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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Vol. L, No. 11

Serving Communities in Northwest Washington Since 1967

Mayor backs longer lease of old Hardy

A PLACE FOR US

■ Education: Lab School

hopes to remain on Foxhall By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

The Lab School has earned support from Mayor Muriel Bowser to extend its long-term lease of the former Hardy School in Foxhall — though negotiations between the school and the city aren’t fin-

ished, and some D.C. Council members have rejected Bowser’s approach to the process. The special-needs program has occupied the old Hardy building at 1550 Foxhall Road NW since 2008. The council tried in 2013 to establish a longer-term lease with the Lab School, but the matter went unresolved until December 2016, when the council voted 11-2 to authorize the mayor to extend the lease by 20 to 25 years.

Supporters of the measure said the long-term certainty would allow the Lab School to commence $2.5 million in necessary repairs to the aging building. Opponents countered that it would close off a potential avenue toward alleviating overcrowded conditions in Ward 3’s public schools. Meanwhile, Bowser rejected the bill on procedural grounds, saying the council lacks the authority to See Lease/Page 5

Riders push for 14th Street express bus By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

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This past weekend, Edmund Burke School wrapped up its spring musical, “West Side Story,” which combines music and dance in a story of innocent love amid deep rivalries.

Back in 2012, a study from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and the D.C. Department of Transportation recommended a new limitedstop Metrobus route along the crowded 14th Street NW corridor, connecting upper Ward 4 to downtown’s Franklin Square. Community members at the time cheered the report and called for swift implementation. More than four years later, though, that limitedstop route hasn’t materialized, as Metro hasn’t secured the necessary $1.25 million in annual District funding to operate it. Six D.C. Council members — Ward 4’s Brandon Todd, Ward 1’s Brianne Nadeau, Ward 6’s Charles Allen and at-large members Robert White, Elissa Silverman and David Grosso — have spoken in favor See Buses/Page 5

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Supporters of the 14th Street corridor’s envisioned 59 Metrobus route say it would relieve crowding both there and along 16th Street NW.

City hires consultant to review flight paths

District officials show divide over digital advertising signs

By KATHERINE SALTZMAN

■ Business: Opponents fear

Current Correspondent

Amid community concerns that changes to flight paths from Reagan National Airport have increased noise in areas of wards 2 and 3, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Department of Energy & Environment recently announced funding for an airplane noise assessment. Recent changes to flight routes out of the airport are part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen initiative, a satellite-based navigation system that provides a more direct path from departure location to destination. The NextGen program also allows for more aircraft departures from airports, increases traffic flow while reducing aircraft congestion and fuel emissions, according to the aviation agency. But changes at Reagan National included

neighborhood degradation By MARK LIEBERMAN Brian Kapur/Current file photo

Various communities near the Potomac River have complained about noise resulting from new flight paths serving Reagan National Airport.

directing more flights over D.C. neighborhoods rather than the Potomac River. In light of various noise complaints, the District government designated $300,000 to fund an airplane noise assessment, according to Richard Jackson of the environment department. He discussed the plans See Aircraft/Page 7

Current Staff Writer

The fate of more than 50 outdoor digital advertising signs from Digi Outdoor Media remains in doubt as litigation continues — but, to the consternation of many residents, some city officials appear amenable to digital signs. In August, Digi had begun erecting the signs in central locations including Dupont Circle and Foggy Bottom, and as far north as

Van Ness and Friendship Heights. But city officials said the firm hadn’t secured the legally mandated permits from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs beforehand. Attorney General Karl Racine sued the company and secured an injunction in November against illuminating or further constructing the signs until a resolution is reached. Shortly after that, Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans proposed and quickly withdrew a bill that would allow Digi to illuminate its planned signs. Rumors swirled in recent weeks that Mayor See Signs/Page 3

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Annual environmentally themed event hits 25-year anniversary with varied lineup / Page 17

The Current honors local boys, girls basketball players who stand out on the hardwood / Page 11

Longtime seller of American-made crafts prepares to leave Georgetown / Page 19

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SIGNS: Digital debate swirls From Page 1

Muriel Bowser planned to establish new regulations through the office of City Administrator Rashad Young that would have the same effect as that bill. But instead, on March 3, Young simply extended prior emergency regulations that clarify existing signage rules. Young’s legal counsel Barry Kreiswirth told The Current in an email that the extension was enacted to “avoid a lapse in the regulations,” which otherwise would have expired this month. The mayor’s rumored action would have been met with swift resistance from Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, who told The Current that he believes signage regulations fall under the council’s purview, and that he and his colleagues, not the executive branch, should be in charge of changing existing signage policies. “Rulemaking by the mayor would be inappropriate,” Mendelson said. The city’s executive branch is in the process of revising its existing sign regulations, though. Kreiswirth told The Current that Young’s signage task force has sent draft regulations on signage to Racine’s office for review. Racine’s office received the draft, but the city administrator’s office then asked for review of the draft to be put on hold until the Digi case is resolved, according to Racine’s spokesperson Rob Marus. Meanwhile, Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh recently introduced legislation that would place restrictions on digital signs citywide: prohibiting full-motion video and ensuring that each digital display last a minimum of eight seconds. Cheh told The Current she plans to soon withdraw the legislation and resubmit it, exempting the Verizon Center but keeping the rest intact. The council approved similar restrictions for an upcoming slate of five signs at Nationals Park. As for Digi, Cheh said she and her colleagues have little interest in siding with the company. “I don’t see any appetite on the part of the council at this time to give them any relief,” Cheh said. Amid possible regulation changes, Racine plans to pursue the case against Digi, according to Marus. Should the mayor implement new rules, Racine would review whether the action was properly taken and how it might affect litigation, Marus said. “He would then determine what actions to take in response,” Marus wrote in an email. Indications of a shift in the city’s signage policy extend to last November, when Evans withdrew his bill, likely for insufficient votes. A Washington City Paper investigation subsequently linked Evans and Bowser to lobbyists who have been advocating on Digi’s behalf. Evans, Bowser and a spokesperson for Digi Media

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A judge has blocked activation of Digi Outdoor Media’s signs.

declined to comment for this story. Mendelson said he didn’t support Evans’ bill and has no plans to rush into revising the city’s signage policies. “I think we should be very careful and deliberate about allowing changes to our sign regulations,” Mendelson said. He credited a lack of visual pollution in D.C., at least in part, to strict local regulations on signs. Many residents and activists oppose digital signs because of their aesthetic impacts on the surrounding urban environment. Close observers of current city regulations believe Digi skirted them in arguing that the signs should be considered “interior” because they’re within the building’s property footprint. The D.C. Superior Court case against the company remains in discovery. The Committee of 100 on the Federal City has led activism against the signs since they were erected last year. Current chair Stephen Hansen wrote in a recent news release that he hopes the mayor won’t capitulate. “Digi deserves no relief whatsoever,” Hansen wrote. “The Mayor should not reward Digi for plastering illegal billboards in unsuspecting neighborhoods and then forcing our city to spend tremendous time and money in litigation.” Neighbors near the signs have also taken notice. Van Ness advisory neighborhood commissioner Shirley Adelstein said her constituents are worried about the sign at 4301 Connecticut Ave. NW. “Our community has invested a great deal in collaborating with the city to develop a strategic vision for development in this area, and we value the aesthetic and feel of our neighborhood as an important part of that,” Adelstein wrote in an email. “In my view, the city should be extremely cautious in permitting the expansion of digital signs in the District.” Elsewhere, the Dupont Circle Citizens Association plans to flood city officials with calls to prevent such signs from proliferating, according to a recent newsletter from the group. Sign proponents have won out on several other recent disputes. In December, the council approved five digital signs for the Nationals Park exterior. Earlier this year, the Verizon Center secured another three-year permit for its large digital signs, despite residents’ frustration at brightness and content.

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The week ahead Thursday, March 16

The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to discuss the upcoming replacement project for the 31st Street Bridge over the C&O Canal. The meeting will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. ■ New D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson will meet with the Ward 4 community from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Roosevelt High School, 4301 13th St. NW. The discussion will focus on setting priorities for the next five years. To RSVP, visit dcps.dc.gov.

Saturday, March 18

Ward 4 D.C. Council member Brandon Todd will hold office hours from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Tuesday, March 21

The Chevy Chase Citizens Association and the Northwest Neighbors Village will host a panel discussion on “Facing Key Issues Before a Crisis Occurs: Gathering, Storing and Sharing Important Information.” Panelists will include Christine Bitzer, assistant director of Seabury Resources for Aging Care Management; Kay Bransford, founder of MemoryBanc; and Stephanie Chong, executive director of Northwest Neighbors Village. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Wednesday, March 22

The Citizens Association of Georgetown will hold its monthly meeting, which will focus on “Georgetown Beautification: Talking Trash (& Rodents).” The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m., following a reception at 7 p.m., in the Healey Family Student

Center at Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW.

Thursday, March 23

The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.

Monday, March 27

New D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson will meet with the Ward 3 community from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Deal Middle School, 3815 Fort Drive NW. The discussion will focus on setting priorities for the next five years. To RSVP, visit dcps.dc.gov.

Tuesday, March 28

DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN) will host an information session on its new solar co-op residents and businesses in Georgetown, Burleith and Hillandale, as well as interested members of neighboring communities. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. To RSVP, visit dcsun. org/georgetown-burleith. (The meeting was rescheduled from March 14 due to inclement weather.)

Wednesday, March 29

The Logan Circle Community Association will host an open forum with Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans at 7 p.m. at Fathom Creative, 1333 14th St. NW. Evans will discuss the MidCity Business Improvement District initiative, 2016 revenue collections in the District, and fare increases and service reductions included in Metro’s proposed budget, among other issues.

Tuesday, April 4

The Palisades Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7

p.m. at the Palisades Recreation Center, Dana and Sherier places NW. ■ The Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education Network will meet at 7 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. Bethany Little, a Murch Elementary School parent and one of the Ward 3 representatives on the city’s Cross-Sector Collaboration Task Force, will discuss the group’s work on identifying ways that D.C. Public Schools and charter schools can better work together. (She was scheduled to appear at the group’s March 13 meeting, which was canceled due to inclement weather.)

Wednesday, April 12

The University of the District of Columbia Community-Campus Task Force will meet at 6:30 p.m. in Room A-03 of Building 44 on the university’s campus, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. Preliminary agenda items including housing and zoning updates, plans for 4250 Connecticut Ave. NW, a gerontology presentation and upcoming university events. For details, contact Thomas E. Redmond at 202-2475622 or tredmond@udc.edu.

Thursday, April 13

New D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson will meet with the Ward 1 community from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Columbia Heights Educational Campus, 3101 16th St. NW. To RSVP, visit dcps.dc.gov.

Monday, April 24

New D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson will meet with the Ward 2 community from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens, 2425 N St. NW. The discussion will focus on setting priorities for the next five years. To RSVP, visit dcps.dc.gov.

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District Digest City sees sharp rise in hate crime reports

incidents saw notable increases: crimes related to sexual orientation (with 40 incidents reported in 2016, vs. 27 the year before), crimes related to gender identity/ expression (19 vs.10), crimes related to religion (18 vs. five), and crimes related to ethnicity/ national origin (12 vs. three). For crimes related to race, the numbers dropped in 2016, with 14 incidents reported compared to 19 last year. With other types of hate crimes, the District saw one related to disability, two related to political affiliation and one related to homelessness, figures that are on par with data from past years. At Friday’s press conference, Peter Newsham, the department’s acting chief, said officials want to

The District saw an increase in reported hate crimes last year, with 107 total incidents and the largest percentage involving sexual orientation and gender identity, according to D.C. police. The Metropolitan Police Department released these figures as part of its yearly data roundup on bias-related crimes, with officials including Mayor Muriel Bowser following up with a press conference Friday at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. The 2016 figures show a sharp increase from 2015, when 66 total bias-related crimes were reported. In particular, four categories of

“make it absolutely clear that we value the District’s diversity and that we will not tolerate hatred in our community.� According to The Washington Post, Newsham said that of the 18 religion-based crimes last year, 12 targeted people of the Jewish faith. The Post wrote that D.C. leaders are attributing the increases partially to residents feeling more comfortable and confident reporting them, while also pointing to “the contentious presidential election and divisive rhetoric embedded in the nation’s discourse.� Officials on Friday offered overviews of protocols and resources for victims of discrimination, according to a news release. At the press conference

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MĂłnica Palacio, director of the D.C. Office of Human Rights, discussed enforcement of the D.C. Human Rights Act, which makes discrimination illegal in the District based on 19 protected traits.

Downtown bicyclist fatally strikes woman D.C. police are investigating a fatal collision between a bicyclist and a pedestrian at a downtown intersection last week. Jane Bennett Clark, 65, of Takoma Park, Md., was struck by a cyclist at 13th and I streets NW last Thursday at 6:44 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The southbound-traveling cyclist hit Clark as she was stepping onto the southwest curb of the crosswalk, police said. The cyclist remained on the scene and Clark was transported to a hospital, succumbing to her injuries the next day. The Washington Post identified Clark as a longtime editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance who was leaving her office to catch the Metro on the evening she was hit. Clark was the mother of three grown children, The Post reported.

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Park Service names new Rock Creek head

The National Park Service has announced that Julia Washburn, who has served as the agency’s associate director for interpretation and education since 2010, will be the new superintendent for Rock Creek Park in D.C. Most recently, Washburn oversaw all educational, media and volunteer programs for the agency at the national level, and helped grow youth initiatives including the Every Kid in a Park program, according to a news release. Before working at Park Service headquarters, Washburn served as senior vice president for grants and programs at the National Park Foundation, helping fundraise millions for parks and their partners, the release says. Washburn also previously worked at Rock Creek Park as chief of resource management, interpretation and education. She began her Park Service career in 1989 as a ranger at Fort Dupont Park in Southeast D.C. A native Washingtonian, Washburn holds a master’s in museum education from Bank Street College of Education and is an adjunct professor at George Washington University.

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of the route, and numerous local advisory neighborhood commissions have recently reiterated their support. Advocates hope the groundswell of political support will help secure funding for the plan in the District’s upcoming fiscal year 2018 budget. The Transportation Department is currently considering contributing funds to the project, agency spokesperson Terry Owens told The Current on Tuesday. Along with nearby 16th Street, 14th Street is among the most heavily used bus corridors in the city, with more than 15,000 riders per day, according to the 2012 Metro report. Since then, population and retail development near the corridor have increased considerably. An express S9 route on 16th Street has been received favorably by that corridor’s bus riders, and has attracted riders who might otherwise stay on 14th Street. The proposed MetroExtra 59 route would travel from the Takoma Metro station to the intersection of 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW and vice versa, making fewer than 20 stops each way. Current 52, 53 and 54 routes along 14th Street make more than double that number of stops. A petition for the 59 route has more than 600 signatures including the six council members and ANC representatives from Adams Morgan, Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, Logan Circle, Mount Pleasant, Petworth, 16th Street Heights and U Street. In addition, more than 100 advocates have joined a Facebook group for the 14th Street Bus Riders Alliance.

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Metro scraps plan to cancel 37 bus route

The popular 37 Metrobus express route — which runs from Friendship Heights to the National Archives during morning rush hour and the reverse in the evening — is among the routes no longer considered for elimination under a revised iteration of Metro’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget. Northwest residents and Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh raised vocal objections to the possible loss of the route, which would have forced commuters to take Metrorail, squeeze onto crowded buses up and down Wisconsin Avenue or seek alternate transportation. In a March 6 news release, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority general manager Paul Wiedefeld said revisions to the $3.1 billion budget came in response to comments at recent public hearings. “Metro listened very carefully to our customers who said they would prefer to pay a little more than lose key rail and bus services,” Wiedefeld said in the release. The proposed budget still includes raising citywide bus fares and off-peak Metrorail fares by 25 cents, and increasing peak Metrorail fares by 10 cents. The full Metro board is expected to vote on the revised budget on March 23.

