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HOW THE GOP REVERSED COURSE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ is a lazy, unwelcome trip into nostalgia 40

A landmark reform bill heading to Trump reflects a major pivot from years of a punitive, lock-’em-up stance to one embracing reduced prison time 8

Unexpected exit Trump stuns many with a plan to pull U.S. troops out of Syria 10

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In a historic deal, Cuban baseball players will be allowed into the U.S. 14

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Workers carve a dragon sculpture from snow and ice Tuesday in preparation for the winter tourism season in Mohe in China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province.

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Goat uprising continues as unruly animal stakes claim on freeways

Uh, back the truck up, no one told us there are BEARS in Florida?!

Police have located a tiny home that was stolen in St. Louis. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said a tip led detectives to the home Wednesday in the community of House Springs. Marshak said a towing company will return it to owner Meghan Panu for free. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Panu, a recent college graduate, spent two years and $20,000 renovating the 20-foot home and hopes to move in this spring. (AP)

The California Highway Patrol in Oakland captured a loose goat that ran across a busy freeway and into Oakland’s festively named Jingletown neighborhood, KTVU-TV reported Tuesday. Police tweeted photos of the successfully captured ungulate along with questionable hashtags such as #YouHaveGoatToBeKiddingMe and #WeGoatYourBack. Clearly, they have failed to take the goat uprising appropriately seriously. (EXPRESS)

A homeowner in Naples, Fla., recently checked their doorbell camera to discover a bear at the front door, WTVT-TV reported Tuesday.

Video shows the bear playing with Christmas decorations and sniffing at the camera — even ringing the doorbell with its nose. After the homeowner yells, “Go away, bear!” the bear ultimately complies. One decorative snowman was decapitated in the incident. (EXPRESS)

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Patuxent birds move to a new home in Va. FRONT ROYAL, VA. Whooping cranes, long-legged birds that for years have been in danger of extinction, will continue to be bred in captivity in the Washington region, according to an announcement from the National Zoo. The zoo and the Smithsonian Conservation and Biology Institute on Tuesday announced the start of a new breeding and research program at the institute’s facilities in Front Royal, Va. The announcement comes after the decades-old program at the Patuxent Wildlife Center in Maryland, with 75 captive birds, recently came to an end.

Last Sunday, 12 whooping cranes, described as six mated pairs, arrived at the 3200-acre research and conservation institute. Ten of the birds came from Patuxent, and two from the National Zoo in Washington.

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These two whooping cranes are among those brought to a new breeding facility in Front Royal, Va.

monogamous. Each couple will have its own outdoor enclosure at their new Virginia home, according to the announcement.

The enclosures, measuring about 150 feet in length and 50 in width, will include creature comforts calculated to appeal to cranes. These will include two ponds, three water troughs and a small shelter.

The breeding of whooping cranes, whether in the wild or in captivity, is a demanding process. Successful breeding, the

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Smithsonian opens a new whooping crane breeding program

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announcement said, will require the aid of assisted reproduction techniques.

The hope is for the chicks born at the institute to become candidates for release into the wild. So far, four flocks exist in the wild, and are reported to include close to 700 birds.

Fewer than 900 whooping cranes exist anywhere on Earth.

The cranes get their name from a sound they make during courtship and at other times.

MARTIN WEIL (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Obama Claus pays hospital a holiday visit With a fluffy red cap and a bulging bag slung over his shoulder, Barack Obama delivered presents — and more than a few gasps — to the young patients at Children’s National hospital in Northwest Washington on Wednesday. The former president handed out jigsaw puzzles and other goodies, and visited one-on-one with some patients and their parents. Children’s National Health System CEO Kurt Newman said people would be talking about the visit “for years to come.” (TWP)

Less than a week until Christmas, the prognosis for snow on the holiday is not good. High temperatures in the 40s seem most likely this year. Washington has had only 13 instances of a white Christmas since 1888, defined by an inch of snow on the ground at 7 a.m. The most recent was in 2009. (TWP)

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12.20.2016

A look back at Express covers from this week in history:

On Dec. 19, 2016, a Turkish police officer assassinated Andrei Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, at an art exhibit in Ankara. The gunman condemned Russia’s role in Syria, shouting, “Don’t forget Aleppo!”

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The University of Maryland’s School of Public Health is inviting African American adults who have a history of smoking to participate in a one-time survey which should take about 15-20 minutes to complete. The purpose of this research study is to help learn more about health screenings including tests to find lung cancer early.

To participate in this study, you must: 1) be an African American adult between 55 and 80 years old, 2) have a history of smoking, 3) currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years, and 4) have not been diagnosed with lung cancer.

As a token of our appreciation, we will send you $10 once the complete survey is returned. You may complete the survey online by visiting https://go.umd.edu/ healthsurveyexpress. Once you click on the survey link, it will first ask questions to confirm you are eligible to participate in the study.

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‘It needs to be preserved’ Small Pr. George’s park has become the center of a political squabble

Top Maryland officials are eyeing Oxon Cove Park as the potential site of a new Redskins stadium.

wants a stadium on the site. Rosenstock, who worked at the park for nearly two decades, said local officials have long been eyeing it for development. But the park has remained an oasis of green space in the rapidly developing area.

“This is a beautiful, bucolic place,” he said. “They’re not running thousands of people through the turnstiles like at Disneyland, but it needs to be preserved.”

Hogan, who has a background in land development and real estate, said he began discussing Oxon Cove with the federal government shortly after taking office in 2015 and last year signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Interior Department for a “land

“It’s not like an abandoned warehouse. … It’s the people’s land — we’re losing something.”

WILLIAM NUCKOLS, who lives near Oxon Cove Park, saying he disagrees that the land is underutilized

swap” that would trade the site for state-owned land in western Maryland. The deal is not final, the governor said, and the land must undergo an environmental assessment and appraisal.

Hogan said the land swap is necessary so “we can control our

own destiny in Prince George’s County and the state of Maryland.” He would not provide information about the land in western Maryland.

The park is frequented by students on school trips, joggers in the morning and families.

Exhibits highlight its history, dating back to the Piscataway Indians who farmed the land before the 1600s. During the War of 1812, the owner of the Mount Welby Plantation watched from her home as the British set fire to the District, said local historian Aaron Marcavitch.

“People may say it’s not Yellowstone or Yosemite,” Marcavitch said. “But there is a value in even the smallest of these areas.”

RACHEL CHASON (THE WASHINGTON POST)

FOUR-DAY WEEKEND

Christmas Eve a holiday for federal workers

Federal employees will have an extra vacation day on Monday — Christmas Eve. In an executive order signed Tuesday, President Trump announced all federal employees will get the day off. In recent years, federal workers have been given Monday off whenever Christmas Day falls on a Tuesday. As is customary, the executive order says some employees may be required to report to work “for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need.” (TWP)

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A 16-year-old boy in D.C. has been arrested in the slaying of a 15-yearold police say was chased into an apartment stairwell and shot to death. Malik Holston is charged as an adult with second-degree murder while armed in the death of Gerald Watson. Police say two masked assailants killed Watson after school Thursday. Police are still searching for the second suspect. Police say detectives have learned little about the motive behind the high school freshman’s slaying but know an argument happened between two neighborhood groups. (AP) MATT MCCLAIN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY A national park few people outside Prince George’s County have heard of is the focus of a brewing political squabble in Maryland.

Gov. Larry Hogan, R, wants the Washington Redskins to build a stadium in Oxon Cove Park — and he has taken a key step to gain control of the land from the federal government.

Environmentalists and many residents are livid, demanding the park on the banks of the Potomac River be left untouched.

Local officials, who were blindsided by Hogan’s plans, are mostly playing catch-up.

What everyone agrees on: Oxon Cove is valuable real estate, regardless of whether Redskins owner Daniel Snyder wants to build a stadium there or in D.C., which seems to be his top choice.

The park, which since 1959 has been controlled by the National Park Service, borders the District’s southern tip and is just across the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge from Virginia.

Clearly visible from a cluster of picnic benches is the glowing sign atop MGM National Harbor.

“This is a beautiful, 300-acre property, a gateway to Maryland in Prince George’s County that the federal government is really not using,” Hogan said recently.

Former National Park Service ranger Jim Rosenstock said he finds it “outrageous” that Hogan

THE DISTRICT

16-year-old charged with murder in slaying of teen

Girl, 5, reports inappropriate touching Tuesday at library in Rockville

THE DISTRICT

Council OKs gun seizures and ban on bump stocks The D.C. Council passed a bill Tuesday allowing police to temporarily seize guns from people deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. The council enacted it as emergency legislation, allowing it to take effect immediately. It still needs to be signed by Mayor Muriel Bowser and undergo congressional review. The D.C. bill would allow guns to be removed for 10 days, after which a judge would decide if there’s probable cause to remove the firearms for a year. The bill also includes a bump-stock ban and increases penalties for possessing magazine clips that hold over 10 rounds of ammunition. (AP/TWP) BALTIMORE

Man exonerated of killing after 27 years in prison Authorities say a Baltimore man has spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The Baltimore Sun reports 47-year-old Clarence Shipley Jr. was exonerated and released Tuesday after being imprisoned for 27 years.

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby says the justice system erred when it sent Shipley to prison for the 1991 death of 29 year-old Kevin Smith. (AP)

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Facebook shared users’ messages with partners

U.S. reviewing reports about internment camp

Facebook gave some companies more extensive access to users’ personal data than previously revealed, letting them read private messages or see the names of friends without consent, according HOLIDAY CHEER

to a New York Times report. The Times on Wednesday detailed arrangements between Facebook and companies such as Microsoft, Netflix and Spotify. Here are highlights from the report. (AP)

Frequent flyer gives miles to reunite others

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Facebook shared data with more than 150 companies through apps on its platform, even if users disabled sharing. Apps from many of these “integration partners” never even showed up in user application settings, with the company considering them an extension of its own network.

The deals dated back as far as 2010 and were all active in 2017, with some still in effect this year.

Private messages Spotify, Netflix and the Royal Bank of Canada were able to read, write and delete Facebook users’ private messages, and to see everyone on a message thread. Spotify could look at messages of more than 70 million users a month. It still lets users share music through Facebook Messenger, while Netflix and the Canadian bank have turned off features that incorporated message access.

D.C. sues Facebook Karl Racine, the attorney general of D.C., filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Facebook for allowing political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to access the names, “likes” and other personal data of tens of millions of users without their permission. The lawsuit is the first major effort by U.S. regulators to penalize Facebook for its dealings with the firm. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Friends Facebook let Microsoft’s Bing search engine see the names of “virtually all Facebook users’ friends without consent,” the newspaper said. Microsoft officials said Bing was using the data to build Facebook user profiles on

Microsoft servers, but the company has since deleted the data.

Russia Facebook designated a Russian search site, Yandex, as a partner,

giving it access to unique user IDs as recently as 2017 after it stopped sharing them with other apps because of privacy risks.

Facebook’s response Facebook responded to the report in a blog post saying the partnerships did allow features like “messaging integrations,” but nearly all have been shut down over the past few months, except for deals with Apple and Amazon.

None of the deals gave outside companies access to data without user consent, it said. The company also said a separate product called “instant personalization,” which powered Bing’s features, was shut down in 2014.

Peter Shankman travels for a living, so the last thing he wants to do in his free time is leave home.

So for the fifth year in a row, Shankman, above, is donating hundreds of thousands of his frequent flyer miles to people in need — those who can’t afford to buy a flight, but want to be with loved ones during the holidays.

Shankman posts a contest on the social media site Imgur, and site users vote for winners. This year, five families will be reunited for Christmas using a total of 300,000 frequent flyer miles. About 200,000 were donated

by Shankman, and the rest by others. “There are a lot of people who can’t afford to buy these tickets on their own,” he said, adding, “It helps show the importance of family.”

