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Sidwell delays campus consolidation

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■ Education: Upper school

to use Washington Home site

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

Sidwell Friends School has elected to delay and revise its plans to consolidate all of its grades on Wisconsin Avenue NW. The private school currently has two campuses: a middle and

upper school at 3825 Wisconsin Avenue NW, serving fifth through 12th grades; and a lower school at 5100 Edgemoor Lane in Bethesda, Md., which serves pre-K through fourth grade. Sidwell purchased the Washington Home & Community Hospice property adjacent to its D.C. campus in 2015, with the intention of relocating its lower school there. The project won Board of Zoning Adjustment support in spring 2016, and Sidwell

had said it would begin renovation work as early as this summer.

Now, though, the school plans instead to relocate its upper school into the Washington Home building and use the existing upper school for the lower school — a project that won’t begin until at least 2019.

“With Upper School enrollment and applications at an alltime high, the need for expanded See Sidwell/Page 3

Developers scale back grocery proposal

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

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The annual Fort Reno concert series featured Bitter Medicine, The Southern Ocean (shown) and Data Recovery Project on Thursday. The final concerts of the summer are scheduled for July 27 and 31 at 7 p.m. at Fort Reno Park.

The redeveloped Superfresh site in American University Park will no longer include a full-size supermarket, developers told the community last week, citing a dwindling interest from grocers.

However, the Ladybird project at 48th and Yuma streets NW will still include a smaller grocery of about 10,000 to 16,000 square feet, Valor Development assured residents at last Thursday’s meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E (Friendship Heights, Tenleytown, American University Park).

The divisive project aims to replace the longvacant Superfresh store and its large parking lot with a sprawling mixed-use complex, featuring two buildings comprising more than 200 apartments atop retail and standing up to seven stories to tall. It’s drawn strong opposition from many residents of nearby single-family homes, who argue that the plans are

Rendering courtesy of Valor Development

The former Superfresh site along 48th and Yuma streets NW is slated for mixed-use redevelopment.

grossly out of scale with the community, though local supporters see it providing additional amenities and vitality to a current dead zone.

A common thread of support focused on the promSee Valor/Page 5

D.C. arborist reports pressure on driveway

Metro evaluating complaints over vibrations in Petworth

By GRACE BIRD

■ Transportation: Residents

Current Staff Writer

Following the loss of two large street trees in Chevy Chase, a city arborist is placing the blame on inadequate maintenance and political pressure to allow an ecologically risky driveway.

The trees are located outside 5333 Connecticut Ave. NW, where Cafritz Enterprises completed a new apartment building last summer. Michael Chuko of the Urban Forestry Division — part of the D.C. Department of Transportation — said his agency unsuccessfully opposed the project’s circular driveway, which severed the trees’ roots.

At a community meeting this week, Chuko said his agency’s concerns were overruled by the D.C. Office of Planning and the office of then-Mayor Vincent Gray in 2014. Alternatives to the circular drive-

say new rail cars shake homes

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The District says that two street trees outside 5333 Connecticut Ave. NW need to be removed.

way — including a curbside drop-off and pickup on Connecticut, Military Road, Kanawha Street or a rear alley — were rejected by Cafritz’s traffic planner.

“We were basically told you have to accept this design plan,” Chuko said at the July 24 meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3/4G (Chevy Chase). “We had no choice, but we were opposed to the design from the beginning.”

Upon inspection last week, Chuko confirmed that See Trees/Page 4

By GRACE BIRD Current Staff Writer

A year after Petworth residents first reported feeling new 7000-series Metrorail trains shake their homes, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is in the midst of an in-depth investigation of the issue.

In late June, the transit authority sent out 30 letters to residents requesting their participation in a study and asking for a response by

mid-July. “The tests are ongoing and there is nothing to report at this time,” Metro spokesperson Richard Jordan told The Current.

Last summer, residents began feeling vibrations in their homes, increasing in frequency during mornings and evenings. Soon they pinned the blame on Metro, which had just rolled out its first all-new design for a subway car: the 7000-series, which is heavier and made of different materials than older versions that had traveled under Petworth since the Green Line began operating there in 1999.

Several months after comSee Petworth/Page 19

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The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting on the design phase of the 16th Street NW Bus Lanes Project. The open house-style event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the cafeteria at the Columbia Heights Educational Center, 3101 16th St. NW, with a presentation at 6:30 p.m. ■The University of the District of Columbia Community-Campus Task Force will meet at 6:30 p.m. in Room A-03 of Building 44 on the university’s campus, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. For details, contact Thomas E. Redmond at 202-247-5622 or tredmond@udc.edu.

Saturday, July 29

The nonprofit group PaintCare will host a paint drop-off event for D.C. residents and businesses from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Howard University School of Law, 2929 Van Ness St. NW. Latex and oil-based paint will be accepted. To reserve a time slot, visit paintcare.org/district. ■The D.C. Office of the Tenant Advocate will hold a “Renters 101� training session from noon to 2 p.m. at Suite 300N, Reeves Center, 2000 14th St. NW. To RSVP, call 202-719-6560 or email delores.anderson@dc.gov.

Tuesday, Aug. 1

The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold two public engagement events on the design phase of the 16th Street NW Bus Lanes Project. Representatives will be on hand to discuss the project from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at 16th and Irving streets NW and at 16th and U streets NW. ■The Metropolitan Police Department’s 4th District will host a National Night Out event with the theme of “DC’s Got Talent� from 5 to 9 p.m. at Hamilton Recreation Center, 1340 Hamilton St. NW. The event will include a youth talent show, food and public safety information. ■The Metropolitan Police Department’s 2nd District will host a National Night Out event from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hardy Recreation Center, 45th and Q streets NW. The event will include food, drinks, games, fingerprinting, face painting, a moon bounce and crime prevention information.

SIDWELL: Plans altered, delayed space is most acute in that division,� head of school Bryan Garman said in a written statement provided to The Current. “Moreover, we have learned that the building will require fewer modifications to accommodate Upper School students, allowing us to reduce renovation costs.�

Garman said more details will emerge during a master planning process for Sidwell’s properties in the area, which include the original campus, the Washington Home and 3939 Wisconsin Ave., a Fannie Mae office building the school acquired last fall.

The changes will require fresh zoning approval, including a revised traffic management plan — the biggest concern among many neighbors during the previous zoning process.

David Dickinson of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F (Forest Hills, North Cleveland Park, Van Ness) said at ANC 3F’s July 18 meeting that the revisions could keep more traffic on Wisconsin Avenue rather than in the surrounding neighborhood. The Washington Home building fronts quiet 37th and Upton streets, across from residential homes. “If the high school were to end up where the Washington Home is, it would likely decrease traffic compared to if the lower school were located there,� Dickinson said.

The 2016 zoning approval also included $100,000 in commitments toward addressing local traffic safety issues — a stipulation that could be renegotiated

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under a revised application. Associate head of school Ellis Turner told The Current that such issues would be worked out with the community. “Revisions will need to be submitted to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission; BZA hearings will follow,� Turner wrote in an email. “We worked collaboratively with the neighborhood to craft a satisfactory traffic management plan and will continue to do so.�

A new timeline for the school’s consolidation process hasn’t yet been finalized. The only date shared so far, in Garman’s statement, is that renovations to the Washington Home building will begin as early as 2019 “if we successfully reach our fundraising goals.� At that point, the upper school could relocate only after the renovations are complete — and then the former upper school campus would need its own renovations before the lower school could move in.

Turner said Sidwell is still reviewing interim uses for the Washington Home building. The nonprofit shuttered its inpatient nursing home in favor of caring for the elderly in their own homes, citing cost concerns, but is still leasing back part of its old facility from Sidwell to operate a hospice.

Meanwhile, an ongoing campus master planning process is also still reviewing the best use for 3939 Wisconsin, which Fannie Mae has leased through 2018, Turner said. The school has previously said that it’s considering using the office building as academic or administrative space, or leasing it as a revenue-generator.

By CUNEYT DIL

Current Correspondent

The District hopes to install a contraflow bus lane along nearly a mile of H Street NW near the White House, but complications with loading areas are threatening to kill plans.

The D.C. Department of Transportation unveiled final proposals last Thursday following its Downtown West planning study, which also recommends bicycle lanes on Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to Washington Circle.

The H Street proposal would create a westbound bus lane on the otherwise one-way-eastbound street between New York and Pennsylvania avenues NW. H and I streets, which run parallel with opposite directions of traffic flow, serve more than 30 Metrobus routes that total 20 percent of the system’s daily ridership, according to project manager Megan Kanagy.

The contraflow bus lane would be separated from the other three lanes of traffic by double yellow lines. The Transportation Department says access to driveways and alleys won’t be lost, but business owners nonetheless had concerns, and a few opposed the plans at the unveiling meeting last week.

A representative from the Hampton Inn, at 1729 H St. NW, said the lane would hinder guests from pulling up to the front of their hotel. He also questioned whether the stated benefits of the lane were accurate; the Transportation Department projects buses saving 30 to 50 percent of travel

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Pennsylvania Avenue NW is being eyed for bike lanes and other upgrades between Washington Circle and 17th Street. time on that portion of H Street. In addition, 15 percent faster travel times are projected for I Street bus commuters, as much of the I Street bus traffic would be rerouted to the contraflow lane.

Meanwhile, Paralyzed Veterans of America said that reserved parking spaces for disabled drivers outside its 801 18th St. NW office would be lost under the plan.

Kanagy urged businesses and offices to get in touch with the department to work through loading and alley access issues. If some of those issues can’t be resolved, she said that “we may not advance [plans] beyond preliminary engineering.�

Feedback on the project can be submitted to megan.kanagy@ dc.gov through Aug. 21. Project renderings and details are available at downtownwestdc.com.

Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania Avenue portion of the project drew favorable reviews from cycling advocates. Bicycle lanes would be installed on each side of

the street, with new landscaping serving as a buffer between vehicle traffic and cyclists. Tweaks to the street design would also create shorter pedestrian crossings, wider sidewalks and opportunities to install green infrastructure. The aim is to create a more cohesive streetscape on Pennsylvania Avenue, Kanagy said, which currently is a patchwork of different designs depending on the office buildings that occupy the blocks.

The intersection of 19th Street, H Street and Pennsylvania Avenue would be reconfigured to eliminate a right-turn lane to H Street from Pennsylvania. In its place, the sidewalk would be enlarged.

There would be separate signal phases for vehicles turning right to 19th Street from Pennsylvania and for pedestrians and cyclists. “We’ve been trying to prioritize safety and comfort of cyclists and pedestrians on that intersection,� Kanagy said, noting that it might mean slightly slower traffic speeds as a result.

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The utility company had requested a $77.5 million increase, but the commission — which oversees Pepco’s power distribution to ensure fair rates and quality service — concluded that the company would be sufficiently profitable with a $36.9 million increase.

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The U.S. Department of Interior this year distributed $500,000 among 13 entities nationwide in an attempt to increase the number of listings associated with underrepresented groups in the National Register of Historic Places.

City wins $50,000 to protect LGBTQ history New mural unveiled The federal government at Ben’s Chili Bowl recently awarded a $50,000 grant to the D.C. Historic Preservation Office to help preserve the history of the local LGBTQ community.

The agency will use the funds to develop an existing LGBTQ context study, identify potential landmark designations and create a public database of historic sites, according to a news release.

Only two of 750 landmarks and districts listed on the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites are listed specifically due to their significance in LGBTQ history.