Problems along the corridor have only grown worse since the 2012 report, riders say. John Fanning, chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2F (Logan Circle), said he recently watched three full buses go by before he could board one, and has heard similar stories from constituents. “Even if Metro would want to consider having a fare increase for the express bus service, if residents know that they could get from one point to the other without any interference with reliability, I’m sure they would pay it,” Fanning said. On the other hand, advocates say the express route would be particularly helpful to low-income residents who ride buses out of need. It would also help alleviate persistent overcrowding on 16th Street, according to Zachary

Teutsch, an alliance member and a Petworth advisory neighborhood commissioner. “14th Street is by far the most important and most ridden bus corridor that doesn’t have a limited-stop bus service,” Teutsch said. Not everyone is completely in support. Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, who chairs the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, thinks the 59 route might not provide much benefit for residents in his area because they already have access to express DC Circulator service, Evans’ representative Tom Lipinsky said at the March 8 meeting of ANC 2B (Dupont Circle). The Circulator follows 14th Street between Franklin Square and the Columbia Heights Metro station. ANC 2B voted to urge implementation of the recommendations anyway.

award surplus buildings to particular leaseholders. Now, the Bowser administration is working on a lease extension to Lab and is seeking council approval for a lease of “greater than 15 years” at the site. “The specific economic and social benefits of the lease outweigh the benefits of retaining this property in the District’s inventory,” Bowser’s request states. In a letter to Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, Bowser adds that negotiations on “terms and conditions of the proposed lease agreement” with the Lab School remain unfinished. A mayoral spokesperson didn’t respond to requests for comment. The mayor’s new bill has been referred to the council’s Committee on Business and Economic Development, chaired by Ward 5 member Kenyan McDuffie, who now holds the authority to convene a public hearing. McDuffie

hadn’t decided how to proceed as of The Current’s deadline, according to his spokesperson, Nolan Treadway. A potential public hearing would revive the debate over proper use for the building. D.C. Public Schools officials said in 2013 that the old Hardy School wouldn’t be needed as public school space. At a media roundtable last month, Deputy Mayor for Education Jennie Niles said the building isn’t quite the right size or configuration for a public school, though she does want to address broader overcrowding concerns in the school system’s upcoming master facilities plan. As for the old Hardy school, no decision had been reached, she said at the time. “That would take some analysis,” Niles said. “Certainly in the past it has not been deemed to be needed.” Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh thinks the community See Lease/Page 7

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Robbery ■ 600-699 block, H St.; 6:20 p.m. March 9. ■ 600-699 block, F St.; 11:44 p.m. March 9.

distribution rates (Formal Case 1139). Day: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: 1325 G Street, N.W., Suite 800 Commission Hearing Room Washington, D.C. 20005

To testify at the community hearing, please submit your name and organization (if any) to the Office of the Commission Secretary by 5 p.m., April 7, 2017 by calling (202) 626-5150 or by sending an email to psc-commissionsecretary@dc.gov. We welcome walk-ins. A live stream of the community hearing will also be available at www.dcpsc.org. If an organization or an individual is unable to offer comments at the community hearing, written statements may be dropped off to the DCPSC at 1325 G Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington D.C. 20005, or submitted through the DCPSC website. Comments can be submitted until April 25, 2017. Individuals who need special accommodations, interpretation and/or translation services should inform the Office of the Commission Secretary at least three days prior to the hearing at (202) 626-5150. Keep current with the DCPSC at www.dcpspc.org. M ISS

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Motor vehicle theft ■ 400-499 block, 8th St.; 8:47 p.m. March 8. ■ 600-699 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 1:43 p.m. March 9. ■ 800-899 block, H St.; 10:02 p.m. March 10. ■ 400-499 block, 8th St.; 4:58 a.m. March 12. Theft ■ 700-799 block, 6th St.; 4:41 p.m. March 6. ■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 5:08 p.m. March 7. ■ 400-497 block, L St.; 4:25 a.m. March 9. ■ 700-799 block, 7th St.; 2:18 p.m. March 11. ■ 600-699 block, H St.; 4:38 a.m. March 12. ■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 4:25 p.m. March 12. ■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:23 p.m. March 12. ■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:29 p.m. March 12. ■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:47 p.m. March 12. ■ 400-499 block, 7th St.; 7:35 p.m. March 12. Theft from auto ■ 600-699 block, 9th St.; 8:36 p.m. March 11. ■ 400-497 block, L St.; 8:54 p.m. March 11. ■ 900-979 block, 7th St.; 7:23 a.m. March 12.

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Burglary ■ 5400-5449 block, 30th St.; 7:48 p.m. March 10.

Theft from auto ■ 5523-5599 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:37 p.m. March 12.

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Robbery ■ 4500-4537 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 1:57 p.m. March 9. Motor vehicle theft ■ 4400-4499 block, Warren St.; 12:18 p.m. March 12. Theft ■ 4404-4499 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 2:30 p.m. March 7. ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 6:15 p.m. March 8. ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 2:36 p.m. March 11.

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Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 2900-2999 block, Van Ness St.; 12:21 a.m. March 9. Burglary ■ 3500-3599 block, Springland Lane; 1:58 p.m. March 6. Theft from auto ■ 4700-4710 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:59 a.m. March 6.

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Sexual abuse ■ 2700-2799 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 11:58 a.m. March 12. Motor vehicle theft ■ 2700-2799 block, 35th Place; 9:02 a.m. March 10. ■ 2700-2799 block, 35th Place; 9:18 a.m. March 10. Theft ■ 2900-2999 block, Connecticut Ave.; 2:13 p.m. March 6. ■ 2300-2499 block, 40th St.; 10:12 p.m. March 8. ■ 2600-2649 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:44 a.m. March 9. ■ 2600-2699 block, Woodley Place; 10:07 a.m. March 10. ■ 2700-2798 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:00 p.m. March 12.

Theft from auto ■ 2350-2599 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:35 p.m. March 10.

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Burglary ■ 5100-5199 block, Sherier Place; 8:58 p.m. March 8. Motor vehicle theft ■ 5019-5099 block, Eskridge Terrace; 9:43 a.m. March 6. Theft from auto ■ 5000-5099 block, Fulton St.; 10:07 a.m. March 6. ■ 5120-5199 block, Fulton St.; 9:35 p.m. March 6. ■ 5120-5199 block, Fulton St.; 2:11 p.m. March 8.

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Robbery ■ 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 8:39 p.m. March 12. Burglary ■ 1230-1299 block, Potomac St.; 2:19 p.m. March 7. ■ 3200-3256 block, N St.; 1:33 a.m. March 10. Motor vehicle theft ■ 3000-3049 block, R St.; 9:51 a.m. March 6. Theft ■ 1851-2008 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 3:49 p.m. March 6. ■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 9:36 p.m. March 6. ■ 2800-2899 block, M St.; 5:18 p.m. March 7. ■ 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 7:19 a.m. March 8. ■ 3600-3699 block, Prospect St.; 11:21 a.m. March 8. ■ 3100-3199 block, M St.; 12:54 p.m. March 8. ■ 1224-1299 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 12:59 p.m. March 8. ■ 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 6:39 p.m. March 8. ■ 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 10:22 p.m. March 8. ■ 1224-1299 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 7:38 p.m. March 9. ■ 2800-2899 block, M St.; 9:41 p.m. March 9. ■ 3030-3099 block, K St.; 10:23 p.m. March 9. ■ 1680-1699 block, 34th St.; 4:26 a.m. March 11. ■ 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 5:59 a.m. March 11. ■ 1224-1299 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 12:48 p.m. March 11. ■ 3000-3029 block, K St.; 10:21 p.m. March 11. ■ 3000-3029 block, K St.; 10:30 p.m. March 11. ■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 3:51 p.m. March 12. Theft from auto ■ 3000-3049 block, R St.; 10:14 a.m. March 6. ■ 1530-1599 block, 35th St.;

6:58 p.m. March 6. ■ 1600-1699 block, 28th St.; 12:04 p.m. March 7. ■ 1200-1230 block, 29th St.; 3:09 p.m. March 8. ■ 2900-2999 block, Olive St.; 3:33 p.m. March 9. ■ 3100-3199 block, Dumbarton St.; 3:54 p.m. March 10. ■ 2800-2899 block, Olive St.; 3:02 p.m. March 11. ■ 3400-3599 block, Water St.; 11:55 p.m. March 11. ■ 2900-2999 block, Olive St.; 1:15 p.m. March 12. ■ 1300-1325 block, 28th St.; 1:49 p.m. March 12.

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Burglary ■ 1700-1799 block, P St.; 1:44 p.m. March 9. ■ 1700-1799 block, P St.; 9:33 a.m. March 10. ■ 1200-1399 block, 16th St.; 2:20 p.m. March 12. Theft ■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:34 p.m. March 7. ■ 1400-1499 block, P St.; 9:11 p.m. March 8. ■ 2100-2199 block, N St.; 1:02 a.m. March 10. ■ 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 4:07 p.m. March 10. ■ 1218-1299 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:48 p.m. March 11. ■ 1825-1899 block, Phelps Place; 1:13 p.m. March 12. Theft from auto ■ 2100-2129 block, S St.; 3:11 p.m. March 6. ■ 1500-1523 block, 15th St.; 10:22 p.m. March 7. ■ 1500-1549 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 8:51 p.m. March 9. ■ 1300-1321 block, 15th St.; 2:09 p.m. March 10. ■ 1500-1523 block, 15th St.; 3:18 p.m. March 10. ■ 1800-1899 block, Swann St.; 1:07 p.m. March 12.

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Theft ■ 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 12:56 p.m. March 6. ■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 8:03 p.m. March 6. ■ 1761-1780 block, Columbia Road; 11:43 a.m. March 7. ■ 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 8:32 p.m. March 12. Theft from auto ■ 1800-1899 block, Wyoming Ave.; 2:23 p.m. March 7. ■ 1800-1899 block, Wyoming Ave.; 7:56 a.m. March 8. ■ 1800-1899 block, Vernon St.; 3:44 p.m. March 9. ■ 1823-1827 block, Harvard St.; 11:16 p.m. March 9.

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outcry for consideration of the building as public school space merits a public hearing, and she’s worried that the description of the building as surplus in the mayor’s bill suggests she aims to circumvent that process. “If we skip it or didn’t air it out, people will think we didn’t pay sufficient attention to it,� Cheh said in an interview. “I think we have to do the regular process to find out what the outcome should be.�

Key Elementary PTA president Elizabeth Wise is among the community members hoping the old Hardy building will be considered for public school space. She told The Current that she wants Niles and D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson to see the building before dismissing it. “Someone could come up with a creative solution to solve our capacity issues,� she wrote in an email. “If you take Old Hardy out of that equation you have cut your nose off to spite your face.�

Mendelson supported the December bill and doesn’t object to the Lab School taking over the Hardy property on a permanent basis. But he was rankled at Bowser’s new bill, given that the council’s December legislation took effect even without her signature. “It suggests that the reasons cited regarding the December bill were not sincere,� Mendelson said in an interview Monday. He’s frustrated that, in his view, the decision has gotten caught up in “political rhetoric.� He believes the mayor’s assertion of

her authority on this issue relates to her decision to question the council’s authority to delegate the rehabilitation of four derelict houses in Anacostia to a willing nonprofit. “I think it’s scandalous what she’s doing with the Anacostia houses,� Mendelson said. “I think it’s unfortunate that Hardy’s getting caught up in that.� When asked whether the mayor had linked these two issues directly in conversation with him, Mendelson said only: “I’m in the middle of this.�

AIRCRAFT: District funding study of Reagan National noise impacts due to new flight paths

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at a March 8 public meeting at Hardy Middle School. The city’s hired contractor for the assessment is Freytag & Associates, an acoustical consulting group whose specialties include airport noise. According to Jack Freytag, who will oversee the project, the assessment will include reviews of current flight paths at the airport and use of noise monitoring data. The firm will also study noise at the neighborhood level, looking at sleep interference and classroom disruptions. When the assessment is complete, Freytag will make recommendations to the aviation agency regarding air traffic routes and flight path procedures. “We review flight departure

routes and conduct noise monitoring because in order to get the FAA’s attention and to get them to want to change, you have to prove their changes are negatively impacting people,� Randy Waldeck, who does sound modeling for Freytag, said at the meeting. “What we have done and will do is take actual radar data and bring the data to FAA’s computer noise log, and then model actual flight tracks with actual altitude, actual aircraft noise.� Freytag’s analysis for previous projects, including a case in Palo Alto, Calif., indicated that noise levels differed significantly from the aviation administration’s projections, Waldeck said. In response to the residential complaints, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

established a community working group on noise issues in 2015. Dominic Patella, a Ward 3 representative for the group, says the District’s study will bolster residents’ anecdotal feelings about airplane noise with concrete data. “Freytag’s work will go a long way toward providing the transparency that our communities feel that they have been denied by the FAA and MWAA,� Patella told The Current. “I think it’s fair to say that the noise problem at DCA is not well understood in a technical sense. There is a common refrain from MWAA and FAA that ‘not much has changed.’ However, anyone living under or near the flight path will tell you that is simply not true.� Meanwhile, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, co-chair of the

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House’s Quiet Skies Caucus, released a statement on March 6 indicating that the Federal Aviation Administration would also start its own analysis of airplane noise. “FAA will propose a bundled solution for flight departures,� Norton said in a news release. “FAA will continue to try to reconfigure the arrival flight paths for Ronald Reagan National Airport to follow the Potomac River without flying over land, and FAA will work on test runs for the modified flight paths.� Spokespeople for the agency and for Norton weren’t immediately available for comment. Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed by community members against the Federal Aviation Administration is ongoing. The DC Fair Skies Coali-

tion — a group of residents from areas including Georgetown, Foggy Bottom, Foxhall and the Palisades — are arguing that the federal agency neglected to complete adequate environmental review before establishing the new flight paths. Coalition member Ed Connor said the Freytag noise assessment could also help his group. “If the scope of the Freytag noise study is adequate and if there are enough monitoring areas that would give us a better picture, the noise study will provide a factual basis for any subsequent environmental assessments or environmental impact statement that the FAA may conduct if we prevail in our pending appeals before the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,� he told The Current.

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A troubling precedent

When the District government constructs a new building, the design goes before the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts — a panel of design experts who weigh in on how the project could affect the city’s aesthetics. While advisory, the Fine Arts recommendations have customarily received great deference from local officials, even if they lead to new designs or project delays that are unpopular with neighbors. It seems the District government may be inclined to take a different tack with Mayor Muriel Bowser’s effort to replace the D.C. General family shelter with smaller facilities around the city. With a campaign promise on the line — and a likely desire to show substantial progress on replacement shelters before the 2018 election — the Bowser administration has indicated a willingness to disregard Fine Arts objections. Among the shelters at issue is Ward 3’s, which is proposed for the police station at 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. The District has proposed a sixstory building with ground-floor common space and administrative functions, and five levels of housing above them with 10 units apiece. The project team says this arrangement is an ideal layout: It houses many families while creating small communities on each floor, and its tall height reduces the footprint on the police property. But the Fine Arts review raised concerns with the project, requesting a lower building and a more careful review of alternatives. Speaking at a Board of Zoning Adjustment hearing, the project team testified that the city’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs can issue permits for a building that doesn’t reflect Fine Arts feedback if the agency finds those comments to be “unnecessary or inappropriate.” Based on the team’s defense of the proposal, and the mayor’s strong interest in completing the shelter on schedule in 2019, such a determination seems likely. However, we’re concerned that prioritizing expediency may conflict with the District’s long-term needs. Rather than treating impartial, expert advice as an obstacle to be avoided, the project team should listen seriously. This shelter will serve tens of thousands of people over the years, and its design will have lasting effects on the character of its surroundings. A rushed design process could harm all parties in the long run. Moreover, the Fine Arts Commission’s secretary told The Current he can’t recall any other time the District ignored its feedback. And that’s for good reason, we believe: Why go through the design review process if the District will simply declare that any change to its proposal would cause unacceptable delays or programmatic flaws? We worry in particular that stakeholders associated with other projects — public or private — will pressure the city to ignore Fine Arts decisions in their cases as well.

