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The Northwest Current

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Vol. L, No. 32

Serving Chevy Chase, Colonial Village, Shepherd Park, Brightwood, Crestwood, Petworth & 16th Street Heights

Crowding squeezes Ward 3 schools

SPARKLING ART

■ Education: Wilson High

facing particular pressure

By GRACE BIRD Current Staff Writer

When Kimberly Martin became principal of Wilson High three years ago, she frequently took phone calls from lottery hopefuls across the city, fielding questions about their prospects for landing a

place at the sought-after school.

Martin no longer takes those calls herself, delegating to staff the task of explaining the absence of open seats through the lottery.

“I wish I could have everyone, but I just can’t,” she told The Current on Monday during Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh’s annual school readiness tour, which evaluates schools each summer across her ward.

Wilson High, located at 3950

Chesapeake St. NW, is bursting at the seams. Martin expects 1,900 students to walk through the doors next week, although the campus was built for 1,600. In recent years, Wilson’s population has steadily grown from the 1,633 students enrolled in 2011. Meanwhile, the school has endured three consecutive years of budget cuts and more than 30 layoffs.

Now, with one guidance counselor See Schools/Page 5

Builder seeks landmark for Fannie Mae

By GRACE BIRD Current Staff Writer

Brian Kapur/The Current

Soapstone Market in Park Van Ness hosted Chevy Chase resident Merrilee Harrigan and other local glass artists for a popup exhibit on Thursday highlighting their work.

Amid plans to redevelop the Fannie Mae headquarters into a mixed-use complex, the project team received positive reception for its proposal to secure a landmark designation for the 1958 building at 3900 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Richard Lake, co-founder of Roadside Development, said he hopes that landmark status — which would regulate and restrict alterations to the building — would go a long way toward putting residents at ease with the large-scale development.

The Roadside team lavished praise on the redbrick building, graciously set back from the street behind an open lawn, citing the quiet elegance of its architecture and its resemblance to Colonial Williamsburg. The company’s plan includes renovating but generally maintaining the main 1958 building and replacing subsequent additions that sit behind it.

Rendering courtesy of Roadside Development

Roadside Development hopes to transform the campus into a mixed-use, seven-building complex.

The company also intends to spruce up the site’s outdoor spaces, Lake told the Historic Preservation Review Board last Thursday.

“We wanted the building and the architecture to See Fannie Mae/Page 3

Northwest parks secure centennial grant funds

Tenleytown mural project advances with city funding

By GRACE BIRD

■ Art: Local painter hopes to

Current Staff Writer

The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday by awarding centennial challenge grants to six parks across Northwest D.C., the U.S. secretary of the interior announced last month.

This year, Congress gave $20 million to national parks across the U.S., and park partners added another $33 million. “Many of the national parks that Americans treasure today would simply not exist without the strong partnerships and philanthropy that have benefited the national park idea for over a century,” acting National Park Service director Michael Reynolds said in a news release.

Locally, the Northwest locations receiving funds are Chevy Chase Circle, a section of Rock Creek Park near Massachusetts Avenue, Dumbarton Oaks

begin work later this month

By ALEXA PERLMUTTER Brian Kapur/Current file photo

Although fountain repairs are beyond the current scope, Chevy Chase Circle is slated for upgraded benches via a National Park Service matching grant.

Park, the Lincoln Memorial, the Carter G. Woodson Home and Mount Vernon Triangle.

At Chevy Chase Circle, sometimes called the “gateway to the nation’s capital,” the park’s friends group received $16,368 in government funds and matched that amount with an additional $17,705. The See Parks/Page 19

Current Correspondent

A new mural is coming to Tenleytown as early as this month, dressing up the Han Cleaners building with a depiction of the neighborhood’s rich history.

The project at 4425 Wisconsin Ave. NW comes from a $36,760 grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Local residents Stephen and Charlene Voss successfully requested the

city grant and commissioned mural artist Jarrett Ferrier to paint the building’s south wall. Work can begin as soon as permits from the city are approved.

The project’s origins date back to April 2016, according to Stephen Voss. “We had seen some murals go up in D.C. We’d always known D.C. as a city full of murals,” he said.

After he and his wife found out about the individual grant opportunities from the commission, they asked Ferrier to create the piece.

Ferrier’s D.C. work is also featured at Rocklands Barbeque, JetSee Mural/Page 19

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Friendship Heights traffic safety under review

By KATHERINE SALTZMAN Current Correspondent

The D.C. Department of Transportation is evaluating possible traffic-calming measures in Friendship Heights in response to community concerns about vehicular and pedestrian safety in the area.

As part of the initiative, the agency is conducting a neighborhood traffic safety study and collecting community input before submitting specific recommendations this fall for traffic-calming infrastructure, signage and street demarcations.

“Traffic-calming studies are usually a block-byblock assessment, specifically on local roadways,” said Transportation Department engineer Emily Dalphy. “Usually they look at traffic very piecemeal, but now we are looking at a more holistic approach.”

The study follows years of lobbying from Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E (Friendship Heights, Tenleytown, American University Park). In 2012, ANC 3E called on the Transportation Department to evaluate speeding and traffic volume along 41st and 42nd streets NW, as well as limited northsouth traffic flow through the intersection of 42nd Street and Military Road and along 41st Street between Western Avenue and Davenport Street.

On July 25, Dalphy and Daniel Marvin, a consul-

tant from Kimley-Horn — a planning and design consulting group — presented analysis from the first phase of traffic data collection. Notable observations from the study, Marvin said, included numerous crashes at the intersection of Military Road and 42nd Street, as well as at Fessenden and 42nd streets.

The study also included reports on high traffic along 41st and 42nd streets, which are designated as “local” streets that aren’t intended for significant through traffic. The report also concluded that the intersection of 41st and Military Road has heavy congestion and limited time for vehicles to pass during rush hour. In addition, Marvin noted that restrictions on left turns at the intersection of Western and Wisconsin avenues results in significant neighborhood traffic congestion during rush hour.

However, many in attendance spoke about high traffic volume and speeds on streets adjacent to the study area.

“We are presenting what we have gathered at the study and [outlining] what we are trying to study,” Dalphy replied. “We haven’t made any recommendations yet, and we are trying to get as much community input [as possible] so this fall, when we try to make recommendations, we can move towards implementation without more concerns or complaints from residents.”

The week ahead Thursday, Aug. 10

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine will host the third annual Right Direction Awards ceremony from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Old Council Chambers, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. The event will honor D.C. youth who have overcome significant challenges and are showing self-improvement to put themselves on a successful life path, as well as youth who show commitment to effecting positive change in their communities.

Sunday, Aug. 20

The National Park Service, the National Zoo and the Rock Creek Conservancy will host a “no cars allowed” Beach Drive Block Party to celebrate the reconstruction of the first segment of Beach Drive NW on the day before the road opens to traffic. Activities will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. near the National Zoo’s entrance on Beach Drive, with limited free parking available in the Zoo’s Parking Lot E beginning at noon.

Friday, Aug. 25

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will host a Family Fun Day from 4 to 8 p.m. to celebrate the completion of renovations and new facilities at Friendship Recreation Center/Turtle Park, 45th and Van Ness streets NW. Activities will include popcorn, a moon bounce, face painting and more, with a screening of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” set to begin as soon as it gets dark at around 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 30

The Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education Network will meet at 7 p.m. at the Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

FANNIE MAE: Project discussed From Page 1

actually respond a little bit more to the landscaping, as opposed to doing it in the reverse,” Lake said at the presentation.

Whether or not Roadside’s request for landmark status is successful, the development will move forward. “Regardless of a designation, we would utilize and celebrate the structure … and breathe new life into it,” Lake said.

In addition to the existing three-story Fannie Mae property, Roadside’s project is set to include six new buildings up to eight stories high and two public amenities: a garden and a town square.

For decades, Fannie Mae’s sprawling front lawn has been closed to residents, but Roadside wants to change that. “We want to make the space a public realm,” Lake said. He imagines uses such as picnics, cultural performances, sculpture gardens, film screenings, ballet shows and festivals. Lake said such liveliness will “drive patrons off Wisconsin Avenue to ensure commercial success.”

Angela Bradbery of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3C (Cleveland Park, Massachusetts Avenue Heights, Woodley Park) sees a public garden as “an excellent idea.” She also said Lake and his team have been good about “keeping people in the loop.” Following the company’s November acquisition of the property, Roadside has hosted three community meetings — most recently, at McLean Gardens on Tuesday.

In terms of retail, Roadside is considering adding a hotel, a health club, restaurants and shops to the complex. Most notably, Wegmans, a chain grocery store, has sent a notice of intent to Roadside indicating a strong interest in the site. Currently, Wegmans is set

to occupy 80,000 square feet on the site, according to Lake. Due to the property’s slope, Lake said, Wegmans would be partly underground, only partially visible from Wisconsin Avenue.

The prospect of a new largescale supermarket has faced some resistance in the neighborhood.

Earlier in the year, an online petition in protest of the planned supermarket garnered 60 signatures. “While no one wants to see the building go unutilized, it is imperative that any redevelopment is done without the type of destination retail traffic that will grind our streets to a halt; be it big box, large scale grocer or otherwise,” the petition reads.

Preservation board member Gretchen Pfaehler agreed that a new Wegmans may pose traffic issues for residents, but said the subject is under the purview of the D.C. Department of Transportation. “I can see a lot of conversations with DDOT in your future,” Pfaehler said.

According to Transportation Department spokesperson Maura Danehey, the site is in the early stages of a comprehensive review to assess the potential impact on roadways and suggest mitigation options. The site is being examined along with its neighbor at 4000 Wisconsin Ave. NW, which is also being redeveloped.

ANC 3C plans to invite Roadside to a meeting after the company submits a large tract review application, Bradbery said. The company will also return to the Historic Preservation Review Board in late September.

Roadside and the North America Sekisui House jointly acquired the 10-acre parcel for $89 million.

Lake hopes to break ground soon after Fannie Mae vacates the space in January 2019.

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CommuniKids, a Spanish immersion preschool in Tenleytown, announced on Monday that it will offer dozens of free prekindergarten seats in Ward 3 for children ages 3 and 4 through a city program to increase local pre-K capacity.

Spaces for the 2017-2018 school year are limited, and applications — available online at communikids.com/free-dc-pre-k — are due by Aug. 14. If the school receives more applications than spots, students will be entered into a lottery, according to a release from the school.

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Developer PN Hoffman hopes to construct a condo building at the corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road NW, replacing the small bank building and much of the site’s plaza space. Though some community members welcomed the modern architecture and the promise of fresh vitality, others opposed the plans’ scale and the loss of the plaza.

After various design revisions, the project won Historic Preservation Review Board approval earlier this year. But the plaza remains an issue. Although it’s privately owned, opponents contend that the space was set aside for community functions when

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the bank building was constructed — a form of penance from the previous owner, Perpetual Bank, for discriminatory practices.

Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman has not yet decided the case, but his injunction freezes construction on the project until a verdict can be reached, according to a report by WAMU. The project team argues that the opponents are simply grasping at all possible straws to prevent the legitimate redevelopment of private property. The developer and SunTrust further contend that there was no formal guarantee that the plaza space — currently used for the community’s farmers market and other events — would be available in perpetuity.

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SCHOOLS: Cheh tour documents overcrowding at Wilson, elsewhere

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per grade, one nurse for the entire school and a chaotic lunch period, Wilson can no longer accept outof-boundary students through the citywide lottery.

To Martin, accepting students from around D.C. is crucial to maintaining Wilson’s diversity. In a 2015-16 enrollment audit, 39 percent of students were AfricanAmerican, 22 percent were Hispanic and 27 percent were white.

The racial composition of many of Wilson’s in-boundary neighborhoods is overwhelmingly Caucasian.

Now, the school’s out-ofboundary population is limited to students who won a slot at a school that feeds into Wilson and to siblings of current students — which Martin fears may compromise the school’s diversity.

Next on Martin’s agenda is lunchtime: Wilson has one break period when almost every corner of the school is available for students to roam, and the campus teems with 1,800 to 1,900 adolescents. To alleviate congestion, Martin is considering allowing younger grades to leave campus at lunchtime, as older students already do.

