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CHEVY CHASE GARDEN TOUR Tour participants can visit eight private gardens in historic Chevy Chase Village and shop for plants and garden items. Hosted by the Garden Club of Chevy Chase, the tour benefits restoration of Chevy Chase Circle, improvements to Western Grove Park and other community projects. Advance tickets are $30 ($40 on May 18); free for children 12 and under. Ticket pick-up is at 1 Quincy St. For details, visit gardenclubofchevychase.org.
presents its annual Gala Dance, featuring an awards program and live music by Swingtopia. Admission includes a reception, a gourmet dinner, a beginning dance lesson, dancing and carousel rides. Proceeds support the arts programs at Glen Echo Park. Tickets are $250. For details, visit glenechopark.org. 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland.
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Attendees will observe the technique of using oil and acrylic inks on a large Gelli plate, then taking impressions on dry paper. The use of soft pastels to enhance the monoprints will also be demonstrated. Admission is free. For details, visit washingtonprintmakers. com. Washington Printmakers Gallery, 1641 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
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NEWS Category-1 Gas Leak Gets Early Morning Attention BY PEGGY SAN D S
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Nearly Done: Hyde-Addison School Construction BY PEGGY SA NDS The Georgetowner got an exclusive tour of the construction site of Georgetown’s only public elementary school, Hyde-Addison at 3219 O St. NW, on Thursday, May 9. What DC Public Schools has been claiming can now be confirmed: the renovation of the two historic school buildings, connecting them to a new glass- and light-filled main building, a project that began in July of 2017, appears to be in its final stage. “The new Hyde-Addison School construction project is on schedule, on budget and will be ready for move-in in mid-August,” said Patrick Davis, COO at DCPS. “It will open to some 350 pre-K, kindergarten through fifth-grade students and much of the prior school administrators, special education staff and faculty on Aug. 26.” About 100 construction workers were busy on-site Thursday at every level of the building. In front of the new glass-walled entrance, a final layer of Flexi-Pave surface will soon be laid on the large sports court and entryway benches. Then landscaped playgrounds for older children and a separate one for pre-K and kindergarten students will be completed. In the new entry building, the grand stairway and visitor reception and lounge areas have large skylights. The staircase leads to generously sized high-tech classrooms on the second floor and to the white and airy gym and cafeteria, with 19-foot ceilings below ground. That area awaits only a second coat of paint and new floors before movable walls, bleachers, a stage and commercial kitchen equipment are installed. The school library takes up half the ground floor of the new building, with walls of fritted, glare-free glass. On the other side, the administrative offices, the faculty lounge and rooms for the school nurse and specialty faculty appear to be almost done, with drywall in the finishing stages. The back of the new building opens up to the completely reconstructed two-story Addison building — first built in 1895 —
with modernized classrooms and music, language and art rooms (including a kiln room for pottery) for second to fifth graders. To the side, a second-floor bridge connects the new entry building with the now refurbished two-story Hyde building for pre-K through first graders. The parking area for faculty is laid out; driveways going from P to O Streets only await finishing of an underground utility storage area before being paved. “Now we’re approaching the stage where everything goes quickly,” Davis commented. “The furniture is ordered and ready to go,” said Amanda Ou, DCPS project coordinator. “Everyone is definitely getting ready and excited for move-in in August.” “It will be a miracle if it’s done by September,” commented GeorgetownBurleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission Chair Rick Murphy at the April 29 meeting. But that miracle definitely looks ready to happen. Davis credits the project’s efficiency — in contrast to the expansion of the Duke Ellington School for the Arts in 2017 — to a new threeyear system of planning, budgeting and construction logistics. The miracle, perhaps, is that HydeAddison is just one of 17 projects DCPS has underway at the present time.
At 2 a.m. on Friday, May 10, crews from Washington Gas were tearing up the 2900 block of Olive Street in Georgetown, according to neighbors who reported the incident to neighborhood gas leak watchdog Edward Segal. Washington Gas was repairing a category-one gas leak (the most serious category) under the brick sidewalk where a similar leak was repaired on Feb. 3, per Segal.
This leak was the 138th reported in Georgetown since 2016. Of the more than 4,000 natural gas leaks reported across the city since 2016, as recorded by the gas company, “most have been the most serious Category One,” Segal wrote. The continuing gas leak problems in Georgetown will be the focus of a May 15 public hearing at the 1325 G St. NW offices of the DC Public Service Commission, which regulates Washington Gas. It will be the second full hearing on the problem. At the Feb. 6 hearing, a number of Georgetowners spoke to the full commission while a panel of top Washington Gas officials listened intently. Everyone at the meeting agreed that the issue of ongoing gas leaks in Georgetown is complex, due to a deteriorating system of metal pipes and expanding usage. Faster response time to emergency calls and more transparency about leaks and how they are being handled were recommended. Segal maintains a blog that tracks gas leaks on an almost daily basis at georgetowngasleaks.com.
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CRIME & SAFETY ARREST IN WEEKLONG CRIME WAVE
Metropolitan Police arrested Sadek Mohammed, 24, of Northeast D.C. and charged him with two counts of armed robbery and two counts of car theft. The crimes — from May 7 to 10 — occurred in Georgetown, the West End and Foggy Bottom, according to news reports and MPD. On Tuesday, May 7, just after midnight, a car was stolen in the 1000 block of 24th Street NW. The following day, the suspect entered an establishment in the 1300 block of Wisconsin Avenue about 11:15 p. m. and robbed it at gunpoint, escaping with cash. Then on Thursday, May 9, two persons were held up at gunpoint on the sidewalk in the 2500 block of K Street NW around 12:30 a.m. On Friday, the same suspect stole a car from the 900 block of New Hampshire Avenue NW.
SUSPECT SOUGHT IN BURGLARY
MPD seeks the public’s help in identifying a suspect in reference to a Burglary Two offense. The crime occurred on Tuesday, May 7, at 1 a.m. in the 1400 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW. The suspect grabbed property and left the
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WOMAN DIES OFF ROOSEVELT ISLAND
At first, D.C. Fire & EMS boats could not find a submerged vehicle in the Potomac River off Roosevelt Island on Sunday, May 5. On the following day, the body of Barbara Bushkin, 72, of Fairfax County was found, still strapped in the driver’s seat of her SUV. Bushkin was returning from a Martha’s Table benefit, but stopped in the Roosevelt Island parking lot and was there for more than an hour — before the SUV somehow moved into the river. MPD is investigating the incident.
MUTILATED BODY NEAR CHAIN BRIDGE
Metropolitan Police suspect the Salvadoran gang MS-13 may have been involved in the disappearance of a 16-yearold boy from Frederick, Maryland, according to sources with knowledge of the investigation, reported WUSA9. “Detectives are all but certain a mutilated body found beneath Chain Bridge in D.C. May 4 is Eberson Guerra Sanchez,” the news outlet said. The body, with one hand severed, was found by fishermen near the C&O Canal. Investigations continue.
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On May 8, around 9:30 p.m., Venezuelan activists camping outside the Embassy of Venezuela on 30th Street in Georgetown watched as city officials turned off connections to water and electricity — cutting off protestors inside the building. Pro-Maduro Codepink activists claim it was a decision by the U.S. government to support the interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó. (But maybe nobody remembered to pay the utility bills.) See the news reports at georgetowner.com.
NO COLLUSION, JUST DINNER AT MARTIN’S
Special counsel Robert Mueller and actor David McCallum had a quiet repast at Martin’s Tavern on May 6. The 85-year-old McCallum, who plays Ducky on “NCIS,” is also known for his work on “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” as secret agent Illya Kuryakin.
NORAH O’DONNELL RETURNS TO D.C. FULL-TIME TO ANCHOR “CBS EVENING NEWS”
It took a while, but after working at NBC News and as White House correspondent for CBS News, then on “CBS This Morning,” O’Donnell will become anchor and managing editor of “The CBS Evening News,” which will be moved from New York to Washington. The 45-year-old O’Donnell had been commuting between Manhattan and her Northwest D.C. home, which she shares with her chef-restaurateur husband Geoff Tracy and their three children. Both O’Donnell and Tracy are Georgetown University alums.
GEORGETOWN’S FIRST BUS SHELTER HAS ARRIVED
After concern expressed by some residents, the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission, the Old Georgetown Board and city agencies approved the bus shelter set-up. The shelter at the bus stop at 35th Street and Dent Place was erected on May 3, just before a torrential rainstorm. Now some neighbors call it beautiful and “almost invisible.”