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here’s no time to lose. The fate of the nation’s capital may be at stake. And maybe throw in a few corn stalks and a hog pen. The National Mall needs to become a 4-H Club habitat ASAP. Forget the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair; we need rural America on the Mall now. Why this alarm? A member of Congress last week suggested the U.S. Department of Agriculture should be moved to Iowa because he doesn’t see cows or corn in Washington. “Now I’ve been in Washington, this is my third year, I’ve yet to see a cow, a hog in Washington, D.C., or a corn plant or a soybean plant in Washington, D.C.,” declared Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing last week. “It seems to me the USDA should be located somewhere in the Midwest.” That was one of the high points or low points of a committee meeting last week. The majority passed a resolution by committee chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, that says federal agencies looking to relocate should not be restricted to the District or Washington suburbs. “I’m sorry there are not enough cows to satisfy,” mocked Northern Virginia Rep. Gerald Connolly. “Give me cows!” he shouted. Connolly wasn’t done. He suggested the whole Congress go on the road, appearing in different states for six months each “to be closer to the people.” “Laughable,” asserted D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of the notion to strip the nation’s capital of its reason for being. Norton also noted it was Rep. Blum who saw all the building cranes in Southwest and thought the federal government was overspending. (It’s private development.) More seriously, it was pointed out the U.S. Constitution mandates a seat of government, and that 85 percent of federal employees already are dispersed around the nation. How practical would it be if major Cabinet members were scattered around the country, inaccessible to Congress, the president and the daily affairs of government? Connolly said that despite any public contempt of Washington, “this is about sacred ground,” the birth of our nation: “The capital is a beacon around the world.” It’s also not just a parochial interest in keeping the government here and benefiting from the economic spinoff. Bottom line, the resolution displays a stunning lack of knowledge — or respect for — the very government that members of Con-

gress are supposed to oversee. A former Environmental Protection Agency official summed up the issue in a letter Sunday to The Washington Post. “This just demonstrates ignorance of how federal agencies operate,” Phyllis Anderson wrote. “There are regional and local offices for every federal agency. At the EPA, our 10 regional offices are each led by a Senate-confirmed administrator. The bulk of EPA resources go out to the regions and states via grant programs. If members of Congress researched the agencies they oversee, they would see how ludicrous and pandering such a proposal is.” California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa tried to strike a middle ground. He said he wasn’t “enamored” with the resolution. It’s obvious the federal government is headquartered in the nation’s capital, he said. Any move of people or resources should be carefully considered. The resolution passed the committee along party lines. Whether it gets any traction on the House floor or in the Senate remains to be seen. Some committee members suggested Chairman Chaffetz ought to be focusing on the “serious” business of the committee he heads. ■ Phone a friend. Chaffetz also was ridiculed in the news last week for another reason. In the debate over replacing Obamacare, Chaffetz was quoted saying people “should invest in their own health care” instead of “getting a new iPhone.” And he reinforced his view in a subsequent interview, saying, “People need to make a conscious choice, and I believe in self-reliance.” ■ Put a Cork in It. There’s lots of discussion about whether President Trump’s businesses are improperly benefiting from his office. Two D.C. restaurateurs are making a federal case of it. Cork Wine Bar owners Diane Gross and Khalid Pitts have filed a lawsuit against Trump’s new D.C. hotel. The unfair competition suit contends Trump’s affiliation is driving business to the president’s hotel, business that might go to other venues except for the “pressure” to patronize the president’s businesses. Trump’s organization called the suit “a wild publicity stunt completely lacking in legal merit.” ■ The Politics Hour. Be sure to tune into the WAMU 88.5 Politics Hour on Friday at noon. Host Kojo Nnamdi and your Notebook will be interviewing Mayor Muriel Bowser. Email questions in advance at kojo@wamu.org or tweet to @kojoshow. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Overcrowding issues are likely to worsen The lead article in The Current’s March 1 issue — “Ward 3 crowding prompts review” — couldn’t be more timely. The article focuses on how population growth over the past decade has resulted in over-enrollment in Ward 3 public schools. As the article reports, the problem is acute. And it will only get worse unless the problem is addressed immediately. At least four major developments are either planned or under construction on or near

Wisconsin Avenue; each will add to the existing overcrowding of Janney Elementary, Deal Middle and Wilson High, and stress the urban infrastructure on which we depend, including the unreliable Metro system. The lingo of the proponents of development sounds the same — the projects will be occupied by older residents who can “age in place,” implying that there will be no impact on schools. (Have any developers agreed to restrict occupancy to senior citizens? Of course not.) These developments will of course attract a mix of residents, including many younger families. And, even if older neighborhood residents relocate to these new developments, public

school overcrowding will only get worse, as larger families move into the homes they leave. In American University Park, for example, the proposed 230 apartments on the former Superfresh site will certainly attract families with younger children. While families are a vital component of our community, the project should be a smaller one that fits within the community — and minimally impacts the overcrowding at local schools. More broadly, the smart, responsible action is to pause approval of large-scale developments until the District government has plans in place to address their collective impact. Shelly Repp American University Park

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Pool at Hearst would be community asset

A Feb. 8 letter to the editor arguing against a pool at Hearst Park made a number of assertions that Friends of Hearst Pool would like to correct for accuracy. First, the letter stated that the pool and associated deck would be 34,000 square feet, when in fact, at the community meeting held a week after the publication of that letter, the actual size of the pool and associated decking was listed as 10,800 square feet — less than a third of that number. (See slide 42 in the PowerPoint presentation available at tinyurl. com/hearst-drawing.) Second, the letter states that Friends of Hearst Pool’s proposal does not include bioswales when

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During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump made a crystal-clear pledge to protect Medicare and Social Security. Now, older voters are counting on Congress to support President Trump’s vow. This issue is looming because some in Congress are pushing for a drastic change in Medicare that threatens to increase costs and risks for those who depend on it. Proposals to create a voucher system, sometimes called premium support, could drive up costs that the more than 72,000 residents in the District of Columbia who are now on Medicare have to pay out of their own pockets. And the pain will spread, as another 110,000 of the District’s older residents enroll in Medicare over the next 15 years. Americans have earned their Medicare benefits by paying taxes throughout their working lives. As our new president declared last year, “You made a deal a long time ago.� That deal does not include cutting benefits and pushing up health care bills at a time in life when people can least afford it. For more than half a century, Medicare has delivered on its promise, bringing health care to seniors who were once shut out of the system. Yes, health care costs must be contained — but in a fair and responsible way, not by harming hard-working Americans and retirees. President Trump understands this vital principle, and we urge him to remind those in Congress who do not. Joseph K. Williams

er Tom Quinn labeled the many concerns about the city’s plan as “specious.� A quick review of ANC 3E’s website shows that the commissioners previously passed a resolution in favor of an outdoor pool — a position that many who oppose a pool at Hearst wholeheartedly share. In a 2014 resolution, ANC 3E asked that Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation “work with the community to identify potential sites,� and that “sites be considered and then designed on the basis of a number of factors not least of which should be that they are biking/walking/transit friendly, in order to ensure that vehicular pressure is kept to a minimum.� The resolution passed unanimously, with Quinn in support. All of those directives seem like good ideas and are a bare minimum of what a competent government would do before siting a discretionary $12 million project. No study or assessment was done to select the pool site, and there was no notice to residents of Ward 3 that a site was being selected. The city did no assessments to calculate how many people would likely use the facility, how they would arrive in the neighborhood, or how much additional pressure that would put on surrounding residential streets. The city has disregarded every single one of ANC 3E’s very minimal planning requests. In short, Commissioner Quinn, our concerns are not specious; in fact, they are your concerns, and should be the concern of every resident of Ward 3. Hearst is a small, heavily used park. It is home to 17 gigantic willow oaks, “heritage trees� that are protected by D.C. law and can’t be impacted or disturbed by construction. If the city goes forward with its odd, unsupported plan to put the Ward 3 pool in Hearst Park, the result will be a small pool inadequate for the ward’s needs. Bad for Hearst and bad for Ward 3 residents. But as a letter writer so eloquently pointed out in the Feb. 22 issue, pitting residents and neighbors (and now ANCs) against each other is unhelpful and obscures the main problem, which is the government’s blatant failure to engage in the most basic of its responsibilities to use the citizens’ funds wisely. All residents of Ward 3 should demand the city do as ANC 3E directed back in 2014 and undertake a planning effort to select the best site for our ward’s outdoor pool. Hans Miller

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in fact our drawing shows five of them — more than the number in the city’s plan for Option 1. See our proposed tweak of the city’s Option 1 at friendsofhearstpool. org/design-location. Third, the letter states that the pool would “extend north (toward Hearst Elementary School) down the tennis court embankment and envelop the walkways and the bordering willow oaks.� In short, there is simply no basis in fact for this statement. Again, the drawing on our webpage shows a pool at worst pushing the two remaining tennis courts laterally east, and with all construction remaining on the embankment. Fourth, the letter states that the current soccer field configuration needs to be reduced to allow for bioswales, yet again that’s clearly not what’s shown in the Friends of Hearst Pool proposal — and more important, not what’s required for the construction of a pool. Our plan moves all bioswales east to the Idaho Avenue throughway and associated hills and borders. On a larger level, we hope that all of the discussion of design does not obscure a more important point: This project needs to be brought to fruition. A pool at Hearst would be a tremendous asset. At this location, families, teens and adults young and old could avail themselves not just of swimming activities, but of a campus of healthy outdoor opportunities. Pools are a key source of recreation for kids, females (research shows pools more widely used by females than nearly any other “park� activity) and the elderly. Outdoor pools provide a gathering spot and community-building focus during Washington’s sweltering summers. And as D.C.’s director of aquatics pointed out in the February meeting, this particular location provides access and proximity to residents that few if any spots in Ward 3 could equal. A walkably located, appropriately sized, carefully constructed pool in a leafy park that presents a campus of activities is a true opportunity for the neighborhood, the ward and beyond. Let’s not let it float by. Jonathan Sacks

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At Blessed Sacrament School there is a unique tradition called the Levie Week of the Arts. The lower school spends a week celebrating culture and the arts from around the world while the upper school participates in hands-on workshops using a variety of art mediums. Artists, musicians, performers, parents and teachers lead students through the week’s events. We will celebrate the 32nd annual Levie Week of the Arts from April 26 to 28. Kindergartners learn about Japan by making Japanese dolls and origami figures, eating sushi and practicing martial arts. Thirdgraders head to Africa within their classrooms and can be seen joining in with energetic African dancers and drummers amid the smell of injera. Starting in fifth grade, students choose their own

School DISPATCHES workshops to learn a variety of arts such as felting, printmaking, decoupage, fused glass, drawing, puppeteering or theater. A lot of effort goes into planning and organizing the week but students, teachers and the many parents who volunteer to make the week happen are all guaranteed to learn a lot and have some fun. For the fourth year, art teacher Mrs. Clark will lead the event. “The whole school gets involved in this amazing experience,� says Clark. Mrs. Kearns, another art teacher, says, “I love seeing the joy and excitement of the school during Week of the Arts and I am looking forward to seeing all of the children exploring creative new opportunities and adventures.� — Oliver Dettleff, sixth-grader

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Last Tuesday, five British International School of Washington students (myself included) had the unique opportunity to attend the BBC World Questions show at George Washington University. The program, presented by the much-celebrated BBC journalist Jonathan Dimbleby, gives the audience the remarkable experience of debating alongside a noteworthy and knowledgeable panel. Panelists included Democratic and Republican politicians, a former Trump adviser and an AfricanAmerican studies professor. The debate covered the most pressing and talked about issues in the U.S., and both panel and audience managed to look at the arguments from both sides — however difficult or certain the answer may seem. From policy,

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Eaton Elementary School

Last Monday, fourth-grade classes met in the school’s multipurpose room and participated in a quilt-making program for Black History Month. The Cleveland Park librarian came to our school and showed us a video about Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at the Lincoln Memorial. It was narrated by his sister and she talked about how King wanted freedom, peace, and love for people of all colors. While we were watching the film, our teachers asked us to think about powerful words and messages we might want to share with the world. Next, the librarian provided us with fabric squares, markers and pencils. First, we sketched our individual messages on the fabric, which included words, colors, pictures and much more. Then, we colored them

with bold colors. All of the art was inspirational. For example, one fabric square said “hate cannot drive hate out only love can do that!� Another one said “DREAM BIG� and one had a picture of King giving his famous “I Have a Dream� speech. Many fabric squares included peace signs and words of hope. The squares will be sewn together to make three colorful quilts, one for each fourth-grade class. These quilts will be hung in our school along with the other wonderful quilts from the past years. — Joelle Barksdale and Harper Trail, fourth-graders

Hearst Elementary School

The Rock and Roll Sharks have been busy reading and learning about conservation. We have learned about recycling, our human footprint and ways to help protect the earth. We have been researching ways to help keep our school environment clean and safe for everyone. We love our earth! — The Rock and Roll Sharks kindergarten class

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All-Northwest: A salute to the area’s best boys and girls hoops stars ■ Boys player of the year:

■ Girls player of the year: Guard

Point guard Chris Lykes from Gonzaga

Aisha Sheppard from St. John’s

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Gonzaga senior Chris Lykes, a two-time Washington Catholic Athletic Conference player of the year, is The Current’s Northwest boys basketball player of the year. “He does it in the toughest conference in the country,” said Eagles coach Steve Turner. “He has gone against guys that are on the [All-Northwest list] and he has led us to victory.” In his senior year, Lykes led the Eagles to the WCAC, D.C. State Athletic Association and Alhambra Cathlic Invitational Tournament titles. In addition, Lykes finished his career as the Eagles’ all-time leading scorer.

St. John’s senior guard Aisha Sheppard — who was named the D.C. Gatorade girls basketball player of the year on Monday — has also picked up Northwest girls basketball player of the year honors. Sheppard had the uncanny ability to take over games, and when the team lost starting point guard Niya Beverley to injury in the playoffs, Sheppard shouldered the load. In the WCAC finals, the future Virginia Tech Hokie led the Cadets to the crown.. For the season, Sheppard averaged 14 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Overall, Sheppard was a catalyst for the Cadets as the team posted a 30-2 record, earned a top-five national ranking.

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Prentiss Hubb, guard, Gonzaga

The junior averaged 13.5 points and nearly five assists and five rebounds per game while teaming with Lykes.

Hunter Hawkins, guard, Burke

Hawkins was the most dynamic scorer in the area while averaging 27.8 points per game this winter.

Luka Garza, center, Maret

The Iowa-bound big man had no equal in the post this winter. Garza averaged nearly 25 points per game and took over games. The senior was more than just a bruiser in the paint; he also had an outside jumper.

Kendal Edwards, guard, GDS

Edwards averaged 18.1 points per game. She finished her career with 1,315 points.

Madison Jones, forward, Roosevelt

Donald Brewer, forward, Roosevelt

The All-DCIAA standout averaged nearly 17 points per game this year.

The senior led a resurgent Rough Riders squad with 12.5 points per game this season. He helped Roosevelt end Wilson’s mid-season 21-game winning streak.

Nalani Lyde, forward, Sidwell

The sophomore led the Quakers with an average double-double of 14.7 rebounds and 11.4 points per game this season.

Abass Sallah, guard, Sidwell

Sallah, a senior, stepped into a big role after the team suffered a key injury. The guard led Sidwell to the Mid-Atlantic Conference regular and postseason crowns.