“Throughout history, members of the LGBTQ community have been influential in creating the space in which our city thrives and yet their presence is absent from our day-to-day surroundings,” D.C. Office of Planning director Eric Shaw said in a news release. “Our goal is to increase public awareness of Washington’s LGBTQ communities and expand the local and national inventory of sites associated with this underrepresented sector.”

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is continuing its investigation of munitions-related contamination in the Spring Valley area, including the site of American University’s recently demolished Public Safety Building.

The small 1960s building was located on the south end of campus near Rockwood Parkway NW, where the Army conducted chemical weapons testing during the World War I era. The Army Corps has been cleaning up areas of the campus and dozens of nearby homes for 25 years.

Brenda Barber, an Army Corps project manager, provided a community update on the cleanup progress at the July 11 meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board.

The Army will look for buried munitions and contaminated soil at the Public Safety Building site and will remove any hazards it finds. The site will then be turned back over to the university, probably in early 2018.

Meanwhile, 93 Spring Valley residential properties still need to be investigated for possible hazards, Barber said, and owners of 18 of the properties have already made arrangements with the Army. The investigations require the removal of gardens and other small plants, but major excavation takes place only when the Army’s machinery detects a buried hazard. The Army restores properties to their original condition after confirming that no questionable material remains.

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The Army is also working on one particularly contaminated property — 4825 Glenbrook Road NW, where a home was removed to accommodate an investigation and soil removal. Workers are hand-digging near the property line with 4835 Glenbrook and removing sections of a wall there that came into contact with contaminated soil. Potentially dangerous debris and the proximity of utility lines along the property line have slowed the 4825 cleanup by six to eight months.

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TREES: Driveway severed roots From Page 1

one of the formerly healthy trees is visibly dead, while the other is fast declining, and he said he has advised Cafritz to remove both trees “sooner rather than later.”

As a condition for the driveway’s approval, Cafritz committed to an extensive maintenance plan for the trees. But according to Chuko, the company did not adhere to that commitment.

“There wasn’t a lot of followup care,” Chuko said.

Cafritz did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

An arborist for Cafritz had been expected to speak at Monday’s meeting but did not attend.

ANC 3/4G had supported the public space application for the circular driveway in February 2014 contingent upon the comprehensive maintenance plan for the two trees.

Commission chair Randy Speck, who negotiated numerous conditions regarding the controversial Cafritz development, said he was unaware of concerns from

the agency, then known as the Urban Forestry Administration.

When the application came before the commission, it included a signature from the arborist — but omitted the forestry division’s grave concerns.

Chuko said the situation at 5333 Connecticut isn’t unique.

“Any time a project requires roots of trees to be cut, the best course of action would be to pursue a redesign that would either eliminate or significantly mitigate the amount of root loss that would occur,” he said at Monday’s meeting. Chuko added, though, that in most cases developers with enough will can in fact keep these trees alive.

The Urban Forestry Division will replace the dead trees with new ones, but Chuko warned neighbors that the canopy there will never be the same.

“You can replant but you’re not going to get a tree that size again because the growing conditions that it experienced when it was young, 75 years ago, aren’t the same anymore,” he said. “Once they’re gone, they’re gone.”

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ised new supermarket, widely rumored as a Harris Teeter and highly desired by residents whose longtime Safeway shut down last year on Davenport Street NW. “You guys have said time and again that the value proposition for this project was the grocery store,” ANC 3E chair Jon Bender told the project team. “My support is wavering. A lot of this comes down to what you’re going to provide.”

At the ANC 3E meeting, Valor provided a list of grocers it has met with regarding the downsized space: Mom’s Organic Market, Trader Joe’s, Balducci’s, Earth Fare, Chevy Chase Supermarket and Whole Foods 360. The firm’s Will Lansing said that three of the stores had already expressed “serious interest” in creating a location in the Ladybird and that none had rejected the space, but he declined to specify which ones they were.

Three other Northwest mixeduse developments in the pipeline do include a large supermarket component: the Fannie Mae headquarters at 3900 Wisconsin Ave. NW, which has signed Wegmans as an anchor tenant; the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus in Ward 4; and the Georgia Eastern development, also in Ward 4. But Lansing said Valor’s experience with the Ladybird reflects the norm for urban grocery expansion.

“A lot of the larger box stores, they’re not doing deals anymore,” Lansing said. “In our research and working with [our broker], the grocery business has changed and it’s changed significantly in the two years that we’ve been in this

— we’re shocked at the changes.”

The departure of the supermarket does reduce the projected traffic impact on the community, traffic consultant Erwin Andres said at the meeting. “The grocery/retail use is probably one of the more significant uses per square foot in terms of traffic generation,” he said.

Andres now projects that the project will result in 91 vehicle trips in the morning peak hour and 200 in the evening peak hour — down by 100 and 220, respectively, from when the proposal included a full-size supermarket. However, some residents challenged the idea that any small-format grocer would draw from only a small area, as Andres projected. “Trader Joe’s is a destination retailer,” one meeting attendee argued.

The original project design included 60,000 square feet of retail space, most of which would have been set aside for the supermarket. Its entrance would have been on Yuma Street, and it would have extended underground as Yuma slopes upward toward 48th Street.

The revised plans include a total of about 16,000 to 17,000 square feet of retail, tentatively configured with a grocery store of about 15,500 square feet and a second retail tenant of about 2,100 square feet, Valor’s Felipe Serpa told The Current.

In response to requests from prospective grocers, the project team also redesigned the parking garage, according to Serpa. The underground space along Yuma Street will now be parking for the smaller grocery store, Serpa said, because customers would prefer to park on the same level as the store.

Rendering courtesy of Valor Development

The architects tried to incorporate a lower-scale feel along 48th Street NW, but many neighbors still oppose the scale and height.

In addition to the spaces at the grocery level, Valor plans three levels of underground parking with a total of 370 spaces, Serpa said. The earlier plans called for a fourth underground level and a total of 460 spaces.

At the ANC 3E meeting, Valor also unveiled revised designs that modified the buildings’ facades and pulled back some of the upper stories farther from the street. The changes, aimed at minimizing the project’s visual bulk, reduce the development from 230 units to 219. The project remains tallest in the section adjacent to the Massachusetts Avenue commercial corridor, 23 feet downhill from the section facing residential 48th Street and Windom Place NW. Opponents at the meeting were unimpressed with the changes.

“The envelope of this building is basically the same envelope as before, and our main concern all along has been the massing and scale of the building,” said Shelly Repp, a nearby resident who helped form the opposition group Citizens for Responsible Develop-

ment.

“The amenity that you were talking about and offering to the community was the grocery store,” Repp added, “and the grocery store has been cut back by 70 percent. So here we have the worst part without most of the best part.”

The members of ANC 3E, who often encourage smart-growth pol-

icies, were more supportive than most of the meeting’s attendees.

“Ultimately, I think it’s not a bad project,” said commissioner Jonathan McHugh. “I don’t think the effects are going to be anything near what [opponents] think it’s going to be.”

Fellow commissioner Tom Quinn said he wished the building contained still more units, but praised the revised facades. “I think the design’s improved with every iteration,” he said.

The project is coming before ANC 3E because Valor needs zoning approval to include a retail component and to build to the currently proposed density. The company contends that it could build a similar project with slightly smaller apartment units and no retail without needing any zoning relief, but neighborhood opponents dispute Valor’s interpretation of the regulations. A Zoning Commission hearing on the project is expected in November.

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Stevens School has a storied history of providing public education in the West End. But since 2008, the historic building at 1050 21st St. NW has sat vacant — prime real estate sought repeatedly by developers and educators alike. Today, we’re excited about a community effort to create a third School Without Walls campus there. We hope it proves viable.

After neighbors successfully fought off private development plans, a painstaking process resulted in the selection of a developer-educator team to take over the property: Akridge would construct an office building on the school’s L Street NW playground and renovate the historic Stevens building for Ivymount, a Rockville-based special-needs program that was already serving many D.C. students.

Amid numerous delays, Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson stepped down before the program could open — and her replacement, Antwan Wilson, prefers to handle special education internally and therefore dropped the Ivymount program from Stevens.

We feel great sympathy for Ivymount, which invested significant time and energy in the Stevens site. At the same time, we see tremendous potential for an alternative use for Stevens that more closely reflects its public-education heritage.

This change is particularly valuable given the exploding demand for D.C. public schools in the Foggy Bottom/West End area. In 2008, Stevens Elementary closed because of flagging enrollment and was merged with nearby Francis Junior High to form the Francis-Stevens Education Campus. Then, just four years later, the District proposed closing Francis-Stevens as well.

Broad community pressure and a clever branding initiative reversed the school’s fortunes — and now it’s bursting at its seams. The District brought Francis-Stevens under the leadership of the School Without Walls magnet high school, and Walls’ stellar reputation — plus a lot of hard work — boosted demand for the renamed School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens. Now, both the pre-K-through-eighth-grade open enrollment program and the Walls magnet high school have long waiting lists.

Many community leaders are calling for Stevens to become a third Walls campus, either for Francis-Stevens’ middle school students or its youngest ones. We agree that such a concept shows great promise for providing extra capacity for the Walls program, given the rare opportunity of an unused school building in a high-demand area.

We would raise one note of caution: D.C. Public Schools must ensure that a third campus wouldn’t spread Walls’ administrators too thin, and the school system must work with the school communities at both of the current campuses in ensuring the plan’s viability. Fortunately, the high school was able to absorb the unrelated Francis-Stevens program despite initial tensions, so we’re optimistic that Walls can handle the addition of a third building that would not fundamentally alter the school’s makeup.

Promoting business

As more and more residents favor online purchases and trendy new retail areas snap up many of the remaining customers, various Northwest commercial districts need an extra boost to stay competitive. Those range from established destinations like Georgetown to emerging locations such as upper 14th Street and lower Georgia Avenue.

All three of those areas received D.C. Council funding for new Main Streets groups, nonprofits that work with the District’s Department of Small and Local Business Development to boost the appeal of a particular commercial area. A Main Streets group’s efforts can include organizing and sponsoring community events; beautifying streets and storefronts; working directly with business owners on their issues; and conducting neighborhood branding or other marketing campaigns.

The program has proved itself in areas as varied as Shaw, Dupont Circle, Tenleytown and Van Ness. Georgetown’s proposed Main Streets group will need to avoid duplicating the neighborhood’s self-taxing business improvement district, which works with a broader variety of commercial interests but which has a far greater budget.

We learned last week that the Georgetown Business Association will apply to run the Main Streets program in the neighborhood under the auspices of a new nonprofit, starting with a $175,000 city grant. In each of the three locations, one or more groups may apply, demonstrating their ability to become self-sustaining and effective. Applications are due on Aug. 4, and by Sept. 8, the agency will announce which group — if any — will receive the grant money in each area. We hope that this process will result in valuable benefits for Northwest small businesses.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Young children need high-quality services

The first five years of a child’s life are more formative than at any other stage, creating either a sturdy or a fragile foundation. Seventy-five percent of brain growth and 85 percent of intellectual, personality and social skills develop before age 5. To make the most of these early years, children need consistent and nurturing care, safe and stimulating environments, nutritious food and attention to their physical needs, and opportunities to engage in positive interactions with adults and other children.

Study after study shows that children who attend high-quality early learning programs demonstrate higher levels of school achievement and better social and emotional skills. They are less likely to repeat a grade or require special education services and are more likely to graduate from high school. These are the outcomes we can expect when we ensure that every program serving young children is a high-quality-program.

Having high-quality/highly compensated teachers is the first building block toward highquality programs. We must ensure that lead teachers hold a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or a related field, with formalized training in child development and proven strategies for effective teaching and learning.

The second most important factor in program quality is teacher/child interactions.