NEIGHBORS TRIUMPH OVER GINKGO TREE
After suffering last spring through weeks of squishy, stinky ginkgo pods covering the corner sidewalk at 27th and O Streets, neighbors finally have heard their enemy will be slain. The District, responding to their petition, has notified them that city arborists will remove the large ginkgo tree on the corner. Homeowner Danielle Dukowicz got signatures from more than 60 percent of her neighbors on 27th street between O and P calling for the tree’s removal. It took about three months.
EVANS TRIPLETS RETURN FROM COLLEGE
“Week after next the Evans triplets will once again be seen on the streets of Georgetown,” Council member Jack Evans announced at the Georgetown Village annual benefit on May 9. Born and raised at the Evans home on P Street, Katherine, John and Christine are now 21 years old and graduating from college in New York, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Their mother, Noel Evans, died of cancer in 2003.
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NEWS BYTES CONTINUED... ACT INTRODUCED FOR PUBS, HOME BREWERS
On May 3, at the mayor’s request, the Council introduced the Manufacturer and Pub Permit Parity Amendment Act of 2019, which will make it easier for D.C.-based wine, beer and spirits businesses to collaborate with local alcohol manufacturers, work together to sell their products in D.C., stay competitive in the region and aim to expand. The legislation also tackles a gray area by exempting D.C. residents who make beer or wine in their homes from having to obtain a license.
ALLEN INTRODUCES VISION ZERO OMNIBUS BILL
A bill overhauling D.C.’s approach to lessening pedestrian, cyclist and driver deaths was introduced by Council member Charles Allen of Ward 6 on May 7. The legislation focuses on creating safer streets and improving sidewalks, crosswalks and intersections. The bill is also meant to implement existing laws and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
A STEP CLOSER TO MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Mayor Muriel Bowser is moving D.C. one step closer to using the District Opportunity to Purchase Act to provide additional affordable housing options for D.C. residents. The DOPA law, passed 11 years ago, requires rental property owners to offer the District opportunities to buy housing of five or more rental units as long as at least 25 percent are deemed affordable.
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STUDENT GUIDE TO GRADUATION LAUNCHED
Better support is being provided to DC Public Schools students on their way to graduation. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DCPS Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee launched the “Student Guide to Graduation, College and Career,” a personalized guide mailed to all students in ninth, 10th and 11th grade and made available online. The guide comes on the heels of two new upcoming early college programs at Coolidge High School and Bard DC.
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Gerber Group, which runs some of New York City’s buzziest hotel hot spots, opened 12 Stories at the Wharf late last month. The new bar, on the 12th floor of the InterContinental hotel, has its own entrance next to Blink Optical, with an elevator that goes straight to the rooftop. Expect to see cocktails like the GG Manhattan and extra-chilled Grey Goose and Bombay Sapphire martinis.
APPLE STORE INSTALLED IN CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Following months of renovations, the new Apple Store at the restored Carnegie Library opened to long lines on May 11. The store, the second in the District after the Wisconsin Avenue location, is said to have a subtle presence, staying within the building’s historic aesthetic. A six-week StoryMakers Festival with dozens of local creatives will conclude with a June 29 block party featuring D.C. rapper GoldLink and No Kings Collective.
GRAND OPENING FOR SPY MUSEUM’S NEW BUILDING
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Jelleff Renovation Planning: ‘Completely Backwards’ Planning for the use of an approved $7-million fund in public park monies for the Jelleff Recreation Center’s renovation — to comply with Disability Act requirements and construct some additions — has been done “completely backwards,” in the opinion of the center’s normally mild-mannered and cool director, Bob Stowers. “The square-foot cost [$389 per square foot] is double what other renovation projects have cost,” Stowers said, almost angrily, at a May 8 town meeting. “The public has yet to receive an explanation of why costs are so high only for a renovation.” Stowers is concerned that a chance of a lifetime for Jelleff to meet growing community needs will be missed. Amazingly, D.C. Auditor Kathleen Patterson agreed. In letters to Stowers in 2018, copied to, among others, Mayor Bowser, Council member Jack Evans and Peter Nohrden, project manager for the Department of Parks and Recreation, Patterson wrote: “Our jurisdiction is wealthy and the District spends money this way because it can. On construction projects we basically do not require contractors to competitively bid on costs. Nada. The renovation contractor determines the cost. It’s how it’s done. We make plans, we hire an architect then a builder and at some point well down the road we ask the builder what the maximum price will be.”
The result? Many Georgetowners may well remember the millions of dollars of cost overruns and missed deadlines of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts project, finally completed in 2017. Things are changing in Georgetown, however. There is a fast-growing demographic of young families — including new members of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E — willing and eager to use and give input on projects. And a new three-year project planning and construction system, including a budgeted year of planning, community input and review, is in place. Perhaps that is why the Hyde-Addison School construction — one of 17 ongoing public-school projects in the District — seems to be zooming to completion on budget, on time and including most of the wants, needs and requirements of the parent and governmental stakeholders who worked on the plans for a good year before it started. Jelleff advocates are visible and bold. The input of a broad spectrum of potential users is being recorded. Stowers’s concerns about costs and the possible advantage of rebuilding the facility from scratch needs to be transparently considered before any renovation contract is issued.
Time To Remember Memorial Day is coming up. May 27 is not so far away. It’s time to remember. On Memorial Day, we are admonished, urged and inspired to remember and honor the men and women who have died in the military service of our country. By inference, we will also remember those who served and survived the struggles, battles and wars. And we will think of those who continue to serve honorably to protect our country, all of whom will have their time on Veterans Day. Perhaps unfairly, we think a lot of World War II on this memorializing day. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, ending his years of service in a speech to a Joint Session of Congress in the 1950s under controversial circumstances, nevertheless defined himself honorably, describing himself as an old soldier — as in “old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” They are fading away still, more and more every day, shrinking the number and memories of those who fought in World War II and subsequent actions. Today we are asked to remember — to remember for those who are gone. We are asked to remember and imagine them, to think of those white markers at Arlington or in small-town cemeteries. We are asked to 8 MAY 15, 2019
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pull out fading photographs and remember those who went, more often than not willingly, with fervor, afraid and nervous, eager, staring across the ocean and spilling themselves and their blood on distant shores and sands, where many of them died violent, sudden and painful deaths. We saw some of the survivors of World War II here in Washington when thousands of them showed up for the inauguration of the World War II Memorial, displayed in the glory of their ordinary humanity. We saw a brown-haired farmer from the Midwest sitting with his family as tourists and D.C. residents came to shake his hands and thank him for his service. He wept, he said, in gratitude and because he remembered his lost friends. It’s time to remember the lives lost and imagine the lives lived afterward, and the spirit of those times which were about good old values of America, like courage, decency, good will and a kind of kinetic energy to prevail. Let’s hope that our memories of these good men and women are not turned into circus-tent sophistries and rallies of balderdash and sloganeering. It is, after all, Memorial Day. Time to remember. Them.
BY JAC K EVAN S This year, Mayor Bowser proposed a budget larger than any in the city’s history. To support a budget this size, the mayor proposed a number of tax law changes that the Council’s Committee on Finance and Revenue considered, along with its own changes. In March, as part of performance oversight, the Committee on Finance and Revenue heard from advocates who support the earned income tax credit, also known as Schedule H. Advocates testified that the District should not count dependent income toward a calculation of thresholds for Schedule H. Without the change, for example, if a child earns a certain amount of income, the adult would no longer be eligible for the tax credit program, since the child’s income would factor into the Schedule H threshold. Eliminating consideration of dependent income has been a high priority of advocates. It has always been a goal of mine to have the most progressive earned
income tax credit in the country. This recommendation would bring us a step closer to that goal. The committee also invested in Birthto Three For All DC. This law sets up children to be successful throughout their time in school while allowing parents to continue working without worrying about their children. The law also reduces the rate of interaction with the juvenile or adult justice systems. I have been a strong supporter of the Birth-to-Three For All DC Act because I strongly believe that early childhood education is key for a child’s development. I raised triplets and have always felt that the foundation for a strong education begins soon after birth. Funding this program will go a long way to ensure that children have what they need with this valuable resource. The committee also recommended capping the income limit for those applying for the Early Learning Tax Credit at $150,000. This limit was previously set at $750,000 and more than half the tax benefits were going to those with incomes over $150,000.
