.com. ■ Jonathan Tucker will host an Open Mic Poetry night. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227. Special event ■ Journalists Nina Totenberg (shown), Clarence Page and Ted Koppel will test their knowledge of news trivia and swap commentary during NPR’s live “The Political Junkie Road Show.” 7 p.m. $20. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487. Thursday, Jan. 17

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Children’s programs ■ A storytime will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through books and music. 10 a.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ At a new storytime with games,

Thursday, january 17 ■ Concert: The National Symphony Orchestra and pianist Tzimon Barto (shown), led by conductor Christoph Eschenbach, will perform Bartók’s “Piano Concerto No. 2.” 7 p.m. $10 to $85. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. crafts and activities for children learning to read, librarians will read “Frog and Toad Are Friends” by Arnold Lobel (program recommended for children in pre-kindergarten through second grade). 4 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ Librarians will read and discuss “Lulu and the Duck in the Park” by Hilary McKay. 4 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. Classes ■ Gardening specialist Adrienne Cook and nutritionist Danielle Cook Navidi will demonstrate how to cook with shell beans. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ The Parent Encouragement Program will begin an eight-week course for parents of 5- to 12-year-olds on ways to discipline without punishing, gain cooperation without yelling, and make parenting easier and more satisfying. 7 p.m. $248 per person. Temple Micah, 2829 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 301-929-8824. Concerts ■ New York-based band Bad Buka will perform high-energy gypsy punk rock. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Starry Mountain Singers will present harmony singing from Corsica, Caucasus Georgia, Bulgaria and America. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15 donation suggested. Church of the Holy City, 1611 16th St. NW. 202-462-6734. Discussions and lectures ■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk by biologist Dennis O’Connor on the social and ethical aspects of contemporary biological research. 10 to 11:50 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-895-4860. ■ The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington will present a talk by

historian Janice Rothschild Blumberg on her book “Prophet in a Time of Priests: Rabbi ‘Alphabet’ Browne 1845-1929,” about her great-grandfather. Noon. Free; reservations required. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. 202-789-0900. ■ Evan Thomas will discuss his book “Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World.” Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■ Vesela Sretenovic, senior curator of modern and contemporary art at the Phillips Collection, will discuss “(IN)balance,” Xavier Veilhan’s first major museum presentation in the United States. 6 p.m. By donation. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151. ■ A gallery talk will focus on “Once Upon a Picture: Lawrence as Storyteller,” about Jacob Lawrence’s use of patterns and bold colors to tell the story of the great 20th-century exodus of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North. 6 and 7 p.m. By donation. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151. ■ Turkish Cultural Foundation scholar Recep Karadag will discuss the secret techniques behind 16th- and 17th-century Ottoman dyers and weavers. 6 p.m. $35 to $45; registration required. Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW. 202-667-0441, ext. 64. ■ PBS broadcaster Tavis Smiley will moderate “Vision for a New America: A Future Without Poverty,” a nationally televised discussion featuring author and Princeton University professor Cornel West and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. tavistalks.com/visionforanewamerica. ■ Mark J. Basil, a former agent with the U.S. Secret Service, and Daniel J. Mulvenna, a former member of the Security Service of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, will discuss “On the Front Line: Protecting Presidents and Prime Ministers.” 6:30 p.m. $15. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-3937798. ■ Grace Cohen Grossman, former senior curator at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, will discuss “Faith and Form: The Art and Architecture of the Synagogue.” 6:45 to 9 p.m. $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Ward Wilson, a senior fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies and author of “Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons,” will discuss five reasons to reassess current policy. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Artist Vito Acconci — known as a pioneer of installation, performance and video art — will discuss his 2008-2010 collaboration with Ai Weiwei at Para/Site Art Space in Hong Kong. 7 p.m. Free. Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. Films ■ The National Archives will screen selected films from the inaugurations of Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, as well as the swearingin of Gerald Ford. Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. See Events/Page 21

