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The defense had called a series of witnesses aimed at shifting the jury’s focus from the lurid details of a political sex scandal to the legal question of whether Edwards’ actions violated federal campaign finance laws.

Prosecutors spent nearly three weeks trying to convince a jury that Edwards masterminded a conspiracy to use nearly $1 million secretly provided by two wealthy donors to help hide his pregnant mistress,

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Many people watching the case believed Edwards would testify so the jury could hear directly from the former U.S. senator and trial lawyer, who had a reputation for his ability to sway jurors. But putting Edwards

on the stand was also a gamble: It would have exposed him to withering cross-examination about his past lies and personal failings.

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tion Edwards’ oldest daughter, Cate, who has sat behind Edwards nearly every day of the trial and could have helped humanize him.

The judge told jurors that closing arguments would be Thursday, with the jury likely beginning deliberations Friday.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead Wednesday in her home in Bedford, N.Y., her attorney Kerry Lawrence said. Robert Kennedy Jr. is the son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy. (AP)

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One of life’s simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer.

The study of 400,000 people is the largest ever done on the issue, and the results should reassure any coffee lovers who think it’s a guilty pleasure that may do harm.

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oxidants to tiny amounts of substances linked to cancer. The most widely studied ingredient — caffeine — didn’t play a role in the new study’s results.

Even a single cup a day seemed to lower risk a little: 6 percent in men and 5 percent in women. The strongest effect was in women who had four or five cups a day — a 16 percent lower risk of death.

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The study, which began in 1995, was done by the National Institutes of Health and AARP. The results are published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine.

Vice President Biden, campaigning in Democratic territory with high unemployment, went after Republican Mitt Romney’s business background Wednesday and cast him as a corporate raider more interested in profits than people.

Biden said the former businessman favors policies that benefit the well-to-do over average people. He said Obama wants to give everyone a fair shake and make sure everyone plays by the same rules.

“These guys don’t get it,” Biden said, addressing supporters on a factory floor in Youngstown, where the unemployment rate is 10.4 percent, more than 2 points above the national average.

“As long as the government helps the guys at the top, workers and small businesses and communities, they can fend for themselves,” Biden said. At the same

8WYaijeho Vice President Biden’s speech Wednesday in Ohio came a day after Mitt Romney portrayed President Obama as an agent of reckless spending who is leading the country toward a threatening debt crisis.

And it comes two days after the Obama campaign signaled it would make Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital an issue in a campaign that both sides are trying to keep focused on the economy and jobs. (AP)

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The speech in Ohio, an economically battered state that will help decide the November presidential election, continued the effort by President Obama’s campaign to portray Romney as more in tune with rich people like himself. THOMAS J. SHEER AN (AP)

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The frail, 70-year-old defendant had an angry exchange of hand gestures with the families of massacre victims in the public gallery, separated by the bulletproof glass in the courtroom.

“Vulture!” said one woman.

Watching the war crimes trial on television in Bosnia, Mevlija Malic added: “Not even an animal would behave like that.”

Mladic is accused of commanding Bosnian Serb troops who waged a campaign of murder to drive out Muslims and Croats. His troops rained shells and bullets down on civilians in the 44-month-long siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo,

and killed 8,000 Muslim men and boys in July 1995, Europe’s worst massacre since World War II. That Mladic is jailed and on trial is seen as another victory for international justice.

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Mladic is replaced as the army commander. He keeps a low profile until President Slobodan Milosevic’s 2002 ouster, when he goes into hiding.

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Prosecutors say they will use evidence against Mladic from more than 400 witnesses, though few of them will testify in court.

The first witness is to start testifying May 29, but presiding Judge Alphons Orie hinted that he may postpone the case.

Bosnia’s president hailed the trial’s opening as a historic day in the country’s recovery.

“First of all, we are expecting from this trial the truth,” said Bakir Izetbegovic. “The truth and then justice.” MIKE CORDER (AP)

Debt-Stricken Greece Appoints Temporary PM 7j^[di" =h[[Y[ A senior judge was sworn in Wednesday to head Greece’s caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone.

The political uncertainty is worrying Greece’s international creditors as well as Greeks themselves, who have withdrawn hundreds of millions of euros from banks since

8WYaijeho Greeks have been gradually withdrawing their savings over the past two years as their country’s financial crisis deepened, either sending the money abroad or keeping it in their homes. Still, there were no lines at banks after the May 6 election and resulting political gridlock, and a Greek official said that the situation with deposit outflows was “calmer” on Wednesday. (AP)

the May 6 election.

Panagiotis Pikrammenos, 67, was appointed earlier Wednesday to head a government that will lack the mandate to make any binding commitments until a new election, which is expected June 17.

The instability has led to questions about Greece’s prospects of remaining in the eurozone. Greece now faces a month of inertia, with a government hamstrung by party leaders’ insistence that it can make no binding decisions. (AP)

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Chuck Brown’s hit “Bustin’ Loose” helped mint the aggressive, urban sound of go-go. The song spent four weeks atop Billboard’s R&B singles chart in 1978, and in 1984, “it seemed to be everywhere: sang, played and carried in oversized, shoulder-mounted tape players and radios in every quadrant” of the District, The Washington Post said. “This music sketches a portrait of the District’s black community in which the seeing is in the ears,” The Post wrote. (E XPRESS)

Go-Go’s Godfather Chuck Brown, who founded a music style synonymous with D.C., dies at 75 MWi^_d]jed Chuck Brown, the gravelly voiced bandleader who capitalized on funk’s percussive pulse to create go-go, the genre of music that has soundtracked life in black Washington for more than three decades, died Wednesday at the Johns Hopkins University hospital in Baltimore. He was 75.

Known as the “Godfather of Go-Go,” the performer, singer, guitarist and songwriter developed his commanding brand of funk in the mid-1970s to compete with the dominance of disco.

Brown remained the genre’s most charismatic figure. On stage, his spirited call-and-response routines became a hallmark of the music, reinforcing a sense of community that allowed the scene to thrive.

“No single type of music has been more identified with Washington than go-go, and no one has loomed so large within it as Chuck Brown,” former Washington Post pop music critic Richard Harrington wrote in 2001.

Brown’s creation, however, failed to have the same impact outside of the Beltway. The birth of go-go doubled as the high-water mark of Brown’s national career.

With his group the Soul Searchers, his signature hit “Bustin’ Loose” minted the go-go sound.

Charles Louis Brown was born in Gaston, N.C., on Aug. 22, 1936.

He never knew his father, Albert Louis Moody, a Marine. He took the surname of his mother, Lyla Louise Brown, a housekeeper who raised her several children in poverty.

Brown was 8 when his fami-

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ly relocated to Washington. As a teenager, Brown began to flirt with petty crime and stumbled into a disastrous situation in the mid1950s when he shot a man in what he said was self-defense.

A Virginia jury convicted Brown of aggravated assault, which was bumped up to murder when the victim died. He served eight years at the Lorton Correctional Complex.

There, he swapped five cartons of cigarettes for a guitar.

Upon his release, he returned to Washington and began to sing at backyard barbecues. In 1966, he formed his own group, the Soul Searchers, but eventually decided to try to create his own sound.

Formal recognition came late in Brown’s life. He was nominated for his first Grammy Award in 2011, when he was 74, for best rhythmand-blues performance by a duo or group with vocals for “Love,” a collaboration with singer Jill Scott and bassist Marcus Miller.

In 2005, the National Endowment for the Arts presented Brown with a Lifetime Heritage Fellowship Award. In 2009, the District named a segment of Seventh Street NW “Chuck Brown Way,” near where he shined shoes as a child.

He became the city’s unofficial mascot, known for his extroverted warmth and willingness to flash his gold-toothed smile for any fan hoping to join him for a snapshot.

“I really appreciate that I can’t go nowhere without people hollering at me,” Brown said in 2010.

“I love being close to people.”

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Chuck Brown, in short, was everything there was to love about music in D.C. He made his mark as the Godfather of Go-Go with “Bustin Loose” before I was born and was rocking right up until his

health no longer allowed.

When news of his hospitalization hit a few weeks ago, I remembering telling a colleague that if they drove Chuck’s body through the streets of D.C., it would be a spectacle not unlike a presidential inauguration. Now I wish I’d never said it.

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Duke Ellington and Marvin Gaye, but Chuck embodied the people in a way no artist ever has, or likely ever will again.

Wall Street Journal music critic Jim Fusilli tweeted last month that

“Talking to [Chuck] in DC is like talking to Elvis in Memphis.” If you don’t know anything about Chuck, that should tell you everything.

Those of us following closely knew things weren’t good when he

canceled his show at the newly renovated Howard Theatre — a place he tried to help keep alive as a go-go sanctuary in the ’80s.

But forewarnings of the Godfather’s demise couldn’t soften the reality’s blow. D.C. has lost someone truly irreplaceable. Chuck was the coolest cat’s favorite cool cat. The guitar, the hat, the shades, everything about him was badass.

What I’ll remember most is that as much as he could have, Chuck never made it about himself. He was a man of the people, a man of music and a man of the nation’s capital.

In 2008 Brown teamed up with the locally grown duo Thievery Corporation for a song called “The Numbers Game.” The video is a love letter to the culture of D.C. Which is exactly what Chuck Brown’s life and career were to the rest of us.