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

FIRST IN THE NATION

Women hold majority in Nevada Legislature

Nevada became the first state in the U.S. with an overall female majority in the Legislature on Tuesday when county officials in Las Vegas appointed two women to fill vacancies in the state Assembly. Women will hold 23 of 42 seats in the Assembly, making up 55 percent of that chamber, and also have nine of 21 seats in the Senate, meaning there is an overall female majority. Other states have had a female majority in one house or the other, but never across both. (AP)

Uber pledges to challenge U.K. court decision that drivers are workers rather than self-employed contractors

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday that it is reviewing reports of forced labor at a Chinese internment camp where Uighurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim groups are sewing clothes that have been shipped to the U.S. The Associated Press tracked shipments from a camp in China to Badger Sportswear in North Carolina. The company ships clothing to universities, colleges and schools around the U.S. (AP) ILLINOIS

AG: 500 more Catholic clergy accused of abuse Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Wednesday that Catholic dioceses in Illinois received allegations of child sexual abuse by 500 more clergy than the Catholic Church previously publicly identified. The report found that in some cases, the church did not investigate allegations at all or notify the state’s child welfare agency. (AP) AFGHANISTAN

Taliban say talks focused on NATO withdrawal The latest talks between the Taliban and a U.S. peace envoy on the war in Afghanistan focused on the withdrawal of NATO troops, the release of prisoners and halting attacks on civilians by pro-government forces, a Taliban spokesman said Wednesday.

U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said that talks held in the United Arab Emirates were “productive.” (AP) IMMIGRATION

Judge blocks restrictions on applying for asylum A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Trump administration policies that prevented migrants who suffered gang violence or domestic abuse in their home countries from seeking asylum.

The judge said the guidance cannot be used to determine whether an immigrant has a credible fear of persecution. (AP)

U.S. cybersecurity firm says hackers stole EU diplomatic cables

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A MESSAGE FROM METRO GM/CEO

PAUL J. WIEDEFELD Earlier this month, Metro rolled out new features that make it easier for you to get the information you need to make smart travel decisions. In fact, our Metro Alerts service – which provides up-to-the-minute alerts about rail and bus disruptions – received its first major upgrade since the system was introduced in 2012.

The new MetroAlerts system allows you to customize the alerts you receive by day and time, providing more specific time slots. Other enhancements include the ability to: •

Add multiple email addresses or phone numbers on one account;

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Temporarily suspend alerts while on vacation;

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View your personalized MetroAlerts history; and

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Select any number of rail lines, bus routes or stations for alerts.

With these new features, you now have more control of when and how you receive Metro-related service updates. If you don’t currently receive MetroAlerts, I encourage you to sign up at wmata.com/MetroAlerts.

In a separate improvement on wmata.com, you can now see which Metro parking lots and garages have spaces available before leaving home. This new feature provides real-time parking availability with three color-coded statuses: available (green), limited (yellow), and full (red). To check the parking status at your station, select the “Parking Details by Station” option at wmata.com/parking.

We’ll continue working to improve the digital customer experience over the next year. In 2019, we plan to introduce mobile payment that will let you pay for your bus or rail trip with a smartphone. We’re excited about these improvements and hope you are too!

RIDER UPDATE For 18 days in November and December, Metro crews worked around the clock on two major safety and reliability projects on the Blue and Yellow lines. Thank you for your patience as we complete these important capital improvement projects. ✔ Reagan National Airport Station Installed new concrete grout pads beneath the rails, upgraded several switches that allow trains to change tracks, and conducted initial work to prepare the station for next summer’s platform rehab project. ✔ Yellow Line Bridge Replaced all track infrastructure along the 40-year old bridge, including new steel rails, grout pads, fasteners and cables.

Metro open late on New Year’s Eve Metro will stay open an extra two and a half hours – until 2 a.m. – on New Year’s Eve, with no trackwork planned. To check the time of the last train at your station, visit wmata.com/stations. Have fun and please make sure to use caution on the bus or train ride home.

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GOP pivots on prison reform

Republicans Tim Scott, right, and Chuck Grassley shake hands on Wednesday as Democrats Dick Durbin, left, and Corey Booker look on.

legislative affairs for FreedomWorks, a conservative think tank.

The Senate bill passed on a vote of 87 to 12, with 38 Republicans and all 49 members of the Democratic caucus approving it.

It is expected to pass the House, where Speaker Paul Ryan, RWis., has expressed his support for the measure, as has Trump.

The bill changes the way the federal prison system operates by helping inmates earn reduced sentences and attempts to lower the number of offenders who return to prison. It overhauls several sentencing laws, including decreasing the “three strikes” penalty for drug offenders to 25 years in prison from life behind

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POLITICS The criminal justice bill headed to President Trump by week’s end is the culmination of a major pivot by the Republican Party from the punitive law-and-order stance of the 1980s to policies that include cutting prison sentences for some offenders.

The political and ideological shift comes as crime rates have dropped, the opioid crisis has ravaged the country, and prison populations, after reaching record highs, are now on the decline. Many Republicans are also embracing the legalization or decriminalization of marijuana, which is legal in 10 states and D.C. Republicans say the change is a way to right the wrongs of the 1980s — a decade marked by first lady Nancy Reagan’s anti-drug mantra of “Just Say No” — by restoring basic fairness to the criminal justice system. It also has a financial component: Republicans said revising the criminal justice system will save money by moving people convicted of low-level offenses out of prison and into programs that will help reduce the recidivism rate.

“The cost savings are great, fine. But getting people to a position where they can succeed in life and not ripping apart families? That fits in the basic confines of what conservatism is,” said Jason Pye, vice president of

SUSAN WALSH (AP)

Republicans say change is to right the wrongs of stance in the 1980s

Kushner earns praise Democrats praised presidential sonin-law Jared Kushner, who took on prison reform as a personal effort, for his role in getting the criminal justice bill passed. Kushner’s father, Charles, was sentenced to federal prison in 2005 on charges of tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations. “I don’t think this would have happened without him,” Sen. Corey Booker, D-N.J., said of Kushner. (TWP/AP)

bars. The changes only apply to federal inmates, not those in state or local prisons or jails.

It also retroactively reduces the sentencing disparities for people convicted of crimes involving crack and powder cocaine, a change that will affect about 2,000 federal inmates. The discrepancies in penalties for the two drugs fueled the war on drugs and led to a major racial disparity in how drug offenders were sentenced, with primarily young black men serving long sentences for nonviolent crack cocaine crimes, and mostly white people receiving light penalties for powder cocaine offenses.

Those who work with people who use drugs or work to reform drug laws praised the bill as a step in the right direction.

“I think that it is heartening to see bipartisan action in an era when there’s so little that goes across the aisle,” said Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University.

All 12 senators who voted against the bill are Republican.

The bill’s critics voiced concerns about public safety. But Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., whose state has been ravaged by opioid addiction, said keeping nonviolent drug offenders out of prison reflects the reality that drug addiction is a public health issue.

“You can’t just deal with our current addiction problem,” he said, by “locking people up.” KATIE ZEZIMA AND SEAN SULLIVAN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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“Our complex problems are absolutely solvable. …

Our problems are solvable if our politics will allow it.”

OUTGOING HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN, bemoaning America’s “broken politics” in a farewell speech at the Library of Congress on Wednesday. He said Washington’s “greatest unfinished business” was overhauling federal benefit programs.

U.S. links former Serbian police commander to 1999 killings of 3 Americans, bars his entry to U.S.

Private guard convicted in ’07 Iraqi deaths COURTS A former Blackwater private security guard whose 2014 murder conviction was vacated on appeal was convicted by a federal jury Wednesday, ending the Justice Department’s long pursuit of accountability for a 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Baghdad during the Iraq War, the U.S. attorney’s office for Washington said.

A federal jury in Washington deliberated five days before finding Nicholas Slatten, 35, guilty of first-degree murder after a five-week trial. It was the third time since 2014 that Slatten, above, was on trial over the deaths in a crowded Baghdad traffic circle on Sept. 16, 2007.

Prosecutors alleged Slatten, of Sparta, Tenn., fired the first shots and intentionally set off a shooting rampage that killed or injured 31 civilians.

In 2014, a jury in Washington convicted Slatten of murder and three fellow Blackwater guards of 30 counts of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter. In August 2017, a federal appeals court tossed Slatten’s life sentence and ordered a new trial.

Slatten then received a retrial that ended in a hung jury in September; his third trial started Nov. 5. Prosecutors now face resentencings of the three other defendants, whose 30-year terms were set aside by the same appeals panel that vacated Slatten’s conviction. SPENCER S. HSU AND TOM JACKMAN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Syria exit stuns many

Analysts, lawmakers question president’s claim that ISIS has been defeated there

Senate voting stalls on bill to avert shutdown

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MILITARY The Trump administration will soon withdraw all of the approximately 2,000 American troops from Syria, a U.S. official said Wednesday as President Trump declared victory in the mission to defeat Islamic State militants there.

Planning for the pullout has begun and troops will begin leaving as soon as possible, said the official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss military planning and spoke on condition of anonymity.

On Wednesday, as Vice President Pence met with top military leaders in the Pentagon, Trump tweeted: “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.”

That declaration of victory is far from unanimous, and the withdrawal decision immediately triggered demands from Congress for more information and a formal briefing on the matter. Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., who just returned from Afghanistan, said he was meeting with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis later in the day.

Graham, typically a Trump ally, said he was “blindsided” by the report and called the decision “a disaster in the making.” He said, “The biggest winners in this are ISIS and Iran.”

James Stavridis, a former Navy admiral who served as top NATO commander, tweeted Wednesday: “Pulling troops out of Syria in an ongoing fight is a big mistake. Like walking away from a forest fire that is still smoldering underfoot. Big winner is Iran, then Russia, then Assad. Wrong move.”

The decision will fulfill Trump’s long-stated goal of bringing troops home from

U.S. forces patrol in northern Syria in April 2017. President Trump wants to pull all U.S. troops out of the country.

Syria, but military leaders have pushed back, arguing that ISIS remains a threat and could regroup as it battles in Syria’s long-running civil war.

Just last week, the U.S. special envoy to the anti-ISIS coalition, Brett McGurk, said U.S. troops would remain in Syria even after the Islamic State was driven from its strongholds. The Pentagon recently said that ISIS now controls just 1 percent of the territory it originally held.

“I think it’s fair to say Americans will remain on the ground after the physical defeat of the caliphate, until we have the pieces in place to ensure that that defeat is enduring,” McGurk told reporters on Dec. 11.

“Nobody is declaring a mission accomplished. Defeating a physical caliphate is one phase of a much longer-term campaign.”

Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, said in September that the U.S. would keep a military presence in Syria

Islamic State: While President Trump bragged that ISIS has been defeated, experts estimate about 15,000 ISIS militants are still in Syria.

The U.S. withdrawal could lead to a rejuvenated and emboldened ISIS, a terrorist threat in Syria and beyond.

as long as Iran is active there.

“We’re not going to leave as long as Iranian troops are outside Iranian borders, and that includes Iranian proxies and militias,” he said.

The withdrawal decision, first reported in The Wall Street Journal, is likely to be viewed positively by U.S. ally Turkey, and comes following several conversations between Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the past several weeks. The Turks have targeted U.S.-backed Kurdish troops along the Syria-Turkey border, whom Turkey considers an insurgent threat. Just hours before the withdrawal decision became public, the State Department announced late Tuesday that it had approved the sale of a $3.5 billion Patriot missile defense system to Turkey.

The U.S. first launched airstrikes in 2014 against ISIS fighters in Syria. LOLITA C. BALDOR, SUSANNAH

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

GEORGE AND CATHERINE LUCEY (AP)

U.S. move is a win for …

Bashar al-Assad: Once, the Syrian president seemed doomed by a grinding civil war and international isolation. Then came help from Russia in 2015. Now the dictator who killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of his own people will almost certainly remain in power.

Iran: As Assad’s ally, Iran likely will have free rein in Syria. In the past, Iran has used Syria as a pathway to transport troops and weapons to allies around the Middle East, including Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Russia: Without the U.S. troop presence, Moscow will be able to expand its role in Syria and its sphere of influence across the Middle East.

Yemeni mom travels to see ill son in Calif. after getting waiver from Trump administration’s travel ban

POLITICS The Senate prepared to vote Wednesday on legislation to temporarily fund the government and avert a federal shutdown after President Trump backed off his demand for money for a border wall with Mexico.

Senators were poised to approve the measure, which would keep government running to Feb. 8, but voting stalled amid negotiations on other provisions.

The House is also expected to move before Friday’s deadline, when funding for a portion of the government expires.

Without resolution, more than 800,000 federal workers would face furloughs or be forced to work without pay.

While the White House indicated Trump was open to reviewing whatever Congress could pass, Trump did not immediately weigh in on the short-term plan, but early Wednesday tweeted that “one way or the other, we will win on the Wall!”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the shortterm spending measure was a “simple” bill that would show that Republicans, who control Congress, will finish the year by not prolonging a potential crisis.

Should the legislation become law, the border money fight would drag into the next Congress, which could prove even more difficult for Trump with a Democratic-led House.