Continued From Page 20 ■The Phillips Collection will present Jordan Feldman’s 2009 film “Veilhan Versailles.� 7 p.m. By donation. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-3872151. ■The Freer Gallery of Art will screen 139 independent and experimental films from the Arab world, all of which were curated by the Goethe-Institut in Cairo. Amman, Jordan-based artist Ala Younis will introduce the program. 7 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6331000. The program will repeat Friday at 7 p.m. Meetings ■The Classics Book Group will discuss “Anna Karenina� by Leo Tolstoy. 7 p.m. Free. Barnes and Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176. ■The Georgetown Book Club will discuss “The Marriage Plot� by Jeffrey Eugenides. 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. Special events ■The Sixth & I Historic Synagogue will host a trivia night with a kosher dinner and drinks. 7 p.m. $15 in advance; $18 on day of event. Registration required. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. tinyurl.com/thursday-trivia. ■The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will prepare food for local homeless shelters as part of its ongoing Hunger Action initiative. 7 to 9 p.m. $5; reservations required. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org. Tour ■Sidney Hart, the National Portrait Gallery’s senior historian, will discuss the rise of the U.S. Navy via portraits of John Adams, Isaac Hull and Theodore Roosevelt. Noon. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000. Jan. 18 Friday, Friday january 18 Class ■Iranian linguist Abbas Mousavi will discuss and demonstrate some of the technical details involved in artistic Arabic calligraphy. 1 to 2 p.m. Free; registration requested. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1290. Concerts ■Americana band Poor Old Shine will play folk and Appalachian mountain music with a variety of eclectic instruments. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Organist and pianist Stephen Ackert and cellist Benjamin Wensel will present an all-Bach concert as part of the Concordia DC series. 7:30 p.m. Free. The United Church, 1920 G St. NW. 202-3311495. ■Musicians Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis (shown) will go head-to-head in a piano battle. 7:30 to 9 p.m. $25 to $50. Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court NW. 202-289-1200. Discussions and lectures ■Society of the Cincinnati curator Emily Schulz will present and discuss a

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Events Entertainment 19th-century hand-drawn map by Pierre L’Enfant. 12:30 p.m. Free. Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. â– Frederick E. Hoxie will discuss his book “This Indian Country: American Indian Activists and the Place They Made.â€? 2 p.m. Free. Rasmuson Theater, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. â– Criminal profiler Pat Brown will discuss “The Mysterious Death of Cleopatra.â€? 6:30 p.m. Free. Rome Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. arcedc.org. â– The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Program will feature a talk by Majora Carter (shown), a Peabody Award-winning radio broadcaster, an ecoentrepreneur and an urban revitalization strategist. The event will include a performance by hip-hop artist Christylez Bacon. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-4875. â– Author Christopher Kennedy Lawford will discuss his personal and professional experiences with addiction while presenting his book “Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction.â€? 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Festival â– In honor of the presidential inauguration, the National Museum of the American Indian will present “Out of Many: A Multicultural Festival of Music, Dance, and Story.â€? 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Rasmuson Theater, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. The festival will continue Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Films â– The National Archives will screen selected films from the inaugurations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. â– Alliance Française de Washington will screen the animated film “Le Chat du Rabbin.â€? 7 p.m. $4 to $6. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. Performances â– The Score, Sistine Robot and other

a look back at past presidencies. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $12; $5 for ages 12 and younger. Reservations required. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. 202-965-0400, ext. 115. The tours will continue Saturday and Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. â– Biochemist Beth Burrous will highlight poisonous and medicinal plants in a tour of the U.S. Botanic Garden. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. Jan.january 19 Saturday, Saturday 19

Friday, january 18 ■Discussion: Justice Sonia Sotomayor will discuss her memoir, “My Beloved World,� about her journey to becoming the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic member in 2009. 7 p.m. $25 to $40. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. tinyurl.com/sotomayor-memoir.