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Two Charged With Rape Fairfax County police say two men have been arrested and charged in the bludgeoning and rape of a woman in the Merrifield area last week. Police say Rivelino Villegas-Posada, 34, and Jubencio Castro, 24, were charged with rape and aggravated malicious wounding. Neither man has a fixed address. Authorities say the 50-year-old woman was assaulted in the 2400 block of Gallows Road about 1 a.m. Friday. Police say two men struck the woman with a blunt object and then sexually assaulted her. (AP)

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Covington has more than 500 lawyers in Washington and has been looking for 450,000 square feet, making it one of the largest

and most valuable leases in the region. The developers of CityCenter, including Hines, Archstone and the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, were competing with other developers for the lease.

William B. Alsup III, senior vice president at Hines, confirmed that Covington had signed a letter of intent to move into the project’s offices but declined to elaborate.

“We can’t say anything else until the lease is signed,” he said.

A Covington spokeswoman could not immediately be reached for comment.

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The Maryland House of Delegates on Wednesday gave final approval to a budget package that raises income taxes for some and splits teacher pension costs with local governments.

The House voted 77-60 on the measure raising taxes on single filers who make more than $100,000 and joint filers who make more than $150,000. That move ended a special session called by Gov. Martin O’Malley to avoid about $500 million in budget cuts.

Delegates voted 86-51 for a separate bill to split teacher pension costs over four years and raise taxes on tobacco other than cigarettes.

The special session was needed because the General Assembly failed to pass the package during its regular 90-day session that ended last month.

Democrats said the package was needed to avoid painful cuts to education, health and public safety. (AP)

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Ifehji 8WYaijeho The 6-3, 214-pound Kirk Cousins, who will likely sign a four-year contract worth a little more than $2 million, was regarded as one of the more experienced quarterbacks in the draft. He ran a pro-style offense at Michigan State and has decent mobility, but there are questions about his arm strength. Leadership is not an issue, however. Cousins scripted and ran his entire pro day, while every other quarterback ran pro days scripted by coaches. (T WP)

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But that didn’t happen. The Redskins, the team that went all in on Robert Griffin III, called. Admittedly shocked, Cousins could do nothing about it.

A week later, the shock subsided and reality set in. If the keys to the kingdom are tucked snugly in Griffin’s pocket, all is certainly not lost for Cousins. Earlier this month, he reported for the Redskins’ three-day rookie minicamp and went about his business with goals for both the immediate and distant future.

“The cream always rises to the top, so if I’m as good as I hope to be some

day, then I’m going to get that opportunity – whether here or somewhere else,” said Cousins, who many draft analysts thought would be picked in the second or third round and compete for a starting job as a rookie. “But this is a great opportunity to learn and develop and to grow.”

In March, the Redskins sent the No. 6 and 39 overall picks in the 2012 draft, as well as first-round picks in 2013 and 2014, to the St. Louis Rams to secure the No. 2 overall pick and Griffin. But Shanahan and his assistants believed they needed more than just Griffin and 10th-year veteran Rex Grossman at that position.

The day after the Redskins picked Griffin, Shanahan told his young starter that the team likely would draft his long-term backup as well. Cousins fell to the fourth round, and the Redskins considered him too good to pass up.

Shanahan killed all talk of a quarterback controversy after the minicamp, when he named Griffin the team’s starter after just five practices. But the coach also explained why Cousins is a vital piece to the puzzle.

“That guy’s one play away from being the starter,” Shanahan said. If the starter goes down with an injury, “I want to have the ability to still win.

It’s hard. You can’t find quarterbacks. ... If you can develop a couple guys and have three guys on your team, you feel like you have the chance to do something special in the long run.”

A number of analysts disagreed with Shanahan’s decision to have two young quarterbacks with the ability to start. “It can divide a team, and it can cause problems,” ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. believes. “If RGIII is nicked up and Cousins lights it up, what are you going to do then?”

But Shanahan dismisses such talk.

Bay got a third- and fifth-round pick from Jacksonville. Brunell was the Jaguars starter for nine years, reaching the 1996 AFC Championship.

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“I’ve been in this situation before with [John] Elway and [Gary] Kubiak,” Shanahan said of 1983, when Denver traded for Elway and drafted Kubiak. “I think it’s a lot of fun for guys coming in because they have the same goals, both were very successful collegiate quarterbacks, they got to study film together, they’re rooming together, they’re talking football. Great process.”

Cousins said his relationship with Griffin has “gotten off to a great start.”

And Griffin — who roomed with Cousins during minicamp — said, “There are no issues there. … Having two rookie quarterbacks growing together is a good thing.” MIKE JONES (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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Mack Earned His Keep Point guard ‘seized the moment’ in first year with Wizards J^[ M_pWhZi When the Wizards showed up for shootaround at Madison Square Garden in New York late in the season, Shelvin Mack was the last player to step off the elevator and trailed his teammates by dragging along an equipment bag. Mack was simply handling his responsibilities as a rookie, but he admitted that he didn’t have to endure too much hazing in his first year with the Wizards.

“Carried a bag or two, that’s about it,” Mack said. “I had a great rookie year.”

Plucked in the second round with the 34th pick, Mack was the last play-

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8WYaijeho While leading Butler to back-to-back NCAA title games, Shelvin Mack was primarily a scorer, but he had to learn how to play point guard with the Wizards. Coach Randy Wittman made him John Wall’s primary backup and wasn’t afraid to lean on him on the nights Wall struggled. Mack was often a calming, steady alternative to the high-charged

er Washington selected last June.

First-round picks Chris Singleton and Jan Vesely received more playing time and produced slightly better numbers, but Mack was perhaps the most consistent. He even finished with a highest player efficiency rating of the trio — 11.92 — and considers this season to be a triumph.

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Adam Dunn has driven last season behind him the best way he knows how. With his bat.

The 6-foot-6, 280-pound White Sox slugger is determined to make sure that his head-shaking struggles during his first season in Chicago don’t affect his approach in a new year.

With a fresh coaching regime in place — including hitting coach Jeff Manto, who’s helped Dunn

improve his balance with drills such as having him hold a medicine ball between his feet in the batting cage — the former National is looking more like himself.

Yeah, he’s still striking out at a high rate, but he’s also sending pitches over the fences. His 12th homer in Chicago’s 36th game on Monday night surpassed his total for all of last season.

“He’s not in the mode of worrying about last year or trying to outdo last year or anything like that,” manager Robin Ventura said.

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back is essential for escaping those kind of skids. “It’s not always easy for a lot of people to do, but he’s been great at just making it simple for himself,” Ventura said.

Dunn called last season, when he batted just .159 with 177 strikeouts and 42 RBI, one of the most

difficult experiences of his life. At every turn, everyone wanted to know what his problem was. And he was especially bummed that he was letting his teammates down.

Here was a guy who was a respected power hitter for a long time in the National League and had been rewarded with a fouryear, $56 million contract to give Chicago the left-handed punch and run producer it needed. Instead, he missed by six plate appearances having the lowest batting average in modern major league history.

Everything seems different now.

“I feel good, it’s kind of normal,” Dunn said. “Last year wasn’t normal.” RICK GANO (AP)

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“Oxygen,” an experimental show that’s half listening party, half play, manages to pay homage to both the D.C. music scene and to Russian history. Two lovers, both named Sasha, make their way through a plot full of passion and murder while 10 songs from D.C. bands, including Edie Sedgwick and the Caribbean, provide ambience and commentary on the action. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE; through May 19, $10; Taffetypunk.com.

(Eastern Market)

Putting out five albums in six years, Justin Townes Earle has worked hard to prove he’s more than a chip off the old block. And while his voice bears an unmistakable resemblance to his famous father, Steve Earle, Justin’s output more than stands on its own. Earle rolls into town this weekend, fresh off of the release of March’s bleakly titled “Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now.” Rams Head On Stage, 33 West St., Annapolis; Sun., 7 p.m., sold out; 410268-4545, Ramsheadonstage.com.

Much like his retro-soul contemporary Mayer Hawthorne, California-based crooner Nick Waterhouse has the uncanny ability to take you musically back in time. He combines classic R&B and Little Richard-inspired piano with a squeaky-clean Buddy Holly aesthetic that never goes out of style. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW; Thu., 8 p.m., $10-$12; 202-408-3100, Sixthandi.org.

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The Best of Times, the Worst of Times Journalist Timothy Noah’s pieces for Slate about income inequality were shocking and wellreasoned examinations of the cultural shifts widening the gap between rich and poor in America, also detailing what it means for the future. Saturday, Noah reads from his new book, “The Great Divergence,” which compiles these articles. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW; Sat., 6 p.m., free; 202-364-1919, Politics-prose.com. (Van Ness)

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Ottobar, 2549 N. Howard St., Baltimore; Sat., 9 p.m., $8; 410662-0069, Theottobar.com.

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SEAN SHEPHERD: Blue Blazes (World Premiere) Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra through a generous gift from the John and June Hechinger Commissioning Fund for New Orchestral Works R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier—Suite BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7

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With 10 floors of work by local artists, it’s all a bit overwhelming. But that’s part of Artomatic’s charm.

“After our last event” — an eightstory affair above the Navy Yard Metro station in 2009 that drew a crowd of 70,000 — “we said we weren’t going to do anything bigger,” says Barry Schmetter, Artomatic’s event director. “Yet, here we are, with an even larger space.”

“I tell people Artomatic is the best free date in Washington,” Schmetter says. Better make that a few dates, unless your sweetheart has an incredible attention span and some really comfortable shoes.

Calling this Artomatic “bigger” than the last doesn’t really do it justice. The new venue has 380,000 square feet of space, and it’s packed with work by 1,300 visual artists exhibiting sculptures, photos, drawings, paintings, mobiles, metalwork, jewelry, comics, collages and more.

