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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Vol. XLIX, No. 11

Serving Communities in Northwest Washington Since 1967

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY

Woodley hotel site eyed for changes ■ Development: Firm hopes

to redevelop Wardman Park By CUNEYT DIL

Current Correspondent

Developer JBG aims to demolish the Washington Marriott Wardman Park hotel to build 500,000 square feet of residential units within two new buildings at the expansive Wardman Park complex

in Woodley Park, along with commercial space and a new park. The 16-acre property includes the hotel; the historic Wardman Tower, which is currently being converted into 32 luxury condos; and an apartment building. Under preliminary long-term plans presented to the community last week, JBG envisions constructing a six-to-eight story residential building at the northern edge of the property, on the corner of

Woodley Road and 27th Street NW. To its south, the project would raze the Marriott hotel, at 2660 Woodley Road, to make way for a second residential building. A new park would also be added, with the two new residential buildings bounding it north and south. The proposal, which JBG’s development team presented at a Woodley Park Community Association meeting last Thursday, repSee Wardman/Page 10

Pepco work hits Tenleytown businesses By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

Brian Kapur/The Current

Sunday afternoon’s 45th annual St. Patrick’s Parade of Washington, D.C., featured a variety of floats, marching bands, traditional pipe bands, Irish dancers and military processions along Constitution Avenue NW.

Along upper Wisconsin Avenue NW, business owners have been periodically losing their street parking due to a Pepco project to install a new underground feeder. The disruption to the southbound lanes has slammed numerous businesses, with some reporting sales drops as high as 50 percent. But the effects have been the worst on the avenue’s 4900 block, where extra underground obstructions have forced Pepco to spend more than two months between Ellicott and Fessenden streets. The block will get a reprieve of roughly three weeks — Pepco is currently refilling its trench and temporarily repaving the parking lane, which is slated to wrap up today — before work resumes for another six weeks. Crews typically work from 9:30 a.m. to See Pepco/Page 5

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When work is underway, Wisconsin Avenue NW loses parking spaces that nearby businesses say many of their customers rely on.

Environmental festival features local filmmaker

Mount Vernon campus gate faces challenge from ANC

By MARK LIEBERMAN

■ Zoning: Residents object to

Current Staff Writer

Brothers Lance and Brandon Kramer spent their childhood making “movies” — sometimes involving one brother playing a video store owner and the other a potential customer — with their parents’ camera. Neither could have guessed they’d still be behind the camera, albeit with more serious projects, several decades later. “We, from that young age, have always loved telling stories through video and film,” Lance Kramer said. “As young kids, neither of us imagined that it was possible to do that as a career.” But for the Kramers, it was possible. Their first feature film together, directed by Brandon and produced by Lance, will screen twice at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital: on

reduced access to GWU site By MARK LIEBERMAN Courtesy of Meridian Hill Pictures

Director Brandon Kramer (right) filmed the new documentary “City of Trees” from 2010 to 2012, featuring the nonprofit Washington Parks & People.

March 16 at 7 p.m. at the Carnegie Institute for Science, 1530 P St. NW, and on March 23 at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. Produced over a period of nearly five years including shooting and editing, the 76-minute docuSee Festival/Page 16

Current Staff Writer

Palisades/Foxhall neighborhood leaders are appealing a zoning decision that allows what they believe is a violation of George Washington University’s campus plan by blocking public access to the Mount Vernon Campus. At issue is the recently built northern entrance gate to the Mount Vernon Campus, located on W Street NW between Foxhall

Road and 46th Street. As the university describes it, the gate currently offers entry access for emergency vehicles as well as to students, staff and neighbors who have received prior permission. Stephen Gardner, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D member who initiated the zoning appeal, says George Washington in its campus plan represented the gate as offering open public access to pedestrians. However, that’s not the way it worked out, he said. The gate is currently closed to pedestrians — Gardner likened it to a “military fortress” that See Campus/Page 18

NEWS

SPORTS

SHERWOOD

INDEX

Rubio wins D.C.

Ready to soar

Lotto winner

Calendar/22 Classifieds/29 District Digest/2 Exhibits/23 In Your Neighborhood/6 Opinion/8

Days before his withdrawal, GOP candidate prevails in local presidential primary / Page 3

National Cathedral softball team hopes to return to ISL glory after a rebuilding year in 2015 / Page 11

Newly commissioned study judges D.C. Lottery to be among the nation’s best-run / Page 8

Police Report/4 Real Estate/15 School Dispatches/13 Service Directory/27 Sports/11 Week Ahead/3

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The Current

District Digest Rock Creek Park to get funding boost

As part of the National Park Service’s centennial, Rock Creek Park is poised to get a $727,000 public-private funding boost for projects to improve visitor services and reach new audiences. The private partners, which are providing $527,000 to match a federal investment of about

$200,000 for Rock Creek Park, include: â– Rock Creek Conservancy and Casey Trees, which are pitching in funding and volunteers to remove invasive plants and plant trees along five acres of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. â– Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy, which is designing a stormwater management system to protect the Dumbarton Oaks

Park landscape from erosion. ■City Kids Wilderness Project, which is launching a Wilderness Explorers Program for urban youth that will involve not only D.C. parkland but also summer trips to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. The projects are part of the Centennial Challenge, an effort to kick off the Park Service’s second century that has drawn $15 mil-

lion in federal support for 69 projects across the country, according to a news release from the federal agency’s National Capital Region. Private partners that participate are required to line up at least a 1-1 private match to the federal investment.

Signal technology in place on 144 buses

With new “Transit Signal Priority� technology, 144 Metrobuses will be able to communicate with traffic signals along seven high-ridership corridors in the region. Implemention on all of the affected routes is expected by June 30, according to a release from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The technology, installed thanks to a grant from the Federal Transit Administration, allows transponder-equipped buses to send a request to the signal system to either extend a green light or shorten a red light by five to 10 seconds. In D.C. the technology will be in effect along several bus corridors in Northwest: Wisconsin Avenue (the 37 buses), 16th Street (the S9), 7th Street/Georgia Avenue (the 79), 18th and 19th streets (the 16Y and 3Y), and 14th Street (the 16X, 53 and 11Y). Some of these lines link Virginia to downtown D.C.

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Racine joins push to fill court’s vacancy

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is among 21 signatories to a letter urging the U.S. Senate to take prompt action in filling the Supreme Court vacancy. The group of attorney generals from jurisdictions across the U.S. notes that “states and territories have a unique and pressing inter-

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est in a full and functioning Supreme Court,� and calls for the Senate to “carry out its responsibilities by allowing for full consideration of a qualified nominee to the Supreme Court.� The March 10 letter to Senate leaders comes as President Barack Obama has reportedly narrowed down the field to three candidates to replace the late Antonin Scalia.

Politics and Prose takes over new site

Politics and Prose opened a new D.C. location on Feb. 29 at 1025 5th St. NW downtown, inside the Busboys and Poets location at that address. The independent bookstore at 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW started a partnership with Busboys and Poets a little over a year ago, selling books out of the restaurant’s locations in Takoma and the U Street corridor. “We’re very excited about branching out further with Busboys and welcome this chance to expand into one of the most dynamic and diverse neighborhoods in Washington,� Politics and Prose co-owner Bradley Graham says in a news release.

Corrections

An article in the March 9 issue on a local surgeon specializing in treating ocular melanoma included several errors, including the name of Dr. Bill Deegan of the Retina Group of Washington. The article also misused “plaque� and “wearing the disc� in connection with the procedure known as plaque brachytherapy; it should have explained that Joanne Barlia, the patient profiled in the story, had visited Deegan’s home to pick up eye drops and get a quick checkup, at which time the doctor removed a patch that had been put over Barlia’s eye after the surgical removal of the radiation disc that had been implanted a few days earlier. The term “enucleation� was misspelled, and the article should have said Barlia was diagnosed with ocular melanoma, not that she had contracted it. The headline also incorrectly said she had been “cured� of the disease; the tumor continues to shrink but she has not been cured. (A revised story appears on page 10 of this week’s issue.) Also, the March 9 article “Parents at Hyde-Addison call for details on project� reported incorrectly that Burleith children will be moved to Hyde-Addison Elementary School next year. Burleith students will actually be part of the Hyde-Addison zone only after the school’s two-year modernization is complete. The Current regrets the errors. As a matter of policy, The Current corrects all errors of substance. To report an error, call the managing editor at 202-567-2011.

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Rubio edges out Kasich to win District GOP primary By CUNEYT DIL

Current Correspondent

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio edged Ohio Gov. John Kasich to win the D.C. Republican primary on Saturday, after residents waited for up to two hours to vote at a downtown hotel. The local results bucked a national trend in favor of antiestablishment candidates: businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who both struggled in the D.C. race. But they came just days before Trump saw big wins last night — including in Florida, where Rubio’s devastating home-state blowout led him to suspend his campaign. Rubio and Kasich had split the District’s 19 delegates in a year when the city’s Republican contest mattered more than usual, thanks to an earlier primary date and close national race. Saturday’s primary drew 2,839 voters, and D.C. GOP executive director Patrick Mara says that’s above average turnout. The D.C. Board of Electionsconducted primary, for Democrats, will be held June 14. That date fell too close to the Republican National Convention, starting July 18, so the D.C. GOP held its own vote, at the Loews Madison Hotel, 1177 15th St. NW, instead of in precincts across town. “Our turnout is actually pretty good considering it was in one hotel,” Mara said after the results were announced, just after 10 p.m. Rubio won with 37.3 percent of the vote, with Kasich close by at

35.5 percent. Rubio’s win added 10 delegates to his count, while Kasich secured nine. Trump finished with 13.8 percent, and Cruz 12.4 percent, but neither will receive any delegates, not having broken the 15 percent threshold set by the party. Rubio and Kasich were favor-

❝Our turnout is actually pretty good considering it was in one hotel.❞ — Patrick Mara ites going into the contest, which drew many Washington establishment types rallying against Trump. Josh Bolten, a former White House chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush, was among those manning a #NeverTrump table inside the hotel. “It’s not surprising,” Mara says of the results. “In D.C. they want presidential candidates [and] elected officials with clear policy proposals who have some experience. Other than that, I guess, yeah, they’re establishment.” Rubio finished roughly 20 points behind Trump in Florida. As of The Current’s deadline, Kasich was projected to win Ohio. Voters on Saturday waited in a line that went out the hotel’s entrance at 15th and M streets NW downtown south to L Street, snaking around the block to Thomas Circle at times. Residents who entered in line by 4 p.m. were able See GOP/Page 18

Suspicious man approached kids in Chevy Chase, Md., police say Reports of a suspicious man approaching two children in Chevy Chase, Md., near the D.C. line have sparked concerns among nearby residents. According to Montgomery County Police, the incident occurred Friday morning in the 2600 block of Colston Drive, about a third of a mile from the D.C. neighborhood of Colonial Village. Two brothers aged 4 and 7 were in their front yard when a blue or green small sedan stopped in front of their house, the department says in a news release. “The male driver, described as having short gray hair and a beard, possibly in his 50s or 60s, rolled down the car window and told the boys that he would give them a ride to school as he motioned for them to come to the vehicle,” the release says. The children did not do so and were not harmed. A more detailed description of the suspect and his car has circulated on WTOP and social media.

County police spokesperson Cpl. Rebecca Innocenti recommended only using her department’s description, which she said is based on the details the children were the most certain about. Responding to reports that a similar suspect had approached children in two other locations nearby, Innocenti said no one had formally reported such incidents to her agency. “We just don’t know where this information is coming from, and if it’s coming from residents, they need to report it to police,” she said in an interview. Addressing the case at a community meeting Monday in Chevy Chase D.C., Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Alan Hill also urged residents to call 911 to report suspicious activity, and warned that Maryland criminals frequently enter the District. “Our police officers have beats; our criminals do not,” Hill said. — Brady Holt

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

The week ahead Wednesday, March 16

The D.C. State Board of Education will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Old Council Chambers, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. Agenda items include a final vote on high school credit flexibility; testimony by teachers on the District’s proposed health education standards; and discussion of accountability measures under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. ■ Washington Performing Arts’ Mars Urban Arts Initiative and at-large D.C. Council member David Grosso will host “Politics & Art: A Jam Session at the Wilson Building.” The event will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. To RSVP, visit washingtonperformingarts.org. ■ The D.C. Office of the Tenant Advocate will hold the first of several “Renters 101” training sessions. The training will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the agency’s office in Suite 300N, Reeves Center, 2000 14th St. NW. To RSVP, call 202-719-6560 or email delores.anderson@dc.gov. ■ Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B (Dupont Circle) will co-host a reception to share information and obtain feedback regarding renovation plans to make the American Geophysical Union Headquarters into an energy-efficient “net zero” building. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in Conference Room A, American Geophysical Union Headquarters, 2000 Florida Ave. NW.

Thursday, March 17

The DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy will hold a forum on how to identify and prevent child sex abuse. Speakers will include Assistant U.S. Attorney Sharon Marcus-Kurn. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in the lower-level conference room at 1101 15th St. NW. Reservations are required; visit dccampaign.org. ■ The Metropolitan Police Department’s 4th District Citizens Advisory Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7

p.m. in the Community Room at the 4th District Police Headquarters, 6001 Georgia Ave. NW.

Tuesday, March 22

Mayor Muriel Bowser will present her 2016 State of the District Address from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Arena Stage, 1101 6th St. SW. To RSVP, visit tinyurl.com/Bowser-StateofDC.

Wednesday, March 23

The Citizens Association of Georgetown will host an oral history panel discussion at 7 p.m. at the City Tavern Club, 3206 M St. NW. Participants will include moderator Tom Birch and panelists Ellen Charles, Billy Martin and Sarah Yerkes. ■ The Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education Network will meet at 7 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. The agenda will include remarks by at-large D.C. Council member David Grosso, chair of the Education Committee. To RSVP, email w3ednet@gmail.com.

Thursday, March 24

The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. ■ The Northwest Neighbors Village will host a town hall meeting with Laura Newland, the newly appointed executive director of the D.C. Office on Aging. The meeting will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Saturday, March 26

The Tregaron Conservancy will hold its annual Easter egg hunt with treat-filled eggs hidden along the property’s trails. The event will begin at 10 a.m.; enter at the gate on Klingle Road NW to the east of Woodley Road. For details, visit tregaronconservancy.org.

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Police Report This is a listing of reports taken from March 7 through 13 in local police service areas.

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Robbery ■ 900-999 block, F St.; 12:48 a.m. March 12. Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1300-1399 block, I St.; 3:23 a.m. March 9 (with gun).

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Motor vehicle theft ■ 1306-1399 block, H St.; 11:12 p.m. March 9. ■ 700-1199 block, Jefferson Drive SW; 2:29 a.m. March 11. Theft ■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 1:15 p.m. March 7. ■ 1100-1199 block, G St.; 10:20 p.m. March 7. ■ 500-599 block, 11th St.; 6:17 p.m. March 8. ■ 600-699 block, 13th St.; 1:16 p.m. March 12. ■ 1000-1099 block, H St.; 4:27 p.m. March 12. ■ 1000-1099 block, I St.; 6:12 p.m. March 13. Theft from auto ■ 750-799 block, 10th St.; 1:05 a.m. March 8. ■ 1300-1399 block, K St.; 6:11 p.m. March 11. ■ 1300-1399 block, I St.; 3:59 a.m. March 12. ■ 900-999 block, F St.; 8:27 p.m. March 13.

