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By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

Study after study has concluded that the District needs better northsouth transit connectivity in its core, with some 70,000 riders traveling Georgia Avenue and nearby streets every day. Now, the D.C. Department of Transportation is preparing to determine exactly what to do about that. A series of public meetings next week will collect feedback that the agency will use to develop specific plans, according to project manager Jamie Henson, as the first step of a multiyear planning process. Notably, the department will want to hear which streets would and would not work as high-capacity transit routes, what type of transit would work best — a streetcar line is the most likely, but no final decision has been made — and what particular local issues need to be resolved, Henson said in an interview. The issues the Transportation Department will likely look to address include slow travel times, unreliable bus arrivals and unevenly See Transit/Page 7

By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

In short order, the D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment Tuesday unanimously rejected an appeal by a coalition of Chevy Chase residents who have been fighting Calvin Cafritz Enterprises’ construction of a big and glassy new apartment building at Connecticut Avenue and Military Road. After acknowledging that he found the design “questionable,”

Agency outlines options for Broad Branch Road ■ Transportation: Possible

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Lafayette Elementary School’s annual fall festival on Saturday featured games, crafts, karaoke, a haunted house, moon bounces, pumpkin painting and a baked goods sale.

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Depending on who you talk to in Cleveland Park, the service lane in front of businesses on the east side of Connecticut Avenue is either a convenient customer service or a dangerous eyesore. Neighborhood activists are lining up on both sides of the issue as the D.C. Department of Transportation considers the future of the space. Supporters of the lane say its two dozen parking spaces near restaurants, locally owned stores and the Uptown Theatre accommodate visitors from across the District. They also point out that it allows neighborhood residents to load heavy or

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cumbersome items that can’t easily be carried by foot or bicycle. But another group of Cleveland Park community members wants to see the parking area between Macomb and Ordway streets removed, criticizing its aesthetics and safety. Debates about the service lane, and proposals for its redesign, seem to come up every few years. The Transportation Department recently put forward four options for the space: keep the service lane as it is, repave the space to be shared by drivers and pedestrians, partially extend the sidewalk, or do away with the service lane completely. The two compromise options would eliminate some parking, but preSee Study/Page 14

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Proponents of preserving the service lane handed out fliers Saturday afternoon.

bike lane, sidewalk weighed By BRADY HOLT

Cleveland Park debates service lane’s fate By GRAHAM VYSE

board chair Lloyd Jordan ticked through the list of zoning issues filed by the 5333 Connecticut Neighborhood Coalition. He said the city zoning administrator’s interpretation of the code in each instance — on allowable height, density and point of measurement, for example — was “reasonable” and supported by precedent. “This case is about differences of opinion, but there’s nothing the zoning administrator did wrong,” said Jordan, who once headed the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and is a veteran of city zoning disputes. See Cafritz/Page 19

City officials are soliciting feedback on options to rebuild a section of Broad Branch Road along Rock Creek Park, which could include adding a sidewalk and bike lane. The D.C. Department of Transportation’s environmental assessment, released last week, describes four approaches to the project: leaving the road as is; rebuilding the road at its existing width; rebuilding the road at its existing width while adding a 6-foot-wide sidewalk; and widening the road to incorporate a 4-foot-wide bike lane and a 6-footwide sidewalk. Work will take place along 1.5 miles of roadway between Linnean Avenue and Beach Drive. All options would include adding curbs and gutters throughout the length of the road, along with retaining walls and a 10-foot-wide drainage ditch in many places. The agency does not identify a preference among the three con-

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The project threatens adjacent trees, but officials say the road’s deterioration can’t be ignored.

struction options, but it did conclude that the road’s poor condition means that some work must be done to keep it functional. Public comment, both in writing and in an upcoming hearing, will help the Transportation Department make its decision. This entire 1.5-mile section of Broad Branch Road runs along Rock Creek Park, and it’s generally undeveloped on both sides except where some Forest Hills homes and embassies back to the west side of the roadway. Construction estimates range See Road/Page 30

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Council enters fray on raising height limit By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

The D.C. Council is stepping, gingerly, into an increasingly heated debate over proposals to raise the century-old federal limit on the height of buildings in the nation’s capital. At a hearing Monday, Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser, a mayoral candidate and chair of the Economic Development Committee, indicated she’s “not persuaded�

of the need to change the 1910 law. Bowser was skeptical of the city Office of Planning’s major argument for allowing higher buildings: that moderate height increases downtown and locally set limits outside the city’s monumental core would lower the District’s soaring housing costs. “I’ve been waiting to be convinced that this will create affordable housing, and I haven’t been convinced,� she said. “That developers don’t build in certain neighborhoods

doesn’t have anything to do with height. They’re looking for people of certain incomes ‌ and they just want to build higher buildings downtown.â€? Bowser also tried to put the onus for what appears to be an unpopular proposal in many quarters — of more than 30 witnesses, all but two opposed any changes — on Mayor Vincent Gray, a potential rival. “Make no mistake, the Office of Planning works for the mayor, and See Height/Page 30

Zoning rewrite hearings set to begin Monday By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

The D.C. Zoning Commission is about to kick off two weeks of hearings on the proposed rewrite of the District’s land-use regulations. The commission will hear hours of public testimony at seven hearings, which will begin at 6 p.m. daily Monday through Thursday next week and Tuesday through Thursday the following week. Topics will include minimum parking requirements, accessory apartments in single-family homes and campus plan processes. At issue are the details of the first major revamping of the D.C. zoning code since 1958. The new version was prepared by the D.C. Office of Planning after years of internal review and community outreach. The Zoning Commission will make the final determination on whether to accept the new code. Residents can also submit written testimony without appearing at the hearings to zcsubmissions@dc.gov; they are asked to include “Case No. 08-06A� and the subtitle of the zoning code they’re commenting on. Each day’s hearing will be dedicated to a particular topic or topics; visit tinyurl.com/zrr-schedule for the full details of what will be discussed on each day and its zoning code subtitle. Here are some of the zoning code sections and specific proposals that will come up in the first week’s hearings: ■Monday, Nov. 4 — Authority, mapping, procedures:

Technical changes to zoning names, including the introduction of a new “residential flats� zone for small apartment buildings; changes to the campus plan requirements for universities and private schools; streamlined procedures for an embassy to open in a heavily institutional area. ■Tuesday, Nov. 5 — Definitions: Additional building uses beyond those already recognized in zoning regulations; new and revised definitions of terms used in the zoning regulations. ■Wednesday, Nov. 6 — Residential house zones: Allowing “accessory dwelling unit� apartments in single-family homes without public review in certain cases; allowing small “corner store� commercial uses in residential row house neighborhoods subject to certain conditions; rules for height, area and density in residential house zones. ■Thursday, Nov. 7 — Apartment zones: Creation of the residential flats zone; creation of mixed-use versus residential apartment zones. Subjects that will be addressed the following week include minimum parking standards and the creation of a downtown zone with no parking minimums. Public testimony during this process will weigh in not only on the Office of Planning’s proposed changes to the zoning code but also on other own changes that residents might like to see. For details on the Office of Planning proposal, including the rewritten regulations, visit dczoningupdate.org.

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The week ahead Wednesday, Oct. 30

The D.C. Council Committee on Transportation and the Environment will hold a public oversight roundtable on maintenance and operations of the Department of Parks and Recreation’s aquatic facilities. The hearing will begin at 11 a.m. in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. ■The National Capital Planning Commission will hold a hearing on draft reports by the commission and the District on the Height Master Plan. The hearing will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the commission’s offices in Suite 500N, 401 9th St. NW. ■The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a drop-in public workshop to discuss the “moveDC� initiative to develop a long-range multimodal transportation plan for the District. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW, with a presentation scheduled for 7 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 4

The University of the District of Columbia will hold a public hearing on its strategic plan, “Vision 2020: A Roadmap for Renewal, Innovation, Success and Sustainability.� The hearing will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. in Room A-03, Building 41, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. To sign up to testify, visit udc.edu/Vision2020.

Tuesday, Nov. 5

The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on an environmental assessment for the rehabilitation of Broad Branch Road between Linnean Avenue and Beach Drive. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Methodist Home of D.C., 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW. â– The Palisades Citizens Association will hold a general membership meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Palisades Recreation Center, Sherier and Dana places NW. Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh will be the guest speaker.

Wednesday, Nov. 6

The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a final public meeting and workshop on the Cleveland Park Transportation Study from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.

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lage after finding serious damage attributed to this month’s heavy rain, according to an agency news release. The Transportation Department was already planning to shut the road in early November to rebuild the collapsing culvert, but the latest deterioration forced the earlier closure. The road has been damaged since 2009, and repairs were origi-

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City launches review of school boundaries

D.C. Deputy Mayor for Education Abigail Smith this week launched an 11-month assessment of the city’s student assignment policies, including D.C. Public Schools boundaries and feeder patterns. The deputy mayor will release a plan for updates in September 2014, and changes will go into effect for the 2015-2016 school year, with grandfathering provisions included for “many current students and their families,� according to a news release. The District has not conducted a broad analysis of its school bound-

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St. Luke’s Episcopal to install new rector

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, currently celebrating its 140th anniversary, will install the Rev. Raymond Massenburg as its ninth rector at a ceremony this weekend. Ordained in 2010, Massenburg previously served as assistant rector at St. Paul and the Redeemer Episcopal Church in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. There, he developed a weekly ministry for atrisk African-American boys to receive support from his network of Omega Psi Phi fraternity brothers. He came to St. Luke’s in 2011 as priest-in-charge. The ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday at the church, locat-

ed at 1514 15th St. NW. Founded in 1873 by the Rev. Alexander Crummell, a noted priest, professor and abolitionist, the Logan Circle facility was the first independent African-American Episcopal church in D.C. The building is a national historic landmark.

Bridge to Fletcher’s closed for repairs

The National Park Service is closing the small bridge in the C&O Canal National Historic Park that leads to Fletcher’s Boat House for approximately three weeks for repairs. Routine inspection found “accelerated corrosion� on several steel beams, according to a news release. Users are asked to stay clear of the work area; they can access the park on foot by using a nearby larger bridge over the canal, but parking will be limited near the Abner Cloud House.

Correction

In the Oct. 23 issue, an article on placing key Pepco lines underground misstated the date of the D.C. Council hearing on the issue. It was Monday, Oct. 21. The Current regrets the error. As a matter of policy, The Current corrects all errors of substance. To report an error, call the managing editor at 202-567-2011.

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‘MoveDC’ study looks at how to improve transportation over next 30 years By GRAHAM VYSE Current Staff Writer

District officials are seeking public input on long-term transportation plans aiming to reduce city traffic in a region with the most congested roadways in the country. The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold its final public meeting on initial concepts for its “moveDC� initiatives tonight at 6:30 at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. The forum will present three

decades’ worth of proposals, including building a massive streetcar line from Takoma south to Buzzard Point, designating dedicated bus lanes throughout the city, and levying fees on drivers entering D.C.’s downtown business district at peak times. These proposals come on the heels of a Texas A&M Transportation Institute study earlier this year that ranked the D.C. metro area No. 1 for traffic congestion. They also arrive amid rapid population growth — 1,100 new residents per month over the past two

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Gypsy Sally’s aims to bring music to Georgetown

Council set to consider bills on education The D.C. Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a pair of education bills from at-large D.C. Council member David Catania that are among seven pieces of legislation he has introduced to help overhaul District schools. In an interview, Catania spokesperson Ben Young said the Focused Student Achievement Act of 2013 and the Parent and Student Empowerment Act of 2013 aim to end social promotion of students not achieving at grade level, refocus the role of D.C.’s education ombudsman and create a new office advocating exclusively for the interests of parents and students. Asked about the legislation’s prospects for passage, Young said, “I see no reason to be anything but optimistic.� Both bills drew nine cosponsors when they were introduced. Catania has been making his case for the legislation to various community groups recently, including an Oct. 17 appearance before the Glover Park/Cathedral Heights advisory neighborhood commission.

years — which the Transportation Department anticipates will continue. Agency spokesperson Colleen Hawkinson said Saturday that the “moveDC� plans will continue to evolve based on public feedback until they are released in final draft form in February. “We’ll tweak some things. We’ll eliminate some things,� she said, speaking at a public event at the DC USA retail center in Columbia Heights. “And then what we’ll do is prioritize the projects to determine when each will move

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Motor vehicle theft â– Ellicott Street and Belt Road; 2:40 a.m. Oct. 25.

psa PSA 101 101

Theft from auto â– 4500-4599 block, Fort Drive; 8:13 p.m. Oct. 23. â– 5100-5199 block, 42nd St.; 4:42 p.m. Oct. 27.

â– downtown

Robbery â– 1000-1099 block, 13th St.; 8 a.m. Oct. 26.

Theft â– 1000-1099 block, F St.; 1:51 p.m. Oct. 21. â– 600-699 block, 13th St.; 5:44 p.m. Oct. 23. â– 1200-1299 block, G St.; 5:50 p.m. Oct. 24. â– 700-799 block, 11th St.; 6:15 p.m. Oct. 24. â– 500-599 block, 10th St.; 5:22 p.m. Oct. 26. â– 1100-1199 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 10:53 a.m. Oct. 27. â– 1300-1399 block, F St.; 2:25 p.m. Oct. 27.

Theft â– 4800-4899 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 9:39 a.m. Oct. 22. â– 4500-4599 block, Fort Drive; 8:21 p.m. Oct. 23. â– 4200-4299 block, Davenport St.; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 24. â– 4800-4829 block, Chesapeake St.; 3:30 p.m. Oct. 25. â– 4200-4299 block, 40th St.; 6:43 p.m. Oct. 25. â– 5254-5299 block, Western Ave.; 12:05 p.m. Oct. 26. â– 4500-4537 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4:43 p.m. Oct. 26. â– 4300-4399 block, Warren St.; 8:46 a.m. Oct. 27. â– 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 9:12 a.m. Oct. 27. â– 4500-4537 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 3:45 p.m. Oct. 27.

psa 102

psa 203

Theft from auto â– 14th and H streets; 1:50 a.m. Oct. 22. â– 7th Street and Madison Drive; 1:16 p.m. Oct. 22.

â– Gallery place PSA 102

â– forest hills / van ness PSA 203

Sexual abuse â– 600-699 block, New York Ave.; 11:07 a.m. Oct. 27.

Burglary â– 3600-3699 block, Albemarle St.; 4:25 p.m. Oct. 25. â– 3600-3699 block, Albemarle St.; 4:48 p.m. Oct. 25.