Niya Beverley, guard, St. John’s

Beverley was a steadying force for the Cadets’ WCAC and DCSAA title runs.

Saddiq Bey, guard, Sidwell

Jaylin Carodine, forward, St. John’s

Charles Snowden, forward, St. Albans

Maeve Carroll, forward, Visitation

The junior averaged 14.2 points per game and saved his best for last where he scored 29 points in the MAC title game.

The Cadets’ sixth person was a constant spark for the team throughout the season and averaged starter minutes. The forward was a force in the post for Indepndent School League winning Cubs. She averaged nearly 14 points per game.

The senior forward was one of the best wings in the area this winter, averaging more than 14 points per game.

Ellie Mitchell, forward, Visitation

Tre Wood, guard, St. John’s

Mitchell played with relentless energy while racking up a slew of blocks and averaging nearly 11 points per game this winter.

The All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference first teamer averaged nearly 10 points per game.

Troy Freeman, guard, WIS

The senior was one of the top scorers out of Northwest this winter, averaging 17.2 points per game.

Ayinde Hikim, guard, Wilson

The Wilson junior led the Tigers to their first D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association championship in 33 years.

Eric Singletary, Sidwell (coach of the year)

Singletary steered the Quakers to the MAC championship despite losing his star player — Jelani Williams — in December.

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Clockwise from top left: Chris Lykes of Gonzaga and Aisha Sheppard of St. John’s won The Current’s All-Northwest boys and girls player of the year awards, respectively; Visitation’s Ellie Mitchell was another top girl; Jonathan Scribner of St. John’s and Sidwell’s Eric Singletary were girls and boys coaches of the year, respectively; and Maret’s Luka Garza made the boys list.

About the honorS For the first time, The Current is introducing All-Northwest boys and girls basketball teams — an award meant to acknowledge the standouts on the hard-

wood from this winter. The selections are based on performance, The Current’s reporting, input from area coaches and league accolades.

Asia Coates, guard, Wilson

The senior averaged 17.5 points per game and poured in 25 in the team’s DCIAA playoff loss to Anacostia.

Jonathan Scribner, St. John’s (coach of the year)

The Cadets’ head coach earns all-Northwest honors after leading St. John’s into the top five of several national rankings. St. John’s posted a 31-2 overall record, with its only losses coming against nationally ranked teams. Scribner led the Cadets past Paul VI, which had dominated the WCAC until St. John’s defeated the Panthers for the league title.

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Former St. John’s star Anthony Cowan has started every game for the No. 6 seeded Maryland Terrapins men’s basketball team. Meanwhile, National Cathedral’s all-time leading scorer Marta Sniezek has grown into a bigger role with the No. 2 seeded Stanford women’s basketball team.

Former local stars enter tournament fray Nate Britt, North Carolina (Gonzaga)

By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

On Sunday and Monday nights, the NCAA announced the field for its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. In the coming weeks, several former Northwest hoops stars will look to make an impression. Here’s a guide to the madness:

Men’s bracket Kris Jenkins, Villanova (Gonzaga)

Jenkins and the Wildcats are a No. 1 seed. Last spring Jenkins became nationally known when he hit what is now known as “the shot,� beating the buzzer in the NCAA finals to lift the Wildcats to the title.

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The former Gonzaga Eagle has played in all 34 of the Tar Heels’ games this winter.

Sam Miller, Dayton (Gonzaga)

Miller has played in 25 games while making five starts for the Flyers this season.

D.J. Fenner, Nevada, (Gonzaga)

The former Eagle has made 21 starts this season and averaged more than 14 points per game for the No. 12 seeded Nevada Wolfpack.

Women’s bracket Chania Ray, West Virginia (St. John’s)

The former Sidwell star has also blossomed at Villanova and was recently named the Big East player of the year for his efforts.

The guard, who started her high school career with the Cadets before transferring to Riverdale Baptist, is suiting up for the No. 6 seeded Mountaineers. Ray has started every game this season while averaging nearly nine points per game.

Charles Glover, Mount St. Mary’s (Gonzaga)

Lindsay Allen, Notre Dame (St. John’s)

Josh Hart, Villanova (Sidwell)

The Mountaineers are a No. 16 seed and played after The Current went to press last night. If they won, Glover faces former teammate Kris Jenkins in the opening round on Thursday.

Bryant Crawford, Wake Forest (Gonzaga)

The Demon Deacons are playing in the play-in round as a No. 11 seed. As a sophomore, Crawford has started all of Wake Forest’s games.

Jeff Dowtin, Rhode Island (St. John’s)

The former Cadet has appeared in 30 games while making 17 starts for the No. 11 seed.

Anthony Cowan, Maryland (St. John’s)

Cowan has started every game for the No. 6 seeded Terrapins this season.

The former Cadet has blossomed into a star with the No. 1 seeded Fighting Irish. Allen, who led Notre Dame to the Atlantic Coast Conference title, tied a championship contest record with 13 assists while earning Most Valuable Player honors.

Marta Sniezek, Stanford (Cathedral)

National Cathedral’s all-time leading scorer enters her second NCAA tournament with the No. 2 seeded Cardinal. Sniezek has made nine starts so far this season while averaging nearly five points per game.

Zion Campbell, Mississippi State (St. John’s)

Campbell started her high school career at St. John’s before finishing it at Riverdale Baptist. The former Cadet has seen action in 14 games for No. 2 seeded Mississippi State.

Gonzaga basketball captures triple crown By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

After a devastating 10-point loss to Paul VI in January, Gonzaga senior Chris Lykes took to his phone to join a group chat with his teammates, rallying for a stronger end to the season. “That was an embarrassing loss for us,� he recalled. “They just did whatever they wanted to do against us. We have our own group chat, and we talked about it. We

said that we all wanted [to win] and we had to be focused in the remaining practices and to put in the work.� On Saturday night, Gonzaga capped its season by defeating Mount St. Joseph 82-70 in the Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament at Frostburg State University. The weekend win gives Gonzaga its first triple crown since 2008 — Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, D.C. State Ath-

letic Association (previously a different format as the city title) and ACIT championship. “It’s a huge accomplishment,� said Eagles coach Steve Turner. “I’m just happy for the kids. This group has been tremendous with their work ethic, their dedication to each other and the school. For them to accomplish this together has been amazing. This group got a second championship in the WCAC before walking out the door.�

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Renovated Sears catalog house shines in the Palisades

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craftsman enterprise — a collection of kit houses sold exclusively through its mail-order catalog. In the early 20th century, Sears Modern Homes marketed more than 370 different designs in a variety of sizes and architectural styles, all fitted out with state-ofthe-art technology at the time, such as indoor plumbing, electricity, and central heating. Between 1908 and 1940, more than 70,000 of these homes were sold and assembled throughout the U.S. for both residential and commercial use. Built in 1926, the trim brick and clapboard bungalow with a jaunty red door at 5432 Carolina Place NW in the Palisades is one of more than 200 Sears homes remaining today in the Washington area. This original Sears “Fullerton� model, which has seen various upgrades over the years, offers 2,315 square feet of living space with four bedrooms, twoand-a-half baths, a rear deck and a private parking pad. The home is now on the market for $1,179,000. The home is set back from the

street and reachable via two tiers of stairs and a slate walkway. In typical bungalow fashion, it welcomes you with a front porch supported by columns (and wide and deep enough for a comfortable settee). Contrasting black shutters and trim make the windows and entryway pop. Inside, there’s a large living room to the left and staircase to the right. Original pinewood flooring runs throughout the home, which harmoniously blends vintage detail (trim, molding, radiators, door knobs) with modern upgrades (kitchen, bathrooms, energy-efficient windows and recessed lighting). The living room has custom-built shelves and cabinetry and, like the rest of the house, is awash with light. It leads into a dining room that also features custom built-ins, along with a large bay window overlooking the back garden and a charming window seat atop a radiator with decorative cover. The dining area opens into a comfortably proportioned kitchen, renovated in 2010, with cherry cabinets, soft-close drawers and honed granite countertops with stone backsplash. Stainless appliances include a KitchenAid four-burner gas range, oven and French door refrigerator/freezer, in addition to a GE Profile microwave and Bosch dishwasher. Off the kitchen is a small conservatory/mudroom leading to the

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This four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath bungalow at 5432 Carolina Place NW is priced at $1,179,000. back deck and a bright, white half-bathroom (added in 2010) with quartz-topped vanity and single sink. Upstairs on the second-story landing is a full bath — a serene retreat with a large window, blue tile flooring, a deep soaking tub, white cabinets, a cool gray quartz countertop and white subway tile backsplash. On the right side of the hall is the master bedroom, with double exposure and a wide closet with plenty of room for hanging and folding storage. There are also two other bedrooms — one with a deep walk-in closet — and pulldown stair access to the stand-up attic, which could be built out as a third level. The finished basement houses a family room, mechanical room and space for extensive storage. But it’s outside the main house

that the magic really happens — a green space (in all senses of the word) with rainwater catchment, herb and raised garden areas, a majestic holly tree, and brick and slate pavers leading to what was once a garage but is now a spectacular office/au pair/in-law suite. That space features an elegant black-and-white full bath, a wall of built-in cabinets and bookshelves, and abundant light from skylights, windows and a glass door. Located off the Potomac River in the Palisades, once a D.C. summer destination, the bungalow is ideal for all seasons with plenty of room for comfortable family living and entertaining. Nearby are the restaurants and

shops of the MacArthur Boulevard corridor, and there’s easy access to points west via Chain Bridge Road, east via Arizona and Nebraska avenues, and north or south via MacArthur. The neighborhood’s annual Fourth of July parade is a longtime tradition and point of local pride, and it ends barely three blocks south of this property at the Palisades Recreation Center. The four-bedroom, two-and-ahalf-bath Sears bungalow at 5432 Carolina Place NW is listed for $1,179,000 with Compass. For details, contact Katherine Kranenburg at 703-307-1024 or katherine@compass.com. For a virtual tour, visit tinyurl.com/ jtbnt6q.

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The commission will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, March 20, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. Agenda items include: ■police report. ■updates from the offices of Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans. ■discussion of ANC 2D community grant awards. ■follow-up on the Combined Sheridan-Kalorama Neighborhood Meeting. ■update on residential parking issues. ■presentation by Jeremiah Lowery on local environmental justice issues. ■presentation by Karima Holmes, director of the D.C. Office of Unified Communications. ■discussion of Pepco’s application for a rate increase. ■announcements and open comments. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact 2D01@anc.dc.gov. ANC 3B ANCPark 3B Glover

â– GLOVER PARK / CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 6, 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– 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 20, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. Agenda items include: â– presentation regarding LED public space lights. â– presentation regarding the proposed Pepco rate increase. â– consideration of a resolution regarding a Historic Preservation Review Board application for a two-story rear addition at 3035 Rodman St. NW. For details, visit anc3c.org. ANC 3D ANCValley 3D Spring â– SPRING VALLEY / WESLEY HEIGHTS Wesley Heights PALISADES / KENT / FOXHALL

At the commission’s March 1 meeting: ■commissioners voted unanimously to approve commendation letters to Metropolitan Police Department officers Kevin Provance and Nicholas Damron, who caught four individuals allegedly breaking into cars on Sherier Place NW. Lt. Eric Hayes also reported five thefts from autos and several burglaries of homes with unlocked windows or doors. ■Gretchen Randolph and William Clarkson of the Spring Valley Neighborhood Association requested a $480.79 grant to purchase signs stating that the neighborhood is under 24-hour camera surveillance. They said similar signage has been helpful in Georgetown. Acting chair Chuck Elkins said that had the application been submitted in advance, it could have been on the agenda, but commis-

sioner Michael Sriqui said the commission has not given out grants in the past. Commissioners postponed consideration until their April 5 meeting and agreed to review grant procedures. ■commissioners voted unanimously to recommend Board of Zoning Adjustment approval of a special exception allowing a wooden deck behind the house at 5120 Fulton St. NW. It was noted that 14 neighborhood houses have elevated decks and that no neighbors expressed any objections. ■commissioners voted unanimously to protest a liquor license for Kristina’s Cafe at 4418 MacArthur Blvd. NW to allow commissioner Conrad DeWitte to negotiate a settlement agreement with the owners. Kristina’s wants to serve beer and wine on its outdoor deck. ANC 3D will reconsider the issue on April 5. ■commissioners voted 7-2 to postpone consideration of curb cuts at 3006, 3010 and 3016 University Terrace NW. The owner has permits to build three houses there as a matter of right, but a neighborhood group is appealing the permits, stating that the land is covered by a tree and slope overlay to protect its park-like setting. They argue that, while the plans comply with the literal interpretation of the regulation, they violate its basic principles. Commissioner Alma Gates said she feared the development would result in killing protected trees. ■Tanya Hedgepeth of DC Water discussed plans for Spring Valley water main upgrades. The current mains were built after the Army had stopped testing poison gases there during World War I. Hedgepeth said it is “unlikely,� but possible, that chemical warfare or explosive materials will be encountered during the upgrades. Former Restoration Advisory

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Elderdice Hall, Kresge Building, Wesley Theological Seminary, 4500 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3d.org. ANC 3E ANC 3E Tenleytown â– AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK American University Park

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The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, in Room A-03, Building 44, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. Agenda items include: â– consent agenda, including approval of an updated settlement agreement with Banana Leaf Restaurant; a resolution supporting a public space application by Banana Leaf Restaurant; and a resolution supporting a public space application at 2991 Audubon Terrace NW. â– community open forum. â– consideration of a resolution supporting a Historic Preservation Review Board application at 3101 Albemarle St. NW. â– consideration of a resolution regarding a Board of Zoning Adjustment application at 4024 Linnean Ave. NW. â– consideration of a resolution calling for divestiture of D.C. funds from Wells Fargo. â– consideration of a resolution regarding D.C. use of surplus local revenue. â– consideration of a resolution on the Van Ness North RiverSmart stormwater mitigation project. â– discussion of the Hearst Park and Pool improvement project. For details, call 202-670-7262 or visit anc3f.com.