There are also plenty of live-performance spaces for the 750 folks leading workshops or putting on dance, poetry, burlesque, wine tastings, and lectures — including even a “Burning Man for Beginners” talk. Then there’s still room for the food and drink vendors and an artists’ marketplace selling original works.

Artomatic debuted in 1999 with what seems like a modest showcase today: 350 artists displayed their work in the U Street neigh-

borhood’s Manhattan Laundry building. Since then, the event’s been held intermittently; this year marks the eighth Artomatic.

The entry policy for artists is simple: Anyone can participate, as long as they pay a small fee, attend required orientation sessions and volunteer. Since this year’s location is so large, there was room for everyone who applied to participate; nobody got turned away. Of course, “any time you do something like that, you’re going to have people who are still learning their craft,” Schmetter says diplomatically. Translation:

There’s good art, and then there’s … other art.

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Victoria Reis, co-founder and director of D.C.-based arts nonprofit and gallery Transformer, Maryland artist Eileen Williams uses isn’t bothered by the range of talknotted jute fiber and other mixed ent at Artomatic, but rather by media in her sculptures, like this one, what seems to be disproportiontitled “Women of Honor.” ate hoopla and resources devoted COURTESY EILEEN WILLIAMS

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to the event. “There are nonprofit art organizations like Transformer and [the District of Columbia Arts Center] and others in the visual art community here in D.C. who are dedicated to having ongoing programs for artists and audiences, who are constantly on the hustle to get support,” Reis says. “It’s great for there to be some sort of opportunity for anyone and everyone who makes art to be able to get together and show their work, but I find it to be a really overwhelming visual experience.”

Cynthia Connolly, the visual arts curator for Arlington arts and community space Artisphere, believes Artomatic might indirectly benefit other arts organizations such as Transformer. Its value lies in its long-term contribution, Connolly says. “I would propose that the D.C. arts scene is a lot stron-

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ger than it was 15 years ago, and I would propose that Artomatic had a lot to do with that.”

Philippa Hughes, an art collector and “chief creative contrarian” for the D.C.-based arts group the Pink Line Project (who herself has hosted panel discussions at Artomatic in previous years), sees the event as essential to D.C.’s ongoing evolu-

tion as an arts city. “I think to have a rich arts scene, you just need to have as much art as possible in as many venues as possible,” she says. “I love going to galleries and museums, but people don’t just appear there; they have to start somewhere.”

Artomatic has indeed hosted early work by artists who have gone on to critical acclaim with shows in D.C. galleries and around the world, including street artist Kelly Towles, mixed-media artist Elizabeth Morrisette and photographer Frank Day. This year’s group likely holds more up-and-comers; we just have to sift through the Peeps dioramas and sunset photographs to find them.

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Artomatic, 1851 South Bell St., Arlington; May 18-June 23 (opening reception Fri. 6 p.m.) free; Artomatic. org. (Crystal City)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Take 5!

Thursday, May 17, 5–8 p.m.

Jazz vocalist L’Tanya Mari puts her own spin on the classics from the Great American Songbook performing works by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and Duke Ellington. Free!

Come paint in the courtyard with ArtJamz! Register at artjamzdc.com

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Be inspired by the museum’s exhibition, Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage, and explore your world through a new lens! Borrow a camera, or bring your own, for a photo-scavenger hunt and document your travels in an album to take home. Free!

Final Chance! Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage closes May 20th AT THE RENWICK GALLERY WNO American Scenes Sunday, May 20, 3 p.m.

Enjoy scenes from a variety of American operas enhanced by great American paintings with the Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists Program. Free!

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The Renwick Gallery houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection of contemporary craft and decorative art.

Renwick Gallery • 17th and Pennsylvania Ave, NW Farragut North/Farragut West Metro • 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily

8th and F Streets, NW • Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily • AmericanArt.si.edu • (202) 633-1000 Romare Bearden, Empress of the Blues, 1974, acrylic and pencil on paper and printed paper on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in part through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

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8kha[ Cei[i ACTOR, ‘THE MUSIC MAN’ Most musicals have three writers: one for the score, one for the lyrics, one for the script. Occasionally one person will write music and lyrics, or lyrics and script, but seldom does anyone try to do all three. Meredith Willson’s 1957 classic “The Music Man” is one of those rare musicals where every word is penned by the same man. We spoke to Burke Moses — who stars as traveling salesman/con man Harold Hill in Arena Stage’s new production of the play — about Willson’s musical trickery and finding new tricks in old scores. FIONA ZUBLIN (EXPRESS)

Playing Harold Hill is a huge undertaking.

What made you put your hat in the ring?

I’ve been in this business for 30 years. When I was growing up there were two musical theater albums in my parents’ record collection, “West Side Story” and “The Music Man.” When a dream role comes, you grab it.

Why do “The Music Man” again at all?

This show is done all the time, but how often is it done well? We have time to really dig at it, and this script is so deep that it keeps offering new discoveries.

The score is tricky — like how “Goodnight, My Someone” and “76 Trombones” are really the same tune.

Meredith Willson writes a score that’s so accessible you don’t realize it’s clever.

The story itself is original, but the way it’s told musically, the way he uses counterpoint, is so brilliant and dramatic.

And the a capella opening number’s rhythms...

Meredith Willson: world’s first rap artist.

Arena Stage, 1101 6th St. SW; through July 22, $64-$109; 202-488-3300, Arenastage.org. (Waterfront/SEU)

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They can say, ‘See, I’m not the only one that thinks Jesus is a zombie!’”

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Gaithersburg Book Festival, 31 South Summit Ave., Gaithersburg, Md.; Sat., May 19, 4:40 p.m., free; 301-258-6350, Gaithersburgbookfestival.org.

Barnes & Noble, 2516 Solomons Island Rd., Annapolis, Md.; Sun., May 20, 2 p.m., free, but tickets required; 410-573-1115.

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Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia, Md.; with Arctic Monkeys; Fri., 6:30, $40-55; 410-715-5550, Merriweathermusic.com. RUDI GREENBERG (E XPRESS)

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is juggling a packed schedule. In addition to participating in public-speaking events in support of animal welfare, she’s starring in two TV series (“Hot in Cleveland” and “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers!”) and recently published “Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo.” White speaks Thursday at the Smithsonian Associates program “Betty White’s Animal Instincts” at Lisner Auditorium and will swing by the National Zoo Friday for a book signing. (Both events are sold out, but there is a wait list for Thursday’s event, and more tickets may be released.) MARC SILV ER (FOR E X PRES S) You’re so busy. How do you find time to sleep?

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What inspired your advocacy?

It was two animals: my mother and my father. My love of animals started in the womb. It’s always been my fascination.

How do you react when you hear about cruelty to animals?

The human animal is not the most humane animal in the world. There are people who get a kick out of being cruel, not only to animals but to kids and to each other. I just don’t understand. It’s mind-boggling how they can live with themselves.

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You don’t feel the age. It sneaks up on you and all of a sudden the calendar tells you [you’re 90]. But I don’t feel any different now than when I was 50. I’m blessed with good health. It’s awfully easy to enjoy old age if you’re not feeling rotten.

An indiscreet question: There’s supposedly a nude photo of you from years ago circulating on the Internet. Is it real?

I don’t require a lot of sleep. I’m never ever in bed before midnight and I’m up at 6 every morning. If I get four, four and a half good solid hours, I’m good.

When did you become an animal activist?

I’m afraid I have a rather bawdy sense of humor. But I don’t like dirty jokes. I enjoy double meanings.

Betty White got her start in acting in the late 1930s and landed her own radio show, “The Betty White Show,” in the late ’40s. Two televised incarnations of the series followed, one from 1954-1958 and another from 1977-1978. She’s won seven Emmy Awards for her work.

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Somebody put that together. I think that’s going a little bit too far. I was really upset about it. I never posed nude in my life. And my problem is that if I had posed nude, I’d just get laughs.

I don’t know — my young colleagues were excited when I told them I was going to speak with you.

They just dig old ladies.

Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St. NW; Thu., 7 p.m., sold out, register for wait list at Customerservice@Smithsonianassociates.org; (202) 633-3030, Lisner.org.

(Foggy Bottom) National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW; Fri., 12:30 p.m., sold out; 202-633-4800, Nationalzoo.si.edu. (Woodley Park)

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Estadio We could go on for days about what to order at Estadio, but the way to know what you want is to sit at the bar bordering the kitchen and watch the chefs make it. Unfortunately, this will make you want to order absolutely everything on the menu, but at least it will literally be a big meal. While you wait, you can sip on what is without exaggeration the best gin and tonic in D.C. ($12) — it’s the in-house elderflowercitrus tonic that really makes it. Estadio, 1520 14th St. NW; 202-319-1404, Estadiodc.com. (Dupont Circle)

Standard Fried pickles, fried pickles, dear god, fried pickles. Admittedly, it’s hard to ruin such a simple dish, but (while the pulled pork, brisket and fries are admirable at this casual outdoor hotspot) it’s the fried pickles we make sure to order every time. Standard, 1801 14th St. NW; Standarddc.com. (Dupont Circle)

Pearl Dive Like we were going to tell you to order anything but oysters at an “oyster palace.” You can get $9 plates of bivalves from the East or West coasts, with bacon, crab or andouille sausage. Pearl

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Axis Dance Company turns difference into strength for dancers with disabilities IjW][ Every dance company likes to think the work it’s doing is unusual. But Oakland, Calif.-based Axis Dance Company explores styles of movement that are truly innovative. “You have to see this work to understand it,” says Judith Smith, the ensemble’s artistic director. “Most people don’t know what to expect, and they leave with their minds blown.”