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Theft ■ 500-599 block, 7th St.; 1:07 p.m. March 7. ■ 900-999 block, 9th St.; 6:08 p.m. March 7. ■ 600-699 block, K St.; 6:35 p.m. March 7. ■ 900-999 block, 9th St.; 1:45 p.m. March 8. ■ 700-899 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 8:34 p.m. March 9. ■ 500-599 block, 7th St.; 9:32 p.m. March 9. ■ 800-899 block, 7th St.; 9:36 p.m. March 9. ■ 600-699 block, F St.; 8:21 p.m. March 10. ■ 600-699 block, H St.; 9:37 p.m. March 10. ■ 600-699 block, F St.; 11:23 a.m. March 11. ■ 1000-1089 block, 5th St.; 11:29 a.m. March 11. ■ 400-499 block, 8th St.; 3:40 p.m. March 11. ■ 800-899 block, 7th St.; 5:30 p.m. March 11. ■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:11 p.m. March 11. ■ 300-599 block, C St.; 6:49 p.m. March 12. ■ 400-499 block, 7th St.;

8:49 p.m. March 12. ■ 800-899 block, 7th St.; 10:24 p.m. March 13. Theft from auto ■ 900-999 block, 9th St.; 12:02 a.m. March 8. ■ 600-699 block, I St.; 12:30 a.m. March 8. ■ 300-399 block, Constitution Ave.; 3:55 p.m. March 9. ■ 800-899 block, 5th St.; 4:02 p.m. March 11. ■ 400-499 block, 9th St.; 12:09 p.m. March 12.

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Theft ■ Unit block, Chevy Chase Circle; 1 p.m. March 9. Theft from auto ■ 5800-5809 block, Nebraska Ave.; 4:51 p.m. March 8. ■ 3800-3899 block, Legation St.; 5:29 p.m. March 8.

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■ Friendship Heights PSA 202

Tenleytown / AU Park

Robbery ■ 4200-4299 block, Yuma St.; 5:19 a.m. March 13 (with knife). Burglary ■ 3800-3899 block, Albemarle St.; 9:23 a.m. March 8. ■ 4500-4599 block, Windom Place; 7:14 p.m. March 13. Theft ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 9:50 p.m. March 10. Theft from auto ■ 4300-4399 block, Harrison St.; 9:10 a.m. March 11.

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Theft ■ 4200-4399 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:29 p.m. March 8. ■ 3319-3499 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:21 p.m. March 12. Theft from auto ■ 3500-3599 block, Connecticut Ave.; 3:31 p.m. March 8.

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

Sexual abuse ■ 3834-3899 block, Beecher St.; 8:44 p.m. March 11. Motor vehicle theft ■ 2200-2399 block, Observatory Place; 7:47 p.m. March 8. ■ 2200-2299 block, 42nd

St.; 11:25 a.m. March 9. Theft ■ 3600-3699 block, 38th St.; 4:49 p.m. March 7. ■ 3701-3799 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 7:35 p.m. March 7. ■ 3700-4102 block, Nebraska Ave.; 3:17 p.m. March 8. ■ 3200-3299 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:55 p.m. March 8. ■ 2800-2899 block, 29th St.; 10:48 a.m. March 9. ■ 3612-3699 block, Fulton St.; 6:56 p.m. March 11. ■ 3900-3920 block, W St.; 7:51 p.m. March 11. ■ 2600-2699 block, Woodley Road; 5:41 p.m. March 12. Theft from auto ■ 2600-2649 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:53 p.m. March 8. ■ 2300-2399 block, Cathedral Ave.; 8:04 p.m. March 8. ■ 3730-3799 block, W St.; 8:51 a.m. March 10.

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Wesley Heights / Foxhall

Theft ■ 4700-4899 block, Woodway Lane; 11:10 a.m. March 7.

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Robbery ■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:36 p.m. March 8. Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1800-1899 block, 20th St.; 2:28 a.m. March 8. ■ 1700-1799 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 6:04 a.m. March 13 (with gun). Burglary ■ 1721-1799 block, 19th St.; 6:49 p.m. March 7. ■ 1400-1499 block, 14th St.; 6:10 a.m. March 10. ■ 2000-2099 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:06 a.m. March 13. Theft ■ 1400-1499 block, P St.; 7:45 p.m. March 7. ■ 2100-2199 block, Newport Place; 9:46 a.m. March 8. ■ 2026-2099 block, Florida Ave.; 11:29 p.m. March 8. ■ 1500-1599 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 3:21 p.m. March 9. ■ 1400-1499 block, P St.; 11:41 p.m. March 9. ■ 1800-1899 block, Swann St.; 1:59 p.m. March 10. ■ 1818-1899 block, 18th St.; 7:34 p.m. March 10. Theft from auto ■ 1300-1321 block, 15th St.; 9:27 a.m. March 7.

■ 1623-1699 block, 19th St.; 3:39 p.m. March 7. ■ 1900-1999 block, Sunderland Place; 4:04 p.m. March 7. ■ 1200-1399 block, 16th St.; 8:03 p.m. March 7. ■ 1600-1614 block, 21st St.; 10:12 p.m. March 7. ■ 2002-2099 block, R St.; 10:15 p.m. March 7. ■ 1810-1899 block, Q St.; 10:58 p.m. March 7. ■ 1500-1599 block, Church St.; 12:58 a.m. March 8. ■ 1810-1899 block, Q St.; 6:12 a.m. March 8. ■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:03 p.m. March 8. ■ 1800-1819 block, 19th St.; 12:13 p.m. March 9. ■ 1400-1499 block, Hopkins St.; 12:33 p.m. March 9. ■ 1400-1499 block, Church St.; 2:29 p.m. March 9. ■ 1309-1399 block, 19th St.; 5:04 p.m. March 9. ■ 1900-1999 block, Sunderland Place; 11:57 p.m. March 9. ■ 1800-1819 block, 19th St.; 12:13 a.m. March 10. ■ 1900-1999 block, R St.; 2:04 a.m. March 10. ■ 1900-1999 block, N St.; 3:52 a.m. March 10. ■ 1600-1622 block, 19th St.; 4:47 a.m. March 10. ■ 1500-1599 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 2:08 p.m. March 10. ■ 1900-1999 block, R St.; 11:06 p.m. March 10. ■ 2200-2399 block, Decatur Place; 8:14 p.m. March 11. ■ 1800-1899 block, R St.; 10:22 p.m. March 12. ■ 1900-1999 block, N St.; 5:29 a.m. March 13. ■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:34 p.m. March 13.

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Robbery ■ 1761-1780 block, Columbia Road; 9:58 p.m. March 11. Motor vehicle theft ■ 1700-1733 block, Euclid St.; 5:16 a.m. March 13. Theft ■ 1811-1899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 2:02 p.m. March 7. ■ 2000-2039 block, Belmont Road; 2:24 p.m. March 7. ■ 2300-2399 block, 18th St.; 5:27 p.m. March 7. ■ 2300-2399 block, 18th St.; 9:21 a.m. March 8. ■ 1800-1899 block, Wyoming Ave.; 5:07 p.m. March 12. ■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.; 10:59 a.m. March 13. ■ 1737-1776 block, Columbia Road; 4:25 p.m. March 13. Theft from auto ■ 2300-2499 block, Champlain St.; 4:26 p.m. March 13.

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PEPCO: Affected Wisconsin Avenue NW businesses get help from Safeway parking lot

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3:30 p.m., between the morning and afternoon rush hours, plus Saturdays. “We’ve had customers that have told us they’ve just given up, and we don’t know if we’re going to recover from this,� Lori Rolnick of PetMAC said at last Thursday’s meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E (Tenleytown, Friendship Heights). “We are basically dead from the moment we open at 10 a.m. until you leave at 3 p.m.� PetMAC, located at 4914 Wisconsin Ave. NW, and other nearby businesses do have a new measure of hope: The nearby Safeway agreed on Monday to make its parking lot available to patrons of Wisconsin Avenue businesses at times their street parking is restricted. Non-Safeway parkers must use the spaces farthest from the store entrance and can’t stay longer than two hours, to avoid interfering with the grocery’s own business. “It’s a great idea for businesses to work together in these difficult times,� said Leigh Catherine Miles, executive director of the Tenleytown Main Street group. She brokered the agreement with

Safeway’s manager after hearing the idea from ANC 3E member Amy Hall at Thursday’s meeting. The overall purpose of the Pepco project is to increase the capacity of its electric network to keep up with demand, the company’s Chris Taylor said at the ANC 3E meeting. The company has been making its way down Wisconsin Avenue from Jenifer Street NW toward Van Ness Street since last summer, and expects to reach Van Ness in July. For this project, Pepco crews are currently installing the underground pipe that will carry the new feeder line, then filling in their trench once each length of pipe is in place. For most of Wisconsin, crews have only needed to dig down about 4 to 5 feet; in the 4900 block, they need to go down 14 feet, which has slowed their pace. Work there hit another snag when Pepco came across an abandoned gas valve that hadn’t been documented in the materials the company reviewed before excavating, Taylor said. Washington Gas will need to remove the valve, a three-week project slated to begin in about three weeks. Once that’s complete, it will take Pepco another three weeks to resume its

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pipe installation there. “The best thing for us to do is to get the heck out of there, and we’re looking at different options ‌ that may speed up the construction process,â€? Taylor said. However, Miles and Rolnick were wary of options that would increase Pepco’s working hours, saying that would only further devastate the local businesses. And Pepco representatives said overnight work was likely untenable due to the noise impact on

nearby residents. In response to requests from businesses, Pepco crews didn’t work the block this past Saturday, Miles said — a step that makes her optimistic as the project continues southward. “What we’ve learned is when there’s better coordination and communication ‌ that we can identify some of the challenges and find ways to address them,â€? she said. “We know the work Pepco is doing is very important,

but we want to make sure that businesses continue to thrive and don’t suffer due to the construction.� After all the pipes are in place, Pepco will begin installing the actual cables that will run through them. This process is scheduled to take place from September to November 2016 along Wisconsin Avenue, and will require about a week of 24/7 work surrounding each manhole on Wisconsin, one by one.

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. Agenda items include: ■police report. ■consideration of a resolution regarding proposed cuts to the Fillmore Arts Center program. ■consideration of a resolution regarding proposed legislation on transitional homeless shelters for families, including a recommendation that the mayor’s bill go through the normal legislative process, rather than being considered on an emergency basis, to allow opportunity for full council review and public input. ■updates, including a report on the status of the proposed PepcoExelon merger. ■open forum. For details, email info@anc3b. org or visit anc3b.org.

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ANC 2C ANC 2C Quarter Downtown/Penn â– downtown / penn quarter The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 11, in Room A-3, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. Agenda items include: â– consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for reconstruction at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 606-608 I St. NW, to build a glass exterior and incorporate the adjacent building into the new design. For details, visit anc2c.us or contact 2C@anc.dc.gov. ANC 2D ANC 2D Sheridan-Kalorama

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 21, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. Agenda items include: â– police report. â– reports from the offices of Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans. â– consideration of 2016 community grant awards. â– consideration of renovation plans at 2144 California St. NW. â– consideration of a D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation permit for a wedding on the Spanish Steps at April 16. â– report on the Sheridan-Kalorama Combined Neighborhood Annual Meeting. â– open comments. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact davidanc2d01@aol.com.

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 21, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. Agenda items include: â– announcements. â– community forum. â– consent calendar: consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for a rear addition and renovation at 3512 Lowell St. NW; consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for a rear dormer at 3403 Macomb St. NW; consideration of Alcoholic Beverage Control renewal applications for Class C restaurant licenses at La Piquette, Hot and Juicy Crawfish, Woodley Cafe and Umi Japanese Cuisine; and consideration of

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an Alcoholic Beverage Control application for a new Class B retailer license for Yes! Organic Market, 3424 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■police report and update on crime statistics for ANC 3C. ■update on the Klingle Valley Trail project. ■consideration of a resolution regarding new construction at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■consideration of a resolution regarding construction of new science and math buildings at Washington International School, 3100 Macomb St. NW. ■consideration of a resolution regarding a rear addition at Cafe Paradiso, 2649 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■consideration of a resolution regarding a Historic Preservation Review Board application for concept review of demolition and new construction of a house at 3700 Connecticut Ave. NW. ■consideration of a resolution regarding homeless shelters in ANC 3C. For details, visit anc3c.org. ANC 3D ANCValley 3D Spring ■spring valley / wesley heights Wesley Heights palisades / kent / foxhall At the commission’s March 2 meeting: ■Metropolitan Police Department officer Anthony McElwee reported that he will monitor dump truck traffic around the East Campus construction project at American University on Nebraska Avenue. Commissioner Stu Ross also reported that his constituents have reported Maryland residents driving up to 45 miles per hour on MacArthur Boulevard between Loughboro Road and Arizona Avenue NW. McElwee said he plans to keep tabs on the area. ■Palisades Library manager Kimberly Knight reported that the library will close for nine months

beginning in late fall or early winter for a full renovation. The community can provide input on the design of the remodeled library at several community meetings over the next few months, Knight reported. The updated branch is scheduled to have its grand opening next summer. ■Mann Elementary School teacher Jill Levy said she hopes to see the commission weigh in on the recently announced homeless shelter that will occupy the lot at 2619 Wisconsin Ave. NW by September 2017. Commissioner Tom Smith said the item will likely appear on the April agenda. ■commissioners voted 8-0 to support a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for a special exception to allow the St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School shuttle bus to make a U-turn at Chain Bridge Road and remain on MacArthur Boulevard, rather than making a larger loop and contributing to traffic on Nebraska Avenue. ■commissioners voted 8-0 to support a public space application to remove the existing driveway and walkway at the residence at 2948 University Terrace NW and replace it with a new driveway and corresponding street trees. ■representatives from American University presented an update on the East Campus construction project, noting that inclement weather and other factors have made the original target of completion by August 2016 look increasingly unlikely. In response to that possibility, the university plans to ask for a modification to its campus plan that would allow for more students than the original allotted number to live in university-provided off-campus housing for the fall 2016 semester. Commissioners expressed numerous concerns with the proposal, noting that the campus plan has already been amended several times previously to account for project delays. Commissioner

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Michael Gold said the school needs to address the overarching issue of higher-than-expected admission rates over the past few years. Gail Hanson, the university’s vice president of campus life, said her staff is well aware of the increased admissions, and hopes to find a more permanent solution to the overcrowding problem once the major construction at East Campus is finished. ■commissioners voted 8-0 to appeal a ruling by zoning administrator Matthew LeGrant stating that George Washington University did not violate its campus plan by installing a closed gate at the W Street entrance of its Mount Vernon Campus. Commissioner Stephen Gardner said the community will make do with the gate, but he doesn’t want the decision to allow what he sees as a violation to set a negative precedent for future actions by the university. ■commission chair Tom Smith noted that Ward 5 D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie has taken a hearing for a bill regarding campus police powers off the schedule indefinitely. The commission previously passed a resolution opposing the bill. Commissioners said they’re happy to see what commissioner Stephen Gardner calls “a bad piece of legislation� blocked. Gardner also expressed surprise that American University’s police chief had recently announced his support for the bill, given that university representatives had told the commission they believed the bill went too far. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6. The location has not been determined. For details, call 202-957-1999 or visit anc3d.org. ANC 3E ANC 3E Tenleytown ■american university park American University Park friendship heights / tenleytown The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in Claudio Grossman Hall at the Washington College of Law, American University, 4300 Nebraska Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3e.org. ANC 3F ANCHills 3F Forest

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 28, at the Chevy Chase Community Center, Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW. For details, visit anc3g.org.

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“The Merger is Important to the District.” With the Merger

Without the Merger

$78 million in customer benefits, including: $14 million in rate credits; $50 per residential customer

GONE

$25.6 million to offset future distribution rate increases

GONE

$5.2 million for workforce development in the District

GONE

$400,000 to forgive residential bills more than two years old

GONE

Additional benefits: Area nonprofits guaranteed $19 million over next 10 years

GONE

Higher requirements resulting in fewer and shorter power outages

GONE

Requirement to expand wind and solar energy for the District

GONE

Hire more than 100 union workers in the District

GONE

Enhanced supplier-diversity programs

GONE

Headquarters of several key Exelon functions move to the District

GONE

Enhanced storm restoration and recovery

GONE

The merger is too valuable for the District to lose. Tony Williams

CEO, Federal City Council

Jim Dinegar

CEO, Greater Washington Board of Trade

We Support the Pepco Holdings-Exelon Merger For more information or to show your support, visit PHITomorrow.com.