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The People and Places of Northwest Washington

The Current

March 15, 2017 â– Page 17

Eco-minded festival hits milestone Annual film event started with staff of two in 1993 By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

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hen Flo Stone started planning the first Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital in 1993, she couldn’t have imagined it would still be around — and thriving — a quarter-century later. After all, the festival got its start with a business plan she cobbled together in less than four hours. Stone had been discussing the idea in passing with friends and colleagues for a few months when she got a call from a foundation official who had overheard one of the conversations and wanted to offer a planning grant. “I said, ‘When do you need the materials?’ It was about 11 a.m. She said, ‘Actually I need it by 2 o’clock this afternoon when the board meets,’â€? Stone recalled. “I paused and thought, ‘Wow, a mission statement, a budget and the whole thing’ ‌ I

really felt that it was a worthwhile idea, so I sent in something.� Stone ended up securing that grant, then organizing the festival from her home in Georgetown with just one other staffer. That inaugural event — at the time the only environmental film festival in the country — drew 1,500 attendees. In the time since, dozens of other environmental film events have started across the nation, while the D.C festival has blossomed into a regional institution. The 25th annual film festival will take place across 40 venues in D.C., Silver Spring and Fairfax from March 14 to 26. Organizers on the festival’s staff, now numbering 11, expect more than 30,000 attendees this year. Stone set the template with an elastic definition of “environment.� This year’s eclectic slate of 180 films is no exception. Selections include a new documentary from executive producer Alex Gibney on California’s water crisis; a nature film from French director Jacques Perrin set in the forests of Europe; a spotlight on Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio’s climate activism in Fisher Stevens’ “Before the Flood�; and an advance screening of

Above: Courtesy of Environmental Film Festival of the Nation’s Capital / Right: Courtesy of Vulcan Productions

James Gray’s Hollywood epic “The Lost City of Z,� above, and the documentary “Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale,� left, are among 180 films on this year’s festival lineup. director James Gray’s high-profile Hollywood epic “The Lost City of Z,� based on a book by David Grann and set in the Amazonian jungle. Stone said the varied subject matter reflects her original mission. “I felt that it was very important that it be very broad, that it be about wild places, about environmental issues, about individuals, artists, the built environment,� she said. “It’s a very broad approach to the environment.� As part of the 25th anniversary theme, some of this year’s offerings recall or comment on the festival’s first-year lineup, according to executive director Maryanne Culpepper. In 1993, festivalgoers took in “Silent Spring,� based on environmentalist Rachel Carson’s landmark book. This year,

on March 16, audiences can get a better understanding of her inner life with “Rachel Carson,� a biographical piece narrated by Mary-Louise Parker of Showtime’s “Weeds.� The final day of the festival will bring another trip down memory lane, with a noon “Animation Retrospective� at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Dupont Circle featuring two short films shown during the 1993 festival — “The Lorax� and “The Man Who Planted Trees� — as well as four others shown in other years. This year’s event arrives amid considerable political turmoil around environmental issues, with the new White House administration announcing plans to cut back on See Festival/Page 17

Youth make a big difference, author shows By ANDRIA MOORE Current Correspondent

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wo brothers, around 6 and 8 years old, approached the front of the room. Both boys wore blue T-shirts emblazoned with “No Waste Race� across the back. They shuffled slightly as they spoke to a crowd of around 60 about the efforts they will make to reduce trash and pollution at the Maret Fun Run and Walk in April. As she watched, Lynne Cherry couldn’t have been happier. An author and environmentalist known for her educational children’s books on climate change and humanity’s role in its impact, this is the kind of activism Cherry hopes to inspire. On Sunday, she brought her story to Eaton Elementary School and invited local children to share their stories of environmental activism, a passion that started in Cherry herself as a young girl. The creeks, the trees, the squirrels and the birds were Cherry’s best friends as a child. She learned early on that if she sat completely still and silent, the animals would approach her. “My cat was more like a dog,� she told the bright young faces looking up at her. “I would go sit

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Author Lynne Cherry seeks to inspire young students to pursue environmental activism.

outside in the woods and he would follow and sit with me.� She wrote her first story, “Kitty Adventures,� when she was 8. “One day I came home and found out that they were planning to bulldoze the woods near my house,� she said. “I felt then that the adults didn’t know what they were doing, and that pretty much stayed with me the rest of my life.� Cherry has come a long way since “Kitty Adventures,� authoring and illustrating more than 30 children’s books, such as “The Great Kapok Tree� and “A River Ran Wild.� She is also director and producer of “Young Voices

for the Planet,� a documentary series that explores children’s worldwide environmental impacts. “Olivia’s Oil Spill,� shown at the event, explored the struggle an 11-year-old in Hopedale, La., faced during the BP oil spill of 2010. Olivia Bouler worried that the spill would harm brown pelicans during nesting, and wrote letters promising to send one of her watercolor drawings to anyone who would donate $5 to help protect the pelicans. The story made national and international news, eventually garnering more than $200,000 for a nearby nature conservancy. The story was so powerful that Cherry also wrote a book with the same title as the documentary. “Young Voices for the Planet� documents numerous stories similar to Olivia’s. Many of the children interviewed had never realized the struggles facing the environment, or the impact they could have on it until watching the series or reading Cherry’s books. “I initially never doubted how much influence my books would have on children, because I know how much books impacted me when I was a child,� Cherry said. Amid all of the valiant efforts See Activism/Page 17

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regulations and expressing skepticism regarding climate change. Culpepper said her team isn’t cowed by these developments. “The discussion and the politics of it are not new. They ebb and flow. I think what is good about that is that it has made once again the environment a centerpiece topic,� Culpepper said. “People, whatever your persuasion, are talking about it, are paying attention to it.� Stone takes a longer view on this progression. When she started the festival, she struggled, with little success, to secure organizations willing to match that initial planning grant. People looked at her quizzically when she mentioned the environment and film in the same breath. Once the festival proved successful, though,

donors clamored to get onboard. And around 2006, when Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth� won an Oscar and grossed $24 million at the box office, the environmental film concept reached the mainstream, Stone said. Now the festival has more competition than ever: from other events in D.C. and worldwide, and from the ever-expanding array of platforms for consuming film. Still, Stone believes the festival has an edge over streaming a documentary on Netflix. “I still feel that going to a theater, seeing a film, having it wellintroduced and discussed, is a different experience that really stays with you,� Stone said. “It helps you to understand and have the excitement of learning.� For tickets and the full schedule, visit dceff.org. Most of this year’s screenings are free.

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being undertaken, the environment is still clearly a major concern for Cherry as she ponders the current political climate. “I truly feel that children are our hope,� she said. “Because when children go and talk to elected officials, it cuts through. They say, ‘Do you care about your grandchildren?’ And it shames them.� Cherry laughed while recounting how much easier it is for children than adults to convince officials to revoke laws and pass bills. “The kids do it in weeks or months,� she said. Ruth Caplan, president of the Cleveland Park Citizens Association, which sponsored the event, was thrilled at the turnout for her friend’s presentation. “This isn’t the end, but the beginning,� she said of neighborhood efforts to take care of the environment.

“I’m very pleased with the kids who came and made speeches,� Caplan said. “It is very important in their development.� Lynn Parseghian, executive director of Cleveland Park’s Tregaron Conservancy, and her daughter Alexa were invited to speak alongside Cherry about their own personal environmental efforts. Like her mother, Alexa has participated in sustainability events, including cleanup efforts for Rock Creek Park. “I’ve been so inspired by all the different ways people are helping,� said 14-year-old Alexa. “I want to continue participating as much as I can in helping the environment.� Cherry believes children can have a powerful impact. “I like to think of it as the future is suing the present,� she said. “Suddenly, it’s a whole different way of thinking when [adults] are confronted with the future.�

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DISPATCHES From Page 10 planned to be a Valentine’s Day dance, but it had to be changed because the student council did not have enough time to plan it. For this new dance, which is tentatively scheduled for May 5, the entry fee will be $5, which is $3 more than the winter dance. The $5 will include food and lots of fun. There might even be a photo booth. Unlike the winter dance, grades will be separated, with fifth grade by itself and third and fourth grades together. Fifth grader Matt Burris said, “I love that fifth-graders get to have their own dance.� Many other fifth-graders agree with Matt. The theme of the dance will be Hollywood and the red carpet. Excitement is growing and more than a few kids can’t wait to dance their hearts out on our very own red carpet! — Marcus Han, fifth-grader

Mann Elementary School

Every year Mann does a musical. Kindergarten does a play first; then first- and second-graders do theirs; and finally third-, fourth- and fifth-graders do the biggest musical. The younger grades (below third) perform in the Community Room at school, but the big musical is performed at the Greenberg Theater. In the past, we’ve done “Knights of the Round Table,� “Go West,� “Ben Franklin,� ‘Dig It,� “The Wright Brothers� and “The Best Little Theater in Town.� These musicals helped us learn about many interesting topics. This year we’re learning about the women’s suffrage movement. It’s about a bunch of women who got together and said, “It’s time for us to stop listening to men, because it’s not fair that we’re not being treated equally!� Our director is none other than Ms. Sarah Frei, who has been doing this for longer than we can remember. When asked to say something about the musicals, Ms. Frei said, “I love seeing the joy on the students’ faces when they are on stage.� We are all very excited and looking forward to putting on our newest musical about women’s suffrage. Stay tuned for another article in May where we’ll tell you how successful the play was! — Christopher Maltas, Robin Sechriest, Filippo Iacoviello and Joshua Correa, third-graders

Murch Elementary School

Every Wednesday, Ms. McCoy’s fifth-grade class looks forward to a special science class: nutrition. The nutrition class is here at Murch thanks to the 4-H program at the University of the District of Columbia. The teacher is UDC student Jasmine Tucker, and she is mentored by 4-H extension agent Diego Lahaye. The class has fun activities that

teach the kids about different subjects in nutrition. The class learned about the different food groups, how different foods affect our bodies, nutrition facts, serving sizes and so much more. Fifth-grader Inez SpellacyBaah says that “the teachers helped me out in nutrition because they made trivia games and they provided food. The food helped me because instead of just saying whole grain chips are better than white chips and leave it at that they proved it to us and also gave examples of what foods are good for you.� Romell Randolph wants to learn about “how eating different foods can affect your activities, like sports.� Right now, only one class is participating, but the program will branch out to more classes this spring. 4-H pledge: I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my health to better living and my hands to larger service. The lucky kids who had nutrition class have now learned a lot about how to be healthy! — Ruby Garritano and Bea Gumbinner, fifth-graders

National Presbyterian School

Each year at National Presbyterian School, there is an event called the Geography Bee. This year it was held on March 7. It’s a contest to test your geography skills while competing against other kids. Fourth- through sixthgraders were eligible to take part. They took a qualifying test to find out if they would be in the Bee. A total of only 15 students (including me) made it out of the 99 students who took the test. They were next sorted into five teams, each with one sixth-grader (the team captain), one fifth-grader and one fourth-grader. The competition went for 14 rounds. Players were asked questions that included the capital of Samoa and the largest country below the equator in South America. This year, the winner was Team 5, which was made up of sixth-grader Elizabeth Matal, fourth-grader Braden Weber and fifth-grader Lucas Velasco (me). As a prize, we were given a magnetic set of tangrams to take on our travels around the world. We were also interviewed for the school paper, the Nebraska Avenue Times, and the school video club, Cardinal News Network. People took pictures of us with Mr. Sumner, the Geo Bee organizer. We then hugged our proud parents and grandparents. It was a swell experience. I really loved it! — Lucas Velasco, fifth-grader

Sheridan School

Multiple students from Sheridan School attended a Male Diversity Conference at Horace Mann School in New York hoping to bring back information for our school. We learned about diversity, equity, power, privilege, society, stereotypes and the “Big

8 Identifiers.� Two teachers tagged along. Through a middle school meeting, we wanted to relay to the school not that we got to go to New York but that we brought back important information about diversity to implement in our community. During the meeting we split the middle school into four groups where two of the students who attended the conference would facilitate a conversation. Some discussions were along the lines of the connection between power and privilege, stereotypes you have encountered, and society. To start off the conversation we showed a video named “The Lie� that we saw on our trip and asked about initial responses to it. Some students had nothing to express while others burst out feeling an urge to describe their thoughts. It is very important to share thoughts and experiences that touch you so others can feel the same. Others might express their thinking differently than you. After hearing other people’s feelings you may be able to connect with more people. Within a community so much can be learned and if you extend yourself to others there will be no limits. — Khalab Blagburn, sixth-grader

Washington International School

We are digging deeper into our subjects and research for the Grade 5 IB PYP Exhibition. It’s a big deal, really. Plus, it’s bilingual, meaning English and either French or Spanish, whichever one is a student’s second language. Some sixth-graders who had done Exhibition last year told us about their experiences. They told us how they had gotten so much information from field trips and how much their mentors helped. That taught us what to expect and how to deal with the disagreements in our groups. So our Exhibition should be just as good as the last one. My group’s knowledge continues to grow every week as we each contribute to our projects and help each other out. Working as a team actually sometimes makes the project easier. As we approach the end of our third week, soon to start the fourth, several groups are researching their topics, taking group field trips, organizing learning from interviews and handing out surveys. A few teachers have been sharing slideshows about the Exhibition and tips about action, since each group needs to take some kind of action. We are also thinking about slogans and logos. It’s a lot of work, but it’s fun! This week and next week, we’ll be completing our searches and writing reflections on our work (which we do every week, by the way). We’re about halfway through the Exhibition. That means we’re making progress! — Ngolela Saafi wa Omekongo, fifth-grader

Shopping & Dining in D.C.

Lifestyles, Retail and Restaurants in Northwest Washington

The Current

March 15, 2017 ■ Page 19

Cherry blossom deals attract vigorous business Many area restaurants, bars see annual festival as holiday By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

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hough Tuesday’s snow suggests otherwise, spring and cherry blossom season are just around the corner, and local businesses are gearing up for one of their standout periods all year. Restaurants and bars typically come up with clever specials to commemorate holidays and the changing of seasons. And in recent years more establishments have embraced the idea that the annual blooming of the cherry blossoms functions as a holiday of sorts, timed to the arrival of spring and — usually — warmer weather. This year’s festival runs from March 15 to April 16, and at press time, peak bloom was slated for March 19 to 22, though cold temperatures might alter that forecast significantly

and even kill many of the blossoms. The wintry weather and its impact on blossoms could mean slightly diminished business this year. By and large, though, owners say their deals coinciding with this event have proved a major draw for locals and tourists alike. Two years ago, Astro Doughnuts started selling Cherry Blossom Doughnuts — cherry jam filling, cream cheese glaze, dark chocolate design for the branches and cherry buttercream for the flowers — and according to owner Elliot Spaisman, the response has been overwhelming. “This is our Christmas, I like to say,” Spaisman said. “It’s a doughnut peak time. It’s crazy.” Though Tuesday was a slow day due to the snowstorm, Spaisman said Monday was a typical busy pre-blossoms day, and barring unforeseen circumstances, he

At 49, Appalachian Spring set to close Georgetown outpost By ANDRIA MOORE Current Correspondent

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store that has flourished in Georgetown for 49 years is now slated to close in

June. Appalachian Spring has been owned and operated by David and Paula Brooks since they first opened it in 1968 on Q Street NW. The handmade-crafts shop, which has been at 1415 Wisconsin Ave. NW since 1983, sells everything from jewelry to woodwork and fashion items, made by American craftsmen. When the Brookses first moved to D.C. from North Carolina and West Virginia, they noticed something they thought was peculiar. “Everyone was always saying that all the wonderful stuff to buy in D.C. was stuff that’s been imported,” said David Brooks. “But that was just crazy to us because we knew so many wonderful American craftsmen back home.” The couple didn’t want to abide by that standard of “quality,” so they decided to open a store that would sell items crafted in America and expose people to the “beauty these craftsmen have to offer.” In the beginning, the store sold items primarily from Appalachia, and provided what the Brookses believed was a “rebirth of creativity,” a metaphorical spring. Hence the name: Appalachian Spring.

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Appalachian Spring will close its Georgetown store in June.

However, as the demand for real estate in Georgetown increases, so does the market price to lease a store space, making it expensive for them to continue their business at this location. “It is very important to us to represent American craftsmen and to pay them a fair price without huge markups,” he said. “So when the lease price started going up, it just didn’t make any sense for us to stay.” Alice Van-Buren, manager of the Georgetown Appalachian Spring, said she will be sad to see the store close. “I’ve been here for 20 years,” Van-Buren said. “I’ve been to customers’ funerals, seen customers get engaged and sent condolences to dogs that have died that we’ve greeted for years.” See Closing/Page 30

Above: Photo by Rachel Lyn Photography / Right: Courtesy of Bar Dupont

Astro Doughnuts expects its Cherry Blossom offering to sell at a rapid pace. Meanwhile, visitors to Bar Dupont can try a fusion drink called I Shogu Chu Choose You. expects customers will likely start returning in full force by the end of the week, he said. The possibility of fewer cherry blossoms this year could have some impact on business, he said, but it’s too early to tell the extent, and he’s not yet concerned about a drastic loss. The specialty doughnut originated on a whim from the chefs, who started with the filling and eventually landed on a design they liked. The restaurant’s prime down-

town location at 1308 G St. NW has appealed to many tourists, Spaisman said. On an average day during the blossoms’ peak, the restaurant might sell between 300 and 400 Cherry Blossom Doughnuts. Some of them end up on social media later, with pictures of people holding the doughnut designs next to the actual trees. “We’re always thinking of specials for all different occasions. This is one of the See Blossoms/Page 30

Brilliant Earth inks deal for Cady’s Alley location

Eco-friendly jewelry retailer Brilliant Earth will be moving into Georgetown’s Cady’s Alley this spring. The store has worked out a long-term lease for a 2,500-square-foot space in the Georgetown Renaissance property at 3332 Cady’s Alley NW, according to a news release. This will be the first D.C. opening for Brilliant Earth, a retail brand started in 2005 to cultivate a “more ethical, transparent and compassionate jewelry industry,” according to the release. The collection emphasizes engagement and wedding rings, and jewelry handcrafted from recycled precious metals and set with ethically sourced diamonds and gemstones. Brilliant Earth is now open in San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago. In D.C., the Georgetown showroom plans to open in early April, offering appointments between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday through Monday. EastBanc, Jamestown LP and Acadia Realty Trust arranged for the lease with Brilliant Earth, according to the release. Other recent leasing in the Georgetown Renaissance property includes fashion and home goods retailers such as Ledbury, Intermix, Circa Lighting and Design Within Reach.