PENN QUARTER

Theft from auto â– 1130-1153 block, New Jersey Ave.; 9:33 p.m. Oct. 21. â– 1000-1099 block, 6th St.; 4 p.m. Oct. 27. Theft â– 600-699 block, K St.; 11 a.m. Oct. 21. â– 600-699 block, H St.; 6:41 p.m. Oct. 21. â– 600-699 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 9:42 a.m. Oct. 23. â– 700-799 block, 7th St.; 2:57 p.m. Oct. 26. â– 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 3:45 p.m. Oct. 26. â– 800-899 block, 7th St.; 8 p.m. Oct. 26.

psa PSA 201 201

â– chevy chase

Robbery â– Western Avenue and Quesada Street; 8:27 p.m. Oct. 21. Theft from auto â– 2600-2699 block, Military Road; 4:31 p.m. Oct. 23. Theft â– 5401-5420 block, 39th St.; 10:17 a.m. Oct. 21. â– 6340-6599 block, 32nd St.; 4:59 p.m. Oct. 23. â– 5600-5628 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:20 a.m. Oct. 24.

psa 202

â– Friendship Heights PSA 202

Tenleytown / AU Park

Burglary â– 3700-3799 block, Albemarle St.; 3:47 p.m. Oct. 21.

cleveland park

Motor vehicle theft â– 2600-2899 block, Quebec St.; 9:17 a.m. Oct. 21. Theft from auto â– 2900-2999 block, Upton St.; 7:48 a.m. Oct. 22. â– 4600-4699 block, 36th St.; 8:45 a.m. Oct. 22. â– Williamsburg Lane and Porter Street; 10 p.m. Oct 23. Theft â– 3000-3379 block, Ordway St.; 8:22 p.m. Oct. 24.

psa 204

â– Massachusetts avenue

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

Burglary â– 2600-2699 block, Woodley Place; 2:08 a.m. Oct. 23. â– 2600-2699 block, Woodley Place; 4:47 a.m. Oct. 23. Theft from auto â– 2800-2899 block, New Mexico Ave.; 12:54 p.m. Oct. 24. â– 3000-3199 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8 a.m. Oct. 25. Theft â– Idaho Avenue and Woodley Road; 4:12 p.m. Oct. 23.

psa 205

â– palisades / spring valley PSA 205

Wesley Heights / Foxhall

Theft from auto â– 2900-3033 block, New Mexi-

co Ave.; 8:54 a.m. Oct. 24. â– 4700-4799 block, Sedgwick St.; 9:35 a.m. Oct. 25. â– 4700-4799 block, Sedgwick St.; 10:50 a.m. Oct. 25. Theft â– 5029-5056 block, Macomb St.; 2:35 p.m. Oct. 26.

psa 401

â– colonial village PSA 401

shepherd park / takoma

Motor vehicle theft â– 7300-7323 block, 8th St.; 5:28 p.m. Oct. 24. â– 715-799 block, Van Buren St.; 8:35 p.m. Oct. 26. Theft form auto â– 1340-1399 block, Jonquil St.; 8:57 a.m. Oct. 22. â– 7700-7799 block, Georgia Ave.; 9:43 a.m. Oct. 25. â– 5th and Cedar streets; 11:06 a.m. Oct. 27.

psa PSA 402 402

â– Brightwood / manor park

Burglary â– 6000-6059 block, 13th St.; 10:30 p.m. Oct. 24. Theft from auto â– 5th Street and Oneida Place; 3:31 p.m. Oct. 22. â– 6400-6499 block, Luzon Ave.; 7:20 a.m. Oct. 23. â– 6500-6599 block, 14th St.; 9:47 a.m. Oct. 23. â– 1300-1399 block, Tuckerman St.; 9:52 a.m. Oct. 23. â– 6200-6299 block, 4th St.; 11 a.m. Oct. 25. â– 5714-5799 block, 4th St.; 3:36 p.m. Oct. 26. Theft â– 900-1099 block, Peabody St.; 11:54 a.m. Oct. 24. â– 6500-6599 block, Georgia Ave.; 1 p.m. Oct. 24. â– 6200-6299 block, Georgia Ave.; 8:41 p.m. Oct. 26.

psa 403

â– Brightwood / petworth

Brightwood park PSA 403

16th Street heights

Robbery â– 1300-1399 block, Kennedy St.; 6:14 p.m. Oct. 21. â– 5th Street and Missouri Avenue; 4:04 p.m. Oct. 24. â– Kennedy and 9th streets; 4:14 p.m. Oct. 24. â– 5400-5499 block, 9th St.; 2:10 p.m. Oct. 25. Arson â– 5800-5899 block, 14th St.; 7:11 p.m. Oct. 24. Burglary â– 5600-5699 block, Colorado Ave.; 4:15 p.m. Oct. 23. â– 5600-5699 block, 13th St.; 7:02 p.m. Oct. 24. Motor vehicle theft â– 14th Street and Military Road; 10:24 a.m. Oct. 23. â– 5401-5499 block, Georgia Ave.; 12:35 a.m. Oct. 25.

Theft from auto â– 500-699 block, Hamilton St.; 1:03 p.m. Oct. 21. â– 5500-5599 block, Illinois Ave.; 7:41 a.m. Oct. 22. â– 500-699 block, Longfellow St.; 7:40 a.m. Oct. 24. â– 1400-1599 block, Montague St.; 10 a.m. Oct. 24. Theft â– 5600-5699 block, Georgia Ave.; 10:59 a.m. Oct. 21. â– 5720-5799 block, 9th St.; 7:59 a.m. Oct. 22. â– 1300-1399 block, Nicholson St.; 2:28 p.m. Oct. 23.

psa 404

â– 16th Street HEIGHTS PSA 404

crestwood

Robbery â– 1400-1499 block, Quincy St.; 2:57 a.m. Oct. 22. â– 10th Street and Quebec Place; 1:30 a.m. Oct. 26. â– 4400-4499 block, 14th St.; 4 p.m. Oct. 26 (with knife). â– 1400-1499 block, Crittenden St.; 4:15 a.m. Oct. 27 (with knife). Burglary â– 4200-4299 block, Mathewson Drive; 10 p.m. Oct. 25. â– 1400-1499 block, Taylor St.; 4 p.m. Oct. 27. Theft from auto â– 10th Street and Quebec Place; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21. â– 15th and Decatur streets; 11:31 p.m. Oct. 24. â– 1400-1499 block, Crittenden St.; 4:26 a.m. Oct. 26. â– 900-927 block, Quincy St.; 11:50 a.m. Oct. 27. Theft â– 1419-1599 block, Upshur St.; 8:10 p.m. Oct. 21. â– 4100-4199 block, Georgia Ave.; 10:44 p.m. Oct. 21. â– 900-999 block, Spring Road; 12:05 p.m. Oct. 23. â– 4200-4205 block, Kansas Ave.; 7:45 p.m. Oct. 24. â– 4800-4809 block, Iowa Ave.; 11:25 a.m. Oct. 27.

psa PSA 407 407 â– petworth

Burglary â– 1-10 block, Sherman Circle; 8 a.m. Oct. 21. â– 4700-4799 block, 8th St.; 7 p.m. Oct. 21. â– 400-499 block, Buchanan St.; 1:45 p.m. Oct. 22. â– 500-599 block, Crittenden St.; 10:42 a.m. Oct. 23. â– 400-499 block, Emerson St.; 2:05 p.m. Oct. 25. â– 4600-4699 block, 4th St.; 9 p.m. Oct. 25. â– 4500-4599 bock, 5th St.; 10:10 a.m. Oct. 27. Theft from auto â– 4700-4799 block, 8th St.; 1:10 p.m. Oct. 25. â– 800-899 block, Randolph St.; 2:46 p.m. Oct. 27. â– 4700-4799 block, 9th St.; 10 a.m. Oct. 26.

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TRANSIT: District to seek input on possibility of streetcar for Georgia Avenue corridor

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spaced buses, said Henson. The agency expects stakeholders to point out more factors — intersections that cause problems, neighborhood amenities that need transit service, and quiet spaces that should remain undisturbed. “When you’re dealing with a confined urban area, there’s going to be some kind of trade-off,� said Henson — for instance, citywide needs versus neighborhood requests. The Transportation Department has set few factors in stone. Previous studies have already concluded that the area designated for north-south transit improvements is bordered roughly by the D.C. line to the north (likely connecting to the Takoma Metro station), Buzzard Point in Southwest to the south, 16th Street NW to the west and 4th Street NW to the east. Previous studies have suggested 7th and 14th streets and Georgia Avenue as possible locations for a transit line, planning outreach manager Veronica Davis said, though this new effort will take the next step to more fully evaluate all the corridor’s streets and explore specifics for implementation. Henson said that this study will look at a variety of transit alternatives, even though past recommendations have focused on a streetcar line as the corridor’s best option. “We understand there is a very high probability that there [will be a] streetcar, but it’s not necessarily a streetcar study,� Henson said. Henson said a streetcar line would offer the same ease of use and long-term promise as a Metrorail line, but with lower costs and a greater flexibility of route lengths. “It gives a sense of permanence so folks know that it’s going to be there and how to use it,� he said. “It gives the community this idea that this improvement is indeed in the ground and it’s here to stay.� The planning process will seek input from stakeholders including residents and business owners within the corridor itself, transit riders from around the city, D.C. and federal agencies, and even Maryland transportation officials. The D.C. Transportation Department will gather information through summer 2014 and then spend another six to 12 months developing specific recommendations — on everything from the location of new transit stations to the frequency with which streetcars or other vehicles should run. At that point, the project would be ready to advance into the engineering phase, but it would also need funding. Henson, Davis and Transportation Department spokesperson Monica Hernandez each said they did not know how soon a streetcar or other transit improvement might actually be in place. The schedule for next week’s public meetings on the north-south corridor study is: ■6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday for the southern section (downtown to Buz-

zard Point) at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 600 M St. SW; ■6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday for the central section (the Georgia Avenue/ Petworth Metro station south to downtown) at the Reeves Center, 14th and U streets NW; ■6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday for the northern section (north of the Petworth station) at Emery Recreation

Center, 5701 Georgia Ave. NW; and ■2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday for business issues at the Reeves Center. Meeting attendees will go to different tables to ask questions and provide input on various topics, said Henson; there will also be a brief presentation. The north-south corridor is part of the District’s 22-mile “priority

system� of possible streetcar lines. This concept also envisions links from Georgetown to Benning Road (via Union Station), and Buzzard Point to Anacostia. The District’s first new streetcar line is already in the works from Union Station to Benning Road, where it’s due to begin running in early 2014. A preferred route was

announced Monday for the western section, which runs from under the Whitehurst Freeway in Georgetown to New Jersey Avenue NW downtown, before following H Street to Union Station. It is projected to cost up to $370 million to build the 3.8mile streetcar line, which would eliminate 278 parking spaces. Visit dcstreetcar.com to learn more.

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Making the grade

The D.C. Council is slated to consider legislation next week aimed at halting “social promotion” in city schools. Current regulations allow schools to hold students back only in grades three, five and eight and above — in all other years, they must be promoted to the next grade, regardless of performance. At-large member David Catania says that system results in “the serial promotion of kids through the schools.” Speaking to a community group recently, he said a pair of high school principals told him that some of their ninth-graders perform at fifth-grade levels. (Some students are clearly promoted even from grades where city rules allow retention.) Council member Catania’s Focused Student Achievement Act would establish promotion standards for students in third through eighth grades, push to identify students at risk of retention and intervene to aid them, and require that retained students attend summer school. His proposal isn’t without critics. D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson says that neither student retention nor social promotion works — at least not on their own. Rather, she says, the answer lies in identifying specific student needs and intervening, as D.C. Public Schools is doing. Chancellor Henderson objects to the attempt to legislate a solution here, arguing in testimony to the council that “long prescriptive policies and onesize-fits-all rules feel decisive, but they don’t work.” We can understand both perspectives. Chancellor Henderson says research shows that retention can lead to increased anxiety, continued academic failure and greater risk of dropping out. But she acknowledges that allowing an ill-prepared student to move forward makes things harder for teachers and sends the wrong message to other students — on top of leaving the promoted student without important skills and knowledge. Ms. Henderson is right that the approach must be individual. Yet that still leaves us questioning a policy that prohibits retention in certain grades. Though other aspects of the bill may warrant change, we support eliminating that restriction, and implementing a new policy that leaves the decision in the hands of teachers and principals — at every grade.

A united front

It’s very common to be rich in D.C. But it’s also very common to be poor. The region has the highest median income ($88,000) in this country, and most households in Upper Northwest certainly bring in much more. Yet nearly one in five D.C. residents lives below the federal poverty line of $23,492 per year for a family of four, according to the Census Bureau. There’s no doubt the city’s minimum wage of $8.25 per hour is contributing to the latter statistic. Working full-time at that rate yields an annual salary of well below $20,000. Increasing minimum wages can be politically challenging, as evidenced by the recent failed effort to mandate a higher rate for Walmart and other large retailers in D.C. There are also economic considerations, given that a figure out of sync with surrounding areas can drive businesses elsewhere. Thus we’re impressed by a joint effort by leaders of D.C. and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties to coordinate an increase. Officials hope to raise the minimum in all three jurisdictions by 40 to 60 percent — to a total of $11.50 per hour by 2016, with further hikes tied to inflation. “This is pretty unusual,” said D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, who is pushing his colleagues to support the regional approach. “We are standing together because so often an issue like minimum wage is argued divisively — that one jurisdiction is going to be at a competitive disadvantage with other jurisdictions. We are standing together to make a clear statement that that’s not going to be the case.” While the lower rate in Virginia — where the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour applies — still poses a major obstacle, we believe Maryland’s cooperation is more important, given the geography. While a river isn’t much to cross for some errands, a state line poses no boundaries to any type of shopping or dining. Several different minimum-wage bills are on the table now, but Chairman Mendelson hopes that at-large Council member Vincent Orange, who chairs the committee with authority over the issue, will support the coordinated regional effort. We urge Mayor Vincent Gray, Mr. Orange and the rest of the council to back Mr. Mendelson’s proposal. What’s essential is that the D.C. figure be in line with the Maryland suburbs’ minimum wage and not so much higher than Virginia’s as to deprive District residents of job opportunities.

Halloween political horrors … Let’s take our trick-or-treat bag on a little walk around the region. In ol’ D.C., Mayor Gray has been undecided on two different costumes. One minute, he’s trying on the shiny suit of incumbent mayor, proud of his accomplishments in office and itching to run for re-election. He wears this suit in public even when it’s not Halloween. This suit is very seductive to the mayor and he wastes no time looking in the mirror, declaring what a good job he has done. (And many do agree with him, even those who aren’t particularly fans.) But there is another costume. This one doesn’t fit so well. It’s rumpled from a few rough years of wear, torn at the cuffs where critics have been biting at his heels almost from the day he took office three years ago. True, this suit is stained from hard work. But it’s also marked — so far at least — by a seemingly indelible shadow stain from the 2010 campaign. The mayor has tried on this second costume only in private. It’s not one he wants to wear. But it is the suit he will wear should he decide, after so much hard work and unshakable scandal, that he’s had enough and that he won’t be running for a second term. He doesn’t want to be hounded from office, but neither does he want to be hounded in office. Maybe that famous tailor downtown, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen, who has his own Halloween ferocity, can soon give Gray an idea of which suit the mayor should be wearing, either this Halloween or during the hectic days to come. The other announced candidates for mayor are still field-testing their own costumes for the grueling campaign ahead. And still others are deciding whether to even join in. But time is running short. The petition drives to get on the ballot begin the first week in November, and signatures have to be submitted by Jan. 2 to qualify for the April 1 ballot. Whoever runs, U.S. Attorney Machen holds the biggest key to this costume shop. ■ Over in Maryland. State Attorney General Doug Gansler — a candidate for next year’s Democratic gubernatorial nomination — may wish he had been wearing a mask last summer when he dropped into a beach party being attended by his son and other recent high school graduates. A photo of Gansler in Bethany Beach, Del., suggested he was tolerating underage drinking. Gansler stumbled around on his initial answer — he was a parent, not a Delaware police officer — but finally said he should have taken some action to stop it. His

lieutenant governor running mate, Jolene Ivey of Prince George’s County, told WAMU radio last week that Gansler has apologized and is moving on. But Ivey stirred up the issue when she told the Politics Hour that it was “obvious” to her that opponent Anthony Brown’s campaign was “throwing dirt.” She had no evidence — and Brown’s campaign denied it. But even some reporters said there was a trick-ortreat aspect to the beach story, another about Gansler’s use of official sirens and lights to travel, and the timing of U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s endorsement of Brown. Each of the three stories came out as Gansler was making positive news: formally entering the race, picking Ivey and challenging Brown’s campaign. “I’m sure the other side is trying to throw dirt every time we’re making progress,” Ivey said. Ivey is a two-term delegate to the state legislature. She is popular in Prince George’s County — that’s where Brown is from — and she’ll make the campaign there for Brown much harder. ■ Across the Potomac. In Virginia, the governor’s race is winding down. The election is just a week away. It’s been a horror-filled campaign with high negative ratings for both Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe. It’s been so bad that the usually conservative Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial page took a rare pass, saying neither candidate had earned its support. For the state’s voters, the Republicans seem to be wearing the scariest costumes. Larry Sabato, the veteran political analyst and professor at the University of Virginia, this past week essentially called the race for Democrats, saying they would win the governor’s office, lieutenant governor’s office and the attorney general race. And that, for Republicans, will be very scary, indeed. ■ Freeze? We’re not talking about the cold snap. There were media reports last week that Mayor Gray surprisingly was imposing a budget freeze on spending and hiring. It sounded like the budget, which has been flush for several years, was suddenly in trouble. But mayoral spokesperson Pedro Ribeiro told us Gray routinely has issued an order this time of year directing agencies to clear any additional spending with City Administrator Allen Lew. Ribeiro said it’s a management tool, not indication of any money woes. Of all the city problems you could name, money has not been one of them in recent years. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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Letters to the Editor E6 Metrobus service should not be cut