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Prudent scrutiny

The idea for a network of family shelter sites across the District has won general support as a way to serve homeless families in more humane conditions than the large, decrepit D.C. General facility. Predictably, though, opposition mounted once the specific sites were announced and some residents found that one of the new shelters could be right in their own neighborhood. Mayor Muriel Bowser is brushing off any criticisms of her proposed sites as “NIMBY” selfishness, urging the D.C. Council to quickly approve her package of shelter proposals so that D.C. General can be replaced as rapidly as possible. Some neighbors — including those near the planned 2619 Wisconsin Ave. NW shelter — contend that the mayor is ignoring legitimate concerns by painting opponents as anti-homeless. We see merit to both arguments. On the one hand, we support Ms. Bowser’s commitment that the city will create new, better shelters for families that would otherwise have to rely on the wholly inadequate facilities at D.C. General. And we can understand her frustration at being second-guessed after working hard to identify sites in each ward. We also agree with her that it was appropriate to select the sites behind closed doors — that’s not a failure of transparency as some critics contend, but simply the most reasonable way to conduct business negotiations. However, we agree with neighbors that there should be proper D.C. Council oversight of these costly deals, and we would also urge Mayor Bowser to be open to reasonable alternative sites. Even if some suggestions and criticisms don’t stem entirely from selfless concern for the city’s finances, they may nonetheless have merit. The council should carefully review the pros and cons of the different locations, and ensure that the city isn’t overpaying for land or construction. Taking a few extra months is worth it to ensure that the city is on the right track for a set of major long-term investments. That said, the council process shouldn’t be a stalling tactic. We support providing family shelters throughout the District, and the council should move forward at a reasonable pace to approve a package with seven sites. (Ward 2 is receiving a new women’s shelter, already in the works, instead of a family shelter.) We don’t object to the idea of the council substituting a planned shelter site for another in the same ward with similar costs — or even dividing that ward’s shelter capacity among two locations, as some residents have suggested. But we would oppose concentrating the District’s homeless population only in certain parts of the city, and we’d also caution against lengthy delays that could keep one or more of the muchneeded shelters from getting off the ground.

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On Saturday, Republican voters stretched around the block of a downtown hotel to cast their presidential votes. Taken one way, the long lines showed strong interest in participatory democracy. With 10 delegates going to Marco Rubio and nine to John Kasich, party members and pundits pointed to the March 12 event as one of the most meaningful elections the D.C. GOP has held. But the long lines also gave evidence of the faulty reasoning that resulted in one voting site for the entire city rather than a primary with voting in all of the city’s precincts. That’s because the D.C. Council decided back in December 2014 to set June 14 as the date for the District’s federal and local primary this year. As it turns out, that’s later than any other primary, and it ended up too close to the date for the GOP’s national convention under Republican National Committee rules. In the case of the city’s Democrats, the June 14 primary date means they will be the last in the nation to cast their ballots for a presidential nominee. With 45 delegates at stake, it’s possible that D.C. voters could end up pivotal in a tight race. But last in the nation hardly seems like a reliable formula to ensure a vigorous role in the nomination process. In their 2014 reforms, legislators were seeking to silence the outcry — and ridicule — that arose from the April 1 primary that year, which led directly to an absurdly long lame-duck period for Mayor Vincent Gray. They settled on a mid-June federal primary and an early September local primary, but made 2016 an exception: a single, unified primary in June. We think the mid-June date makes a lot of sense for local races but not for presidential politics. We hope the council will reconsider and hold the federal primaries in March or April.

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he District has had a version of a lottery and instant games since the early 1980s. Games and scratch tickets have grown expansively. The lottery takes in about $200 million and returns a profit each year of about $55 million to the city’s general fund after commissions and prize payouts of about $135 million and other expenses. Over those years, there have been occasional reports of mismanagement, severe personnel disputes, lottery ticket shortages and even questions about the awarding of the lucrative lottery contract itself. The financial control board in 1996 abolished the board of political appointees that ran the operation, a move reaffirmed in 2005 by Congress. It has since been run as an arm of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Even with all that, the lottery has been a major source of revenue since it began operating in 1983. Since that time, it has awarded over $3 billion in prizes and returned $1.8 billion to the city treasury. But how is the lottery really run now? How does it stack up against other state-run lotteries? The answer: surprisingly well. “The D.C. Lottery is one of the most successful lotteries in the U.S.,” says a new report that was commissioned by D.C. Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt. The report by Delehanty Consulting noted the D.C. Lottery was in the top 10 of state lotteries per capita even though it is the only city-run lottery and has severe federal restrictions on selling on federal properties within the city. (That’s a lot of properties.) DeWitt, according to his staff, asked for the review because of the turbulent history. “He wanted an objective, outside opinion,” a staff person told The Notebook. The review cost $180,000. Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, whose Finance and Revenue Committee oversees the lottery, has also wanted reform. When DeWitt first arrived in 2013, Evans asked him “to take care of it and he did,” the legislator said. “It was a remarkable achievement given where we were.” Evans, DeWitt and the report all agree that city now has some of the best system security to recognize ticket scams or other cheating. The new report wasn’t all good news. The Delehanty report, which runs 133 pages, reviewed 50 different aspects of running the lottery and made more than a dozen suggested improvements. Find the study at tinyurl.com/dclotteryreport. ■ More, more, more. Another new report suggests the Washington region will be bursting at the seams by 2045, gaining a total of 1.5 million more people. That’s an increase from 5.4 million

to 6.9 million. “How will they all get around?” asked NBC4 transportation reporter Adam Tuss. That’s a good question for which there are no clear answers right now. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments issued the report early this month. While the outer suburbs will continue to develop, the report said the inner jurisdictions of Arlington County, Alexandria and the District of Columbia will grow by 42 percent. Stunningly, the District alone is forecast to have 315,000 more people in the next 30 years. If so, our population would reach nearly 1 million people. The most we’ve ever had was about 800,000 around World War II. If the report is anywhere close to right, city policies on height restrictions and land use will come under even more pressure. The city’s zoning rules already have been adjusted in anticipation of more growth. And Tuss wasn’t joking. Transportation is critical to the region’s growth. And it’s not just a question of building more suburban roads or limiting parking in the city. Harriet Tregoning, a former D.C. Office of Planning director and now a U.S. Housing and Urban Development official who sits on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s board, was clear that the city won’t drive its way out of that growth. The Metro system — rail and bus — must be made much more effective. And pedestrians and cyclists need to be seen as routine — normal and desirable — parts of the transportation mix, not seen as “alternative” transportation. Nothing said more about the troubled regional transportation system than Metro’s emergency announcement Tuesday. Metro said it was shutting down its entire rail system for 24 hours starting at midnight last night to inspect every rail line for faulty electrical connectors. “I cannot rule out a life and safety issue,” said a grim-faced general manager Paul Wiedefeld. “I fully recognize the hardship” on hundreds of thousands of commuters, he said. At our deadline, the federal and local governments, businesses and others were scrambling to decide whether to open or close on Wednesday, facing what could be a nightmare of a travel day in the nation’s capital and its suburbs. For its part, D.C. Public Schools announced that the system would be open, with officials planning to arrange extra bus service and to excuse student absences and tardiness. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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Letters to the Editor Fillmore’s benefits are worth the cost

To put it mildly, the D.C. school system is way off base with its proposals for Fillmore Arts Center funding cuts [“Fillmore flap,” March 9]. Our three children are among the many students who not only learned from Fillmore activities but also were exposed to the creative joys of the arts. Your editorial is quite correct that cost aspects should be looked at carefully. The money is there if allocated properly.

Why the haste to cut back on this local educational treasure? It is unimaginative and irresponsible to shortchange art programs. R.J. Jones Glover Park

D.C. family shelters deserve support

I read with dismay recent articles about objections to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to build small shelters in a variety of neighborhoods, including in Ward 3, where I live. The current D.C. General shelter is unmanageable and unacceptable, and our fellow D.C. residents deserve better.

I hope that the concerns raised are sincerely directed at improving the shelters to be built, not at derailing them. I am mindful of the efforts in other states to close abortion clinics under the guise of regulating them for the good of women, and I would not want similar tactics to emerge here. As a homeowner, taxpayer and Ward 3 resident, I welcome the idea of a shelter in our midst and hope that I will have the opportunity to volunteer there to support our neighbors who have had a hard time and are trying to make a new start. I would want the same done for me. Margaret A. Dwyer Friendship Heights

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Don’t put campus police into neighborhoods VIEWPOINT

stephen gardner and Eve zhurbinskiy

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e neither need nor want campus police in our neighborhoods. But that is exactly what would happen under legislation introduced in late December by Ward 5 D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie. Under the proposal as drafted, campus police would have authority not only wherever a university owns or controls property, but also on contiguous public property. In the case of George Washington University, for example, this could include the vast majority of Foggy Bottom. Is this major expansion of campus policing really necessary? We think not and oppose giving campus police authority outside the defined and recognized boundaries of their campuses. The reasons for expanding campus policing into our neighborhoods are not compelling, and the proposed legislation goes considerably beyond what the local universities themselves requested and support. We have heard that the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, which pushed this legislation, will offer meaningful amendments. We hope that is the case and that Mr. McDuffie’s bill will be significantly amended. In the meantime, we have numerous concerns: First, although some additional training would be required in the areas of mental health and behavioral health, campus police would not have the same level of training provided to Metropolitan Police Department officers, yet they would have equal policing powers in our neighborhoods. In fact, campus police are only required to receive one week of training prior to performing patrol duties. By contrast, the District’s police academy is a 28-week program and the probationary period for Metropolitan Police Department officers is 18 months. In this day and age of emphasis on best policing practices, putting undertrained “special police� in our neighborhoods makes us extremely anxious. Second, the legislation would provide an impetus for currently unarmed campus police officers to begin carrying guns. Currently, only Howard’s and

Letters to the Editor D.C. effort to engage Iowa involved many

As much as I appreciate being singled out for my advocacy on behalf of D.C. statehood and recent outreach efforts at the Iowa caucuses [“A statehood blip,� Tom Sherwood’s Notebook, Feb. 24], I must also acknowledge the three members of D.C.’s shadow congressional delegation and their hard-working staff.

 U.S. Sens. Paul Strauss and Michael D. Brown and U.S. Rep. Franklin Garcia did an amazing job speaking with elected officials, likely caucus-goers and the media about the disenfranchisement of D.C. residents while visiting Iowa in the days around its first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses on Feb. 1.

 Sen. Strauss, in particular, had been working for more than a

the University of the District of Columbia’s police carry firearms. However, once the other campus police forces leave the relatively safe confines of their campus, a legitimate argument can be made that they, too, will need to carry firearms for their own protection. Firearm training requirements for campus police are not comparable to those in place for the Metropolitan Police Department. Are more guns, with potentially lethal consequences, the direction we want for policing in D.C.? Third, campus police lack both transparency and accountability. Campus police are not subject to the same Freedom of Information Act and record-keeping requirements as the Metropolitan Police Department, and there is no indication that campus police would have body cameras or, if they do, would have to release footage. Fourth, students living off campus are rightly concerned that campus police in their neighborhoods will lead to inherent conflicts between D.C. law and university policies. Differences between D.C. law on marijuana and university policies come instantly to mind. A university’s code of conduct has no business being part of a public safety policing plan. An expansion of campus policing should not be used as a pretext for expanded enforcement of student discipline. Fifth, as advisory neighborhood commissioners, we are concerned that the legislation makes no provision for community involvement. Campus policing plans would be approved by the District’s chief of police without an opportunity for input by the neighborhoods the university officers would police. Despite the inclusion of commendable training requirements in the area of mental and behavioral health, Council member McDuffie’s bill would set back recent gains in the city’s policing practices and would not improve overall public safety. Leave policing in our neighborhoods to the better-trained and more capable Metropolitan Police Department. Stephen Gardner is an attorney and a member of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D (Foxhall, the Palisades, Spring Valley and Wesley Heights), and Eve Zhurbinskiy is a George Washington University sophomore and a member of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A (Foggy Bottom, West End).

year to make the District’s fight for statehood a topic of conversation in the presidential campaigns. He spent more than a year cultivating local contacts and reaching out to organizations explaining our unique political plight and reminding Iowans that, through their issue resolution process, they can begin to correct this anomaly. As first-in-thenation caucus-goers, Iowans participate in a time-honored tradition of being on the front line of the democratic process for choosing presidential candidates, as well as effecting change on important issues such as achieving D.C. statehood. The D.C. statehood resolution garnered sufficient support that it will be considered for eight county platforms at conventions on March 12 for Boone, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Cass, Clinton, Keokuk, Page and Polk counties — at least one county in all four congressional districts in the Hawkeye State. In Polk County, the state’s

largest county, there were 38 precincts that passed resolutions in support of D.C. statehood and sent them on to the next level, the county convention process. The government subcommittee will then review each resolution and formulate a one-sentence plank to be considered by the platform committee, which will submit a final draft platform.

 In the wake of the successful Iowans for D.C. Statehood campaign, another grass-roots organization — Nevadans for D.C. Statehood — was established just before the caucuses in Nevada in February. 

Here’s hoping that more like-minded groups start popping up in the 16 other states and territories that accept issue resolutions at their presidential caucuses. We welcome citizens with the vision, fortitude and regard for equality to join us in our fight for D.C. statehood. Free D.C. now!