Teachers who make a significant difference in children’s lives are caring individuals who are genuine in their interactions with children, and intentional about planning and executing rich and meaningful experiences that promote children’s socialemotional and intellectual development.

The third most important building block is a robust and engaging curriculum, which is what is taught and how it is taught. Children benefit greatly from a hands-on, comprehensive curriculum that is standards-based, play-based and assessment-based, and that incorporates all of the domains of learning.

The DC Early Learning Collaborative is a multi-sector, advocacy alliance of over 100 early childhood educators and organizations that practice the craft of early care and education in traditional and public charter schools, in center-based and home-based early childhood settings, and in Head Start programs. We seek to build public knowledge, public will and pub-

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lic action toward ensuring that every child in the District of Columbia, from infancy through school entry, has access to highquality affordable early childhood programs. Full access will provide a key building block for the District’s pre-K-through12th-grade school reform efforts, workforce development initiatives and long-term economic vitality.

Regarding those who are protesting the new credentialing requirements [“Child care operators ponder response to new regulations, July 12], we have reached out to them to let them know we want to work with them. We all want what’s best for children, and together we can figure out what works for both providers and teachers.

Carrie Thornhill President, DC Early Learning Collaborative

Ward 3 may need center for seniors

In response to Jay Thal’s June 26 letter “Chevy Chase center should serve seniors,” I often wonder why there is no senior citizen center in Ward 3.

I have older family members living throughout the District, and all of them have a senior center nearby where they have many activities and resources for senior citizens. These centers offer a variety of useful and wonderful activities for those of us in our later years.

But I live here in Ward 3 with the greatest number of seniors in D.C., and there is no senior center. In six of the seven other wards in Washington, the D.C. Office on Aging runs wellness centers that provide seniors with an opportunity to engage with their peers and to get needed information, resources and assistance on things that are unique to this aging population.

It might be nice to have a center in Ward 3. I would not want to waste government funds if there is not enough interest, so what if a survey were done to see if this is something wanted by the majority of residents here in Ward 3? I vote “yes”!

Denise Cherry Washington, D.C.

Washington Home grows hospice care

As more and more seriously ill people want to spend their final days at home with the people and the pets they love, the team here at The Washington Home & Community Hospices is working earnestly to do all we can to make those wishes

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come true.

This spring, we honored a very special segment of our hospice team — our ever-supportive volunteers, including Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., who shared insight into his experience as a hospice volunteer.

National Volunteer Week may come only once a year, but our appreciation for our volunteers spans eternity.

In December 2016, our organization closed the nursing home portion of our services to focus on expanding our hospice care. We’re exceedingly grateful for the work of our entire team who made sure that all residents of The Washington Home were successfully relocated to be with their families, or to area nursing homes nearby. We’ve sold our Upton Street NW property to the neighboring Sidwell Friends School, which has agreed to let our hospice care operations and our inpatient unit — Williams House — stay in place until our next steps are confirmed.

We’d like to assure our neighbors that we will remain good stewards of the land and will continue to uphold the great standards and traditions of the community.

Over the past 128 years, our organization has evolved from a six-room house without electricity or running water to a powerhouse that has provided hospice care for thousands of men and women.

With renewed vigor, we have been working hard to ensure our efforts and resources are directed to our hospice patients and the support of their families, as well as retaining, training and hiring the best clinical team. We have right-sized our administration and are looking at each and every expenditure to confirm that it strengthens our quality of care.

Our hospice has been steadily growing since the beginning of this year, and we want to thank all of the medical professionals, community members, our patients and their families for the continued trust in our hospice services.

Every person in the final stages of life deserves compassion and our best care. And here at The Washington Home & Community Hospices, we stand by our name — where our “community” comes first.

Please know that our doors are always open to you! If you’re looking for volunteer opportunities, look no further as we’re always welcoming new volunteers for Williams House and for our hospice patients at home.

Onward we journey, enhancing our mission and expanding our vision.

Phyllis Dillinger Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, The Washington Home & Community Hospices

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JEFFREY KRASKIN, WILLIAM KREBS, BENJAMIN TESSLER, GLENN WESTLEY, TOM SMITH, ELIZABETH TRANG, DENNIS PAUL AND JESSICA HERZSTEIN

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fter a dispute over a 10 percent spike in American University’s undergraduate enrollment that violated its campus plan agreement with the D.C. Zoning Commission, the university entered into a dialogue last fall with the Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens Association and then-Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D chair Tom Smith. Left unchecked, AU undergraduate student enrollment was on track to increase by 27 percent through the life of the current campus plan, which extends to May 2022.

This dialogue resulted in a formal agreement that included the establishment of a Neighborhood Collaborative to improve communications between AU and its neighbors. After months of opposing this agreement, ANC commissioners Jonathan McHugh and Troy Kravitz finally embraced this new collaborative approach in their July 12 Viewpoint. Both commissioners are new to the campus planning process, having never engaged with AU prior to being elected to their respective ANCs. In trying to assert that this collaborative approach is the result of “new leadership” in the community, they unfortunately trivialize the efforts of many, such as the late Robert Herzstein, the founder of Neighbors for a Livable Community, who over many years — with vigilance, persistence and an eye to the future — worked together to protect the unique residential character of neighborhoods surrounding AU that the commissioners enjoy today.

Initially, AU denied any undergraduate enrollment increase, but when pressed, university officials attributed the increase to an abnormally high enrollment rate among its acceptance pool. AU argued for five months that it was accepting fewer students despite its increasing enrollment numbers. Because of what the two ANC commissioners would characterize as “overly contentious” persistence by the Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens Association, we learned that AU was not in compliance with the campus plan and that its explanation was a fabrication. AU acknowledged to the Zoning Commission that dependence on tuition revenue prompted AU to raise undergraduate enrollment to compensate for declining law school and graduate student enrollment.

AU’s uncharacteristic candor opened the door to the formal agreement and a new era in town-gown relations. The lesson is that open and direct dialogue can build trust and encourage collaboration.

Unfortunately, in early 2017, AU — in an all-toofamiliar pattern — walked away from its agreement and the commitments it made to the Spring Valley-

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ANC 2E to distribute Hyde-Addison info

On July 20, a neighborhood working group convened by Rick Murphy of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E (Georgetown, Burleith) met with representatives of the D.C. Public Schools, the D.C. Department of General Services and MCN Build, the general contractor for

Wesley Heights Citizens Association. Now, AU has retained the name of the Neighborhood Collaborative that was part of the formal agreement but without the collaboration that it promised. The July 12 Viewpoint authors call this “progress in town-gown relations.” We think not.

The July 12 Viewpoint authors point to AU’s recent willingness to plant more trees on the East Campus as an example of improved town-gown relations. Yet, in 2012, the Zoning Commission mandated an extensive mature tree buffer to screen the East Campus from neighboring homes and said that the buffer must be in place before the East Campus could be occupied. Again, AU fell far short of the commitment it made to its neighbors and the Zoning Commission. It has complied only selectively with other campus plan requirements.

Administrators acknowledge AU’s undergraduate enrollment must grow because AU is dependent on tuition as its major revenue source. AU’s postagestamp-sized campus is nestled in a low-density residential neighborhood. Without a cap on its undergraduate enrollment, like the one in place for Georgetown University, AU’s growth inevitably will strain relations with its neighbors. Process alone will not eliminate those strains.

What is needed is open and direct dialogue between AU and its neighbors. AU also must live up to its commitments, especially campus plan mandates, without forcing neighbors to assume the role of zoning enforcement.

From generation to generation, residents have worked to safeguard and enhance the low-density residential character of neighborhoods surrounding AU for future generations. Singling out the “failures of the past” as the source for town-gown conflicts, as the two ANC commissioners suggest, is nothing more than convenient rhetoric by those who have little knowledge or appreciation of the past. We expect more from ANC representatives.

Instead, we should tap our collective knowledge, insights and ideas to build on past achievements and to understand and appreciate the genesis of past disagreements; work to sustain and build relationships with AU based on candor and openness that can survive inevitable disagreements over time; and respect the value of AU and its neighbors working together directly to solve problems and plan for the future.

Jeffrey Kraskin is president of the Spring ValleyWesley Heights Citizens Association; William Krebs is the group’s first vice president; Benjamin Tessler is the group’s second vice president; Glenn Westley is the group’s secretary; Tom Smith is the group’s treasurer and senior vice president of Neighbors for a Livable Community; Elizabeth Trang is a board member of the association; Dennis Paul is president of Neighbors for a Livable Community; and Jessica Herzstein is a Spring Valley resident.

the Hyde-Addison Elementary School construction project.

Georgetown residents Hazel Denton, Leslie Maysak and Constance Chatfield-Taylor all volunteered their time to participate in the meeting, which I attended as well. The purpose was to open communications with the individuals responsible for the project in an effort to minimize construction-related disruptions in the neighborhood.

The attendees worked through a detailed agenda and, among other things, agreed to establish

communication channels that will be used to keep members of the public informed as the project progresses. In that connection, I agreed to create an email group and to forward information the working group receives from the D.C. Public Schools, the Department of General Services and MCN Build to neighbors who ask to be included. If you would like to receive emails about the project, please contact me at 2E02@ anc.dc.gov or 202-836-2239.

Joe Gibbons Chair, ANC 2E

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PSA PSA 101 101 ■ DOWNTOWN

Robbery ■ 500-599 block, 12th St.; 11:48 a.m. July 21.

■ 1300-1399 block, K St.; 2:53 a.m. July 23.

Theft ■ 1100-1199 block, F St.; 2 a.m.

July 17.

■ 1100-1199 block, F St.; 6:51 p.m. July 17.

■ 700-799 block, 12th St.; 12:41 p.m. July 18.

■ 600-699 block, 12th St.; 3:23 p.m. July 18.

■ 900-999 block, F St.; 2:14 p.m. July 22.

■ 1100-1199 block, New York Ave.; 7:11 p.m. July 22.

PSA 102

■ GALLERY PLACE PSA 102

PENN QUARTER

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1000-1089 block, 5th St.; 5:09 a.m. July 22 (with knife).

Burglary ■ 400-448 block, I St.; 3:22 a.m.

July 23.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 300-399 block, Constitution

Ave.; 8:52 p.m. July 21.

Theft ■ 400-499 block, 5th St.; 12:30 p.m. July 18.

■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 10:53 p.m. July 18.

■ 600-699 block, K St.; 12:25 a.m. July 20.

■ 1000-1089 block, 5th St.; 8:56 p.m. July 20.

■ 800-899 block, 7th St.; 10:49 p.m. July 20.

■ 700-799 block, 7th St.; 9:04 p.m. July 23.

■ 800-899 block, 9th St.; 10:01 p.m. July 23.

■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 10:47 p.m. July 17.

■ 4500-4599 block, Fort Drive; 8:38 a.m. July 19.

■ 4530-4599 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 7:35 a.m. July 20.

■ 4100-4199 block, 45th St.; 11:54 a.m. July 22.

■ 4500-4537 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 6:52 p.m. July 23.

Theft from auto ■ 4100-4199 block, Harrison St.; 5:10 p.m. July 18.

■ 4102-4199 block, Jenifer St.; 10:33 p.m. July 21.

PSA 203

PSA PSA 201 201

■ CHEVY CHASE

Theft from auto ■ 5600-5699 block, 33rd St.; 10:20 a.m. July 17.

■ 3200-3215 block, Stephenson Place; 8:24 p.m. July 20.

■ 3700-3724 block, Military Road; 10:10 a.m. July 23.

■ 5420-5499 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:20 p.m. July 23.

Theft ■ 3600-3699 block, Newark St.; 9:37 p.m. July 17.