local improv groups will present “Aboulia! Inaugural Ball.� 7:30 and 10 p.m. $8 to $10. District of Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833. The performance will repeat Saturday at 7:30 and 10 p.m. ■KanKouran West African Dance Company will present “Diamono (Roots),� an athletic, family-friendly performance of traditional West African dancing and drumming presented in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 8 p.m. $8 to $22. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. ■The Charlie Visconage Show will feature comedian Brandon Wardell, promoter Tyrone Norris and musical guest Jenny Lee. 9:30 p.m. $15. Fort Fringe — The Shop, 607 New York Ave. NW. web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/9743218. Service ■The Sixth & I Historic Synagogue and Turner Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church will commemorate the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a joint service and a performance by the Afro-Semitic Experience ensemble. 7 p.m. $6. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. tinyurl.com/mlk-shabbat. Special event ■The Woman’s National Democratic Club will host a pre-inaugural reception in honor of the new female members elected to the 113th U.S. Congress. 6 p.m. $45. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. Tours ■Tudor Place will present a new, hourly “Tour for the Presidential Inaugural� with

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Continued From Page 21 part workshop on pastel and oil painting. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $285. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. artsclubofwashington.org. ■An archivist will be available to answer questions from genealogy researchers. Noon to 4 p.m. Free. Research Center, National Archives Building, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■A typing clinic will offer practice tutorials and custom keyboard lessons. 12:15 p.m. Free. Room 311, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202727-0321. Concert ■Members of the National Symphony Orchestra will play classical works. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Discussions and lectures ■U.S. Botanic Garden volunteer Todd Brethauer will discuss the botany, history and production of sugar. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free; registration required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. tinyurl.com/sugar-lecture. ■As part of Adas Israel Congregation’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend, a discussion on “The Crisis of Homelessness in the District� will feature Jean-Michel Giraud, executive director of the Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place, and Nechama Masliansky, an advocate at So Others Might Eat. 1 p.m. Free. Adas Israel Congregation, 2850 Quebec St. NW. 202362-4433. ■Russian-born, D.C.-based artist Anastasia Rurikov Simes will discuss her

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Sunday, january 20 ■Concert: The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University will host a musical celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, featuring Grammy Award-winner Smokey Robinson and the Let Freedom Ring Choir. 6 p.m. Free; tickets will be distributed in the Hall of Nations at 4 p.m. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Nez and Max Rosenblum. 3 to 5 p.m. $10. Shaw’s Tavern, 520 Florida Ave. NW. lygodc.com. ■A youth open mic night will feature work from local middle and high school students. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227. ■The Georgetown University Improv Association will present a night of unscripted, unrehearsed comedy. 9 p.m. $4 to $6. Bulldog Alley, Leavey Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202687-2787. Services ■Sixth & I Historic Synagogue will host a Presidential Inauguration Shabbat service focused on community and social justice. 9 a.m. Free; reservations requested. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org. ■As part of Adas Israel Congregation’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend, Enterprise Community Partners vice president David Bowers — a national and local expert on housing and an ordained United Church of Christ minister — will present a homily at the end of a Shabbat morning service. 9 a.m. Free. Adas Israel Congregation, 2850 Quebec St. NW. 202362-4433. Special events ■The Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service will celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service by

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removing English ivy from trees in Rock Creek Park. 9 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required. Beach Drive and Rock Creek Parkway NW. kzeiter@rockcreekconservancy.org. ■Volunteers will remove English ivy at Georgetown’s Dumbarton Oaks Park and clear shrubs from the edges of the meadows and woods. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Lovers Lane entrance, Dumbarton Oaks Park, 31st and R streets NW. aaldrich@dopark.org. ■“A Night of Art,� a fundraiser for the Friends of Francis Field, will feature the work of painter Fran Beard and photographer J.P. Kadzinsky. 6 to 9 p.m. Free. The Lucent Lounge at WestEnd25, 1255 25th St. NW. friendsoffrancisfield.org. ■Yala Fitness and the Sport Club/LA will host an “Inaugural Fitness Party,� featuring a fashion show with athletic wear by Lululemon, the Yala dance experience with interactive video, and an after-party with champagne and chef-inspired hors d’oeuvres. 8:30 p.m. $50 in advance; $75 at the door. Sports Club/LA, 1170 22nd St. NW. yalafitness.com. ■Chef Art Smith will host a Chefs Ball to celebrate President Barack Obama’s inauguration with live music, an open bar and late-night bites prepared by hosts Erik Bruner-Yang, Scott Drewno, Todd Gray, Rock Harper and Mike Isabella. 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. $75 to $125. Art and Soul, 415 New Jersey Ave. NW. chefsball.eventbrite.com. Walk ■The Georgetown Business Improvement District and Washington Walks will present an inauguration-themed tour of Georgetown, featuring looks at John F. Kennedy’s old residences, Sen. John Kerry’s home and Francis Scott Key Park. 10 a.m. Free; reservations required. Start point provided upon registration. washingtonwalks.com. Sunday, Jan. 20

