The Georgetowner's April 22, 2015 Issue by The Georgetowner

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BERKLEY $5,995,000

Beautiful French provincial designed by award-winning architect Ankie Barnes, constructed by Richard Zantzinger. 6BR, 7.5BA, 3 fireplaces on 4 levels. Highest quality materials and large public rooms with soaring ceilings. Sited on a beautiful lot with a swimming pool and patio that backs to parkland. Elevator, wine cellar, 2-car garage parking.

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GEORGETOWN, DC $2,650,000 Handsome bay front residence circa 1900 with approximately 4,000 sq ft, features high ceilings, three fireplaces, first floor family room, kitchen with table space, and deep garden. MICHAEL RANKIN +1 202 271 3344

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McLEAN, VA $2,499,000 Newly renovated home sited on almost an acre with more than 8,000 sq ft of open living space. Chef’s kitchen, wood-paneled study with high ceiling and bay window. 1st-floor master suite opens to courtyard with pool. Lower level rec room includes wet bar with walk-out to private backyard.

KALORAMA $2,060,000 Beautiful Federal townhouse on Embassy Row. Features include 2 fireplaces, built-ins, wood floors, kitchen with island and connected patio, vaulted ceilings, skylights and water-heated radiant floor heat on the ground floor. 3-car parking included.

2BR residence with over 2,500 sq ft of expansive space; northern and western views. Apartment A-4 features a large living room and dining room with walls of windows, custom built-ins and cabinetry, chef’s kitchen, and family room, and 2 Juliet balconies. 2-car garage parking, onsite pool and gym.

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Sophisticated and elegant home designed by architect Robert Bell and interior design by Thomas Pheasant. Light-filled, artistic architectural details throughout, hardwood floors and 10 ft ceilings. Serene owner’s suite has vaulted ceiling, grand dressing room. Garage, 2 private garden patios.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA $1,575,000 Spectacular updated waterfront condo with private 900 sq ft terrace overlooking Potomac River. Largest model 3BR + den, 3.5BA, all rooms with southeast views. Doors from kitchen and dining room to expansive terrace, and from living room to sunroom overlooking pool. Concierge, limo, 2 parking spaces.

U STREET CORRIDOR $1,300,000 Modern urban oasis with gourmet kitchen. Atrium doors to private deck and patio. Secured 2-car parking on double lot. Open-plan living room/dining room. 2MBRs, loft BR with French doors to 2 balconys, 3.5BA. Sweeping views, complete renovation c. 2007.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA $998,000 Upgraded Old Town Commons end townhome. 3BR + den, 3.5BA. Open floor plan. Gourmet chef’s kitchen, living room with custom built-ins and gas fireplace opening to dining room. Master with spa-like bath. 4th-level BR and family room. Roof top terrace with fireplace. 2-car garage.

GEORGETOWN $725,000

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Charming East Village townhouse features an open living and dining space looking out to garden through glass doors. Hardwood floors, wood-burning fireplace, built-ins. The kitchen is fully updated. Master bedroom, 2nd bedroom, and adjoining full bathroom.

UNDER CONTRACT: Ideal unit at The Ritz. Large light-filled unit with open floor plan. Big living room with dining area. Master suite + additional BR/den. 2 full BA. Living room and master bedroom open to covered terrace . Ritz Carlton amenities and Equinox Health Club at your disposal.

Stunning 2BR, 2BA. Family room off kitchen with views of green wooded area. Large balcony, lots of light, renovated kitchen and bathrooms, hardwood floors, 24-hour desk, outdoor pool, garage parking, extra storage, exercise room, second parking space available for rent.

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UP & Coming April 24 Friends of the National Arboretum Garden Fair

screening of the 2015 Filmfest DC. There will be an after-party in Brixton. Tickets are $25. To learn more, visit www.filmfestdc. org. Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW.

FONA’s 25th annual Garden Fair and Plant Sale will feature a wide variety of plants for sale, a performance by Washington Revels and a strawberry-planting activity for children. Admission is free. For details, visit fona.org/gardenfair. 3501 New York Ave. NE.

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The Book Hill contemporary gallery Artist’s Proof will host an opening exhibition of works by promising local artists aged 25 and under. The show will run in conjunction with an online charity auction benefiting the D.C. nonprofit College Bound. For details, visit aproof. net/exhibitions. 1533 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

Walking Tour: Georgetown Worships Dumbarton House offers a walking tour of places of worship, old and new, in Georgetown. Highlights will include Mt. Zion, a historically African American church that served as a stop on the Underground Railroad, and Holy Trinity Catholic Church, used as a hospital during the second Battle of Bull Run. Tickets are $15. For details, email education@dumbartonhouse.org. 2715 Q St. NW.

