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A British surgeon has admitted to assaulting two patients by burning his initials into their livers during transplant operations. Simon Bramhall, 53, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of assault in a case a prosecutor called “without legal precedent in criminal law.” Bramhall used an argon beam coagulator, which seals bleeding blood vessels with an electric beam, to mark his initials on the organs. (AP)
Police in western New York have charged a man who they say impersonated a police officer in an attempt to get discounted coffee. Police say the man claimed he was a detective and asked for a discount at a Starbucks in Buffalo, then tried to get into Spot Coffee after closing time by claiming he was a cop. He was later arrested and charged with criminal trespassing, criminal impersonation of a police officer and menacing. (AP)
A central New York family painstakingly re-created the house from the holiday movie “A Christmas Story” using about 2,000 Legos. Now they’re lobbying Lego to make their creation an official Lego set. The Middaugh family’s creation includes Ralphie in a bunny suit, a shipping container labeled “fragile” and, of course, the notorious leg lamp. If 10,000 people endorse the family’s project on Lego’s website, it will be considered for a set. (AP)
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SPORTS Come May, John Wall and the Wizards hope to be in the midst of a march toward their first Eastern Conference finals appearance since 1979. Around the same time, five yet-to-bedetermined members of the Monumental Sports & Entertainment-owned Wizards District Gaming team, which unveiled its name and logo Wednesday, will hit the virtual hardwood to begin their quest for a championship in the inaugural season of the NBA 2K League. During a gathering of league stakeholders last week, Brendan Donohue, the managing director of the NBA 2K League, gave an overview of the NBA’s foray into the booming world of eSports. From May through August, 17 NBA-affiliated teams of five players, who will be selected from among some of the best gamers in the world via a draft
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in March, will compete in the popular basketball video game. Gamers will control their own custom avatars. The NBA 2K League player draft will follow tryouts in February, which will be limited to players who complete an online application and win 50 games in NBA 2K18’s Pro-Am mode from Jan. 1 to 31. Anyone 18 or older
with a copy of NBA 2K18 for the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One is eligible to apply to join the league. Drafted players will relocate to live and train with their new teammates before the season. Donohue said “players will be paid a competitive, guaranteed salary” and will be provided housing and benefits. Many details about the league, including how fans will be able to watch games, have yet to be announced. SCOTT ALLEN (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Washington is generally a terrible place to live if you’re dreaming of a white Christmas. This year, the chances of a snow-whitened landscape Christmas Day are about as pathetically low as they usually are — around 10 to 15 percent. In recent years, Christmas has been abnormally warm. However, there are some signs emerging that the weather pattern, which is forecast to thaw early next week, may turn cold again starting around Dec. 22, with the jet stream delivering a blast of Arctic air. (TWP)
As part of the National Defense Authorization Act signed Tuesday by President Trump, the Iwo Jima memorial in Rosslyn will get a visitors center with a restroom, arlnow.com reported. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., has led the planning. Philanthropist David Rubenstein has pledged $5 million for the project. (EXPRESS)
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In an 11-2 decision, the D.C. City Council approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the District. Then-Mayor Adrian Fenty signed the bill on Dec. 18, 2009, making D.C. the sixth place in the country to legalize same-sex unions.
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THE DISTRICT The D.C. Superior Court judge overseeing the trial of six people charged in Inauguration Day protests that turned violent has dismissed one of the most serious charges, of inciting a riot. After hearing the cases presented by prosecutors and defense attorneys during the past three weeks, Judge Lynn Leibovitz on Wednesday said there was not enough evidence against the four women and two men to prove they urged others to riot and destroy property along 16 downtown Washington blocks. “None of them engaged in conduct that amounted to urging other persons to destroy property,” the judge said. The six defendants are the first to go to trial in Inauguration Day rioting cases; more than 150 others who were arrested are set for trials in the coming months. Prosecutors said the group of protesters smashed store windows with bricks, hammers and crowbars and damaged a limousine Jan. 20, the day President Trump was sworn in. Leibovitz’s decision to dismiss the felony charge was a blow to prosecutors, who aggressively argue that all the protesters in the group bear responsibility
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for the rioting and damage even though there is no evidence the six people on trial participated in any vandalism. Defense attorneys said their clients were protesting peacefully and exercising their right to freedom of speech. They said only a small number of protesters broke off from the group and turned violent, and police overreached by making mass arrests. The charge of inciting a riot carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000. Leibovitz dismissed the charge on a defense motion after attorneys presented their evidence and before closing arguments in the case. The defendants still face seven charges, including five felony destruction of property counts, carrying up to 10 years in prison,
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and two misdemeanor charges for engaging in a riot, each carrying up to 180 days in jail. On Wednesday afternoon, Leibovitz denied requests from defense attorneys to dismiss those counts, saying there was enough evidence for jurors to weigh whether the defendants should be found guilty. She noted the government’s argument that the defendants were aware of the destruction of property and that the crowd of protesters — dressed in black so it was harder to identify them — provided cover for the vandals among them. Brett E. Cohen, an attorney for one of the defendants, said he was “surprised and relieved” by the judge’s decision. “We still have a long way to go with the other charges,” he said.
Metro officials are taking a small but symbolic step toward their goal of someday building a second station in Rosslyn. Today, the Metro board is expected to approve an application to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to request $2 million in grant money that would help the agency study ways to increase capacity on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines in Northern Virginia. Metro’s big idea? Build another station in Rosslyn, with its own separate tunnel to D.C., then separate the Blue Line from the Orange and Silver lines. That second Rosslyn terminal would be connected to the original Rosslyn station with some kind of underground pathway, allowing riders to travel between the two. (TWP)
Fairfax County police say a man stripped off his clothes and jumped on a passing vehicle Tuesday afternoon after a road accident near Dulles airport. Fairfax County Police said the bizarre incident caused “major traffic delays” during rush hour. The man, whom police identified as Jose Gonzalez Flores, 32, is facing multiple charges. Officials say Gonzalez Flores was found on Dulles property after fleeing the accident scene. He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. (AP/TWP) MARYLAND
Hogan to push reform bill on redistricting again Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday that he will try again for the fourth consecutive year to make congressional redistricting a nonpartisan process. Hogan, a Republican, said he will submit legislation in the next session to create an independent commission to draw congressional and state legislative districts. Currently, the governor and lawmakers craft the guidelines. (AP) ANNAPOLIS
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The amount D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has raised since she announced her re-election bid in late September, campaign finance records show, a formidable early haul that could make challengers think twice about entering what is so far an uncontested race for mayor in 2018. With the money she has raised over just 80 days, the Democrat is easily on track to meet or exceed her 2014 total of approximately $3.6 million in contributions. About 85 percent of Bowser’s contributions came from individuals. (TWP)
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A midshipman who carried out a tradition at the U.S. Naval Academy that has been said to carry a reward will instead face discipline. Academy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. David McKinney said Monday that the unidentified midshipman faces serious consequences for scaling 225 feet to place his cap on top of the campus chapel’s obelisk last week, The Capital reports. The tradition dates back to 1845. (AP)
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Johns Hopkins University will stop buying stocks and bonds of companies that produce coal for electric power as a major part of their business. The university’s board of trustees voted last week to divest the university from separately managed investments in thermal coal. The board voted for the divestment due to concerns related to climate change. (AP)
Baltimore’s police commissioner is still awaiting a reply after asking federal authorities to take the lead in the unsolved killing of a city detective. Spokesmen for the FBI and Baltimore’s police force said Wednesday they have no information on any response to Police Commissioner Kevin Davis’ Dec. 1 request. Detective Sean Suiter was fatally shot Nov. 15. (AP)
Virginia Gov.-elect Ralph Northam has named a current member of the Commonwealth Transportation Board as his transportation secretary. Northam announced his choice of Shannon Valentine on Wednesday, saying he’s committed to improving the state’s thorny transportation issues. Valentine represented the Lynchburg area in the state House from 2006 to 2010. (AP)
Fire officials say a woman and a 5-year-old girl have perished in an early-morning blaze Wednesday at a row house in north Baltimore. Fire Chief Niles Ford said a 4-year-old girl rescued from the home is in critical condition at a hospital. The identities of the victims and their relationship to each other have not yet been specified by fire officials. The cause is under investigation. (AP)
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CARACAS, VENEZUELA In the past month, John Villar has bought two plane tickets to Colombia, purchased his wife’s medication and paid the employees of his startup business in Venezuela — all in bitcoin. As Venezuela’s national currency loses value at a catastrophic rate, thousands have begun turning to the world of cryptocurrency to salvage what little value remains from their increasingly worthless bolivars. “This is not a matter of politics,” Villar said. “This is a matter of survival.” Both poor Venezuelan retirees and wealthy business leaders are converting their bolivars into bitcoins online and then using the digital currency to pay for everything from doctor appointments to beer. The transactions are relatively swift for anyone with a smartphone: Websites like LocalBitcoin and Colibit function as exchanges where Venezuelans can buy and sell bitcoins using a local bank account. The shift toward cryptocurrencies in Venezuela is taking place as the price of bitcoin has climbed to a peak of more than
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that’s far higher than the value of bitcoin transactions on the same website seen in more prosperous nations across the region, including Argentina, Brazil and Chile. “Venezuelans are taking refuge in digital currencies,” said Rafael Useche, the founder of Colibit. While the price of bitcoin has been highly volatile, Venezuelans with few or no other means of converting their bolivars into another currency believe it is a safer bet than the Venezuelan bills that steadily depreciate from one day to the next. “More than an asset that right now is rising in price, it is a reserve,” Useche said. CHRISTINE
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Baby survives surgery to move heart into body Immediately after Vanellope Hope Wilkins was born, she was put in sterile plastic to protect her heart — which was beating outside her tiny chest. She was born Nov. 22 at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, England, delivered by cesarean section several weeks premature, with an often fatal congenital condition called ectopia cordis. The details came in a statement Wednesday from the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, where dozens of doctors, nurses and clinical staffers worked late last month to deliver Vanellope and try to correct the abnormality. A pediatric cardiologist there said the girl might become the first to survive the condition in the U.K. In June, Dean Wilkins and Naomi Findlay learned they were expecting their first child, according to the statement. They also learned that the fetus had the very rare condition. Scans showed her heart and stomach growing outside her developing body. Weeks later, her stomach had entered her torso, but her heart had not. Tests indicated there were no other genetic abnormalities, so the couple decided to continue the pregnancy. After three surgeries — the first just 50 minutes after her birth — the baby has “more strength than you could ever imagine,” Wilkins said, according to BBC News. LINDSEY BEVER
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Breaking with years of courting the U.S., Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for the United Nations to replace Washington as a Middle East mediator and suggested he might not cooperate with the Trump administration’s muchanticipated effort to hammer out an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. At a summit in Turkey, Arab and Muslim leaders “rejected and condemned” President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital — the trigger for Abbas’ sharp policy pivot — but stopped short of backing his more combative approach toward Washington. (AP)
The Federal Reserve lifted its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter point to a range of 1.25 to 1.5 percent, a move the central bank said is happening because America’s economy is improving. This is the fifth rate increase since the bank cut the rate to nearly zero during the 2008 crisis. “At the moment, the U.S. economy is performing well,” Fed Chair Janet L. Yellen said during her final Fed news conference. “There’s less to lose sleep about.” Yellen, who is stepping down in February, noted that she was working toward a smooth transition for her successor. President Trump selected Jerome “Jay” Powell to replace Yellen. (AP)
A Bangladeshi immigrant accused of setting off a pipe bomb in the New York subway system had his first court appearance on Wednesday via video from the hospital room where he is recovering from burns sustained in the blast. Akayed Ullah said little during the hearing, which lasted just over 10 minutes. He could be seen on the video lying on a hospital bed with his head propped up on a pillow and his body covered up to his neck in sheets. Two assistant public defenders, who stood beside his hospital bed, did not request bail. Ullah, 27, was the only person seriously injured in Monday’s attack. Ullah didn’t enter a plea. (AP)
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POLITICS Stunned Republicans began casting blame Wednesday over their failure to hold a Senate seat in the Deep South, where Alabama Democrat Doug Jones stitched together just enough support to win amid voter backlash to accusations of sexual misconduct against his firebrand GOP rival. Even as Republican Roy Moore — down by more than 20,000 votes in Tuesday’s special election — refused to concede, members of the GOP began pointing fingers at one another for his defeat. The recriminations highlighted the bitter divisions within the GOP that appear to be worsening as the party looks toward defending its Senate majority in 2018, a task made more difficult by Moore’s loss and an increasingly unpopular President Trump. The blow in Tuesday’s election in Alabama — a state that had not elected a Democratic senator since 1992 — also highlighted voter dismay over allegations that Moore pursued romantic relationships with teenage girls while in his 30s, as well as the limits of Trump’s political influence. Republican lawmakers, strategists and party figures picked sides: either with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who kept his distance from Moore’s campaign, or with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who was among Moore’s most ardent backers. In a tweet, even Trump suggested that Moore had been a weak candidate, a tacit rebuke of Bannon’s support. Trump also tried to defend his track record by saying he knew Moore would lose, though he campaigned for him in the final weeks. Bannon, speaking on Breitbart News radio, credited Democrats for their “ground game.”
