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Cory Wilson’s D.C.-based production company, the Collaborative, was looking to tackle a fun project separate from its business goals of advocacy and advertising. On a whim, the Eastern Market resident asked his friend Frankie Abralind — a writer who spends some afternoons sitting on the National Mall crafting poems for anyone who passes by and talks to him — if he’d be interested in being the subject of a short documentary. One day of shooting later, the short film “Sitting on the Mall” was born. Some films that classify as “shorts” take even less time to create, with their brief shoots and tight editing sessions. Aaron Fisher shot his short documentary “Christylez Bacon” in under two hours. It was conceived as a promotional video featuring the D.C.-based rapper of the film’s title, who was in the process of collaborating on a stage project at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Later, Fisher See Films/Page 3
By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer
When every second counts after a 911 call, waiting for an emergency response can prompt an anxious period of waiting and wondering. But in the age of the Internet, Georgetown Business Improvement District leaders felt the situation could be improved. The group sat down with the Metropolitan Police Department, and their collaboration over the last year and a half has led
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Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh, who heads the panel overseeing transportation issues, arranged a visit Friday to Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW, classified by the D.C. Department of Transportation as one of the city’s 10 most dangerous intersections. Cheh, agency officials and advisory neighborhood commissioners discussed possible solutions, including a red-light camera long sought by the community.
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When Gerald Anderson first met Susan Orlins in October 2013, he was working as a Street Sense vendor selling newspapers next to the Gallery Place Metro station. A year and a half later, you’ll still find Anderson selling papers outside the station, but now he’s a different man. Back then, he was homeless and addicted to cocaine. Now he’s a local celebrity who hasn’t touched drugs in more than a year and just published his first book, “Still Standing: How an Ex-Con Found Salvation in the Floodwaters of Katrina.” The transformation occurred as a result of Anderson’s friendship with
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Susan Orlins and Gerald Anderson near the Gallery Place Metro stop Wesley Heights resident Orlins, a published author and former journalist who had just started working at the Street Sense nonprofit as a volunteer editor when Anderson came into her life.
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Anderson, now 48, grew up in poverty in New Orleans. He dropped out of seventh grade and landed in juvenile detention for stealing small items with his brother by the age of 15. He spent almost all of the next two decades bouncing from prison to prison, even overlapping with his imprisoned father when he was 25. When he finally emerged from prison for good three weeks before Hurricane Katrina laid waste to his hometown, Anderson had nowhere but there to settle. As devastating as the storm was, it provided him with a new sense of purpose. He spent much of the hurricane and its aftermath in rescue mode, focusing on the most helpless individuals: a See Homeless/Page 5
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Synthetic drug bust brings Petworth store’s departure ■ Public safety: Attorney
Katrina survivor shares his story in new book By MARK LIEBERMAN
to a pilot program that uses texting to alert community members to crimes. The GroupMe smartphone app allows an unlimited number of users to participate in a single text conversation, and now more than 200 Georgetown residents and businesses have been added to this constant dialogue with police. Many community members feel safer knowing they have a direct line of communication with the police and their neighbors. And according to 2nd District Cmdr. Melvin Gresham, in several cases the technology has facilitated arrests and other proSee GroupMe/Page 35
Riyad Market in Petworth will vacate its storefront by Nov. 13, after reaching an agreement with the D.C. Office of the Attorney General in the wake of a synthetic drug bust last fall in which police seized 500 packets of the illegal substance. The agreement to vacate avoided an eviction trial that had been scheduled for Aug. 28 for the 800 Upshur St. market. “This is a big victory especially for this neighborhood and the 800 block of Upshur Street,” said assistant attorney general Michael Aniton, who’s been heading up the office’s efforts to crack down on synthetic drug sales. “It’s really been developing recently, and Riyad Market was hindering that progress because of certain activities taking place there — it was a negative mark on the block.” The eviction case was set to go before a judge, but ongoing negotiations among the Attorney General’s
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Riyard Market will vacate its storefront by mid-November under the terms of an agreement to end eviction proceedings.
Office, the property owner’s attorney who initiated the eviction notice, and the business owners were successful in coming to an agreement to vacate. If Riyad Market fails to leave the property by Nov. 13, the property owner could file to force an eviction and a judge could notify the U.S. Marshal’s Office to remove the business. The District has seen a spike in synthetic drug use recently that the mayor and police chief have called an epidemic. In June, there were 439 See Market/Page 35
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Francis, Randall and Upshur pools will be open to dogs on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. in the city’s annual Doggie Day Swim. The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation partners with the Department of Health to host the event, which “provides dogs with a one day opportunity to partake in the pools, enjoy a swim and play fun aquatics games� after the facilities close to residents for the season, according to a news release. Pets must have a D.C. dog license to enter the pool; they can be obtained by calling the Department of Health at 202-535-2323 or visiting doh.dc.gov/dog-licensing. Licenses will also be available on site, but owners must have proof of rabies and distemper vaccinations and proof of spaying or neutering; the fee is $15 per spayed/neutered
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Spray parks to stay open an extra week
The District’s spray parks will be staying open for an extra week of play, thanks to the high temperatures and humidity in the forecast. The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation originally planned to close down the spray parks for the season on Sept. 7. Now, the parks will remain open through Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m., the agency announced. The extended hours affect the spray parks at Stead Recreation Center, Chevy Chase Recreation Center and Fort Stevens, among others. The full listing is at tinyurl.com/sprayparksdc. The agency notes that the District’s outdoor public pools are already closed for the season as planned, with the exception of East Potomac Pool at 972 Ohio Drive SW, which will close Sept. 30.
Georgetown to host ‘Light the City’ event
Georgetown’s houses of worship will open their doors to the public this Saturday evening, in the neighborhood’s inaugural “Light the City� event. The event will start at 6:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church at 3513 N St. NW, where visitors can receive a candle and a list of open houses of worship. Through 8 p.m., participants can tour several of Georgetown’s churches and places of worship at their own pace.
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Beforehand, an optional mass will take place at Holy Trinity starting at 5:30 p.m. The event will end with a reception at 8 p.m. at the garden of Epiphany Catholic Church at 2712 Dumbarton St. NW. Organizers say their inspiration comes from similar open houses in Europe, originating in Germany in 2005. Through those “Night Fever� events, Catholic churches — lit up with candles — open their doors to the public on a designated evening. Visitors are welcome to come inside, say prayers and practice confession if they choose. Last year in D.C., the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle tried out a similar event, dubbing it “Light the City.� Organizers of the Sept. 12 event in Georgetown are taking a slightly different approach, inviting all denominations to participate in what they call “a celebration of unity and faith.� At the 8 p.m. reception, a donation box will be available with proceeds going to the Georgetown Ministry Center. Those interested in learning more can contact Melissa Overmyer at somethinggreaterministry@ gmail.com, or Nancy Taylor Bubes at nancy.taylorbubes@wfp.com.
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retooled the footage to stand apart from the production it was originally intended to advertise. These films are just two of the numerous local selections at this year’s 12th annual DC Shorts Film Festival, which brings together short films (under 30 minutes long) from across the globe. It’s an effort to shine a light on a diverse collection of filmmaking voices, styles and techniques. This year’s DC Shorts festival runs from Sept. 10 to 20, mostly at Landmark’s E Street Cinema plus a screenplay competition at the U.S. Navy Memorial. Over the week and a half, attendees can see special showcases of local and LGBTthemed films; free family screenings at D.C. Public Library locations; a “date night� centered on films about modern relationships; and a German-themed night. Wilson’s film is among those selected from the local pool. “Sitting on the Mall� follows Abralind as he talks with “customers� on the Mall. In voiceover narration, he explains why he’s continued to make his regular trips to the national landmark for this unusual act of public service and artistic expression. In capturing Abralind’s story, Wilson and his team hoped to break from the more standard production work that earns their living. “We basically were just trying to have some more fun and do some things that you can’t always do� when working on client projects, Wilson said.
Being selected for the DC Shorts festival has boosted his company’s credibility and spurred more creative efforts for the future, Wilson said. “It’s my company’s first set of laurels,� he said. “That’s really a nice thing to have in my back pocket.� The Collaborative plans to use the voiceover narration technique from “Sitting on the Mall� in other projects, and the next step for the short film is a screening at the DC Web & Digital Media Festival next spring. Wilson said that festival’s organizers reached out to him to participate and he accepted without hesitation. Meanwhile, Fisher’s approach to making “Christylez Bacon� was to simply let his 29-year-old subject from Southeast D.C. do the talking and performing. In the three-minute piece, Bacon demonstrates his beatboxing prowess and defines the term “progressive hip-hop.� “He’s a really interesting guy, so it was really easy to ask questions,� Fisher said. Fisher has had success with the film at festivals in Chicago and Arlington. But he says working with DC Shorts has been the most fulfilling experience he’s had with his documentary to date. “The most responsive, the most receptive, the most willing to work with me,� Fisher said of the festival’s organizers. Wilson and Fisher’s films will be among the 125 screened at DC Shorts beginning Sept. 10. Visit festival.dcshorts.com for more information or to purchase tickets.
The week ahead
Public urged to avoid site of Rock Creek spill As of yesterday, the city was still cautioning the public to avoid an area of Rock Creek Park near Klingle Road, following an oil spill last week. A team of inspectors discovered the spill of insulating oil — believed to have come from a leak in a Pepco transmission line — along Beach Drive, immediately south of Klingle, on Friday. While the D.C. Department of Energy & Environment said the spill was classified as “non-toxic,� the agency warned
visitors to Rock Creek Park, as well as their pets, to stay clear of that area until further notice. Officials said Pepco had isolated and contained the immediate spill area and was working to repair the transmission line. In an email yesterday, an agency spokesperson wrote that the specific affected area is unlikely to reopen for a while. While permanent repairs to the pipe are nearly complete, she said, some cleanup and remediation will be required.
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The D.C. State Board of Education will hold a meeting of its High School Credit Flexibility Task Force from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Room 1114, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.
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The Tenleytown Main Street group will host a community briefing by Cristina Amoruso, who manages the Main Street program at the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. at the Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
Saturday, Sept. 12
Ward 1 D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau will host a Ward 1 neighborhood watch training session. The event will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Columbia Heights Education Campus, 3101 16th St. NW. ■The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs will host an Action Forum from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. To register, visit dctakesaction.eventbrite.com.
Wednesday, Sept. 16
The D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary will hold a public hearing on rising violent crime in the District. The hearing will begin at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. ■The Metropolitan Police Department will host a neighborhood watch crime prevention training session led by Samantha Nolan, the District’s citywide neighborhood watch trainer. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. To register, email nolantutor@yahoo.com or call 202-244-2620.
Thursday, Sept. 17
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will hold a hearing on proposed Metrobus service changes affecting the N3, 54 and D1 routes, among others, The hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Metro Headquarters Building, 600 5th St. NW. An information session will be start at 6 p.m. To testify, contact speak@wmata.com.
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A humane approach
Mayor Muriel Bowser has made the bold statement that the District can end chronic family homelessness by 2017, and this spring she set about putting funds toward this key priority. The mayor’s commendable focus on the issue continued last week with a welcome proposal to allow families to seek shelter all year long as opposed to only on nights with hypothermia dangers. Current rules date to the 1980s, when cost pressures dictated that new families could come to a city shelter only during the most dangerous season to be outdoors. But in practice, this policy has left families vulnerable for months as they await colder weather, and then the city’s capacity is quickly overloaded each winter. We would like to praise both the humanity and the wisdom of Ms. Bowser’s year-round approach. The flaws in the current system are many. A key component of the city’s homelessness policy is to provide families with a path toward stability, with city shelters serving temporary emergency needs while social services agencies line up subsidized housing or job opportunities. When so many applicants have appeared at once in past winters, they’ve found themselves warehoused at the D.C. General shelter — which the mayor has pledged to close. Financial pressures are again an issue, though, and Mayor Bowser is proposing one controversial cost-saving measure: replacing D.C. General with “efficiency” units, with multiple families sharing bathrooms and some other living spaces, as opposed to fully private apartments. We think the idea is well worth investigating, but the mayor certainly must make sure that no more than a few families would share the same bathroom. Another change by the mayor would provide families with 12 days of provisional shelter while city authorities determine their eligibility for further assistance. This measure represents a fair compromise between protecting the needs of vulnerable residents and ensuring that taxpayer dollars are allocated to families that truly require the help. We hope in particular that the District will vet applicants for their connection to the city, as it would be neither fair nor affordable to D.C. residents to bear the costs of housing the homeless populations of Maryland and Virginia. The mayor should also look into the feasibility of a work requirement to ensure that families are treating the District’s housing services as the first step of Ms. Bowser’s oft-repeated “pathway to the middle class.”
Gun control
When a federal judge overturned D.C. laws against carrying firearms in public last summer, we were among the many who expressed great dismay. We’re grateful that the D.C. Council was able to craft alternative regulations that minimized the safety risk to our nation’s capital. These rules require individuals seeking a concealed-carry permit to demonstrate that they have a special need that necessitates a high level of lethal protection. Now, the District is being forced to defend even this compromise measure, which a federal judge rejected in May as contrary to the Second Amendment. With the District appealing this decision, we’d like to enthusiastically echo an amicus brief recently filed by a number of local advocates, including DC Appleseed, DC Vote, the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia, and former Mayor Anthony Williams. We are an urban jurisdiction that is home to the federal government as well as embassies and international organizations, and one that unfortunately is also plagued by gun violence — which is now in the midst of an alarming surge. As such, the District must act with great care to protect its citizens and its visitors from around the world. Gun control cases are a matter of life and death, as well as an important constitutional issue. We’ve been impressed with the level of scrutiny that went into crafting D.C. gun laws. As the amicus brief notes, the council meticulously reviewed the best available data to conclude that wider gun ownership leads to more gun violence. Recent deaths in the District have stemmed from petty problems being resolved with increasingly high-capacity firearms, and innocent bystanders have been repeatedly caught in the middle. “If there ever were a case where Judges should not be second guessing the decisions of local officials about the best way to protect public safety while also protecting the right of self-defense, this is such a case,” DC Appleseed states in a news release. The courts have made it clear that a blanket prohibition against carrying guns in public is unacceptable. While we wish that were not the case, we agree with the D.C. Council that it’s fair to grant concealed-carry permits only to residents who have a specific, demonstrable need to carry firearms outside their homes, and we applaud the local groups and individuals who are working to preserve this policy.
‘Fear itself’ circa 2015 …
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n the eve of Labor Day this past week, the security bureaucracy of the nation was in full multimodal mode. As millions began their holiday travel, national Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson appeared at Union Station with Transportation Security Administration officials to discuss rail travel in America. “You’ll see patrols by TSA’s Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response Teams,” the secretary said in prepared remarks issued to the media. Now, doesn’t that make you feel better? Read it again: “Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response Teams.” Your Notebook is not a government badger, but leave it to bureaucrats in or out of government to come up with mouthful titles, task forces and teams. And just what exactly is this TSA VIPRT? It turns out it is a combination of “Federal Air Marshals, Behavior Detection Officers and explosive experts.” It also includes dogs trained in explosive device detection. Since President Bill Clinton back in the ’90s allowed the closing of ordinary traffic to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, your Notebook has questioned the concept of closing down things to “protect” them. In the instance of the White House, the road was closed, but the fence — and attentiveness of U.S. Secret Service officers — were later found wanting. Now the fence has ugly spikes, and there are plans to increase its height. Secretary Johnson was at Union Station because securicrats have yet to figure out how to protect thousands of miles of train tracks and stations. The reality is that even if security pass-throughs like those at airports were installed, trains are vulnerable anywhere down the tracks that crisscross America. The physical and psychological costs of imposing security checkpoints in every station is mind-numbing. Homeland Security has a nationwide “Operation RAILSAFE” program. Labor Day was the fifth such designation this year for this program, which is similar to “National Special Security Event” designations for the Super Bowl, inaugurals and other big events. But even Secretary Johnson knows the futility of casting a wide net for every danger in an open soci-
ety. As he launched the rail safety program for the Labor Day holiday, he noted that his great-grandfather was a Pullman porter for 44 years. “I have great confidence in the safety of rail travel,” Johnson’s prepared speech said. “I am boarding the Acela right after this press conference.” Let’s face it. We have an open country, even with the explosion of supposed “security” protections of guards posted at most every government or office door, electronic cards to pass through doors or hallways, and more cameras and metal detectors than you reasonably can count. Again, bottom line, no matter how much we close down, how much we spend, we can only prepare for terrorism, not eliminate it. We just have to be careful not to eliminate the freedoms we supposedly are protecting. ■ Here in the real world. Even as our disquiet continues over rampant “security theater” — that’s what law enforcement calls public displays of security essentially to make people only feel safe — we are aware of what hard-working security folks face. Just this past week, the TSA released its latest list of prohibited items seized at the nation’s airports. The list included 35 firearms, of which 27 were loaded (with eight of those having a round in the chamber). One of the guns was found in a carry-on bag. One of the guns was a loaded .45-caliber firearm discovered at Reagan National just last week. Concealed knives and other lethal weapons routinely are found. In Jacksonville, Fla., one traveler had a knife in his carry-on bag. The TSA report said he was allowed to leave the checkpoint to put the knife in his parked car. He returned and the knife was found again, this time taped to a fishing lure in an apparent attempt to conceal it. You can’t teach every clueless person about what not to pack. You can’t close off every international terrorist or domestic violence opportunity. And you can’t believe that costly bureaucratic displays of “security theater” are in fact making you safer. Your Notebook’s simple mantra: Be alert but don’t live your life afraid. Now, get ready for a real security shutdown of the nation’s capital as Pope Francis comes to town. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.
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Letters to the Editor Union vote on chief not just about pay
In his Sept. 2 column, Tom Sherwood commented on the D.C. Police Union’s vote of no confidence in Chief of Police Cathy Lanier. Mr. Sherwood’s singular focus on the pay issue presented a distorted picture of our grievances. He also noted that only a third of our members voted, with the implication that this invalidated the outcome. First, the vote was about more than pay. The notice provided to our members prior to the vote identified eight top issues: All Hands on Deck; scheduling disruptions; ineffective deployment strategies (for example, fixed posts, light towers, tents); the lack of cost-of-living adjustments; toxic management; redeployment; disbanding of specialized units (district vice units); and discipline. The vice unit issue is most
troubling because of Chief Lanier’s deceptive public statements about them. On Aug. 26, Chief Lanier wrote: “The productivity of vice units had dropped precipitously. In the first four months of 2015, non-marijuana arrests had decreased 31 percent. Search warrants and gun recoveries by these units were also declining. Those were telling signs that we had to modernize our approach and change tactics.” What Chief Lanier neglected to tell the public is that on Oct. 24, 2014, she ordered the following: “All District Vice lieutenants shall ensure that all current and on-going vice operations are closed out, or transferred to the Investigative Services Bureau, Narcotics and Special Investigations Division (NSID), by January 4, 2015. On that date, all district drug enforcement operations will be centralized and conducted out of NSID.” Chief Lanier is being dishonest when she writes that the vice units’ productivity dropped precipitously in early 2015, when in
fact, she ordered the cessation of their operations during that period. Second, addressing the number of members who voted, almost a third of our members (1,150) participated in the vote; of that number, 97.5 percent, or 1,122, had no confidence in the chief. Any effort to dismiss these overwhelming results is without merit. This is true particularly when compared to the voter turnout during the two most recent citywide elections. According to the D.C. Board of Elections, in the 2014 mayoral primary, only 26.93 percent of registered voters participated. During the general election only 38.45 percent of registered voters participated. Did low turnout invalidate the results? The significant problems facing the Metropolitan Police Department cannot be resolved until the public and the D.C. Council get an accurate picture of what is going on inside the agency; to make that assessment, the chief must be honest with both. Delroy A. Burton Chairman, D.C. Police Union
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Lanier discusses D.C. increase in homicides Current Staff Report Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier discussed the District’s recent surge in murders at the Shepherd Park/Crestwood advisory neighborhood commission’s meeting last Tuesday. The chief blamed the homicide increase on the lethality of high-capacity guns, on a growing number of violent criminals who are let out of jail on probation or parole, and on use of synthetic drugs that up until now hasn’t been adequately policed. She added that violent crime is down in most of the District, with most of the problem concentrated in Ward 8. Lanier said that in a recent three-week period, D.C. police made 136 arrests for violent crimes — and 20
percent of the subjects tested positive for synthetic drug use. She added that people on parole or probation who are screened for drugs will now also be tested for synthetics on a regular basis. Meanwhile, a reduction in federal prison budgets has resulted in more violent criminals being released on probation or parole. Lanier said that 21 of those arrested for homicides so far this year in D.C. were under courtsupervised release for previous offenses, compared with 15 for all of last year. And she noted that 26 of the homicide victims were also under court supervision for previous offenses. Ten of those who were either victims or defendants this year had previously been arrested for a homicide-related charge.
HOMELESS: Katrina survivor, volunteer publish book From Page 1
woman having a seizure, another woman in labor, a man without legs. In his book, Anderson writes: “My guilt motivate me to step forward me and do whatever it took to help others.� After Katrina, Anderson was evacuated to D.C., where he wasn’t eligible for permanent housing because of his prison record, he said. He found himself without a home, turning to vices like cocaine as a coping mechanism. It was right around this time that Orlins came into Anderson’s life. When she first laid eyes on him, he was wearing baggy jeans and wornout tennis shoes, enthusiastically selling copies of Street Sense to passing Metro riders. After talking to him briefly and learning that he hailed from New Orleans and had spent much of his life in prison, Orlins decided that Anderson’s story was worth telling. Orlins’ background is in journalism, including a few years as contributing editor at the Jewish magazine Moment. She has published a memoir and spent time working at
Miriam’s Kitchen, a Foggy Bottom organization that provides food to the homeless. Finding Anderson allowed Orlins to merge those two interests. The only problem — Anderson didn’t see himself as much of a writer. “I didn’t even really know how to settle on the words that I wanted to say,� Anderson said. But Orlins encouraged him. At first, he would dictate stories of his past and she would copy them down in her own vernacular. But she soon realized that she wasn’t capturing Anderson’s voice in an authentic way. So she switched to transcribing exactly what he said, word for word. Her role in the self-published book is minimal beyond some editing for clarity and conciseness, Orlins said; the story is Anderson’s. “I started writing the book in standard English. When he speaks to me, it’s kind of like music to my ears,� Orlins said. The book came out July 29, and the response has been positive, Anderson and Orlins said. Readers ranging from Anderson’s sister to strangers on the street have offered
words of praise for the honesty and messages woven into his challenging story. The epilogue of the book details Anderson’s commitment to a drug treatment program and his new residence at a recovery home in D.C. since August 2014. Now Anderson says he has ideas for more books, and he hopes to keep up his friendship with Orlins. But Anderson isn’t abandoning his post outside the Gallery Place Metro. In fact, he said he wants to stay there and see the regular passersby more than ever. “It’s hard to leave these people standing there in the morning without a motivation,� Anderson said. “Sometimes Susan comes to get me, I get mad. I really don’t want to move.� The public will have an opportunity to ask Orlins and Anderson questions at a book talk at noon Thursday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Details are at dclibrary.org/node/49715. The book is available for purchase on Amazon and in person at Anderson’s Street Sense vendor spot at 9th and G streets NW.
