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Fir what it’s worth Pro tips for how to find and care for the perfect Christmas tree 26

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Facing a crucial tax vote in the Senate, President Trump diverts attention from his own agenda with a series of incendiary quips and tweets 12

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Police in Sayreville, N.J., are trying to trace the source of a loud banging noise that’s waking residents and causing dogs to bark. Police said they started to receive reports Monday about noises coming from nearby South Amboy. Police initially thought a private company hired to control the goose population was responsible, but the Middlesex County Parks Department said that was not the case. (AP)

ABC says it will no longer include jokes about the Connecticut city of Norwalk in its sitcom “American Housewife” after protests from the community that included a website called stoptheinsults.com. The show is set in Westport, but characters have occasionally mocked nearby Norwalk, which isn’t as wildly affluent. The last straw apparently was the Halloween episode that featured a character dressed up as a pregnant “Norwalk prom girl.” (AP)

Jack Brait, 20, of Marshfield, Mass., likes to solve jumbo jigsaw puzzles. His latest one took about 423 hours to finish. The German-made puzzle with scenes from Disney films had 10 bags of about 4,000 pieces each and is 6 feet by 22 feet, UPI reported. Brait, who has autism, said his condition helps him do the puzzles. The new one hangs in the family basement. “If they get any bigger, I’ll need a bigger house,” his mother, Michele, said. (EXPRESS)

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A second chance at school EDUCATION A high school dropout, Nicole Dickey adds fractions in math class at a charter school for adults, hoping to earn her high school credentials and find an office job with good pay. “My life has changed; I am here to make it better,” said Dickey, 39, who left high school after she became pregnant and spent the next two decades working low-paying jobs, raising five children, living on government assistance and struggling with alcoholism. Faced with high illiteracy rates among city residents and an extremely competitive job market, the nation’s capital is experimenting with adult education. The District is running more than a dozen adult schools, both charter and traditional public ones that together serve about 5,100 students, both youths and older adults. Dickey’s story is part of a larger picture nationwide: 10 percent of American adults age 25 or older don’t have high

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Free learning programs serve more than 5,000 adults in the District

Nicole Dickey takes classes at Community College Preparatory Academy.

school credentials, according to government data. In the city, more than 72,000 residents 25 and older don’t have high school credentials, according to 2016 census data. Traditional options like community college classes carry fees, but the adult schools in the District are free and open to residents age 16 and older who want to earn high school credentials or further their skills. One student hunched over a math problem at Community College Preparatory

“I want to work in an office building. I want something different. I want to have options.” NICOLE DICKEY, a District resident who does not have a high school diploma, sharing why she is taking classes through D.C.’s adult education system. She sees new opportunities for herself after working low-paying jobs.

Academy on a recent morning was 85 years old. The first adult school in the city opened in the 1970s, and the sector has been growing in recent years. The D.C. Public Charter School Board has opened four new schools since 2012, and D.C. Public Schools this year spent $4 million to revamp its four adult schools. While the adult charter schools tend to focus on older residents, traditional adult schools cater to residents ages 17-22, who receive a high school diploma if they complete the program. Aniya Smith, 18, transferred to Luke C. Moore after having a child last year. As she attended a school coaching session, her 1-year-old daughter, Riley, prepared to nap in the on-site nursery. Besides help with child care, the school offers twice-a-week mentorship and coaching sessions to help students both academically and emotionally. “I am getting more help than I would have in any other schools,” said Smith, who wants to become a cosmetologist. “Since I am a mother ... it’s making things easier,” she said. MARIA DANILOVA (AP)

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Tree-lighting ceremony may disrupt commutes The annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree will take place at 4:30 p.m. on the Ellipse today, and it may disrupt commuters’ afternoon and evening travel. Some downtown streets in the vicinity of the Ellipse and White House will be closed from noon until 8 p.m. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Slain Baltimore officer laid to rest BALTIMORE Thousands of mourners gathered Wednesday in Baltimore for the funeral of police Detective Sean Suiter, an 18-year veteran fatally shot in the line of duty Nov. 15 while investigating a 2016 triple killing. Police departments throughout the country sent delegations to honor Suiter, who was shot in the head while canvassing a neighborhood, in a service that acknowledged the violent environment in which Suiter worked.

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Two weeks after killing of detective on duty, no suspects named

Officers from around the U.S. attended the funeral of Detective Sean Suiter.

He “dedicated his life to working in unsafe places in unsafe times,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan told the crowd at Mount Pleasant Church and Ministries in Baltimore.

Suiter, who was 43 and a married father of five, was the Baltimore Police Department’s 137th member killed in the line of duty since a night watchman was fatally stabbed in 1808, and the

309th homicide victim in the city this year. Beyond the tributes, speakers touched on unanswered questions surrounding Suiter’s shooting and concerns about public mistrust of police after officerinvolved shootings. Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said “it’s time for the local and national narrative to start reflecting” the reality of officers like Suiter who “gave each and every day.” “That’s the norm,” Davis said. Police have not arrested a suspect, despite a reward that has climbed to $215,000. PETER HERMANN AND ANN E. MARIMOW (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Police: Uber driver faces sexual assault charges Police said a 22-year-old woman was pinned down and sexually assaulted in an Uber on Saturday after hailing a ride from Manassas, Va., to her home in Woodbridge, Va. Prince William County police identified the driver as Cristian Yovani Zelada-Avalo, 37, and arrested him Tuesday on charges of object sexual penetration and abduction with intent to defile. An Uber spokesman said Zelada-Avalo had driven for the service for eight months. (TWP) MARYLAND

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Top Democratic lawmakers back a ban on bump stocks Maryland’s top legislative leaders are backing a proposal to expand the state’s automatic weapons ban in 2018 by prohibiting the sale of bump stocks, a device used to accelerate the firing of semiautomatic weapons, including during last month’s Las Vegas mass shooting. Legislative aides for Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker Michael E. Busch, both Democrats, said Wednesday that the lawmakers would support prohibiting sales of such mechanisms. (TWP)

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Northern Va. holds pockets of poverty VIRGINIA Northern Virginia boasts some of the nation’s wealthiest counties, but nestled among the affluence are pockets of poverty with an outsize effect on minority residents, according to a new report. Loudoun County, the wealthiest in the country, boasts a median income of $122,238 and a poverty rate of 4 percent. But in one census tract near Leesburg, 20 percent of children live in poverty, and just slightly more than half of the residents have a high school diploma. The report, from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center on Society and Health and the Northern Virginia Health Foundation, also examined data on the city of Alexandria, as well as areas in Arlington, Fairfax and Prince William counties. A census tract has an average of about 4,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The portion of Northern Virginia included in the report has 513 census tracts. In one Fairfax County tract, in the Lake Barcroft neighborhood, 78 percent of residents have at least a college degree, and more than 80 percent of its 3- and 4-year-olds are enrolled in school. But in the neighboring Bailey’s Crossroads census tract, 14 percent of residents have at least a college degree, and virtually no children ages 3 and 4 are enrolled in school, the report says. PERRY STEIN (TWP)

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Ballou under investigation Media report challenges legitimacy of grad rates at high school in SE THE DISTRICT D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser launched an investigation Wednesday into allegations that some students who were chronically absent and others who could barely read and write were allowed to graduate from Ballou Senior High School in Southeast. In addition, the D.C. Council announced it plans to hold a hearing to investigate graduation

rates in the city following the accusations. Appearing at a midday press conference, Bowser and D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson said they took the allegations seriously, but stood by Ballou — a historically lowperforming high school that has been touted for its seemingly rapid improvements in recent years — and its principal. The allegations surfaced in an article published Tuesday by WAMU and NPR that said the school gave diplomas to seniors who did not meet graduation

requirements and that administrators pressured teachers to pass students. The article portrayed an environment of dysfunction at the high school, reporting that students were irresponsibly pushed toward graduation, leaving them unprepared for college and the workforce. Bowser and Wilson did not provide specifics of what the review will entail, but indicated it would look at citywide graduation policies and whether teachers and leaders at Ballou adhered to graduation standards. PERRY STEIN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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U.S., Chinese militaries discuss N. Korea crisis

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POLITICS U.S. and Chinese generals engaged in an unusual set of security talks Wednesday, just hours after North Korea’s most powerful missile test yet, focused on how the mighty American and Chinese militaries might communicate in a crisis. As President Trump greeted the North’s launching of another intercontinental ballistic missile with familiar demands for China to get tougher with its ally, the low-profile and unpublicized meeting at the National Defense University in Washington was taking place amid signs China is more willing to discuss how the two world powers would manage an even worse emergency on the divided Korean Peninsula. The Pentagon stressed the talks were scheduled long before North Korea’s surprise missile launch in the early hours Wednesday in Asia. Officials insisted the dialogue wasn’t centered on North Korea or anything else in particular. Trump has vowed — using military force if necessary — to prevent North Korea from having the capability to strike the U.S. mainland with a nucleartipped missile. He is running out of time: Some experts said the missile fired on a high trajectory

In a call Wednesday with President Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, reiterated his desire to solve the North Korean crisis with diplomacy.

that splashed down in the Sea of Japan showed North Korea’s ability to strike Washington and the entire U.S. Eastern Seaboard. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that the missile launch “brings us closer to war” that the U.S. doesn’t seek. She told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that if war comes as a result of further acts of “aggression” like the latest launch, “Make no mistake, the North Korean regime will be utterly destroyed.” The threat of a military confrontation is making China rethink its resistance to discussing contingencies involving North Korea with the U.S., according to experts. Such discussions have

long been off-limits for Beijing, which fought on North Korea’s side against the United States in the 1950-53 Korean War and remains its treaty ally. In a phone conversation with Trump on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated his desire for a diplomatic resolution to the standoff with North Korea. Objectives for Wednesday’s military consultations appeared modest. “The engagement will serve as an opportunity to discuss how to manage crises, prevent miscalculations, and reduce the risk of misunderstanding,” said the office of Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. MATTHEW PENNINGTON (AP)

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A scheduling glitch has left American Airlines scrambling to find pilots to operate thousands of flights over the busy Christmas holiday period. A spokesman for the airline said Wednesday that American expects to avoid canceling flights by paying overtime and using reserve pilots. American isn’t saying how many flights are affected, but the pilots’ union says that about 15,000 flights were scheduled without a captain, a co-pilot or both. (AP)

CNN fires senior producer for “State of the Union,” Teddy Davis, over claims of inappropriate behavior

Police: Gun linked man to string of fatal attacks The suspect in a string of four slayings that terrorized a Tampa neighborhood was arrested after he brought a loaded gun to his job at a McDonald’s and asked a co-worker to hold it, authorities said. Workers reported the gun to an officer who was at the chain, setting off an investigation that linked Howell Emanuel Donaldson, 24, to the crimes, in part by using location data from his cellphone, authorities said. (AP) POLITICS

HHS nominee says he’ll work to lower drug costs President Trump’s pick for health secretary pledged Wednesday to help lower drug prices and said he would carry out the Obama-era health law his boss has been unable to repeal. Alex Azar’s assurances to a Senate committee were met with doubt by lawmakers of both parties, especially Democrats concerned about his ties to the pharmaceutical industry. (AP) ST. ANTHONY, MINN.

City reaches settlement with Castile’s girlfriend The Minnesota city that employed an officer who fatally shot black motorist Philando Castile last year has reached a settlement with Castile’s girlfriend and her daughter, who were in the car with him when he was killed. The St. Anthony City Council voted Tuesday to pay $675,000 to Diamond Reynolds and their daughter. (AP) STORRS, CONN.