Republicans spread the blame for Roy Moore, top, losing Tuesday’s special election, with some pointing the finger at Mitch McConnell, center, or Steve Bannon, bottom.
Doug Jones celebrates his upset victory Tuesday in Alabama’s U.S. Senate special election.
“If you get outworked, you’re going to lose, and … their ability to get out votes — that’s what it comes down to,” he said. On cable news and social media, Republicans tried to explain away the loss — which will leave the GOP with just a one-seat majority in the Senate. “Mitch McConnell should have stayed out of this race,” conservative Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala., said in an interview with MSNBC. “If he would have, we would have a Republican senator coming out instead of a Democratic one.” Similar complaints were voiced during the Republican primary runoff in September, when McConnell supported Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala., over candidates preferred by conservative voters — and then convinced Trump to do the same. Speaking for the party’s establishment wing, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., tweeted that Republicans
Wait for Jones? Democrats celebrated their victory in Alabama and called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to delay a vote on the GOP tax plan until after Doug Jones is sworn in. The Alabama Secretary of State’s office said Tuesday that the election will be certified between Dec. 27 and Jan. 3, giving Republicans as little as two weeks to pass a federal budget and the tax legislation with their current 52-to-48 majority. McConnell on Tuesday said Republican Luther Strange, who holds the seat now, will remain in the Senate through the end of the current session. (TWP)
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wipeout in the battleground state of Virginia, portended the headwinds facing Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections. With Jones in office, Democrats will have a credible, if still difficult, path to retake control of the Senate two years into Trump’s term. The result could also become a factor in upcoming legislative battles, as Republicans will have one less vote in the narrowly divided Senate in 2018. The outcome could also have an impact on Senate primaries in Arizona and Nevada, where Bannon and conservative activists are pushing insurgent candidates who establishment Republicans also fear will be unelectable statewide. During his victory rally, Jones summed up the outcome this way: “At the end of the day, this entire race has been about dignity and respect.” SEAN SULLIVAN, ELISE VIEBECK, DAVID WEIGEL AND MICHAEL SCHERER (THE WASHINGTON POST)
It was Alabama black voters who turned out for Doug Jones and fueled his upset of Republican Roy Moore in the special Senate election on Tuesday. But more than two dozen black voters said they did not feel inspired to show up for a candidate who they felt did not pursue their vote. They were moved to wait in line to keep Moore from winning. Moore, a President Trumpbacked Republican accused of sexually assaulting teenage girls, has repeatedly made controversial remarks about minorities. He reportedly said at a September rally that America was “great” during the era of slavery. Community organizer T. Marie King regularly spoke about how Jones failed to connect with black voters. When asked, she struggled to identify a policy issue of Jones’ that targeted black voters. But King still wanted Jones to win because she was certain he would be a better choice for black residents than Moore. African-Americans made up about 3 in 10 Alabama voters Tuesday, according to exit polls, slightly higher than the 28 percent of the electorate in the 2012 presidential election and 29 percent in 2008. Part of that may have been because some voters said Moore reminds them of an Alabama — a state still rooted with racial tensions — that the community has worked so hard to escape. EUGENE SCOTT
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nation+world Latest changes include reducing top rate on upper-income families POLITICS House and Senate Republican leaders have reached an agreement in principle that would lower the corporate tax rate to 21 percent beginning in 2018, several people briefed on the plan said, a central component of the $1.5 trillion tax plan they hope to vote into law by next week. The agreement would also lower the top tax rate for families
and individuals from 39.6 percent to at least 37 percent, a change that would deliver a major tax cut for upper-income households. “We are so close right now,” President Trump said at the White House. “So close.” Many of the tax cuts would go into effect in January, and Trump said Americans would start seeing an impact on their paychecks by February. GOP leaders did not reveal all of the elements of their agreement, which would amount to a rewrite of the tax code that would affect nearly every American
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President Trump spoke at the White House on Wednesday, saying the tax bill was “so close” to being done.
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household and business. Democrats have said the changes benefit the wealthy and global companies, and that the changes would increase the debt. Both chambers would need to vote again to approve the final, compromise bill, but Republican leaders believe they have the votes to pass it into law. Senate leaders plan to vote on the package Tuesday. Democrats asked that a final vote be delayed until Senator-elect Doug Jones of Alabama is seated. DAMIAN PALE T TA AND ERIC A WERNER (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Bruce Allen isn’t going anywhere. Washington might undergo another massive offseason rebuild. Normally, that would put the Redskins’ team president in danger of losing his job. So would failing to sign quarterback Kirk Cousins to a longterm deal and firing general manager Scot McCloughan in an apparent power struggle. It doesn’t matter that the Redskins are 5-8 this season and 50-74-1 since 2010, Allen’s first full season presiding over the front office. He should have been let go long ago for poor performance that he once tried to counter with the embarrassing assertion that the team was “winning off the field.” But owner Dan Snyder desperately needs Allen to negotiate a stadium deal in coming years. Allen might save Snyder hundreds of millions of dollars on a new venue that will cost at least $2 billion to build and is expected to open by 2027.
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That alone makes Allen invaluable to Snyder. Allen is a gregarious dealmaker who’s comfortable with Virginia legislators. His brother George was governor from 1994-98, and Bruce can work a room like a true politician with jokes and handshakes. Snyder is the opposite, an introvert who prefers balance sheets to bargaining. Without Allen, Snyder would have to hire pushy lawyers and lobbyists who would try to intimidate lawmakers in either Virginia, Maryland or the District to overpay for housing a new stadium. Former Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke struggled to do that, and the “Billionaire Bully” was one of the last local power barons not working in politics. Snyder can’t bully legislators into nine-figure concessions. He needs an insider like Allen who can work out a deal. It would be nice if Allen would concede football duties to focus solely on the stadium. But Allen likes being involved. There is some benefit to
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Why Allen stays: Snyder needs him for stadium talks
Bruce Allen has had a tumultuous year after failing to secure a long-term deal with Kirk Cousins and forcing out general manager Scot McCloughan.
Allen serving as a buffer between Snyder and the football operation. Allen’s predecessor Vinny Cerrato simply carried out Snyder’s wishes, and the club crumpled. It took a full fan revolt and half-empty stadiums for Snyder to fire Cerrato. Under Allen, the Redskins’ days of free-spending and compulsive decision-making have largely ended. Allen’s conservative approach insulates Snyder from expensive mistakes. But Allen’s cautious nature led to his biggest mistake, lowballing Cousins and getting cornered into two years of franchise tag deals that add up to $44 million. Another tag for Cousins would
cost $34 million next year, and a long-term agreement looks increasingly unlikely. After being fired in February, McCloughan is seeking fulfillment of his contract in a Dec. 18 arbitration hearing that could reveal embarrassing details about Snyder and Allen from Redskins Park. Still, Snyder needs Allen for the stadium deal, and both sides know it. Maybe Snyder will publicly downsize Allen’s role, but that’s doubtful. For now, Allen remains in control. Rick Snider has covered sports in Washington since 1978. Follow him on Twitter @Snide_Remarks
TROUBLESOME RATING FOR REDSKINS
The household TV rating in the Washington market Sunday for the Redskins’ 30-13 loss to the Chargers on CBS, which was barely higher than the rating for the simultaneous Rams-Eagles game (11.5) on Fox. It was beaten out by Giants-Cowboys (14.4) earlier in the day on Fox and by SteelersRavens (16.2) on NBC that night. That means the Redskins had the third-most watched NFL game in their own market, behind games of their biggest national and local rivals. As recently as 2013, the Redskins averaged a 26.6 local rating. (THE WASHINGTON POST) Kicker Dustin Hopkins (hip) returns to Redskins practice, is eligible to come off injured reserve Sunday
Activists use fake news to attack name American Indian activists on Wednesday launched several websites disguised as legitimate outlets that claimed the Redskins had changed their controversial name to the Redhawks. “The name of the team is the Washington Redskins and will remain that for the future,” said team spokesman Tony Wyllie, who added that the matter had been sent to the NFL office. The campaign featured its own Twitter account and fake news stories that imitated the Redskins’ official website, The Washington Post, ESPN, Sports Illustrated and Bleacher Report. “We created this action to show … how easy, popular and powerful changing the name could be,” an organizer said. The campaign will hold a news conference today and a rally Sunday at FedEx Field. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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WINTER OLYMPICS Luca Lim was just 10 years old when he found himself glued to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, enraptured by the speed and grace of short-track speedskaters whirring by at 40-plus mph. “It was extremely exciting,” he said. Fortunately for Lim, he lived in the Washington area, a burgeoning hotbed for the sport, featuring active clubs, worldclass coaching and promising young Olympic hopefuls. Lim, now 17, is one of the 32 short-track speedskaters competing at the U.S. Olympic trials that begin Friday in Utah. In that group, eight of the skaters train at Washington area clubs. That includes Laurel’s Thomas Hong, 20, who was part of a relay team that broke a world record last month in Shanghai; Reston’s Maame Biney, 17, who took bronze at this year’s junior world championships; Fairfax’s Brandon Kim, 16, who won the U.S. men’s
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Thomas Hong, who lists Laurel, Md., as his hometown, competed on a U.S. men’s relay team that broke a world record last month in Shanghai.
junior title last year and North Potomac’s Gabriella Hachem, 19, who won the ladies’ title. This surge of local young talent is no accident. Nathaniel Mills, three-time Olympian and a founder of the DC-ICE urban speedskating program, explained that more than a decade ago, local clubs expanded their offerings
and created a pipeline for coaches from South Korea, where the sport is much more popular. “It’s been a nonstop parade of expertise and motivated individuals since then,” he said. The area coaches currently include Potomac Speedskating Club’s Simon Cho, a bronze-medal winner at the 2010 Olympics,
Dominion Speedskating’s Kim Yunmi, who won gold medals in 1994 and 1998, and United Capital Blades’ Hyun Jung Lee, who skated for South Korea. At 20, Hong is the youngest member of the U.S. men’s team that has been competing in World Cup events. He was born in South Korea and moved to America when he was 5. At 16, he was the youngest competitor at the 2014 trials, where he finished 11th and missed out on the Sochi Games. Hong completed his freshman year at Maryland before putting college on hold and relocating to Salt Lake City to train full-time with U.S. Speedskating. A year later, he has a good chance of qualifying for the Olympics. Hong, Lim, Kim and Biney are all young enough to be contenders for a second Olympics in 2022. They’ve already taken advantage of resources that turned Washington into a breeding ground for short-track speedskating. “Their goal isn’t to necessarily be the best in the area or even the U.S.,” Mills said. “Their goal is: How can I compete with the world’s best?” RICK MAESE (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Rodgers in line to start for Packers vs. Panthers The Packers stayed afloat in the playoff race while hoping for nearly two months that Aaron Rodgers could return. The twotime NFL MVP finally announced Tuesday night on Instagram that he was medically cleared to return from a broken collarbone injury. On Wednesday, coach Mike McCarthy said Rodgers is in line to start Sunday against the Panthers. “Next step is preparing to play this week,” McCarthy said before practice. The Packers (7-6) went 3-4 with Brett Hundley. Four teams with at least seven wins are chasing Atlanta for the second NFC wild-card spot. (AP)
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Moves and rumors at baseball’s winter meetings So far, the main attraction at baseball’s winter meetings this year has been the new-look Marlins paring down their payroll, which happened most notably with 2017 home run king Giancarlo Stanton. Here’s a look at how that trend continued and more news from Florida. (AP/TWP/EXPRESS) Cards target Ozuna
Nats consider Avila
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Harvey likely stays
Miami agreed Wednesday to trade Marcell Ozuna to the Cardinals, according to reports. The left fielder set career highs this year with a .312 average, 37 homers and 124 RBIs. He’d be the third All-Star jettisoned by Miami this month, including Dee Gordon (Mariners) and Giancarlo Stanton (Yankees).
According to people familiar with the Nationals’ thinking, the team has discussed adding free agent catcher Alex Avila as a backup that could allow Matt Wieters to rest for more games. Avila worked with new manager Dave Martinez last season on the Cubs and with ace Max Scherzer in Detroit.
Multiple reports indicate that the Orioles are listening to offers for three-time All-Star Manny Machado, who is eligible for arbitration and will become a free agent after the season. The two-time Gold Glove third baseman is interested in moving back to shortstop with J.J. Hardy now a free agent.