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Wednesday september 9 Classes ■ CityDance Pop! will celebrate its grand opening in Tenleytown with an open house featuring introductory sessions of its classes, including “Break Dance/B Boy” (for ages 6 through 8), at 3:45 p.m.; “Break Dance/B Boy” (for ages 8 through 10), at 4:45 p.m.; and “Adult Hip-Hop,” at 7 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. CityDance Pop!, 4435 Wisconsin Ave. NW. citydance.net. The open house celebration with free classes will continue through Saturday. Concerts ■ The Kennedy Center’s “Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media” festival will feature the Chariots, a D.C. ska band. 6 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The U.S. Army Blues will perform. 6 p.m. Free. World War II Memorial, 17th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 703-696-3399. ■ The Harbour Nights concert series will feature solo musician Phil Kominski. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-295-5007. ■ The Wilderness will perform folk, rock, indie and blues. 7 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Delafield String Band will present a bluegrass jam session. 8 to 11 p.m. Free. Reading Room, Petworth Citizen, 829 Upshur St. NW. petworthcitizen.com.
■ The Mike + Ruthy Band, the Hello Strangers and the Appleseed Collective (shown) will perform. 8 p.m. $10 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Plamen Press editor-in-chief Rachel Feingold and translator Roman Kostovski will discuss the first English-language edition of the late Czech writer Hana Adronikova’s novel “The Sound of the Sundial.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-3877638. ■ Jen Chaney will discuss her book “As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as Told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3871400. ■ The World Affairs Council will host a debate between Michael Doran of the Hudson Institute and Daryl Kimball of the Arms Control Association on “Should Congress Pass a Resolution of Disapproval of the Iran Nuclear Agreement?” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. University of California Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave. NW. worldaffairsdc.org. ■ Journalist Don Fulsom, a former White House correspondent and former UPI bureau chief in Washington, will discuss his book “Treason: Nixon and the
1968 Election.” 7 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-727-8707. ■ Local author Sophy Burnham will discuss her book “Love, Alba.” 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. ■ Gregory Pardlo, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, will discuss his book “Digest.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Films ■ Friendship Place will host a special screening of Ramin Bahrani’s forthcoming thriller “99 Homes” to raise money to help nine families in D.C. secure their first month of affordable housing. 7:30 p.m. $20. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. friendshipplace.org/99homes. ■ The Film in Focus series will feature Bryan Reisberg’s 2013 comedy “Big Significant Things.” 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. Performances and readings ■ The Grapevine Spoken Word Series will feature guest performers Jon Spelman and Shirleta Settles, followed by an open mic. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856. ■ The 2015 District Improv Festival will open with performances by New York City’s Call Your Mom, Washington Improv Theater’s Commonwealth and Baltimore’s Gus, at 7:30 p.m.; and by Washington Improv Theater’s iMusical troup and New York City’s Kibbles and Bits, at 9:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. districtimprov.org/ 2015-festival-dates. The festival will continue Thursday through Saturday; tickets for performances range from $5 to $25. ■ Laugh Index Theatre will present “Three’s Comedy,” featuring long-form improv from Mr. Lifeguard, improv games from Community Sauna and stand-up from the group’s house comics. 7:30 p.m. $5 to $10. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. laughindextheatre.com. Special event ■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will present an open skate session hosted by Grand National Skateboards with music by the Chariots and DJ Baby Alcatraz at a specially commissioned skate park. 4 to 9 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, 7+( :25/' )$0286
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Wednesday, september 9 ■ Discussion: Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., will discuss her book “Plenty Ladylike: A Memoir” in conversation with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. 7 p.m. $15. Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. 202-364-1919. Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Sporting event ■ The Washington Nationals will play the New York Mets. 7:05 p.m. $10 to $345. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. Thursday, Sept. 10
Thursday september 10 Concerts ■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza” series will feature Encantada and Julie Mack performing Brazilian jazz. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. ■ “Luce Unplugged” will feature a performance by the North Country. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free. Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ The Music on the Lawn series will feature Sandra Y. Johnson and friends performing hard-swinging, bluesy vocals and instrumentals. 6 to 7:15 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7100. ■ Singer-songwriter Justin Trawick will perform bluegrass and roots music as part of the “Tunes in the Triangle” concert series. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Milian Park, Massachusetts Avenue at 5th and I streets NW. mountvernontriangle.org. ■ The Woman’s National Democratic Club will present a dinner and an evening of open mic cabaret music featuring accompanists Bob Smith on piano and Robert Vetter on trumpet. 6 to 9:30 p.m. $25 to $35. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■ The Capital Americana Series will feature performances by the Grey A, at 7 p.m.; and the Uptown Boys Choir, at 9 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Milk Carton Kids will perform. 8 p.m. $35 to $45. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800. ■ A second anniversary celebration for Gypsy Sally’s will feature musician Jim Lauderdale (shown) and the Human Country Jukebox. 8:30 p.m. $15 to $20. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Demonstration ■ Writer Adrienne Cook and nutritionist Danielle Cook will present a “Mediterra-
Discussions and lectures ■ Gerald Anderson will discuss his book “Still Standing: How an Ex-Con Found Salvation in the Floodwaters of Katrina” in conversation with Street Sense editor Susan Orlins. Noon. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ Robert E. Mutch will discuss his book “Buying the Vote: A History of Campaign Finance Reform.” Noon. Free. Room G-25, National Archives Building, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ Poet Srikanth Reddy will read from and discuss his work. Noon. Mary Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202707-5394. ■ The “Textiles at Twelve” series will feature a talk on “Art Therapy Through Arpilleras” by Lisa Raye Garlock, licensed art therapist, textile artist and a faculty member with George Washington University’s art therapy program. Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. ■ The D.C. Office of Human Rights will present a seminar on housing discrimination and the right to fair housing in the District. 2 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. ■ “The Iran Nuclear Deal: The Technical Debate Clarified” will feature physicist and arms control researcher Frank von Hippel of Princeton University, radiochemist Ollie Heinonen of Harvard University and former Iranian diplomat Hossein Mousavian of Princeton University. 4:30 to 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room B17, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/2iw. ■ Louise Mackie, curator of textiles and Islamic art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, will discuss her book “Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles From Islamic Lands, 7th-20th Century.” 6 p.m. $10; reservations required. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-7394. ■ Azar Nafisi will discuss her journey to becoming an American citizen and her book “The Republic of Imagination,” which blends memoir with close readings of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 6:30 p.m. $10 to $12. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. ■ George Scheper, senior lecturer in advanced academic programs at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss “Oaxaca: Crossroads of a Continent.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Natasha Sinel will discuss her book “The Fix” (for ages 15 and older). 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post from 1991 to 2008 and a professor of journalism at the University of Arizona, will reflect on his career and the state of the news industry. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, See Events/Page 7
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Continued From Page 6 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ Adam Johnson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will discuss his book “Fortune Smiles: Stories.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. Films ■ The National Archives will present two 1960s documentaries produced by the U.S. Information Agency — Charles Guggenheim’s Oscar-winning short documentary “Nine From Little Rock” and William Greaves’ “Wealth of a Nation.” Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ The DC Shorts Film Festival & Screenplay Competition 2015 will open with an eight-film showcase including “Shok,” about a friendship tested as two boys battle for survival during the Kosovo war, and “Tumble Dry Low,” about a little girl and her dad dealing with grief in East Texas. 7 p.m. $12. Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. festival. dcshorts.com. The festival will continue through Sept. 20. ■ The National Archives will present Lionel Rogosin’s 1956 documentary “On the Bowery.” 7 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will present Giulio Ricciarelli’s 2014 film “Labyrinth of Lies.” 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. $13. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org. ■ Dupont Festival’s fifth annual “Cinema in the Circle” will feature Penny Marshall’s 1992 film “A League of Their Own.” 8:30 p.m. Free. Dupont Circle, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire avenues NW. Performances and readings ■ The Kennedy Center’s “Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media” festival will feature Cuban skateboarders Orlando Rosales, Reinaldo Reyes and Yojani Rivera. 6 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Alliance for New-Music Theater will present a theatrical reading with music of “R.U.R.: A Retro-Futuristic Musical,” a new adaptation of a play written in 1920 by Czech playwright Karel Capek. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. rurreading.eventbrite.com. ■ A poetry reading will feature Donald Berger, author of “The Long Time”; Joshua Weiner, author of “The Figure of a Man Being Swallowed by a Fish”; and Terence Winch, author of “This Way Out.” 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. Special events ■ The U.S. Army Military District of Washington’s “Spirit of America” will feature traditional and modern music, disciplined drill and historical narratives. 10:30 a.m. Free. D.C. Armory, 2001 East Capitol St. SE. 866-239-9425. The event will repeat Friday at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. ■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will present an open skate
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Friday september 11 Concerts ■ The We Are One X-Perience Band will present a tribute to Frankie Beverly and Maze. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202312-1300. ■ Organist John Cannon of Cooperstown, N.Y., will present a “Memorial Concert for September 11.” 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103. ■ Musician Sean Croft will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Embassy Series will present violinist Lana Trotovšek and pianist Anna Shelest performing works by Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Granados, Kreisler and Bartók. 7:30 p.m. $90. Embassy of Slovenia, 2410 California St. NW. 202-625-2361. ■ Theodore Guerrant, organist of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, will present “Romantic Sentiments,” a recital in honor of the 25th anniversary of Charlie’s Place. 8 p.m. Donations suggested. St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 1830 Connecticut Ave. NW. bwille@stmargaretsdc.org. ■ Amharic singer Mahmoud Ahmed will present an Ethiopian New Year concert. 8 p.m. $29.75 to $35. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800. ■ Nadis Warriors and Box Era will perform. 9 p.m. $10 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussion ■ Joy-Ann Reid will discuss her book “Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Films ■ The Kennedy Center’s “Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media” festival will feature a screening and discussion of iconic videos led by festival curators Jason Moran and Ben Ashworth, chief skate ambassador Jimmy Pelletier, skateboarders Natalie Krishna Das and Ron Allen, and Woodward Digital Media director Dave Metty. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The group Friends of Mitchell Park will continue its “Films in the Field” series with the 1959 film “Some Like It Hot.” 7:30 p.m. Free. Mitchell Park, 23rd and S streets NW. 202-546-4293.
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image-making processes to simulate decaying cityscapes. There will be an opening reception and artist’s talk tomorrow from 5 to 7 p.m., and the show will continue through Oct. 11. Located in the lobby of the Walsh Building at 1221 36th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from noon to 7 p.m., Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 202-687-9206. ■ “Well Beyond HIV,” a two-day exhibit curated in collaboration with Walgreens and the Graying of AIDS that explores the challenges and triumphs of aging with HIV/AIDS through portraits and testimonials, will be on view tomorrow and Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Carnegie Library, located at 801 K St. NW. wellbeyondhiv.com. ■ “Studio Sacrilege,” presenting works by Amy Hughes Braden, Roxana Geffen and Jackie Milad that highlight the artmaking process, will open Friday at the DC Arts Center with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibit will close with a reception and gallery talk Oct. 11 at 5 p.m. Located at 2438 18th St. NW, the center is open Wednesday through Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m. 202-462-7833. ■ “Green Room,” an installation by Julie Wolfe about the environmental interactions between humans and water, will open Friday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at 1700 L St. NW. The display can be viewed 24/7 from the street through Dec. 31. 202-234-5601. ■ “Of Fable and Facsimile,” featuring floor-to-ceiling terrariumlike clay environments with human figures by Walter McConnell, will open Saturday at the American University Museum with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibit will continue through Oct. 18. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-2691600. Saturday, Sept. 12 Saturday september 12 Art show ■ Artist Michelle Izquierdo will present
Tim Portlock’s “Oasis” is part of an exhibit at Georgetown University’s Spagnolo Art Gallery. A related exhibit of items from McConnell’s previous installations will open Saturday at Cross MacKenzie Gallery with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. That show will continue through Oct. 10. Located in the Katzen Arts Center at 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, the American University Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 202-885-1300. Located at 1675 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Cross MacKenzie Gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-333-7970. ■ “Skies, Seas & Trees,” presenting paintings by Mary Page Evans, will open Saturday with an artist’s reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at Addison/Ripley Fine Art. The exhibit will continue through Oct. 24. Located at 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202338-5180. ■ “Human Portraits,” presenting paintings by Syrian artist Hammoud Chantout that depict lonely figures and faces in empty spaces, will open Tuesday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Syra Arts. The exhibit will continue through Oct. 7. Located at 1054 31st St. NW in Suite A (Canal Square), the gallery is open by appointment only. 703-944-3824.
“Spirit,” an art show featuring work by Izquierdo and Vanessa Smith reflecting influences of womanhood. The event will include music by DJ Reets and live painting by Handirubvi Indigo Wakatama. 3 to 8 p.m. $20. Studio 52, 52 O St. NW. michelleizquierdo.com.
Classes and workshops ■ Lisa Passaglia Bauman, assistant professor of art history at George Mason University, will lead a class on “Understanding Architecture: Structure and Symbols.” 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $90 to $135. S. See Events/Page 8
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Performance ■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will present pianist Jason Moran and his group the Bandwagon performing as regional and national skateboarders react to and complement the music on the skate ramp constructed specially for the festival. 8 p.m. $22. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The event will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. Special events ■ A cultural season kickoff and open house will feature French mini-classes and placement tests. 5 to 8 p.m. Free. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. ■ DC Casineros will present a Cuban Dance Social. 8 p.m. to midnight. $15.
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Continued From Page 7 Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Writer Alessandra Gelmi will lead a poetry workshop. 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ Career coach Blair Goins will lead a workshop on “My Dream Career.” 2 to 4:30 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. Concerts ■ The Washington National Opera will present a preview of the company’s upcoming production of Bizet’s “Carmen” with a performance by members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Persian pop superstar Benyamin will perform. 8:30 p.m. $49 to $150. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800. ■ The band Mipso and folk singersongwriter Dan Mills will perform. 9 p.m. $12 to $15. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Sibley Memorial Hospital will host an educational seminar on “Breast Health: What Every Woman Needs to Know,” about recent medical advances. A Q&A session and guided meditation will follow. 8 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required. Conference Room 2, Sibley Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. 202-243-2320.
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■ Textile Museum trustee and collector Wendel Swan will discuss aesthetics in the rug and textile world. 10:30 a.m. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. ■ A park ranger will discuss the life and legacy of Francis Scott Key in Washington, D.C. 11 a.m. Free. Francis Scott Key Park, 34th and M streets NW. ■ Jamie Stiehm, a weekly Creators Syndicate and contributor to usnews.com, will discuss “Clara Barton: Compassion Under Civil War Fire.” 1 p.m. Free. Peabody Room, Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0233. ■ Sonja D. Williams will discuss her book “Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom,” at 1 p.m.; Amy Stewart will discuss her book “Girl Waits With Gun,” at 3:30 p.m.; and Amitav Ghosh will discuss his book “Flood of Fire,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Carrie Mae Weems — known for her provocative, socially motivated art that examines issues of race, gender and class inequality — will discuss her work. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ Artist Gerhardt Knodel will discuss his interactive work in the exhibition “Let the Games Begin!,” at 5 p.m.; and artist Mary Schaffer will discuss her site-specific glass installation in “Reflections and Contradictions: five decades,” at 6 p.m. Free. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.
■ Botanical artist Wendy Hollender will discuss her artistic process. 6 to 8 p.m. $10; reservations required. Conservatory West Gallery, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. Festivals and family programs ■ “Family Day” will feature a petting zoo, pony rides, DIY top hats, food vendors and a Civil War encampment, as well as other entertainment and creative activities inspired by the Lincoln family and their life at the Soldiers’ Home. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free; reservations requested. President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home, Upshur Street at Rock Creek Church Road NW. lincolncottage.org. ■ The Kreeger Museum will hold an open house featuring live jazz, storytelling and outdoor art activities for children, a drum circle, art talks, food trucks and local beer. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552. ■ The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 25th Anniversary Free for Fall Festival will feature a look back at the event through the years; a costume show and tell; backstage tours; mask-making and crafts; stage effects and stage combat demonstrations; and special performances, including “A Mini-Summer Night’s Dream,” an abridged version of the Shakespearean classic. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. shakespearetheatre.org. Performances of “A Mini-Summer Night’s Dream” will also take place Sunday at 10 a.m. and noon, with reservations required. ■ “STAR Family Festival: Sing, Talk and
Read” — about how singing, talking and reading with your baby or young child now can help them later in school — will feature workshops, children’s activities, free children’s books, live entertainment, door prizes, face painting and photo opportunities with costumed characters. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ Fall Family Day will feature face painting, scavenger hunts, craft making, stilt walkers, a cakewalk, Americana folk music with dancing by the RockCandy Cloggers, and a printmaking workshop led by local artist Susan Goldman. 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ The sixth annual 17th Street Festival, organized by Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets, will feature art, vendors, children’s activities, a pet zone and entertainment, including a rock band, a dance troupe, other musical acts and drag performances. Noon to 6 p.m. Free admission. 17th Street between Riggs Place and P Street NW. 17thstreetfestival.org. ■ The 10th annual Columbia Heights Day will feature a “family fun field” for kids, live music, a beer garden, local vendors, recreational sports for grown-ups, and more. Noon to 6 p.m. Free. 11th Street from Park Road to Kenyon Street NW. cohidc.org. ■ The DC State Fair — a culinary, artistic and agricultural showcase for D.C. residents — will feature contests, arts vendors, music, a DJ, a beer garden, face painting, local food and vegetables, children’s activities, a pet parade, educational demonstrations and more. Noon to 8 p.m. Free. Old City Farm & Guild, 925 Rhode Island Ave. NW. dcstatefair.wordpress.com. ■ Chevy Chase DC Day will feature a moon bounce, face painting, a scavenger hunt, ice cream, music, community information, and free books from the Chevy Chase DC Friends of the Library. 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Commons, Connecticut Avenue between McKinley and Northampton streets NW. chevychasecitizens.org. Area businesses will offer discounts and sales starting at 10 a.m. Films ■ The DC Shorts Film Festival will present a family showcase of six films under 20 minutes from around the globe at various D.C. Public Library branches (for ages 8 and older). 11 a.m. Free; reservations suggested. Sites include the Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW; Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW; Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW; and Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. dcshorts.com/family. ■ The DC Anime Club will present Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s 2014 film “When Marnie Was Here” (for ages 13 and older). 2 to 5 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. dcanimeclub.org. ■ Folger Theatre will screen a performance of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” recorded live in Stratford-uponAvon by the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company. 7 p.m. $20. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. ■ The group Friends of Rose Park will show the 2003 animated film “Finding Nemo.” 8 p.m. Free. Rose Park, 26th and O streets NW. roseparkdc.org. Performances ■ Maru Montero Dance Company will
present a Latin Dance Night featuring live music, dance and children’s activities. 5 to 9 p.m. Free. Columbia Heights Civic Plaza, 14th Street, Park Road and Kenyon Street NW. marumontero.com. The event will repeat Sept. 19 and 26. ■ “Dance Metro DC’s 2015 Choreographers’ Commission Showcase” will feature works by Adrienne Clancy of ClancyWorks Dance Company, Hayley Cutler of darlingdance company and Sarah Beth Oppenheim of Heart Stück Bernie. 8 p.m. $15 to $30. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202269-1600. The performance will repeat Sunday at 7 p.m. Special events ■ The Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind will hold the Light the Way 5K run/ walk. 8 a.m. $5 to $10. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. lighttheway5k. org. ■ Conservation Science Day — about the work of Smithsonian scientists to save species — will feature presentations from animal care, talks by Smithsonian scientists, animal demonstrations and educational activities for kids. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. nationalzoo.si.edu. ■ The Kennedy Center will host the Joint Museum Sidewalk Sale featuring items from more than a dozen local institutions, including Tudor Place, Dumbarton House, Friends of the National Zoo and President Lincoln’s Cottage. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. Atrium, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The U.S. Botanic Garden and the Kennedy Center will present “The Cerulean Time Capsule,” a site-specific theatrical adventure about a botanist who claims to be a time traveler. 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Advance reservations available for $1 to $2; free on-site registration on the day of the performance. Conservatory, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. The event will repeat Sunday at the same times. ■ Miller Jeanne Minor and the Friends of Peirce Mill will host “Run of the Mill,” a chance to see Washington’s only surviving gristmill in action. The day’s events will include a tour focusing on the role of the Peirce family and inventor Oliver Evans in feeding the growing city, as well as children’s activities featuring nature crafts. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive NW. 202-8956070. ■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will present an open skate session hosted by ECRW, Dads Skateboards and Concrete Bombers with music by D.C.-based punk rock band Holdfast at a specially commissioned skate park. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Walks and tours ■ A Civil War-themed tour of Tudor Place will focus on the lives of the predominantly Southern-sympathizing Peter family, which opened a boarding house for Union officers and their families during the war, at 10:30 a.m.; and a walking tour of Georgetown will point out the final resting place of three renowned Civil War spies, a Union hospital, the residences of military leaders and a neighborhood of enslaved and free African-Americans, at 1 p.m. $8 to $10 for one tour; $12 to $15 for both. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, See Events/Page 31
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Cathedral graduate shines for Terrapins By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer
The annual D.C. Classic college volleyball showcase this weekend was a homecoming for Hailey Murray, a District native who graduated from National Cathedral in 2014. Murray, who is now a sophomore outside hitter for the University of Maryland at College Park volleyball team, relished the opportunity to return to her city and compete at Howard University this weekend. “I love being close to home and my family gets to come,” she said. “It’s a really neat experience.” Saturday’s game, where the Terps took on the University of Pennsylvania, was also a chance for former Independent School League players to see each other at the college level. Penn has a pair of locals on its squad: freshman middle blocker Nicole Profit, who graduated from Sidwell, and junior utility player Tess Burns, a former Visitation volleyball star. While Burns and Profit didn’t suit up for the Quakers Saturday, they enjoyed seeing a former rival on the opposing sidelines. “It was exciting to see other people from our area playing at this level,” said Profit. “It’s exciting that we can continue with our volleyball careers and see how each of us has progressed.” For Murray, the respect was mutual. “It’s kind of interesting because
there are always one or two players from each team that go to the college level,” she said of the ISL. “It’s cool to see people I played against for three years of my life across the net and on the other team. I’m proud of this area because volleyball is growing.” As a sophomore, the middle blocker has blossomed into a go-to player for the Terps, thanks in part to a strong summer of preparation. Murray spent her summer months on a Big Ten all-star team that traveled around Europe playing against several national teams. She believes that experience has already helped her, just eight games into the Terps season. “Having seen the best players in the world, you come back to college and feel that you can do this,” Murray said. “If you can compete with the best, you can compete with anybody.” Maryland head coach Steve Aird has also seen improvement in Murray’s game early in her sophomore year. “The international experience opened her eyes to what’s out there,” said Aird. “She had some success, so she came back more confident and more poised and ready to compete at this level.” In the first game the Terps played Saturday, they found themselves in a big hole after dropping the first two sets. But the team rallied against Penn to win the third set 30-28. “When the other team has set
point, there’s a little bit of nervousness, but that’s the most fun because everyone is playing their hardest and leaving everything on the floor,” said Murray. “It was just about our team mentality. We just believed that we’re going to win and keep pushing. That’s what really closed out the third set and carried us the rest of the match.” During the Terps’ furious rally, Murray played a big role in the middle, constantly notching kills and blocks. The Cathedral grad would finish the match with 12 kills and nine assisted blocks. “She is brave,” Aird said. “She isn’t afraid to take swings, which I respect about her. She is just a puppy — she’s only been playing volleyball [here] for a couple years — and she’s starting to mature into someone we can count on.” With Murray on a roll, her teammates — including freshman outside hitter Liz Twilley, who previously played with her on the Metro American Volleyball Club — used that energy to make one last push to win the final two sets. “I’ve known her for a while, and I’ve looked up to her,” Twilley said of Murray. “She is always full of life and pushes you to play better. Playing beside someone who is full of energy and competitiveness, it naturally fuels everyone.” The Terps went on to win the match against Penn 3-2 and later defeated Howard University 3-1 to push their overall record to 8-0.