Arrested speaker blames students for violence A conservative commentator who was arrested at the University of Connecticut and charged with breach of peace following an altercation blamed some UConn students for being “violent and disruptive.” Lucian Wintrich’s speech Tuesday titled “It’s OK To Be White” ended in a fight before police stepped in. (AP)

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THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS A convicted Bosnian Croat war criminal swallowed what he said was poison and died Wednesday after a United Nations court upheld his 20-year sentence for committing crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war of the 1990s. In a stunning end to the final case at the U.N.’s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, former general Slobodan Praljak yelled, “I am not a war criminal!” in a courtroom and appeared to drink from a small bottle. Medical staff rushed to Praljak’s side before he was taken to a local hospital, where he died, a tribunal spokesman said. Praljak and five other former Bosnian Croat officials were convicted as part of a criminal plan to carve out a Croat-dominated mini-state inside Bosnia in the early ’90s. Their guilty verdicts were sustained by the war crimes court Wednesday. Praljak, 72, had been in the tribunal’s custody before the hearing. Poison has not yet been identified as the cause of his death, and it was not clear how he would have gotten access to a

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Former Croat general Slobodan Praljak drinks from a small bottle in court; he died later Wednesday.

lethal substance or managed to smuggle it into the courtroom. A lawyer who has frequently defended suspects at the war crimes court told The Associated Press it would be easy to bring poison inside because the screening to enter the room is not sophisticated. Praljak had been found guilty of crimes that included murder, persecution and inhumane treatment as part of a plan to drive Muslims out of a would-be Bosnian Croat territory in Bosnia. Presiding Judge Carmel Agius overturned some of Praljak’s convictions, but upheld others and left his sentence unchanged. After Praljak heard his 20year sentence affirmed, he swallowed what he told the court was poison. MIKE CORDER (AP)

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A wave of diversions

With a tax vote looming, Trump ignites cultural fights that energize his supporters

Trump retweets of anti-Muslim videos draw fire

former Trump campaign aide Barry Bennett. “The more the conversation is him versus her or the progressive Bernie Sanders wing of the party, it makes him look even better, because frankly there are a lot of Americans in between the coasts who are scared to death of progressive values.” Trump’s allies dismiss the notion that the president’s focus on side issues is an unwelcome distraction during a week in which the administration hopes to clear a big hurdle on taxes and give the president a major legislative achievement before the 2018 midterm elections after frustrating setbacks on health care. “There’s no option for failure here,” said Stephen Moore, a fellow at the conservative-oriented Heritage Foundation who advised the Trump campaign. “If they don’t hang together, they’re going to hang separately in 2018.”

POLITICS Stoking the same anti-Islam sentiments he fanned on the campaign trail, President Trump on Wednesday retweeted a string of inflammatory videos from a fringe British political group purporting to show violence being committed by Muslims. The tweets drew a sharp condemnation from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office, which said it was “wrong for the president to have done this.” May spokesman James Slack said the far-right Britain First group seeks to divide through its use of “hateful narratives which peddle lies.” The three videos were tweeted by Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of the British group. She was convicted last year after abusing a woman in a hijab and was charged for using abusive words in an August speech in Northern Ireland. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump was simply promoting border security: “Whether it’s a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about,” she said. Ex-Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke welcomed the videos, tweeting that Trump was being “condemned for showing us what the fake news media WON’T.” The Council on AmericanIslamic Relations said Trump is “clearly telling members of his base that they should hate Islam and Muslims.” CATHERINE LUCEY

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POLITICS Facing a critical Senate vote on his tax overhaul and a crush of December deadlines, President Trump is instead putting the spotlight on a volatile collection of extraneous topics — antiMuslim videos, Pocahontas, NFL players who kneel during the national anthem and his multiplying disputes with the news media. Trump’s Twitter timeline on Wednesday was rife with tangents: He retweeted a series of anti-Muslim videos posted by activist Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of the far-right group Britain First. Reacting to NBC’s firing of Matt Lauer, the president re-aired his long-standing grievances with mainstream media outlets, suggesting that “NBC & Comcast be fired for putting out so much Fake News.” The president’s extraneous tweets and quips have diverted attention from his agenda at a time of maximum consequence for his tax proposal and with a series of looming budget deadlines. While it was far from the first time that Trump’s tweets and broadsides have been used to deflect attention, they nonetheless offered fresh evidence of the president’s tendency to latch on to particular cultural touchstones and refuse to let them go. The president has been mocking Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” since last year’s presidential campaign, and he reignited the feud with a passing comment during a White House ceremony on Monday honoring Navajo code talkers. He’s been fanning the NFL anthem issue throughout the football season. And he continues to bash political opponents such as Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. Trump’s broadsides may seem

President Trump calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” and fanning the NFL anthem issue plays to his base.

random but they serve the president well on another front, by energizing his core supporters with darts that are sure to delight. Even as the White House is searching for the votes to push a major tax package through the Senate, the president and his allies are itching for a fight with Warren, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and vocal Trump critic. Trump has long mocked Warren’s claims about being part Native American, and the president has brushed aside criticism that “Pocahontas” is a racial slur. Warren said Tuesday that Trump “seems to think that that’s somehow going to shut me up,” and prevent her from “talking about the tax bill that would favor giant corporations instead of working families.” “He’s wrong. It’s not going to make any difference,” she said. But Trump’s allies welcome the comparisons to Warren, a

Tax bill clears hurdle A massive GOP tax bill cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Wednesday, as lawmakers voted 52-48 to move the legislation forward toward a formal Senate vote on final passage that could come today or Friday. The party-line vote was an important victory for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Trump, signaling support and momentum for the legislation, which would overhaul the loopholeridden tax code for the first time in three decades while delivering enormous cuts to corporations and the wealthy. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

liberal icon in a party grappling with a leadership vacuum and still searching for the best way to counter the president. “It’s about her not telling the truth and the extent to which she wants to engage in a debate on this, please keep going,” said

Steve Bannon to campaign for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore next week

Trump administration halts enforcement of Obama-era plan to reduce salt in school lunches

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nation+world Network says anchor of ‘Today’ was ousted for sexual misconduct MEDIA NBC News said Wednesday morning that it had fired Matt Lauer over “inappropriate sexual behavior,” making the “Today” show star the latest high-profile man to become embroiled in allegations of workplace harassment. NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack said the network received “a detailed” complaint about Lauer on Monday night. “While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may

not have been an isolated incident,” Lack said in a staff memo. CNN reported Wednesday that NBC was aware that The New York Times and Variety had been working on stories about Lauer’s behavior for weeks. Variety reported Wednesday afternoon that it had interviewed three women who said Lauer had harassed them; others corroborated their claims. Variety said he had summoned a female colleague to his office and then showed his penis; gave a sex toy with an explicit note to a female colleague; and quizzed female producers about their sex lives. Lauer, 59, joined “Today” in 1994 as news anchor. He became co-host of the morning program with Katie Couric in 1997 after

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NBC fires Lauer over claims

NBC says it received a complaint Monday night detailing sexual misconduct by Matt Lauer, 59.

Bryant Gumbel stepped down. Civil rights attorney Ari Wilkenfeld of Washington said he is representing the woman who

complained about Lauer to NBC. In a statement, Wilkenfeld — who didn’t identify his client — said he and his client met with representatives from NBC’s human resources and legal departments at 6 p.m. Monday for an interview that lasted several hours. “While I am encouraged,” he said, “by NBC’s response to date, I am in awe of the courage my client showed to be the first to raise a complaint and to do so without making any demands other than the company do the right thing.” Last week, Lauer’s morning rival on CBS, Charlie Rose, was fired after eight women told The Washington Post that he had acted inappropriately toward them for years.

Radio network ousts Keillor after allegation

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Taxi drivers in Spain protest ride-hailing services

MARIANA SNAILFISH

Scientists have recovered the deepest-ever species of fish from the Mariana Trench near Guam, according to a study published in Zootaxa, Newsweek reports. Scientists had filmed the 2-inch-long translucent fish, introduced Tuesday as the Mariana snailfish, earlier this year, but did not recover any samples. The fish, which was caught using traps, lives 26,200 feet below sea level. (EXPRESS)

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There’s a deeper fish in the sea

MADRID | A man holds a smoke canister Wednesday during a demonstration by taxi drivers protesting the competition from ride-hailing services Uber and Cabify. The drivers blew horns and set off firecrackers and smoke bombs in the Spanish capital. In a near nationwide stoppage, taxis refused to pick up passengers in a one-day strike Wednesday after a court recently allowed new licenses for the rival firms.

House panel votes to require states to honor concealed-carry permits from other states

MEDIA Garrison Keillor, the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” said Wednesday he had been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of what the network called improper behavior. Keillor, 75, said he was fired over “a story that I think is more interesting and more complicated than the version MPR heard.” Keillor told the Minneapolis Star Tribune he had put his hand on a woman’s bare back when trying to console her. “I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness, and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about 6 inches. She recoiled. I apologized,” Keillor said. “I sent her an email of apology later, and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. … We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called.” Minnesota Public Radio confirmed it had terminated contracts with Keillor after receiving a single allegation against him last month of “inappropriate behavior.” MPR said the allegation stemmed from Keillor’s conduct when he was producing and hosting “A Prairie Home Companion.” Keillor retired as host of the long-running public radio variety show in 2016. MPR said it knew of no other allegations but had retained an outside law firm that continues to investigate. Keillor didn’t say when the alleged incident occurred. JEFF BAENEN (AP)

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Seasons on the edge

Kirk Cousins has dropped hints this week that his tenure in Washington could be coming to an end.

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The farewell tour: Cousins will leave so enjoy the ride The best thing about the Redskins the past three seasons has been Kirk Cousins. Not just his emergence as one of the top dozen quarterbacks in the NFL, but his dignity while playing for a franchise that has stripped the dignity of almost every visible employee in owner Dan Snyder’s era. I told a friend and longtime fan Saturday night to enjoy Cousins for five more games, because he’s going to leave Washington after that. Sometimes what you really believe, and in your sportswriter bones just know is true, unexpectedly comes out of your mouth. I’d be shocked (but pleased) if Cousins is back in 2018 and flabbergasted if he signs a long-term deal that prevents him from leaving after 2018. Except for his post-victory

yells (“You like that!?”), Cousins has been a brilliant, noncommittal NFL diplomat at his own personal PR. It’s like subliminal advertising. Cousins says all the right things about wanting to play and win in D.C. for eternity, and you see a beautiful painting of a sunset. But if you shine infrared light on it, you see there is a message written under the paint in blood: “I’ve Been Kidnapped in the Dan Snyder Clown Car. Get Me Out of Here!” In the past week, Cousins has been remarkably honest on a variety of subjects, notably straying from the company line on the patchwork playing surface at FedEx Field. “I don’t know why it is that way or what causes it,” he said on 106.7 The Fan. “There’s too many times [when] it can be the difference in a win or a loss.” Would playing half your games on that field make you

want to sign a long-term deal? In 43 straight starts over three seasons for the Redskins, Cousins has a 99.7 passer rating, 73 touchdown passes to 29 interceptions and a dozen rushing touchdowns. In those three years, here are the players who are almost exactly like him, statistically, but usually not quite as good: Matthew Stafford, Russell Wilson, Drew Brees, Matt Ryan, Alex Smith and Andy Dalton. Who’s clearly much better in that time? Tom Brady. Now Cousins has the Redskins over a barrel. He loves it. As the first NFL player to trust his own ability enough to play on back-to-back franchise tags in a violent sport, he’s weeks away from having maximum leverage on judgment day. It’s probably too late to repair this relationship, but the Redskins should try. It all goes back to the Snyder-Mike Shanahan feud. Snyder wanted to bet the farm on Robert Griffin III in the 2012 draft, while Shanahan had his doubts and grabbed Cousins in the fourth round. Snyder loathes being wrong, and even more, he despises being called out. He prefers to stay wrong. Bruce Allen enables him with “Yeses.” The Redskins see Cousins and think of Shanahan

Bucs QB Jameis WInston (shoulder) expected to start Sunday at Packers after missing 3 games

Signs of discontent In the past week, Kirk Cousins has made three public comments that may tip off his state of mind. T.B. Last Friday, he ripped the conditions at FedExField, saying it “probably doesn’t look like a professional field should” after national TV cameras showed the swaths of eroding grass and dirt. In the same interview on 106.7 The Fan, he was asked about a report that the Redskins want to continue evaluating his play to see if he’s worth a third franchise tag. He said, “If you still need five more game … to make a decision, so be it. But I’d like to think that I’ve played a lot of football here.” In a Washington Post story Monday, Cousins said he eventually wants to end his career “on my terms.” Nothing with Washington has ever been on his terms.

Washington and Dallas, both 5-6, are still alive in the wild-card race but will need help to get a playoff berth. Here are a few things to watch when they play tonight (8:25, NBC) at Dallas. GABE HIATT (EXPRESS)

3 Cowboys in a funk Getting tackle Tyron Smith back didn’t help Dallas much last week in a 28-6 loss to the Chargers. During a threegame skid, Dak Prescott has thrown five picks and no TDs.

2 Cousins’ safety valve Jordan Reed (hamstring) is out for a fifth straight week, and fellow tight end Vernon Davis needs to rebound after going without a single reception last week.