Coming off another injury decimated year, this time from a stress injury to a bone in his right shoulder, Matt Harvey has come up in trade talks for the Mets. GM Sandy Alderson said, “no one is untouchable,” but new manager Mickey Callaway and pitching coach Dave Eiland “don’t want to lose him.”
Angels say they knew Shohei Ohtani had sprained elbow and he should be healthy by spring
Goodell will retire when contract runs out in 2024 Commissioner Roger Goodell, 58, views the deal for an extension reached last week as his final contract overseeing the NFL, a league spokesman said Wednesday. The extension through 2024 will allow him to negotiate a new labor deal when the collective bargaining agreement expires in 2021, and have a hand in talks over new broadcast contracts, spokesman Joe Lockhart said at owners meetings in Irving, Texas. Lockhart said 90 percent of the deal will be incentive based. The five-year extension is worth almost $200 million. (AP)
Twins sign RHP Michael Pineda, who had Tommy John in July, for 2 years, $10M
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DINING When Little Pearl opens Saturday in the former Bayou Bakery space on Capitol Hill, head chef B.J. Lieberman will introduce his take on a gravlax sandwich, based on the cured salmon-sourdough plate served at the Swan Oyster Depot in San Francisco. “It’s like a mix between a Jewish bagel and San Francisco,” Lieberman says.
If this doesn’t sound like your standard-issue coffee shop and wine bar, consider the source: chef Aaron Silverman and his team, the same folks responsible for Pineapple and Pearls and Rose’s Luxury. Little Pearl will make its own pastries, sandwiches, gelati and snacks to pair with your single-origin coffee or your bottle of boutique wine. Little Pearl plans to offer a fairly robust cafe menu, including a breakfast wrap of potato, egg and Gruyere; fried chicken (either spicy or Japanese-style);
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Little Pearl — opening on Capitol Hill this weekend — will initially offer coffee, snacks, sandwiches and pastries before later adding a wine bar.
a sweet potato and turnip tart; and hot churros with a spicy chocolate dipping sauce. The coffee program will focus on traditional offerings, such as espresso and drip coffee, in addition to specialty drinks like iced
banana latte, coconut nutmeg latte and affogato, with either house-made banana or cashewbutter gelato. Other gelato flavors are in the works, including tiramisu, pretzel, toasted rice, Thai iced
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tea and a vegan offering made with cashew butter. Future flavors may include a riff on Fernet, the bittersweet Italian amaro. The wine bar, which won’t open until two weeks after the cafe debuts, will likely feature 12 to 16 snacks, divided into two general categories: simpler preparations with lower price points, and more refined ones with higher price tags. The wine list will run around 75 bottles long with about 25 by-the-glass options. “It’s not that you couldn’t make dinner” out of the snacks, Silverman says. “But we’re not trying to do app-entree-breaddessert, that whole thing.” TIM CARMAN (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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“The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore” is the first joint tour from the singer and rapper, both of whom released new albums in 2017. For Kesha, it was her big comeback; for Macklemore, it was just his second record without Ryan Lewis. GET TICKETS: Friday at noon through Live Nation.
It just wouldn’t be the holiday season without Handel’s “Messiah,” the oratorio that is de rigueur this time of year for orchestras. The National Symphony Orchestra, which always offers a slightly different take on the piece, has entrusted this year’s to Jeannette Sorrell, the dynamic conductor of the group Apollo’s Fire (Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW; 7 p.m. Thu., 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 1 p.m. Sun., $15-$109).
Baltimore’s annual bluegrass festival expands to two days next year with a lineup that includes the Devil Makes Three, the Travelin’ McCourys, The SteelDrivers and more string bands. GET TICKETS: Now through MissionTix.
The Soul Rebels featuring GZA and Talib Kweli 9:30 Club, March 29, $25.
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo The Birchmere, Feb. 5., $115.
Iconic ’80s rocker Pat Benatar and her guitarist husband, Neil Giraldo, have been making music together for nearly 40 years. But they still have firsts together — namely, their
first show as a duo at The Birchmere early next year. GET TICKETS: Friday at 10 a.m. using Ticketmaster.
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Wilson put his solo career in the back seat this year to sing and play guitar on tour with Roger Waters. He’ll hit the road on his own next year playing for smaller rooms to support new album “Rare Birds.” GET TICKETS: Friday at noon through Ticketfly.
The members of New Orleansbased brass band The Soul Rebels are no strangers to collaborations, and next year, they’ll team up with rappers GZA (of the Wu-Tang Clan) and Talib Kweli (of Black Star). GET TICKETS: Thursday at 10 a.m. via Ticketfly. RUDI GREENBERG (EXPRESS)
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weekendpass My D.C. dream day
I feel completely by myself and not scared about it. I would make my way to Navy Yard, specifically the fountain at Yards Park. You can get behind the waterfall and look at the sky and look at the landscape, and it looks like stained glass. Then maybe I’d get a beer at Bluejacket.
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D.C. comedian Natalie McGill, 32, hit the big time last November when she got a full-time gig as an on-air correspondent for the comedy-news show “Redacted Tonight” (seen on Russian-funded RT America and YouTube) — a dream job that combines McGill’s longtime interests in comedy and journalism. McGill, who first tried an open mic in 2011, now regularly does stand-up on D.C.’s biggest stages, including the Kennedy Center, DC Improv and Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse. You can also catch her at “The Summer Camp Show,” a free variety show with comedy, music and crafts at Wonderland Ballroom the second Wednesday of every month. Or you might just see her at one of her favorite D.C. spots. (Don’t stake them out though. That would be creepy.) Even though I’m not a huge breakfast person, my first stop would be Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken, near Metro Center. My favorite doughnut is the creme brulee, which usually sells out immediately. There was this one that I hope they bring back — a cherry blossom doughnut, with a cherry filling. So, ideally I would get one of those and the vanilla bean doughnut and scarf those down, and
that would be my breakfast — which is incredibly unhealthy, but I don’t care. After that, I would hop on the Blue or Orange line — assuming that it’s not on fire — and I would get off at Rosslyn and walk towards the trail that leads me to Theodore Roosevelt Island. I love that spot because, even though the city is so crowded, there are moments when I’m walking the trail and
I’m pretty sure it would be dinnertime at this point, so I would head to Columbia Heights and get dinner at this Laotian place called Thip Khao. I’ll get this great pear cider beer that I haven’t been able to find at any other bar. I’ll also order [thomp som paa kot,] this really spicy soup — it has mushrooms and tomatoes, and I’m pretty sure there’s a fish head in it. I usually avoid seafood where I can see the fish’s face, but this soup is an exception. The next place I would head to is Wonderland Ballroom, more than likely to catch a comedy show. I love that place because I don’t get carded there anymore, and also because the bartender knows my favorite drink, which is a whiskey sour. I always wanted to have a bar like that, where everyone knows your name and knows what drink you want before it even comes out of your mouth. Before I go home on the S2 bus, I would probably stop at El Chucho on 11th Street NW. I love the elote — corn that’s got butter and mayonnaise just slathered all over it — but also their tacos and their frozen margaritas, when they have them. I would say that would be a perfect day for me in D.C. (AS TOLD TO SADIE DINGFELDER)
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How to play musical chairs Joe Russo and friends swap songs when their supergroup gets together MUSIC Drummer Joe Russo has the best seat in the house for gigs with Alone & Together, a makeshift, ever-evolving band of singer-songwriters that currently includes Sam Cohen, Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman and Elvis Perkins. “I’m such a huge fan of all of these guys,” Russo says. “I get to play that supportive role and just enjoy listening to what these guys put out, and it’s truly aweinspiring. I’m kinda just happy to be along for the ride.” The concept for Alone & Together — created in 2014 — is loose. Russo plays drums; Kaufman plays bass; and Cohen, Johnson and Perkins rotate lead vocals, guitar and keyboards. Each singer sings some of his own songs and covers of songs written by the other two singers. “They’re all such different songwriters, but it’s so cool to see how easily they can adapt to taking lead on someone else’s song,” says Russo, who joined
the band earlier this year. “You see how great these songs are. There’s something to be said about songs that can be handled in all these different ways and sung by different people. It’s fun to watch these guys hand over their babies to their friends and have them take a spin at.” Russo, who leads the Grateful Dead tribute act Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, has played with all four of his Alone & Together bandmates over the years, so we asked him to share what makes each of them special ahead of a rare tour, which kicks off Thursday in D.C.
Sam Cohen Russo has known Cohen the longest of his Alone & Together bandmates — they toured together in the mid-2000s when Russo was in the instrumental Benevento/Russo Duo and Cohen was in psych rock band Apollo Sunshine — and they now share a studio space in Brooklyn. After Apollo Sunshine broke up, Cohen
started a band called in a similar vein called Yellowbirds. One day, Cohen needed a fill-in drummer for a show, so he called Russo. “I started listening to this music and it was absolutely blowing my mind,” Russo says. “That record ‘The Color’ is one of my favorite records, like, ever.” Yellowbirds eventually disbanded, and Cohen now plays under his own name — he released “Cool It” in 2015 — and often works as a producer. He recently collaborated with Danger Mouse on a star-studded soundtrack to the Amazon series “The Man in the High Castle.”
“It’s fun to watch these guys hand over their babies to their friends and have them take a spin at.”
Together] tour and I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard it sung better. It was just so gorgeous.” Johnson has been in Alone & Together the longest, having played in the band’s first-ever shows in 2014 alongside Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws and Guster’s Ryan Miller.
JOE RUSSO, drummer for Alone & Together, explaining how the band’s members cover each other’s songs
Elvis Perkins
He certainly pulls things out of me [in the studio] that I haven’t been able to explore on record.”
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Kaufman was a member of Yellowbirds and also does production and session work, collaborating with members of The National and producing albums by the Dead’s Bob Weir and The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn (for which he often recruits Russo to play drums). “He’s got a beautiful sense of texture and tone,” Russo says. “I think by far the two Craig records I’ve done with Josh at the helm have been the things I am most proud of on record.
Johnson is the principal member and songwriter behind the folksy indie rock group Fruit Bats, and Russo met him through a series of shows re-creating The Band’s famed “The Last Waltz” concert. “They have become one of my favorite bands,” Russo says of Fruit Bats. “Eric’s voice is just angelic. He has this amazing sweetness to his voice, and his ability to emote is moving. We did a rendition of [the Dead’s] ‘Stella Blue’ on the last [Alone &
The newest member of Alone & Together, Perkins joins this tour after sitting in with the band during the Newport Folk Festival in July. The experimental folk singer debuted his anti-Trump song “There Go the Nightmericans” at that show and the studio version — featuring Cohen and Kaufman — was just released last week. (The song will also likely be on the Alone & Together set list in D.C.) Russo played with Perkins during “The Last Waltz” shows but doesn’t know him as well as the other guys. “He just has another otherworldly grasp on songwriting, and I’m so excited to delve into his songbook more,” he says. RUDI GREENBERG (EXPRESS)
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Yeah, OK, there’s some movie about space coming out this week. But did you know you could see ANOTHER, probably worse, movie about space? You can catch the 1980 film “Flash Gordon,” starring dyed-blond manlyman Sam Jones as our hero and Max von Sydow in the pretty racist role of Gordon’s nemesis, Ming the Merciless. So while all your co-workers are discussing Rey, Kylo Ren and porgs, you can talk about Hawkmen. That will probably get you out of the office Christmas party. Angelika Film Center at Mosaic, 2911 District Ave., Fairfax; Fri. & Sat., 11:45 p.m., $8.