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Hailey Murray, a 2014 National Cathedral School graduate, helped the Maryland Terrapins defeat the University of Pennsylvania in a five-set thriller at Howard University on Saturday afternoon.
Cadets clip Cavaliers in shootout By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer
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St. John’s offense has now scored a total of 92 points through two games.
Midway through the fourth quarter Saturday, St. John’s had the ball and needed to make one final push to put the game out of reach. The Cadets’ student section, knowing their team needed a lift, began to chant “We want 50! We want 50!” hoping to see that score on the board. Freshman running back Keilan Robinson, who said after the game that he was too focused on his assignment to hear the chants, delivered the knockout touchdown moments later when he broke through Archbishop Spalding’s defense for an electric 32-yard run. The play helped propel the Cadets to a 51-35 victory and a 2-0 record. The St. John’s offense, which scored 41 points in their season opener, was once again on a roll. The team’s running game was led by a two-headed attack: Robinson had eight touches for 45 yards and a score, while junior running back Tyree Johnson had 68 yards and a touchdown on six attempts. “We just try to come out and establish the running game early to open up the passing
game,” said Johnson. “We just run hard.” Through the air, senior quarterback Talik Mann threw for 268 yards and five touchdowns. His go-to wideouts were sophomore Kwincy Hall, who grabbed two scores and racked up 86 yards; sophomore Charles Briscoe, who had 83 yards and a score; and senior Aaron Hansford, who added 63 yards and a score. “The kids are doing a great job of executing,” said Cadets coach Joe Patterson, adding that offensive coordinator coach Joe Casamento “runs a good system and calls a great game.” The Cadets jumped on the Cavaliers from the opening whistle on Saturday. The St. John’s defense started the scoring bonanza when senior linebacker Kordell Brown tackled a Spalding player for a safety and two points. The Cadets’ offense then went to work as Johnson ripped off a 13-yard touchdown scamper and Hall hauled in a pair of long passes for two scores as the team went ahead 23-0 by the end of the first quarter. “We took advantage of several miscues,” said Patterson. “We scored on two one-play See Football/Page 10
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Sidwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boys soccer team comes into this season looking to rebound after a disappointing 2014 where the Quakers finished fifth in the Mid-Atlantic Conference and posted an overall record of 7-5-2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a big drop-off after winning the D.C. State Athletic Association crown the year before. After the rebuilding year, the Quakers aim to once again contend for both the MAC and DCSAA championships this fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in the championship hunt and qualify for the state cup,â&#x20AC;? said Quakers coach Jorgen Kjaer. Sidwell enters the season confident because of several talented returning players. On the offensive end, the Quakers look to senior Ryan
Yang to deliver goals, a skill he showed during a recent scrimmage against School Without Walls. The team is also relying on senior Robel Selassie, who assisted on that score. Also returning is center back Max Strickberger, who will help anchor that side of the field along with senior goalie Ethan Jaskoqiak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Ethan, who played on the team last year, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his chance to grab the starting position,â&#x20AC;? said Kjaer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m confident that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have good play back there.â&#x20AC;? In addition to the skills of those returning players, the Quakers will be bolstered by a strong freshman class including Will Stewart and Griffin Clinton, whom Kjaer called â&#x20AC;&#x153;talented freshmenâ&#x20AC;? who have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;looking really good.â&#x20AC;? Kjaer has been pleased with his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance so far, and he watched the squad take strides in the
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drives. We had some really good situations with field position.â&#x20AC;? In the second quarter, Spalding countered with three unanswered touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions to tie the game at 23. But the Cadets regained their form as Mann connected with Briscoe on a 45-yard touchdown to put St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ahead 29-23 at halftime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Halftime came at the right spot,â&#x20AC;? said Patterson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team regrouped in the locker room and recommitted themselves. We took a breath there.â&#x20AC;? After the break, St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s returned to their firstquarter form. Mann hit Robinson on a screen pass, and the freshman did the rest as he broke through the Cavaliersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense for a 20-yard touchdown. Spalding answered with a touchdown of its own to keep it a onescore game. But the Cadets put the game out of reach with one last offensive onslaught in the fourth quarter. First, Mann connected with Hansford on a 31-yard scoring strike. Then Robinson scored again with his 32-yard touchdown run. For the St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense it was a rare chance to shoulder the load for their defense, which has been the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backbone in recent years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a motivational thing for the offense,â&#x20AC;? said Mann. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to tell the defense that we had their back and when they are down we would pick them back up.â&#x20AC;? While offense carried the day, the defense made several plays throughout the afternoon. Ryan Vessels and Aaron Hansford each had 11 tackles, while Terrell Hall and Tyree Johnson each had two sacks. St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will be back in action on Friday when they travel to Ohio to battle Steubenville at 7 p.m.
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scrimmage against Walls on Aug. 26. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a solid performance all the way around,â&#x20AC;? the coach said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was pleased with our ability to keep possession and dominate that throughout the game. â&#x20AC;Ś Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an improvement from last year.â&#x20AC;? Like other soccer teams in the area, the Quakers are still working through their preseason schedule and scrimmages as they finalize their roster. One complication that many teams run into are soccer academy rules, which forbid players from playing on their high school teams if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing for an academy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some that are still undecided,â&#x20AC;? the coach said. Despite the uncertainty, Sidwell will look to climb back from last year as the squad begins its season Thursday, hosting The Heights at 4:30 p.m.
McKinleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense for a 30-yard gain. But the play was called back because of a holding penalty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; making it one of the few times Gonzaga was stopped during the game. In the ensuing play, Randolph dashed through for a 42-yard touchdown run for the first of many scores as Gonzaga thrashed McKinley en route to a 58-0 victory. Randolph finished with 71 yards and three scores on just eight rushes. Meanwhile, the Eaglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; passing game was just as effective. Junior quarterback Sam Brown
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Gonzaga running back Tyree Randolph dashed through McKinleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense for three scores.
completed eight of 10 passes for 102 yards and a score; his favorite targets were freshman wideout Dean Engram, who had three catches for 35 yards, and junior receiver Jirhe Love, who had two grabs for 35 yards. Gonzaga will enjoy a bye this weekend before hosting Jesuit rival Georgetown Prep at 2 p.m. on Sept. 19.
Sidwell drops opener
The Quakers fell to Pallotti 41-8 in their season opener on Friday night. Sidwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense was led by senior quarterback Ted Hefterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 114 yards on 12 completions. His go-to wideouts were junior receiver Dylan Greynolds, who had five receptions for 85 yards, and sophomore tight end Nathaniel Potts, who had three grabs for 17 yards. On the ground, the Quakers relied on senior running back Terrance Horne to tote the rock with 18 carries for 59 yards.
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and breakfast. Longer rental periods require a â&#x20AC;&#x153;basic business licenseâ&#x20AC;? and code inspection, and sometimes also approval from the zoning board â&#x20AC;&#x201D; though the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ongoing effort to revise its zoning code will likely remove the latter step for some residents who wish to rent out basement apartments or carriage houses. For details visit tinyurl.com/rent-dcra. â&#x2013; Reserve disability parking. Some residents with disabilities can ask the D.C. Department of Transportation to reserve them a parking space in front of their house. The benefit is available to residents who meet five criteria: They must hold a valid D.C. disability license plate or placard; live in a singlefamily home; drive the vehicle for which the parking space would be reserved, and have no alternative form of transportation; lack other parking options â&#x20AC;&#x153;within a distance that is reasonably accessibleâ&#x20AC;?; and lack off-street parking on or adjacent to their home, according to the Transportation Department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;DDOT recognizes the varying needs of our cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residents and visitors,â&#x20AC;? spokesperson St. Clair wrote in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are committed to providing on-street parking accommodations for persons with disabilities to ensure better access across the District for all persons, regardless of their mobility challenges.â&#x20AC;? There are currently 1,531 reserved residential parking spaces across the District, he said. Residents of multifamily homes can also request a parking space on their blocks reserved for people with disabilities, but it would be available to any car with a disability tag or placard, not that specific resident.
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For some big posts in District government, ANC seats serve as a springboard By KATIE PEARCE Current Staff Writer
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efore Phil Mendelson became chairman of the D.C. Council â&#x20AC;&#x201D; before he even thought of running for council â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he spent two decades toiling in community issues in Cleveland Park as an advisory neighborhood commissioner. By the mid-1970s he was already active in his neighborhood, working to block a planned teardown of the McLean Gardens apartment complex where he lived. The then-fledgling advisory neighborhood commission system, established in 1976, offered him a bit of a higher perch. From there, Mendelson ultimately went on to become an at-large council member in 1998, then chair of the body two years ago. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a trajectory many District officials share: from ANC to bigger roles. The current city government is teeming with former ANC members â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including the mayor, Muriel Bowser, and D.C. Council members Mendelson, Anita Bonds, Jack Evans and Brianne Nadeau. Dozens of council staffers working in the Wilson Building, and in government agencies across the city, have also
served on ANCs. Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s D.C. elections were also rife with former or current ANC members. Two mayoral hopefuls â&#x20AC;&#x201D; then-council members Tommy Wells and David Catania â&#x20AC;&#x201D; started their local government careers in ANCs. Wells now heads the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Energy & Environment. Veteran D.C. journalist Tom Sherwood, a columnist for The Current and political reporter for NBC4, recalls the first time he came across Catania, who served for nearly 17 years on the council. Sherwood, giving a speech to a Dupont Circle community group in the mid-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s, was called out by â&#x20AC;&#x153;a young man [who] stood up and asked why I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cover ANC commissioners, saying they were doing the real grassroots community work,â&#x20AC;? he writes in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I somewhat flippantly responded that it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t my duty to cover him, it was his duty to do something that would â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;makeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; me cover him. He came up to me after the speech and introduced himself. It was David Catania.â&#x20AC;? In 2015, the media and political machines are more attuned to the importance of ANCs, both the role they play advising on some critical D.C. issues and their career-launching abilities. And neighborhood commissioners
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D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson was an advisory neighborhood commissioner representing McLean Gardens.
themselves, at least those with political aspirations, also seem more savvy about parlaying their ANC experience into higher offices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of a candidate who was [a commissioner] who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tout it on their resume,â&#x20AC;? says Gottlieb Simon, longtime executive director of the Office of Advisory
Neighborhood Commissions. Over the years, he says, the role has â&#x20AC;&#x153;increased in prominence, respect and influence.â&#x20AC;? Matthew Frumin, who served on the Tenleytown ANC for over six years and ran for a council seat in 2013, notes that â&#x20AC;&#x153;ANCs have become entrenched â&#x20AC;&#x201D; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dealing constantly with issues that matter to people â&#x20AC;Ś and have a profile,â&#x20AC;? he says. Some commissioners, he says, can establish themselves as â&#x20AC;&#x153;prominent community leaders.â&#x20AC;? But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up for debate whether many members of the 40 ANCs across the city are consciously grabbing at the gold ring when they take on those unpaid elected positions to represent 2,000 residents in their immediate area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wide-ranging set of motivationsâ&#x20AC;? to become a commissioner, Simon observes, but for most it seems to start with identifying a particular need or problem in their neighborhood they want to tackle more directly. Brianne Nadeau served for four years on an ANC before winning the Ward 1 council seat last year. While she says â&#x20AC;&#x153;there are definitely people who run for the ANC and think of it as a steppingstoneâ&#x20AC;? for a government career, any commissioner who thinks of the See Seats/Page CG7
D.C. tests year-round schooling at Raymond By DEIRDRE BANNON Current Correspondent
At the beginning of the 2013-14 school year, D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson asked her principals if they could do anything at their schools to improve them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if there were no limit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; what would it be? At Raymond Education Campus in Petworth, which runs from pre-K to eighth grade, principal Natalie Hubbard took the question to heart and, with her leadership team that includes teachers, came up with something outside of the box: year-round school. After extensive research examining how other schools implemented, and performed with, a yearround model, Hubbard formally proposed the idea to the chancellor last December. She got approval to launch a pilot program this spring, and as of this fall, Raymond has become the first traditional public school in the District to try operating all year long. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We see that there is a huge gap between where students were at the end of the school year versus where they are when they come back to school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and we spend so much time getting our students back to where they were,â&#x20AC;? said Hubbard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our big aim is to prevent that large amount of time off in the summer. By adding more days and shifting the breaks around, our belief is that our students will be stronger students and the proficiency rate will rise.â&#x20AC;? The extended school year will be phased in over the next two school years, with 10 school days added in 2015-16, and another 10 added in 2016-17. The additional time will include winter and spring intersessions during parts of the usual school vacation periods, and the school year will start earlier in August and end in July. During the intersessions, which will be optional during the first year, the school will offer enrichment programs for students to dig deeper into their lessons as well as intervention programs for students who need more help. Hubbard says the faculty will identify students who need extra instruction and meet with parents to explain how the additional days will benefit their children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very excited about the school year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to start,â&#x20AC;? said Hubbard. The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachers are on board as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The research that I found was compelling that our
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Raymond Education Campus in Petworth is phasing in a year-round model as a pilot project.
population would really benefit from this kind of schedule,â&#x20AC;? said Deborah Durham-Vichr, who teaches English as a second language and was part of the leadership team. The neighborhood school has a strong immigrant community from Central America, with many new students entering each year who may not have been attending school regularly in their home country. They also may have endured traumatic circumstances or separation from their parents in their journeys to the United States, Durham-Vichr said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know when my students go home, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear any English. And a lot of them donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enrichment at home unfortunately, so this is a way to provide that and avoid the summer slide,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really hopeful and excited to see how the results will turn out.â&#x20AC;? Officially, the pilot program will last for two years, but Hubbard hopes the school will have three years to prove whether year-round schooling works for students and whether proficiency levels rise. Hubbard engaged with students about the change during the school year through surveys, table talks and one-on-one conversations. She recalled one student who told her that he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if he liked the idea of going to school year-round until she explained what students would be able to do. That will include more field trips like one students went on to New York City, where the kids took dance and music lessons, ate at a soul food restaurant and toured the city. Last year, students at Raymond also took a tour of historic See Raymond/Page CG7
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Hollywood meets D.C.: Local spots on film By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer
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ou can hardly watch a Hollywood movie that’s set in D.C. without getting a glimpse of the Washington Monument and the Capitol building. Like with the Eiffel Tower in Paris, popular culture often reduces the nation’s capital to landmarks that capture only a fraction of its essence. But there are plenty of productions filmed on location in D.C. every year — 280 in 2014, according to Pharaoh Martin, who works in the city’s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development. Martin’s office helps productions and filmmakers “navigate the red tape” of federal restrictions and other limitations on filming in the city. The advantage of working around those barriers in the city itself, Martin said, is the opportunity to capture the District as it actually looks. “A lot of productions will go into Maryland and try to film, but they’re not getting the authentic D.C,” he said. The upcoming year’s city budget includes $1.2 million allocated for the Film DC Incentive Fund, which provides cash rebates for some productions filmed on location in the city. Martin said his department is excited to have funds for this program for the first time in five years. Even before this latest boost, though, the city has had a long tradition of welcoming Hollywood productions into its borders. Here’s a list of movies that break the D.C. mold, showing parts of the city that non-residents — and even some Washingtonians — might not recognize. The Exorcist Steps Climbing from the 3600 block of M Street NW up to Prospect in Georgetown, this stairwell is the
These are some of the D.C. treasures featured in recent movies: “Minority Report” (2002) ■ The Gap store on Wisconsin Avenue NW ■ Row houses on the 1700 block of C Street SE “National Treasure” (2004) ■ National Archives and Archives Metro station ■ Lafayette Park ■ 16th Street NW “The Sentinel” (2006) ■ The Mayflower on Connecticut Avenue NW ■ Eye Street Grill “Thank You for Smoking” (2006) ■ Cleveland Park Metro station ■ Capitol Grille Restaurant “State of Play” (2009) ■ The Kennedy Center ■ The District Line shop ■ K Street NW ■ Key Bridge ■ Ben’s Chili Bowl ■ Heller’s Bakery ■ Scottish Rite Temple site of one of the most famous scenes in movie history, the climax of the terrifying horror film “The Exorcist.” And the spot will get extra attention this upcoming Halloween weekend. The Dupont Festival group, in conjunction with the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development, will commemorate the site of the iconic scene by installing a plaque during a free public event on Oct. 30. William Friedkin, director of the 1973 movie, and William Peter Blatty, the author of the book upon which the movie is based, will be in attendance. A screening of the film and Q&A will follow on a later date, according to Aaron DeNu, Dupont Festival founding member. “It’s a great opportunity to highlight the city. That area’s been already known for quite a while for the stairs,” DeNu said. “We just
think this is a great way to honor the author and the director in the exact location of the climactic scene.” The event was conceived by Dupont Festival’s Andrew Huff, a lifetime fan of “The Exorcist” who has long wanted to see the steps recognized. “Everyone knows that it’s there. There’s nothing there to mark the space to let people know,” he said. “My thought was, let’s put up a plaque.” Huff said he hopes to see the mayor in attendance at the event, which will also feature a young actress dressed as the demon from the film. Neighbors in the area are pitching in to help, Huff said. “It’s really turning out to be a grass-roots effort.” Old Ebbitt Grill In the 1993 thriller “In the Line of Fire,” Clint Eastwood plays a Secret Service agent tasked with tracking down a deranged former CIA operative hell-bent on assassinating the president of the United States. When he’s not taking down bad guys, Frank Horrigan (Eastwood) liquors up at this historic oyster bar, established in 1856 and known for being hospitable to real-life presidents, according to the bar’s website. 13th and Clifton streets NW This street corner appears in the 2005 Stephan Gaghan film “Syriana,” in which George Clooney plays a CIA operative embroiled in turmoil surrounding the global oil industry. A character takes a jog past this intersection in the film. Petworth advisory neighborhood commissioner Joe Martin, who works as a location scout for film and television for his day job, says Gaghan smiled when he saw where he’d be shooting: “You bring these Hollywood people to places no one else does,” Gaghan told him.
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The Exorcist Steps in Georgetown are among the Northwest sites memorialized on film. Less well known is the third-floor apartment at 1764 Columbia Road NW in “Enemy of the State.” Fire escape behind the former Chef Ike’s Mambo Room Joe Martin says filming for the 1998 spy thriller “Enemy of the State” took place both inside and outside of the restaurant, as well as along several rooftops in Adams Morgan. Third-floor walk-up apartment at 1764 Columbia Road NW, across from the Safeway in Adams Morgan Filming for the 1998 thriller “Enemy of the State” stopped in at the home of a former Uptown Theatre projectionist and his 8-yearold son, whose elaborately decorated apartment proved to be a suitable stand-in for that of the wildlife researcher played by Jason Lee. One of Joe Martin’s co-workers was friends with the projectionist and thought his apartment might make an interesting place to film. Martin said director Tony Scott’s rationale for shooting in an actual apartment as opposed to designing
one specifically for the film was: “Our art department could not dream up something this cool.” Double massage table, RitzCarlton Georgetown The 2003 HBO miniseries “K Street,” created by Steven Soderbergh and executive produced by George Clooney, blended fiction and reality to tell the story of lobbyists and politicians in the nation’s capital, with plotlines established by headlines as recent as a week before an episode’s airdate. One scene took place in a room in the RitzCarlton Georgetown hotel with double massage tables, Joe Martin says. Dumbarton Oaks Museum While the museum itself doesn’t figure into the movie, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” features an extended cameo from one of the museum’s most prized possessions: the original statue that inspired the design for the Ark of the Covenant, the sought-after object in Steven Spielberg’s 1978 blockbuster.
