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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Plans due soon for DC Water runoff project

Murch renovation faces shortfall of $20 million

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■ Schools: Parents, Cheh

oppose scaling back design

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

Plans for stormwater-capturing “green infrastructure” in western Georgetown and Glover Park and in eastern Ward 4 remain under development as the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority prepares to unveil its detailed plans to the public this spring.

The agency, also known as DC Water, is tasked with reducing sewage overflows into the Potomac River and Rock Creek. These overflows occur regularly during heavy rain because stormwater and sewage use the same pipes in swaths of the city, and large amounts of runoff can overwhelm the sewage treatment system.

To address the issue, DC Water has been exploring ways to reduce the amount of water that enters the sewer system during a storm. In the two Northwest project areas, the toolbox includes installing permeable pavement in alleys and in parking lanes to allow water to soak through rather than run off; installing vegetation that would replace curb lanes in areas close to intersections where parking is prohibited; shifting downspouts from the storm sewer into rain barrels; and separating some storm sewers from the sanitary sewers.

“We’re working with the community leaders now to look at an ideal mix of those practices and the locations for those practices,” DC Water green infrastructure manager Bethany Bezak said in an interview.

Some of those residents, though, have strong concerns about the amount of work that could be coming to their neighborhoods.

The water authority is under an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandate to handle 1.2 inches of rainfall in an area encompassing 44 acres of impervious surfaces by 2019, Bezak said. In crafting its plan to achieve that goal, DC Water must balance See Green/Page 5

Vol. XLIX, No. 8

Serving Communities in Northwest Washington Since 1967

By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

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The St. John’s boys basketball team captured its first Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title since 2000 when the Cadets defeated DeMatha 71-57 at American University’s Bender Arena on Monday. See story, page 11.

The long-gestating renovation project at Murch Elementary School has hit another snag: a budget shortfall that comes just four months before construction is set to begin.

Based on the latest calculations, project officials have concluded that the $68 million allotted for the project falls $20 million short of the necessary funds to complete the renovation as originally designed and create interim space for students, they told community members at a School Improvement Team meeting on Feb. 11.

D.C. Public Schools is requesting $10 million from the city to cover the cost of moving students to the University of the District of Columbia and then back to temporary trailers on the Murch campus, bringing the budget to $78 million, according to spokesperson Michelle Lerner. That $10 million will also cover renovation expens-

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Murch Elementary is crowded and slated for modernization.

es related to the location of the cafeteria and the size of an underground parking garage, Lerner said. Mayor’s office spokesperson Shayne Wells confirmed that the Bowser administration will increase the budget to $78 million.

But the agency will act on advice from its contractor and shrink the scope of the renovation project so that the project, including swing space, can be completed for $78 million instead of $88 million as originally designed, Lerner said.

“We are working closely with our partners at DGS, the designbuild team, and the school comSee Murch/Page 14

Bill to expand university police powers draws concerns

By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

A D.C. Council bill to expand the jurisdiction of university police forces into off-campus locations has sparked varied concerns from affected communities, where many residents worry about the precedents the bill could set.

The bill was introduced Dec. 15 by Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie and cosponsored by six colleagues, including Ward 3’s Mary Cheh. If approved, university police could get permission from the Metropolitan Police Department to operate within a defined “campus” that could include public and private properties in nearby neighborhoods. Under the bill, officers would also need more hours of training and could receive city authorization to operate at other universities in an emergency.

Phillip Morse, American University’s executive director of university police and emer-

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Under current D.C. law, George Washington University police and other universities’ officers lack off-campus authority.

gency management, told The Current that the bill addresses anachronisms in the old regulations for special police officers — such as campus police — which haven’t been updated in more than a decade. He said he and other chiefs in the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area recommended the changes in part to make the law consistent

with what his staff and other university police forces are already doing.

Morse said that American University would only use its officers off-campus to enforce the school’s student conduct code. The bill changes the definition of “campus” but does not include any language that would affect a university police department’s policies on arrest authority over students and non-students.

The main changes that Morse wants to see reflected in the law include allowing special police officers to wear their uniforms and drive their licensed vehicles to and from events that take place in areas not on campus.

But many community leaders aren’t convinced. Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D chair Tom Smith said at a meeting this month that students in his district are concerned that a university police presence will lead to conflicts between university policy and See Police/Page 3

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St. John’s wrestlers win fourth straight city title as Gonzaga sophomore shines / Page 12

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The Current

District Digest Glenbrook Road dig begins next phase

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to begin the latest stage of excavations at 4825 Glenbrook Road NW, seeking to remove World War I-era contamination in the highest-risk sections of the property.

The Army tore down the vacant house on the property, which abuts American University, as part of its investigation into a munitions burial pit believed to be located there. The latest phase of the Glenbrook project is slated

to last until next winter, with excavation taking place under a protective tent.

Residents of a half-dozen Glenbrook Road homes and users of buildings in a small section of the university campus are instructed to shelter in place if warning sirens signal a breach in the tent.

Potomac boathouses get same operator Three Potomac River boathouses will soon boast expanded recreational services and activi-

ties under a new 10-year contract for the same company to manage all three facilities, according to the National Park Service.

The Boathouse at Fletcher’s Cove, the Key Bridge Boathouse and the Thompson Boat Center will be managed by NCR Guest Services LLC. Under the contract, the three will offer an expanded array of rental equipment for boats and bikes, as well as instructional programs on canoeing, kayaking, rowing and standup paddle boarding, according to a Park Service news release.

Options for people with disabili-

ties will be greatly expanded under the new program, and new youth development programs in canoeing and kayaking will also be available, the release says.

Previously, the three locations were managed under separate contracts. According to the Park Service, the new setup will allow for more streamlined operations, faster service and a wider range of opportunities for patrons interested in water recreation.

BID seeks contractor to do gondola study

The Georgetown Business Improvement District is seeking a team of experts to conduct a feasibility study for a high-speed gondola lift connecting Georgetown to Rosslyn and its accompanying Metro station across the Potomac River.

The study will determine the financial, regulatory, design and real estate considerations necessary to embark on the project, part of the business group’s 15-year action plan for the neighborhood. Funding for the study is coming from the District, Arling-

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ton County, the Rosslyn Business Improvement District, Georgetown University, Gould Property Co., JBG Cos. Inc., Penzance and the Georgetown BID. “Urban gondola systems have proven to be valuable transit connections in cities across the globe, and are often developed when waterways and slopes don’t allow for more familiar modes,�

Georgetown BID transportation director Will Handsfield says in a news release. “For Georgetown and Rosslyn, we believe a gondola system might provide a great many benefits by reducing car travel, inexpensively extending a Metro station, and linking Georgetown and Rosslyn’s respective residential and commercial communities.�

Other aspects of the action plan include investigating the possibility of a streetcar and a Metro stop for Georgetown.

The project team will accept proposals through March 18 from planning, transportation and engineering experts to compare options for cost and demand.

More information can be found at georgetownrosslyngondola.com.

The Feb. 17 article “Crackdown on pub crawls to face upcoming hearing� misidentified Mark Lee’s title and organization.

He is president, not executive director, of the D.C. Nightlife Hospitality Association.

In the same issue, an article on homeless shelters misidentified Nancy Roth as a member of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4B; in fact, she is an ANC 4D commissioner.

Also, a Feb. 10 article on violent dogs in Ward 4 incorrectly described Margery Goldberg’s account of a dog attack. A neighbor asked Goldberg and her boyfriend to help the neighbor’s husband, who was on top of a car; the man on the car was not Goldberg’s husband.

The Current regrets the errors.

As a matter of policy, The Current corrects all errors of substance. To report an error, call the managing editor at 202-567-2011.

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POLICE: Campus bill questioned From Page 1

D.C. law, particularly regarding alcohol and marijuana.

Members of ANC 3D — which includes Foxhall, the Palisades, Wesley Heights and Spring Valley — also worry that inexperienced university officers, who receive formal training for less than a week before beginning duty, will be out of their depth outside campus borders. “This legislation is atrocious,� Smith said at the meeting.

Representatives from McDuffie’s office weren’t available to comment in time for publication.

At last Wednesday’s meeting of ANC 2A (Foggy Bottom, West End), commissioner Eve Zhurbinskiy — a George Washington University student — said the bill doesn’t include strong enough protections against the encroachment of university police on neighborhoods outside campus.

The commission voted 5-1 to support the portion of the bill focused on training and oppose the rest.

Morse said community concerns are unfounded because the law would allow university police to be in the neighborhood enforcing university policy only.

As for the provision to include adjacent public spaces like sidewalks and parks in university police enforcement zones, Morse

said it’s simply an attempt to formalize federal rules that require university police to act upon criminal activity they witness contiguous to the campus’ location.

And the contention that university police officers lack proper training also rubs Morse the wrong way, he said. “If anyone needs to know what happens on university campuses, they can just look at our crime logs,� Morse said. “We do deal [with], and we are trained to deal with, law enforcement situations.�

The legislation would apply to all D.C. universities. Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E (Georgetown, Burleith) hasn’t yet reviewed the legislation, according to chair Ron Lewis.

Morse recognizes that the community isn’t satisfied with the current bill, and plans to continue to engage in dialogue with the other universities, neighborhood leaders and the council. He plans to emphasize that neighborhoods ought not feel threatened by the presence of university police, whose mission will not change. “The Metropolitan Police Department is the law enforcement in D.C. They do a wonderful job of policing,� Morse said. “The fact that university police will come out at their request has nothing to do with the service that the neighbors will receive.�

The week ahead Wednesday, Feb. 24

Georgetown University will host a panel discussion in connection with the publication of a commemorative 25th anniversary edition of the book “Black Georgetown Remembered.� The event will begin at 7 p.m. in Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. Reservations are required; call 202-687-9298. ■The Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education Network will meet at 7 p.m. at Janney Elementary School, 4130 Albemarle St. NW. Discussion items will include the D.C. Public Schools budget, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s new test-out proposal for high school students and the Murch Elementary School renovation project; the group will also hear from Ben Williams, principal of the all-male high school planned as part of the school system’s Empowering Males of Color initiative. ■The Metropolitan Police Department’s 2nd District Citizens Advisory Council will meet at 7 p.m. at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW.

Thursday, Feb. 25

The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. Agenda items include proposed historic landmark designation of the Southern Railway Building, 1500 K St. NW; a gym addition and alterations to Delano Hall for a school at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center; replacement of iron gates with glass doors at the Chevy Chase Arcade, 5520 Connecticut Ave. NW; a five-story addition behind and above three row houses at 1512 21st St. NW in Dupont Circle; a new multi-unit residential building at 1706 V St. NW in the Strivers’ Section Historic District; and reconstruction of a single-family house at 3515 Woodley Road NW. ■Mayor Muriel Bowser will host a budget engagement forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Roosevelt High School, 4301 13th St. NW. The forum is intended to solicit public input that will shape the administration’s budget priorities and investments. The meeting will begin with an overview of the current budget environment by Mayor Bowser and

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other officials, to be followed by small-group discussion on specific priority topics. ■Tenleytown Main Streets will hold a community vision forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St. NW. Attendees will be asked to discuss what they would like the Wisconsin Avenue NW commercial district from Tenley Circle to Fessenden Street to look like in 10 years. ■The D.C. Public Library will host a community meeting to begin planning the renovation of the Palisades Library. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the library, 4901 V St. NW.

Tuesday, March 1

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Office of Planning will host a forum on “Preserving and Planning for Progress: How We Plan for 800,000 People While Preserving Our History.� The event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Howard Theatre, 620 T NW. To RSVP, visit dc800k.eventbrite.com. (The event was rescheduled from January due to inclement weather.) ■The Ward 3 Democratic Committee will hold a “Community Dialogue� on education. Panelists will include at-large D.C. Council member David Grosso, chair of the Education Committee; Ward 3 D.C. State Board of Education member Ruth Wattenberg; and Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan of Leadership for Educational Equity. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Forest Hills of DC, 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■The Palisades Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Palisades Recreation Center, Dana and Sherier places NW. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton will be the guest speaker.

Saturday, March 5

Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh will host a community meeting with executive officials and neighbors to discuss the mayor’s proposed short-term family housing shelter at 2619 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW.

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Police Report This is a listing of reports taken from Feb. 15 through 21 by the Metropolitan Police Department in local police service areas.

psa PSA 101 101 â– downtown

Theft â– 600-699 block, 13th St.; 2:22 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 900-999 block, F St.; 6:58 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 1000-1059 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 4:07 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 600-699 block, 13th St.; 10:56 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 1200-1299 block, K St.; 10:34 a.m. Feb. 20. â– 800-901 block, I St.; 8:45 p.m. Feb. 20.

Theft from auto â– 1200-1299 block, I St.; 10:26 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 700-723 block, 14th St.; 1:59 a.m. Feb. 18. â– 1300-1399 block, F St.; 11:57 p.m. Feb. 21.

psa 102

â– Gallery place PSA 102

PENN QUARTER

Robbery â– 500-599 block, 7th St.; 10:18 p.m. Feb. 16.

Theft â– 600-699 block, K St.; 2:07 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 800-899 block, 9th St.; 3:40 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 9:08 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 700-799 block, H St.; 11:46 a.m. Feb. 17. â– 400-499 block, 7th St.; 11:57 a.m. Feb. 17. â– 700-799 block, 7th St.; 4:18 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 700-799 block, H St.; 7:51 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 400-497 block, L St.; 9:12 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 600-699 block, K St.; 8:05 a.m. Feb. 21.

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Theft from auto â– 800-901 block, I St.; 9:16 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 400-499 block, 8th St.; 12:11 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 500-599 block, 4th St.; 9:26 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 600-699 block, I St.; 9:06 p.m. Feb. 21.

psa PSA 201 201

â– chevy chase

Theft from auto â– 5400-5499 block, 30th Place; 6:18 p.m. Feb. 20.

psa 202

â– Friendship Heights PSA 202

Tenleytown / AU Park

Theft â– 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4:07 p.m. Feb. 15. â– 4908-4999 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 10:05 p.m. Feb. 15. â– 4500-4599 block, Fort

Drive; 8:17 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 4100-4199 block, Albemarle St.; 9:17 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 4530-4599 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 8:11 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 2:28 p.m. Feb. 20. â– 3800-3899 block, Windom Place; 10:10 a.m. Feb. 21.

Theft from auto â– 4300-4317 block, Fessenden St.; 12:44 p.m. Feb. 15. â– 4900-4999 block, Belt Road; 1:19 p.m. Feb. 15. â– 4600-4699 block, Brandywine St.; 9:34 a.m. Feb. 18. â– 4600-4699 block, Brandywine St.; 1:23 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 4824-4899 block, Brandywine St.; 7:40 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 4100-4199 block, Garrison St.; 3:15 p.m. Feb. 20.

psa 203

â– 3000-3043 block, P St.; 6:57 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 7:33 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 1300-1335 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 11:33 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 3100-3199 block, K St.; 9:31 p.m. Feb. 20. â– 3200-3275 block, M St.; 6:13 p.m. Feb. 21.