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Joanne Barlia woke up in her Spring Valley home one November morning in 2012 to a surprising sight: little spots dotting the field of vision. She closed each eye in turn and discovered the problem was in her right eye. She now knows the spots are called floaters, but at the time, she had no idea. She’d never had a problem with her eyes before — never even needing glasses or contacts. “I had no clue what it was. You think, oh, it’ll just go away,� Barlia said. “I got a little suspicious after a weekend and it didn’t go away.� When she took a nighttime drive and found the problem was growing even worse, Barlia realized she had no choice but to take action. The next day she saw her eye doctor, who pointed her to the Retina Group of Washington. Barlia assumed that she had scratched her eye and that a simple prescription of eyedrops for a few days would restore her vision. What she found out was more troubling: She was diagnosed with ocular melanoma, one of the only potentially life-threatening eye diseases. A doctor can usually spot the tumor with the help of no more than physical appearance and ultrasound pictures. But ocular melanoma is rare compared to other forms of cancer, with only five to seven cases per million

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Dr. Bill Deegan, a Foxhall Village resident, is the D.C. area’s only ocular oncologist.

people in the United States each year. The field is so specialized that the Retina Group’s Dr. Bill Deegan is the metropolitan area’s only ocular oncologist, with offices in Capitol Hill and Fairfax, Va. Until last fall, he also worked out of an office in Chevy Chase. The profession is uncrowded, Deegan said, because “fortunately there’s not a lot of eye tumors.� He found his way into the field after working with A. Linn Murphree, a nationally renowned eye cancer specialist, during a one-year stay in Los Angeles. “I wanted to do more than just regular retinas,� Deegan said. “I wanted to do kids and tumors.� Now he treats everyone from teenagers to senior citizens, performing one or two surgeries per month. Ninety-eight percent of surgeries like Barlia’s effectively stave off the tumor, which is most common in patients with green

eyes and light skin, according to Deegan. But there’s always the possibility for metastasis elsewhere, he said. When Barlia sought Deegan’s help, he walked her through treatment options: a radiation therapy called plaque brachytherapy, or a more challenging last-resort process called enucleation, which culminates in removing the eye permanently. Deegan determined quickly that the first option would be feasible. “That’s pretty much a shock when you get a diagnosis like that,� Barlia said. Barlia describes what happens next in clear procedural steps: A month after diagnosis, she went to Sibley Memorial Hospital, where Deegan and his team surgically sutured a radiation disc or “plaque� onto the wall of her eye. To limit exposing the outside world to potentially harmful radiation, she stayed in the hospital for four days, wearing an eyepatch the whole time. Then the doctor surgically removed the plaque from her eye, and she went home. Barlia’s husband stayed with her through much of the four-day hospital stay, but she wasn’t allowed to have other visitors — even her four children, aged 20, 18, 16 and 11 at the time — because of the risks associated with exposure to radiation. Deegan typically helps his patients take their eyepatch off, but because Barlia’s surgery happened shortly before Christmas, he wasn’t going to be in his office. Instead, Deegan offered to remove the patch and perform a quick checkup at his Foxhall Village home the day after Barlia left the See Surgeon/Page 18

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resents a long-term vision. At the earliest, changes wouldn’t begin at the site until 2018, developers said. The project will need to go through the District’s planned-unit development process, involving community review and ultimately zoning approval. Because Marriott has another 40 years in its contract to operate the hotel, project officials said it’s unclear when work could begin on the southern residential building. Plans could proceed sooner at the northern building, which would go atop part of the hotel’s current driveway and underground parking garage entrance. That structure would be eight stories tall, and then step down to six stories where it meets Woodley Road. Though neighbors have pressed the developers on exactly how many units the new buildings might include, developers have declined to give a precise figure, saying it’s too early to tell. “I promise we’re not trying to be elusive. We don’t know the unit counts because we’re doing a very long-term planning process,� JBG principal Bryan Moll told residents, before estimating it could be in the 300 range between both proposed buildings. Company officials also said they’re envisioning units with multiple bedrooms, geared toward families. The D.C. Office of Planning will provide further input on the long-term plan for the site. JBG officials

said they’ll be seeking an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan in order to allow retail on the property — in particular to attract a grocery store and other “food service� options. Reactions to the project at last week’s community meeting ran testy at times. Many groaned at the density of the development. Referencing the planned removal of a large grassy plot of land on Woodley Road, one woman told developers: “If you touch that green lawn, you’re gonna die.� Ryan Wegman, from the Sherry’s Wine and Spirits shop, was concerned that including retail space in the project could just result in empty storefronts if demand isn’t there. “We already have issues filling current retail space,� he said. “By having vacuous space, we end up having people look at the neighborhood and wonder what’s wrong with it.� Developers said community feedback will inform their decisions on issues like density and retail. Project architect Michael Schwartz also emphasized that the planning offers a chance to improve pedestrian and vehicle access on the sprawling site. Currently, the land is “very carved up� and “not well connected,� said Schwartz. “We think there is an opportunity here to both solve a circulation problem, address an architectural problem, as well as ask the question of how new architecture on this site can be used to tie the whole site together as well as tie the site to the neighborhood,� he said.

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Cathedral aims for ISL title run By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

For National Cathedral’s softball team, 2015 amounted to a rebuilding year after the squad had enjoyed Independent School League titles in 2012 and 2013, followed by a runner-up finish in 2014. After a bit of a down year, the Eagles are entering this spring season with hopes of soaring once again to the top of the league. “The girls are a little older now. We had three freshmen last year, and they’re getting better,” said Eagles coach John Soroka. One of those second-year players the team will rely on is sophomore pitcher Logan Robinson. As a freshman, the slinger showed promise, but was still finding her way on the mound. Coming into this spring, Robinson is ready to take her game to another level. “I’m really excited for the start of the year,” she said. “We have a lot of potential. Me being more bonded with the team will help a lot, and I have a bit more of a leadership role.” In addition to improved pitching, the Eagles are hoping for stronger play at the plate. In 2015, the team struggled to replace a strong graduated class and spent the majority of the season in a hitting slump. This year’s March 7 scrimmage showed the Eagles vastly improved in that aspect, ringing up five RBIs against Stone Ridge. “We spent more time with the bats,” said Soroka. “Good hitting is a function of pitching — if the pitchers are on, nobody is going to hit them. We’re hopeful that we’ll drive in more runs. We have good speed, and our hitters have been working in the cage.” Aside from honing their batting skills, the team has adopted a more aggressive approach at the plate, according to senior third baseman Lia Kapani. “Last year we were definitely more conservative with what we were doing,” she said. “After last year, there’s really nothing to lose. That’s the mentality that we have to

have — to go for every pitch and every atbat and that everything matters.” As one of the team’s leaders, Kapani — who has been on the varsity team since her freshman year — is also imploring the team’s defense to communicate more like the championship-caliber teams she played for as a freshman and sophomore. “I started playing varsity as a freshman, and most of the team was seniors so I was the little baby,” Kapani said. Those past teams “talked really well,” she said, and 2016’s batch of players has the same potential. “I think we can be another winning team this year.” The Eagles will also get a boost from talented freshman Jamie Wang, who earned a strikeout in limited action in the March 7 scrimmage. Wang brings a wealth of experience to the squad after playing travel ball in the past. Although Robinson will be the team’s ace on the mound, Soroka plans to play Wang wherever he can. “She’s very polished as a ball player,” the coach said. “Jamie is the quintessential utility player when she isn’t on the mound. I’ve seen her at first, in the outfield, in the infield. She knows the game so well and is really poised for a young kid. We’ll work her in somewhere; there will be something open for her.” In addition, the Eagles will rely on three seniors — infielders Ellie Frank and Margaret Dent, as well as utility player Nicole Nazario — for leadership and production. Cathedral also has several strong juniors who are expected to take on bigger roles, including catcher Mary Pelson and reserve catcher Lily McGrail, who has seen action early this season while Pelson deals with a thumb injury. The Eagles will also look to strong hitting from junior Peyton Bartos, who got on base against the Gators on March 7. With last year’s lessons in the back of their minds and an infusion of new talent, the Eagles hope to return to the perch of the ISL. “We play well together when we are all

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National Cathedral hopes sophomore pitching ace Logan Robinson can build off her strong freshman campaign and help take the team back to the top of the ISL in 2016. focused, and that’s important,” said Robinson. “I’d like to win ISLs and states. Who knows? I’d love to see it happen.”

The Eagles will open their regular-season slate on Thursday when they host John Paul the Great at 4:15 p.m.

Maret trounces Wilson at lacrosse showcase By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

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Maret junior Thomas Decker had plenty of reason to celebrate on Saturday after racking up five goals in the victory.

For Maret’s boys lacrosse team, this season couldn’t have started soon enough. The team lost a heartbreaker to St. Andrew’s in the opening round of the Mid-Atlantic Conference playoffs in 2015, a game so painful that its details are firmly etched in the memory of Frogs coach Mark St. Germain. “I remember it vividly,” St. Germain said of the 5-4 loss. “[The game winner] scored was in the last two minutes. It was a really tight game, but it just didn’t end the way we wanted to.” Going into this season, that memory helped fuel the Frogs’ workouts and preparations. “The guys remember that feeling, and they want to go deeper in

the playoffs,” the coach said. In the Frogs’ season opener — part of the annual D.C. Lacrosse Classic, which staged the games at St. Albans — Maret played like a team on a mission as it dismantled Wilson 15-3. “It’s great,” said junior attacker Thomas Decker, who rang up five goals in the contest. “Coming out in the first game of the season and sticking it to Wilson was great. They came out hard, but we executed.” Aside from Decker’s standout performance, which also included three assists, Maret also had sophomore attacker Ethan Peltier earn a hat trick. The Frogs led the Tigers 15-0 at one point, but Wilson eventually got on the scoreboard and scored three late goals. Despite the

lopsided margin, the score offered hope for a Wilson team that doesn’t share a characteristic enjoyed by its private school counterparts: players with prehigh school lacrosse experience. “Right now we’re trying to maintain a high level of enthusiasm and play,” said Tigers firstyear coach Damien Begley. “It’s a balance between development and keeping people engaged. Today, when we did what we went over, we were very successful as absurd as it sounds. We were one pass away from many goals.” For Maret, the win was a step toward the goal of vying for a deep playoff run as the team forms its identity for the 2016 campaign. In the blowout, the Frogs saw freshman goalie Devin Craven See Maret/Page 12

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For Visitation senior Lauren Martin, the transition from basketball guard to lacrosse midfielder took less than 24 hours. The University of Virginiabound lacrosse star finished out the basketball season with the Cubs on March 6, when the team fell to St. John’s in the D.C. State Athletic Association title game. The next afternoon, Martin was on the lacrosse practice field for that squad’s first practice of the spring. Martin didn’t have to wait long to score a measure of revenge against St. John’s, as she helped lead the Cubs to a 16-1 win over the Cadets as part of the annual D.C. Lacrosse Classic over the weekend at Wilson. “It was a great win,� said Martin, who scored in Saturday’s contest. “It was a fun transition to go from basketball to lacrosse and to get that win.� In the rout, freshman attacker Jane McAvoy had a breakout game with four goals. Her strong play solidified the high hopes for the first-year player. “She is extremely talented and a really strong attacker,� Cubs coach Eva Shea said of the freshman. Saturday’s contest also saw junior attacker Maggie Fowler earn a hat trick and sophomore midfielder Kerry Pullano add two more scores. For the Cubs, the game was a chance to work on concepts they may have missed in their limited practice time before the season opened. “Today was really good because we were able to work through our offense,� said Shea. “Monday was our first practice. We have a lot of new players, so it was good to get everyone in.� Visitation now has a 2-0 record after the St. John’s win, following its season-opening victory against Coppell, a team from Texas, on Friday. As the Cubs get into a tough schedule that includes sev-

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Visitation is now 2-1 to open the season after defeating St. John’s on Saturday (pictured) and falling to Bishop Ireton on Monday afternoon. eral nationally ranked teams, they’ll look for guidance from their tri-captains — Martin, senior forward CeCe Biagini and senior defender Meghan Murray. “We hold a lot of leadership meetings trying to teach our captains about leadership and how to lead by example,� said Cubs assistant coach Jacqueline Burke. “We have eight seniors this year. We’re really lucky to have that kind of leadership on the team.� Once again, the Cubs’ top goal will be to topple St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes in the Independent School League, a feat they haven’t accomplished since 2012. But they’re also focused on the journey leading up to that pivotal game, along with the potential postseason matchup. “For us it’s not just to focus on St. Stephen’s but to take each game as its own,� said Martin. “We have to build on each game this season.� “The coaches have been preaching to celebrate the small victories,� said senior captain Biagini. “Every time we do a good

play or do something we’ve worked on in practice well, it’s big for us.� The Cubs believe defense will be their backbone, since they’ve lost no players on that side of the ball to graduation and starting goalie Grace Rotondo is returning. “We expect it to be really strong this year with all returning defenders,� said Shea. With some of the Cubs’ senior talent already committed to play at top-level college lacrosse programs such as the University of Virginia, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Yale and Harvard, the team hopes to reload for the title run. “We can be really good in the ISL,� said Shea. “We’re usually up in the top two teams. This year we have a really young team and only graduated three starters.� The Cubs will be back in action on Thursday when they host St. Mary’s from Annapolis, Md., at 4 p.m. ■D.C.

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rack up nine saves and quickly establish himself as a force between the pipes. “He played for our seventh- and eighth-grade team,� said St. Germain. “He tracks the ball well and makes stops. Today was his first varsity lacrosse game ever. He has good reaction, good hand speed and he’ll get better.� In addition to the infusion of young talent, the Frogs will also look to their co-captains — senior defender Rocky Tonkel and junior attacker Luke Pierantonio — to anchor the team on offense and defense. “They’re both leaders on their side of the ball,� said St. Germain. “Rocky is a senior, and he’s been here all four years. He wants to finish it out on a

really high note. Offensively he sees the field so well and is like another coach on the field.� Meanwhile the coach said that Pierantonio, on defense, “is our field general out there.� With the mix of veterans and talented newcomers, the Frogs hope for redemption after last year’s early postseason exit. “That’s our goal every season — to win the MAC first and foremost,� St. Germain said. “We got bounced out of the first round last year in a one-goal loss. Hopefully this year we’ll get better every day.� ■D.C.

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Spotlight on Schools Annunciation Catholic School

The Field School

Public Schools has cut the money to support it. At Fillmore we take all kinds of classes. Key students from kindergarten to fifth grade take buses there and back every day. We take digital arts taught by Miss Pollett, one of our favorites. There is music, dance, drama and band among many creative programs. They teach recorder, strings, guitar, trumpet, tubas and violins. Our band is playing at the Kennedy Center. They also highlight our best art in an art show. Our parents and the PTA are very upset and are doing the best they can to save Fillmore! Tilman Wuershmidt has been the chair of our PTA’s Fillmore Committee for years. “Fillmore is a great institution and has been getting better with more support this year especially,� Tilman said. “It would be a great tragedy to cut such a program!� We need you! If you would like to help to save our treasured arts program, contact Tilman at thistilman@gmail.com; our PTA co-Chairs, Ashby Mimms and/or Elizabeth Wise; or Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh’s office. If your kids go to Fillmore, ask them about Fillmore. A postcard and letter-writing campaign is underway. — Lindsay Neal and Avery Slover, second-graders

In eighth-grade literature, we are reading and acting the play of “A Raisin in the Sun.� The main characters are Ruth, Walter, Travis and Beneatha and they are living in a small, cramped, and cheap apartment in Chicago in the 1950s. They are black and are trying to survive in the world during a time where everything was in favor of the whites. I like the book because ideas and emotions are expressed, there is racial drama and there is conflict. We enjoy picking characters and reading scenes aloud in class. I’m learning a lot about what life was like back then. — Zack Fikre, eighth-grader At The Field School, new students for the 2016-17 school year have just received their acceptances. The admissions office made its final decisions and the school hosted a welcome party for them on March 9. New students have a bit of trouble finding their way around, so the welcome party helps orient them. “I came three years ago and I still don’t know what buildings are where,� said eighth-grader Sophia Davidson. Once students come here and find their way around, they get comfortable. Everyone, it seems, is ready for spring break, which starts on March 18. Some have travel plans. Seventh-grader Grace Wang said, “I’m going to New York!� She can’t wait. So we will all suffer together in terrible bliss during the final week of school. — Adrian Stuphan, eighth-grader, and Claire Seka, seventh-grader

Hyde-Addison Elementary School

In fourth grade math this lesson, we’re learning about fractions and how to find equivalent ones; also, we’re trying to see which fractions are bigger by multiplying the denominators. For science we’re learning about animal adaptations and how they can be used in different environments. For example, the king snake uses mimicry to make itself look like the poisonous coral snake. But I think its defense has a flaw because if the coral snake’s predator finds it, then it is dead! At Fillmore I’m learning how to use computers to make art and I’m really upset that D.C. Public Schools is cutting out the Fillmore program, because this will mean that our arts teaching will not be as good. I will also miss the teachers there who are supportive and kind. — Owen Blank, fourth-grader

Key Elementary School

The Fillmore Arts Center, where students from Key and four other public schools learn arts and music, might be shut down. D.C.