Affordable Housing Keeps Us in DC To the editor: Mayor Bowser introduced the Workforce Housing Fund as part of her 2020 budget. I support the fund because it would support social workers like me. When people experience the worst day of their lives, social workers are there to give support and connect individuals and families with needed services. When extreme heat or cold strikes the city, social workers help vulnerable residents find shelter and relief. As a social worker of 20 years now working for D.C. government, I’ve found that my clients trust me more because I live in the District. They know I understand their needs. D.C. is such a unique city; living here better equips me to work here. To be sure, living in the city has put a strain on my family’s budget. After my mortgage, I’ve prioritized saving for my son’s college education, retirement and both life and disability insurance in case
of disaster. I’m always looking for ways to trim the fat, such as using the public library instead of paying for cable and internet in my home. The Mayor’s Workforce Housing Fund would make living in the District more affordable for families like mine. Beneficiaries of the Workforce Housing Fund would not be limited to D.C. government employees; any single-person household earning between $50,000 and $99,000 would be eligible. For a family of four, the income range is between $70,000 and $141,000. I hope the Council will show they value middle-class workers, including social workers, by supporting the Workforce Housing Fund. — Angela Hardiman, Social Worker, DC Department of Human Services
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The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is always a whirl of activity with attendees, workshops and presentations of every stripe. On May 10, the DC Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business and Economic Development Summit amped up that level of energy and involvement. With Vincent Orange as its president and CEO, the DC Chamber brought together a lot of people on a busy Friday — all to the betterment of business in the nation’s capital. Along with other events during Small Business Week, the summit’s primary sponsor was D.C.’s Department of Small and Local Business Development. “The DC Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business and Economic Development Summit was well attended and very educational through the six workshops presented — and a huge success for the small business community,” Orange said. “Networking and new friends and business
relationships were established and many enhanced.” First up for the panels was a new opportunity for D.C. businesses: “The Business of Sports Betting in the Nation’s Capital.” Others included: “How to Do Business with Retail Outlets” and “Bond Your Business, Loan Access and DC BizCAP.” There were also panels on “Access to Capital” and “United States Small Business Administration.” The concluding panel focused on “Key Economic Developments in DC Neighborhoods,” another fresh topic on everyone’s mind. The panels included representatives from DC Lottery, Kristi Whitfield of DSLBD, Bernadine Johnson and Shanetta Kemple from USSBA, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and Events DC — and lots of banks, such as EagleBank, PNC, BB&T, TD
Juan Jara of City National Bank; DC Chamber President and CEO Vincent Orange; Colin, Austin and Ronald Gill of Frères Branchiaux Candle Company; and Jannie Orange of the DC Chamber. Photo by Forrest Givens.
Kathleen Donahue of Labyrinth Games and Puzzles, Charlie Whitaker of Career Path DC, Elizabeth Anderson of Cadogan & Associates and DSLBD Director Kristi Whitfield. Photo by Forrest Givens. Bank, City National and Bank of America. Many other organizations and agencies, including Pepco and the District’s Health Benefit Exchange, were also on hand. The networking list overflowed, from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and the Department of General Services to Microsoft, Shop Made in DC and the Mansion on O & O Street Museum. Business persons interacted with government officials and were recognized and awarded in front of 300 people at the Chamber’s Annual Awards Luncheon. Each year, the DC Chamber of Commerce honors small businesses which have contributed to the business and economic growth of the community. This year’s awardees were: • Small Business of the Year — Corenic Construction Group, Inc. • Small Business Person of the Year — Jacquay Henderson • Young Entrepreneur of the Year — Frères Branchiaux Candle Company • Non-Profit Organization of the Year — Washington Area Community
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Following the 2 p.m. open meeting at 1325 G St. NW, Suite 800, the commission will conduct a follow-up community hearing for Washington Gas to update the public. The Office of the People’s Counsel, ANCs and interested persons are invited to make oral presentations. To register as a presenter, call 202-626-5150 or email psc-commissionsecretary@dc.gov by 5:30 p.m. on May 10.
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TUDOR PLACE GARDEN PARTY Tudor Place, 1644 31st St. NW, will
salute former trustee and longtime supporter Bruce Whelihan at its 27th annual Spring Garden Party, chaired by Beth Clifton and Whitney Rosenthal. The festive evening begins at 6 p.m. Tickets are $250. For details, visit tudorplace.org.
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The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Georgetown Visitation School, 1524 35th St. NW, second-floor Heritage Room. For details, visit anc2e.com.
Likewise, DSLBD also gave out awards at the May 10 summit. They were: • Retailer of the Year Award: Labyrinth Games and Puzzles — Kathleen Donahue • Sustainability & Innovation Business of the Year Award: District Supply, Inc. — Paul Williams • CBE of the Year Award: Cadogan & Associates — Elizabeth Anderson • The District Partnership Award: Career Path DC — Charlie Whittaker Evidenced by its May 10 confab, the DC Chamber lives up to its slogan “Delivering the Capital” — in both meanings of “capital” — as do many of the District’s government agencies and local businesses.
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Investment Fund • Small Business Champion of the Year — Emmanuel Irono of MOTIR • Women in Business Champion of the Year — Natalie Madeira Cofield of Walker’s Legacy
OLD GEORGETOWN BOARD The Old Georgetown Board– Commission of Fine Arts will meet at 9 a.m. at 401 F St. NW, Suite 312. For details, visit cfa.gov.
GEORGETOWN BID ANNUAL MEETING
Mayor Muriel Bowser will be on hand as the Georgetown Business Improvement District celebrates its 20th anniversary from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place, 3000 K St. NW. For details, visit georgetowndc.com.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REMINDERS Enrollment is open for 2019-20 Sunday morning Religious Education, as well as sacramental preparation for First Reconciliation/First Eucharist and Confirmation. Holy Trinity’s Faith Formation and Religious Education Department provides religious education classes for children in kindergarten through high school on Sunday mornings. Visit trinity.org/ enroll-in-religious-education-programs for deadlines and more information.
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OUT: THE CURRENT FOLDS
It’s the end of the line for the Current Newspapers, Inc., which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection May 10. The move to Chapter 7 means liquidation of assets and the end of the more than 50-yearold company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year. Its hearing is set for May 22 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia. As reported at inforuptcy.com: “Hearing Scheduled (BK) (RE: related document(s) 61 Motion to Convert Case to Chapter 7) Hearing scheduled for 5/22/2019 at 10:30 AM Courtroom 1. (Mathewes, Aimee) (Entered: 05/10/2019)” According to records at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia, the Current Newspapers has more than $1.2 million in liabilities and less than $50,000 in assets. The biggest debtor claims include $180,000 by Gannett Company printers and $105,000 by Bartash Printing, Inc., of Philadelphia.
Gabriele Davis, branch manager for Wells Fargo at 2901 M St. NW and its additional Express Center on Wisconsin Avenue, across from the Georgetown Inn. Georgetowner photo.
IN: WELLS FARGO EXPRESS
The banking of Georgetown has begun its next phase, as residents express their retail dissatisfaction with JPMorgan Chase and Capital One Café also in the works. Wells Fargo’s second spot at 1329 Wisconsin Ave. NW is one of its “digital express centers,” as the bank calls it. The 1,500-square-foot space offers more convenient and high-tech ways for customers to make deposits and other transactions. There is a sitting area
The colorful Greenworks store at 35th & O Streets. Georgetowner photo. for checking your computer, making phone calls or just counting your money.
IN: NEW HEAD FOR GEORGETOWN MAIN STREET
Rachel Shank has been named executive director of Georgetown Main Street, succeeding Jessie Himmelrich, who moved on to the Southwest Business Improvement District, which includes L’Enfant Plaza and the Wharf. Shank is working on her master’s degree in public administration. Georgetown Main Street is a local nonprofit that seeks “to help promote and support the economic vitality of our local small business community along Wisconsin Avenue, from Whitehaven Parkway, to K Street and the adjacent area. GMS is designated as a DC Main Street program and is funded by the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development.” “I Do,” Georgetown Main Street’s wedding event, has been postponed to August. Shank can be reached at 202-656-4427 or rachel@ georgetownmainstreet.com.
