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Where to put Desert Storm memorial?

By KIRK KRAMER Current Staff Writer

Scott Stump put his life on the line 27 years ago as a U.S. Marine in Operation Desert Storm.

The conflict changed the way Americans looked at our armed forces and even helped heal the wounds the Vietnam War inflicted on the national spirit. Still, decades after the troops came home from the Persian Gulf, Stump wanted to make sure the country - and his family - did not forget.

“My own kids didn’t know this story,” Stump said. “Our country had kind of forgotten. I thought this was too important to relegate to a footnote of history. I had to give it a try.”

So one day while he was sitting in his basement office at his North Carolina home seven years ago, Stump contacted some of the men he had served with. He told them he thought the country should honor the veterans of Desert Storm - also called the First Gulf War - with a monument. They formed a board and went to work.

Seven years later, the National Desert Storm War Memorial Association has the backing of a former president, Congress and top military brass in its campaign to create a memorial in the nation’s capital. The association is working with federal

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George H.W. Bush, who was president during Desert Storm, has endorsed the memorial and is the honorary chairman of the memorial’s board.

officials to decide on a site.

Three sites are under consideration for the memorial. The one favored by the association is at the terminus of Constitution Avenue, near 23rd Street NW, just north of the Lincoln Memorial. The site is presently open lawn, used for recreational purposes.

The second site is in Walt Whitman Park, along E Street NW near the intersection with 19th Street.

The third possible location for the memorial is called the Belvedere. It is a grassy area 25 feet wide by 140 feet long along Rock Creek Parkway, next to the Potomac, and just south of

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the Kennedy Center. It is near the offramps and roadways connecting I-66, Ohio Drive, Constitution Avenue and the Parkway.

The National Capital Planning Commission considered the question of where to place the memorial at its Dec. 7 meeting.

Mina Wright, who represents the General Services Administration on the planning commission, thinks the Belvedere site is a dud.

“Why are we advancing the Belvedere if there isn’t any support for it?” she said. “I feel like the Belvedere is this used car we’re trying to pawn off on somebody.”

Peter May, the National Park Service representative on the commission, asked the commission to visualize the real estate’s possibilities.

“You call it a used car. It may be a used car, but man it’s a Caddy. It’s a great car.

“It’s back on the table because the Commission on Fine Arts strongly recommended that it be considered.”

In testimony to the planning commission, Stump spoke of the nearly 400 American service members who gave their lives in Operation Desert Storm and the importance of honoring their sacrifice appropriately.

“There’s only one chance to get this right, so that future generations understand this historic event,”

GOING BACK IN TIME

Photo courtesy of Ingleside at Rock Creek

Ingleside at Rock Creek resident Page Hawk shows the building’s 1961 floor plan and elevations drawing from an architect. Residents recently opened a 57-year-old time capsule that contained pictures and documents from when the facility was first constructed. Coincidentally, Hawk was present with her family at the time of the groundbreaking.

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Dupont talks homelessness, what can be done

By KIRK KRAMER Current Staff Writer

Homelessness remains a problem in the District of Columbia, and is “probably the most challenging issue D.C. faces,” according to Council member Jack Evans.

During a Feb. 6 town hall meeting on homelessness, government officials and leaders from local homeless outreach programs talked about the lights and the shadows of the issue.

Prompted by a question from Commissioner Kari Cunningham from the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B (Dupont Circle), participants spoke of some of their successes in helping people overcome homelessness. Sometimes the successes have come in forms not subject to statistical measurement, but nevertheless reasons for gratitude.

Bryce Moffett of N Street Village, the largest provider of housing and services for homeless women in the District, told one such story.

“For me, our biggest success involves women who move from homelessness into permanent supportive housing, and who die there. It may seem sad to look at this as a success, but I think of the people who were nearing the end of life. As they passed away, they were surrounded by people who cared about them and loved them - they were safe.”

Along with moving stories like Moffett’s, government officials at the meeting - which was organized by the Dupont Circle ANC and hosted by the Keegan Theatre - recited statistics and explained policies. They listened to comments from a sizeable crowd of neighborhood residents.

Kristy Greenwalt leads the Dis-

trict’s Interagency Council on Homelessness. She said the city’s programs to serve the homeless draw people from all over the region and around the country, according to statistics drawn from the paperwork filled out by homeless people seeking help.

“Of the new individuals entering the system last year for the first time, 42 percent gave a D.C. ZIP code, 38 percent gave none, and 21 percent a non-D.C. ZIP code,” Greenwalt said.

“We offer more services in the District, so there’s more of an inflow.”

Greenwalt said not all the people giving a non-D.C. ZIP code are from the immediate suburban area, and there is a subset of the homeless who come to Washington, D.C. because it is the seat of the national government.

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Mayor Muriel Bowser has established an Interagency Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Working Group to prepare the District for AV technologies, according to a release.

The working group is comprised of District agencies focused on transportation, disability rights, environmental issues and public safety. Additionally, the Bowser Administration is partnering with the Southwest Business Improvement District to release a “Request for Information� (RFI) for an AV pilot program on 10th Street SW. “We will keep the District on the cutting edge of autonomous vehicles and do so in a way that benefits our residents,� Bowser said in the release. “Washington, DC is a creative, tech-savvy city, and as we grow, we will always be exploring and investing in innovation and finding ways to make it more inclusive.�

The RFI is intended to result in a “first-mile, last-mile� autonomous vehicle pilot program along 10th

Street SW, adjacent to L’Enfant Plaza. The street, which connects the National Mall via Independence Avenue and Banneker Park to the Wharf, sits above I-395. With a manageable daily vehicle volume of approximately 4,300 cars per day, it is an ideal candidate for an AV pilot zone.

The District’s Interagency AV Working Group includes representatives from the Office of the City Administrator, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, District Department of Transportation, Office of Planning, Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, Metropolitan Police Department, Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, Department of Motor Vehicles, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Department of Energy and the Environment, Department of General Services, Department of For-Hire Vehicles, Office on Aging and Office of Disability Rights.

Sibley gets award for memory care

At-Large Council member Anita

Bonds presented Sibley Memorial Hospital’s Grand Oaks assisted living facility with her Community Cornerstones Award for its Oasis Neighborhood program, according to a release.

The award honors outstanding residents, businesses and organizations that make a positive impact on D.C. “I became aware of the Oasis at Grand Oaks while visiting Sibley Memorial Hospital’s Alzheimer unit,� Bonds said. “Their specialized care has benefited countless D.C. residents, and their services are needed now more than ever as our baby boomers age.�

The Oasis program offers a structured daily routine and 24-hour nursing staff to provide care for people with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. “We are delighted to receive this recognition,� say Laurie Henley, executive director of Grand Oaks. “The Oasis Neighborhood at Grand Oaks provides a comfortable, homelike setting for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory-related disorders, providing a nurturing and peaceful environment for residents.�

The week ahead Thursday, Feb. 15

â– The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a meeting to present the Key Bridge architectural lighting project to the US Commission of Fine Arts from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the National Building Museum, Suite 312, 401 F St. NW.

Saturday, Feb. 17

â– D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other city officials will attend the first annual Frederick Douglass 5K, celebrating 200 years of his life and legacy.

The event will also be the official ribbon cutting for the Oxon Run Trail. Registration is at 8 a.m., with the race beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Oxon Run Amphitheater, 13th Street and Mississippi Avenue, SE.

Tuesday, Feb. 20

■D.C. Ward 1 Council member Brianne Nadeau will host informal office hours for community members to come and speak with her at 6:30 p.m. at Half Smoke, 651 Florida Ave. NW. ■Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration will host a seniors budget engagement telephone forum about the District’s fiscal year 2019 budget at noon. There will be subsequent in-person budget forums on Feb. 21, 22 and 24 at various locations. For more information and to RSVP, visit 2018budgetforums.eventbrite.com or call 202-442-8150.

Wednesday, Feb. 21

■The Committee on Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization’s 2018 Performance Oversight group will hold a public hearing about the Mayor’s Office of Returning Citizen’s Affairs, Commission on Re-Entry and Returning Citizen’s Affairs, DC Housing Authority and the Office of Neighborhood Advisory Commission. It will take place at 11 a.m. in room 120, the John A. Wilson Building. To testify, call 202-724-8198.

Thursday, Feb. 22

â– The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. â– The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a meeting to discuss the 14th Street NW Streetscape Project. The department will present the plans and schedule for the upcoming project. The meeting will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room at National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE ON AGING NEWS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE ON AGING NEWS

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- Isha 2Burley, p.m. and Sandra 202-595-1912 ext. 102. Monday, Heights Center Ms. Contact: Contact: Billy Anderson, 202-408-4700 New Year for Seniors.

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2 p.m. cans Month celebration with the DPR’s Hillcrest Recreation Center provide Kingdom Care Senior Village writing workshop: Ingleside at Rock Creek community Americans Month by the East River Wellness Center, 3001 Alabama WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20to SE DC Office on Aging 31st • 10 a.m. to 2 by calling Morgan orp.m.

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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20 Church, 4606 16th NW. For more DC Office on Aging 31st • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Nate D. Skate. For more information, AARP Chapter Month celebration with the theme is gym, and a walking club.

FREE Transportation be at 3630 Quesda St. NW. Contact Contact: Mary Moses, 202-442-1753.

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It will be 26th • 2 to 3:45 p.m. from SOME’s Senior Centeratto Hillcrest 712the Randolph St. NW, Ida Clark Hall Pat Kavanaugh at 202-449-3987 to provided The 5th Annual CPDC and Emmaus Music will be played by WPFW DJ at Nineteenth Street Baptist 9355 The Southwest Waterfront at 202-535-1321.

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Stump said in his testimony.

Last week Stump, the president of the memorial association, said he thinks part of “getting it right” is building the memorial on the Constitution Avenue site, near the Vietnam and Korean War Memorials.

“Where else does a war memorial belong except among other war memorials?” he asked.

Stump said he has also come to realize the proximity to the Lincoln Memorial is fitting.

“Lincoln is associated with liberty,” Stump said. “He was the great liberator. [In Desert Storm] we liberated the people of Kuwait.”

Stump has very personal memories of the cold and rainy winter night that process began. It was early in the morning of Jan. 17, 1991. He was 200 miles south of Kuwait in a fox hole in Bahrain.

“We were providing security on a flight line at a top-secret air base,” Stump recalled. “I remember being in a hole in the freezing cold at 3:30 in the morning. F16 and F18 fighter planes began screaming overhead.

They were flying so low it seemed like I could reach up and touch them.

I counted them - 93 came screaming by. It hit me. ‘It looks like the peace talks didn’t work out. This is fullblown war now.’”

The war did not last long. By the end of February 1991, the last Iraqi troops had been driven from Kuwait and the conflict was over. Stump and the Marines he served with were transported home on April 8.

“That was so unexpected,” Stump said. “During Desert Shield [the buildup of forces following the invasion of Kuwait], there were a lot of dire pre-

dictions. The Iraqi army was made up of battle-hardened veterans after several years of war between Iraq and Iran. Thirty-thousand body bags were at the ready at Dover Air Force Base.

Nobody could have predicted such a rapid and resounding victory.”

The report about the memorial project by the planning commission’s staff summarizes the history of the 1991 conflict.

“Almost 700,000 American service members participated, and ultimately several hundred gave their lives. The operations were an unqualified combat success that restored faith in the prowess of the U.S. military. The event holds a unique place in history by helping close the wounds of the Vietnam War, including the treatment of returning service members, and the respect given now to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Congressman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) gave video testimony at the December meeting of the planning commission. An Army veteran, Roe recalled the country’s very different attitude to the armed forces at the end of the Vietnam era, based on his own experience as a returning service member when he came home from active military duty in 1974.

“I served in Korea during the Vietnam era,” Roe said. “When I got out of the military, we were actually instructed not to travel in our uniforms. It was really unbelievable.”

Roe noted the strong bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate for the memorial. And he spoke strongly in favor of the site at 23rd and Constitution, near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

President George H.W. Bush led the coalition of 34 nations that fought together in the First Gulf War. He has

endorsed the memorial, and serves as honorary chairman of the memorial board. He sent a message last month for the 27th anniversary of the beginning of the war.

“As we observe this 27th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, I salute all of you who served so honorably and bravely. Many in the media claimed that our best days were behind us and that our all-volunteer force was not up to the fight.

You proved them all wrong! I am so very proud of what you accomplished and it was an honor to be your commander-in-chief.

“I am also thrilled to know that the National Desert Storm Memorial will ensure that your service, and those brave souls who made the ultimate sacrifice while defending freedom, will never be forgotten. Your generation will now join the ranks of all the others who answered the call and served, by having your own place of remembrance and reflection in our nation’s capital.”

Stump said he and other veterans hold Bush in high esteem.

“We’re very proud he was our commander-in-chief,” Stump said.

“We keep him well apprised of what we’re doing. We feel a sense of urgency to get this memorial constructed.