Many Wilson parents are also concerned. In an email to The Current, Amy Hall wrote that “the school isn’t built for the volume — teachers and staff try to police, but it gets chaotic — they’re practically full grown adult bodies who are still mostly kids, things can get rowdy.”

However, Hall is clear: Limiting out-of-boundary students is not the answer.

Cheh stopped at Wilson on

Monday afternoon as part of her readiness tour. Eleven years ago, when Cheh began visiting every public school in her ward as a newly elected legislator, she’d uncover scores of startling deficiencies. These days, D.C. public schools have improved, and Cheh’s tours are sometimes more ceremonial than a dire necessity.

But this year, with Wilson’s budget cuts and amid overcrowding concerns throughout Ward 3 schools, Cheh’s visit held a particular weight.

As Cheh walked through Wilson, she noticed many defects six years after the completion of extensive renovations at the Tenleytown school: Ceiling leaks, faded walls, missing railings and broken emergency call buttons. In some cases, problems had lingered for two or three years.

But it’s not all bad news for Wilson. Despite dealing with adversities, the school’s results are relatively strong, with many graduates going on to attend some of the country’s prestigious colleges and universities. Rising senior Derek Stevens, who grew up in Northeast and recently moved to Tenleytown, spoke of Wilson in glowing terms.

“I love it. The teachers care about you,” Stevens said in an interview. He intends to leave D.C. for college next year, hopefully with a football scholarship.

However, Stevens agreed that lunchtimes at Wilson are raucous.

He rarely joins the endless cafeteria line. “No way. It gets crazy,” he said.

Overcrowding isn’t unique to Wilson. Most schools in Ward 3 are at or over capacity and converting extra-curricular spaces to

classrooms and installing playground trailers are short-term solutions.

The city is looking into the situation.

“D.C. Public Schools has taken important steps to evaluate and address rising enrollment in Ward 3 schools,” spokesperson Janae Hinson wrote in an email. “Starting in the fall, DCPS leadership will use all feedback gathered to identify next steps and possible solutions to pursue.”

At some schools there are few options left. Janney Elementary School at 4130 Albemarle St. NW, for example, has doubled in capacity over the past decade, and yet this year 730 students have enrolled — 80 more than it was built for. To accommodate five classes per grade, Janney recently eliminated one of its three pre-K classes.

According to Janney’s director of strategy and logistics, Ann Beumel, when the school was renovated and expanded, administrators hoped it would welcome a larger out-of-boundary population.

However, the renovations attracted so many nearby families that students from elsewhere in the city were largely squeezed out.

“Right now, there’s not as much diversity,” Beumel said. According to a 2015-16 audit, threequarters of Janney’s students are white, and 93 percent are inboundary.

While enrollment at Janney has somewhat stabilized, the neighborhood has a number of developments underway, the city continues to swell — and land is at a premium. “I mean, I don’t know where you would build,” Beumel said.

About six years ago, Key Ele-

mentary at 5001 Dana Place NW installed two trailers on the lawn for its fifth-graders. While in previous years, each trailer accommodated between 18 and 20 children, this year, the fifth-grade classes are expected to have 23 students each.

“And 20 would’ve been big,” principal David Landeryou told Cheh at her inspection last week.

“When you walk in, you can just feel it’s a lot smaller,” Landeryou said of the trailers.

Cheh was similarly dismayed by the prospect of overcrowded trailers.

“Well, they’ll manage, but it’s not a sustainable situation,” Cheh told Landeryou. Given that Key Elementary’s two incoming kindergarten classes have 27 students apiece, Landeryou said, it’s likely that enrollment will continue to swell.

To address overcrowding issues, Cheh said she plans to send a letter to Bowser detailing the situation facing Ward 3 public schools, and requesting an additional $1 million for Wilson.

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Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh began her annual school readiness tour Thursday.

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After his February appointment, Wilson convened a community working group to address issues faced by Ward 3 public schools. The group plans to give recommendations to the city in November for consideration in the 2019 fiscal year budget, according to member Brian Doyle, co-chair of the Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education Network.

“The situation is not sustainable,” Doyle said in an interview.

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Answers needed

When Mayor Muriel Bowser put together her budget proposal this spring, she made the curious choice to limit investment in education — offering a 1.5 percent increase in per-pupil funds over last year, not enough to keep up with inflation and rising expenses. The result of this budget, according to education advocates, would have been widespread staff layoffs and larger class sizes.

We greatly appreciate that the D.C. Council managed to identify another $11.5 million, enough to double that increase to 3 percent. But spending that money remains in the hands of the executive branch — and it’s unclear that the Bowser administration, including new Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson, intends to distribute it the way the council intended.

A particular concern affects Wilson High, the District’s largest public high school and one of its most successful. There, the mayor’s initial budget proposal would have caused as many as nine positions to be eliminated. Carrying that out would run counter to the council’s clearly stated goal in identifying further funding: “restoring instructional staff and programs at schools.”

Even so, instead of using the money to fill in existing gaps, Chancellor Wilson said he intends to make “additional strategic investments” to citywide programs, schools with the “greatest need” and students who are struggling the most. Furthermore, the chancellor told the Wilson High community that based on conversations with the principal, the school is already “positioned well” even without extra funds.

By looking at Wilson High as a Ward 3 school with respectable test scores and graduation rates, it’s easy for an outsider to overlook its high numbers of at-risk students who attend from around the District — a trap we hope the new chancellor avoids. Given Wilson High’s staggering enrollment level, the total number of students who are struggling is comparable to the enrollment at some entire high schools. Furthermore, D.C. Public Schools should be working to strengthen successful programs such as Wilson, not starving them of resources.

Many community members and elected officials are asking why Wilson High is facing a de facto budget cut. With the start of the school year rapidly approaching, Chancellor Wilson has released only generalizations about his plans and vague assurances that the school is adequately funded. Even if the mayor and chancellor insist that the school suffer staffing reductions, they must provide a clearer answer as to where the council’s allocation is going instead, and why.

Wilson High not only educates around 1,800 young people every year, but citywide trust in the program also encourages numerous families to move to and remain in the District. Even uncertainty about the school is enough to lose some families. We urge the administration to limit the damage. Officials must provide answers and adequate funding for Wilson High.

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The District’s flourishing economy just got another welcome boost: last week’s announcement that Yelp will open a an East Coast headquarters here in D.C. with an estimated 500 new employees. Notably, at least half of the new positions will be targeted for D.C. residents.

Yelp — a website and mobile app where users submit reviews and other information about local businesses — is based in San Francisco and also has five other offices in the U.S. and Europe. The company will open a 52,000-square-foot Penn Quarter office later this year.

A news release from Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office says that Yelp chose to locate here due to “the city’s thriving technology community, talented workforce, and its proximity to other East Coast cities.” The release doesn’t mention another top reason: The District waived the first five years of Yelp’s D.C. corporate taxes, among other tax incentives worth millions of dollars, according to a Washington Post report.

We don’t think this tax deal is anything to hide. On the contrary, the District’s tech incentive program — available to a host of businesses, not just Yelp — is a valuable tool for diversifying the local economy.

Further, the District expects to rake in as much as $20 million in taxes from Yelp during its 12-year lease in the city, even after the incentives are subtracted, according to the Post.

When an incentive waives future taxes rather than providing cash upfront, the District is well-protected. Even if Yelp underperforms in local hiring and tax revenue — as in the infamous LivingSocial case — it will still be a welcome boost to D.C.’s economy and reputation.

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ig changes — tough new restrictions and enforcement — could be coming to curbside parking in the District.

For all you casual drivers, a lot of curbside parking may disappear, especially downtown. Or, it may become so expensive it’ll force private cars like yours into parking garages.

Delivery trucks that now park most anywhere and at any time could face higher, prohibitive fines if they fail to use loading zone spaces. All sorts of illegal truck and bus parking is a problem all over the city, not just downtown.

Illegal parking in rush-hour lanes by anyone — morning and night — could be met with tougher fines and quicker towing. (Your Notebook has regularly complained about the absence of rush-hour enforcement.)

Ride-hailing services like Uber, Lyft and even conventional taxicabs may get pickup and dropoff spots rather than the Wild West system now in play where everyone and anyone parks willy-nilly.

Commuter and tourist buses may find they can’t just park in any lane at any time.

Even the city’s laughable non-enforcement of illegal parking in bike lanes could change.

All this is from D.C. Department of Transportation director Leif Dormsjo — whose last day on the job is this Friday. He disclosed the broad outline of these coming changes on Kojo Nnamdi’s WAMU Politics Hour.

The plan is “already underway in terms of development,” Dormsjo said in response to our well-worn complaints that the city has given up on traffic enforcement, especially during morning and evening rush hours. Dormsjo said, “There’s going to be a proposal this fall that focuses not just on [changes in the law] but ... opportunities to really dedicate city personnel to that traffic enforcement function.”

Dormsjo said Mayor Muriel Bowser asked him and other department heads to come up with a plan to attack traffic problems. Dormsjo said he didn’t want to get ahead of Bowser’s final decisions and announcement later this fall, but he acknowledged that the level of enforcement — which is the responsibility of the Department of Public Works — has fallen behind his own agency’s successful efforts to change signal-timing on hundreds of traffic lights, to restripe lanes for better flow, and to reconstruct intersections and bike lanes to minimize backups and safety concerns.

Private car parking in curb lanes could face dramatic change. This growing city can’t let hundreds of thousands of cars just park like it’s Sunday afternoon.

“I think the whole way we envision the use of the curbside is going to change,” Dormsjo said.

“And I frankly think that, whether it’s ride-hailing services or trucks making deliveries or postal carriers, we’re probably going to use our curbside spaces for those types of users — and people who are just driving in and out of the city are really

going to have to park in a garage.”

To make that happen, he said, “the pricing and regulation of those spaces have to evolve to meet the modern transportation that we have. There should be a shift .. .that you’ll see in the character of our curbsides.”

He suggested that some changes could be immediate, but the ultimate makeover of the city’s street space could take several years.

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Ravens. The first preseason game is Thursday night in Baltimore.

It’s a new season for the ’Skins, the fifthmost-valuable team in the NFL. Whatever lies ahead, the team begins the 2017 season out of the legal shadows over its name. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this year that trademark names can’t be taken away, or denied, just because they’re seen as offensive to some.

That legal case is over, but the name controversy is expected to linger. Owner Dan Snyder is trying to figure out where he might build a new stadium. Mayor Bowser and other city leaders want Snyder to build at the old RFK site. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is lobbying for the team to head to his state. He’d like a deal done — or at least announced — before he leaves office in January.

McAuliffe says the team name is not an issue in Virginia. But District officials and D.C. Council members could hamper any move to D.C. because of the name.

But Snyder holds an ace in the Trump administration. The RFK site is controlled by the federal government. Under President Obama, the Interior Department indicated it wasn’t interested in dealing with the team given the name controversy.

That likely won’t be a problem under Trump.

■ And finally … A nice moment here in the District last Saturday night. Former D.C. Council member and mayoral candidate David Catania wed his longtime partner, William “Billy” Enright. The two exchanged vows at the National Museum of Women in the Arts downtown. Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh officiated. A large crowd toasted the couple and wished them well.

As an at-large council member in 2009, Catania authored the bill to establish same-sex marriages in the District. Despite strong opposition from the Catholic Church and other groups, the bill easily passed in December that year and became law in early 2010. Only a few states had yet legalized equal marriage. Many thought Congress might intervene and block the city law, but it did not. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of same-sex marriage, nullifying state laws and constitutional amendments against it.

“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion.

Congrats to Billy and David.

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

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Harsh LED lighting has myriad dangers

The Current’s Aug. 2 article “Push for LED street lighting sees resistance” stated that a growing number of advisory neighborhood commissions and citizens associations have adopted resolutions “based on concerns that high-Kelvin LEDs cast a bright, harsh light that

can interfere with sleep.” This is true, but greatly understates the concerns.

This is a safety issue for drivers and pedestrians, which is why the American Medical Association recommended “the lowest emission of blue light possible to reduce glare.” The association has further warned that blue-rich LED lights are potentially harmful to human health because of their impact on circadian sleep cycles. Interference with circadian sleep cycles is implicated in higher

rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. This isn’t simply about some lost sleep but is a serious and significant public health and safety issue.