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Concerts ■Cellist Jamie Walton and pianist Finghin Collins (shown) will perform works by Beethoven, Janåcek, Britten and Rachmaninoff. 4 p.m. $20; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music. ■Members of the Washington National Opera Chorus will perform works by George Gershwin, Mark Fax and Carlyle Floyd at a concert to benefit the Relief Fund of the American Guild of Musical Artists. 4 p.m. Free; donations encouraged. St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 4001 Yuma St. NW. agmareliefconcert.org. ■The professional Choir of Christ Church will perform the music of Richard Ayleward, John Blow and Adam Drese. 5 p.m. Free. Christ Church, Georgetown, 31st and O streets NW. 202-333-6677. ■Stephen Ackert and M. Frank Ruppert will discuss the works of Schubert and Vali, followed by a performance of the composers’ works by violinist Cyrus Forough (shown), cellist Katya Janpoladyan and pianist Sung-Im Kim. Discussion at 6; concert at 6:30 p.m. Free. West Building Lecture Hall and West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW. 202-842-6941. â– Dahlak Restaurant will present its weekly “DC Jazz Jamâ€? session. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. 1771 U St. NW. 202-5279522. Discussions and lectures â– Melody Barnes, President Barack Obama’s former domestic policy adviser, will discuss the domestic policy-making process in the White House. 10 a.m. Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202-3478766. â– Former CIA analyst Melvin A. Goodman will discuss his book “National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism.â€? 1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. â– Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs, professor of political science at Hood College, will discuss “Answering the Knock at Midnight: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy in the Contemporary Black Church.â€? 1 p.m. Free; reservations requested. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1514 15th St. NW. stlukemlkprogram.eventbrite.com. â– Ben Schrank will discuss his novel “Love Is a Canoe,â€? a humorous look at romance, wisdom and books. 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Films â– The National Gallery of Art will screen five short films by the Vienna-based nonprofit distributor Sixpack. Noon. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â– A screening of James Blue’s 1964 film “The March to Washingtonâ€? will commemorate the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dreamâ€? speech. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â– A series on French filmmaker Jean GrĂŠmillon will feature the American premiere of the digital restoration of the 1943 film “Lumière d’ÊtĂŠ,â€? or “Summer Light.â€? 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â– The Anacostia Community Museum will present Charles S. Dutton’s film “The Obama Effect,â€? featuring Dutton as a man who immerses himself in the Obama campaign after experience health and life challenges. 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE. 202-633-4875. Performances â– Poets Clint Smith and Jamaal May (shown) will perform in Split This Rock’s monthly “Sunday Kind of Loveâ€? program. An open mic event will follow. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. â– Latino arts and culture organizations will celebrate the presidential inauguration with a program featuring Antonio Banderas, Rita Moreno, George Lopez, Ballet Hispanico and other entertainers. 7 p.m. $150 to $300. Opera House, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Special events â– The DC Statehood Coalition will hold a party to celebrate President Barack See Events/Page 24

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Gallery and continue through July 7. Located at 1050 Independence Ave. SW, the gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000. ■ “Rabín Ajaw: Indigenous Ceremonial Dress of Guatemala,” presenting photography taken by Juan Carlos Lemus Dahinten to highlight indigenous dress at the Mayan pageant known as Rabín Ajaw in 2011, opened last week at the Organization of American States’ F Street Photo Gallery, where it will continue through March 29. Located at 1889 F St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-463-0203. ■ “Mental Maps,” highlighting new gouache paintings by Ted Milligan and glass wall mosaics by Michael Curry, opened last week at Gallery plan b and will continue through Feb. 17. Located at 1530 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. 202-234-2711. ■ “Rise and Shine: New Paintings by Patrick Brennan,” presenting abstract mixed-media