That’s because the company is composed of dancers with and without disabilities who share the stage.

Half use wheelchairs and half have the use of all four limbs.

Smith’s choreography does not treat these differences as restric-

tions; instead it emphasizes the unexpected ranges of motion and interactions that the dancers’ bodies allow. “The potential we have for creating more ensemble movement is radically expanded because of how differently people in wheelchairs move,” explains Smith.

The dancers using chairs don’t just roll back and forth — they do wheelies, tip to either side and support nondisabled movers in various positions. It’s sculptural, athletic movement with lots of lifts.

Axis was established in 1987 by a group of adults with disabilities who were eager to find a physical outlet and challenge popular perceptions about movement and disability. After taking the reins as artistic director 10 years later, Smith (who is herself a disabled dancer) began inviting prominent choreographers to set work on the company — resulting in pieces created by

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neck down following a car accident and has since cultivated a career as a choreographer.

Given his personal experience, Brew brought something unique to the process of scripting a dance. “He knew both sides of our fence, and we were able to hit the ground running with him,” says Smith. “He just took off.” AMANDA ABR AMS (FOR E XPRESS)

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Shelter,” a piece by Connecticutbased choreographer David Dorfman, as well as “The Narrowing,” a duet by company member Sebastian Grubb. Most intriguing is the third piece, “Full of Words,” which was created last year by Marc Brew, a former ballet dancer from Australia who became paralyzed from the

Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE; Sat., 8 p.m., & Sun., 7 p.m., $15$25; 202-399-7933, Atlasarts.org.

The Baltimore Rock Opera Society runs on Natty Boh and heart IjW][ Legend has it that, when he was composing “The Ring Cycle,” Wagner meant for it to be performed in a custom-built opera house that would burn to the ground at the final curtain. The Baltimore Rock Opera Society (or B.R.O.S.) can get behind that idea.

“Wagner is such an inspiration,” says Jen Tydings, artistic director and author of “Valhella: The Ragnarøkkoperetta,” which runs through May 20 at Baltimore’s Autograph Playhouse.

“There were a couple points during the process where I was like, ‘Maybe we SHOULD just burn the place down.’”

B.R.O.S. was founded in 2007 by a group of friends with a thing for vikings, heavy metal and rock operas, where all of a play’s dialogue is set to rock music. “Valhella,” the group’s third feature-length production, follows the journey of three sons of the Norse god Odin as they are tempted by the offspring of another god, Loki.

It employs puppets, animation and lots of heavy guitars. It also draws heavily on traditional German opera (which in turn drew heavily on Norse mythology) for inspiration.

Tydings began writing the play

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two years ago. Naturally, where there are horned viking helmets and creativity, there must be alcohol. “I would say a lot of the writing was done intoxicated,” she

laughs. “That’s just how it went.”

But the B.R.O.S. avoid the traditional mead in favor of Baltimore brew Natty Boh. “We always drink Natty Boh,”

says Tydings. “That’s our beer.

They’ve been extremely generous — they donated 900 beers. I’m not sure if they’re trying to kill us off so that they don’t have to do it again or what, but they were awesome and we went through it in record time, so we’re out buying beer again.”

But when it comes to set-building, rehearsing and performing, the B.R.O.S. get down to business.

“We party a lot. But we’re professionals. If there’s something that needs to get done, we’re gonna do it. And if we can do it while drinking beer, we’ll do that.

“Art always comes first,” she says. “The partying is a close second.” FIONA ZUBLIN (E XPRESS) Autograph Playhouse, 9 West 25th St., Baltimore; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 6 p.m., $12-$17; 202-355-8864, Baltimorerockopera.org.

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Lebanese director Nadine Labaki’s new film “Where Do We Go Now?” defies description. Part comedy, part drama, part musical, it doesn’t fit anywhere. Which is why it fits in everywhere. Just like the village it depicts.

The film, opening Friday, centers on a mythic village in Lebanon, where Christians and Muslims coexist in relative peace. They’re cut off from the rest of Labaki Lebanon thanks to a dest royed bridge, so it’s only through a jerry-rigged television that news of sectarian violence elsewhere in the country reaches the small town.

Having seen how quickly a small argument can turn into a holy war, the women of the village do everything in their power to prevent their husbands, brothers and sons from taking up arms — acts that include destroying the TV, hiring Ukranian strippers and baking hashish into pastries to get everyone to chill.

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after discovering she was pregnant; she got the news the same day the 2008 conflict between the Lebanese government and Hezbollah broke out. “The conflict only lasted a few weeks, but during those two weeks I thought how absurd it can be — how can we be able to take up weapons when we had years of peace?” she says. “The fact that I was pregnant changed my perspective. You

think of this child, and what kind of society is this where everything is a fuse to start a war?”

Motherhood’s inf luence on Labaki follows her into a role in the film: She stars as Amale, a widow with a young son. Amale primarily wants to keep the peace in the village so she can go back to running her café, but she also wants the society to change before her son

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“I think [women] have to become more and more aware of our responsibility,” she says. “We have to stop this fatalistic approach. We have to become more and more aware that it’s the way we educate, it’s the way we raise our children.”

Labaki took care not to name the village and to isolate it as much as she could from the real Lebanon so that the story felt more universal. “This is not a story about Christians and Muslims in Lebanon,” says Labaki. “This is a conflict between human beings.”

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To War and Back

HEATHER COURTNEY

A film four years in the making, “Where Soldiers Come From” is a documentary about war. But it’s not about guns or bombs or generals or flags or policy; instead, it follows three teenagers from northern Michigan who join the National Guard and head to Afghanistan, where they sweep for roadside bombs. Then they come home and have seen more horror at age 23 than most people experience in their entire lives. Even though they’re physically safe, they must deal with the damage that marks more and more veterans: post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries. The film screens at the Corcoran Thursday night, followed by a Q&A with director Heather Courtney and Dominic Fredianelli, one of the film’s subjects. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW; Thu., 6 p.m., free “Where Soldiers Come From” follows Dominic Fredianelli to Afghanistan.

(registration recommended); 202-639-1700, Corcoran.org. (Farragut West)

In “THE DICTATOR,” which opened Wednesday, Sacha Baron Cohen plays Aladeen, a despot known for his ruthless assassinations, his devotion to opulence and his gigantic facial hair — which will surely rank among these, the best beards in cinematic history. K.P.K.

' Rubeus Hagrid In all the Harry Potter movies, Robbie Coltrane plays Hagrid, the half-giant with the heart of gold and the beard that ate Hogwarts.

( Ming the Merciless In the 1980 stinker “Flash Gordon,” Max von Sydow plays the comic-book villain whose two-pronged beard signifies his evil intentions. “Never trust a man with a two-pronged beard,” that’s our motto.

) Davy Jones Bill Nighy vanished under a mountain of octopuslike tentacles in 2007’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.” “Never trust a man with an octopus beard” is our other motto.

* Gandalf Appearing in two varieties (gray and white), Ian McKellen’s beard conveyed strength and wisdom and awesomeness through all the “Lord of the Rings” films.

+ Alan It’s probably a good idea Zach Galifianakis sports a beard in all his movies — including “The Hangover” flicks — because we’re pretty sure he looks like he’s 12 behind all that hair.

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Bohemian Caverns: Darius Jones Quartet, 7 p.m., $15.

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Jammin’ Java: Half Brother, the Jefferson Davis Highway String Band, 1 p.m., $10 in advance, $13 at the door; William Beckett, Mansions, 7:30 p.m., $15.

Kennedy Center/Concert Hall: The Washington Chorus, 5 p.m., $15-$65; The Washington Chorus concert, 5 p.m., $15-$65.

Kennedy Center/Millennium Stage: Par-Alleles, 6 p.m., free.

Merriweather Post Pavilion: Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Thompson Square, $40-$75.

Music Center at Strathmore: Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., $15-$20.

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Katzen Arts Center: “Lou Stovall: Vertical Views,” new silkscreen monoprint collages, through Sun. “Tomokazu Matsuyama: Thousand Regards,” works by the artist blend Eastern and Western aesthetics in both painting and sculpture, through Sun. Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW; 202-8851300, American.edu/katzen.

Arlington Arts Center: “Spring Solos 2012,” works by Emily Biondo, Michael Borek, Leah Cooper, Travis Head and Emily Hermant, through June 10. “This Is My City,” photographs by students from Arlington and partners in Mexico, Uganda and El Salvador, through June 10. Machines for Living, work by Hedieh Ilchi, Megan Mueller, Jenny Sidhu Mul-

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Americas: “New York,” latin American artists on migration and mobility in one of the world’s most bustling cities, Thu.Sun. 201 18th St. NW; 202-458-6016, Museum.oas.org.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: “Art of Darkness: Japanese Mezzotints from the Hitch Collection,” approximately 20 prints and copperplates show Japanese artists’ innovative uses of the European technique of mezzotint, through July 8. “Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran,” an extensive collection of metalwork from the first millennium BCE to the early Islamic period.

Open indefinitely, “Hokusai: 36 Views of Mount Fuji,” works by the great Japanese woodblock printmaker (1760-1849), through June 17. “Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples,” kano Kazunobu’s phantasmagoric paintings reflect the lives and deeds of the Buddha’s 500 disciples, which have never before been displayed outside of Japan, through July 8. “Perspectives: Ai Weiwei,” the second show dedicated to the artist this spring, the Sackler’s Wei-

nal structure” built out of wood from Qing dynasty temples, 1050 Independence Ave. SW; 202-633-1000, Asia. si.edu.