Lastly, the blue-rich (4000 Kelvin) LED lights proposed are incredibly ugly and have all the ambience of a prison yard.

Our energy savings and lighting goals can be safely achieved with warm-white LED streetlights that are 3000 Kelvin or less (ideally 2700 Kelvin).

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Former Gonzaga Eagle chasing quarterbacks, gridiron dreams

By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

At Saturday’s Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement, honoree Kurt Warner discussed his unlikely path to immortality — stocking grocery shelves as he failed to make the cut with several teams, then becoming a star quarterback.

While his story is one that most Hollywood directors would throw out as too improbable, the narrative of fringe roster players clawing for a coveted spot on the team is one that happens every day.

For former Gonzaga Eagles star defensive lineman A.J. Francis, it’s a battle that he has fought since he went undrafted in 2013.

“There are 53 spots on the active roster.

Twenty-five guys have a guaranteed lockedin job,” Francis said. “The other guys could be gone tomorrow. It’s no different for me than the other 28 guys. You just have to come in and put your best foot forward. You can’t stress on it; if you do, it could eat you alive.”

For the former Eagle, the path to the NFL has been a long journey. Undrafted in 2013, Francis was picked up by the Miami Dolphins as a free agent that year but was cut at the end of training camp. The former Gonzaga star was then picked up by the Patriots and added to the team’s practice squad at the start of the 2013 season.

Later that year, the Dolphins signed him off the Patriots practice squad — NFL teams are free to sign players with that designation as long as they are added to the active roster. After being cut once again by Miami, Francis was picked up by the Seattle Seahawks in 2015 and later added to the team’s practice squad. He eventually made it to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2016, where he spent training camp and was once again a late cut before the start of the year.

That’s when his hometown Redskins came calling and added him to their squad on Oct. 12 last year. Francis has bounced between the team’s practice squad and active rosters, but has relished the chance to be close to his family during the season.

“It’s been good; I get to see my family a lot more,” Francis said. “I travel wherever the team is even though I bought a house in Orlando. I see my family more than when I lived in Maryland. It’s been good to be back home. I get to be at more events. Last year I went to Thanksgiving with my family for the first time since I started in the NFL.” The two lessons Francis has learned during his time in the NFL are that you can’t dwell on mistakes and you have to find ways to show up on film when the coaches review practices and games.

“A lot of rookies have trouble with it — myself included, when I was a rookie. You get too worried about being perfect every day, not realizing tomorrow you are doing the same thing,” he said. “Sometimes you have to take a shot. If you have an idea and you think something might work, don’t be afraid to do it. You could lose your job tomorrow anyway because four people at a different position got injured. There is nothing wrong with going out and balling every day.”

Since Francis first joined the Dolphins, he has seen action in just three regular-season games. With the Redskins, who struggled along the defensive line last year, Francis has a strong chance to join a position that is very much in flux. The Redskins made several moves up front this offseason, including letting their best lineman Chris Baker leave in free agency and cutting Ricky Jean Francois. The team drafted Jonathan Allen in the first round and picked up Terrell McClain in free agency.

On Aug. 6, the Redskins released their first unofficial depth chart of the preseason and Francis was listed as the backup tackle.

“I’ve had a really good camp. I’ve been making a lot of plays,” Francis said. “The D-line in general has had a really good camp and a lot of guys have shown up on film. We are really adapting and molding into what coach Jim Tomsula wants us to be. He’s a hell of a coach. He has gotten the best out of everyone in the room. He has been one of my favorite coaches that I have played for. I appreciate all of the opportunities he’s given me and all of the other guys in the room.”

Francis is one of four former Gonzaga stars in the NFL. At one point, the Gonzaga quartet — Francis, quarterback Kevin Hogan (Cleveland Browns), defensive back Johnson Bademosi (Detroit Lions) and linebacker Cam Johnson (Cleveland Browns) — were all teammates on I Street NW. While Gonzaga is well-represented, the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference overall has produced a slew of NFL players, including three of his current Redskins teammates: defensive backs Lou Young and Kendall Fuller, who played at Good Counsel, and former DeMatha star offensive lineman Arie Kouandjio.

“We talk about it sometimes and the WCAC. They bring up that I never beat Good Counsel or DeMatha,” said Francis.

“I always bring up the fact that I always kicked their O-line’s ass. I might not have won the game, but I won the position battle.

We talk a lot of trash.”

Francis, who carved out a name for himself in the D.C. area after playing at Gonzaga and the University of Maryland, has

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Former Gonzaga and University of Maryland defensive line star A.J. Francis is vying for a spot on the Washington Redskins this summer. Francis entered the NFL in 2013. also established a brand for himself by being informed and involved in things he is passionate about — politics, professional wrestling and music. His debut hip-hop album, “O.T.A.,” is already available for preorder on iTunes under the name Fran¢.

“I’m just me,” he said when asked about his off-the-field successes. “People ask me why you make music — my album comes out Sept. 8. I’ve been making music since I was 11. I’ve been playing football since I was 13.”

Francis is also unabashed when it comes to taking political stances on his Twitter page, @AJFrancis410, which boasts more than 11,000 followers. Francis has shown support for embattled quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who protested by kneeling during the national anthem last season and has yet to sign with a team. The Redskins lineman has also shown favor to Trump critics,

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Four former Gonzaga stars who are now in the NFL — from left: Kevin Hogan, Johnson Bademosi, A.J. Francis and Cam Johnson, shown with Gonzaga president Rev. Stephen W. Planning — returned to I Street last fall as honorary captains for a playoff game.

and he described former President Barack Obama as an idol in a happy birthday tweet on Aug. 4.

“My undergrad is in undergrad politics and my master’s is in international security and economic policies,” Francis said. “I’m not just someone on the internet talking because I have a voice. I’m an informed person that goes out and researches everything they say and doesn’t put their foot in their mouth.”

While he does speak out, he knows he must pick his words well, which is why he prides himself on being in the know.

“I understand that one false statement can cost you your career,” Francis said. “It’s not just football players. It’s basketball players, it’s politicians — well, not really anymore; it used to be politicians. There are a lot of people that go on the internet and say foolish things and it gets them in trouble.”

Francis also gets his pro wrestling fix by co-hosting “Jobbing Out,” a podcast available on iTunes. On that show, he talks about news from the wrestling world and predicts the outcome of matches, such as the upcoming WWE Summerslam pay-per-view on Aug. 20. He already has scenarios in mind for the main event, which features former Ultimate Fighting Championship stalwart and current World Wrestling Entertainment champion Brock Lesnar, who is rumored to be leaving the wrestling ring for the mixed martial arts octagon.

As Francis tells it: “One of two things happens — if Brock Lesnar is going to do the joint UFC and WWE thing again, he wins. If he is going to UFC, I think Braun Stowman wins.”

Francis will continue his own fight to make the Redskins roster this week, when he puts on the No. 69 jersey and the team travels to battle the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

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Police Report This is a listing of incidents reported to the Metropolitan Police Department from July 31 through Aug. 6 in local police service areas, sorted by their report dates.

■ 3230-3299 block, Worthington St.; 7:32 a.m. Aug. 2.

Theft from auto ■ 3943-4099 block, Morrison St.; 8:20 a.m. Aug. 4.

■ 3600-3699 block, Jenifer St.; 8:51 a.m. Aug. 4.

■ 5401-5420 block, 39th St.; 11:06 a.m. Aug. 4.

PSA PSA 101 101 ■ DOWNTOWN

Motor vehicle theft ■ 900-999 block, H St.; 11:01 p.m. Aug. 1.

■ 900-999 block, E St.; 2:51 p.m. Aug. 6.

PSA 202

■ FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS PSA 202

TENLEYTOWN / AU PARK

Theft ■ 1300-1399 block, G St.; 6:39 p.m. Aug. 1.

■ 900-999 block, F St.; 8:25 p.m. Aug. 1.

■ 1200-1299 block, K St.; 6:55 a.m. Aug. 2.

■ 1100-1199 block, G St.; 9:18 a.m. Aug. 2.

■ 1000-1099 block, H St.; 3:01 p.m. Aug. 3.

■ 900-999 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 5:07 a.m. Aug. 5.

■ 900-999 block, F St.; 11:31 p.m. Aug. 6.

Theft from auto ■ 900-999 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 6:01 p.m. Aug. 6.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 4911-4999 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:08 p.m. Aug. 2.

■ 3700-3799 block, Windom Place; 10:31 a.m. Aug. 4.

■ 5000-5009 block, 44th St.; 6:01 p.m. Aug. 4.

Theft ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 8:25 p.m. Aug. 2.

■ 4500-4599 block, Fort Drive; 9:29 p.m. Aug. 5.

■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 7 p.m. Aug. 6.

Theft from auto ■ 4400-4499 block, Upton St.; 4:44 p.m. Aug. 4.

PSA PSA 201 201

PSA 203

■ CHEVY CHASE

■ FOREST HILLS / VAN NESS PSA 203

CLEVELAND PARK

Motor vehicle theft ■ 6200-6232 block, 29th St.; 12:50 a.m. Aug. 1.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 3100-3199 block, Fessenden

St.; 5:37 p.m. Aug. 4.

PSA 401

Theft ■ 3319-3499 block, Connecticut Ave.; 1:43 p.m. Aug. 1.

Theft from auto ■ 3600-3699 block, Ellicott St.; 9:04 a.m. Aug. 2.

■ 3500-3599 block, Albemarle St.; 12:21 p.m. Aug. 2.

■ 3000-3029 block, Tilden St.; 6:14 p.m. Aug. 4.

■ 3600-3699 block, Ellicott St.; 9:05 a.m. Aug. 5.

PSA 204

■ MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE

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

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 2600-2699 block, Woodley Road; 10:50 p.m. Aug. 3 (with gun).

■ COLONIAL VILLAGE PSA 401

SHEPHERD PARK / TAKOMA

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 1400-1499 block, Primrose Road; 1:19 p.m. Aug. 1.

Theft ■ 7500-7599 block, 8th St.; 1:41 a.m. Aug. 3.

Theft from auto ■ 600-699 block, Aspen St.; 4 p.m. Aug. 1.

■ 1400-1499 block, Roxanna Road; 11:15 a.m. Aug. 5.

■ 1319-1399 block, Leegate Road; 11:24 a.m. Aug. 5.

PSA PSA 402 402

■ BRIGHTWOOD / MANOR PARK

Sexual abuse ■ 5910-5999 block, Piney Branch Road; 5:26 a.m. Aug. 2.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 3300-3399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 5:41 p.m. Aug. 3.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 1400-1599 block, Rittenhouse St.; 8:31 p.m. Aug. 2.

Theft ■ 2731-2899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:02 p.m. Aug. 1.

■ 4100-4199 block, W St.; 2:21 p.m. Aug. 4.

■ 3200-3212 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 12:03 a.m. Aug. 5.

Theft ■ 5900-5999 block, Georgia Ave.; 10:08 p.m. July 31.

■ 700-799 block, Sheridan St.; 10:38 p.m. Aug. 2.

■ 500-699 block, Quintana Place; 9:52 a.m. Aug. 4.

■ 1328-1399 block, Peabody St.; 6:49 p.m. Aug. 5.

Theft from auto ■ 2500-2519 block, Woodley Road; 8:13 p.m. Aug. 6.

Theft from auto

■ 1200-1299 block, Tuckerman St.; 2:45 p.m. July 31.

■ 1400-1599 block, Van Buren St.; 3:16 p.m. July 31.

■ 5800-5899 block, 5th St.; 5:38 p.m. Aug. 1.

■ 1200-1299 block, Tuckerman St.; 2:05 p.m. Aug. 3.

■ 6500-6599 block, Piney Branch Road; 1:04 p.m. Aug. 5.

■ 1100-1299 block, Tewkesbury Place; 9:37 p.m. Aug. 5.

PSA 403

■ BRIGHTWOOD / PETWORTH

BRIGHTWOOD PARK PSA 403

16TH STREET HEIGHTS

Theft ■ 200-299 block, Ingraham St.; 5:39 p.m. July 31.