Theft from auto â– 3000-3099 block, N St.; 1:34 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 2700-2799 block, P St.; 12:24 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 2300-2599 block, P St.; 1:57 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 2900-2999 block, Olive St.; 12:48 a.m. Feb. 21. â– 1026-1099 block, 31st St.; 8:28 p.m. Feb. 21. â– 1202-1299 block, 36th St.; 8:33 p.m. Feb. 21.

â– forest PSA 203 hills / van ness

psa PSA 207 207

Theft from auto â– 3400-3499 block, Ashley Terrace; 11:17 a.m. Feb. 19. â– 5100-5119 block, 34th St.; 1:33 p.m. Feb. 21.

Robbery â– 1600-1699 block, K St.; 7:43 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 1434-1499 block, K St.; 5:39 a.m. Feb. 20.

psa 204

Assault with a dangerous weapon â– 2110-2199 block, M St.; 8:21 a.m. Feb. 16. â– 1100-1199 block, 15th St.; 5:41 a.m. Feb. 17. â– 2100-2499 block, K St.; 3:47 a.m. Feb. 19 (with knife).

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â– Massachusetts avenue

heights / cleveland park woodley park / Glover PSA 204

park / cathedral heights

Burglary â– 3100-3199 block, Cathedral Ave.; 11:41 a.m. Feb. 21.

Theft â– 3101-3118 block, Cleveland Ave.; 3:31 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 3000-3199 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:40 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 3900-4099 block, Davis Place; 8:07 p.m. Feb. 19.

psa 205

â– palisades / spring valley PSA 205

Wesley Heights / Foxhall

Theft â– 5210-5299 block, Loughboro Road; 8:32 p.m. Feb. 20.

Theft from auto â– 3100-3199 block, 45th St.; 7:56 a.m. Feb. 19.

psa PSA 206 206

â– georgetown / burleith

Burglary â– 3200-3247 block, O St.; 7:41 p.m. Feb. 18.

Theft â– 3700-3799 block, Reservoir Road; 11:44 a.m. Feb. 16. â– 3200-3275 block, M St.; 8:28 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 3100-3199 block, M St.; 6:32 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 1501-1548 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 7:04 p.m.

Feb. 17. â– 3000-3049 block, M St.; 9:09 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 3200-3275 block, M St.; 9:10 p.m. Feb. 17.

â– foggy bottom / west end

Theft â– 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 12:55 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 1500-1599 block, K St.; 5:46 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 1100-1199 block, 19th St.; 5:56 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 1100-1129 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:46 a.m. Feb. 17. â– 800-899 block, 22nd St.; 12:22 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 1500-1599 block, K St.; 4:27 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 1718-1799 block, L St.; 12:29 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 2:38 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 1100-1199 block, 22nd St.; 3:34 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 1100-1199 block, 22nd St.; 4:56 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 900-999 block, 17th St.; 5:37 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 1900-1999 block, F St.; 4:32 a.m. Feb. 21. â– 2000-2099 block, L St.; 5:59 a.m. Feb. 21.

Theft from auto â– 1420-1499 block, L St.; 3:26 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 900-999 block, 14th St.; 12:13 a.m. Feb. 17. â– 900-999 block, 15th St.; 9:54 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 1200-1299 block, 23rd St.; 11:20 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 1600-1699 block, M St.; 3:40 a.m. Feb. 21. â– 1500-1599 block, M St.; 8:09 a.m. Feb. 21.

psa 208

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dupont circle

Motor vehicle theft â– 1200-1219 block, 15th St.; 10:57 p.m. Feb. 20.

Theft â– 1400-1499 block, P St.; 4:49 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 2100-2118 block, R St.; 8:35 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 1900-1923 block, 18th St.; 7:38 a.m. Feb. 17. â– 1300-1321 block, 15th St.; 9:55 a.m. Feb. 17. â– 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:26 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 1320-1399 block, 15th St.; 10:17 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 1500-1519 block, 16th St.; 1:41 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 2100-2118 block, R St.; 6:18 p.m. Feb. 20.

Theft from auto â– 1200-1299 block, 14th St.; 2:12 a.m. Feb. 15. â– 1825-1899 block, Phelps Place; 12:33 p.m. Feb. 15. â– 1600-1622 block, 19th St.; 8:01 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 1700-1799 block, N St.; 9:49 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 1400-1499 block, 20th St.; 10:22 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 1301-1319 block, 21st St.; 7:24 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 1900-1999 block, Sunderland Place; 7:27 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 1200-1399 block, 16th St.; 7:50 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 1400-1499 block, Church St.; 8:19 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 2100-2199 block, P St.; 9:24 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 1400-1499 block, Church St.; 9:49 p.m. Feb. 17. â– 2100-2199 block, P St.; 3:26 a.m. Feb. 18. â– 1500-1599 block, 19th St.; 6:05 p.m. Feb. 18. â– 2000-2099 block, Q St.; 10:22 p.m. Feb. 19. â– 1900-1999 block, Sunderland Place; 4:50 a.m. Feb. 20. â– 1700-1720 block, 19th St.; 7:24 a.m. Feb. 20. â– 1400-1499 block, Church St.; 5:13 a.m. Feb. 21.

psa PSA 301 301

â– Dupont circle

Burglary â– 1724-1799 block, 17th St.; 9:08 a.m. Feb. 16. â– 1400-1499 block, Q St.; 4:50 p.m. Feb. 19.

Theft â– 1600-1619 block, 16th St.; 10:57 a.m. Feb. 17.

Theft from auto â– 1400-1499 block, Swann St.; 12:58 p.m. Feb. 15. â– 1500-1599 block, Swann St.; 8:39 p.m. Feb. 16. â– 1400-1429 block, S St.; 10:16 a.m. Feb. 20. â– 1707-1799 block, S St.; 2:38 p.m. Feb. 20. â– 2100-2199 block, 14th St.; 6:05 a.m. Feb. 21.

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GREEN: Permeable pavement, other runoff reduction measures eyed for areas of Northwest

From Page 1

engineering needs and cost-effectiveness with the interests of neighbors who may have concerns about a particular change to their block. Bezak said the project team is also prioritizing work on streets and alleys that are already designated as needing repair.

DC Water is working with a large spreadsheet that shows how much water each method can divert from the sewer system, and for which locations they’re viable, she said — constantly ensuring that the total stormwater diversion meets that 1.2-inch requirement.

“There is a lot of flexibility in green infrastructure in that we really can manage the volume in a lot of different ways,” said Bezak.

“We’re trying to understand what is desirable to the neighborhood, and then those can be prioritized.”

For instance, she said, Georgetown residents opposed vegetated curb extensions at intersections because they would affect the area’s historic character, so DC Water doesn’t intend to pursue that approach there.

Community concerns don’t stop there, though, according to Georgetown advisory neighborhood commissioner Jeff Jones, such as permeable parkng lanes’ maintenance needs. “There isn’t anywhere in Georgetown for people to move their cars for cleaning,” said Jones.

Jones expects to meet again with DC Water officials before the detailed plans are released this spring, and Bezak said the plans will continue to evolve based on community feedback. Plans will be at 30 percent completion when they’re shown publicly this spring, and DC Water will revise them throughout the year before hiring a contractor for the work in early 2017. Construction is scheduled to last from mid-2017 through mid2019 for both Northwest project areas, though Bezak emphasized

that individual blocks won’t be affected that whole time.

Once the work is complete, DC Water will conduct a year of postconstruction monitoring, said Bezak. “We’ll evaluate the performance and the cost-effectiveness, and public acceptability,” she said.

At that point, DC Water will determine whether green infrastructure projects are sufficient for reducing sewage overflows. If they are effective, additional green infrastructure work will take place through 2030. Selected areas for this further work include Georgetown, Burleith, Glover Park and Cathedral Heights to benefit the Potomac. The Rock Creek project, meanwhile, would spread from Brightwood Park to cover much of Ward 4 and into Ward 1, including areas of Brightwood, Petworth, Crestwood and Columbia Heights.

If green infrastructure measures are unsuccessful, though, the leading alternative is to construct a tunnel along the Georgetown waterfront to store extra sewage until it can be treated, similar to work already underway elsewhere in the city.

The test areas that would be completed by 2019 include 283 acres in western Georgetown and Glover Park, and 163 acres in eastern Ward 4. (The project is separate from D.C. Department of Transportation green infrastructure work on several streets and alleys in Chevy Chase and Petworth, though Bezak said DC Water will look into that city project once its results are available.)

Jones said he’s uncomfortable with so much of Georgetown being treated as a test case, especially given its historic character and limited parking. He hopes DC Water will do smaller-scale work in Georgetown and elsewhere until it’s clear that green infrastructure will be effective, and that project officials will also consider other solutions.

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In Your Neighborhood ANC 2C ANC 2C Quarter Downtown/Penn

â– downtown / penn quarter

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 14, in Room A-3, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. Agenda items include: â– consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for reconstruction at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 606-608 I St. NW, to build a glass exterior and include the adjacent building into the new design, thereby increasing the commercial space of the building by 12,384 square feet.

For details, visit anc2c.us or contact 2C@anc.dc.gov.

ANC 2D ANC 2D Sheridan-Kalorama

â– sheridan-kalorama

At the commission’s Feb. 16 meeting: ■it was reported that D.C. Del. Eleanor Norton has requested to attend an upcoming meeting.

Commission chair David Bender suggested the conversation could be steered to the problems of vacant embassy properties. After encouragement from the audience, he said he would suggest the April or the May meeting. ■Mayor Muriel Bowser’s representative, Eva Lewis, said the city “needs to do better� when it comes to snow removal after major storms and that “we are working on improving the system.� Commissioner Ellen Goldstein complained to Lewis that snow removal for secondary roads “was rather uneven.� Goldstein particularly complained about R and S streets NW. ■Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jerome Merrill reported the police have closed 14 burglary cases in the Dupont Circle area.

Year-to-date crime in SheridanKalorama is down materially on every level, he said, adding that the snowstorm probably helped in terms of property crimes. ■Tom Lipinsky of Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans’

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office said the District had its 19th year with a successful financial audit and the first year without even any suggestions. Before then, there were constant problems. He added that Evans will stress safety, service reliability and financial management as the new chair of the Metro board. His day-to-day responsibilities will be limited. â&#x2013; commissioner Ellen Goldstein announced that the commission has received three requests for grants, which will be considered at the March meeting. â&#x2013; commissioners decided to postpone any recommendation on the renovation plans for the 113-unit rental apartment building now known as The Envoy at 2144 California St. NW as there had been no outreach to adjoining property owners and there were concerns about the window replacement plan. At the March meeting, the Sheridan-Kalorama Historical Association will present its comments.

Project representative Brian Forehand said the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name will be changed as there is another Envoy in the city. The building â&#x20AC;&#x201D; constructed in 1959 on the former site of the Potomac School, which moved to Virginia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was purchased last April. The facade will be changed, windows will be replaced, the first floor will be restored, and the roof deck will be renovated. The interior of the apartments will be gutted, but there will be no change in unit sizes. Many tenants were given incentives to move out. Construction could begin in late summer or early fall and will take from 12 to 14 months to complete. â&#x2013; it was reported that the Sheridan-Kalorama Combined Neighborhood Annual Meeting is scheduled for March 9 at 6 p.m. at the Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 S St. NW. â&#x2013; it was reported that the U.S. State Department vetoed plans to reduce reserved embassy parking near the Estonian Embassy; there will be four new reserved spaces at the Haitian Embassy; and there is a chance the vacant Pakistani Embassy building at 22nd and R streets NW will lose its status as a diplomatic property as might the abandoned Serbian property on Decatur Street NW. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 21, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact davidanc2d01@aol.com.

ANC 3B ANCPark 3B Glover

â&#x2013; Glover Park / Cathedral heights

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 17, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. For details, email info@anc3b. org or visit anc3b.org.

ANC 3C ANC 3CPark Cleveland â&#x2013; cleveland park / woodley Park Woodley Park massachusetts avenue heights Massachusetts Avenue Heights Cathedral Heights The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3c.org.

ANC 3D ANCValley 3D Spring â&#x2013; spring valley / wesley heights Wesley Heights palisades / kent / foxhall

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the Sibley Memorial Hospital Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; police report. â&#x2013; community concerns. â&#x2013; consideration of a public space application at 2948 University Terrace NW. â&#x2013; presentation by American University on proposed amendments to an approved campus plan. â&#x2013; discussion of the zoning administratorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision on an ANC 3D petition regarding George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus noncompliance with the approved campus plan.

For details, call 202-957-1999 or visit anc3d.org.

ANC 3E ANC 3E Tenleytown â&#x2013; american university park American University Park

friendship heights / tenleytown

At the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Feb. 11 meeting: â&#x2013; Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Alan Hill reported that January 2016 crimes in the neighborhood were down considerably compared to the previous year: from 43 crimes in January 2015, including six violent crimes, to 37 last month including three violent crimes.

The biggest reduction was in thefts, which Hill attributed to the arrest of some serial shoplifters. â&#x2013; commissioners discussed a grant application from the Wilson High School Track Boosters for $2,000 to help finance the second annual Tenley Tiger Run, to be held on April 9. It includes a 5K, a 2.5K and a fun run, all to take place in Tenleytown.

The event, which serves as a fundraiser to support the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s running programs, will cost $18,300. Organizers hope to raise $10,000 beyond the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s costs.

Last year there were 388 participants; this year the goal is 500.

The fee for entrants is $30, except for students and teachers, who pay $20.

Judy Corcillo, a Wilson parent, said the $2,000 grant would cover the timing costs.

Commissioners will vote on that grant at a future meeting. â&#x2013; commissioners voted 4-1, with Jonathan Bender opposed, to support a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for an expanded front porch at 4925 41st St. NW

that would exceed lot occupancy requirements, provided the owners install a rain barrel if feasible.

Bender opposed the resolution as he wanted the rain barrel to be required. â&#x2013; commissioners voted unanimously to support a move to ban corporate and LLC contributions to D.C. political candidates, and voted 4-1 to support the principle of public financing for local political campaigns without endorsing the specific language in a bill introduced by at-large D.C. Council member David Grosso.

Commissioner Anne Wallace voted against the measure, fearing public financing would interfere with campaigns being a â&#x20AC;&#x153;marketplace for free ideas.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013; commissioners voted unanimously to urge the Zoning Commission to require that all housing units under the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inclusionary zoning laws be made affordable for households earning 60 percent of the area median income, rather than an Office of Planning proposal that would allow units for sale to instead be affordable for households at 80 percent.

The commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolution says it is not â&#x20AC;&#x153;equitable or sound policy to set different median family income thresholds â&#x20AC;Ś in rental units versus sale units.â&#x20AC;? Doing so, it stated, would encourage developers to shift from rentals to ownership units â&#x20AC;&#x153;with unpredictable results for housing supply.â&#x20AC;?

Commissioners also urged the Zoning Commission to require all buildings subject to the regulations to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;at least 10 percent affordable units.â&#x20AC;? Commissioner Jonathan Bender said inclusionary zoning is needed to increase diversity in D.C. communities. â&#x2013; commissioners voted unanimously to recommend that any St. Elizabeths basketball facility for the Mystics and Wizards include a large-scale recreation center for the public.

Incorporating that feature into the proposed facility â&#x20AC;&#x153;is essential to satisfy the need for tournament/ recreation space in D.C. today and to accommodate the projected increase in D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population,â&#x20AC;? the commission wrote in a letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser, adding that such a program would also â&#x20AC;&#x153;greatly increase the positive economic impact of the project on Ward 8.â&#x20AC;?

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at the Washington College of Law, American University, 4300 Nebraska Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3F ANCHills 3F Forest

â&#x2013; Forest hills / North cleveland park

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, at Forest Hills of DC, 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW. For details, call 202-670-7262 or visit anc3f.com.

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Spotlight on Schools Eaton Elementary School

On Feb. 19, Eaton held its annual science fair. Young scientists from third, fourth and fifth grades showcased their hard work on their science projects. Each project was judged by two adults.

Students had to explain their projects and answer questions from the judges.

The students were informed right before winter break about the science fair and had until January to decide on a topic. Each topic had to be approved by a teacher on the science fair committee.

The next step was to come up with a hypothesis, which is an educated guess on the outcome of your experiment. We had to research our topics and come up with five pieces of information about them. Then, students had to write out a plan to complete the experiments. Most were completed at home but some were done at school.

Each project had to be presented on the usual cardboard display, and the students could bring in their materials on the judging day.

We were given examples to follow for our displays, but we were allowed to be creative, too.

Some interesting experiments were testing different egg substitutes in cakes, testing whether the temperature of a room affects test-taking performance, and comparing hand sanitizer to soap and water to clean hands.

Eaton scientists learned a lot about their topics and also about the scientific method. It was a lot of work, but we all had lots of fun! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Camille Anderson, Sophia Bergfalk and Talia Ehrenberg, fifth-graders

The Field School

A few days ago at The Field School the eighth-graders listened to an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor tell her story and explain how she got where she is today.

Halina Peabodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story began with her birth in Krakow, Poland, seven years before World War II. She lived with her mother and father.

Just as the war started, her father was taken away and charged with espionage. He was sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. Alone and fearful of invasion and that their Judaism would be exposed, she and her mom traveled to another city in Poland.

Her mother got a job in a German military kitchen, and they eventually found her father again.

Throughout the war, she and her mother were able to hide the fact that they were Jewish. She now tells her story at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

When asked by students what they should take from her story, she said that one should always fight for justice. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Adrian Stuphan, eighth-grader

School DISPATCHES

Hearst Elementary School

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the Rug,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Harpâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Archie Smith: Boy Wonderâ&#x20AC;? were just a few illustrations the students examined in the book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.â&#x20AC;? The book, written by Chris Van Allsburg, documents different scenarios the title character has faced. Using the knowledge they had gained during their most recent unit, students were asked by Mr. Harris Burdick himself to write a narrative about the picture assigned to them. From talking dogs to mermaids, there were many creative characters, problems and solutions in each of the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stories! More importantly they were all excited to create a new mystery with their own spin! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ms. Dilleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third-grade class

ence, we are trying to find out how a frog could stay alive in a desert because a frog needs to have water on it. In reading, we are reading nonfiction. I have read about miners and their machinery and about the solar system. Two fun facts are that some planets can be made of ice and that Jupiter has 67 moons. I am also reading about airplanes and airports. In writing, I am

Jewish Primary Day School of the Nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Capital Trivia Night is a fundraiser

organized by the sixth grade to pay for our trip to New York in the spring. At Trivia Night, guests participate in 10 rounds, each with 10 trivia questions in a particular category. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s categories were Washington, D.C.; Sports; Literary Characters; Pop Culture; What to Expect When Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Expecting; Are You Smarter Than a Sixth-Grader; See Dispatches/Page 10

Dan went from neck pain nightmares to marathon dreams.

Holy Trinity School

Cup-O-Joe is a service project that Holy Trinityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lower school does to feed homeless people.

When homeless people get up in the morning in Catholic Charities shelters, they are hungry, so we made these little bagged breakfasts called Cups-O-Joe for them.

You might wonder what Cup-OJoe means. It means cup of coffee.

Pre-K through fourth-grade students put the healthy Cup-OJoe bags together last week, and the upper school participated in the Cup-O-Joe project in November. Students worked in stations assembling bags filled with juice, spoons, fruit cups, granola bars, Pop-Tarts, cheese, crackers and raisins. We also included paper hearts with notes that said happy things like â&#x20AC;&#x153;have a nice dayâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;amorâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;loveâ&#x20AC;? in Spanish).

There were three or four people working together at each station and then runners for the bags.

The lower school students ended up making 750 bags!

Ms. Tromble showed us a video that taught us not to mistreat homeless people. Some of us watched a video describing what it feels like to be hungry. The videos reminded us that the homeless are all human, and God loves us no matter what. We should not treat homeless people like they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist. We did this project to bring joy to other people. We tried to act like St. Ignatius because we want to be people for others. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Giovanna Ingoglia and Lillian Adams, third-graders

writing about dogs and basketball. In music at Fillmore, we are learning about different instruments, like flutes and clarinets. I hope to play the clarinet one day.

We will soon be going on a field trip to the Folger Theatre. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Graham Gillies, first-grader

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Recreational enhancement

We haven’t heard a great deal of discussion about ways to improve the District’s plans for the proposed Ward 8 arena that would offer a practice venue for the Washington Wizards, a home court for the Mystics and a spot for performances.

But we were excited to learn about a thoughtful, comprehensive recommendation from Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E (Friendship Heights, Tenleytown, American University Park): Ensure that the facility, if constructed, also includes ample community recreation space that can better serve D.C. residents while also attracting more visitors to the Congress Heights community.

The District broke ground last Thursday on the $55 million project — the bulk of which would come from city funding sources — and hopes to have the facility open by September 2018. Current plans call for a 5,000-seat arena that will bring jobs and business opportunities to Ward 8. The agreement among the basketball teams, Events DC and the District to build the facility is now pending before the D.C. Council.

We agree with Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E that it’s not too late to set our sights higher. Large parts of this costly facility would risk sitting empty for much of the year, even as the District has great needs for more recreation space. Surrounding counties have expansive facilities, and D.C. players regularly leave the city to compete there. But there’s room at this St. Elizabeths site to include at least two soccer/ football fields, and ideally four to five.

Consider the benefits: Attracting amateur and student athletes to Congress Heights would yield many of the same economic development advantages as a Mystics game. What’s more, a greater consistency of events at the facility would make the businesses nearby more viable.

Even setting aside the economic arguments, providing a high-quality recreation facility is a valuable service for D.C. residents. With capacity constraints capping the number of children and adults who are able to play, providing space at this facility will give them greater access to fitness activities for a lifetime of health advantages.

With the ground already broken and an agreement submitted to the council, officials must act quickly to ensure that the facility’s design includes the flexibility for community recreation uses. But we’re confident that it can be done, and that it would be worthwhile.

We would caution, though, that it’s important for the District to fully commit to making a high-quality facility. A halfhearted effort wouldn’t be enough to attract recreation users from around the District, which is what we should be getting for our money with this project.

Working weekends

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Some decisions are so obvious that it’s almost impossible to imagine that they hadn’t been made ages ago.

For example, for many years, the city inspectors responsible for overseeing the District’s nightlife establishments worked only during business hours — overlooking the times that generate the most concern.

Now, the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has just eliminated another glaring blind spot in the District’s municipal regulatory enforcement, thanks to funding initiated last spring by first-term Ward 1 D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau. The agency, responsible for issuing building permits and ensuring compliance with construction codes, is now responding to complaints about illegal construction on the weekends. Violators may be fined $2,000 and/or face a stop-work order.

“The bottom line is that illegal construction — no matter the day of the week — will not be tolerated,” agency director Melinda Bolling said in a news release on Thursday announcing the change.

Not only will weekend hours improve the department’s ability to limit the impact of code violations, but we would expect the extra pay would be offset by additional fines collected.

On Saturdays and Sundays, the regulatory affairs department will only be on call from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., so scofflaws will still have a window in which to carry out illicit construction activities without inspectors on duty. But that just leaves a handful of hours before the next day in which the agency can step in, while the previous schedule essentially granted free rein from Friday evening to Monday morning. We have no doubt that in many cases, Monday’s stop-work orders arrived too late to do anything about a weekend’s worth of work, and a developer or other property owner then faced only a rather paltry fine.

To report a complaint (on any day), call 202-442-STOP(7867).

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t’s a bumpy, irritating ride.

And this week we’re not talking about the presidential campaign.

It’s the 6.5 miles of Beach Drive NW, a narrow two-lane route that snakes through upper Rock Creek Park, from Calvert Street north to the Maryland line. The aging roadway is pitted with hundreds of potholes. Some of them are car-disabling dangerous.

The road, maintained by the National Park Service, is worn out. Beach Drive carries 12 million vehicles a year. That’s 12 million for a two-lane road!

The National Park Service is blunt about acknowledging the trouble.

“Potholes are going to develop; they’re going to grow,” says Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles, a Park Service spokesperson who spoke with NBC4 last week. “But we’re out every day.”

Many potholes redevelop quickly because of the heavy daily traffic that pounds the weak pavement. It takes constant work to keep up. “We hit them yesterday; we hit them again today,” Anzelmo-Sarles said as a Park Service pothole crew behind us scrambled to fill in as many as possible.

We are in pothole season throughout the Washington region. No area is immune. The freezethaw cycle wreaks havoc on potholes and water pipes alike. On Beach Drive, the Park Service suggests you be alert and cautious driving anywhere along it because of both the potholes and the street crews working on filling them.

The temporary pothole effort likely will last a few more weeks. But there is much more grief coming for the users of Beach Drive. It last underwent a major resurfacing in 1991, and it’s time for another makeover. In fact, Beach Drive is well beyond the 20-year life cycle of the last repair.

“Later this year, we’re embarking on a threeyear overhaul to completely reconstruct Beach Drive,” Anzelmo-Sarles said. “It will be a much smoother, nicer ride for those driving and those who are out jogging and biking on the weekend.”

But the interim three years will mean periodic road closures, one-lane traffic and other disruptions. “It’s important for drivers to know that this is going to impact their commute every day for a couple of years,” she told us.

The Park Service intends to keep the public informed all along the way. “The whole thing won’t be closed at once, but there will be detours,” Anzelmo-Sarles said. “So start thinking and planning alternate routes or time delays.”

■ Not meant to be. Beach Drive was never intended to be a commuter throughway. It was designed in 1897 as a leisurely way to explore Rock Creek Park, a way of taking in a remarkably natural area in the heart of the urbanized nation’s capital.

Rock Creek Park itself was established in 1890 when local banker Charles Glover (yes, he of Glover Park) campaigned to save the natural area.

■ The good news. Although Beach Drive is a physical mess, the lower half of Rock Creek Park is in good shape. The Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway (its official name) runs south from Calvert Street NW to the Kennedy Center and western portion of the National Mall. This four-lane roadway was redone several years ago and remains in great shape.

■ A streetcar named delay. Barring unforeseen problems, the long-delayed D.C. streetcar finally will have its formal first run Saturday at 10 a.m.

The long-term viability of the system, what it’ll cost to ride and whether the $200-millionplus system will ever expand beyond the H Street NE corridor are questions unanswered.

D.C. Department of Transportation director Leif Dormsjo, appointed by Mayor Muriel Bowser, has brought a more serious approach to what the streetcar is and what it could be. But this grand opening really just marks the beginning of the debate over exactly where this streetcar idea will go.

■ A statehood blip. Mostly lost in the news about the Feb. 1 caucuses in Iowa was an effort to boost support there for D.C. statehood. Eight of 99 counties approved resolutions supporting D.C. statehood — at least one county in each of the state’s four congressional districts. Now the hoped-for resolution must go through county and congressional-district hurdles to get to statewide support. For details contact veteran D.C. activist Karen Szulgit at freedcnow@gmail.com.

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

TOM SHERWOOD’s

Notebook

Letters to the Editor Council must review Bowser shelter plan

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s nontransparent, behind-the-scenes process to select the sites and draw up plans for the proposed citywide homeless shelters has left the citizens with no input.

The only chance lies with the D.C. Council, which must deny Ms. Bowser’s request to exempt the shelters from the safeguards that typically apply to such projects. The council, by all right, should not limit its review.

We, and many of our neighbors, learned of the city’s plan to build eight homeless shelters only from recent media reports.

The citywide meetings that were held immediately after that announcement were not known to citizens until the last minute, if made known at all. We have

read the plans that have been published and are familiar with the mayor’s desire to place eight shelters throughout the city.

However, there was no information provided by the city during the two-year planning process.

This secrecy is antithetical to a democratic government.

The shelters are now presented to us as a fait accompli. We are not sure how Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh can say that Ward 3 stands behind this decision when we have yet to talk to anyone in our neighborhood who was aware of it. Why is it that private projects are required to have complete transparency and the shelter project, a public plan, was carried out in secrecy? We find this process disturbing and distressing. The mayor’s proposal to exempt the shelters from safeguards that typically apply to such projects only compound the problem.

We are extremely sympathetic and understanding of the

plights of the homeless and the dire situation in D.C. However, it undermines the notion of a democratic government to say that residents “may tinker with aesthetics and landscaping,” but may not have input into the locations or regarding other issues relevant to the sites. The lack of transparency and seeming disregard for the views of citizens who are affected should not be ignored. This is not how a public process should operate.

As a result, the contentiousness is growing in a number of the wards over the proposed sites, many of which have been chosen with extremely poor judgment. Mayor Bowser’s initial refusal to disclose other sites that were under consideration made matters worse.

The D.C. Council must help preserve the democratic process and not bow to the mayor’s attempt to steamroll the citizens.