1 Feeding Perine Rookie Samaje Perine has responded well to a heavier workload, getting at least 100 yards rushing in each of the past two weeks on 23 and 24 carries, respectively.

smirking with vindication on both Kirk and RGIII. Cousins sees his top two bosses and remembers how they showed no faith in him. Cousins has proved himself a third time this season, and he may be ready to say goodbye. Say it ain’t so. But it sure looks like it is. Follow Thomas Boswell on Twitter @ThomasBoswellWP

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Caps carry momentum home With a rare four-day break between games behind them, the Capitals begin a five-game homestand tonight against the Kings (7, NBCSWA). After a shaky start, Washington won four of its past five games to move to 14-10-1. Have the Capitals turned the corner or was it simply a good week at the office? Here are four trends to monitor at home. BEN RABY (FOR EXPRESS) Ovechkin producing again

Vrana responds

Healthy blue line

Challenges await

The Capitals’ three-game winning streak coincided with the reunion of Alex Ovechkin, left, and Nicklas Backstrom on the No. 1 line. Ovechkin scored five goals during that stretch, and entering Wednesday, he led the NHL with 18 goals in 25 games, including 13 at even strength. After he had a career-low 16 even-strength goals last year, the 32-year-old is more than a power-play threat again.

Washington’s reconfigured second line of Jakub Vrana, Evgeny Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie also produced over the three-game winning streak with a total of four goals and 11 points. Less than a week after sitting as a healthy scratch, Vrana had his first career two-goal game last Wednesday against Ottawa. He then scored the game-winner Saturday in Toronto.

Defenseman Christian Djoos could return to the lineup tonight after missing six games with an upper-body injury. Djoos was injured Nov. 14 in Nashville, the same night Matt Niskanen returned from a 13-game absence. This homestand will likely be the first time this season that the Capitals play consecutive games with their full complement of defensemen available.

The Capitals are averaging four goals per game during their winning streak, but their next three games are against the three top defensive teams: the Kings (2.28 goals-against-average), Blue Jackets (2.36) and Sharks (2.17). Los Angeles and San Jose rank first and second in penaltykill percentage. Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky leads the NHL with a .935 save percentage.

Oregon State hires former Beavers QB, Washington co-offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith as coach

Dolphins QB Jay Cutler clears concussion protocol, will start vs. Broncos

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MLS names four finalists for two expansion teams

Yankees interview Beltran in search for new skipper

A disgraced Michigan sports doctor who admits he sexually assaulted female gymnasts and possessed child pornography pleaded guilty Wednesday in a third criminal case, acknowledging in Charlotte, Mich., that he molested girls who sought treatment for injuries. Larry Nassar, who worked at Michigan State and at USA Gymnastics, said he molested girls with his hands at a gymnastics club near Lansing. A week ago, he made a separate but similar guilty plea nearby in Ingham County, the site of his campus clinic. Olympians Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas also say they were victims of Nassar, 54. (AP)

Major League Soccer on Wednesday cut its list of markets eligible for the next two expansion teams to four. Nashville, Tenn., leads the finalists because the city council this month approved $225 million in revenue bonds for a new stadium. Sacramento, Calif., is also considered a front-runner. Cincinnati and Detroit remain in contention, but without firm plans for new stadiums, they’re long shots. The league intends to award the teams next month. Each winner will pay an expansion fee of $150 million. Presentations to the expansion committee will be Dec. 6. MLS has 22 teams and has plans to eventually expand to 28. (AP)

Carlos Beltran interviewed to become manager of the Yankees on Wednesday, four weeks after the final game of his 20-year major league career. Beltran, 40, won the World Series with the Astros this season, when he mostly served as a designated hitter. A nine-time All-Star, he played for the Yankees from 2014-16. He has no managerial experience. Yankees bench coach Rob Thomson, former Cleveland and Seattle manager Eric Wedge, San Francisco bench coach Hensley Meulens, former big league third baseman Aaron Boone and Dodgers third base coach Chris Woodward previously interviewed. (AP)

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GYMNASTICS

Sports doctor pleads guilty to more sex abuse charges

Carlos Beltran, who played for the Yankees over three of his 20 MLB seasons, is up for their manager job.

MLS: Colorado hires coach Anthony Hudson, who spent past three years leading New Zealand

ESPN LAYOFFS

150

The number of employees ESPN will lay off, according to an announcement the sports broadcasting giant made Wednesday. Unlike recent layoffs, these cuts will affect production and technical employees, not on-air talent. ESPN has lost 10 million subscribers in the past six years, based on estimates by Nielsen Media Research. (AP)

Mississippi State hires Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead as coach

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At Bad Axe Throwing, find out if you could make it as a lumberjack

BARS Ax throwing, long a sport of choice for lumberjacks and Canadians, could become Washington’s new blowing-off-steam activity of choice, with multiple ax-throwing venues opening in the next few months. The first to arrive is Bad Axe Throwing, a Canadian-born chain that debuted a new location this month near Echostage in Northeast D.C. Bad Axe isn’t much more than

a bare-bones warehouse decked out with raw Home Depot supplies. The lower half of one long wall is covered with plywood and painted with large circular targets. Each pair of targets is in its own “lane,” which looks like a horse stall, separated from neighboring lanes by a high wooden wall. “You don’t have to be a lumberjack to work here,” says axthrowing coach Nick Jahl, “but we have a lot of beards and flannel in the company.” (He checks both boxes himself.) If you want to try the lumberjack life for yourself, the easiest

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Toss one forward this weekend

are allowed to bring in their own food and drinks. Jahl says they’ll probably keep one of the three lanes open for walk-ins on weekends, but the $20-per-person, per-hour fee doesn’t include coaching. The schedule may change due to private events, so the Bad Axe website will be updated every Monday with details about when walk-in lanes will be available.

Ax-throwing lanes are the new bowling lanes thanks to Bad Axe Throwing.

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way to do it is to get a group of at least eight people together and make a reservation: For $44.25 per person ($35 each if your

Bad Axe Throwing, 2419 Evarts St. NE. $20-$44.25. Walk-in hours are generally 6-11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

group is larger than 35 people), you get a lane with two targets for up to three hours and an axthrowing coach. Ax throwers

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Until this year, Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio had never played a solo acoustic show. Now the singer is planning a full run of unplugged sets. If his trio of shows earlier this year are any indication, they’ll be heavy on obscurities and storytelling rather than quirky jamming. GET TICKETS: Friday at noon through Ticketmaster.

After dropping the moody new single “The Joke,” earlier this month, Americana artist Brandi Carlile has announced a spring tour in support of her forthcoming album, “By the Way, I Forgive You.” Hmm … wonder what it’s about? GET TICKETS: Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketfly.

Fetty Wap The Fillmore, Jan. 13, $35.

“Trap Queen” rapper Fetty Wap is still working on a proper follow-up to his 2015 self-titled debut, but he did just release a mixtape, “For My Fans 2,” and announce the “FMF” tour. GET TICKETS: Friday at 10 a.m. using Ticketmaster.

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The Anthem, May 19, $38-$78.

free & easy

Sixth and I, Feb. 14, $85.

Dan Auerbach 9:30 Club, March 22, $35.

Dan Auerbach’s second solo album, “Waiting on a Song,” is a long way from the garage-rock blues of his main band, The Black Keys. Instead, Auerbach embraces the sunny pop and twang of his home, Nashville. GET TICKETS: Thursday at 10 a.m. via Ticketfly. RUDI GREENBERG (EXPRESS)

A ‘Sesame Street’ celebration Generations of children have grown up with the residents of Sesame Street, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will celebrate what it calls the show’s “innovative contributions to American culture” at a familyfriendly festival featuring story time, crafts, the chance to meet new character Julia and a special display of Muppets from the museum’s collection (14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW; Thu., 10 a.m.-noon, free). (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Yuja Wang, piano Britten

Matinées musicales after Rossini Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 5 Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Thu., Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. Fri., Dec. 1 at 11:30 a.m. Sat., Dec. 2 at 8 p.m.

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FARHAN SYED

I would do a little shopping on 14th Street. Redeem is my favorite clothing store in the whole city. It’s owned by this amazing woman, Lori Parkerson. It’s like she delved into my dreams and found the clothing I would fantasize about wearing and stocked an entire shop with it. Everything is drapey and a little witchy with all these interesting fabrics.

Torie Partridge ARTIST/ CREATIVE DIRECTOR There’s a piece of Torie Partridge in homes across the District. The local artist, who runs the design studio and shop Cherry Blossom Creative in Shaw, is best known for her colorful, mosaic-like painted maps of D.C. neighborhoods. While Partridge, 32, still does plenty of her work at Cherry Blossom Creative, her storefront, which reopened in September after a brief renovation, has a new focus on hosting events and retail items from D.C.’s creative community. But she’s not celebrating the new direction with a particularly extravagant day. “My dream day is just like a very beautiful, relaxed day doing the things I do pretty regularly in the city,” Partridge says. My first stop after waking up is probably going to meet a friend at Royal for a really lovely, relaxed breakfast to catch up. Will definitely get the hearts of palm arepa — it has just enough pickled things in it to make it really briny and delicious — and maybe a matcha latte for breakfast. I live really close to Malcolm X Park, which is my second destination. Malcolm X is probably my favorite place in all of D.C. — I actually got married there this summer. I would

grab a big thermos of tea and take my hammock to the park with a good book. I might bring my sketch pad too. I might hit up Colony Club for coffee. Every time I go in there it’s such a soothing atmosphere. If I’m gonna do a teensy bit of work on this perfect day of mine, I’ll probably hang out there to do that. It’d be great if I could go get acupuncture on this perfect day. I have an awesome acupuncturist: Paul Robison at

Camille A. Brown s & Dancers BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play (Dec. 1) and

ink (Dec. 2) World Premiere

Farhan [Syed, my husband] and I always think about doing fancier or different stuff, but we always end up at Haikan in Shaw. Farhan is the best possible dinner date. We are strategic: figure out the two things on the menu we want the most, order both of them and go solid splitsies. The add-ons at Haikan are pretty clutch: The bamboo that’s been stewed in the broth is the tastiest thing you can put in ramen. I would never have been like, “Oh, yeah, let’s get bamboo for sure.” But it’s so f---ing good. Then I’m going to 5Rhythms [held at Church of the Holy City] on 16th Street. It is a form of conscious dance where you just do a totally free-form moving practice. There’s no real instruction, but you’re led through five different tempos of music, and each one has an emotion attached to it. There’s an awesome community of people who do it in D.C. It’s definitely some hippie s---, but it is the best thing I do for my mind and body every week. If I still have energy, I will head out with some friends. Tropicalia is one of my favorite places to dance. The crowd is always so mixed, there’s always really good DJs — it’s the most unpretentious club in D.C. (AS TOLD TO LORI MCCUE)

Fana Fraser in BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, photo by Kirk Richard Smith

My D.C. dream day

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Filling and inexpensive, falafel sandwiches satisfy without weighing you down. The Middle Eastern staple is traditionally made with a blend of ground chickpeas and herbs, often topped with fresh or pickled vegetables and tahini sauce. In D.C., you can find it at such well-known venues as Amsterdam Falafelshop, Cava and The Halal Guys. But you can also get your fix at these lesser-known spots, some of which are relatively new to the scene. HOLLEY SIMMONS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Allynne Noelle and Thomas Garrett in Gounod Symphony, photo by Paul Kolnik

The Suzanne Have a ball (or two, or Farrell Ballet three …) at lunchtime

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Forever Balanchine: Farewell Performances Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. & Dec. 9 at 1:30 p.m.

Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. & Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Chaconne (Gluck/Balanchine) Tzigane (Ravel/Balanchine) Meditation (Tchaikovsky/Balanchine) Gounod Symphony

Gounod Symphony Tzigane Meditation Serenade (Tchaikovsky/Balanchine)

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Just 6 months old, this newcomer makes a good first impression. You can smell the charcoal-grilled kebab from the patio and hear it sizzling as you walk through the door. The herb-packed falafel ($6.99) is served burrito-style, encased in a thin pita wrap instead of a more traditional, doughy pita pocket. It’s briefly grilled, creating a crisp outer layer, and it comes topped with tahini sauce, diced tomato, lettuce, mint sprigs, lemon and pickled turnips.

Program subject to change.

Generous support for The Suzanne Farrell Ballet is provided by The Ted & Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund and The Suzanne Farrell Ballet Advisory Board. Support for Ballet at the Kennedy Center is generously provided by C. Michael Kojaian.

Shawafel 1322 H St. NE

This fast-casual restaurant specializes in such Lebanese dishes as chicken shish kebab and kafta, a meatball-like shish kebab. The airy falafel ($6.95) is wrapped in a thin pita and topped with lettuce, tomato, pickled turnips and a generous amount of tahini. Order a side of fries and throw them into the mix.