As mentioned in a recent letter printed in The Current from concerned residents [Letters to the Editor, Oct. 2], the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and the District Department of Transportation proposed eliminating seven of 31 daily round trips on the E6 bus route as part of their Fall 2013 State of Good Operations service changes. I have met with those same concerned residents who rely on this bus and, as a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board member, I oppose any elimination of service on this route. Not only are there very few

public transit options that serve this community, but there are also distinct populations such as students, seniors and nursing home employees that particularly depend on frequent and reliable service throughout the day. Although some buses on the route fail to meet one of several of the transit authority’s bus service criteria, we must serve all parts of the District with equitable public transport options. Weekend service on the E6 was eliminated some years ago, and the entire route was nearly discontinued in 2011, which I strongly opposed at the time. Despite all of these challenges, ridership on the E6 has actually grown in recent years. For all these reasons, I will request that this proposal be taken off the board’s agenda. Instead of cutting service, there should be improvements to the E6

route that bolster convenience, ridership and cost recovery. That should include consideration of greater frequency, weekend service, use of smaller buses that cost less to operate, and service expansions to nearby District and Maryland neighborhoods not adequately served by transit. To that end, I have requested that the Transportation Department prepare alternatives to improve service as well as cost estimates for their implementation. Both agencies also need to better market the E6 route. To achieve these goals, I’ve asked Transportation Department officials to meet with the community to discuss how we can better serve the Chevy Chase area with the kind of safe and reliable transit service that all District residents deserve. Muriel Bowser D.C. Council member, Ward 4

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he D.C. Department of Transportation is, once again, raising the specter of paving over the safety service lane in Cleveland Park. Honestly, folks, this issue has been abundantly addressed and firmly rejected in the past by the neighbors, merchants, visitors and everyone who values safety from high-speed Connecticut Avenue. The proponents know well that the elderly, the disabled, infants, toddlers and general citizens, be they Cleveland Park residents or visitors, are safer and more conveniently served by this virtually essential lane. We are safer because we don’t have to exit a car adjacent to fast-moving Connecticut Avenue traffic, and likewise at less risk both on foot or in a car because while in the service lane we are protected by the miniisland, so advantageous as small as it is. Has anyone tried to unload a wheelchair-bound passenger from a car at the outside curb lane on Connecticut Avenue, with traffic going by? And what about the driver’s safety just opening the door? We are more conveniently served because, with nearly 30 parking spaces turning over regularly during the day and evening, and especially as the only source of parking during rush hours, what are the proponents of a “total pave-over� proposing we do if we choose to patronize the merchants during those hours? For those who are concerned about the “safety� of pedestrians on the “narrow sidewalk� allegedly inconvenienced by having to step into the street, please notice how narrow the passageway is just one short block north between the curb and the Metro escalator half-walls. Narrowness itself is not the issue. Cars using the service lane are traveling so slowly, there is ample availability for both cars and pedestrians. Without a doubt, the HAWK light just recently installed in the middle of the 3300-3400 block is there basically to serve those who find the west side desolate and wanting, and were so eager to risk their lives to cross the avenue to get to the more fascinating, more desirable, more ample east side — precisely because of the pres-

Letters to the Editor Precinct change idea long in the planning

The Current’s Oct. 23 editorial “Improving the polls� got it right when it said the proposal to realign voting precincts with advisory neighborhood commission singlemember districts would enhance voting procedures in the city while also reducing costs. I have been surprised by the outcry from some in Ward 3, especially political and community activists and advisory neighborhood commissioners, that they were unaware of the Board of Elections plan to realign precincts with new single-member district boundaries. This change was first discussed two years ago during the advisory neighborhood commission redistricting process. So, it hardly seems hasty to move forward with the plan. I had the honor of chairing the 2011 task force that developed a

ence of the service lane, which is the key to the vigor of that entire block. Perhaps the proponents are suggesting that the merchants can survive with only those who walk, bike or take transit. Let me say that I may be able to walk to the shops, but I am not about to carry two sleeves of 12 Cokes home from the sales at CVS with or without an 18- or 36-roll pack of Charmin, let alone a 40-pack of Pampers and a couple of cans of Enfamil — either on foot or on Metrorail or a bus. Without parking, that merchant strip, as vital and inviting as it is, will dry up and perish. Why would anyone want this? The point is even if we eliminated all patronage except from those who can walk or Metrorail/bus, the very essence of Cleveland Park would disappear. And why shouldn’t this shopping area be a destination for residents of a wider circle: all the quadrants of D.C. and even Maryland, Virginia and farther. Yes, many of them still use cars, as do neighbors in nearby Cleveland Park, Woodley Park, Van Ness, Forest Hills, Friendship Heights, etc., who consider Cleveland Park very attractive and find their cars (even used minimally) essential to function in their daily lives. Preventing them from accessing this shopping area by eliminating the parking, subjecting them to additional risk, inconvenience, anxiety, nuisance and expense does not raise the quality of life for anyone, even those who are so anti-car that they preserve their off-street parking spaces completely unused. Not only should we not support this dead-end, colossal-waste-of-taxpayer-funds D.C. Department of Transportation study, for any of its options, but we also need to tell this agency that this service lane is a precious, modern, life-giving, effective asset, and we want them to keep their hands off one of the most valuable resources anywhere in D.C. If you agree, write to ideas@cptransportationstudy. com saying that you want to keep that service lane as is, so Cleveland Park can remain a special, unique and convenient place. This is not merely for the merchants. This is for the people. All of us. Let’s speak up and stop this attempt to reduce the quality of our lives. Keep the service lane. Neal Gross is a Cleveland Park neighbor.

consensus plan for reconfiguring the Ward 3 neighborhood commission boundaries to conform to U.S. census data. D.C. Council members appointed more than 40 residents to the task force, representing all segments of the Ward 3 population. The task force included representatives of the Ward 3 Democratic and Republican Party organizations, advisory neighborhood commissions, community and civic associations and universities, as well as general citizens. The task force also encouraged participation from the general public as well. All task force members were provided technical guidance from the D.C. Council Subcommittee on Redistricting — prepared with assistance from the Office of Planning, the Board of Elections, the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer — saying that the Board of Elections “would ultimately like to make precincts more consistent with ANC Single Member Districts (SMDs).� This was a factor in determining the

boundaries that were recommended by the task force for review and approval by the D.C. Council. Change is not easy, especially when it involves issues of redistricting. The Elections Board’s new plan does not change the fact that we are still residents of D.C. and we are still living our lives in our same neighborhoods. There is no reason that the plan should create such confusion as to jeopardize election turnout or the integrity of the elections process. In most instances, residents’ voting locations go unchanged. For the few residents whose voting location will change, a robust education campaign, as suggested by The Current, will minimize any inconvenience or confusion. Rather than complaining, a better course for our community leaders would be to roll up their sleeves and begin the much harder task of being part of that robust education campaign and working to encourage people to get out and vote. Dr. Jeffrey Kraskin Spring Valley

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At the commission’s Oct. 10 meeting: ■commission chair Jonathan Bender described plans to redevelop the site of the Safeway at 42nd and Davenport streets into a mixed-use project with 220 apartment units above a new supermarket. The Bozzuto Group, the project’s developer, will present its plans at a future meeting. ■commissioners voted 4-0, with Kathryn Tinker absent, to endorse the Janney 5K race on Dec. 7. ■Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Alan Hill reported that thefts from cars increased 188 percent in the previous month compared to the corresponding period in 2012. More than a third of the cars were unlocked, and 43 percent of the thefts involved electronics. Hill also reported that thefts have continued from lockers at the Wilson Aquatic Center. ■commissioners voted 4-0 to protest the liquor license renewal for Civil Cigar Lounge, 5335 Wisconsin Ave., unless the cigar bar delays the renewal process to Feb. 15, 2014. (After the meeting, an attorney for the bar said it would not do so.) Neighbors have complained about an odor of smoke from the bar at the Chevy Chase Pavilion, and the delay was intended to give Civil time to implement and test a proposed solution. ■commissioners voted 4-0 to request that the D.C. Department of Transportation restore parking to the south side of Yuma Street between 42nd Street and Tenley Circle. The Transportation Department must issue a “notice of intent� and allow 30 days of public comment before making such a change; the commission would discuss the issue again at that point. ■commissioners voted 4-0 to recommend that the Public Service Commission deny a requested rate increase for Pepco until the firm implements more environmentally friendly practices. ■commissioners voted 3-0, with Sam Serebin abstaining and Kathryn Tinker absent, to table discussion of proposed parking regulation changes in the District’s zoning rewrite process. Commissioners couldn’t agree on whether to recommend that the city lower minimum parking requirements for new buildings immediately, or if it should do so only once a mechanism is in place to prohibit residents of buildings with little parking from obtaining onstreet parking permits. The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in the library at Janney Elementary School, 4130 Albemarle St. NW. Agenda items include: ■announcements/open forum. ■police report. ■vote on a grant application to support Tenley WinterFest.

Chevy Chase Citizens Association

Thursday, from 4 to 6 p.m., merchants along the Chevy Chase D.C. business corridor on Connecticut Avenue are scheduled to welcome children trick-or-treating for the annual Halloween Spooktacular. The Chevy Chase Citizens Association plans to hand out treats in front of the Avalon Theatre, at 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. Hope to see you there! On another subject, this past Saturday at its annual awards celebration and luncheon, the D.C. Federation of Civic Associations presented the Chevy Chase Citizens Association with the 2013 Outstanding Community Newsletter Award, for the Chevy Chase Citizens News, the association’s monthly newsletter. Thanks are especially due to our graphic designer Bob Gray, editor Ted Gest, first vice president Samantha Nolan and president Jonathan Lawlor, for all their efforts in regularly publishing the newsletter. In addition, the federation recognized Tracy Stannard and John Fielding, the owners of the Broad Branch Market, as this year’s Grass Roots Honorees for the Chevy Chase community, for successfully operating a welcoming and beloved neighborhood grocery store in Chevy Chase D.C. The association commends our honorees for their outstanding contribution to our community. In other news, mark your calendars for our next general meeting, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, at 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW. At-large D.C. Council member David Catania, chair of the council’s Education Committee, will discuss education in D.C. The Lafayette Home and School Association is cosponsoring the meeting. — Jonathan Lawlor

Shepherd Park Citizens Association

Plan to come to our Shepherd Park Citizens Association Halloween Parade tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Shepherd Elementary School’s field. Last year we gave out neon-light necklaces and toys. We had more than 200 parents and children who came to march around the field before they went house-to-house for treats. This year we’ve also had a good number of entrants for the neighborhood house and/or pumpkin decorating contest. Contact Mark Pattison at pattison_mark@hotmail.com for more information. The association recently held its annual fall plant-in. Thanks to the community’s support of the annual garden tour and other activities, the organization can furnish flowers, bulbs and other materials to brighten our public spaces in the fall and early spring. More than 200 yellow and purple pansies, along with some tulip and daffodil bulbs and bags of mulch, were available on Saturday. They were planted in four areas: the clay pots along the front of the Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library; by the welcome sign at Georgia and Alaska avenues; and in the circle at 16th Street and Eastern Avenue. Volunteers did a wonderful job. Take note that the Used Book Room at the Juanita E. Thornton/ Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave., will be open for business this Saturday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Nothing in the room costs more than a dollar! — Rosemary E. Reed Miller ■discussion of and possible vote on a resolution regarding liquor license renewal for Club Cinema of Mazza Inc. ■discussion of and possible vote on a Board of Zoning Adjustment application at 4434 Tindall St. for a special exception to allow an accessory basement apartment. For details, visit anc3e.org.

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A banner year: Eagles throttle GDS, take ISL championship By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

After National Cathedral beat Sidwell last week, the Eagles huddled and coach Danielle Malagari told the team to enjoy the win but to start focusing on Georgetown Day. The Hoppers were the last obstacle in the Eagles’ way as they headed toward the Independent School League banner. That message clearly resonated, as the Eagles scored a goal just five minutes into the game en route to a 2-0 win at Georgetown Day Monday evening. The victory secured Cathedral’s first soccer regular-season title since 2007. “This is something the girls focus on every time we get into our preseason meeting,” said Malagari. “This is something this senior class wanted to walk away with. It’s a goal we set back in August. We had a couple of blips, but they came out at the end of the season and did what they needed to do.” For the Eagles, it was an achievement that required some help from an unexpected source — Sidwell. The Eagles were trailing Flint Hill in the standings, and the Huskies could have locked up the banner with a win over the Quakers last Thursday. But Sidwell helped keep the crown

in Northwest by beating Flint Hill 1-0. “This whole entire league is so competitive, and everyone was beating everybody,” said Malagari. “We knew it was going to come down to this game. We took care of business today and came out ready to go. Yes, [Sidwell] did us a little bit of a favor.” While Cathedral needed some help, it was up to the Eagles to take care of the Hoppers on Monday. They wasted little time at Georgetown Day. In the opening minutes, Cathedral earned a corner opportunity. Senior defender Hallie Horvath sent the ball into play, and junior midfielder Hannah Menard knocked it into the goal to put the Eagles up 1-0. “Hallie put in an absolutely fantastic ball. I couldn’t have asked for it any better,” said Menard. “I came off and headed it in. It was a perfect cross and an easy finish.” The early goal was just what Malagari wanted from her squad. “We talked about getting on the board in the first five,” she said. “Those first five minutes are so incredibly important.” The Eagles struck again 12 minutes later when senior forward Isabella Blosser blasted the ball from See Cathedral/Page 12

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Visitation blanked Georgetown Day 2-0 en route to its first Independent School League AA soccer banner since 2007. Junior Hannah Menard and senior Isabella Blosser each scored a goal in the win Friday evening. The Eagles will begin postseason play today when they host Potomac School.

St. Albans, Wilson, Visitation win cross-country titles By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

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St. Albans senior Tai Dinger, above, set the pace at the IAC title meet with a time of 15 minutes, 55 seconds.

St. Albans’ runners earned the top three spots in the Interstate Athletic Conference cross-country championship Saturday, helping the Bulldogs grab the crown at Bullis. “It’s certainly gratifying for all of us to have won each division at the IAC’s,” Bulldogs coach Jim Ehrenhaft wrote in an email. “The guys have worked hard, and it was wonderful to see them at their best collectively and individually on Saturday. Just knowing they had performed as they hoped they would was rewarding in itself.” Senior Tai Dinger set the pace with a time of 15 minutes, 55 seconds; senior Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe clocked in at second with 16:30; and junior Joey Gaines took third with 16:42. The Bulldogs also had top-10 finishes from senior Devoe Arnold and sophomore Matt David. “Tai Dinger, Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe, and Devoe Arnold have been strong leaders throughout the season, in their performances and in their daily approach to the sport and to the team,” wrote Ehrenhaft.