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EastBanc, Inc., and Acadia Realty Trust have acquired 1238 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The 30,000 square foot retail building will be converted into office, retail and residential spaces, returning the property to its original layout. At the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Prospect Street, the building boasted Michael O’Harro’s Tramp’s Discotheque and Billy Martin’s Carriage House in the 1970s. Most recently, it was home to the Zara clothing store. Its latest iteration will be a mixed-use building with 15,000 square feet of office space and five residential units above the ground-floor retail — with 2021 opening expected.
OUT: GREENWORKS AT 35TH & O
By the end of the month, the florist of choice for many hotels, law firms and other businesses — as well as weddings — is decamping from its most whimsical location: 3428 O St. NW, at the corner of 35th and O Streets, across from Saxby’s Coffee and near Georgetown Hairstyling. The store, painted only a few years ago in hot pink, will consolidate its inventory to its other D.C. spots on 23rd Street in the West End and at the Willard Hotel on F Street. The creative group of flower-power lovers is headed by James Michael McCann.
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Mike Daryoush, founder of Moby Dick House of Kabob, died May 9. Courtesy Moby Dick.
This week, the beloved Moby Dick House of Kabob is celebrating its 30th anniversary. It is also mourning the loss of founder and owner Mike Daryoush, who died on May 9. First opening in 1989 in Bethesda as Moby’s Luncheonette, the restaurant found its footing after Daryoush built a clay oven to bake fresh pita the way he’d learned in Iran. After the pita was a hit, the restaurant recalibrated and replaced American dishes with traditional Persian cuisine. It rebranded as the Moby Dick House of Kabob, and the rest is history. The 31st Street staple has 24 locations throughout the Washington area and in Baltimore.
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THE 15th ANNUAL DC JAZZ FEST
While the events at the Wharf on June 15 and 16 are free, the Anthem is ticketed and not to be missed! Don’t miss Snarky Puppy performing June 14 at the Anthem. Photo by Stella K.
BY GARY T IS CHL ER
Don’t let the wet weather of late fool you. Celebration time is coming up in Washington, D.C., with the arrival of the DC Jazz Festival. When it rolls in next month, from June 7 to 16, the festival will mark its 15th anniversary as the only major citywide jazz festival in the Mid-Atlantic region. Presenting the essence of America’s original musical art form across 40 venues in the city, this year’s programming reflects the festival’s ever-expanding reach. “We are a jazz city,” said Sunny Sumter, executive director of (in its shortened form) DC JazzFest. “The festival is about the vital role that jazz has played throughout the city and throughout its history. With the festival, we get a chance to see how jazz has grown in importance here, how it changes constantly here, how diverse it is and how important it is. “I think we’ve had amazing growth, in terms of venues throughout the city, where more and more people who live here come in contact with and experience jazz and our concerts,” she said. “The Southwest waterfront area has become a major venue core for the festival. Our regular programs, like Jazz in the ’Hoods, also increase our presence throughout the city.” The festival is a significant and shifting presence in the city, while building institutions of its own that continue to grow. “We have our signature events again, and I think this year they’re really special,” said Sumter. “In some ways, it’s been a sad past year, and we’re commemorating and saluting the lives of some of the artists we lost.” It was Charles Fishman, the manager of bebop pioneer and jazz ambassador Dizzy Gillespie for many years, who founded the 12 MAY 15, 2019
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festival 15 years ago. Fishman was struck by the absence of a festival in a city that had a genuine proximity to jazz history in its neighborhoods, clubs and performance venues — like the Howard and Lincoln theaters — and a link to immortals like D.C. native Duke Ellington. “We’re saluting part of that history with two signal closing events in collaboration with the Kennedy Center,” Sumter noted. On Sunday, June 9, the festival will present “Celebrating Randy Weston” in the Kennedy Center Family Theater. Weston, a revered pianist and forward-looking composer who passed away last year, helped connect mainstream jazz to African music. DC JazzFest Artistic Director Willard Jenkins, who co-wrote Weston’s autobiography “African Rhythms,” said that “this will be a joyous celebration of his rich, peerless artistry. It will be a musical dialogue among pianists and three of his longtime band members, who idolized Weston and were indelibly influenced by his musical quest and his deep reverence for our collective African roots.” The concert will feature pianists Marc Cary and Rodney Kendrick playing with members of Weston’s African Rhythms band: bassist Alex Blake, saxophonist T.K. Blue and African percussionist Neil Clarke. The main event and festival climax will be the “Great Masters of Jazz” concert, with lifetime achievement awards for peerless producer Quincy Jones; beloved local saxophonist and educator Fred Foss, who died in April; and three others now gone — luminous song stylist Nancy Wilson, D.C.-born pianist and singer Shirley Horn and trumpeter Roy Hargrove, a Wynton Marsalis protégé who became part of the neo-soul movement.
On Saturday, June 15, Jon Batiste headlines the New Orleans throwdown along with the Brass-AHolics for the DC Jazz Festival. Actor, rapper and activist Nick Cannon will host “Great Masters of Jazz,” taking place on Sunday, June 16, in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The festival’s signature series include DC JazzFest at The Wharf, June 14 to 16, with four stages featuring such major acts as the astounding and genre-defying Snarky Puppy, “Lean on Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers” and the gifted Jon Batiste, whose album “Hollywood Africans” is a gem. As always there’s Jazz in the ’Hoods, June 6 to 16, which spreads a musical blanket over Washington at a variety of venues, including museums, schools, clubs and restaurants, as well as Jazz ’N Families Fun Days, June 1 and 2. “The city’s changing, and jazz is getting more diverse,” Sumter said. “I think the festival reflects the changes, adapts, expands.” Sumter has been a jazz singer herself. When she was a guest at one of The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership programs several years
Sunny Sumter with DCJF Artistic Director Willard Jenkins ago, she not only talked about jazz, but sang, to great effect. “We’ve all seen that jazz has spread and taken on an international flavor, and we’ll see that here too,” she said, also calling jazz “our own invented, purely American music.” Sumter noted the recent controversies about go-go music in relation to demographic changes in neighborhoods like Shaw and in the District as a whole. “It’s definitely our music,” she said. “It’s Washington’s music. When I was a teenager growing up here, sure, I used to get my go-go on.” Go-go looms large in the city’s memory. Sumter, Jenkins and the DC JazzFest are making sure that jazz remains large in the memory of the city, as well as in its future. For the complete festival schedule, visit dcjazzfest.org.
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HIRSHHORN MUSEUM May 17 to July 24 This exhibition will transform the Hirshhorn’s galleries into a communal dining space in which visitors will be served curry and invited to share a meal together. Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija’s presentation unites his signature communal food-based work with his ongoing series of drawings derived from protest imagery, creating a unique dialogue within a single installation. The title refers to the colors worn by the various factions in recent Thai government protests. It also refers to the 1982 vandalism of Barnett Newman’s similarly titled painting in Berlin, motivated by the attacker’s belief that Newman’s painting was a “perversion” of the German flag.
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THE LIFE OF ANIMALS IN JAPANESE ART
FREER GALLERY OF ART May 18 to Oct. 6 Following the trial and the disastrous events surrounding the Peacock Room, James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) was broke and in many ways defeated. Returning to watercolor, he reinvented himself in midlife and painted his way into posterity. Museum founder Charles Lang Freer amassed over 50 watercolors by Whistler, the largest collection in the world. Due to their delicate nature, these works have not been exhibited together in over a century. This exhibition opens in conjunction with a reinstallation of the Peacock Room, inspired by the room’s intended appearance as a dining room for its original owner in 1876.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART June 2 to Aug. 18 Artworks representing animals — real or imaginary, religious or secular — span the full breadth and splendor of Japanese artistic production. As the first exhibition devoted to the subject, “The Life of Animals in Japanese Art” covers 16 centuries (from the sixth century to the present day) and a wide variety of media: sculptures, paintings, lacquerwork, ceramics, metalwork, textiles and woodblock prints. A selection of some 315 works, drawn from Japanese and American public and private collections, includes seven that are designated as Important Cultural Property by the Japanese government.
“Sho-chan, Heisei period,” 2013. Yayoi Kusama. Courtesy Ota Fine Arts.
CHARLES HINMAN: STRUCTURES, 1965–2014
“Blue and Silver - Choppy Channel,” c. 1893-97 (detail). James McNeill Whistler.