Based on a recipe from founder Ahmad Ashkar’s Palestinian mom, this falafel draws a big crowd at lunchtime. The teeny Georgetown storefront serves fried-to-order falafel sandwiches for $3 and bowls for $4, a portion of which goes to feed refugees in the Middle East. Sandwiches come dressed with tahini, a tomato-cucumber salad, pickled red cabbage, spicy red sauce and tatbili, a garlic and jalapeno relish.

Yafa Grille

Naf Naf Grill

1205 19th St. NW; 1400 I St. NW

1875 K St. NW, Suite 100

Yafa is the place for those who love options. Top off the just-fried falafel balls in your pocket pita ($6.99) with a choice of more than 20 toppings, including fried eggplant, chopped cucumbers, spiced chickpeas and a garlic spread that would send Dracula running. The pitas are light and fluffy, and the sauces lean on the spicy side.

This chain — with more than two dozen locations around the country — set up shop in D.C. last month, selling the Middle Eastern restaurant’s fresh-baked falafel pita wraps ($7.10) and silver dollar-shaped fries. The falafel balls are mixed with jalapeno for a slight kick and can be topped with such garnishes as purple cabbage salad, sumac onions and garlic sauce.

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BRIGITTE HENRY

Sarah Page, left, Brad Barr and Andrew Barr found musical solace in a remote Canadian cabin.

A band at the breaking point For The Barr Brothers, everything came “The great thing together once they got away from it all about that place, MUSIC As brothers Brad and Andrew Barr raced to finish their third album as The Barr Brothers in February, they had two other deadlines looming. They were renovating a house they had just bought together and Andrew’s wife was due to give birth to the couple’s first child at any moment. “It felt like if we get this done, these are the three most major things … at the same time,” Brad says. “It was overwhelming. I don’t know if it’s by virtue of my own psychosis — there’s no alternative — but I actually am genuinely happy with the record the way it turned out.” The Montreal-based folk rock group, which includes Sarah Page on harp and touring members Morgan Moore on bass and Brett Lanier on pedal steel, started working on “Queens of the Breakers” in November 2015. Brad, himself a new dad at the time, was finding it hard to write

at home. As he is the group’s primary singer and songwriter, that presented a problem. So too did Page’s concerns that she, as Brad puts it, was “feeling buried under the weight of the band,” which had ballooned to six members on the tour behind 2014’s “Sleeping Operator.” The core trio needed a reset so they took the Bon Iver approach, retreating to a remote cabin/ recording studio in a frozen town in Quebec for some musical therapy. “It was personal therapy, too,” Brad says. “We’d been on the road together but we hadn’t really hung out. I imagine it’s that way with a lot of bands. Once you get off the road you don’t wanna see each other anymore.” The lack of distractions — “you had to call the guy with the 4x4 if you needed to get out of there and get to the market,” he says — allowed the three to focus on the music and their relationships. They returned

you can record until the sun comes up.”

BRAD BARR, on the isolated cabin where The Barr Brothers recorded most of “Queens of the Breakers”

for another session in February 2016, and then a third that July when the town had thawed out. That time, they brought Moore, another musician friend and an engineer. “It had been about six months and I was chewing on the sounds and pushing myself to get some writing done,” Brad says. “I thought I had about a record’s worth of songs if we stretched out and we went for it.” That July, they recorded songs like the ambient and hypnotic “You Would Have to Lose Your Mind” and the poppy title track. “The great thing about that place, you can record until the sun comes up,” Brad says, adding

that the songs recorded at the cabin have “a trippy ambience to them — that’s kinda what that place was for me.” Part of that comes from Page’s harp, which is more pronounced on “Queens of the Breakers.” “Her sound had expanded beyond the sort of plucky fast decay of the harp,” Brad says. “She had turned it into almost like a synth at times. A lot of sounds you hear that sound like a synth are actually the harp, and her amplification has developed to where she can play pretty loud — Andrew can hit his drums hard and she doesn’t disappear.” Even though the band needed an extra session at home to finish the record, those trips to the cabin — and the sessions’ collaborative nature — reignited the band’s spark. “It’s allowed us to go back to those intuitive ways of playing,” Brad says. “It helped us just enjoy the experience and make it more delightful.” RUDI GREENBERG (EXPRESS)

Sixth and I, 600 I St. NW; Sun., 8 p.m., $17-$20.

The National singer Matt Berninger is drinking less wine and smoking more marijuana before shows as the band tours behind this year’s “Sleep Well Beast.” “The weed allows me to just chill out and believe the song and listen to the song,” he says. “Weirdly, it makes me less paranoid.” We asked Berninger, above, to share three songs he plays backstage before gigs. RUDI GREENBERG (EXPRESS)

’ ’Cause Cheap Is How I Feel’

Cowboy Junkies

“It’s a really beautiful song and I think there’s a part about a lie that’s about to be revealed. It felt really political to me,” Berninger says of the 1990 alt-country track. “I keep wanting to cover it, but we haven’t yet.”

‘Go West’ Pet Shop Boys

This 1993 cover of a Village People song by the British synthpop duo “is a song I play to get the band all excited and pumped up before a show,” he says. “That one is also for when I need to dig deep to muster some energy and some happiness.”

‘Tonight She Comes’ The Cars

“I’ve been playing a lot of Cars,” Berninger says. “I think I love the super-clean precision, the surgical popness of those songs. There’s something benign but kinda creepy about The Cars at the same time. [Their songs] are just like pop diamonds.”

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He’s heard it all before

David Rawlings pulls “Part of making from folk’s past for this album is just ‘Poor David’s Almanack’ coming to terms with the fact that MUSIC On the back cover of the vinyl this is how a lot of edition of David Rawlings’ third music that I love album, “Poor David’s Almanack,” the guitarist shares a brief note. got made.” “Traditional stories and songs were used as the basis for several songs in this collection,” he writes. “These are our versions, feel free to create your own.” Rawlings, the longtime musical partner of Americana artist Gillian Welch, embraces the history of folk music and folklore on the mostly acoustic record, which borrows from and builds on songs, stories and melodies from the past. The result is a record that feels warm, familiar and old. You could play spot the influence, but it’s not about that. Take the album’s most modernsounding song, “Cumberland Gap,” which has drums and organ and shares a title (and loose narrative) with an Appalachian folk song Woody Guthrie once recorded. Rawlings used the phrase “Cumberland Gap” as a lyrical starting point, took the melody from an old nautical piece he heard, then gave it a stomp that recalls Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s iconic protest anthem “Ohio.”

DAVID RAWLINGS, on borrowing from traditional songs and stories for “Poor David’s Almanack”

“Sometimes it’s the collision of a bunch of different little pieces like that that make up the song,” Rawlings says. “[‘Cumberland Gap’] is a collision of about five different things. In some cases you’re putting one thing on top of another, so you’re creating something that has a little depth or layers to it.” Basically, Rawlings — who has produced or played on albums by Ryan Adams, Dawes and Bright Eyes — is doing the folkie version of sampling or remixing, much like two of his heroes, Guthrie and Bob Dylan, did. “Someone like Woody Guthrie never could have written the volume of material he wrote if he’d been trying to think of brand-new melodies and chords for every thought in his head,” Rawlings says. “There barely is

a traditional melody that Woody didn’t take and write one or two or three or five songs to, which is totally great because in adding your own thoughts and adding your own phrasing and what you want to say to it, these things are inevitably altered. I mean, ‘This Land Is Your Land’ is not ‘You Are My Sunshine,’ but it’s darn close.” For Rawlings, who is touring behind the album with a band that includes Welch, “Poor David’s Almanack” was about taking that mentality and running with it. “Part of making this album is just coming to terms with the fact that this is how a lot of music that I love got made and that maybe we’ve always been coming at it from a different process,” he says. “A lot of these folk melodies are like a stone that’s rolled down a river for a couple thousand years and it’s this perfectly smooth little thing. You can’t distinguish what the river did to that rock, but something that has a melodic shape like [Rawlings’ song] ‘Lindsey Button’ — that melody has a shape to it that I think just feels like you’ve heard it before. It feels like it will endure.” RUDI GREENBERG (EXPRESS)

Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW; Wed., 8 p.m., $36.

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Free performances every day at 6 p.m. No tickets required December 3 Helanius J. Wilkins

Nov. 30–Dec. 13

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KENNEDY CENTER HONORS TRIBUTE

John McEnroe (Shia LaBeouf, left) and Bjorn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) return to the court in “Borg vs McEnroe,” about the legendary tennis rivals.

AFI European Union Film Showcase Do you win your Oscar pool every year because you’ve actually seen all the best foreign language nominees? Well, now you can do one better. Thirteen of the movies in the AFI European Union Film Showcase are their country’s submission to the 2018 Oscars, so you can get a jump on the films possibly before the Oscar voters do. For its 30th edition, the showcase also includes international film festival award winners, films from brand-new directors and nine U.S. premieres. The ball gets rolling Friday with Danish director Janus Metz’s “Borg vs McEnroe,” about the lead-up to the 1980 Wimbledon final, with Shia LaBeouf playing the hotheaded American tennis upstart. AFI Silver, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring; Fri. through Dec. 20, various times, $15-$20 per movie, $200 for festival pass.

‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’

‘Score: A Film Music Documentary’

Silver-screen powerhouse Hedy Lamarr isn’t just the inspiration for a running gag in “Blazing Saddles.” Born in Vienna in 1914, she was a super-hot superstar who began her American film career in the late ‘30s. When WWII struck, she spent her spare time inventing stuff, like a method to protect military radio communications from snoops that eventually led to things like your cellphone. You know, ordinary stuff like that. The Washington Jewish Film Festival is screening the doc “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,” which reveals the history behind Old Hollywood’s greatest mind.

QUICK: Hum the theme from “Star Wars.” Now the James Bond theme. Now “Jaws.” Now “Titanic.” Now “Indiana Jones.” Now “Psycho.” Now turn to the person next to you and apologize for freaking them out. For an in-depth look at the importance and power of film music, see “Score: A Film Music Documentary,” which incorporates interviews with dozens of composers who create the earworms that at least partially define the moviegoing experience. Afterward, writer-director Matt Schrader will give a talk about the making of his film. Maybe he’ll sing a little, too. (Singing not guaranteed.)

Edlavitch DCJCC, 1529 16th St. NW; Tue., 7:30 p.m., $13. (Sold out, but rush line forms at 6:30 p.m.)

Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW; Thu., 7:30 p.m., $15. KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY (EXPRESS)

In recognition of the 40th Anniversary of the Kennedy Center Honors (Dec. 3 in the Opera House), Millennium Stage celebrates the artistic inﬂuence of each of the original Kennedy Center Honorees, awarded in 1978.

30 THU Tribute to

Marian Anderson: The Me I Want to Sing Members from Washington National Opera’s resident-training program honor the groundbreaking African American contralto with a program of her most memorable pieces woven together with spoken word.

1 FRI A Tribute to

Richard Rodgers A quartet of Washington’s ﬁnest theatrical singers share some of Richard Rodgers’ greatest hits from his collaborations with Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern. Hear songs from OKLAHOMA!, South Paciﬁc, The King and I, Carousel, The Sound of Music and more in this tuneful tribute to an American master.

2 SAT Tribute to Fred Astaire:

Capitol Tap, District Tap, Knock on Wood Tap Studio Top D.C. area dancers honor the man known for dancing, acting, and singing across Broadway, musicals, and television for more than 76 years.

*Free general admission tickets will be distributed in the States Gallery starting at approximately 5 p.m. on 12/3 & 4 and in the Hall of Nations starting at approximately 4:30 p.m. on 12/11, up to two tickets per person.

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December 10 The War and Treaty

IN THE TERRACE THEATER 3 SUN Helanius J. Wilkins*

9 SAT Holiday Sing

Join the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Teen Art Program and The award-winning choreographer is alumni choir as they present a holiday joined by dancers from the University pageant featuring gospel artist of Colorado Boulder and others for Maurette Clark, violinist Chelsey Triggered, a program of dynamic solo Green, steel pan drummer Victor works performed by Wilkins as well as Provost, and other special guests. the D.C. premiere of his Media’s Got Me Presented in collaboration with the Boys and Girls All Figured Out: Reloaded, a hard-hitting Clubs of Greater Washington trio inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. This performance contains 10 SUN The War and Treaty mature themes and strong language. The husband-and-wife duo blends roots, folk, gospel, and soul, IN THE TERRACE GALLERY reaching back through their deep4 MON You, Me, Them, Everybody rooted history to conjure up the presents “Holiday-ish”* strength of their ancestors. Host Brandon Wetherbee presents an evening of stories, songs, and IN THE CONCERT HALL jokes about all of the holidays. This 11 MON Family Night: program contains mature themes and MERRY TUBACHRISTMAS!* strong language. This year marks the 44th anniversary of this holiday tradition founded by 5 TUE Peace and Carol Ringers Harvey Phillips in which hundreds Join us for Who Let the Bells of local tuba, sousaphone, and Out?, an evening of holiday music euphonium players perform performed on hand bells. The choirs traditional Christmas music. Grab are comprised of high school-aged your instrument and arrive at 3 p.m. youth and adults. for rehearsal at 4 p.m.