MIddle C Music plans 15th anniversary events Middle C Music in Tenleytown will celebrate its 15th anniversary with events from

dle C Music Day,” honoring the retailer as the city’s last fullservice music store. The council has bestowed similar honors on Middle C in past years.

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Eco-friendly jewelry store Brilliant Earth will move into Cady’s Alley this spring.

March 24 to 26. The music store at 4350 Wisconsin Ave. NW plans to give away two free instruments that weekend to winning customers: a Yamaha Revstar RS720B electric guitar, and a Kala six-string tenor ukulele. Competitors should create a video demonstrating their love for the store and how it has changed their lives, according to a newsletter. Entries must be received at info@middlecmusic.com or via facebook.com/middlecmusicdc by 6 p.m. on March 24. Middle C is also hosting a celebration at 6 p.m. on March 24, with a free in-store seminar and performance by guitarist Richard Gilewitz. The “globetrotting 6 & 12-string player” and “master teacher” will demonstrate techniques and gear for guitar and ukulele, according to the newsletter. Meanwhile, the D.C. Council recently passed a resolution designating March 25 as “Mid-

The CaliBurger chain is making its entrance to the D.C. area next week with a delivery service in Ivy City, while plans are in the works to open multiple storefronts across the region later this year. The chain, which debuted in Asia and now operates in 12 countries, offers a “21st century revival of the classic California burger joint,” according to a news release. The D.C. delivery service will operate from Union Kitchen at 1369 New York Ave. NE as of next Tuesday. The menu features hamburgers for $4.25, cheeseburgers for $4.99, grilled cheeses for $3.99, fries for $1.99 and ice cream shakes for $3.99. The chain’s specialty, the “Cali Double” burger — with two beef patties, melted American cheese, tomato, iceberg lettuce, grilled sweet onions and a signature sauce — is $5.99. Local customers can order via popular dining apps. CaliBurger also offers a mobile app for instant or advance orders and curbside pickup at Union Kitchen. The burger chain intends to expand throughout the D.C. region this year with additional brick-and-mortar stores. Its U.S. presence includes three restaurants on the West Coast and one in Columbia, Md.

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Wednesday MARCH 15 Classes and workshops ■Chichi Lovett will teach a weekly English as a Second Language class for adults. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■Instructor Tara Bishop will lead a weekly “Yoga for All� restorative yoga practice. 7:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100. Performance ■The Sundance Institute and the Kennedy Center will present the world premiere of the English-language version of playwright and performer Amer Hlehel’s “TAHA,� based on the life of celebrated Palestinian poet Taha Muhammad Ali, whose poetry explored the experiences of Palestinian refugees. 7:30 p.m. $15. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,MARCH March 16 16 Thursday Children’s programs ■“Pajama Movie Night� will feature “Finding Dory.� 6 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr will discuss their book “Everywhere, Wonder� (for ages 3 through 7). 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Class ■The West End Interim Library will host an all-levels yoga class. 6 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707.

Concerts ■The Funk Parade Kickoff Jam will feature Reesa Renee, Alex Vaughn, and Joe Keyes and the Late Bloomer Band, as well as dancers from Kazaxe by Azuka Bom and other special guests. 7 p.m. $15 to $20. Tropicalia, 2001 14th St. NW. tinyurl.com/funk-kickoff-jam. ■The National Presbyterian Church will host the 11th annual Pennsylvania State University President’s Concert, featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Gabrieli, Liszt, Hogan, Guillaume and Dilworth. 7:30 p.m. Free. National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. nationalpres.org/concert-series. ■Redleg Husky, an acoustic roots trio based in Asheville, N.C., will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys. com. ■The New York City trio Consider the Source will perform with guitarist Felix Martin. 7:30 p.m. $12 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■The Congressional Chorus and Congressional Chamber Ensemble will present “Road Trip! Tour the USA in Our Cabaret,� a high-energy production highlighting cities that have defined America’s popular music. 8 p.m. $50. Sprenger Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. The concert will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. ■Washington Performing Arts will present pianist Brad Mehldau in a concert that will explore his relationship to Bach from several angles, juxtaposing his own new composition, “Three Pieces After Bach,� with several canonical pieces from Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier� and a

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selection of earlier Mehldau jazz compositions. 8 p.m. $47. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 202-785-9727. Discussions and lectures ■The Chevy Chase and Georgetown chapters of National Active and Retired Federal Employees will present a talk by financial expert Mark Keen on “How to Manage Your Finances More Effectively,� about financial topics specifically relevant to retirees and those approaching retirement. 6 p.m. Free. Iona Senior Services, 4125 Albemarle St. NW. ■“Knowledge Is Power: Lung Health� will feature talks by thoracic surgeon Stephen Broderick about early-stage lung cancer screening and by thoracic medical oncologist Benjamin Levy about targeted and immunotherapies for nonsmall cell lung cancer. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conference Room 1, Building A, Sibley Memorial Hospital, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. 202-243-2320. ■Carnegie Institution for Science president Matthew Scott will discuss “Jumping Genes: What They Mean for Evolution and Medicine.� 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Carnegie Institution for Science, 5241 Broad Branch Road NW. carnegiescience.edu. ■Ganesh Sitaraman, associate professor of law at Vanderbilt University and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, will discuss his book “The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■The Tenley-Friendship Library will host a memoir and essay writing work-

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Thursday, MARCH 16 ■Concert: Conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, the National Symphony Orchestra will perform Bruckner’s titanic “First Symphony� on a program that will also feature concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef (shown) in Mozart’s celebrated “Third Violin Concerto.� 7 p.m. $15 to $89. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday at 11:30 a.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m. shop led by Maura Policelli. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■Tressie McMillan Cottom — a former admissions counselor at two forprofit schools and now an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University as well as a frequent media commentator on education, inequality and pop culture — will discuss her book “Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of ForProfit Colleges in the New Economy.� 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations requested. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org. ■The Takoma Park Library will host a meeting of its Adult Book Club. 7 p.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252. ■Damian Shiels will discuss his book “The Forgotten Irish: Irish Emigrant Experiences in America,� for which he researched Civil War pension records to craft the stories of 35 Irish families whose lives portray the nature of the Irish emigrant experience. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202357-5000. ■The Georgetown Book Club will hold the second of two discussions on Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 novel “A Little Life,� about four college friends into adulthood, focusing especially on the more fragile Jude, whose painful past reverberates throughout his life. 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. julia.strusienski@dc.gov. Films ■In conjunction with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, the National Portrait Gallery will present Michelle Ferrari’s 2017 film “Rachel Carson,� an intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the nat-

ural world. A post-screening discussion will feature Ferrari; Rafael de la Uz, the film’s producer; and Robert Musil, president and CEO of the Rachel Carson Council. 6:30 p.m. Free; tickets required. McEvoy Auditorium, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. dceff.org/ film/rachel-carson. The festival will continue through March 26 with screenings at various venues. ■As part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, the National Building Museum will present “One Big Home,� about a carpenter in Martha’s Vineyard who leads an effort to pass a new bylaw to limit house size after an enormous compound is built beside a fragile pond. A discussion with director Thomas Bena will follow. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $5; free for students. Reservations required. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. Performances ■The Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a student performance. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■The Washington Improv Theater’s annual “FIST� tournament will kick off with performances by Mystery Improv Theater, Something Else, Booshwazee, the Supreme Jorts and Alka Sssssssssseltzer, at 7:30 p.m.; and by Childish Things, Babs, McFearsome Square, Nope! and Stand Up for Whaaa?, at 9:30 p.m. $12 to $15. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. Tournament performances will continue through April 15. ■The Wilson Shakespeare Society and Wilson Theater will present “Twelfth Night.� 7:30 p.m. $5 to $15. Black Box Theater, Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW. wilsonhs.org. The performance will repeat Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. ■The producers of the Capital City Showcase will present “Glover Park Social: A Variety Open Mic,� a weekly program featuring comedians, musicians and performing artists. 8 p.m. Free. Mason Inn, 2408 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-431-4704. ■Canadian writer-director Robert Lepage and his Ex Machina performance company will revisit his work “Needles and Opium� in a highly visual staging that is as much magic as it is theater. 8 p.m. $19 to $59. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. ■Theater Alliance will present “Mnemonic,� which uses physically driven storytelling and 21st-century technology to reveal a shared humanity in a world that is always moving — by choice or circumstance. 8 p.m. $30 to $40. Anacostia Playhouse, 2020 Shannon Place SE. theateralliance.com. Performances will continue through April 9. Sporting event ■The Washington Capitals will play the Nashville Predators. 7 p.m. $33 to $613. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. See Events/Page 21

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 20 800-745-3000. Tour ■ “Gardener’s Focus: An Orchid-Filled Greenhouse” will feature a tour led by Hillwood head grower Drew Asbury. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. $15 to $18; tickets distributed at the Visitor Center upon opening each day. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. The tour will also be offered through March 31 on various days. Friday, March 17 Friday MARCH 17 Children’s program ■ Discovery Theater will present “All Ireland!,” featuring dancer-musician Shannon Dunne and musician Alex Boatright in a joyful show that includes old-style sean nós dancing, singing and the sounds of traditional instruments (recommended for ages 5 through 10). 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. $3 to $8. Discovery Theater, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-8700. Class ■ The “Strike a Prose” series will allow participants to spark their imagination and let “Bill Viola: The Moving Portrait” inspire them in an informal creative writing session for adults focusing on “Every Picture Tells a Story.” 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Meet in the G Street lobby, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and G streets NW. npg. si.edu/whats-on. The program will repeat Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Concerts ■ The Friday Morning Music Club will present a concert featuring selected French songs and works by Gluck, Rachmaninoff and Kreisler. Noon. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202333-2075. ■ The Friday Noon Concert series will feature pianist Lisa Wasyluszko. Noon. Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282, ext. 3. ■ The Spelman College Glee Club will perform selections from its repertoire of sacred and secular choral literature for women’s voices with an emphasis on traditional spirituals, music by African-American composers and music from numerous cultures. Noon. Free. Flag Hall, National Museum of American History, Constitution Avenue between 12th and 14th streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ Michel Rychlinski of Cologne, Germany, will present an organ recital featuring works by Böhm and Bach. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103. ■ The Friday Music Series will feature guitarist and composer Nathaniel Braddock. 1:15 p.m. Free. McNeir Auditorium, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787. ■ Ethiopian-Israeli singer and songwriter Aveva Dese will perform her urban Tel Aviv sound that mixes Ethiopian music with R&B, funk and pop in a concert presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Israel. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Embassy Series will present a concert by Slovakian jazz soul singer

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Suite 100, the center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-238-6949. ■ “Designing Paraguay: Emerging From the Heart of South America,” highlighting the emerging artistic talOn EXHIBIT ent of Paraguay, will open Thursday with a reception at 6 p.m. at the InterAmerican Development Bank CulGoethe-Institut Washington. On tural Center. Representing a shift view through March 29, the show invites visitors to immerse themselves away from traditional craft, the exhibit in games on such topics as precarious will continue through May 26. RSVP for the reception at iadb.org/exhibitions. labor conditions, war, gender issues A government-issued ID is required for and surveillance. Located at 1990 K St. NW in Suite admission. Located at 1300 New York Ave. 03, the institute is open Monday NW, the gallery is through Thursday open Monday from 10 a.m. to through Friday 6:30 p.m. and from 11 a.m. to 6 Friday from 10 p.m. 202-623a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 1213. 202-847-4700. ■ “39 Years: ■ “Meet Netsuke! Rejuvenate With Storytellers of Art,” a group Japan,” featuring show that celea collection of brates the 39th finely crafted anniversary of miniature Zenith Gallery, sculptures known will open Friday as netsuke with an artists’ (originally reception from 4 intended to to 8 p.m. There attach wallets, will be an additobacco pouches Hubert Jackson’s “Couple With tional artists’ and other small Saints” is part of a new exhibit reception Saturboxes to the obi at Zenith Gallery. day from 2 to 6 belt of kimono), p.m., and the will open today at the Japan Information and Culture show will close with a reception April 29 from 2 to 5 p.m. Center. On view through May 15, the Located at 1429 Iris St. NW, the exhibit is part of the National Cherry gallery is open Wednesday through Blossom Festival. Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202Located at 1150 18th St. NW in “Global Games: Games and Politics,” an interactive exhibit of 16 politically oriented video games from around the world, will open today at

Hanka G. A buffet reception with wine will follow. 7:30 p.m. $95. Embassy of Slovakia, 3523 International Court NW. 202-625-2361. ■ Guitarist Peter White will pay tribute to his rock and soul roots. 8 and 10 p.m. $40 to $45. Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-337-4141. The performance will repeat Saturday and Sunday at 8 and 10 p.m. ■ “Jazz on the Hill” will present The Quartet. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; $15 minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412. ■ The 1990s party band White Ford Bronco will present a St. Paddy’s Day Bash. 9 p.m. $25. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ Vocal duo Rivers & Rhodes will perform. 10:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Barbara Schmidt, author of “Orchid Care: For the Beginner,” will discuss “Everything Orchids,” including how they grow in their native environments and how to care for them in your own home. Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ Society of the Cincinnati library

director Ellen Clark will discuss two recent acquisitions of major significance — the original manuscript of the comte de Rochambeau’s memoir of his life and military career, and his family’s annotated copy of the posthumously published edition, “Mémoires Militaires, Historiques et Politiques de Rochambeau.” 12:30 p.m. Free. Anderson House, Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. ■ Noah Isenberg, Film Quarterly book review editor and director of screen studies at the New School’s Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, will discuss his book “We’ll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie.” Joining Isenberg in conversation will be Glenn Frankel, author of “High Noon” and “The Searchers.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. Performances ■ Washington National Opera will present the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists in a production of Mozart’s timeless drama “Don Giovanni.” 7:30 p.m. $35 to $75. Opera House, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ “Hexagon 2017: Let Freedom Zing!” will feature original songs with newly composed music and lyrics about recent