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THE KREEGER MUSEUM Through July 31 This is the first museum show of works by Charles Hinman in the Washington area and the first survey in more than 30 years. A New York-based abstract painter who pioneered three-dimensional, shaped canvases starting in the 1960s, Hinman is best known for his compositions that emerge from the wall in a collection of hand-built and multicolored planes, expanding the conventional space of the canvas. The exhibition brings together historic paintings from the 1960s, also presenting objects that cast a new light on Hinman’s expansive and ongoing studio practice, including painted canvases, cast paper reliefs and other experimental artworks.
“Sails,” 1965. Charles Hinman.
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THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION May 16 to Aug. 25 This multi-faceted project by Ranjani Shettar — born in 1977 in Bangalore — draws from the artist’s rural Indian environment of changing skies, monsoon rains and lush vegetation. Employing traditional materials such as teak wood and indigo pigment and techniques of carving, dyeing and lacquer, Shettar created hand-carved wood sculptures and a multi-part piece that wraps up the gallery walls. Occupying two rooms and the staircase of the original Phillips house, the project is conceived in dialogue with important artworks within the Phillips Collection: Wassily Kandinsky’s “Klänge (Sounds),” an artist’s book of 56 woodcuts, and three late paintings by Paul Klee.
“Smoke Rings,” 2018. Ranjani Shettar. Courtesy the artist and Talwar Gallery.
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SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW PERFOR M A N C E B Y G A RY TI S C H LE R A N D R I C H A R D S E L D EN T H E AT E R Round House Theatre — having commandeered the Lansburgh Theatre while its Bethesda, Maryland, home is being renovated — will twist Henrik Ibsen into a knot at the regional premiere of playwright Lucas Hnath’s “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” starting out with the return of Nora, the disaffected heroine of Ibsen’s 1879 play, after 15 years. The production, directed by Nicole A. Watson, features a stellar cast, including Nancy Robinette, Craig Wallace and Holly Twyford as Nora (June 5 to 30). We also look forward to the return of the National Players to Olney Theatre Center in Maryland. America’s longest-running touring company will bring productions of Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days” (May 22 to 26) and Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” (May 29 to June 2). Woolly Mammoth will stage its final production of the season, “Describe the Night” by Rajiv Joseph, directed by John Vreeke. The play, which won the Obie award for Best New American Play of 2018, concerns the Russian Revolution, Isaac Babel, a KGB agent and a plane crash (May 27 to June 23). At Arena Stage, the defiant force, full of trenchant humor and courage, that was the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards will be portrayed by Jayne Atkinson in “Ann” (July 11 to Aug. 11). And for something really brand new, there’s the arrival at Studio Theatre of “Showroom.” This newly curated performance series will transform Studio’s Milton Theatre into a vibefilled and vibrant hangout for new shows: “Every Brilliant Thing” by Duncan McMillan, directed by Jason Loewith, Olney’s artistic
Michael Urie in “Hamlet,” Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2019 Free For All production. Photo by Scott Suchman. director (June 19 to July7); “Bright Colors and Bold Patterns” by Drew Droege, directed by Michael Urie (July 9 to 28); Dian Oh in concert (June 28 and 29); “Spokaoke” by Annie Dorsen” (July 6 and 7), “Mortified” (July13) and “Werk! A Cabaret Celebrating Black Women” with Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi (July 23). In the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, there will be an up-to-the-minute staging of the new play “Byhalia, Mississippi” by Evan
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Linder, exploring race, family and betrayal in the South (June 11 to 30). Meanwhile, it’s another summer of musicals. “Hello, Dolly” will return to the Opera House starring Betty Buckley of “Cats” fame, reminding us of the recent death of the original Dolly Levi, Carol Channing (June 4 to July 7), followed by “Aladdin,” just in time for the movie (July 18 to Sept. 7). The Eisenhower Theater will host “Falsettos,” the Tony Award winner by William Finn and James Lapine (June 11 to 23), and “Dear Evan Hansen,” full of teen angst, which we saw at Arena Stage before it became a Broadway hit (Aug. 6 to Sept. 8); At the Atlas Performing Arts Center, the In Series is staging a remarkable “deconstruction and reconstruction” version of Handel’s 1738 opera “Serse” including a narration by Sufi poet Rumi, harking to the opera’s Iranian roots (June 1, 2, 8 and 9). Also at the Atlas, Mosaic Theater is presenting the comedy “Sooner/Later” by Allyson Currin (May 15 to June 16) and “Twisted Melodies,” a one-man show by Kelvin Roston Jr. about soul singer Donny Hathaway (June 19 to July 21). This summer’s Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All production in Sidney Harman Hall will be “Hamlet” with Michael Urie, as directed by departing Artistic Director Michael Kahn in 2018 (July 10 to 21). Finally, the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia, will present Sophocles’s “Antigone” directed by Dorren Bechtol (May 16, 19 and 24; June 1 and 7).
For those missing the Castleton Festival in Virginia, there are two opportunities to hear music at the farm: “Looking Back, Looking Forward,” a recital by soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs, pianist Michael Recchiuti and artists from the Loren Maazel Castleton Institute (June 1); and “Lorin Maazel In Memoriam,” with details to follow (July 13). Farther afield, in Cooperstown, New York, is the annual Glimmerglass Festival, where this year’s offerings include Kern and Hammerstein’s “Showboat”; Verdi’s “La traviata”; “The Ghosts of Versailles,” a comic creation that echoes “The Marriage of Figaro” and “The Barber of Seville”; and the world premiere of the contemporary opera “Blue” by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson, focusing on the travails of an American family facing urban violence (July 6 to Aug. 24).
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Wolf Trap Opera’s 2019 productions — sung by rising stars participating in Wolf Trap’s residency program — will be: a double-bill of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s “Merlin’s Island” and a new production of Viktor Ullmann’s “The Emperor of Atlantis,” conducted by Geoffrey McDonald, in the Barns (June 22, 26, 28 and 30); a new production of Richard Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos,” conducted by Emily Senturia, also in the Barns (July 19, 21, 24 and 27); and a single performance of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya, in the Filene Center (Aug. 9).
Aimee Mann will be at the Birchmere on July 18. JAZZ The DC Jazz Festival (June 7 to 16, see separate story) kicks off at the same time as the Capital Jazz Fest at Merriweather Post Pavilion (June 7, 8 and 9), but keeps on swinging, District-wide. As part of the DC Jazz Festival, Jazz in the Garden, the series of free Friday-
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SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW evening performances in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, will feature trombonist Shannon Gunn on June 7 (May 17 to Aug. 23). Internationally famed club Blues Alley in Georgetown will present, among others: the John Pizzarelli Trio performing “For Centennial Reasons: 100 Years Salute to Nat King Cole” (June 6, 7, 8 and 9), blues singer Shemekia Copeland (June 28, 29 and 30), percussionist Poncho Sanchez (July 18, 19, 20 and 21), keyboardist Marcus Johnson (Aug. 1, 2, 3 and 4), singer and actress Melba Moore (Aug. 9, 10 and 11), pianist and singer Freddy Cole (Aug. 15, 16, 17 and 18) and pianist Cyrus Chestnut (Aug. 22, 23, 24 and 25).
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with a Live on the Lawn performance (Aug. 17 to 21). And standing out from the Music Center’s summer lineup: Youssou Ndour (May 29) and Pilobolus (July 9). Even with Jerry Lee Lewis’s June 8 show canceled (he is recovering from a stroke), the Birchmere has star after star coming in June: David Crosby (June 4), Southside Johnny (June 15), Amy Grant (June 20), the Smithereens with Marshall Crenshaw (June 21), the Righteous Brothers (June 28) and LeAnn Rimes (June 30). Shows to look for later on: Aimee Mann (July 18), the Bacon Brothers (July 19, 20 and 21), Johnny Gill (July 26, 27 and 28), Chris Isaak (Aug. 6) and the Manhattan Transfer (Aug. 23). The summer lineup at Georgetown’s own Gypsy Sally’s includes local favorite White Ford Bronco (June 1), a Father’s Day show with the Rock and Roll Playhouse playing music of the Grateful Dead for kids (June 15) and O’Malley’s March, the Irish folk-rock band of former presidential candidate and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (July 6). DANCE The Ballet Across America festival at the Kennedy Center will focuses on women’s creativity and leadership in ballet, with engagements by Dance Theatre of Harlem and Miami City Ballet (May 28 to June 2). Diane Coburn Bruning’s Chamber Dance Project will present “New Works +” at Sidney Harman Hall, including two world premieres: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s “Rondo Ma Non Troppo” and “Prufrock,” co-conceived and directed by Bruning and Matt Torney. Also part of the program are the Washington premiere of “Extremely Close” by Alejandro Cerrudo, resident choreographer of Hubbard Street, with a piano score by Philip Glass, and “Songs by Cole” and “Journey,” both by Bruning (June 20, 21 and 22).