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audited. The Energy & Environment Department also provides incentives toward the purchase and installation of some of the stormwater features suggested either by its own auditors or by a private contractor. Some homes will be randomly inspected later to ensure that the grants were used properly; Christian said few recipients intentionally flout the rules but that sometimes her agency finds that homeowners could be maintaining their new gardens or equipment better. Visit tinyurl.com/doee-riversmart or call 202-535-2252 to join RiverSmart Homes. â&#x2013; Address a rat problem. Rats can be more than a nuisance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they also pose a threat to public health. Accordingly, the D.C. Department of Health provides free rat inspections and abatement of rats found outside homes, including on private property if a building has less than three units. Residents who suspect they have a rat problem â&#x20AC;&#x201D; evidence could be rodent droppings, gnawed garbage cans, or holes in the ground that could be rat burrows â&#x20AC;&#x201D; can request the free inspection by calling 311. Health Department spokesperson Marcus Williams said the inspection typically takes place within three to five business days. The pest control workers place poison bait in any rat burrows they find, then cover them up so other animals arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in danger. Williams said the Health Department also encourages groups of residents to request the service at the same time, by calling 311 or 202-535-2954 to request a petition for multiple households to sign up at once â&#x20AC;&#x201D; particularly valuable because rats living on one property may travel up to 150 feet away for food. Inspectors also leave door hangers on properties they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have permission to inspect and abate if it appears those have a rat problem as well. Residents should avoid covering the rat burrows themselves, as that makes it harder for the Health Department to identify and address them, Williams said. They should also ensure proper disposal of trash and well-maintained lawns to avoid encouraging rats, he said. Ivan Torres, another agency spokesperson, noted that the Health Department addresses only outdoor rats; residents with a problem inside their homes, or who live in a building with more than three units, need to hire a private pest control company. â&#x2013; Deal with an abandoned car. Unlike in the past, D.C. law allows cars to be parked indefinitely on the street, rather than needing to move every 72 hours as was the case under previous regulations. This change was intended to support residents who own a car but prefer to use other transportation modes most of the time, according to Linda Grant, spokesperson for the
Department of Public Works. However, the city will still step in to remove cars that are deemed either â&#x20AC;&#x153;abandonedâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;dangerousâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; either on public or private property â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and residents can report such vehicles via 311. An automobile or trailer left on the street for more than 48 hours, or on private property for more than 30 days, is deemed abandoned if it meets at least two of the following criteria: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensively damaged;
itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inoperable and not undergoing emergency repair; it harbors vermin; and it lacks valid tags or a registration sticker. Grant said her department will inspect a vehicle within three days of a 311 report, and the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website says cars confirmed to be abandoned on a public street are removed within five business days. Car owners are alerted to an impending removal via a large yellow sticker on the windshield, and the last registered owner
is contacted by mail once a car is impounded. The owner is also responsible for impound fees. A dangerous car or trailer that â&#x20AC;&#x153;poses an imminent hazard to the public health, safety, or welfareâ&#x20AC;? is addressed more quickly. These include issues such as severe accident damage that leave exposed sharp metal or glass (not counting the â&#x20AC;&#x153;safety glassâ&#x20AC;? of a shattered window, says Grant) or an infestation of vermin; it also can apply to
vehicles that have been dismantled. Grant said the vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location is also a factor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for instance, whether a damaged vehicle is near a school or playground, or if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obstructing a street or sidewalk. The Public Works Department tries to work with the owners of dangerous vehicles for four to 24 hours, Grant said, but will tow cars immediately if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an imminent danger. Stolen cars are handled by the police.
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Urban agriculture thrives at research farm By DEIRDRE BANNON Current Correspondent
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t the University of the District of Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research farm in Beltsville, Md., farmers are putting the facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s formal name â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Muirkirk Agricultural Experiment Station â&#x20AC;&#x201D; into action to help improve food security in the District and around the world. Located about a 30-minute drive from the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main Van Ness campus is the 143-acre farm, which has 10 acres in agricultural production. Belying Muirkirkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standardfarm appearance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; rows of vegetable plants, a small orchard and several greenhouses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is a cuttingedge agricultural incubator. Its researchers are developing innovative farming techniques using aquaponic, hydroponic and solar energy systems, among other strategies, to research sustainable and organic agriculture techniques and apply them to urban settings. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all part of the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
mission as a land-grant institution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a federal program dating back to 1862 that provided land to colleges and universities to teach agriculture and other technical practices. UDC is the only such institution in the country located in an urban area with a specific focus on urban agriculture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re researching smarter ways of farming as we try to address the issue of food security,â&#x20AC;? said Leslie Malone, spokesperson for UDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences. Food security is a critical problem, Malone explained, because as the global population continues to increase â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from about 7.2 billion today to 9.6 billion by 2050 as projected by the United Nations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there will be more mouths to feed with less room on which to grow food. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the reasons why the farm is so important is because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a demonstration farm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t grow food for the sake of growing
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The research farm at UDC, one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only urban land-grant universities, is an incubator for sustainable urban farming practices. food,â&#x20AC;? Malone said of Muirkirk. water typically required to grow â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to make it as innovative as plants in soil, according to UDC. possible to replicate how people When the fish mature, they also would be able to bio-intensively become a food source, and this year grow food in urban surroundings,â&#x20AC;? the farm is building a smoker which means using small plots of because smoked fish lasts longer land or nontraditional spaces like and will thus go further in the comrooftops. munity. One example of a bio-intensive Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a solar panel at the growing method being tested at farm powering a pump that extracts Muirkirk is vertical farming. Using groundwater for food production. white PVC pipes with holes cut out Researchers are assessing this sysof the sides, farmers are growing tem to determine how solar groundlettuces using hydroponics, a syswater management systems can be tem where plants grow in mineralused to irrigate crops in an efficient nutrient water and affordable without any way. soil. The pipes The farm is can be stacked also used to several levels research interhigh to maxicropping methmize the density ods for growing of crops that can food in garden grow in a given boxes or raised Deirdre Bannon/The Current beds. Farmers space. The farmers also strategically Staff farmer Alemayehu Waggie plan to try to feeds tilapia fish in the aquaponic plant different grow tomatoes, varieties of vegsystemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water tanks. peppers, kale etables and and broccoli with this system. fruits in one bed to maximize the The farm is also using an aquacrop yield and also prevent the ponic system, where the nutrientplants from fighting for limited soil. rich water from 500-gallon tilapia The man behind all this innovafish tanks is funneled to various tion is Mchezaji â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cheâ&#x20AC;? Axum, an hydroponic flow beds. Aquaponic agronomist and director of UDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s systems use about 10 percent of the Center for Urban Agriculture and
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Gardening Education. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been running the farm for the past three years, overseeing a team of farmers and researchers. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also involved with several other university offerings, including the master gardening, specialty and ethnic crops, and urban forestry programs. Axum is a third-generation Washingtonian and descends from a long line of farmers, including his great-great grandfather, who once farmed in Northeast D.C. Axum worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture for 20 years and taught middle school science before coming to the university. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I got here, we only had about a 4-acre orchard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve since cleared 10 acres that are in full production of vegetables, ethnic and specialty crops, fruits and rice,â&#x20AC;? said Axum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve increased production and have been able to send a lot more food into the community.â&#x20AC;? By D.C. law, UDC is unable to sell its produce, so instead it donates thousands of pounds of food annually to Bread for the City and DC Central Kitchen. In addition to finding innovative ways to produce food in smaller spaces, Axum also aims to increase the nutrient density of food crops by experimenting with organic fertilizers and other methods. This year Axum and his team are also developing crops that specifically meet nutritional needs of D.C. residents with HIV and AIDS. The farm grows the typical vegetables and fruits one might expect â&#x20AC;&#x201D; tomatoes, onions, peppers, apples and pears â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also experimenting with small-scale dryland rice production. And through its specialty and ethnic crops program, the farm is using sustainable growing methods to produce fruits and vegetables that originated outside the U.S. (currently focused on crops from the Caribbean and West Africa) but can grow in the MidAtlantic, including African eggplant, sacred basil and Ethiopian caraway. There are many ways for community members to get involved at the farm. In keeping with its mission to teach urban agriculture to local resiSee Farming/Page CG10
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Philadelphia, where kids marveled at the idea that they were standing at Ben Franklin’s house. “It’s not just about having the children in the classroom and lecturing, it’s about being able to plan culminating activities and having the time to expose them to those experiences as well,” Hubbard said. “The narratives that students wrote about it afterward were incred-
ible.” The extra school time will also help students who need more instruction. “There’s so much in the curriculum … and the ESL students need more time to get all the material — they can’t read the same story in two days; they need five.” Durham-Vichr said. “The more support that we can give them, the better, and the better chance they have for success as they go on,” she added. “Every kid
deserves an excellent education, and we can give it to them, but they just need more time.” Many parents hope that the year-round program can give their children a competitive advantage, Hubbard said. “When they told us about the year-round program, I thought someone was giving me a Christmas present,” said Robin Quick, a parent of a first-grader. “Ms. Hubbard is a real stickler academically — she’s concerned with the kids excelling and performing to their
highest potential. Having that real partnership with the school and knowing that it doesn’t end in June is very encouraging.” Quick — who attended Raymond as a child, as did her mother — believes the yearround program will set students up to excel in high school and beyond. “We have to give our kids the best chance at success that we can. … If this program is a success, we will see real benefits for our children in the long run,” she said.
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role in that narrow framework is in for a reality check with the amount of work — often grunt work — that comes with it. “Anyone who thinks it’s going to be glamour and fun and a steppingstone … is not equipped,” she says. Oftentimes, though, ANC service does overlap with a fundamental proclivity for politics. “Politics is something that’s in my blood,” says Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans — so it was natural for him to run for the Dupont Circle ANC back in 1989, at the encouragement of two friends in his condo building. Working on many issues with former Ward 2 Council member John A. Wilson — “John was my guy,” Evans says — he didn’t have thoughts of succeeding his mentor. “It was only when
John became chairman” of the council and his Ward 2 seat opened up, Evans said, that he considered that path. Nadeau says she was “politically engaged” from childhood, working at age 11 on a school board campaign. In D.C., she joined her ANC in 2006 after being active with the Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association. From there, she found her council ambitions after supporting a friend, Bryan Weaver, with his Ward 1 campaign. Sometimes the streak for grassroots politics runs in the family. As a child, Muriel Bowser was often by her father Joe’s side as he worked as a neighborhood commissioner and even ran for city council. Bowser joined a Ward 4 commission herself in 2004 — she’s the second D.C. mayor, after Adrian Fenty, with an ANC background.
Regardless of any aspirations driving a neighborhood commissioner, the ANC system has become respected as an effective crash course in the workings of the
❝Anyone who thinks it’s going to be glamour and fun and a steppingstone … is not equipped.❞ — Council member Brianne Nadeau District government, from the nittygritty — zoning and liquor licenses — to larger policy issues. Simon of the ANC office describes it as almost “an advanced graduate course in government.” “Although the formal purposes for having ANCs don’t include this, they have become a very useful
training ground and proving ground for other elected offices,” says Simon. Likewise, he says, “people who become commissioners have an opportunity to find out if they like being a representative for others,” while their potential voters also get a chance to evaluate them. Chairman Mendelson said his “20 years being on the ANC steeped me deeply in community perspective, quality-of-life perspective, on issues that come before the council.” By the time Nadeau reached the council, she’d already built relationships with a number of government contacts. Today, she says, “I can pick up the phone and talk to someone I used to talk to when I was on the ANC. They may remember me as a big pain in their butt.” For some, ANCs can also open up an alternative path to a career
focused on national politics — which of course is what draws many to D.C. in the first place. City issues “are more immediate and real to you,” says Frumin of Tenleytown, who has a federal background. With national and international issues, he says, “there’s much more of an element of abstraction.” Nadeau also came to find local D.C. issues more engaging, in part from her time on the ANC. “Once you’ve worked on Capitol Hill and experienced that gridlock and polarization that’s occurring nationally,” local government can offer a more tangible sense of progress, she says. “You feel like you’re accomplishing something every day. Especially on the council, we really can move on big issues, like marriage equality, decriminalization of marijuana. That’s pretty exciting.”
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Northwest sites tell the story of grocery trends fell behind the times, and within a decade, it too had shut down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing is simply an evolution of the business to meet n 1987, Safeway closed its customer needs, customer longtime Cleveland Park grocery store at 3427 Connecticut demands,â&#x20AC;? Safeway spokesperson Craig Muckle said in an interview Ave. NW. Known informally as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soviet with The Current. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dominant D.C. grocery Safewayâ&#x20AC;? for its chains â&#x20AC;&#x201D; limited selecSafeway and tion, the Giant â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have 7,000-squareincreasingly foot shop moved to add reflected an earselection and lier era for the amenities to chain. their stores, regCustomers were ularly requiring encouraged to new facilities to instead go to match their the Van Ness changing needs. location, 4310 Brian Kapur/The Current In many Connecticut, cases, particuThe Safeway at 1855 Wisconsin which The larly in highWashington Ave. is the latest of the chainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demand areas, Post described stores to occupy the same site. the old buildat the time as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a ings have been torn down to allow food store aglow with newness and more intensive use of the space. For neon.â&#x20AC;? instance, Safeway replaced its But even that location quickly 1930s-era grocery at 2011 S St. NW with a larger adjacent space in the 1970s, before closing that location in 2010. And the current Georgetown Safeway is the fourth building the chain has used in the area of 1855 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Safeway opened its first grocery at 1855 Wisconsin six decades ago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; replacing a smaller Safeway next door â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as part of a blitz of 19 new stores across the region averaging 17,000 square feet, The Washington Post reported in 1954. This was a big jump from the chainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6,000-square-foot average of groceries built before 1950, according to the Post. Safeway demolished that 1955 building in Georgetown just over two decades later to double the size of its store there and to add a larger parking lot. Then in 2009, it nearly doubled its facility again, to a /HDUQ PRUH DW whopping 71,000-square-foot building that covered the old parking lot
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and added an underground garage. Despite all the redevelopment, Northwest still remains scattered with former Giants and Safeways, as other establishments found ways to use the buildings the big chains outgrew. A number of grocery stores with smaller or more specialized selections occupy some of those old spaces, including Brookville Super Market at 3427 Connecticut. The space at 4310 Connecticut now houses a Goldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gym. Several Giant and Safeway buildings have been reoccupied by CVS Pharmacy. There are also offices, restaurants, a thrift store, medical practices and even a funeral home operating out of former Northwest supermarkets. David Gwynn, who runs the supermarket history website groceteria.com, said in an interview that grocery stores constructed through the 1950s have proved the best suited for other uses. Supermarkets of that era were generally sturdily built low-rises that were more easily adaptable than the bigger stores constructed later. Suburban-style stores with big parking lots â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as the Petworth Safeway, 3830 Georgia Ave. NW, and Cleveland Park Giant, 3336 Wisconsin Ave. NW â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have been particularly ripe for redevelopment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The land became too valuable to have old, dumpy, outmoded stores on them,â&#x20AC;? Gwynn said. Looking back even further, before World War II, the D.C. grocery scene primarily occupied ordinary small storefronts and specialized in particular goods. Safeway and its local predecessor, Sanitary, focused on dry and canned items, Gwynn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you can imagine, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re actually more common than Starbucks stores are now,â&#x20AC;? he said.
Now a CVS, as shown above, the building at 4555 Wisconsin Ave. NW previously housed a Giant Food store, as shown in this 1942 photo by Marjory Collins now in the Library of Congressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; archives.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were everywhere, sometimes just one or two blocks away from each other.â&#x20AC;? Even Giant Food, named for its above-average size, focused primarily on nonperishable items when it opened a 15,000-square-foot store (since demolished) at Georgia Avenue and Park Road NW in 1936, according to company spokesperson Jamie Miller. In the 1930s, though, technology was already starting to change the face of the D.C. grocery scene, according to Gwynn. More customers had refrigerators, so they could stock up on perishable food for multiple days, and they had cars that let them travel to one larger store without relying on corner markets. The Great Depression further tipped many shoppersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; scales in favor of a supermarketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cost savings over a corner storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s convenience, he said. Groceteria.com maintains a spreadsheet of chainsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; store locations over the years in a number of
cities, including the District. Gwynn said Safeway, Sanitary and Piggly Wiggly (locally run by Sanitary) had a combined 261 stores in Washington in 1935. Consolidation followed soon after, with Safeway dropping to 60 D.C. stores in the 1970s, 30 by 1980 and 12 today. Giant has also closed stores over the years and how has seven D.C. locations. Miller, the Giant spokesperson, said the latest supermarkets must be big enough to fit a larger selection â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an average of 40,000 different items per store â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and auxiliaries like pharmacies, coffee shops, prepared food areas and even bars. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not where customers come and do their shopping and get out quickly â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they come to the store as a destination,â&#x20AC;? he said. Muckle, meanwhile, said Safeway is making its D.C. stores better reflect the advantages of urban locations. The company for a time built suburban-style stores in the District that were about 40,000 square feet and had large parking lots, such as the Georgetown store built in the late 1970s, he said. The See Groceries/Page CG10
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runoff from carrying pollution and sediment to streams and other waterways,â&#x20AC;? the release states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vegetation dramatically reduces the temperature of the roof and surrounding area [which] reduces the urban heat island effect and helps cool the District.â&#x20AC;? For instance, the green roof on the American Society of Landscape Architects building downtown can be 32 degrees cooler than neighboring black roofs. The roofs also provide financial benefit. Department director Tommy Wells points to recently adopted stormwater regulations and a stormwater retention credit-trading program as part of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broad emphasis on sustainability. The survey takes into account such factors as square footage, building type and green roof type for each project.
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Your list of lists: Where the District ranks in the top 10 By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer
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t sometimes seems like there are as many lists ranking America’s cities as there are cities in America. And D.C. frequently finds its way onto the upper reaches of these rankings. Below, 11 lists that place D.C. in their Top 10: 10th worst ragweed allergies Itchy eyes? Runny nose? It’s no wonder Washingtonians are feeling stifled — they live in the 10th worst city in the country for ragweed allergies, according to a 2011 study by Quest Diagnostics and reported by the website TBD. Between 2005 and 2008, nationwide ragweed sensitivity jumped 12 percent, and D.C. is one of the victims of our losing battle against pesky pollen.
Ninth hardest-working Look up from your desk and pull out your earphones to admire D.C.’s No. 9 spot among the hardest working cities in America, as determined by the real estate blog Movoto in 2013 and highlighted in a WAMU story. The unemployment rate, commute times, hours worked per week, employed workers per household, hours volunteered per year, lack of sleep and cost of living all played a role in the decision-making process, according to Movoto content editor David Cross. Eighth most promiscuous The dating site seekingarrangements.com (“the world’s largest sugar daddy site”) polled 56,000 men across the United States about the number of sexual partners they’ve had in
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Seventh most fun, and seventh most energy efficient How often do you have fun in D.C.? According to a 2012 survey by Trident Gum, the answer is: more than the residents of all but six other U.S. metropolitan areas. D.C. also ranked seventh on a 2013 list of the nation’s most energy-efficient cities. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy judged based on local building codes, transportation policies, communitywide energy initiatives and efficiency improvement efforts. Sixth sweatiest If you’ve stepped outside anytime in the past two months, you probably agree with Honeywell Fans and the consulting firm Environmental Health & Engineering, which ranked our nation’s capital right below three cities in Florida, one in Texas and one in California for its perspiration factor. Using data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center and the U.S. Census Bureau, the ranking takes into account factors including humidity, average temperature, population density and infrastructure like residential buildings and heavy industry. Fifth smartest Forbes Magazine parsed the growth rate
for the number of residents with at least a bachelor’s degree from 2000 to 2013 and ranked D.C. fifth for the most educated metropolitan population. In 2013, the city — including the surrounding Virginia communities of Alexandria and Arlington — posted a 44.9 percent increase in the college-educated population since 2000. No. 1 on the lists? The Boston-Cambridge area in Massachusetts. Fourth best public transportation Walk Score calculated the number of available public transportation options and car-sharing services, and ranked D.C. fourth in the nation and first among Southern cities, a classification for which D.C. apparently qualifies. An important caveat: The study didn’t take into account the performance or reliability of public transportation options. Third most binge-drinking When ranked against other states, D.C. fell behind North Dakota and Wisconsin for the highest percentage of residents having reported engaging in binge-drinking — four drinks for women and five for men in one sitting. Stacked against other metropolitan areas, though, the D.C. region (including surrounding counties in Virginia) ranked a more modest 87th out of 180, as noted in a WTOP story on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis. Second best for being rich and single If you have lots of money but no one to spend it on, D.C. is the place for you. Money Magazine combed through U.S. cities with high average incomes and a population of unmarried people above the national average
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of 40 percent. D.C. had the highest percentage of singles (57.1) of the five cities on the list, and it ranked below only San Francisco. First for fittest city in America Take a quick break from lifting weights and running laps to pat yourself on the back for making D.C. the nation’s most physically active and healthy city, according to the American Fitness Index. Conducted by the American College of Sports Medicine and highlighted in a Huffington Post article, the study takes into account a variety of indicators, including the percentage of the population that lives within a 10-minute walk from a park. According to the study, 95 percent of D.C. residents can make that claim, putting the city above runners-up including Minneapolis, San Diego and San Francisco.
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chainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newer supermarkets in the District are more tailored to their locations, generally part of mixeduse projects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing is more of an urban model, ... stores that are facing the street, directly on the street, allowing them to have engagement with the street, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make people rely on their cars so much,â&#x20AC;? said Muckle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stores that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve built in recent years whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Petworth, City Vista, Southwest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all of those are more of that model that are maybe near a Metro ... that really is more environmentally friendly. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re putting more density in a confined area.â&#x20AC;? Gwynn said consolidation yields efficiencies for the companies at least as much as it benefits customers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot easier to manage five 50,000-square-foot stores than 10 20,000-square-foot stores,â&#x20AC;? he said. But even when customers lament the loss of their smaller neighborhood groceries, Gwynn acknowledged that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to
meet expectations for selection and consistent inventory in a compacted space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hear them say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather shop in a smaller store, but at the same time they want the smaller store to have every item theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d buy at the bigger store,â&#x20AC;? said Gwynn. The contraction period was also more pronounced in D.C. than in some other cities because of its population loss and high amounts of poverty, he added; indeed, searching the addresses of supermarkets in a Washington Post database illustrates the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decline, with dozens of articles about the stores being robbed. Muckle said Safeway never likes closing one of its locations, but that the switch to fewer, bigger stores has been the best path forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Times change â&#x20AC;&#x201D; people had less time, and there was more of a desire for one-stop shopping, and we tried to move with those times,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t adjust for what best serves the customer, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be left behind.â&#x20AC;?
Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uses for some of Northwestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former chain grocery locations, identified by groceteria.com: â&#x2013; 1231 11th St. NW: Capitol Supermarket (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 4411 14th St. NW: Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 5427 14th St. NW: Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medical Care Center and a contract compliance Brian Kapur/The Current firm (formerly Safeway) Now a Goldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gym, the space â&#x2013; 1619 17th St. NW: McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (forat 4310 Connecticut Ave. NW merly Safeway) â&#x2013; 1864 Columbia Road NW: Metro K was formerly a Safeway. Supermarket (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 3412 Connecticut Ave. NW: Currently vacant, but recent occupants have included the Uptown Tap House and Irelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Four Fields (formerly Giant Food) â&#x2013; 3427 Connecticut Ave. NW: Brookville Super Market (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 4310 Connecticut Ave. NW: Goldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gym (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 5013 Connecticut Ave. NW: CVS Pharmacy (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 5227 Georgia Ave. NW: CVS Pharmacy (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 6101 Georgia Ave. NW: Georgia Avenue Thrift Store Center (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 6428 Georgia Ave. NW: Dental Dreams (formerly A&P) â&#x2013; 124 Kennedy St. NW: CVS Pharmacy (formerly Giant Food) â&#x2013; 716 Kennedy St. NW: Johnson & Jenkins Funeral Home (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 3255 M St. NW: Chipotle (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 4851 Massachusetts Ave. NW: CVS Pharmacy (formerly Giant Food) â&#x2013; 2001 S St. NW: Glenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden Market (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 2011 S St. NW: Thaiphoon (formerly Safeway) â&#x2013; 4555 Wisconsin Ave. NW: CVS Pharmacy (formerly Giant Food)
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FARMING From Page CG6 dents, the university offers a sustainable urban agriculture certificate program open to its students as well as the general public. The program offers two tracks: urban agriculture techniques, and business principles in urban agriculture. It costs $200 for the certificate or $60 per class. Program officials have noticed a recent influx of professionals making a mid- to late-career change, Malone noted. UDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s master gardener program, a national initiative thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also part of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s land-grant mission, provides intensive training to residents in horticulture and environmental stewardship, and its graduates then volunteer in the community to share information and best practices and participate in community gardening programs. Members also volunteer at the research farm and at UDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new rooftop garden on its main campus. The research farm also plays host to hundreds of D.C. public school students each summer who participate in a youth in urban agriculture program as well as Agroecology Day each fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many young folks who come here have never been to a farm before â&#x20AC;&#x201D; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never tasted a carrot pulled right out of the ground or a freshly picked tomato,â&#x20AC;? Axum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of our major accomplishments is connecting young people to the food system and planting a seed to help them understand farming and that if you eat, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re part of the agricultural food system.â&#x20AC;? On Oct. 23, UDC will hold its second annual Urban Agriculture Symposium on its main campus, which is open to the public and will include talks from food policy leaders as well as cooking demonstrations from celebrity chefs. The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation for urban agriculture innovation has spread far beyond the greater Washington area. In recent weeks, a group from the Delaware Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma flew out to visit the farm to learn more about the techniques being used, and two ministers from Aruba also visited because their country imports about 90 percent of its food and wants to change that. Officials from Europe and Africa have also shown interest in the work the university is doing, Malone said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you look at it from a larger perspective, you see how food security is important everywhere, not just in D.C.,â&#x20AC;? Malone added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think of ourselves as the little engine that could. â&#x20AC;Ś Anyone in the area may know of UDC for other things but not for urban agriculture, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to be able to use the land-grant programming to our advantage to help chart a new positive course for UDC that benefits everyone.â&#x20AC;? For more information about UDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban agriculture programs, go to udc.edu/causes.
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Local museums gearing up for full exhibition season By MARK LONGAKER Current Correspondent
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s Washington museums get ready to welcome visitors to a brand-new exhibits season, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look at some of the offerings planned for the coming year. A highlight of the new season is the reopening, after a two-year renovation, of the Renwick Gallery, which is returning with a debut exhibit titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wonderâ&#x20AC;? in November. This immersive exhibit will transform the Renwick interior into a giant artwork, as nine artists create site-specific installations in each gallery. SEPTEMBER Celebrating its 75th anniversary 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Books and next year will be the National Africa.â&#x20AC;? The first exhibition to Gallery of Art, which is planning exhibits on American prints and the focus on African artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; books from the Smithsonianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Warren M. contributions of one of its major Robbins Library benefactors, and the National Paul Mellon, to Museum of mark the occaAfrican Art. sion. The galNational lery will also Museum of celebrate the African Art 50th anniversaindefinitely. ry of the Los 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dark Angeles print Fields of the workshop and Republic: publisher Alexander Gemini G.E.L. Gardner with an exhibit Photographs, of 17 series 1859-1872.â&#x20AC;? made there. Highlights Civil Other exhibits War battlefield at the National Š David Hockney and Gemini G.E.L. photography Gallery include David Hockneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sun,â&#x20AC;? a 1973 and later a look at lithograph and screenprint, is part Western images Hellenistic by Gardner, of the National Gallery of Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bronze sculpincluding his ture and a proexhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Serial Impulse at iconic crackedfile of Louise Gemini G.E.L.â&#x20AC;? plate photoBourgeois. graph of President Abraham The Phillips Collection will bring 60 paintings from two impor- Lincoln. National Portrait Gallery through March 13. tant Swiss collections of impres 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;40 Chances: Finding sionist, post-impressionist and Hope in a Hungry World â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The School of Paris artworks to Dupont Photography of Howard G. Circle this fall with its exhibit Buffett.â&#x20AC;? Features 40 photos by â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gauguin to Picasso.â&#x20AC;? Surrealism Buffett that document the world will get a closer look with hunger crisis. Newseum through â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marvelous Objects,â&#x20AC;? a show of Jan. 3. surrealist sculpture by 20 European and American artists opening next OCTOBER month at the Hirshhorn Museum 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Serial Impulse at and Sculpture Garden. Meanwhile, Gemini G.E.L.â&#x20AC;? Celebrates the the Smithsonian American Art Museum will spotlight 20th-century 50th anniversary of the Los Angeles print workshop and publisher photographer Irving Penn this fall Gemini G.E.L. with 17 series creatand contemporary sculptor Martin ed there over the years. National Puryear next spring. Gallery of Art through Feb. 7. At the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, a show opening in October 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Question Bridge: Black Males.â&#x20AC;? A documentary-style vidwill juxtapose more than 70 works eo-art installation by Chris Johnson, by the influential Japanese artist Hank Willis Thomas, Kamal Tawaraya Sotatsu (who lived from Sinclair and BayetĂŠ Ross Smith that approximately 1570 to 1640) with pieces by later artists that pay hom- aims to represent and redefine black male identity in America. The age to him. This month, the Phillips Collection through Jan. 3. National Portrait Gallery will open 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gauguin to Picasso: an exhibit of photographs by Masterworks From Switzerland, Alexander Gardner, who took the the Staechelin & Im Obersteg iconic cracked-plate photograph of Collections.â&#x20AC;? Presents more than President Abraham Lincoln. 60 paintings from collections by The National Museum of two champions of impressionism, Women in the Arts will open â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pathmakersâ&#x20AC;? in October, highlight- post-impressionism and the School
of Paris. The Phillips Collection through Jan. 10. 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The New America Garden.â&#x20AC;? Highlights the self-sustaining meadow-like gardens created by the Washington, D.C., architectural landscape firm of Oehme, van Sweden & Associates. National Building Museum through April 3. 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty.â&#x20AC;? Some 160 photographs by Penn demonstrate his legacy as a modern master and place him in the context of the contemporary moment. Smithsonian American Art Museum through March 20. 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sotatsu: Making Waves.â&#x20AC;? More than 70 works by the influential Japanese artist Tawaraya Sotatsu are juxtaposed with homage pieces by later artists that demonstrate his long-ranging influence. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery through Jan. 31. 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Photography: Windland Smith Rice International Awards Presents: The Best of the Best.â&#x20AC;? Twenty yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; worth of award-winning photography are featured. Natural Museum of Natural History through October 2016. 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture From Paris
to New York.â&#x20AC;? Brings together some 100 works by more than 20 artists from France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain and the United States. Hirshhorn Museum and Š Kunstmuseum Basel, Martin P. BĂźhler Sculpture Claude Monetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Calm Weather, FĂŠcamp,â&#x20AC;? 1881 oil Garden through on canvas, is part of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gauguin to Picassoâ&#x20AC;? Feb. 15. exhibit at the Phillips Collection. 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Directions: Shana Lutker: Le 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pathmakers: Women in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;NEWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Monocle, Chapters 1-3.â&#x20AC;? Art, Craft, and Design, New sculptural work by contempo- Midcentury and Today.â&#x20AC;? Explores rary America artist Shana Lutker the contributions of women to postbased on historic fistfights involvwar visual culture and their use of ing surrealist artists. Hirshhorn craft materials to explore concepts Museum and Sculpture Garden of modernism. National Museum of through Feb. 15. Women in the Arts through Feb. 28. 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Living Modern.â&#x20AC;? Highlights the collection of Sam NOVEMBER Rose and Julie Walters, who for the 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrating last 25 years have collected the Photography at the National work of Georgia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keeffe, Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts.â&#x20AC;? Alexander Calder, David Hockney, Some 200 recent photographic gifts Pablo Picasso and many others. on view celebrate the 25th anniverSmithsonian American Art Museum sary of the photography collection through April 3. See Exhibits/Page CG12
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EXHIBITS From Page CG11 at the gallery. National Gallery of Art through April 17. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist.â&#x20AC;? Retrospective of Cherokee artist WalkingStick includes 75 of her most notable works, mainly paintings on board and canvas, as well as a selection of works on paper and small sculptures. National Museum of the American Indian through Sept. 18. 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art of the Airport Tower.â&#x20AC;? Explores contemporary and historic air-traffic control towers around the world with 50 pictures by Smithsonian photographer Carolyn Russo. National Air and Space Museum through November 2016. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wonder.â&#x20AC;? The opening exhibit at the newly renovated Renwick Gallery features site-specific installations by nine artists, including Jennifer Angus, Chakaia Booker, Gabriel Dawe, Tara Donovan, Patrick Dougherty, Janet Echelman, John Grade, Maya Lin
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and Leo Villareal. Renwick Gallery through July 10. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Louise Bourgeois: No Exit.â&#x20AC;? Presents 20 sculptures, drawings and prints by the 20th-century French-born American artist. National Gallery of Art through May 15. 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Womanimal: Zine Art by Caroline Paquita.â&#x20AC;? Highlights the punk zine-making of Brooklynbased artist Paquita (born in 1980), who envisions half-woman/half-animal creatures (womanimals) with strong line work. Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center at the National Museum of Women in the Arts through May 13.
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13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World.â&#x20AC;? A survey of the development of Hellenistic art features some 60 works from worldrenowned archaeological museums in Austria, Denmark, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Spain and the United States. National Gallery of Art through March 20.
10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suspended Animation.â&#x20AC;? Brings together six artists who use computer animation in their work, including Ed Atkins, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Josh Kline, Helen Marten and Agnieszka Polska. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden indefinitely. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Konstantin Makovsky: The Tsarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Painter.â&#x20AC;? Focuses on the three ambitious paintings that form Makovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boyar series and the path they traveled from St. Petersburg, though Paris, to the United States. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens through June 12. 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Three Centuries of American Prints From the National Gallery of Art.â&#x20AC;? Coinciding with the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 75th anniversary, some 160 prints are highlighted. National Gallery of Art through July 24. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Robert Irwin: All the Rules Will Change.â&#x20AC;? The first museum survey devoted to Irwinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work during the pivotal decade of
the 1960s. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through Sept. 5.
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8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Celebration of Paul Mellon.â&#x20AC;? Coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 100 pastels, watercolors, drawings, prints and illustrated books are spotlighted from the donations of this leading benefactor of the gallery. National Gallery of Art through Oct. 2. 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Small Stories.â&#x20AC;? The small stories of 12 dollhouses from the past 300 years are brought to life by imagining the characters who live or work there. National Building Museum through Jan. 16. 27 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions.â&#x20AC;? Explores recurring forms across time and medium in the sculptures, drawings and prints of Puryear (born in 1945). Smithsonian American Art Museum through Sept. 5.
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Theater season promises variety, invention By MARK LONGAKER Current Correspondent
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October; Tennessee Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Glass Menagerieâ&#x20AC;? at Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in January; and Henrik Ibsenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hedda Gablerâ&#x20AC;? at Studio Theatre in May. A new adaptation of Oscar Wildeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;SalomĂŠâ&#x20AC;? will premiere at the Lansburgh Theatre as part of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater Festival. Other highlights include Peter Shafferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s psychological drama â&#x20AC;&#x153;Equusâ&#x20AC;? this winter at Constellation Theatre; a return of the Chicagobased Neo-Futuristsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blindâ&#x20AC;? in December at Woolly Mammoth Theatre; and Benjamin Scheuerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one-man musical coming-of-age story â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lionâ&#x20AC;? at Arena in February.
rom musical extravaganzas to solo shows and everything in between, the upcoming theater season offers something for everyone, and there will be no lack of new plays for adventurous audiences. In the new-play department, few seasons can compare to the one ahead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thanks mainly to a fall cornucopia that will debut during the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater Festival, which got underway last month and will continue through mid-November at more than 50 Washington-area theaters. Each theater is presenting a world-premiere play by a female playwright, highlighting the scope of plays by women and the range of theater being produced in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital. For more information, visit womensvoicestheaterfestival.org. Another defining influence on the season is the occurrence next year of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death in 1616. Consequently, the Bard will figure heavily in the offerings, beginning RECENTLY OPENED with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Periclesâ&#x20AC;? in November at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women Laughing Alone with Folger Theatre, which will also Salad.â&#x20AC;? World premiere of bawdy, open â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Midsummer Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gender-bending Sheila Callaghan Dreamâ&#x20AC;? in January and offer a comedy about choosing to live a lighter look at the playwright from healthy lifestyle, or not, presented the vaudevillian Reduced as part of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Shakespeare Company next spring. Theater Festival. Woolly Mammoth The Folger will also premiere Theatre Company through Oct. 4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;District Merchants,â&#x20AC;? a retelling of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Merchant of Veniceâ&#x20AC;? set in SEPTEMBER post-Civil War Washington, written 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chimerica.â&#x20AC;? Epic Lucy by Aaron Posner (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stupid F---ing Kirkwood play tracks two decades Birdâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life Sucksâ&#x20AC;?). The of U.S.-China Shakespeare relations alongTheatre side lives forever Company will changed by the open â&#x20AC;&#x153;Othelloâ&#x20AC;? in crosswinds of February, and politics and histhis fall will prestory. Studio ent â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kiss Me, Theatre through Kateâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cole Oct. 18. Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yerma take on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Photo by Teddy Wolff (Barren).â&#x20AC;? Taming of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Adaptation by Shrewâ&#x20AC;? (which Company will stage â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chimericaâ&#x20AC;? Spanish author it will stage in Sept. 9 through Oct. 18. Fernando J. May). LĂłpez of As usual, the Federico GarcĂa Lorcaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tale about a musical season will center mainly barren womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggles with a on the Kennedy Center, which will loveless marriage and a repressive present six over the season, beginsociety. In Spanish with English ning with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beautiful: The Carole surtitles. GALA Hispanic Theatre King Musical,â&#x20AC;? charting the rise of through Oct. 4. the pop star, and finishing with 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Destiny of Desire.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Phantom of the Operaâ&#x20AC;? next World-premiere telenovela comedy summer. Arena Stage will present by Karen ZacarĂas about two girls â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oliver!â&#x20AC;? over the holidays, and swapped at birth and growing up in Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre will stage the cowvastly different circumstances, one boy classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;110 in the Shadeâ&#x20AC;? in rich and one poor, presented as part the spring. The National Theatre of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater will host multiple national tours, Festival. Arena Stage through Oct. including the Washington premiere 18. of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wizard of Ozâ&#x20AC;? and 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Queens Girl in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rodgers + Hammersteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World.â&#x20AC;? World premiere of Caleen Cinderella.â&#x20AC;? Sinnette Jenningsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coming-of-age There will be no shortage of drama about a girl growing up in classical drama, including Juliette New York, presented as part of the Binoche as Antigone in the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater Festival. Sophocles tragedy about the heroTheater J through Oct. 11. ine at the Kennedy Center in
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Arena Stageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world-premiere production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Destiny of Desire,â&#x20AC;? left, will open Sept. 11. The Kennedy Center will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beautiful â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Carole King Musical,â&#x20AC;? above, Oct. 6 through 25. 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;texts&beheadings/ ElizabethR.â&#x20AC;? World-premiere play created and directed by Karin Coonrod explores the life and language of Queen Elizabeth I, presented as part of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater Festival. Folger Theatre through Oct. 4. 25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Guard.â&#x20AC;? World premiere of Jessica Dickey dramedy about a museum guard who touches a Rembrandt painting and initiates a time-travel adventure, presented as part of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater Festival. Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre through Oct. 18. 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animal.â&#x20AC;? World premiere of dark comedy by Clare Lizzimore about the underside of domesticity, presented as part of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater Festival. Studio Theatre through Oct. 25.
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6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;SalomĂŠ.â&#x20AC;? World-premiere adaptation by YaĂŤl Farber of Oscar Wilde play about Biblical seductress, presented as part of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater Festival. Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Lansburgh Theatre through Nov. 8. 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lady Lay.â&#x20AC;? World premiere of Lydia Stryk play about a frustrated female clerk in Berlin learning liberation from Bob Dylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music at the time of the fall of the wall, presented as part of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater Festival. Scena Theatre at the Atlas Performing Arts Center through Oct. 10. 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.â&#x20AC;? Tells the story of the pop singerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rise to stardom. Kennedy Center through Oct. 25. 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Erma Bombeck: At Witâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s End.â&#x20AC;? World-premiere play by Allison Engel and Margaret Engel looks at the popular humorist who said â&#x20AC;&#x153;If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the pits?â&#x20AC;? presented as part of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater Festival. Arena Stage through Nov. 8. 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cripple of Inishmaan.â&#x20AC;? Martin McDonaghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dark comedy about a Hollywood film shoot on a remote Irish island in the 1930s. Scena Theatre at the Atlas Performing Arts Center through Nov. 22. 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nuevas aventuras de Don Quijote (New Adventures of
Don Quixote.â&#x20AC;? New bilingual adaptation of Cervantesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classic novel. GALA Hispanic Theatre through Oct. 31. 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Avenue Q.â&#x20AC;? Musical about a college grad who lives in a neighborhood filled with puppets. Constellation Theatre Company at Source through Nov. 23. 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Antigone.â&#x20AC;? Juliette Binoche portrays Sophoclesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tragic heroine in a new translation by T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Anne Carson. Kennedy Center through Oct. 25. 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Winners and Losers.â&#x20AC;? Canadian theater artists James Long
and Marcus Youssef compete in a drinking game to determine which pop-culture fads are in or out. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through Nov. 22. 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Apple Family Cycle: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sorryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Regular Singing.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? The last two plays in Richard Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Apple Familyâ&#x20AC;? quartet, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sorryâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Regular Singing,â&#x20AC;? explore the present and future of the United States. Studio Theatre through Dec. 13. 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oliver!â&#x20AC;? Lionel Bart musical about an innocent orphan thrown into the dark underworld of See Theater/Page CG14
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the movie by Cheryl L. West. Arena Stage through Dec. 27. From Page CG13 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kiss Me, Kate.â&#x20AC;? Cole Porter musical inspired by Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Taming of the thieves and con men in 19th-centuShrewâ&#x20AC;? is directed by Alan Paul. ry London, directed by Molly Shakespeare Theatre Company at Smith. Arena Stage through Jan. 3. Sidney Harman Hall through Jan. 3. 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Darius & Twig.â&#x20AC;? World 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rodgers + premiere of Caleen Sinnette Hammersteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cinderella.â&#x20AC;? The Jenningsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; play based on Walter touring Broadway musical promises Dean Myersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; novel about two a lush, contempoHarlem teens rary take on the deciding what to classic fairy tale. do with their National Theatre lives. Kennedy through Nov. 29. Center through 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sons of Nov. 8. the Prophet.â&#x20AC;? Dark comedy by NOVEMBER Stephen Karam 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Photo by Jenny Graham about family and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pericles.â&#x20AC;? The Folger Theatre will present work, a 2012 Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Periclesâ&#x20AC;? Nov. 13 Pulitzer Prize adventure tale finalist. Theater J of a fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s through Dec. 20. at the Washington fantastical jourDC Jewish Community Center ney is presented by the Oregon through Dec. 20. Shakespeare Festival. Folger 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carol.â&#x20AC;? Theatre through Dec. 20. Stage adaptation of the Dickens 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Akeelah and the Bee.â&#x20AC;? classic. Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre through Dec. World-premiere Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre 31. Company production adapted from
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1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Motown the Musical.â&#x20AC;? The hit Broadway musical tells the story of Motown founder Berry Gordy, the man who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and many more. National Theatre through Jan. 3. 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad Jews.â&#x20AC;? Return engagement of Joshua Harmonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s savage comedy about family, faith and legacy follows three cousins and their verbal battle over a family heirloom. Studio Theatre through Jan. 3. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.â&#x20AC;? The Chicagobased Neo-Futurists return with their never-the-same-twice miniplay extravaganza inspired by Dada, surrealism and the spontaneity of late-night sketch comedy. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through Jan. 3. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Matilda the Musical.â&#x20AC;? Based on the Roald Dahl childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel about a plucky girl out to change her destiny. Kennedy Center through Jan. 10. 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stars of David: Song to Song.â&#x20AC;? Holiday musical revue about Jewish public figures, based on the book by Abigail Pogrebin. Theater J at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center through Dec. 27.