Susan and Ken Weinstein Cathedral Heights

The Current

Letters to the Editor WIS proposal would hurt historic Tregaron

The Currentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Feb. 17 article on Washington International Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed new building reported that it has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;scaled backâ&#x20AC;? in response to concerns about whether it â&#x20AC;&#x153;fits with the character of the community.â&#x20AC;? In a letter to the editor in the same issue, the head of school touted his â&#x20AC;&#x153;commitment to being a good neighbor.â&#x20AC;?

The facts tell a different story.

The modified building remains a massive, two-story building with a 175-foot-long facade fronting Macomb Street NW. It would profoundly alter the character of the Tregaron entrance from that of a wooded historic estate to a corporate campus. A large swath of mature woodlands would be removed. Small replacement trees and shrubs would fail to screen the enormity of the new building.

Visitors to Tregaron Conservancy would be confronted by a structure rising five stories high from the conservancyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walkway.

When the school applied for zoning approval to add more students to its Tregaron campus in the mid-2000s, it did not seek more academic space. Today, the school educates the same number of students, but now claims it needs state-of-the-art science space. The school has not explained why it cannot simply remodel or reconfigure its current space to meet those needs.

Neighbors and friends of Tregaron have worked tirelessly for decades to protect this treasured woodland gem in the city and restore the landscape. The school can surely find another way to meet its programmatic needs that would honor its role as neighbor and as steward of this historic landmark.

Visit Tregaron. Come see what the existing Washington International School structures look like.

Then imagine removing the trees of the northern slope, bringing the buildings 60 to 70 feet closer to Macomb Street, and widening the face of these much-closer buildings to over 175 feet across the Tregaron estate. The visual effect on the Tregaron Conservancy and the adjacent neighborhood would be overwhelming.

As currently proposed, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revised modern design would become the â&#x20AC;&#x153;faceâ&#x20AC;? of the historic Tregaron estate. It would be the first â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and for many people, the only â&#x20AC;&#x201D; impression of the estate. With the honor and benefit of having your school on the

grounds of the Tregaron estate comes great responsibility to act in a manner that respects its historic designation and the neighborhood. The proposed location and design of this modern new building does neither.

Charles J. Clark Cleveland Park

Make taxes, traffic fines progressive

Although the D.C. Department of Transportation is now assuring us it is backing off the onerous increase in traffic fines proposed in its Vision Zero plan, the fact remains that traffic fines already place the heaviest burden on lowincome and working-class residents and commuters. D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traffic fines take no account of the income of the violator and hence are equivalent to regressive taxes, a point made by myself and other witnesses at the D.C. Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jan. 8 public roundtable.

The District collected $162.7 million in traffic fines in fiscal year 2014, the D.C. governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest non-tax source of money.

Increases in this revenue stream could potentially trigger new tax cuts for the wealthy in fiscal 2017, in particular lowering the corporate rate to 9 percent and raising the estate tax threshold to $2 million. Hence traffic fines should be considered in the context of D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax structure.

So here is how the D.C. Council could make our tax/revenue collection fair and progressive: â&#x2013; Implement a progressive income-based traffic fine system.

Finland and several other countries in Europe have such an approach. As a result, millionaires in Finland have paid a $100,000 fine for speeding. â&#x2013; Reconsider the Fiscal Year 2015 Support Act of 2014 and its triggers by canceling scheduled tax reductions for high-income residents and the big corporate sector, and hiking the D.C. income tax rates on the wealthiest residents. Millionaires with a cumulative $4 billion taxable income are now paying a lower overall D.C. tax rate than all but our poorest residents. Further, put a progressive sales/excise tax deduction into the D.C. income tax structure, recognizing that these taxes are the most regressive. Such an approach would still capture sales tax revenue paid by non-residents.

Even when fully phased in, the Fiscal Year 2015 Support Act of 2014 will leave our tax structure for residents unfair: The top 1 percent of families (averaging $2.4 million in annual income) will pay an effective rate of 6.3 percent of this income in D.C.

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taxes. Meanwhile, families earning an average $50,200 will pay the highest rate, 10.1 percent; those families earning $12,600 (the average income of the bottom 20 percent) will pay 4.8 percent, leaving many if not most in poverty. As explained at dcctj.org, this is not a progressive tax plan.

David Schwartzman DC Statehood Green Party

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let DCPS cut Fillmore from budget

Once again, D.C. Public Schools â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in seeking to pursue new initiatives â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is planning to eliminate its stellar Fillmore Arts Center, which has been a shining star for more than 40 years. By now we know that the arts are always in jeopardy, the first to go, because after all, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just too much fun to be important, right? By pooling resources, the five elementary schools that currently use Fillmore â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Key, Stoddert, Ross, Hyde-Addison and Marie Reed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are able to provide a comprehensive arts curriculum for our children rather than the limited program they would be able to provide as individual schools, with offerings in music, drama/theater, dance, visual arts, media arts and creative writing. Because of the geographic area that is served, the student population is racially, economically and linguistically diverse.

We will never, never be able to replicate anything like what we have at Fillmore. For one thing, Fillmore is serving the needs of five packed schools that are currently over capacity and/or in transition without permanent space. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfortunate other public schools in the District donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a Fillmore, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a good reason to cut it. If Fillmore is gone, the five schools it serves will have no feasible arts or music education due to lack of physical space and overcrowding.

The Fillmore Arts Center is about a creative community, bringing together students from all over to meet, work together, and enjoy each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art and creativity. It is a stimulating environment and a collective showcase, and it is as close to a museum experience as many students will ever have. We need to stand up and demand the continuation of this program.

I urge you to let the decisionmakers within the D.C. government know that you demand practical, affordable, quality arts education for your children. Contact Chancellor Kaya Henderson at kaya.henderson@dc.gov.

Anne Masters Community representative, Friends of Fillmore

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DISPATCHES From Page 7 Star Wars; Kings and Prophets of Israel; Current Events; and Oscars Losers.

One of our favorite rounds is “Are You Smarter Than a SixthGrader.” In this round, participants answer questions written by the sixth-graders based on what we have been learning. For this round, teams can bid to get an advantage; the highest bidding table earns the help of a volunteer sixth-grade expert (chosen from a hat).

Students were assigned one of three jobs for the big night: judges, wait staff or kitchen staff. On the afternoon before Trivia Night, students prepared platters of food to be sold at the event, wrote questions, and prepared envelopes with rules and score sheets. At the event, wait staff served food and collected answer sheets, and judges put all the answers into a spreadsheet and gave the final tallies — which determined the night’s winning tables — to the teachers. It was very intense, and all of us had to work together to make it work. Sixth-graders thought that Trivia Night was a fun and cool experience.

— Noah Knishkowy and Sammy Rabinowitz, sixth-graders

Key Elementary School

At Key School this year people celebrated Valentine’s Day in many different ways. In Ms. Salamon’s second-grade class, we celebrated Valentine’s Day by decorating paper bags. Then we put the treats we wanted to give out in the bags with names on

The Current them. We also do crossword puzzles and Valentine’s Day-related games.

In Ms. Gilden’s fourth-grade class we did not celebrate Valentine’s Day but I used to in prior years. Arielle Citrin Miller had a wonderful Valentine’s Day. In her fourth-grade class (Ms. Cannon’s), they had treats like cake and candy and they got free time on the computer.

“I love that Key School has so many creative ways of celebrating. It’s what makes the world go around,” said Claire Swift of the Key PTA. — Mary Ellen Youtcheff, fourth-grader, and Sofia Turley, second-grader

Maret School

Last week was Intensive Study Week at Maret. We studied Azerbaijan in the lower school. Azerbaijan is a small country located on the border of Europe and Asia.

It is near Turkey, Iran and Russia, and it is similar in size to the state of Maine.

We spent four days studying Azerbaijan’s land and culture.

One day, we focused on Azerbaijani arts, which include mosaics and weaving. We made placemats out of colored paper, and we used torn pieces to make mosaics that represented ourselves in some way. Weaving is so important in Azerbaijan that they even have a museum shaped like a rolled-up carpet!

We drank tea and made cherry preserves from scratch. In Azerbaijan, tea drinking is a sign of friendship and hospitality; it is traditionally offered when guests stop by for a long or short visit!

Preserves are typically eaten

while drinking the tea to enhance the flavor. The pomegranate is so popular in Azerbaijan that they have an annual festival for the fruit. We researched Azerbaijan in our computer lab and created virtual brochures for future visitors.

The capital, Baku, has three towers shaped like flames and called the flame towers. The word Azerbaijan means “land of fire” in Persian. There are 700 mud volcanoes in the world, and nearly half of them are in Azerbaijan.

During our last day of Intensive Study Week, we played Azerbaijani games including chess, barbooth, shut-the-box and schnautz. We have learned so much about Azerbaijan that many of us want to visit someday!

— Ms. Skivington’s second-graders

Our Lady of Victory School

I recently got to be “Principal for a Day.” My favorite part was walking over to the Safeway and eating lunch with the other kids who were Teachers for a Day. Also getting to see the teachers’ lounge.

During assembly, I was very nervous to read in front of the entire school, but other than that the day was the best ever! I gave out free homework passes to everyone. Later this year I will have a free dress day for my fourth-grade class when the girls can wear nail polish and we can all chew gum.

I would say that the hardest part of our principal Mrs. Martinez’s job is she walks a lot. I learned being Principal for a Day that the people who run our school are also really nice people!

— Aidan O., fourth-grader

Oyster-Adams Bilingual School

January brought a blizzard with up to 21 inches of snow. The school’s veranda was full of snow. Thanks to our heroes — Ms. Huntley, Mr. Wooten and Mr. Scott Jr. — who cleared the snow for students so that our shoes did not get any more wet than they already were.

The nerve-wracking spelling bee was rescheduled due to the blizzard. It was so well-organized that there wasn’t any craziness, thanks to our librarian Mr. Burch.

Each round at least one person misspelled. One by one the kids left the stage. Then there were only two kids left: Oliva Csedrick and Koli Bennett-Bose. The bee continued four more rounds, then everybody ran to hug the winners.

During sixth-grade laboratory science class, we mixed water and cornstarch together, which made it all squishy. But what was it? Solid or liquid? We tried to figure it out. Some said solid, but others decided it was liquid. But who knows? Sr. Sim does! If you want to find out, come in during recess to ask.

Valentine’s Day was on a Sunday but our school celebrated it on Feb. 11 and 16. Most classes gave out candy and cards, but others did not give out anything.

6A was one of the classes that didn’t give out any treats, but 6B gave out a lot. In 6C only one person gave out candy, and her name was Sylvie.

— Ally Cruz-Flores, Carmen Fowler and Moris Bercian, sixth-graders

Ross Elementary School

On Monday, we went to Fillmore where we did music, art, dance and theater.

Throughout the week, there has been a diaper drive to collect fresh diapers, food or diaper cream. Then Girl Scouts Troop 3829 will pick up the diapers and take them to the DC Diaper Bank, where we will help pack and wrap the diapers to be delivered to people who need them.

The ski trip to Liberty Mountain from last week was really awesome. Everyone had a great time.

Nothing out of the ordinary happened until Friday, which is when some students’ parents came in the morning to learn about the middle schools in this area.

The fourth- and fifth-graders are going to Ben’s Chili Bowl for lunch and after that, they are going to the African American Civil War Museum. I wonder if they will have different inventions that were invented by people with black skin, such as the stroller.

— Ellen Lurie, fourth-grader

St. Albans School

The anticipation levels are high right now at St. Albans. This is because our own Matthew Merrill is competing in the finals of

the Food Network’s “Kids Baking Championship” on Feb. 22. Matthew will be squaring off against Rebecca Beale and Yahshimabet Sellassie-Hall.

Matthew is a sixth-grader at St. Albans. This is his first year at St. Albans. He plays soccer in the fall, he swims in the winter, and he plays tennis in the spring. Matthew has wanted to be on a cooking show from a young age. He has been cooking since the age of 5, and he learned by watching cooking shows.

When asked where he got his inspiration for being on the show, he responded: “I saw [‘Kids Baking Championship’], and then I thought to myself, ‘I can definitely do that.’”

Matthew submitted his application for the show via email. He later was invited to California to audition in front of the judges.

Matthew figured out he was on the show in late June. The show was filmed in California during the late summer months.

Matthew has stood out in the “Macaron Stackaron” and the “Candymonium” events. At the start of the show there were 10 contestants; now there are just three. Matthew is one of the best kid bakers in the country. Hopefully next week he will be crowned as the best.

— Henry New, Form II (eighth-grader)

Sheridan School

In the seventh grade at Sheridan School, we wrote letters to members of Congress or presidential candidates in an effort to convince them to change their views on immigration. We used information we learned in class to support our ideas. This was part of the study of immigration that we have been doing in our social studies class.

I enjoyed this work for several reasons. First, it helped me to connect my studies to the world around me. One of my biggest takeaways from this unit was that the things we learn in social studies can relate to the current day and can apply to the real world.

We are in school for many reasons, and one of these reasons is so that we are educated about current issues and can formulate personal opinions about them.

Another reason I enjoyed this was that I thought it was cool that we could actually do something to get our ideas out there. Not only were we allowed (and expected) to decide our own opinions on the topic, which is not always true in school, but also we got to put those ideas out into the world so that we could make a difference.

One often hears about a lot of scary world problems in school, and it is hard to find a way to concretely help solve them. I was glad that I could express my views and make a difference in the world.

— Jordan McAuliff, seventh-grader

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Cowan delivers on preseason promise, lifts Cadets to WCAC championship

By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

At the start of the basketball season, St. John’s senior guard Anthony Cowan Jr. had high hopes.

“The sky is the limit for this team,” Cowan told The Current at the time. “It’s not a good season unless we win the championship this season. I’m not leaving without a championship.”

On Monday night, the senior delivered on his promise by leading the Cadets to their first Washington Catholic Athletic Conference boys basketball championship since 2000. In the title game, St. John’s knocked off DeMatha 71-57 in front of a capacity crowd at American University’s Bender Arena.

“I’m a man of my word,” Cowan said Monday. “When I see something I want, I go get it. This is one of the most amazing moments of my life. I’m always going to remember this. As a team we all came together as one and won.”

For Cowan, it was a chance to finally take an accolade after he felt snubbed by the McDonald’s All-American selection committee and the coaches who vote for the WCAC player of year — an award that went instead to Gonzaga’s Chris Lykes.

“I can’t control who they picked [for those things]. I can control coming out every night and playing my hardest,” he said.

“I can control making sure my team is winning and that we won a championship, which is the biggest goal of all.”

On Monday, the University of Maryland at College Park-bound senior looked worthy of every accolade that eluded him as he scored 21 points and dished out seven assists while making key plays throughout the title game.

“In my eyes and in our team’s eyes, he’s the best player in the area — that’s nothing against Chris, he’s fantastic,” said Cadets coach Sean McAloon. “It was on display tonight. He is extremely good getting downhill, making

shots and playing unselfishly.”