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edged Wilson senior Ross Pendergast by roughly a second to win the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association boys cross-country championship race Saturday at Dunbar. Although Pendergast didn’t win the individual award, his second-place finish helped lift the Tigers to the meet’s title, alongside top10 finishes from freshman Ian Emlet, sophomores Aaron Coates and Adam Schans, and juniors Lucas Lytel and Chris Askew. “Pendergast has been a true leader for our team throughout the season,” Wilson boys coach Patrick O’Steen wrote in an email. “Ross leads by example. He motivates the other athletes on the team through positivity, encouragement, and demonstrating that hard work pays off with clear results and steady improvement.” The team win pleased O’Steen and the Tigers. “I’m extremely proud of how our team did on Saturday,” the coach wrote. “Four of our seven runners ran personal best times, and all seven runners placed in the top 11 positions. These guys have been the most dedicated and hard-working group I have coached yet, so to have that culminate in a win at the DCIAA Championship meet is a great validation of that hard work.” While only one Wilson boy medaled, the lady Tigers grabbed the top five spots in the

girls’ championship meet. “There was a lot of excitement with our athletes and program,” said Desmond Dunham, who coaches the girls squad. “Anytime you enter a championship and have your top five all run personal records and sweep the top five positions, it’s a historic moment.” Freshman Mayim Lehrich led the charge by winning gold with a time of 20:38. Sophomore Asia Amis grabbed silver for the Tigers, while senior Jacinda Miller rounded out the medals by taking bronze. “[Miller] has a strong work ethic as well as the discipline that sets the tone for all the girls,” said Dunham. “She also has a very inviting personality that helps to build our family atmosphere, which is an essential ingredient for our success.” Wilson’s other top finishers were junior Margaret Kellog and freshman Arrington Peterson, who grabbed fourth and fifth places, respectively. “The future looks great for our program as we had two freshmen, a sophomore and a junior in the top five,” said Dunham.

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Cathedral, Sidwell, Georgetown Day, Maret and Visitation The Independent School League AA volleyball tournament begins Thursday with three games at 4:30 p.m. — Visitation hosting Episcopal, Georgetown Day welcoming Maret, and National Cathedral traveling to Madeira. The league champion will be crowned Sunday at Episcopal in Alexandria, with the finals match starting at 3 p.m. The ISL AA field hockey bracket starts today with two games, both at 3:30 p.m., featuring Northwest teams. National Cathedral plays at Holy Child and Sidwell travels to Holton-Arms. The tournament wraps up at 1 p.m. Sunday at Episcopal. In girls soccer, Cathedral will

host Potomac School today at 3:30 p.m. in the opening round. Other games scheduled for this afternoon are Georgetown Day hosting Visitation at 3:30, Maret traveling to Flint Hill at 3:30 and Sidwell welcoming Bullis at 3:30. The tournament will be decided Sunday at Episcopal with the title game starting at 2 p.m.

MAC postseason slate

Sidwell, Maret, Georgetown Day The Mid-Atlantic Conference boys soccer bracket begins Thursday, with the higher seeds hosting games at 3:30 p.m. The tournament will wrap up Sunday at 3 p.m. The team with the better regular-season MAC standing will host the finals.

PVAC playoffs

Burke, Field, WIS The Potomac Valley Athletic Conference boys soccer championship games will be played Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Maryland Soccer-

Plex. Washington International School will look to win an unshared PVAC volleyball championship when the title is decided Thursday evening. The time and location were unavailable as of The Current’s deadline.

IAC soccer schedule

St. Albans St. Albans’ boys soccer team will compete for the Interstate Athletic Conference championship this week. The tournament will wrap up Thursday. The time and location hadn’t yet been determined by The Current’s deadline.

DCIAA soccer bracket

Wilson, Bell, Roosevelt, Coolidge and Walls The championship games are scheduled to take place Saturday at Cardozo. The girls will play at 3 p.m., and the boys will take the field at 5.

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the edge of the box into the top shelf of the goal, just out of the keeper’s reach, to put Cathedral up 2-0. After Cathedral went up 2-0, the game became increasingly physical. Both teams went after the ball hard, resulting in players falling to the ground. One Cathedral player even left the game with a bloody nose, but she later returned. The action kept the Eagles engaged, unable to let up despite the score. “It’s easy in a 2-0 lead to take your foot off the gas,� said Menard. They were coming out harder than [any team] we’ve played this year. Them coming out so hard kept us on our toes.� Georgetown Day made a strong push at the goal in the second half and fired three quality shots, but the Eagles’ keeper — sophomore Erica Sanders — shut them down with fantastic saves. The sophomore finished the game with 10 stops. “She has really been focusing on breaking away and crosses,� said Malagari. “She’s been an incredible leader out there.� When the final whistle sounded, Cathedral’s bench cleared as the Eagles stormed the field to celebrate the championship. “I’ve been telling everybody that it was the sweetest win,� said Blosser. “We all worked so hard for this. I don’t think any of us have played so hard before.�

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Senior forward Isabella Blosser, right, scored from the top of the box to put National Cathedral ahead 2-0 Monday evening.

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School League cross-country championship meet at Bullis. But Visitation took the team championship, with help from junior Emily Kaplan, who placed silver.

Scores Volleyball

GDS 3, Maret 2 Visitation 3, Cathedral 0 St. John’s 3, Paul VI 1 Wilson 2, McKinley 0

The Cubs’ other top-10 runners were freshman Lauren Cormier, who took third place, and sophomore Margaret Lindsay, who finished fourth. Cathedral came in second place as a team. They were led by sophomore Erin Bell’s fifth-place finish,

Sidwell 3, St. James 0 GDS 3, Wilson 0

Girls soccer

GDS 5, WIS 2 Visitation 3, Potomac School 1 Sidwell 1, Flint Hill 0 GDS 3, Maret 0

Cathedral 2, Stone Ridge 0 Sidwell 2, Holton-Arms 1 Wilson 1, Episcopal 0 Wilson 1, Paul VI 0

Boys soccer

St. Albans 2, Landon 1 Burke 6, Montrose Christian 0

and eighth- and ninth-place finishes from senior Annie Graham and junior Isabelle Hupez, respectively. Georgetown Day earned third place overall, led by sophomore Katherine Treanor’s sixth place finish.

GDS 2, Maret 1 St. Albans 3, Bullis 1

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Football

Cathedral 1, Visitation 0 Holy Cross 2, St. John’s 0 St. Stephen’s 5, Sidwell 0 Holy Child 2, Sidwell 1

Roosevelt 29, Eastern 14 St. John’s 37, Carroll 7 Sidwell 14, Saint James 7 Gonzaga 28, McNamara 13

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BUSINESSES From Page 5 bluegrass band that has been trying to play more shows in D.C. “The folks who owned the place were very nice. We had a very good crowd, which I was very pleased with. ‌ [The owners] have a good thing going.â€? Sickman also praised Gypsy Sally’s location along the waterfront, saying he loved getting out of his car after a long drive to walk by the river. In creating the new space, the Ensors found inspiration from their favorite music spots across the country, including D.C.-area venues like The Birchmere in Alexandria and the 9:30 Club in Shaw. “Someone came here the other day and just said, ‘Oh my god, the 9:30 Club and The Birchmere had a baby,’â€? Karen said. On the other side of the large performance hall is the Vinyl Room, a bar named for its use — playing and listening to an assortment of vinyl records. Next to that is the Microbus Gallery — anchored by an old Volkswagen van — that the Ensors want to use as exhibition space for up-andcoming local artists. They’ll be working with Chris Murray from the famed Govinda Gallery to curate it. The Ensors, who live in Northwest D.C. a few miles from their new business and have daughters attending National Cathedral School, describe themselves as a “mom and pop operation.â€? During the construction process of Gypsy Sally’s, Karen said she “pretty much hand-delivered everythingâ€? to the D.C. regulatory offices to obtain a variety of licenses and permits. The pair also designed the entire space, adding personal touches. The Music Room showcases old concert ticket stubs and photos of family and friends on the bar, while the Vinyl Room bar and booze shelf incorporate David’s old records.

New businesses

Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt recently opened at 1737 Wisconsin Ave., at the top of Georgetown. The self-serve, pay-by-the-ounce yogurt chain offers more than 20 flavors and extensive toppings. This is the first D.C. operation for owners David and Elliot Staley. ■Children’s clothing boutique Egg by Susan Lazar will be opening soon at 1661 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The shop will offer designer apparel for babies, toddlers and expecting mothers. ■In Dupont Circle, the Mediterranean Way Gourmet Market is now open from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 1717 Connecticut Ave. The market and deli specializes in olive oil, cosmetic products, balsamic vinegars and other items from family-owned artisanal producers in Mediterranean countries. Owners Niko and Oana Adamopoulos opened the spot to bring their Mediterranean experience of living in Tuscany and Greece to D.C., according to their website.

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DC Chamber of Commerce fetes Fort Myer, other businesses Current Staff Report At the DC Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards ceremony over the weekend, the Fort Myer Construction Corp. took the title of Business of the Year. Founded in 1972 as a small masonry and concrete contractor, Fort Myer is now one of the District’s largest private employers, with more than 700 staff members, according to chamber materials. The chamber’s Business Leader

of the Year was Thomas J. Baltimore Jr., president and chief executive of the RLJ Lodging Trust hospitality investment firm. RLJ is one of the largest American publicly traded real estate investment trusts. The Recreation Wish List Committee, a nonprofit founded by Cora Masters Barry, was honored with the Community Impact Award. The committee’s mission is to provide enrichment services to help youth in underserved communities become

academically competitive. The chamber’s Economic Impact Award went to the Fort Lincoln New Town Corp., which recently completed a 209-home community in Ward 5. The firm is currently constructing a 322-unit project nearby, and has formed a joint venture to develop the 44-acre “Shops at Dakota Crossing� shopping center. Industrial Bank, the District’s only family- and minority-owned bank, won the Lifetime Legacy

Award. The bank was founded in 1934 by Jesse H. Mitchell, the grandfather of the current chair, B. Doyle Mitchell Jr. The chamber’s chair, Antwanye Ford, presented Giant Food and Gina Adams of FedEx with the Chairman’s Choice Awards. Giant, which built D.C.’s first supermarket, now has 170 area stores. Adams is a lobbyist responsible for shaping and promoting her company’s policies and interests locally and worldwide.

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He said the Parent and Student Empowerment Act aims to clarify the ombudsman’s role as a neutral mediator of school issues. But he also wants to create a new office that actively lobbies for parents and students, including during mediation before the ombudsman. Catania plans to advance his five remaining bills in the coming months. Among other reforms, the legislation would increase funding for poor students and make changes to the school lottery system. The entire seven-bill package received mixed reviews in September from a coalition of 36 education activists from across the city.

On the Focused Student Achievement Act, the group’s report expresses concern that “the bill could contribute to a pendulum dynamic through which we move back and forth between a promotion and retention based system.� The activists call for “a more thoughtful approach,� saying the council should authorize the Office of the State Superintendent of Education and the State Board of Education to make recommendations on this subject. With regard to the Student Empowerment Act, the report offers qualified support, recommending that proposed resource centers be located inside high schools and emphasizing the need for accuracy in school promotional materials.

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serve a limited number of spaces. The ideas are part of a broader Cleveland Park streetscape project, which will devote $1.5 million toward improvements on Connecticut Avenue between Porter and Macomb streets. According to the project timeline posted by the city at cptransportationstudy.com, officials intend to make final recommendations by the end of November. Ahead of a Nov. 6 forum that will be the final public meeting on the study, resident Ricki Green went leafleting over the weekend in favor of preserving the service lane. Speaking with The Current Saturday as she handed out fliers in front of area businesses, Green said, “The people of Cleveland Park have really just woken up to this. We hope it’s not too little too late.� As Green pointed out, most locally owned business along the service lane had put up a sign indicating support for the parking area. Among them was Wake Up Little Suzie, an antique clothing store owned by Cleveland Park Business Association chair Susan Lihn. In an interview outside her business, Lihn said losing the parking could deal a deathblow to the neighborhood economy. “If somebody drives around and can’t find any place to park, they’re leaving,� she said. “They’re never coming back.� Lihn said her store and several other nearby businesses had joined forces to collect 1,100 individual names on a paper petition supporting the service lane. “If the city wants small businesses, we’re the poster child for small business. They should help us thrive,� she said. But resident Herb Caudill, who is spearheading the effort to do away with the service lane, said in an interview that a more pleasant sidewalk would help businesses in the long run. He said their customers would enjoy more space to linger and sit on public benches outside the various establishments. “They overestimate the number of customers that come by driving,� he said of area business owners. Caudill also said pedestrians can’t feel safe walking through the service lane, especially with young children like his own. Asked how drivers behave in the space, he said, “You do have people racing down the lane to hit the light. I’ve seen a few close calls myself.� As of yesterday at 7 p.m., an online petition in favor of keeping the service lane had 545 signatures. A petition in favor of removing it had 830. Both petitions can be viewed on change.org. The Transportation Department’s final public meeting and workshop on the transportation project is slated to take place Nov. 6 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.

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Forest Hills home brings some international flair

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one can catch a glimpse of a couple international motifs, such as a replica of Chinese terra-cotta soldiers guarding the gates of the Mediterranean-style home. The property is also in the company of a few diplomatic posts, including the nearby embassies of Kuwait and the Czech Republic. The residence of Indonesia’s ambassador sits right across from it, and the Hillwood Estate, which houses Marjorie Merriweather Post’s comprehensive collection of French and Russian art, is within walking distance. This six-bedroom, six-and-ahalf-bath home located at 2829 Tilden St. is on the market for $4,700,000. Built in the early 1900s, the house perches on a hilltop far from the front entrance, surrounded by a sweeping manicured landscape.

Comprising slightly less than an acre, the picturesque grounds feature a rich diversity of foliage, including an assortment of deciduous and evergreen trees. Fountains and waterscapes also enhance the serene setting. One of two large waterfall ponds is placed right in front of the dwelling, while the other streams down from the hillside source of the water. There’s also a European-style fountain of cherubs sprouting water along the driveway. When the current owners purchased the property a few years ago, they undertook a major renovation that created a new east wing. This two-level extension created a longer open living area, with dazzling light fixtures and a wet bar, that has accommodated large soirees. The spacious area is also enhanced by large windows that mainly overlook the wide lawn. Down the spiral staircase of this wing is the basement level, with unusually high 9-foot ceilings. One bedroom and a hallway bath are

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This six-bedroom Mediterranean-style house on Tilden Street in Forest Hills is priced at $4,700,000. located here. Another space, with a wall of mirrors, could also serve as a workout room. Back to the main living area is a connected built-in entertainment space, next to a half-bath and ensuite bedroom with its own full bathroom. Adding to the property’s entertainment quality is a banquet-sized dining room on the other side of the home. Two sets of French doors open to a patio that invites outdoor gaiety. There’s also a large built-in cherry buffet table. The kitchen features rich caramel-hued cabinetry complementing the marble and glass backsplash. The room also offers high-end

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stainless Dacor appliances and a door leading out to the gardens. Upstairs are three bedrooms, each with their own bath. The grandest one is the master suite, welcoming visitors with a sunny sitting space with leathery-like floors and a built-in study. Around the corner is the sleeping area, featuring built-in closets. The suite’s bathroom is complete with a TV and a skylight above a Jacuzzi. Next to it is a Kohler steam shower and sauna. This spacious room also includes a separate space for the toilet and

bidet, a small vanity area and a wide walk-in closet with more built-ins. Down in the original basement of the home — which isn’t connected to the basement of the new wing — is another bedroom with its own bath. The level also offers ample storage and access to the two-car garage just below the outdoor patio. This six-bedroom, six-and-ahalf-bath property at 2829 Tilden St. is offered for $4,700,000. For details contact Sheila Leifer of Long & Foster Real Estate at 301529-4130 or sheila.leifer@lnf.com.