JANUARY
5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Critic & the Real Inspector Hound.â&#x20AC;? Double bill of Richard Brinsley Sheridanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Critic,â&#x20AC;? adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, and Tom Stoppardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Real Inspector Hound.â&#x20AC;? Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Lansburgh Theatre through Feb. 14. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Gentlemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to Love and Murder.â&#x20AC;? Tony Award-winning musical comedy about distant relative who seeks inheritance by killing off relatives ahead of him. Kennedy Center through Jan. 30. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Between Riverside and Crazy.â&#x20AC;? Steven Adly Guirgisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about an ex-cop, his ex-con son and their surrogate family. Studio Theatre
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The National Theatre will host the national tour of the Tony-winning musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rodgers + Hammersteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cinderellaâ&#x20AC;? Nov. 18 through 29. through Feb. 28. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sisters Rosensweig.â&#x20AC;? Wendy Wassersteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heartfelt comedy about women grappling with their life choices. Theater J at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center through Feb. 21. 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Equus.â&#x20AC;? Peter Shaffer psychological drama about a psychiatrist and the boy he treats for a dangerously pathological religious fixation on horses. Constellation Theatre Company at Source through Feb. 14. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweat.â&#x20AC;? World-premiere production by Oregon Shakespeare Festival of Lynn Nottageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play about the struggle of an industrial town to deal with economic decline at the turn of the millennium. Arena Stage through Feb. 21. 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Glass Menagerie.â&#x20AC;? Tennessee Williams classic is directed by Mark Ramont. Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre through Feb 21. 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Midsummer Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dream.â&#x20AC;? Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s timeless romantic tale set in an enchanted woods is directed by Aaron Posner. Folger Theatre through March 6. 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The City of Conversation.â&#x20AC;? Anthony Giardinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s off-Broadway hit about a Georgetown familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political machinations from the Carter era to the present. Arena Stage through
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1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guards at the Taj.â&#x20AC;? Guards at the newly completed Taj Mahal in 1648 receive a grisly assignment. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through Feb. 28. 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;SeĂąorita y Madame: The Secret War of Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein.â&#x20AC;? U.S. premiere of comedy by Venezuelan playwright Gustavo Ott about the rivalry between two icons of beauty. In Spanish with English surtitles. GALA Hispanic Theatre through Feb. 28. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Constellations.â&#x20AC;? A romance by Nick Payne about a theoretical physicist and a beekeeper who keep meeting each other at a barbecue as versions of their relationship play out. Studio Theatre through March 6. 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Othello.â&#x20AC;? Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tragedy about jealousy, paranoia and murder is directed by Ron Daniels. Shakespeare Theatre Company at Sidney Harman Hall through March 27. 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lion.â&#x20AC;? Writer/performer Benjamin Scheuerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oneman musical coming-of-age story. Arena Stage through April 10.
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7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;El mundo es un paĂąuelo (Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Small World).â&#x20AC;? Bilingual family-friendly production teaches lessons about valuing the environment, diversity and life, through the eyes of a clown. GALA Hispanic Theatre through March 19. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;1984.â&#x20AC;? New adaptation of the George Orwell novel by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan, originally produced by Headstrong, Nottingham Playhouse and Almeida Theatre. Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Lansburgh Theatre through April 10. 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;110 in the Shade.â&#x20AC;? Classic American musical about cowboys, confidence and courtship, based on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rainmakerâ&#x20AC;? with lyrics by Tom Jones. Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre through May 14. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Annie.â&#x20AC;? A brand-new incarnation of the 1977 classic, led by Martin Charnin, the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original Tony Award-winning director and lyricist. National Theatre through March 20. See Theater/Page CG15
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1 — “All the Way.” 2014 Tony Award-winning play follows Lyndon B. Johnson in his first year as president after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Arena Stage through May 8. 4 — “The Nether.” Detective investigates a dystopian, futuristic underworld in 2050. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through May 1. 6 — “Jersey Boys.” The everpopular musical, winner of Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, tells how four blue-collar kids from the Garden State came to sell 175 million records worldwide before they even turned 30. National Theatre through April 24. 7 — “Cronica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold).” Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez’s tale of revenge set in small Colombian town, adapted by Jorge Triana. In Spanish with
English surtitles. GALA Hispanic Theatre through May 8. 21 — “Journey to the West.” Adaptation of an ancient Chinese novel about a Buddhist monk who travels from China to India in search of sacred texts, accompanied by a monkey, a pig and a river monster. Constellation Theatre Company at Source through May 22. 21 — “Reduced Shakespeare Company: William Shakespeare’s Long-Lost First Play (abridged).” Vaudeville-style sendup of the Bard. Folger Theatre through May 8. 22 — “Disgraced.” Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the struggle between modern culture and ancient faiths. Arena Stage through May 29. 27 — “The Body of an American.” Playwright Dan O’Brien’s autobiographical account of his friendship with war reporter Paul Watson, wracked with guilt about taking a Pulitzer Prizewinning photograph of a dead American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. Theater J at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center through May 29.
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Lloyd Webber. National Theatre through May 15. 11 — “Hedda Gabler.” Mark O’Rowe’s contemporary adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic study of power Photo by Luk Monsaert and self-decep“The Wizard of Oz” will visit the National Theatre tion. Studio May 3 through 15. Theatre through June 19. Solis’ comic riff on the Oedipus 17 — “The Taming of the Rex classic. In English with Shrew.” All-male, gender-blurred Spanish surtitles. GALA Hispanic production of Shakespeare comedy, Theatre through June 26. directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, 14 — “Kinky Boots.” Tony known for his unique interactive Award-winning Broadway musical style. Shakespeare Theatre with songs by Cyndi Lauper. Company at Sidney Harman Hall Kennedy Center through July 10. through June 26. 23 — “Another Way Home.” 30 — “An Octoroon.” Branden Anna Ziegler’s insightful, sardonic Jacobs-Jenkins’s Obie-winning riff drama about the strangers we all on a 19th-century play that helped live with: our family. Theater J at shape the debate on the abolition of the Washington DC Jewish slavery. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Community Center through July Company through June 26. 24. 31 — “District Merchants.” 28 — “The Bridges of World premiere of playwright Madison County.” Two-time Tony Aaron Posner’s retelling of Award-winning musical tells the Shakespeare’s “Merchant of story of an Iowa housewife on a Venice” is set among the black and four-day fling with photographer Jewish populations in post-Civil Robert Kincaid. Kennedy Center War Washington, D.C. Folger through July 17. Theatre through July 3.
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Diverse season ahead for local music lovers By MARK LONGAKER Current Correspondent
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ashingtonians can look forward to an abundance of musical performances in the season ahead. There are simply too many to list them all, but here are some of the highlights. Probably the highpoint of the new season will be the long-awaited first complete performance by the Washington National Opera of Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ringâ&#x20AC;? cycle, in an Americanized version staged by company artistic director Francesca Zambello. The entire cycle of four Photo by Molina Visuals operas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rhinegold,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Valkyrie,â&#x20AC;? This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest performers with the National â&#x20AC;&#x153;Siegfriedâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilight of the Godsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be perSymphony Orchestra include violinist Anne Akiko formed three times to close the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 60th season next spring. In another adventurous bit of programMeyers, who will perform April 14. ming, the Washington National Opera this fall will premiere a revised version of Philip Glassâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Appomattox,â&#x20AC;? turies. Folger Elizabethan Theatre through Oct. 11. 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jeremy Denk, piano, plays a solo repertoire with a brand-new second act. ranging from J.S. Bach to Scott Joplin. Washington Not to be outdone, the National Symphony Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center. Orchestra will present a premiere of its own in June 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra, presented when it performs Sean Shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Violin Concerto, by the Falun Dafa Association of D.C., performs highwith soloist Leila Josefowicz. As always, the NSO will kick things off this month with its Season Opening Ball lights from its vast repertoire of original works and other classical pieces. Kennedy Center. Concert, jointly conducted by music director Christoph 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tender Land.â&#x20AC;? Aaron Coplandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comEschenbach and NSO Pops conductor Steven Reineke. ing-of-age story set in the American heartland. In Series In between, it will present a full season with such soloat GALA Theatre through Oct. 25. ists â&#x20AC;&#x201D; besides Josefowicz â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as pianist Lang Lang, 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Creation.â&#x20AC;? The Cathedral Choral mezzo-soprano Anna Sophie von Otter and violinist Society sings the Haydn oratorio about the creation of Anne Akiko Meyers, as well as the annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Messiahâ&#x20AC;? the world as described in Genesis, Psalms and Miltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at Christmastime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paradise Lost.â&#x20AC;? Washington National Cathedral. Other Christmas programming includes a perfor24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Far Cry: mance of a non-Vivaldi â&#x20AC;&#x153;Four Seasonsâ&#x20AC;? TransAmericana.â&#x20AC;? Music from North â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this one by Giovanni Antonio Guido and South America performed by â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in a concert called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Season Bids Boston-based string orchestra A Far Cry. Usâ&#x20AC;? by the Folger Consort, which will Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton also mark the 400th anniversary of United Methodist Church. Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death with much music 25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The City Choir of related to the Bard. Early-music practiWashington performs cantatas by Bach tioner Opera Lafayette will stage and Britten and Haydnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theresaâ&#x20AC;? Vivaldiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cato in Uticaâ&#x20AC;? and a 19thMass. National Presbyterian Church. century comic opera by Emmanuel 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Evgeny Kissin, piano, plays Chabrier, while Washington Concert Photo by Matt Karas solo works by Beethoven, Brahms, Opera will sing lesser-known operas by Washington National Mozart and others. Washington Rossini and Donizetti and the In Series Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center. will present familiar operas by Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carmenâ&#x20AC;? runs 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Beethoven, Mozart and Copland. Sept. 19 through Oct. 3. Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Other highlights include a complete Eschenbach, features pianist Lang Lang in Griegâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traversal of all Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works for cello and piano Piano Concerto on a program that includes works by in two days by cellist Sharon Robinson and pianist Wagner and DvorĂĄk. Kennedy Center through Oct. 31. Benjamin Hochman at the Kennedy Center in March. 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Steven Isserlis, cello, and Robert Levin, Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax will present a tribute concert to late violinist Isaac Stern on an April fortepiano, play Beethoven. Washington Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center. program of Beethoven cello sonatas, presented by Washington Performing Arts. The group has a full seaNOVEMBER son that also includes pianists Jeremy Denk and 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra, conductEvgeny Kissin and violinist Itzhak Perlman. ed by Christoph Eschenbach, features mezzo-soprano Anna Sophie von Otter and two choruses in Mahlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evening-length Symphony No. 3. Kennedy Center SEPTEMBER 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carmen.â&#x20AC;? Bizetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic about jealousy and through Nov.7. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Ravenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Other Poems by Edgar seduction. Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Allen Poe.â&#x20AC;? Conductor Nicholas White leads the Center through Oct. 3. Raven Consort in music inspired by the poetry of Poe. 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Latina Supremes.â&#x20AC;? This tribute to Latina Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist songwriters salutes the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Voices Theater Church. Festival. In Series at Source through Sept. 20. 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra presents 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homage to Pablo Casals.â&#x20AC;? Cellist Amit Peled and pianist Noreen Polera celebrate the centenary its Season Opening Ball Concert in a program jointly of Pablo Casalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 1915 U.S. tour by performing the legconducted by Christoph Eschenbach and NSO Pops endâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program of cello favorites on his own cello. conductor Steven Reineke. Kennedy Center. Washington Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center. 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mass Appeal.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Bach 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Appomattox.â&#x20AC;? World premiere of the Consort performs Bachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Latin church music. National revised version of Philip Glassâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opera, celebrating 50 Presbyterian Church. years since the Voting Rights Act and 150 years since 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Itzhak Perlman, violin, and Emanuel Ax, the end of the Civil War. Washington National Opera, piano, play sonatas by Mozart, FaurĂŠ and Strauss. Kennedy Center through Nov. 22. Washington Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center. 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The S* Showâ&#x20AC;? The Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington celebrates Sinatra, Sondheim and OCTOBER 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chanson Medieval: Music of Machaut and Streisand. Atlas Performing Arts Center. Dufay.â&#x20AC;? The Folger Consort highlights two of the most 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ein deutsches Requiem.â&#x20AC;? The Choral Arts See Music/Page CG17 important French composers of the 14th and 15th cen-
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Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington celebrates the season with holiday clasFrom Page CG16 sics. Lincoln Theatre through Dec. 13. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The von Trapps & Society of Washington performs the Stephanie J. Block Family Brahms requiem and premieres Holiday.â&#x20AC;? The von Trapps, the Zachary Wadsworthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Battleâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Sound of Musicâ&#x20AC;? family, join Flags.â&#x20AC;? Kennedy Center. 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Broadwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stephanie J. Block, the NSO Pops and the Washington Orchestra, conducted by Jiri Chorus for an evening of Christmas BelohlĂĄvek, features pianist Igor classics and new holiday tunes. Levit in Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emperorâ&#x20AC;? Kennedy Center Concerto on a through Dec. program that 12. also includes 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; works by â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hansel and Mozart and Gretel.â&#x20AC;? A Martinu. whimsical and Kennedy Center neon version of through Nov. Engelbert 21. Humperdinckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; operatic retellâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Behold, the ing of the popuSea.â&#x20AC;? The lar fairy tale. Washington Washington Chorus perNational Opera, forms Vaughn Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Photo by Scott Suchman Kennedy Center through Dec. Sea Symphonyâ&#x20AC;? Washington National Opera will 20. and Elgarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s present the retelling of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hansel 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enigma and Gretelâ&#x20AC;? Dec. 12 through 20. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Joy of Variations,â&#x20AC;? Christmas.â&#x20AC;? The Cathedral Choral with the Washington National Society presents its annual Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls. Christmas program. Washington Kennedy Center. National Cathedral through Dec. 13. 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Semiramide.â&#x20AC;? 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Family Christmas.â&#x20AC;? Washington Concert Opera perThe Choral Arts Society of forms the Rossini work. Lisner Washington presents its annual famAuditorium. ily concert with appearances by 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Piety and Passion: The Musical Legacy of Jewish Spain.â&#x20AC;? Santa, Frosty and Rudolph. Kennedy Center. Pro Musica Hebraica presents a 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Candlelight concert of Sephardic and Spanish Christmas.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Jewish music with the Amernet Chorus presents its annual tribute to String Quartet, mezzo-soprano the season. Kennedy Center through Rachel Calloway and guitarist Dec. 22. Adam Levin. Kennedy Center. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Holly and the Ivy: 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cato in Utica.â&#x20AC;? Opera Music for Christmas 2015.â&#x20AC;? The Lafayetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staging of Antonio City Choir of Washington celebrates Vivaldiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opera is based on this the season. National Presbyterian summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production at the Church. Glimmerglass Festival. Kennedy 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Choral Arts Center through Nov. 29. Christmas.â&#x20AC;? The Choral Arts 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;By George, by Ira, by Society of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual holGershwin.â&#x20AC;? Celebrates the legacy iday celebration. Kennedy Center of the Gershwins. In Series at through Dec. 24. Source through Dec. 20. 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra presents Handelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DECEMBER â&#x20AC;&#x153;Messiahâ&#x20AC;? with the University of 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Tallis Scholars perform music by Thomas Tallis, Arvo Maryland Concert Choir. Kennedy Center through Dec. 20. Pärt and John Sheppard. Kennedy 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Season Bids Us.â&#x20AC;? Center. The Folger Consort presents 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 25th Annual NPRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas music featuring Italian Jazz Piano Christmas.â&#x20AC;? Top jazz violinist Giovanni Antonio Guidoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performers play Christmas favorâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Four Seasons,â&#x20AC;? along with seasonites. Kennedy Center. 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Celtic Christmas.â&#x20AC;? The al music by Marc-Antoine Barnes and Hampton Celtic Consort Charpentier. Folger Elizabethan Theatre through Dec. 23. presents the perennial Washington 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas With the favorite. Dumbarton Concerts at Consort.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Bach Dumbarton United Methodist Consort chorus and organist Todd Church through Dec. 13. Fickley perform music for the sea 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bastian and Bastianna.â&#x20AC;? son. National Presbyterian Church. Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairy-tale opera is fol 31 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Jazz New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lowed by a holiday singalong for Eve.â&#x20AC;? Pianist and vocalist Dianne young and old. In Series at Source Schuur celebrates the 100th annithrough Dec. 13. versary of Frank Sinatraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth by 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas in the performing his music, accompanied Castle.â&#x20AC;? Washington Revels presby a jazz quartet and a full compleents its 33rd annual celebration of ment of strings. Kennedy Center. the season with a pageant of music, dance, stories and poetry. Lisner JANUARY Auditorium through Dec. 13. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Better Gods.â&#x20AC;? World 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rewrapped.â&#x20AC;? The Gay
The Current â&#x2013; Community Guide 2015 premiere opera about Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawaii, presented as part of the American Opera Initiative. Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center through Jan. 9. 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Goldberg Variations.â&#x20AC;? Pianist Steven Beck performs Bachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goldberg Variations,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Italianâ&#x20AC;? Concerto and Concerto in D minor. Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist Church. 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, features cellist Daniel MĂźller-Schott in DvorĂĄkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cello Concerto on a program that also includes works by Brahms, Schoenberg and Rouse. Kennedy Center through Jan. 23. 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wonder of Will: Early and New Music Celebrating Shakespeare.â&#x20AC;? The Folger Consort commemorates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death by collaborating with British vocal group Stile Antico and Arcadia Viols in songs and dances from the Bardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plays and other music. Washington National Cathedral through Jan. 23. 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, features symphonies
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 by Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert. Kennedy Center through Jan. 30. 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Copenhagen Cool.â&#x20AC;? Trio Con Brio Copenhagen performs piano trios by Tchaikovsky and Ravel and other music. Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist Church.
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2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Une Ă&#x2030;ducation ManquĂŠe (An Incomplete Education).â&#x20AC;? Opera Lafayette stages Emmanuel Chabrierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 19thcentury opĂŠra-comique about adolescent love. Kennedy Center through Feb. 3. 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carmen in Havana.â&#x20AC;? Bizetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carmenâ&#x20AC;? is retold and intertwined with hits from Ernesto Lecuonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maria la O!â&#x20AC;? in this new opera, ballet and song collaboration between In Series and the Washington Balletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Studio Company. Atlas Performing Arts Center through Feb. 7. 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Way We Were.â&#x20AC;? Potomac Fever and Rock Creek Singers revisit their best tunes from past years. Atlas Performing Arts Center through Feb. 13. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Roomful of Teeth and the American Contemporary Music Ensemble perform music
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4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;La favorite.â&#x20AC;? Washington Concert Opera performs the Donizetti work. Lisner Auditorium. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; eighth blackbird, a sextet that has won three Grammys, will premiere a work by David T. Little on a program with pieces by Bryce Dessner and Gabriella Smith. Kennedy Center. 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Goldstein-PeledFiterstein Trio plays chamber music by Beethoven, Brahms and Bloch on piano, cello and clarinet. Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist Church. 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boots, Class & Sass.â&#x20AC;? The Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington performs country music. Lincoln Theatre through March 20. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Little Organ Book, Part 2.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Bach Consort chorus and its director, organist J. Reilly Lewis, conclude their two-season traversal of all 45 choral preludes from Bachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Organ Book.â&#x20AC;? National Presbyterian Church. 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Playing With Fire: Virtuoso Instrumental Music of the Renaissance.â&#x20AC;? The Folger Consort performs fantasias, dances and virtuoso diminutions from Italy, Spain, France and England. Folger Elizabethan Theatre through March 20. 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharon Robinson & Benjamin Hochman: Complete Works by Beethoven for Cello and Piano, Part I.â&#x20AC;? Cellist Robinson and pianist Hochman begin a two-night traversal of Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five sonatas for these instruments. Kennedy Center. 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharon Robinson & Benjamin Hochman: Complete Works by Beethoven for Cello and Piano, Part II.â&#x20AC;? Cellist Robinson and pianist Hochman conclude their two-night traversal of Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five sonatas for these instruments. Kennedy Center. 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wandering Stars: Three Generations of European Jewish Song.â&#x20AC;? Pro Musica Hebraica presents basses Mark Glanville, Anthony Russell and Mathias Hausmann in songs by 19th- and 20th-century German and East European Jewish composers. Kennedy Center.
APRIL
8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shakespeare and Purcell.â&#x20AC;? The Folger Consort performs music written by Henry Purcell inspired by Shakespeare. Folger Elizabethan Theatre through April 10. 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Russell Malone Quartet highlights music for jazz guitar in collaboration with the DC Jazz Festival. Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist Church. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The City Choir of Washington presents the American premiere of John Tavenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Requiem Fragments,â&#x20AC;? along with an uncut version of Part III of
Handelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Messiah.â&#x20AC;? National Presbyterian Church. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Yo-Yo Ma, cello, and Emanuel Ax, piano, present a tribute concert in memory of violinist Isaac Stern (1920-2001), performing Beethoven cello sonatas. Washington Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center. 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hugh Wolff, features violinist Anne Akiko Meyers in Kennedy Center composer-in-residence Mason Batesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Concerto for Violin on a program that also includes works by Barber and Ives. Kennedy Center through April 16. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fantastic Beethoven.â&#x20AC;? The Cathedral Choral Society performs music by Beethoven, with pianist Brian Ganz. Washington National Cathedral. 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Imitative Game.â&#x20AC;? The Choral Arts Society of Washington explores counterpoint through the ages. Church of the Epiphany. 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;CosĂŹ fan tutteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Goes Hollywood.â&#x20AC;? Nick Olcottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s English retelling of Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opera is set in Hollywood. In Series at Source through May 1. 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Simply Magnificat.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Bach Consort presents Bachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s setting of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Magnificat,â&#x20AC;? alongside those of three of his contemporaries, Telemann, Buxtehude and Fasch. National Presbyterian Church. 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Gaffigan, features Pink Martini vocalist Storm Large in Kurt Weillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Seven Deadly Sinsâ&#x20AC;? on a program that also includes works by Richard Rogers, Antonin DvorĂĄk and Maurice Ravel. Kennedy Center through April 30. 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opera and the French Revolution.â&#x20AC;? Opera Lafayette presents three dramatic scenes from works by Martini, Cherubini and Sacchini that were popular at the time of the French Revolution. Lisner Auditorium. 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Brooklyn Rider Almanac.â&#x20AC;? String quartet Brooklyn Rider performs music it commissioned to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Dumbarton Concerts at Dumbarton United Methodist Church. 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ring Cycle: The Rhinegold.â&#x20AC;? The first opera in Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ringâ&#x20AC;? cycle, staged by Francesca Zambello. Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center through May 17.
MAY
1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parisian Spring.â&#x20AC;? The Washington Chorus sings music by DuruflĂŠ, FaurĂŠ and others. Kennedy Center. 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ring Cycle: The Valkyrie.â&#x20AC;? The second opera in Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ringâ&#x20AC;? cycle, staged by Francesca Zambello. Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center through May 18. 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ring Cycle: Siegfried.â&#x20AC;? The third opera in Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ringâ&#x20AC;? cycle, staged by Francesca Zambello. Washington National
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform at the Kennedy Center April 13.
Opera at the Kennedy Center through May 20. 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ring Cycle: Twilight of the Gods.â&#x20AC;? The fourth and final opera in Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ringâ&#x20AC;? cycle, staged by Francesca Zambello. Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center through May 22. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Carmina Buranaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;/35th Anniversary.â&#x20AC;? The Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus of Washington celebrates its first 35 years by performing the classic choral piece with a guest dance company. Kennedy Center. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The American Musical.â&#x20AC;? The Choral Arts Society of Washington explores the music of Sondheim. Kennedy Center.