Artisphere: “An Artistic Discovery: The Congressional Art Competition,” works by Northern Virginia’s young artists, through June 17. “Elevator to the Moon: Retro-Future Visions of Space,” shouldn’t we have flying cars by now?

And what about transporter pads and colonies on Mars? That’s the question posed by the contemporary artists participating in Artisphere’s winking nod to the gaudy-but-flawed 20th century predictions of what “the future” would bring, most of which haven’t become reality .. yet. An opening reception is Thursday at 5:30 p.m, through June 9.

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Athenaeum: “Donald Depuydt: Lithographs and Etchings,” large prints by the artist, through June 17. 201 Prince St., Alexandria; 703-548-0035, Nvfaa.org.

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ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE JOSIAH HENSON SITE Don Housley, President of the Mid-Potomac Chapter of the Archeological Society of Maryland.

Josiah Henson, whose autobiography inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was enslaved on Isaac Riley’s 270 acre farmstead in the first part of the 19th century in what is now North Bethesda. The Josiah Henson Special Park is the only site in the United States with a standing structure where people interested in Henson can visit and recognize an association with his life as a slave.

Mr. Housley’s presentation explains how archaeological and historical investigations are working together to enrich the interpretation of this famous site.

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transfers by the artist, through June

LAST CHANCE Folger Shakespeare

22. Group show, works by Sabine Carl-

Library: “Shakespeare’s Sisters: Voices of English and European Women Writers, 1500-1700,” an exhibit on the women who wrote in Shakespeare’s time but whose work was often never published, through Sun. Ongoing exhibits: a collection of Shakespeare materials and other rare Renaissance books, manuscripts and works of art, 201 East Capitol St. SE; 202-544-4600, Folger. edu.

Freer Gallery of Art: “Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler’s Interiors,” a look at the recurring themes of reading, music, reverie and studio practice in the works of James McNeill Whistler, through July 1. “Winged Spirits: Birds in Chinese Painting,” an ornithologically themed collection of traditional Chinese paintings that depicts more than 35 species of birds in flight, through Aug. 5. Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW; 202-6331000, Asia.si.edu.

Gallery 555dc: “Get Real,” paintings of realistic cityscapes by Glenn Moreton, through May 30. 555 12th St. NW; 202393-1409, Gallery555dc.com.

Hemphill: “Gun Shy,” photographs of depleted shot gun shells, abandoned duck blinds, found birds and feathers and abstractions, through May 26. 1515

son, Evelyn Jacob and Elroy Williams, through Sat. 12901 Town Commons Dr., Germantown; 301-528-2260, Blackrockcenter.org.

Carroll Square Gallery: “Space is the Place,” site-specific installations

by Mariah Anne Johnson and John Watson, through Aug. 24. 975 F St. NW; 202624-8643.

LAST CHANCE Corcoran Gallery of Art: “NEXT at the Corcoran,” works by graduating students of the Corcoran College of Art + Design, through Sun. “Tim Hetherington: Sleeping Soldiers,” photographs by the late photojournalist depict soldiers at leisure in chaotic war zones, through Sun. 500 17th St. NW; 202-639-1700, Corcoran.org.

Curator’s Office: Group exhibition, works by Carol Bove, Joseph Cornell, Rashid Johnson, Mike Kelly and Haim Steinbach, opening Sat., through June 23. 1515 14th St. NW; 202-387-1008, Curatorsoffice.com.

Flashpoint: “The Alternate Present,” lisa Dillin’s sculptures contrast primitive and contemporary culture, and the modern office environment in particular, through June 2. 916 G St. NW; 202315-1305, Culturaldc.org.

14th St. NW; 202-234-5601, Hemphillfinearts.com.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads,” recently imprisoned for speaking out against the Chinese government and now facing bail restrictions, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei isn’t likely to leave that country in the immediate future. His artwork, however, will travel — the provocative artist’s installation of 12 Zodiac-inspired animal heads goes on display in the Hirshhorn sculpture garden on April 19, “Song 1: Hirshhorn 360-Degree Projection,” artist Doug Aitken uses 11 high-definition projectors to cast colors and moving images as a sheath of “liquid architecture” onto the Hirshhorn’s circular exterior nightly for two months. Observers won’t be able to fully absorb the work without walking the edifice’s perimeter; but the work fills the air with sound, too.

Inspired by the song “I Only Have Eyes for You,” the project features versions of the song by Beck, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, Devandra Banhart, Mountains and No Age, through Sun. Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW; 202-633-1000, Hirshhorn.si.edu.

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Michelle Peterson-Albandoz are made

Ahead): Anachronism and Utopia in the

from reclaimed wood found in her Chi-

French Countryside,” photographs by

cago neighborhood, Thu.-Sun. 1234

Frederic Nauczyciel of communities

Ninth St. NW; 202-232-4788, Longview-

that are in some way out of step with

gallery.com.

Mexican Cultural Institute: “Hina / Jaina: On the Threshold of the Mayan Underworld (600 - 900 AD),” more than 50 “Jaina style” figurines depict various aspects of Mayan cosmology, through Sept. 15. Ongoing exhibits: a collection of objects from Mexico’s cultural past and present, 2829 16th St. NW; 202-7281628, Icm.sre.gob.mx/imw.

Mount Vernon: “Hoecakes & Hospitality: Cooking with Martha Washington,” see recipes and cookbooks, pots and other accessories used in the estate’s kitchen and dining room, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy., Alexandria; 703780-2000, Mountvernon.org.

National Academy of Sciences, Keck Center: Ongoing exhibits: explore the relationships between the arts and science, engineering and medicine, 500 Fifth St. NW; 202-334-2436, Nationalacademies.org.

National Air and Space Museum: “Fly Marines! The Centennial of Marine

our fast-paced contemporary world, 202-536-8994, Honfleurgallery.com.

Jane Haslem: “Katja Oxman: Inner Places,” still lifes by the artist, through May 25. “Richard Ziemann: Etchings and Engravings,” oversize, miniature and regular sized prints by the artist, through May 25. “The City Lights: Urban Portraits and Landscapes,” prints by Yvonne Jacquette, Peter Milton, Nancy McIntyre, Jim Sundquist, Moishe Smith, Karl Schrag, Elizabeth Peak, Reyna Levine and others, through May 25. 2025 Hillyer Pl. NW; 202-232-4644.

Koshland Science Museum: Ongoing exhibits: Visitors can try their hands at lowering CO2 emissions in the Earth Lab; learn about health and the brain at the Life Lab. Sixth and E streets NW; 202-334-1201, Koshland-sciencemuseum.org.

LAST CHANCE Long View Gallery: “Urban Forest,” mixed-media pieces by

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through June 29. 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE;

J>EI; M;?H: J>?D=I you’ve noticed in the median of New York Avenue are sculptures by Chakaia Booker.

Made of recycled tires, you’ll be able to drive by the art until 2014, or until you give up and find a new route.

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4215, Nga.gov.

National Museum of African Art: “Lalla Essaydi: Revisions,” a collection of 30 photographs mixed media works, new and old, by the Moroccan artist, “Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Highlights,” donated to the museum in 2005, the collection features unique and rare works of traditional African art from throughout sub-Saharan Africa, 950

Independence Ave. SW; 202-633-4600,

tury aimed to present a chronological

to explore the diversity in lifeforms

Africa.si.edu.

version of Jesus’ life, omitting anything

and cultures, through Nov. 4. “Nature’s

that appeared “contrary to reason,”

Best Photography Awards,” portraits

through May 28. 14th Street and Consti-

of plants, animals and people by the

tution Avenue NW; 202-633-1000, Amer-

world’s best amateur and professional

icanhistory.si.edu.

photographers, “The Beautiful Time:

National Museum of American History: “American Stories,” a crosssection of the museum’s vast collection of artifacts shows stories and history have shaped our national identity, “Jefferson’s Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth,” thomas Jefferson’s document from the early 19th cen-

National Museum of Natural History: “More Than Meets the Eye,” a look at the tools, skills and technologies used by the museum’s scientists

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the Wright Brothers plane to Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis to crafts used to land on the moon. The museum also has a planetarium and IMAX theater, which for a fee shows educational films on flight and outer space, Sixth

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National Building Museum: “House & Home,” an ongoing exhibition that explores what it means to live at home, “Investigating Where We Live,” an exhibit of photographs and creative writing by Washington area middle and high school students who were given four weeks to interpret three neighborhoods in the District, through June 10.

“Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition,” architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker uses Lego blocks to re-create landmarks including the Empire State Building, through Sept. 3. “Unbuilt Washington,” an examination of what Washington, D.C., could have looked like if some of the proposed designs for its most prominent buildings were realized, through May 28. Ongoing exhibits: learn about the history of buildings and their environmental impact, 401 F St. NW; 202-272-2448, Nbm.org.

National Gallery of Art, West Building: “A New Look: Samuel F. B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre,” an early artistic endeavor by the inventor of the telegraph, through July 8. “Civic Pride: Dutch Group Portraits From Amsterdam,” rare depictions of meetings inside the Kloveniersdoelen, the gathering place of one of Amsterdam’s three militia companies, by Govert Flinck and Bartholomeus van der Helst are displayed, “I Spy: Photography and the Theater of the Street, 1938-2010,” more than 100 photographs, dating to the late 19th century, that depict moments from everyday urban life, through Aug. 5.