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So far, Year 7 Manchester and life in the secondary school has been fun and rather different to the primary school. In a good way. It’s very busy and we have to be organized, but we’re enjoying it. This first half term our International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) topic was titled ‘Adaptability’. So, all through our subjects we have been investigating what adaptability means in many different contexts. For example, in science we looked at different animal adaptations and how these help animals survive. Whereas in P.E. we have been learning to adapt our tactics to beat an opponent. Year 7 has definitely been fun so far, and with the ski trips coming up I can’t wait for more. — Izzy Sowells, Year 7 Manchester (sixth-grader)

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Socktober is here! According to Metro Trends Blog 6,954 people are homeless in Washington alone. In light of this problem the sixth-graders and their teachers are teaming up to donate new socks, hats, scarves, mittens and coats for homeless people in D.C. Each classroom at Deal will have a big cardboard box used for collecting these items. They hope to collect as many winter clothing items as they can for local homeless people. The sixth-graders will directly deliver these winter items to homeless people on a homeless outreach run set up by the National Collation for the Homeless. Former homeless people, acting as guides, will join sixth-graders as they journey to local parks and other areas around Washington. The idea for Socktober came from the YouTube star Kid President. “We want to activate 1 million people to help the homeless in their neighborhoods,� Kid President says in his video. — Meg Buzbee, seventh-grader

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In fifth grade at John Eaton, we are always working hard by doing a lot of assignments and reading. We are always really busy, and we are having lots of fun along the way. Ms. Witcher’s fifth-grade class is participating in a special program called Shakespeare Steps Out, in which teachers from the Folger Shakespeare Library come to our class. We learn about the words that Shakespeare used by playing games and doing skits based on Shakespeare’s plays. We also learn dances from that time. Before we started this program, we learned about some of Shakespeare’s plays. The students in our class are very interested and want to keep learning more about Shakespeare. Taste of the World is also coming up. This event is a fun way to learn about other countries. All fifth-graders completed a research project about a country. We created

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posters showing the map of the country including a legend/key, a compass rose, a scale, symbols and important details about the country. We had to answer 10 questions about our country and write them in an essay. Now that we are all done, we invited our families to come and see our work and also eat food from all of these countries. — Davin Dzidzienyo and Tobias Felton, fifth-graders

Edmund Burke School

Burke’s eighth-graders went to Broadcasters’ Child Development Center, Eaton Elementary and Mann Elementary and taught the pre-kindergarten classes there. This might seem easy but actually it is very hard. We visited the classes and took notes on how the teachers got students’ attention, on their different activities and what their classroom environments were like. When we returned to school the next day in science class, we planned a lesson that we were going to teach the children. The teacher chose the topic of “Speed and Velocity� and although this might seem hard for 3- and 4-year-old children, it was our job to make it interesting and understandable for them. For example, we used the movie “Cars� to explain speed and velocity. We introduced them to new science words and asked them to help us with the project so that they paid good attention. There will be two more school visits when we will teach a math class and a history class. We are excited to teach the new generation about things that we are learning. — Amira Clark, eighth-grader

Georgetown Day School

Though our girls and boys crosscountry teams do not receive the most impressive number fans at their meets (usually because of location), each member of the 73-runners-deep squad is highly respected by other students for their sacrifices of body and mind while competing in the brutal sport. Both teams recently traveled to Winchester, Va., to compete in the Third Battle Invitational. Reportedly, all but three Mighty Hoppers set personal records on the speedy course as the girls and boys varsity teams finished in eighth and 10th place, respectively. The boys team was led by sophomore Tristian Colaizzi, who completed the course in 16:17, and the girls team was led by senior Julia Ernst, who finished with a time of 20:27. Last Saturday, both teams competed in their league championship meets held at Bullis. The boys varsity soccer team played, potentially, their final home game of the season last Friday. The match against Maret celebrated the reign of the senior class of 2014, who have clenched two Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference championship banners in four years of high

school. At the conclusion of the season, the team will graduate 10 seniors. Additionally, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Georgetown Day fan section publicized the event as a “pink-out� and sold pink limited-edition fan section T-shirts. All of the proceeds were donated to Georgetown University’s Lombardi Cancer Center. — Carlton Marshall II, 12th-grader

Hearst Elementary

In third grade, we’re crazy about field trips! We like field trips for lots of different reasons. On field trips we travel different ways. We took the bus to the pumpkin patch. We took the Metro to the National Zoo. We took a van to the aquarium to learn about fish. We like to go to a lot of awesome places. We would like to go to the National Air and Space Museum because it’s fun. We would like to go to Six Flags because it has cool rides and fun games. We want to go to Hershey Park because we can win a lot of chocolate and toys. If we’re on field trips, we get to see awesome new things! In the aquariums there are lots of sea creatures to see like seals, turtles, stingrays, piranhas and shrimp. When we go to the Zoo, we see lots of animals like horses, goats, elephants, snakes, zebras and lions. When we go to some field trips, there is a gift shop to buy souvenirs like crystals, candy and necklaces. We watch educational videos. Field trips are fun! — Ms. Brown’s third-grade class

Holy Trinity School

We learned many facts about the life of Christopher Columbus. We learned what they ate and how hard life was on the ships. Next, we got to watch a movie about Columbus. In language arts, we pretended to be sailors and wrote letters home to our families about what life was like on the ships. Then in computers class we wrote acrostic poems about Columbus. We had to use real facts about his life and voyage. Finally, we had a lower school assembly where we got to sing a song, share poems and our sailor letters, and answer lots of questions from students about all we learned. It was a great learning experience for third grade! — Connell Leary and Sarah Reif, third-graders

Murch Elementary

On Oct. 22, the Explore-it-All Science Center visited the fifthgraders at Murch. We talked about the solar system and saw a visiting planetarium. We re-enacted two stories about constellations and learned how to use star maps. While learning about our solar system, we pretended to be the Earth and orbited the sun. During our trip around the sun, we saw four constellations: Orion, Leo, Scorpius and Pegasus. We also learned about the Earth’s rotation on its axis. See Dispatches/Page 17

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DISPATCHES From Page 16 Next we acted out the myths of Ursa Major, Ursa Minor and Pegasus. Then we learned how to use a star map by placing the constellations where they should go. Finally, we crawled through a little lit tunnel into the inflatable planetarium. “It was unique that they had a portable planetarium that showed the constellations,” said Max Wix. In the planetarium, we learned how to find the North Star using the stars of Ursa Major. We also found a lot of constellations. For example, we found the square shape of Pegasus and the swirly shape of Scorpius. While exploring the stars, we found a red giant and a blue star and learned that the red giants are the largest stars in the Milky Way. — Vasiliki Marca and Olivia Wood, fifth-graders

Our Lady of Victory School

For the first time in recent history, Our Lady of Victory formed a cross-country team to compete in the Catholic Youth Organization league. Kids from grades one through eight had a lot of fun running together at practices and racing during meets. We enjoyed getting to know kids in other grades better. We’ve each answered a few questions about our season: What made you try cross-country? Dominic: Well, I’m fast, and I love sports. Claire: I’ve always liked running and it sounded fun. So how was your season overall? Dominic: It was great. My first race, I placed 45th, and each week I did better, until the championship, when I came in ninth. Claire: Every race was challenging but we all did

very well. I was super excited to place 16th! What would you say to other kids considering cross-country for the first time? Dominic: Don’t worry about what place you come in. Just try to improve your personal time each race. Coach Sague and Coach Shirvinski taught us that. Claire: Give it a chance! It might be hard the first time you run for such a long time, but it always gets easier as you get used to it. — Dominic Young, third-grader, and Claire Sague, seventh-grader

Ross Elementary

We are working with three math websites: First in Math, Think Through Math and IXL. These websites are helping us learn and understand math problems. We are also enjoying our time in the library with our librarian, Mr. Flanagan. The third-, fourth- and fifth-graders are making a school newspaper. We are planning to finish it before Thanksgiving. We are also studying for a GeoPlunge. It is about social studies topics like the states, state capitals, state birds and the state plants. It is starting on Nov. 14. We are arranging the groups now. The team captain is Arnold Nguele. We need more players, though. Also we are celebrating College Awareness Day/Month! We want all the students to wear a college/university shirt. Some teachers are wearing their college shirts. We also have a Read Café in our cafeteria. The purpose is to encourage us to read more. It is basically books in our cafeteria and tables and chairs to sit on. We read different books during breakfast and lunch times. — Jonathan Velasquez, fifth-grader

St. Albans School

On Oct. 18, lower school students wore pink and piled into one outdoor stairway for a massive picture for Pink Shirt Friday. Annually at St. Albans, lower schoolers will wear pink shirts, shorts, ties or whatever pink apparel they own for a breast cancer awareness day. Before the school day, students could donate money and/or write a nametag for a loved one who experienced breast cancer. Even the kitchen staff got involved. Students ate cupcakes with pink frosting and a pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer awareness. At the end of the day, the students raised almost $600. The raised money will be donated to the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University. The photo is posted at stalbansschool.org. — Henry Large, Form II (eighth-grader)

St. Ann’s Academy

First grade went on an exciting trip to the pumpkin patch with our friends in second and third grades. We had a lot of fun searching for the perfect pumpkin. It was hard to decide between wanting a really fat pumpkin versus one that was as big as our heads. During our trip to Butler’s Orchard we got to play in the hayloft, run through a hay maze and slide down giant slides. We can’t for our next field trip. — First-graders

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School

Each week, seventh- and eighthgraders at St. Patrick’s participate in clubs that interest them. Clubs provide a different approach to learning, since they cover projects and issues that are not part of the regular

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 academic day. One, the Community Service Club, has been focusing on hunger and homelessness in the District. Two of our recent projects were making “emergency food bags” for those in need and organizing a “Walk in Love” for Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington, a group that helps the homeless in our city. The emergency food bags are designed to offer individuals in need a helping hand. Members of the Community Service Club decorated lunch bags and filled them with bottled water, granola bars, peanut butter crackers and a Samaritan Ministry brochure. Together, seventh- and eighth-graders made more than 100 bags to pass out. Community Service Club members have asked students and their families, along with faculty members, to pick up a bag, place it in their car, and give it to someone in need. All seventh- and eighth-graders and faculty will be taking part in our “Walk in Love” on Nov. 6. Students hope to raise funds and also awareness of homelessness in D.C. — Avery Kean and Lark White, seventh-graders

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Although homecoming is not celebrated in the traditional way at our school, it is still something that students look forward to at the beginning of the year. We do not have a football team, so there is no game for alumni to come back to attend. Therefore, our school celebrates homecoming in the late fall. Most alumni return at Thanksgiving break for our annual schoolwide feast. At our school, homecoming week is celebrated with a Spirit Week and a school dance. This year, we did Spirit Week after a parentteacher conference day off, so we only had four days. We started off with pajama day, so students could just roll out of bed and head to school after a relaxed long weekend. Wednesday was twin day, Thursday was opposite day and Friday was class colors day. Opposite day was a new addition to spirit week this year where boys dressed as girls and students dressed as teachers and vice versa. The week ended with a pep rally on Friday See Dispatches/Page 18

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Shepherd Elementary

Hey, Mustangs! My name is Imani Thomas. I just wanted to say congrats to the cheerleading team! Basketball conditioning and tryouts are coming soon. So is Halloween. It is going to be so much fun!

Last weekend, as you know, we had a four-day weekend. I had so much fun! This week is Spirit Week, so get ready. BWL Band tryouts were last week, and practice starts this week. Congrats all of you guys who made it. Remember Fall Fest and the giant moon bounce? It was totally awesome. See ya later. — Imani Thomas, fifth-grader Hi, this is Henry. At Shepherd we’ve started many activities and tryouts. Mr. Irby, our art teacher, announced that our first art project

will be starting soon. We recently took a lot of tests for math, science and reading to see what we’ve learned so far this year. It took a long time! In my class, we might have a “publishing party,� if everyone finishes their writing assignments on time. Finally, Oct. 29 was the first Awards Day of the year. — Henry Trimble, fourth-grader

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week for Sheridan second-graders. We took a field trip to the Bladensburg Waterfront Park in Maryland as a preview to our study of Native Americans. The first thing we did was to go on a short trip on a pontoon boat, where we saw birds and lots of other wildlife including turtles. It was smooth sailing until our boat went under a bridge that almost took the top off of our boat! After the boat brought us back to the dock, we went inside a small classroom at the park to learn more about the Native Americans who once lived in this area. Inside the classroom, we touched deerskin, smushed corn with rocks and played a hunting game. We learned that Anacostia means “river of trade� and that it had special meaning to Native Americans. We also learned that they lived in “long houses� so that they didn’t have to travel with tepees, as they did in other areas. — Abby Kelso, second-grader

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In 2006, Michigan passed a law banning affirmative action, and the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) was formed in response. BAMN reached out to students at D.C. public high schools, including Wilson, Eastern, H.D. Woodson, Banneker, Cardozo and Dunbar, for support. Students at Wilson created a BAMN chapter and visited classrooms to raise support for a rally in front of the Supreme Court. The rally to defend affirmative action was held on Oct. 15, the day the Supreme Court heard BAMN’s case against the Michigan law. Eighty-five Wilson students attended, as well as students from several other D.C. public schools. In total, more than 2,500 students attended. “I decided that I had to stand up and let my opinion be heard,� Wilson senior Morgan Butler told a reporter for The Wilson Beacon. “As a senior, college is a big part of my next step in life.� — Annie Rosenthal, 11th-grader

We’re in Mr. O’Beirne’s second grade. In math we have been working on math facts like place value, ones, tens and hundreds. Every Monday morning we get to write in our journals about our weekend. We share what we write about. We learned about the different food groups in the food pyramid and then we wrote about it. Lots of people had things in the sweet group. There is an All Star Readers chart in our classroom. We write book reviews, and we get stickers by our names for every book we read and write about. Spelling tests are every Friday. We’ve had some very hard words, and we’ve been looking at short vowels. Our words were social studies, executive, tax, judicial and legislative. We studied the three branches of government. Mr. O’Beirne is reading “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow� to us. The book will take us up to Halloween when we will celebrate with a party in our room. — Merritt Claud and Jack Dausch, second-graders

This week at our school was Spirit Week, a time for revelry, competition and outrageous attire. Students took part in various dressup days, including school spirit, twin day, throwback Thursday, and class colors day. The week will culminate with a homecoming game and a dance. This year there was a new addition to the annual fall tradition, in the form of a schoolwide competition. Students and teachers were divided up into teams called the Apollonians and Dionysians. The two teams competed this week in a torch competition, a student shoe toss, a faculty chariot race and a Friday mental challenge. We will keep track of points throughout the year for the two teams and find out the winner in spring. — Niara Tarleton-Allen, 10th-grader

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The neighborhood group has been fighting the Cafritz plan for more than a year now, ever since residents learned the development company was planning to build on the long-vacant parcel. Residents had supported a previous proposal for the site in the 1980s, whose design more closely matched the staid masonry apartment buildings nearby, but that project never came to fruition. Major concerns arose over the glass facade and contemporary design of the planned 261-unit building, but those could not be challenged under current zoning law. So opponents decided instead to parse the code to find alleged errors by the zoning administrator when he declared the project could be built as a “matter of right� and began authorizing excavation and building permits. “Of course we’re disappointed with the BZA, but we’re not all that surprised,� coalition chair Richard Graham said in a statement after the ruling. “We had to take this step to exhaust our administrative remedies. We will appeal this decision to the D.C. Court of Appeals.� At a testy Oct. 4 hearing, the coalition’s attorney argued variously that the 10-story building would violate federal height limits, that Cafritz improperly measured the height from Kanawha Street to hide that alleged violation, and that the firm “manipulated the grade� of the property to avoid counting the units in the bottom level in density calculations. Jordan dismissed each argument, saying, for example, that any adjacent street is “an acceptable measure point,� and that “nothing in the zoning regulations prohibits a developer from adding material� to change the grade of a property. And, he noted, in a zoning appeal the board must give deference to the expertise of the zoning administra-

not be able to rely on the federal government to foot the bill. “Federal financing isn’t what it used to be,� she said, explaining that the department plans to seek publicprivate partnerships and local financing to supplement federal dollars. Meanwhile, some of the proposals under consideration would generate revenue, including fees on drivers coming into the business district dur-

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ing busy times as a way to incentivize other modes of transportation. Hawkinson said these fees would not disproportionately affect commuters, because everyone, including District residents, would be required to pay them. “But everyone would also have other ways to get in,� she added. “So they could say, ‘Well, I don’t want to pay this fee, so I’m going to take the Metro or the bus.’ The other components are making sure there’s capac-

Construction is already underway at the project site at 5333 Connecticut Ave. tor. “It’s not a question of impact, or whether the design should be there, which is questionable,� he said. “But the [opponents] did not show error. It was simply a difference of opinion.� “I came to the same conclusion,� chimed in board member Marcie Cohen. “The zoning administrator did follow zoning procedures and the zoning code.� Members Kathryn Allen and Anthony Hood, who turned in an absentee ballot, also voted to deny the neighbors’ appeal. Meanwhile, the coalition also had a hearing this week at the D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings on its contention that large bays planned for the Cafritz building would project past allowable limits and thus would violate the city building code. It’s not clear when an administrative law judge who heard the case will rule. Cafritz began preliminary work on the project even as the coalition’s various appeals were pending, and site work is now well underway. Neighbors were recently told that Cafritz expects to install a construction crane in December, according to Chevy Chase advisory neighborhood commission chair Jim McCarthy. After Tuesday’s decision, Cafritz spokesperson Bruce McLeod said “we’re pleased with the results and thank everyone involved.�

ity on the Metro and [that] the bus is as reliable and efficient as it can be.� Efforts to improve buses as part of “moveDC� would include creating dedicated bus lanes. Adding streetcars to the mix would also connect neighborhoods and boost economic growth, Hawkinson said. “It’s going back to the future, because we had them in the ’60s,� she said. More information about the projects is available at wemovedc.org.