JUNE
2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, features violinist Leila Josefowicz in the world premiere of Sean Shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Violin Concerto on a program that also includes works by Haydn and Schumann. Kennedy Center through June 4. 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fidelio.â&#x20AC;? Nick Olcottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s English adaptation of Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only opera is set in an unnamed Central America dictatorship. In Series at Source through June 26.
Venue information
â&#x2013; Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 H St. NE; 202-399-7993; atlasarts.org â&#x2013; Church of the Epiphany 1317 G St. NW; 202-347-2635; ephiphanydc.org â&#x2013; Folger Elizabethan Theatre 201 East Capitol St. SE; 202-544-7077; folger.edu â&#x2013; GALA Theatre 3333 14th St. NW; 202-234-7174; galatheatre.org â&#x2013; Dumbarton United Methodist Church 3133 Dumbarton St. NW; 202-965-2000; dumbartonconcerts.org â&#x2013; Lincoln Theatre 1215 U St. NW; 202-888-0050; thelincolndc.com â&#x2013; Lisner Auditorium 730 21st St. NW; 202-994-6800; lisner.org â&#x2013; Kennedy Center 2700 F St. NW; 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org â&#x2013; National Presbyterian Church 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW; 202-537-0800; natpresch.org â&#x2013; Sixth & I Historic Synagogue 600 I St. NW; 202-408-3100; sixthandi.org â&#x2013; Source 1835 14th St. NW; 202-204-7800; sourcedc.org â&#x2013; Washington National Cathedral Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW 202-537-6200; nationalcathedral.org
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE ON AgINg NEWS
Spotlight on Community Living Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Serving D.C. residents who are age 18+ with a disability or age 60+ and their caregivers
Vol 3, No 11
Interim Director’s Message Brenda Donald, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, Interim Director, Office on Aging As the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services and the Interim Director of the Office on Aging, I am learning more about all of the programs, services, and resources available to District residents age 60 and older, persons living with disabilities age 18 and older, and their caregivers. September is a prime time for District residents to consider taking advantage of the great programs and services provided through the DCOA’s Senior Service Network. Did you know that September is National Senior Center Month? This year’s theme, “Celebrate LIFE at your Senior Center!” takes each letter of the word life and breaks it down into sub-themes to demonstrate how participa-
tion can enhance your life. Learning – Where you can expand your knowledge. Independence—Live on your terms. Friends – Enjoy life. Energy – Discover health and vitality. The District has a variety of centers citywide where you can learn new things, find your independence, meet new friends and rediscover your energy. Residents age 60 and older are encouraged to begin regular activities at a senior center or join one or more of the six senior wellness centers available citywide, where you can experience “LIFE” and more for free. Begin celebrating life today through a more active lifestyle! Visit our website at www.dcoa.dc.gov or call DCOA at 202-724-5626 to
Community EvEnts CalEndar SEPTEMBER EVENTS
11th • 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The D.C. Office on Aging will sponsor a Community Health, Wellness & Informational Fair at Ft. Stanton Park Recreation Center, 1812 Erie St. SE. To learn more, contact Louis Jones at 202-671-1040.
15th • 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
A flu vaccination clinic will be offered by MedStar at Gettysburg (Fort Lincoln 1) 2855 Bladensburg Rd. NE. The shot is free for Medicare recipients and $35 for all others. For more information, call Thelma Hines at 202-529-8701, ext. 222.
be discussed during the D.C. Caregivers Online Chat at Noon. The bi-weekly chat is a great resource for caregivers. Log on for advice, resources and tips to assist you with your caregiving responsibilities. If you are not available at 12 p.m., check back at your convenience and hit replay to see the entire chat. Join the discussion at www. dcoa.dc.gov/page/caregiver-chat. For more information, contact Linda Irizarry at 202535-1442 or linda.irizarry@dc.gov.
17th • 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Take a highlights tour of the Museum of African Art with Seabury Resources for Aging. Meet at 950 Independence Ave. SW. For more information, call Thelma Hines at 202-529-8701, ext. 222.
Verizon and Hayes Senior Wellness Center invite you to a free Senior Technology Demonstration Fair. Join us for a special event bringing together community and government leaders, service providers, seniors, area residents and others for a day of helpful information, giveaways, food and fun. To RSVP or for more information please contact: Andre Lane at Andre.lane@ howard.edu 202-727-0357
15th • noon
19th • 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
15th • 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“Falls Prevention Tips & Therapy Options for Caregivers of Elderly Parents” will
Washington Highland’s Community Fun Day takes placed at Oxon Run Park, 4th
learn more about senior centers and senior wellness centers designed to keep you engaged. Falls Prevention Awareness Day According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), each year millions of adults aged 65 and older fall while at home. Falls can cause moderate to severe injuries, such as hip fractures and head traumas, and can increase the risk of early death. Fortunately, falls are a public health problem that is largely preventable. DCOA is partnering with the District’s Falls Free Coalition to provide FREE Falls Prevention Risk Assessments to D.C. residents citywide as part of Falls Prevention Awareness Day on September 23. Find out where you can go to get Street and Livingston Road, SE. For more information, contact Karlene K. Armstead at 202-236-7196.
19th • 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The D.C. Office on Aging will be an exhibitor at the 2015 H Street NE Festival. For more information, contact Alice A. Thompson at 202 535-1321.
19th • noon to 1:30
Iona and Brighton Gardens of Friendship Heights are partnering to provide a forum for adult children and other caregivers to understand the challenges of aging, particularly memory loss, and how best to support aging parents and other relatives while practicing good self-care. There will be three free seminars in the series, one each month in September, October and November held at Brighton Gardens of Friendship Heights, 5555 Friendship Blvd., Chevy Chase, Md. The series is free. The Sept. 19 seminar is titled “Stay or Move: How to Find and Pay for the Best Living Arrangement” Social worker Deb Rubenstein will discuss how to know if moving is the right choice, and how to have family conversation about moving. She will also review the best way to find community resources and the right senior living community, as well as how to pay for care and services. To
your assessment, in this issue of the Spotlight on Community Living. Be Prepared September is also National Preparedness Month and the D.C. Office on Aging is teaming up with the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Unified Communications to ensure that seniors are prepared for emergencies. Smart911 is a web based program that allows users to include vital information about themselves and occupants of the home that will help first responders when responding to an emergency after 9-1-1 is called. Once a profile has been set-up, when a call is placed from a registered phone number, dispatchers will be able to
register, email: registration@iona.org or call 202-895-9409.
20th • 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Learn about the differences between ophthalmologists, optometrists and opticians in a program called “Who’s Who in Eye Care” sponsored by the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington. It will be held in the Sibley Medical Building, Conference Room 2, 5215 Loughboro Rd. NW. To register, call the Sibley Senior Association at 202-364-7602.
21st • 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Dept. Consumer & Regulatory Affairs presents the Small Business Resource Center’s Third Annual Entrée DC Food & Drink event at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Pl. NW. For more information, contact Claudia Herrera at 202-442-8055.
22nd • 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Shop healthy with Seabury Resources for Aging on a trip to FRESHFARM Market at CityCenterDC, 1908 New York Ave. NW. For more information, call Thelma Hines at 202529-8701, ext. 222.
22nd • 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Guy Mason Senior Program presents a Community Health, Wellness & Information-
provide first responders with names, ages, and important medical information to assist personnel responding to an emergency. Register for Smart911 online at www.smart911.com or call 202-724-5626 to get assistance. Help your church group, organization, or residential building prepare by scheduling a group presentation. In addition to signing up for Smart911, take the following steps to prepare for emergencies: 1. Make a plan. 2. Make an emergency kit. 3. Be informed. To learn more about preparing for emergencies, visit www.hsema.dc.gov or call 311.
al Fair at the Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. Contact Ralph Wright at 202-727-7703 for more information.
26th • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The 8th Annual Tenant & Tenant Association Summit brings together tenants, tenant associations, housing attorneys and advocates, policy experts, community leaders, and District officials to discuss matters of concern to tenants in the District of Columbia. Admission and lunch are free. The summit will be held at the Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave. NE. For more information, see the website of the Office of the Tenant Advocate at www.ota.dc.gov.
29th • noon
The D.C. Caregivers Online Chat at Noon is a great resource for caregivers. This chat will discuss “Warning Signs Your Parent Needs Help at Home.” Log on for advice, resources and tips to assist you with your caregiving responsibilities. If you are not available at 12 p.m., check back at your convenience and hit replay to see the entire chat. Join the discussion at www. dcoa.dc.gov/page/caregiver-chat. For more information, contact Linda Irizarry at 202535-1442 or linda.irizarry@dc.gov.
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IN THE COMMUNITY Georgetown University invites all our neighbors to participate in life at the university, including these many events and programs.
Georgetown Community Day
Sign Up for Saturday, October 17th 11am-1pm Copley Lawn Neighborhood News! Join us on campus for the third annual Georgetown Community Fair. This event features the 5k Race against communityengagement. Homlessness benefitting the Georgetown georgetown.edu | (202) 687-5677 Ministry Center, family-friendly activities, information about university and commuSign up for nity programs, a Georgetown football game, Neighborhood News, a food, and much more! weekly newsletter with Courses for our Neighbors More Resources for Neighbors
For more information about events and programs, visit communityengagement. georgetown.edu or call (202) 687-5677.
Office of Neighborhood Life
The Office of Neighborhood Life supports students, non-students, and permanent residents living in the neighborhoods around Georgetown University. Call (202) 687-5138 or email neighborhoodlife@georgetown.edu.
University Helpline
Call (202) 687-8413 24 hours a day with any neighborhood concerns.
emeriticourses.georgetown.edu | (202) 687-5978 Georgetown University offers short, non-credit courses for members of our community over 55 years of age. Registration begins after Labor Day.
Performing Arts in the Neighborhood
performingarts.georgetown.edu | (202) 687-3838 Join us this year for Making New Worlds: The 10th Anniversary Theater and Performing Arts Season!
Become a Member of Yates Field House
recreation.georgetown.edu/yates | (202) 687-2400 Neighbors can become members of the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yates Field House, featuring workout equipment, fitness classes, the McCarthy Pool, family programs, and more!
Georgetown University Events
Interested in attending lectures and other events at Georgetown University? See our full events calendar at guevents.georgetown.edu.
information about news, events, and other programs for neighbors at Georgetown University.
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EVENTS From Page 8 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org. â&#x2013; Washington Walks â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get Local!â&#x20AC;? series will explore the historic Logan Circle neighborhood. 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet outside the 14th Street exit to the McPherson Square Metro station. washingtonwalks.com. Sunday, Sept. 13 Sunday september 13 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; Local yoga instructor Lauren Jacobs will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunday Serenity: Yoga in the East Park.â&#x20AC;? 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. $5 donation suggested. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org. â&#x2013; A teacher from Yoga Activist will present a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soothing Sunday Yogaâ&#x20AC;? class. 1:30 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a yoga class for adults. 3:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100. Concerts â&#x2013; The Kruger Brothers trio will perform bluegrass music. Noon and 1 p.m. Free. Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; Pianist David Rubinstein will perform classical works. 3 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the G Street lobby a half hour before the performance. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; AndrĂŠs Salguero, performing as 123 AndrĂŠs, will present an interactive celebration of Latin American culture for children and families. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Kathryn Calder and Adam Ezra will perform. 8 p.m. $10 to $14. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Dr. Damon Tweedy will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Reflections on Race and Medicine.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; The Legends & Lore D.C. Book Discussion Series will focus on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Caneâ&#x20AC;? by Jean Toomer. 2 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202282-3080. â&#x2013; Artist Deborah Luster will discuss the evolution of her work, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisianaâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tooth for an Eye: A Choreography of Violence in Orleans Parish.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215. â&#x2013; The Washington Improv Theater and District Improv will present a panel discussion on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women in Comedy.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. â&#x2013; Georgetown University theology professor Father Leo Lefebure will give a talk on his participation in the recent Vaticaninitiated Buddhist-Catholic dialogue at Castel Gandolfo, Italy. 7 p.m. Free. Our Lady of Victory Church, 4835 MacArthur Blvd. NW. 202-337-4835. Festival â&#x2013; The 2015 Adams Morgan Day celebration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; organized with the participation of over 50 neighborhood businesses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will feature music, fitness and wellness games, food and drink specials, face painting and more. Noon to 6 p.m. Free admission. 18th
Street and Columbia Road NW. Films â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Contemporary Iran Through Filmâ&#x20AC;? series will feature Bahman Kiarostamiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s documentaries â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Treasure Caveâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Statues of Tehran.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-1000. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Titanus Presents: A Family Chronicle of Italian Cinemaâ&#x20AC;? will feature Vittorio De Sicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1960 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two Women.â&#x20AC;? 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; The group 100Reporters will present Michael Matheson Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2014 documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poverty, Inc.,â&#x20AC;? about the system of entrenched humanitarian aid in developing countries. A discussion will follow. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. investigativefilmfestival.com. Special events â&#x2013; Hillwood will host a picnic for LGBT families in partnership with Rainbow Families DC. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $5 to $18; free for ages 17 and younger. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. â&#x2013; American Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office of Community Relations and the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church will host a back-to-school picnic with a petting zoo, a moon bounce and a community booth with Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh and staff members. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Free. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-885-2167. â&#x2013; The Washington Studio School open house will feature an introductory drawing session and classroom tours. 1 to 3 p.m. Free. Washington Studio School, 2129 S St. NW. 202-234-3030. â&#x2013; The Kennedy Center will present an open skate session hosted by the DC Wheels and Dust Farm with music by Prince Rama and Chain & the Gang. 1:30 to 9 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Read to Me, Grandparents Dayâ&#x20AC;? will feature residents of Friendship Terrace Retirement Community reading to their grandchildren and other local kids. 3 p.m. Free. Friendship Terrace Retirement Community, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202244-7400. Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Mystics will play the Atlanta Dream. 4 p.m. $19 to $300. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000. Walk â&#x2013; The Spies of Georgetown walking tour will feature tales of espionage and covert operations. 1 p.m. $15. Meet in front of the Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 703-569-1875. Monday, Sept. 14 Monday september 14 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; As part of a garden series, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will present lessons on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making Kefir,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making Bukashi From Kumbuchaâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making Apple Cider Vinegar and Growing Natural Hygiene Projects.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Denwood Recreation Center, 1350 49th St. NE. dpr.dc. gov/service/urban-gardens-programs. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a weekly yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Second-floor meeting room, Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. The
class will also be offered Tuesday at 7 p.m. â&#x2013; The Science of Spirituality Meditation Center will begin a four-week class on Jyoti meditation, a discipline focusing on the experience of inner light. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Science of Spirituality Meditation Center, 2950 Arizona Ave. NW. dcinfo@sos.org. Concerts â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plazaâ&#x20AC;? series will feature Salbomple.PR performing percussion-driven musical traditions from Puerto Rico. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. â&#x2013; The U.S. Navy Band Commodores will perform jazz. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jazz Jam,â&#x20AC;? featuring members of the American Federation of Musicians, will feature trumpeter Michael A. Thomas, bassist Kent Miller, keyboardist Darius Scott and drummer Frank Williams. 7 to 10 p.m. $10. Guapoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant, 4815 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Steve Inskeep will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab.â&#x20AC;? Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. â&#x2013; Author and journalist Chris Hedges will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement for Justice in Palestine.â&#x20AC;? 1 to 2 p.m. Free. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-3381290. â&#x2013; T. Geronimo Johnson will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Welcome to Braggsville.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856. â&#x2013; Teacher, blogger and outdoorsman Brian Whitmer will discuss his journey of summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, including why he embarked on the journey, how he prepared for it and how it changed his life. 7 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. dclibrary.org/node/49776. Films â&#x2013; Filmmaker Cintia Cabib will screen and discuss her documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carousel of Memories,â&#x20AC;? about the history of Glen Echo Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dentzel carousel. Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marvelous Movie Mondayâ&#x20AC;? series will feature the 1981 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chariots of Fire.â&#x20AC;? 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. â&#x2013; Busboys and Poets will host a screening of â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Kind of Love,â&#x20AC;? about the journey of Aung Myo Min as a leader in the 1988 student uprising in Burma to his days as a soldier in the jungle to his return home after 24 years in exile. A discussion with openly gay human rights activist Aung Myo Min and Bangkok-based American documentary filmmaker Jeanne Hallacy will follow. 6 to 9 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Surveillance Blindâ&#x20AC;? series â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about privacy in the context of social and political ideas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will feature Christoph Hochhäuslerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2014 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lies of the Victors.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m. $4 to $7. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202-289-1200. â&#x2013; The Music and Poetry Club will screen the 2000 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;O Brother, Where Art Thou?â&#x20AC;? A performance by the Blues
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Muse ensemble will follow. 7:30 p.m. Free. St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Court, 725 24th St. NW. 202393-1511. Tuesday, Sept. 15
Tuesday september 15 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; A certified yoga instructor will lead a class targeted to seniors. 10 a.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. geoyogarsvp@dc.gov. â&#x2013; The Georgetown Library will host an introductory yoga class. 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. geoyogarsvp@dc.gov. â&#x2013; Musicians from the Sones de MĂŠxico ensemble will present a workshop on writing a â&#x20AC;&#x153;corrido,â&#x20AC;? or tragic ballad. 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Free. Whittall Pavilion, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5510. â&#x2013; Dexter Sumner will lead a Vinyasa yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. Concerts â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plazaâ&#x20AC;? series will present Vegas hits and jazz performed by the Sunshine Band featuring Tony Spencer. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. â&#x2013; As part of the Tuesday Concert Series, singer Barbara Hollinshead and lutist Howard Bass will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Devotional Dowland.â&#x20AC;? 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-3472635. â&#x2013; Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; Canadian singer-songwriter Corb Lund and the duo Whitehorse will perform. 8:30 p.m. $15 to $20. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401
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K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Demonstration â&#x2013; Cathy Barrow, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mrs. Wheelbarrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Practical Pantry,â&#x20AC;? will present an evening demonstration on preserving tomatoes. A tasting of featured recipes for crushed tomatoes and tomato puree will follow. 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $50 to $60. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Library historian Wayne Wiegand will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of Our Lives: A Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s History of the American Public Library.â&#x20AC;? Noon. Montpelier Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5221. â&#x2013; Sister Simone Campbell, a religious leader, attorney and poet, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pope Francis and the Challenge of Work for Social Justice.â&#x20AC;? Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. â&#x2013; American University professor Ken Conca will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Unfinished Foundation: The United Nations and Global Environmental Governanceâ&#x20AC;? in conversation with David Bosco, assistant professor of international politics at American University. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Abramson Family Founders Room, School of International Service Building, American University, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. american.edu/sis/events. â&#x2013; A human rights discussion will focus on freedom of speech in Saudi Arabia. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856. â&#x2013; Sibley Memorial Hospital will host an educational seminar on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ovarian Cancer and Genetics.â&#x20AC;? 6 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reserSee Events/Page 39
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KENT, DC
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$2,899,000
CHEVY CHASE, DC
$1,945,000
SPRING VALLEY, DC
$1,825,000
WESLEY HEIGHTS, DC
$1,299,000
Touch of the Cape in DC – Immaculate & elegant 6BR, 6.5BA w/over 7,000 SF of stunning finished space situated on a prime ½ acre lot. Dream gourmet kit, grand entertaining spaces, custom tile, stone & woodwork, hwds + incredible outdoor spaces. Roby Thompson 202.255.2986 / 202.483.6300 (O)
Splendid Victorian (c. 1909) on the most coveted block of Chevy Chase. This 7BR, 4.5BA is gracious without being fussy. Short stroll to Connecticut Avenue life: the historic (now indie) Avalon Theater, locally owned shops and restaurants. Lucy Hassell 202.629.1574 / 202.363.9700 (O)
5-6BR, 5FBA & 2HBA home with incredible custom renovation. Center Island kitchen opens to breakfast area & family room, lower level recreation/media room & second kitchen, spectacular third floor suite. Terrific wooded views. Miller Spring Valley Office 202.362.1300
First Presentation in 66 Years! Fieldstone/Stucco Dutch Colonial awaits renovation on 8,800 SF lot on quiet street. Spacious LR w/FP & side porch, sep dining room, 4BR, 2.5BA, standup attic. Orig hwd floors, 9’ ceilings. Detached 2-car garage. Denise Warner 202.487.5162 / 202.944.8400 (O)
CHEVY CHASE, MD
GERMANTOWN, MD
BETHESDA, MD
WOODRIDGE, DC
$1,180,000
$949,900
$949,000
$849,000
Amazing elevator townhome w/4BR, 4.5BA in rarely available sought after Chevy Chase Mews. Features a gourmet table-space kitchen, great room with fireplace, front & back patios. Balcony and 2-car garage. Close to shops, dining & market. Miller Spring Valley Office 202.362.1300
Spectacular custom renovation and expansion on this 5BR, 4.5BA with over 4,125 SF of light infused space. Pella windows and doors, hardwood floors, high-end finishes through-out. A must see! Friendship Heights Office 301.652.2777 202.364.5200
White brick 5-level home w/10,185 SF level lot in the heart of Springfield. Versatile flr plan w/stunning Eastfacing sun room addition w/3 walls of glass, radiant heated tile flr & high ceiling off dining rm & kit w/ views to landscaped 4-seasons garden. Miller Bethesda Office 301.229.4000
Large house on a big lot with 5BR, 3.5BA, 4 finished levels, completely renovated inside and out with over 3,500 square feet of living space.
GEORGETOWN, DC
BOWIE, MD
BETHESDA, MD
WESLEY HEIGHTS, DC
$775,000
$749,900
$749,000
Mintewab Bulcha 202.386.8228 / 202.966.1400 (O)
$490,000
Stunning 2BR, plus den, in sought-after Sheridan Garage located in Georgetown’s East Village. Minutes to Dupont Metro or the shops on M Street. Features 2 level living, lofty ceilings, contemporary finishes, hardwood floors and an open-plan kitchen. Salley Widmayer 202.215.5174 / 202.944.8400 (O)
Renovated 5BR estate w/landscaped yard over 1.5 acres. Hardwood floors, crown moldings, great room w/FP. Gourmet TSK features granite counters, SS appliances. Finished LL w/FR ideal for entertaining. Candy Miles-Crocker 202.669.1924 202.364.1300 (O)
Solar powered contemporary 4-level home in Merrimack Park. 3BR plus office/den area, spacious recreation room, sunroom, fireplace with wood insert, house generator, hardwood flooring and 1-car garage. Private fully fenced backyard. Miller Bethesda Office 301.229.4000
Lovely 2BR, 2BA condo at The Towers surrounded by trees. Hardwood floors, balcony, pool, tennis, beauty shop, tailor, and more on premises. Garage parking spot sold separately.