6 WED The Army Chorus Produced by MSG Neil Ewachiw, America’s favorite men’s chorus celebrates the season with a program of holiday favorites.

7 THU Mivos Quartet

Beyana Soldo, Milena Gligic, and Jose Sacín

12 TUE

Celebrate the holidays with opera from around the world with soprano Soldo, pianist Gligic, and special guest baritone Sacín. Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of

The New York–based group presents Serbia. a program exploring the unanswered question of Leonard Bernstein’s famous 13 WED Holiday Vaudeville Harvard lectures: Whither music? Cajun cellist Sean Grissom returns Part of Leonard Bernstein at 100. to host an evening of holiday music and laughs featuring juggler Jacob 8 FRI NSO Youth Fellows D’Eustachio and the Alexandria Participants in the National Symphony Kleztet. Orchestra training program offer a recital of solo performances.

FOR DETAILS OR TO WATCH ONLINE, VISIT KENNEDY-CENTER.ORG/MILLENNIUM. The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts accessible to everyone in fulﬁllment of the Kennedy Center’s mission to its community and the nation. Additional funding for the Millennium Stage is provided by Kim Engel and Family, The Gessner Family Foundation, The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation, Inc., The Meredith Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A.J. Stolwijk, U.S. Department of Education, and the Millennium Stage Endowment Fund. The Millennium Stage Endowment Fund was made possible by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs, Fannie Mae Foundation, the Kimsey Endowment, Gilbert† and Jaylee† Mead, Mortgage Bankers Association of America and other anonymous gifts to secure the future of the Millennium Stage. Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is also made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.

Daily food and drink specials • 5–6 p.m. nightly • Grand Foyer Bars TAKE METRO to

the Foggy Bottom/GWU/Kennedy Center station and ride the free Kennedy Center shuttle departing every 15 minutes until Metro close.

FREE TOURS are given daily by the Friends of the Kennedy Center tour guides. Tour hours: M–F, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and Sat./Sun. from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. For information, call (202) 416-8340.

GET CONNECTED! Become a fan of KCMillenniumStage on Facebook and check out artist photos, upcoming events, and more! PLEASE NOTE: Standard parking rates apply when attending free performances. The Kennedy Center welcomes persons with disabilities.

All performances and programs are subject to change without notice.

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Make your tree the tops

It’s the fear of every Christmas tree first-timer: a Clark Griswold moment. As you wade into that forest of firs, will you remember the ax to cut your chosen tree? Will you select one that fits on top of the car — and in your home? Will you maintain the tree well enough to, you know, keep it from bursting into flames? Chevy Chase’s mishap-prone character, of course, failed on all counts in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” declaring it a “four-alarm holiday emergency.” We asked local tree mongers for advice on selecting and caring for a Christmas tree so you can fare better. (All distances are approximate and measured from the White House.) ANGELA HAUPT (FOR EXPRESS)

Clouse’s Pine Hill Farm 2696 Green Spring Road, Winchester, Va.

Distance from D.C.: 86 miles Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursdays-Sundays Cost: $25-$150

Snickers Gap Christmas Tree Farm

Christmas Tree Lane, Round Hill, Va.

34350 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill, Va.

Distance from D.C.: 51 miles

Distance from D.C.: 56 miles

Hours: 1-5 p.m., Fridays; 9 a.m.5 p.m., Saturdays & Sundays

Hours: Noon until dark, MondaysFridays; 9 a.m. until dark, Saturdays & Sundays

Cost: Most trees are $75 up to 6 feet; $10 each additional foot

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What kind of tree should you choose? White pines grow best in this area since they’re native to the Mid-Atlantic region, tree farmer Ryan Clouse says. “Their soft, graceful needles provide a great backdrop for lights and lighter ornaments,” he says. “Douglas fir are noted for needles with a hint of citrus,” while concolor firs have impressive needle longevity. The Norway spruce has strong branches and a pleasant scent; the Canaan fir and Fraser fir have a “picturesque form,” Clouse says.

Middleburg Christmas Tree Farm

What’s the first thing you should do when you get your tree home? Cut about 1 inch from the bottom of the trunk and place the tree in water — a bucket will suffice, owner Frans J. Kok says. If you don’t have a saw at home and won’t be able to cut it again, “bring a plastic bag and an elastic band that will fit over the bottom of the trunk” to keep the tree from drying out in the car.

Cost: $95-$275 Can you recycle trees after the holiday? Yes, they’re 100 percent recyclable. Check if your community has a collection program; some landfills turn trees into mulch that’s then available for free, owner Steven Wolff says. Your garden or backyard will work, too. If you have a pond, “fish will use them as habitat,” he says, adding that if you put suet on your tree and leave it in the yard, you’ll provide a feast for birds and wildlife.

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419 Lester Utz Lane, Brightwood, Va.

2105 Mount Carmel Road, Parkton, Md.

Distance from D.C.: 84 miles

Distance from D.C.: 71 miles Hours: 9 a.m. until sunset, Fridays-Sundays

Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturdays & Sundays

Cost: $45 for 6 feet and under; $5 per foot over 6 feet

Cost: $30-$95

Why support local farms? “Christmas trees provide habitats for wildlife, produce oxygen — 1 acre produces oxygen for 18 people — and remove carbon dioxide, dust and pollen from the air,” owner Stefan Nock says.

How long does it take to grow Christmas trees? Eight to 12 years to get from seedling to a 7- or 8-foot tree, farm president Tim Williams says, noting that there’s a national tree shortage that began in 2001. “We, like many tree farms, are somewhat victims of our success, with trees currently selling faster than we can grow them,” he says. More reason to secure yours soon.

Good Spirits Tree Farm 9711 Old National Pike, Hagerstown, Md.

Distance from D.C.: 70 miles Hours: 3-5 p.m., Mondays-Fridays; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays & Sundays

PRETTYBOY RUN FARMS

Cost: $40 to $60; extra $15 per foot over 10 feet. Where’s the best spot to display a tree? Somewhere away from excessive heat, like the kind that comes from a wood stove or electric baseboard, owner Tom Castle says. Placing a tree by windows isn’t necessarily a good idea, “since heat registers and baseboard heat is normally” underneath, Castle says.

Showvaker’s Quality Evergreens Linden Hill Christmas Tree Farm

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4102 Old Crain Highway, Upper Marlboro, Md.

2020 Garrett Road, Manchester, Md.

Distance from D.C.: 77 miles

Distance from D.C.: 23 miles

Hours: noon-5 p.m., MondaysFridays; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays & Sundays

Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Fridays-Sundays

Cost: $7.70-$8.35 per foot up to 9½ feet (rates higher for taller trees)

Cost: $10 per foot

What’s the lowdown on watering? “A fresh-cut tree can drink a gallon or more of water per day — talk about being thirsty,” owner Lisa Showvaker says. Tap water will suffice, she says, and additives aren’t necessary. “The first watering should be hot tap water, not boiling,” she says. Check the water level daily to make sure it’s covering the tree’s stump.

What’s the best way to pick out a healthy tree? “Seriously look at its color,” grower and owner Sarah Stockstill says. “If it’s a deep or true green all over,” it’s a safe bet. And make sure the needles are secure: Pull a branch toward you, and if lots fall off, find another tree.

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Holiday Pregame and Gingerbread House Building Competition Show off your creativity at the Black Squirrel’s battle of the gingerbread houses. The Adams Morgan beer bar will supply a number of gingerbread house kits, but teams are allowed to bring their own decorations and materials to embellish their creations. Teams and spectators alike can sip holiday brews from Bell’s Brewery, Great Lakes Brewing Company and Hardywood Park Craft Brewery. Judging begins at 8 p.m., but the party keeps going long after. Black Squirrel, 2427 18th St. NW; Thu., 6 p.m., free admission.

Fri.

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CupcakKe U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW; Thu., 7 p.m., $20.

COMEDY

Rhys Darby As Murray on “Flight of the Conchords,” New Zealand comedian Rhys Darby had the unenviable task of managing the series’ titular comedy folk duo. Now based in L.A., Darby has had an active acting career, co-starring in the TBS sitcom “Wrecked” and landing a role in the upcoming “Jumanji” reboot film. Darby’s stand-up tends to be heavy on storytelling, with a healthy mix of observational bits. Arlington

Ear / Eye Friday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. Terrace Theater The intersection of music and imagery will be explored in this multimedia performance, from the beautiful textures of Timo Andres’s response to pen-and-ink abstractions to Anna Clyne’s industrial response to a ﬁlm about the creation of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Cinema and Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington; Fri., 7:30 & 10 p.m., Sat., 7 & 9:30 p.m., $25-$30.

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This premiere from playwright Anne M. McCaw about Mary and Joseph is billed as a “heartfelt farce” with political contours (and music). The venue, Hub Theatre, is tucked away in a small Fairfax school and led by artistic

CupcakKe’s claim to fame is her absurdly and sexually explicit songs and videos. But the rapper has every bit of the grittiness of her Chicago counterparts as she addresses issues such as poverty, sexual violence and mental health. In context, her more over-the-top moments provide the comic relief to her real talk about her struggles, while her sense of humor is evidence of her resistance and perseverance.

director Helen Murray, who has demonstrated a good nose for quirky new works. Hub Theatre in the New School of Northern Virginia, 9431 Silver King Court, Fairfax; Fri. through Dec. 24, various times, $32.

Sat.

in Christmas lights sail into the Washington Channel. The holiday boat parade begins at 7 p.m. and ends with a bang at 8 with a fireworks finale. The Wharf will host other festive activities in the evening, including a Christmas tree lighting, a bonfire with s’mores and hot chocolate, Santa photo ops, live holiday music and gingerbread cookie decorating. The Wharf, 600 Water St. SW; Sat., 6-8 p.m., free.

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Patterson Hood Drive-By Truckers singer and guitarist Patterson Hood is stripping things down for a rare solo acoustic tour that includes

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33 Pearl St. SW; Sat., 8:30 p.m., sold out, Sun., 8:30 p.m., $25.

Tue. STAGE

The Second City’s ‘Twist Your Dickens’ Chicago’s premier comedy troupe returns to the Kennedy Center

for another year of “Twist Your Dickens,” a warped take on the holiday story “A Christmas Carol.” Using a mix of sketch comedy (written by ex-”Colbert Report” writers Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort) and improv, The Second City will tell the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge (complete with Tiny Tim and the ghosts) as a satire. Audience participation is encouraged, so come with your best holiday-themed improv suggestions. Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW; Tue. through Dec. 31, $49-$75.

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Scottish Christmas Walk Parade Old Town Alexandria, begins at St. Asaph and Wolfe streets; Sat., 11 a.m., free.

Cheer on Scottish dancers, marchers dressed in their finest tartans and Scottie dogs at Old Town Alexandria’s 47th Scottish Christmas Walk Parade. Santa Claus and Scottish bagpipers will also make an appearance in the parade, which concludes at Market Square with a band concert.

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two dates at D.C.’s intimate new Pearl Street Warehouse. Hood, who isn’t promoting a new album on this tour, has often mixed Truckers classics and deep cuts with songs he’s recorded outside of his main band, covers and bits of banter. Pearl Street Warehouse,

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going out guide Selected listings from goingoutguide.com. Head online for venue information and more events and activities!

Sound THURSDAY 9:30 Club: Deer Tick, 7 p.m. Birchmere: The Marshall Tucker Band, 7:30 p.m.

Blues Alley: Arturo Sandoval, 8 & 10 p.m., through Dec. 3.

DC9: Alice Merton, Joan, 8 p.m. Gypsy Sally’s: Jazz Is Phsh, 8:30 p.m. Pearl Street Warehouse: Balkun Brother, Swampcandy and Skribe, 8 p.m. State Theatre: Jarabe de Palo, 8:30 p.m.

The Anthem: Morrissey, 8 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap: Loudon Wainwright III, Lucy Wainwright Roche, 8 p.m. The Fillmore: Andy Grammer, Rachel Platten, 8 p.m.