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Wednesday october 30 Concerts ■Organist Eileen Guenther, president of the American Guild of Organists and professor of church music at Wesley Theological Seminary, will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■La Marraqueta will perform Chilean jazz fusion. 6:30 p.m. Free. Iglesias Auditorium, Inter-American Development Bank, 1330 New York Ave. NW. 202-623-1410. ■Folk-rock duo Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion will perform. 8:30 p.m. $15 to $20. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■Canden Schwantes, author of “Wicked Georgetown,� and Tim Krapp, author of “Ghosts of Georgetown,� will discuss three centuries of spooky tales about the historic neighborhood. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. wickedgeorgetown.eventbrite.com. ■George Pelecanos will discuss his book “The Double� in a conversation with Pamela Pinnock, creator and host of Busboys and Poets’ discussion series “A Continuing Talk on Race.� 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■Panelists Alice McDermott (shown), Mark Kurlansky and Steven Hartman will discuss “Word Power: The Writings of Stig Dagerman in America,� about an acclaimed post-war Swedish writer whose work is being published in the U.S. for the first time. A screening of the documentary “Our Need for Consolation,� based on a classic text by Dagerman, will follow. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. House of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW. wordpower-dagerman-eorg.eventbrite. com. ■Goli Taraghi, an acclaimed fiction writer in her native Iran, will discuss her book “The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons: Selected Stories� in conversation with Azar Nafisi. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■As part of the 2013 Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture Series, Time Maga-

■Gravensteen Haunted Productions will present “The Curse of Frau Mueller,� a haunted house. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Operation Rebound, which helps disabled soldiers pursue an active, athletic lifestyle. 7 to 11 p.m. $15 to $50. 50 Florida Ave. NE. gravensteen.net. The haunted house will be open daily through Saturday.

zine critic Richard Lacayo will discuss “Hurry Up Please, It’s Time: Artists in Their Later years.� 7 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the G Street lobby 30 minutes before the talk. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■A forum on “Communicating the Presidency: Presidential Photographers� will feature veteran presidential photographers David Hume Kennerly (Gerald Ford), David Valdez (George H.W. Bush), Sharon Farmer (Bill Clinton) and Eric Draper (George W. Bush). 7 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

Tasting â– Bar manager Joel Mann and a Sauza Tequila representative will lead a tasting of three tequila varieties. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. El Centro D.F. Georgetown, 1218 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-4100. Thursday, Oct. 31 Thursday october 31

Films ■The Goethe-Institut’s “Cinema Time� will feature a screening of Ulf Langheinrich’s audiovisual installation “Drift,� followed by a discuss with the artist. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. GoetheInstitut, 812 7th St. NW. goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com. ■“The Met: Live in HD� will feature an encore showing of Shostakovich’s “The Nose.� 6:30 p.m. $20. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. fathomevents.com. ■A pre-Halloween movie screening will feature George A. Romero’s 1968 zombie classic “Night of the Living Dead.� 7 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121.

Thursday, october 31 â– Concert: The National Symphony Orchestra and violinist Jennifer Koh will perform works by Enescu, Barber and Rachmaninoff. 7 p.m. $10 to $85. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

Children’s programs ■Betsy Lewin will discuss her book “Click, Clack, Boo! A Tricky Treat� (for ages 4 through 7). 10:30 a.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■Children’s entertainer John Henry will perform, with audience members encouraged to come in costume. 5:30 p.m. Free. Broad Branch Market, 5608 Broad Branch Road NW. 202-249-8551.

Ballroom� will feature comedy, music, frights and all things ghoulish. 9 p.m. Free; donation suggested. The Wonderland Ballroom, 1101 Kenyon St. NW. 202-4314704.

Performances ■The collective LYGO DC will host a stand-up comedy show featuring Reggie Melbrough and Damo Hicks. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $10. The Codmother, 1334 U St. NW. lygodc.com. ■The 16th International Festival of Hispanic Theater will feature a performance by Uruguayan humorist Petru Valenski (in Spanish). 6:30 p.m. $30. Embassy of Uruguay, 1913 I St. NW. 703548-3092. ■The Washington Ballet will present “Giselle,� about a young peasant girl who has a passion for dancing and dies of a broken heart. 7:30 p.m. $25 to $125. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. The performance will repeat Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. ■“Devils’ Night at the Wonderland

Special events ■Local entrepreneurs Eli Rakis and Sally Eastman, known as The Sauce Queens, will offer a supermarket tour with samples of four food dishes featuring their sauces, plus wine pairings and dessert. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Whole Foods Georgetown, 2325 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 917-951-4346. ■A happy hour with artist Andrew Wodzianski will raise funds for CulturalDC’s work, including artistic programs at Flashpoint and Source. 6 to 8 p.m. $20 donation suggested; reservations requested. The Brixton, 901 U St. NW. szuhan@culturaldc.org. ■“Night of the Living Zoo,� a pre-Halloween party, will feature a live band, costume contest, performance art, fortune tellers, fire eaters, talking bats and illusionists. 6:30 to 10 p.m. $20 to $30. National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. nationalzoo.si.edu.

Concerts ■Students from Catholic University’s musical theater program will perform the music of Frank Loesser. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■Rockabilly band Jumpin’ Jupiter will perform. 9 p.m. $5. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■Panelists will discuss “Cross-Border Gun Trafficking and Violence in Mexico.� 11 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/mexico. ■Nancy Beck Young, professor of history at the University of Houston, will discuss her use of congressional records in researching her new book “Why We Fight: Congress and the Politics of World War II.� Noon. Free. Room G-25, Research Center, National Archives Building, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■Maciej Bartkowski, an adjunct pro-

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fessor at Johns Hopkins University and senior director of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, will discuss “A Tale of Nonviolent Resistance in Struggles Against Oppression.� Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Berkley Center, Georgetown University, 3307 M St. NW. nonviolentresistance.eventbrite.com. ■Avi Tuschman will discuss his book “Our Political Nature: The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us.� Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Third-floor conference room, Berkley Center, Georgetown University, 3307 M St. NW. berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. ■Ruth Trocolli, city archaeologist with the D.C. Historic Preservation Office, will discuss recent finds from a burial place in Georgetown and other archaeological sites in the District. Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■Harvard University associate professor Matt Andrews will discuss “The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development: New Ideas, Changing Approaches.� 12:30 p.m. Free. Room 812, Rome Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. sais-jhu.edu. ■“A Path to Responsible Chocolate?� — about how changes in the way cocoa is grown, harvested, processed and marketed could promote peace — will feature panelists Han de Groot, executive director of UTZ Certified; Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine Chocolate; and William Guyton, president of the World Cocoa Foundation. 4 to 5:30 p.m. Free. Duques Hall, George Washington University, 2201 G St. NW. calendar.gwu.edu. ■American astrobiologist David H. Grinspoon will discuss “Terra Sapiens: The Human Chapter in the History of Earth.� 4 p.m. Free. Room 119, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202707-0213. ■Egyptian multimedia artist, musician and writer Hassan Khan will discuss his work in a conversation with Bibiana Obler, assistant professor of art history at George Washington University. 6:30 p.m. $8 to $20; free for students. Reservations required. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. ■Richard Holmes will discuss his book “Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■Mario A. Ortiz, associate professor of Spanish and director of Latin American and Latino studies at Catholic University, will discuss “Celia Cruz: Queen of Salsa.� 7 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121. Films ■Courtyard Cinema Classics will feature German director Robert Wiene’s 1920 silent horror film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.� 7:30 p.m. Free. Kogod Courtyard, National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■A horror film series will feature William Friedkin’s 1973 movie “The Exorcist.� 7 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library, See Events/Page 21

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Continued From Page 20 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-0970. Halloween events ■The Tenley-Friendship Library will host a Halloween Movie Marathon. 1 p.m. Free. 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-7271225. ■A Halloween party will feature games, pumpkin decorating, stories, treats and a costume parade. 3:30 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202282-3139. ■A Halloween party for children will feature a costume contest. 4 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. ■A Halloween party for ages 12 and younger will feature music, dancing, spooky storytelling and special treats. 4 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202541-6100. ■The Metropolitan Police Department and the 2nd District Citizens Advisory Council will host a Halloween haunted house. 5 to 8 p.m. Free. 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. 202715-7300. ■The Dupont Circle Pet Costume Contest will feature prizes for best costume, fashion pioneer and pet/owner look-alike. 5:30 p.m. Free. S Street Park, 17th and S streets NW. ■“Howl-O-Ween: Trick or Treating for Dogs� will feature prizes for best dog costume and most adorable dog in costume. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Courtyard Garden, Fairmont Washington, D.C. Georgetown, 2401 M St. NW (enter through the M Street alley). ■Washington Walks will present “The Most Haunted Houses: Halloween Edition,� featuring a trek through Lafayette Square and an interior tour of the Octagon House. 7:30 p.m. $20; tickets required. Meet at Farragut Park; details provided upon registration. washingtonwalks.com. ■“Ghost Tour� will explore the dark history of some of the well-known and lesser-known residents of the National Building Museum’s historic building. 8 and 9:15 p.m. $15 to $18. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. Special events ■To mark the end of the Mutual Inspirations Festival, the Embassy of the Czech Republic will host a 1970s-themed “Peace Out Party.� 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. mutualinspirations.org. ■The four-day festival “Performing Indonesia: A Conference and Festival of Music, Dance, and Drama� will kick off with “Javanese Shadow-Play: Hanoman on Fire.� 7:30 p.m. Free; tickets required. International Gallery, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6331000. The festival will continue with a performance Friday at 7:30 p.m. and with various events Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur Sackler Gallery and the S. Dillon Ripley Center’s International Gallery.

admission. Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. 202-3373350, ext. 2268. The event will continue Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Class â– Magali Bufferne will lead a “Survival French Workshop,â€? featuring essential skills for non-French speakers planning to visit France. 6:30 p.m. $40 to $75. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org.

Concerts ■The Friday Morning Music Club will present a concert of works by Rossini, Jack Heggie and Piston. Noon. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-3332075. ■The S&R Foundation Artist Concert Series will feature cellist Char Prescott performing works by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. 6:30 p.m. $65. Evermay, 1623 28th St. NW. 202-298-6007. ■The KC Jazz Club will present the Curtis Fuller Brasstet with Bobby Shew and Don Sickler on trumpet and flugelhorn. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $26 to $30. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■The Levi Stephens Band will perform. 9 p.m. $8 to $10. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■John Lipsky, distinguished visiting scholar of international economics at the School of Advanced International Studies and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, will discuss “The Governance Reform Agenda.� 12:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW. rbwashington@jhu.edu. ■Trade and development consultant Remigius Kintu will discuss “Reclaiming Africa’s Destiny.� 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free;

The National Theatre will host the world premiere of the Broadway-bound musical “If/Then� Nov. 5 through Dec. 8. The play marks Idina Menzel’s return to Broadway after winning a Tony Award for “Wicked� — as well as a reunion with her former “Rent� co-star, Anthony Rapp. Broadway notables

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LaChanze (a Tony winner for “The Color Purple�) and James Snyder round out the cast. On the verge of turning 40, Elizabeth returns to New York City, intent on a fresh start. But even in her carefully planned new life, the smallest decision or most random occurrence will impact her world in ways she never dreamed possible. Tickets start at $53. The theater is located at 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 800-514-3849; thenationaldc.com. ■Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will present the East Coast premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ comic drama “Appropriate� Nov. 4 through Dec. 1. The estranged members of the Lafayette family return to their crumbling Arkansas plantation home to settle the accounts of their recently deceased patriarch. The unearthing of a shocking object sends the family spiraling into the dark history of their own repressed memories and careening into the tainted past of the American South. reservations requested. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. busboysandpoets.com. ■Jim Harbage of Longwood Gardens will discuss “Specialty Chrysanthemum Growing Techniques From Japan.� 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■Tally Beck will discuss Korean contemporary art in conjunction with the opening of a new exhibition of work by artist Si Jae Byun. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Korean Cultural Center, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW. koreaculturedc.org. ■Rebecca Eaton will discuss her book “Making Masterpiece: 25 Years Behind the Scenes at ‘Masterpiece Theatre’ and ‘Mystery!’ on PBS.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and

Idina Menzel and Anthony Rapp star in the new musical “If/Then,� opening at National Theatre. Tickets start at $35. Woolly Mammoth is located at 641 D St. NW. 202-393-3939; woollymammoth.net. ■The George Washington University Department of Theatre & Dance will stage Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night� Oct. 31 through Nov. 3 at the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre. Regarded as one of the Bard’s greatest comedies, “Twelfth Night� unsettles many notions of gender, class and social order prevalent during Shakespeare’s time. Tickets cost $10 to $15. The theater is located in the university’s Marvin Center, 800 21st St. NW. 202-994-8072; theatredance.gwu.edu.

Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. â– In honor of DĂ­a de los Muertos, artist Tina Mion will discuss “Not Dead Yet: Thoughts and Paintings on Death and Dying.â€? 7 p.m. Free. McEvoy Auditorium, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. â– Best-selling author Sophy Burnham will discuss “Angels Around Usâ€? at a discussion to benefit the Seven Angels of Revelation Stained Glass Restoration Fund. 7:30 p.m. $15 donation suggested. Church of the Holy City, 1611 16th St. NW. 202462-6734. Films â– The Union Market Drive-In series will feature Tom Shadyac’s 2007 film “Evan Almighty.â€? Gates open at 6 p.m.; film starts

at 8 p.m. Free admission. Union Market, 305 5th St. NE. dcdrivein.com. ■The 18th annual Arabian Sights Film Festival will feature Fouad Alaywan’s film “Asfouri,� at 6:30 p.m.; and Nadine Khan’s film “Chaos, Disorder� (shown), at 9 p.m. $12 per screening. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-234-3456. The festival will continue through Sunday. Meeting ■A weekly bridge group will meet to play duplicate bridge. 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $6. Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 See Events/Page 22

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Friday november 1 Bazaar ■The Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School will present its annual “Esprit de Noel Christmas Bazaar,� featuring more than 60 specialty boutiques, attic treasures, decorations, music, a silent auction and a car raffle. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Free

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Continued From Page 21 Connecticut Ave. NW. 301-654-1865. Performances ■ As part of the Kids Euro Festival, Poland’s Teatr Pinezka will present “The Old Man and the Sea,” using mime, dance, puppetry to tell the tale of an old clown who decides to go fishing. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■ The Georgetown Improv Association will present a night of unscripted and unrehearsed comedy. 9 p.m. $4 to $6. Bulldog Alley, Leavey Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787. ■ N’ea Posey will host “LIVE! From Busboys: Open Mic & Talent Showcase.” 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202387-7638. Special events ■ The D.C.-based group Split This Rock will present the first Freedom Plow Award for Poetry & Activism to Eliza Griswold for her work collecting folk poems from Afghan women. 6 to 9 p.m. $25. GoetheInstitut, 812 7th St. NW. SplitThisRock.org. ■ FotoWeekDC 2013 will kick off with

an opening party featuring exhibits and projections, open bars and a dance hall. 7:30 to 11 p.m. $55 to $65. National Geographic, 1145 17th St. NW. fotoweekdc. org. FotoWeekDC will continue through Nov. 7 with events at various venues. ■ Sufi teacher Pir Zia Inayat-Khan will lead an evening of invocation and reflection on “The Sufi Path of Love.” 7:30 p.m. $10. Copley Hall Formal Lounge, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 703-389-3456. He will also present Sufi teachings, meditations and practices during a seminar Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; registration costs $225. Sporting event ■ The Washington Wizards will play the Philadelphia 76ers. 7 p.m. $40 to $346. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000. Saturday, Nov. 2

Saturday november 2 Bazaar ■ The United Methodist Women’s annual bazaar will feature gently used items for sale. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW.

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perform. 9 p.m. $10. Tropicalia, 2001 14th St. NW. tropicaliadc.com. ■ Singer-songwriter Laura Tsaggaris will perform. 10:30 p.m. $10. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

202-363-4900. Book sale ■ The Friends of the Cleveland Park Library will hold a used-book sale. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. Second-floor meeting room, Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-6696235. The sale will continue Sunday from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Children’s programs ■ “Saturday Morning at the National” will feature Act!vated Story Theatre presenting the tales of “Tops and Bottoms” and “Simple Ivan” using physical comedy, audience participation, American Sign Language and imaginative props. 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before each show. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372. ■ As part of the Kids Euro Festival 2013, a storytime and arts workshop will introduce Ernest and Célestine, a mouse and bear featured in a popular children’s book series. Noon. Free; reservations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. ■ A park ranger will lead an autumn night sky tour in the Rock Creek Park planetarium. 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6224. The program will repeat Sunday at 1 p.m. ■ As part of the Kids Euro Festival, Lithuania’s Greenhouse Stories will use puppetry and video in the story of Flower Girl and her journey around creation. 3 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. ■ Park ranger Tony Linforth will lead a planetarium program about the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy and deep space. 4 to 4:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-8956070. The program will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m. Classes and workshops ■ Author Kathryn Johnson will lead a seminar on how to “Write a Novel in a Month.” 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $87 to $130. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ George L. Scheper of Johns Hopkins University will lead a seminar on “The Inca and Machu Picchu.” 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. $87 to $130. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Best-selling author Sophy Burnham will lead a workshop on “Increasing Your Intuition.” 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $35. Church of the Holy City, 1611 16th St. NW. 202-4626734. ■ Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel to the National Press Photographers Association, will lead a workshop on “Photography & the Law: The Perfect Storm of Access, Copyright and Social Media Issues” as part of FotoWeekDC’s educational programs. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $55. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. fotoweekdc.org. The workshop series will continue through Nov. 7. ■ Artist Kathleen Manning and jewelry designer Penelope Diamanti will lead “African Beading Workshop: Multi-Dangle Collar Necklace.” 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. $50 to

Saturday, november 2 ■ Performance: Storyteller David Gonzalez will present the world premiere of his semiautobiographical show “Man of the House (Or: How I Tracked Down My Dad, the Spy),” about a young boy who searches for his long-lost father while spending a summer in Miami (for ages 9 and older). 1:30 and 5 p.m. $20. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Sunday at 1:30 and 4 p.m. $65. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. Concerts ■ The Washington Chinese Traditional Orchestra will perform as part of a celebration of the Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum. 1230 to 2:30 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ The Danish String Quartet will perform works by Haydn, Ligeti, Abrahamsen and Beethoven. 2 p.m. Free; tickets required. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502. ■ “Opera at the Plaza” will feature Washington National Opera DomingoCafritz Young Artists performing “Opera’s Best-Loved Arias” and previews of upcoming productions. 3 to 5 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Shops at Wisconsin Place, 5310 Western Ave. 301-841-4000. ■ Guitarist Dorado Schmitt and the Django Reinhardt Festival All-Stars will perform with vibraphonist-composer Stefon Harris. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $38. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Recording artist Solange will perform her fusion of R&B and pop. 8 p.m. $20 to $35. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-9946800. ■ The Ariel Quartet will perform with cellist Paul Katz. 8 p.m. $30 to $35. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552. ■ The Talea Ensemble will perform new works exploring music-science connections from fractals to geology. 8 p.m. $5 to $10. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3634. ■ Irish classical pianist Finghan Collins will perform works by Mozart, Debussy, Brahms and Schubert. 8 p.m. Free. Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Circle. 301-3202770. ■ Local rap artist King Baba Jones will

Discussions and lectures ■ Restorer and dealer Ali Aydin will compare and contrast Turkish and Caucasian rugs, illustrating design similarities due to a shared Turkic heritage. 10:30 a.m. Free. Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW. 202-667-0441, ext. 64. ■ Mark Brazaitis will discuss his book “Julia and Rodrigo,” at 1 p.m.; David Folkenflik will discuss his book “Murdoch’s World: The Last of the Old Media Empires,” at 3:30 p.m.; and Artemis Cooper will discuss her book “Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■ Choreographer Sarah Ewing will discuss a work in the museum’s collection and explain why it resonates with her. 1:30 p.m. Free. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000. Films ■ A retrospective of the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini will feature the director’s 1967 film “Oedipus Rex,” at 2 p.m.; and his 1970 film “Notes for an African Oresteia,” at 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ As part of the 18th annual Arabian Sights Film Festival, Moumen Smihi will present his 2013 film “Tanjaoui,” about the son of a Muslim theologian in cosmopolitan Tangiers who debates God’s existence with his devout father, literature with a beautiful teacher from Paris and national politics with his friends. 6:15 p.m. $12. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-234-3456. Smihi will also attend a screening of the film on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Performances ■ The Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, artists in residence for the National Portrait Gallery’s “Dancing the Dream” exhibition, will present an open rehearsal of a work created in response to the show. 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ GALita will present the world premiere of Cecilia Cackley’s “Fabulas Mayas,” a bilingual children’s play featuring life lessons shared as the Creator and the Shaper populate the earth with various creatures. 3 p.m. $10. Gala Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174. ■ As part of the Kids Euro Festival, Bulgaria’s Garbage for Plums will present a story based on a traditional folk tale about a man who wants to find a nice girl to marry but picks a strange way to do it. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The DC A Cappella Festival 2013 will feature Georgetown University’s all-female group GraceNotes and other ensembles. 7 p.m. $8 to $10. Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202687-2787. Special events ■ Community Day at the Corcoran will celebrate art and creativity with a 3-D printing demonstration, hands-on activities, a community art fair, artist talks, special tours, films, music and beer tastings. See Events/Page 23

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Continued From Page 22 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202639-1770. ■ As part of the fourth annual Metro Washington Financial Planning Day, dozens of local professional financial planners will lead workshops and work one-on-one with D.C. residents on issues such as getting out of debt, retirement planning and investment strategies. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free; registration suggested. Columbia Heights Educational Campus, 3101 16th St. NW. 877-861-7826. ■ Day of the Dead Family Day will feature performances and craft activities, including creating memory books and decorating skull masks. 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■ An afternoon tea will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” with a spirited discussion of the author’s works, tea sandwiches, scones and assorted desserts. A tour of Tudor Place’s entertaining spaces will follow. 1 to 3 p.m. $25 to $30. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. 202-965-0400. Sporting event ■ The Washington Capitals will play the Florida Panthers. 7 p.m. $54 to $560. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000. Walks and tours ■ Washington Walks will present a walking tour of Woodley Park and the Washington National Cathedral. 11 a.m. $15. Meet outside the Woodley Park-Zoo Metro station. washingtonwalks.com. ■ Emily Porter, a contractor with the U.S. Botanic Garden’s Project BudBurst, will lead a tour and explain how citizen observations at the U.S. Botanic Garden will contribute to scientific understandings of local plants. 2 to 3 p.m. Free. Meet on the entry terrace at the Conservatory, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. Sunday, Nov. 3

Sunday november 3 Classes and workshops ■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a weekly class on “Opening Our Heart.” 10 to 10:45 a.m. $6 per class. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-986-2257. The classes will continue through Nov. 17. ■ A harvest workshop will focus on herbs used in the Federal period and grown in Dumbarton House’s period herb garden. The event will include a chance to make herb butter and a bouquet garni, as well as a lavender sachet to take home. 1 to 3 p.m. $10 to $15. Belle Vue Ballroom, Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. incredibleedibleherbs.eventbrite.com. ■ A weekly Ukulele Circle led by Liz Ennis will offer beginners a chance to learn a few easy chords and more advanced players an opportunity to improvise and jam. 4 to 4:30 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326. Concerts ■ Guitarist Dorado Schmitt and Django Reinhardt Festival All-Stars will lead a participatory jam session. 11 a.m. $7. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Four Nations Ensemble and soprano Rosa Lamoreaux will perform works by C.P.E. Bach, J.S. Bach and Telemann. 3 p.m. Free; reservations request-

ed. National Academy of Sciences Auditorium, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW. FourNations.eventbrite.com. ■ The Washington Bach Consort will present “The Corcord of Heaven,” featuring Bach’s instrumental music and two solo cantatas performed by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Lane. 3 p.m. $23 to $65. National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. bachconsort.org. ■ Pianist Boris Giltburg will perform works by Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. 4 p.m. $15 to $30; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music. ■ The professional Choir of Christ Church will perform the music of Richard Ayleward, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Healey Willan. 5 p.m. Free. Christ Church, Georgetown, 31st and O streets NW. 202333-6677. ■ Jazz vocalist Dick Kaufmann will perform a benefit concert for the Wounded Warrior Project. 5 p.m. $25 to $30; free tickets available for wounded veterans (reservations required). Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St. NW. 202-3627100. ■ The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys will sing Fauré’s “Requiem” as part of the All Souls’ Day liturgy. 6 p.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. nationalcathedral.org. ■ The Emerson String Quartet will perform works by Haydn, Britten and Beethoven. 6 to 8 p.m. $51 to $67. Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030. ■ Maryland Sinfonietta will perform works by Ives, Cage and Copland in the first concert of the 65th American Music Festival. 6:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-8426941. ■ Dahlak Restaurant will present its weekly “DC Jazz Jam” session. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. 1771 U St. NW. 202-5279522. ■ The Axelrod String Quartet will perform works by Haydn, Britten and Louis Spohr. Lecture at 6:30 p.m.; concert at 7:30 p.m. $25 to $31. Warner Bros. Theater, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030. ■ Singer Jil Aigrot will present a tribute to one of France’s greatest stars on the 50th anniversary of the death of Edith Piaf. 7 p.m. $25 to $35. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800. ■ The Washington Chorus, soprano Jessica Muirhead, tenor Vale Rideout, baritone Christopher Burchett and the Children’s Chorus of Washington will perform Britten’s “War Requiem.” 7:30 p.m. $15 to $70. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202342-6221. Discussions and lectures ■ Christopher M. Schroeder, an Internet executive and venture investor, will discuss his book “Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East.” 10 a.m. Free. St. John’s Episco-

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show of photography today and continue it through Nov. 10. A “First Friday” reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., and an artist’s reception for Markowski will be held Nov. 9 from 4 to 6 p.m. Located at 2108 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 1 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. 202-232-8734. ■ “Involution,” presenting new sculptures, paintings and collages by Kathryn Wiley, will open today at Foundry Gallery and continue through Dec. 1. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Located at 1314 18th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-463-0203. ■ The photographic exhibit “Nelson Mandela: Character, Comrade, Leader, Prisoner, Negotiator, Statesman” will open tomorrow at Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center Gallery and continue through March 28. Curated and produced by the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, the exhibit is making its U.S. debut. Located on the Howard University campus at 500 Howard Place NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. howard.edu/msrc. ■ The Arts Club of Washington will open an exhibit of works by Ruth Bird, Alison Hall and Kristin Herzog with a reception Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. The show will continue through Nov. 30. Located at 2017 I St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 202-331-7282. ■ Touchstone Gallery will open three shows Friday with a reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and continue them through Nov. 24. The shows can be previewed today and tomorrow during regular gallery hours. “Through a Different Lens” is a group show by gallery members. “Lucid Dreams” features work by Tré described as “a specpal Church, Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202-347-8766. ■ Kathleen Wheaton and Robert Herschbach, winners of the 2013 Washington Writers Publishing House Awards, will discuss their respective books, “Aliens & Other Stories” and “Loose Weather,” at 1 p.m.; and Jayne Anne Phillips will discuss her novel “Quiet Dell,” at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Alice Fales Stewart will discuss her book “The Palisades of Washington, D.C.” 2 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. ■ A panel of conservators, curators and scholars will discuss “Van Gogh Repetitions.” 2 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations required. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events. ■ Mary Levkoff, curator and head of sculpture and decorative arts at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss “The Real Treasure of Citizen Kane: William Randolph Hearst and the Story of His Extraordinary Collections.” 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■ Archaeologist Jodi Magness will discuss “Samson in Stone: Mosaic Discoveries in an Ancient Galilean Village.” 2 to 3:30 p.m. $18 to $25. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030.

Gene Markowski’s wooden wall sculptures are featured in an exhibit at Studio Gallery. tral journey depicting the archetypes of humanity.” “Soul Food” presents pastel, oil and mixed-media paintings by Betsy Forster that show her deep connection to nature and the land. Located at 901 New York Ave. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-347-2787. ■ “Linger on! (Verweile doch),” featuring photographs by Max Baumann, Iris Brosch, Reinhard Hentze, Carina Linge, Matthias Ritzmann and Robert Schlotter, will open Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Goethe-Institut. Presented as part of FotoWeekDC, the show will continue through Jan. 31. Reservations are required for the reception; to RSVP visit goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com. Located at 812 7th St. NW, the institute is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 202-289-1200, ext. 165. ■ “Mia Feuer: An Unkindness,” presenting works by Brookland artist Feuer that explore the relationships between failed infrastructure, the natural world and environmental catastrophe, will open Saturday at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and continue through Feb. 23. Located at 500 17th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until 9 p.m. Admission costs $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students; it is free for ages 12 and younger and military personnel. 202-639-1700. ■ The Washington Studio School recently opened its annual Faculty Show, which will continue through Dec. 8. A reception for the show will take place Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Located at 2129 S St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 202-234-3030.