LISA MASCARO, MATTHEW DALY AND CATHERINE LUCEY (AP)

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nation+world Central bank lowers its growth forecast, plans fewer 2019 hikes FINANCE The Federal Reserve raised shor t-ter m i nterest rates Wednesday, a widely expected move that President Trump has called “foolish” but that the central bank felt was necessary to keep the U.S. economy thriving.

But the Fed also downgraded its economic outlook for 2019, triggering a steep sell-off in markets.

The Fed lowered its growth forecast for next year from 2.5 percent to 2.3 percent and indicated it would only raise interest rates twice in 2019, down from its earlier forecasts of three hikes.

“Our forecast for next year is we’ll still have solid growth next year, declining unemployment and a healthy economy,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell said during a news conference.

But Powell acknowledged there is a “fairly high degree of uncertainty” about where the economy and rates are going, pointing to a drag from weaker

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Stocks fall after Fed raises rates

Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged uncertainty about the economy on Wednesday.

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growth abroad and the sharp market decline in recent weeks.

The increase brings interest rates up a quarter-point to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent, the highest rate in more than a decade. It will make it more expensive for Americans to borrow money from the bank or on their credit cards.

Stocks swung dramatically after the Fed news. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down more than 350 points.

It had been up 300 points for most of the day. HEATHER LONG (THE WASHINGTON POST)

JOURNALIST DEATHS

53

The number of journalists killed worldwide this year, according to an annual report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The organization found that 34 journalists were killed in retaliation for their work, including Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. There were 18 retaliation killings among the 47 deaths in 2017. (AP)

Poland signs 20-year deal to buy natural gas from U.S., an effort to lower dependency on Russia

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Trevor Ariza had 19 points, eight rebounds and six steals Tuesday in his return to the Wizards.

THREE POINTERS

Did punter get snubbed?

Ariza’s back with ‘family’

Redskins linebacker Ryan Kerrigan and offensive tackle Trent Williams were selected to the Pro Bowl on Tuesday. But punter Tress Way was only an alternate despite a historic season. (TWP)

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In forward’s return to Wizards, teammates praise him for his defense and leadership of his game immediately.

“He brings a level of consistency,” Brooks said. “He’s one of the best wing defenders in the league.”

During his previous stint in Washington, Ariza filled in as the veteran with credentials, one who could command attention on the perimeter as a lethal spot-up 3-point shooter or castigate John Wall when he felt the point guard was slacking.

“I remember my first time in the playoffs [in 2014], he was like, ‘Every possession matters!’

There was one possession I didn’t get back. He about ripped a …”

Wall said, laughing and stopping himself to choose a different phrase. “You know what I mean.

He ripped your chest apart because that’s how serious he is and locked into it. He’s one of those guys, his defensive intensity and what he brings to that side of the floor. It wakes everybody else up.

That’s exactly what you need and, to have that added to your team, you’ve got to appreciate that.”

The number of touchbacks for Way this season. Only two punters since 1991 have gone a full season without punting a ball into the end zone.

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WIZARDS Trevor Ariza isn’t the type to view his return to the Wizards as simply a mid-December transaction.

“With my time here, I made friends, I guess,” Ariza said, before correcting himself. “I don’t call them friends; I call them family. So you never fall out of touch with family. … Being back here is almost like everything is just the same.”

Ariza re-entered the starting lineup Tuesday as though nothing had changed since 2014, but the Wizards couldn’t capitalize on the reunion. Ariza finished with 19 points, eight rebounds and six steals in 38 minutes, but the Wizards lost 118-110 to the Atlanta Hawks. (Washington played at the Rockets on Wednesday night after Express’ deadline.)

Ariza didn’t slide right into the top unit simply because Otto Porter Jr. remains out with strained right thigh. The Wizards need his presence, coach Scott Brooks said, and could use every element

Howard surprises team Center Dwight Howard surprised his Wizards teammates Tuesday with a visit ahead of the loss to the Atlanta Hawks. He boasted of being painfree after his Nov. 30 spinal surgery.

“I can sit down. I can touch my toes, put my socks on — all the stuff I couldn’t do before,” he said. The Wizards said they would re-evaluate him after two to three months. (TWP)

Wall said he remained in touch with Ariza for advice. And Ariza extended invites to his former teammates and Wizards staffers for his 2017 wedding.

Separated only by team affiliation, Ariza said he has kept an

eye on his “family.”

“When I was here, I saw them developing,” Ariza said. “Watching them, I’ve seen how the development paid off, their work ethic.

Otto is still the same player, just more confidence. More experience. So he’s comfortable in his role and what he does really well. John, it’s the same thing.

[Bradley Beal has] definitely turned into a really, really special player, special scorer. It’s just improvement. It’s like, I guess, watching a child growing into a preteen, growing into an adult.”

If the Wizards are indeed a family, then they are welcoming back everyone’s favorite uncle.

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The number of Way’s punts downed inside the 20-yard line, leading the NFL. Seattle rookie Michael Dickson, the NFC’s Pro Bowler, had 26.

26.3

The average starting field position for Washington’s opponents. The Redskins’ foes have had the fourthworst starting field position this season, behind Kansas City, Houston and Seattle.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

A slow(ish) first signing day for Terps

Many top programs ink a significant number of their recruits in the three-day early signing period through Friday. Maryland signed only six Wednesday — not unexpected given the Terrapins’ coaching turmoil. Among coach Michael Locksley’s commits are some locals, including wide receiver Isaiah Hazel from Wise (Upper Marlboro), offensive lineman Mason Lunsford from Good Counsel (Olney) and tight end Malik Jackson from Meade. (TWP)

North Carolina signs hoops coach Roy Williams to 8-year extension

Sabres place suspended forward Berglund on waivers

Caps vs. Penguins ended after Express’ deadline

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Cuban players can apply for visa under new rules

Mo’ne Davis to play softball at Hampton

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Deal means Cubans will no longer need to defect to play in MLB MLB Major League Baseball on Wednesday reached a historic agreement with Cuba’s baseball federation, modeled after those with leagues in Japan and South Korea, that will regulate and streamline the entry of Cuban players coming to the U.S., the league announced.

The agreement, the result of years of negotiations between MLB, the MLB Players Association, the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) and the U.S. government, is designed to end decades of fraught relations between MLB and Cuba and eliminate the need for Cuban players to defect because the Cuban government would not permit them to exit. The new system won’t change how Cuban players are compensated

by MLB teams but will result in “release” fees being paid to the FCB for those players’ services.

Under the new system, Cuban players will be signed out of Cuba and, subject to U.S. government approval, granted a work visa.

However, a State Department spokesman said players will have to travel to a third country to apply for a visa, like other Cuban nationals, per current U.S. policy.

In MLB’s view, the move was motivated by humanitarian concerns to halt the influence of

Smugglers allegedly facilitated Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig’s escape from Cuba, then held him on an island for a $250,000 ransom.

smugglers and traffickers who have preyed upon Cuban defectors in the past. Many top Cuban professionals, such as Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, who left the island to come to the U.S. under the previous MLB rules requiring players to establish residency in another country, have endured harrowing episodes.

Smugglers affiliated with the notorious Mexican crime syndicate Los Zetas allegedly facilitated Puig’s escape from Cuba, then held him on an island off the Yucatán Peninsula until his representatives produced $250,000 for his freedom. He signed a seven-year contract

with the Dodgers for $42 million in June 2012, but was still allegedly pursued by smugglers seeking payment.

Under the new agreement, Cuban players can still elect to leave the island, establish residency elsewhere and join MLB, but they would be subject to a waiting period of up to two years, and the MLB team that signs him would still have to pay a release fee to his former Cuban club.

“We have to see how it works, but it should be great for the players,” said former Nationals pitcher Livan Hernandez, who defected to the U.S. in 1995 and pitched in the majors from 1996 to 2012. DAVE SHEININ (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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REDSKINS

LITTLE LEAGUE STAR

Mo’ne Davis, whose 70 mph fastball propelled her in 2014 to become the first girl to pitch her team to a win in the Little League World Series, has committed to historically black Hampton University in Virginia to play softball. Hampton coach Angela Nicholson said she was surprised when Davis contacted her. “I was like, ‘Is this the same Mo’ne Davis?’ ” said Nicholson, who assumed the Philadelphia native would pursue basketball.

Davis, who plans to study journalism, is now a middle infielder. “Hitting-wise, she already has a nice lift on her ball,” Nicholson said.

“She has great mechanics and she’s fast.” (TWP)

REDSKINS

QB McCoy still hopes to play in season finale Redskins quarterback Colt McCoy has been running in anticipation of a possible end-ofseason comeback from a broken leg. McCoy said Wednesday his leg feels good and he remains hopeful he might return for the team’s last regular-season game Dec. 30 at Philadelphia, but declined to give details. (TWP) OLYMPIC SWIMMING

Five-time medalist Franklin retires at 23

NFL

Panthers sit QB Newton for season over shoulder

FRESHMAN PHENOM

Seattle Mariners sign 25-year naming rights deal with T-Mobile

The Redskins placed safety Montae Nicholson on the reserve/non-football illness list Wednesday, ending his season a day after he was charged with misdemeanor assault after a fight outside an Ashburn, Va., bar. He is not eligible to return to the active roster until after the Super Bowl. The reserve list designation is not a suspension.

Redskins spokesman Tony Wyllie said Nicholson was placed on the list for “personal reasons.” (TWP)

Five-time Olympic champion Missy Franklin is retiring from swimming at age 23, she announced Wednesday, citing chronic shoulder pain that has affected her for the past 2½ years. She is the world record holder in the 200meter backstroke and won 27 career medals in international competition. (AP)

The percentage of post-up shots opponents have made against Maryland Terrapins freshman center Shakira Austin. No. 5 Maryland is 10-0 this season and wraps up its nonconference schedule today at Delaware. Austin is tied for fifth in the nation in blocks (27), ranks 10th in rebounds (118), and is the only freshman in the top 10 in both categories. (TWP) Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic (knee) expected to miss 8 weeks

After arrest, Nicholson won’t play this season

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton won’t play this week — and possibly for the rest of the season — due to a lingering right shoulder problem, the team said. Taylor Heinicke will make his first career start Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons.

The 6-8 Panthers have lost six straight and are all but out of playoff contention. (AP)

Raiders sign Bills cast-off QB Peterman

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up front Frosty the dessert-man Central Michel Richard serves up a treat that might melt your heart

DINING There’s a certain moral dilemma to Central Michel Richard’s snowman vacherin: If your dessert has a really cute face, can you stand to crack it open with your spoon?

That’s exactly what you’re instructed to do when ordering the holiday treat, available for $10 now through at least the end

of January.

Making the dessert is a laborious process: The first step is pumping meringue out of a pastry bag and hand-sculpting it into snowman form. Each figure is placed on a sheet pan and baked for three hours. Once the Frosty look-alike is ready to go, it’s adorned with a marzipan hat, scarf and nose; the hat is dipped in dark chocolate and stuffed with almond cake. Central prepares about 100 shells at a time and makes a batch every few days.

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The snowman is hollow until it’s stuffed with malted vanilla bean ice cream. It’s then surrounded by French whipped cream, raspberry sauce and blueberries, plus a sprig of decorative rosemary. The finished product is presented with a sparkler. The snowman vacherin was created by the late Michel Richard at Citronelle, his Georgetown restaurant that closed in 2012.

“Michel was known for texture and whimsy and flavor and always having this element of fun,” says Central’s general manager and wine and beverage director, Brian Zipin, who worked with Richard for more than a decade.

“I know he got great joy in seeing the reaction we get when we bring this out to the table.”

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up front Sarah Shook & The Disarmers

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Pearl Street Warehouse, Feb. 13.

Union Stage, April 13.

North Carolina singer-songwriter Sarah Shook writes sly, wry songs that put a slacker vibe on Nashville twang, as best heard on Shook and her backing band The Disarmers’ second album, “Years.”

GET TICKETS: Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketfly.

Singer-songwriter Olivia O’Brien broke out in 2016 with her pianodriven duet single “I Hate U, I Love U” with rapper Gnash. Now she’s breaking out on her own with a tour full of new music and songs culled from her EP “It’s Not That Deep.”

GET TICKETS: Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketfly.

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Travis Scott’s “Astroworld” just keeps getting bigger: The rapper has extended his tour behind the acclaimed album, adding a D.C. date that follow’s last month’s show.

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Apocalyptica is a Finnish cello metal band, which is a thing you now know exists. The long-running quartet is going on tour next year to play Metallica covers. Because when you’re a Finnish cello metal band, it seems like the thing to do.