Familiar names coming to Capital One Arena: Ariana Grande (June 21), New Kids on the Block (June 25), Hugh Jackman (July 1), the Backstreet Boys (July 12), Jennifer Lopez (July 17), John Mayer (July 23), Khalid (Aug. 3) and the Jonas Brothers (Aug. 15). The Wharf’s main venue, the Anthem, isn’t thought of as a classical venue, but National Symphony Orchestra Music Director Gianandrea Noseda will conduct a performance of Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony next month (June 5). Later this summer, the Native Tongue Fest will celebrate 30 years of hip hop (July 18). Top summer acts F E S T I VA L S include: Elvis Costello and Blondie (July 26), Ben Folds and Violent Femmes (July 30) and By The People, the international arts the Racounteurs (Aug. 17). and civic dialogue festival organized by Georgetown-based nonprofit Halcyon, will In Columbia, Maryland, Merriweather Post Pavilion’s summer variety pack includes: return for two weeks in June. The free festival Florence + the Machine (June 3), Willie Nelson will feature installations and programs & Family and Alison Krauss (June 19), Phish at four official hubs: the Smithsonian’s (June 22 and 23), Hootie & the Blowfish and Arts + Industries Building, Union Market, Barenaked Ladies (Aug. 8) and Heart and Joan CityCenterDC and a barge based primarily Jett & the Blackhearts (Aug. 13). on the Southeast D.C. waterways. Additional Also in Maryland, the Theater at MGM satellite locations include: the Anacostia National Harbor will welcome area Arts Center, DC Arts Center, Gallery 102, metalheads for Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe Greater Reston Arts Center, IA&A at with Queensrÿche (July 11) and Aerosmith Hillyer, Prince George’s African American (Aug. 8, 10 and 13). Museum & Cultural Center, VisArts and At Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia, fans of Washington Studio School. New this year, alternative rock can come out for Big Head the barge, carrying a floating art installation Todd and the Monsters, Toad the Wet Sprocket by Hank Willis Thomas titled “THEY ARE US, US IS THEM,” will visit Georgetown’s and the Posies (June 30). More summer highlights: legendary pop crooner Lionel Washington Harbour. On “Solstice Saturday,” Richie (July 15); Grammy-winning genre June 22, Smithsonian museums will stay open crosser Bruce Hornsby (July 24); incomparable until midnight with free performances and jazz fusion keyboardist Herbie Hancock with programs (June 15 to 23). saxophonist Kamasi Washington (July 30); This year’s Capital Fringe Festival, the the one-and-only Tony Bennett (Aug. 17); and, 14th annual, will showcase 89 productions and closing out the season, reggae band UB40 with 500 individual performances at Arena Stage original vocalist Ali Campbell and founding and seven other Southwest D.C. venues in member Astro, at a show that also includes July. Tickets and passes go on sale on June 17 and there will be a festival preview on Grammy-winning singer Shaggy (Sept. 1). The grounds of Strathmore in North June 28 at Market SW. The Fringe Festival Bethesda, Maryland, will come to life with Curated Series will feature the 18-part “A one-man circus L’Homme Cirque (June 27 People’s History” by monologist Mike Daisey, to July 7) and “Live from the Lawn,” the “Arcade” by projection artist Robin Bell and free outdoor concert series on Wednesdays “Shakespeare’s Worst” by “The Simpsons” in Gudelsky Gazebo (July 10 to Aug. 28). writer Mike Reiss and clown Nick Newlin Uniquely Strathmore, Ukefest will conclude (July 5 to 28). 18 MAY 15, 2019
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Director Leaving GW’s Corcoran School Ceramicist Sanjit Sethi, first director of the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at George Washington University — successor to the Corcoran College of Art + Design, a component of the then independent and now defunct Corcoran Gallery of Art — will leave in July to become president of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Sethi joined GW in October of 2015.
New TWB Executive Director On May 6, Michael Pastreich became the new executive director of the Washington Ballet. Pastreich, who succeeds Michael Mael, was president and CEO of the St. Petersburg-based Florida Orchestra for 11 years and, before that, executive director of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra in Illinois. A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, he completed graduate studies in Lahti, Finland, on a Fulbright Scholarship and participated in the League of American Orchestras’ Orchestra Management Fellowship Program.
Georgetown Spring Art Walk The Spring Art Walk hosted by the Book Hill galleries on and around upper Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown will take place on Saturday, May 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. The six participating galleries are: Addison/Ripley, Artist’s Proof, Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Klagsbrun Studios, the art gallery at Via Umbria and Washington Printmakers Gallery. Cross MacKenzie, which has relocated to Hillsboro, Virginia, is exhibiting in Venice’s Palazzo Mora through November.
Folger to Close for Expansion The Folger Shakespeare Library announced a $50-million capital campaign to construct a 12,000-squarefoot underground expansion designed by Kieran Timberlake. The addition will include a vault for the Folger’s unmatched collection of First Folios and new spaces for immersive experiences and changing exhibitions. The building will close to the public from January of 2020 (March for theater productions) through 2022, with offsite programming in the interim.
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SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Notice of Public Hearing and Preliminary Finding on Extension for Georgetown Business Improvement District, Southwest Business Improvement District and Mount Vernon Community Improvement District Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to section 6 of the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996 (“Act”), D.C. Official Code § 2-1215.18, the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) will hold a public hearing on the extension of the Georgetown Business Improvement District, the Southwest Business Improvement District, and the Mount Vernon Community Improvement District. The public hearing will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in Suite 850N, 441 4th Street NW, Washington, D.C. DSLBD Director Kristi Whitfield has informed the Georgetown Business Improvement District, the Southwest Business Improvement District, and the Mount Vernon Community Improvement District that the filing criteria set forth in D.C. Official Code § 2-1215.18 have been met and their applications are otherwise in conformity with the Act.
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2418 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202-333-2558 | rocklands.com This original location has served barbecue since 1990. We now have more space for you to sit down with family and friends at our new dining room Driving or walking up Wisconsin Avenue, you ask “mmmm, what’s that aroma??” That’s pork, beef and chicken coming out of our wood-only smoker, falling off the bone and ready for a dousing with our Original Barbeque Sauce.