The Hamilton: Jon Anderson, 8 p.m. The Kennedy Center: Angelique Kidjo, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY 9:30 Club: Priests, Blacks Myths and Mellow Diamond, 8 p.m.

Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club: The Chuck Brown Band , 8 p.m. Capital Fringe Trinidad Theatre: Samuel Prather, Groove Orchestra, 8 p.m.

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center: UMD Gamelan and Koto Ensembles, 8 p.m.

Gypsy Sally’s: Dub City Renegades, Nappy Riddem, Akshan and Roots of a Rebellion, 8:30 p.m. Hylton Performing Arts Center: Pearl Street Warehouse: Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Olivia Mancini, 8:30 p.m. Sotto: Reginald Cyntje, 9 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap: Eileen Ivers, 8 p.m.

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Paul Anka, 9 p.m.

Bon Iver: As the driving force of Bon Iver, Justin Vernon re-creates himself with Bowiesque verve. First, there were the inward-looking meditations and cabin mythology of “For Emma, Forever Ago.” Then, he broke the hermetic seal to add more players on his place-based self-titled album. Most recently, Vernon moved out of the woods and into the machine, obscuring the songs of “22, A Million” with glitchy, electronic manipulation. But no matter the experimental flourishes, the album isn’t far from the music Vernon has always made: songs about his quixotic search for personal and universal truth that are opaque, oblique and open to interpretation. The band headlines The Anthem on Friday.

The Fillmore: Suicideboys, 8 p.m. U Street Music Hall: Stop Light

Celebration with Regina Belle, 8 p.m.

Wolf Trap, Filene Center: Wolf Trap

Sixth & I: Emily Haines, the Soft

Holiday Sing-A-Long, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY

Skeleton, 8 p.m.

SUNDAY

Gypsy Sally’s: Electric Love Machine, the Mantras, Of Tomorrow 7 p.m.

9:30 Club: Jungle, Makeness, 7 p.m.

Sotto: Tedd Baker, 9 p.m.

TUESDAY

Lincoln Theatre: Needtobreathe,

7:30 p.m.

9:30 Club: Reverend Horton Heat, Big Sandy, Dale Watson and the Blasters, 7 p.m.

7 p.m.

U Street Music Hall: Allan Rayman,

Publick Playhouse: A Holiday

7 p.m.

Observations, Little Stranger, 7 p.m.

The Anthem: Dark Star Orchestra,

Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club: Jean Carne, Norman Connors,

7:30 p.m.

MONDAY

Lincoln Theatre: Yann Tiersen, 6:30

Thouxanbanfauni and Warhol.ss, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 9:30 Club: Hadag Nahash, Hanan Ben Ari, 7 p.m.

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goingoutguide.com gateways of social justice, community access and public festivals, this exhibition explores the experiences of Latino migrants and immigrants in Washington, Baltimore, Charlotte, N.C., and RaleighDurham, N.C., through Jan. 7. 1901 Fort Place SE.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: “Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia”: An exhibition of Buddhist art from India, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia and Japan, through Oct. 1. 1050 Independence Ave. SW.

Dumbarton Oaks Museum: “Women

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN

in Art, 1850-1910”: An exhibition that examines the fashionably dressed

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Mark Bradford” is a site-specific installation of eight abstract paintings, each more than 45 feet long, that encircles the museum’s entire third level. The African-American artist draws directly from artist Paul Philippoteaux’s 19th-century cyclorama depicting the final charge of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pickett’s Charge, through Nov. 1.

Sight American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center: “Tethered to the Cradle: Kinetic Work by Sculptor Christopher Carter”: An exhibition of ready-made forms that draw on the artist’s experiences and memories of adolescence. Carter is a contemporary American artist and sculptor of AfricanAmerican, American Indian and European descent, through Dec. 17; “William Woodward: The Seven Deadly Sins”: An exhibition of drawings and narrative

paintings of figures and animals, Woodward’s “Seven Deadly Sins” was influenced by the films of Federico Fellini, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and the ”commedia dell’arte” tradition. The artist tries to imagine how the subjects would have been depicted had the directors and actors been painters, through Dec. 17; “Barjeel Art Foundation Collection, United Arab Emirates”: An exhibition of works that illustrate an array of technologies of conflict and explore mechanisms of power, through Dec. 17. 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW.

Anacostia Community Museum: “Gateways/Portales”: Through the

urban woman of the late 19th century in impressionist works, through March 31; “Ancient Bronzes in the Dumbarton Oaks Collections”: An exhibition of bronze objects ranging from prehistoric Chinese, Egyptian, Greco-Roman and Byzantine to the 15th-century Inca Empire that highlights the craft of bronze metallurgy and the use and meaning of ancient works in bronze, through March 31; “Early Bliss Acquisitions: Collecting in Paris and London 1912-1919”: An exhibition of the acquisitions of Robert and Mildred Bliss, collected when they lived in Paris from 1912 to 1919, including artworks and unusual, decorative objects that were newly available via avant-garde art dealers, including medieval, Islamic and

pre-Columbian artworks, through March 31. 1703 32nd St. NW.

Folger Shakespeare Library: “Painting Shakespeare”: An exhibition of the Folger’s collection of Shakespeare and Shakespeare-related art and memorabilia, including oil sketches, posters, scrapbooks, programs, prints, figurines, photographs and paintings. A highlight is Henry Fuseli’s Gothic masterpiece “Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head,” painted for the Irish Shakespeare Gallery in Dublin in 1793 and still in its original frame, through Feb. 11. 201 East Capitol St. SE.

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“A Collector’s Vision: Selections From the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection”: In 2011, Small gave George Washington University his collection of 1,000 maps, prints, rare letters, photographs and drawings that document the history of the District. This exhibition presents highlights of the collection, including Small’s first acquisition: a handwritten 1905 scrapbook of a survey of the city’s boundary stones, through Nov. 30; “The Box Project: Uncommon Threads”: An exhibition of three-dimensional artworks that fit inside a standard box; collector and former Textile Museum trustee Lloyd Cotsen challenged 36 fiber artists worldwide to create the works, through Jan. 29; “For the Record: New Photography and Art Capture Changing Washington”: An exhibition of images that document the city’s urban landscape from the perspective of artists — selected through the Historical Society

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of Washington, D.C.’s annual juried competition, through March 4. 701 21st St. NW.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn” is an installation that portrays activists, advocates of free speech and prisoners of conscience in 176 portraits composed of thousands of Lego blocks. The work centers on the artist’s personal experience in 2011, in which he was detained by the Chinese government and kept under surveillance for 81 days and then prohibited from traveling abroad for four years. It runs through Jan. 1.

Jewelry From the Merriweather Post Collection”: An exhibition of more than 50 pieces of jewelry that once belonged to Marjorie Merriweather Post, including pieces she commissioned from Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston and Verdura, through Jan. 7. 4155 Linnean Ave. NW.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Utopian Projects”: An exhibition that features more than 20 maquettes and whimsical models, including architectural structures, allegorical narratives and commissioned outdoor works. The Russian artist couple has been working collaboratively for nearly 30 years, creating installation-based works, through March 4; Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW.

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Bear Grillz w/ Phase One • Dirt Monkey • Kompany Late Show! 10pm Doors.. ..................Sa 9

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photographs, scrapbooks, furnishings and paintings on loan from museums and archives, through Jan. 15; “Investigating Where We Live: District of Culture”: How do art and culture shape life in a city like Washington? Local teens planned and designed an exhibition based on interviews with artists and creatives; their photographs of art, music and food in D.C.’s historic neighborhoods and their own communities; and written reflections on how the arts

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National Gallery of Art, West Building: “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry” showcases some 75 works by Vermeer and his fellow painters of the Dutch Golden Age, including Gerard ter Borch, Gerrit Dou, Pieter de Hooch, Gabriel Metsu, Frans van Mieris, Caspar Netscher and Jan Steen, through Jan. 21. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37

M streets NW.

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Sepulchre. Built in the fourth century by the Emperor Constantine, the church sits on the site where many scholars believe the crucifixion of Christ took place. The Tomb of Christ, or the holy edicule, has just undergone an historic restoration. Learn how Nat Geo explorers are using new technologies including Lidar, sonar, laser scanning and thermal imaging to study this site, through Aug. 15. 17th and

National Museum of African

Photography Collection”: An exhibition

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of more than 150 photographs and

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related objects that demonstrates the slavery era, Jim Crow, Black Lives Matter and other key historical and cultural events that illuminate African-American life, through Jan. 1. 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. CONTINUED ON PAGE 40

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On the Beach at Night Alone

The Day After

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Watch two tales—one comedic and one bittersweet—of art, infidelity, and the fleeting power of love by Korea’s master of intellectual romantic comedy and drama. Both star The Handmaiden’s Kim Min-hee.

Sporting witty dialogue, sly narrative trickery, and wonderful acting, this gem stars Kim Min-hee as a young woman accused of having an affair with her new boss.

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National Museum of African Art:

National Museum of American History: “Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II”: An exhibition that commemorates the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the document signed by

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

“Senses of Time: Video and Film-Based Works of Africa”: Six African artists explore how time is experienced and produced by the body. Bodies stand, climb, dance and dissolve in seven works of video and film, or “time-based” art, through Jan. 21; “Healing Arts”: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures from the permanent collection that attempt to counter physical, social and spiritual problems including global issues such as the HIV/AIDS crisis, through Jan. 1; “Visionary Viewpoints on Africa’s Arts”: An exhibition of some 300 works of art from over 30 artists that offers a broad spectrum of visual expression, through Nov. 4. 950 Independence Ave. SW. National Portrait Gallery: “Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image” is an exhibition of images of Dietrich that demonstrate her statement: “I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.” The German-born Dietrich has been seen as a symbol of anti-Nazism and an influential figure in the LGBT community as well as a fashion icon. Known for her androgynous roles in the movies “Morocco” (1930) and “Seven Sinners” (1940), she achieved international fame, and was honored with the Medal of Freedom for her service entertaining American troops for 18 months during World War II, through April 15.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt that challenged the constitutional rights and led to the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, through Feb. 19; “Religion in Early America”: An exhibition that explores religious diversity and growth from the Colonial era through the 1840s, including Thomas Jefferson’s “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth,” which is also known as “The Jefferson Bible”; George Washington’s christening robe from 1732 and Wampum beads; and the cloak worn by abolitionist Quaker minister Lucretia Mott, through June 4; “Ceramics From the U.S./Mexico Borderlands”: The museum’s “American Stories” exhibition will add artifacts related to different Latino traditions celebrating life and death, including a miniature ofrenda to honor deceased loved ones, through May 4. 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.

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DECEMBER EVENTS AT THE

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December 11 @ 12pm

[DISCUSSION] Harold Brown: Offsetting the Soviet Military Challenge, 1977-1981

[PRESENTATION] The Fate of the Submarine H.L. Hunley

Featuring author Dr. Edward Keefer, former Secretaries of Defense Dr. Harold Brown and Dr. William Perry, and historian Dr. Eliot Cohen.

On February 17, 1864, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley pressed a black powder explosive against the side of the Union ship USS Housatonic and sank it. Dr. Rachel Lance presents an illustrated lecture on her research.

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[DISCUSSION] Conﬂict Journalism in South East Asia

[FILM] From the Vaults: Remembering Vietnam

Featuring former anchor of Nightline Ted Koppel, ABC News cameraman (1966-2006) Yasutsune “Tony” Hirashiki, journalist Barrie Dunsmore, and producer and author Terry Irving.

The ﬁrst in a series of archival selections from the National Archives’ motion picture holdings related to the war in Vietnam. Films include Hidden War in Vietnam (1963; 30 mins.) and Why Vietnam? (1965; 31 minutes).

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Experience Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol like never before—with this holiday favorite from The Second City! The legendary comedy troupe brings its infamous improvisational skills and sketch comedy mastery to the timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge.

National Gallery of Art, West Building: “Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures” presents scientific research into the mysterious series of thumbnail-size sketches of brightly colored portraits of lavishly costumed individuals relating to 14 of Fragonard’s known paintings, through Dec. 3.