■ 3319-3499 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:35 p.m. July 20.

■ 4800-4899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:27 p.m. July 20.

■ 4530-4599 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:54 p.m. July 21.

■ 3700-3999 block, 37th St.; 2:04 p.m. July 22.

Theft from auto ■ 2120-2179 block, Dunmore Lane; 2:29 p.m. July 19.

PSA 204

PSA 202

HEIGHTS / CLEVELAND PARK WOODLEY PARK / GLOVER PARK PSA 204 CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS

Theft ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 9:13 p.m. July 17.

Theft ■ 2600-2649 block, Connecticut Ave.; 2:15 p.m. July 17.

■ FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS

TENLEYTOWN / AU PARK

PSA 205

■ PALISADES / SPRING VALLEY PSA 205

■ MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE

PSA 202

Theft from auto ■ 3600-3691 block, Calvert St.; 9:48 p.m. July 17.

■ 2300-2315 block, Calvert St.; 2:54 p.m. July 19.

■ 2241-2318 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 12:37 a.m. July 23.

■ FOREST HILLS / VAN NESS PSA 203

CLEVELAND PARK

Burglary ■ 3742-3799 block, Jocelyn St.; 12:41 a.m. July 20.

■ 2400-2798 block, Calvert St.; 6:36 p.m. July 19.

■ 2650-2699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:32 p.m. July 21.

■ 3300-3399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 11:46 a.m. July 23.

■ 3300-3399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4 p.m. July 23.

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p.m. July 18.

■ 3000-3029 block, K St.; 6:16 p.m. July 19.

■ 1900-1979 block, 37th St.; 12:25 p.m. July 20.

■ 3600-3699 block, T St.; 9:22 p.m. July 20.

■ 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 5:05 p.m. July 21.

■ 3100-3199 block, M St.; 8:47 p.m. July 21.

■ 3100-3199 block, K St.; 12:55 p.m. July 23.

Theft from auto ■ 2700-2799 block, Olive St.; 11:25 p.m. July 18.

■ 3300-3399 block, M St.; 12:35 p.m. July 20.

■ 3200-3231 block, Reservoir Road; 12:50 p.m. July 20.

■ 1224-1299 block, 28th St.; 7:51 p.m. July 23.

PSA 208

PSA PSA 206 206

■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMA PSA 208

■ GEORGETOWN / BURLEITH

DUPONT CIRCLE

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1401-1498 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4:19 p.m. July 20.

Burglary ■ 3000-3049 block, M St.; 12:29 p.m. July 18.

■ 3000-3049 block, M St.; 11:56 a.m. July 20.

Theft ■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 2:51 p.m. July 18.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 3:12

Theft ■ 1200-1217 block, 18th St.; 10:19 p.m. July 17.

■ 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 12:35 p.m. July 18.

■ 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 3:30 p.m. July 18.

■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:25 p.m. July 18.

■ 1300-1348 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 5:05 p.m. July 19.

■ 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 3:41 p.m. July 20.

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■ 1800-1899 block, M St.; 10:16 p.m. July 20.

■ 1200-1225 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 8:47 p.m. July 22.

■ 1400-1499 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 4:22 a.m. July 23.

■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:48 a.m. July 23.

Theft from auto ■ 1800-1899 block, Riggs Place; 11:44 a.m. July 19.

■ 2100-2199 block, Newport Place; 4:30 p.m. July 19.

■ 1700-1799 block, N St.; 2:55 a.m. July 20.

■ 1400-1499 block, Hopkins St.; 1:53 p.m. July 22.

■ 1700-1799 block, 20th St.; 1:27 p.m. July 23.

PSA 401 Motor vehicle theft ■ 7310-7399 block, Alaska Ave.; 7:16 a.m. July 23.

Theft ■ 200-399 block, Carroll St.; 1:20 p.m. July 23.

Theft from auto ■ 7400-7599 block, Georgia Ave.; 11:27 p.m. July 17.

■ 1200-1299 block, Fern St.; 10:18 a.m. July 23.

■ 7400-7499 block, 12th St.; 6:59 p.m. July 23.

■ 1303-1399 block, Holly St.; 11:29 p.m. July 23.

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By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

Coming off championship victories, many high school teams have to rebuild after losing stellar seniors to graduation.

But even after St. John’s graduated Jack Roberts — the D.C. Gatorade baseball player of the year who helped the Cadets to their fourth straight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title last spring — the team didn’t need much recovery time. The Cadets, still fully loaded, enjoyed a dominant 7-3 victory over Moose Baseball (a club team that features mostly Wilson players) last week in the D.C. Metro Baseball League title game.

“You never take championships for granted,” said Cadets coach Larry Prange.

“This is a good stepping stone for their fall workouts and a good stepping stone for the spring and getting back to the WCAC championship game. They have a long way to go to get back to where they want to go.”

In Thursday night’s championship game, which featured both teams’ 17-year-olds and younger players, Moose’s Robert Cordero provided the first run of the game with an RBI for a 1-0 advantage.

The Cadets quickly answered in the bottom of the first, ripping a double to score a runner and tie the game. Later in the inning, the Cadets loaded the bases and earned a run when they didn’t swing on a ball to draw a walk-in run and a 2-1 lead.

In the second and third innings, the Cadets’ starting pitcher — rising senior Cooper Adams — found his stride and mowed through the batters with ease.

Adams allowed just six at-bats in those two innings.

“Cooper Adams is a really good pitcher

sports DeSk Capitol City advances

The Capitol City Little League Juniors team — made up of 13and 14-year-old boys — is competing in the Maryland State Tournament finals this week after winning a pair of games over the weekend.

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The D.C. Baseball Cadets and Moose club teams — which are made of mostly St. John’s and Wilson players respectively — battled for the D.C. Metro summer championship on Thursday. The Cadets edged out Moose 7-3 to win the league for the fifth straight year. when he keeps the ball down,” Prange said.

“When he plays within himself and is hitting his spots, he’s dominant.”

Adams finished the game with six strikeouts while allowing just four hits.

“I just came out here and did what I was taught,” Adams said. “I went out and pitched and knew the guys behind me had my back.

My curveball was working, and my fastball was there. They were chasing it.”

The Cadets offense fed off that momentum and tacked on two more runs off a pair of RBIs for a 4-1 lead after three innings.

St. John’s kept the pressure on with two more scores in the bottom of the fourth inning, ballooning its advantage to 6-1. Rising senior slugger Dylan Hunter led the way with three RBIs.

The championship game is on Thursday against tournament host Rising Sun. If Capitol City wins, it will advance to the Eastern Regional finals in New Jersey on Aug. 4, where it will compete with the state champions from 12 Mid-Atlantic and New England states; a victory there would vault the team to the World Championship Tournament in Michigan.

“I had a lot of guys on base in front of me. I was just trying to drive it out there,” he said. “I had a lot of opportunities out here and was able to capitalize on a few.”

Despite the monster deficit, Moose didn’t go away easily. Nathan Wagner brought in a runner with a fly ball to center field, and then Theo Shapinsky shrugged off a hand injury to rip a ball to center field to bring a runner home and make it a 6-3 game midway through the fifth.

“In the first inning, there was a play where Theo tried to get an extra base and he banged up his hand sliding home,” said Moose coach Trey Polston, a Wilson assistant. “Later he was just trying to bunt and get on base while he worked through it.

Then he just swung and got the barrel on it.

It was a good piece of hitting.”

Moose was constantly shuffling players around while dealing with injuries.

“We had a few guys missing today,” Polston said. “Our catcher got banged up, and [we] had to move our first baseman.

Our guys played hard even out of position.”

The rally would be short-lived. St. John’s got a run back in the bottom of the fifth inning and never allowed another Moose to reach home.

For the Cadets’ rising seniors, it was a chance to try their new roles.

“We have had a lot of good leaders in the past and are following in their footsteps,” said Hunter. “We saw what they did last year, and it’s pretty easy to follow the

“We are honored to have the opportunity to represent D.C. in the Juniors World Series Tournament,” Desmond Hogan, the manager of the squad, wrote in an email. “The competition we are facing is excellent. But our group is tough. Our players have been together for many years, they have been working extremely hard, and there is no other group

example they set.”

Prange said his players are benefiting greatly from their summer experience.

“As at team, these guys are going to have to learn how to win championships,” the coach said. “That’s where they improved the most — learning the hard work it takes to win championships.”

The coaches were particularly impressed with Ian Remalia, who Prange believes could be the starting shortstop and possibly help lead the team.

Meanwhile, for Moose, it was the club’s first time fielding a team at the 17U age group in the D.C. Metro League, yet it still managed to make a run all the way to the championship game.

“We had to play into the league,” said Polston. “We had one team in it last year.

And now they allowed us three. It was a great season. The guys played really hard.

You have to tip your hat to St. John’s — they’re a great program. It’s a great league.”

The coach said that Moose’s most improved player was Charlie Ganote, who also plays for Wilson.

“He got called up from JV at the end of the Wilson season last year and has played with us this summer,” Polston said. “He is playing really well in the infield, outfield and on the mound.”

After strong summer showings by both the WCAC and D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association champions, both Wilson and St. John’s appear to be reloaded for another championship run next spring.

of players who I would rather coach. We are thankful to have the support of the Cap City Little League, the broader community and the entire city.”

Sidwell grad helps Lakers secure summer crown

The Los Angeles Lakers captured the NBA summer league title on July 17 in a 110-98 win

over the Portland Trailblazers.

The Lakers saw contributions from Sidwell star Josh Hart during their run to the championship.

The former Quaker, who was selected by Los Angeles out of Villanova in the first round of the NBA draft in June, saw action in two of the team’s games. Hart scored 20 points and got eight rebounds in his appearances.

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At the commission’s July 12 meeting: ■commissioners voted 7-0, with Amy Johnson abstaining, to request that the city arrange for School Without Walls to add a new campus in the old Stevens School building at 1050 21st St. NW, following recent news that Ivymount, a special-needs education program, has been dropped from the redevelopment of that site. Florence Harmon of ANC 2A (Foggy Bottom, West End) asked commissioners to support the new School Without Walls campus, pointing out that the two commissions previously collaborated to help save the Francis-Stevens Education Campus — now School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens — from planned closure five years ago. ■commissioners voted 7-0 to protest an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board application for Effigy, a new nightclub with nude dancing planned for 1720 I St. NW. Commissioners said they want to be closely involved in security plans for the establishment. ■commissioner Scott Davies reported that ANC 2B’s vote to protest a liquor license application for Dacha Beer Garden at 1740 14th St. NW was not submitted to the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration on time due to a clerical error. ANC 2B instead submitted a letter supporting the formal protest from neighboring ANC 2F (Logan Circle), in whose district the establishment falls. ■commissioners voted 6-0, with Stephanie Maltz and Scott Davies out of the room, to support a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for a two-year extension on construction plans to renovate an eight-story office building at 1600 I St. NW. The developer had previously secured support from ANC 2B and approval from the board to proceed with its

planned work, but construction was delayed long enough that the original approvals are set to expire. â– commissioners voted 7-0 to request that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority consider adding evening, nighttime and reverse rush-hour service on the H1 Metrobus line from Foggy Bottom to Columbia Heights. Patrick Kennedy, chair of ANC 2A (Foggy Bottom, West End), argued that existing ridership on the rush-hour line justifies bus service throughout the day.

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.

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The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, in Room G-9, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. For details, visit anc2c.us or contact 2C@anc.dc.gov.

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The commission does not have a regular meeting scheduled in August. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact 2D01@anc.dc.gov.