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Congratulations to the hometown James Beard Foundation winners! Kwame Onwuachi of Kith/Kin for Rising Star Chef, Tom Cunanan of Bad Saint for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic, Patrick O’Connell of The Inn at Little Washington for Lifetime Achievement and Paul Katinas, whose Annie’s Paramount Steakhouse received a JBF American Classics award. And speaking of D.C. winners at national competitions, MISCellaneous Distillery, based in Mount Airy, Maryland, won four medals for its small-batch gin and barrelaged rum at the 19th annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The distillery won gold medals for its Gregarious Gin and Popi’s Finest Rum. Owners Daniel and Meg McNeill also took home a silver and a bronze for their Risky Rum and Gertrude’s Rye Whiskey, respectively. Vintage 78, serving Persian cuisine, will open in late May where Scion used to be in Dupont Circle at 2100 P St. NW. Seating 75 in the dining area and 28 at the bar, with additional outdoor patio seating, the restaurant comes from the folks behind Peacock Café in Georgetown: chef Maziar Farivar and his brother, Shahab Farivar. Taylor Gourmet will reopen several locations under new ownership and management. Source Cuisine, headed by Steve Kalifa, will partner with LA-based Margie Stufano and local chef Nishan Amenu. The plan is to reopen at least five locations after successful landlord negotiations. Kalifa, a KFC, Popeyes and Pizza Hut franchisee, has been involved in the restaurant business as an investor. The Lot, a 22,000-square-foot beer garden, will open in Clarendon, Virginia, at 3217 N. 10th St., the former site of a usedcar dealership parking lot. Owner Mike Bramson previously worked on projects with Social Restaurant Group’s Pamplona and Bar Bao. There will be two main bars, lawn games and picnic tables and couches. Food will be provided by food trucks like Rebel Taco, also owned by Bramson. Steve Salis plans to open a second Federalist Pig, in Hyattsville, Maryland, at 5504 Baltimore Ave. in the fourth quarter of 2019 or the first quarter of 2020. The bigger
location — double the size of the one in Adams Morgan — will allow pitmaster Rob Sonderman to install two upgraded woodfired smokers. The restaurant will also have a bar and a large outdoor patio. Steve also owns Kramerbooks & Afterwards Café and Ted’s Bulletin. Chef & GM Update: Frank Ruta, formerly of Mirabelle at 16th & K Streets, is now with Ashok Bajaj’s Knightsbridge Restaurant Group as executive chef. Restaurant TBD … Chas Jefferson was named wine director at Jug & Table in Adams Morgan, below Roofers Union at 2446 18th St. NW. Most recently, he served as head distiller at Cotton & Reed. Quick Hits: The Crane, a Spanish restaurant, is opening on 9th Street NW where Ruth’s Chris was … Little Beet will open more locations, in Chevy Chase and at Union Station. Just Opened: Grazie Grazie from Casey Patten, formerly of Taylor Gourmet, opened at the Wharf … Carving Room opened its second D.C. location in NoMa (Mount Vernon Triangle), with seating for 70 … True Food Kitchen opened its third area location, in Ballston Quarter on Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia … Bar Bullfrog opened in what used to be Star & Shamrock next to Bullfrog Bagels at 1341 H St. NW… Duet (half Italian/half Indian) opened where Toscana Café used to be at 601 2nd St. NE near Union Station … Gerber Group, known for trendy bars and lounges in iconic buildings and hotels, opened 12 Stories, a rooftop bar atop the InterContinental hotel at the Wharf. Now that Aramark has the food-service contract at the Washington Convention Center, the company is rolling out a food and beverage program titled D.C. Eats. A new rooftop terrace, accessible from an exterior entrance, will include a lounge and a bar. There are also plans for a popup restaurant featuring local chefs and a market offering local products. Linda Roth is president of Linda Roth Associates, a public relations and marketing firm that specializes in the hospitality industry. Reach her at linda@lindarothpr.com.
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‘The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcée Who Became the Duchess of Windsor’ THOUGH ENGAGING, THIS BIOGRAPHY OFFERS LITTLE FRESH INSIGHT INTO THE SCANDALOUS “ROYAL.” R EVIEWE D BY KIT T Y K E LLE Y Anna Pasternak boasts a famous name, thanks to her great uncle, Boris Pasternak, who wrote “Doctor Zhivago” and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958. With such big boots to fill, she sets out in “The Real Wallis Simpson” to redeem the tattered image of the duchess of Windsor and “to bring [her] favourably back in the eyes of the world.” In 1994, the author collaborated with Maj. James Hewitt to write “Princess in Love,” described by People as his “diss and tell” about his affair with Princess Diana. The magazine described him as “The Lady’s Chatty Lover.” Pasternak begins this book with an eyepopping dedication: “To Wallis, Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Windsor.” Back in the day, that dedication would have rained down wrath from all the king’s horses and all the king’s men — and surely banned the book’s publication in England, while causing palpitations in those who live and die by “Debrett’s Peerage.” His/Her Royal Highness, or HRH, the honorific bestowed on royalty or those who marry royalty, was denied Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson, the twice-divorced American who married King Edward VIII after he abdicated his throne for her, “the woman I love,” in 1936. He then became the duke of Windsor and she became the duchess, who, as such, was entitled to the curtsies and courtesies of royalty. But they were never to be hers because the palace, in the person of her in-laws, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, despised “that woman.” The knock-down, drag-out over that title was deliciously detailed in 1985 by Michael Thornton’s “Royal Feud: The Queen Mother and the Duchess of Windsor.” From the moment of the king’s abdication, Simpson knew that, without the royal protection of “HRH,” she would be tossed in the trash bin of history as
the villainess who deprived England and all her dominions of their glittering monarch. The duke dedicated the rest of his life to trying to obtain the royal title for his wife, to seeing that she would be received by the reigning king and queen and that the event would be recorded in the Court Circular, the published list of official royal engagements. All to no avail. Next to HM (His/Her Majesty), no initials are more sacred to monarchists in their classbound society than HRH. This was evidenced by the fight Diana, the princess of Wales, waged to keep her royal designation after her divorce from Prince Charles. As mother of the future king of England, Diana felt she was entitled; the palace and Prince Charles felt otherwise. Losing her
royal status reduced her in the eyes of the public and cost her much in terms of respect and protection. Two decades later, royal strictures were relaxed enough that the honorific was bestowed on Meghan Markle — a divorced, biracial woman who identifies as African American — when she married Diana’s second son, Prince Harry, sixth in line to the throne. Pasternak’s dedication might be shrugged off now by the palace as nothing more than a cheeky bid for book sales, but it’s part of her impassioned plea for the duchess of Windsor, who, she contends, is the subject of antipathy to this day. The story of the most scandalous love affair of the 20th century has been told often in books by and about the duke and duchess of Windsor, and most recently in the Netflix series “The Crown.” Readers of “The Real Wallis Simpson” will find nothing new in this book — no previously unpublished interviews, no revelations from the padlocked Windsor archives. Pasternak does her best with the public record, and she writes engagingly about the duchess as being “warm” and “witty,” but her earnest effort at restoration is undermined and falters because of her omissions: specifically, the Nazi stain on the Windsor image. Pasternak makes no mention of the duke and duchess accepting a 12-day paid trip from Adolf Hitler in October of 1937 to tour Germany as his personal guests, which some historians suggest might have been part of Hitler’s plan to place the duke back on his throne as a puppet king once Germany invaded Britain. The photograph of the Führer wearing a swastika armband and leaning over to kiss the hand of the delighted duchess jolted British subjects, who would soon sacrifice much in the war. The New York Times covered that visit
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WE WILL SURVIVE CANCER GALA
This evening of couture fashion and light bites will feature a runway presentation and a reception to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Plaza at CityCenterDC. Visit jtjude.org/heartoffashion.
This 10th anniversary event, honoring breast cancer survivor Maimah Karmo, will include musical performances, a fashion presentation, gourmet food and an open bar. The nonprofit raises money through organizations and individuals to assist families of cancer patients. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Visit wewillsurvivecancer.org.
MAY 18 GLEN ECHO GALA IN THE PARK Proceeds benefit the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, the nonprofit that manages the visual and performing arts center. Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom. Contact Debbie Mueller at 301-634-2230 or dmueller@glenechopark.org.
MAY 21 We Will Survive Cancer’s 10th anniversary celebration will take place at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. nmwa.org
ARENA STAGE GALA The gala, honoring Nina Totenberg, will include a one-night-only performance headlined by Kathleen Turner. Lavern J.
Chatman is the chair and Annie Simonian Totah the honorary chair. All proceeds support Arena Stage’s artistic productions and community engagement programs. Arena Stage. Contact Maria Corso at 202-600-4025 or mcorso@arenastage.org.
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Georgetown resident Kitty Kelley has written several number-one New York Times best-sellers, including “The Family: The Real Story Behind the Bush Dynast y.” Her most recent books include “Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys” and “Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the March on Washington.”
mission to enrich their lives and the lives of others through their love of the arts, this event will raise funds to support the museum’s education and public programming. The evening will feature jazz by the Zack Pride Trio and pianist Sam Prather and close with a celebratory 25th anniversary cake. Kreeger Museum. Visit kreegermuseum.org.
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The “Night of Stars” — honoring Diane Guerrero, Marvin Weissberg and Sonia Guitérrez — will include a cocktail reception, dinner, inspiring performances and unique auction items. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Call 202-234-7174 or visit galatheatre.org.