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Before he heads out to deliver gifts to every child in the world through chimneys, Santa Claus likes to do something a bit more practical: water-ski the Potomac. For more than three decades, Waterskiing Santa has taken to the water on Christmas Eve, and the 30-minute act now involves props, elves and other surprises (Waterfront Park, 1A Prince St., Alexandria; Mon., 1 p.m., free). Once St. Nick gets back to dry land, he’ll pose for pictures until 2. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Get in the holiday spirit with Handel’s epic masterpiece!

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Next, I’d go visit the U.S. Supreme Court, because on my dream day it would be in session. I’ve been once and I was completely bowled over by being in the same room with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, watching these fierce idols of mine do their job and actually help this country run.

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Maria Manuela Goyanes knows she didn’t need to leave The Public Theater. The Queens native spent 14 years in various roles at the New York institution, working on a slew of celebrated productions — including “Hamilton,” which debuted there in 2015. But when Howard Shalwitz announced he was stepping down as artistic director at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, which he co-founded in 1980, Goyanes couldn’t resist. “Woolly is a rare, special kind of company because it was created as an alternative to the mainstream theater and has been able to stay as that innovative presence,” Goyanes says. The 39-year-old took the reins at Woolly in September.

Now settled into her Dupont Circle apartment with her husband, Goyanes imagines an ideal day in D.C. that’s packed with food, politics and, of course, live theater.

I’m an early riser, so my day would start at like 6, 6:30, with some Transcendental Meditation. Since this is my dream day, I would have the day off from Woolly and I would go with Dave, my husband, to Pitango Gelato, which has

amazing espresso.

I would also go to have brunch at Annie’s Paramount Steak House and have the corned beef hash. If only it wasn’t something that could clog my arteries, I would have it every day!

After that, I would go to the Eaton Workshop. They have a progressive mission and have done impeccable work with their library. I would get to hang out with Katherine Lo, who created it, and talk about ways we could continue to help change the world and make it a safer and more inclusive place, particularly for people of color.

I would then go have some food at either Tail Up Goat, which I went to and had an amazing pork chop and sweet potato situation happening, or Las Placitas. Being Latinx, I need some platanos maduros in my life at least once a week.

Of course, I would go see a play at my home, Woolly Mammoth, or at Arena Stage, Round House Theatre, Rorschach Theatre, Theater J, The Welders — there are so many options for amazing theatrical experiences here in this city.

We’d have the High Heel Drag Queen Race that evening in Dupont Circle, to see all of those amazing costumes. And I’d go to Denson Liquor Bar to meet Michelle Obama and her friends because she still lives here. I would hang out with her and these women and just debrief, and have some laughs and whiskey as a great nightcap to a beautiful dream day.

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This artist’s rendering gives an idea of what you can expect from “Miss Saigon’s” key scene.

A new spin on a chopper ‘Miss Saigon’ returns with a creative take on the musical’s big scene STAGE “Miss Saigon” is a sweeping story about love, war, loss and pain. And that helicopter.

The musical made its London debut in 1989 and took Broadway by storm two years later. In the show, set during the Vietnam War and based on Puccini’s opera “Madame Butterfly,” American Marine Chris falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman named Kim.

While audiences have come away humming the tunes, they also never forget the helicopter that carries Chris away during the scene showing the fall of Saigon. The original productions used a full-scale replica of a Huey helicopter, but the whirlybirds of the touring show had to be represented by projections and lighting effects due to space and transportation issues.

Not anymore.

When “Miss Saigon” got a London revival in 2014, set designer Matt Kinley was one of the people responsible for bringing a new version of the signature

chopper to life — as well as its portable touring counterpart.

“Nowadays, with what they do with engineering, we’re able to take it on tour,” Kinley says.

“We’re able to use a real helicopter, which is fantastic.”

The aircraft has landed at the Kennedy Center, where the touring production of the revived “Miss Saigon” is running through Jan. 13. It’s not quite a real helicopter, of course, as few theaters can accommodate a massive Vietnam-era Huey. But Kinley and fellow set designer Totie Driver came up with a few tricks to make it really fly.

Back to basics It’s not ideal to give actors buzz cuts while they’re performing, so real rotors were out of the question. “The original helicopter had tennis balls on ropes for its rotors,” Kinley says. The center piece would start to spin while

the helicopter was offstage; by the time it arrived, the centrifugal force meant that the ropes were taut. “When we started on the new helicopter, we were looking at light solutions and laser solutions and all manner of effects,” Kinley says. “We ended up going back to rope because it was physical” but would collapse for storage and not shred the scenery.

A skeletal frame What audiences see onstage isn’t an actual replica of a Vietnamera helicopter; it’s more of a representation made out of fiberglass. It arrives during the depiction of the fall of Saigon, which is shown in a flashback.

“Really, the frame is a very skeletal helicopter,” Kinley says.

“Your eye puts everything together and joins the gaps. It was built so you knew what it was, but it also wasn’t the real thing — so

it was obvious that it was part of a nightmare sequence.”

Safety first When Chris unwillingly leaves Kim, he travels via the chopper.

To keep the actor from falling, safety measures had to be taken — though not as many as one would expect. “In terms of safety, it’s literally just a wrist loop” that the actor puts his hand through on the inside of the copter while standing on the skid, Kinley says.

A big impact The helicopter may be a very large actor, but it has a very small part. “We see it for a minute or so during the whole show,” Kinley says. “But that’s what [‘Miss Saigon’] is known for, so we had to deliver something special.”

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Five cookies that break the mold There are a couple of universal truths about cookies: You can’t eat just one, and they’re best straight from the oven. Beyond that, those round, little objects are blank slates with endless possibilities for D.C. bakers. ANGELA HAUPT (FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)

Ginger molasses cookie Captain Cookie and the Milkman, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 2800 10th St. NE, go to captaincookiedc.com for food truck locations

The Captain’s thick, chewy ginger molasses cookie ($1.25) tastes like everything that’s good about the holiday season. Co-owner Kirk Francis is only slightly more descriptive: When customers ask what it tastes like, he says ginger and … molasses. He’s been making the cookie since he was 10 and refuses to tinker with the recipe or add potentially distracting ingredients, because it’s meant to be a classic. Each cookie is rolled in sugar before it’s baked, lending a touch of crunch to the crackled top.

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Take the average cookie, put it on steroids and maybe you’ll end up with something almost-sort of like Milk Bar’s compost cookie ($2.75).

By this point, it’s well known that founder Christina Tosi’s bakery values ingenuity. The famous compost cookie is packed with pretzels, potato chips, coffee grounds, oats, graham cracker crust, butterscotch chips and chocolate chips. Seriously. The result is exactly the salty-sweet nirvana you’d imagine from having all your favorite snacks fused in one place.

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Lining up at Baked & Wired for an oversized cupcake is the predictable thing to do. Veer to the left of that front-and-center display and you’ll find a dozen jars of freshly baked cookies. The centerpiece is the monster cookie ($2.05), a colorful blend of peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips, M&M’s and walnuts. Operations director Tessa Velazquez says customers often wonder: Is it a peanut butter cookie full of oats, candy and crunch? Or an oatmeal cookie that happens to have peanut butter? However you define it, most will agree the cookie achieves that perfect balance of crunchy and chewy.

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Millennium Stage A celebration of the human spirit Free performances every day at 6 p.m.

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Dec. 20– Jan. 2 20 Thu. | The 9 Songwriter Series led by Justin Trawick

Nine of DMV’s most talented songwriters and musicians —Kentucky Avenue, Tattiana Aqeel, Deacon Izzy, Jarreau Williams, Mary - el, Brian Farrow, Eli Staples, Denise Henderson— create a show of seasonal cheer for the entire family.

Rainbow cookie

Centrolina, 974 Palmer Alley NW

There’s some debate about whether Centrolina’s Italian rainbow cookie is even a cookie. To be precise, it’s a cookie-cake hybrid, executive pastry chef Caitlin Dysart says. The concoction ($1.25), which resembles the Italian flag, consists of three levels of almond cake (one red, one white, one green) that are layered with house-made raspberry jam, then coated with dark chocolate on the top and bottom. Preparing each batch is a two-day process, and the effort is evident: The rich marzipan of the cake is balanced by the tart jam, and the snap of the chocolate coating contrasts with the dessert’s soft texture.

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21 Fri. | Sweet Heaven Kings

Anacostia’s acclaimed 16-member gospel brass and percussion band performs a joyful holiday program.

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Greater Washington presents: Holiday Sing

In the Terrace Theater This multi-genre celebration of holiday traditions from around the world features holiday classics and original compositions accompanied by a 15-piece chamber orchestra and a mass choir.

Free general admission tickets will be distributed in the States Gallery starting at approximately 5 p.m., up to two tickets per person.

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Cardamom chocolate chip cookie Shouk, 655 K St. NW, 395 Morse St. NE

This round, slightly plump wafer ($2) studded with morsels of dark chocolate may look like any other chocolate chip cookie, but it’s a revelation. For its taste, yes — it’s spiced with just the right amount of cardamom — but also because the Middle Eastern-inspired vegan eatery uses no milk, butter or eggs, instead preparing the cookies with coconut oil and almond milk. The recipe is more like making a complex cake than a simple cookie, founder Ran Nussbacher says.

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In the Concert Hall Washington’s most popular free holiday event! Guest conductor Nancia Dalimonte leads members of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra; guest soloists; Fort Washington Community Chorus, Heritage Signature Chorale, The Arlington Chorale, Metropolitan African Methodist, Episcopal Church Choir, Northern Virginia Chorale, 19th St. Baptist Church Choir; and a very enthusiastic audience in Handel’s masterpiece.

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.

Generous support is provided by The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation and The Karel Komárek Family Foundation.

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24 Mon. | The Beltway Brass

Performance at 12 noon The group plays a variety of holiday favorites in their own jazzy, not-tooclassical way.

25 Tue. | All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam

The 20th annual event features host/vibraphonist Chuck Redd, drummer Lenny Robinson, trumpeters Robert Redd and Tom Williams, bassist James King, and vocalist Delores King Williams.

26 Wed. | Encore Chorale*

In the Concert Hall The dynamic ensemble made up of musicians over the age of 55 performs crowd-pleasing holiday music.

27 Thu. | Reese Waters with opener Leon Scott

The D.C. area comedian and host of WUSA’s Get Up DC! performs standup.

28 Fri. | Lincoln Congregational Temple United Church of Christ Musical Tribute In this special performance arranged

by Lincoln Temple Music Director Maceo Kemp, and in partnership with Sandra Butler-Truesdale and the D.C. Legendary Musicians, the Kennedy Center celebrates and recognizes the contributions of the church to the D.C. community.

29 Sat. | D.C. Legendary Musicians Band

DCLM was organized to accompany the performers and vocalists in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. Band members have performed with Elvis Presley, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, and many others.

21 | Wesley Bright and the Honeytones

30 Sun. | Zan McLeod and Friends

In this Celtic holiday celebration, the D.C.-based Irish musician is joined

by Sean Heely (fiddle), Tracy Jenkins (bagpipes), and Kevin Elam (banjo, whistle, and vocals) with Joe Duffey and his District of Irish Dancers.

New Year’s Eve at the Kennedy Center

31 Mon. | Wesley Bright and the Honeytones

The soul band hails from the funky rubber city of Akron, Ohio. Later in the evening, join D.C.’s own The JoGo Project as part of the Grand Foyer Party. The JoGo Project’s genreblending ensemble is inspired by the musical stylings of Chuck Brown. The group performs on the Millennium Stage at 10 p.m., in addition to more music from Wesley Bright and the Honeytones. Admission to the 10 p.m. show is permitted with a ticket to another show in the building or a receipt from dinner inside the building. Both groups perform on the Millennium Stages leading up to the countdown and midnight balloon drop. Guests can also enjoy champagne bars and a photo booth.

1 Tue. | Kazaxé

Led by the local dance fitness company, dress to move, and lose yourself to the rumbling beats of dancehall, soca, and Afrobeat with the Kazaxé tribe.

2 Wed. | Sascha Masakowski

The New Orleans vocalist blends traditional jazz with layers of electro pop and art rock. *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.

For details or to watch online, visit kennedy-center.org/millennium.

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SADIE DINGFELDER | THE STAYCATIONER

There are two types of people in the world: Those who are mesmerized by colored, blinking lights, and those who would rather stay inside and watch “South Park.” My husband is a member of the latter group, so I headed to ZooLights — the National Zoo’s free holiday light display running through Jan. 1 — by myself one recent evening, and my solo status did not pass unnoticed.