“The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione,” a collection of paintings by the baroque, naturalistic Italian artist, through July 8. Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW; 202-737-

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this exhibit, which will include a life-

plants and animals found at the site

and photographs of the copper mine

reveal the earliest known rainforest, the

industry in the Democratic Republic of

lost world that followed the demise of

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the dinosaurs. Explore the a full-scale

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model of Titanoboa and video from the

space taken through telescopes and

Smithsonian Channel documentary to

explore the time between the creation

delve into the discovery, reconstruction,

of the universe to present day on Earth,

and implications of this enormous rep-

“Titanoboa: Monster Snake,” from a

tile, 10th Street and Constitution Ave-

Colombian coal mine, scientists uncovered 65-million-year-old remains of the largest snake in the world. Measuring 48 feet long and weighing 2,500 pounds, this massive predator could

nue NW; 202-633-1000, Mnh.si.edu.

National Museum of the American Indian: “A Song for the Horse Nation,” explore the relationship between Native Americans and their horses in

Local movie times DISTRICT

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Marvel’s The Avengers (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:30-1:30-4:00-5:007:30-8:30-10:45 Battleship (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 12:01AM The Dictator (R) Digital Presentation: (!) 12:05-1:15-2:30-3:45-5:10-6:15-7:458:45-10:20-11:15 The Hunger Games (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:10-3:30-10:25 Think Like a Man (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 1:20-4:15-7:20-10:30 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 12:00-1:10-3:00-4:20-6:00-7:159:10-10:15 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!)

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We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam) (NR) 10:30-12:50-3:10-5:30-7:50 Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (NR) World Theatrical Premiere!: 1:003:30-6:00-8:15

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Sound of My Voice (R) 1:25-3:35-5:45-7:55 We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam) (NR) 3:05-5:20 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da) (NR) 1:30-4:35-7:45 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13) 1:50-2:30-4:25-5:15-8:00-9:35 Headhunters (Hodejegerne) (R) 1:10-3:15-5:25-7:35-9:45 Last Call At The Oasis (PG-13) 1:00-7:40 Monsieur Lazhar (PG-13) 1:15-3:20-5:30-7:50-9:55 Marley (PG-13) 1:45

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Marvel’s The Avengers (PG-13) CC/DVS-Closed Captions & Descriptive Video Service: 11:30-12:30-3:05-3:45-4:45-6:20-7:05-8:20-9:30-10:20 Battleship (PG-13) CC/DVS-Closed Captions & Descriptive Video Service: (!)

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I>7A;IF;7H; B?8H7HO is currently running an exhibit on the little-known women authors who were contemporaries of the Bard. At left is a book of poems by Katherine Philips.

size mannequin of a horse in full beaded regalia, rifles and a Sioux tepee, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW; 202-633-1000, Nmai.si.edu.

National Museum of Women in the Arts: “25 x 25: Artists’ Books from the NMWA Collection,” through June 24. “New York Avenue Sculpture Project: Chakaia Booker,” internationally renowned sculptor Chakaia Booker exhibits her rubber tire-based sculpture outside the museum along New York Avenue as part of a series of chang Continued on page E19

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The Raven (R) 9:50 Dark Shadows (PG-13) (!) 1:00-2:00-3:45-4:30-6:45-7:30-9:30 The Five-Year Engagement (R) 1:20-4:10-7:00-9:40 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (PG-13) 12:01AM The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) 1:45-4:20-7:20 Battleship (PG-13) (!) 12:01AM

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Safe (R) Digital Presentation: 12:00-2:25-4:50-10:15 The Raven (R) Digital Presentation: 5:00-7:45-10:25 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 11:35-12:40-2:40-3:35-5:35-6:308:30-9:25-11:25 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!)

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Marvel’s The Avengers (PG-13) Digital Projection: 2:00-5:20-8:30 The Hunger Games (PG-13) OC-Open Caption: 4:35-8:00 Marvel’s The Avengers 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 1:00-3:20-4:10-6:40-7:40 The Dictator (R) 1:20-2:20-3:50-4:20-5:00-6:30-7:00-7:30 Think Like a Man (PG-13) 1:10-4:25-7:20 American Reunion (R) 7:50 The Hunger Games (PG-13) 1:10-3:40-6:50 Safe (R) 1:50 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) 2:10-5:10 21 Jump Street (R) 12:50-4:30-7:10 Marvel’s The Avengers (PG-13) 2:50-6:00

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12:01AM The Raven (R) 7:10-9:30 Dark Shadows (PG-13) (!) 4:10-7:00-9:40 The Lucky One (PG-13) 2:40-5:00-7:20-9:50 The Five-Year Engagement (R) 3:45-6:45-9:45 The Three Stooges (PG) 2:45-4:55 The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) 4:40-9:00

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S. Dillon Ripley Center: “Math Alive!,” math can be a tough sell for kids, but once they’re able to see its application beyond the calculator, there’s a whole new world of possibilities. Aimed at older elementary school and middle school students, MathAlive! uses interactive workstations and consoles to show how the fields of action sports, video games, entertainment, fashion and music all rely on numbers, through June 3. “The Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs: Art and Technology that Changed the World,” the Ripley Center offers a look at the man behind the

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National Portrait Gallery: “A Will of Their Own: Judith Sargent Murray and Women of Achievement in the Early Republic,” seven portraits of women who figured prominently during and after the American Revolution, “In Vibrant Color: Vintage Celebrity Portraits from the Harry Warnecke Studio,” twenty-four portraits taken by pioneering New York Daily News photographer Harry Warnecke, including Lucille Ball, Jackie Robinson, Gene Autry, W.C. Fields and others, through Sept.

3. “Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts,” to mark the centennial of the Girl Scouts, a portrait of Juliet Gordon Low, the group’s

ica, through Oct. 14. “The Confederate Sketches of Adalbert Volck,” sketches by the German-born Confederate propagandist and lithographer, “The Death of Ellsworth,” the first of four yearly alcove exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery recounts the death of the first Union officer killed in the Civil War, through Fri. Eighth and F streets NW; 202-633-1000, Npg.si.edu.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum: “African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond,” an exhibtion drawing from the Smithsonian’s collections, this show features 100 works — many never before exhibited — by such 20th century artists as Benny Andrews, Lois Mailou Jones and Jacob Lawrence, through Sept. 3. “Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage,” throughout her 40 year career, Annie Leibovitz has excelled at capturing the human form, predominantly through evocatively posed portraits in glossy magazine spreads.

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now, but it’s probably fair to say that a genre has reached maturity when it has its own Smithsonian show. “The Art of Video Games” explores the evolution of game design and culture with an interactive gallery of more than 80 revolutionary (at the time) game titles, including “Pac-Man,” “Super Mario Brothers,” “The Secret of Monkey Island,” “Myst” and “Flower.” The exhibition’s opening weekend has been dubbed GameFest, with panel discussions and Q&A sessions with game designers and artists, through Sept. 30. Eighth and F streets NW; 202-633-1000, Americanart.si.edu.

Susan Calloway Fine Arts: “Synaesthetic Impressions,” abstract acrylic paintings by K Silve, through May 26.

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Textile Museum: “Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep,” textiles from the 12th through 20th centuries commemorating the Asian calendar’s year of the dragon, “Sourcing the Museum,” new works inspired by textiles from the museum’s holdings, through Aug. 19.

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The Old Print Gallery: “Capturing the Verve: Prints and Bronzes by Robert Cook,” works by the artist intend to interpret motion, opening Fri., through July 14. 1220 31st St. NW; 202-965-1818, Oldprintgallery.com.

Torpedo Factory Art Center/Art League Gallery: “Bedtime Stories — Storytelling Through Art,” featuring narrative works, through May 28. “Conversations With My Mother,” sculptures

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“Tea: A Ceramics Exhibit,” wares associated with drinking, serving and presenting tea, through May 31. Art League Gallery, Room 21, 105 N. Union St., Alexandria; 703-683-1780, Theartleague.org.

Touchstone: “It’s My Nature,” landscapes by Kate McConnell feature unique color schemes, through May 29. “Vivid Horizon: Color and Light,” abstract landscapes by Colleen Sabo, through May 29. 901 New York Ave. NW; 202-347-2787, Touchstonegallery.com.

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DADA Returns!: The experimental theatre troupe, Fraudulent Productions, revisits their show, through June 23, $10-$20. D.C. Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW; 202-462-7833, Dcartscenter.org.

Five Little Monkeys: Monkeys go wild: shopping, baking and jumping on beds, through June 3, $18. Glen Echo Park, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo; 301-634-2270, Adventuretheatre.org.

Flora the Red Menace: Love and the Great Depression threaten to derail one woman’s dreams of having a job in fashion, opens Fri. through June 17, $30, $15 students. 1st Stage, 1524 Spring Hill Rd., McLean; 703-854-1856, 1ststagespringhill.org.

God of Carnage: Yasmina Reza’s 2009 Tony Award-winning play follows two yuppy Brooklyn couples that go all pot-

kettle-black after they meet regarding an incident of playground violence involving their sons, through June 24, $55-$79. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington; 703-820-9771, Signature-theatre.org.

Hum: Theater Alliance presents a play in which a couple explores true feelings in a world that keeps people from thinking, through June 2, $20-$35, $20 students and seniors. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE; 202-399-7993, Atlasarts.org.

I Want Them Both: A man gets caught in a love triangle, in Spanish with English surtitles, sponsored by Teatro de la Luna, through June 2, $25-$35. Gunston Arts Center Theater II, 2700 S. Lang St., Arlington; 703-998-4555.

SUNDAY ONLY Jane Franklin Dance: Zip Through a Tight Space: The company’s annual fundraiser to benefit Jane Franklin Dance 2012-13 Season features dances designed for the architecture and art of Arlington Arts Center, opens Sun. Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; 703-248-6800, Findyourartist.org.