While Cowan was certainly the Cadets’ go-to guy, St. John’s had a total team effort with different players stepping up at different moments. Senior forward Kylia Sykes scored 17 points, senior guard Dejuan Clayton added 15, and senior guard Jeffrey Dowtin Jr. chipped in 13. The Cadets also found ways to keep the rebounding battle with DeMatha close — they lost it only 31-29, despite being smaller than the Stags — to prevent DeMatha from gaining too many extra possessions.

The Cadets started the title game strong and pulled out to a quick 11-2 lead with 4:10 to go in the first quarter. Sykes scored a pair of tough buckets in the paint and Clayton hit a three-pointer to spur the early surge.

But DeMatha closed the gap to a 13-11 Cadets advantage by the end of the period. The second quarter was also close as the teams went into the locker room with St. John’s leading 25-24.

After the break, St. John’s took control of the game. Clayton and Dowtin each hit three-point buckets while Cowan continually attacked the basket, sparking a 17-7 run to take a 42-31 lead midway through the third quarter.

The Cadets’ diverse attack started to poke holes in DeMatha’s zone defense, but Cowan’s ability to drive to the rim and either put

up a layup or kick the ball out to an open shooter left the Stags scrambling for answers.

“We got clean looks moving the ball, and Anthony was so fast downhill,” McAloon said. “Once we started making shots, DeMatha had to contest outside. Then we were able to get downhill. We’re really lethal that way — we have five guys that can hit shots.”

DeMatha was able to chip its way back into the game and cut the Cadets’ lead to 51-45, but the Stags couldn’t come all the way back. Cowan answered with a contested layup and junior guard Reese Mona buried a three-ball to once again balloon the lead.

In the final minutes, Cowan began to stress over the situation and had a moment of erratic play.

McAloon quickly called a timeout to calm his superstar.

“He just really settled me down, and it helped in the end,” Cowan said of the moment.

After the timeout, St. John’s regained control. Then with just over a minute to go, Dowtin put the exclamation point on the game with a hard dribble drive to the rim where he scored a tough bucket while absorbing a hard foul and tumbling to the ground. As the senior stared at the lights on the roof of Bender Arena, he began to celebrate as three teammates approached to scoop him up.

“I knew the game was over,” Dowtin said. “We had a great lead.

As soon as the ball went in, I knew we got this.”

Moments later, the Cadets’ fans stormed the court and St. John’s hoisted the coveted WCAC boys hoops trophy for the first time since 2000.

“We came out and took this [win] from them,” said Dowtin.

“We knew it from the jump and came out and did it.”

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St. John’s senior Anthony Cowan, above right, scored 21 points to lead the Cadets to their first WCAC boys basketball championship since 2000. A capacity crowd at American University’s Bender Arena witnessed the Cadets’ coronation.

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St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cruises to D.C. wrestling crown

By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

The St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrestling team had a strong season in terms of individuals medaling at various events, but as a team the Cadets came up short with a second-place finish at the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference finals earlier this month.

On Saturday, the Cadets finally broke through in dominant fashion to capture the D.C. Classic Championship for the fourth straight year with a score of 234 points to beat out Sidwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 189.5 and Gonzagaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 185.5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to be the champs of D.C. for the fourth straight year,â&#x20AC;? said Cadets coach Karl Danso. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a tough tournament this year, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happiest for our seniors.

Those guys never lost a D.C. championship.â&#x20AC;?

The Cadets won eight of the 14 weight classes, and those eight victors earned spots in the coveted National Preps tournament at Lehigh University on Friday and Saturday.

St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior Patrick McConville captured the 106-pound bracket with a pinfall victory over Wilson freshman Zachary Reed.

The Cadets also had sophomore Gavin Stoddard grab first in the 113-pound ranks when he pinned Sidwell junior Samuel Lazarus.

As the weight classes got bigger, the Cadets continued to roll.

Sophomore Malcolm Robinson pinned Sidwell senior Jacob Honn; Cadets senior Imran Heard pinned Gonzagaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tim Marcille to win the 132-pound division; St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior Adrian Nelson knocked off Sidwell sophomore Joey Dunn 5-4 to earn the 138pound bracket title; and Cadets junior Jack Cassidy outlasted St. Albansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; James Howe in a 3-1 decision to win the 145-pound class crown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know we are the hardest workers and are in the best shape,â&#x20AC;?

Nelson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To finally win, it means so much to us.â&#x20AC;?

In the latter brackets featuring the biggest wrestlers, St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continued to flourish. The Cadets had a dominant showing from junior Brian Hennessy, who appeared to have St. Anselmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrestler Pablo Ruiz locked in for a pin, only to be saved by the bell at the end of a round. Hennessy was frustrated, but he was able to find another pinning combination to capture the 182-weight class a few moments later. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty cool to be a twotime [weight class] champion,â&#x20AC;? said Hennessy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not a lot of kids get to be able to call themselves a D.C. champ.â&#x20AC;?

St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ended the event with one last individual win when sophomore Jalen Dickerson out-

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St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior Brian Hennessy earned a pinfall victory on Saturday. lasted Sidwell senior Nathaniel Jackson to prevail narrowly on points.

In addition to the Cadetsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; firstplace finishers, the team also had freshman Aidan Rocha earn silver in the 120-pound class and senior Caelan Doherty take second in the 220-pound division.

While St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s captured the team title, several other squads had standouts.

Sidwell, which placed second overall as a team, had two firstplace finishers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; seniors Philippe Sanchez and Lindon Harris â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who won the 195- and 220-pound brackets, respectively. For Harris it was a special moment after taking up the sport for the first time

â??Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happiest for our seniors. Those guys never lost a D.C. championship.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coach Karl Danso this winter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud of myself because this was my first year wrestling,â&#x20AC;?

Harris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a pretty humbling accomplishment considering how far Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come with my technique. I usually do basketball during the winter season, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be playing football next season [at Columbia University] and I was advised that wrestling would be a good sport.â&#x20AC;?

In addition, Sidwell sophomore James Shakow earned bronze in the 120-pound class and junior Wyatt Green Williams took third in the 182-pound division.

Meanwhile, Gonzagaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thirdplace showing as a squad was bolstered by several standouts.

Sophomore Nathan Thacker captured his 100th career victory en route to the 120-pound championship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty special, and it feels great,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels like I got something accomplished, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m

not satisfied. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a pretty good season so far. I went up two weight classes, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m starting to come out strong and hope to improve.â&#x20AC;?

Gonzaga coach Milton Yates believes Thacker, who had allAmerican status as a freshman, has a real chance to shine and perhaps take top honors at Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national competition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had a great career so far,â&#x20AC;?

Yates said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is starting to learn how to win close. He has a shot to win a national championship.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you dream of. He has that shot.â&#x20AC;?

The Eagles also saw senior William MacDonald earn his 150th career win while capturing the 152-pound division. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really happy,â&#x20AC;? he said of punching a ticket to the Lehigh tournament with Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win.

Gonzaga had several other medalists. Matt Moschella earned third in the 106-pound weight class; Henry Mudlaff grabbed bronze in the 113-pound division; Gordon McMillen took third in the 126-pound class; Aidan McDonough grappled to second in the 170-pound bracket; Bailey Ogilvie grabbed silver in the 195pound division; and Andy Sanchez and Phillip Firehock took third in the 220-pound and heavyweight divisions, respectively.

There were also several other Northwest standouts.

From Wilson, senior Joey Keegan took third in the 132pound class, junior Dany Abdiev took third in the 145-pound ranks, junior William Gorham earned bronze in the 170-pound division, and Mark Ausbrooks took third in the 195-pound bracket.

Meanwhile, Washington Latin saw senior Kwakou Clay and sophomore Roman McDonough earn bronze in the 138- and 160pound divisions, respectively.

Lastly, St. Albans had junior Guyton Harvey capture the 160pound division and sophomore Mike Jones take silver in the 152pound bracket.

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photo of this charming 18th-century skipperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house in an album.

This iconic home is known around town as the Little Red House and as the Oldest Little House in Georgetown.

This petite clapboard house with slate roof is believed to have been built by a British naval skipper in the mid-to-late 1700s. A prominent beam over the fireplace bears the mark 1721, so the skipper may have constructed his home as early as that, or perhaps repurposed wood from an earlier home or even a ship.

This historic one-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath bungalow at 1222 28th St. NW is listed at $865,000 and comes furnished and â&#x20AC;&#x153;as is,â&#x20AC;? which in this case means it includes lovely antiques, paintings and a collection of wellchosen books. The home is also laden with original 18th-century flooring, trim and other details.

Walking up to this storybook home reveals the secret to how a house that looks so small can be roomy enough for a person over 6 feet tall inside: The house is set a

few feet lower than the street, accommodating both a white picket fence and old-fashioned slanted red cellar doors, which lead down to where the furnace is housed.

Opening the white front door and stepping from the quaint, crisp exterior to the more rustic interior, it is easy to see the influence of the old skipper. Rich wood paneling lines the walls of the front sitting room, combining with the sturdy, original wood floors and the exposed, handhewn beams in the ceiling to create the feeling of an unusually roomy captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quarters on an 18th-century schooner. The centerpiece of the room is a beautiful brick fireplace, with an original hexagonal-tile hearth and a tiered brick mantel, currently decorated with a collection of antique pewter, adding to the authentic earlyAmerica feel.

Ann Caracristi, locally famous as a World War II codebreaker and the first female deputy director of the National Security Agency, owned this home from 1950 until her death last month at age 94. The interior, furnishings and decorations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including the hanging lantern in the stairwell, framed map on the wall and captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chair â&#x20AC;&#x201D; show Caracristiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s determination to honor the history and character of the house, while her smart addition to the back of

Photos courtesy of Long & Foster Real Estate

This one-bedroom house at 1222 28th St. NW in Georgetown is priced at $865,000. the house provides more living space.

The original layout of the house included only the front room, a narrow adjoining room and a tiny kitchen, smaller than a shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s galley. The addition includes a room large enough for a table, a sofa and armchairs, plus an ample kitchen area. Sliding glass doors open onto a brick patio and flower garden, while a side door opens onto a private area for storing outdoor equipment.

The adjoining room, with an original tile floor, is now a study; the old kitchen has been transformed into a combination powder room and laundry room, with a stacked washer and dryer and a cleverly tucked-in toilet and sink.

The old kitchenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cabinets are preserved as linen cabinets, wear-

ing the original black Colonial leaf-shaped hinges.

Up the winding staircase, shelves and storage spaces appear in unexpected places â&#x20AC;&#x201D; overhead, in the doorway and in the wall of built-in bookcases in the bedroom. The bedroom is paneled with the same wood as the downstairs, but painted white to brighten the room, which is lit on two sides with a dormer window and a side window. Small doors open onto more storage space under the eaves.

The addition to the house contributed an expanded master bathroom and a bonus room, which has two closets and built-in cabinetry with mirror, useful as a dressing room, office or infantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

room.

When asked who would be interested in this house, agent Judi Cochran sees the house attracting those with a love of history. She thinks the house will particularly appeal to millennials, because they tend to value compelling stories. The buyer will certainly be someone who wants to join the story of the skipperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and code crackerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home.

The one-bedroom, one-and-ahalf-bath house at 1222 28th St. NW is listed for $865,000, furnished, by Long & Foster Real Estate. For details, contact Judi Cochran at 202-415-1510 or judi.cochran@longandfoster.com or Edina Morse at 202-277-4224 or graven22@gmail.com.

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munity to evaluate the design and make changes to the design [to] meet the needs of students and staff,â&#x20AC;? Lerner wrote in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are confident that we will be able to deliver a great building for the Murch community.â&#x20AC;?

In meetings with the community, city officials proposed two scenarios for addressing the $10 million shortfall, both of which involve significant cutbacks to the project design, including shrinking the new library and eliminating the possibility for separate cafeteria and gymnasium facili-

ties. But Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh instead hopes to find the extra money.

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renovation, and project delays have angered the community. The school has no cafeteria or kitchen, and its enrollment of more than 600 students has led to major overcrowding. Controversy also swirled last month when agencies announced plans to relocate current Murch students to the University of District of Columbia for one year, and then move them again to the construction site the following school year.

Cheh told The Current she was frustrated upon hearing news of budget woes and plans to do everything in her power to help secure the additional funding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The building is desperately in need of modernization. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supposed to be a modernization for the next decade,â&#x20AC;? Cheh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we should get in a position now where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to do it as promised. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unacceptable.â&#x20AC;?

One design scenario for the underfunded project would place the gym, cafeteria and auditorium in a single room, according to the designs on the Murch site. Depending on how that space turns out, it might not be usable as a cafeteria, in which case students would continue to eat in their classrooms as they do now, according to a document on the Murch Home and School Association website that includes drawings provided by the Department of General Services.

The other plan would move the planned cafeteria to the current gym space, reducing the size of the planned eating space by nearly 1,000 square feet and eliminating the gym. Lerner said the exact design plans are still in flux.

Both scenarios reduce the square footage of the new library; replace the planned rooftop garden and separate play area at the corner of 36th and Davenport streets NW with a surface parking lot; decrease the size of the playground; move delivery and loading dock access to Reno Road NW from 36th Street; and halve planned underground parking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They seem to believe that they can redo in four months what was developed over the course of a year in conjunction with the school, the community, and a number of local and federal entities,â&#x20AC;? Murch Home and School Association co-president Martha McIntosh wrote on the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website on Friday.

Cheh attended the School Improvement Team meeting where the budget issue was announced, but she had to leave midway through. She found out only the next morning that the announcement had come out much later during that meeting.

The next day, Cheh coincidentally had a meeting scheduled with representatives of the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office to discuss the upcoming

budget. Upon hearing the Murch news shortly before the meeting, she quickly amended her budget request to reflect that she wants the city to supplement the project as necessary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My top priority item, which I had already given them, was to keep full funding for Murch to make sure there was no slippage,â&#x20AC;?

Cheh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expecting that it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be enough.â&#x20AC;?

Cheh said she hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard any more about why city officials and their contractor didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t notice the issue earlier. She said she wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accept anything less than the project as originally designed, and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll push as much as necessary to secure enough funding.

The Murch community has responded unfavorably to the proposed design changes as well as to the timing of the announcement.

McIntosh and other concerned parents are urging community members to send letters to the offices of the mayor, the deputy mayor for education and D.C. Council members demanding the additional $10 million.

Home and School Association co-president Maggie Gumbinner said both scenarios for revamped design would detract from the student experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was outraged,â&#x20AC;? Gumbinner wrote in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, I shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been surprised, there is not one part of this project that has been done correctly yet.â&#x20AC;?