We want him to see it in person.”

While Stump was in D.C. last week, he visited the embassies of two of the other countries that took part in the war as allies of the United States.

“We have a duty to involve the coalition countries,” Stump said. “It’s so important to keep them in the loop and make them aware of what we’re doing.”

Stump said the memorial will include design elements representing each country.

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the DMV,” Greenwalt said. “Some come here because of a delusion, a psychotic break. People think they have to speak to the president.”

When asked if there is a law or regulation against giving help to homeless people with a non-D.C. ZIP code, Greenwalt answered crisply, “No, there isn’t.”

Since 2015, 3,300 individuals have been helped to permanent shelter in the District, Greenwalt said.

And the number of the homeless here is slowly declining. The “point-intime” count is a federally-mandated survey taken at the end of January each year to provide a snapshot of the number and demographic characteristics of those going through homelessness.

In 2016, the point-in-time survey counted 8,350 homeless people. Last year, the number was 7,374 - a 10 percent reduction for the District.

The council led by Greenwalt is described by its website as “a group of cabinet-level leaders, providers of homeless services, advocates, homeless and formerly homeless leaders who come together to guide the District’s policies for meeting the needs of individuals and families who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless in D.C.” Audience members wondered why officials do not take action to get people off the streets and into shelters during the bitter cold of winter.

“People have a right to public space,” Greenwalt said. “They have a right be left alone, to be outside. It’s not illegal to be homeless, or to sleep outside.”

Captain Michelle Ridlehoover of the Metropolitan Police Department said citizens “have the right to be on public space if they are not violating the law.”

In response to a question from commissioner Mike Silverstein asking what to do if you encounter someone barefoot and without a coat when it’s five degrees outside, Ridlehoover said there is a distinction between such a case and one where a person has a warm coat and lots of blankets.

Law enforcement officials have a tool for detaining people at risk, but it is one they prefer to use sparingly.

“FD 12” refers to an emergency psychiatric assessment carried out by a mental health specialist and can result in a person being detained involuntarily for up to 48 hours. Jesse Rabinowitz of Miriam’s Kitchen said it is used not only in the case of homeless people, but for “anyone at imminent risk of harming themselves or others - someone experiencing a grave mental health crisis.”

Greenwalt explained why the authorities are reluctant to execute an FD 12.

“An involuntary detainment is really trust-destroying,” she said.

“Unless it is really a dangerous situation, we are reluctant to do that. It is better to try to build that trust and get a person into housing.”

The meeting was very much a

neighborhood affair, and considerable discussion was devoted to the case of one homeless person in the neighborhood often seen encamped near a local grocery store.

Cunningham, the commissioner who took part in the meeting, is also the mother of a student at a neighborhood elementary school. She said children there sometimes pass the homeless man on 17th Street and comment on his situation.

“Kids at Ross Elementary talk about it,” she said. “Some say, ‘Why don’t the police put him in jail?’ My child said, ‘we don’t put people in jail for being homeless.’”

Rabinowitz encouraged people to be proactive in offering help to homeless neighbors.

“If you see someone outside and it is cold, ask them if they want to go to a shelter or need a blanket,” he said.

Rabinowitz also urged those present to keep the phone number for the District’s shelter hotline handy: 202399-7093.

Rabinowitz said Miriam’s Kitchen is in need of volunteers to help prepare the meals served to the homeless by the Virginia Avenue ministry.

“If you want to chop 300 onions, come down and help,” he said. “And we are looking for donations of clothing for men. We are completely out of socks.”

Adam Maier of Pathways to Housing said one segment of the homeless population has mostly been able to get off the streets in recent years.

“In the past, a lot of homeless people were on crutches or in wheelchairs. Those with the most severe physical disabilities are no longer on the street.”

Nick DelleDonne, another ANC 2B member, said some services should be fairly easy to provide.

“There’s some low-lying fruit we can grab, like public restrooms in our neighborhood and a place to take showers,” he said.

According to information supplied by the Way Home DC, a campaign to end homelessness in the District, “in 2017, at least 45 individuals from D.C.’s homeless community died without a home.” The deaths in the homeless community are generally not from exposure to the elements, but from manageable and preventable diseases. “Housing is perhaps the single best health intervention that a person can have.”

The Way Home campaign also noted that providing permanent housing is cheaper than bankrolling homeless shelters and paying for hospitalization and police interventions for the homeless. “It costs less taxpayer money to provide permanent supportive housing, the gold standard for ending chronic homelessness, than it does to do nothing.”

The Way Home says it would save the city $19 million a year to house the 828 most vulnerable members of the homeless population, based on a study of the emergency services used by the population.

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In Your Neighborhood 2B ANC Circle 2B Dupont

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, in Room 500, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Agenda items include: ■presentation regarding the Penelope Hotel development project at 1337 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■approval of the ANC’s goals and objectives for fiscal year 2018. ■discussion regarding the District Department of Transportation’s dockless bikeshare pilot program. ■consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Pisco y Nazca Gastro Bar, 1823 L St. NW, for a new Class C restaurant license. ■consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment application at 2131 N St. NW for a variance from the lot occupancy requirements to repair and increase the depth of the rear and side deck. ■consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for concept approval at 1323 21st St. NW for a three-story addition and new garage with storage at rear. ■consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for concept approval at 2031 Q St. NW for a roof alternation at rear. ■consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for concept approval at 1747 T St. NW to alter the slope of the roof and for a third story addition at rear. ■consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application at 1625 P St. NW for the Stead Park Recreation Center. ■discussion regarding proposed comprehensive plan amendments.

For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.

2D ANC 2D Sheridan-Kalorama

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. Agenda items include: ■fiscal year 2018 quarter one financial report. ■police report. ■updates from Jerry Chapin of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office and Joe Florio of Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans’ office. ■consideration of historic landmark nomination for Mitchell Park Field House. ■consideration of Dupont-Kalorama curbside management project with transportation department. ■consideration of application for exterior stair with small balconies on the west side of 2112 Wyoming Ave. NW. For details, visit anc2d.org.

2E ANC 2E Burleith, Hillandale, Georgetown, â– GEORGETOWN / CLOISTERS Cloisters BURLEITH / HILLANDALE

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, visit anc2e.com.

3B ANC 3B Glover Park, Heights â– GLOVER PARKCathedral / CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS

■consideration of a supplemental resolution to the Board of Zoning Adjustment order on the Burger King accessory lot variance. ■presentation by a DC Water guest speaker on rate/meter issues and “Clean Rivers Impervious Area Charge.� ■transportation department update on uncontrolled crosswalks and resolution related to Cumberland Street NW bus shelter and crosswalk.

■presentation by Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs guest speaker on zoning, inspection and permit processes. ■consideration of a resolution regarding Connecticut Avenue LID project. ■discussion and letter related to traffic at 3900 Wisconsin Ave. NW, and relationship with Sidwell and 4000 Wisconsin Ave. NW. ■update on rent “concessions�

issue.

For details, visit anc3e.org.

3F ANC 3F Forest Hills, Park â– FOREST HILLSNorth / NORTHCleveland CLEVELAND PARK The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Room A-03, Building 44, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3f.com.

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. For details, visit anc3b.org.

3C ANC 3C Cleveland Park, â– CLEVELANDPark, PARK / Woodley WOODLEY PARK Massachusetts Avenue Heights, MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE HEIGHTS CATHEDRAL Heights HEIGHTS Cathedral The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the Community Room at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. Agenda items include: â– consideration of a motion of no objection to a Historic Preservation Review Board application at 3410 Macomb St. â– consideration of a motion of no objection to a public space application for Mayahuel at 2605-2609 24th St. NW for a sidewalk cafe. â– consideration of a large tract review of the development at 3900 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the former Fannie Mae headquarters. â– consideration of a public space permit application at 3900 Wisconsin Ave. NW for a new curb cut/driveway, the closing of an existing curb cut on Wisconsin Avenue and the extension of a sidewalk on 39th Street. The requests are part of the redevelopment of the Fannie Mae property. â– consideration of a public space application at Starbucks, 2649 Connecticut Ave. NW, for a sidewalk cafe at Starbucks. â– consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application at 3505 34th St. NW for a rear addition and new windows on side facade.

For details, visit anc3c.org.

3D ANC Valley, 3D Spring Heights, â– SPRING VALLEY /Wesley WESLEY HEIGHTS Palisades, PALISADES /Kent, KENT /Foxhall FOXHALL The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in Room K-106, Kresge Building, Wesley Theological Seminary, 4500 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3d.org.

3E ANC 3EAmerican University Tenleytown, â– AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK Park FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS / TENLEYTOWN The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8, in Room NT07, Washington College of Law, American University, 4300 Nebraska Ave. NW. Agenda items include:

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The Current would like to congratulate the Woman’s National Democratic Club for kicking off the evening of Feb. 8 with what will undoubtedly be a series of forums for City Council candidates.

The moderator’s questions were predominantly about the candidates’ feelings on services that most of us would like the District government to be able to offer. Unfortunately, there were no questions about the costs or the possible effect on District employment.

As Council Chair Phil Mendelson pointed out at the forum, a key to reducing our poverty rate is substantially increasing the number of jobs available for non-college graduates.

Virginia’s taxes for businesses and high-income residents are far below the District’s. Thus, there is a temptation for Washington businesses and high-income earners to move across the Potomac.

For companies that receive a large amount of their revenue from the District government, there is a major offset in that the District gives preferences to firms located here. However, this is not the case for many of our employers.

We would urge future moderators to bring up this issue.

Figuring out how to tax with the medical leave act About two-thirds of the people who work in the District live either in Maryland or Virginia. Unlike the 50 states, federal law does not allow the District government to tax these individuals even though they take advantage of many District services.

The District recently passed a family medical leave act that taxes District businesses to ensure that their employees can continue to have an income should they become ill or have a baby. However, roughly two-thirds of the money goes to Marylanders or Virginians.

We think the City Council should investigate whether the District government should tax employers at about a third of the rate they will be taxed under the law and then have the government itself offer benefits solely to employees of District businesses who are District residents and are in need of medical leave.

Under such a plan there would be no illegal taxation of Marylanders or Virginians, but non-District residents would not benefit from taxes paid by local businesses.

Furthermore, the cost to District businesses would only be a third of what it will be under the current plan.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR The “Speed cameras set up to entrap drivers” [Jan. 10] letter writer bemoans the fact that he was served five (uncontested) speeding tickets in 18 months because of strategically placed speed cameras set to “entrap” drivers.

My suggestion to this driver and

A new hope for a pool at Fort Reno VIEWPOINT HARRY MARTIN

Some more questions for City Council candidates

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he Washington Business Journal reported in January that the House of Representatives has approved legislation to accommodate agreements between Washington, D.C. and the National Park Service (NPS) looking toward D.C. management of federal parkland in the city.

This is something the Senate is expected to approve in the coming weeks. This legislation affords an opportunity for the city to abandon its plan to shoehorn a small and expensive swimming pool into Hearst Park, a four-acre recreational space at 37th and Quebec streets, and pivot to Fort Reno, an NPS property.

In response to protests from the Hearst community, which has vigorously opposed the pool based in part on its impact on the park’s heritage oaks, the city is now proposing to put the pool in the southwest corner of the park. But this plan also has serious environmental drawbacks and is not economical or practical.

The city plans to place the pool against the steep embankments bordering the tennis court closest to the corner of 37th and Quebec streets. To accommodate this topography, the pool’s main entrance would be via an elevator located in a new two-story building on 37th Street. The pool itself would be smaller than a single tennis court and, due to space constraints, include only a narrow pool deck. New

structures, including a pool house, the elevator shaft and retaining walls and fences, would surround the small pool on three sides, thereby creating a “pool in a box.” The architect’s rendition of this infrastructure shows that while the heritage oaks might be preserved, the many trees along adjacent portions of 37th and Quebec streets would be cut down.

The price tag for the pool is $6 million. Should the District really be spending $6 million on a pool in affluent Ward 3 that has to be accessed by an elevator? The optics of this are not good in a year when both Council member Mary Cheh and Mayor Muriel Bowser are running for re-election.

Fort Reno was suggested as an alternate site at a meeting initiated by Hearst neighbors in June 2017 with the director of the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). The director said he liked the location. A full-sized pool could the constructed on the property at Fort Reno already managed by DPR. And, unlike Hearst, the site is close to the Tenley metro and bus lines, and has ample parking.

After the meeting, DPR staff sought NPS’s permission to use the site and Cheh supported the plan.

While NPS ultimately rejected the proposal, the mayor and council should seize the opportunity afforded by the new legislation and urge NPS to allow a D.C. pool at Fort Reno. This would save Hearst from intrusive development while accommodating a pool that is larger and more accessible to Ward 3’s citizens.

Harry Martin is a resident of Cleveland Park.