‘The MeshugaNutcracker’
‘We the Workers’
When was the last time you saw a dancing doughnut? A twirling piece of gelt? A tutu’d, kick-line menorah? “The MeshugaNutcracker,” a Hanukkah musical comedy that debuted in 2003, uses the melodies of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” to tell the story of Chelm, a fictional village of fools, as it celebrates the holiday. A performance of the stage production will be beamed into cinemas for one night only — and it happens to be the last night of Hanukkah, so you might as well go. All the good presents have been given and you’re into socks-andunderwear territory anyway. Various
“We the Workers,” chosen by Ai Weiwei as a companion piece to his “Trace” exhibit at the Hirshhorn, is a documentary about workers’ rights in China. Shot over six years, the film depicts labor activists striving to better the lives of the country’s workers — their aims do not go over well, as they are threatened and attacked on a regular basis. Zeng Jinyan, the film’s producer, will be present to discuss the film, which is one the Chinese government probably doesn’t want you to see. Freer Gallery
locations; Tue., 7 p.m., various prices, go to fathomevents.com for details and participating theaters.
of Art, Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW; Sun., 1 p.m., free. KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY (EXPRESS)
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Married actors Kirsten and Matthew Scott star in ‘An American in Paris’ STAGE Actors Kirsten Scott and Matthew Scott are married in real life, but they’ve only played love interests onstage together once. It was five years ago in New York, where they performed opposite each other in a scene from “Carousel” in a musical theater retrospective. “It was kind of hilarious in the first couple rehearsals how we had absolutely no chemistry,” says Kirsten, 32. “It was like, ‘I know all your tricks, all your little ’isms [when flirting].’ Once we rehearsed it together in our living room and allowed each other to just laugh in each other’s faces, we found it.” “The good news is, we don’t play love interests in this show,” Matthew, 35, jokes. The couple actually play friends in the national tour of the Tony-winning 2015 musical “An American in Paris,” now at the Kennedy Center. In the show, set in 1945 Paris, Kirsten is Milo, an American heiress who’s putting on a ballet written by Adam (Matthew), an American soldier who stayed in France following the liberation of Paris. Their characters go on parallel journeys in the story: Milo pursues another American vet, Jerry (McGee Maddox), while Adam
pines for Lise (Allison Walsh). Unfortunately, Jerry and Lise only have eyes for each other. Unlike the cheery, Technicolor 1951 Gene Kelly movie the show is based on, this stage version doesn’t shy away from the trauma of the recent war. The curtain opens not on a big musical number, but on a monologue from Adam about the post-liberation mood. “My character is ravaged by what he’s seen,” Matthew says. “It was dark for four years and people were afraid for their lives — they still heard gunshots in the night.” That’s why while they’re in D.C., the couple plans to visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Kirsten has never been, and both are certain it will affect their performances. “After seeing the images and going through what I’ve heard is a very beautifully done museum, those moments of darkness in the show will weigh heavier on our hearts,” she says. That experience, plus living in what Kirsten calls “the bulls--that’s happening to our country right now,” will make one moment of “An American in Paris” hit especially close to home. It’s toward the end of Act II, when Adam has a revelation about the ballet he’s been struggling to write. “He wants to create something that reflects the time he just witnessed, so he’s trying to make something dark, tumultuous,”
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Finding joy onstage — and off
Clockwise from top: Actors Kirsten Scott (Milo) and Matthew Scott (Adam) are married in real life, but in “An American in Paris,” Adam longs for dancer Lise (Allison Walsh) while Milo courts Jerry (McGee Maddox).
No spoilers! But … One early version of the stage musical “An American in Paris,” written before real-life married couple Kirsten and Matthew Scott played Milo and Adam, ended with their characters getting together. “It seems like a natural fit, when you think of couples who drive one another in what they do, it would make a lot of sense that somebody who is inspired by artists and who can spark their creativity would wind up with an artist,” Matthew says. That version never made it to the stage because the writers “said it was too Hollywood,” Kirsten says. “I appreciate that they leave things kind of unsettled.” L.M.
Matthew says. “Ultimately, he realizes from Milo, from Jerry, from Lise that he has to create something beautiful to lift people out of this spell. … The line is: ‘Life is already so dark, but if you’ve got the talent to make it brighter, to give people joy and hope, why would you withhold that?’ That’s our obligation, too.” It’s also a rare scene that Matthew and Kirsten share onstage together. “It’s one moment as a wife that I’m so proud of him because he’s found that light through the darkness,” Kirsten says. “Also as Milo, I’m happy that my composer has finally finished the score. It’s twofold, and I get
to have a lovely little proud moment that I disguise as Milo’s moment.” Right after Adam delivers the line, he and Milo walk offstage arm in arm. “That’s actually the staging of the moment, it has nothing to do with Kirsten and Matt,” Matthew says. “You think that you can’t surprise your partner anymore because you’ve seen it all,” Kirsten says, “but getting to stand backstage and seeing his work every night and being surprised by him is so great.” LORI MCCUE (EXPRESS)
Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW; through Jan. 7, $59-$175.
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The 12 days of caffeine Amid the holiday rush to shower everyone you know with special gifts, why not take a moment — or a dozen — to treat yourself? We declare the next 12 mornings leading up Christmas as “you time,” and we’ve determined how you’ll spend those precious moments: fueling up on caffeinated beverages for your merrymaking. Plenty of local cafes and restaurants are serving up unique specialty drinks, so we’ve crafted an agenda of where to go and what to get, in order of least to most indulgent — and ending with a brew for Christmas morning. BRYANNA CAPPADONA (EXPRESS)
Dec. 14
Peppermint mocha Open City, 2331 Calvert St. NW; $5.25.
At Open City, all the sauces and syrups used for hot beverages are crafted in-house. Made with a combo of their peppermint and chocolate syrups, this candied cup o’ joe is simple and on-theme for the holidays — just the way to ease into your caffeine calendar.
Dec. 15
Five spice honey latte Maketto, 1351 H St. NE; $6.
For its seasonal latte, Maketto uses a honey-based syrup fused with cardamom, clove, star anise, sichuan peppercorn and cinnamon. It has the warm and aromatic essence of a chai tea latte but not as much sweetness; the medley of spices here gives this drink a tangy kick.
Dec. 17 Red hot latte
Bayou Bakery, 1515 N. Courthouse Road, Arlington; $4.25-$4.50.
The spicy cinnamon syrup Bayou drizzles into this latte is less tongue-on-fire peppery and more that’s-a-nice-kick zesty — like gingerbread fused with those red cinnamon hearts that your grandma keeps in a candy bowl. The bite is very subtle with hardly any aftertaste, so even those wary of anything spicy have nothing to worry about.
Dec. 16
Pumpkin spice cappuccino Pitango Gelato, multiple locations; $5 for pumpkin spice cappuccino, $1 to add the creamer to any drink.
In today’s age of pumpkin overload, it’s not uncommon for the average coffee shop’s pumpkin spice flavor to overtake your entire brew like an assault on your taste buds. That’s why Pitango’s understated pumpkin creamer is so refreshing. Its puree-like texture makes the flavor feel more delicate and complementary to a rich cappuccino, for a cozy morning brew with just a hint of seasonal spice.
Dec. 18 Horchata latte
Bakers & Baristas, 501 Seventh St. NW; $4.75-$5.
On its menu this season, Bakers & Baristas has horchata — a cinnamonvanilla rice milk mixture — which customers can enjoy by itself (cold or hot) or steamed over espresso as a latte. With subtle hints of almond, nutmeg and other nutty goodness, the smooth mix makes for a comforting winter treat.
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Dec. 23
Dulce de leche latte Slipstream, 1333 14th St. NW & 82 I St. SE; $5.50.
Imagine the rich and buttery taste of a caramel cookie, except dissolved in espresso and steamed milk, and you’ve got yourself Slipstream’s seasonal dulce de leche latte (available through the winter months). It’s the closest you can get to having dessert in the morning.
Dec. 19
Hazelnut shakerato The Coupe, 3415 11th St. NW; $4.50
The folks over at The Coupe have done it: They’ve mastered the perfect iced coffee, made with the restaurant’s homemade hazelnut syrup, chilled espresso and milk. The baristas shake it all together and pour it over ice for a frothy and frosty refresher — no extra sweetener necessary. Plus, it’s a cool (literally) change-up from all the hot drinks.
Dec. 21
Dec. 24
Honey bourbon latte
Espresso milkshake
The Royal, 501 Florida Ave. NW; $5.
Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats, 1370 Park Road NW; $6.75-$7.50.
This latte is non-alcoholic, but its fusion of cinnamon and cardamom creates a sugary taste at the sip and then a spicy flavor in the aftertaste that evokes the essence of bourbon. The cozy drink is incredibly rich — but not in an unpleasant, artificial-syrupy way.
We saved the best goody for last. (Well, almost last.) Sticky Fingers, the vegan bakery in Columbia Heights, offers an espresso milkshake that blends espresso, coconut or soy milk and your choice of their soy or coconut ice cream. It’s officially the day before Christmas, and calories, by holiday law, no longer count.
Dec. 25
Zeke’s holiday roast
Dec. 20
Zeke’s Coffee, 2300 Rhode Island Ave. NE; $15.
Chaider
Baked & Wired, 1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW; $3.40.
Available through the winter, Baked & Wired’s chaider — the bakery’s apple cider topped with a chai tea bag — is a sweet yet slightly tart dose of warmth that’s made to be savored in small sips. The chai-apple flavor combo is so simple, yet feels so quintessentially holiday-esque, it’s genius.
Dec. 22 Nutella mocha
Compass Coffee, multiple locations; $4.10-$4.90.
The thick and creamy texture of the hazelnut-cocoa spread makes Compass’ Nutella mocha into a heavier and richer java drink compared to other coffees on our list. It’s indulgent — think of this sugary delight as an elevated hot chocolate/coffee hybrid.
Merry Christmas — you made it! But let’s be real: You’re not trying to leave the house this morning, so it’s time to bring the brew to you. Zeke’s Coffee has a luscious holiday blend that customers can buy by the pound to make at home. With hints of chocolate, cinnamon and roasted pear, this roast is smooth, rich and tastes the way being merry feels.
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December 20 Nalamala
Symphony Orchestra The ensemble celebrates Argentina’s National Tango Day with a lively concert of traditional tangos and nuevo tango selections by Astor Piazzolla and his contemporaries. Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Argentina.
15 FRI Diana Gameros
the train display, check out the aircraft at the historic airfield, which was founded in 1909. College Park Aviation Museum, 1985 Corporal Frank Scott Drive, College Park, Md.; Sat. through Dec. 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free-$5.
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Fat Trel After serving more than a year in jail, D.C. native Fat Trel came home in late September to a warm welcome from his fans, locally and nationwide. Although he had kept his name buzzing with a steady stream of releases while he was gone, he quickly hit the ground running with a new song, aptly titled “First Day Out (F--- 12).” The track, driven by a sullen piano melody, offers a glimpse into the hip-hop artist’s head as he did his time — touching on those who supported him and those who didn’t, and how he “wrote 100 songs.” U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW; Thu., 10 p.m., $20-$30.
‘Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show’ DJ Frosty the Snowman spins tracks at Step Afrika!’s familyfriendly holiday step show, an annual tradition at Atlas Performing Arts Center. Before the performance by the percussive dance company begins, kids can gather in the lobby to make instruments so that they can make music, too. There will also be photo ops with furry characters and a chance for audience members to join the dance party. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE; Fri. through Dec. 30, $18-$45.
December 23 Messiah Sing-Along
Festival of Mics: A Chanukah Celebration Take the stage at Sixth and I backed by the karaoke band HariKaraoke to sing Adam Sandler’s “The Chanukah Song” — or “Sweet Caroline,” if that’s more your speed. Besides karaoke, there’s a make-your-own latke bar, a dreidel competition and Hanukkah drinks (latkes and one drink are included with ticket). Sixth and I, 600 I St. NW; Sat., 8 p.m. $18. MUSIC
Victor Wooten Trio When he’s not on tour with the jazzy bluegrass act Bela Fleck and
the Flecktones, virtuoso bassist Victor Wooten works with his selftitled trio, which includes drummer Dennis Chambers (Santana) and saxophonist Bob Franceschini (Paul Simon). The trio just released an album, “Trypnotyx,” which is funkier and jazzier than Wooten’s Flecktones work. The album also includes contributions from comedian, beatboxer and “Police Academy” star Michael Winslow. 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW; Sat., 8 p.m., $30.
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of Art, West Building, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW; Sun., 4 p.m., free.
SHOPPING
Rock-N-Shop Find one-of-a-kind gifts when Black Cat open its doors to local crafters, record dealers, junk sellers and more for the club’s 20th rock ’n’ roll garage sale. It’s a night out combined with crunch-time holiday shopping. One thing’s for sure: The soundtrack for the event — provided by local DJs who will spin all night — will be better than the music at the mall. Black Cat, 1811
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14th St. NW; Sun., 7 p.m., free.
Train buffs young and old will want to head to the College Park Aviation Museum, where the National Capital Trackers have created a display of model railroads, complete with tunnels, depots and villages. After enjoying
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‘Holiday Trains & Planes’
genre it tackles. At this gig, the group will be performing holiday songs from around the world with Irish fiddler Liz Carroll. In addition to Celtic winter solstice songs, the multicultural celebration will include Hanukkah tunes and a Hindu spiritual. National Gallery
Turtle Island Quartet with Liz Carroll More like a bluegrass band than a classical ensemble, the Grammy award-winning Turtle Island Quartet brings jazzy flair to every
Wed. MUSIC
Samantha Fish Last month, bluesy guitar rocker Samantha Fish released her fifth album, “Belle of the West,” which leans more soulful than her past records and showcases her impressive acoustic guitar work. But the blues is still where she shines, as most evident on a cover of R.L. Burnside’s shuffling rocker “Poor Black Mattie.” Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW; Wed., 8:30 p.m., $20-$25.
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The singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer performs songs from her new album, Arrullo, a love letter to her homeland made up of 13 standout renditions of classic Mexican songs.
16 SAT Sweet Heaven Kings Anacostia’s acclaimed 16-member gospel brass and percussion band performs a joyful holiday program.