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Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Sidney Harman Hall will host “Fela!” Jan. 29 through Feb. 10. at the Lansburgh Theatre. The two-man show, one of O’Neill’s later works, is a commanding study of “Erie” Smith, a man whose illusions of a grand lifestyle are wavering after the death of the stranger who quietly validated his largerthan-life confidence. Unless he can find a new person to affirm his transparent fantasies, he will be forced to confront his crushing self-pity. Richard Schiff of NBC’s “The West Wing” and Broadway’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” stars. Performance times are generally Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $43 to $100. The Lansburgh Theatre is located at 450 7th St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org. ■ Georgetown University’s Nomadic Theatre will present Eugène Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano” Jan. 17 through 26 at the Davis Performing Arts Center. Considered a cornerstone of the Theater of the Absurd movement, the play depicts an English tea party unraveling at its own tweedy seams. Performance times generally are Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $10 to $12. Georgetown University is located at 37th See Theater/Page 30

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Continued From Page 22 Obama’s second term. 8 to 10 p.m. $25 to $50. Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. newcolumbiavision.org. ■ Fort Knox Recordings and DC Brau Brewing Co. will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the presidential inauguration with “Funk 4 Peace Ball,” featuring DJ Nu-Mark of Jurassic 5 and other performers. 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. $10; reservations suggested. U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW. ustreetmusichall.com. Walk ■ Walter Pierce Park Archaeology Project volunteers Eddie Becker and Mary Belcher will lead a walking tour, “From Slavery to Freedom in Adams Morgan.” 1 p.m. Free. Meet at SunTrust Bank Plaza, 18th Street and Columbia Road NW. maryjbelcher@comcast.net. Monday, Jan. 21

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Classes ■ Local knitters and crochet enthusiasts will participate in a fiber arts workshop. 7 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-2823080. ■ The Washington National Cathedral will begin a weekly Bible study and discussion course. 7 p.m. $104. College Library Board Room, Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. espencer@cathedral.org. This class will continue each Tuesday through May 14. Concerts ■ Baltimore-based clarinetist and composer Todd Marcus will perform with his ensemble. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. ■ The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop will hold a “Remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.,” featuring Fortissima, the Capitol Hill Youth Chorus and performers from the Bokamoso Youth Center in South Africa. 7 p.m. Free. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SE. 202-547-6839. Discussions and lectures ■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk by Shawn Armbrust, executive director of the Innocence Project and a professor of law at Georgetown University. 10 to 11:50 a.m. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-895-4860. ■ Islamic art curator Massumeh Farhad will discuss the artistic and cultural

exchanges that shaped the history of ancient Arabia. Noon. Free. Sackler Gallery of Art, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. 202633-1000. ■ “Girls and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math,” about intervention strategies to overcome stereotypes and encourage female participation, will feature panelists Jolene Jesse of the National Science Foundation, Janice Koch of Hofstra University and April Osajima of Girls Inc. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Clearinghouse of Women’s Issues, 1 Dupont Circle NW. 202-744-6592. ■ Radio personality Joe Madison will discuss the impact of the civil rights movement on today’s society. 6:30 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ Lilith editor in chief Susan Weidman Schneider and local artist Rachel Farbiarz will lead a discussion about how race and ethnicity factor into the daily lives of Jewish women. 7 p.m. $10. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 202-408-3100. ■ Former Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, will discuss his book “Dangerous Convictions: What’s Really Wrong With the U.S. Congress.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. Films ■ Georgetown Library will screen Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1988 film “Cinema Paradiso” as part of its Italian cinema series. 6 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ The Popular Film Series will feature Marius A. Markevicius’ 2012 film “The Other Dream Team,” about the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team and its success at the Barcelona Olympics. 6 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. Reading ■ Poet Shonda Buchanan will read from her book “Who’s Afraid of Black Indians?” 6:30 p.m. Free. Room 316, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. Sporting event ■ The Washington Capitals will play the Winnipeg Jets. 7 p.m. $44 to $365. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328. Wednesday, Jan. 23