Sunrise: No more than 40 percent VIEWPOINT JOSE MIGUEL VIVANCO

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n the Feb. 7 issue of The Current, Phil Kroskin, the Sunrise vice president, said he is working to get the 100-plus resident project “below 60 percent” lot occupancy.

He has the wrong goal.

The Sunrise/Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church (WABC) development can occupy only 40 percent of the lot to comply with zoning in a residential neighborhood. WABC is not on any avenue. When Kroskin says he is trying to get his current 63 percent to 60 percent lot occupancy, he is pretending Sunrise, an international corporation, is a local Baptist church. The building would be 87 percent inhabited by Sunrise. Zoning that applies to Sunrise, a commercial enterprise, is maximum 40 percent lot occupancy, not 60 percent.

It does not change the zoning just because he started at 69 percent lot occupancy (29 percent over) and is now at 63 percent. He wants points if he exceeds lot occupancy by 20 percent of the lot. The rule remains 40 percent lot occupancy for businesses. No points are given until he complies. Period.

WABC pastor Lynn Bergfalk is not supporting societal goals alone. Neighbors have worked as school teachers, a U.S. ambassador to an African country, and for human rights organizations, charities, cities, the United Nations and progressive members of Congress.

The Current article featured City Gate, a

Bergfalk affiliate, using 3920 Alton Place as a mail drop. We know little of City Gate. It is located elsewhere. Public records show City Gate had to repay D.C. $76,000 for non-performance (Youth Engaged for Success, Inc. and City Gate Inc. v. D.C. Office of State Superintendent of Education, Case No. 2011- OSSE-00003, Office of Administrative Hearings, March 6, 2012). The church manager was convicted of stealing over $150,000 from the church (US Attorney’s Office, Department of Justice Statement, July 14, 2016). Unfortunate incidents, but neighbors cannot be asked to make up for Bergfalk’s management failures.

If Bergfalk wants to raise funds for City Gate, why not sell the property? This is more in keeping with his portrayal of himself as pursuing social good than spending money building a 250seat church for his 30-member congregation.

Sunrise says they are creating a “home” where they evict you if you run out of money, actually need health care or display “behavioral problems.” Kroskin says our neighborhood is “a desert of assisted living.” Wrong. We have Lisner, Friendship Terrace, Ingleside, Forest Hills Home and others. Unlike Sunrise, several have programs to help people in need. And they are surrounded by green space buffering nearby homes because they left large portions of their lots unoccupied.

Check out sunrisewrongsite.com for more.

Tom McDonald, Genet Haile, Juliet Six, Patrice Allen-Gifford, Jeanine Hull, Jose Miguel Vivanco, Lisa Bhansali, Dan Wilson, Hugh Morris, Tania Lee and Mary Alice Levine.

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Events Entertainment REVIEW: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 19th annual performance as breath-taking as ever

By JASON WILLIAMS Current Correspondent

In a town where long-standing institutions are increasingly contouring themselves to contemporary audiences, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returned to Washington to present new works that remain true to the company’s roots.

On Feb. 6, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosted an opening night gala and fundraiser for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. For the last 19 years, the dance company, founded in New York City, has traveled to Washington as part of its annual tour. These tours showcase the tremendous talent and skill of the dancers, and also inform and educate communities across the country.

The event opened with remarks from Chris Womack, the president of external affairs for the Southern company. Womack said that after their stint in D.C., the company would be heading to Alabama, where they will perform on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge (the site of the infamous 1965 police attack on peaceful civil rights protesters).

Later, Robert Battle, the artistic director of the Ailey Company, reminded the audience that it was performances like the one they were about to witness that inspired him to purse his dance dreams, and it was the generosity of donors that allowed him to attend Ailey programs in his local community.

Battle pointed out that at Ailey, dance performance is only half of the job, saying, “we step off the stage and into the communities we serve.� Battle highlighted that the D.C. area has produced a number of Ailey dancers and rattled off several homegrown members, each name drawing thunderous applause from the audience.

The performance was in three acts - two repertory works and a premiere. The newest work, “Members Don’t Get Weary� was choreographed by Jamar Roberts and set to music by Jazz legend John Coltrane.

The number opened with a deep blue background, shadowing 10 dancers set in two groups. Half of the dancers were clustered together in the foreground, while the remaining members stood in a straight line across the back of the stage. All were wearing wheat-colored wide brim sun hats.

There was an exchange between the two groups, beginning with elongated slow movement in the foreground and stillness in the rear.

As all 10 dancers arrived at center stage facing the audience, a shift in formation revealed that one dancer was down. The other nine looked back while another member joined the fallen dancer on the floor. The one used his own back to try and

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The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s cast of women get together in the performance’s finale, “Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abrhaham.� The dance company returned to the Kennedy Center last week as part of its annual tour. prop up the other as the remaining members encircled them, paying tribute to the effort of the fallen.

Duets emerged from the pack, with a beautiful symmetry to the movements that built from methodical and firm, to flowing joyful patterns, to a frantic tempo that gave way to an exhausted release. In this context, “weary� was not burdensome as much as an acknowledgment of where physical limitation started and kinetic, spiritual, energy began.

After a brief intermission during which the majority of the lower bowl audience, in their black ties and ball gowns, resumed conversations and refreshed their drinks, the show resumed with “The Golden Section.� Created in 1983 by choreographer Twyla Tharp, the section featured 12 dancers. The costumes,

by Santo Loquasto, fit nicely with the music by David Byrne (of “The Talking Heads�). The look and sound was disco-era.

The majority of the action occured at the wings of the stage as dancers jet in from the sides, often leaping onto the stage and into the arms of other dancers. The lighting was bright and took full advantage of the golden costumes and metallic skrim. The piece was light and fun, and served as a great break between the artful heaviness of the opening act and the historical heft of the evening’s third act. “Revelations,� choreographed

by Alvin Ailey in 1960, is without question the company’s most recognized work. The piece broke down into three major sections - “Pilgrim of Sorrow,� “Take Me To The Water� and “Move, Members, Move� - but 10 separate dances threaded through the section in this tour de force. The piece carried the reverence of a national anthem, and individual dancers functioned like stanzas, pointing back to the difficult times of a people’s past, then looking forward to a hopeful future.

The lighting and music were

integral to the sensation of time and space the piece conveyed. The lighting by Nicola Cernovitch started in shades of brown and copper, evoking native Africa, then hints of red suggested the new native land of southern American fields. The music featured traditional hymns and work songs. “Take Me To The Water� was lit in tranquil blues and hot white. “Move, Members, Move� started in a deep red that gave way to bright yellow.

While all 10 dancers were exceptional and unique, three stood out.

Linda Celeste Sims and Jamar Roberts’ performance of “Fix Me, Jesus� was breathtaking. Much of the dance has the two interlocked, moving as one. Their holds and lifts were executed so tactfully that the dancers appeared like chiseled granite.

Clifton Brown’s performance of “I Wanna Be Ready� was equally moving. Much of the piece has the dancer center stage on the floor, contracting and reaching out while looking up at a white light, which beams on him the entire dance.

Brown’s presence, strength, poise and dexterity were mesmerizing.

The finale, “Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham,� featured the full cast with the women dressed in antebellum-era yellow sundresses and matching hand fans, while their male counterparts were in matching yellow vests and dark pants. There was clapping, twirls and an overall feeling of jubilation and rebirth.

As the piece wound down there was a false ending where the company bows, followed by an encore.

It was strengthening to end on a joyous note, even within the serious tone this particular performance was raising funds to train, teach and develop the next generation of Ailey dancers - some of whom may have been in the audience.

The Ailey company’s present, history and future are a strong reason to see this group perform year after year.

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TIME TO COMFORTABLY HUNKER DOWN AND ADDRESS SOME HOMEBODY ISSUES — LIKE FRESHENING UP THE FAMILY’S ESTATE-PLANNING PAPERWORK Please join me for really good hot cocoa and changing the infant references to graduate school, and let’s see if the new tax reform statute simplifies your planning.

Will,  Trusts,  Powers of Attorney,  Medical Directives,  Marital Agreements,  Instructions for Appointees Nancy L. Feldman, Attorney at Law (202) 965-0654 nancyfeldmanlaw@icloud.com www.nancyfeldmanlaw.com

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The Current’s Pet of the Week From the Humane Rescue Alliance Meet Dante! Dante is a 6-year-old and was a member of the Prison Dog Program. He spent weeks being trained by inmate handlers and learned skills like sit, down, stay, come and leave-it. Now that he has graduated, Dante is looking for a home where he will get endless belly rubs and nice long walks.

Dante is a little older, but has enough energy to keep his adopter busy. He would do best as the only dog or a home without children.

Is Your Estate Plan Vulnerable?

This is a sponsored column by Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP, a law firm in Bethesda, Maryland.

A will is an essential component of any comprehensive estate plan and provides comfort that our loved ones and chosen recipients will benefit from assets left once we pass away.

However, even if you’ve already executed your will, a court of law may deem your will to be invalid under certain circumstances, often resulting in your assets passing to unintended recipients. Knowing what those circumstances are is an important step in ensuring that your hard-earned assets end up in the right place.

There are three common forms of challenges to wills. First, if your will was not executed in accordance with all legal formalities, it may not be admitted to probate by the court. Although the specific formalities vary by jurisdiction, they typically include requirements regarding attestation of your signature by a certain number of witnesses and the inclusion of certain language regarding the nature and effect of the document. These factors may seem minor, but failing to satisfy each and every formality could have a catastrophic effect upon your estate plan.

Second, for your will to be valid, you must have possessed “testamentary capacity” at the time you executed your will. The threshold of testamentary capacity is not especially high, and one need not be able to recite, chapter and verse, the particulars of his or her assets or family tree. In essence, you only need a general understanding of your assets, the typical classes of recipients of those assets at your death, and the manner in which you wish to dispose of them. A variety of factors may render you unable to meet that threshold. In particular, certain ailments, such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, often provide a basis to question a testator’s capacity. Upon your death, if an interested party can persuade the court that you lacked capacity at the time you executed your will, the terms of your estate plan will likely become void.

Finally, if an interested party can prove that your will was the product not of your own judgment, but instead was executed as the result of “undue influence” borne upon you by another, your will could be set aside. Here, the burden is high: the challenger to your will must demonstrate that the alleged influencer caused you to execute a document reflecting the influencer’s intentions rather than your own. In such a situation, your will will not govern the distribution of your assets at death.

The best precaution against any of the pitfalls above is to meet with a competent estate attorney when making your will. He or she will ensure compliance with the requisite formalities. In addition, he or she will meet with you in private and, if necessary, will later be in a position to testify that he or she was satisfied that your will was the product of your own competent, independent wishes. Of course, each situation is unique, and the best advice is to be sure to consult your attorney for advice tailored to your circumstances.

James Lillis is a litigator at Furey Doolan & Abell, LLP in Bethesda, Maryland. He is licensed to practice in D.C. and Maryland.

James has spent his entire life in the D.C. metropolitan area and holds degrees from Georgetown University and the Georgetown University Law Center.

PSA 101

PSA 101 ■ DOWNTOWN

Theft ■ 600-699 block, 12th St.; 9:03 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 900-999 block, Palmer Alley; 7:56 p.m. Feb. 7.

■ 500-599 block, 12th St.; 9:17 p.m. Feb. 7.

■ 600-699 block, 13th St.; 11:25 a.m. Feb. 8.

■ 600-699 block, 13th St.; 4:40 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 1000-1099 block, F St.; 7:51 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 500-599 block, 12th St.; 1:35 p.m. Feb. 9.

■ 1000-1091 block, 11th St.; 8:43 p.m. Feb. 9.

Theft from auto ■ 900-999 block, 11th St.; 10:52 p.m. Feb. 7.

■ 1300-1399 block, I St.; 11:43 p.m. Feb. 7.

■ 1200-1299 block, H St.; 8:19 p.m. Feb. 8.

PSA PSA 201 201

■ CHEVY CHASE

Theft ■ 5523-5599 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:59 p.m.

Feb. 11.

Theft from auto ■ 5400-5449 block, 30th St.; 10:09 a.m. Feb. 8.

■ 3230-3299 block, Worthington St.; 12:30 p.m.

Feb. 9.

PSA 202

■ FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS TEN-

PSA 202 / AU PARK LEYTOWN

Robbery ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 10:04 p.m. Feb. 7.

■ 4500-4599 block, Albemarle St.; 1:40 a.m. Feb. 11 (with gun).

Theft ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4:12 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 6:40 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 4000-4099 block, Brandywine St.; 5:17 p.m. Feb. 10.

Theft from auto ■ 3800-3899 block, Gramercy St.; 2:40 p.m. Feb. 8.

PSA 203

■ FOREST HILLS / VAN NESS

PSA 203 CLEVELAND PARK

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 4600-4699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 3:22 a.m. Feb. 10 (with gun).

Theft ■ 5100-5241 block, Nebraska Ave.; 9:30 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 2900-2999 block, Van

Ness St.; 9:50 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 4200-4399 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:48 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 4200-4399 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:54 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 4200-4399 block, Connecticut Ave.; 2:01 p.m. Feb. 9.