17 SUN Largo High School
Performing Arts Department In Rejoice!, students re-tell a Christmas classic with a modern interactive presentation through dance, narration, instrumental, and vocal music.
18 MON Everyman Theatre In Lauren Gunderson’s all-female hit play The Revolutionists, when you put former queen Marie Antoinette, assassin Charlotte Corday, playwright Olympe de Gouges, and Caribbean spy Marianne Angelle in a room together, literally ANYTHING can happen—especially big laughs!
IN THE CONCERT HALL 23 SAT Messiah Sing-Along
Guest conductor Nancia D’Alimonte leads the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra; soloists Suzanne Karpov, Monique Holmes, Jason Rylander, and Jonathan Woody; community choirs including Heritage Signature Chorale, Fort Washington Community Chorus, Metropolitan AME Church Choir, Northern Virginia Chorale, and Arlington Chorale; and a very enthusiastic audience in Handel’s masterpiece.
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Here’s a class designed for Francophiles with a sweet tooth. During this tasting, Alliance Francaise’s resident macaron expert will explain everything there is to know about the most beloved cookie of France. Sample macarons in every color of the rainbow and indulge in a glass of bubbly while you’re at it.
Ascendant Philadelphia rapper Lil Uzi Vert is celebrating the holidays early with his “A Very Uzi Christmas” tour, which kicks off in D.C. It’s unclear if that means he’ll be adding holiday songs to his repertoire, which includes this summer’s studio debut, “Luv Is Rage 2.” The Grammy-nominated rapper recently appeared on the cover of XXL magazine; his current single is a remix of “The Way Life Goes” featuring Nicki Minaj.
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19 TUE U.S. Air Force Band’s
Chamber Players Join the ensemble for an evening of holiday chamber music.
20 WED Nalamala A jazz, gospel, pop Latina powerhouse, this Colombian, three-part harmony vocal group featuring rising stars Natalia Martinez, Laura Kalop, and Laura Otero celebrates the holidays. Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Colombia.
21 THU D.C. Holiday
Extravaganza
Free general admission tickets will be distributed in the Hall of Nations starting at approximately 4:30 p.m., up to two tickets per person.
PERFORMANCE AT 12 NOON 24 SUN Beltway Brass Quintet
The project group led by Zachary Smith of the Dixie Power Trio performs jazzy and cheerful arrangements of holiday favorites.
25 MON All-Star Christmas
Day Jazz Jam The 18th annual event features, host/ vibraphonist Chuck Redd, drummer Lenny Robinson, trumpeters Robert Redd and Tom Williams, bassist James King, and vocalist Delores Williams.
Nine of DMV’s most talented 26 TUE Gaiteros de songwriters and musicians collaborate Sanguashington to create a show full of seasonal cheer The popular D.C.-based Colombian for the entire family. American band performs a holiday Presented in collaboration with Listen Local First D.C. and The 9 Songwriter Showcase. program.
22 FRI Encore Chorale The dynamic ensemble made up of musicians over the age of 55 performs crowd-pleasing holiday music. Holiday event
Presented in collaboration with Multiflora Productions and as a part of the Multiflora Music Fest 2017.
27 WED Run Come See The D.C. project band’s lyric-driven music is a distillation of soulful blues, rock, and country. Presented in collaboration with Hometown Sounds.
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.
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going out guide Selected listings from goingoutguide.com. Head online for venue information and more events and activities!
Sound THURSDAY Black Cat: Chris Fleming, 7:30 p.m. Blues Alley: Freddy Cole, 8 & 10 p.m., through Dec. 17. DC9: New Madrid, David Barbe and Inward Dream Ebb, 8 p.m. Gypsy Sally’s: Dopapod, Deaf Scene, 9 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore: Robyn Helzner Trio, 7:30 p.m.
The Birchmere: Carbon Leaf, Sawyer, 7:30 p.m., through Dec. 15.
FRIDAY 9:30 Club: Angel Olsen, White Magic, 8 p.m.
DC9: Sean Rowe, Nina Gala, 7 p.m. Gypsy Sally’s: Chatham County Line, 8:30 p.m.
Pearl Street Warehouse: Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, 8 p.m. U Street Music Hall: Shamir, Partner, 7 p.m.; Sharam, 10:30 p.m.
SATURDAY DC9: Trophy Eyes, Free Throw, Grayscale and Head North, 5:30 p.m.
EagleBank Arena: Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and Jordan Smith, 7 p.m. Gypsy Sally’s: Box of Rain, Machine Funk, 9 p.m.
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Echostage: Thomas Jack, 9 p.m.
Lincoln Theatre: The Gay Men’s
Roosevelt Collier Trio: Florida-bred steel guitar player Roosevelt Collier has a knack for improvisation. At many of his past D.C. shows, the guitarist put together a band just
Chorus of Washington, 3 p.m., through Dec. 17.
for those occasions, often jamming on songs that they all know. Jimi Hendrix covers are a common choice, so Collier’s “Hendrix Meets Funk” show at Pearl Street Warehouse on Thursday should be familiar ground. Expect Collier’s trio to cover some of Hendrix’s biggest hits, along with a selection of funk classics and more.
Rock & Roll Hotel: The Virginia Southpaws, Mary El Band and Two Ton Twig, 8 p.m.
The Birchmere: Southside Johnny &
Bohemian Christmas, 7:30 p.m.
The Birchmere: The Wailin’ Jennys, 7:30 p.m., through Dec. 19.
TUESDAY
the Asbury Jukes, 7:30 p.m.
George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium: Damien Escobar,
The Fillmore: Badfish: A Tribute to
8 p.m.
Sublime, Feelfree, 8:30 p.m.
The Howard Theatre: Dave East,
SUNDAY
8 p.m.
9:30 Club: Municipal Waste, NAILS, Macabre, 7 p.m. Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club: Motown & More Holiday Show,
WEDNESDAY Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club: A Redd Christmas, 8 p.m. Mansion at Strathmore: Tom Teasley
8 p.m.
& Seth Kibel, 7:30 p.m.
Montpelier Arts Center: Divas Deck the Halls, 4 p.m.
Pearl Street Warehouse: The Nine Songwriter Series Holiday Show, 8 p.m.
MONDAY
The Birchmere: Robert Glasper
Atlas Performing Arts Center: A
Experiment, 7:30 p.m.
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Pearl Street Warehouse: Holidelic, Dr. Elmo, 8:30 p.m.
Pentatonix: Are you filled with aca-ticipation for “Pitch Perfect 3”? Head to the Anthem on Saturday to catch Pentatonix, the chartsmashing quintet that delivers the same type of vocal acrobatics as the Bellas in the movie (and with whom they faced off in the last sequel). It’s the group’s first Christmas tour, so expect a set heavy with holiday favorites, along with a few of the group’s pop mashups.
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goingoutguide.com Sight American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center: “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; “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 African-American, American Indian and European descent, through Dec. 17. 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW.
Baltimore, Charlotte, N.C., and RaleighDurham, N.C., through Jan. 7. 1901 Fort Place SE.
Anacostia Community Museum:
“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
“Gateways/Portales”: Through the gateways of social justice, community access and public festivals, this exhibition explores the experiences of Latino migrants and immigrants in Washington,
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:
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; “Women in Art, 1850-1910”: An exhibition that examines the fashionably dressed urban woman of the late 19th century in impressionist works, 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.
George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum: “The Box Project: Uncommon Threads”: An exhibition of three-dimensional artworks that fit inside a standard box; collector and former Textile Museum CONTINUED ON PAGE 32
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THE BIBLICAL INFLUENCES ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Speakers: Dr. Byron Johnson, Dr. Timothy Shah, Dr. Robert Wilken and Dr. Jacqueline Rivers Freedom of religion is a cherished American liberty, firmly codified in the nation’s Bill of Rights. But what are the origins of this concept? Join us for a lively discussion on the ways the Bible and its interpretations informed the writings and philosophies of John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Martin Luther King Jr. These well-known figures were influenced by the Bible and incorporated its language into their work. Reserve your tickets today! Tickets are free for members and students with a valid ID. $5 admission for the general public.
MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: 400 4TH ST. SW | WASHINGTON, D.C. 20024
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trustee Lloyd Cotsen challenged 36 fiber artists worldwide to create the works, through Jan. 29; “For the Record: Picturing D.C.”: An exhibition of images that document the city’s urban landscape from the perspective of artists selected through the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.’s annual juried competition, through March 4. 701 21st St. NW.
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens: “Spectacular Gems and 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: “Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn”: 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, through Jan. 1; “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 installationbased works, through March 4; “Mark Bradford”: A site-specific installation of eight abstract paintings, each more than 45 feet long, 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. Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW.
of the Permanent Collection“: Guest curated by modern art historian Harry Cooper, the reinstallation of the collection introduces works that have not been on view for several years. Phase I of the reinstallation comprises the museum’s main floor galleries and focuses on 19th- and early-20th-century painting and works on paper. Phase II of the reinstallation, opening in the lower galleries in 2018, will focus on the museum’s postwar and contemporary art holdings, including a bold vertical canvas by abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann, as well as the museum’s collection of West African masks, through Dec. 31. 2401 Foxhall Road NW.
the Great War: American Experiences of World War I”: The exhibition depicts the U.S. involvement in and experience of World War I, through Jan. 1. 101 Independence Ave. SE.
Kreeger Museum: “Reinstallation
Library of Congress: “Echoes of
National Building Museum:
National Air and Space Museum: “Artist Soldiers”: An exhibition that examines the work of professional artists who were recruited by the U.S. Army and were considered the first true combat artists, along with the artwork of soldiers, including Jeff Gusky’s photos of stone carvings made in underground shelters, that provide a unique perspective on World War I, through Nov. 11. Sixth Street and Independence Avenue SW.
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National Museum of the American Indian: “Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World” focuses on indigenous cosmologies, worldviews and philosophies related to the creation and order of the universe and the spiritual relationship between humankind and the natural world, through April 30. “Architecture of an Asylum: St. Elizabeths 1852-2017”: An exhibition exploring the architecture and landscape architecture of St. Elizabeths as it changed over time, including architectural drawings and plans from the 1850s through the 1980s, medical instruments, patientcreated art, 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 and culture influence a city’s residents, through Jan. 15; 401 F St. NW.
the postwar-era sculptor, who designed simple geometric structures of painted wood, including seven sculptures, two paintings and five drawings, through April 1. 440 Constitution Ave. NW.
National Gallery of Art, East Building: “Jackson Pollock’s ‘Mural’”:
National Gallery of Art, West Building: “Bosch to Bloemaert: Early
This exhibition of works by Pollock has at its center a special installation of one of his murals on loan from the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Originally commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim for her New York City townhouse, it is Pollock’s largest work, at nearly 20 feet long, through Oct. 28; “In the Tower: Anne Truitt”: An exhibition of works by
Netherlandish Drawings”: 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 CONTINUED ON PAGE 36
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HOLIDAY EVENTS Fri, Dec 8 &16 at 7:30 Encore Theatrical Arts Project Presents
Sat, Dec 9 &16 at 12:00, 4:00, & 7:30
Christmas at Quigleys
Sun, Dec 10 &17 at 12:00 & 4:00
Christmas with Choral Arts Songs of the Season Scott Tucker, Artistic Director
A Family Christmas The Holly and the Ivy: Music for Christmas
The Musical
The Uncut Coming of Christ
Richard J. Ernst Theatre 8333 Little River Turnpike Annandale, VA. 22003
Tickets $19-$26
Free Parking on Lot B
www.encore-tap.org Tel: (703) 222-5511
Sun., Dec. 17, 5pm Mon., Dec. 18, 7pm Sun., Dec. 24, 1pm
Capture the joy of the season with a beloved Washington tradition! Choral Arts celebrates the holidays with traditional carols, seasonal classics, and sing-alongs for the whole family to enjoy.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall 2700 F St NW Washington, DC kennedy-center.org 202.467.4600
Tickets start at $15
Tickets available at choralarts.org 202.244.3669
Sat., Dec. 16, 1pm
Songs of Santa, Frosty, and Rudolph fill the concert hall for this one-hour, highly participatory concert. It’s a holiday treat for the whole family!
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St NW kennedy-center.org 202.467.4600
Tickets start at $20
Tickets available at choralarts.org 202.244.3669
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!
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
Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia 410.730.8311 Tobysdinnertheatre.com
Call for tickets and info.
Dreams do come true, if you believe!
FREE!
Doors open one hour early for the fabulous “Bethelem Marketplace” before each show!
Tickets from $30
Written by the playwright of last season’s runaway hit Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley,
Robert Shafer, Artistic Director
Miracle on 34th Street
ETAP presents an original Song and Dance Musical that will put a twinkle in your eye and a bounce in your step. Appropritae for audiences of all ages
November 16January 7, 2018
Saturday, Dec. 9 & 16 at noon & 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10 & 17 at 6:30 p.m.