“Awwww, you couldn’t get anyone to come with you?” said the ticket-taker for the National Zoo Choo Choo, a steam engine that chugs around a three-minute loop, offering “gorgeous views of the holiday light displays,” according to the ZooLights program. I was hoping for a spot with a nice family in one of the enclosed cars, but the driver directed me to sit alone, in a shallow, open-air trough. “She’s all by herself,” he said to no one in particular, before taking off.

As the train trundled through crowds of onlookers, I felt like part of the show. “If you look in the first car, you’ll see a lonely spinster,” my imaginary announcer said. “Watch her smile through her tears.”

My eyes were just watering from the cold, I swear! In any case, I enjoyed the $3 ride in my open-air car — especially

the blue tunnel of lights at the beginning. After that, though, the displays petered out, and the tour became mostly one of parking lots and maintenance roads.

Elsewhere in the zoo, there were plenty of lights on display — 500,000 in all, according to the program. The first lights I encountered, while entering the zoo from the west side, were the ones on dozens of trees wrapped in traditional, single-color strands. What these illuminations lack in innovation, they make up for in simple beauty. I love how they highlight the intricate architecture of trunks and branches. I was less impressed with the two-dimensional wire animals that also line the zoo’s main path — but that’s just me.

Kids seemed to love looking for illuminated versions of their favorite critters.

“Look, Jack, a squid! You love squid!” I overheard one woman say to her toddler, a kid with a bright future in either marine biology or culinary arts.

One wire animal left everyone a bit baffled. “Is it a map of the world?” one woman asked.

“It’s mountains,” someone else offered. Eventually a zoo employee happened by. “It’s an anteater,” he said. “See the termite mound?”

Around then, music started playing, and it wasn’t what anyone was expecting.

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Creature feature: Seeing the zoo in different lights

“Oh, good, I was hoping to hear ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy,’ because that’s my favorite Christmas song,” one sassy 20-something remarked. The music eventually morphed into traditional holiday tunes, which soundtracked a light show where lasers traced flying birds and running elephants on the outside of a zoo building. The official description of the show, “Watch animals come to life,” struck me as odd, since aren’t animals usually alive? At least, they are in your better zoos.

Around the corner from the light show were signs pointing to ZooLights’ newest addition, the Gingerbread Village. To get there, you have to walk a dark pathway flanked with trees lit from beneath — a display rather reminiscent of Melania Trump’s 2017 Christmas decorations. I recall it looking strange in the White House, but the effect is fantastic outdoors. I felt like I was traveling through an enchanted winter

Pro tip: Pony up for extras like hot cocoa and train rides. forest — that is, until I got to the Gingerbread Village.

The problem with the Gingerbread Village is that there’s no gingerbread — just plastic gingerbread-style props. People gamely took pictures sitting on a gingerbread throne and standing next to a large gingerbread man, but I think we all would have preferred actual cookies.

Happily, there were plenty of sweets on sale at food trucks and cafes scattered around the zoo. There’s also wine and beer, which I’ve stood in hourlong lines to buy in past years. This year, I was able to procure both in under five minutes. (Don’t judge.) If I’d had anyone with me, I would have also gotten a s’mores kit. A zoo eatery was selling them for $11 near openflame grills, where some kids

were carefully toasting their marshmallows, while other, better kids set theirs on fire.

A little farther along the path, I found three grates belching great clouds of steam.

People huddled around them, enjoying the humid warmth while watching beams of light filter through the condensation. “Is this supposed to be here?” one woman asked, wondering if the steam grates were a ZooLights display. They aren’t, but maybe they should be. “This is my favorite part,” one kid said of the zoo’s industrial infrastructure.

As for my favorite part, I found it just before leaving for the night: Panda Claws, the zoo’s costumed mascot, was whirling around on a carnival ride on the eastern side of the zoo. He seemed to be having a great time mugging for the crowd, and guess what? He was all by himself, too.

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Step Afrika! keeps moving forward DANCE C. Brian Williams loved stepping, the group dance defined by rhythmic stomps and claps that is popular with historically African-American fraternities and sororities. But it was time for him to give it up.

“Normally, when you graduate from college, your connection with the art form of stepping disappears,” he says. After graduating from Howard University in 1990, Williams moved to the African country of Lesotho and got a whole new view of stepping.

“I saw a young boy doing this percussive dance. He was hitting the sides of his boots and making a rhythm,” he says. “It looked so much like stepping.”

It was actually a South African dance called gumboot. “I was shocked at how similar it was,” Williams says. “That really would be the foundation that led to the idea to say, ‘Wow, we should really create something to bring these two art forms together.’ ” The next logical movement: Return to D.C. and start Step Afrika!, which celebrates its 25th anniversary next year.

Through the years, the dance company has performed at the White House, the Kennedy Center and Strathmore, as well as on

After the holiday show, children are invited to share their favorite parts of the performance.

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The genre-blending dance troupe has a lot to celebrate 25 years in

national and international tours.

Before all that could happen, Williams had to create something from nothing.

“The first challenge was getting people to recognize that this was an art form,” says Williams, the company’s founder and executive director. “No one was [stepping] professionally. It was only found in a certain environment on certain college campuses at a certain time. Ninety percent of Americans didn’t know what the art form was.”

While stepping is the basis of everything Step Afrika! does, Williams wanted the company to expand the tradition.

“I think we’ve done a great job of exploring this in connection

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Conrad Kelly laid down a beat during “Pa Drum Pa Pum Pum” at last year’s “Magical Musical Holiday Step Show.”

with other art forms. We’ve merged stepping with symphony, with hip-hop, with jazz,” Williams says.

And with “Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show,” running through Dec. 30, the company combines stomping with the season.

“Who wants to sit down and be quiet for the holidays?” Williams says while describing how the annual show came about in 2011. “So we wanted to create an environment where everyone can celebrate the holidays together.”

That meant staging the show in the round, with the audience surrounding the performers, to create a more intimate feel. That also meant bringing the audience onto the stage.

“We invite DJ Frosty the Snowman all the way down from

25th season’s greetings Step Afrika! will launch its 25th season next month with a retrospective of some of the dance company’s greatest hits, including “Wade,” which merges the South African gumboot dance that started it all with stepping, tap and AfricanAmerican spirituals. The anniversary celebration (Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane; Jan. 20, 5 p.m., $35-$75) also includes a performance by the Greenbelt, Md.-based step team Dem Raider Boyz, who appeared on the past season of “World of Dance” on NBC. K.P.K.

the Arctic to come and DJ the performance for us. He brings the Frosty Shuffle, a dance that we teach to the audience,” Williams says. (The dance is similar

to the wedding favorite Cha Cha Slide.) “So you not only get to see a great performance, you get a chance to be a part of it as well.”

The show even starts before the show even starts — there’s a workshop in the lobby 30 to 45 minutes before curtain, where kids can build a holiday-themed drum or shaker that they can use during the performance, including in a final dance party in the middle of a snowfall.

“The show is for the young, the very young, and for the young at heart,” Williams says. “It’s just a very different way to celebrate the holidays and we really try to work hard to bring that spirit into the building.”

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The National Museum of American History isn’t just a place to explore storied artifacts and artwork — it’s also become a popular destination for film screenings. Prior to Friday’s showing of the star-packed, modern holiday classic “Love Actually,” there will be a happy hour featuring cocktails and live music. Each happy hour ticket comes with a free drink, entry to the screening and a Smithsonian souvenir cup to take home.

Thu. STAGE

Cirque Dreams Holidaze Acrobats soaring across the stage and charismatic singers belting original tunes and seminal holiday favorites are a part of Cirque Dreams’ touring holiday show.

Produced by theater director Neil Goldberg, who’s spent the past two decades creating Cirque Dreams’ elaborate stage designs, this spectacle promises to be an escape from the hectic holiday hustle. The Theater at MGM National Harbor, 101 MGM National Ave., Oxon Hill, Md.; Thu. & Fri., 7:30 p.m., Sat. & Sun., 2 p.m., $29.50-$90.

THURSDAY

Hiss Golden Messenger 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW; Thu., 7 p.m., $20.

Hiss Golden Messenger keeps releasing new music and touring.

In 2016, M.C. Taylor’s band put out “Heart Like a Levee” and a bonus album, “Vestapol,” which he recently admitted that even he forgot existed. Last year brought “Hallelujah Anyhow,” which continued the band’s evolution into a country-rock outfit that flourishes live. But if you miss the raw folk of the early LPs, three albums (and a new set of rarities) were released as the box set “Devotion” last month.

Fri. MUSIC

Black Masala

Union Stage gets into the spirit with Black Masala’s Brass, Funk ‘n’ Bass Holiday Party, which features three bands that factor into that equation. D.C.’s gypsy jazz band Black Masala brings the brass and headlines on the heels of new album “Trains & Moonlight Destinies.” Philadelphia-based Swift Technique, which just released an ode to that city’s suburbs, “Mainline,” is the funk part of the show. And emerging D.C. reggae band Shamans of Sound provides the deep bass grooves. Union Stage, 740 Water St. SW; Fri., 8 p.m., $12-$30.

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To celebrate the extended nighttime of the winter solstice, Port City is opening up for nearly half the day so you can drink and be merry. The Alexandria brewers are bringing out three special releases: a bourbon barrel-aged version of their classic porter; Rauch Marzen, a smoked lager, which will only be available on draft; and a black IPA, Long Black Veil. Three bands will play starting at 7 p.m. and two food trucks will split the event’s food service: Big Cheese in the early

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s cinematic rock show is back.

The band will present its reimagined versions of seasonal favorites such as “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “This Christmas Day” with a booming fusion of heavy metal and symphonic classical music, along with originals and a laser light show.

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MUSIC

Eric B. and Rakim

Hip-hop pioneers Eric B. and Rakim released their debut album “Paid in Full” over 30 years ago, but the record sounds as if it could have been made today. Between Eric B.’s production wizardry, which employed an impeccable use of sampling, and Rakim’s poetic rhymes, the duo’s musical matrimony became a blueprint for modern-day rap music. There was an unflappable sense of coolness to their delivery that still feels fresh now. Eric B. and Rakim’s current trek across the U.S. marks one of the duo’s first tours since the two parted ways in 1992.

Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW; Fri., 8 p.m., $42.50-$52.50.

MUSIC

Macy Gray “Buddha,” the opening track on Macy Gray’s latest album, “Ruby,” is a window into her state of mind.

With its wave-your-phones-inthe-air “we’re alright” chorus and lyrics about being free of the past, the song suggests Gray isn’t fazed by the critics who dismiss her as a one-hit wonder (1999’s “I Try”) with nothing left to offer. The familiar effervescent spirit and sharp wit of her previous albums can be found on “Ruby,” but Gray also makes a concerted effort to redefine her neo-soul sound by incorporating trip-hop, synth-pop, trap music and jazz. Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda; Fri., 8 p.m., $67-$87.

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Saturday, January 26 at 1:30 & 7:30

Mosaic Theater Company

Tonight @ 8PM Fri, Dec 21 @ 8PM Sat, Dec 22 @ 3PM Sat, Dec 22 @ 8PM

Sunday, January 27 at 1:30

Join the epic journey of Xuanzang, the famed Chinese monk whose 17-year pilgrimage across the Silk Road to India uncovered new Buddhist texts. This large-scale multi-media experience combines elements of Chinese and Indian heritage, and is an unforgettable experience for audience members.

Kennedy Center Opera House Washington, DC

$70$200

US Premiere

$20-65

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Based on the classic animated film

FREE, no tickets required

Free parking is available

$10 $50

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Featuring Mitch HĂŠbert as God and Kim Schraf as his therapist, Oh, God is a comedy that forces us to confront our own faith and hubris.

In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid, Ariel, longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above with Prince Eric.

November 8January 13

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PERFORMANCES Marine Chamber Orchestra

This festive program will feature a holiday sing-a-long of such classics as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joy to the World;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;O Come, All Ye Faithful;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jingle Bells;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let It Snow!;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deck the Halls;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas;â&#x20AC;? and more!

Friday, Dec. 21 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

MUSIC - CHORAL Washington Master Chorale Presents:

Birth Dance!

Christmas with the Chorale

Thurs., December 20, at 7:30 p.m.

Sun., December 23, at 5 p.m.