School DISPATCHES

Lafayette Elementary School

This is a Lafayette construction update. The significant new changes to our school building just stand out, but the progress did not come easily. The weather earlier this winter was not very cooperative. The blizzard that came in January made things terrible for the construction crew. Heating had to be installed in the building so it was not ruined, and literally tons of snow had to be hauled out of the way just to get inside the building. Yikes! But the weather has been fantastic lately, and we are back on track. One teacher at Lafayette, Ms. Echave, described the progress perfectly: “It looks as if they grew steel out of the ground.� It really is amazing how well it is working out. It seems they come closer to finishing by the minute. The tower crane has been taken down and is replaced with a smaller one. The metal structure is taking shape, and the framing for the multipurpose room and gym has begun. Windows are being added to the building, as is the roof and cafeteria skylight, where the tower crane was. The new library and art room are coming along well and look amazing, according to the principal. The flooring, coloring and cabinets are being finished up. Students are shown pictures of

the future school, and, I must say, it looks pretty great! — Charlie Pomper, fifth-grader

Murch Elementary School

The fifth-graders of Murch Elementary have been very busy for the past month learning about the Civil War. The fifth-grade teachers decided going to Gettysburg would be a very good learning experience for their grade and very exciting too. Gettysburg is the biggest and bloodiest battle of the north in the Civil War. Seeing Gettysburg, we were able to feel everything the soldiers felt except for the weather. Ms. Vicki Otten, fifth-grade teacher and organizer of the trip, said, “I love how the guides explain everything about Gettysburg. They know so much and they gear their tour to things that kids like.� Lots of fifth-graders loved the field trip. But the weather was very cold and windy. Sofia Ronenberg said, “I think it was a great learning experience and it was really cool because it made me feel like I was there at the time of the actual battle. “ We saw interesting events, such as an IMAX movie that highlighted the main events of the Gettysburg battle, and the Civil War, in an intriguing, kid-friendly way. We saw an amazing Cyclorama first presented in 1884 that was a beautiful painting and told an exciting story about the battle. — Lilly Shaw and Zoe Blanton, fifth-graders

National Presbyterian School

This year the fifth grade is working on a Greek unit and doing a Greek ABC book. My class started to work on it March 9. On that day, we set up our notebooks and had a note-taking lesson. We will use library books, social studies notebook and a Greek magazine as our sources. The project is basically doing the 26 letters of the alphabet, but with words that connect to Greece. Some words we can choose, but some have been assigned to us. Say you want to do oceans, but Olympics is already the “O� letter, you might be able to do something like “beautiful oceans� and it will qualify for being a “B� letter. Then when you finish researching and writing down notes, you can start adding text and pictures. We must be creative in our work. I’m really excited about this project! — Walt Gaskin, fifth-grader

Our Lady of Victory School

On March 8 we celebrated Grandparents Day. First, we went to the church for Mass. I sang “Hosanna Hosanna� with the Cherub Choir. Then we went to get blessed by Father Dave. Principal Martinez also welcomed everyone. My dad was there with his parents and my See Dispatches/Page 20

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recently reduced price of $635,000. This 2,078-square-foot Arts and Crafts house sits on a nearly 3,600-square-foot lot that includes a landscaped front yard with walkway and a fenced-in backyard with a Trex deck. Through the back gate and down concrete stairs is paved parking for up to four cars off the back alleyway — a rare feature in dense Petworth. Built from scratch on an unused lot in 2012, this house offers more space, higher ceilings, richer detailing and a larger kitchen than many other homes in the neighborhood. The windows throughout the house are doublepaned for noise control, with sandwiched mullions for easy cleaning. The front walk leads up to a stone front stoop with space for chairs. The front door, featuring decorative glasswork, opens into

a spacious entrance hall, with a family room with deeply coffered ceilings to the left. Chair rails and wainscoting line the entrance and lead down the hall — past the built-in corner cabinet topped with glass-front doors — into the open kitchen, dining and sitting area. A three-sided stone and glass wood-burning fireplace projecting partway gives only a hint of division to the space. Oversized south-facing windows bring in plenty of light from the backyard. The continuing wainscoting and chair rails, in addition to the chandelier suspended from an ornate medallion in the ceiling, add a luxurious air. The open kitchen features dark wood cabinetry that contrasts nicely with the rich cherry hardwood floors, lightened by the gray granite countertops and sandy-colored ceramic tile backsplash. All the appliances come from the Kenmore Elite collection, including the brushed aluminum refrigerator/freezer with ice and water dispensers, electric induction range, built-in microwave, high-efficiency dishwasher and double ovens. Extra touches enhance the room, such as a built-in wine rack,

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This three-bedroom house at 720 Jefferson St. NW in Petworth is priced at $635,000. under-cabinet lighting and a raised breakfast bar with suspended bistro lamps. A separate pantry or storage closet sits across from the kitchen area, at the outlet of the hall, and provides access to a large crawl space under the house. The hall bathroom shows a sign of sturdy construction — the heavy door is made of solid wood and features a brushed nickel knob. This halfbath also includes a glass-bowl sink and dark wood cabinet. For another touch of elegance, the wainscoting proceeds up the staircase to the second floor, where the cherry hardwood floors give way to carpeting at the entry to the master suite. Double doors lead into the large master bedroom with south-facing windows,

tray ceiling and walk-in closet. The master bath echoes the gray granite from the kitchen, creating a unity in the house and complementing the ceramic tile of the floor. Other features here include dual sinks, a Jacuzzi, and a glass-walled shower with rainshower head and four wallmounted sprayers. Across the hall, the second and third bedrooms offer views of the neighborhood and wall-to-wall carpet, and are serviced with a hall bathroom. Each room also has its own large closet. A hallway closet houses a high-efficiency Whirlpool Duet washer and

dryer with shelving above. A pull-down ladder on the landing accesses additional storage space in the attic. Priced like many condominium units but offering far more generous space, a yard and ample parking, this property is well suited as a starter home or as an upgrade for a family welcoming new members. The three-bedroom, two-anda-half-bath house at 720 Jefferson St. NW is listed for $635,000 by Weichert, Realtors. For details, contact Susan Brooks at ssbrooks.homes@usa.net or 202365-3194.

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Northwest Real Estate FESTIVAL: Kramer brothers’ film ‘City of Trees’ highlights efforts to help city’s green space

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mentary follows the nonprofit Washington Parks & People as it hires 150 unemployed District residents to plant trees across the city. The Kramers’ camera lingers longest on six of those residents, weaving their stories through a larger saga that folds in issues of race, politics and economics.

The Kramers took different paths following their childhood directorial pursuits in their hometown of Bethesda. Lance, 32, majored in history and minored in film studies at Dartmouth before spending a few years as a print journalist in the Pacific Northwest. Brandon, 28, majored in film and minored in anthropology at Boston College, following up his

undergraduate career with work as an instructor for several youth media programs, including one run by the Kennedy Center. Neither had his heart set on making documentaries for a living. Though the brothers hadn’t formed solid plans to collaborate, they kept a running Google Doc file with a brainstorming list of ideas for possible projects. When

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their grandfather died in June 2010, they reconnected in the District — and decided the time to join forces had come. “I always feel like [our grandfather’s] spirit has been there from day one with the production company,� Lance Kramer said. “This is the next step in that trajectory.� The Kramers always revered their great-grandfather, who emigrated from Russia in the 1930s and started a butcher shop in D.C. that would go on to support the brothers’ grandfather and his son, their father. Teaming up to form a production company seemed like a good way to honor their family legacy. The Google Doc proved useful after all. “I’ve gone back recently and looked at that document, and I feel like the way the company has been shaped and the types of projects we’re doing are very aligned with the ideas in that doc,� Lance Kramer said. Meridian Hill Pictures, cofounded by the Kramers in 2010, seeks to inject an “authentic� human element and consciousness of social issues into innovative documentary storytelling projects, the brothers said. After moving their office from Lance’s Mount Pleasant basement to a spot at the Josephine Butler Parks Center, 2437 15th St. NW, the brothers decided the nearby park — with its rich history and connection to the spirit of D.C. — was a perfect match for their aims. The three most prominent arms of the company create independently produced documentaries; professionally produced short videos, including training tutorials for businesses and nonprofits; and training programs designed to make filmmaking accessible to all. The idea for “City of Trees� fell into the brothers’ laps not long

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after the company launched. Washington Parks & People has an office in the same building, and the Kramers initially approached the nonprofit about the possibility of Meridian Hill staffers teaching the nonprofit’s low-income and unemployed constituents about filmmaking. After that project proved successful, the Kramers were inspired. “We felt we had an inside glimpse into seeing the way one program that was a part of this huge effort was unfolding within people’s lives,� Brandon Kramer said. “Because we had built a relationship and trust, we really had the trust and access to tell that story from a deeply personal, vulnerable way.� Telling that story took time, though. The brothers shot from October 2010 to June 2012, not including an epilogue filmed later. Their credited roles emerged organically, with producer Lance spending more time on logistics, and director Brandon focusing on shooting. When principal photography wrapped, they had nearly 300 hours of footage to sift through and cull to feature length. “The 274 hours of that footage is moments that were all the different missed roads that you needed to go down to get that one hour of footage that is the finished product,� Brandon Kramer said. The Kramers finally locked the film last summer, just in time for its world premiere at the American Conservation Film Festival in Shepherdstown, W.Va. The D.C. environmental film festival’s director of programming, Brad Forder, caught wind of the project and met with the brothers, who specifically requested the two scheduled screenings — one in Northwest, the home of the featured non-governmental organizations, and one in Ward 8, where much of the narrative unfolds. “‘City of Trees’ documents a compelling story that includes the struggle by a group of people to make environmental change in D.C. by rebuilding and sustaining the city’s natural spaces,� Forder wrote in an email to The Current. “It is a wonderful fit for our 2016 Festival lineup and we are thrilled to be screening the D.C. premiere.� Ultimately, the Kramers hope the two screenings will expose a wide range of viewers to stories and themes they might not otherwise have considered. “I just also hope that the film is seen widely. I hope it’s seen by diverse audiences,� Lance Kramer said. The 24th annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital will present over 140 films at more than 50 venues across the D.C. area from March 15 through March 26. A full schedule is available at dceff.org.

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to vote; the final voter in line cast a ballot just after 7 p.m., according to Mara. To accommodate Orthodox Jews observing the Sabbath, the D.C. GOP accommodated Jewish voters until 9 p.m., after

sundown. Once inside the hotel, people were guided through packed conference rooms to vote for presidential candidates. After, they were led into another room to pick 32 delegates out of 160 aspirants. Choosing those delegates, many of

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hospital. Barlia took him up on that, with Deegan performing the task in his own kitchen, as his 14-year-old daughter watched. After the procedure, Barlia spent the next few weeks taking numerous eyedrops. “I had stitches in my eye. It basically felt like a piece of sand in your eye for 10 days,� she said. “It’s crazy, so crazy uncomfortable.� And while the surgery was successful, one consequence is distorted vision. Barlia waited for a month after the hospital stay to drive, and even now she says she likens the view from her right eye to the experience of opening one’s eyes underwater. Now Barlia sees Deegan every four or five months to check in on the progress of the shrinking tumor. She also gets regular CAT scans to monitor whether the tumor has spread to her liver and

lungs. In her spare time, the stayat-home mother hosts fundraising events for the Ocular Melanoma Foundation, which enables her to help support others in the ocular melanoma community by securing research dollars. “It was just a way for me to do something good, and to make me feel good, and also for those around me, my friends and family, a way to help support me,� Barlia said. Since she didn’t experience chemotherapy or long-term treatment, she wasn’t in need of constant aid, but people she cares about still want to help. For Deegan, working with a patient like Barlia can be particularly resonant, since he’s in her peer group and a father of two himself. “We’re relatively close in age,� Deegan said. “You just get a little bit more sensitive to the disruption and the potential for problems when you’re dealing with someone like Joanne.�

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obstructs the public from entering. “I consider this a classic baitand-switch,� Gardner said at the March 2 meeting of ANC 3D, which includes Foxhall, the Palisades, Spring Valley and Wesley Heights. George Washington University maintains that the gate, completed last summer, is in line with what’s outlined in its Mount Vernon Campus Plan, crafted in 2010 and approved by the Zoning Commission after multiple discussions with the community. In response to a request for comment, George Washington spokesperson Kurtis Hiatt pointed to a page on the university’s website noting that the gate allows free exit to anyone on campus but restricts entrance access to visitors who have received prior approval, including students and staff with permits to park on campus. The gate was designed for a specific purpose, Hiatt said. “The gate helps the university enforce the Mount Vernon Campus Plan’s parking policy that reduces our impact on the surrounding community by requiring all faculty, staff, students, and visitors to park on campus,� he wrote in an email. The gate also allows access for emergency vehicles such as campus police, as well for university vehicles during move-in and move-out, Hiatt noted. More than six months ago, Gardner filed a petition for the zoning administrator to require that the university ask for a modification in its campus plan to reflect the restricted access at the

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gate, a process that would trigger a public hearing. He argued that drawings in the campus plan differed from what appeared in reality: a locked main emergency vehicle gate, and a bifurcated pedestrian gate flanking that. Gardner says that one of the six or so drawings in the campus plan suggested an optional locking mechanism, but the others appeared to show open access. Zoning administrator Matthew LeGrant denied the petition on Feb. 16, saying that the gate represents only a minor deviation from the campus plan that was designed around fire code regulations the university discovered only after the plan was drafted. Gardner said at the March 2 meeting that he doesn’t agree with the zoning administrator’s decision and plans to appeal it. ANC 3D voted unanimously to support Gardner’s appeal. Commission chair Tom Smith noted at the meeting that many of the George Washington officials who signed off on the campus plan no longer work for the school, which might account for the perceived discrepancies. For the commission, the gate problem is twofold. Fundamentally, the locked gate represents a division between the community and the university. Gardner says the community will survive that issue, though. The larger problem is the precedent this zoning decision sets, he believes. “Campus plans are really sacred to communities. They’re agreements,� Gardner said. “And when those agreements are broken, there is an effect.�

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DISPATCHES From Page 13 brother Henry from pre-K. After Mass, we went to our classrooms (pre-K and first grade). My teacher Miss O’Boyle let me go to the book fair with my grandparents while my class was having gym. My brother’s teacher let him come with us. Grammy and Grandpa let us each get some books. “The Day the Crayons Came Home” was one of our favorites. I also liked “Ranger In Time: Long Road to Freedom.” I even got a “Star Wars Head to Head” book. I also got a book about world records. My brother and I share our books and like to read together. I learned to read here at OLV. In kindergarten, language arts was my favorite and now I like learning about George Washington. I wrote a fact book about him with my friend. We’re doing a March Math Madness contest this week. I hope I do well! — Grant C., first-grader

Oyster-Adams Bilingual School

Two weeks ago the baseball

The Current team had its first game. It was a good game for the Oyster-Adams Tigers, but there was something that wasn’t good. Not all the players from the other team were there, so the coach from the other team brought some team members from the football team and we saw that they weren’t good. I asked Liam Ecenbarger, one of my teammates, some questions. “What didn’t you like about what happened in the game?” Liam said, “It was really cold so it wasn’t good to play baseball because our hands were numb.” “Was it fun being on the team and playing for the team?” “Practice was fun.” “But do you like being on the team?” “Yeah, I do like being on the team.” “What did you most like about the team?” “I like when we were defending, we played really well, got three outs and didn’t allow anybody to go home. Our coach, Mr. Matthew Mitchell, said we were like professional teammates.” “Did you like that the teammates were cheering?” “We did pretty good at cheering. Me and my teammates started making some chants but I think we could

do better, but it was really cold.” — Angel Garcia, sixth-grader

Ross Elementary School

This week we started with Fillmore Arts Center. Some students are still seeing what they can do. Lucy Mencimer, one of the writers of this column, is starting a Save Fillmore Club. In this club, students will be able to write persuasive letters to Chancellor Kaya Henderson and create posters to persuade other students and adults to write letters as well. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the third- through fifth-graders had ANet testing in English Language Arts and mathematics. On Thursday, fifth-graders went to Q?rious again at the Natural History Museum. They were quite excited to go study Forensic Science. They got to experience a Smithsonian Webcast and got to meet some of the people from the webcast. They also learn about dinosaurs’ fossils. John Mayberry, a fifth-grader, thought it was fun. On Friday, PK3 and PK4 went to Imagination Stage. Also, the fourth-graders went to the Anderson House. — Lucy Mencimer and Ellen Lurie, fourth-graders

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School

This week, we took a field trip to Jamestown. We started by visiting a replica of the James Fort. We got to see how the muskets were loaded and fired and made corn cakes so that we could learn about what activities the settlers would have done when they were there. In the chapel, we saw where the reverend would stand and where they made laws. After visiting the James Fort, we visited a replica of the Powhatan village and saw Powhatan artifacts. We scraped fur off deer skin to make Powhatan clothes. Next, we went to the ships. We went on the Godspeed, which was one of the original ships that took the first voyage to Jamestown. We sat in the ’tween deck, where the passengers would have been. It was smaller than I expected. Finally, we went to the Archaearium archaeology museum. We saw all kinds of real artifacts from Jamestown such as cannon balls, the foundation of a house, arrowheads and settlers’ skeletons. I liked the arrowheads the best but I was confused why they had glass arrowheads, which could shatter against armor.