ANC 3B ANCPark 3B Glover

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The commission does not have a regular meeting scheduled in August. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St.

NW. For details, email info@anc3b. org or visit anc3b.org.

ANC 3C ANC 3CPark Cleveland â– CLEVELAND PARK / WOODLEY PARK Woodley Park MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE HEIGHTS Massachusetts Avenue Heights CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS The commission is tentatively scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 21, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3c.org.

ANC 3D ANCValley 3D Spring â– SPRING VALLEY / WESLEY HEIGHTS Wesley Heights PALISADES / KENT / FOXHALL The commission does not have a regular meeting scheduled in August. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, in Room K-106, Kresge Building, Wesley Theological Seminary, 4500 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3d.org.

ANC 3E ANC 3E Tenleytown â– AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK American University Park FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS / TENLEYTOWN The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14.

The location has not been announced.

For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3F ANCHills 3F Forest ■FOREST HILLS / NORTH CLEVELAND PARK At the commission’s July 18 meeting: ■commissioner David Dickinson reported that Sidwell Friends School will brief commissioners in November on plans for the former Washington Home property.

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using the Washington Home for younger students, who would relocate from a Maryland campus. ■the National Park Service’s Michael McMahon reported that the Beach Drive project’s first segment is scheduled for completion the last week of August. At that point, work will begin on the second phase between Tilden Street and Broad Branch Road, which should be completed in late November or December.

Phase 3, between Broad Branch and Joyce roads, will begin this fall and be completed by next summer. Phase 4, between Joyce Road and the Maryland line, will begin next summer and be completed late 2019. Phases 2 and 3 include full-depth pavement reconstruction, new curbs and gutters, retrofitted storm drainage systems and steel backed timber guardrails. Extensive work will also be performed on the Blagden Bridge. â– Department of Parks and Recreation landscape designer Peter Nohrden reported that work will start soon to mitigate stormwater runoff from Hearst Park onto Springland Lane NW. He also reported that the agency plans to hold community meetings for feedback on three possible locations for a Hearst Park swimming pool. One would replace a tennis court and would not affect any heritage trees. A second would require rotating the current soccer field and would affect trees by compacting soil. A third, near the trees, would directly impact them.

The department hopes to break ground for the pool in 2020, assuming Hearst’s hydrology is satisfactory. It has $2 million available for the project, he said. ■commissioners voted unanimously to support public space permits for curb cuts at 3301 Fessenden St. NW and 4915 30th St. NW. No neighbors voiced objections. ■commissioners unanimously

voted to urge Mayor Muriel Bowser, the D.C. Council and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton to oppose attempts to prohibit the District from spending money implementing its Death with Dignity Act, and to also oppose efforts to repeal it. ■Robert Deyling, chair of ANC 3F’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee, reported on the completion of a six-week block-by-block survey of the area that found 362 problems, 70 percent of which involved maintenance and repair.

Most could be solved through the 311 system and follow-up by committee members. Deyling said the top priority should be sidewalk repairs and next the need for new infrastructure, largely sidewalks.

Then should come better signage and roadway repairs, he said. ■the University of the District of Columbia’s Juanita Gray announced that the school will host a party with the Van Ness community at the student center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 19.

The family-oriented event will feature a petting zoo and face painting for children, she said. ■commissioners voted unanimously to establish a minimum financial cushion and an emergency fund for ANC 3F. Commission treasurer Shirley Adelstein said the current $77,185 bank balance is “more reasonable� than the $165,000-plus that ANC 3F had in the bank three years ago. ■commissioners unanimously voted to authorize vice chair Patrick Jakopchek and chair Malachy Nugent to represent the commission on issues before the Public Space Committee on Aug. 24.

The commission does not have a regular meeting scheduled in August. The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, in Room A-03, Building 44, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. For details, call 202-670-7262 or visit anc3f.com.

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New Colonial in Kent offers both luxury and comfort

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The newly constructed stone and stucco Colonial at 2948 University Terrace NW is an artful blend of both luxury and comfort.

In addition to high-end finishings and meticulously rendered architectural details, it also boasts open yet intimate rooms with spectacular views. This home, offering 8,077 square feet of living space thoughtfully arrayed on three floors, is on the market for $4,500,000. It includes six bedrooms, six-and-a-half bathrooms, four gas fireplaces, an elevator and a two-car garage.

Set back from the street, the contemporary home presents an elegant, refined face to the world, with a professionally landscaped front yard, a brick walk, oversized windows (one arched and two shuttered), a wood-columned entryway and a wood door with leaded rippled glass.

Inside, a spacious entry hall gives way on the right to the open

formal living room, which is anchored by two square windows and a fireplace with Carrara marble surround and wood mantel. To the left of the entry is an equally open dining room that seats eight or more. Off the dining room is a scullery or butlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen, an added prep and service area for large-scale entertaining. It features a long wall of white shaker cabinets with black pulls and knobs, Carrara marble counters, a gray crackle porcelain subway tile backsplash, a concealed Asko dishwasher and a deep stainless sink with Kohler faucet.

The scullery kitchen connects, on one side, with a mudroom and a staircase leading up to a second-floor private bedroom/office space with vaulted ceiling and ensuite bath. On the other, it opens into a bright, expansive eat-in kitchen with wood beams, walls of cabinets in the same style as the scullery, and a large center island topped with Carrara marble and wrapped with a walnut breakfast bar.

Stainless appliances include a Wolf microwave, three ovens (two convection and one steam), and a six-burner gas cooktop with griddle and hood. There is also a second concealed Asko dishwasher and a closet-sized Sub-Zero refrigerator/freezer with a built-in wine cooler.

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This stone and stucco Colonial at 2948 University Terrace NW is priced at $4,500,000. family room, which has coffered ceilings and an elevated stone fireplace. Its limestone mantel and hearth is bookended by built-in shelves and cabinets. Multi-slide French doors open onto a threeseason deck, with its own stone fireplace, overlooking the landscaped and terraced backyard.

The family room leads back into the main hall, where there is an elevator (serving all three levels); a glittery powder room with a mirrored and marble vanity; and a library with built-in cabinets, shelves and glass pocket doors.

A wide switchback staircase with oversized white balusters and substantial post-to-post rail takes you to the second floor, which has four bedrooms, each with its own en-suite bath dressed in shades of gray and white; a family lounge; a laundry room; and numerous deep closets with built-ins for hanging and folded storage.

The ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suite is a world of

its own. It includes a spacious bedroom with a wood-mantled fireplace and a sitting room with a built-in bookcase. A sliding glass door opens to a private balcony with views of the garden and the woods beyond. The stunning master bath offers a panoramic view of Virginia through the curved bow windows, and it also includes a massive double closet. This exceptional retreat is luxuriously appointed with marble-topped vanities, and also features a frameless glass shower with decorative tile flooring and backsplash and three shower heads (one rain-head); Rohl fixtures and a Victoria + Albert freestanding soaking tub.

The bright lower level is designed for fun. It includes a guest room with en-suite bath; wine cellar with built-in wood

racking; media room; gym with rubber floor and mirrored walls; and large family/dining room with wet bar, wine fridge and walk-out to the covered patio.

Located in a quiet section of Kent between Loughboro Road and MacArthur Boulevard NW, this propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pastoral setting and quiet neighborhood offer unparalleled privacy and tranquility. At the same time, it is a short and convenient drive to Chain Bridge and Northern Virginia, Bethesda or central D.C. The six-bedroom, six-and-ahalf-bath residence at 2948 University Terrace NW is listed for $4,500,000 with Keller Williams Realty. For more information, contact Roger Carp at 301-6023030 or roger.carp@kw.com. For a video tour, visit tour.homevisit. com/view/201254.

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Pre-construction opp in Bethesda on incredible lot. 5 BR, 4.5 BA, gourmet eat-in kit, sep DR, wood flrs, MBR walkin closet, crown molding, built-in bookcases, 9+ ft. vaulted ceilings. $ 1,995,000

9+ acres of serenity & natural beauty on a cul-de-sac, 5 BR, 5.5 BA classic home w/ 5 stall stables, stone patio, in-ground swimming pool, hdwd flrs thru-out, finished LL. $ 1,585,000

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Thursday JULY 27 Performances ■ The Washington Improv Theater will present “Summer School,” featuring performances by Double Stuff, Mystery Improv Theater, Huggy Smalls and The Female Accent. 7:30 p.m. $12 to $15.

Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.

Performances will continue through Aug. 6 with various ensembles for each show.

■ The Kinsey Sicks will present “Things You Shouldn’t Say,” a searing journey into Trumpism, racism, AIDS, Bette Midler and more. 7:30 p.m. $11.50. Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org. The performance will repeat Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sale ■ St. Alban’s Opportunity Shop will host a “Half Price Sale.” 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. 3001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-966-5288. The event will continue through Saturday, with a $7.50 bag sale offered as well on the final day.

Tours ■ “Gardener’s Focus: The Cutting Garden’s Bounty” will feature a tour led

by Drew Asbury, Hillwood’s horticulturist and volunteer manager. 1 p.m. $15 to $18. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-6865807. The tour will also be offered Friday

at 1 p.m.

■ “Visit Dupont Underground” will offer a chance to explore the city’s newest art space — a former trolley station with 75,000 square feet of underground platforms and tunnels. 6, 7 and 8 p.m. $16. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. dupontunderground.org. The tour will also be offered Saturday, Sunday and Monday at various times.

Friday, July 28 Friday JULY 28 Children’s programs ■ Discovery Theater will present a “Percussical” by the ensemble SOLE Defined — a twist on percussive dance and the traditional musical, with performers turning their bodies into human drums (recommended for ages 5 through 16). 10:30 a.m. and noon. $3 to $8. Discovery Theater, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-8700.

■ “Uno, Dos, Tres con Andrés!” will celebrate Latin culture in a program for kids and families. 11 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121.

Concerts ■ Jazz in the Garden at the National Gallery of Art will feature 3Divas performing instrumental jazz. 5 to 8:30 p.m.

Free. Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202289-3360.

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■ The group Friends of Forest Hills Playground will present the band Crush Funk Brass performing as part of the third annual “Picnic in the Park” series.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Outdoor amphitheater, Forest Hills Playground, 32nd and Chesapeake streets NW. ■ Heroes Are Gang Leaders — a contemporary merger of spoken word and free open jazz, flavored with pulsating funky grooves that pay tribute to literary tradition — will present “This Funk Ain’t William Faulkner’s Fault,” featuring “Artificial Happiness Button,” “Letters From the Locked Away” and “Internet Kill Switch.” 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Middle C Music will host a final concert by participants in its Summer Songwriting Camp. 6 to 7 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326.

■ The U.S. Army Chorus and Army Voices will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. usarmyband.com.

■ “Sounds of the Underground” will feature local blues band Kino Musica.

9:30 p.m. $20 to $22. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. dupontunderground.org.

Discussions and lectures ■ The Friends of the National World War II Memorial will host a panel discussion on the challenges that World War II veterans faced during and after the war.

Panelists will include Col. Charles E. McGee, one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen; Harry Miller, an Army veteran of the Battle of the Bulge; and Col. James Riffe, an Army veteran of the Battle of Okinawa. 11:15 a.m. Free; reservations suggested. Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir Road NW. bjordan@wwiimemorialfriends.org.

■ Art historian Jenni Sorkin will discuss the work of artists Peter Voulkos and June Schwarcz and how these two members of the same San Francisco art community pushed the boundaries of their mediums. Noon to 1 p.m. Free.

Rubenstein Grand Salon, Renwick Gallery, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.