FOLGER CONSORT

A Twelfth Night Concert Robert Shafer, Artistic Director

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

Thomas Colohan, Artistic Director

Dec. 14-23

Celebrate the holidays with a repast of English music, from the earliest carols to later arrangements of seasonal favorites.

With celebrated actor Rick Foucheux, reading passages from the Folgerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rare 1619 manuscript A Christmas Messe.

Twelve performances, with strings, harp, winds, organ, and chamber choir.

Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 4:30 PM

Bring the joy of the season into the new year by celebrating Twelfth Night with us! Featuring John Rutterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jubilant â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goriaâ&#x20AC;? and traditional holiday favorites along with audience sing-alongs. Also featuring the West Springfield High School Madrigals as our Partner in Song.

presents

Seasonal English Music for the Holidays

Featuring a mix of time-honored English, French and Spanish carols, hymns, and anthems accompanied by brass, percussion, and the merry organ.

$52 Folger Theatre 201 East Capitol St., SE, DC 202.544.7077 www.folger.edu/consort

National Presbyterian Church 4101 Nebraska Avenue Washington, DC 20016

Discounts available visit website

Free parking available.

$15-59 Group and student disc. avail.

Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center 4915 E Campus Dr Alexandria, VA 22311

Free and open to the public.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best Christmas concert in Washingtonâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DCist

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

MUSIC - CONCERTS Guest Artist Series with Allen Vizzutti

Thurs, Jan 24, 8 p.m.

Join the Concert Band and international trumpet sensation Allen Vizzutti! This exciting program will feature classical and jazz inspired compositions. Free Tickets will be available starting December 24, 2018 at 8 a.m. at: http://usafband.eventbrite.com

Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm

A musical, political satire.

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COMEDY Make America Grin Again

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

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Sight Anacostia Community Museum: “A Right to the City”: An exhibition that explores the history of the changing neighborhoods in Washington, of how ordinary citizens helped change their neighborhoods through bettering public education and the greening of communities, and of rallying for more equitable transit and development, through April 20. 1901 Fort Place SE.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: “Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia”: An exhibition of Buddhist art from India, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia and Japan, through Nov. 29; “Shaping Clay in Ancient Iran”:

An exhibition of ancient ceramics including animal-shaped vessels and jars and bowls decorated with animal figures produced in northwestern Iran from 5200 B.C. to A.D. 225, through Sept. 1.

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Baltimore Museum of Art: “Spencer Finch: Moon Dust”: A sculptural exhibition of 150 light fixtures with 417 bulbs hung individually from the ceiling that is a scale model of the moon’s atomic makeup, including a representation of the chemical composition of moon dust, through Oct. 14; “Subverting Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics” is an exhibition that features approximately two dozen works from sub-Saharan Africa’s colonial period (c. 1880-1960) that violate conceptions of beauty, symmetry and grace. Artists working during this turbulent period in the continent’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 30

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Celebrate 2019 Empath: On Empath’s latest record, “Environments,” which takes its name from Irv Teibel’s album series that revolutionized the use of field recordings in the 1970s, the Philadelphia quartet reimagines the calming sounds of nature as a distorted psychedelic spectacle. The band’s off-kilter aesthetic will shine at 9:30 Club on Friday, where it opens for Snail Mail’s sold-out show.

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DC9: Justin Jones, 8 p,m.

9:30 Club: Hiss Golden Messenger, 7 p.m.

Blues Alley: Marcus Johnson, 10 p.m., through Dec. 23.

City Winery: Lynne Fiddmont, 8 p.m.; Chely Wright, 8:30 p.m.

Union Stage: The 9 Holiday Show,

City Winery: Los Lobos, 8 p.m., through Dec. 22.

Gypsy Sally’s: Better Off Dead, Swamp Donkey Newgrass, 8 p.m.

The Birchmere: Bill Kirchen & Commander Cody, 7:30 p.m.

Union Stage: Black Masala, 8 p.m.

The Hamilton: Virginia Coalition, 8 p.m.

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Gypsy Sally’s: Organ Freeman, Disco Risque 8:30 p.m.

Bethesda Jazz & Blues Supper Club: Maggie Rose, 8 p.m.

Howard Theatre: Raheem DeVaughn,

Black Cat: Color Palette, 8 p.m.

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City Winery: The Weeklings, 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Black Cat: The Max Levine Ensemble,

Pearl Street Warehouse: Micah

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Robinson, BOOMscat, 8 p.m.

The Birchmere: A Very Maysa Christmas, 7:30 p.m.

The Hamilton: Yellow Dubmarine, 6:30 p.m.

SUNDAY Black Cat: The Messthetics, 7:30 p.m.

Echostage: Shy Glizzy, 9 p.m.

U Street Music Hall: The Slackers, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Blues Alley: Cyrus Chestnut, 10 p.m. through Dec. 30.

Echostage: Tiesto, 9 p.m.

Jammin Java: Billy Price Charm City Rhythm Band, 7:30 p.m.

Gypsy Sally’s: Sophistafunk,

The Hamilton: Live at The Fillmore,

Exmag, 8:30 p.m.

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Folger Shakespeare Library: “Churchill’s Shakespeare”: An exhibition of photographs, posters, theater programs, personal letters, manuscripts and rare books from the Churchill Archives Centre at Cambridge, the Folger Shakespeare Library, Churchill’s home Chartwell and other collections that demonstrate Churchill’s love of Shakespeare, through Jan. 6. 201 East Capitol St. SE.

Glenstone: “Expansion and Reopening”: The highlight of the recent expansion of the contemporary and modern art museum is the Pavilions, which display works by world-renowned artists who made important contributions to postwar and contemporary art. Advance reservations are required and are available through

the website; indefinite. 12100 Glen Road, Potomac, Md.

commemorates the centennial of World War I through depictions of the U.S. involvement in and experience of it — via correspondence, music, film, recordings, diaries, posters, photographs, scrapbooks, medals, maps and materials from the Veterans History Project, through Jan. 21. 101 Independence Ave. SE.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Mark Bradford”: A site-specific installation of eight abstract paintings — each more than 45 feet long, and inspired by artist Paul Philippoteaux’s 19th-century cyclorama depicting the final charge of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pickett’s Charge — encircles the museum’s third level, through 2021; “Sean Scully: Landline”: Nearly 40 works by the artist are displayed, including oil paintings, pastels, photographs, watercolors and aluminum sculptures, through Feb. 3; “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pulse”: This three-part, interactive exhibition visually displays individual heartbeats gathered from the day’s museum visitors, through April 28.

Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW.

Library of Congress: “Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I”: An exhibition that

Museum of the Bible: Five floors of

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history turned against beauty in order to express the meaning and vitality of their day-to-day existence, through Nov. 17. 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore.

National Gallery of Art: “Sense of Humor” features Renaissance caricatures, English satires and 20th-century comics, including works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jacques Callot, William Hogarth, James Gillray, Francisco Goya and Honore Daumier, as well as later examples by Art Spiegelman, Richard Hamilton, Andy Warhol, John Baldessari and the Guerrilla Girls that can be seen through Jan. 6.

exhibits of ancient biblical manuscripts, including an array of texts on papyrus, Jewish texts, the world’s largest private collection of Torah scrolls, medieval manuscripts and Bibles belonging to celebrities. 400 Fourth St. SW.

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15, 1963, through March 24; “Rachel Whiteread”: An exhibition of about 100 works by the British sculptor, including archival and documentary materials on public projects, drawings, photographs and sculptures comprised of a wide range of materials including plaster, rubber, concrete, resin and paper, through Jan. 13; “The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy”: An exhibition of Chiaroscuro woodcuts — color prints made from the successive printing of multiple blocks — which flourished in 16th-century Italy; it also explains how they were created, in what sequence they were printed and why, through Jan. 20; “Gordon Parks: The New Tide, 19401950”: An exhibition of 120 of Parks’ photographs, magazines, books, letters

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It explores the Pilot District Project (PDP), a local experiment in community policing, through a collection of PDP posters, maps and other materials, through Jan. 15; “Evicted”: Created with the help of eviction researcher and author Matthew Desmond, this exhibition is an immersive experience that introduces visitors to the experience of eviction that also includes information on the rise and reason for evictions, and the programs available to families, children and teens to combat it, through May 19; “Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project”: An exhibition that examines the innovative design and construction of cities created for the Manhattan Project — Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Hanford, Wash.; and Los Alamos, N.M. — examining daily life within, and showing that social stratification and segregation were evident, through July 28. 401 F St. NW.

National Geographic Museum: “Titanic: The Untold Story” offers an inside look into the evolution of deep-sea exploration that links the 1985 discovery of the Titanic with a top-secret Cold War mission. The exhibition runs through Jan. 1.

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National Geographic Museum: “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, through Jan. 6; 17th and M streets NW.

National Museum of African American History and Culture: “Ongoing exhibitions”: Focusing on diverse 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. 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.

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Persian miniature painting and range of techniques, including drawing, stitching, staining, etching and gluing, through April 14. 1250 New York Ave. NW.

Women”: This exhibition of gold jewelry — a 2012 gift from art historian Marian Ashby Johnson — looks at the production and circulation of gold in Senegal, through Sept. 29. 950 Independence Ave. SW.

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

National Museum of American History: “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 photographs and original artifacts from Resurrection City, the small community set up in the District for the nation’s poor, through Jan. 6. 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.

works by the founders of the American luxury label Rodarte, sisters Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy, through Feb. 10; “Ambreen Butt: Mark My Words”: An exhibition of works that explores the Pakistani-American artist’s

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National Gallery of Art: “Corot Women” showcases figure paintings by 19th-century artist Camille Corot, best known for his landscapes. The exhibit is on display through Dec. 31.

Between the United States and American Indian Nations”: An exhibition exploring the relationship between Native American nations and the United States, through April 1; “Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World”: The exhibition 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 Sept. 1; “The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire”: To celebrate the construction of the Inca Road, which linked Cuzco, Peru, with the farthest reaches of the empire, the exhibition digs into its early foundations and the technologies that made building CONTINUED ON PAGE 36

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National Portrait Gallery: “UnSeen:

the road possible, through June 1; “Americans”: An exhibition of 350 objects and images that explores the prevalence of American Indian names and images throughout American culture, including the Trail of Tears, baking powder cans, Thanksgiving, the Tomahawk missile, stories of Pocahontas and the Battle of Little Bighorn, through Sept. 30; Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW.

Our Past in a New Light, Ken GonzalesDay and Titus Kaphar”: An exhibition of works by the contemporary artists, who address the under- and misrepresentation of minorities in American history and portraiture, through Jan. 6; “Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now”: An exhibition that studies the silhouette, a form of portraiture popular in the 19th century, featuring the gallery’s extensive

collection, including works by Auguste Edouart, who captured the likenesses of John Quincy Adams and Lydia Maria Child, through March 10. Eighth and F streets NW.

artwork used to produce at least 28 flora stamps, through July 14. 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE.