Jamestown was the best field trip I have ever taken! — Mario Mula, third-grader

Sheridan School

At Sheridan School right, now the third-, fourth- and fifth-graders get to be in the Children’s Chorus. It is run by our music teacher. It’s a chance to sing and dance with the cast of the musical. The play this year is “The Little Mermaid.” We meet one time a week, but sometimes it can be three times a week when we get closer to the performances. We learn songs, dances and hand movements to perform at the musical. Sometimes we get to make up some of the moves. We were excited to join because we knew some of the songs already. We did one of the songs for Winter Assembly this year. We were also excited to join because we like singing and dancing and being with our friends. We will perform with our classmates and friends when the musical is put on in April. We also get to wear cool costumes. This year we might be dressed up as fish and get our faces painted. — Naja Skrine and Elijah Miles, third-graders

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Wednesday march 16 Concerts ■ “Songs of Our Souls,” a midweek Lenten gathering of music, prayer and meditation, will feature professional singers from the National Broadway Chorus presenting music on the theme of “We Hope.” 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-337-9070. ■ Indie-folk musician Annie Stokes will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Washington Women in Jazz Festival will feature the Amy K Bormet Quartet with special guest Fay Victor. 7:30 p.m. $15 to $20. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. washingtonwomeninjazz.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols will discuss their book “People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202387-7638. ■ At an event sponsored by the D.C. Public Library, Politics and Prose, Deal Middle School and Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, author Markus Zusak will discuss the publication of 10th anniversary edition of his novel “The Book Thief.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Deal Middle School, 3815 Fort Drive NW. 202-3641919. ■ Washington Post sports reporter Barry Svrluga will discuss his book “The

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Events Entertainment Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season,” about the 2014 Washington Nationals. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■ David Miller, associate director for academic programs at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University, will discuss bioethics training for health professionals. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ Somini Sengupta will discuss her book “The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Geoffrey Rinehart, coordinator of the Grass Roots Initiative at the U.S. National Arboretum, will discuss “BayFriendly Lawn Practices.” 7 p.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252. ■ Photojournalist Alysia Burton Steele will discuss her book “Delta Jewels,” a series of digital stories and photos of women from the Mississippi Delta who shared their experiences during the civil rights movement. 7 p.m. Free. Doyle/Forman Theater, McKinley Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2220. ■ Sidwell Friends School’s John Fisher Zeidman Memorial Lecture will feature a talk on U.S.-Chinese relations by journalist and New America fellow Mei Fong, author of “One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment.” 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Robert L. Smith Meeting Room, Sidwell Friends School, 3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW. sidwell.edu. Films ■ As part of the Environmental Film

ALL ARE WELCOME “Community” is our middle name! Palm Sunday March 20, 10:30-12 A “Palisades Parade” to Honor Jesus Join in the parade “workshop” with children in Memorial Hall at 10:30. Breakfast served: fruit, pastries, beverages Parade to sanctuary for music, scripture, prayer! Maundy Thursday March 24, 7-7:45pm Scripture, Prayer, Holy Communion Good Friday March 25, 12-1pm “The Seven Last Words of Christ” Guided scripture and prayer (visit all or part of the hour) EASTER SUNDAY March 27, 11am Sermon: “Or…maybe…our story is true!” Special music: guest vocalists/instrumentalists Annual Easter Tea and Egg Hunt. Palisades Community Church 5200 Cathedral Ave, NW www.ThePalisadesCommunityChurch.org

Festival in the Nation’s Capital, the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church will present Robert Kenner’s documentary “Merchants of Doubt.” 7:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW. dceff.org. The festival will continue through March 26 at various venues. ■ The French Cinémathèque series will feature Guillaume Nicloux’s 2015 film “Valley of Love,” starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu. 8 p.m. $6.75 to $12. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. Performances ■ The Washington Improv Theater will continue its 10th annual Fighting Improv Smackdown Tournament, an elimination-style competition with teams competing for audience favor. 7 and 9 p.m. $12 to $15. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. washingtonimprovtheater.com. The competition will continue through April 12. ■ “Press Play Hump Days” will feature longform improv. 7:30 p.m. $8 to $12. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. pressplaydcac.bpt.me. ■ Company E will present “Generations: Poland,” a celebration of four generations of Polish contemporary choreography and classical music. 7:30 p.m. $35. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Sporting events ■ The Washington Wizards will play the Chicago Bulls. 7 p.m. $20 to $899. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000. ■ The Home Court Charity Basketball game, with members of Congress facing off against Georgetown Law faculty and staff, will benefit the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. 8 p.m. $15 to $20. Gonzaga College High School, 19 I St. NW. homecourtdc.org. Thursday, March 17

Thursday march 17 Children’s programs ■ As part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, the Petworth Library will host an hour of international short films for children — “Captain Fish,” “Elephant and the Bicycle,” “The Law of the Jungle,” “The Little Hedgehog,” “Pik Pik Pik,” “Poker,” “Sweet Cocoon” and “Zebra.” 1:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. ■ “March Movie Series: Miniature Worlds” will feature “The Borrowers.” 4 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. Concerts ■ The U.S. Air Force Band Airmen of Note Combo will perform. 12:10, 1:10 and 2:20 p.m. Free. East Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ The Take 5! Jazz Series will feature the Danielle Wertz Quartet celebrating the rich jazz legacy of Paris. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ Washington composer Steve Antosca will present “a delicate balance … ,” a two-movement composition exploring the delicate expressions and sounds produced from a small ensemble with voice and composer processing. 6 and 7:15 p.m. $15 to $30; reservations sug-

Thursday, march 17 ■ Concert: Danish jazz singer Sinne Eeg will perform music from her 2014 album “Face the Music.” 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. gested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music. ■ The National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vänskä and pianist Nikolai Lugansky will perform works by Brahms and Beethoven. 7 p.m. $15 to $89. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. ■ Guitarist Kevin Olson will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys. com. ■ “Heifetz on Tour” will feature string players who graduated from the Heifetz International Music Institute. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $25. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552. ■ Congressional Chorus will present “Tinseltown: A Hollywood Cabaret,” featuring a seven-piece band and 80 singers and dancers. 8 p.m. $48. Sprenger Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. ■ Jimkata, Swift Technique and Heartracer will perform. 8 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ A panel of scholars will discuss the relationship between health and literacy. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Montpelier Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-7071519. ■ National Portrait Gallery associate curator Dorothy Moss will discuss the winning portrait in the exhibition “The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today.” Noon. Free. Meet in the G Street lobby, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ William M. LeoGrande, associate vice provost for academic affairs, professor of government and dean emeritus of the School of Public Affairs at American University, will discuss his book “Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana.” Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■ Scholar Nathaniel Comfort will lead a discussion on “The Origins of the RNA World” with scientific pioneers Walter Gilbert, W. Ford Doolittle, George Fox and Ray Gesteland. 2 p.m. Free. Room

119, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-0213. ■ Dimitrios Pandermalis, president of the board of directors of the Acropolis Museum and professor of archaeology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, will discuss “Zeus, Isis, and Dionysos in Dion at the Foot of Mount Olympus.” 3:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-7374215. ■ Former Howard University professor Anita Nahal will discuss “African American Women in the Niagara Movement.” 5:30 p.m. Free. Room 316, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ Two Northwest D.C. chapters of the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees will present a seminar on “How to Manage Your Finances Effectively” led by Mark Keen, a certified financial planner. 6 p.m. Free. Iona Senior Services, 4125 Albemarle St. NW. 202-744-2874. ■ A seminar series on “Matter, Consciousness and Trauma” will feature Johns Hopkins University and National Institutes for Health neuroscientist and researcher Bill Marks and attorney Jeanine Hull. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. The seminar series will continue March 31, April 14 and April 28. ■ Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, will discuss the challenges of building a national museum and the work that remains before the September ribbon-cutting event. 6 to 7 p.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2436. ■ Rüdiger Lohlker, professor of Islamic studies in the Oriental Institute at the University of Vienna, Austria, and Christian Christensen, professor of journalism at Stockholm University in Sweden, will discuss “Destruction as ImageAct — Remapping History.” 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. New York University Washington, DC, 1307 L St. NW. events.nyu.edu. ■ Architectural historian Pamela Scott will discuss “The Army Corps of Engineers: Building Managers for the Capital City.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Barbara Bradley Hagerty will discuss her book “Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Communications expert and facilitator Maura Policelli will lead a meeting of the Tenleytown Memoir & Essay Writing Club. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488. ■ Tiffany Stern, professor of early modern drama at Oxford University, will discuss “From Script to Stage to Script” as part of the Shakespeare Anniversary Lecture Series. 7 p.m. $10 to $15; reservations required. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. ■ The Georgetown Book Club will disSee Events/Page 23

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 22 cuss Richard Flanagan’s 2014 novel “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” winner of the Man Booker Prize. 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. julia.strusienski@dc.gov. ■ A Middle East lecture series will feature a talk by attorney and Georgetown University adjunct professor of law Daoud Khairallah on “The Involvement of Russia in the Syrian Conflict.” 7:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW. chevychasepc.org. ■ Former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., and former U.S. Rep. Martin Frost, D-Texas, will discuss their book “The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis.” 7:30 to 9 p.m. $13 to $15. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org. Films ■ The West End Interim Library will present the 2004 film “The Motorcycle Diaries.” 6:30 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202724-8707. ■ The Korean Cultural Center’s K-Cinema series will present Baek Jongyeol’s 2015 film “The Beauty Inside.” 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 405, Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. KoreaCultureDC.org. Performances ■ The Happenings Happy Hour series will feature scenes and monologues performed by actors studying at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting. 6 p.m. Free. Sidney Harman Hall Forum, 610 F St. NW. 202547-1122. ■ The Wilson Shakespeare Society and Wilson Theater will present “Hamlet.” 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. ■ Catholic University’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music will present a double bill of “La Serva Padrona” and “Gianni Schicchi” (performed in Italian with English supertitles). 7:30 p.m. $5 to $20. Hartke Theatre, Catholic University, 3801 Harewood Road NW. music.cua. edu. The performances will repeat Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Special events ■ A St. Patrick’s Day party will feature a dinner of corned beef and cabbage. 3 to 6 p.m. Free admission with a dessert; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7703. ■ “History & Hops,” a monthly series of house tours and beer tastings at the Heurich House Museum, will feature brews from Gordon Biersch Navy Yard. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $30. Heurich House Museum, New Hampshire Avenue and 20th Street NW. heurichhouse.org. Tours ■ Jason Gedeik, head of design operations at Hillwood, will present “Gardener’s Focus: An Orchid-Filled Greenhouse.” 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Included in suggested donation of $5 to $15 for museum admission; tickets distributed at 10 a.m. Hillwood Estate, Museum and

Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202686-5807. The tour will repeat at various times throughout March. ■ President Lincoln’s Cottage will host an evening tour (suitable for ages 6 and older). 6 p.m. $15; reservations required. President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home, Upshur Street at Rock Creek Church Road NW. lincolncottage.org. Friday, March 18 Friday march 18 Classes and workshops ■ Okinawa Matsuri Family Days will feature a workshop on “bingata” painting and how to make a “kata” stencil (for adults), at 11:30 a.m.; and an introduction to bingata dyeing (for adults), at 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. museum.gwu.edu/matsuri-family-days. ■ Jason Gedeik, head of design operations at Hillwood, will lead a hands-on workshop on “How to Get Your Orchid to Rebloom.” 1 to 3 p.m. $25 to $30. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-6865807. The workshop will repeat March 26 at 1:30 p.m. Concerts ■ The Morehouse College Glee Club and Quartet, one of America’s oldest allmale collegiate glee clubs, will perform standard classical church music and heritage music. Noon. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ “The President’s Own” Marine Chamber Orchestra will perform a concert. Noon and 2 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ Organist Jung-A Lee of Los Angeles will present a recital. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103. ■ The Friday Music Series will present organist Russell Weismann. 1:15 p.m. Free. Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787. ■ The Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists will present opera scenes inspired by myths, legends and fantasy. The performance will be in the original languages with projected titles on the screens above the stage. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Washington Women in Jazz Festival will feature a concert by Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes. 6 p.m. $5. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW. washingtonwomeninjazz.com. ■ Marc Delgado of the band Wounded Knee will perform his solo/acoustic act. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys. com. ■ The Folger Consort will present “Playing With Fire: Virtuoso Instrumental Music of the Renaissance.” 8 p.m. $25 to $40. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. The concert will repeat Saturday at 5 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. ■ Acoustic guitar master Peter White will perform. 8 and 10 p.m. $42.75 to

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tinuing through April 29, the show features recent works by selected participants, along with statements about their experience in Germany and its effect on their artwork. Located at 1990 K St. NW, the institute is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 202-847-4700. ■ “Rockne Krebs: The Smoke Drawings,” highlighting drawings made from smoke by an artist who became famous in the 1970s for his experimental light sculptures, will open Saturday at Hemphill with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. On view through April 30, the show also includes works by Leon Berkowitz, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Sam Gilliam, Alma Thomas and Anne Truitt. Located at 1515 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-2345601. ■ “Symbolic Cities: The Work of Ahmed Mater,” featuring landscape photography by Mater that explores $48. Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. bluesalley.com. The performance will repeat Saturday and Sunday at 8 and 10 p.m. ■ The Cris Jacobs Band, Gypsy Soul Revival and Flightschool will perform. 9 p.m. $12 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Shirin Ebadi will discuss her book “Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran,” at 4 p.m.; and Tracy Chevalier will discuss her novel “At the Edge of the Orchard,” at 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ The Capitol Hill Restoration Society will present the Dick Wolf Memorial Lecture, featuring a talk by Georgetown Law School student Brook Hill on how to retain affordable housing and its contribution to maintaining character of place. A panel discussion will follow. 7 p.m. Free. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. chrs.org. Family program ■ Okinawa Matsuri Family Days will feature a fishing game, a photo station and craft activities such as origami. 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202994-5200. The activities will continue Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Films ■ As part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, George Washington University will present the

the tension between the traditional world and the realities of contemporary life in his homeland of Saudi Arabia, will open Saturday at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and continue through Sept. 18. Located at 1050 Independence Ave. SW, the gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000. ■ The Phillips Collection will open an exhibit Monday that showcases student art from the Inspired Teaching School as part of its “Art Links to Learning: Museum-in-Residence” program. The show will continue through May 15. 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 on weekdays is free. 202387-2151. ■ “Extravagant Edens,” featuring recent paintings and drawings by Carol Brown Goldberg characterized by bold exuberant color and imagined biology, opened last week at Addison/Ripley Fine Art and will continue through April 14. Located at 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-338-5180. ■ “Sports Stories From Finland,” highlighting Finnish sports history that has

D.C. premiere of “The Good Life (La Buena Vida),” about a village in the forests of northern Colombia whose way of life is being destroyed by a coal mine. 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room B07, Media and Public Affairs Building, George Washington University, 805 21st St. NW. goodlife.bpt.me. ■ As part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, St. Columba’s Episcopal Church will present Avi Lewis’ “This Changes Everything,” about the opportunity to seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform a failed economic system better. 7:30 p.m. Free; $3 donation suggested. St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St. NW. 202-363-4119. Performances ■ Bowen McCauley Dance will pres7+( :25/' )$0286

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Continued From Page 23 and Sunday at 2 p.m. â– Lisner Auditorium’s annual Flamenco Festival will feature dancer RocĂ­o Molina in “Danzaora & VinĂĄtica,â€? a blend of flamenco with traditional “boleraâ€? and Spanish classical dance. 8 p.m. $35 to $55. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202994-6800. ■“Hexagon 2016: Red, White, and Voters’ Bluesâ€? will feature original songs with newly composed music and lyrics about the primary elections and other political fodder. Proceeds will benefit the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home. 8 p.m. $30. Theater, Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW. 202-3337469. Performances will continue through April 3. Special events â– The Catholic Coalition for Special Education will hold a benefit with a live and silent auction, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and dinner. 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. $225. Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. 301-933-8844, ext. 102. â– In conjunction with Okinawa Matsuri Family Days, a social hour and film

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Events Entertainment night will feature local Okinawan food and drink; film shorts featuring the islands’ scenic vistas; and a chance to create a souvenir bandana with an Okinawan design. 7 to 9 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations required. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-9945578. ■La Grande Fête — presented by the French Embassy in partnership with Smithsonian at 8 — will feature food, drink, music and dance from the Frenchspeaking world. 7 to 11 p.m. $40. Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW. 202-633-3030.

will feature a gallery tour, a story and an art-making experience (for ages 3 through 5 with an adult companion). 10 to 11 a.m. $7 per child; free for adult companion. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552. ■In conjunction with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, the National Gallery of Art will present Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill’s 2015 film “Monkey Kingdom� (for ages 6 and older). 10:30 a.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. The film will be shown again Sunday at 11:30 a.m.