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An exploration of Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party” — a work that confronts the erasure of women from history — through archives, documentation and film. The process is illustrated through test objects, designs, documentation and behind-the-scenes footage shot by filmmaker Johanna Demetrakas, through Jan. 5; “Magnetic Fields: Expanding

American Abstraction, 1960s to Today”: An exhibition that explores historical and formal dialogue on abstraction among black women artists, featuring works by more than 20 women, including Mavis Pusey, Shinique Smith, Alma Woodsey Thomas and Chakaia Booker, through Jan. 21; “El Tendedero/The Clothesline Project, D.C.”: An installation that documents the results of “El Tendedero/

The Clothesline Project, “ in which artist Monica Mayer has asked women from different ages, professions and classes to respond to the statement “As a woman, what I dislike most about my city is...” Participants then write their responses on small pink ballots, which are then hung on a clothesline, through Jan. 5. 1250 New York Ave. NW. CONTINUED ON PAGE 47

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

TUES, DEC 26

THURSDAY

AN EVENING WITH

NOV 30

LIVE AT THE FILLMORE:

THE DEFINITIVE TRIBUTE TO THE ORIGINAL ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND WED, DEC 27

START MAKING SENSE A TRIBUTE TO TALKING HEADS W/ N.E.W. ATHENS

an intimate evening with

EMMYLOU

HARRIS BENEFITING BONAPARTE’S RETREAT

THURS, DEC 28

BEN WILLIAMS PRESENTS HIS 6TH ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BASH

with special guests

The first “spaghetti western”?

LARRY CAMPBELL & TERESA WILLIAMS

SUNDAY

DEC 10

NATALIE MACMASTER AND DONNELL LEAHY

VIRGINIA OPERA

A HOLIDAY MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA

THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST

FRI, DEC 29

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 AT 8 P.M. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 AT 2 P.M.

DAVID WAX MUSEUM NIGHT I

NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS AND BONERAMA NEW YEAR’S EVE

BONERAMA AND NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS IN THE LOFT

NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION

THE 19TH STREET BAND THUR, JAN 4

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 AT 8 P.M.

the

BSTREETBAND THURSDAY

DEC 21

NIGHT II

SUN, DEC 31

A Celtic Family Christmas

AN EVENING WITH

W/ BEARCAT WILDCAT SAT, DEC 30

Warm and lively

YELLOW DUBMARINE W/ THE LOVING PAUPERS FRIDAY DEC 22

FREE

THUR & FRI, JAN 11 & 12

ANTIBALAS

SATURDAY

2 NIGHTS

AMERICAN FESTIVAL POPS ORCHESTRA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 AT 8 P.M.

VIRGINIA COALITION

POPA CHUBBY

Glorious voices

Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season

NSO IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD KICK-OFF FRI, JAN 5

Jovial, festive, merry

W/ JUSTIN TRAWICK

& THE COMMON GOOD

FREE LATE-NIGHT MUSIC IN THE LOFT EVERY THURS - SAT

DEC 23

VIENNA BOYS CHOIR Christmas in Vienna SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 AT 2 P.M.

This performance is also at the Hylton Performing Arts Center on Fri., Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. Information at HyltonCenter.org

TICKETS ff

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Family Friendly performances that are most suitable for families with younger children

Located on the Fairfax campus, six miles west of Beltway exit 54 at the intersection of Braddock Road and Rt. 123.

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HOLIDAY EVENTS

FOLGERCONSORT

Join our cast of over 100, ages 8-85! Journey into the magic of the Quebec winter holidays and enjoy traditional tunes, toe-tapping dances, foot-stomping instrumentals, a spirited story with a flying canoe, sing-along carols and more. Welcome Yule!

Lisner Auditorium 730 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20052

A Quebec Christmas Revels

Dec 9-17, 2017 matinee & evening shows

An Operetta Holiday

Only Three Shows! Wed, 12/6 at 7:30pm Sat, 12/9 at 8pm Sun, 12/10 at 7pm

Lose yourself in the glamour of The Merry Widow, The Student Prince & more! This lilting music, with an all-star cast, will waltz you into the holidays!

GALA Hispanic Theatre 3333 14th St. NW, WDC Inseries.org 202-204-7763 Garage parking at Giant.

December 15 - 23

Celebrate the season with evocative Advent and holiday music from 15th through 17th-century Germany in the Folger’s festively decorated theater. “The best Christmas concert in DC” performs the music of Praetorius, Schütz, Schein, among others.

Folger Theatre 201 East Capitol St., SE, DC 202.544.7077 www.folger.edu/consort

November 16January 7, 2018

This musical adaptation of the classic film is the holiday tale of a young girl who doubts the existence of Santa Claus. The perfect holiday treat for the entire family.

Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia 410.730.8311 Tobysdinnertheatre.com

Saturday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m.

A capella, Christmas carols, violinists and sing-a-longs.Featuring: BlueLine, The Carolers and Capitol City Strings.

Church in Bethesda 5033 Wilson Lane Bethesda, Maryland

Seasonal Early Music of Germany with viol consort Arcadia Viols and vocal ensemble Cathedra

Miracle on 34th Street The Musical

Music of the Season

$12-60

Ticket sales now open! Family friendly!

GA$45 SE $42 Stu$22

Join the cast for a toast after every performance!

www.revelsdc.org

$50,

Community Sing on Dec. 17 at 4pm Discounts available. See website.

Call for tickets and info.

Dreams do come true, if you believe!

FREE

www. churchin bethesda.org

THEATRE A Tuna Christmas by Ed Howard, Joe Sears, & Jaston Williams

December 8-10 Fri & Sat at 7:30pm Sat & Sun at 2pm

Round House Theatre presents

Nov 29 – Dec 24, 2017

The Book of Will

Tues – Thu at 7:30 pm Fri & Sat at 8 pm Sat & Sun at 2 pm

By Lauren Gunderson Directed by Ryan Rilette

Curve of Departure Written by Rachel Bonds Directed by Mike Donahue

Synetic Theater presents

Hansel & Gretel Theatre By Kids, For Kids!

Madeline’s Christmas

Now through Jan.7

Dec. 1, 2017 – Dec. 23 Thur – Fri at 11am Sat and Sun at 11am & 2pm Dec. 1-3; Fri. at 7:30pm; Sat. at 11am & 3pm; Sun. at 3pm

Two actors portray 22 characters in the 3rd smallest town in Texas in this hilarious satire. What if Shakespeare’s works had been lost forever? After the death of their friend and mentor, two actors are determined to compile the First Folio and preserve the words that shaped their lives. They’ll just have to borrow, beg, and band together to get it done.

The night before a funeral, family members share a single hotel room, struggling to prepare for the next day—and their uncertain futures ahead.

The perfect Holiday outing for the young, and the young at heart, this wordless production of the Grimm Brothers’ well-beloved fairy tale embraces the fantastical through the eyes of those who see the world through a different lens. Recommended for all ages. A jolly visitor in red appears who reminds Madeline and her friends about the magic of the holidays. For ages 4 & older.

The Callan Theatre 3801 Harewood Rd NE Washington, D.C. 20017 parlorroomtheater.com Round House Theatre 4545 East-West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 240.644.1100 roundhousetheatre.org

Studio Theatre 1501 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 202.332.3300, studiotheatre.org

Synetic Theater 1800 S. Bell St synetictheater.org 866.811.4111 Gunston Arts Center Arlington VA (703)548-1154 www.encorestage.org

$16 Advance $20 Door

Featuring Dillon & Thomas DiSalvo

Tickets from $30

Written by the playwright of last season’s runaway hit Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley,

$20-$85

"Bonds has a unique sensitivity to dialogue..." —DC Metro Theatre Arts (about The Wolfe Twins)

$20

This wordless Family Theater production is suitable for all ages.

$10-15

Group discounts available.

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MUSIC - CHAMBER Dumbarton Concerts Presents

Linn Barnes and Allison Hampton on lute, guitar, Celtic harp; Joseph Cunliffe on flute; Steven Bloom with percussion; Robert Aubrey Davis with poetry including Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

December 9 at 4pm and 8pm

Barnes & Hampton Celtic Consort

December 10 at 4pm

A Celtic Christmas

Dumbarton Concerts Dumbarton United Methodist Church 3133 Dumbarton St. NW Washington, DC 20007 202-965-2000 Dumbartonconcerts.org

$42 Adult $39 Senior

202-9652000

National Presbyterian Church 4101 Nebraska Avenue Washington, DC 20016 Free parking available.

$15-50 Group and student disc. avail.

For more information, visit citychoir.org or call (571) 206-8525

The Church of the Epiphany 1317 G Street Northwest Washington, D.C.

$20-$50 Student tickets available

www. washington master chorale.org 202-5968934

MUSIC - CHORAL The Holly and the Ivy: Music for Christmas

Sunday, December 17, 4:30 PM

TCCW’s annual holiday concert brims with seasonal cheer and traditional favorites. Join us and this year’s Partner in Song, A CAPPELLA! from James Hubert Blake HS, for holiday favorites as well as works by Vaughan Williams, Duruflé, Whitacre, and more!

Sun., December 3, at 5 p.m.

Featuring Ottorino Respighi’s “Lauda per la Natività del Signore.”.

Thurs., December 21, at 7:30 p.m.

Thomas Colohan, Artistic Director

Robert Shafer, Artistic Director Washington Master Chorale Presents:

New Joy! Christmas with the Chorale

MUSIC - CONCERTS Washington Bach Consort

Celebration: Christmas Oratorio

Saturday December 9 6:00 pm

Dana Marsh, Conductor

Pressenda Chamber Players Aaron Berofsky, violin Tobias Werner, cello Adam Golka, piano

USAF Band Spirit of the Season

Sat. Dec. 2 at 8 pm

Sat, Dec 9, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Sun, Dec 10, 3 p.m.

Conducted by Artistic Dir. candidate Dana Marsh, Bach's narrative account of the Christmas story includes some of his most lavish and varied writing for chorus, soloists, and orchestra. Feat:Kate Vetter Cain, soprano~Kristen Dubenion-Smith, alto ~Robert Petillo, tenor~Steven Combs, bass

National Presbyterian Church 4101 Nebraska Ave, NW (202)429-2121 www.bachconsort.org

Three internationally acclaimed artists – members of the Pressenda Chamber Players – return to perform two treasured trios for violin, cello, & piano: Piano Trio No. 2 in c minor, Op. 66 by Felix Mendelssohn and Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat, D. 929 by Franz Schubert

Westmoreland Congregational Church 1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda 301-320-2770 WashingtonConservatory.Org

Join the Concert Band, Singing Sergeants and Airmen of Note for their annual holiday concert series, Spirit of the Season. Enjoy classic and modern holiday music and a surprise visit from the North Pole. Tickets available online November 9, 2017 starting at 8 a.m. www.usafband.eventbrite.com

DAR Constitution Hall 1776 D St NW, Washington, DC 20006

tickets $25$69, 18 and under $10,1838 pay your age

Free pre-concert lecture Free parking

FREE suggest $20 donation

Free tickets: www.us afband. event brite. com

Post-concert wine & words reception

www.usaf band.af.mil

COMEDY Orange is the New Barack

Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm

A musical, political satire. We put the MOCK in Democracy! www.capsteps.com Info: 202.312.1555

Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Tix available at 202.397.SEAT ticketmaster.com

Advertise in The Guid de to the Livelly Arts! 202-33 34-7 7006 | guide etoarts@wash hpost.c com

$36

Discounts available for groups of 10+. 202-312-1427

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WHEN YOUR HOLIDAY GUESTS

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Free admission open mic night tonight at 7:30

December 7-9

Ron Funches Five shows with one of comedy's most distinctive voices. All tickets $25. Nov. 30 - Dec. 3

Todd Glass (lounge)

December 1-3

Lil Duval (SOLD OUT)

December 8

DMV Showcase

December 9

ComedySportz improv

December 14-17

Hypnotist Flip Orley

December 19

Merry Murder Mystery

December 21-23

Judah Friedlander

December 28-30

Finesse Mitchell

December 31

New Year's Eve celebration

202.296.7008 dcimprov.com Metro: Farragut North

32nd annual show and sale December 2nd & 3rd, 11am-5pm

The Mansion at Strathmore 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD 20852 Free Admission and Parking | More information at:

PETRUS CHRISTUS

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National Gallery of Art, West Building: “Bosch to Bloemaert: Early Netherlandish Drawings” is an exhibition of 100 drawings by Netherlandish artists born before 1585 from the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Highlights include 15th-century studies from the circle of Rogier van der Weyden, two sheets by Hieronymus Bosch, six drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and a selection of works by Abraham Bloemaert, through Jan. 7. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 42

exploring the relationship between

indigenous cosmologies, worldviews and

National Museum of the American Indian: “Nation to Nation: Treaties

Native American nations and the United

philosophies related to the creation and

States, through April 1; “Our Universes:

order of the universe and the spiritual

Between the United States and American Indian Nations”: An exhibition

Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our

relationship between humankind and CONTINUED ON PAGE 48

World”: The exhibition focuses on

holidays through history

open house

Adults: $15 in advance, $20 at the door

Saturday, December 2, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Anderson House, Dumbarton House, and Woodrow Wilson House invite you to enjoy tours of the three festive decorated houses while sampling unique cocktails.