“The Cat and the Coup” by ZKM is featured in a new interactive exhibition of 16 video games at Goethe-Institut Washington. 783-2963. ■ “Alchemical Vessels,” featuring vessels created or chosen by 125 artists to tell their story about the cyclical passage from pain to heating, will open Friday with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. at Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts’ Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery. A benefit reception will be held April 28 from 7 to 10 p.m., with tickets ranging from $50 to $300, and a closing reception will take place May 5 at 7 p.m. Located at 1632 U St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 202-483-8600. ■ “Best of Both Worlds,” the latest collection of works by French-Armenian artist Jean Kazandjian, will open Friday at the Embassy of Armenia as part of the D.C. Francophonie Festival. On view through April 7, the exhibit showcases an avant-garde artist of the post-surrealist era. Located at 2225 R St. NW, the exhibit space is open Friday from noon political fodder. Proceeds will benefit ArtStream. 8 p.m. $30. Theater, Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW. 202-333-7469. Performances will continue through April 1. ■ “A Night of Storytelling V: Designated Survivor,” featuring amateur storytellers in the Washington area, will include personal tales of surviving against the odds. 7:30 p.m. $20. Lang Theatre, Atlas

to 2 p.m. 202-319-1976. ■ “George Condo: The Way I Think,” a survey of drawings by American contemporary artist Condo, opened recently at the Phillips Collection. Continuing through June 25, the exhibit also includes some of the artist’s “drawing paintings.” Located at 1600 21st St. NW, the museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday until 8:30 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission on the weekends costs $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students; it is free for ages 18 and younger. Admission during weekdays is free for this exhibit. 202-387-2151. ■ “A Luta Continua,” a group show about the complexities of the human struggle around the world, opened recently at George Washington University’s student-run Gallery 102, where it will continue through March 24. Located in the Smith Hall of Art at 801 22nd St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. thegallery102@gmail.com. Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. ■ Laugh Index Theatre will present its monthly House Comics show and open mic. 10 p.m. $10 to $15. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833. Special events ■ The Tenley-Friendship Library will See Events/Page 22

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Continued From Page 21 host a St. Patrick’s Day edition of its adult coloring program. 2 to 3:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ Guy Mason Recreation Center will offer weekly bingo. 3 to 5 p.m. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7703. ■ The Guy Mason Recreation Center will host a St. Patrick’s Day party with corned beef and cabbage to celebrate the coming of spring. Attendees are asked to bring a dessert to share. 5 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■ “Soirée Maroc” will explore the best of Morocco, including live music by Ankraf Band and Tazenzart Group; a discussion of Berber culture; and traditional Moroccan couscous and other dishes. 7 p.m. $30 to $35; reservations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. Sporting event ■ The Washington Wizards will play the Chicago Bulls, with a post-game concert by Bell Biv Devoe. 7 p.m. $23 to $823. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000. Tours ■ Robyn Kennedy, chief administrator for the Renwick Gallery, will discuss the innovative works of enamelist June Schwarcz. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Renwick Gallery, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. ■ The Washington National Cathedral’s “Classic Tower Climb” will offer a look at the ringing chamber, 333 steps high in the central tower with scenic views of Washington. 1 p.m. $40; reservations required. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. The event will repeat March 24 at 1 p.m. Saturday,MARCH March 18 18 Saturday Children’s programs ■ Alliance Française de Washington will present “Heure du conte,” an interactive storytime in French. 9:30 to 10 a.m. Free; reservations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyo-

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Jorge Díaz about a bookish library mouse who sets out on adventures with a trio of street-wise barrio mice, a cunning cat and a good-natured dog (recommended for ages 4 through 10). 3 p.m. $10 to $12. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174. The performance will repeat March 25 at 3 p.m. ■ A park ranger will lead a Women’s History Month planetarium program focusing on female astronomers and explorers (for ages 7 and older). 4 to 4:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-8956070. Classes and workshops ■ Artist Jean Brinton Jaecks will present a workshop on “Painting Spring Flowers in Watercolor.” 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $150 to $175; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202225-8333. The class will continue Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ■ Travel writer Andrew Evans — author of five books, including “The Black Penguin” — will present a seminar on “The Craft of Travel Writing.” 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $90 to $140. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ The Mount Pleasant Library will present “Saturday Morning Yoga.” 10 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. ■ Volunteer teachers from the Washington English Center will hold a weekly conversational practice circle for adults who already have some English speaking ability. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ Professional quilt-maker and educator Lauren Kingsland will present a workshop on “Laundry to Legacy: Repurposing Treasured Garments Into Memory Quilts.” 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. $55 to $75. Room 3031, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ The Kennedy Center will host an all-levels vinyasa yoga class led by Alia Khan. 10:15 a.m. Free; reservations suggested. Grand Foyer, Kennedy Center. kennedy-center.org. ■ Heather Markowitz, founder of WithLoveDC, will lead a “Practice With Love” yoga class. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free. Conservatory West Gallery, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-2431188. Concerts ■ The Friday Morning Music Club will present the finals of its Ross-Roberts Student Competition for Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-333-2075. ■ Hamid El Kasri will perform in the Moroccan gnawa style, mixing the rhythms of the country’s northern and southern regions. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■ Live at 10th & G will host the New Orchestra of Washington’s spring concert “Witches, Wizards, and Warlocks,” featuring works by Ravel, Dukas and

Saturday, MARCH 18 ■ Discussion: Dan Chaon will discuss his novel “Ill Will.” 3:30 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Mussorgsky. A reception with the artists will follow. 7 p.m. $15 to $40; free for ages 11 and younger. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW. neworchestraofwashington.org. A craft beer reception with music by DC Concert Orchestra will begin at 6 p.m. ■ The John E. Marlow Guitar Series will present a concert by Spanish guitarist Margarita Escarpa performing a special program of Spanish and Mexican repertoire. Pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m.; performance at 8 p.m. $14 to $28; free for ages 17 and younger with an adult. Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Circle. 301-7994028. ■ Teatro Lirico of DC will present National Symphony Orchestra oboist William Wielgus and Peruvian pianist Gonzalo Aguilar performing a program of Peruvian classical music for oboe and piano. 7:30 p.m. $5 to $10. International Student House of D.C., 1825 R St. NW. 202-360-3514. ■ Singer-songwriter David Rose will perform, at 8 p.m.; and high-energy folk/ Americana duo Rye Baby will perform, at 10:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys. com. ■ Dumbarton Concerts will present the Calidore String Quartet performing works by Beethoven, Ligeti and Dvorák. 8 p.m. $30 to $35. Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St. NW. 202-965-2000. A pre-concert cafe and art gallery will open at 6 p.m. ■ Washington Performing Arts will present “Nufonia Must Fall,” a tender love story between a robot and a human, composed and performed by DJ Kid Koala with the Afiara Quartet. 8 p.m. $35. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202785-9727. ■ “Ladies of Jazz” will present Julia Nixon. 8 and 10:15 p.m. $14; ticket required plus $15 food and beverage minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. bpt.me/2865525. ■ “Halcyon Stage at Dock5” will present a classical music rave featuring the Experiential Orchestra performing

Stravinsky’s iconic “Rite of Spring.” Audience members will be invited to dance and experience the physicality of this famously riotinducing ballet; curated DJ sets blending electronica; and classical styles will complete the night. Performance at 8:30 p.m.; DJ set at 10 p.m. $40. Dock5, Union Market, 1039 5th St. NE. halcyonstage.org. ■ The Southern Belles, Telesma and Definition of One will perform. 8:30 p.m. $12 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Demonstration ■ “Cooking Up History: The Women Behind America’s First Cookbooks” will feature guest chef Angie Lee of Sur La Table and a Smithsonian host preparing a few recipes from American cookbook authors such as Amelia Simmons, Mary Randolph, Eliza Leslie and Lydia Child. They will consider the ingredients, tools and cooking techniques from early eras and discuss how these authors had such a profound influence on American culinary history. 2 p.m. Free. Wallace H. Coulter Performance Plaza, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202633-1000. Discussions and lectures ■ The Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium — focusing on the life, career and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln — will feature scholars Daniel W. Crofts, Stephen D. Engle, Allen C. Guelzo, Jason Silverman and Douglas L. Wilson. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. lincoln-institute.org. ■ Ranger Kevin Patti from the Clara Barton National Historic Site will discuss “Clara Barton — Angel of the Battlefield,” about the life and legacy of a shy girl born on a New England farm in 1821, how she broke through barriers that often confined women to the domestic sphere in the 1800s, and her 60-year career of public service that included the founding of the American Red Cross. 10 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. ■ Erica Armstrong Dunbar, professor of black American studies and history at the University of Delaware, will discuss her book “Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge.” 1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■ The Tenley-Friendship Library will host a book club discussion in American Sign Language about “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” by Cheryl Strayed. 2 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202559-5368. ■ Nicholas Reynolds will discuss his book “Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway’s Secret Adventures, 19351961.” 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■ Ami Karim, a storyteller turned slam poet, will join a roundtable of speakers to discuss the importance of See Events/Page 23

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development, flexibility, coordination and stunt technique. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free. Raymond Recreation Center, 3725 10th St. NW. 202-673-7647. â– Politics and Prose will host “Nerds! Trivia Night,â€? challenging competitors of all ages to three rounds of mind-bending trivia. Prizes awarded. Signup at 7 p.m.; game at 8 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. Sporting event â– D.C. United will play the Columbus Crew. 7 p.m. $20 to $200. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800-745-3000. Teen event â– Joseph LMS Green will host a youth open mic poetry event with teen members of the DC Youth Slam Team. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St. NW. 202789-2227. Walks and tours â– Washington Walks will present a “Blossom Secrets Stroll.â€? 2 p.m. $15 to $20. Meet outside the Independence Avenue exit to the Smithsonian Metro station. washingtonwalks.com. The walk will repeat March 19, 25 and 26 at 2 p.m. ■“Close-up Tour: Angels High and Lowâ€? will examine aspects of the Washington National Cathedral’s artisanship (for ages 10 and older). 2 p.m. $18 to $22; reservations suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral. org. Sunday,MARCH March 19 19 Sunday Children’s program â– 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. Class â– Licensed graduate professional art therapist Janet Minichiello will present a workshop on how to create a “memory bookâ€? that tells your own story by transforming an old book through writing, drawing, painting or collage. 2 to 4 p.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. georgetownlibrary@dc.gov. The class will continue March 26. Concerts â– The Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church’s 40th annual Bach Marathon will feature 10 leading organists presenting half-hour performances of works by J.S. Bach. A German dinner will follow. 2 to 7 p.m. Free admission; reservations required for dinner. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW. chevychasepc.org. â– The Kruger Brothers and Kontras Quartet will perform “Appalachian Concerto.â€? 3:30 p.m. Free. East Garden Court, West Building, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â– The Jupiter Quartet will perform its Phillips Collection debut with selections by Mozart, BartĂłk and Schumann. 4 p.m. $20 to $40; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. â– Faculty members of the Washing-

Sunday, MARCH 19 â– Concert: The Cathedral Choral Society and the vocal quartet New York Polyphony will present “Amid a Crowd of Stars,â€? featuring works by Tallis, Elgar, Tavener, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Allegri, Moody, Brumel, Willaert, Guerrero, Stucky, Andrew Smith and Ola Gjeilo. 4 to 5:30 p.m. $25 to $79. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. ton Conservatory of Music will present a showcase concert featuring works by Arvo Pärt, Beethoven, John Musto, Brahms, Amy Beach, Chopin and Poulenc as well as jazz and Irish music improvisations. 5 p.m. Free; $20 donation suggested to benefit the student scholarship fund for low-income families. Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Circle. 301-320-2770. â– The Millennium Stage will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a performance by Scythian (shown), a band that plays roots music from Celtic, Eastern European and Appalachian traditions with thunderous energy that beckons crowds into a barndance, rock concert experience, from 6 to 7 p.m.; and Big Sam’s Funky Nation, a group of world-class musicians that are a driving force of urban funk, from 7 to 8 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. A happy hour with half-price beer and house wine will begin at 5 p.m. in the Grand Foyer. â– The Emerson String Quartet will present a recital with violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer, violist Lawrence Dutton and cellist Paul Watkins performing works by Beethoven and Berg. 6 to 8 p.m. $56 to $72. Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030. â– Transparent Productions will present a concert by the quartet Rhombal, featuring Stephan Crump (shown) on bass, Ellery Eskelin on tenor saxophone, Adam O’Farrill on trumpet and TyShawn Sorey on drums. 7 and 8:30 p.m. $20 to $22. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St.

Discussions and lectures ■The Washington Jewish Literary Festival will present a talk by Maya Benton on her book “Roman Vishniac Rediscovered,� an expansive look at the modernist photographer’s work, which includes images of pre-Holocaust Jewish life in Eastern Europe, the Nazi rise to power, postwar Europe, displaced persons camps, and Jewish life in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s. 10:30 a.m. to noon. $15; reservations required. Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St. NW. edcjcc.org/litfest. ■Advice columnist Amy Dickinson will discuss her book “Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Coming Home.� 1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■Art historian Christina Rosenberger will discuss “Drawing the Line: The Early Work of Agnes Martin.� 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■The Potter’s House will host a book club discussion of “Fifty-five, Unemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life� with author Elizabeth White. 3 to 5 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org. ■Rachel Braun will discuss her book “Embroidery and Sacred Text: New Designs in Judaic Needlework.� 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■“Calling, Service, and Justice: Stories From Spiritual Entrepreneurs,� a monthly speaker series, will feature a talk by the Rev. Bill Haley, executive director of Coracle: Spiritual Formation for Kingdom Action. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free;

reservations required. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org. The series will continue April 30 and May 21. Films ■As part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, the Avalon Theatre’s Weekend Family Matinees series will present Swiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig’s “The Day the Sun Fell.� 1 p.m. $7 to $12.25. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202966-3464. ■In conjunction with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, the National Museum of Women in the Arts will host the D.C. premiere of Gina Abatemarco’s 2016 documentary “Kivalina,� a candid portrait of an Inupiaq Eskimo tribe living on an island that is disappearing into the ocean. 3 to 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. dceff.org. ■Classical pianist Alexander Toradze will introduce a screening of Aleksandr Sokurov and Semyon Aranovich’s 1981 film “Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola.� 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. Performances and readings ■The monthly “In Your Ear� show will feature readings and performances by poets who draw on an avant-garde tradition. 3 p.m. $5. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833. ■The Washington Jewish Literary Festival will host the weekly public radio series “Selected Shorts,� featuring an afternoon of spellbinding short stories that focus on the festival theme “UnexSee Events/Page 24

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Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-3317282, ext. 3. ■Laugh Index Theatre will present “Improv Wars,� a friendly competition among improv troupes, with the audience voting for the winner. 8 p.m. $8 to $15. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833. Tour ■The National Museum of the U.S. Navy will present a walking tour of the historic Washington Navy Yard. 10 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required by March 17. Meeting site provided upon registration. 202-433-2995. Tuesday,MARCH March 21 21 Tuesday Children’s programs ■“Tudor Tots: Art� will feature songs, stories and movement (for ages 2 through 4). 10 a.m. $5; free for accompanying adults. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org. The “Tudor Tots� series will continue weekly through April 25. ■To celebrate Women’s History Month, actress Mary Ann Jung will tell the story of Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley (for ages 7 and older). 4 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. Classes and workshops ■A certified yoga instructor will lead a walk-in gentle yoga class targeted to ages 55 and older. 10 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-7270232. ■The Georgetown Library will present a walk-in yoga class practicing introductory viniyasa techniques. 11:15 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■Lindsey Crawford of Yoga District will present a yoga class for beginners. 1 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. Concerts ■As part of the Tuesday Concert Series, saxophonist Jeremy Koch (shown) and pianist Yu-Hsuan Liao will perform. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635. ■The University of the District of Columbia’s “JAZZforum� will present a session of conversation and performance featuring musician and educator Arthur Dawkins, who spent 30 years as professor of music and director of jazz studies at Howard University. 12:30 p.m. Free. Recital Hall, Building 46-West, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. jazzaliveudc.org. ■Grammy-winning dream soul trio King — made up of twins Paris and Amber Strother along with Anita Bias — will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Vocalist and songwriter Simrit and her ensemble will perform. 7:30 p.m. $25 to $35. St. Francis Hall, 1340 Quincy St. NE. brightstarevents.com. ■Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic with Silky Dave. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■Kanishk Tharoor will discuss his See Events/Page 25