■ 4200-4399 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:03 p.m. Feb. 11.

Theft from auto ■ 3000-3029 block, Tilden St.; 11:36 p.m. Feb. 6.

PSA 204

■ MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE

HEIGHTS / CLEVELAND PARK WOODLEY PARK / GLOVER PSA PARK204 / CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS

Theft ■ 3300-3399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 6:47 p.m. Feb. 6.

PSA 205

■ PALISADES / SPRING VALLEY

PSA 205HEIGHTS / FOXHALL WESLEY

Motor vehicle theft ■ 3500-3599 block, Nebraska Ave.; 7:50 p.m. Feb. 6.

Theft ■ 3700-3799 block, University Ave.; 9:28 p.m. Feb. 10.

Theft from auto ■ 5125-5148 block, Rockwood Parkway; 4:01 p.m.

Feb. 9.

PSA 206

PSA 206 ■ GEORGETOWN / BURLEITH Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1738-1898 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 5:15 p.m. Feb. 11.

Burglary ■ 3810-3899 block, Reservoir Road; 10:16 a.m. Feb. 5.

Theft ■ 1401-1498 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 1:45 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 7:08 p.m. Feb. 7.

■ 1224-1299 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 8:44 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 2300-2699 block, Q St.; 3:18 p.m. Feb. 9.

Theft from auto ■ 1500-1599 block, 31st St.; 2:53 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 1200-1299 block, 31st St.; 4:30 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 3300-3399 block, R St.; 2:33 p.m. Feb. 7.

■ 1300-1319 block, 30th St.; 11 a.m. Feb. 11.

PSA PSA 207 207

■ FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END

Burglary ■ 2100-2199 block, F St.; 7:34 a.m. Feb. 5.

■ 1400-1499 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 10:16 a.m. Feb. 6.

■ 1130-1199 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:19 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 1100-1199 block, Vermont Ave.; 1:31 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 1130-1199 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:15 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 1100-1199 block, Vermont Ave.; 7:50 a.m. Feb. 7.

■ 2500-2699 block, Virginia Ave.; 11:58 a.m. Feb. 8.

■ 2100-2199 block, F St.; 3:05 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 1100-1199 block, 19th St.; 3:58 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 2100-2199 block, F St.; 8:40 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 900-999 block, 17th St.; 12:11 p.m. Feb. 9.

■ 500-599 block, 15th St.; 4:33 a.m. Feb. 11.

Theft from auto ■ 1900-1999 block, E St.; 2:05 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 2300-2399 block, N St.; 4:37 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 2400-2499 block, L St.; 10:33 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 800-899 block, 23rd St.; midnight Feb. 6.

■ 1800-1899 block, M St.; 9:29 a.m. Feb. 7.

■ 2500-2516 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 3 p.m. Feb. 9.

PSA 208

■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMA

PSA 208CIRCLE DUPONT

Sexual abuse ■ 2100-2199 block, Leroy Place; 11:14 a.m. Feb. 11.

Burglary ■ 1700-1799 block, N St.; 12:06 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:02 a.m. Feb. 6.

Theft ■ 2200-2299 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 12:14 p.m.

Feb. 6.

■ 1200-1217 block, 18th St.; 11:08 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 8:03 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 1200-1249 block, 22nd St.; 8:55 a.m. Feb. 11.

■ 2200-2299 block, N St.; 5 p.m. Feb. 11.

■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:31 p.m. Feb. 11.

Theft from auto ■ 2200-2299 block, N St.; 7:32 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 2100-2199 block, O St.; 8:11 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:15 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 1400-1499 block, Church St.; 3:52 a.m. Feb. 10.

PSA 301

PSA 301 CIRCLE ■ DUPONT

Motor vehicle theft ■ 800-899 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 6:56 p.m. Feb. 5.

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 2000-2099 block, 15th St.; 11:39 a.m. Feb. 7.

Theft ■ 1100-1199 block, 15th St.; 2:55 p.m. Feb. 5.

Theft ■ 1600-1699 block, U St.; 10:16 a.m. Feb. 5.

■ 1900-1999 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 9:22 a.m.

Feb. 6.

■ 1700-1723 block, 17th St.; 8:24 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 1921-1999 block, 14th St.; 3:03 a.m. Feb. 11.

■ 1600-1618 block, 17th St.; 4:20 a.m. Feb. 11.

■ 1600-1617 block, 14th St.; 9:21 p.m. Feb. 11.

Theft from auto ■ 1707-1799 block, S St.; 2:28 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 1400-1499 block, Corcoran St.; 1:48 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 1400-1425 block, R St.; 3:30 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ 1700-1749 block, R St.; 11:44 a.m. Feb. 9.

■ 1700-1799 block, Willard St.; 8:18 p.m. Feb. 11.

PSA 303

PSA 303 MORGAN ■ ADAMS Sexual abuse ■ 1900-1999 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10 a.m. Feb. 10 (with knife).

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 4:55 a.m. Feb. 10 (with knife).

Theft ■ 1800-1899 block, Adams Mill Road; 4:47 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 1800-1810 block, Columbia Road; 9:16 a.m. Feb. 6.

■ 1770-1799 block, Euclid St.; 10:43 a.m. Feb. 8.

■ 1646-1699 block, Columbia Road; 9:25 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 2000-2099 block, 18th St.; 4:23 a.m. Feb. 11.

■ 2322-2499 block, Ontario Road; 1:28 p.m. Feb. 11.

Theft from auto ■ 2200-2299 block, 18th St.; 12:33 a.m. Feb. 10.

PSA 307

PSA 307 ■ LOGAN CIRCLE Robbery ■ 1300-1399 block, Corcoran St.; 3:27 p.m. Feb. 8.

Theft ■ 1100-1199 block, 10th St.; 2:38 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 1618-1699 block, 14th St.; 7:10 p.m. Feb. 5.

Theft from auto ■ 1300-1399 block, Vermont Ave.; 1:44 p.m. Feb. 5.

■ 1100-1199 block, 14th St.; 7:42 p.m. Feb. 6.

■ Unit block, Logan Circle; 11:18 a.m. Feb. 7.

■ Unit block, Logan Circle; 1:27 p.m. Feb. 7.

■ 1700-1721 block, 13th St.; 10:05 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 1517-1599 block, 14th St.; 10:42 p.m. Feb. 8.

■ 1700-1799 block, Vermont Ave.; 12:21 a.m. Feb. 9.

■ 1200-1299 block, 10th St.; 8:19 p.m. Feb. 9.

■ 1400-1499 block, 9th St.; 9:25 p.m. Feb. 9.

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Eagles blow lead but respond late, come back to beat Carroll

By ROBERT BETTMANN Current Staff Writer

After a tough week, the Gonzaga boys basketball team got back on track on Feb. 11 with a convincing victory over Archbishop Carroll, winning 65-59.

While Gonzaga still has a 23-3 record, two of those losses have happened recently, with one coming on Feb. 6 against St. John’s and the other on Feb. 9 against Paul VI. “We were coming off two tough losses that could have gone the other way. And they didn’t. They went against us,” Eagles coach Steve Turner said. “And now, we had a game where I thought for a while we were in control, and then we let it get out of control. And what was most impressive was our gut-check, and how we decided to dig our heals in and fight together to get the victory.”

Gonzaga jumped out to an early lead (10-5) with scoring from sophomore forward Terrance Williams and senior forwards Myles Dread and Allin Blunt.

Even as the Lions (15-8) began to fall into a hole, individual players showed strengths. Freshman Aminu Mohammed had more than one finish at the rim, and started off the scoring with a clean block that turned into a fast break layup. He was the game’s overall high scorer with 20 points. Six-foot-10 freshman Tegra Izay asserted himself defensively early and throughout, maintaining a consistent patrol of the paint that caused cutter after cutter to search for another option.

Nevertheless, Gonzaga presented a balanced and effective offensive unit with four players putting in multiple buckets in the opening quarter, resulting in a 22-14 lead.

There was a particularly tense moment when Mohammad took a hard foul while in the air completing a breakaway layup. His free throws made the score 30-23. Another shot from the top of the key from point guard Jamal Muhammed on the following possession then closed the gap to 32-25.

On the next possession, Gonzaga grabbed three successive rebounds, the last of which resulted in a basket

by Myles Stute. By the end of the play Gonzaga had four players clustered around the rim, while Carroll had played itself out of position. As the half came to a close, the score was 34-27 in favor of the Eagles.

Mohammed and Muhammad continued to shine in the third for Carroll, but unfortunately for the Lions, so did the Eagles’ Chuck Harris, Anwar Gill, Dread and Williams.

When Williams hit both free throws near the end of the third, the score was 45-39. After a nice put-back by Izay, followed by a breakway layup

by Harris, the period ended at 47-41.

Mohammed hit a pair of free throws to start the fourth quarter, but then both teams went into a scoring drought until a feed inside to Izay brought the score to 48-45 - the closest it had been since the opening moments of the game.

The Eagles got it back inside to Williams to make it 50-45. After Izay hit one of two free throws,

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Gonzaga’s Terrance Williams (left) and Myles Stute come together to block Carroll’s Tegra Izay. The Eagles improved to 23-3 with their six-point victory over the Lions. teammate Cory Barnes finished a steal at the rim, sinking the basket to make it 50-48. Following a Gonzaga miss, Carroll worked the ball into Mohammed who made the basket, knotting the score at 50.

Williams answered with a tough finish to make it 52-50 with 3:40 to go, but Carroll’s Elijah PerkinsCross hit a long three to give the Lions the lead (53-52). Gonzaga then turned the ball over a series of times that led to another finish by Perkins-Cross, and just like that it was 55-52 in favor of the Lions with

2:38 to go.

Williams was fouled on successive possessions, hitting three of four free throws to tie the game up once again at 55 with two minutes to go.

After a stolen inbounds, Harris hit a shot from the top of the key, and then completed a drive to the basket off a Carroll turnover to quickly put the Eagles up four.

Perkins-Cross finished a strong put-back basket, but Dread effectively sealed the victory for Gonzaga when he hit a close-range pull up to make it 61-57 with 12 seconds to go.

“I feel like we stayed composed,” said Williams, who finished with a team-high 18 points. “Everybody played their role today. During those three losses we didn’t stay together as a team. We stand as a team.”

Gonzaga went 16-for-20 from the charity stripe as a team, while Williams was 10-for-12 by himself.

“Chuck Harris played consistently today, and Terrence Williams made big time free throws at the end,” said Dread, who finished with 11 points. “And Anwar Gill made huge plays, pushed us to the win.”

St. John’s continues winning streak with 48-40 victory over Bishop Ireton

By ROBERT BETTMANN Current Staff Writer

After struggling with Bishop Ireton’s zone defense, and dealing with early foul trouble, the St. John’s College High School boys basketball team stayed on a roll Friday night, wining its fourth game in a row by a score of 48-40.

Three days prior, on Tuesday night, the Cadets topped Gonzaga at the buzzer, 49-47, and now have a 17–8 record with three games remaining before the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament begins on Feb 21.

“We have to keep improving,” Cadets head coach Patrick Behan said. “We’ve had a good week. We beat Gonzaga on Tuesday and we beat Ireton today, so that’s two league wins, which is great and no easy task. Now we’ve got a few more to go and then we have to try and keep things right going into the playoffs.”

St. John’s started the game work-

ing its offense through senior forward Richard Njoku, who has committed to playing at the Naval Academy next year. However, Bishop Ireton’s zone defense disrupted that strategy and contributed to early foul trouble for Njoku, who checked out of the game after a second foul with 2:25 to go in the first quarter.

Bishop Ireton subsequently scored on a fast break following a missed jump shot by St. John’s to pull even at nine-all. When Ireton lost the ball out of bounds following a rebound, the Cadets called a timeout and inbounded with a set play that produced a clean three-pointer from junior Devon Dunn to make the score 12-9 at the end of the first.

Dunn shot well throughout and was the game’s leading scorer with 13 points.

“I felt like my three-point shot was coming to me throughout the game,” he said. “It started in the first quarter and just kept flowing.”

After Njoku checked out, St. John’s started to take more outside

shots and struggled defensively. The Cardinals scored back-to-back fast break points – first by Darius Potts, and then Jordan Beckett - to take their first lead at 19-18. It was then back-and-forth for a bit as the Cadets’ Delonnie Hunt successfully took it to the rim to make the score 20-19, but the Cardinals’ Ariel Goddot answered with a three. On the next play Goddot had a block that led to a fast break and helped the Cardinals end the half on a hot streak with a 26-20 lead.

The outcome of the half had to be considered a surprise given not only the Cadets’ winning record, but also the Cardinals’ losing streak.

The Cardinals had lost their previous seven games entering the contest and stood at 7-16. Nevertheless, their zone defense was extremely effective, and their offense tenacious.