Lonely Planet: The power of friendship is highlighted in this play set in a map store, through June 17, $25-$50. MetroStage, 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria; 703-548-9044, Metrostage.org.

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by Kensington Arts Theatre 2nd Stage, through May 27, $18, $16 residents. $9 children. Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Rd., Gaithersburg; 301-258-6394, Gaithersburgmd.gov/artsbarn.

LAST CHANCE Oxygen: Taffety Punk Theatre Company performs Russian playwright Ivan Vyrypaev’s musical work about love, through Sat., $5-$10. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 Seventh St. SE; 202-547-6839, Chaw.org.

LAST CHANCE Peter Pan: The Cheverly Young Actors’ Guild presents the classic musical, through Sun., $14, $12 students and seniors, $10 age 12 and younger.

Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Rd., Cheverly; 301-277-1710, Pgparks.com.

Punk Rock Mom: An otherwise conservative girl decides to become a mom, through May 27, $18. Venus Theatre, 21 C St., Laurel; 202-236-4078, Venustheatre.org.

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Rapunzel: Stuck up in a remote tower and guarded by a witch, Rapunzel doesn’t know what she is missing until a prince stumbles onto the scene. But this familiar tale has a slightly different twist: the witch isn’t all that evil. In fact she is simply protecting Rapunzel from the evils of the world outside like any good parent. And like any true 16-yearold, Rapunzel is eager to see the world beyond her tower, through May 26, $11$22. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda; 301-280-1660, Imaginationstage.org.

Shear Madness: The audience joins the fun in this performance based on a murder in a hair salon, through Oct. 10, $45.

Kennedy Center, Theater Lab, 2700 F St. NW; 202-467-4600, 800-444-1324, Kennedy-center.org.

The Bacchae: Euripides’s Greek tragedy is presented by WSC Avant Bard, through July 1, $10-$35. Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; 703-875-1100, Artisphere.com.

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to another work of playwright Dan LeFranc. The fast-paced story crams decades in the lives of one couple into an hour-and-a-half through telling vignettes that unfold over various meals at different restaurants, through Sun., $30-$35. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW; 202-332-3300, Studiotheatre.org.

THURSDAY ONLY The Ekatva: Children from India perform a show about Mahatma Gandhi, Thu., freewill offering.

American University, Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre, 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW; 202-885-2587, American.edu/ cas/greenberg.

The Ice Child: Factory 449 returns with an original play about a woman trying to survive after being held hostage in a freezer, through June 3, $20. Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW; 202-315-1305, Culturaldc.org.

LAST CHANCE The Mansaku-No-Kai Kyogen Company: Artistic Director Mansaku Nomura’s company performs kyogen, a Japenese artform similar to commedia dell’arte. Performed in Japanese with English subtitles, through Sat., $40. Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater, 2700 F St. NW; 202-467-4600, Kennedy-center.org.

The Music Man: “Professor” Harold Hill, a con man, starts questioning his lifestyle when he moves to River City and falls for Marian, the fetching librarian and piano teacher, through July 22, $46-$91, subject to change, based on availability. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW; 202-488-3300, Arenastage.org.

LAST CHANCE The Seafarer: Scena Theatre presents Conor McPherson’s play about a group of Irish men betting their souls on a card game, through Sun., $15$45, $10-$45 students. H Street Playhouse, 1365 H St. NE; 202-544-0703, Hstreetplayhouse.com.

The Servant of Two Masters: Shakespeare Theatre Company’s first foray into the work of Carlo Goldoni is a commedia dell’arte production about a man attempting to double his earnings by juggling two employers, through June 24, $39-$95. Lansburgh Theatre, 450 Seventh St. NW; 202-547-1122, 877-4878849, Shakespearetheatre.org.

The Taming of the Shrew: A reallife husband and wife acting team perform Shakespeare’s battle of the sexes, through June 10, $30-$65. Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE; 202-5447077, Folger.edu.

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ington Ballet’s Studio Company dancers perform a collection of new productions inspired by fairy tales, with world premieres works by David Palmer, Elaine Kudo, Monique Meunier, Andile Ndlovu and Lucy Bowen McCauley, opens Sat. through Sun. THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE; 202-889-5901, Thearcdc.org.

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Wives and Wits: Washington Stage Guild, the go-to company for your George Bernard Shaw fix, draws from the playwright’s lighter works with this presentation of the love-themed oneact plays “Overruled” and “Village Wooing,” through May 27, $40-$50, $30-$40 seniors, $20-$25 students. Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, Undercroft Theatre, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW; 202-347-9620.

Xanadu: A forbidden relationship blooms in 1980 Venice, through July 1, $62-$86. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington; 703-820-9771, Signature-theatre.org.

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9E 9E$ I7B7 Can’t decide if you want a dessert that’s hot, cold, soft or crunchy? Don’t bother. The all-encompassing Co Co. Grown Up ($14) at Co Co. Sala has a little something for every palate: There’s a sampling of smooth peanut butter gelato topped with a piece of crispy peanut brittle, a mini chocolate cupcake with mousselike icing, warm bananas Foster and a malted shooter with a touch of rum, served with what we thought was a brown straw.

Turns out it was a thin sliver of (what else?) chocolate. “Everything we make at Co Co. is from scratch, including our garnishes,” Sidhu says. “It’s where we have a lot of fun.” 929 F St. NW; 202-347-4265; Cocosala.com. (Metro Center)

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Though it’s unlikely they assemble it the way Richard does: He stores the prebaked, buttery cookie crust at room temperature to keep it as crisp as possible. When it’s time to serve, the chilled curd and meringue are eased on top.

Vanilla ice cream and mango and raspberry syrup, served on the side, make this a masterpiece best enjoyed on a hot summer day. 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 202-626-0015; Centralmichelrichard.com. (Federal Triangle)

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Vermilion’s executive pastry chef, Tiffany MacIsaac, builds her four-layer showstopper ($10) on a thin base of chocolate cake. That’s topped with a hazelnut mousse containing gianduja, a European, Nutella-like chocolate.

Next, a section of chocolate ganache and a silky layer of caramel mousse are added. It’s all coated with a chocolate glaze and served with caramel ice cream sprinkled with salt, crushed hazelnuts, crumbled chocolate cookies and shaved cocoa curls. Though the number of elements seems overwhelming, MacIsaac swears this dessert works because “the flavors are all rich, toasty and dark. And the caramel has salt in it, which balances any dessert with nuts.”

1120 King St., Alexandria; 703-684-9669; Vermilionrestaurant.com. (King St.)

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F^obbe#MhWff[Z 9^[[i[YWa[ 8BK; :K9A J7L;HD When you’ve trained under a former White House pastry chef, the expectations are set pretty high. And yet the chef in question — Blue Duck Tavern’s Peter Brett — still impresses with his newest dessert, a phyllo dough-wrapped cheesecake served atop white wine- and vanilla-poached kumquats ($9). The cake is slow-baked with a hint of fresh-squeezed lemon juice to accentuate the tartness of the cream cheese and fruit, and then cooked in two layers of phyllo. It’s served heated, which is unusual for such a dessert. “I don’t think I’ve seen warm cheesecake anywhere before,” says Brett. “We’re an American restaurant, so I try to do classic dishes with a twist.” 1201 24th St. NW; 202-419-6755; Blueducktavern.com. (Foggy Bottom)

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Mark Bergami, a native of New Haven, Conn.’s pizza culture, prepares a white clam pie at his new Haven Pizzeria Napoletana.

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Like a lot of customers who have marveled over their meals at Haven Pizzeria Napoletana in Bethesda, this admirer was curious to know the owners’ source of inspiration.

Turns out there were many muses. Mark Bergami says he and his business partner, Tiger Mullen, kneaded bits and pieces of favorite pizza parlors (and even moreformal restaurants) into their creation. That explains Haven’s two massive, coal-stoked ovens in the back of the dining room; a retro wine bar off to the side, paved with reclaimed oak from the Maker’s Mark distillery in Loretto, Ky.; and gelato churned at the restau-

rant, from scratch, every day.

Bergami brings sterling credentials to the venue, which opened in February in a former rug store.

The restaurateur is a native of New Haven, Conn., which enjoys a rich pizza culture. Before relocating here three years ago, Bergami helped expand the legendary Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana there.

Long story short: Order a white clam pizza at Haven.

The pie emerges from the oven crisp of crust, thoroughly cooked through, bold with garlic and scattered with top neck clams that squirt hot juice when you bite into them. Bergami says the seafood, from New Jersey and North Carolina, is shucked “daily and continually.”

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no cheese and olive oil supported by a nicely grainy, pleasantly smoky crust.

The appetizers are mostly salads. Red peppers roasted with mozzarella and fresh basil are still sizzling when the first course lands on our wood table. The simplicity is intentional, Bergami says. Haven doesn’t want you to fill up ahead of the signatures.

“Save room for the gelato,” our sunny server advises at the start of the meal. Honestly, all I wanted after devouring that white clam pizza was another white clam pizza, but we did as we were told and got a couple scoops of Italian “ice cream.” It took all my willpower not to make the dense pistachio gelato disappear.

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<[[b_d] 9hWXXo0 It’s nearly officially summer and you’re starting to crave a good old-fashioned crab boil, right? Art and Soul has your fix every Wednesday from May 30 through the end of summer. Chef Wes Morton serves Louisiana-style jumbo crabs (starting at $21 for three) with sides such as corn on the cob, potatoes and sausage ($3). Beer specials begin at 4 p.m.; the crab boil begins at 5:30 p.m. Art and Soul, 415 New Jersey Ave. NW; 202-393-7777, Artandsouldc.com. (Union Station)

En route back home from a vacation, my husband and I recently spent a night in a London hotel. When we arrived, we were starving, but it was rainy and late.