DUPONT, DC
VAN NESS, DC
OBSERVATORY CIRCLE, DC
DUPONT, DC
$250,000
Great location between 17th & 18th on Mass Ave. Studio apartment with renovated kitchen and baths, convenient to Dupont Circle, Metro, shops and restaurants. Kent Madsen
202.255.1739 / 202.363.1800 (O)
$235,000
Large, renovated studio located 5 blks from Van Ness Metro, restaurants & shops. Kit w/SS & granite, hwds, bonus office/dressing room space & balcony w/park view. Building amenities; renovated lobby & hallways, 24-hr desk, gym & onsite manager. Susan Fagan 202.246.8337 / 202.363.9700 (O)
$210,000
Beautifully-maintained studio apartment features wood floors, built-in wood cabinet bed frame, upgraded kitchen and walk-in closet in charming English Tudor-style building. Big windows create a cheerful and pleasant apartment. Friendship Heights Office 202.364.5200
Mary Jo Nash
202.258.4004 / 202.363.1800 (O)
$179,900
The perfect “pied-a-terre” centrally located on the “Avenue of the Presidents”. This Classic historic building with the charm of yesteryear & the amenities of today! Hwds, updtd Kit/BA. Built-in Murphy bed with storage. Close to 2 Metros. Roby Thompson 202.255.2986 / 202.483.6300 (O)
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Chevy Chase listing offers take on Victorian shingle style
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or nearly a century, the famed Avalon Theatre has witnessed the vast changes in Chevy Chase and throughout D.C. Many
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houses in the neighborhood, however, have existed longer than the theater, which first opened in 1923. Among these homes is a Victorian shingle-style residence built in 1909. Located at 3707 Morrison St. NW, the house is steps away from the commercial corridor of Connecticut Avenue. Priced at $1,945,000, this listing offers seven bedrooms and five-and-a-half baths. The homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s facade is sheathed with a deep shade of navy blue, complemented by white-trimmed windows and shutters. The asymmetrical forms of the Victorian era can be seen in features like the prominent gabled roof, with its vertical window, and the welcoming front porch below it that partially frames one side of the house. A red front door with sidelights adds zest to the exterior. Wide and welcoming, the foyer is adorned with chair railing moldings and pine hardwood floors that
run throughout much of the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior. The double parlor is complete with two fireplaces; on the other side of this elongated space is the formal dining room, anchored by a period-inspired chandelier. At the rear is the houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest section, which includes an expansive, sun-splashed family room with walls of windows. Vaulted ceilings lend a lofty touch, while a fireplace with a raised hearth keeps the ambiance cozy. Across the hall is the kitchen, designed as a modern and stylish take on a farmhouse cookery. Coated with an antique-inspired shade of teal, the paneled cabinet system covers much of the area, including the refrigerator door, center island and built-in office section. A breakfast nook overlooks the yard, offering a cushioned storage bench along the wall of windows. Hovering over this sunny spot is a candelabra-like chandelier, accentuated by farm animal silhouettes that add to the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rustic motif. Outside, an impressive deck wraps around the back of the home and part of the east side, which leads back inside to the laundry room. The family room and both ends of the breakfast nook also
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This seven-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath house on Morrison Street is priced at $1,945,000. have access to the outdoors, creating an ideal setup for large gatherings. Steps from the deck lead down to the lawn, which frames three sides of the home. The high fence system out here guards the property, while mature holly trees create a more natural barrier. A two-car garage has been built to complement the main houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blue shingle style. Inside, three bedrooms are on the second floor, including the master suite. The suiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corridor has a pair of closets, an enormous walk-
in dressing room with its own window, and a large, light-filled sitting area. The master bath features a free-standing soaking tub and a separate shower. Another bedroom on this level could be used as an office, given its built-in cabinet and storage system and its en suite bath. The second floor also offers another full shared bathroom. On the top floor are two carpeted bedrooms. The rest of the spaces
counted as bedrooms are located on the lower level, which could be used as an au-pair or in-law suite with its stacked laundry unit and small kitchen. The property is located at 3707 Morrison St. NW. Priced at $1,945,000, the house has seven bedrooms and five-and-a-half baths. For more information, contact Lucy Hassell of Long & Foster Real Estate at 202-629-1574 or lucy.hassell@longandfoster.com.
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Palisades. Magnificent year-round views of the Potomac River Valley. Classic center hall colonial has 3BR, 2BA, balcony, in-law suite w/kitchenette, BA & sep entrance. Back porch, deck, garage +  1 off-st pkg sp. $1,685,000
High Spirits
Friendship Heights. Spacious & sun-filled home w/5 BR, 5.5 BA, deluxe Kit w/FR, stunning ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suite, garage, swimming pool & exquisite outdoor space.  Only two blocks from Metro, shops, restaurants & more. $1,499,000
Nancy Hammond 202-262-5374 Guy-Didier Godat 202-361-4663  The Whole
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Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Addition. Colonial w/open flr plan, 3/4 BR, 3.5 BA, updated kit & baths, refinished floors, LR w/ WBFP & built-ins, formal DR, SR/FR, finished LL w/wetbar & office or guest BR, finished 3rd fl. Walk to grocery, pharmacy, diner & park. $1,240,000
Laura McCaffrey 301-641-4456
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Sunshine Serenade
Enchanting home on tree lined St has thoughtful floorplan, LR w/wbfp, formal DR, 4 BR (2 w/ balconies), 3 BA, 2 HB, sunroom, breakfast room, 2 zone HVAC w/warranty, 2-car garage and driveway. Close to Metro. $874,500
Lynn Bulmer 202-257-2410
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â&#x2013; Glover Park / Cathedral heights
The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glov-
er Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; police report. â&#x2013; follow-up discussion with Emanuel Briggs of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority on the Green Infrastructure Project and an update on the sewer pipe project in GloverArchbold Park. â&#x2013; discussion with Greer Gillis, deputy director of the D.C. Department of Transportation, regarding pedestrian safety improvements in the wake of the pedestrian fatality at Calvert and 37th streets NW, as well as pending and potential agencyrelated issues. â&#x2013; consideration of a resolution in favor of lifting morning rush-hour parking restrictions on northbound Wisconsin Avenue. â&#x2013; consideration of a public space application at 3814 Fulton St. NW for a curb cut where the existing single-family home is being razed and rebuilt. â&#x2013; consideration of a resolution regarding the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to eliminate the N3 line; the last D1 bus of the day (7:05 p.m.) to Glover Park; and D1 service between Franklin Square and Federal Triangle. â&#x2013; consideration of a resolution regarding new airplane routes to Reagan National Airport over Northwest D.C. and the joint legal effort to challenge the new routes due to noise complaints. â&#x2013; consideration of a grant application from Iona Senior Services for $2,500 to help defray the cost of printing its newest comprehensive Resource Guide. â&#x2013; open forum. For details, email info@anc3b.
org or visit anc3b.org. ANC 3C ANC 3C Cleveland Park â&#x2013; cleveland park / woodley Park Woodley Park massachusetts avenue heights Massachusetts Avenue Heights Cathedral Heights The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3c.org. ANC 3D ANCValley 3D Spring â&#x2013; spring valley / wesley heights Wesley Heights palisades / kent / foxhall The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Sibley Memorial Hospital Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; police report. â&#x2013; presentation on Mayor Muriel Bowserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six-month progress report. â&#x2013; community concerns. â&#x2013; update on the Tour de Cure cycling event on Sept. 26. â&#x2013; consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for a special exception at 4334 P St. NW for side-yard and lot-size relief to build a screened-in porch. â&#x2013; consideration of a public space application at 4640 Q St. NW for a driveway, lead walk and tree removal. â&#x2013; consideration of a public space application at 3949 52nd St. NW for a new driveway and lead walk for a single-family house. â&#x2013; update on the status of a public space application in the 2900 block of 49th Street NW to build a walkway and steps to connect Hawthorne and 49th streets NW. â&#x2013; consideration of a public space
Citizens Association of Georgetown
Labor Day arrived on Sept. 7, the latest day possible, thereby extending the summer vacation period. That is not to say that the community organizations, including the Citizens Association of Georgetown, have not been actively engaged during the summer on issues that affect historic preservation, zoning modifications or our tranquility. Aircraft noise has become a big issue that has been thoroughly covered by The Current. However, Labor Day does trigger fall celebrations, fundraisers and special activities. Grace Episcopal Church is sponsoring a series of Thursday evening concerts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music on the Lawnâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; starting at 6 p.m. Bring your blanket and listen to Sandra Y. Johnson and friends on Sept. 10. On Sept. 17, saxophonist Marshall Keys and bassist Herman Burney will perform, and on Sept. 24, Cloudburst â&#x20AC;&#x201D; vocalese a la Lambert, Hendricks and Ross â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will entertain. Recommended donations are $10 per person. On Saturday, Sept. 26, the Friends of Georgetown Waterfront Park will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the creation of Rock Creek Park by featuring a display and demonstrations of paddleboats, paddleboards and canoes by Key Bridge Boats and the Washington Canoe Club. There will be interpretive talks about the history of Rock Creek Park and the features of the Georgetown Waterfront Park. On Sunday, Sept. 27, the Head of the Potomac crew regatta will be on view at Thompson Boat Center. Fundraisers are a key component of the fall activities that support our associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs. On Thursday, Sept. 24, Trees for Georgetown has arranged for a Fall Fling hosted by Tom Anderson and Marc Schappell at their historic 18th-century home at 3142 P St. NW. Admission to the event requires a minimum donation of $150 per person. For more information, send an email to treesforgeorgetown@gmail.com or call 202-337-6767. Last, but certainly not least, the Citizens Association of Georgetown Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel will be held on Friday, Oct. 23. The event brings together more than 400 residents, organizations, businesses and politicos to celebrate Georgetown and our associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission of historic preservation and improving the life of the community. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bar 1878: Georgetown After Dark,â&#x20AC;? which will highlight Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique combination of history, style and allure. The evening will feature a cocktail reception, an exceptional dinner menu, and a silent auction featuring use of homes in Paris, Aspen and Nantucket, plus many other items. We will be able to dance to the music of D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite BroadSound Band. Invitations will go out early this month, and tickets may be purchased at cagtown.org. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bob vom Eigen application at 4885 MacArthur Blvd. for a new unenclosed sidewalk cafe. â&#x2013; consideration of a historic landmark application for the Dr. Ernest Hadley House at 4304 Forest Lane NW. â&#x2013; consideration of a historic landmark application for the ScheeleBrown Farmhouse at 2207 Foxhall
Road NW. â&#x2013; review and discussion of the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiscal year 2016 budget. â&#x2013; discussion of the posting of meeting recordings on the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. â&#x2013; brief discussion on grant-making. For details, call 202-957-1999 or visit anc3d.org.
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Northwest Real Estate GROUPME: Neighbors, business owners harness app to connect with police on safety matters From Page 1
ductive police activity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would have to say that it has assisted the officers in getting to the scene and addressing a situation quicker,â&#x20AC;? Gresham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If someone calls 911, there may be a delay because the information has to be filtered.â&#x20AC;? So far, community members mainly use it for situations like a shoplifter leaving one store and entering another moments later, according to Joe Sternlieb, the BIDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president and CEO. Upon seeing the theft take place, the witness at the first business would call 911 and then issue a text in the GroupMe describing the shoplifter. Moments later, when the perpetrator entered the second business, another witness could easily make a match. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They felt it was helpful in preventing crime by alerting folks to activities going on in the neighborhood,â&#x20AC;? Sternlieb said.
The GroupMe option works best if multiple people are involved in reporting the crime, Sternlieb said. One person can be on the phone with 911, which could take several minutes while the operator takes down the information, while the other is commencing an instant discussion on GroupMe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We emphasize that if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a crime being committed, the first thing you do is call 911,â&#x20AC;? said Sternlieb. Gresham said the police department has no control over the management or implementation of the GroupMe service. A lot of people are under the perception that the MPD monitors or actually has some input in the data. We do not,â&#x20AC;? he said. Community members like Maggie Handel, a public safety block captain who lives on Dumbarton Street NW, think the GroupMe service is having a positive impact on crime response in the neighborhood.
MARKET: Synthetic drugs seized From Page 1
ambulance runs related to synthetic drug overdoses in the District, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Emergency legislation enacted that month increased first-offense fines for businesses to $10,000 and gave the police chief authority to order stores found selling the drugs to shut down for 96 hours for police investigations. The attorney generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategy to remove illegal synthetic drugs from corner stores and other retail establishments is to apply civil law and work with property owners to remediate the issue or remove problem tenants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The point of our action in these situations is not to put small-business owners out of business or to punish landlords; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to make sure that dangerous synthetic drugs are not being sold,â&#x20AC;? said Rob Marus, spokesperson for the Attorney Generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they take action to make sure thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the case, then weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy to work with them to make sure they stay in business doing legitimate business.â&#x20AC;? Three corner stores in Petworth were investigated for selling synthetic drugs. Along with Riyad Market, they were Amanuel Market at 3661 Georgia Ave. and a market at 3653 Georgia Ave. The property and business owners at the latter two markets cooperated with the Attorney Generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office and complied with their terms, which included replacing store managers and clerks, installing internal security cameras, and filing regular reports with the attorney general. At Riyad Market, the property owner cooperated with the attorney general and ultimately decided eviction of the tenant was necessary due to the size of the illegal drug seizure in October 2014 and the number of complaints he received about the store, according to Aniton. Under D.C. statute, landlords donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a criminal conviction to show that there is a drug nuisance
taking place at a property in order to get an eviction notice. Property owners can refer to search warrants executed, arrests and calls for police service pertaining to drugs to demonstrate that a problem exists. In this case, community members were prepared to testify against Riyad Marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner at the eviction hearing, which Aniton said was rare, as many times witnesses are reluctant to come forward. While Aniton couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go into the specifics of the anticipated testimony, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suffice to say they were going to testify that the market was having a negative impact on the communityâ&#x20AC;? stemming from the sale of synthetic drugs and other related incidents. John-Paul Hayworth, the Petworth advisory neighborhood commissioner who represents the area where Riyad Market is located, said community members are relieved that the business is leaving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The attorney general has been very focused on making sure our communities are safer and being much more active in the communities, and I really appreciate that,â&#x20AC;? said Hayworth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Michael Aniton has been great at keeping me and other neighbors up to date and involved in the process. The fact that it was only October 2014 when the latest search happened, to get to the point now where a year later weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to evict them, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty impressive for the court system and District government.â&#x20AC;? Even after the drug bust in October, Hayworth said he would go into the market and see packets of synthetic drugs available for purchase â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but clerks didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t respond when he told them they shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be selling it, he said. He said he never witnessed an actual sale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The business was a bad neighbor,â&#x20AC;? Hayworth said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already a lot of excitement about the potential for new business there and what it could bring to the community.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prior to GroupMe, residents were fed-up with rude & dismissive 911 operators. This technology has served to re-build community confidence in law enforcement,â&#x20AC;? Handel wrote in an email. Handel, an early adopter in the pilot program, said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sent 20 texts to the group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel safer thanks to GroupMe,â&#x20AC;? she wrote. The next task regarding Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GroupMe service is to prevent misuse of the tool, Sternlieb said. Now, upon applying to join, residents sign a contract that outlines the proper format for reporting a crime, prohibits profiling and limits the conversation to topics directly related to crime. Sternlieb said GroupMe managers contact anyone who misuses it to inform them of their mistake. But for the most part, Sternlieb said, users have kept their messages appropriate. And Gresham said all of the correspondence heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen on GroupMe has been on point.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;People have been very good about it,â&#x20AC;? Sternlieb said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were very clear about it when we first launched that you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use this as a marketing tool. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not to be used for anything other than reporting crime or suspicious behavior.â&#x20AC;? Sternlieb said other neighborhoods in D.C. have expressed interest in replicating the program, though police werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to provide information about a possible expansion. As much as the GroupMe option is in the hands of the neighbors, the responsibility for preventing and solving crimes still falls on the police. And according to Sternlieb, the community feels itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in good hands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My sense is that MPD has done an outstanding job,â&#x20AC;? Sternlieb said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Considering the number of police-citizen contacts in a place like Washington, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkable when you think about how positive the interactions have been and how few incidents weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had.â&#x20AC;?
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EVENTS From Page 31 vations required. Conference Room 2, Sibley Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. 202-243-2320. ■ Ellen Bravo will discuss her book “Again and Again.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ Clayton Laurie, a historian in the Center for the Study of Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency, will discuss “Blue Spy vs. Gray Spy: Secrets of Civil War Espionage.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Jill Bialosky will discuss her book “The Prize.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■ Eric Lotke will discuss his book “Making Manna.” 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. ■ Eoin Colfer and Jonathan Stroud will discuss their respective books, “Warp Book 3: The Forever Man” and “Lockwood & Co. Book Three: The Hollow Boy” (for ages 10 and older). 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. Films ■ “Tuesday Night Movies” will feature George Miller’s 2015 film “Mad Max: Fury Road.” 6 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ The Film and Beer Series will feature Jan Sverák’s 1994 sci-fi film “Accumulator 1.” 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Bistro Bohem, 600 Florida Ave. NW. bistrobohem@gmail.com. ■ The ninth annual Charles Guggenheim Tribute Program will feature the late director’s third Academy Award-nominated film, “Monument to the Dream,” about the construction of the St. Louis Gateway Arch. A discussion will follow. 7 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. Performances and readings ■ As part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, the Millennium Stage will present “Eleven Reflections on September,” a poetry-based multimedia performance written and directed by Andrea Assaf with live music by an international ensemble of women artists. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. ■ Juan Felipe Herrera, poet laureate consultant in poetry, will give his inaugural poetry reading. 7 p.m. Free. Whittall Pavilion, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5394. ■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night” will feature performances by the ensembles Team X and Richie, at 8 p.m.; and by Discoteca! and another troupe, at 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. Sporting event ■ D.C. United will play Panama’s Árabe Unido as part of the CONCACAF Champions League schedule. 8 p.m. $20 to $55. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800-745-3000. Wednesday, Sept. 16
Wednesday september 16 Concerts ■ The Sones de México ensemble will
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 perform Mexican “son,” a genre encompassing the roots of mariachi music and other regional styles. Noon. Free. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5510. ■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza” series will feature Shooting Star with a tribute to Bad Company. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. ■ Sones de México, a Grammy-nominated sextet from Chicago, will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Harbour Nights summer concert series will feature the Suitors. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-295-5007. ■ Nashville, Tenn.-based independent artist Ali Sperry will perform. 7 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ A B.B. King Birthday Bash will feature performers Ron Holloway, Linwood Taylor, Bobby Thompson, Eli Cook and Sol Roots. 8 p.m. $12 to $16. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Lynnae Quick, a postdoctoral fellow in the Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, will discuss “Icy Volcanism in the Outer Solar System.” 11:30 a.m. Free. West Dining Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-1192. ■ Local chapters of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees will host a talk on “Mindful Living” by Lylie Fisher, director of community engagement at Iona Senior Services. Noon. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-744-2874. ■ Robert P. George, professor of jurisprudence and politics at Princeton University, and Jess Bravin, Supreme Court correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, will discuss “Religious Freedom and the U.S. Constitution.” 1 p.m. Free. Montpelier Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202707-4642. ■ “African Artists’ Books Roundtable” will feature four book artists whose works are featured in the exhibition “Artists’ Books and Africa,” on display at the National Museum of African Art and cosponsored by the Smithsonian Libraries. 2 p.m. Free. Lecture Hall, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-4681. ■ Georgetown University philosophy professor Nancy Sherman will discuss her book “Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers.” 5 to 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University, 1248 36th St. NW. guevents.georgetown. edu. ■ Betty Smith, a 74-year-old ultramarathon runner and vegan, will discuss “Aging Without Getting Old.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. info@aveganlife.org. ■ Joe Meno and Nina Revoyr will discuss their respective books, “Marvel and a Wonder” and “Lost Canyon.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. 202-636-7230. ■ The World Affairs Council will host a book talk by Daniel Byman, author of “Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. University of California Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave. NW.
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worldaffairsdc.org. ■ Ellen Urbani will discuss her novel “Landfall.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■ Susan Abulhawa will discuss her book “The Blue Between Sky and Water.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-3877638. ■ Marcus Jones, professor of history at the U.S. Naval Academy, will discuss “Understanding Grand Strategy: National Policies, Historical Contexts.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Martha Ertman, professor of law at the University of Maryland, will discuss her book “Love’s Promises: How Formal and Informal Contracts Shape All Kinds of Families.” 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488. ■ Amanda Huron, assistant professor and coordinator of interdisciplinary studies at the University of the District of Columbia, will discuss “The History of Limited Housing Cooperatives in D.C.” 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202727-0232. ■ Dale Russakoff will discuss his book “The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■ The University of the District of Columbia’s “JAZZforum” will feature a talk by jazz researcher Bertrand Uberall on the life and music of pianist Herbie Nichols, as well as a discussion of the challenges of arranging Nichols’ music with saxophonist Brad Linde and other musicians. 7 p.m. Free. Recital Hall, Building 46-West, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-274-5803. ■ In honor of “Uncensored: Banned Books Week,” the D.C. Public Library’s “Books & Bars” modern-day book club will discuss Harper Lee’s iconic book “To Kill a Mockingbird.” 7 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Gordon Biersch Brewery, 900 F St. NW. booksandbars.eventbrite.com. ■ Ketura Persellin, a wardrobe and style consultant, will discuss “The Joyful Closet,” about three rules that will help you manage what clothes you own. 7 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. ■ “Pope Francis and the New Vatican” will feature Robert Draper, writer of a National Geographic cover story on daily life inside the Vatican; Dave Yoder, photographer; and Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington. 7:30 p.m. $25. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700. Films ■ The Mount Pleasant Library will present the 2013 documentary “Latino Americans,” about Latinos in the United States from the 16th century to present day. 7 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121. ■ The French Cinémathèque series will feature Anne Le Ny’s 2014 film “The Chef’s Wife.” 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. Special event ■ Friendship Terrace Retirement Community, the Leesburg Animal Park and area 4-H clubs will host “A Day on the Farm,” featuring a petting zoo with ducks, chicks, bunnies, lambs and a pony. 1 p.m. Free. Friendship Terrace Retirement Community, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202244-7400.
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