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. Celebrate the reason for the season at a spectacular extravaganza featuring original music, great singing and awesome acting! This annual tradition is suitable for the family and folks of all ages, with a fantastic pre-show that includes live animals, characters, snacks and more! Don’t miss it! FREE!
FBCG Worship Center 600 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 301-773-3600 www.fbcglenarden.org/uncut
THEATRE 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
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.
Round House Theatre 4545 East-West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 240.644.1100 roundhousetheatre.org
A Winter Festival of Classics & Dance Dec. 14-15, 2017 at 7pm; Dec. 16, 2017 at 2pm & 7pm We are closing the year with a display of the magnificent beauty of classical ballet based on the incredible growth and accomplishments of our beautiful young dancers. Kirov Academy of Ballet Theater, 4301 Harewood Rd NE, Washington, DC 20017 Buy your tickets at: www.kabdc.org | (202) 832-1087 The Guide to the Lively Arts appears: • Sunday in Arts & Style. deadline: Tues., 12 noon • Monday in Style. deadline: Friday, 12 noon • Tuesday in Style. deadline: Mon., 12 noon • Wednesday in Style. deadline: Tues., 12 noon • Thursday in Style. deadline: Wed., 12 noon • Thursday in Express. deadline: Wed., 12 noon • Friday in Weekend. deadline: Tues., 12 noon • Saturday in Style. deadline: Friday, 12 noon For information about advertising, call: Raymond Boyer 202-334-4174 or Nicole Giddens 202-334-4351 To reach a representative, call: 202-334-7006 | guidetoarts@washpost.com
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THEATRE December 8 – 23 Fridays @6:30pm Saturdays @ 1pm & 3pm
Foolish Fairytales
Hilariously Ever After!
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop 545 7th St SE WDC 20003 www.factionoffools.org
$10 $20
PERFORMANCES Marine Chamber Orchestra
This festive program will include Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” & A Christmas Festival, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, Ballard and Silvestri’s The Polar Express, and a special holiday sing-a-long!
Friday, Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
National Museum of the Marine Corps Leatherneck Gallery 18900 Jefferson Davis Hwy Triangle, VA 202-433-4011 www.marineband.marines.mil
FREE, no tickets required
Free parking is available
MUSIC - CHAMBER Dumbarton Concerts Presents
Washington Symphonic Brass Quintet
Dumbarton Concerts Dumbarton United Methodist Church 3133 Dumbarton St. NW Washington, DC 20007 202-965-2000 Dumbartonconcerts.org
$42 Adult $39 Senior
Celebrate the warm spirit of the season in a majestic setting. Don’t miss this well-loved Washington, DC holiday tradition!
Washington National Cathedral 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Starting at $25;
Betsy Burleigh, guest conductor. Cathedral Choral Society. Lyric Brass Quintet.
cathedralchoralsociety.org 202-537-2228 / 877-537-2228
The WSBQ is Phil Snedecor, Matthew Harding, Amy Horn, Peter Ellefson, Stephen Dumaine, and Bill Richards. Holiday classics performed will include "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", and "Trepak" from The Nutcracker.
December 16 at 4pm and 8pm
Sounds of the Season
202-9652000
MUSIC - CHORAL Cathedral Choral Society
Joy of Christmas
Saturday, December 16, 2:00 and 7:00 pm Sunday, December 17, 4:00 pm
students /youth $15
Parking: $10 in Cathedral garage; free on grounds. Seniors/ military/ veterans: 10% off
MUSIC - CONCERTS Chamber Players Series
U.S. Navy Concert Band
Tues, Dec 19, 6 p.m.
Join members of The U.S. Air Force Band as they present an Evening of Music for Mixed Chamber Ensembles.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Millennium Stage F Street NW, Washington, DC
Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12 - 13
Join us for the 40th annual Saxophone Symposium, held Jan. 12 – 13 at George Mason University. For more information on these two days of performances and educational events, please visit our website.
George Mason University Center for the Arts 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Va. 202-433-3366 www.navyband.navy.mil
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm
A musical, political satire. We put the MOCK in Democracy! www.capsteps.com Info: 202.312.1555
Free and open to the public. No tickets
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Free, no tickets required
Sign up for Concert Alerts on our website or text “navyband” to 22828!
$36
Discounts available for groups of 10+. 202-312-1427
COMEDY Orange is the New Barack
Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Tix available at 202.397.SEAT ticketmaster.com
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drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and a selection of works by Abraham Bloemaert, through Jan. 7; Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW.
National Museum of African American History and Culture:
“Wild: Michael Nichols�: An exhibition of images of wildlife and wild places through the eyes of photographer and former National Geographic magazine editor at large for photography Michael “Nick� Nichols, through Jan. 12; “Tomb of Christ: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre Experience“: An immersive 3-D experience of the Church of the Holy 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 BUILDING MUSEUM
National Geographic Museum:
National Building Museum: “Making Room: Housing for a Changing America� is an exhibition of developers’, architects’ and interior designers’ answers to the changing housing needs due to shifts in demographics and lifestyle. At the center of the exhibition is a full-scale, flexible dwelling that illustrates how a small space can be adapted to meet many needs. It comprises two living spaces that could be used independently or combined to form a larger residence, through Sept. 16.
Ongoing exhibitions: focusing on a diversity of historical subjects including the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the civil rights movement, the history of AfricanAmerican music and other cultural expressions, visual arts, theater, sports and military history, through Jan. 1; “More Than a Picture: Selections From the Photography Collection�: An exhibition of more than 150 photographs and related objects that demonstrate 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.
National Museum of African Art: “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
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goingoutguide.com Over 40 works that tell the story of Renoir’s masterpiece ONLY AT THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION OCTOBER 7, 2017-JANUARY 7, 2018
GERARD TER BORCH
Charles Ephrussi: collector and art critic
Gustave Caillebotte: artist and boating enthusiast
Aline Charigot: Renoir’s wife
National Gallery of Art, West Building: “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry” is an exhibition of 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. See it through Jan. 21. 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. 950 Independence Ave. SW.
National Museum of American History: “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; “City of Hope: Resurrection City & the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign”: An exhibition that marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. with never-before-seen photographs and original artifacts from Resurrection City, the small community set up in Washington D.C. for the nation’s poor, through Dec. 28. 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.
National Museum of Women in the Arts: “Inside the Dinner Party Studio”: CONTINUED ON PAGE 38
1600 21st Street, NW (Dupont Circle Metro, Q St. exit)
Tickets at PhillipsCollection.org Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880-81,The Phillips Collection,Acquired 1923; PierreAuguste Renoir, Boating Couple [Said to be Aline Charigot & Renoir], 1880-81,Museum of Fine Arts,Boston; Gustave Caillebotte, A Man Docking His Skiff,1878, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Léon Bonnat, Portrait of Charles Ephrussi, 1906,Private collection
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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 write their responses on small pink ballots, which are then hung on a clothesline, through Jan. 5. 1250 New York Ave. NW.
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 have served, offering perspectives on war and its consequences, through Jan. 28; “Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image”: 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
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Landmark E Street Cinema 555 11th Street NW
www.landmarktheaters.com
Darkest Hour (PG-13) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing: 1:00-2:004:00-7:00-9:40 Tom of Finland (NR) Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing;Partially Subtitled: 1:05-4:05-7:05 Wonder Wheel (PG-13) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing: 12:45-3:00 Lady Bird (R) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing: 1:10-3:20-4:30-5:307:40-9:50 The Shape of Water (R) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing;Partially Subtitled: 12:45-1:45-3:45-4:45-7:45-9:30 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (R) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing: 1:00-4:00 Call Me by Your Name (R) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing;Partially Subtitled: 7:00-9:30
(!) No Pass/No Discount Ticket Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) CC;DV;Recliner;Stadium: 12:00-2:55-6:00-9:00 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Stadium: 7:35-8:30-11:00-11:15 Coco (PG) CC;DV;Recliner;Stadium: 2:55-5:30-8:05 Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-3:05 Wonder (PG) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:55-3:30-6:05-8:40 A Bad Moms Christmas (R) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:45-3:10 Daddy's Home 2 (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:45-3:05 Roman J. Israel, Esq. (PG-13) CC;DV;Recliner;Stadium: 1:30-4:30 Star Wars Double Feature 3D: 3:00 Opening Night Fan Event-Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 6:00 The Disaster Artist (R) CC;DV;Stadium: 4:00 Ferdinand (PG) CC;DV;Stadium: 5:50 Justice League (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:00-2:45-5:30-8:20 Coco (PG) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:00-1:25 Just Getting Started (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:05-2:20-4:35 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:00-7:15-9:00-9:40-10:30-10:50 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 8:00-11:30-12:00
Smithsonian - Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater 601 Independence Avenue SW
www.si.edu/imax
D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (NR) 2:40 Star Wars: The Last Jedi An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) 11:55 A Beautiful Planet 3D (G) 4:20 Aircraft Carrier: Guardians of the Sea 3D (NR) 11:00-1:15-3:30 Dream Big: Engineering Our World: An IMAX 3D Experience12:25 Journey to Space 3D (NR) 10:25-11:50-2:05 Star Wars: The Last Jedi The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-13) 9:00 Opening Night Fan Event Star Wars: The Last Jedi An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) 6:00
MARYLAND
AFI Silver Theatre Cultural Center 8633 Colesville Road
www.afi.comsilver
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (NR) 3:00 Nocturama (NR) 9:00 Franca: Chaos and Creation (NR) 7:00 Boy on the Bridge (NR) 5:15 The Shape of Water (R) 7:15-9:45 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (R) 12:00-2:20-4:40-7:15 Lady Bird (R) 1:20-3:20-5:20 Pin Cushion (NR) 9:30
AMC Center Park 8 4001 Powder Mill Rd.
www.amctheatres.com
Ferdinand (PG) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: (!) 7:15 Justice League (PG-13) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 1:30-4:25-7:35-10:20 Ferdinand 3D (PG) CCs;DV;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: (!) 5:00 Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;Recliners;RS: 2:00-4:15 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;Recliners;RS: (!) 7:008:30-10:00-10:30 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: (!) 7:15-7:45-9:30-10:45 Coco (PG) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;Recliners;RS: (!) 1:00-9:00 Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 3:20-5:50 Wonder (PG) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 1:15-3:50-6:25 Daddy's Home 2 (PG-13) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 1:00-1:40 Cars 3 (G) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;Recliners;RS: (!) 6:45 Roman J. Israel, Esq. (PG-13) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 1:45-4:45 Coco 3D (PG) No Green Or Red Tickets;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: (!) 3:45 Just Getting Started (PG-13) AMC Independent;CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 2:15-4:30
AMC Magic Johnson Capital Center 12 800 Shoppers Way
www.amctheatres.com
Ferdinand (PG) CCs;DV: 5:00-9:15 Ferdinand 3D (PG) CCs;DV;RealD 3D: 7:30 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets: 7:00-10:15 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;RealD 3D: 9:30 Star Wars: The Last Jedi The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-13) No Green Or Red Tickets;RS: 8:00
Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema 7235 Woodmont Avenue
www.landmarktheaters.com
Loving Vincent (PG-13) Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing: 1:00-3:15-5:30-7:45 God's Own Country Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing: 1:30-4:30 The Florida Project (R) CCed;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing: 1:15-4:15-7:15
The Shape of Water (R) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing;Partially Subtitled;RS: 12:50-1:30-3:40-4:10-6:30-7:20-9:30-10:00 Lady Bird (R) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing;RS: 1:00-3:20-5:407:45-9:55 Wonder Wheel (PG-13) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing;RS: 1:504:00-7:00-9:20 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (R) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing;RS: 1:40-4:40-7:30-10:00 Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing;RS: 1:20-4:20 Call Me by Your Name (R) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing;Partially Subtitled;RS: 7:00-9:50 Darkest Hour (PG-13) CCed;DV Services;Handicap Accessible;Hard of Hearing;RS: 1:10-2:003:55-5:00-7:10-9:50
Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14
Regal Hyattsville Royale Stadium 14
Ferdinand (PG) CC;DV;Recliner;Stadium: 10:35 The Disaster Artist (R) CC;DV;Recliner;Stadium: 12:00-12:45-3:10-5:35-8:05 Justice League (PG-13) CC;DV;Recliner;Stadium: 1:00-4:10
Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 1:15-4:30-7:30-10:45 The Disaster Artist (R) CC;DV;Stadium: 1:15-4:00-7:00-9:45 Justice League (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-1:00-3:25-4:05-6:25-9:25
Landmark West End Cinema 2301 M Street NW
www.landmarktheaters.com
701 Seventh Street Northwest
www.regmovies.com
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; “Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady”: An exhibition that traces Brady’s career through portrait ambrotypes, daguerreotypes and saltedpaper prints, and also