Sporting event â– The Washington Capitals will play the Nashville Predators. 7 p.m. $47 to $323. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Classes and workshops ■Art historian Bonita Billman will lead a class on “Art Deco: Vibrant, Eclectic, and Dynamic.� 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. $90 to $140. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030. ■The Mount Pleasant Library will present “Saturday Morning Yoga.� 10 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. ■Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202243-1188.

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Saturday march 19 Children’s programs ■“Saturday Morning at the National� will present “Upcycled Cinderella,� featuring the wacky duo Dustmop and Binny in a show incorporating household items, recycled objects and physical comedy. 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; reservations suggested. Helen Hayes Gallery, National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. thenationaldc.org/events. ■“First Studio: Story + Workshop�

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recording star. 8 p.m. $65. Dorothy Betts Theatre, Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800. ■Musician Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers will perform. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■Covered With Jam and Tumble Down Shack will perform. 9 p.m. $12 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Saturday, march 19 ■Concert: Classical guitarist Manuel Barrueco, artist in residence at Levine Music, will perform. 8 p.m. $12 to $25. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. levinemusic.org. ard University jazz voice professor Jessica Boykin-Settles in “A Guided Tour of Sarah Vaughan, Her Life and Music.� 2 p.m. Free. Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE. washingtonwomeninjazz.com. ■The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters will perform. 3 p.m. Free. East Building Atrium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■The Cantare Choir of the Greater Richmond Children’s Choir will perform works by Praetorius, Byrd, Bach, Handel and Humperdinck. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■Jazz@Wesley will present vocalist Karen Lovejoy and the Lovejoy Group performing the music of the influential 20th-century jazz vocalist and composer Carmen McRae. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $7 to $10; free for ages 12 and younger. Wesley United Methodist Church, 5312 Connecticut Ave. NW. wesleydc.org. ■The Smithsonian Chamber Music Society’s Masterworks of Four Centuries concert series will feature the Smithsonian Chamber Players performing piano trios by Haydn. Lecture at 6:30 p.m.; concert at 7:30 p.m. $22 to $28. Music Hall, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030. The lecture and concert will repeat Sunday at the same times. ■Concert pianist Yuliya Gorenman will present “The Gorenman Russian Project,� featuring works by Medtner, Scriabin and Mussorgsky. 8 p.m. $10 to $25. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202885-3634. ■Pianist and composer Haskell Small will perform works by Bach, Tavener and Small as part of the Washington Conservatory’s “Piano, Plus!� concert series. A wine reception will follow. 8 p.m. Free; $20 donation suggested. Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Circle. 301-320-2770. ■Singer Pasquale Esposito will present “The Voice of a Legend — Celebrating Enrico Caruso,� featuring the songs that made the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso the world’s first international

Discussions and lectures â– The Abraham Lincoln Institute and Ford’s Theatre Society will present a fullday symposium on the life, career and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Speakers will include noted authors and historians Sidney Blumenthal, Thomas L. Carson, Louis P. Masur, Stacy Pratt McDermott and Edna Greene Medford. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NE. fords.org/event/ abraham-lincoln-symposium. â– Tom Brenna, professor of human nutrition and chemistry at Cornell University and president of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids, will discuss “Chewing the Fat: Should We or Shouldn’t We?: Fat, Good Health Choices, and You.â€? 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030. â– Landscape architect Claudia West will discuss “Creating Stunning Plant Communities.â€? 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. â– Experts will participate in a public symposium on “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World.â€? Noon to 5 p.m. Free. West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â– Gerald Davis will discuss his book “Algerian Diary: Frank Kearns and the ‘Impossible Assignment’ for CBS News,â€? at 1 p.m.; Roy Blount Jr. will discuss his book “Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations,â€? at 3:30 p.m.; and Elizabeth Poliner will discuss her book “As Close to Us as Breathing,â€? at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â– Zenith Gallery will present a panel discussion on “Getting Started Collecting Art,â€? featuring Margery Goldberg and Peter Kephart. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. Zenith Gallery, 1429 Iris St. NW. 202-7832963. â– The Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library’s History/Biography Book Club will discuss “The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War IIâ€? by Denise Kiernan. 3:30 p.m. Free. Ledo Pizza, 7425 Georgia Ave. NW. alexis.waide@ dc.gov. Family program â– The FabergĂŠ Egg Family Festival will feature festive folk music, traditional Russian games and an egg-decorating workshop. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5 to $18; free for ages 5 and younger. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. The festival will continue Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Films â– A Women’s History Month film See Events/Page 25

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 24 screening will feature Abby Moser’s documentary “Grrrl Love and Revolution: Riot Grrrl New York City.â€? 2 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. â– The Phillips Collection will present “The Salt of the Earth,â€? about photographer SebastiaĂąo Salgado’s travels to pristine territories, wild fauna and flora and grandiose landscapes. 2 p.m. $10 to $12. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. â– The National Gallery of Art will present Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp’s 2014 film “The Creeping Garden,â€? about slime molds that qualify as neither plant nor animal. 3:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â– As part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, American University’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking will present the world premiere of Sam Sheline’s “When Mickey Came to Town,â€? about Disney’s efforts to open an American history theme park in Virginia. A panel discussion will follow. 4 p.m. Free. Doyle/Forman Theater, McKinley Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. dceff.org. â– As part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, American University’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking will present “Farming for the Future — Enduring Traditions, Innovative Practices,â€? featuring short films, a panel discussion and a reception with food provided by the local “farm to tacoâ€? vegetarian restaurant Chaia. 6 p.m. Free. Doyle/Forman Theater, McKinley Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. dceff.org. Performances and readings â– GALita will present a bilingual adaptation of “El mundo es un paĂąuelo/ The World Is a Handkerchief,â€? a play by the late Chilean writer Jorge DĂ­az (suitable for the entire family but especially ages 5 through 12). 3 p.m. $10 to $12. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202234-7174. ■“Keeping Time With Blue Hyacinthsâ€? will feature Iraqi poet and human rights activist Amal Al-Jubouri reading her poetry in Arabic and in English, followed by music and poetry performed by Sholeh WolpĂŠ (shown). 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. 202-636-7230. â– Christopher K. Morgan & Artists will present “Pohaku,â€? about Morgan’s internal struggle as a mixed-race person and universal themes of loss and fractured identity. 8 p.m. $15 to $30. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. The performance will repeat Sunday at 7 p.m. â– Lisner Auditorium’s annual Flamenco Festival will feature “Qasida,â€? a musical encounter between the young Sevillian cantaora Rosario “La Tremenditaâ€? and her Iranian peer Mohammad Motamedi. 8 p.m. $25 to $45. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800. â– The Georgetown Improv Association will present a night of unscripted, unrehearsed comedy. 9 p.m. $4 to $6.

Bulldog Alley, Leavey Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. performingarts.georgetown.edu. ■“Chinese Menu Comedy� will feature Ryan Karels from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 10 p.m. $10 to $12. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. menumarch.bpt.me. Special events ■The DMV Food Truck Association will host a “Welcome to Hecht� event in the Hecht Warehouse District with a live DJ, a CrossFit class, tastings, food trucks and live performances. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. 16th Street and New York Avenue NE. dmvfta.org/ ourevents. ■The DC Purim Bash will feature dancing, masks, costumes and an open bar. 8 p.m. to midnight. $50. Arena Stage, 1101 6th St. SW. sixthandi.org. Sporting events ■The Harlem Globetrotters will visit Verizon Center as part of their 90th Anniversary World Tour. 1 p.m. $18 to $155. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000. ■The Washington Wizards will play the New York Knicks. 7 p.m. $45 to $899. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000. Teen program ■The 17th annual Youth Law Fair — bringing judges, lawyers, educators and community leaders together with area teens for a positive hands-on experience with the legal system — will focus on “Blunt Talk: Clearing the Haze Around D.C.’s Marijuana Laws.� 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave. NW. dcbar.org. Walk ■A park ranger will point out the different flora of Dumbarton Oaks Park and pay homage to the woman botanists who helped create the park. 11 a.m. Free. Meet at the entrance to Dumbarton Oaks Park at R Street and Lovers Lane NW. 202-895-6070. Sunday, March 20 Sunday march 20 Children’s programs ■A park ranger will lead a “Make Your Own Solar System� program using construction paper, glue, colored pencils and crayons (for ages 6 and older). 10 a.m. to noon. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-8956070. ■U.S. Botanic Garden children’s education specialist Lee Coykendall will lead a drop-in program for participants to create their own botanically themed kites. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Conservatory West Gallery, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■As part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, a program of children’s short films will feature “Captain Fish,� “Elephant and the Bicycle,� “The Law of the Jungle,� “The Little Hedgehog� and more. 2 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. Classes and workshops ■The Friends of Tenley-Friendship Library will host a Digital Flaneur Workshop, featuring a hands-on demonstration of 3-D scanning and imaging by D.C. Public Library makers-in-residence Billy

Wieseltier. 7 to 9 p.m. $25 to $125. Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Friebele and Mike Iacovone. Workshop participants will capture 3-D images in the neighborhood and then reconvene to share and edit them. 1 to 3 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ArtJamz will present a “Paint Like Picasso� class. 5 to 7 p.m. $32 to $35. ArtJamz Dupont Studio, 1728 Connecticut Ave. NW. artjamzdc.com. Concerts ■Members of “The President’s Own� U.S. Marine Band will perform works by Shostakovich, Glazunov, Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff. 2 p.m. Free. Sousa Band Hall, Marine Barracks Annex, 7th and K streets SE. 202-433-4011. ■The DC Boys Choir and Pittsburgh Youth Chorus will perform. 3 p.m. Free. Northminster Presbyterian Church, 7720 Alaska Ave. NW. 202-829-5311. ■The U.S. Army Chorus and Brass Quintet will perform. 3:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■Soloists Laura Choi Stuart, Julia Mintzer, Matthew Smith and Steven Combs will join the Cathedral Choir and Diderot Quartet members Adriane Post and Johanna Novum to perform Mozart’s “Requiem� and Bach’s “Jesu Meine Freude� and “Double Violin Concerto.� 4 p.m. $25 to $95. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. nationalcathedral.org. ■Washington Performing Arts will hold a flute recital by Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway. 4 p.m. $30 to $100. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■The National Presbyterian Festival Choir and Orchestra will perform Mozart’s “Requiem.� 5 p.m. Free. National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-537-0800. ■The Pan American Symphony Orchestra, tenor Mauricio Miranda, baritone Gustavo Ahualli, soprano Elisa Cordova and mezzo-soprano Anamer Castrello will present “Antologia de la Zarzuela,� featuring zarzuelas from Spain’s Golden Age and works by Chapi, de Falla, Albeniz and others. 7 p.m. $35 to $50. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202994-6800. Discussions and lectures ■Seema Reza and Teri Youmans Grimm will discuss their respective books “When the World Breaks Open� and “Becoming Lyla Dore,� at 1 p.m.; and Colin Woodard will discuss his book “American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good,� at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■The Legends & Lore DC Book Discussion Series will focus on “Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker� by Jennifer Chiaverini. 2 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-2823080. ■Anna Vasiliki Karapanagiotou, director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Arcadia at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, will discuss “Women in Hellenistic and Roman Athens: Visualizing Female Power and Wealth.� 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National

Family program ■The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will host “Purim Carnival 2016,� featuring carnival games, a mime show and workshop, and tasty treats. 10 a.m. to noon. $15 to $18 per family. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Sunday, march 20 ■Concert: Amphion Quartet (shown) and Sandbox Percussion will perform works by Andy Akiho and David Crowell. 4 p.m. $15 to $30; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music. Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■Artist Amy Sherald will discuss her piece “Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance),� a finalist in the exhibition “The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today.� 3 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000. ■Wendy Wilson-Fall, associate professor and chair of the Africana Studies Program at Lafayette College, will discuss her book “Memories of Madagascar and Slavery in the Black Atlantic.� 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-7260856. ■The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will present “The Freedom of the Writer and the Cruelty of History,� featuring a discussion with international literary luminaries David Grossman and Azar Nafisi and Brookings Institution scholar Leon

Films â– The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital will present Hamid Sardar’s documentary “TaĂŻga,â€? about the Mongolian sheepherders who must battle the twin predations of wolves and mining interests in the delicate ecosystem of the steppe. A post-screening discussion will feature William W. Fitzhugh, director of the Smithsonian’s Arctic Studies Center, and Paula T. DePriest, deputy director of the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute. 1 p.m. Free. Warner Bros. Theater, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. â– CineMatsuri, a showcase of five of Japan’s best recent films, will open with Cellin Gluck’s “Sugihara Chiune (Persona Non Grata),â€? about the courageous Japanese diplomat who issued visas in 1940 to over 6,000 Jews and was dismissed from the foreign ministry after the war for defying his government. A discussion with the director will follow. 1:30 p.m. $13; reservations required. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. cinemamatsuri.org. The festival will continue through March 27 at various venues. ■“Sunday Movies at Middle Câ€? will feature “The Pajama Game.â€? 2 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326. â– In conjunction with the Italian CulSee Events/Page 26

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Continued From Page 25 tural Institute, the National Gallery will present Antonio Bigini and Mariann Lewinsky’s film “Ella Maillart — Double Journey.” 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. Performances and readings ■ “In Your Ear” will feature readings and performances by poets Rod Smith, Bettina Judd and Carabella Sands. 3 p.m. $5. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833. ■ “Blacks in Wax” will feature youth from the Southeast Tennis & Learning Center portraying notable entertainers, writers, athletes, poets, entrepreneurs and political leaders. Live wax museum from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m.; performance 6 p.m. Free. Hall of States and Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ “Sunday Kind of Love” will feature readings by emerging and established poets, followed by an open mic segment. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ A monthly professional stand-up

Events Entertainment comedy showcase will feature Cerrome Russell, Paris Sashay and Daylon Morrison. 7:30 p.m. $5. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202546-8412. ■ Petworth Citizen will host a comedy showcase. 8 to 10 p.m. Free. Reading Room, Petworth Citizen, 829 Upshur St. NW. petworthcitizen.com. Sporting event ■ D.C. United will play the Colorado Rapids in the home opener. 5 p.m. $20 to $55. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800-745-3000. Monday, March 21