The Cadets struggled to find passing lanes and uncontested shots, and the Cardinals first-half offense flowed from those defensive stops.

“We don’t usually play against zone, and that was good for us, to develop as a team,” said Njoku, who finished with 10 points. “Today there were a lot of things to work on.

It wasn’t the way we wanted to start out the first half - we were a little lackadaisical - but toward the second half we got going.”

Got going they did.

Beckett started the second-half scoring with a jump shot to make the score 28-20, but after that the Cardinals did not score for the remainder of the quarter. During that time, the Cadets rattled off 17 straight points – including two threes by Dunn and a pair of buckets

by Njoku and Tre Wood each. Following a St. John’s timeout with 22 seconds left, Ishmael Leggett put back an awkward, off-balance rebound to push the Cadets’ lead to 37-28.

Beckett again started the scoring in the fourth and ended the Cardinals’ drought, but by that time the ball seemed to be rolling downhill

fast against Bishop Ireton.

Njoku was a focus of the Cadets’ offense in the fourth, but received help from Casey Morsell, who had two baskets and a big block, and freshman Devon Savage, who also poured in two baskets.

With less than a minute to play the score was 46-38, and Ireton pushed into a full-court press. The press did produce turnovers, but it was too little, too late, as the game wound down to a 48-40 final. “[At the half] we knew we weren’t playing the best that we could,” Dunn said. “We knew that we had to be more aggressive on offense, to get through their zone, and to get into our zone. So we became more aggressive, got downhill, got the win.”

Behan added, “A lot of the guys helped in the victory, but I thought Devon Dunn made some big shots, got us going, and Devon Savage did a great job working the middle of the zone, rebounding, finishing inside.”

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One of the exciting upcoming events at the British International School of Washington is our yearly participation in the Global Issues Network Conferences.

On March 12 and 13, students will be attending the conference, which provides an opportunity “to empower young people to collaborate locally, regionally and globally in order to create project based sustainable solutions for our shared global issues.” This year an anticipated 80,000 students from more than 100 different countries are expected to come to the 12 conferences worldwide.

The conferences include keynote speakers from non-governmental organizations like UNICEF, as well as various fact-checking agencies who report on government notices.

The speakers not only talk about the purpose of their organization, but also present on broader issues such as climate change or the ongoing crisis in Syria.

However, the conferences also provide an opportunity for students to engage actively with many of these polarizing topics. For example, one activity involves students being split up into groups, with each group representing a country.

In each country they are given a crisis that must be resolved. Countries are required to collaborate in order to end the crisis peacefully.

Students are also able to give presentations on any topic that they wish, so long as it relates to global issues. There is even an art competition included; each student who attends the conference is able to vote online. The art is required to reflect modern-day issues, but at the same time enables students to express their opinions in a creative way.

— Sofia Hollowell, Year 12 (11thgrader)

Eaton Elementary School

In January, students in fourthand fifth-grade had the chance to compete in a spelling bee, a geography bee and an oratory competition.

For the Ford’s Theater oratory contest, fifth-graders memorized historical speeches and presented their speeches in front of judges. To prepare for the speeches, we presented them in front of our class to get feedback from fellow students and our social studies teacher, Mr. Parodi. We had to memorize the speeches and practice our posture, gestures, tone and voice projection. The speeches were all impressive and in the end there were seven winners who will get to perform at Ford’s Theater.

In the spelling bee, fourth- and fifth-graders prepared by studying a packet of words. When the competition got down three players, they got to seventh-grade words!

The last two students went back and forth spelling words correctly for at least 10 minutes until they ran out of words. Mr. Lewis had to find another list. The three final students will all go on to the city-

School DISPATCHES

wide spelling bee.

Eaton also had our school’s National Geographic GeoBee where fourth- and fifth-grade students who love geography could compete. The winner had to take an online test to qualify for the citywide bee. We hope he gets to go and represent our school.

Congratulations on all the memorizing and hard work, Eaton Eagles!

— Ethan Faustin, Lia Feleke, Jami George, Zadie Hunt, Justice Lamar, Zhenya Nikolayeva, Marianne Treguer and Hillary Zavala, fourth-graders; and Roman Bystriakov and Morgan Hubbard, fifth-graders

Emerson Preparatory School

On Feb. 7, Emerson hosted a special screening of “For Ahkeem,” an eye-opening documentary that beautifully follows 17-year-old Daje “Boonie” Shelton’s life as she matures quickly from child to adult.

The film is based in a poor and crime-stricken neighborhood in St. Louis, Mo. The murmur in the crowd of students immediately ceased when we saw that, due to her disruptive behavior, Boonie would have to attend Innovative Concept Academy, a court-supervised high school.

Literal gasps erupted in the group as we watched a life-changing sequence of events unfold for her, as Boonie’s boyfriend is shot and killed, she falls pregnant, and tries to graduate on time.

Although some were shocked at Boonie’s difficult life, others did not see her story as foreign to them.

Truesdale asks the audience “to fall into this world and accept it,” to see gunshot wounds in children, and a world that continuously fails African-Americans as the reality that some of us may not see.

The film was incredibly inspirational because, despite her behavior and clearly being a product of her environment in a world of systemic racism, and an unbelievably painful teenage pregnancy in many ways, Boonie persevered and graduated. She did it all “For Akheem,” her baby boy. We saw how incredibly painful it was for her to constantly see black boys being shot by police on TV with no consequence as she holds her child with the same complexion.

Not only has Boonie been successful in her own right, but has also displayed her universal story to six continents, showing that no matter how much the world tries to perpetuate the cycle of defeat, there is hope in the world for a better tomorrow. Teachers recognized that her story is an excellent teaching moment for the school.

— Isabel Fajardo, 11th-grader

Hearst Elementary School

One thing our class has been

working on in math is geometry; more specifically classifying angles, triangles and quadrilaterals.

Some of the shapes we have been learning about are triangles, rectangles and squares.

We learned to classify triangles by side length as scalene, isosceles or equilateral; as well as by angles measured as right, obtuse or acute.

We learned about the different kinds of angles: obtuse, right, acute or reflex. We learned that obtuse angles are greater than 90 degrees, but less than 180 degrees; straight angles are exactly 180 degrees; acute angles are less than 90 degrees; right angles are exactly 90 degrees; and reflex angles are greater than 180 degrees. We also learned to measure angles with a protractor and how to align the vertex and baseline of the angle up with the protractor’s zero line.

At the end of the geometry unit, our class started a project called the Geo-Artist Cornerstone. For this project students will create a collage pieced together by geometric shapes.

Within our collage we had to identify parallel and perpendicular line segments by naming the segments that create them. We also had to identify at least one obtuse, acute and right angle.

In addition to our collage we had to write a paragraph explaining how we know our angles are acute, obtuse or right, as well as why our identified line segments are parallel or perpendicular.

— Dima Brandt and Reva Kelly, fourth-graders

Horace Mann Elementary School

At Horace Mann, a play about building the Brooklyn Bridge (and the many immigrants who got the job done) is being written for all audiences to see at the Greenberg Theatre. This musical will be performed by fourth- and fifth-graders who attend Mann.

On Dec. 14 they did the auditions! The kids’ auditions could be something they made up, or something from a movie, book, play or musical. When one of our reporters interviewed the fifth-graders (or at least some of them), they said, “It was kind of nerve-wracking to act out in front of everyone. It was sort of hard if you made the script up on the spot, but if you got practice it was a little easier.”

Practice makes perfect! Obviously getting the part is not easy, but it looks like these fifth-graders got it.

Last year it was about women suffragists. The year before that it was about the Wright brothers, and the year before that it was about ancient history.

Two other reporters talked to the performing arts teacher Ms. Cherry, and fifth-grade teacher and former performing arts teacher Ms. Frei (who wrote the script). Ms. Frei said her inspiration was a book

by David McCullough called “The Great Bridge.”

Photo courtesy of Isabel Fajardo

Emerson students watched a screening of “For Akheem.”

“And while I read I could see part of the musical unfold so I started to write the script,” she said.

They are both excited about “educating the audience about real events and teaching the fourth- and fifth-graders their lines because they know it’s their time to shine and show their skills.”

Ms. Cherry said the auditions she saw were great and well prepared.

Both teachers also said, “Come see the show on May 23-24.

“This will be an amazing opportunity for the 4th and 5th graders to perform on a pro stage. Also read the book ‘The Great Bridge’ by David McCullough that inspired this musical.”

— Christopher Maltas, Gabrielle Cutts and Simone Rogers, fourthgraders

Key Elementary School

We’ve had another week of rain and ice at Key. Although neighboring schools in Virginia and Maryland missed school, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) continued to keep the doors open at all D.C. area schools with no closures. Here at Key we are prepared for the weather with lots and lots of salt.

“The salt is so big it looks like a blue rock,” said Robert Swift.

We see so many trucks go out on the streets in advance as they prepare for huge downfalls. Even though it’s been an unusually cold winter we’ve only missed one day of school. We asked one of our custodians, Mr. McFadden, what he thinks about the weather this year.

“It’s been up and down,” says Mr. McFadden.

He also says he doesn’t really think we have been hit by much cold weather this year yet. No matter what the weather though, he said, DCPS (and the mayor) have been well prepared.

— Jackson Mello and Roberts Swift, fourth-graders; and Michelle Dunkley, fifth-grader

Sheridan School

Over the past couple of weeks, the seventh-grade French class has focused on immigration in great detail. We watched “Le Havre,” looking at the experiences of immigrants trying to find a better life in France. The movie, which tells the story of a French man who helped a young African immigrant seek

opportunities, prompted in-depth discussion about immigration.

Coincidentally, in social studies, the seventh-grade students also recently started their immigration unit. Because of this link, we could interpret what we learned in social studies and make connections with our learnings in French class. The social studies unit has helped students in French class, because our prior knowledge has allowed us to go more in-depth and better understand issues surrounding immigration across cultures.

During the unit in social studies, the students learned about the hardships associated with immigration, like poverty and discrimination. We broke into different groups to understand fully a certain immigration group and then came back together to discuss and to make connections.

After studying these different immigrants’ experiences in the United States in social studies, we were interested to see a different point of view in French class.

Moving forward, we will explore the history of immigration in French class, as well as issues surrounding immigration in France today. French teacher Jared Winston hopes to continue using the lens of the French language to explore the topic of immigration with his students to develop a greater understanding of the impact of immigration.

— Mr. Winston’s seventh-grade French class

Washington International School

This year’s middle school musical is “Shrek The Musical JR.” I thought it might be boring at first, but soon realized I was wrong. Based on the hit movie, it is full of comical moments, with all of my favorite fairy tale characters, including Ugly Duckling, the Three Blind Mice and Gingy, the gingerbread man.

Our choreographer, Ms. Carla, is challenging us in ways we didn’t know were possible. Jumping and stretching and twisting our way through songs leaves us sweaty and tired. Of course, it will all be worth it in the end.

Shout-out to our amazing director, Ms. Moore, and vocal coach, Ms. Gondek. I can’t wait for my face to be painted green! The musical will run from May 3 to 6.

— Abby Bown, seventh-grader

Real Estate - 11

Northwest Real Estate

A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington

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February 14, 2018 â– Page 11

On the Market: A sweet Victorian townhouse in Georgetown can be yours Love is in the air. So let us now thank the Victorians, most especially today, for inventing the Valentine’s Day card. We should thank them, too, for their then-disruptive romantic notion that our homes, furnishings and clothing should strive for beauty rather than mere practicality.

ON THE MARKET SUSAN BODIKER

Less a formal style than a design philosophy, Victorian homes were unusually inclusive and individualistic, borrowing features from a range of eras (from ancient Egypt to Queen Anne) to reflect their owners’ and architects’ taste and imagination. No two houses were alike and no detail was considered too elaborate or de trop.

The semi-detached stucco townhouse at 1415 33rd St. NW marries a Federal exterior with Victorian decorative elements within. Built in 1850 (and protected by a Capital Preservation easement), it was wholly renovated in 2017 and combines period detail with a modern aesthetic. It now offers 3,090 square feet of living space on three levels and includes four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and five fireplaces (three gas, two wood-burning). There is also a brick wrap-around patio with access to a one-car garage. It is on the market for $2.825 million.

A brick patio landscaped with flowerbeds sets off the façade that’s graced with limestone steps and a delicate vintage wrought iron railing and landing. Inside, the wide entry hall leads to the main staircase on the left and a double

The Victorian townhouse at 1415 33rd St. NW was fully renovated in 2017 and is on the market for $2.825 million. parlor on the right. Now staged as a separate living and dining room, they feature black soapstone Victorian-style fireplaces, high ceilings with cove crown molding, and large windows framed by a rosette and fluted molding surround. Red oak hardwood runs throughout, including the staircases where the original handrails, newel posts and other ornamentation have been rebuilt and restored.