■ Noor Wazwaz, a producer for NPR’s “Morning Edition” and the “Up First” podcast, will discuss “Media’s Distortion and Misrepresentation of the Palestinian Issue.” 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1958.

■ The Friends of the National World War II Memorial will host a panel discussion with members of the American World War II Orphans Network on the challenges that the children of fallen World War II service members. 1:30 p.m.

Free; reservations suggested. Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir Road NW. bjordan@wwiimemorialfriends.org.

Festival ■ “Kaypi Perú” — highlighting Peru’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and traditional arts — will feature an art market, music and dance performances, children’s activities, documentary screenings and Peruvian cuisine. 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. Potomac

July 27 – August 3, 2017 ■ Page 12 City artists as they journey to Laramie, Wyo., in an attempt to learn more about what led to the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming. 7 p.m. $17 plus Fringe Button. Sprenger Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. capitalfringe.org. The performance will repeat Saturday at 6:45 p.m. and Sunday at noon; the festival will continue through Sunday at various venues.

Friday, JULY 28 ■ Discussion: Jason Zinoman, the first comedy critic at The New York Times, will discuss his book “Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Atrium, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. The festival will continue Saturday and Sunday.

Films ■ “Cinéma de la révolution: America Films Eighteenth-Century France” will feature George Sidney’s 1952 movie “Scaramouche,” the last gasp of the opulent, electrifying swashbuckler genre.

2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-7374215.

■ “Movie Night” will feature Sebastian Grobler’s 2011 film “Lessons of a Dream (Der ganz grosse Traum),” about the beginnings of football in Germany. 6:30 p.m. Free. Goethe-Institut Washington, Suite 3, 1990 K St. NW. goethe.de/washington.

■ Reel Affirmations XTRA will present Chanelle Aponte Pearson’s series “195 Lewis,” about a group of friends navigating the realities of being black, queer and polyamorous in New York City. 7:30 p.m. $12 to $25. Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW. reelaffirmations.org.

■ The Golden Cinema series will feature “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Sunset.

Free. Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com.

Performances ■ Dance group Light Switch Dance Theatre will present the premiere of “Red/Lines,” a multi-disciplinary work using dance, theater and film to examine racial discrimination through structural and perceived boundaries. Artist talk at 6:30 p.m.; performance at 7 p.m. $12 to $20. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. The performance will repeat July 29 with a community forum on “Inclusive Diversity in Communities” beforehand.

■ As part of the last weekend of Capital Fringe Festival 2017, the Wandering Theatre Company will present “The Laramie Project,” about a group of New York

Sporting events ■ The Washington Mystics will play the Connecticut Sun. 7 p.m. $25 to $130. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

■ The Washington Nationals will play the Colorado Rockies. 7:05 p.m. $12 to $370. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Saturday at 7:05 p.m. and Sunday at 1:35 p.m.

Tours ■ A guided garden tour will trace two centuries of landscape history reflected in 5.5 acres of heritage trees, heirloom plants and flowers, and abundant English boxwood. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. $10; free for members. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org.

■ The American University Museum will present a docent-led tour of one of its summer exhibitions. 11:30 a.m. Free.

American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.

■ The Heurich House Museum will host a “Brewmaster Tour,” featuring a one-hour guided tour through the mansion and a half-hour craft beer tasting in the conservatory. 4 to 5:30 p.m. $25.

Heurich House Museum, New Hampshire Avenue and 20th Street NW. heurichhouse.org.

Saturday,JULY July 2929 Saturday Children’s programs ■ Culture Queen will present “Rise + Rhyme: Super Family Saturdays,” a storytelling and performance series for ages 5 and younger. 9:30 to 11 a.m. $5 per child. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ A planetarium movie screening will feature “Zula Patrol Down to Earth,” with the title characters chasing Madam Delira back through geologic times in an attempt to rid the universe of litter (for ages 4 and older). 10 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000.

■ A park ranger will present an astronomy craft activity in honor of Apollo 11’s moon landing 47 years ago.

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000.

■ The National Building Museum will present “Professor Giuseppe, Master Concatenator!,” an aural journey with cross-cultural percussionist and museum creative-in-residence Steve Bloom exploring how the original master masons instilled the museum building’s geometry with distinctive sound dimensions. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

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■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the solar system, the Milky Way and other deep space objects (for ages 7 and older). 4 to 4:45 p.m.

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

Classes and workshops ■ Ami Wilber, floral and event decor designer at Hillwood, will present “Floral Design Workshop: The Cutting Garden’s Bounty.” 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. $55 to $65.

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

■ Yoga Activist will present a class.

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

Concerts ■ The Petworth Jazz Project will present a children’s show by Baba Ras D, at 6 p.m.; and a jazz concert by NigerianAmerican singer-songwriter JaneliaSoul, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Free. Lawn, Petworth Recreation Center, 8th and Taylor streets NW. facebook.com/PetworthJazzProject.

■ Winners of the fourth Catholic University of America Piano Competition will perform. 6 p.m. $10 to $20. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. washingtonpianofest.com.

■ The Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival will present Jeffrey Cohan on baroque flute, William Simms on theorbo and Marlisa Woods on baroque violin in a celebration of the 250th anniversary of Georg Philipp Telemann. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $25 donation suggested; free for ages 18 and younger. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE. 202-543-0053.

■ Alexander Korsantia, winner of the first prize and gold medal of the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition and the first prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition, will perform as part of the Washington International Piano Festival. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $20. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. washingtonpianofest.com.

■ H Street Main Street’s summer concert series will feature the Roxanne Jarrett Collective performing cabaret jazz. 8 to 10 p.m. Free. Starburst Plaza, 1505 Maryland Ave. NE. hstreet.org.

Discussions and lectures ■ Sarah Bellamy, artistic director for Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, Minn., will present “Stereotypes: The Power of Perception,” an interactive presentation on the ways in which images, narratives and media influence perception and ultimately shape lives. 12:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Melton Rehearsal Hall, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. woollymammoth.net.

■ Author David Williams will discuss his novel “When the English Fall.” 1 p.m.

Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

■ Local photographer and writer Danielle Scruggs will discuss her current

Flashpoint exhibition, “Migrations,” which combines portraits, photos and illustrations to explore the personal and macro implications of one’s family history. 1:30 p.m. Free. Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday will discuss her book “Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies.” 3:30 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Screenwriter and playwright Mark Stein will discuss his book “Vice Capades: Sex, Drugs, and Bowling From the Pilgrims to the Present.” 6 p.m. Free.

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

Family programs and festivals ■ The Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District will host a petting zoo with bunnies, chicks, ducks, sheep, goats and more. 10 a.m. to noon.

Free. Milian Park, 5th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW NW. mvtcid.org.

■ National Dance Day will feature guest dancers presenting interactive dance lessons and performances in a wide variety of dance styles, as well as the official National Dance Day routine for this year’s event, led by Tony Bellissimo of the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance.” Festivities will culminate with “Dancing Under the Stars,” a summer night social with music by the Tom Cunningham Orchestra and a beginnerlevel swing dance lesson by Gottaswing.

2 to 10:30 p.m. Free. North Plaza and Grand Foyer, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.

■ The Embassy of Switzerland and the Swiss Club of Washington D.C. will present the 2017 Swiss National Day Celebration, featuring Swiss food and music, alphorns, fifes, a lampion parade, children’s activities, games and more. 4 to 7 p.m. $15 to $35. Embassy of Switzerland, 2900 Cathedral Ave. NW. swissclubdc.org.

Films ■ “Black Maria: Selections From the Festival” will feature “The Last Projectionist,” “Radiance” and four other shorts, at 1 p.m.; and “Rabbit Blood,” “The Itching,” “Nine Months in the Bronx” and five other shorts, at 3:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-7374215.

■ The Mount Pleasant Library will present the 2017 thriller “XXX: The Return of Xander Cage,” starring Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson and Neymar. 2 p.m.

Free. Large Meeting Room, Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-6713122.

Performance ■ Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company will present an evening of Anna Sokolow’s choreography, including “Frida” and “Homenaje a David Alfaro Siqueiros.” 8 p.m. $15 to $25. Dance

Sunday, JULY 30 ■ Class: Local yoga instructors Alia Peera and Amy Mitchell will present “Sunday Serenity: Yoga in the East Park.” 10 to 11 a.m. $5 donation suggested; reservations encouraged. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse. org. The program will continue weekly through Aug. 27.

Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600.

The performance will repeat Sunday at 7 p.m.

Special events ■ Georgetown Lutheran Church will collect donations for D.C. food banks of peanut butter and jelly for hungry D.C. kids while school is out this summer. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-337-9070. Food also will be collected Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

■ Tamburai and Pauline Chirume — a mother-and-daughter design duo based in Cape Town who launched “One of Each” to celebrate and share Africa’s rich culture and history — will present a trunk show featuring fold-over bags made from leather and traditional African fabrics. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

Sporting events ■ The 2017 Citi Open tennis tournament will feature Simona Halep, Milos Raonic, Grigor Dimitrov, Sloane Stephens, Juan Martin del Potro, Gael Monfils and Kei Nishikori, among others. 10 a.m. $10 to $25. Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, 16th and Kennedy streets NW. 202-721-9500. The tournament will continue through Aug. 6 at various times.

■ The Washington Kastles will play the Orange County Breakers in Mylan World TeamTennis competition featuring Bruno Soares. 5 p.m. $16 to $82. Smith Center, George Washington University, 22nd and G streets NW. 800-745-3000.

■ The Washington Valor, the area’s new Arena Football League franchise, will play the Cleveland Gladiators. 7 p.m. $15 to $270. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Walks and tours ■ The University of the District of Columbia will host a tour of a green roof on campus used by students as a living laboratory for urban farming and green infrastructure. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Building 44, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. tinyurl.com/ y7mvfxnt. The tour will also be offered on Aug. 12 and Sept. 23.

■ A park ranger will lead a two-mile hike about non-native plant species and their impacts on Rock Creek Park’s ecosystems. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000.

■ Washington Walks “Get Local!” series will explore Van Ness and the International Chancery Center. 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet outside the west exit to the Van Ness-UDC Metro station. washingtonwalks.com.

■ Tour guide Dwane Starlin will lead a “Summer Cupcake Tour” with stops at Baked & Wired, Sprinkles and Georgetown Cupcake for summerflavored lemon, coconut and blueberry treats. 1 to 3 p.m. $28 to $30; reservations requested by July 27 at noon. Meet at 27th and Q streets NW. dumbartonhouse.org/events.

■ A slide show and outdoor tour will focus on the Washington National Cathedral’s whimsical stone gargoyles and grotesques (for ages 10 and older). 2 p.m. $18 to $22; reservations suggested.

Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

Sunday,JULY July 3030 Sunday Children’s programs ■ A park ranger will explain animal adaptations. 12:30 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000.

■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about “Fire and Ice: Strange Moons of the Solar System” (for ages 7 and older). 4 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Concerts ■ The Washington International Piano Festival will present solo and ensemble performances by program participants. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Black Squirrel will host “The 9 Songwriter Series,” featuring performances by nine local singer-songwriters.

8 p.m. Free. Black Squirrel, 2427 18th St. NW. 202-232-1011.

Discussions and lectures ■ The Rev. John Lillie, pastor of Lutheran Church of the Foothills in Tuc-

son, Ariz., will discuss “Always Being Made New: Martin Luther — Man, Monk and Reformer at 500.” 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. registrations@cathedral.org.

■ Karin Tanabe will discuss her fourth novel, “The Diplomat’s Daughter.” 1 p.m.

Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

■ Danielle Hahn, head of music programs at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss her department’s role in enhancing the visitor’s experience. 2 p.m. Free.