May 1 Shot in the Dark Golf and Dinner Classic Supporting Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, this evening includes a night golf tournament, a blind golf clinic, a casino night, a dinner, entertainment and special guests. Tickets are $195. For details, call 202-4546422. Lakewood Country Club, 13901 Glen Mill Rd., Rockville, Maryland.

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May 1-3 Azalea Garden Festival at Landon School

Olivier Latry, organist of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, A view of the 2014 FONA Garden Fair at the National Arboretum. will perform works by Bach, Franck, Alain, April 24-25 Vierne, Cochereau and Dupre, plus his own Georgetown French Market improvisations, on the Casavant pipe organ At the 12th annual Georgetown French at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Tickets are Market, Book Hill merchants, restaurants, $15 with free parking available at the Hydesalons and galleries will display their wares Addison School. Visit stjohnsgeorgetown. and offer special discounts in an inviting org. 3240 O St. NW. open-air setting, evoking the outdoor markets of Paris. There will also be live “A Mahler Portrait” by the Post-Classical music and family activities. For details, visit Ensemble georgetowndc.com/events/french_market. As part of its Mahler Festival, the Post-Classical Wisconsin Avenue between P Street and Ensemble, conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Reservoir Road. will present “A Mahler Portrait,” combining a concert featuring baritone Christòpheren Nomura April 26 and a playlet created by executive director Joe Closing Night of Filmfest DC Horowitz about the marriage of Gustav Mahler, played by Sasha Olinick, and Alma Mahler, The D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development is sponsoring the played by Laura C. Harris. Tickets are $35. For details, visit postclassical.com. Austrian Cultural premiere of a new Italian comedy, “I Can Forum, 3524 International Court NW. Quit Whenever I Want,” as the closing-night

Visitors to Landon School’s 62nd Azalea Garden Festival can tour the Perkins Garden, peruse products from specialty boutiques, listen to live music, eat delicious food and, on Sunday, race in the Mark’s Run 5K or the 1-Mile Fun Run. Proceeds benefit student financial aid and faculty enrichment. Parking and admission are free. For details, visit landon.net/azalea. 6101 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, Maryland.

May 7 Cultural Leadership Breakfast: Steven Knapp Dr. Steven Knapp, President of the George Washington University, will speak about the university’s expanding activity in the arts at Georgetown Media Group’s last Cultural Leadership Breakfast of the spring. Admission is $20 ($15 for George Town Club members). RSVP to richard@georgetowner. com. George Town Club, 1530 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

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By Caitlin Fr anz Mika Brzezinski may be the co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and a New York Times bestselling author, but she’s also leading a conversation about empowering women in the workforce.

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Evermay on 28th Street and runs its Halcyon Incubator, a fellowship for young social entrepreneurs, at Halcyon House on Prospect Street – will now have a third historic property Former President (and potential first man) in Georgetown. William Jefferson Clinton spoke Tuesday, April The purchase will likely be applauded 21, at Georgetown University. Clinton’s hourby those living nearby, as S&R plans to use long speech meandered at times, touching on Fillmore as an arts incubator, serving as “a foreign policy, his time as president and even the platform to grow talented artists in the fields of Whitewater scandal. The talk, the third of four fine, visual and performing arts, maintaining the Georgetown lectures by Clinton taking place educational use of the building and its place as over several years, didn’t touch explicitly on part of the vibrant arts landscape in the nation’s his wife’s presidential campaign. (His topic was capital.” how Americans have a responsibility to shape S&R CEO and President Sachiko Kuno said: the country into a better place than it is today.) “Through S&R’s expansion of arts education Clinton had previously told Town & Country at the Fillmore School, we will continue Magazine that his role “should primarily be S&R’s commitment to supporting excellence as a backstage adviser.” On Thursday, April in artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship in 23, Clinton’s ex-world-leader-buddy, former an environment that encourages international British Prime Minister Tony Blair, will speak at collaboration. We also are excited to expand the university at the invitation of Georgetown’s our commitment to supporting talented artists Global Futures Initiative. in Washington, D.C., especially those from underserved communities.” The Fillmore School property, located at 1801 35th St. NW, was listed for $14 million by seller George Washington University. A former D.C. public school, built in 1893, it became an arts center, then was sold to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1998. The university acquired the historic schoolhouse and its more than one acre of land last year, when GWU took possession of all Corcoran real estate. In recent years, the Fillmore space has been used by the Corcoran The exterior of the Fillmore School. Photo by Paul Simkin. College of Art and Design for painting, drawing, printmaking, jewelry making and computer-design classes. Classes will be held in the Fillmore building until the end of the spring semester. S&R Foundation has signed a contract with The seller was represented by Michael George Washington University to purchase the Brennan, Phyllis Patterson and Brittany Fillmore School property on 35th Street. Patterson of TTR Sotheby’s International Formed in 2000 by Dr. Sachiko Kuno and Dr. Realty. The buyer was represented by Mark Ryuji Ueno, S&R Foundation – which holds its McFadden of Washington Fine Properties. Overtures Series and other musical events at

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Folger Celebrates the Bard’s 451st Birthday in Grand Style

By Jeff Malet The Folger Shakespeare Library celebrated William Shakespeare’s 451st birthday on April 19 with a full day of Shakespeare-related activities for young and old alike, including stage combat demonstrations, juggling jesters and Elizabethan crafts.