Past the powder room with its sleek round vanity is an intimate family room, which opens onto the side patio via a glass door. At the far end of the room is the back staircase (with cleverly hidden storage) that leads upstairs to the bedrooms. There is also an arched entryway into a bright, charming kitchen that features radiant heated tile floors, Cambrian quartz counters, extensive white custom raised panel cabinetry (some with glass doors and eclipse trim), and a metallic and taupe mosaic backsplash for a subtle touch of bling.

Appliances include two Blanco

sinks (one farm, one bar), sixburner Wolfe gas range and oven, Sub-Zero refrigerator and Bosch wall oven, microwave, dishwasher and under-counter wine cooler.

French doors off the eating area open to the spacious back patio with a whitewashed brick wall, herringbone-patterned pavers and access to the garage.

On the upper level are the bedrooms, the master suite plus two guest rooms - each with elegantly appointed en-suite baths. The back bedroom features a large bay window overlooking the patio. The second bedroom has access to both the front and back stairs.

The spacious master bedroom and sitting room is an abundantly lit open space with two marble fireplaces and two side-by-side closets. The luxurious en-suite bath is fitted with radiant-heated marble tile flooring, Kohler two sink vanity, a freestanding soaking tub and commode, Grohe brushed nickel fixtures, a frameless glass shower with Carrara marble bas-

ket-weave floor and linear drain, and Waterworks sconces.

Downstairs on the lower level is an exceptionally bright guest suite with its own separate entrance. It includes a bedroom/den with fireplace, built-in bookcases, a full bath with glass shower and the laundry room with sink, Kenmore washer and dryer and walls of built-in shelving and storage space.

Located on a quiet street in the heart of Georgetown, the home is within walking distance to all the visual, retail and dining splendors

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of the neighborhood, including the waterfront, M Street and Georgetown University. It is minutes from the West End, Dupont Circle and downtown and offers easy access to Northern Virginia and points west via the Key Bridge.

The four-bedroom, four-and-ahalf bath townhouse at 1415 33rd St. NW is listed for $2.825 million with Long & Foster / Christies. For details, contact Salley Widmayer at 202-215-6174 or salley.widmayer@gmail.com. For a visual tour, visit bit.ly/2GU1bM9.

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Getting Around in D.C.

February 14, 2018 â&#x2013; Page 12 The Current

A Look at Transportation in Northwest Washington

Mitsubishi Outlander Sport sticks with small size, Subaru Crosstrek redesigned When Mitsubishi first launched the Outlander Sport crossover in 2011, most prospective buyers saw one primary appeal: price.

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It was smaller and less expensive than a Honda CR-V or Toyota RAV4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; then among the most diminutive crossovers a person could buy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and for the heart of the marketplace, that meant deciding whether to spend extra for more room. Most buyers did.

But at just 171 inches long â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about a foot less than a RAV4 or CR-V â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Outlander Sport also presents an option to buyers interested in minimizing their footprint.

It offers the high seating position and available all-wheel-drive of a larger crossover, and much of its versatility.

Over the years, the Outlander Sport has been joined by a host of newer competitors in the fast-growing subcompact crossover segment.

However, a combination of strong fundamentals and various upgrades have kept this Mitsubishi relevant as a city-friendly crossover.

Perhaps the Outlander Sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest strength is its functional interior. Many of the latest subcompact crossovers focus on dramatic exterior styling in an effort to minimize the boxy look of an SUV.

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The 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the most modern subcompact crossover, but it continues to offer a high seating position in a tidy-sized package.

Mitsubishi kept the Outlander Sport relatively tall and boxy, resulting in above-average interior space and outward visibility. Whereas a Mazda CX-3, Toyota C-HR or Honda HR-V essentially feel like hatchback economy cars, the Outlander Sport comes across as an SUV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just one that can fit into small parking spaces.

Mitsubishi updated the Outlander Sport for 2018, tweaking the exterior styling and adding some fresh in-cabin technology. Most notably, an upgraded touch screen infotainment system incorporates Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration. Controls remain notably simpler and more

user-friendly than in several other modern competitors.

That is not to say everything is perfect. Even in 2011, the Outlander Sport was not a standout for its ride, handling or noise levels.

Although few of its direct competitors set a terribly high bar in these regards, the Mitsubishiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refinement levels do not impress. Its pair of available four-cylinder engines drone loudly when accelerated even gently, cheapening the vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vibe.

And while the Outlander Sport seems like it could be a budget alternative to such class leaders as the HR-V, Nissan Rogue Sport and Buick Encore, it is actually not all

that inexpensive. Prices start at a reasonable $21,235, but unlike most competitors, an automatic transmission costs $1,200 extra.

Moreover, advanced safety features such as emergency automatic braking are only available on the top-ofthe-line model with every option. It costs $27,610 with front-wheeldrive and $29,110 with all-wheeldrive â&#x20AC;&#x201D; expensive for a vehicle that drives like a budget option.

Furthermore, gas mileage is mediocre, with EPA mixed-driving ratings ranging from a mere 25 to 26 mpg depending on the version.

For a small but functional crossover, the Outlander Sport is worth considering. But if the driver feels comfortable parking a slightly larger CR-V instead, it is worth upgrading to that outstanding model or one of its many strong competitors.

CR-V prices start at $25,125, compared to $22,425 for the Outlander Sport with an automatic transmission.

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class, another model worth considering is the Subaru Crosstrek, recently redesigned for the 2018 model year. It is essentially the brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Impreza compact hatchback â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a model that already comes with all-wheel-drive as standard equipment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that has been revised to add some extra ground clearance and decorative body cladding.

The Crosstrek does not have a commanding SUV-like seating position, and it is not as agile or as fuel-efficient as the Impreza. And based on a brief preview drive, its steering can be annoyingly heavy at low speeds. But with a smooth ride, sterling safety record, and promising off-road and all-weather credentials, the Crosstrek is another useful vehicle to consider in this class. Just also consider the Impreza, too, before buying one.

Prices for the 2018 Crosstrek start at $22,710, as compared to $19,855 for an Impreza hatchback.

The Impreza is also offered as a four-door sedan for $500 less.

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The 2018 Subaru Crosstrek is fully redesigned to be based on the latest version of the Impreza hatchback.

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Events Entertainment A Listing of What to Do in Washington, D.C.

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Friday, Feb. 16

and up. 4 to 4:45 p.m. Free; required tickets can be obtained up to 30 minutes in advance. Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-8956224. This event will repeat every Saturday and Sunday until Feb. 25.

Friday FEBRUARY 16 Classes and workshops ■ Classical painter Teresa Oaxaca will teach a figure drawing class for all levels using traditional drawing media. 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. $15 per class for Arts Club members; $20 for non-members. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. Contact Teresa Oaxaca at esaoaxacafineart@ aol.com. This is a weekly session.

■ The St. Regis Washington, D.C. will hold a “Master Cocktail Class” allowing participants to build craft cocktails and enjoy small bites and a parting gift. 4 to 6 p.m. $85. St. Regis Washington, D.C., 923 16th St. NW. 202-638-2626.

■ All ages are welcome to attend the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop’s juggling class with veteran juggler Christian Kloc.

6 to 7:30 p.m. $5 minimum donation.

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839.

Concerts ■ Violist Hyejin Kim, pianist Alvaro Puig and flutist Katherine Riddle will perform in this week’s Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series program. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-347-8355. This performance is part of a series that repeats every Friday.

■ Pianist Christopher Schmitt will perform compositions by Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Liszt for the Friday Music at Midday Series. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-232-0323.

This concert is part of a program that repeats every Friday.

■ Georgetown University’s Friday Music Series will present “From Syria with Love,” highlighting centuries of Arabic music with soprano Lubana Al Quntar, violinist Eylem Basaldi and percussionist April Centrone. 1:15 p.m. Free. McNeir Auditorium, 37th and O streets NW. performingarts.georgetown.edu.

Discussions and lectures ■ The Society of the Cincinnati’s library director Ellen McCallister Clark will discuss the career of Philadelphia printer Robert Aitken, who became one of the city’s key printers who supported the cause of American independence. Free.

Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.

Films ■ The Japan Information & Culture Center will screen “Your Name,” an anime film about two high school students and complete strangers whose lives are changed when they switch places. 6:30 p.m. Free; registration required.

Embassy of Japan, 1150 18th St. NW. 202-238-6900.

■ Washington National Cathedral will kickoff a three-day film festival titled “A Long, Long Way: Race and Film, 1968 2018,” which will feature a screening of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” followed by a panel discussion with The Reverend Kelly Brown Douglas, Dr. Greg Garrett and Vann Newkirk. 7 p.m. Free; registration required. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

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Saturday, FEBRUARY 17 ■ Children’s programs: Kick off National Engineers Week at “Discover Engineering Family Day,” where children ages 4 to 12 will learn about technological literacy through activities like slime-mixing, robot design and paper rocket launches. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

202-537-6200.

Performances ■ Experience the allure of Chengdu’s traditional folk music, with its flowing stringed instruments and otherworldly bamboo flutes as part of the Lunar New Year on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Alfreda Davis, artistic director of G e o r g e tow n U n i ve r s i t y ’ s Black History Month Program, will present “Black Movements Dance Theater,” featuring choreography from students as well as guest artists. 8 p.m. $10 general admission; $8 for students. Davis Performing Arts Center, 37th and O streets NW. performingarts. georgetown.edu. This performance will repeat on Feb. 17.

to 11 a.m. $10. The Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552.

This event repeats every first and third Saturday of the month.

■ The Rock Creek Park planetarium will host “Winter Night Sky,” a presentation of the brightest stars, planets and constellations that are visible in the wintertime. Recommended for ages 5 and up. 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free; required tickets can be obtained up to 30 minutes in advance. Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6224.

This event will repeat every Saturday and Sunday until Feb. 25.

■ Discover star stories from Africa and learn how the night sky helped guide slaves to freedom in “Under African Skies,” a Rock Creek Park Black History Month event. Recommended for ages 7

Classes and workshops ■ Bring a yoga mat and a towel to the Kennedy Center for a weekly all-levels vinyasa yoga class in the Grand Foyer.

10:15 a.m. Free; registration required.

Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW. 202467-4600. Event repeats every Saturday.

■ The Goethe-Institut Washington is seeking people interested in the education, creative and digital technology fields for a workshop on the future of language learning, to brainstorm ideas and find participants for a language learning conference in Berlin from March 21 to 23. 6:30 p.m. Free, application required. 1990 K St. NW. Send an email including a short paragraph about yourself and why you would like to be part of the workshop to Anja.Veldhues@goethe. de to RSVP. Concerts ■ The 19th season of the National Men’s Chorus will perform an “Opera and Musical Theatre” concert, including opera music written for a male chorus.

7:30 p.m. $25. Terrace Theatre, Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■ Artist Brian Dailey will join curator Wendy Grossman to discuss his video installation “Words,” which explores language, culture and national identity. 4 to 5 p.m. Free. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.

■ Ben Dolnick will discuss his book “The Ghost Notebooks,” a supernatural

novel about a couple who moves from New York City to a historic house upstate, only to piece together a mystery in the shadowy history of the house. 6 p.m.

Free admission; no registration required.

Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Washington National Cathedral will host a screening of “Get Out” followed by a panel discussion with the Rev. Yolanda Pierce, Van Newkirk and Dr. Greg Garrett as part of a three-day film festival titled “A Long, Long Way: Race and Film, 1968 - 2018.” 6:30 p.m. Free; registration required. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-5376200.

Films ■ The National Geographic Museum will screen “Jerusalem 3-D,” which features aerial footage of the ancient city of Jerusalem. Noon, 1, 2 and 3 p.m. $7.

Grosvenor Auditorium, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700. The film will be shown Saturdays and Sundays until August.

■ The D.C. Independent Film Festival will include a screening of “The Rainbow Experiment,” featuring a chemistry experiment going wrong in a New York high school, leading to an institutional meltdown. 5 p.m. $11. Burke Theater, U.S. Naval Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-338-1198.

Performances ■ American Ensemble Theater will present “Character Building,” a one-man musical starring Greg Burgess and focusing on the talks that Booker T. Washington gave his students at Tuskegee University about having a productive life. 1 p.m.

Free; donations suggested. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Blackbox Theater, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. The performance will continue every Saturday until Feb. 24.

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Special events ■ Join the Alliance Française’s monthly “Club de Lecture: Édition cuisine” to discuss French cuisine and cooking techniques, while tasting new food prepared by fellow participants. Conversations in French are encouraged; all levels of French-speakers are welcome.

12:30 to 2 p.m. Free for members; $5 suggested donation for non-members.

Registration is required. Alliance Française, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. library@ francedc.org.

Saturday 17 Saturday,FEBRUARY Feb. 17 Children’s programs ■ Teatro de la Luna will host a series of seven bilingual theater workshops for children ages 6 to 11. 10 a.m. to noon.

Free. Casa de la Luna, 4020 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-882-6227. This event will repeat every Saturday until Feb. 28.