■ 1332-1399 block, Missouri Ave.; 9 p.m. Aug. 3.

Theft from auto ■ 5600-5699 block, Georgia Ave.; 10:42 a.m. July 31.

PSA 404

■ 16TH STREET HEIGHTS PSA 404

CRESTWOOD

Robbery ■ 4100-4199 block, Georgia Ave.; 2:10 a.m. Aug. 1.

■ 4000-4099 block, 14th St.; 9:27 p.m. Aug. 1 (with gun).

Theft ■ 3700-3799 block, Georgia Ave.; 8:27 p.m. Aug. 3.

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■ 4100-4199 block, Georgia Ave.; 4 p.m. Aug. 4.

■ 3800-3899 block, Georgia Ave.; 12:56 p.m. Aug. 5.

■ 4200-4299 block, 16th St.; 1:17 p.m. Aug. 5.

Theft from auto ■ 4101-4199 block, Arkansas Ave.; 1:23 a.m. Aug. 1.

■ 1700-1799 block, Webster St.; 11:50 a.m. Aug. 2.

■ 3800-3899 block, 14th St.; 6:11 a.m. Aug. 6.

■ 1300-1399 block, Randolph St.; 3:26 p.m. Aug. 6.

PSA PSA 407 407 ■ PETWORTH

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 4818-4899 block, 3rd St.; 4:16 p.m. Aug. 6.

Theft ■ 4200-4299 block, 7th St.; 7:48 a.m. July 31.

■ 3800-3899 block, 7th St.; 9:26 a.m. July 31.

■ 4800-4817 block, Georgia Ave.; 4:06 p.m. July 31.

■ 700-799 block, Quincy St.; 1:41 p.m. Aug. 3.

Theft from auto ■ 5000-5099 block, 1st St.; 8:49 a.m. July 31.

■ 4500-4599 block, Illinois Ave.; 8:55 a.m. Aug. 5.

■ 4100-4199 block, Illinois Ave.; 12:36 p.m. Aug. 5.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE ON AGING NEWS

Spotlight on Community Living Wednesday, Wednesday,August May 10,9,2017 2017

Serving ServingD.C. D.C.residents residentswho whoare areage age18+ 18+with withaadisability disabilityor orage age60+ 60+and andtheir theircaregivers caregivers

Executive Director’s Message Laura Newland I hope everyone Happy Older American’s is enjoying Month! the summer, definitely myAging favorite We at theit’s D.C. Office on are time There’show something proudoftoyear. celebrate our older about theare season that brings residents redefining agingback every memories of my childhood spent day. You’re proving that aging does with my grandparents: in not mean getting old, itplaying means livtheir backyard, watching my granding your best life every day! Take a pa in his garage, playing looktinkering at our community calendar for cards with my grandma, sneaking Older American’s Month celebrahard from the candythe jar, tions candies happening throughout pulling endless weeds for a couple District. of bucks and eating concord grapes Last month, I had the pleasure straight off the vine. I can still feel to present Mayor Muriel Bowser’s my grandpa’s handlebar mustache fiscal 2018 budget, “DC Values on myyear cheek when I hugged him in Action, a Roadmap to Inclusive and my grandma’s soft cheek and Prosperity,” andIthe faint smell that caninvestments only describe made to support seniors, people as “what she smelled like.” with disabilities, and caregivers.

Last month, I took a trip back To view full testimony, visit: www. homethe to celebrate my parents’ dcoa.dc.gov.

45th wedding anniversary. My anWith an increase of nearly 11

niversaryover percent giftthis to them fiscalwas year,aDCOA’s set of Adirondack chairswill I built myself. proposed budget enable the My grandfather a carpenter, agency to continuewas to combat and my dad and mywellness, brotherssupport are isolation, promote very handy.

We say sometimes aging in place, invest wisely, andthat we gettothings done the Newland listen the community.

These are way—meaning it’sI’m notproud always our DC values and to say pretty, probably not conventhat theit’sMayor’s budget exemplifies tional, and it’s these values in certainly action. not perfect, butCombating it’s functional and done.

Isolation - The FY Growing up on a small farm, 18 budget will ensure seniors and I was ready to be done with all people with disabilities most at risk things that required getting my of isolation have access to social, hands dirty by the time I got to health, and wellness activities college. I can still look at a hay field with an additional thousand and get flashbacks$459 of pieces of hay invested to expand transportation poking everywhere, sweating in the services to Senior high summer heat,Wellness and thenCenters. sweatThe budget will in also enable to ing some more barns withuslittle continue to host events to celebrate air circulation.

District seniors,toincluding So I moved one city the andCenthen tenarian Salute, Ms. Senior DC, the

another, Senior Symposium building aand life where the Mayor’s I spent most of my summers in buildAnnual Holiday Celebration. ings that haveWellness the air conditioning Promoting – Thanks to on too cold.

One lookinginvestfor the Mayor’s $350day thousand ament coffee table I thought to myself, towards senior wellness, we maybe I could make something will be supporting additional senior nicer than what I can afford to buy. activities in Department of Parks And the thought(DPR) alonesites made me and Recreation through think of my grandpa who could the Senior Fit & Well program. We make andbefixpiloting anything (or it seemed will also a Virtual Senior like it anyway).

My grandpa Wellness Center in wards thatpassed do away, but he seemed to be with me not currently house brick-andwhen I made my very first coffee mortar sites. We are looking forward table (the Newland way, of course). to working with our community I decided to make the chairs partners, advocates, and providers for my parents although I had not to develop this model touched my tools in a and veryhope long to expand it in all eight wards, time. It was as much a gift ofafter my learning what works. time as anything else. And I think I Supporting Agingthem, in Place We wanted to remind and–myself, will successful thatcontinue no matterthe where I live, Safe I carry at Home program with $3 million

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR – AUGUST 15th, 29th • Noon 22nd, 24th • 11 a.m. to noon 9th • 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

COMMUNITY EVENTS10th, CALENDAR – MAY Join the D.C. Caregivers online chat Adult Protective Services presents a talk WETA TV presents the film Washington at noon• to discuss “Summer Travel 10th 7 to 9 p.m.

Plans for Caregivers” on Aug. 15,proand The D.C. Office on Aging will “Huntington’s Disease: A Caregiver’s vide information on its resources Guide” on Aug. 29. To participate, visit and services at the Human Rights http://dcoa.dc.gov/page/caregiver-chat Campaign Equality 1460 and at noon or visit at yourCenter, convenience Rhode Island moreinhit replay to seeAve. the NW. chat. For For more formation, contact linda.irizarry@dc.gov information, call Alice A. Thompson or call 202-535-1442. at 202-535-1321.

10th, 18th to • 62top.m.

8 p.m.

11th •14th, 10 a.m.

Attend a Safer, Stronger DC Community Enjoy a “Community Senior Day Partnership event on a number of dates Out” at Norththis Michigan and locations month. InPark, col- 1333 Emerson NE. event is free for laborationSt. with theThe Metropolitan Police Ward 5 residents agelocal 60 and older.

Department and other partners, residents throughout the District NE. For more information, callare Tinya invited out for a dayplanner/outreach of celebration in Lacey, community their communities in an event to dispel coordinator at 202-529-8701. violence, improve com-munity relations, and encourage 11th • 10:30 a.m.citizens to live peacefully.

Music,Market food andongames will Visit the Amish Brown be available at in each event.

The local Station Road Upper Marlboro, government, the community, health and Md., with the congregate meal non-profit agencies will also offer relprogram of the Senior evant services to Washington our District residents.

Wellness Center, 3001 Alabama On Aug. 3, the event will take place Ave. SE. To learn more, callat202-581at Woodland Terrace, located 2311 Aigner Pl. SE.; Aug 10 at Lincoln Heights, 9355 5017 Banks Pl. NE.; Aug. 14 at 2026 12th • 10:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

Maryland Ave. NE; andto Aug. 18 at 4450 The and Emmaus G St.5th SE. Annual For moreCPDC information, contact Cameron.shields2@dc.gov.

Aging in Community Health and

Wellness Fair will be held at the

on the importance of reporting R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center,allega2730 tions of Luther abuse, neglect, Martin King Jr self-neglect Ave. SE. It and financial exploitation, with several date is supported by the D.C. Office on and location options: on Tuesday, Aug. Aging.

To Towers learn more, contactAve. Dr.NE; 8 at Delta 1400 Florida Katrina Polk at 202-885-9575. on Thursday, Aug.10 at Fort Lincoln 1,

3400 Banneker Dr. NE; on Tuesday, Aug. 18th • 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

22 at The Petersburg, 3298 Fort Lincoln The D.C. Office on Aging will Dr. NE; and on Thursday, Aug. 24 at The support the firstBladensburg annual Robert L. For Vicksburg, 3005 Rd. NE. Walker House Older Americans more information, contact Tinya Lacey at (202) 529-8701.

Month “Age Out Loud” celebration.

in the ‘70s at the Anacostia Museum, 1901 Fort Pl SE. The free event includes lunch and a discussion. Reserve your place by calling (202) 633-4875.

10th • noon to 1:30 p.m.

Family caregivers have a chance to share, gain support and connect with resources, programs, and services.

To register call (202) 895-9448.

11th • 11 a.m. to noon Iona and the Parkinson’s Disease It16th, will 23rd be held at 2201 Savannah St. Foundation of the National Capital • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

SE. For more information, Seabury Resources offers a talkcall on Alice District Area offer a support group for people A. Thompson 202-535-1321. healthcare, withatthree dates and locations: who suffer from Parkinson’s. This is not on Tuesday Aug. 8 at The Vicksburg, 3005 intended for care-givers. Iona is located 18th • 5 to 9 p.m.

Bladensburg Rd. NE, on Wednesday, Aug. at 4125 Albemarle St NW. Registration is required. For more information, call Take a whirl around theBanneker dance Dr. 16 at Fort Lincoln I, 3400 (202) 895-9448. floor at the annual Ward 7 Prom NE; and on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at North for Seniors.

This year’s is St. Capitol @ Plymouth, 5233theme N. Capitol 12th • 9 a.m. to noon NE. For moreNight information, Tinya “Sparkling — thecontact Roaring Attend a talk on “Aging in Place” at Lacey atThere (202)will 529-8701.

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301 A to St. SE. For more 19th • 10:30 2 p.m. and a special guest. The event is 9th, 10th, 22nd • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Terrific, information, contactits Alice Thompson Inc. holds Older Ameri- at held in celebration of Older Seabury Resources presents a talk on (202) 535-1321. cans Month celebration with the Americans Month by theRights, East River the Department of Human with theme OuttoLoud.”

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4 p.m.It will be three dates and locations: on Wednesat Nineteenth Street Baptist Thethe Nineteenth Street Baptist Church Music will9 at beEdgewood played byTerrace, WPFW635 DJ day, Aug. Block Party will16th take place at 4606 16th 4606 St. NW. For more Edgewood S. NE;For on more Thursday, Aug. 10 at Church, Nate D. Skate. information, St. NW. For more information, email Green ValleyGantt Apartments, 2412 Franklin information, call Alice A. Thompson call Robin at 202-534-4880 Chrisc726@hotmail.com.

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For as seniors and people with disabilities long as we can provide services thatit to drive the conversation on what will help you remain at home, we means to age well in this city. And know the entire community benefits we need to be adaptable and open and we are doing our part in improvto change, when necessary. We will ing the quality of life for all ages. continue advocating on behalf of It’s your lifetime of experience, our working yourcommunity, presence, and your closely values with that our sister agencies to ensure that are the cornerstones of community. your voices areI encourage amplified and This summer, youyou to needs are appropriately addressed. spend more time building these Theseand areconnecting our D.C. values bonds with and our these are the values that younger generations. Andmake give D.C. us a the city in the world to age! call best at 202-724-5626 to learn more We’re the work we’ve about proud DCOAof programs. done especially proud of Be and wellwe’re and remember—aging what we can accomplish together is living! with these shared values.

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Learn information about our programs and services for persons age 60 and older and adults with disabilities and their caregivers, and help us connect to persons that need our help. For more information or to register, call (202) 724-5626 or visit www.dcoa.dc.gov.

more information, contact Ernest Johnson at (202) 882-9790.