6505 America Blvd.
www.regmovies.com
The Star (PG) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:45-3:15-6:00-8:25-10:45 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:00-10:30-12:15 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:30-11:00 Blade Runner 2049 (R) CC;DV;Stadium: 3:15-6:55-10:30 Coco (PG) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-2:00-3:15-4:45-6:15-7:00-9:00-10:00 Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 1:45-4:45-7:45-10:45 Wonder (PG) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:45-3:30-6:15-9:00 Just Getting Started (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 1:30-4:15-6:45-9:15 A Bad Moms Christmas (R) CC;DV;Stadium: 1:30-4:30-7:15-9:45 Roman J. Israel, Esq. (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 1:00-4:00 Daddy's Home 2 (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-2:00-4:45-7:30-10:00
Last Flag Flying (R) AMC Independent;CCs;DV: 11:20-2:10 Lady Bird (R) AMC Independent;CCs;DV: 11:40-2:05-7:45-10:20 Opening Night Fan Event-Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime;Recliners;RS: 6:00 Coco: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG) No Green Or Red Tickets;RS: 12:45-3:30 Unexpectedly Yours AMC Independent;English Subtitles: 11:05-1:55-4:40-7:30-10:10 The Disaster Artist (R) AMC Independent;CCs;DV: 11:20-12:30-1:55-3:00-4:15-5:30-6:40-10:40 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime;No Green Or Red Tickets;Recliners;RS: 9:45 November Criminals 1:10 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) No Green Or Red Tickets: (!) 8:00
Regal Majestic Stadium 20 & IMAX Angelika Film Center Mosaic 900 Ellsworth Drive
www.regmovies.com
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved;RS;Stadium: 7:0010:30-2:00 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved;RS;Stadium: 7:45-11:15 Star Wars: The Last Jedi An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) CC;DV;IMAX;IMAX 3D;No Passes;R ecliner;Reserved;RS;Stadium: 9:30-1:10 Opening Night Fan Event Star Wars: The Last Jedi An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) CC;DV;IMAX;IMAX 3D;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved;RS;Stadium: 6:00 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Stadium: 7:00
Xscape Theatres Brandywine 14 7710 Matapeake Business Dr.
www.xscapetheatres.com
Ferdinand (PG) AD;CC-CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 5:00-7:50-10:30 Justice League (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;PLF;Stadium Seating: (!) 11:10-2:10 Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;Stadium Seating: 10:20-12:20-3:30-4:20-6:50-9:40 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;PLF;Stadium Seating: (!) 7:00-10:20 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;PLF;Stadium Seating: (!) 9:20 The Star (PG) CC-CC;OC-Open Caption;Stadium Seating: (!) 11:00-1:30-4:10 Coco (PG) AD;CC-CC;PLF;Stadium Seating: (!) 10:50-1:20-3:50 Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;Stadium Seating: 10:10-3:10-6:20 Wonder (PG) CC-CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 11:40-3:20-6:10-8:50 Just Getting Started (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;Stadium Seating: 11:20-2:30-5:10-7:30-10:20 A Bad Moms Christmas (R) AD;CC-CC;Stadium Seating: 10:30-1:45-4:50 Daddy's Home 2 (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;No Discounts: (!) 12:10-2:40-5:30-8:10-10:45 Marshall (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;Stadium Seating: 1:40 Roman J. Israel, Esq. (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;Stadium Seating: 10:00-10:40-12:50-4:30-7:05-10:25 Opening Night Fan Event-Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;PLF;SS: (!) 6:00 Justice League (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;Stadium Seating: 11:50-12:30-1:10-2:50-7:10-10:00 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) AD;CC-CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 7:40-8:20-8:50-9:50-11:00 Coco (PG) AD;CC-CC;Stadium Seating: (!) 10:05-11:30-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:10
VIRGINIA
AMC Courthouse Plaza 8 2150 Clarendon Blvd.
www.amctheatres.com
Ferdinand (PG) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 10:00 Justice League (PG-13) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 1:15-4:15 Ferdinand 3D (PG) CCs;DV;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: 5:00-7:30 Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;Recliners;RS: 1:30-4:30 The Disaster Artist (R) AMC Independent;CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 1:00-3:30-6:30-9:00 Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 2:30-5:15 Wonder (PG) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 1:30-4:15 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;Recliners;RS: 7:00-7:308:00-9:30-10:30-11:00-11:15-11:30-11:35 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: 7:00-8:15-10:45 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (R) AMC Independent;CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 2:45-5:30 Roman J. Israel, Esq. (PG-13) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 1:15 A Bad Moms Christmas (R) CCs;DV;Recliners;RS: 4:00 Opening Night Fan Event-Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) Recliners;RS: 6:00 Daddy's Home 2 (PG-13) CCs;Recliners;RS: 2:30
AMC Hoffman Center 22 206 Swamp Fox Rd.
www.amctheatres.com
Titanic (1997) (PG-13) Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime;Recliners;RS: 1:30 Ferdinand (PG) CCs;DV: 5:00 Ferdinand 3D (PG) CCs;DV;RealD 3D: 7:30 Justice League (PG-13) CCs;DV: 11:30-1:15-2:15-4:20-7:15-10:15 Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets: 12:15-3:15-6:30-9:30 The Mountain Between Us (PG-13) CCs;DV: 11:10-1:50-4:30 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets: 7:00-7:30-8:30-9:00-9:1510:15-11:00-12:00-12:30 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;RealD 3D: 8:00-11:30 Star Wars: The Last Jedi An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets;RS: 7:00-10:30 The Star (PG) CCs;DV: 1:05-3:20 Coco (PG) CCs;DV;No Green Or Red Tickets: 11:15-1:45-4:15-5:00-6:45-9:15 Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) CCs;DV: 11:15-2:00-4:45-7:25-10:10 It (R) CCs;DV: 2:45 Blade Runner 2049 (R) CCs;DV: 11:05AM Just Getting Started (PG-13) AMC Independent;CCs;DV: 11:25-1:40-4:10 A Bad Moms Christmas (R) CCs;DV: 1:25-4:00 Daddy's Home 2 (PG-13) CCs;DV: 11:45-2:35-5:05-10:10 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (R) AMC Independent;CCs;DV: 11:10-1:50-4:357:20-10:05 Roman J. Israel, Esq. (PG-13) CCs;DV: 11:00-1:45-4:30 The Man Who Invented Christmas (PG) AMC Independent;CCs;DV: 3:25
2911 District Ave
The Shape of Water (R) Alcohol Available;RS: (!) 10:45-1:30-2:30-4:15-7:00-8:00-9:45-10:45 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (R) Alcohol Available;RS: 10:25-1:00-3:35-6:10 Wonder Wheel (PG-13) Alcohol Available;RS: (!) 10:00-12:20-2:45-5:15-7:45-10:15 Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) Alcohol Available;RS: 10:00-12:35-3:10 Lady Bird (R) Alcohol Available;RS: 10:30-12:50-3:05-5:30 Darkest Hour (PG-13) Alcohol Available;RS: (!) 11:00-11:45-1:45-4:30-5:20-7:15-10:00 Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) Alcohol Available;RS: 10:00-12:50-4:00 Opening Night Fan Event-Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) Alcohol Available;RS: (!) 6:00 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) Alcohol Available;RS: 9:30 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) Alcohol Available;RS: 7:00-8:00-9:00-10:15
Arlington Cinema 'N' Drafthouse 2903 Columbia Pike
www.arlingtondrafthouse.com
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) (!) 7:00-10:20
Regal Ballston Common Stadium 12 671 N. Glebe Road
www.regmovies.com
Ferdinand (PG) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 5:00 Justice League (PG-13) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 1:20-4:10 Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 1:05-4:05-7:10 The Star (PG) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 2:25 Coco (PG) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 1:10-2:20-3:50-5:00-6:30-9:10 Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 1:50-4:30 Blade Runner 2049 (R) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 1:25 Just Getting Started (PG-13) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 1:00-3:30 Daddy's Home 2 (PG-13) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 1:40-4:20 The Shape of Water (R) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 6:00 My Friend Dahmer (R) Recliner;RS;Stadium: 1:15 Lady Bird (R) CC;DV;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 2:10-4:45-7:20 Opening Night Fan Event-Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes; Recliner;Reserved;RS;Stadium: 6:00 Haldaa (NR) No Pass/SS;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 1:35 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved;RS;Stadium: 7:00-7:308:00-8:30-9:00-10:15-10:30-10:45-11:00-11:30-11:35-11:45-12:01 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved;RS;Stadium: 7:45-9:45-11:15-12:01
Regal Kingstowne Stadium 16 & RPX 5910 Kingstowne Towne Center
www.regmovies.com
Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;RPX;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 9:30 Opening Night Fan Event-Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;RPX;Recliner;RS;Stadium: 6:00 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:00-10:30 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:30-11:00
Regal Potomac Yard Stadium 16 3575 Potomac Avenue
www.regmovies.com
Ferdinand (PG) CC;DV;Stadium: 5:00-7:45-10:30 The Disaster Artist (R) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:40-3:05-5:30-7:55-10:20 Justice League (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 1:20-4:15-7:10-10:20 Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-3:30-6:30-9:35 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:00-7:15-7:45-8:45-10:30 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:30-10:00 The Star (PG) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-1:10-3:45 Coco (PG) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-1:00-1:30-3:10-3:40-4:10-6:25-7:00-9:15-9:40 Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:50-4:00-6:55-9:55 Blade Runner 2049 (R) CC;DV;Stadium: 2:45 Wonder (PG) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:50-3:30-6:40-9:20 Just Getting Started (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-2:50-5:10-6:10 A Bad Moms Christmas (R) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:35-3:05 Daddy's Home 2 (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-3:00 Marshall (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:45 The Man Who Invented Christmas (PG) CC;Stadium: 12:55-3:35-6:10-9:05 Roman J. Israel, Esq. (PG-13) CC;DV;Stadium: 12:40-3:40-6:50-10:00 Opening Night Fan Event-Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 6:00
Smithsonian - Airbus IMAX Theater 14390 Air & Space Museum Pkwy
www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy/
D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (NR) Stadium Seating: 11:10-4:00 Star Wars: The Last Jedi An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) Stadium Seating: 11:55 A Beautiful Planet 3D (G) Stadium Seating: 12:35 Aircraft Carrier: Guardians of the Sea 3D (NR) Stadium Seating: 10:20-1:30-3:10 Dream Big: Engineering Our World: An IMAX 3D Experience Stadium Seating: 2:20 Journey to Space 3D (NR) Stadium Seating: 12:00-4:50 Star Wars: The Last Jedi The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-13) Stadium Seating: 9:00 Opening Night Fan Event Star Wars: The Last Jedi An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) Stadium Seating: 6:00
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Soloists will include: Claude Delangle, Timothy McAllister, Navy Band Saxophone Quartet, Dale Underwood, Miguel Zenón George Mason University Center for the Arts Fairfax, Va.
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Christmas Dinner Monday | December 25 | Seatings 12p-8p
A La Carte First Course &
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National Museum of American History: “Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II” is an exhibit that commemorates the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the document signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt that challenged constitutional rights and led to the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. It runs through Dec. 8. Italian dancer Giulia Leonardi by the Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler. The work embodies the Swiss modernist approach of emotional expression through bodily movement — a theory known as eurhythmics — which transformed dance in America, through Nov. 12. Eighth and F streets NW.
National Postal Museum: “Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks”: Featuring original postagestamp 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; “My Fellow Soldiers: Letters From World War I”: An exhibition of
personal correspondence written on the front lines and homefront that shows the history of America’s involvement in World War I, through Nov. 29; “Botanical Beauties: Flowering Plants on Stamps”: 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. 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE.
Newseum: “1967: Civil Rights at 50”: An exhibition examining the events of 1967, exploring the relationship between the First Amendment and the civil rights movement of the 1960s, through Jan. CONTINUED ON PAGE 43
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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 before the war, through June 3; “One Life: Sylvia Plath”: An exhibition of personal letters, family photographs, objects and her own artwork from the archives at Smith College and Indiana University’s Lilly Library that shows the writer and poet’s struggle to understand herself and to navigate the social pressures placed on young women of the time, through May 20; “Portraits of the World: Switzerland”: An exhibition that features the work “Femme en Extase,” a portrait of the
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The Anthem 901 Wharf St. SW, Washington, D.C. Behind the 900 Block of Maine Avenue, SW, on the Waterfront JUST ANNOUNCED!
ALICE IN CHAINS
............. MAY 3
On Sale Friday, December 15 at 10am
THIS WEEK’S SHOWS D NIGHT ADDED!
FIRST NIGHT SOLD OUT! SECON
Angel Olsen w/ White Magic .......................................................................... F 15 ALL GOOD PRESENTS
Victor Wooten Trio feat. Dennis Chambers & Bob Franceschini...... Sa 16 Municipal Waste w/ NAILS • Macabre • Shitfucker.................................... Su 17 Up and Vanished Live This is a seated show. ................................................ M 18 DECEMBER
JANUARY (cont.)