■ “First Studio: Story and Workshop” at the Kreeger Museum will provide children ages 3 to 5 with a gallery tour, a story and a hands-on art-making experience. An adult companion is required. 10

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■ TBD Immersive will present “Cabaret Rising: One Nation Underground,” about a resistance that must find a way to rise up against a populist republic.

In this immersive theatrical experience, audience members are invited to participate. 7 to 10 p.m. $55 to $75. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. Dupontunderground.org. This production will repeat several times through March.

■ Flying V Theatre will present “It’s the Rest Of The World That Looks So Small: A Theatrical Revue Of Jonathan Coulton,” a show that explores the loneliness and longing of life through movement, puppetry and song. 3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets start at $20. Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. Flyingv.brownpapertickets.com.

The show will continue until Feb. 24.

■ Dog & pony dc will present “Peepshow,” featuring a non-male identifying cast that will confront the complexities of the male gaze through Broadway show tunes, review the history of feminism in a wrestling ring and expose the modern woman’s complicity in her own oppression through a synchronized swimmingand Kpop-inspired ballet. 8 p.m. $20 to $40. Recommended for ages 18 and up.

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■ Project ChArma will present “Full Circle: Bridging the Gap,” which uses a hip-hop lens to examine the recurring cycles of violence in America, highlighting themes of community, race and gender.

8 p.m. $15 to $30. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1608. The performance will repeat at 4 p.m on Feb. 18.

Tours ■ The National Park Service will offer “As The Wheel Turns” mill tours, led by a park ranger or a volunteer from Friends of Peirce Mill. Self-guided tours are also possible. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Peirce Mill, 2401 Tilden St. NW. This event repeats every Saturday and Sunday until Feb. 25.

Special events ■ Rabbi Mark Novak will weave together song, chant, meditation and Torah readings for “Minyan Oneg Shabbat: Jewish Renewal Happening and Pot Luck Lunch.” 10 a.m. Free. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle. MinyanOnegShabbat.org.

■ The National Portrait Gallery will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its “America’s Presidents” exhibition with a day of live music, art activities, tours with historians and a special appearance by the Washington Nationals’ Running Presidents. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202633-8300.

■ The National Park Service will kick off its year-long celebration of “The Lion of Anacostia: 200 Years of the Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass” with living actors dressed as Douglass and remarks from Kenneth Morris, his third greatgrandson, on his legacy today. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1411 W St. SE. Go.NPS.gov/ Douglass200. The kickoff weekend will continue Sunday.

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“Make Time for Love,” a Valentine’s Daythemed concert featuring seven of the 10 original love songs composed by artist Victor Simonson for his wife Ciara Simonson during the first decade of their marriage. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Sunday FEBRUARY 18 Classes and workshops ■ All levels of knitters and crocheters are welcome at a “Handmade for the Homeless” class, where participants will make warm winter items to distribute to D.C.-area homeless individuals. Bring No. 8 or No. 10 knitting needles or size H crochet hooks and patterns. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free; donations suggested.

Edlavitch D.C. Jewish Community Center.

1529 16th St. NW. Contact Sheryl at sherlinov@gmail.com.

Concerts ■ “The President’s Own” Marine Band will perform an array of chamber music

by John Cage and Lou Harrison, among other composers. 2 p.m. Free. John Philip Sousa Band Hall at the Marine Barracks Annex, 7th and K streets SE. 202-4334011.

■ The DC Chamber Musicians will play selected works by Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Rossini and Dubois. 3 p.m. Free; donations accepted. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE. 202730-6146.

■ Classical music will meet literature at Trio con Brio Copenhagen’s performance of Hans Christian Andersen texts transcribed for piano by composer Edvard Grieg. 3:30 p.m. Free. National Gallery of Art, 6th and Constitution avenues NW. 202-7374215.

■ The James Madison University Madison Singers and JMU Chorale will perform a President’s Day chamber music concert, followed by a reception. 4 p.m.

Free. National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-537-0800.

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Sunday, FEBRUARY 18 ■ Concerts: The U.S. Air Force Band will present “The Bernstein story” with Jamie Bernstein, daughter of the late Leonard Bernstein, featuring music including “West Side Story,” “Chichester Psalms,” “Age of Anxiety,” Bernstein’s clarinet sonata and other music. 7 p.m.

Free; registration required. The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda.

WashingtonPerformingArts.org. est collegiate musicians in the area, will perform selections from a variety of artists, covering diverse jazz styles and eras. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Griffin House, who has toured with John Mellencamp and The Cranberries, will perform in D.C.’s Union Stage. 7:30 p.m. $22 to $25. Union Stage, 740 Water St. SW. Unionstage.com.

Films ■ The Goethe-Institut Washington will host a screening of “The Astronauts’ Bodies,” a German film about a father who stops taking care of his body as a form of protesting his two children leaving home after graduating from school, as part of the D.C. Independent Film Festival. 1 to 2:45 p.m. $11. Carnegie Institute for Science, 1530 P St. NW. 202-847-4700.

■ The National Gallery of Art will screen “The Informer,” a 1929 film based on Liam O’Flaher ty’s novel about a man on the run from the Irish Republican Army in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War. 4:30 p.m.

Free. National Gallery of Art, 6th and Constitution avenues NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The D.C. Independent Film Festival will include a screening of “Born in Deir Yassin,” a documentary by an Israeli director addressing a historic stain on Palestinian-Israeli relations. 5 p.m. $11.

Carnegie Institute for Science, 1530 P St. NW. DCIFF-Indie.org.

Performances ■ Washington Concert Opera will present Gaetano Donizetti’s “Maria di Rohan,” an Italian opera about a woman torn between the man she loves and the man to whom she is secretly married.

Tickets start at $15. 6 p.m. Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St. NW. 202-364-5826.

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Discussions and lectures ■ Denver Brunsman, an associate professor of history at George Washington University, will lead a discussion on “The Radicalization of George Washington,” detailing Washington’s transformation from a proud British subject to the United States’ first president. 6 p.m. $10 to $12. Bier Baron Tavern, 1523 22nd St. NW. ProfsandPints.com.

Tuesday,FEBRUARY Feb. 20 Tuesday 20 Classes and workshops ■ Bring a sketchbook and pencils to the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and participate in a “Sketching: Draw and Discover” event, taking inspiration from the objects on display at the museum. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Free; walk-ins welcome.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, F and 8th St. NW. 202-633-5435. This event repeats weekly.

Concerts ■ UDC Jazz Studies director and pianist Allyn Johnson will join bassist and recording artist Michael Bowie for a “Meet the Artist on the Bandstand” performance and conversation. 12:30 p.m.

Free. Recital Hall (Performing Arts — Building 46-West), UDC Van Ness Campus, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202274-5803.

Discussions and lectures ■ Harry Holzer and Sandy Baum, authors of “Making College Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students,” will discuss how to improve higher education opportunities for economically diverse students at a book talk and lunch. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Healey Family Student Center, Georgetown University, 3700 O St. NW. Contact Mary Goodman at mg1704@georgetown.edu.

■ Shakespeare Theatre Company’s “Unsex Me Here” series will host a panel of women leaders to discuss the connections between culture and identity explored in Heather Raffo’s play, “Noura.”

6 to 7 p.m. Free. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122.

■ “Fukushima Now: The Untold Stories” will bring together a panel of four researchers to weigh in on the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake in Japan. 6:30 p.m. Free; registration required. Embassy of Japan, 1150 18th St. NW. 202-2386900.

■ Author Adam Nicolson will discuss his new book, “The Seabird’s Cry,” about 10 species of seabird and their fights for survival. 7:30 to 9 p.m. $25. National Geographic Campus, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.

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Films â&#x2013; The Washington Jewish Film Festival will include a screening of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Naples â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;44,â&#x20AC;? featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as British soldier Norman Lewis creating an image of post-World War II Naples becoming a ravaged land and then a city of infinite charm. The film will be followed by a conversation with Dr. Sheldon Goldberg, a historian at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History. 7:30 p.m. $13.50. Edlavitch D.C. Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. WJFF. org/naples-44.

Performances â&#x2013; Ellen Cherry, an award-winning song and story alchemist based in Baltimore, will perform â&#x20AC;&#x153;Portraits in Song,â&#x20AC;? featuring original songs, stories, and largeâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; scale projected portraiture that gathers audiences together in a spirit of empathy to spark conversations about the concept of feminism and the fight for equal rights for all people. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noura,â&#x20AC;? Heather Raffoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play about an Iraqi immigrant couple whose lives are changed when they host a refugee from the country. 7:30 p.m. $71 to $102. Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St. NW. 202-547-1122. This production will run several times until March 11.

Wednesday FEBRUARY 21 Wednesday, Feb. 21 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; The Arts Club of Washington will host a paint workshop with Pattee Hipschen. Session six of nine. 10 a.m. $25.

Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. Sessions run every Wednesday until March 7. â&#x2013; Stretch some muscles while surrounded by art at Yoga in the Galleries.

Bring your own mat; blocks and blankets are also recommended. 10 a.m. $10 per class; $5 per class for museum members. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300. Classes are

Tuesday, FEBRUARY 20 â&#x2013; Concerts: Currently on a U.S. tour, Austrian organist Lukas Hasler will perform compositions by Bach and Franck for the Church of the Epiphanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tuesday Concert Series. 12:10 to 1 p.m. Free; $10 donation suggested. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635. This concert is part of a weekly program held every Tuesday. held every Wednesday. â&#x2013; Learn about Islam through art at an Arabic calligraphy workshop taught

by Dr. Muhammad Habib. 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Edmund A. Walsh Memorial, Georgetown University, 1221 36th St. NW. Contact the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at arabic@georgetown.edu. â&#x2013; The Friendship Heights Toastmasters Club will offer tips for communicating more effectively in a friendly atmosphere. 4:30 p.m. First two classes free; registration required. Geico, 5260 Western Ave NW. Chevy Chase. 301-9863985. The class will repeat several times until March 28. â&#x2013; Dupont Underground will hold an art-inspired yoga class to complement its video installation by designer Tim McLoraine. 6 p.m. $20. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. dupontunderground. org. â&#x2013; Ysaye Barnwell will lead a community sing, open to singers of all ages and skill levels who want to learn five-part harmonies. 7 to 9 p.m. $5 at the door.

Levine School of Music, 2801 Upton St. NW. 202-686-8000.

Concerts â&#x2013; RAM, Haitiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier kompa, rara, rasin, twooubadou and voodoo-rock ensemble, will incorporate traditional Vodou lyrics and instruments â&#x20AC;&#x201C; such as rara horns and petwu drums â&#x20AC;&#x201C; along with traditional Caribbean rhythms and dance, modern rock and lyrics sung in Haitian Kreyol and English. 6 p.m. Free.

Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.

â&#x2013; Washington Performing Arts will present classical pianist Mitsuko Uchida, performing a series of sonatas by Franz Schubert. 8 p.m. $40 to $95. The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. 202-833-9800.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Maureen Meyer, director of the Mexico program at the Washington Office on Latin America, will visit American University to give her presentation, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Advocating for the Invisibles: Defending Migrantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rights at the U.S.-Mexico Border and Beyond.â&#x20AC;? 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free.

Mary Graydon Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3847. â&#x2013; Georgetown University will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;On Gender, Justice, and Change: Muslim Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Activism as Practice and Discourse,â&#x20AC;? a discussion about the relationship between feminism and Islam. 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center, 37th and O streets NW. Contact Anastasiia Stoiatska at as3831@ georgetown.edu. â&#x2013; Join Capitals Radio Network host Ben Raby as he discusses his new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;100 Things Capitals Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die.â&#x20AC;? 7 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12. Edlavitch DC Jewish Com-

Films â&#x2013; The Japan Information and Culture Center will screen â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Farewell to Jinu,â&#x20AC;? a comedy-drama about a man who quits his bank job and moves to a village in the north, where he tries to live without spending money.

6:30 p.m. Free; registration required.

Embassy of Japan, 1150 18th St. NW. 202-238-6900.

Performances â&#x2013; Theater J will stage a production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Becoming Dr. Ruth,â&#x20AC;? a one-woman show about the story of Ruth Westheimer, who escaped Nazi Germany and worked as a sniper in Jerusalem before becoming a successful sex therapist in the U.S. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $50. Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3210. This production will run until March 18.

Thursday 22 Thursday,FEBRUARY Feb. 22 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; Children ages 2 to 5 and their parents have a chance to explore Hillwood through art projects and hunting for hidden gems in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Treasure Questâ&#x20AC;? preschool series. 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. $12 per class for a child and one accompanying adult; $10 for members. Hillwood Estate, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-6865807. â&#x2013; At â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dumbarton Detectives,â&#x20AC;? homeschooled students ages 5 to 12 are invited to investigate the 200-year history of Dumbarton House, learn how to conserve historic objects and make plaster casts. This program includes a snack and museum tour. 1 to 3 p.m. $7 per student; $3 per adult. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. 202-337-2288.