#HTH2017 Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holidays-through-history-tickets-38588233445

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the natural world, through April 30; “The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire”: To celebrate the construction of the Inca Road, which linked Cuzco, Peru, with the farthest reaches of the empire, the exhibition digs into its early foundations and the technologies that made building the road possible, through June 1; “Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Armed Forces”: An exhibition

National Portrait Gallery: “The Face of Battle: Americans at War, 9/11 to Now”: An exhibition of portraits by six artists — Ashley Gilbertson, Tim Hetherington, Louie Palu, Stacy Pearsall, Emily Prince and Vincent Valdez — of active-duty soldiers and those who

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National Postal Museum: “Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks”: Featuring original postage-stamp art from the Postal Service and artifacts loaned by the National Park Service, the exhibition explores the ways in which mail moves to, through and from our national parks, through March 25. 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE.

Newseum: “1967: Civil Rights at 50”: An exhibition examining the events

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have served, offering perspectives on war and its consequences, through Jan. 28; “Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady”: An exhibition that traces Brady’s career through portrait ambrotypes, daguerreotypes and salted-paper prints, and also includes contemporary engravings and advertising broadsides Brady used to market his portrait business. Though Brady is known best as a Civil War-era photographer, he became an acclaimed portrait photographer

of photographs of Native Americans who served in the U.S. military, through Jan. 1. Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW.

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (PG-13) 7:45

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National Postal Museum: “Botanical Beauties: Flowering Plants on Stamps” is an exhibition that highlights the variety of flowering plants commemorated on U.S. postage stamps during the past 50 years. It includes some 30 pieces of artwork used to produce at least 28 flora stamps, through July 14. of 1967, exploring the relationship

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Museum: “Lumia: Thomas Wilfred

Editorial Cartoons”: To mark the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzers, this exhibit features work from the portfolio of Jack Ohman of the Sacramento Bee, the 2016 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, through Dec. 31; “Creating Camelot: The Kennedy Photography of Jacques Lowe”: To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of President John F. Kennedy, an exhibition of more than 70 intimate and iconic images of Kennedy, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and their children, Caroline and John, taken by Kennedy’s personal photographer, Jacques Lowe, through Jan. 7. 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

and the Art of Light”: An exhibition of light compositions that display changing colored forms against a black background, similar to the aurora borealis, through Jan. 7; “Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)”: An exhibition of Walker’s prints alongside a selection of the original Harper’s images on which they are based, revealing Walker’s artistic process. The scenes assert the influence of racial history on contemporary life, through March 11; “Tamayo: The New York Years”: An exhibition of 42 paintings portraying modern Mexican subjects that trace the artist’s development, through March 18. Eighth and F streets NW.

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‘Annie’: The holiday 1977 musical, based on the 1920s comic strip “Little Orphan Annie,” is staged by Jason King Jones. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md., through Dec. 31. ‘Cajas! Cajas! Cajas!’: A bilingual production about two friends who use their imaginations to build creations. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, through Dec. 3.

‘Charlotte’s Web’: E.B. White’s classic children’s story is directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer. Best for ages 5 and older. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, through Jan. 7. ‘Crazy for You’: The Tony Awardwinning romantic comedy features music by George and Ira Gershwin. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, through Jan. 14.

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‘Christmas at the Old Bull & Bush’: Set in 1912, the holiday show features British music hall songs and Christmas carols. MetroStage, 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria, through Dec. 24. about a family gathering in New Mexico for a funeral. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW, through Jan. 7.

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‘Nina Simone: Four Women ‘: The play paces the activist songstress in the bombed Alabama church where four girls were tragically killed in 1963. The play includes some of Simone’s most popular anthems, including as “Mississippi.” Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW, through Dec. 24.

‘Peekaboo! A Nativity Play’: A comedic take on the classic nativity scene from playwright Anne M. McCaw. The Hub Theatre, 9431 Silver King Court, Fairfax, through Dec. 24.

‘Poetic Vibes’: A monthly poetry and spoken-word event by the Anacostia Arts Center. Honfleur Gallery, 1241 Good Hope Road SE, through Dec. 1.

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ALISA JORDHEIM, soprano DIANA MOORE, alto BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD, tenor MICHAEL DEAN, bass-baritone

premiere of the stage adaptation of the 1996 Swedish drama film directed by Liv Ullmann and written by Ingmar Bergman. Performed in Norwegian with projected English titles. The Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW, through Dec. 9.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CONCERT CHOIR, EDWARD MACLARY, DIRECTOR OF CHORAL ACTIVITIES

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‘Snow Day’: A live music and silent

‘Me…Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall’: A musical adaptation of Patrick McDonnell’s best-selling children’s book “Me…Jane,” based on the famous British primatologist. The Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW, through Dec. 10. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 53

Cauldron, 410 S. Maple Ave. Falls Church, through Dec. 23.

adapted from Fey’s comedy starring Lindsey Lohan. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, through Dec. 3.

‘My Name Is Asher Lev’: A play

‘Mean Girls’: A musical by Tina Fey,

adapted from Chaim Potok’s novel. Directed by Nick Olcott. 1st Stage, 1524

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production about a young girl named Skip on a snowy winter adventure with a playful elf. The Lab at Convergence, 1819 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, through Dec. 16.

‘The Last Night of Ballyhoo’: A Tony Award-winning dramedy from the writer of “Driving Miss Daisy” about a Jewish family living in Atlanta on the eve of World War II. Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW, through Dec. 31.

‘The Pajama Game’: The musical comedy about a union strike at a pajama plant is directed by Shakespeare Theatre Company associate artistic director Alan Paul. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW, through Dec. 24.

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He dared to dream big LL Cool J, the first rapper to be lauded at the Kennedy Center Honors, is still pushing his limits MUSIC After spending the first half of his workday pretending to be an undercover agent on the hit CBS procedural “NCIS: Los Angeles,” LL Cool J is relaxing in his trailer at Paramount Studios, answering questions about what’s real. That radio he couldn’t live without? Real. His need for love? Still real. Lisa, Angela, Pamela, Renee? Real, real, real and real. But as a rapper, what interests him most is the unreal. Imagination is what allowed LL to channel his libido into an ode to breakfast on “Milky Cereal.” It gave him permission to rhyme “cornea” with “hornier” in the first verse of “Back Seat.” It’s how he came up with the most mysterious sex metaphor in rap history and then named the entire song after it: “Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings.” “Music is about the feel, and I always went for the feel-good,” the 49-year-old says. “That’s a very odd choice in hip-hop.” True. But isn’t every choice odd when you’re the first person tasked with making it? Rap music’s first big solo star, LL Cool J (born James Todd Smith) got his start as a teenage brag machine and was quickly sent to the front lines of pop’s vanguard, where he continued to pull rhymes out of

thin air and chisel them into the American marble. On Sunday, he’ll be the first rapper to receive the Kennedy Center Honors, and he’ll be recognized not just for his songbook but for helping code the DNA of rap itself. Let’s not forget that LL Cool J — short for “Ladies Love Cool James” — started rapping at block parties in his native Queens when he was 13, and that he dropped his first single at 16, and that he had a debut album out at 17, and that it went gold when he was 18. He was busy stomping around the edge of a totally new art form. And he was just a kid. “I never really felt like a kid, though,” he says. “I remember my eighth birthday, just walking down the street, feeling completely present. … By the time I was 17, I had bought my mother a house. That’s bizarre, looking back on it.” Before long, LL was a new kind of pop icon — a heartthrob in a gold chain and a red Kangol bucket hat making powerfully loud music about the power of loud music. Later, he paired up with producer Marley Marl and in the summer of 1990 dropped his career-defining album, “Mama Said Knock You Out.” After that, he stretched out to acting. Now, “NCIS: Los Angeles” is coasting through its ninth

It’s not Olaf’s fault the short film didn’t work

The other honorees NORMAN LEAR: The writer/producer

changed TV with popular comedy series that grappled with class, race, homophobia and abortion, including “Good Times,” “Maude” and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.” GLORIA ESTEFAN: The Cuban-born musician and seven-time Grammy winner is the most successful Latin crossover artist in music history, according to Billboard magazine. CARMEN DE LAVALLADE: Through her varied and decades-long career in the arts, the dancer, actress and choreographer has become a performing legend. LIONEL RICHIE: The musicianproducer’s career began with the Commodores in the 1970s. Since then, the hitmaker has collected four Grammys and sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. (TWP)

season. “I just wanted to have freedom,” LL says. “That’s why I chose to do acting. … I didn’t want to be handcuffed to one thing, and now I have options.” That sense of freedom is central to his musicmaking, and he says whenever he sits down to work out a rhyme, the only person he’s ever trying to impress is himself. “The first thing I need to feel is amused,” LL says. “Once I’m amused, I don’t really care if you think it’s technically sound, or how my paragraph laid, or if I had good internal rhyme, or if my punchlines were tight.” LL Cool J seems every bit as confident, sincere and audacious as that kid from Queens. He still believes in the power of imagination to change reality, for one reason: It changed his. CHRIS RICHARDS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

CASTING

Disney finds its live-action Mulan

After a year of searching and nearly 1,000 candidates, Walt Disney Studios announced Wednesday that Chinese actress Liu Yifei will play the title character in the live-action “Mulan,” from director Niki Caro. The 30-year-old actress, who is also known as Crystal Liu, is well known in China and has appeared in films such as “The Forbidden Kingdom” with Jackie Chan and “Outcast” with Nicolas Cage. The movie is due out in 2019. (AP) Kathryn Newton (“Big Little Lies”) in talks to star in live-action Pokémon movie

FILM Since “Coco” was released last week, fans have been vocal about the 21-minute featurette, “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure,” running before the film. While most of the complaints have centered on its maddening length (Pixar’s minis usually run about five minutes or so), the placement of “Olaf” ahead of “Coco” unfairly puts the featurette in a position to fail. “Olaf,” which takes place during the first Christmas after “Frozen” ends, was intended to air as a holiday TV special, Pixar co-founder and Disney Animation chief John Lasseter told Entertainment Weekly. The reason for the switch was because “Olaf” was deemed “too cinematic” for the small screen. Rather than edit the featurette down, “Olaf’s” filmmakers preserved the integrity of the 21-minute work, which is laudable. But they also misjudged what Pixar theater audiences are prepared for. For one thing, Pixar and Disney Animation might be creative as well as corporate cousins, but many filmgoers view them differently, judging Pixar to generally offer more emotionally complex work. And so a featurette that centers on truly silly jokes and big, showy production numbers — even animated — is a bit of a tonal shift. That’s not a deal breaker, of course, but it does the placement of “Olaf” no favors. MICHAEL CAVNA (TWP)

“Arrow,” “Flash,” “Supergirl” producer Andrew Kreisberg fired after sexual misconduct claims

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@TGAIN83, tweeting about newly fired NBC “Today” host Matt Lauer’s former colleague Ann Curry, whom he is suspected of pushing out of her hosting gig in 2012. People imagined Curry getting justice: “Somewhere Ann Curry is having a nice bowl of Frosted Karma Flakes,” @PacosFriend tweeted.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Someone who knows you well has warned you against what you are about to do, but you are confident that you can pull it off without a hitch. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You don’t want to be misinterpreted today, so make your motives clear — and share the results of your labors.

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1954: Ann Elizabeth Hodges of Oak Grove, Ala., is slightly injured when an 8½-pound chunk of meteor crashes through the roof of her house, hits a radio cabinet, then strikes her as she naps on a couch.

1993: President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Bill, which required a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers.

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Reese Witherspoon spoke at Monday’s Gotham Awards about working with Nicole Kidman on “Big Little Lies.” “I managed … to coerce my line producer to make sure I was in the same makeup trailer with her at all times,” the actress said. “She was captive for two hours and I asked her a lot of questions!” Kidman had so many stories about Hollywoodites that Witherspoon thought it could have made for a great podcast. (EXPRESS)

In his new cover story with T, The New York Times’ style magazine, JAY-Z spoke at length about his “complicated” relationship with Kanye West. “Hopefully when we’re 89 we look at this six months or whatever time and we laugh at that,” he said. “I’m not a perfect human being by no stretch. You know. … But [West is] a very compassionate person. And a lot of times he get in trouble trying to help others. So I can identify with it. It’s just that there’s certain things that happened that’s not really acceptable to me. And we just need to speak about it. … But there’s genuine love there.” (EXPRESS)

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