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Class ■ The Corcoran Galley of Art will hold a printmaking workshop and happy hour. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $20 to $35; reservations required. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1700. Concerts ■ “Evenings With Extraordinary Artists” will feature the Dixie Power Trio performing its blend of New Orleans Dixieland, zydeco, jazz and Cajun sounds. 5:30 p.m. $20; reservations required. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-3317282, ext. 116. ■ In the first of three concerts to commemorate the birthdays of Austrian composers Franz Peter Schubert and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Embassy Series will present baritone Jerome Barry, violinist Yevgeny Kutik and pianists George Peachey, Edvinas Minkstimas and Timothy

Bozarth performing works by Schubert, Loewe and Liszt. 7:30 p.m. $55. Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court NW. 202-625-2361. ■ Jerseyband, a band that combines hardcore metal music with jazz trumpets, will perform. 8 p.m. $15 to $25. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. Discussions and lectures ■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk by Robert Kramer and E. James Lieberman about their book “The Letters of Sigmund Freud and Otto Rank: Inside Psychoanalysis.” 10 to 11:50 a.m. Free. Temple Baptist Church, 3850 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-895-4860. ■ Former Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., will discuss his book “The U.S. Senate: Fundamentals of American Government.” Noon. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ Scott Bates, president of the Center for National Policy, will lead a panel discussion assessing Taiwan’s current strategic position. 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/taiwan21. ■ Amaney Jamal, associate professor of politics at Princeton University, will discuss her book “Of Empires and Citizens: Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All?” 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. tinyurl.com/bpf296p. ■ Alexander Nagel, assistant curator of ancient Near East art at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, will discuss “Ernst Herzfeld’s Archaeological Journeys: From the Ancient Near East to Washington.” 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $25. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-3030. ■ Journalist Fred Kaplan will discuss his book “The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War,” about how U.S. forces adapted techniques of insurgents. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Slate journalists Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz will discuss the inauguration in a live taping of their podcast “Political Gabfest.” 7 p.m. $15. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877987-6487. Performance ■ Education and media organization Story Pirates will perform a musical sketch comedy show featuring stories written by students. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Reading ■ American University’s Visiting Writers Series will present a faculty benefit reading by Kyle Dargan (shown), Danielle Evans, Stephanie Grant, Andrew Holleran, David Keplinger, Elise Levine and Rachel Snyder. 7:30 p.m. $5 donation to benefit 826DC. 7:30 p.m. 826DC, 3233 14th St. NW. 202-885-2908.

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DISPATCHES From Page 15 other teams in several games that are based on the geography of the United States. My team played against many teams. We won five and lost the rest. My favorite part of the day was our delicious pizza lunch. One of the Ross teams won an award for sportsmanship. The team members received special medals. When I spoke to one of these winners, he said he felt good about winning. He was proud of himself and proud of his teammates. — Kevin Rivera, fifth-grader

St. Albans School

After the winter break, some students are refreshed and ready to go. Others wish the winter break were a little longer. School resumed on Jan. 2, and now we are preparing for our mid-term exams. These will be taken during the week of Jan. 14. Each class, from Form A (sixth grade) onward, takes midterms, which grow progressively more important to our grades. This year, Form II exams range from 10 percent of our grade in English and history to 20 percent in math. Many winter sports teams have started playing against schools around the region. The swim team has won both of its meets — one against Flint Hill and one against St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes — while the three basketball teams, Form A, Form I and Form II, also beat the Saints on Wednesday. The other sports are wrestling, ice hockey,

winter track and winter soccer. Also, instead of weekly assemblies, we are starting our clubs. They range from Ultimate Frisbee to cooking and will continue until the end of March. These, among other things, will electrify and challenge us during the rest of the year. — Dinesh Das Gupta, Form II (eighth-grader)