Monday march 21 Class ■ Joe Ryan, managing principal of CareerMentor.us, will lead a workshop for job seekers on networking. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. The workshop series will conclude March 28. Concerts ■ The DC Federation of Musicians will present “Jazz Night,” featuring saxophonist Davey Yarborough, keyboardist Jon Ozment, bassist

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Ephriam Wolfolk and drummer Francis Thompson. 7 to 10 p.m. $10. Guapo’s Restaurant, 4815 Wisconsin Ave. NW. bradley@musiciansdc.org. Discussions and lectures ■ Federal Communications Commission chair Tom Wheeler will offer keynote remarks at a conference on “Governing the Net: The Final Frontier of Freedom?” 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Lohrfink Auditorium, Hariri Building, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown. edu. ■ A Veterans History Project panel discussion on “A Band Apart: Women at War” will feature Elisa Basnight, chief of staff of the U.S. Mint and veteran of the U.S. Army; Marsha Four, vice president of the Vietnam Veterans of America and veteran of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps; and Linda Spoonster Schwartz, assistant secretary for policy and planning at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Noon. Free. Whittall Pavilion, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-2057. ■ David Essex, curatorial assistant in the Department of Italian and Spanish Paintings at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss “Venus Through the Looking Glass: Reflections on Titian’s Complex Goddess.” 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. Free. West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ The Ward Circle Chapter of AARP will present a talk and tour by Ann Michel on the history of the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church. 12:30 p.m. Free. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-363-4900. ■ Nobel laureate and Georgetown University professor George Akerlof will discuss his book “Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deceit.” 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Free. Conference Room, Mortara Building, Georgetown University, 3600 N St. NW. guevents.georgetown.edu. ■ Musician, historian and writer Elijah Wald will discuss “Dylan Goes Electric! Music, Myth and History.” 4 p.m. Free. Room 111, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. columbian.gwu.edu/ events. ■ Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will discuss “The Global Future of Security.” 4 to 5:15 p.m. Free; reservations required. Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. globalfutures.georgetown.edu. ■ Jan A.K. Evans Houser, granddaughter of brewer Christian Heurich, will discuss “Growing Up Heurich” and join Heurich House Museum assistant director Rachel Jerome for a tour of the mansion. A Q&A will follow. 6 to 7:30 p.m. $10; reservations suggested. Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW. heurichhouse.org/events. ■ Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer will discuss his book “La Superba,” about a writer who becomes trapped in his walk on the wild side in a mysterious and exotic Old World City. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

Monday, march 21 ■ Concert: Pianist Cornelia Akiko Herrmann will perform works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. 7 p.m. $25 to $30. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282. ■ The Fiction Lover’s Book Club will meet to discuss Alice Hoffmann’s “The Marriage of Opposites.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Room A-3, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7271295. ■ Helen Macdonald will discuss her books “H Is for Hawk” and “Shaler’s Fish: Poems.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■ Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law, Moment Magazine and the Newseum Institute’s Religious Freedom Center will present a panel discussion on “The First Amendment on Campus: Speech, Religion, Sexuality & Gender.” 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Knight Conference Center, Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. religiousfreedomcenter.org. Films ■ Fulbright scholar Alaina Dyne will present her film “Déjanos Pasar (Let Us Pass),” about the difficult journey through Mexico for Central American migrants. A talk by Maureen Meyer of the Washington Office on Latin America will follow. Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 505, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/dejanospasar. ■ The National Portrait Gallery will present Shelley Schulze’s documentary “E.O. Wilson: Of Ants and Men.” A discussion with Paula Ehrlich, president of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, will follow. 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. McEvoy Auditorium, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. dceff.org. ■ National Theatre Live will present Matthew Dunster’s award-winning production of the comedy “Hangmen” by Martin McDonagh. 7:30 p.m. $20. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202547-5688. Performances ■ The Howard University Department of Theater Arts will present the musical “Sarafina!,” about students from Morris Isaacson High School in Soweto. 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the States Gallery a half hour before the performance. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Laugh Index Theatre will present “Improv Wars.” 7:30 p.m. $8 to $10. DC

Special event ■ A celebration of the one-year anniversary of the public opening of the George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum will feature cake, reflections on the museum’s first year and a look ahead. Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202994-5200. Tuesday, March 22 Tuesday march 22 Children’s program ■ Actress Mary Ann Jung will present “Sally Ride: Shoot for the Stars!,” about America’s first female astronaut. 4:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. Classes and workshops ■ A certified yoga instructor will lead a walk-in class targeted to ages 55 and older. 10 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ The Georgetown Library will present a walk-in yoga class practicing introductory viniyasa techniques. 11:30 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ Femex, a community organization that strives to empower women through programming for individuals of all genders, will present a workshop designed to explore the experience of work from the female perspective. 6:45 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. ■ ArtJamz will present an ”Irish Landscape Painting” class. 7 to 9 p.m. $32 to $35. ArtJamz Dupont Studio, 1728 Connecticut Ave. NW. artjamzdc. com. ■ Vinoteca wine director Kate Chrisman will lead a class on white wines from the Iberian Peninsula. 7 to 9 p.m. $45; reservations suggested. Vinoteca, 1940 11th St. NW. vinotecadc.com. ■ Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 7:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202243-1188. Concerts ■ As part of the Tuesday Concert Series, baritone Richard Giarusso, Lauren Rausch on violin and Jeremy Filsell on continuo will perform an all-Bach program to mark Holy Week. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635. ■ The Duke Ellington School of the Arts will celebrate Women’s History Month through dance, song, music and prose. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Pianist Sara Daneshpour will perform works by Bach, Schubert, Chopin and other composers. 7 p.m. Free. The United Church, 1920 G St. NW. 202331-1475. See Events/Page 30

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EVENTS From Page 26 ■ The Fortas Chamber Music Concerts series will feature cellist Sharon Robinson and pianist Anna Polonsky performing Beethoven’s five sonatas for cello and piano over two nights. 7 p.m. $45. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The second concert will take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. ■ Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Historian Mitchell Yockelson will discuss his book “Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing’s Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I.” Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-6814. ■ A weekly seminar series will focus on topics related to exercise and nutrition. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-994-5602. ■ Popular music lecturer Saul Lilienstein will focus on “The Expositions of 1889 and 1900” as the concluding lecture of an eight-session course on “Paris: The Musical Magnet of the 19th Century.” Noon to 1:30 p.m. $20 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk on “How China Leveraged the West to Grow Its Economy and Rebuild Its Comprehensive National Power” by Patrick Mulloy, former U.S. assistant secretary of commerce and former member of the bipartisan U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission. 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Free. Temple Baptist Church, 3850 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-8954860. ■ The “Books That Shaped America” series will feature a discussion of Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone With the Wind,” led by Despina Kakoudaki, associate professor and director of the Humanities Lab at American University. 3 to 4 p.m. Free. Training and Events Room 115, Bender Library, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3847. ■ N. David Mermin, professor of physics at Cornell University, will discuss “Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics.” 3:15 p.m. Free. Room 109, Regents Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets Nw. guevents.georgetown.edu. ■ Journalist Marites D. Vitug will discuss “Leadership and Elite Democracy: The Philippine Case.” 5:30 to 7 p.m.

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Used to Create Israel” — will discuss “Should the U.S. Keep Giving Israel $10 Million Per Day?” 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ “Hear Now! Audio in the Streets” will feature radio journalist Jocelyn Frank presenting highlights from Ireland’s HearSay, a new international, community-integrated, audio arts festival. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Goethe-Institut Washington, Suite 3, 1900 K St. NW. goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com. ■ Panelists will discuss the role of decentralization in combating cybersecurity threats. 7:30 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Lecture Hall 1, Ward Circle Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202885-3780. ■ Mountaineer Hilaree O’Neill will discuss “Down to Nothing,” about leading a team of some of the world’s elite climbers on a grueling attempt to climb a remote peak in Asia and the physical and emotional toll they endured. 7:30 p.m. $25. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic Museum, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700. Film ■ The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital will feature Molly Bernstein’s “An Art That Nature Makes,” about the work of photographer Rosamond Purcell. A discussion with Purcell, Bernstein and Folger Shakespeare Library director Michael Witmore will follow. 7 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. Performances and readings ■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night” will feature longform improv performances by various ensembles. 8 and 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. Tour ■ Susan Pell, science and public programs manager at the U.S. Botanic Garden, will lead a tour focusing on “Marvelous Morphology.” 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Meet in the Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. Wednesday, March 23

Wednesday march 23 Classes and workshops ■ Kripalu yoga teacher Eva Blutinger will lead a “Yoga in the Galleries” class. 10 a.m. $10. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300. ■ Chloe Yelena Miller, a writing instructor at the University of Maryland

and Politics and Prose, will offer a workshop on memoir writing and crafting scenes. Participants should bring a pen and paper or a charged laptop to class. 2 to 3:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. Concerts ■ American folk songwriter Alastair Moock will perform on a double bill with jazz musician and composer Colleen Clark. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Union of the Sun & Moon will perform, at 7:30 p.m.; and Stripmall Ballads will perform, at 10 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ South African singer, songwriter and dancer Johnny Clegg will perform a blend of Western pop and African Zulu rhythms. 8 p.m. $35 to $45. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800. ■ Rising Appalachia and Soul Inscribed will perform. 8 p.m. $15 to $18. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Deborah Gaston, director of education and digital engagement, will discuss highlights from the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370. ■ Poet, scholar and writer Sharif S. Elmusa will discuss the book “Being Palestinian: Personal Reflections on Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora.” 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1290. ■ The West End Library Friends will present a discussion series with Georgetown University professorial lecturer Ori Z. Soltes on “Faces of War in Western Literature,” featuring a lecture on Stephen Crane’s “The Red Badge of Courage.” 6:30 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202724-8707. The series will continue April 20 and May 18. ■ Steve Olson will discuss his book “Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■ The World Affairs Council will present a book talk by Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency, author of “Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Horizon Ballroom, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. worldaffairsdc.org.

■ Swedish journalist and author Ingrid Carlberg will discuss her book “Raoul Wallenberg: The Biography” in conversation with Steve Roberts, professor of politics and journalism at George Washington University. 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $20 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030. ■ Elaine Showalter, professor emeritus of English at Princeton University, will discuss her book “The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Local author Marione Ingram will discuss her book “The Hands of Peace,” her eyewitness accounts of Nazi Germany and Jim Crow United States. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ Lauren Ellen Scott will discuss her novel “The Juliet,” and Art Taylor will discuss his story collection “On the Road With Del & Louise.” 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com. Films ■ As part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, American University’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking will present a Student Short Environmental Film Festival. 7 p.m. Free. Doyle/Forman Theater, McKinley Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. dceff.org. ■ The French Cinémathèque series will feature Aviv Talmor’s 2012 film “I Am Bialik.” 8 p.m. $6.75 to $12. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. Performances ■ George Washington University students will perform “Send in the Clowns” and other selections from their upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music.” Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. ■ The Washington Ballet will present the company premiere of choreographer Stephen Mills’ reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” 7:30 p.m. $32.25 to $130. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Performances will continue through April 3. ■ Laugh Index Theatre will present “Sketch Night With Separate Beds.” 7:30 p.m. $8 to $10. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. laughindextheatre. com. Sporting event ■ The Washington Wizards will play the Atlanta Hawks. 7 p.m. $18 to $899. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000.

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Masterpiece Martin’s Addition. New masterpiece on a scenic, peaceful lane. Dramatic open flr plan w/gourmet kit. MBR suite w/parkline views. Amazing estate like 13,000+ sf grounds. $2,439,000 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Grand Traditions

Town of Chevy Chase. Impressive 1920s manor w/ dramatic spaces has been renovated from top to bottom. Formal LR & DR, 5 BR, 6.5 BA, dazzling Kit, 3-car garage, and inviting deck. $2,499,000 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971 Karen Kuchins 301-275-2255

Sophisticated Lifestyle

Chevy Chase, MDs. Storybook residence meticulously restored & expanded. Impressive open spaces inside & out. Gourmet kit, stunning family rm, amazing game rm. 5 BRs, 4.5 BAs Terraces. Walk to Bethesda & Metro. $1,995,000 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Living In Luxury

Charm Personified Bethesda, MD. Beautiful light filled home in popular Greenwich Forest. 4 fin. levels, grand proportions. Gourmet kit, office, MBR w/ sitting rm. Lge lot w/sweeping views. $1,950,000 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Elegant Spaces

Craftsman Accents

Chevy Chase, MD. Dramatic & elegant home w/loads of natural light. 4 BRs, 2 BAs. Wonderful no thru street in the Village of Drummond. Expansive grounds - a gardener’s delight. $1,675,000 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Town of Chevy Chase. Amazing location within an easy stroll to dwntwn Bethesda & Metro. 5+ BRs, 5.5 BAs on 4 finished levels. Impressive dimension. Att. 2 car garage. Gorgeous 9,000 sf ft lot. Walk score 95! $1,795,000 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Landon Woods. Stunning new home w/4 levels of quality workmanship. 7 BRs, 5.5 BAs. Superb chef ’s kitchen, fabulous MBath. Family rm, office, built-ins. Expansive LL w/sep entrance. 2 car garage. $1,789,000 Patricia Lore 301-908-1242 Ted Beverley 301-728-4338

16th St Heights. Live large in this redone vintage classic. 5-6 BRs, 4.5 BAs on 4 fin levels. Bay window, frpl, original chestnut woodwork & skylight. Updated kitchen. LL suite. Off street pkg. $1,200,000 Sammy Dweck 202-716-0400

Elegance & Flair

Bungalow Beauty

Charm & Quality

Distinctive Style

The Foxhall. Rare duplex apt in this sought after bldg. Bright formal rooms on main level open to large terrace. Curved staircase to 3 BRs each w/bath & balcony. Amenities include pool & tennis courts. $1,115,000 Penny Mallory 301-654-7902

Town of Chevy Chase. Pristine, restored & renov. 3 BRs, 3 BAs. Rare main level bedrooms. Stunning new kit, new MBR suite & blt out LL. Walk to dwntwn Bethesda & Metro. $1,049,000 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Bethesda, MD, Beautifully updated 5 BR, 4 BA home. Kit Arlington, VA. To the height of luxury in the Turnberry Tower. 1 BR + den, 1.5 BA upgraded unit with waterside w/SS & granite, MBR addition w/sleek modern bath. Lge balcony view. Top of the line kit & baths. Deluxe amenities family rm in walkout LL. 2 car garage. $1,015,000 just 1 blk from Metro. Pkg included. $835,000 June Gardner 301-758-3301 John Coplen 410-591-0911

Green Comfort

Vintage Charm

Nestled in the Trees

Kensington, MD Eco-friendly 4 BR, 3.5 BA renovated home. Inviting front porch, solar panels, bamboo flrs & organic garden. Country kit, 1st flr family rm. Chic baths. Fin. LL, 2 decks. $739,000 Linda Chaletzky 301-938-2630

Petworth. Updated 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath row house. Large

Rock Creek Knolls. Great change for renovation, expansion

kitchen, original details. Deep landscaped yard w/off-

or new home. Large flat lot in serene setting. 3 BR, 2 BA

street parking. $599,900

one level Rambler. 1 car garage. $699,000

Uptown 202-364-1700 Downtown 202-464-8400

Dina Paxenos 202-256-1624

Classic Victorian

Maryam Hedayati 301-367-7921

Rare Opportunity Glover Park. Fabulous, sun filled 2 bedroom unit w/ balcony. Newer kitchen. Parking conveys. Full service bldg. w/roof deck, in ground pool + many more fine amenities. $442,000 John Nemeyer 202-276-6351 Susan Morcone 202-437-2153

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