Newseum: “1776 Breaking News: Independence”: This ongoing exhibition is of the first newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence as it appeared in the Pennsylvania Evening Post, July 6, 1776, through Dec. 31; “Pulitzer Prizes at 100: Editorial Cartoons”: To mark the 100th

National Postal Museum: “Beautiful Blooms: 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

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Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14 701 Seventh St Northwest

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Aquaman (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 5:00-11:35 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:00-3:00-6:00-9:00 Mortal Engines (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:00-6:00 Aquaman 3D (PG-13) 3D;4DX;4DX 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 7:15-10:35 Bumblebee (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 5:30-11:20 Bumblebee in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 8:30 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D (PG) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 12:00-5:30-10:45 Second Act (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 7:30-10:10 Welcome to Marwen (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 7:00-9:50 Mortal Engines in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 3:00-9:00 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 2:45-8:05

anniversary of the Pulitzers, this ongoing exhibit features work from the portfolio of Jack Ohman of the Sacramento Bee, the 2016 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, through Dec. 31; “1968: Civil Rights at 50”: An exhibition of historic images and print news items that explore the events that shaped the civil rights movement when leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, through Jan. 2; “The Marines and Tet: The Battle That Changed the Vietnam

(!) No Pass/No Discount Ticket Aquaman 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 8:15 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 11:00AM

Smithsonian - Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater 601 Independence Ave SW

www.si.edu/imax

D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (NR) 1:10 Pandas: An IMAX 3D Experience (G) 3:55 Aircraft Carrier: Guardians of the Seas 3D (2018) (NR) 10:50-12:00-2:35 Journey to Space: The IMAX 3D Experience (NR) 10:20-11:25-12:35-2:00-3:10-4:45 Aquaman: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) 7:00-9:45

Smithsonian - Warner Bros. Theater 14th St and Constitution Ave Northwest

www.si.edu/theaters

Tornado Alley 3D (NR) 11:40-4:20 D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (NR) 12:10-2:40-4:50 National Parks Adventure (America Wild) (NR) 10:50-1:00-3:30 Pandas 3D (G) 1:50

MARYLAND

AFI Silver Theatre Cultural Center 8633 Colesville Road

www.afi.com/silver

Widows (R) CC/Accessibility devices available: 11:00-1:35-4:10-6:45-9:20 The Favourite (R) CC/Accessibility devices available: 11:45-2:15-4:40-7:10-9:35 The Muppet Christmas Carol (G) 11:30AM Trading Places (R) 4:10-9:20 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) (PG) 1:30-6:45

AMC Center Park 8 4001 Powder Mill Rd.

www.amctheatres.com/

Aquaman (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 5:00 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 7:00-10:05 Aquaman 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: 8:30 Bumblebee (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 5:00-10:30 Bumblebee in 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: 7:45

AMC Magic Johnson Capital Ctr 12 800 Shoppers Way

www.amctheatres.com/

Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG) CC/DVS: 1:00-3:45 Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (PG) CC/DVS: 1:15-4:00 Aquaman (PG-13) CC/DVS: 5:00-6:30-9:45 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) CC/DVS: 1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00 Mortal Engines (PG-13) CC/DVS: 2:05-10:30 Aquaman 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RealD 3D: 8:15 Aquaman: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: 7:15-10:30 Widows (R) CC/DVS: 1:40 Bumblebee (PG-13) CC/DVS: 5:00-7:10-10:00 Creed II (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:10-4:10-10:10 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) CC/DVS: 4:15-5:00-7:00-7:45-9:45 Bumblebee in 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RealD 3D: 8:00 Second Act (PG-13) CC/DVS: 5:00-7:45-10:30 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D (PG) CC/DVS;RealD 3D: 2:15 Green Book (PG-13) CC/DVS: 1:35 Welcome to Marwen (PG-13) CC/DVS: 5:00-7:45-10:30 Mortal Engines in 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RealD 3D: 1:05-6:40 The Mule (R) CC/DVS: 1:45-4:30-7:15-10:15 Once Upon A Deadpool (PG-13) CC/DVS: 2:00 Mortal Engines: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: 4:00 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - The IMAX 2D Experience (PG) CC/DVS;RS: 1:00

Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema 7235 Woodmont Ave

www.landmarktheatres.com/

Widows (R) CC/DVS;HA;HoH;RS: 1:15-4:20-7:05-9:50 The Favourite (R) CC/DVS;HA;HoH;RS: 1:20-4:00-7:25-10:00 At Eternity's Gate (PG-13) CC/DVS;HA;HoH;Partially Subtitled;RS: 12:50-3:30 Mary Queen of Scots (R) CC/DVS;HA;HoH;RS: 1:00-1:45-3:45-4:30-6:30-7:10-9:20-10:00 Can You Ever Forgive Me? (R) CC/DVS;HA;HoH;RS: 1:40-4:25-6:55-10:05 Roma (R) CC;HA;HoH;RS;Subtitled: 1:10-4:10-7:00-9:25 Ben Is Back (R) CC/DVS;HA;HoH;RS: 1:30-4:40-7:35-9:55

Regal Hyattsville Royale Stadium 14 6505 America Blvd.

www.regmovies.com/

Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:00-2:45-5:25-8:10-10:55 Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (PG) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:10-2:35-5:00-7:20-9:40 Aquaman (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 5:30-8:45 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 12:00-12:30-1:00-1:30-3:153:45-4:15-4:45-6:30-7:30-9:30-10:30 Mortal Engines (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 4:15-7:15-10:15 Aquaman 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 5:00-8:15 Widows (R) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:45-4:00 Bumblebee (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 9:45 Creed II (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:40-3:55-7:05-10:05 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 1:35-2:40-4:305:20-7:30-8:00-10:20-10:35 Bumblebee in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:00 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D (PG) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 12:00 Green Book (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:55-4:25-7:40-10:55 Mortal Engines in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 1:00 The Mule (R) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 1:30-8:00-11:00 Once Upon A Deadpool (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:00-2:50-7:20-10:35

Regal Majestic Stadium 20 & IMAX 900 Ellsworth Drive

www.regmovies.com/

Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:1512:45-3:00-3:35-6:45-10:15 Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (PG) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:00-12:30-

2:30-2:50-6:10-8:30-10:55 Aquaman (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 5:00-8:35 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:25-12:45-1:15-1:45-3:35-4:00-4:15-4:50-7:15-7:55-9:30-10:30-11:00 Mortal Engines (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 3:00-6:30-9:45 Aquaman 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 6:30-10:05 Aquaman: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;IMAX;No Passes;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 5:45 Widows (R) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:45-3:55 Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:003:10-6:20-9:35 Bumblebee (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 5:30-8:25 Creed II (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:35-3:40-6:45-9:50 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 12:00-12:30-2:45-3:20-8:15 Bumblebee in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 6:00-8:55 The Favourite (R) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:15-3:10-6:05-9:00 Second Act (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 7:15-9:55 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D (PG) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 5:30-11:00 Green Book (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:45-3:50-6:55-10:10 Welcome to Marwen (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 7:00-9:45 Vox Lux (R) 2D;CC;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 1:30-4:15 Mortal Engines in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:00 The Mule (R) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:20-3:00-5:40-8:20-11:00 Once Upon A Deadpool (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 1:003:55-7:00-10:00 Mortal Engines: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;IMAX;No Passes;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 2:45 Aquaman: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) CC;DV;IMAX 3D;No Passes;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 9:20 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 12:00

Xscape Theatres Brandywine 14 7710 Matapeake Business Dr

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Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG) AD;CC;SS: (!) 9:50-12:30-3:20-6:20-9:10 Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (PG) AD;CC;SS: (!) 11:10-1:30-4:10-6:40-9:20 Aquaman (PG-13) CC/OC;SS: (!) 5:00-7:40-8:40-10:50 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) CC/OC;SS: (!) 9:40-12:50-3:50-7:00-10:00 Mortal Engines (PG-13) AD;CC;SS: (!) 9:20-10:40-12:40-3:40-7:10-10:10 The Possession of Hannah Grace (R) AD;CC;SS: (!) 2:10 Widows (R) AD;CC;SS: (!) 10:20-1:10-4:30-7:20-10:30 Creed II (PG-13) AD;CC;SS: 10:00-12:10-3:30-6:45-9:45 Green Book (PG-13) AD;CC;SS: (!) 11:30-2:30 Bumblebee (PG-13) CC/OC;SS: (!) 5:30-8:30 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) AD;CC;SS: (!) 9:30-10:10-11:00-1:00-1:50-3:504:40-6:50-9:40 Second Act (PG-13) AD;CC;SS: 5:30-8:10-10:55 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D (PG) AD;CC;SS: (!) 12:20 Welcome to Marwen (PG-13) AD;CC;SS: (!) 5:20-8:20-11:05 Mortal Engines in 3D (PG-13) AD;CC;SS: (!) 1:40 The Mule (R) AD;CC;SS: (!) 11:50-3:00-6:30-9:50 Once Upon A Deadpool (PG-13) AD;CC;SS: (!) 11:20-2:00-5:00-7:40-10:35

VIRGINIA

AMC Courthouse Plaza 8 2150 Clarendon Blvd.

www.amctheatres.com/

Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 1:15-4:00-7:00 Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (PG) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 12:35-2:45 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 1:254:30-7:45 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 12:00-3:00-6:00 Mortal Engines (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 1:30-7:30 Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 4:15 Bumblebee (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 5:00-8:00 Creed II (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 1:15 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 1:30-7:15 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D (PG) CC/DVS;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: 4:30 Second Act (PG-13) CC/DVS;Recliners;RS: 5:00-7:40 Mortal Engines in 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: 2:00 Aquaman (PG-13) Recliners;RS: 5:00 Aquaman 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D;Recliners;RS: 8:15

AMC Hoffman Center 22 206 Swamp Fox Rd.

www.amctheatres.com/

Aquaman (PG-13) CC/DVS: 7:00-9:15-10:15 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) CC/DVS: 11:45-3:00-6:15-9:30 Aquaman 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS;RealD 3D: 6:00 Aquaman: The IMAX 2D Experience (PG-13) CC/DVS;RS: 5:00-8:15 Bumblebee (PG-13) CC/DVS: 5:00-7:45-10:45 Second Act (PG-13) CC/DVS: 5:00-7:30-10:15 Welcome to Marwen (PG-13) CC/DVS: 5:00-7:45-10:30 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) CC/DVS;Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime;Recliners;RS: 1:304:30-7:30-10:30

Angelika Film Center Mosaic 2911 District Ave

The Favourite (R) CC/DA;RS- AA: 11:05-1:55-4:45-7:30-10:25 Ben Is Back (R) AA;CC/DA;No Passes;RS: (!) 9:55-12:20-2:50-5:20-7:50-10:20 Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13) AA;CC/DA;RS: 10:40-1:40-4:40-7:40-10:40 Mary Queen of Scots (R) AA;CC/DA;No Passes;RS: (!) 10:15-11:15-1:15-2:15-4:15-5:157:15-8:15-10:15-11:05

The Mule (R) AA;CC/DA;No Passes;RS: (!) 9:50-12:30-3:10-5:50-8:30-11:00 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) AA;CC/DA;No Passes;RS: (!) 10:00-11:00-1:00-2:00-4:005:00-7:00-8:00-10:00-11:00

Arlington Cinema 'N' Drafthouse 2903 Columbia Pike

www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/

Mary Poppins Returns (PG) (!) 4:30-7:45

Regal Ballston Quarter Stadium 12 671 North Glebe Rd

www.regmovies.com/

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (PG) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 1:50-4:206:45-9:15 Aquaman (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 8:30-10:30 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 9:00 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 1:001:45-2:30-4:00-5:15-5:45-7:15-8:45-10:15 A Star is Born (R) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 1:25 Mortal Engines (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 1:154:30-7:30-10:30 Aquaman 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 5:00 Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 1:40 Bumblebee (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 5:00-7:45 Creed II (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 2:05 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 1:30-2:00-4:15-4:45-7:00-7:30-10:20 Bumblebee in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 10:00 Second Act (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 5:00-7:40-10:20 Green Book (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 1:35 Welcome to Marwen (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 5:00-7:45-10:30 The Mule (R) 2D;CC;DV;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 1:10-4:15-7:00-9:50

Regal Kingstowne Stadium 16 & RPX 5910 Kingstowne Towne Ctr

www.regmovies.com/

Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-3:15 Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (PG) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:55-3:15 Aquaman (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;RPX;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 7:00-10:15 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 12:30-1:00-1:30-2:00-3:454:00-4:30-5:00-7:00-7:30-8:00-10:15 Mortal Engines (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 3:30-6:45 Aquaman 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 5:00-8:30 Widows (R) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:20-3:20 Bumblebee (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:00-9:45 Creed II (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:40-9:40 Instant Family (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 1:10-10:30 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;RPX;Recliner;ReservedSelected;Stadium: 2:45 Bumblebee in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:30-10:15 Second Act (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 5:00-7:35-10:15 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D (PG) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;RPX;RPX 3D;Recliner;Reserved-Selected;Stadium: 12:15 Green Book (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:35-3:35 Welcome to Marwen (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 6:00-9:00 Mortal Engines in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 12:15-9:00 The Mule (R) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 12:30-3:15-6:00-10:05 Once Upon A Deadpool (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 1:30-4:15-7:05-9:55 Aquaman (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 6:00-9:30 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 1:00-1:45-3:454:30-6:30-7:15-9:15 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D (PG) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 10:00

Regal Potomac Yard Stadium 16 3575 Potomac Ave

www.regmovies.com/

Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 11:20-2:10 Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (PG) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 11:45-2:10-4:25 Aquaman (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 5:00-7:00-10:15-10:30 Mary Poppins Returns (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 12:15-12:45-1:00-2:00-3:303:45-4:15-7:00-7:45-10:15 Mortal Engines (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 12:10 Aquaman 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 7:15 Widows (R) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 1:10-4:05 Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 1:15 Bumblebee (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 5:00-7:00-8:00-10:00 Creed II (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 1:10-4:15-7:10-10:10 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG) 2D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 12:10-1:05-1:453:00-3:55-5:50-7:25-8:30-10:15 Bumblebee in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 6:00-9:00 The Favourite (R) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 7:00-9:45 Second Act (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 5:05-7:40-10:15 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D (PG) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 4:30 Green Book (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 1:20-4:15-7:15-10:10 Welcome to Marwen (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 5:00-7:45-10:30 Mortal Engines in 3D (PG-13) 3D;CC;DV;No Passes;Stadium: 3:00 The Mule (R) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 1:15-4:10-6:50-9:40 Once Upon A Deadpool (PG-13) 2D;CC;DV;Stadium: 1:40-8:05-10:50

Smithsonian - Airbus IMAX Theater 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy

www.si.edu/imax

D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D (NR) 11:10-12:35 Pandas: An IMAX 3D Experience (G) 2:35 Aircraft Carrier: Guardians of the Seas 3D (2018) (NR) 10:00-12:00-2:00-4:00 Journey to Space: The IMAX 3D Experience (NR) 10:35-1:25-3:25 Mortal Engines: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) 4:30 Aquaman: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) 7:00-9:45

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War”: An exhibition of 20 largeformat photographs by John Olson, a photographer with Stars and Stripes who spent three days with the Marines at the 1968 Battle of Hue of the Vietnam War. Hue was one of more than 100 cities and villages that North Vietnamese forces struck with a surprise attack on the holiday known as Tet, through Jan. 6; “Pictures of the Year: 75 Years of the World’s Best Photography”: An exhibit of a selection of more than 100 awardwinning news images from the archives of the photojournalism competition Pictures of the Year International, through Jan. 20. 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Renwick Gallery: “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man”: An exhibition of artwork created at Burning Man, the annual desert gathering and major art event, that includes immersive, roomsize installations, photographs, jewelry, costumes and archival materials from the Nevada Museum of Art, through Jan. 21.