Concerts â&#x2013; The instrumental music, vocal music and dance departments of Duke Ellington School of the Arts will showcase their work through a collaborative performative experience. 6 p.m. Free. Millenni-

um Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. â&#x2013; Renowned percussionist Michael Burritt will join the Air Force Concert Band for a performance in their Guest Artist Series. 8 to 9:30 p.m. Free; Tickets required. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, 4915 E. Campus Drive, Alexandria. Usafband.eventbrite. com.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; A weekly class on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basic Knitting: Casting On, Garter Stitch, Purl Stitchâ&#x20AC;? will offer instruction for beginners who want to learn the essential foundations of knitting. 5 p.m. Free. West End Library, 2301 L St. NW. 202-724-8707.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Paul Mihailidis, a professor of journalism and civic media at Emerson College, will give a lecture on changing media literacy initiatives in the digital age. 5 to 6:30 p.m. Free. Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. Contact Jennifer Rosales at jennifer.rosales@georgetown. edu. â&#x2013; Georgetown University will host a gallery talk and reception for its new exhibition on World War I, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A War to End All Wars?â&#x20AC;? 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library, 37th and O streets NW. Contact Emily Minton at em1261@georgetown.edu. â&#x2013; Artist Lyle Ashton Harris will examine the impact of ethnicity, gender and desire on the contemporary social and cultural dynamic as part of a conversation with Sheri Parks, the associate dean for Research, Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Programming at the University of Maryland. 6:30 p.m. $12, free for students and members; reservations recommended. The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. â&#x2013; Michele Rigby Assad will recount the covert operations and dangerous missions she completed as a CIA counterterrorism specialist, which are detailed in her new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breaking Cover.â&#x20AC;?

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guest artist Charles O. Anderson to talk about his choreography and offer a preview of his upcoming works with the AU Dance Company. 8 to 9 p.m. Free. Katzen Dance Studio, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. danceprogram@american.edu.

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Films â&#x2013; The Architecture and Design Film Festival will kick off with food, drinks for purchase and a screening of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Timeâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a documentary about architect Bjarke Ingels and his mission to complete the skyscrapers W57 and World Trade Center 2 in New York. Ages 21 and over. 6 to 9:30 p.m. $25 for National Building Museum members; $35 for non-members; $125 for an all-access pass.

National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. The festival will continue through Feb. 25. â&#x2013; The American University School of Communication will screen the Voice of America (VOA) documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boko Haram: Journey From Evil,â&#x20AC;? followed by a discussion with VOA filmmakers Beth Mendelson and Ibrahim Ahmed. 6:30 p.m. Free. Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman Theater, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1000.

Performances â&#x2013; Shakespeare Theatre Company will host a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happenings Happy Hour,â&#x20AC;? where the Academy for Classical Acting class of 2018 will per form scenes and songs. 6 to 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122.

Tours â&#x2013; The U.S. Botanic Garden will hold a special â&#x20AC;&#x153;February Snugglersâ&#x20AC;? tour of the conservatory for parents with infants in a snuggly. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free; registration required. U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-2258333.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; Georgetown University Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theater will present an interactive production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jungle Book,â&#x20AC;? teaching audiences about ecology in the process.

7 p.m. Free. McNeir Auditorium, 37th and O streets NW. performingarts.georgetown.edu. â&#x2013; The Alliance Française will screen â&#x20AC;&#x153;La jeune fille sans mains,â&#x20AC;? an animated fairy tale film about a girl who goes on a journey after she escapes being sold to the devil and loses her hands. This event is for children ages 8 and older. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Alliance Française, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. 202234-7911.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; Classical painter Teresa Oaxaca will teach a figure drawing class for all levels using traditional drawing media. 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. $15 per class for Arts Club members; $20 for non-members. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. Contact Teresa Oaxaca at esaoaxacafineart@ aol.com. This is a weekly session. â&#x2013; The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop will hold a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friday ARTnightsâ&#x20AC;? drop-in figure drawing workshops where participants will work on drawings or paintings in front of a live model without formal instruction.

6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $15. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-5476839. â&#x2013; Author and baker Sarah Owens will lead a demonstration on the basics of fermentation, including how to make and maintain a sourdough starter and will extend into the world of vegetable pickling. 6:30 to 9 p.m. $25 to $35; registration required. U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202225-8333.

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Films â&#x2013; The Alliance Française will screen â&#x20AC;&#x153;En Sortant de lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ă&#x2030;cole,â&#x20AC;? a series of animated short films based on poems by Jacques PrĂŠvert. After the screening there will be discussions of the films over cheese and wine. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. $10 to $15. Alliance Française, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. 202-234-7911.

Friday, FEBRUARY 23 â&#x2013; Tours: Heurich House Museum will offer a Public Brewmaster Tour, which includes an hour-long guided museum tour and one beer flight per person, showcasing three local craft beers. 5 to 6:30 p.m. $30. Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-429-1894.

Steven Schwartz will perform original works, and soprano Yulia Petrachuk will perform compositions by Emmanuel Dubois at the Composers Concert Series.

Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-347-8355.

This event is part of the weekly Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series. â&#x2013; Pianist Marianna Prjevalskaya will perform a recital for the Arts Club of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Friday Noon Concert. Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282. This concert is part of a series that repeats weekly. â&#x2013; Organist James D. Hicks will perform Mauri Viitalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tocata,â&#x20AC;? Nils Lindbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dalecarlian Reflections,â&#x20AC;? Christian PrĂŚstholmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Double Fugue on a Swedish Choraleâ&#x20AC;? and Jesper Madsenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Praetorius Variationsâ&#x20AC;? for Friday Music at Midday. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-232-0323. This concert is part of a weekly series that repeats every Friday. â&#x2013; Grammy and Latin Grammy-nominated cuatro player Jorge Glem will give a

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performance that blends jazz, salsa, bluegrass, rock and pop. 1:15 p.m. Free.

McNeir Auditorium, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. performingarts.georgetown.edu. â&#x2013; The Russian Chamber Arts Society will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Musical Tribute to Dmitri Hvorostovskyâ&#x20AC;? at the French Embassy, featuring songs by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff sung by soprano Natalie Conte and baritone Timothy Mix, followed by Kevin Wetzel performing the complete 12-song cycle â&#x20AC;&#x153;Russia Cast Adriftâ&#x20AC;? by Georgy Sviridov. 7 p.m. $55. Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW. TheRCAS.com â&#x2013; Levine School of Music professors Charles Williams and Gary Prince will host an evening of music and spoken word, featuring the poetry of Langston Hughes, in celebration of Black History Month. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Lang Recital Hall, 2801 Upton St. NW. 202-6868000. â&#x2013; Live! At 10th and G will present Andrew Fouts on the violin and Leon Schelhase on the harpsichord to play a selection of Bachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sonatas and partitas.

7 p.m. $35 per adult; $10 per child 18 and under. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW. 202-6284317. â&#x2013; The powerhouse trio of pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos and cellist Yo-Yo Ma will come together for a celebration of chamber music with performances of works by Schubert and Brahms for a concert â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Memory of Isaac Sternâ&#x20AC;? presented by Washington Performing Arts. 8 p.m. $50 to $175. Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Lebanese American University journalism professor Jad Melki will lecture on the media and communication strategies employed by ISIS, with lessons for countering extremism and youth radicalization.

1 to 2:30 p.m.

Free. Healey Family Student Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. Contact Jennifer Rosales at jennifer.rosales@georgetown.edu. â&#x2013; For its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Movement Speaksâ&#x20AC;? discussion series, American University will host

Performances â&#x2013; Join Ananyaa Giridher for a unique classical Indian dance performance that merges two styles â&#x20AC;&#x201C; kathak (north India) and odissi (east India) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to capture elements of nava-rasa (nine sentiments or moods) with soft lyrical movements accompanied by percussion. 6 p.m. Free.

Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. â&#x2013; The Georgetown University Dance Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spring Concert will showcase a diverse range of original choreography from guest artists and students. 8 p.m. $10 general admission; $8 for students.

Davis Performing Arts Center, 37th and O streets NW. performingarts.georgetown.edu. A second performance will take place Feb. 24. â&#x2013; Folger Shakespeare Library will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Il Lauro Verde: The Blossoming of the Italian Baroque,â&#x20AC;? which explores the growth of the Italian musical style from Renaissance to Baroque. 8 p.m. $42. Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077. The performance will continue until Feb. 25. â&#x2013; Tony Award-winning tap dance superstar Savion Glover will launch his North American Tour â&#x20AC;&#x153;All FuNKDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Up, The ConCert,â&#x20AC;? featuring a six-piece band and a dance company illuminating his master tap dancing choreography. 8 p.m. $45 to $80. The National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. TheNationalDC.com.

The performance will repeat on Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.

Special events â&#x2013; Georgetown University will celebrate the 30th anniversary of After School Kids (ASK) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a program that connects university students with courtinvolved youth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with art, music, food and stories from the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founders and alumni. 5 to 9 p.m. Free. Copley Hall, 37th and O streets NW. Contact Gina Bulett at askprogram@georgetown.edu.

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Film shot in the Palisades featured in local independent film festival

By ZOE MORGAN Current Staff Writer

The Palisades might not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking of locations to shoot a movie, but for Shoshana Rosenbaum, it provided a supportive environment to film her narrative short, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hide and Seek.â&#x20AC;?

Rosenbaumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nine-minute movie, filmed in the same neighborhood that she lives in, will premiere at the D.C. Independent Film Festival this week. The piece tells the story of a rock musician turned stayat-home father who makes a spontaneous wish that transports him into an alternate reality.

The movie was filmed in locations around the Palisades, including in a friend of Rosenbaumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home and another friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backyard playground. One of the main reasons Rosenbaum chose to film in the Palisades was because of the support she had from those around her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not a lot of people film movies in Palisades,â&#x20AC;? Rosenbaum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So people are very generous and are like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh cool, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making a movie, sure Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll stop my lawn mower.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; People are very nice about it.â&#x20AC;?

However, Rosenbaum said airplane noise caused problems when shooting. Because the area is in Reagan National Airportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flight path, Rosenbaum said planes were flying overhead every five minutes, a particular issue given that most of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hide and Seekâ&#x20AC;? takes place outdoors. Despite the challenges, Rosenbaum said the support she received from friends and neighbors made filming close to home worth it.

The D.C. Independent Film Festival received over 2,000 submissions this year, and about 80 films were chosen, Executive Director Deirdre Evans-Pritchard said. Most of the films are short, like Rosenbaumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, but there are 10 feature films and five feature documentaries this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we contribute to the sense that D.C. is a happening place for film, much more than people might think from the outside,â&#x20AC;?

Evans-Pritchard said.

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District. A prior film, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Goblin Babyâ&#x20AC;? was filmed in the Palisades. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hide and Seekâ&#x20AC;? also features a cast with multiple local actors, including those in the roles of the leadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former bandmate and his friend. Additionally, almost the entire crew was made up of locals, Rosenbaum said.

Rosenbaum is also a part of group â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women in Film and Video of Washington, DC,â&#x20AC;? through which she has made connections with other women working in film.

For Rosenbaum, including women in the project was important.

About 75 percent of the crew was female, Rosenbaum said. She also explores gender within the film, choosing to depict a stay-at-home dad as the main character. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People have asked me why I made the character male,â&#x20AC;? Rosenbaum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the reason I did that was becauseâ&#x20AC;Ś if we see worklife balance, or choices, or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;should I have kids?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always depicted as women struggling with that. And I thought it would be interesting to put the man in that role.â&#x20AC;?

Rosenbaum said classifying her filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genre is difficult. She compared it to â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Twilight Zone,â&#x20AC;? but said it could also be considered science fiction of fantasy.

The D.C. Independent Film Festival features works from a variety of genres, including categories for features, documentaries, narrative shorts, documentary shorts, animations and submissions from high school students.

Over the past few years, the festival has seen a decrease in horror submissions in what Evans-Pritchard described as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;zombie world,â&#x20AC;? and an increase in documentary short films and animations. This year one of the animations is nominated for an Oscar, as was a submission last year, with a film winning the Oscar the year before that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel strongly, personally, that animation is not just the cutting edge of filmmaking, but it is actually becoming quite dominant as digital techniques permit more and more crossing over between film and animation,â&#x20AC;? Evans-Pritchard said.

Because it is an independent film festival, Evans-Pritchard said they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accept commercial films unless there is a specific independent angle.

When reviewing submissions, she said they look for the quality of the idea, creative energy and originality.

The festival provides people with the opportunity to have their films watched and discussed with other filmmakers, and to be presented to the public, Evans-Pritchard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a strong filmmaking community here in Washington, D.C., that people who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t part of it perhaps donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize are here,â&#x20AC;?

Evans-Pritchard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that what we try to do is bridge that community with everybody else in D.C.â&#x20AC;?

The festival runs Feb. 14 through 19 at locations throughout the District. For tickets and more information, visit dciff-indie.org.

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