Gumbinner said the community was concerned that the scope of the project would exceed the allotted funds as early as two years ago, when the feasibility study for the renovation was conducted.

Agency officials assured the community that the funds would be sufficient. Now that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve proved otherwise, Gumbinner said she wishes the city had been more transparent upfront. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To not have a final budget just four months before the beginning of a project this large is ridiculous,â&#x20AC;? Gumbinner wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And, to spend $68 million on a project that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet the programmatic needs of the school on day one is frustrating to me as a parent and it is frustrating to me as a taxpayer.â&#x20AC;?

Laura Kaiser, a Murch parent and co-chair of the school improvement team, said her team has been asking the city for a lineitem budget and other project documents for years, but to no avail.

She thinks the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s priorities are out of step with what the community needs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been fighting for 10 years to get this project rolling, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re almost at a point where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to put the brakes until they can get this process under control,â&#x20AC;? Kaiser said.

Parents and community members can voice their concerns at a community meeting tonight at 7 in the Murch gym.

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Events Entertainment Wednesday, Feb. 24

Wednesday february 24 Classes and workshops ■ Dexter Sumner will lead a “HathaVinyasa Yoga” class. 7 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-2823139.

■ Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 7 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202243-1188.

Concerts ■ The ScottClark4tet will perform its new suite “Bury My Heart,” based on Dee Brown’s book “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.” 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The acoustic duo Hokkanen & Porter will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ “Songs of Our Souls,” a midweek Lenten gathering of music, prayer and meditation, will feature professional guest singer Rebecca Saathoff-Davis presenting music on the theme of “We Dream.” 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-337-9070.

■ Melvin Seals and JGB will perform with special guest Ron Holloway. 8 p.m. $20 to $25. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures ■ A Bible study session will explore the issue of world hunger. 6 p.m. Free.

Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-337-9070.

■ Amber Sparks will discuss her book “The Unfinished World and Other Stories.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ The West End Library Friends will present a discussion series with Georgetown University professorial lecturer Ori Z. Soltes on “Faces of War in Western Literature,” featuring a lecture on Shakespeare’s “Henry the V.” 6:30 p.m.

Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. The series will continue March 23, April 20 and May 18.

■ Hip and knee reconstructive surgeon Gautam Siram, a specialist in minimally invasive orthopedic surgery, will present a seminar on “Innovations in Joint Replacement Surgery: Outpatient, Anterior Hip and Ligament Sparing Knee Replacements.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conference Room 2, Sibley Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. 202-660-6683.

■ Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael V. Hayden, former head of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, will discuss his book “Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in an Age of Terror.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Karen Branan will discuss her book “The Family Tree,” about the hanging of four black people by a white lynch mob in 1912 and the role of the local sheriff, Branan’s great-grandfather. 7

p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com.

■ The Georgetown Library’s Twentythirtysomething Book Club will discuss Leslie Jamison’s “The Empathy Exams.”

7:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested.

Mad Fox Tap Room, 2218 Wisconsin Ave. NW. julia.strusienski@dc.gov.

Films ■ “Movies That Matter” will feature clips from the movie “Spotlight” — about the investigation of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal by The Boston Globe — and a behind-thescenes interview and discussion with Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron (shown), who spearheaded the investigation in his prior position as editor of The Globe. 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Doyle/Forman Theater, McKinley Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202885-2220.

■ Casey Trees will present a screening of “Dirt! The Movie,” narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Free; reservations requested. Busboys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. caseytrees.org.

■ The National Archives’ 12th annual Showcase of Academy Award-Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects will open with Asif Kapadia and James GayRees’ documentary feature “Amy,” about the late singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. 7 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202357-6814.

Performances and readings ■ Russia’s Mariinsky Ballet will present Petipa’s “Raymonda,” about a beautiful countess betrothed to a crusading knight whose loyalties are torn upon the arrival of a handsome warrior. 7 p.m. $49 to $225. Opera House, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m.

■ The Washington Ballet will present “Director’s Cut,” featuring daring works

by William Forsythe, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Septime Webre. 7:30 p.m. $36 to $110. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.

■ The Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society will present Edmund Rostand’s “Cyrano.” 8 p.m. $8 to $12. Stage III, Poulton Hall, Georgetown University, 1421 37th St. NW. 202-687-2787. The performance will repeat Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.

Sporting event ■ The Washington Capitals will play the Montreal Canadiens. 7 p.m. $37 to $323. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Support groups ■ Widowed Persons Outreach will host a twice-monthly meeting of its Younger Widows Support Group (for ages 69 and younger). 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Free; reservations requested. Secondfloor Conference Room 5, Sibley Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW.

Georgetown art featured

The Citizens Association of Georgetown will present its annual art show, “Georgetown ARTS 2016,” at the House of Sweden for four days, beginning with a reception tomorrow from 6 to 9 p.m. On view through Sunday, the

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exhibit features oil and watercolor paintings, prints, sculpture and photography by some 30 Georgetown artists.

An RSVP to cagtownart@gmail.com is required for Thursday’s opening reception. Weekend special events will include a talk on Saturday at 2 p.m. by Chris Addison of Addison/Ripley Fine Art on the neighborhood’s art scene.

Located at 2900 K St. NW, the exhibit will be open Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. cagtown.org/ artshow.

■ “Carol Reed: Not Just Black or White,” highlighting Reed’s highly worked thematic compositions, will open Friday at Susan Calloway Fine Arts with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. On view through March 26, the painterly works combine ink, charcoal, graphite, carved Erick Johnson’s paintings are stamps and a low-key, closefeatured in a new exhibit. value color palette to build densely layered abstractions.

Located at 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

202-965-4601.

■ “Erick Johnson: Streets for Evermore,” presenting new 202-364-7602.

Thursday, Feb. 25 Thursday february 25 Children’s programs ■ Bob Shea will discuss his book “Ballet Cat: Dance! Dance! Underpants!”

10:30 a.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.

■ “Harry Potter Week” will conclude with a Yule Ball and Quidditch Tournament, at 4 p.m.; and a showing of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” at 4:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0257.

Classes and workshops ■ Iona Senior Services will host a dance class designed for people living with Parkinson’s disease. 2 to 3 p.m. $10 to $13 per class; free for an introductory session. Iona Senior Services, 4125 Albemarle St. NW. 202-253-7946.

■ Instructor Nina Dunham will lead a “Gentle Gyrokinesis” class to improve posture, balance and agility. 4 p.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527.

Concerts ■ Members of Inscape will perform.

Noon and 2 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-7374215.

■ The Embassy of the Czech Republic and the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia will present “European Intersections,” featuring Lana Genc performing works by Chopin, Beethoven and more.

6 p.m. Free; reservations required by

Darius Vaziri’s oil on canvas “Taimoor” is part of the “Georgetown Arts 2016” exhibition. paintings and works on paper by New York artist Johnson inspired by the urban environment, will open Saturday at Gallery Neptune & Brown with an artist’s reception from 5 to 7 p.m. On view through March 26, the works combine serendipitous urban moments with geometric abstraction.

Located at 1530 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. 202986-1200.

■ “Flora of the National Parks,” celebrating the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service with illustrations, paintings, photographs and other artworks that portray plants in U.S. national parks, opened last week at the U.S. Botanic Garden, where it will continue through Oct. 2.

Located at 100 Maryland Ave. SW, the Botanic Garden is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-225-8333.

■ “Takefumi Hori: Treasures,” highlighting works by Japanese artist Hori that reflect the vibrancy of his adopted city of New York and its material wealth, opened recently at Long View Gallery and will continue through March 20.

Located at 1234 9th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-232-4788.

Feb. 24. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. europeanintersections.eventbrite.com ■ The Americana string band Milkweed will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ “A Tribute to the Highwaymen (Waylon, Willie, Cash & Kristofferson)” will feature Cold Hard Cash and Human Country Jukebox. 8 p.m. $10 to $13.

Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures ■ The “Textiles at Twelve” series will feature librarian Lynora Williams discussing “Treasures of the Textile Museum Library.” Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-9945200.

■ Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday will preview the 88th annual Academy Awards. Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30.

Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202232-7363.

■ A panel discussion will focus on “A poet or a god: The Iconography of Certain Bearded Male Bronzes.” 3:30 p.m.

Free. West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ As part of the Great Homes and Garden series, Kim Andrews, executive director of Philadelphia’s Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, will discuss how traditional Japanese gardens reflect the history and principles of the tea ceremony. 5:30 to 8 p.m. $7 to $20; free for Hillwood members and volunteers.

Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.

■ Álvaro Uribe, senator and former president of the Republic of Colombia, will discuss “Planning Colombia’s Future: A Decade of Transformation.” 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/uribe.

■ George Akerlof, Nobel laureate in economics and professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, will discuss “Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception,” about the role of the free market in creating the dichotomy of economic wealth that leaves many in poverty. 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-7446.

■ CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen will discuss his book “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists.” 6:30 p.m. $10. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798.

■ Artist Cheryl Pope — known for sculptures, installations and performances that address issues of identity as it relates to the private self and the public self — will discuss her work in conversation with Klauss Ottmann, deputy director for curatorial and academic affairs at the Phillips Collection. 6:30 p.m. $12; free for members and students. Reservations required. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.

■ “Brews & Banter: A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” an event for the Folger’s See Events/Page 16

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■ Daniel Liberson, owner and founder of Lindera Farms in Delaplane, Va., will discuss “Vinegar: A New Vintage.”

The program will include a tasting. 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-3030.

■ Ralph Nurnberger, professor of international relations at Georgetown University, will discuss Menachem Begin as part of a four-part series on “The Prime Ministers Who Shaped Israel.”

6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ David Denby will discuss his book “Lit Up: One Reporter. Three Schools.

Twenty-four Books That Can Change Lives.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.

■ Historian and author C.R. Gibbs will discuss “The Underground Railroad in Washington, D.C.” 7 p.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252.

■ Harvard Business School social psychologist Amy Cuddy will discuss her book “Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges.” 7 p.m. $18 to $30. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487.

Films ■ The Spring Middle Eastern Film Series will feature Ziad Doueiri’s 2012 film “The Attack,” about an Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv who discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing. A discussion will follow. 5:30 p.m. Free. Room 241, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ The Happenings Happy Hour series will feature the 1922 German silent film version of “Othello” with live scoring from jazz pianist Burnett Thompson. 6 p.m. Free. Sidney Harman Hall Forum, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122.

■ As part of the 26th annual Washington Jewish Film Festival, the Washington DC Jewish Community Center will host the Mid-Atlantic premieres of Jack Walsh’s documentary “Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer,” about

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Events Entertainment Rainer’s avant-garde life and her revolutionary dance and film careers, at 6:15 p.m.; and Nitzan Gilady’s film “Wedding Doll” (shown), about a young woman with a mild mental disability whose dreams of marriage are jeopardized by the imminent closing of the factory where she works, at 8:30 p.m. $13 per screening. Goldman Theater, Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. wjff.org. The festival will continue through March 6 at various venues.

■ The National Archives’ 12th annual Showcase of Academy Award-Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects will present Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin’s documentary feature “Cartel Land.” 7 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202357-6814.

Performance ■ “Meena’s Dream,” a story told through South Indian classical and indie folk music, will feature music from Anjna Swaminathan, Rajna Swaminathan and Sam McCormally. 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the States Gallery a half hour before the performance. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.

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Friday february 26 Book signing ■ An afternoon meet and greet will feature Bryan Denson, author of “The Spy’s Son,” about the highest-ranking CIA officer ever convicted of espionage and the son he trained to spy for Russia; chef Mike Soper, author of “Meet Me at the Bar, I’m Hungry,” a cookbook and memoir based on Georgetown’s “Golden Saloon Age”; and Gurdie Corell, author of “Capital Ladies’ Club,” a novel about the strength of four women pursuing life and love in the nation’s capital. Free.

3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Martin’s Tavern, 1264 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7370.

Classes and workshops ■ Iona Senior Services will present a Take Charge/Age Well winter workshop on “Put Your Skills to Good Use: Finding Engaging Volunteer Opportunities,” facilitated by Lylie Fisher, director and founder of the Take Charge/Age Well Academy at Iona Senior Services. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. By donation; reservations required.

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■ Satarra Johnson will present a Tahitian Hula Master Class. 5 to 6 p.m.

Free. Dance Institute of Washington, 3400 14th St. NW. 202-371-9656.

■ Rachel Meyer, evolutionary botanist and co-founder of Shoots and Roots Bitters, will present “The Science of Taste,” a hands-on workshop using global foods and botanically rich cocktails to explore the sense and science of taste.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $25 to $35; reservations required. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ An Umbrian Cooking Class and Dinner will feature four courses paired with wines from the Terre Margaritelli winery in Torgiano, Italy. 7:30 p.m. $100. Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW. viaumbria.com/events.

Concerts ■ The Friday Morning Music Club will present a concert featuring works by Brahms, Poulenc and Jules Demersseman. Noon. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-333-2075.

■ The Friday Noon Concert series will feature Croatian pianist Lana Genc performing works by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin and Croatian composer Boris Papandopulo. Noon. Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282.

■ The Mendelssohn Piano Trio will perform. Noon and 2 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ Organist Sergio Orabona of Stuttgart, Germany, will perform works by Vierne, Bossi, Ball, Mulet and Dupré.

12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-7970103.

■ The Friday Music Series will present a concert by trumpeter Aaron Broadus and pianist Lura Johnson. 1:15 p.m.

Free. McNeir Auditorium, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202687-2787.

■ New York jazz bassist Alexander Claffy will perform songs from his debut album “Claffy.” 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Washington National Opera will present soprano Leah Crocetto (shown) in recital with piano accompaniment by Mark Markham. 7 p.m. $45. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

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4:30 p.m. Free. Child’s Play, 5536 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-2443602. present “Suite Delights,” featuring John Moran on cello, Richard Stone on lute and J. Reilly Lewis on harpsichord. 7 p.m. $10 to $35. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW. bachconsort.org.

■ On the first night of Atlas Performing Arts Center’s Intersections Festival 2016, the D.C.-based Latin American and Spanish chamber choir Cantigas will perform music by Cuban contemporary composers, Cuban traditional and folk music, and other choral music from Latin America. 7 p.m. $20. Sprenger Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. The festival will continue through March 6.

■ The Russian Chamber Art Society will present “The Silver Age of Russian Poetry in Music,” featuring works by Prokofiev, Slonimsky and Sviridov. Performers will include tenor Timur Bekbosunov (shown), soprano Jasmina Halimic, baritone Kevin Wetzel and pianist Vera Danchenko-Stern. 7:30 p.m. $55.

Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court NW. thercas.com.