HILLWOOD BLACK AND WHITE GALA
JUNE 1 KREEGER MUSEUM 25TH ANNIVERSARY In keeping with David and Carmen Kreeger’s
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with the headline: “Duke of Windsor Salutes, Cries ‘Heil Hitler.’” The duke was not alone at that time in supporting appeasement. Joseph P. Kennedy, U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James, also espoused isolationist views; but once the Nazi jackboot fell on Britain, Kennedy was recalled by President Roosevelt. Prime Minster Churchill ordered the Windsors to the Bahamas, where they lived luxuriously until the war’s end, while the king and queen stayed in London during the Blitz. Throughout, the duke continued making political comments many found defeatist, even traitorous. The Windsors remained exiled from England for the rest of their lives and deprived of all royal prerogatives. Hosted by the French, they lived rent-free in a Paris mansion and reigned indolently over café society. The duke spent his days designing jewelry for the duchess, and she spent her nights bedecked in it. Pasternak notes that the sale of that jewelry, in 1987 at Sotheby’s, broke all records at $50 million. Only after the duke and duchess died were they finally allowed to permanently return to England, where they now lie side by side in the royal graveyard at Frogmore on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
This event, including cocktails, an exhibition preview and dinner on the Lunar Lawn, is an opening-night celebration of the exhibition “Mid-Century Master: The Photography of Alfred Eisenstaedt.” Proceeds will support the mission of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens to enrich and educate through the arts. Contact Allison Kingery at 202-2433974 or akingery@hillwoodmuseum.org.
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Ball for the Mall: ‘Best Park in the World’
Washington Ballet: ‘Illuminate and Ignite’
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The Trust for the National Mall held its annual Ball for the Mall May 9. Supporters filled the tent on the Mall near Madison Drive with the goal of continuing maintenance and enhancement of one of Washington’s most traversed treasures, which attracts a staggering 36 million visitors per year. Philanthropist David Rubenstein paid tribute to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and the late Congressman John Dingell of Michigan for their dedicated efforts to preserving America’s national parks and conservation.
The theme of this year’s gala at the Anthem May 10 was illustrated with sparking “big rock” plastic rings and glow sticks. Jean-Marie Fernandez, Carrie Marriott and Amy Baier co-chaired. Marion and Robert Rosenthal received the Lois H. England Philanthropy Award. In presenting the Mary Day Award to Virginia Johnson, a former TWB student who went on to found the Dance Theatre of Harlem, TWB Artistic Director Julie Kent said, “I know that Mary Day is looking down with great joy in her heart.” Guests enjoyed a performance of “Shadowlands,” before joining in the dancing with DJ Alkimist.
At-large Council member Robert White, William Akridge of Akridge Venture and Chip Akridge, Chairman, Trust for the National Mall. Photo by Tony Powell.
Verne Martell, husband of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), accepted the Ball for the Mall History, Heroes and Hope Award on behalf of his wife; Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Michigan) accepted the Ball for the Mall History, Heroes and Hope Award on behalf of her late husband, John Dingell. They are with Anne Garland Walton and her husband, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska). Photo by Tony Powell.
Fox News anchor Bret Baier and his wife, Amy Baier, co-chair of the Washington Ballet Gala. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.
Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Virginia Johnson receives the Mary Day Award from Julie Kent, Artistic Director of the Washington Ballet, at the Washington Ballet Gala. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.
Sheila Johnson, CEO, Salamander Hotels and Resorts, Georgette “Gigi” Dixon of Wells Fargo and Catherine Townsend, President and CEO, Trust for the National Mall. Photo by Tony Powell.
Phillips Gala and Bash Celebrate Mexico BY RO BE RT DEVA NEY The Phillips Collection’s annual gala, Mexico: A Land of Beauty, celebrated the art and culture of Mexico. This summer, the art museum will present The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement, which features the work of 60 artists, including many from Mexico. At Union Market, the Contemporaries Bash, Maravillas de México, was inspired by Mexico’s vibrancy and beauty.
Annie Totah with former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and his wife Lisa Rosenstein. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.
37th Gourmet Gala: For Moms’ and Babies’ Health BY N ESH AN N ALTC H AYAN The March of Dimes Gourmet Gala at the National Building Museum May 8 featured Washington notables, including more than 50 members of Congress, who participated in a competitive cook-off, serving their favorite hors d’oeuvres, desserts and drinks. Several representatives from corporate sponsors served as sous chefs.
The gala’s diplomatic chair, Mexican Ambassador Martha Bárcena, and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas). Photo by Paul Morigi.
Gala co-chairs Josh and Sarah Eastright with Dani and Mirella Levinas. Photo by Paul Morigi.
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TURNBERRY TOWER, ARLINGTON, VA Penthouse views of the Potomac River & Georgetown skyline. 4,400 SF, 3BR, 4.5BA, Snaiderokitchen, office + den, private elevator, 3-car parking. $5,200,000 Marilyn Charity 202-427-7553 Nancy Itteilag 202-905-7762
GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Renovated 4BR, 4.5BA with 3-car garage! Open kitchen/ FR, large southern garden, wide plank floors, great flow, walkable to shops/restaurants. $4,395,000 Ben Roth 202-465-9636 Eileen McGrath 202-253-2226
HAMPDEN ROW, BETHESDA, MARYLAND Great opportunity to own brand new condo in one of Bethesda’s premier buildings! Ranging in size from 1,785-2,870 SF w/ open floorplans. 24 hour concierge! Ben Roth 202-465-9636 Marsha Schuman 301-943-9731
FOREST HILLS, WASHINGTON, DC NEW PRICE! Mid-Century modern reimagined! Brand new renovation with high end designer finishes, Miele/Bosch appliances. 5BR, 4.5BA. $2,595,000 Robert Hryniewicki Adam Rackliffe 202-243-1620
FAWSETT FARMS, POTOMAC, MARYLAND Stunning 6BR, 6FBA, 2HBA sitting on a level 0.92 acre lot. Arched entrance, triple crown molding, gourmet island kitchen + 2 fireplaces. Fully finish lower level, media room, wine cellar + gym! $2,299,000 Marilyn Charity 202-427-7553
WESLEY HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC NEW LISTING! Quiet street, pool, privacy and sunlight abound in this updated 4BR/2FB. Gourmet kitchen open to family room, separate dining room. Terrace, lovely landscaping and loads of storage! $ 1,895,000 Eileen McGrath 202-253-2226
SPRING VALLEY, WASHINGTON, DC NEW LISTING! Fabulous four-level home with designer touches throughout. Jaw-dropping master bath, high-end kitchen, garden, and garage! $1,685,000 Robert Hryniewicki Christopher R. Leary 202-243-1620
GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Gorgeous 3BR/3BA brick Federal home renovated inside & out. Airy main salon w/ fpl, detailed moldings, updated kitchen, sun room, & flooded w/ natural light. Outdoor space ft. mature landscaping. $1,649,000 Nate Guggenheim 202-333-5905
RITZ CARLTON, WASHINGTON, DC Ritz Residences! 1,800+ SF, 2BR, 2.5BA luxury apt with open and sunlit floor plan. Spacious LR, formal DR, gourmet kitchen, office/BR suite with wall of builtins, master suite and one car parking! $1,499,000 Ben Roth 202-465-9636
POTOMAC FALLS, POTOMAC, MARYLAND Classic, custom built, center hall brick Colonial with high ceilings, built-ins, terrific floor plan. Wonderful 2 acres on quiet cul-de-sac. C&O & Churchill. $1,498,000 Anne Killeen 301-706-0067 Adaline Neely 301-580-2214
POTOMAC, MARYLAND Prescott at Avenel’s award winning “B” Model. Soaring views of the wooded side of the golf course. High ceilings, custom moldings, flooded with light. Gracious entertaining space. $1,475,000 Nancy Itteilag 202-905-7762
ARROYO CT, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND NEW PRICE! Stunning contemporary residence sited on 1+ acre! Total of 5 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 2 half baths with two story living room, expansive family/dining room and gourmet kitchen. 2 car garage $1,345,000 Nancy Itteilag 202-905-7762
POTOMAC, MARYLAND Spacious custom TH on the 14th fairway of TPC at Avenel Golf Course. Plentiful views from all levels of this 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath unique home. Open floorplan grants easy access throughout. $1,129,000 Nancy Itteilag 202-905-7762
AU PARK, WASHINGTON, DC NEW LISTING! Completely upgraded 3 bedrooms just steps to Metro and Whole Foods features finished lower level, new baths, Marvin windows, updated kitchen, garage and yard! $924,500 Kay McGrath 202-276-1235
PALISADES, WASHINGTON, DC NEW LISTING! Stunning River views from gorgeous renovated 4BR on idyllic cul-de-sac steps to Georgetown. Gourmet kit open to FR, 3 fpls, lux owner’s suite, designer finishes throughout, landscaped yard, lovely terrace. Kay McGrath 202-276-1235
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