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adults. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■Instructor Andrea McCabe will present a weekly yoga class. 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202727-7527. ■Instructor Tara Bishop will lead a weekly “Yoga for All� restorative yoga practice. 7:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

screen director Martin Fric’s 1934 movie “Heave-Ho!.â€? 6:45 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Bistro Bohem, 600 Florida Ave. NW. 202-735-5895. Meeting â– Recovery International will host a small group meeting for people coping with issues such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, panic attacks, stress, anger, fear and obsessive-compulsive disorder. 7 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-2680. Performances and readings â– A poetry reading will feature Sarah Browning and Lauren Camp. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org. â– Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, an all male-dance troupe, will perform in drag and on pointe. 7:30 p.m. $29 to $99. Opera House, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. â– Artists from the esteemed Shigeyama Kyogen Troupe will present “An Evening of Kyogen,â€? featuring brief comic plays, a genre of traditional Japanese theater that is more than 500 years old. 8 to 10 p.m. Free. Whittall Pavilion, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502. Members of the troupe will join curators from the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler galleries for a pre-performance discussion from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. â– Teatro El PĂşblico will present “AntigonĂłn, un contingente ĂŠpico,â€? a spectacle that fuses the legend of Antigone with old and new Cuban heroes. 8 p.m. $15 to $39. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Wednesday at 8 p.m. â– The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Nightâ€? will feature long-form improv performances by various ensembles. 8 and 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. Special events â– The Washington National Cathedral will join with the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, Rumi Forum, All Dulles Area Muslim Society, Washington Hebrew Congregation, Center for Pluralism, Jews United for Justice and others to present “Faith Over Fear: Welcoming the Stranger,â€? featuring interfaith prayer, song and conversation. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. â– To celebrate the Cherry Blossom Festival, Via Umbria will host a wine tasting with four Italian wines featuring notes of cherry, paired with complimentary small bites. 7:30 p.m. $35; reservations required. Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW. viaumbria.com/events. Sporting event â– The Washington Capitals will play the Calgary Flames. 7 p.m. $37 to $594. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000. Wednesday, March 22 22 Wednesday MARCH Benefit â– Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets will hold its annual “Spring Flingâ€? silent

Wednesday, MARCH 22 ■Concert: Award-winning Chicago rapper Common (shown) will join the NSO Pops and principal Pops conductor Steven Reineke for a one-night-only concert of music from Common’s latest album, “Black America Again,� as well as some of his biggest hits. 8 p.m. $29 to $154. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. auction and buffet dinner. 5:30 to 8 p.m. $20 to $30. Washington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW. dupontcircle.biz. Classes and workshops ■Kripalu yoga teacher Eva Blutinger will lead a “Yoga in the Galleries� class. 10 a.m. $5 to $10. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300. ■Guy Mason Recreation Center will offer a weekly “Gentle Gyrokinesis� class to improve posture, balance and agility. 2:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7736. ■Chichi Lovett will teach a weekly English as a Second Language class for

Concerts ■Celebrating women in the arts, National Symphony Orchestra members Rachel Young, Alexandra Osborne and Lisa Emenheiser will perform three works by composer Amy Beach. 12:10 p.m. Free. East Garden Court, West Building, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215. ■“The Soulquarians: D.C. Pays Tribute to Common� will feature members of Washington’s creative community honoring the cultural impact and influence of the early 2000s group that included rapper Common. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Musician Andrew Scotchie will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■Musicians From Marlboro will perform works by Haydn, Webern and Brahms. 8 p.m. Free; tickets required. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202707-5502. A pre-concert conversation will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Whittall Pavilion. ■Pimps of Joytime will perform at an album release party on a double bill with Naughty Professor. 8:30 p.m. $16 to $18. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■National Museum of Women in the

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Thursday, MARCH 23 ■ Discussion: Richard Holmes will discuss his book “This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer,” a luminous meditation on the art of biography. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202387-1400. ton and the Embassy of Armenia will present Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 film “The Color of Pomegranates,” about the life and poetry of 18th-century Armenian poet-troubadour Sayat-Nova. 6:45 p.m. Free; reservations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. ■ The National Archives will present “Following Seas,” about the adventures of Bob Griffith and Nancy Hirsch from Polynesia to circumnavigating Antarctica. A post-screening discussion will feature filmmakers Tyler J. Kelley and Araby Kel-

ley. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ In conjunction with the Environmental Film Festival of the Nation’s Capital, American University Center for Environmental Filmmaking founder and director Chris Palmer will present “Student Short Environmental Film Festival.” 7 p.m. Free. Doyle/Forman Theater, McKinley Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-8853408. ■ National Geographic will present “Pristine Seas: Wild Galápagos,” which follows an international group of scientists and filmmakers as they travel to the legendary Galápagos Islands and document a complex and unique underwater world that is at risk. 7:30 p.m. $10. National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700. ■ The Reel Israel DC series will feature Nissim Dayan’s 2014 film “The Dove Flyer,” a coming-of-age tale of a 16-year-old told amid the backdrop of the most ancient Jewish community in the world — the Jewish community of Iraq. 8 p.m. $7 to $12.25. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-3464. Performances and readings ■ Washington Performing Arts will present “Politics & Art: A Jam Session at the Wilson Building,” featuring Capital Arts Student Showcase with students

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BLOSSOMS: Annual deals gain following of locals and tourists From Page 19

ones that really hit. It’s hard to say why,” Spaisman said. “But it’s also done well on social media. It’s just really got legs of its own.” This month, Astro is offering four other special flavors: passion fruit coconut, banana salted cashew, rocky road and cherry cheesecake. The last one will be taken off the menu when peak bloom begins. Celebrations of the cherry blossoms aren’t restricted to food. Visitors to Bar Dupont in the Dupont Circle Hotel at 1500 New Hampshire Ave. NW can try four cherry blossom-themed drinks this month, including I Shochu Chu Choose You, a traditional Japanese libation with Spanish flavors thrown in, and Whisky Highball, billed as a refresher from the District’s “spring heat.” Though it’s unclear if the latter will be necessary given the unpredictable weather this season, the overall goal of the special menu is to welcome tourists and indulge an artistic impulse, according to Justin Abad, general manager of the hotel’s businesses. “It gives us an opportunity to be playful and creative with what would normally be kind of a conservative menu,” Abad said.

EVENTS From Page 26 sports-themed novel, “Outside Shot” (for ages 7 through 12). 10:30 a.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ A U.S. Botanic Garden docent will host a “March Snugglers” tour for parents and care providers with a tiny one in a snuggly (no strollers or older siblings due to narrow paths and the nature of the program). 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ “Preschool Series: Fanciful Heroes” will explore a room in the Hillwood mansion with art projects and imaginative play. 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. $10 to $12. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. ■ To celebrate Women’s History Month, actress Mary Ann Jung will tell the tale of nurse Clara Barton. 4 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. Classes and workshops ■ Housing Counseling Services Inc. will present a weekly clinic for individuals and families searching for rental housing in D.C. 4 to 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Suite 100, 2410 17th St. NW. housingetc.org. ■ The West End Interim Library will host an all-levels yoga class. 6 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. Concerts ■ The George Washington University Camerata will present an eclectic concert highlighting the diverse repertoire of the university’s premier vocal and instrumental students. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ “Jazz Night” will feature jazz vocalist, trumpeter and composer Nico Sarbanes. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org.

“It just lets you go outside of the lines a little bit.” The Dupont hotel isn’t alone in looking to capitalize on the festival. During March and April, the Cambria at 899 O St. NW is offering a “Cherry Blossom Room Package” with a room, half-price valet parking and two signature “Pink Blossom” drinks at the hotel bar and a collectible coaster that doubles as a coupon for a complimentary package when signing up for the hotel’s rewards program. A similar spirit animates a week of events at Via Umbria at 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW in Georgetown, including a tasting of four Italian wines with notes of cherry. The store has only been open for one previous cherry blossom festival, but coowner Suzy Menard said the cherry blossom festival is a perfect fit for her offerings. “So much of what we do lends itself to this naturally,” Menard said. “We sell wines. That’s just something we do. We’re just pulling the one thing out of it that relates to the cherry blossoms.” As for the possibility of a weaker cherry blossom season, Menard thinks business will remain booming. “Everyone loves to celebrate Cherry

■ The band Lulu Wiles will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ “Thursday Night Bluegrass” will feature singer-songwriter Justin Trawick. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; $12 minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412. ■ The John Kadlecik Band will perform a concert featuring Jay Lane, Joe Gallant and Benjie Porecki. 8:30 p.m. $20 to $25. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. The concert will repeat Friday at 9 p.m. Demonstration ■ Gardening and cooking writer Adrienne Cook and nutritionist Danielle Cook will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with recipes featuring two quintessentially Irish staples from the garden. Noon and 12:50 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. Discussions and lectures ■ Camille Ann Brewer, curator of contemporary art, will discuss “Cataloguing Your Collection.” Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-9945200. ■ John LeGloahec of the National Archives will discuss the recent release of the Social Security Administration’s death files from the Numerical Identification System and their use in genealogical research. 2 to 3 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ Georgetown University professor David Ebenbach will discuss his new book, “The Guy We Didn’t Invite to the Orgy and other stories.” 4 to 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. McGhee Library, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. cjc.georgetown.edu/events. ■ “How Theater Contributes to the Community: The Intersection of Arts and Social Issues” will feature Hugo Medrano, Rebecca Read Medrano and Abel

Blossoms in DC,” Menard wrote in an email. “If there are no blossoms everyone will still be looking to celebrate. [It’s] a win win.” The excitement over cherry blossoms predates Via Umbria by many years, of course. Architectural photographer David Luria, who lives in Forest Hills, has witnessed the evolution of the fervor firsthand over 14 years on his annual Washington Photo Safari tours around the Tidal Basin during blooming season. He’s seen many of his clients return year after year, from D.C. and all 50 states. Enthusiasm for the spectacle is on a perpetual upward trajectory, he said. “It’s one of the most beautiful attractions in Washington, to have that festival here every year,” Luria said. “They’ve done a good job with all the different events.” Other Northwest establishments with cherry blossom specials this month include Bangkok Joe’s at 3000 K St. NW in Georgetown; Casolare at 2505 Wisconsin Ave. NW in Glover Park; Tico at 1926 14th St. NW in the U Street corridor; Pizzeria Paradiso at 2003 P St. NW in Dupont Circle and 3282 M St. NW in Georgetown; and Fahrney’s Pens at 1317 F St. NW downtown.

Lopez of GALA Hispanic Theatre. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. $20 to $25. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■ Art historian Bonita Billman will discuss “Renoir: The Gift of Joy.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-3030. ■ The Takoma Park Library’s Book to Film Club will meet. 6:30 p.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252. ■ In conjunction with the Environmental Film Festival of the Nation’s Capital, the American University Center for Environmental Filmmaking will present “OK, I’ve Watched the Film, Now What?,” featuring a panel discussion with filmmakers Samira Goetschel, Ellie Walton, Brandon Kramer and Lance Kramer. 7 p.m. Free. Doyle/Forman Theater, McKinley Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3408. ■ Bruce Feiler will discuss his book “The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. Films ■ Organizers of the 10th annual Support Women Artists Now (SWAN) Day will host a sneak preview of “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” the real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. A Q&A with director Niki Caro will follow. Noon. Free. Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. georgetowntheatre.org. ■ The Library of Congress will present the documentary “Lady of the Palace,” about the history of one of the most important Druze clans in Mount Lebanon since the 17th century, with a focus on Nazira Joumblat, grandmother of the contemporary Druze leader Walid Joumblat. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. African/ Middle Eastern Reading Room, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-4708. ■ In conjunction with the Environmental Film Festival of the Nation’s Capi-

CLOSING From Page 19 Appalachian Spring has three other locations: in Union Station, Rockville and Reston Town Center. After the closure, VanBuren will begin splitting her time between the Reston and Union Station locations. The end of the store’s Georgetown presence — first reported by the Georgetown Metropolitan blog — has generated nostalgia for both customers and employees, according to Paula Brooks. “We’ve met so many interesting people being in Georgetown,” she said. “That’s the fun part, being able to share with our customers the stories behind the craftsmen, and why they love what they do.” Appalachian Spring will still participate in the French Market at the end of April, an annual outdoor event for stores in upper Georgetown. No official date has been set yet for the store’s closing, but Brooks said he will be sure to inform customers of any possible upcoming close-out sales. “I hope customers will still want to shop with us after the move,” he said. “It is sad, but the reality of the situation is that I’d much … prefer to maintain the quality and service standard that we’ve maintained all these years.”

tal, the Tenley-Friendship Library will present Jon Bowermaster’s 2015 documentary “After the Spill,” about the enduring impact of the 2010 explosion of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon. A Q&A with the filmmaker will follow. 6 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ The Phillips Collection will present the East Coast premiere of “Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty,” a new featurelength documentary on the American composer of “Adagio for Strings.” 6 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. ■ Independent Lens will present Kim A. Snyder’s documentary “Newtown,” which uses deeply personal testimonies to tell the story of the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, the deadliest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history. A discussion will follow. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ The Washington National Cathedral will present the documentary “Good Work: Masters of the Building Arts,” about 10 American artisans in the building trades, including four with hands-on experience at Washington National Cathedral. A post-screening discussion will feature filmmakers Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner and the Cathedral artisans featured in the film. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. ■ In conjunction with the Environmental Film Festival of the Nation’s Capital, Goethe-Institut Washington will present Philip Scheffner’s 2016 film “Havarie,” about the misfortune that besets a refugee boat in the Mediterranean Sea. 7 p.m. Free. New York University DC, 1307 L St. NW. goethe.de/washington. ■ In conjunction with the Environmental Film Festival of the Nation’s Capital, National Geographic will present the winner of the 2017 William W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers Award. 7 p.m. $10. National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW.

202-857-7700. Performances and readings ■ Members of the Poets on the Fringe group will read from their original works in a program celebrating the 10th annual Support Women Artists Now (SWAN) Day. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ Sundance Institute will present the U.S. premiere of “Where Can I Find Someone Like You, Ali?,” written, produced and performed by Raeda Taha about the reality of being an orphan and the absence of a father who can never be replaced. 7:30 p.m. $15. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday at 7:30 p.m. ■ The producers of the Capital City Showcase will present “Glover Park Social: A Variety Open Mic,” a weekly program featuring comedians, musicians and performing artists. 8 p.m. Free. Mason Inn, 2408 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-431-4704. ■ Georgetown University’s studentrun Nomadic Theatre will present Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.” 8 p.m. $8 to $12. Village C Theatre, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. performingarts. georgetown.edu. Performances will continue through April 1. Special events ■ The Georgetown Library will host an “Adult Coloring” event. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ “Tudor Nights: Paw Prints” will feature cocktails and animal tales, as well as art and objects of special interest to pet lovers. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $15; free for members. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org. Sporting event ■ The Washington Capitals will play the Columbus Blue Jackets. 7 p.m. $38 to $594. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

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Kathi Kershaw 301-613-1613

Melissa Chen 202-744-1235

Penn Quarter. 1 BR, 1 BA w/walk-in closet, W/D in unit, Washington Grove. Delightful 1890 home w/4 BRs, 3 BAs, private balcony, kitchen w/SS appliances. Impressive building w/ & sunroom off bedroom in upper level. Large kitchen, den, roof terrace & fitness rm. Garage parking available. Pets allowed! 2 fireplaces, cellar, large yard and across from the Park. Town Walk to 3 metros. $424,500 amenities include swimming lake & tennis. $500,000 Andrea Evers 202-550-8934

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Parkside Plaza. Spacious, open 2 BR, 2 BA condo w/flr-ceiling windows & incredible views of Sligo Creek Park. Large master suite w/dressing rm. Parking, concierge & building amenities. Shuttle to metro. $287,550

Philippa Jackson 301-332-3331

Let The Sun Shine This bright, open 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment with concierge desk and assigned garage parking, all within walking distance of Rockville Metro and shopping. $220,000

Ashk Adamiyatt 202-607-0078

Madeleine Essalat 202-905-3126

Uptown 202-364-1700 Dupont 202-464-8400

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