■ The one-man punk band Hamell on Trial will perform. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ NSO Pops will present “Broadway Today With Darren Criss & Betsy Wolfe,” featuring favorites from shows such as “The Book of Mormon,” “Frozen,” “Cabaret” and “Company.” 8 p.m. $25 to $99.

Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m.

■ “Swimming in Dark Waters: Other Voices of the American Experience” will feature Rhiannon Giddens, Bhi Bhiman and Leyla McCalla. 8 p.m. $35. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.

■ The Funk Ark and Shwizz will perform. 9 p.m. $13. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures ■ Tom Mirenda, orchid collection specialist with the Smithsonian Institu-

tion, will discuss “The World Orchid Conference and the Spectacular Orchids of South Africa.” Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ Brent Leggs, senior field officer at the National Trust for Historic Preservation and author of “Preserving AfricanAmerican Historic Places,” will discuss tools for protecting significant sites in African-American history. 1:15 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Meet in the atrium of the Smith Visitor Education Center at President Lincoln’s Cottage, Upshur Street and Rock Creek Church Road NW. 202-688-3735.

■ “Free Folger Friday” will feature the Folger’s Claire Dapkiewicz, Eric Johnson and Heather Wolfe discussing the “Shakespeare Documented” online exhibition about primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu.

■ Sonia Shah will discuss her book “Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, From Cholera to Ebola and Beyond.” 7 p.m.

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

■ Alliance Française de Washington will host a talk by French-Iranian author and journalist Fariba Hachtroudi on U.S.Iranian relations. 7 p.m. $10 to $15; reservations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org.

Films ■ The Woman’s National Democratic Club will present Kirby Dirk and Amy Ziering’s film “The Hunting Ground,” about the epidemic of rape on college campuses. A discussion will follow. 6 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $25. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.

■ The National Archives’ 12th annual Showcase of Academy Award-Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects will present Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sorensen’s documentary feature “The Look of Silence.” 7 p.m.

Free; reservations suggested. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-6814.

■ The “Music for Martians” sci-fi film series will feature Danny Boyle’s 2007 thriller “Sunshine.” 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. loc.gov/concerts.

■ Reel Affirmations XTRA will present “In the Grayscale,” about an architect who enters into an intense, unexpected romance with a young history teacher after meeting him as part of a professional project to build an iconic landmark. 7 and 9:15 p.m. $12 to $25.

Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW. reelaffirmations.org.

Performances and readings ■ Archaeologist Evy Papadopoulou and researcher Nikos Xanthoulis will present a performance and discussion of “Nikias and Meliti’s Dream.” 3:30 p.m. Free. West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The Essential Theatre will present Bright Star Theatre’s young audiences production “Let It Shine: America’s Civil Rights Movement” (for ages 8 and See Events/Page 17

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 16 older). 4 p.m. Free. Main Meeting Room, William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library, 115 Atlantic St. SW. 202-328-0569. â&#x2013; The Italian Cultural Institute and the Ambassador Theater will present Dario Foâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe (Johan Padan and the Discovery of Americas),â&#x20AC;? featuring Mario Pirovano. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Auditorium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. www.iicwashington.esteri.it. â&#x2013; Catholic University will present Stephen Sondheimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hit musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Into the Woods.â&#x20AC;? 7:30 p.m. $10 to $20. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University, 3801 Harewood Road NE. 202-319-4516. The performance will repeat Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. â&#x2013; The In Series will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kabarett & Cabaret,â&#x20AC;? a tribute to the art form of cabaret and its ties to the Jewish ĂŠmigrĂŠs in 1940s Hollywood. Performers will include Jennifer Suess, Karin Rosnizeck, Kenneth Derby, Jase Parker, Andrew Adelsberger (shown), Brian J. Shaw and Meghan McCall. 8 p.m. $22 to $42. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. 202204-7763. Performances will continue through March 6. â&#x2013; The Georgetown University Dance Company will present a spring concert.

8 p.m. $8 to $10. Gonda Theatre, Davis Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202687-2787. The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Capitals will play the Minnesota Wild. 7 p.m. $46 to $323. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Saturday,february Feb. 27 Saturday 27 Book sale â&#x2013; A used-book sale will feature adult fiction and nonfiction, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books, DVDs and CDs. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free admission. Janney Elementary School, 4130 Albemarle St. NW. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Morning at the Nationalâ&#x20AC;? will present family-friendly circus clowns Pinot & Augustine in a show packed with physical comedy. 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before the screening. Helen Hayes Gallery, National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372. â&#x2013; Blue Sky Puppet Theatre will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;SuperPig!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a new production about Chester, who dreams of having superhero powers but learns what heroes really are when a friend helps him out of a bullying situation. 10 a.m. $6.50 to $8; free for ages 2 and younger. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about African star stories, constellations of the Southern Hemisphere and a folk song connected to escaped slaves from the 1850s (for ages 7 and older). 1 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tenley Readers Uniteâ&#x20AC;? book club (for ages 8 through 12) will discuss

Brandon Mullâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantasy novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fablehaven.â&#x20AC;? 2:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1449. â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the solar system, the Milky Way and other deep space objects (for ages 7 and older). 4 to 4:45 p.m.

Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. The program will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; A two-day intensive workshop presented by lil omm yoga will focus on teaching yoga to babies, toddlers and families. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. $400 to $500; registration required, with an early-bird discount through Thursday. Restorative Health, 4801 Wisconsin Ave. NW. lilomm.com. â&#x2013; The Mount Pleasant Library will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Morning Yoga.â&#x20AC;? 10 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. â&#x2013; Yoga Activist will present a class.

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

Concerts â&#x2013; DEKA Trio will perform. Noon and 2 p.m.

Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; The Juilliard String Quartet will perform works by Schubert, Carter and Beethoven. 2 p.m. Free; tickets required.

Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202707-5502. â&#x2013; Cantate Chamber Singers will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leap Music.â&#x20AC;? 5 p.m. $35 to $45; $15 for students; free for ages 17 and younger. St. Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE. 301-986-1799. â&#x2013; The James A. Johnson Young Artist Series will present a concert from rhythm and blues musician Aaron Livingston. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; Grammy Award winner and international drum star Ignacio Berroa will perform at Virginia Music Adventuresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 13th annual benefit gala, dinner, auction and show. Gala at 6:15 p.m.; performance at 9:15 p.m. $85 to $140; $20 to $35 for performance only. Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. vamusicadventures.org. â&#x2013; Jazz@Wesley will feature Bobby Felder & the 2016 Capitol All-Stars Big Band. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $7 to $10; free for ages 12 and younger. Wesley United Methodist Church, 5312 Connecticut Ave. NW. wesleydc.org. â&#x2013; Soprano Narda Munoz, tenor Jesus Hernandez and pianist Barbara Wilkinson will perform arias, operatic duets and romantic zarzuela songs. 7 p.m. $20. CommUnity on the Hill Church at St. Lukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mission Center, 3655 Calvert St. NW. â&#x2013; The American University Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra will perform Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sinfonia Concertanteâ&#x20AC;? for violin and viola. 8 p.m. $5 to $10.

Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3634.

The performance will repeat Sunday at 3 p.m. â&#x2013; Silver Line Station will perform, at 8 p.m.; and the Bumperyachts will

Washington premiere of their film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eva Hesseâ&#x20AC;? in conjunction with the Washington Jewish Film Festival. 3 p.m. Free.

East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

perform at 10:30 a.m. Free. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. â&#x2013; The Larry Keel Experience and Budâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Collective will perform. 9 p.m. $16 to $18. Gypsy Sallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Demonstration â&#x2013; Jeanne Ha, owner of Park Florist and co-founder of Washington Flower School, will demonstrate terrarium design. 2 p.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-5767252.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roundtable will feature Lissa Muscatine, co-owner of Politics and Prose, leading a moderated discussion with local writers Michelle Brafman (shown), author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Washing the Deadâ&#x20AC;?; Lynne Kanter, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her Own Vietnamâ&#x20AC;?; Sarah Wildman, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paper Loveâ&#x20AC;?; and Maureen Corrigan, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures.â&#x20AC;? The event will include an optional Shabbat service and lunch. 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $12 to $18. Temple Sinai, 3100 Military Road NW. templesinaidc.org. â&#x2013; Duvalier Malone Enterprises will host a Black Lives Matter Unity Symposium. 9 to 11 a.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202726-0856. â&#x2013; U.S. Botanic Garden science education volunteer Todd Brethauer will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monocots on the March,â&#x20AC;? at 10:30 a.m.; and Smithsonian Gardens volunteer photographer Bryan â&#x20AC;&#x153;BJâ&#x20AC;? Ramsay will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photographing Orchids: From the Smithsonian to the Rainforests of Colombia,â&#x20AC;? at 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. â&#x2013; Collector John Howe will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Russian Printed Cottons.â&#x20AC;? 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. â&#x2013; Members of the Juilliard String Quartet will discuss their work. 12:30 p.m. Free. Whittall Pavilion, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502. â&#x2013; Peter Ross Range will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;1924: The Year That Made Hitler,â&#x20AC;? at 1 p.m.; Peter Conti-Brown will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve,â&#x20AC;? at 3:30 p.m.; and Jessa Crispin will discuss her books â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Creative Tarot: A Modern Guide to an Inspired Lifeâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats, and Ex-Countries,â&#x20AC;? at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. â&#x2013; Dance critic Alexandra Tomalonis will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;City Ballet and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the Sylphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A Resilient Romance.â&#x20AC;? 3 p.m. $15. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.

Family program â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Discover Engineering Family Dayâ&#x20AC;? will feature opportunities to explore the forces behind roller coasters, build a structure able to withstand a tsunami, discover what makes popcorn pop, launch a rocket and construct a tower-

Saturday, february 27 â&#x2013; Performance: Choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess and members of his dance company will present the premiere of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Foster Suite,â&#x20AC;? an original suite of dances inspired by the Civil War and mourning. 2 to 2:30 p.m. and 6 to 6:30 p.m. Free. Kogod Courtyard, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ing newspaper skyscraper (activities appropriate for ages 6 through 12 with adult supervision). 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $5 donation suggested. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-2722448.

Films â&#x2013; The National Archivesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 12th annual Showcase of Academy Award-Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects will present the live action short film nominees, at noon; the animated short film nominees, at 3:30 p.m.; and the documentary feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Happened, Miss Simone?,â&#x20AC;? at 7 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202357-6814. â&#x2013; Andrew Neel will present his 2010 documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alice Neel,â&#x20AC;? about portrait painter Alice Neel (the filmmakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandmother), who was known for successfully capturing the spirit and personalities of her subjects. A Q&A will follow.

3 p.m. Free. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; Director Marcia Begleiter and producer Karen Shapiro will present the

Performances and readings â&#x2013; Archaeologist Evy Papadopoulou will recite fragments of Homerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iliadâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Odysseyâ&#x20AC;? and the chorus of Sophoclesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Antigone,â&#x20AC;? accompanied by original music performed by researcher Nikos Xanthoulis on a reconstructed ancient lyre. 1 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; Friendly Rewinders Playback Theatre will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;CRTL + ALT + DEL: Stories of Restarting and Remembering.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free; donations will benefit Guest House, a charity that helps Northern Virginia women transition from incarceration back into the community. Reservations suggested. Drama Studio, Sidwell Friends Middle School, 3962 37th St. NW. 202-537-8150. â&#x2013; As part of Atlas Performing Arts Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Intersections Festival 2016, Jane Franklin Dance will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wash Over You Part I and II,â&#x20AC;? depicting travelers moved along a serene yet powerful river. 4:30 p.m. $20. Lab Theatre II, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. â&#x2013; In conjunction with the annual Washington Jewish Film Festival, Story District will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;God Loves You? Stories About Faith and Sexuality,â&#x20AC;? featuring storytellers James Ayers, Mike Boyd, Alex Brewer, Robin Katcher, Molly Kelly and Elizabeth McCain. 7 p.m. $25.

Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. storydistrict.org. â&#x2013; Laugh Index Theatre will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;All Work and Some Plays,â&#x20AC;? featuring short comedic pieces written and performed by the Employables, a group of graduates from the Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts 2015 Honors Conservatory available for hire as actors. 7:30 and 10 p.m. $12 to $15.

DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. laughindextheatre.com. â&#x2013; The Coll Project will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Three Days of Rain,â&#x20AC;? about the lives of two young architects in the early 1960s as See Events/Page 18

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■ Teatro de la Luna will present “Nuestra Señora de las Nubes” by Argentine playwright Aristides Vargas. 8 p.m. $15 to $20 donation suggested.

Casa de la Luna, 4020 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-882-6227. The performance will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m.

Walks and tours ■ A park ranger will lead a two-mile round-trip walk along Beach Drive and discuss how the park has changed with the growth of transportation, the need for outdoor recreation and the desire to protect the nature around us. 10 a.m.

Free. Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive NW. 202-895-6070.

■ The National Gallery of Art will present a “Picture This! Audio-Described Art Tour” focusing on Dutch seascapes for individuals with impaired sight or who wish to enhance their art experience with verbal descriptions. 1 to 2 p.m. Free. National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-842-6905.

Sunday, Feb. 28 Sunday february 28 Children’s programs ■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the season’s brightest stars, planets and constellations (for ages 5 and older). 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free.

Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

■ “What Makes a Baseball Curve?” will focus on the science behind pitches (for ages 6 through 12). 2 p.m. Free.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ The NSO Family Concert series will feature “Let’s Remix the Classix!” — a crash course in the fundamentals of remixing led by Grammy-nominated beatboxer and multi-instrumentalist Christylez Bacon and electric cellist/ composer Wytold. 2 and 4 p.m. $15 to $18. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.

■ Children’s music star Laurie Berkner will present her “Greatest Hits Tour.” 4 p.m. $35 to $100. Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. 877-987-6487.

Classes and workshops ■ Photographer Josh Taylor Jr. will lead a photography workshop on how to capture the natural beauty of orchids. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $50 to $75; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave.

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■ A teacher from Yoga Activist will present a “Soothing Sunday Yoga” class for adults. 1:30 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202727-1288.

■ Chef Jennifer McIlvaine will present “Pizza Party: A Hands-On Cooking Class” for all ages. 3 p.m. $50. Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW. viaumbria.com/events.

■ ArtJamz will present a “Palette Knife Painting” class. 5 to 7 p.m. $32 to $35. ArtJamz Dupont Studio, 1728 Connecticut Ave. NW. artjamzdc.com.

Concerts ■ The North Carolina Symphony Trio will perform string trios. Noon and 2 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The Music With the Angels Concert Series will present guitar, flute, saxophone and piano players performing original works and classics by Piazzola, Bach and Stravinsky. 3 p.m. Free; $10 donation to the Organ Fund encouraged.

Church of the Holy City, 1611 16th St. NW. 202-462-6734.