STEEZ PROMO PRESENTS
Ookay .........................................F 22
D NIGHT ADDED!
FIRST NIGHT SOLD OUT! SECON
Passion Pit ................................Tu 9 Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven ....Th 11 RJD2 w/ Photay .........................Sa 13 Dorothy ....................................Su 14
OTHERFEELS PRESENTS NEXT UP II FEAT.
Echelon The Seeker • OG Lullabies • Fielder • FootsXColes • Flash Frequency • Redline Graffiti • Dreamcast .Sa 23
ALL GOOD PRESENTS
U STREET MUSIC HALL PRESENTS
Collie Buddz w/ Jo Mersa Marley
Flosstradamus .....................Th 28 Can’t Feel My Face:
& The Holdup..............................M 15
2010s Dance Party with DJs Will Eastman & Ozker with visuals by Kylos ...............F 29
ALL GOOD PRESENTS
JANUARY
ALL GOOD PRESENTS
Circles Around The Sun....Th 18
The Infamous Stringdusters ......................Sa 20 D NIGHT ADDED!
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National Museum of the American Indian: To celebrate the construction of the Inca Road, which linked Cuzco, Peru, with the farthest reaches of the empire, “The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire” digs into its early foundations and the technologies that made building the road possible. It’s open through June 1.
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and Friends: Luncheon of the Boating Party”: An exhibition that focuses on the painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and the diverse circle of friends who inspired it. The exhibition displays 40 more works that reveal the story of “Luncheon of the Boating Party,” through Jan. 7. 1600 21st St. NW.
U.S. Botanic Garden: “Season’s Greenings: Roadside Attractions”: This year’s seasonal model train and plant exhibition recreates iconic sights from across the U.S. including Texas’ Cadillac Ranch, Colorado’s hot-dog-shaped “Coney Island” Hot Dog Stand, South Dakota’s Corn Palace, New Jersey’s Lucy the Elephant and a botanical version of the National Museum of African
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Woodrow Wilson House: “The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay”: This exhibition tells the history of the “Ghost Fleet,” in the middle of the Potomac in Mallows Bay, the largest shipwreck fleet in the Western Hemisphere, a legacy of World War I. In April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson approved an order for 1,000 ships to make up the shortage of transport vessels needed for the war effort. The war ended before any ships were put into service, and hundreds were simply scrapped in the bay, through Feb. 28. 2340 S St. NW.
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holiday works from Dylan Thomas, Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott and more. Washington Stage Guild at the Undercroft Theatre, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW, through Dec. 17.
‘Amahl and the Night Visitors & A Motown Christmas’: The Duke Ellington School of the Arts presents its seasonal opera, followed by a showcase of Motown songs. Ellington Theater, 3500 R Street NW, through Dec. 17.
‘An Irish Carol’: Keegan’s holiday homage to Dickens’ classic Christmas story. Best for ages 16 and older. Andrew Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW, through Dec. 31.
‘Annie’: The holiday 1977 musical, based on the 1920s “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip, is staged by Jason King Jones. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md., through Dec. 31.
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‘Frosty the Snowman’: The holiday play about a living snowman is staged. All ages. Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, Md., through Dec. 31.
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production of the Grimm Brothers fairy tale. Synetic Theater, 1800 S. Bell St., Arlington, through Dec. 23.
‘My Name Is Asher Lev’: A play adapted from Chaim Potok’s novel. Directed by Nick Olcott. 1st Stage, 1524 Spring Hill Road, McLean, Va., through Dec. 17.
‘Holiday Follies’: A cabaret featuring seasonal tunes. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, through Dec. 16.
‘Nina Simone: Four Women‘: The
musical follows the adventures of the minstrel Riley O’Really, who wants to catch a leprechaun. Andrew Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW, through Dec. 31.
play places 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 “Mississippi.” Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW, through Dec. 24.
‘Les Miserables’: Victor Hugo’s 1862
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comedic take on the classic nativity scene from playwright Anne M. McCaw. The Hub Theatre, 9431 Silver King Court. Fairfax, through Dec. 24.
‘Madeline’s Christmas’: In this musical adaptation, Madeline’s schoolmates and tutor are all sick in bed on Christmas Eve, So it’s Madeline to the rescue! And with a bit of magic there is plenty of Christmas cheer. Creative
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‘Snow Day’: A girl and a mischievous winter elf discover how magical snow can be. Best for ages 2-6. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE, through Dec. 27.
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Daisy Ridley went from obscurity to international stardom when J.J. Abrams chose her to play the central role in the new “Star Wars” trilogy, and her character Rey quickly became a fan favorite. As the 25-year-old actress returns to the fold in “The Last Jedi,” out Friday, Ridley reflects on her role and getting on board with director Rian Johnson’s vision. LINDSEY BAHR (AP) Did you feel like you had more of a handle on this having done it once before? It’s hard, you would think going into the second one you’d be like, “Oh, yeah, I’ve got this.” No. It was very much like a new scene partner, new story. … It was just a new feeling. New director. New writer. It was a lot to wrap my head around. And then things settle down as they always do, and you’re like, “This is OK.” Rian Johnson not only wrote, but also directed “The Last Jedi” — how did that change things? John [Boyega] and I had had a lunch meeting with him in August or September when he was close to finishing the story, and then we were able to question him. That’s the beauty of working with a writer/director; you can question things directly and things can happen very immediately. But it’s also
hilarious because Rian, I don’t think, changed a thing. I was going, “Uh, I’m not sure about this.” But he didn’t change a thing because he didn’t need to. It just took us all a second to be like, “OK, this is where the story is heading.” By the end of “The Force Awakens,” Rey has lost her mentor Han Solo, been separated from her friend Finn and is on a journey to find Luke. What’s going through her head? I think she doesn’t quite know what’s going through her mind. She’s been sent to do this thing and it goes beyond anything she’s known. Everything has been her trying to do the right thing and her trying to help other people, and she has not really stopped for a second. Even doing it, I didn’t quite know. I was trying to play hope and searching for an answer. But the first time
around I didn’t know where that was going to go. Anything that Rey is trying to catch up on, the audience is trying to catch up on with her. Why is she there? What’s the force? And the greater questions of good and evil, and why people do the things they do. There were some funny photos of you and Mark Hamill on set and him riding on your back, like Yoda once did to him. What was it like working with him? He is goofy. It was comforting working with John because we were great friends, and it was comforting working with Harrison [Ford] because he reminds me of my dad. And with Mark, his daughter is my age, so there is
again — maybe it’s an older actor thing of just a comfort. He makes everyone on set feel really happy and included. I think what Mark and Harrison and Carrie [Fisher] do very well is make everyone feel like they’re part of it. Has anything surprised you about the reaction to Rey? What I actually do think is funny is a lot of people are going, “Rey’s Snoke,” or “Rey’s something else.” Just let her be her! No, she’s not anyone else, she’s just her. No, she doesn’t have to be like Luke, she doesn’t have to be like Leia, she’s just doing her own thing. I don’t think that would have been said about any of the male characters.
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James Ivory, 89, worked on “Call Me by Your Name” in a lot of ways for a long time: as a co-director, a producer and finally as its screenwriter. The film, out Friday, is based on Andre Aciman’s novel about Elio (Timothee Chalamet), a 17-year-old who courts Oliver (Armie Hammer), a grad student working with Elio’s father one summer. KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY (EXPRESS)
When you started writing it nearly a decade ago, you were going to co-direct. Did that affect how you wrote? I am a director and I can’t help thinking like a director. So if I’m writing a script I’m always still going to think as a director. How is that different than thinking as a writer? I can imagine things as a director. If you read the script there are all kinds of asides that tell you what to do and what to think; a writer who has not had that experience would not think that way. We’re seeing changes in how same-sex relationships are depicted on screen. How do Oliver and Elio fit into that? It just struck me as a believable attraction — a slightly younger guy and a slightly older person, and the restraint of the older guy. Finally, he’s won over by the ardor of the younger one. I thought I had never seen that in a film.
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trending “Obviously there are far bigger problems with Roy Moore but boy that man looks terrible on a horse.” @JMPAQUETTE, tweeting about defeated Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who rode a horse to the polls on Tuesday. (He also did this for the primaries earlier this year.) Some people on Twitter noticed that his riding technique left some room for improvement. “I haven’t regularly ridden a horse since childhood but, at minimum: reins gathered in one hand, lean forward, don’t stick your legs out,” @annamerlan tweeted, critiquing Moore’s form. Video footage showed him doing the opposite of all of those points.
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“Don’t just thank us #BlackWomen. Let us speak. Listen to us. Hire us. Promote us.” @GIRLSWITHTOYS, tweeting about African-American women, after exit polls showed that Alabama’s election of Doug Jones was fueled by black women, 98 percent of whom voted for him. “Black people aren’t a RESOURCE that democrats can only tap into during elections while ignoring their existence in all other ways,” @MajorPhilebrity tweeted.
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Fox News contributor, arguing that the media’s coverage of Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue about the Children’s Health Insurance Program showed bias because Kimmel’s assertions were not fact-checked.
“I made a Tinder to sell my lamp and got so many matches and messages that it crashed my phone and sent it into a crash loop.” @ALINELAREINE_, tweeting about her adventure making a Tinder profile for a lamp to sell it. Some guys didn’t get it: One wrote to her, “I can tell you are totally different than all the girls here.” @AlineLaReine_ added that she did sell the lamp, to a person named Joseph.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You can expect to get help from unknown sources today. When the time comes, you’ll have the chance to express your gratitude. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) What you are waiting for is nearer than you might think — but patience is still a virtue now and in the days to come. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Someone may accuse you of breaking the rules today, but in fact you’re doing nothing of the sort — and you can prove it in one fell swoop. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The time has come to pitch in to help a friend in need. Putting your money where your mouth is will surely demonstrate more than mere loyalty.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You
know what you are supposed to do today, but is that enough? You’re going to want to do more.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your ability to see through most deceptions will surely come in handy today, as you work to help a friend through a very difficult time. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You can let others know someone close to you is in need of assistance of a kind only you and others like you can provide.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Others are likely to gravitate toward you today for reasons that are, for now, unclear. Soon you’ll understand why.
TODAY: Temperatures moderate just a bit, with highs heading for the upper 30s to low 40s. But still it’s another chilly day, with winds from the northwest gusting near 30 mph, keeping wind chills mainly in the upper 20s to low 30s under partly sunny skies. Winds diminish again as we head into the evening and become light overnight.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Don’t let your mood spoil the fun for someone who has been looking forward to this day for quite some time. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) When you get a glimpse of what has happened not far from your home, you’ll realize that you dodged a bullet. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You are willing to do much for a friend or loved one, but he or she must be specific when telling you what is really needed. You mustn’t guess.
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE | STEPHAN PASTIS
AVG. HIGH: 47 RECORD HIGH: 70 AVG. LOW: 32 RECORD LOW: 6 SUNRISE: 7:18 a.m. SUNSET: 4:47 p.m.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Both word and deed have consequences, and you’re sure to recognize just what you have said and done to affect a certain situation today.
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1799: The first president of the United States, George Washington, dies at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67.
1916: President Woodrow Wilson vetoes an immigration measure aimed at preventing “undesirables” and anyone born in the “Asiatic Barred Zone” from entering the U.S. (Congress overrides Wilson’s veto in Feb. 1917.)
2012: A gunman with a semi-automatic rifle kills 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., then commits suicide as police arrive.
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Wife bans karaoke from car ride to the hospital “Late Late Show” host James Corden and his wife, Julia Carey, welcomed their third child, a baby girl, on Tuesday. “Both she and her mother are doing great. We can’t stop smiling,” Corden tweeted. He also thanked his friend Harry Styles for stepping in to host his late-night show Tuesday with just 2½ hours’ notice. (EXPRESS)
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George and Amal Clooney reportedly gave out noisecanceling headphones and personal apology notes to fellow firstclass passengers during a British Airways flight to England with their 6-month-old twins. “George was nervous,” a source told Us Weekly. “But the babies didn’t even make a peep.” Director Quentin Tarantino was also spotted on board and happily accepted the headphones. (EXPRESS)
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John Stamos revealed in a People magazine cover story that he and fiancee Caitlin McHugh are expecting their first child together. The “Fuller House” actor, 54, said the model/actress, 31, suggested having children before they wed. When he asked why, she jokingly responded, “because you’re old.” Stamos also added that he’s been “practicing” fatherhood for a long time. “I’ve done every schtick you can do with a baby on TV,” he said, “all the bits and jokes and diaper gags.” The couple, who got engaged in October after dating for two years, plan to keep the baby’s sex a surprise. (EXPRESS)
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