(Below) Mayor Mu26th • Noon to 6 p.m. riel Bowser greeted 31 The 17th St. Festival will take place becentenarians and of their tween the 1500 and 1600 block 17th family members and St., spanning from P St. to R St. For more friendsAlice at the 31st An-at information, contact Thompson nual Salute to District of (202) 535-1321.

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According to the Social The D.C. OfficeSecurity on Aging presents the Administration, second annualthere Paul are Laurence moreDunbar than 300 Senior Apartments Health residents ofand theResource District Fair at 2001 15th NW. Foryears moreof whoSt. are 100 information, contact Alice Thompson at age and older. The old(202) 535-1321. est in attendance was 106 year old Ada Clark, 30th • 6 p.m. longtime resident of is The D.C. Officea of the Tenant Advocate holding a Renters session ward101 7. training The oldest cenat the Office of the Tenant Advocate,with the tenarian registered Reeves Center,the 2000 St. NW. Topics D.C.14th Office on Aging will include leases, in-creases, is 113rent years old but rent was control, evictions, housing code probnot able to attend this lems, reasonable accommodations and year’s event. security deposits. The classes can also be useful to current and future landlords. by calling Morgan or719-6560 Vicki at or email RSVP to OTA at (202) 202-6865504. delores.anderson@dc.gov.

17th • 10:30 a.m. to noon Seabury Resources offers a diabetes self-management workshop at Fort Lincoln I, located at 3400 Banneker Dr. NE. For more information, contact Tinya Lacey at (202) 529-8701.

18th, 24th, 29th • 11 a.m. to noon Seabury Resources offers a talk on their Solid Waste Management Education and Enforcement Program, called SWEEP, with three date and location options: on Friday, Aug. 18 at Green Valley Apartments, 2412 Franklin St. NE; on Thursday, Aug. 24 at Edgewood Terrace, 625 Edgewood St. NE; and on Tuesday, Aug. 29 at Green Valley Apartments, 2412 Franklin St. NE. For more information, contact Tinya Lacey at (202) 529-8701.

Catholic Church will hold its First Annual Resource sponsored by 21st • 11 a.m. toFair, 2 p.m.

ThereOffice will beona Aging. mini health D.C. The and fair rewill Ongoing 31st • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. source fair atQuesda 930 Farragut St. Contact NW, be at 3630 St. NW. Mondays • 1:45 to 3:15 p.m.

Model Cities Senior Wellness which is open to residents in the immePat Kavanaugh at 202-449-3987 to Join a yoga class led by Judy Silberman diate area. For more information, con- Center holds its Older Americans learn more. on Mondays. Improve body awareness, tact Alice Thompson at (202) 535-1321. Month celebration with the theme strength, balance and posture; chairs are 26th • 2 to 3:45 p.m.

“Age Out Loud.” will be 26th • 1 to 8 p.m. available. The classItcosts $13atper class Chevy Chase House presents Evarts St. at NE.Iona, For 4125 moreAlbemarle inforThe third annual Parkwood PlaceitsBack 1901 and takes place First Annual Resource at at 5420 mation, callmore Aliceinformation, A. Thompson at to School event will takeFair place the St NW. For contact 1400 Block ofAve. Parkwood Pl. NW. For Darryl Simpson at (202) 895-0238.

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Northwest Real Estate ANC 3E ANC 3E Tenleytown â– AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK American University Park FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS / TENLEYTOWN The commission does not have a regular meeting scheduled in August. The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Chevy Chase Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW. For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3F ANCHills 3F Forest

â– FOREST HILLS / NORTH CLEVELAND PARK

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.

ANC 3/4G ANC 3/4G Chevy Chase ■CHEVY CHASE The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, at the Chevy Chase Community Center, Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW. Agenda items include: ■commissioner and community announcements. ■review of the results of the pilot survey on the future of the Chevy Chase Community Center and adoption of a plan for conducting a comprehensive survey in September. ■discussion and possible vote on whether to purchase microphones and a video camera to permit video recordings of ANC meetings beginning in September. ■discussion and possible vote on whether to purchase a copier rather than continuing to lease the equipment.

For details, call 202-363-5803, email chevychaseanc3@verizon. net or visit anc3g.org.

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Organized “villages� in D.C. help meet the needs of a growing population of seniors so they can successfully live in their own homes.

In addition to the services we discussed in last week’s column, Northwest Neighbors Village runs a medical note-taking program for its members, funded by a grant from Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3/4G (Chevy Chase) and operated in conjunction with IONA Senior Services. Volunteers accompany members to medical appointments, take notes and provide a writeup of the visit. For details, visit nwnv.org or call 202-777-3435.

There are also a number of places in our area where seniors can live in an apartment setting. These include Sunrise on Connecticut Avenue; Chevy Chase House; Forest Hills of DC; Forest Side, for people with memory loss; Ingleside at Rock Creek; Knollwood, for military families; and Regency House (public housing).

The D.C. government offers some programs to help seniors make their homes more accessible and safer through projects such as installation of bathroom grab bars and stair railings; the D.C. Office on Aging will cover the costs for people with annual incomes under $67,000. As long as the proper paperwork is filed with the Office of Tax and Revenue, property taxes are cut in half for seniors with annual household incomes under $128,000, while those with incomes under $60,000 can defer their property taxes without interest until they sell their homes.

The District also operates several wellness ANC 4A ANC 4A Colonial Village â– COLONIAL VILLAGE / CRESTWOOD Shepherd Park SHEPHERD PARK / BRIGHTWOOD Crestwood 16TH STREET HEIGHTS

At the commission’s June 19 special meeting: ■commissioners voted unanimously to generally support the D.C. Department of Transportation’s plans to replace the District’s streetlights with LED bulbs.

However, they called for less harsh lights than the department is currently installing. â– commissioners unanimously requested numerous amendments

centers offering seniors a wide range of activities, such as classes in nutrition, exercise and health. In Ward 4, the Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center is at 324 Kennedy St. NW. There is no such center in Ward 3, but efforts are underway to increase senior programs at the Chevy Chase Community Center at Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW. The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation has been working with seniors and will hire a senior program manager there with funds added to the city’s budget by Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh.

The center will be one of five D.C. sites for the YMCA’s Fit and Well Seniors Program. Yoga classes, a meditation class and low-intensity exercise classes are among those being considered. Other suggestions include more classes in art and technology for seniors, as well as a better senior activities room than the one that now adjoins the center’s kitchen. — Ted Gest and Janean Mann

Shepherd Park Citizens Association

On Aug. 2, Shepherd Park lost Rosemary Eloise Reed Miller, one of its longtime community residents and activists. Many in D.C. knew her as the owner of the former Toast and Strawberries, a fashion boutique in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, which attracted famous customers like Aretha Franklin and faithful buyers from the surrounding community. Others knew her as the author of “Threads of Time: The Fabric of History.�

She shared stories from the book, which high-

to the District’s 20-year Comprehensive Plan.

They would like to see individual or groups of neighborhoods have their own development plan, arguing that single-family residential neighborhoods like Crestwood and Colonial Village shouldn’t be forced to have multi-family housing because they are in a larger area’s development plan. They also said that development in nearby areas should not be in sharp contrast with single-family neighborhoods to conserve their “environmental quality.�

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lights black designers from the 1850s to the present, on NPR and in other media. Still others met her through the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., where she directed the book and literary series in the years after she closed her shop in 2005. And black businesswomen in D.C. knew her as a strong advocate.

But for those of us who live in Shepherd Park, we knew Rosemary as a neighbor, a mother, a grandmother, a hardworking neighborhood activist and a fundraiser for community efforts. She belonged to Concerned Neighbors Inc. and served a term as its president. She loved the organization’s Valentine dance and often made an entrance in an item from her boutique. She also belonged to the Shepherd Park Citizens Association and represented the organization at citywide citizen congresses.

When her two children and her grandson were attending Shepherd Elementary School, Rosemary supported them with their studies, and the school’s PTA with donations to the school’s annual auction. She was proud of her children, Sabrina and Paul, as they found their places in business and the arts. She loved to share news of their accomplishments like Paul’s latest music or book productions or his artist residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Rosemary was passionate about her efforts — business, community and personal. Sometimes feisty, she was a presence and she’ll be missed. — June Confer

hood-specific amendment calls for preventing the proliferation of fast-food chains, self-service gas stations, convenience stores and other drive-thru businesses on upper Georgia Avenue. Commissioners would also discourage “excessive concentrations� of liquor-licensed establishments along local shopping streets and would like to see stronger and more consistent code enforcement of apartment buildings.

Additionally, commissioners recommend market studies of upper Georgia Avenue and Kennedy Street to evaluate strategies to retain local retailers and identify locations for new stores.

ANC 4A’s other proposals included maintaining zoning regulations limiting the conversion of housing units to multi-family or non-residential uses, developing plans to conserve the area’s historic properties and discouraging teardowns in single-family and row-house developments.

Citywide, the commission proposed establishing preferential hiring for District residents, providing incentives for geographically dispersed “knowledge cluster� employment, and focusing technology attraction efforts where appropriate infrastructure such as fiber-optic cable is already in place.

School-related recommendations include considering potential negatives when private schools move into a community, discouraging taking open space away from schools for private develop-

ment in exchange for school reconstruction, and requiring new schools to include green construction and energy efficiency.

Regarding infrastructure, the commission said the plan should include modernizing the sewer and wastewater system as well as the aging water distribution system. It requested a pilot program to relocate all utility wires underground, and suggested using Colonial Village and Manor Park as test cases. It also called for supporting community and residential solar projects and for recognizing solar easements in land-use decisions.

The commission also said it would like to see developers of large sites contribute public art that costs at least 1 percent of the project’s total construction costs.

The commission does not have a regular meeting scheduled in August. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, in the community meeting room at the 4th District Police Headquarters, 6001 Georgia Ave. NW. For details, call 202-450-6225 or visit anc4a.org.

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â– PETWORTH/16TH STREET HEIGHTS

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, in the basement meeting room at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. For details, call 202-723-6670 or visit anc4c.org.

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Northwest Real Estate

A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington

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Classic Northwest home features a storied past

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The property is on the market for $1,795,000.

A flagstone path leads to the front door where a lunette window nicely balances out the circular steps at the entry.

Inside, a marble-floored foyer opens into a circular floor plan SUSAN BODIKER with the formal living room to the frequent overnight guest at 3201 left, the staircase straight ahead Garfield St. NW, allegedly invited and the formal dining room to the by one of the young ladies who right — a perfect flow for enterlived there at the time. The home, taining. Both rooms feature large built in 1922, also served as one built-in cabinets, walls of overof the original sites for NATO sized windows and unique halfbefore it was relocated to Brusmirrored V-shaped bay windows sels. The property that extend the space provided both office and enhance the space and housing view. The living for the institution’s room also includes mission organizaan immense recessed brick hearth housing tions.

Set up on a rise the wood-burning and surrounded by fireplace and white appealingly lush and picture rail. naturalistic landscapOff the dining Susan Bodiker/The Current room is a mudroom ing, the elegant brick The home features a that leads into a home offers three levels of living space variety of unique bright and sophistiand includes four cated eat-in kitchen design details. bedrooms, four-andfeaturing blanched a-half baths, a wood-burning fire- white cabinets and brass hardplace, two spacious flagstone ware, a center island/breakfast patios — one with a pergola — bar, granite counters, extensive and a two-car garage (located built-ins and a radiant-heated right on Garfield). Unique archistone floor. Stainless appliances tectural details throughout the include an LG microwave, Subhome include archways, recessed Zero refrigerator/freezer, Kitchedisplay spaces, whimsical garden nAid dishwasher, and Viking Prosculpture and custom cabinetry. fessional oven and four-burner

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The four-bedroom brick home at 3201 Garfield St. NW is listed for $1,795,000. gas range with griddle.

Adjacent to the kitchen is a conservatory-like family room with a wall of oversized windows and built-in shelving, bookcases and cabinetry. It overlooks an outdoor dining/entertaining space, topped by a pergola and edged by elevated beds planted with trees and evergreen shrubbery.