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

■ Presidential historian and political commentator Alvin S. Felzenberg will discuss his book “A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.” 3 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

■ Jacques Berlinerblau, director of the Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University, will discuss his book “Campus Confidential: How College Works, or Doesn’t, for Professors, Parents, and Students.” 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

Films ■ The 22nd annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival will feature Derek Tsang’s 2016 movie “Soul Mate,” about two high school friends whose relationship is strained when they both fall in love with the handsome Jiaming, with the wounds reopened years later when one of them publishes a novel based on their lives. 2 p.m. Free. Warner Bros. Theater, National Museum of American History, ConstiSee Events/Page 14

The Current’s Pet of the Week From the Humane Rescue Alliance Mr. Magic is super sweet and can’t wait to find a lap where he can rest his rather large head! This big guy loves to be around people, especially when he’s getting all the attention he deserves. At 5 years old, Mr. Magic is through his puppy stage but still likes a good chew toy. He is receiving treatment for heartworm, which means exercise restrictions for him right now. He is also recovering from a gunshot wound, which also slows him down a bit. But don’t let that fool you — Mr. Magic is a strong, stout boy and still loves to play, get out for walks and see what the world has to offer. He gets along well with cats and has been around small children his entire life. At 95 pounds, Mr. Magic needs adopters strong enough to handle his size and strength on walks … and when he wants to sit in your lap! Stop by the Oglethorpe Street adoption center to meet this great dog!

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tution Avenue between 12th and 14th streets NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; The National Gallery of Art will present the Washington premiere of Albert Serraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2016 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Death of Louis XIV,â&#x20AC;? about the Sun King as a bedridden luminary who continues to conduct affairs of state. 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-7374215. â&#x2013; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will host a screening of the 2008 Emmynominated documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North,â&#x20AC;? about filmmaker Katrina Browneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discovery that her Rhode Island forefathers were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. A discussion led by Browne will follow. 5 to 6:45 p.m. Free; reservations required. Melton Rehearsal Hall, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. woollymammoth.net.

Concerts â&#x2013; The Washington International Piano Festival will present a final concert featuring participants in the festival. 1 p.m. Free. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. washingtonpianofest.com. â&#x2013; The Washington International Piano Festival will present solo and ensemble performances by program participants. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The Fort Reno concert series will feature Numbers Station, Bacchae and Makeup Girl. 7 to 9:30 p.m. Free. Fort Reno Park, 40th and Chesapeake streets NW. fortreno.com. â&#x2013; The U.S. Navy Concert Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. Navyband.navy.mil. â&#x2013; Singer-songwriter Gillian Welch and guitarist David Rawlings will perform all of the songs on their album â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Harrow & the Harvest,â&#x20AC;? featuring their trademark blend of Appalachian music, bluegrass, and Americana. 8 p.m. $38. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Performance â&#x2013; The theatrical team of Jeremiah and Wendy Ginsberg will present a concert-version performance of their original two-act musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Esther, Sweet Esther,â&#x20AC;? about a courageous Jewish woman who, after becoming the Queen of Ancient Persia, saves her people from annihilation. 7 p.m. $95. Ballroom, National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW. esthersweetesther.eventbrite.com.

Walk â&#x2013; A park ranger will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;By Dawnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Early Light,â&#x20AC;? about the life and legacy of Francis Scott Key in D.C. (for ages 7 and older). 11 a.m. Free. Meet at the fountain in the Georgetown Waterfront Park, Wisconsin Avenue and K Street NW. 202-895-6070.

Monday, July 31

Monday JULY 31 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; The weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yoga Mondaysâ&#x20AC;? program will feature a gentle yoga class.

10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Free; tickets distributed at the second-floor reference desk beginning at 10:15 a.m. to the first 30 people who arrive. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488. â&#x2013; The West End Interim Library will host an all-levels yoga class. 6 p.m. Free.

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Discussion â&#x2013; Sarah Menkedick will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homing Instincts: Early Motherhood on a Midwestern Farm.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m.

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

Film â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marvelous Movie Mondayâ&#x20AC;? series will present the 1986 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stand

by Me,â&#x20AC;? about four 12-year-old boys who search for a dead body in the woods near where they live. 2 and 6:30 p.m.

Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

Special events â&#x2013; Alliance Française de Washington will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jouons!,â&#x20AC;? a French game night.

6:30 p.m. $5; free for members. Reservations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. â&#x2013; The World Affairs Council will host the WorldQuest Pub Quiz, a team-based international affairs and current events trivia contest. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $10 per team (up to four people). Lucky Bar, 1221 Connecticut Ave. NW. worldaffairsdc.org. â&#x2013; Politics and Prose will celebrate the 30th anniversary of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Waldo?â&#x20AC;? with a costume contest, trivia contest, games, crafts and the announcement of winners in a monthlong scavenger hunt.

Series, the Barclay Brass Ensemble will perform works by Bach. 12:10 p.m. Free.

Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635. â&#x2013; The U.S. Navy Band and Navy Ceremonial Guard will perform. 7:30 p.m.

Free. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. navyband.navy.mil. â&#x2013; The U.S. Air Force Bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Max Impact ensemble will perform an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Upbeat Americanaâ&#x20AC;? concert. 8 p.m.

Free. West Side, U.S. Capitol. usafband.af.mil.

Monday, JULY 31 â&#x2013; Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program: Margot Bevington will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rise + Rhyme,â&#x20AC;? a storytelling and performance series for ages 5 and younger. 9:30 to 11 a.m. $5 per child. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

7 p.m. Free. The Den, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.

Tour â&#x2013; Area teens will lead a theatrical tour bringing the National Portrait Galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection to life through an original play about the people featured in artwork on display. Noon and 1:30 p.m.

Free. Meet in the F Street lobby, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. The event will repeat Wednesday through Friday at noon and 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 1 Tuesday AUGUST 1 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; A certified yoga instructor will lead a walk-in gentle yoga class targeted to ages 55 and older. 10 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-7270232. â&#x2013; The Georgetown Library will present a walk-in yoga class practicing introductory vinyasa techniques. 11:30 a.m.

Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. â&#x2013; Megan Mamula of Yoga District will present a yoga class for beginners. 1 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. â&#x2013; Facilitator Catharin Dalpino of the Washington English Center will lead an Evening English Conversation Group for members to talk about ideas and events and practice conversation skills. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Concerts â&#x2013; As part of the Tuesday Concert

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Washington Post reporter Dan Zak will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age,â&#x20AC;? which tells the 70-year story of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complicated relationship with the manifestations of the nuclear era. Joining Zak in conversation will be journalist, producer and author Denise Kiernan. 6:30 p.m.

Free. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. â&#x2013; Author Sam Kean will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Caesarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m.

Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; Jack Gilbert, professor of surgery and director of the Microbiome Center at the University of Chicago, will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dirt Is Good: The Advantage of Germs for Your Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Developing Immune System.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; Regina Bradley will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boondock Kollage: Stories From the Hip Hop South.â&#x20AC;? 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. The Potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org.

Film â&#x2013; The annual Georgetown Sunset Cinema series â&#x20AC;&#x201D; presenting iconic movies with strong female leads and story lines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Erin Brockovich.â&#x20AC;?

8:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Waterfront Park, K Street and Cecil Place NW. georgetowndc.com/sunsetcinema. The

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series will continue Aug. 8 with â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Devil Wears Prada.â&#x20AC;?

Performances and readings â&#x2013; The Zimbabwe dance troupe Mokoomba will present a distinctive mix of traditional Tonga, Luvale and Nyanja rhythms; pan-African music cultures; and generous dashes of rap, ska, soukous and Afro-Cuban music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. â&#x2013; The Washington Improv Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harold Nightâ&#x20AC;? will feature long-form improv performances by various ensembles. 8 and 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.

Special event â&#x2013; The Tenley-Friendship Library will host a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer Funâ&#x20AC;? edition of its adult coloring program. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free.

Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

Tour â&#x2013; The Washington National Cathedralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gargoyle Tower Climbâ&#x20AC;? will feature a close-up look at various gargoyles and grotesques while visiting the open-air walkway wrapping around the two western towers. 6 p.m. $50; reservations required. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

Wednesday, Aug. 2 Wednesday AUGUST 2 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; The weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunset Fitness in the Parkâ&#x20AC;? event will feature a one-hour class presented by Fuel Body Lab. 6 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Georgetown Waterfront Park, Potomac and K streets NW. georgetowndc.com/sunsetfitness.

The series will continue through Aug. 30. â&#x2013; The Poets on the Fringe will host a weekly poetry workshop to critique participantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poems. 7 to 9 p.m. Free.

Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. â&#x2013; Instructor Tara Bishop will lead a weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yoga for Allâ&#x20AC;? restorative yoga practice. 7:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

Concerts â&#x2013; Polish ensemble Maria Pomianowska and ReBorn will perform on suka and frame drum, imagining a historically traditional repertoire on the resurrected medieval instruments. 6 p.m.

Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The Rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the Block concert series will feature the Mike McHenry Trio. 6:30 to 8:30. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Diannneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Recital,â&#x20AC;? the MusicianShipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual student showcase, will feature displays of musical artistry in vocals, brass, woodwind and percussion.

7 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $25. Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW. events.themusicianship.org. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ownâ&#x20AC;? U.S. Marine Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; National Museum of Women in the Arts director of education and digital engagement Deborah Gaston will discuss several works in the special exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Revival.â&#x20AC;? Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free.

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A new weekly farmstand is coming to southern Georgetown starting on Saturday, the result of a partnership between Sweetgreenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new 1044 Wisconsin Ave. NW location and FreshFarm Markets.

The farmstand â&#x20AC;&#x201D; featuring produce, eggs and meat from a family-owned Pennsylvania farm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through Oct. 28 in Sweetgreenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking lot at the corner of Wisconsin and Grace Street.

Sweetgreen is a fast-casual chain of healthy restaurants that was originally founded in Georgetown. Its new Wisconsin Avenue location, a former EagleBank branch, is due to open in early August. On opening day, sales from the new store will be donated to FreshFarmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FoodPrints program, which provides Ward 7 residents with locally grown food for 10 weeks in the fall and again in the spring.

Former public servant to open Italian bakery

Former U.S. Foreign Service staffer Miranda Rinaldi will trade pantsuits for aprons this fall, when she opens her own Italian cafe, Ninoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakery, at 1310 L St. NW. The downtown bakery, named after Rinaldiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rescue dog Nino, was inspired by a three-year stint in Italy with the Foreign Service, according to a

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Ninoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakery will offer coffee and handmade pastries.

news release. Rinaldi will draw on her travels and the skills she honed at the French Pastry School in Chicago, with plans to serve handmade Italian and French pastries, desserts and coffee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all crafted on-site.

She will also offer a corporate catering service.

Ninoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will boast a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bright and cheery interior,â&#x20AC;? with floorto-ceiling windows and access to the street as well as the shared office buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lobby, according to the release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ninoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakery will offer a sense of community to the building and surrounding area.

And will soon become a favorite local spot,â&#x20AC;? Bethany Kazaba, principal of Neighborhood Retail Group â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which represented the landlord in lease negotiations for the bakery â&#x20AC;&#x201D; predicted in the release.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dog Daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sidewalk sale returning to U Street area The Dog Days Sidewalk Festival returns to the U Street NW corridor for its 18th year the first weekend of August.

that we encounter,â&#x20AC;? Meehan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In D.C., we were inspired by a community filled with interested coffee drinkers who are excited about specialty coffee.â&#x20AC;?