Orange Seeks Further Limits on Conversions, Pop-Ups

By p ete r m urr ay Council member Vincent Orange is proposing to limit the conversion of one- and two-unit homes into multi-unit dwellings, circulating emergency legislation (Prohibition on Single Family Dwelling Conversions Emergency Act) on April 9.

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Recognition for Hometown Tennis Heroes of Jim Crow Era Few people know that the Williams sisters weren’t the first African American siblings to take tennis by storm. Before Venus and Serena, Margaret and Roumania Peters were an unbeatable pair in the Jim Crow tennis era of the

1930s, ’40s and ’50s. Council member Jack Evans will ask the District Council to name Rose Park tennis courts at 26th & O Streets after the sisters. Having begun playing tennis as young girls in Georgetown, the sisters were eventually offered tennis scholarships to Tuskegee University in Alabama. Due to segregation, the Peters sisters could play only in the all-black American Tennis Association. Established in 1916, ATA is the oldest black sports organization in the country. During their time in Alabama and for a decade after leaving, the Peters sisters dominated the women’s game, winning 14 doubles titles between 1938 and 1941 and between 1944 and 1953. Roumania won ATA national singles titles in 1944 and 1946. Films of their ATA victories were shown at black movie theaters, including the Mott on 26th Street NW near P Street in Georgetown, where they were local heroes. The Peters also played matches in front of the British royalty on a trip to the Caribbean. Celebrities such as actor-dancer Gene Kelly practiced with them when he was in Washington. Both Peters sisters earned master’s degrees in physical education from New York University and returned to Washington to work. The little-known predecessors of Althea Gibson, who, in 1956, became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title (and went on to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals), their wider recognition is long overdue.

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He joined the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department in October 1984. Commander Gresham is originally from Prince George County, Maryland and attended the University of Maryland’s University College, where he majored in Criminal Justice. “I am an advocate of community policing and believe that the police should know the citizens in the community that they serve,” Gresham said. “It is the only way for the police to become part of the fabric of the community.” The Second District neighborhoods include Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Foggy Bottom, Georgetown, Palisades and Spring Valley. Several embassies are also locating in this region. While total violent crime has decreased in the last year, Commander Gresham faces increased levels of other crime, including burglary and theft as he begins his new role. “I believe that the Georgetown area will continue to be a very vibrant community,” he said. “The police have to work with the community in problem solving and working together to make the community safer. I have always believed that the citizens are the eyes and ears of law enforcement.”

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Second Life: Jim Graham Does Adult Entertainment

consultant for Clean and Sober, a nonprofit that aims to help those recovering from substance abuse.

Former D.C. Council member Jim Graham is taking on a new career. He is now special events director at the House, a strip club on Georgia Avenue NW. A supporter of adult entertainment during his time on the Council, Graham proposed legislation to make it easier for strip clubs to open. The club’s gay-night series debuted Sunday, April 19, with a show called “Rock Hard Sunday.” Cover for the debut was $15, a third of which was donated to Whitman-Walker Health, which provides primary-care services to the LGBT community. The Washington Blade reported that the male dancers were going to make good use of Graham’s signature accessory, the bow tie. “They are going to put them on and at some point they will dispose of the bow ties in the audience,” Graham was quoted as saying. “It’s going to be a lot of fun.” Graham is also in charge of the Thursday night series, which features nude male dancing for women. “I wanted something that was fun, and quite honestly, I want to make a buck or two,” he said in an interview with NBC Washington about his new job. (Once upon a time, Graham attempted to get his current employer’s liquor license revoked.) In addition, Graham is working as a

In Other News • The Westboro Baptist Church, the group notorious for it’s anti-gay protests and military funeral picketing, is touring D.C., and coming to Georgetown University, on April 27. The university made the list of stops, which also includes the White House and the Supreme Court, for accepting LGBTQ students.

• Raya

Kenney successfully lobbied D.C. Council to beautify an alley near her house on Volta Place and designate the space as Cashell Alley after Hazel B. Cashell who developed the rowhouses in her neighborhood. Kenney unveiled the sign with Councilmember Jack Evans on April 11.