Also on the main level is an especially pretty half-bath with scalloped sink and commode and dark marble tile flooring.

Upstairs on the second floor are three bedrooms — a master with dressing room and two guest rooms linked by a Jack-and-Jill bathroom. All the rooms feature extensive closet space and custom-built cabinetry, often with such thoughtful touches as lined jewelry drawers. There are also two offices (one with a 13-foot vaulted ceiling and clerestory

windows) and a sweet little playroom with a Juliet balcony.

By far the most interesting rooms on this level are two connected master baths. One is literally a water closet, containing a totally open shower with a huge rain head showerhead, subway tile backsplash, frosted skylight and floating white vanity. A pocket door reveals the second master bath, which is furnished with a Jacuzzi tub and wood-paneled surround, floating vanity and high-end chrome finishings.

The basement level includes a bedroom and three-piece en-suite bath, a laundry area with an Amana washer and dryer, and access to the garage. Currently one of the spaces is closed off and used as a gym and storage area.

The other space is used for parking and features an electric door.

Located at the intersection of the Woodley Park, Massachusetts Avenue Heights and Cleveland Park neighborhoods, the home is convenient to the Red Line Metro stations in Cleveland Park or Woodley Park, and also convenient to the National Zoo, Washington National Cathedral, and shops and restaurants on Wisconsin and Connecticut avenues.

The home at 3201 Garfield St. NW is listed for $1,795,000 with W.C & A.N Miller Realtors, a Long & Foster Co. For more information, contact Marjorie Dick Stuart at 240-731-8079 or marjorie@marjoriedickstuart. com. For a virtual tour, visit 3201garfield.com.

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Events Entertainment A Listing of What to Do in Washington, D.C. Thursday, Aug. 10

Thursday AUGUST 10 Tours ■ “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 Thursday and Friday at 6, 7 and 8 p.m.

■ A slide show and outdoor tour will focus on the Washington National Cathedral’s whimsical stone gargoyles and grotesques (for ages 10 and older). 6:30 p.m. $18 to $22; reservations suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org. The tour will also be offered Saturday at 2 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 11

Friday AUGUST 11 Children’s program ■ “Uno, Dos, Tres con Andrés!” will celebrate Latin culture in a program for kids and families. 10 a.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

Class ■ Washington Improv Theater will present an improv workshop. 7 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Third Floor, 4200 9th St. NW. witdc.org/learn/ improv-for-all.

Concerts ■ The U.S. Army Band will perform bluegrass at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Farmers Market Celebration. 11 a.m. Free. Lawn, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. usarmyband.com.

■ The “Live! Concert Series on the Plaza” series will feature Burn the House performing classic rock. Noon to 1 p.m.

Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ Jazz in the Garden at the National Gallery of Art will feature Zili performing world soul. 5 to 8:30 p.m. Free.

Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-289-3360.

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■ Saxophonist, bandleader and composer Sharel Cassity will perform a blend of soul, jazz, rock, gospel, hip-hop and electronica as part of her latest project, Elektra. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The U.S. Army Jazz Orchestra will perform as part of the “Sunsets With a Soundtrack” series. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. usarmyband.com.

■ “Hoedown Showdown” will feature the Americana/country band Girls, Guns & Glory (shown) as well as The Highballers and Run Come See. 8:30 p.m. $12 to $14.

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

Discussions and lectures ■ Emily Schulz Parsons, deputy director and curator of the Anderson House, will discuss Ralph Earl’s portrait of Maj. James Fairlie, depicting the Revolutionary War officer in his military uniform and Eagle insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati. 12:30 p.m. Free.

Anderson House, Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. societyofthecincinnati.org.

■ Paul Kingsnorth, former deputy editor of The Ecologist and co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project, will discuss his books “Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays” and “Beast.”

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

Films ■ “Cinéma de la révolution: America Films Eighteenth-Century France” will feature Jack Conway’s 1935 movie “A Tale of Two Cities,” starring Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone in the cinematic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ historical novel. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The outdoor Golden Cinema series will feature “Finding Dory.” Sunset. Free.

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Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc. com. The series will continue Aug. 18 with “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Special event ■ In honor of what would have been Julia Child’s 105th birthday, “Cooking Up History: Julia Child’s Kitchen Classroom” will feature Sur La Table chef Lynne preparing dishes from Child’s collaborations with master chefs in the 1990s. 2 p.m.

Free. Coulter Performance Plaza, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. s.si.edu/CookHistory.

Sporting event ■ The Washington Nationals will play the San Francisco Giants. 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 ■ 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,AUGUST Aug. 12 12 Saturday Children’s programs ■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the season’s brightest stars, planets and constellations (for ages 5 and older). 1 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. The program will repeat Sunday at 1 p.m.

■ “Reptiles Alive!” will offer a chance to meet live animals and learn funny stories and facts about them. 3:30 p.m.

Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-5416100.

Classes and workshops ■ Photography teacher Amanda Archibald will present a class on how to take portraits with your camera or cellphone. 10 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations suggested. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. dclibrary.org/ node/56789.

■ Yoga Activist will present a class.

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

Friday, AUGUST 11 ■ Concert: Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dourwill perform. 8 p.m. $55 to $75. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. gwutickets.com.

■ University Legal Services will present a First-Time Homebuyer’s Credit Seminar (in English and Spanish). Noon.

Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122.

■ Lauren Kingsland will present “Quilting for Beginners,” a two-session weekend course. Noon to 4 p.m. $85 to $105. Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. The workshop will continue Aug. 19.

■ Michelle Mirpour, professional organizer and lifestyle coach, will lead a workshop on clearing out the clutter and getting organized. 2 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

■ Professor David Hoof will present a drop-in course on “Creating Irresistible Stories.” 2 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. georgetownlibrary@dc.gov.

■ Labyrinth Games & Puzzles will present a workshop on how to play cooperative board games such as Pandemic, Forbidden Island and Race to Treasure.

2 to 3:30 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-7248707.

Concert ■ The eccentric six-member Korean band SsingSsing will perform a mix of glam-rock and deep-rooted Korean folk. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.

Family programs and festivals ■ The Mount Vernon Triangle Com-

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

■ The DAR World’s Fair will feature craft activities for all ages, live musical performances, “national pavilions” organized by international cultural centers and embassies, a museum scavenger hunt, 19th-century games and samples of foods that debuted at World’s Fairs.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. DAR Museum, 17th and C streets NW. dar.org/WorldsFair.

■ Miller Jeanne Minor and the Friends of Peirce Mill will host “Run of the Mill,” a chance to see Washington’s only surviving gristmill in action. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive NW. 202-895-6070.

The program will also be offered Aug. 26.

■ The Greater Washington Urban League will host a Back to School Festival, featuring health screenings for the whole family, healthy cooking demonstrations, backpack giveaways, live entertainment, food and more. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. Greater Washington Urban League, 2901 14th St. NW. 202265-8200.

■ A Back to School Community Festival will feature music, food, pony rides, health screenings and free backpacks for returning students ages 5 to 13. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ, 4704 13th St. NW. peopleschurchucc.org.

Films ■ “Cinéma de la révolution: America Films Eighteenth-Century France” will feature William Dieterle’s 1934 movie “Madame Du Barry,” starring Dolores del Rio as the erstwhile courtesan and Louis XV consort. 12:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The Washington Jewish Film Festival’s series “For Your Consideration,” a sampling of recent Oscar submissions in the Best Foreign Language Film category, will feature Australia’s “Tanna,” about young lovers caught between the traditions and taboos of their tribe and following the desires of their hearts, at 1:30 p.m.; Italy’s “Fire at Sea,” a documentary about the tiny Sicilian island of Lampedusa, a key entry point for refugees fleeing war and persecution in Africa, at 6 p.m.; Yemen’s “I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced,” a true story of underage marriage that reflects the painful reality of Yemeni tribal culture and the vulnerability of girls, at 7:45 p.m.; and Poland’s “Afterimage,” about the life of the passionate artist Wladyslaw Strzeminski, at 8:30 p.m. $13.50 per screening.

Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. wjff.org. The series will continue Sunday.

■ The Library of Congress will present the 2014 film “Testament of Youth,” about a young woman who leaves Oxford University to become a war nurse. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Free. Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 See Events/Page 13

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 12 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-0245. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gaumont at 120: Twelve Unseen Treasuresâ&#x20AC;? will feature Jacques Becker and Max OphĂźlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 1958 movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Les amants de Montparnasse.â&#x20AC;? 3 p.m. Free.

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

Performances â&#x2013; Words Beats and Life will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Footsteps in the Dark: Journey of HipHop Movement,â&#x20AC;? an original dance production showcasing the work of American and international dancers of Muslim backgrounds. 2 and 7 p.m. $10 to $12.

Sprenger Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. â&#x2013; Stand-up comedian, writer and actor Joe Mande will perform. 8 p.m. $15 to $18. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487.

Special events â&#x2013; The Silver and Linen Guild, whose members help keep the Washington National Cathedralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s altars and worship pieces bright and beautiful, will hold a training and work day for prospective volunteers to learn about the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behind-the-scenes work. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. worshipoffice@cathedral.org. â&#x2013; The group An Officer and Gentlewoman will host the sixth annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toast With the Queens,â&#x20AC;? celebrating the accomplishments of three reigning beauty queens in the Mrs. America pageant system â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mrs. DC America, Julie Cangialosi; Mrs. Pennsylvania America, Valerie Ross; and Mrs. Delaware America, Ivana Hamilton. 2 to 4 p.m. $25 to $100; reservations required.

Morrison-Clark Inn and Restaurant, 1011 L St. NW. tinyurl.com/y8ctagf5. â&#x2013; The National Capital Astronomers will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exploring the Sky,â&#x20AC;? featuring a night of stargazing through the lens of a telescope. 8:30 p.m. Free. Military Field near the Picnic Grove 13 parking lot, Glover Road near Military Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Sporting event â&#x2013; D.C. United will play Real Salt Lake.

7 p.m. $20 to $200. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800-745-3000. â&#x2013; The Washington Mystics will play the Indiana Fever. 7:30 p.m. $19 to $99.

Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000.

Tours â&#x2013; 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 rooftop 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 Sept. 23. â&#x2013; Washington Walksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get Local!â&#x20AC;? series will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Renewing Urban Renewal,â&#x20AC;? about development in Southwest since the 1960s. 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet outside the

Waterfront Metrorail station. washingtonwalks.com.

story of underage marriage that reflects the painful reality of Yemeni tribal culture and the vulnerability of girls, at 7:45 p.m. $13.50 per screening. Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. wjff.org. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gaumont at 120: Twelve Unseen Treasuresâ&#x20AC;? will feature eminent Polish director Andrzej Wajdaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1988 movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Les possĂŠdĂŠs.â&#x20AC;? 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Sunday,AUGUST Aug. 13 13 Sunday Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program â&#x2013; Lee Coykendall, U.S. Botanic Garden childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education specialist, and Adam Kavalier, founder and CEO of Undone Chocolate, will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art & Science of the Chocolate Chip Cookie,â&#x20AC;? featuring exploratory stations where visitors can learn about sugar, vanilla and chocolate. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. Conservatory, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

Classes and workshops â&#x2013; Local yoga instructors Alia Peera and Amy Mitchell will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunday Serenity: Yoga in the East Park.â&#x20AC;? 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. â&#x2013; Dumbarton House will host an â&#x20AC;&#x153;English Country Danceâ&#x20AC;? workshop. 1 to 3 p.m. $5. Bellevue Ballroom, Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. 202-3372288. â&#x2013; Master Gloria DuBissette of DC Gentle East Martial Arts will present a self-defense class for women on how to fall safely and how to fight from the ground (for ages 13 and older). 2 to 4 p.m. Free. Large Meeting Room, Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. The four-session series will continue Aug. 20 and 27. â&#x2013; Author Ingrid Anders will facilitate a monthly reading group for writers, with participants reading a celebrated short story aloud and discussing the literary devices used by the author. 2:30 p.m.

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

Concert â&#x2013; Six emerging young pianists â&#x20AC;&#x201D; prize winners of the 32nd International Young Artist Piano Competition â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will perform.