17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

National Museum of the American Indian: “Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal” looks at Indian removal from the Cherokee perspective and attempts to dispel misconceptions about the Trail of Tears. It runs through January 2019.

Photographs”: An exhibition of a box of 10 photographs by Arbus, four of which she sold during her lifetime. Two were purchased by Richard Avedon, another by Jasper Johns. A fourth was purchased by Bea Feitler, art director at Harper’s Bazaar, through Jan. 27; “Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor”: An exhibition of 155 works by the artist, a black man born to an enslaved family in Alabama, who was an eyewitness to history: the Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation, the Great Migration and the steady rise of African-American culture in the South, through March 17. Eighth and F streets NW.

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: “Objects of Wonder”: The exhibition includes Martha, the last known passenger pigeon; the Pinniped fossil, an early CONTINUED ON PAGE 39

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postwar and contemporary holdings highlighting paintings by American and European modernists and a collection of West African masks, through Dec. 31.

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member of the group of animals that includes walruses, seals and sea lions; and the “Blue Flame,” one of the world’s largest pieces of lapis lazuli, through Jan. 1; “Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend”: An exhibition on the research and collaboration by Inuit and scientists on the narwhal reveals the latest in scientific knowledge on the animal and illuminates the interconnectedness between people and ecosystems, through Jan. 1; “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World”: An exhibition that examines the human ecology of epidemics to mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Influenza, a pandemic that took the lives of up to 100 million people, as much as 5 percent of the world’s population at that time, through Jan. 1. 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.

The Kreeger Museum: “Reinstallation of the permanent collection”: A return of the museum’s

The Phillips Collection: “Intersections: Richard Tuttle”: An exhibition that juxtaposes the artist’s 41-verse poem with 41 visual works he created, one for each verse, through Dec. 30; “Nordic Impressions”: An exhibition that surveys Nordic art spanning nearly 200 years and features works by 62 artists from Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, the Aland Islands, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, through Jan. 13. 1600 21st St. NW.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum: “Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen” features photographs, sculptures and new work with AI by the activist/artist. Paglen’s photographs show a tapped communications cable, classified military installation, a spy satellite and a drone — items generally hidden from the public that will be on display through Jan. 6.

Greenings: All Aboard!”: An annual holiday exhibition featuring re-creations of iconic train stations from across the United States along with heirloom and newly developed poinsettia varieties, on display throughout the conservatory, through Jan. 1. 100 Maryland Ave. SW.

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Spoonful of derivative dreck ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ tries too hard to copy the original film’s magic

Farah puts pain on the page in ‘North of Dawn’

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FILM REVIEW “Mary Poppins Returns” works hard to evoke the undeniable charms of the original 1964 film: It replicates many of them, in slavish fashion. Remember that famous animated set piece from the first film in which liveaction characters jump into a two-dimensional sidewalk chalk drawing? Here, they leap into a painting on a ceramic bowl.

And how about that “Step in Time” number from the original, featuring dancing chimney sweeps? In the sequel, it’s a phalanx of London lamplighters performing parkour tricks on bicycles. Half a century ago, Ed Wynn, as Mary’s eccentric uncle Albert, floated up to the ceiling as if filled with helium while singing, “I Love to Laugh.”

Now it’s Meryl Streep’s turn, as Mary’s eccentric cousin Topsy, trilling “Turning Turtle” as she gives a tour of her upside-down repair shop.

Homage is one thing, but this reeks less of nostalgia than sweat.

Set some 20 years after the action of “Mary Poppins,” “Mary Poppins Returns” centers on the nowgrown Banks children: Michael (Ben Whishaw), a widower with three children (Pixie Davies, Joel Dawson and Nathanael Saleh); and his unmarried sister, Jane (Emily Mortimer). Jane, like her suffragist mother before

Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda take a leap into the nostalgia of “Mary Poppins Returns.”

her, is an activist for progressive causes. Her soft heart for the working stiff makes her a perfect candidate for the love of LinManuel Miranda’s lamplighter, Jack. (While affable enough, the “Hamilton” star has little screen presence. And let’s not even get started on his cockney accent.)

Michael, a scatterbrained artist, is distraught because he misses his late wife. In fact, his grief has prevented him from keeping up with the mortgage payments on the house, which has fallen into foreclosure as the film opens, under the predations of a heartless banker played by Colin Firth.

Into this tale floats the title character (the pitch-perfect

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ (PG, 132 min.)

DIRECTOR: Rob Marshall STARS: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Meryl Streep IN A NUTSHELL: Two decades after the events of the original film, Mary Poppins comes back to re-inspire the now-grown Banks children.

Emily Blunt) to set things right.

Two hours later — after exhausting digressions, surreal side trips and interminable interludes that make the first film, at nearly 2½ hours, somehow feel shorter than this one — Mary’s mission is, of course, accomplished.

The songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman are serviceable, though less memorable than the original songbook by the Sherman brothers, who wrote several unforgettable earworms.

Surely, there are some who will approach the naked mechanics of “Mary Poppins Returns” more generously than others. Fond memories of the first film, and a childlike acceptance of the movie’s almost desperate need to be liked, can go a long way toward sweetening its shameless sense of imitation and the all but joyless drumbeat of duty.

Where’s the spoonful of sugar, you may wonder, to help this medicine go down? MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (THE WASHINGTON POST)

verbatim

“I’m not afraid to fall on my face.

I’m not afraid to look ridiculous.”

JOHN CENA, telling the AP about his work in comedy films. “I love him,” said Kay Cannon, who directed Cena in the

April movie “Blockers.” “He is so coachable. He would do anything I asked him — and I’m saying anything.”

Billboard: Jennifer Lopez joins NBC’s New Year’s Eve show

Variety: Bravo developing “Queer as Folk” reboot

BOOK REVIEW When Nuruddin Farah writes fiction about the ravages of terrorism, the details may be imaginary but the scars are real.

The celebrated Somali novelist, a frequent contender for the Nobel Prize in literature, lost his sister Basra Farah Hassan in 2014. A nutritionist working for UNICEF, she was murdered, along with at least 20 others, when the Taliban bombed a restaurant in Kabul.

“North of Dawn,” Farah’s book released earlier this month, opens in Oslo, where a Somali diplomat named Mugdi gets word that his only son has blown himself up at the airport in Mogadishu. Shocked and disgusted, Mugdi wants nothing to do with the memory of his late son. But his wife, Gacalo, refuses to relinquish her love for the young man, and she’s determined to keep their parental connection alive by inviting their son’s widow and her two children to Oslo.

That invitation ensnares Gacalo and Mugdi in a complicated kindness that will alter the rest of their lives.

“North of Dawn” suffers from a ramshackle quality one might expect from an exciting but not quite finished draft. It’s a story we rarely hear, though, a tale concerning the terrorist’s family that takes place in the long shadow of grief, shame and twisted loyalty. It’s also a story pulsing with the adrenaline of our era: a toxic mix of zealotry and xenophobia. RON CHARLES (TWP)

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1860: South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union as all 169 delegates to a special convention in Charleston vote in favor of separation.

1999: The Vermont Supreme Court rules that homosexual couples are entitled to the same benefits and protections as wedded couples of the opposite sex.

2005: A federal judge rules that “intelligent design” can not be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district, delivering a stinging attack on the Dover Area School Board.

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Mugger spray

UNREAL! 43 Swell Brit 44 Small mesas

7 Margarine alternatives 8 It’s slapped in hockey

5 Ceases

46 Dizzying design

10 Bygone despot

49 Kinda similar

14 Golfer’s choice 15 Hold in high regard

51 Pretend to like my hiring interview?

16 One in opposition

57 Inferno

12 Pay reparations

17 Balsams

58 Game with a jackpot

13 Melon covers

18 Raise to the sky 19 Crackpot 20 Be an awful security guard?

23 Catchers’ necessities

9 ___ precedent 10 Claws on birds 11 Beak kin

59 Author Coward

21 Have a health problem

60 In the near future

22 Dressing choice

61 Full speed ahead 62 St. relatives

26 State of Donny and Marie

24 Poker buy-ins 25 U-turn from vain

64 Tiny openings

28 Some eagles

65 After the deadline

30 Name-dropping abbr.

DOWN

31 Boston hoopster, cut

2 Mozart solo, e.g.

32 Cry of discovery

33 Car protector 36 Pretend to be a bigger man?

40 Common article 41 Peon kin 42 “___ Lang Syne”

1 Irritate 3 Angler’s bobber 4 Full company on stage 5 Slender 6 Deck with many images

43 Olive and pea 44 Kevin and Francis 45 Deplete (with “up”) 46 Butcher’s byproducts 47 “Common Sense” writer 48 Rubber hub of Ohio

49 Persian Gulf country 50 Free from restraint 52 Applaud 53 ___ erectus 54 Exploding star 55 Come face-to-face 56 “Anything ___?”

25 Test the weight of

63 Camera’s attachment

31 Funny type of strip

39 Sensible

27 Create

WEDNESDAY’S SOLUTION

28 Spew forth 29 Fix, as an outcome

33 Boxing event 34 Rough breathing sound 35 Contributes 37 Greek letter No. 8 38 Egg provider

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That new ‘LOTR’ show has its star Vanessa Hudgens celebrated her 30th birthday Friday with a “Lord of the Rings”themed party. “Had the most magical birthday party,” Hudgens wrote on Instagram. “Very thankful for everyone who made it happen.”

The actress, who wore a red dress that echoed Arwen’s costume from the movies, contacted a design studio three months in advance to plan the party, according to E! News.

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Bethenny glad her BF is cool under pressure Bethenny Frankel says boyfriend Paul Bernon saved her life when she suffered an allergic reaction Sunday. The “Real Housewives of New York City” star landed in the emergency room after falling unconscious while reacting to a fish allergy. “He managed to call 911 & get pill down my throat w water,” Frankel tweeted Tuesday.

“He saved my life.” (EXPRESS)

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Wendy’s doctors not big on bedside manner Wendy Williams revealed during her talk show Tuesday that she suffered a fracture in her right shoulder Sunday. “By Monday morning my shoulder was on fire,” said Williams, 54, who didn’t share how she suffered the injury. The host said she won’t need surgery, adding: “[Doctors] told me I’m very healthy — for a person after 50.” (EXPRESS)

In-laws tolerate a lunch together

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Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton joined Prince Harry, Prince William and Queen Elizabeth II for lunch Wednesday at Buckingham Palace. The gathering came amid rumors of a feud between Markle and Middleton, though Us Weekly reports that the story has been exaggerated in the press. “The ‘feud’ is definitely being played up,” a source said. “Are they the best of friends? No. Do they speak every waking second? No. Do they hate each other? Absolutely not.” A source told People this week that the duchesses are just “very different characters.” (EXPRESS)

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