■ The 18th annual Arabian Sights Film Festival will feature a panel discussion on “Egyptian Cinema Today and Tomorrow.” 2:30 p.m. Free. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-234-3456. ■ The Goethe-Institut will host a discussion on anti-gentrification struggles in

Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighborhoods and similar issues among the hippie-settled marijuana-farming communities of Humboldt County, Calif. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. goethe.de/washington. See Events/Page 24

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Continued From Page 23 ■Kesher Israel’s annual Tzvi Daremblum Memorial Lecture will feature Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic, on the topic of “A Passion for Waiting: Messianism and the Jews.� 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Kesher Israel, 2801 N St. NW. 202-333-2337. Festival ■Key Elementary School’s annual Harvest Festival will feature games, a pumpkin decorating contest, a haunted house, a moon bounce and more. Noon to 4 p.m. Free admission. Key Elementary School, 5001 Dana Place NW. keyschooldc.org. Films ■The Global Lens Film Series will feature Srdjan Dragojevic’s 2011 comedy “The Parade (Parada),� about a group of gay activists in Belgrade who strike an uneasy alliance with a Serbian crime boss. 2 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. ■A French cinema series will feature Philippe Falardeau’s 2011 film “Monsieur Lazhar.� 4:30 p.m. Free. Eckles Auditorium, George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. 202242-5117. ■A retrospective of the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini will feature the director’s 1969 film “Medea.� 4:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■American University will host a screening of the documentary “Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City 1900-1922,� with introductory remarks and a post-screening Q-and-A with director Maria Iliou. 6 p.m. $15 to $20. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3634. Performances ■As part of the Kids Euro Festival,

French performers will present “Drumblebee,� about four wacky researchers who fall under the spell of the moon. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Adoptee Brian Stanton will perform his solo play “Blank,� about a quest for identity that culminates with his discovering the horrific truth of his birth, an instinctive love for his birth mother and a grateful dedication to his adoptive family. Afterward, author Patti Hawn will stage readings with Stanton from her memoir “Good Girls Don’t,� about her teenage pregnancy, the loss of her son to adoption and the search to reunite 40 years later. 7 p.m. $25 to $30. Dance Institute of Washington, 3400 14th St. NW. blank-dc.brownpapertickets.com. ■The Irrepressibles will present a live show set among films about memory, emancipation and homosexual love. 8 p.m. $15 to $18. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. ■Regie Cabico and Danielle Evennou will host “Sparkle,� an open mic event for LGBT-dedicated poets. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Special event ■The Double Nickels Theatre Company will host a Jazz & Blues Brunch featuring the Igwe Jazz Ensemble and a reminiscence theater salon showcasing true stories shared by guests. 11 a.m. $65; reservations required. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. doublenickels.org. Tour ■“Close-up Tour: 20th-Century American Gothic� will explore the Gothic style and its unique characteristics, purposes and building methods. 1:30 p.m. $10. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. nationalcathedral.org. Monday, Nov. 4

Monday november 4 Children’s event ■Singer-songwriter Isabel Roth will host a storytime. 10:30 a.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Class ■The group Yoga Activist will present a weekly yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Cleveland

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Monday, november 4 ■Discussion: New York Times columnist and CBS News correspondent David Pogue will discuss “The Science of Everything,� the subject of a new National Geographic book that includes an introduction by Pogue. 7:30 p.m. $21.60 to $24. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700. will feature authors Philip Caputo and Kevin Powers reading from their works. 7:30 p.m. $15. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-5447077. Special event ■Best-selling authors and literacy advocates David Baldacci and James Patterson will headline the 2013 Library of Congress Literacy Awards, which will go to the groups Reach Out and Read, 826 National and PlanetRead. 1 p.m. Free. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202707-5502. Tuesday, Nov. 5

Tuesday november 5 Children’s program ■Barnes & Noble will host a book release party for “Hard Luck,� the latest in the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid� series. 7 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176. Classes ■Teacher and therapist Heather Ferris will lead a weekly yoga class. Noon. Free. Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288. ■The group Yoga Activist will present a weekly yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. Concert ■The Tuesday Concert Series will feature the Washington Bach Consort and organ soloist Eric Plutz. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635. Discussions and lectures ■Lewis L. Gould will discuss his book “Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Creating the Modern First Lady.� Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk by writer and editor Davi Walders on “Women Against Tyranny: Poems of Resistance During World War II.� 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Free. Temple Baptist Church, 3850 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-895-4860. ■As part of the Washington Women

Writers Series, Jane Stanton Hitchcock will discuss her book “Mortal Friends.� Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■Dr. Daniela Schiller, assistant professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, will discuss “Forgetting Fear: The Neural Basis of Emotional Memory in the Human Brain.� 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Free. Butler Board Room, Butler Pavilion, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1710. ■Seth Goldman, co-founder of Honest Tea, will discuss his book “Mission in a Bottle: Scaling an Authentic Brand While Keeping It Honest.� 5 p.m. Free. Lohrfink Auditorium, Hariri Building, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. geuevents.georgetown.edu. ■Michael Warner, professor of English literature and American studies at Yale University, will discuss “The Evangelical Black Atlantic: Wheatley and Marrant.� 5:30 p.m. Free. Copley Hall Formal Lounge, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu. ■Thomas Pickering, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will discuss “Beyond Benghazi: U.S. Public Diplomacy in Troubled Times.� 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room B07, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University, 805 21st St. NW. bit.ly/thomas-pickering. ■The Bread & Roses series on labor issues will feature a discussion of the book “From Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing, Occupy and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit.� 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227. ■Yvonne Chireau, professor of religious studies at Swarthmore College, will discuss “Hoodoo, Healing, and Harming: African American Folk Magic.� 6 p.m. Free. Room 311, White-Gravenor Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu. ■As part of FotoWeekDC, internationally renowned documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark will discuss her work and career. 6:30 p.m. Free. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. ■Veteran foreign correspondent Kevin Peraino, a former D.C. resident, will discuss his book “Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power.� 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■The Center for Environmental Filmmaking will present a talk by filmmakers Kiley Kraskouskas and Kathyrn Pasternak on “Crowdfunding Success: Finding Your Voice, Embracing Your Niche, and Loving Your Audience.� 7 p.m. Free. Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3408. ■Novelist, essayist and journalist Kim McLarin will discuss “Fiction or Fact: The Novelist Writes a Memoir and Regrets It, Sort Of.� 7 p.m. Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282. ■Georgetown University professor Daniel Madigan will discuss “God as Sovereign and Lover� in the 13th-century Persian poem “The Conference of the Birds.� See Events/Page 25

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Continued From Page 24 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■John Ferling, professor emeritus of history at the University of West Georgia, will discuss his book “Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation.� 7 to 8:30 p.m. $18 to $25. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030. Films ■National Geographic’s Tuesdays at Noon series will feature the 2013 film “Doomsday Preppers,� followed by a conversation with executive producer Kathleen Cromley. Noon. Free. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700. ■The monthlong “Tales of the City — San Francisco� movie series will feature Gus Van Sant’s 2008 film “Milk,� starring Sean Penn and Josh Brolin. 6 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■The Global Lens Film Series will feature Mohamed Diab’s 2010 film “Cairo 678,� about three women from different backgrounds who join together in uneasy solidarity to combat the sexual harassment that has affected their lives. 6 p.m. Free. Large Conference Room, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-1291. ■The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will present Peter Miller and Will Hechter’s 2012 documentary “AKA Doc Pomus,� about the music career of Brooklyn native Jerome Felder. 7:30 p.m. $12.50. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org. Performance ■As part of the Kids Euro Festival, Germany will present a performance of “Pappelapapp,� which uses audience members’ imaginations to transform an ordinary cardboard box into something magical. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Reading ■Liechtenstein-born playwright and author Daniel Batliner will read from his short stories about people’s everyday lives. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com. Sporting event ■The Washington Capitals will play the New York Islanders. 7 p.m. $56 to $490. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000. Tour ■An in-depth tour of the Washington National Cathedral will precede a traditional English tea hosted by the All Hallows Guild. 1:30 p.m. $30. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. tea.cathedral.org. Wednesday, Nov. 6

Wednesday november 6 Benefits ■A benefit for the Algebra Project and Young People’s Project will feature a reception and presentation by civil rights leader Bob Moses and author Taylor Branch on “Moving Beyond the Achievement Gap,�

about proposals to establish a universal right to vote and to a quality public school education. 5 to 7 p.m. $15 to $35. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. ap-movingbeyond.eventbrite.com. ■The Woodrow Wilson House will host a 1920s speakeasy-themed bash with period cocktails, live music by swing/jazz quartet The Laissez Foure and a dance demonstration by Jam Cellar. 7 to 9 p.m. $45. Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 S St. NW. woodrowwilsonhouse.org. Children’s program ■David Wiesner, a three-time Caldecott Medal winner, will discuss his book “Mr. Wuffles!� (for ages 5 through 8). 10:30 a.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Concerts ■The Marine Band will perform a concert to celebrate John Philip Sousa’s 158th birthday. 11 a.m. Free. Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E St. SE. 202-433-4011. ■The Happenings at the Harman series will feature the Congressional Chorus presenting 21st-century choral works based on scenes from Shakespeare’s plays. Noon. Free. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. ■CutTime Simfonica will present “Down by the Riverside: Reconstructionism in Classical Music.� 12:10 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. ■A monthly concert series will feature flutist Bianca Garcia and organist Michael Lodico performing the world premiere of Stephen Cabell’s “Kokopelliana.� 12:10 to 12:45 p.m. Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202-347-8766. Discussions and lectures ■Bryan Bender will discuss his book “You Are Not Forgotten: The Story of a Lost World War II Pilot and a Twenty-First-Century Soldier’s Mission to Bring Him Home.� Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202357-5000. ■The Q&A Cafe series will feature political commentator Mark Plotkin on political races in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Noon. $35. The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown, 3100 South St. NW. 202-912-4121. ■The Alzheimer’s Association will present a talk on “The Basics of Alzheimer’s Disease.� 1 p.m. Free. Seabury at Friendship Terrace, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202-244-7400. ■As part of the DC Reads program, the Palisades Library will host a discussion of John Muller’s book “Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia.� 7:30 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. ■Maurizio Viroli, professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University, will discuss “Redeeming ‘The Prince’: The Meaning of Machiavelli’s Masterpiece.� 6:30 p.m. Free. Iglesias Auditorium, Inter-American Development Bank, 1330 New York Ave. NW. 202-623-1410. ■Tommy Sowers, assistant secretary of veterans affairs for public and intergovernmental affairs and an 11-year Army veteran who served in Iraq and Kosovo, will speak. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. National Veterans Center, George Washington University, 2013 H St. NW. secondservice.gwu.edu/sowers. ■Richard Kurin, undersecretary for history, art and culture for the Smithsonian

Wednesday, november 6 â– Discussion: The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the District of Columbia will present a talk by biographer Jean Edward Smith, author of “Grant.â€? 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. eventbrite.com/event/8875315307. Institution and author of “The Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Objects,â€? will discuss “The Objects of America’s Affection at the Smithsonian.â€? 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $18 to $25. Warner Bros. Theater, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030. â– M. Night Shyamalan will discuss his book “I Got Schooled: The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing America’s Education Gap.â€? 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. â– Biographer Elizabeth Hawes will discuss her book “Camus: A Romance.â€? 7 p.m. $8 to $12. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. â– Canadian journalist Andrew Nikiforuk will discuss “Oh, Canada: A Petro State?â€? 7 p.m. $8 to $10. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1770. â– Hassan Melehy, professor of French at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Joyce Johnson, author of the recent Jack Kerouac biography “The Voice Is All,â€? will discuss Kerouac’s life and work, with an emphasis on his career-long cultural and linguistic transitions between French and English. 7 to 8:30 p.m. $20 to $25. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. â– Simon Singh will discuss his book “The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets.â€? 7 to 8:30 p.m. $20 to $25. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

â– Taylor Branch (shown) will discuss his book “The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movementâ€? in a conversation with Bob Moses, who was field secretary of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee’s Mississippi Project and now runs the Algebra Project. 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-3877638. â– As part of the DC Reads program, the Georgetown Library will host a discussion of John Muller’s book “Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia.â€? 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. Films â– The “Muslim Journeysâ€? film series will feature “Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World.â€? 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202282-0021. â– The Smithsonian American Art Museum will present Wim Wenders’ 1999 documentary “Buena Vista Social Club.â€? 6:30 p.m. Free. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. â– Georgetown University will host a screening of Lorraine LĂŠvy’s 2012 film “The Other Son,â€? about a Palestinian and Israeli who learn at age 18 that they were accidentally switched at birth. A discussion will follow. 7:30 to 10 p.m. Free. Auditorium, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu. â– The Avalon Docs series will feature Jason Wise’s 2012 film “SOMM,â€? about the Court of Master Sommeliers and the

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this is the mayor’s plan. Congress asked for our view, and the mayor gave it … with very little consultation” with District residents, she said. Chairman Phil Mendelson played devil’s advocate, questioning both public witnesses and planning director Harriet Tregoning. But he, too, aimed his sharpest questions at Tregoning’s assertion that taller buildings would help provide more affordable housing in underserved areas of the city. “This is not a state-driven economy, it’s a market economy,” Mendelson said. “Where the market is, say Wisconsin Avenue, that’s where we’ll see more housing.” “This height act is not about tomorrow. We’re talking about in 100 years,” Tregoning replied. And clearly frustrated at resistance by longtime residents to her proposals, she told the council chairman, “Look, we could take this option off the table. We could accommodate all that housing [by allowing more density in established neighborhoods], but it means changing the character of those neighborhoods.”

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The council’s formal role in the height act debate is not clear, although several witnesses asked Mendelson to introduce a resolution opposing the changes recommended by the Planning Office. The draft recommendations come at the request of Rep. Darryl Issa, R-Calif., to explore “strategic changes” to height limits outside the federal or “L’Enfant” city. The National Capital Planning Commission is recommending only minor changes, allowing human occupancy of rooftop penthouses now limited to mechanical equipment. The commission and city Planning Office hoped to submit joint recommendations, but officials now say they may not be able to achieve consensus. The National Capital Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the District’s proposal Wednesday evening, and it will vote on the various proposals Nov. 19 before submitting a formal recommendation — or two separate recommendations — to Congress. “We’ll see how close we can get to consensus,” Tregoning said, noting that both recommendations could change.

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from $29 million to $37.1 million for the different options, with project lengths varying between 24 to 36 months over different stages. Each of the construction options would add new retaining walls at many spots along the road, which would be as tall as 7 feet without a sidewalk or bike lane or as tall as 17 feet with them. Hundreds of trees would likely be affected. A discussion at Monday’s Chevy Chase advisory neighborhood commission meeting recalled the intense debate that swirled around a similar plan to rebuild Oregon Avenue, which runs along Rock Creek Park just north of Broad Branch Road. In that case, supporters of improved bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure faced off against residents who wanted to minimize environmental disruption and retain a “country lane” vibe. On Oregon, the city ultimately elected to install the sidewalk but not the bicycle lane; that work is due to begin next year. On Broad Branch, though, the Chevy Chase commission voted 4-2 to endorse a sidewalk and bike lane. “If we’re making an investment now that’s going to last 30, 40 years, we should do it right … so we can get the greatest utilization of Rock Creek Park,” said commissioner Randy Speck. Proponents at the meeting said the sidewalk and bike lane would improve access to the park’s trails and help commuting cyclists connect to other parts of the city. Speck also praised the Transportation Department for rejecting vari-

ous other options: further widening of the roadway; converting it to oneway car travel to accommodate a bike lane without widening it; or raising or relocating the road out of the floodplain. “Basically, they’re not going to change the character of this road, but they would add these other amenities that in some respects I would say are very desirable and I would say essential for safety,” said Speck. Some residents at the meeting emphasized that the Broad Branch project should be minimally invasive to the park setting. “When I hear that this beautiful road lined with trees and nature is being considered as the only avenue for walkers and bikers … what I see is destruction of the environment for no good reason,” said resident Deborah Kavruck. She suggested that a sidewalk be considered only south of Brandywine Street, because pedestrians and cyclists could use parallel streets farther north. “Not every road has to be used for bikers and walkers,” added resident Ulrich Hewer. “Just accept that some roads are not like others.” The Forest Hills neighborhood commission, which represents most of the project area, hasn’t yet taken a position. The full report is available at broadbranchrdea.com, and at the Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park and Tenley-Friendship libraries. Comments can be sent to broadbranch@ parsons.com through Nov. 22. A public hearing will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 at the Methodist Home of D.C., 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW.

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