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

Discussion â&#x2013; Mark Leithauser, senior curator and chief of design at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exhibition Design

Sunday, AUGUST 13 â&#x2013; Concert: The Steinway Series will feature pianist Natalia Kazaryan performing works by Haydn, Ravel and Chopin. 3 p.m. Free; tickets available in the G Street lobby at 2:30 p.m. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202633-1000.

From Treasure Houses of Britain to Diaghilev.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Films â&#x2013; The Washington Jewish Film Festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Your Consideration,â&#x20AC;? a sampling of recent Oscar submissions in the Best Foreign Language Film category, will feature Nepalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Black Hen,â&#x20AC;? about growing up in a segregated village in northern Nepal during the Maoist insurgency, at 1:30 p.m.; New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Flickering Truth,â&#x20AC;? a documentary about cinematic gems of the Afghani film archives that were ravaged, burned and banned by Taliban interdiction, at 3:30 p.m.; Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tannaâ&#x20AC;? (shown), about young lovers caught between the traditions and taboos of their tribe and following their desires, at 5:30 p.m.: and Yemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced,â&#x20AC;? a true

Performances and readings â&#x2013; The National Building Museum will host a â&#x20AC;&#x153;step showâ&#x20AC;? performance by participants in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer Steps With Step Afrika!â&#x20AC;? camp as part of its summer concert series. 2 to 3 p.m. Free. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202272-2448. â&#x2013; Poet and educator Matt Gallant will host a Jazz & Verse Open Mic event. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

Walk â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a walk through Georgetown Waterfront Park and discuss Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evolution from an active port town (for ages 7 and older).

11 a.m. Free. Meet at the fountain in the Georgetown Waterfront Park, Wisconsin Avenue and K Street NW. 202-8956070.

Monday,AUGUST Aug. 14 14 Monday 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.

West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707.

Concerts â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live! Concert Series on the Plazaâ&#x20AC;? series will feature Mzz B & Company Dance Band performing cover songs. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building

and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300. â&#x2013; The U.S. Naval Academy Band Superintendentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Combo will perform works of jazz in various styles. 6 p.m.

Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The U.S. Navy Concert Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. navyband.navy.mil.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Marty Appel (shown), author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Casey Stengel: Baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Greatest Character,â&#x20AC;? and Paul Dickson, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leo Durocher: Baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prodigal Son,â&#x20AC;? will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stengel and Durocher: Home Runs and Spitballs,â&#x20AC;? about two Major League Baseball managers and natural adversaries who once came to blows over Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pastime. 6:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. â&#x2013; Anne Helen Petersen, a BuzzFeed columnist, will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. â&#x2013; Author Ingrid Anders will lead a Short Fiction Writing Workshop. 7 p.m.

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

Films â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Movie Matineeâ&#x20AC;? will feature the Academy Award-winning documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cutie and the Boxer,â&#x20AC;? about the chaotic and unconventional 40-year love affair and creative partnership between action painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko, also an artist. 1 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marvelous Movie Mondayâ&#x20AC;? series will present the 2017 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;PasSee Events/Page 14

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Tuesday, Aug. 15 15 Tuesday AUGUST Children’s programs ■ “Pacific Rhythm” will feature traditional dances from Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands and Samoa performed with authentic costumes. 10 a.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707.

■ Alliance Française de Washington will present “Do-ré-mi les amis!,” a musical storytime featuring traditional songs and dancing. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org.

■ “Reptiles Alive!” will offer a chance to meet live animals and learn funny stories and facts about them. 4 p.m. Free.

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

Classes and workshops ■ A certified yoga instructor will lead a walk-in gentle yoga class targeted to ages 55 and older. 10 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-

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■ 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.

■ Megan Mamula of Yoga District will present a yoga class. 1 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

Concerts ■ The “Live! Concert Series on the Plaza” series will feature Skyline Hotel performing indie pop rock. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ The Reginald Cyntje Group will perform a blend of jazz, Afrobeat and Caribbean music. 6 p.m.

Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Countertenor Darius Elmore will present the works of Handel, Schubert, Massenet and Schumann, among others. 6 p.m. Free. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839.

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Tuesday, AUGUST 15 ■ Concert: The Tuesday Concert Series will feature saxophonist Peter Anderson and clarinetist Will Anderson, two brothers known for unique renditions of classic jazz songs and innovative original music. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202347-2635.

■ A 20th anniversary celebration of “Does Your Mama Know?: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories” will feature Lisa C. Moore, founder and editor of RedBone Press; Michelé Prince, black queer feminist sex and gender scholar; and Michelle Sewell, publisher of Girlchild Press. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $5 to $15. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-7892227.

■ Robert Wright, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Bloggingheads.tv, will discuss his book “Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.

Film ■ Via Umbria’s “Movie and a Meal” will feature a three-course pasta dinner served during a screening of the 2008 film “Mid-August Lunch,” about Giovanni, a middle-aged man living in Rome with his elderly mother, who finds himself with a new opportunity as the city clears

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Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW. viaumbria.com.

za Spalding and singer-songwriter JD Souther. 6:30 p.m. $150. Mansion on O & O Street Museum, 2020 O St. NW. omansion.com.

■ The U.S. Navy Concert Band will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. navyband.navy.mil.

■ The U.S. Air Force Band’s Singing Sergeants will perform music from the 1950s and 1960s, including doo-wop, R&B, Motown and rock. 8 p.m. Free.

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

Discussions and lectures ■ NASA scientist Lori Glaze will discuss “Venus — the Forgotten, Mysterious Planet,” about what we know about Venus, what mysteries we need to solve, and what future spacecraft and instrument technologies could help us answer our questions. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Free. Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5639.

■ Kayla Schwartz, beekeeper at the George Washington University Undergraduate Honey Bee Research Lab, will discuss the design evolution of modern man-made beehives. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $10 to $20. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

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Performances and readings ■ The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present a “Free for All” performance of director Ron Daniels’ production of “Othello,” one of Shakespeare’s most haunting tragedies. 7:30 p.m. Free; tickets required.

Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. shakespearetheatre.org. Performances will continue through Aug. 27.

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

Sporting event ■ The Washington Nationals will play the Los Angeles Angels. 7:05 p.m. $12 to $370. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Wednesday at 1:05 p.m.

Tours and walks ■ U.S. Botanic Garden executive director Ari Novy will lead a tour through the garden’s collections and share stories about his favorite plants and the institution’s history. 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Free; reservations required. Meet in the Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202225-8333.

■ The Washington National Cathedral’s “Gargoyle Tower Climb” 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. The event will also be offered Aug. 29 at 6 p.m.

Wednesday,AUGUST Aug. 16 16 Wednesday Classes and workshops ■ The weekly “Sunset Fitness in the Park” event will feature a one-hour class presented by Down Dog Yoga. 6 p.m.

Free; reservations suggested.

Georgetown Waterfront Park, Potomac and K streets NW. georgetowndc.com/ sunsetfitness. The series will continue Aug. 23 and 30.

■ As part of a summer garden series, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will present a workshop led

by Bill Brower of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority on “Improving Urban Soils With Biosolids.” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Raymond Recreation Center, 3725 10th St. NW. dpr.dc.gov/node/1124742.

■ Washington Improv Theater will present an improv workshop. 7 p.m.

Free; reservations required. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. witdc.org/learn/improv-for-all.

■ The Poets on the Fringe will host a weekly poetry workshop to critique participants’ poems. 7 to 9 p.m. Free.

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

■ Instructor Tara Bishop will lead a weekly “Yoga for All” restorative yoga practice. 7:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. See Events/Page 16

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Top Chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; veteran returns to D.C. to open restaurant Petworth native strives to provide affordable cusine

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Chefâ&#x20AC;? star Brian Hill is bringing his talent for cooking back to his hometown, with Chef Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comfort Kitchen due to open Thursday. Located downtown in the Golden Triangle, the restaurant will offer classic American cuisine with Caribbean and Asian influences.

Hill grew up in Petworth but has lived in Los Angeles for the past 15 years. Hill, a contestant on the first season of Bravoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Chef,â&#x20AC;? also appeared on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bar Rescueâ&#x20AC;? on Spike and was a regular on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Private Chefs of Beverly Hillsâ&#x20AC;? on the Food Network.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;culinary Kanye,â&#x20AC;? as Hill calls himself, said he wants to bring his cuisine to D.C. because it is important for him to offer his community the comforts he did not have as a child. He said he wants those with lower incomes to be able to afford his food. He plans to serve dishes such as

tequila-lime, oven-roasted chicken with oven-roasted mashed yams for around $12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I grew up poor,â&#x20AC;? Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t graduate from college, because I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to pay for my books. I knew people that couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford fast casual places.â&#x20AC;?

Growing up in poverty, it was hard for Hill to imagine a life of success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you come from where I come from â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where they shoot at night on your block, where you used to eat Tootsie Rolls for dinner, where your mother tells you you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever be anything, and you graduate from high school and are homeless â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but where people kept telling me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something special about you,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I looked around and thought, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something more.â&#x20AC;?

Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family, including his five brothers and sisters, were evicted from their home in 2002 and began receiving welfare assistance after their father left. As an impressionable 9-year-old, Hill was left with a skewed understanding of family.

Hill started cooking around age 13. He learned how to grill and sautĂŠ, and to make meals that his younger sister would enjoy.

He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t view cooking as a career until after dropping out of college at Temple

Local Restaurant Week deals to start Aug. 14

Summer Restaurant Week will return Aug. 14 through 20, with 250 restaurants in the greater Washington area offering fixed-price, multi-course meals. Participating eateries will offer $35 dinner and $22 brunch and lunch menus.

This year, Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, which organizes the event, is partnering with Capital Area Food Bank and participating restaurants to raise funds for area residents in need, according to a news release. Some of the restaurants involved in Summer Restaurant Week have opted to donate part of their proceeds from the week to the food bank, which helps more than 500,000 people annually get access to food through a network of 444 nonprofit partners across the region.

A full list of participating restaurants and menus is available at rwdmv.com. The site also provides an option to make reservations and identifies restaurants that are partnering with the food bank.

Massage Envy launches new Tenleytown location

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of massage therapists and estheticians in the U.S., with over 35,000 wellness professionals servicing more than 1.65 million members, according to a release. After starting in 2002, the chain has now spread to 1,165 locations in 49 states. The new Tenleytown location will include Massage Envyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new proprietary assisted stretching service, called Total Body Stretch.

The Towson, Md.-based real estate firm KLNB helped the chain find its new Tenleytown spot, according to the release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This neighborhood is an ideal first location for Massage Envyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial expansion into D.C.,â&#x20AC;? KLNB principal Ben Becker said in the release, adding that his firm hopes to â&#x20AC;&#x153;further amplifyâ&#x20AC;? the chainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence in the District.

Georgetown gourmet shop hires new chef

The Italian gourmet shop Via Umbria in Georgetown has hired Liam LaCivita as its new executive chef. LaCivita closed

University and moving to Los Angeles.

There, he began helping other chefs with their businesses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; hosting events and catering for parties, and operating a food truck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those people would know more people, and they would tell their friends,â&#x20AC;? Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then came this one woman who loved my catfish. And she told me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I want you to work for my boss.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Hill was skeptical, assuming the offer wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t concrete, but decided to show up at the address she gave him to meet the potential client. It turned out to be actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, and Hill immediately got the job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I cooked for him and his kids for a year,â&#x20AC;? Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I made him everything he loved, and the only thing he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like was cilantro.â&#x20AC;?

But Hill said it was cooking for music star Mary J. Blige that made him who he is today. Not only did she love his food, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;she taught me the art of conversation.

Mary J. Blige is the reason Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Chef Brian,â&#x20AC;? Hill said.

Hill grilled and roasted for Blige, but on her â&#x20AC;&#x153;cheat dayâ&#x20AC;? he would make her favorite dish: golden-fried chicken sliders with

Bar Civita, his Italian restaurant in Woodley Park, at the end of July to assume the new position. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Via Umbriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owners, Suzy and Bill Menard have known LaCivita for years, and are excited to have him overseeing the culinary program and also serve as a culinary host for their visiting guest chefs from Umbria,â&#x20AC;? spokesperson Elaine Mazanec wrote in a release.

LaCivitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contributions to the offerings at the 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW store include fresh doughnuts on the weekends, as well as breads and cheeses made in-house. He and his pastry team have added cannoli, sfogliatelle and other fresh Italian pastries to the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cafe, and they have revised the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a la carte menus.

New dishes include an Umbrian sausage sandwich with Taleggio, baby greens and fig/onion marmellata; octopus salad cooked in its own juices with Taggiasca olives, black and white ceci beans, orange oil, arugula, red onion and tomatoes; and antipasti salad with house-made giardiniere, hand-sliced meats and cheeses, and a wild Calabrese oregano vinaigrette.

LaCivita, a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute, started in the restaurant business at age 15. In addition to launching Bar Civita, he opened two Arlington eateries: The Liberty Tavern in 2007 and Lyon Hall in 2010.

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The new restaurant at 1020 19th St. NW is due for a soft-open on Thursday. paprika and tarragon mayo, a fan favorite he plans to offer in his new restaurant.

Hill plans to do a soft-open, letting customers come in and sample his food before purchasing, saying that he hopes to offer a higher focus on customer service than other restaurants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is the customer always right? No, but you have to fix problems for the customer,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Hill isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too worried about people enjoying his food, however. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get what I make anywhere else,â&#x20AC;? Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m giving what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m giving, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to love it.â&#x20AC;?

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Concerts ■ The “Live! Concert Series on the Plaza” series will feature the Starlight Orchestra performing big band sounds.

Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ Desi Soul vocalist Zeshan B will perform his unique blend of the harddriving rhythms and horn-heavy sounds of 1960s and 1970s soul with the angsty scats and vocal stylings of early IndoPakistani film. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ 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 ■ The Guy Mason Reading Group will meet. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority will present “All About Water.” 2 p.m.

Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252.

■ Spencer Crew, former director of the National Museum of American History and a professor of history at George Mason University, will discuss “The Great Migration,” about the 20th-century movement of more than 6 million Afri-

can-Americans from the Jim Crow agrarian South to the industrial urban North.

6:45 p.m. $20 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-3030.

■ Istanbul-based journalist Suzy Hansen will discuss her book “Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Fatimah Jackson, director of the Cobb Research Laboratory at Howard University and a leader in forensic anthropological research, will discuss the laboratory’s work in reconstructing African-American biological history. 7 p.m.

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

■ The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs will host an outdoor screening of “Lion.” 8 to 10 p.m.

Free. Chinatown Park, 5th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW. 202-7273120.

■ The French Cinémathèque series will present Stéphane Brizé’s film “A Woman’s Life,” a tale of tormented love embedded in the restrictive social and moral codes of marriage and family in 19th-century Normandy. 8 p.m. $8 to $12.25. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202966-6000.

Films ■ The Monthly Family Film series will feature “BFG,” based on the book by Roald Dahl. 3 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202724-8707.

■ The West End Interim Library will present the 2015 action film “San Andreas,” starring Dwayne Johnson.

6:30 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707.

■ The NoMa Summer Screen outdoor film series will feature the 2013 film “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.” 7 p.m.

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

■ The Library of Congress will present the 1955 film “This Island Earth,” about two scientists who are kidnapped by aliens and taken to a distant planet to help them win a war. 7 to 9 p.m. Free.

Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5603.

Special event ■ Peter Laufer, executive chef of Cafe du Parc at the Willard InterContinental, will present a five-course dinner paired with Grgich Hills wine offerings. 6 p.m. $105 plus tax and gratuity; reservations required. Cafe du Parc, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-942-7000.

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Sporting event ■ The Washington Mystics will play the Los Angeles Sparks. 7 p.m. $25 to $130. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Thursday,AUGUST Aug. 17 Thursday 17 Children’s programs ■ “Living the American Indian Experience” will have participants make a clay pot, practice safety archery and listen to a Piscataway story (for ages 8 and older).

10 a.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-7271288.

■ “Reptiles Alive!” will offer a chance to meet live animals and learn funny stories and facts about them. 1 p.m. Free.

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■ The Kid’s Chess Club will offer weekly chess instruction. 5 p.m. Free.

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

■ “Pajama Movie Night” will feature “Moana.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

Classes and workshops ■ The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs will host a tai chi class. 8 to 9 a.m. Free. Chinatown Park, 5th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW. 202-727-3120.

■ Debra Lee, a knitting teacher certified by the Craft Yarn Council of America, will present a “Knit Along” workshop.

Noon to 2 p.m. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ Instructor Robin Glantz will lead an Age-Friendly DC Yoga Workshop for ages 50 and older. 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. megan.mcnitt@dc.gov.

Concerts ■ The “Live! Concert Series on the Plaza” series will feature Billy Bob performing country music. Noon to 1 p.m.

Free. Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

Thursday, AUGUST 17 ■ Discussion: Haroon Moghul, a senior fellow and director of development at the Center for Global Policy and a fellow in Jewish-Muslim relations at the Shalom Hartman Institute, will discuss his book “How To Be a Muslim: An American Story.” Joining Moghul (shown) in conversation will be Wajahat Ali, author of the play “Domestic Crusaders.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ The Take 5! Jazz Series will feature Gingerbred, a collaboration between saxophonist Brad Linde and trumpeter Carol Morgan with Kris Monson on bass, Deric Dickens on drums and special guest Caroline Davis on alto saxophone and flute.

5 to 7 p.m. Free. Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ The guitar and vocal duo Max Hatt/ Edda Glass (shown), grand prize winners of the 2014 NewSong Music competition, will share the stage with the musician JBird Shogren, a finalist in the 2016 NewSong competition. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The 19th Street Band will perform at a concert benefiting the Buy the Lady a Drink campaign to help provide clean drinking water to women in Uganda. 6 to 9 p.m. Free admission; $20 donation covers a chalice and a Stella Artois; $60 donation covers unlimited food and drink. 201 Bar, 201 Massachusetts Ave. NE. tickets.ontaponline.com.

■ The “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument grounds, 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-433-4011.

■ “Thursday Night Bluegrass” will feature By & By. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; $12 minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-5468412.

Discussions and lectures ■ Azam Ahmed, bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean at The New York Times, will lead a discussion about the political and cultural effects of structures like the former Berlin Wall and the proposed American wall with Mexico, in the context of the works in the “Markus Lüpertz” exhibit.

6:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.

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■ The Tenleytown Memoir & Essay Writing Club will meet to provide constructive feedback in a supportive group of adult writers. 7 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

■ The Takoma Park Library’s Adult Book Club will discuss “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson. 7 p.m.

Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252.

■ The Georgetown Book Club will discuss Ann Patchett’s 2016 novel “Commonwealth,” about how a kiss between two married friends has far-reaching effects, resonating throughout their lives and the lives of their family members.

7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. julia.strusienski@dc.gov.

Films ■ The “Beat the Heat Summer Film Series” will feature the 2012 film “Flight,” starring Denzel Washington.

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Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707.

■ “Two Film Guys From the Hill” will feature Joseph Sargent’s 1974 film “The Taking of Pelham 123,” about an audacious hijacking of a New York City subway train. A Q&A with Mike Canning and Tom Zaniello will follow. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SW. hillcenterdc.org.

■ The Library of Congress’ summer film series will feature the 1984 version of “Ghostbusters.” 8 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. North Lawn, Jefferson Building, 10 1st St. SE. loc.gov.

Special events ■ The Heurich House Museum will present a talk by Washington Post beer and bar columnist Fritz Hahn as part of “History & Hops,” a monthly series of house tours and beer tastings. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $30. Heurich House Museum, New Hampshire Avenue and 20th Street NW. heurichhouse.org.

■ “Fermentation Nation” will look at the influence of fermentation in American culinary history from beer and wine to pickling and preserving. 6:30 to 9 p.m. $40, which includes two drinks and a plate of garden-fresh food.

Second-floor West Terrace, National Museum of American History, Constitution Avenue between 12th and 14th streets NW. americanhistory.si.edu/ events/food-garden.

Tour ■ U.S. Botanic Garden facility manager Ian Donegan will lead a behind-thescenes tour of the operations of the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory. 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. Free; registration required.

Meet in the Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

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ties, Children’s National Medical Center and various other prominent sites around the city. “I was humbled and honored that I was asked,” Ferrier, a Glover Park resident, told The Current.

After securing a mural artist, the Vosses began community outreach. “We talked to a ton of different people and set up an online survey,” Stephen Voss said. “We’re in Tenleytown and our overall sense was that this should showcase the history.”

Tenleytown was an existing community prior to the District’s creation, making it one of D.C.’s oldest neighborhoods, second only to Georgetown. The mural will be called “Celebrating Tenleytown’s History: Past and Present.”

Mural designs went through several phases, and each time Ferrier and the Vosses requested community feedback. Prominent features on the mural will include Civil War stronghold Fort Reno

and a Union soldier; Reno City as a community for freed slaves; and the historic fire station with a sign that reads “Welcome to Tenleytown.”

Ferrier will also paint a silhouette of a band in homage of the 40-plus years of free concerts at Fort Reno, along with the D.C. flag, the Fort Reno water tower, the Tenleytown streetcar that made the neighborhood more accessible to downtown D.C., a segment of the Metrorail system map and the D.C. public schools in the area.

A recent addition to the mural’s design is Ferrier’s idea to highlight the businesses that have inhabited 4425 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the oldest commercial building in Tenleytown.

During the installation process, Stephen Voss is hoping to bring in students from local D.C. schools to talk to Ferrier about art and the history of the city. He then plans to invite residents and city officials to a mural unveiling on Sept. 30.

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money will be used to restore bench seating for up to 200 people lining the outskirts of the circle, according to the friends group’s president, Ruth Robbins. Many of the benches, installed in 1956, do not have a seat rail and are “skeletal,” she said.

The group raised the money by sending 6,000 letters to neighbors asking for donations. “And people responded,” Robbins said. “We had a 5 percent return rate, which is unheard of.”

Barbara Price conceived the circle project in 1992, and for 14 years she and a group of friends worked to reimagine the dilapidated park. After Price left the area in 2006, restoration efforts waned.

Then, in 2014, Robbins resurrected the friends group and secured nonprofit tax status. Since then, the group has been working to restore and maintain the circle.

On April 17, Robbins’ group planted six new willows courtesy of Casey Trees, to complete a complement of 30 trees around the circle. Then, in May, the group held a “pruning party” where more than 40 volunteers helped trim the circle’s newly planted azaleas.

Also, two overgrown traffic triangles were recently freshened up by landscaping company Kristina Kent Garden Design.

Efforts to restore Chevy Chase Circle may have lapsed for several years, but Robbins has no plans now to slow down. Members will soon turn their attention to the curb lining the circle, which Robbins said is only a few inches wide, leaving the circle susceptible to damage from car crashes. However, this effort is complicated by the fact that the circle sits along the

Maryland-D.C. line, forcing coordination among federal, District and Maryland authorities.

Robbins also has her sights set on restoring the circle’s aging fountain, although such an effort would cost about $500,000.

The Rock Creek Conservancy also won centennial grant funding to restore a woodland area near Rock Creek Parkway, Massachusetts Avenue and Whitehaven Street NW. The group received $17,000 in federal funds, and raised an additional $71,000 in cash and in-kind donations.

With these funds, Rock Creek Conservancy plans to remove at least 17 invasive species, as well as plant several hundred native trees courtesy of Casey Trees.

Next on the calendar is a volunteer tree-planting day, with a date to be announced soon, said conservancy spokesperson Katy Cain.

Meanwhile, Georgetown’s Dumbarton Oaks Conservancy received $320,000 from the federal government to alleviate problems caused by stormwater runoff from nearby properties, and the conservancy is currently raising funds to match that amount. The runoff pollutes the park’s waterways and damages roots of trees and shrubs, according to conservancy president Lindsey Milstein.

The first phase of work has been underway since June of last year, with a scientific and engineering consulting firm contracted at a base fee of $130,000.

Potential design solution include building landform structures to slow the flow of water, directing water into new pools fitted with permeable materials, and retaining runoff in ponds and wetlands. The project is scheduled to wrap up by the end of next year.

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