St. Ann’s Academy

As we approach our hundredth day of school this year, we have learned and grown so much! We are learning to read sentences and books, and have learned all of our letter sounds, even our vowels! We enjoy storytime and having special visitors come and read to us. In math, we are learning to count and how to put information and votes onto graphs and charts. In science, we made predictions about what would happen when we blended food coloring together, and we also used stethoscopes to measure our heart rates before and after exercise to measure changes in how hard our bodies work! One of our favorite days so far this year was teddy bear day. We brought our favorite stuffed animals to school and presented them to the class. We also used paper clips, counting cubes and pennies to measure how tall they were. We did a fun activity where we sorted different-colored teddy bears into groups and graphed our results. — Ms. Zupkus’ kindergarten class

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School

Once a month, instead of regular

chapel, we have a special chapel called Taizé. When we walk into the Nave on Taizé chapel days, there are people holding signs that say “SILENCE” in big, bold letters. This is an instant symbol that this is a sacred space that we, as students, should respect. One of the wonderful things about Taizé is that if you don’t feel like joining in a song or a prayer, you feel no pressure to do so. Another great thing about these services is that all of the songs are repeated multiple times so everyone can get a feel for them. Most people will listen to the songs once or twice just to get the gist of them, and start singing somewhere around the third repeat. Not everybody sings the entire time; some just sit in silence respecting the other people who choose to sing. The only prayer that is recited in a group is the Our Father. The rest of the prayers are read by students who volunteer for chapel duty. The musical accompaniment is much lighter and quieter than the usual pipe organ. The songs are most often played on a keyboard or on the grand piano at the front of the chapel. Taizé is a very inspiring experience for me and my peers. — Kate Purdum, seventh-grader

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013 knitters, both expert and novice, whose goal is to knit scarves and hats for charity. It is a social gathering with a larger purpose — to assist those in need. If the scarves are not finished, the expert knitters will finish them at home. Various knitting and crocheting groups around the area are expected to join and donate materials. The Global Issues Network Club is hosting this as its project for the Global Service Leaders National Day of Service. The club is partnering with a school in Cameroon that is doing a similar project for charity. Additionally, we will be hosting a clothing drive to benefit the same charity. School Without Walls invites any readers who like to knit or crochet to attend the gathering. — Eleonore Edgell, 11th-grader

Stoddert Elementary

We are all in Mr. Duff’s fifthgrade class, and we made it to the GeoPlunge contest. You have to know your geography to participate and win. Hi, I’m Ava and I really studied the East Coast states and statehoods. I know all the states and when they became part of the United States. At GeoPlunge we played about 30 teams and we lost four games. The border states was the hardest part. Hi, I’m Oskar and I studied mostly capitals and borders. I was best at the central states. In fact, I knew all of them. Hi, I’m Rami and the hardest thing for us was always getting the state flower and bird questions. I really studied the capitals and the

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size of each state measured in miles. We came up with a strategy to divide into what we knew best. Everyone was polite at the contest. They served us a pizza and salad lunch with water. We ate with a team we didn’t know, but we ended up talking. We received ribbons and a certificate as we got to go onstage. We made 10th place out of 74 teams of fourth-, fifth-, and sixthgraders in the District. — Rami Chiaviello, Oskar Floman and Ava Mackaye, fifth-graders

Wilson High School

At Wilson’s Jan. 11 open house, attendees flocked to the auditorium at 9 a.m. — parents eager to see what sort of school they would be sending their children to, and a few Wilson students wondering what on Earth they had gotten into. When I arrived, there were four students standing at the bottom of the stage. Parents were asking them questions as they responded with smiles and clarity. Soon it was time for the tour of the building, where parents and prospective students were told to latch onto a Wilson student to be led around the facilities. A classmate and I led a group of 11 or so. Overall, the parents seemed much more at peace as we walked through the halls. They would peer into the windows of classrooms at students sitting attentively (or sometimes not) in their seats, staring at the board in front of them. The last three open houses for this school year will take place on Feb. 1, Feb. 22 and March 15. — Lauren ReVeal, 10th-grader

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Marielle Mariano and select artists from Art Enables. Located at 2204 Rhode Island Ave. NE, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 202-554-9455. ■ Jane Haslem Gallery has announced that it will extend its two current shows through Jan. 31. The shows include an exhibit of fine contemporary prints and “Lincoln Perry: Story Teller.” Located at 2025 Hillyer Place NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-232-4644.

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