Reluctantly, we decided to eat at the hotel’s restaurant. I always assume hotel eateries will be stereotypically bland settings with equally bland food — in other words, not authentic local experiences. Luckily, our dinner was pretty decent.

Back in D.C., I realized I’m proved wrong on a regular basis by the 8o AWj_[ city’s many top-notch 7X[hXWY^ hotel restaurants. Witness the popularity of places such as Bourbon Steak, in the Four Seasons, and Firefly, in Dupont Circle’s Madera Hotel.

A recent meal at Cure Bar & Bistro in the Grand Hyatt Washington (1000 H St. NW) made me question my beliefs yet again. Maybe it shouldn’t have been a surprise, considering that Hyatt had just announced plans to serve healthier, locally sourced dishes at its restaurants.

I was impressed with my meal’s balance of flavor, nutrition and originality. The asparagus salad ($12) featured a generous serving of the cooked stalks, a soft-boiled egg and delicate creme fraiche. My entree, pan-roasted salmon ($23), sat atop thinly sliced green apple, celery and cucumber (a variation on the regular salad of peas, fennel and frisee).

The artful and appetizing plates allowed me to notch two servings of fresh produce AND to temporarily forget I was inside an establishment geared toward tourists. I think it’s an enviable accomplishment for a hotel eatery in any city.

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Indeed, “The Bachelorette” cast is pretty darn white.

The new season, which began Monday, had one black suitor, who was quickly spurned by new bachelorette (and single mom) Emily. So the 8o CWhY lawsuit seems to make I_bl[h a legitimate point.

But I have a question. Shouldn’t ALL MEN sue “The Bachelorette” for making us look REALLY STUPID? Let’s consider some of this year’s suitors.

Jef. Jef can’t spell his own name!

Also, he rides a skateboard without a helmet while hanging onto the back of a limo.

David. A songwriter, David wrote a song about Emily. It goes like this: “Emily. EMILY. EM-I-LY. Uh oh. Emily.”

Travis. He carries an ostrich egg that he will care for as if it were Emily and her daughter.

Tony. He says: “What has two thumbs and is going to marry Emily?

This guy!” Tony, I hate to break the news to you, but JUST ABOUT EVERY MAN ON EARTH HAS TWO THUMBS. Read Marc’s previous columns at: expressnightout.com/muse

The broadcast networks reveal next season’s new shows and schedules

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“Whitney” moves to Fridays (8 p.m.), where it will lead into “Community.” Thursday night, meanwhile, shifts slightly, with the final season of “30 Rock” moving to 8 p.m., followed by “Up All Night.” And “The Voice” (Mon. & Tue., 8 p.m.) launches a fall season — the series’ first.

NBC axed “Harry’s Law,” ‘’Awake,” ‘’Are You There, Chelsea?” and “Bent.” “Harry’s Law” was one of NBC’s more popular shows, but its audience was too old to draw advertisers.

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Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have joined Simon Cowell’s singing competition, “The X Factor,” (Wed. & Thu., 8 p.m.) where they will mentor aspiring pop stars. The struggling “Glee” moves to Thursday (9 p.m.), while Kiefer Sutherland’s “Touch” shifts to Friday (8 p.m.).

Fox’s long-running drama “House” is ending this spring, and the network is pulling the plug on its high-profile but low-rated dramas “Terra Nova” and “Alcatraz.”

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It features Andre Braugher as the captain of a doomed military submarine. The only new comedy to begin in September will be “The Neighbors” (Wed., 9:30 p.m.), which follows “Modern Family.” It’s about a family that moves into a New Jersey gated community where the neighbors are aliens.

Two comedies that were introduced in the time slot following “Modern Family” on Wednesday nights — “Happy Endings” and “Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23” — will air on Tuesdays in the fall. ABC is also casting for an all-star edition of “Dancing With the Stars.”

“Desperate Housewives” is no more.

“Missing,” “The River,” “GCB” and “Pan Am” all miss out on the chance at a second season, and “Cougar Town” moves to TBS.

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“Two and a Half Men,” where Ashton Kutcher replaced Charlie Sheen, is moving from Monday to Thursday (8:30 p.m.).

It will be paired with “The Big Bang Theory” in a new comedy block. Simon Baker’s “The Mentalist” shifts from Thursday to Sunday (10 p.m.).

As the top-rated network, CBS opted to send cancellation notices to just three shows: the long-running “CSI: Miami,” Poppy Montgomery’s ‘’Unforgettable” and “Rob.”

In last place, NBC looks to comedy for a boost.

Fox retools “X Factor” and debuts new sitcoms.

New dramas join ABC’s established half-hours.

TV’s top-rated network didn’t tweak too much.

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Who would have thought that one of the summer’s most bummer albums would come from Best Coast? When Bethany Cosentino’s beach-pop band emerged with 2010’s “Crazy for You,” the only thing keeping her from being the year’s most bright-eyed newcomer was that her eyes were too bloodshot from smoking so much weed.

Cosentino’s formula was supremely simple — fuzzy guitars, tales of slacker romance — and the results were sometimes frustratingly naive but mostly endearing.

Apparently, becoming an indie superstar turned fashion designer and Drew Barrymore pal isn’t all fun and sun. (Although those two words make eight appearances on the title track and are used in tandem many more times throughout the album’s 10 other songs.)

Cosentino’s rhyming dictionary remains wholly unsophisticated, and the range of emotions isn’t much broader, but on “The Only Place,” her sadness is compelling.

“You gotta keep me away from what they say about me / Cause I want to be a better girl,” she sings on “Better Girl,” addressing the backlash that turned her from Internet favorite to punch line.

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Cosentino no longer hides behind distortion and reverb, but her songs happily remain straightforward in both structure and style — sparkling three-minute verse /chorus romps with some well-placed Phil Spector flourishes. But the downtrodden lyrics contradict Cosentino’s newly confident voice, which has been upgraded from pothead whine to Valley girl Patsy Cline.

Cosentino used to sound like all she needed was another joint to keep the buzz going, but when she sings, “I’m still here, I’m still alone /I’m still awake, I’m still afraid” on album closer “Up All Night,” it seems like what she needs most now is a hug.

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The group’s superb new album, “Bloom,” sounds a lot like its gorgeous 2010 disc, “Teen Dream.” But somehow, it’s a more pleasing listen — like the epiphany that arrives when you rearrange the furniture in your apartment and it feels like you’ve invented a new home.

With the notion of home and escape built into their band’s name, singer Victoria Legrand and instrumentalist Alex Scally seem poised to build songs for us to luxuriate in.

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It’s rare to hear a singer who can fold her voice into her surroundings so gracefully, but here Legrand is on “Lazuli,” repeating its lovelorn refrain 13 times: “Like no other, you can’t be replaced.”

Scally provides solid sonic footing with “Other People,” a song with a sparkling chorus. “Other people want to keep in touch,” Legrand sings. “Something happens and it’s not enough/Never thought that it would be so much.” It might be about angst and ennui in the socialmedia age. Or it might not.

For other bands, those kinds of ambiguities signal wishy-washiness.

But for Beach House, loose ends seem purposefully untied. They’re building songs in the space between reality and possibility.

It’s a space we could already be living in, if we’d just move the couch over by the window.

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While the soulful strummer has certainly proved he can be a risktaking showman by transforming songs such as Usher’s “U Got It Bad” into searing acoustic covers, a victory for the 21-year-old would prove something that everyone has suspected for a while: “Idol” voters prefer humble Caucasian heartthrobs over, well, anyone else.

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attention with growly renditions of Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson hits, Phillips has seamlessly moved up the ranks, never appearing as one of the show’s low-vote getters. That can’t be said of his two final challengers — sassy 16-year-old Jessica Sanchez and booming 20-year-old Joshua Ledet.

And it’s impossible to ignore the fact that Phillips bears a striking resemblance to the past four champions. While the musical styles of David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery and Phillips are varied, they’re all young Caucasian male guitar players, or, as they’ve become known by many “Idol” devotees, WGWGs — white guys with guitars. There hasn’t been a female or non-white winner since Jordin Sparks bested Blake Lewis in 2007. DERRIK J. L ANG (AP)

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Bieber can drink alcohol legally in his native Canada, despite being underage in America. “For me, it’s just like, I like to be in control of myself,” Bieber says in the profile. “I mean, I’ve had a beer, like, before. ...

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Kanye West will appear on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” Kim Kardashian told E! Online that her new beau is on the show. “I want to show my life,” she said. “If we are having dinner and he does show up, we’re not going to go, ‘Stop the cameras!’” Kardashian had said she’d keep her love life off-camera after her failed marriage to Kris Humphries. (EXPRESS)

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Charlize Theron told the Sun that until she was 11, she didn’t have teeth. “I had these fangs because I had jaundice when I was a kid and I was put on so many antibiotics that my teeth rotted,” she said. “They had to cut them out. That was tough, being in school having photos taken while I was pretending I had teeth. It was hideous.” (EXPRESS)

Jennifer Lopez is the most powerful celebrity in the world, according to Forbes magazine. Lopez tops Forbes’ Celebrity 100 list, which attempts to gauge the overall sweep of a person’s fame and success through income, press mentions and social media influence. (EXPRESS)

Eddie Fisher, the drummer for the band OneRepublic has been arrested on suspicion of assault, destruction of private property and disturbing the peace.

The 38-year-old was being held at a Denver jail and is set to appear in court on Wednesday. (AP)

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