Cupping â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the professional observation and tasting of the aromas of coffee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is taken seriously at Blue Bottle. Desmond said that group classes are given for Blue Bottle employees to teach them the best methods for cupping, and ensuring quality taste of their coffee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We record the natural process of coffee all the way from itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coldest state to its warmest state,â&#x20AC;? Desmond said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By doing this I can share a flavor profile of each component.â&#x20AC;?

Blue Bottle offers beverages such as conventional coffee, espresso, Cold Brew and New Orleans-Style Iced Coffee, and its pastries include Liège wafels and toasts.

The Hayes Valley Espresso, a combination of dark chocolate and brown sugar, remains a popular choice at various Blue Bottle locations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited to support an already existing coffee culture and continuing to support coffee enthusiasts,â&#x20AC;? Desmond said.

Blue Bottle is also planning to open a

With 100 businesses participating in interactive shopping and promotional experiences, this sidewalk sale is D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest, according to a news release.

Founded in 2000 as a oneblock festival, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event will encompass 25 blocks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; U Street from 7th to 17th streets, as well as the 14th Street corridor from Thomas Circle to Florida Avenue.

Activities will kick off Friday, Aug. 4, with a party at Miss Pixieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s furnishings & whatnot at 1626 14th St. NW. Events continuing over the weekend will include a pop-up food festival of Union Kitchen vendors at 1701 14th St. NW, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taste of Studioâ&#x20AC;? open house at Studio Theatre, and an outdoor exhibit hosted by the African American Civil War Museum.

Sales include 15 percent off all purchases at Frank & Oak, 30 percent off wine at Cork Market, and a $50-and-under sidewalk sale at Lettie Gooch.

Meanwhile, City Paws will host a photo booth and giveaways on Saturday and the Humane Rescue Alliance will be on site with its pet adoption van. A full listing of all sales and events is available at dogdaysdc.com.

The weekend festival is sponsored by the MidCity Business Improvement District Exploratory Committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dog Days festival shows the power we have when working together,â&#x20AC;? exploratory committee chair Diane Gross said in a release.

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The first of three D.C. locations opened this month at 1046 Potomac St. NW.

location at Northeastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Union Market this fall, and will open at The Wharf in Southwest in late 2018. Blue Bottle teams up with local nonprofits for each opening, donating a portion of the proceeds to the community partner, according to a news release.

Proceeds from the Georgetown opening are going to Bread for the City, which provides food, medical care, clothing, legal advocacy and social services to D.C. residents in need. The cafeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Potomac Street location was previously home to Down Dog Yoga, which still has a Georgetown studio at 1229 34th St. NW.

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■ Tripp Onnen, a Society of the Cincinnati genealogist, will discuss “The Mystery of the Five Vachels: Challenges in Researching Revolutionary War Ancestors,” about the difficulty of tracing the military service of a commonly named ancestor and the process of confirming the correct identity. 6 p.m. Free. Anderson House, Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. societyofthecincinnati.org.

■ Pamela Heyne will discuss her book “In Julia’s Kitchen: Practical and Convivial Kitchen Design Inspired by Julia Child,” about how the American chef, author and television personality influenced the modern home. 6:30 p.m.

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

■ Tracy Crow (shown) and Jerri Bell will discuss their book “It’s My Country Too: Women’s Military Stories From the American Revolution to Afghanistan.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ “We Remember: LGBTQ Communities in Crisis” — a panel discussion on the current climate of persecution, including the wave of detention and torture of gay men in the Chechnya region of Russia — will feature Rabbi Gil Steinlauf, senior rabbinic adviser at Adas Israel Congregation; James Kirchick (shown), journalist and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution; Rachel Levitan, associate vice president for program planning and management at the Jewish refugee agency HIAS; and Jeremy Kadden, senior international policy advocate for the Human Rights Campaign. 7 p.m. $10.

Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Films ■ The Embassy of Italy will host a screening of Riccardo Milani’s 2014 film

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Free; reservations required. Auditorium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. www.iicwashington.esteri.it.

■ The Japan Information and Culture Center will present “Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno,” the second part of a liveaction movie trilogy. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Japan Information and Culture Center, 1150 18th St. NW. www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc.

■ The NoMa Summer Screen outdoor film series will feature George Clooney’s 2011 movie “The Ides of March.” 7 p.m.

Free. Storey Park Lot, 1005 1st St. NE. nomabid.org/noma-summer-screen.

Performance ■ City at Peace will present “All Eyes on Media,” about young people’s experiences with the ever-changing digital landscape. 7 p.m. $8; reservations required. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. The performance will repeat Thursday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. and Friday at 11 a.m.

Thursday,AUGUST Aug. 3 Thursday 3 Children’s programs ■ “Reptiles Alive!” will introduce attendees to live animals and share funny stories and facts about them. 3 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ “Pajama Movie Night” will feature “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-7271488.

Class ■ The D.C. Small Business Development Center will present a seminar on how to start your own business. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

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Concerts ■ Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra of Mount Rainier, Md., and the Queen’s Royal College Steelpan Ensemble of Trinidad and Tobago will perform.

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

■ As part of the Washington National Cathedral’s Summer Concert Series, soprano Laura Choi Stuart (shown), pianist and harpsichordist George Fergus and violinist Grace Brigham will perform works by Mendelssohn and Purcell. 6:30 p.m. Included in $5 discounted admission for summer evening hours. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

■ “Jazz on Jackson Place” will feature the Marty Nau Quartet. 6:30 p.m. $30. Decatur House, 748 Jackson Place NW. whitehousehistory.org/jazz.

■ “SiriusXM’s Coffee House Live Tour” will feature singer-songwriters Joshua Radin, Rachael Yamagata and Brandon Jenner. 7:15 p.m. $29.50 to $35. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 800-745-3000.

■ “Summer Sing With Encore Chorale” — a musical evening open to anyone over 55 who loves to sing and is interested in meeting new friends — will offer a chance to perform songs from “Phantom of the Opera” and “Showboat” as well as the repertoire of George and Ira Gershwin, led by Encore conductors Jeanne Kelly and Jeff Dokken. 7:30 to 9 p.m. $15. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW. 301261-5747.

■ The Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival will present Carrie Krause on baroque violin, Dongsok Shin on harpsichord and Jeffrey Cohan on renaissance and baroque flutes in “Baroque in Transition,” highlighting the contrasts and evolution in Italian and French music from 1600 to 1700. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $25 donation suggested; free for ages 18 and younger. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE. 202543-0053.

■ The “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011.

Discussions and lectures ■ Raymond Senuk, a collector and board member of Friends of the Ixchel Museum, will discuss Mayan textiles that date prior to 1940 as well as current-day Guatemalan textiles. Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-9945200.

Thursday, AUGUST 3 ■ Discussion: Physician John Whyte, author of “AARP New American Diet: Lose Weight, Live Longer,” will discuss “Boost Your Nutritional IQ,” about the latest scientific information about what foods can help you prevent disease and live longer, and which foods might increase your risk of certain diseases like diabetes, cancer and heart disease. 6:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Seattle labor organizer Jonathan Rosenblum will discuss his book “Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ Kathleen Barber will discuss her psychological thriller “Are You Sleeping,” about a hit podcast that reopens a murder case — and threatens to unravel the carefully constructed life of the victim’s daughter. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ Essayist, fiction writer and playwright Heather Harpham will discuss her book “Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

■ Mexican writer, activist and professor Jimena Vergara will discuss “Mexico in the Trump Era.” 7 to 9 p.m.

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■ The Library of Congress’ outdoor summer film series will feature the 1985 movie “Back to the Future,” starring Michael J. Fox. 8 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. North Lawn, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. loc.gov. The series will continue weekly through Aug. 17.

■ The Capitol Riverfront’s outdoor movie series will feature “La La Land,” starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

Sundown. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org.

Performances and readings ■ The Georgetown Library will host its monthly First Thursday Evening Poetry Reading, followed by an open-mic event.

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

■ Dance Place will present a concert showcasing the talent of its Energizers Creative Arts Camp students in dance, music and more. 7 p.m. $15. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600.

The performance will repeat Friday at 7 p.m.

Special events ■ Nardi Media will present “Dog Days of Summer Yappy Hour & Silent Auction,” featuring food and drink specials in addition to auction items from donors such as the Washington Capitals, District Taco and Washington Sports Club. Proceeds will benefit the Humane Rescue Alliance.

4 to 7 p.m. Free admission. Sudhouse DC, 1340 U St. NW. nardimedia.com.

■ This month’s “Phillips After 5” installment — “Trukfest,” an annual food truck event — will feature opportunities to grab a bite to eat at any of the participating food trucks; to create a collage inspired by the artwork of Markus Lüpertz with the Heurich House Museum; and to listen to jamming music from Granny & The Boys. 5 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.

■ The Ford’s Theatre Society will host “Under 35: Museum Night,” a chance to mix and mingle in the Ford’s Theatre Museum, see historic artifacts related to Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and assassination, and explore the 19th-century theater where President and Mrs. Lincoln attended performances (for ages 21 through 35). 6 to 8 p.m. $20; reservations required. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. fords.org.

Tour ■ “Close-up Tour: Earthquake” will examine the damage incurred by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that rocked the Washington National Cathedral on Aug. 23, 2011 (for ages 10 and older). 2 p.m. $18 to $22; reservations suggested. Meet at the west-end docent station, Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

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In the July 17 letter, Wiedefeld wrote that Metro may have addressed part of the issue. The Federal Transit Administration published a study in March revealing that several fasteners, designed to absorb pressure and quell vibrations, had broken near the Georgia Avenue-Petworth station. The damaged fasteners have been linked to the above-ground vibrations and have since been repaired, according to Wiedefeld’s letter.

The rumblings are not unique to Petworth. Residents of North Michigan Park and Southwest Waterfront, who also live along the Green Line, have reported similar vibrations that they attribute to the 7000-series. Council members Kenyan McDuffie and Charles Allen, who represent wards 5 and 6 respectively, have each implored Metro to act — with little success.

“It’s unclear how seriously they are taking it,” Allen told The Current, adding that the transit authority never formally responded to his February letter.

Jones plans to address the vibrations at a meeting for residents of single-member district 4C08 on Monday. “It’s definitely not getting any better,” Jones said.

Metro has ordered 748 7000-series rail cars, according to Jordan. He said that about half of those have already been delivered and that the remainder will be deployed over the next two years.

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From Page 1 plaints began to surface, the transit authority conducted a preliminary study in Petworth and concluded that vibrations had a negligible impact on residences.

But neighbors refused to accept the agency’s findings. Petworth advisory neighborhood commissioner Timothy Jones led a town meeting last December, with Ward 4 D.C. Council member Brandon Todd and transit representative Ann Chisholm in attendance.

About 30 concerned neighbors reported feeling shaking every few minutes, cracking walls and one instance of severe damage to a porch, according to resident and Petworth News founder Drew Schneider, who attended the meeting. “Residents have lived here 25, 30, 40 years and have never felt anything until now,” Schneider told The Current.

Meanwhile, the transit authority contends that neighbors haven’t shown interest in a study. Last month, the authority’s appointed noise and vibration consulting firm, Wilson Ihrig, discontinued its initial investigation because only four of 13 homes responded to letters sent out in May, Metro general manager Paul Wiedefeld wrote in a July 17 letter to Todd.

Todd’s spokesperson Joshua Fleitman said, however, that some residents did not respond because they had concerns about the legal language of the waiver.

Todd has sent two letters — on Dec. 14 and June 30 — urging Metro to investigate the vibrations.

“I am concerned that the progress on this matter has been unusually slow, given the significance of the impacts described by residents,” Todd wrote. “They report intense shaking of the foundations of their homes, which is causing cracks in the wall and other property damage.”

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