■ The Extraordinary Artists series will present jazz and cabaret vocalist Debra Tidwell and pianist Glenn Pearson performing tunes from the Great American Songbook. 3 p.m. $10 to $20; reservations required by Feb. 25. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-3317282, ext. 3.

■ The West Garden Trio will perform with the National Gallery of Art Orchestra. 4 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ British pianist Steven Osborne will perform. 4 p.m. $15 to $30; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music.

■ Peabody Opera Outreach will present “Papageno!,” a condensed version of Mozart’s “Magic Flute” from the perspective of the bird catcher. 4 p.m. Free.

Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW. 202-363-2202.

■ The Washington Chorus will perform “New Music for a New Age,” featuring works by composer Luna Pearl Woolf with cellist Matt Haimovitz. 5 p.m. $25 to $35. National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-3426221.

■ “The Clara Barton Sessions” will feature a group of D.C.-based musicians performing songs from the Civil War era.

6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ “Metro Mambo” will celebrate African-American intersections with Latin

music with a live broadcast of unreleased live and studio recordings by Latin jazz legends, followed by dancing to mambo and salsa classics performed live by Orquesta La Leyenda. 6 p.m.

Free; reservations suggested. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600.

■ The In Series will present “ABC’s of American Art Song,” a salon-style concert featuring works by Aaron Copland, Dominick Argento and Samuel Barber performed by soprano Debra Lawrence, mezzo Elizabeth Mondragon and pianists Carla Hubner and Frank Conlon. 7 p.m. $18 to $36. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7763. The performance will repeat March 5 at 2:30 p.m.

Discussions and lectures ■ Olga Grushin will discuss her novel “Forty Rooms,” at 1 p.m.; and E.J. Dionne will discuss his book “Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism From Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond,” at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ “Couch Conversations & Performance: Dance and Politics” will feature internationally acclaimed choreographers, activists and artists Maida Withers and Annika B. Lewis discussing politics and culture in the United States and Europe. 1:30 p.m. $10 to $20. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-3317282, ext. 116.

■ The Macular Degeneration Network in partnership with the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington and the Sibley Senior Association will present Dr. Emily Chew of the National Eye Institute discussing current research into “dry” age-related macular degeneration. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Conference Room 2, Sibley Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. 202-364-7602.

■ Artist John Grade will discuss his “Middle Fork” project, on view in the Renwick Gallery’s exhibition “Wonder.” 2 to 3 p.m. Free. Grand Salon, Renwick Gallery, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.

Films ■ The National Archives’ 12th annual Showcase of Academy Award-Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects will present the documentary short subject nominees, at 11 a.m.; and Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor’s documentary feature “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom,” at 4 p.m.

Free; reservations suggested. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-6814.

■ “Athens Today: New Greek Cinema” will feature Yorgos Gkikapeppas’ 2015 film “Silent,” about a young opera singer struck by a debility that blocks her brain’s control of her voice. 4 p.m.

Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Performances ■ “Young Israel on Stage” will feature excerpts from “The Guide to the Good Life,” an edgy, contemporary Israeli play by Yael Ronen. A screening of the Israeli cult comedy “Operation Grandma” will follow. 5 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Studio Theatre, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202885-3780.

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Sunday, february 28 ■ concert: Washington Performing Arts will feature the Calder Quartet presenting works by Janácek, Beethoven and Andrew Norman. 2 p.m. $50. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.

Street Village, will feature magician Danny Dubin in a show combining sleight of hand and astonishing illusion.

7:30 p.m. $30 to $37. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833.

Special event ■ Genoa City Live! will celebrate over 40 years of “The Young and the Restless” with an interactive show featuring stars of the iconic soap. 1:30 p.m. $55 to $125. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.

Sporting event ■ The Washington Wizards will play the Cleveland Cavaliers. 1 p.m. $39 to $899. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Walk ■ A park ranger will lead a one-mile round-trip trek to one of the Civil War forts of Rock Creek Park. 2 p.m. Free.

Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

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Monday february 29 Classes and workshops ■ Yoga teacher Robin Glantz, owner of Vibrant Health, will lead a “Viniyoga” class. 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Free; reservations requested. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. tenleylibrary@dc.gov.

■ Joe Ryan, managing principal of CareerMentor.us, will lead an “Assessment” workshop for job seekers. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ The Science of Spirituality Meditation Center will begin a four-week class on Jyoti meditation, a discipline focusing on the experience of inner light. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Science of Spirituality Meditation Center, 2950 Arizona Ave. NW. dcinfo@sos.org.

Concert ■ Spencer Branch, a trio of countrybluegrass musicians, will perform traditional and original songs. 6 p.m. Free.

Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■ George Washington University history student Emily Niekrasz will discuss

“Race and D.C. Home Rule.” Noon to 1 p.m. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ Panelists will discuss “How Aggressive Is China?” Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/chinapanel.

■ Robert C. Lieberman, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss “Race Relations in the United States.” 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Herter Auditorium, Nitze Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW. sais-jhu.edu.

■ American University’s second annual Latino Public Affairs Forum will feature experts discussing “The Role of the Latino Vote in the 2016 Presidential Election.” 1 to 5:30 p.m. Free; reservation required. Abramson Family Founders Room, School of International Service Building, American University, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. american.edu/clals/alpaf2016.cfm.

■ Benoni Belli, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of Brazil, will discuss being a diplomat in Brazil’s foreign ministry, his experiences in D.C. and Brazilian foreign policy. 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Room 505, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/belli.

■ “Zeitgeist DC: Contemporary Voices” will feature authors Christopher Kloeble of Germany, Xaver Bayer of Austria and Pedro Lenz of Switzerland. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Austrian Cultural Forum, 3524 International Court NW. acfdc.org.

■ Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John McQuaid, author of “Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat,” will discuss “The Riddle of Umami: In Search of the Fifth Taste.” 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $20 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Fred Plotkin, an expert on all things Italian, will discuss Tuscany as part of a series on “Six More Italian Regions Worth Discovering.” 6:45 to 9 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030.

■ Steve Forbes, chairman and editorin-chief of Forbes Media, will discuss his book “Reviving America: How Repealing Obamacare, Replacing the Tax Code and Reforming the Fed Will Restore Hope and Prosperity.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

■ Michael Martin, author of “AMC’s Best Backpacking in the Mid-Atlantic,” will discuss “The Journey Along the GR20,” about a mountain trail that traverses the French island of Corsica. 7 p.m. Free; reservations requested.

Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. dclibrary.org/node/51403.

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5:30 p.m. Free. Room 316, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-1211.

Performances and readings ■ A poetry reading by Safia Elhillo, nominated for a 2015 Pushcart Prize and joint winner of the 2015 Brunel University African Poetry Prize, will take place as part of “Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC 2016,” an areawide book arts and cultural festival presented in solidarity with the people of Iraq. 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Murray Room, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. library.georgetown.edu.

■ The Actors’ Center will present “The Improv Showcase,” a night of unscripted comedy. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Spooky Action Theater, 1810 16th St. NW. staff@actorscenter.org.

■ Laugh Index Theatre will present “Improv Wars.” 7:30 p.m. $8 to $10. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. laughindextheatre.com.

Sporting event ■ The Washington Wizards will play the Philadelphia 76ers. 7 p.m. $19 to $899. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Tuesday,march March 1 1 Tuesday Classes and workshops ■ A certified yoga instructor will lead a class targeted to ages 55 and older.

10 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ The Georgetown Library will present a walk-in yoga class practicing introductory viniyasa techniques. 11:30 a.m.

Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ ArtJamz will present a “Basics of Portraiture” class. 7 to 9 p.m. $32 to $35. ArtJamz Dupont Studio, 1728 Connecticut Ave. NW. artjamzdc.com.

Concerts ■ As part of the Tuesday Concert Series, the Washington Bach Consort will present a recital by organist Jeremy Filsell. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-3472635.

■ The University of the District of Columbia’s “JAZZalive” series will present “Meet the Artist on the Bandstand,” featuring trumpeter, composer and arranger Doug Pierce with pianist and UDC Jazz Studies director Allyn Johnson.

12:30 p.m. Free. Recital Hall, Building 46-West, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-274-5803.

■ Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free.

Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures ■ A weekly seminar series will focus on topics related to exercise and nutrition. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-994-5602.

■ Popular music lecturer Saul Lilienstein will focus on “Richard Wagner” as

part of an eight-session course on “Paris: The Musical Magnet of the 19th Century.” Noon to 1:30 p.m. $20 to $30 per session. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030.

■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk by defense attorney Lonny Bramzon on “Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Police Encounters.” 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Free. Temple Baptist Church, 3850 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-895-4860.

■ The Moveable Feast Classics Book Club will discuss “Death in Venice” by Thomas Mann. 1 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

■ Ambassador Thomas Pickering will discuss his diplomatic career, which included service as the U.S. representative to the United Nations and as undersecretary of state for political affairs. 3 to 4 p.m. Free; reservations required. Abramson Family Founders Room, School of International Service Building, American University, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. american.edu/sis/events.

■ Raymond Lambert will discuss his book “All Jokes Aside: Standup Comedy Is a Phunny Business.” 6:30 p.m. Free.

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

■ Patricia Bell-Scott will discuss her book “The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

■ The Chevy Chase Library Book Club will discuss “The Tiger’s Wife” by Tea Obreht. 7 p.m. Free. Upstairs meeting room, Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

Films ■ “Films With a Purpose: Black Studies Center Documentaries for Black History Month” will feature “Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story.” 6 p.m.

Free. Room 316, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202727-1211.

■ As part of the Washington Jewish Film Festival, the Avalon Theatre will present the documentary “Compared to What? The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank,” about the polarizing, revolutionary figure in American politics who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 40 years. A post-screening discussion will feature Frank, his husband Jim Ready and filmmakers Sheila Canavan and Michael Chandler. 6:15 p.m. $25. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. wjff.org. The film will be shown again with another postscreening discussion by the same four speakers on Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. ■ The “Focus-In! Films: Cinema for a Conscious Community” series will feature Jenni Olson’s “The Royal Road,” a feature-length cinematic essay about California. A Q&A with Olson will follow.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $5 donation suggested. Busboys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. 202-636-7230.

■ National Theatre Live will present the Donmar Warehouse’s new production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” starring Elaine Cassidy, Janet McTeer and Dominic West. 7:30 p.m. $20. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-5475688. The film will be shown again April 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Performances and readings ■ The New York City Ballet will present works by Balanchine, Martins, Peck and Wheeldon. 7 p.m. $29 to $119.

Opera House, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. The performance will repeat Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m.

■ The Lannan Center author series will feature a reading by poets Philip Metres and Mark Nowak. 8 p.m. Free.

Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. lannan.georgetown.edu.

■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night” will feature longform improv performances by various ensembles. 8 and 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.

Sporting events ■ The Washington Capitals will play the Pittsburgh Penguins. 7:30 p.m. $71 to $398. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

■ D.C. United will play Querétaro FC in the 2015-16 Scotiabank CCL Quarterfinal. 8 p.m. $20 to $55. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800-7453000.

Tour ■ Jason Gedeik, head of design operations at Hillwood, will present “Gardener’s Focus: An Orchid-Filled Greenhouse.” 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Included in suggested donation of $5 to 15 for museum admission; tickets distributed at 10 a.m. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202686-5807.

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Wednesday march 2 Concerts ■ The First Wednesday Concert series will feature the Lafayette Square Duo, with harpist Rebecca Smith and organist Michael Lodico performing the D.C. premiere of Peter Mathews’ “Fantaisie for Harp and Organ.” 12:10 to 12:45 p.m. Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 16th and H streets NW. 202347-8766.

■ “Songs of Our Souls,” a midweek Lenten gathering of music, prayer and meditation, will feature guest singer Sean Neidlinger presenting music on the theme of “We Suffer.” 7:30 p.m. Free.

Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-337-9070.

Discussions and lectures ■ George Washington University professor emeritus Charles Toftoy, a disabled veteran and the recipient of two Purple Hearts, will discuss his book “Amazing Fireside Talks: Intriguing Thoughts to Awaken YOU.” Noon. Free.

George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ National Museum of Women in the Arts assistant educator Ashley W. Harris will discuss a selection of works in the museum’s collection. Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.

■ Mary Frances Berry, professor of social thought and history at the University of Pennsylvania and former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, will discuss her book “Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy.” 6:30 p.m.

Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-3877638.

■ Carolyn Betensky and Jonathan

Loesberg will discuss “The Mysteries of Paris.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ The DC Science Cafe will focus on trees from a global and local perspective with a panel discussion featuring Matthew Hansen, a remote-sensing scientist with the University of Maryland; Earl Eutsler, arborist and deputy director of the D.C. Urban Forestry Administration; and Gabriel Popkin, a science journalist.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

■ Dominique Bergmann of Stanford University will discuss “Making a Difference: How to Create Stem Cells and Have Their Products Change the World.”

6:45 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Carnegie Institution, 1530 P St. NW. 202-328-6988.

■ Patrick Dacey will discuss his book “We’ve Already Gone This Far,” and Greg Jackson will discuss his book “Prodigals.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.

■ The D.C. Public Library and Friends of the Tenley-Friendship Library will host a book talk by Annie Mahon, author of “Things I Did When I Was Hangry, Negotiating a Peaceful Relationship With Food.” 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488.

■ WAMU host Diane Rehm will discuss her memoir “On My Own” in conversation with Washington Post enterprise reporter Mike Rosenwald. 7 p.m. $20 to $35. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487.

■ Artist and engineer Natalie Jeremijenko, program director of the Environmental Health Clinic at New York University, will discuss “Can an Artist Use Science and Technology to Heal the Environment?” After her talk, a panel discussion on women’s innovations in science and technology will feature Jeremijenko; Jean Case, philanthropist, investor and pioneer in the world of interactive technologies; and Megan Smith, U.S. chief technology officer. 7 to 9:30 p.m. $15 to $25; reservations required. Performance Hall, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-7837370.

Performances and readings ■ Poet, translator and journalist Dunya Mikhail will read from her work and discuss it with Ron Charles, editor of The Washington Post’s Book World. 7 p.m. Free. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-707-5394.

■ Laugh Index Theatre will present “Three’s Comedy,” featuring stand-up, shortform improv and longform improv, 7:30 p.m. $5 to $10. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. laughindextheatre. com.

■ The American University Visiting Writers Series’ annual alumni reading will feature Abdul Ali, author of “Trouble Sleeping”; Jenny Molberg, author of “Marvels of the Invisible”; and Cedric Tillman, author of “Lilies in the Valley.” 8 to 10 p.m. Free. McDowell Formal Lounge, American University, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. 202-8852972.

Sporting event ■ The Washington Capitals will play the Toronto Maple Leafs. 7 p.m. $32 to $341. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

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