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Peabody Room at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library reopened April 15 after shutting its doors on February 13 due to a burst pipe. The room houses The Georgetowner’s archives, which were not harmed by the flooding.

Community Meetings May 4, 6:30 p.m.

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The Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission will meet at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, visit anc2e.com.

The next Georgetown Business Association and Networking Reception will be May 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Location TBD.

May 7, 9:15 a.m. The Old Georgetown Board meeting will be held at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, in Suite 312.

May 27, 7 p.m. The Citizen’s Association of Georgetown’s annual meeting will be held May 27 at 7 p.m. at Sea Catch restaurant, 1054 31st St. N.W.

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A Fortnight Filled with Georgetown History

From Honeymoon to Hardball

ayor Muriel Bowser’s State of the District Address, on March 31 at the Lincoln Theatre, appeared to be a triumphant occasion for her and the city, a night of good feeling, big plans, lots of promises and a blast of confidence accompanied by cheers and drums. That’s in the nature of what a political honeymoon for a (relatively) new mayor should look like. As the cherry blossoms fade, there are signs that some of that sparkling honeymoon afterglow may be retreating. The mayor – who is seemingly everywhere, and frequently – is getting pushback on some fronts, and not just from Republicans in Congress. Just ask Karl Racine, the newly and firstever publicly elected attorney general for the District of Columbia, who showed up at a Georgetown Business Association meeting last week. His supporters handed out a petition addressing an ongoing disagreement (maybe more than one) he has with the mayor. According to Racine – who, incidentally, said early on that he wants to add 75 attorneys

to his office, paid for from lawsuit revenues – the mayor’s 2016 budget plan “contains provisions that would gut the Attorney General’s independent ability to review the city’s legislation, regulations and real estate deals for legal soundness. . . .” He wants the petition given to Ward 2 Councilman Jack Evans. Some members of the District Council were also alarmed by Bowser’s proposal to make the heads of five somewhat-independent agencies report to the mayor, including the agency that solicits bids for all major city contracts. Annoyance among Council members regarding the mayor’s moves to consolidate power suggest the prospect of future pushbacks. However, that will depend in part on the results of special elections for the empty Council seats in Ward 4 and Ward 8, to be held April 28. Bowser has endorsed Brandon Todd in Ward 4 and LaRuby May in Ward 8. The two are veterans of previous Bowser campaigns, lead in ward surveys, have garnered the most campaign donations and have been endorsed by – surprise! – the Washington Post. Let the games begin.

Make All of the Corcoran a Landmark

he college entrance to the Corcoran, on New York Avenue just in from 17th Street, leads to the semicircular Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium. With its Doric-columned perimeter, it is one of the loveliest small auditoriums in the District. Above the Hammer, sharing its D-shaped plan, is an inviting exhibition space – for some years the Corcoran’s art library – known as the Hemicycle Gallery. A longer climb up the New York Avenue stairs takes you to painting studios under the roof, with copper-framed skylights. It could easily be late-19th-century Paris. Which makes sense, because Ernest Flagg (1857-1947), architect of the 1897 Corcoran Gallery of Art, knew late-19th-century Paris well. Based on his École des Beaux-Arts training, he designed sequences of amazingly inventive, sometimes breathtaking spaces behind the Corcoran’s formidable marble façade. Only the most obviously ceremonial of these spaces, and those in the 1925 addition by Charles Platt (1861-1933) – not the Hammer Auditorium, not the Hemicycle Gallery, not the rooftop painting studios, not the progression of galleries that National Gallery of Art Director Earl “Rusty” Powell famously called “arguably the most beautiful galleries of any museum in the United States” – are marked in blue on the floor plan that the George Washington University submitted on March 26 to the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board. Blue shading indicated the spaces that the

university considers acceptable for historic designation. At the March meeting, the ninemember board, chaired by Gretchen Pfaehler, postponed until April 23 the decision whether to extend the designation to part or all of the Corcoran’s interior. (The building’s exterior is already landmarked.) The Corcoran gave up its independence last year in the face of long-standing financial challenges. GW acquired the 17th Street and Fillmore School buildings – Fillmore, in Georgetown, is up for sale – and assumed the operations of the Corcoran College of Art and Design. The National Gallery of Art took control of the collection. In the Corcoran’s galleries, it plans to show both contemporary art and works representative of the Corcoran legacy. This Solomonic division of an important cultural institution was tragic, but not as tragic as if the Corcoran’s landmark building had been sold for commercial development and its collection entirely dispersed. GW and the National Gallery have the potential to be outstanding stewards of the Corcoran’s treasures: the art collection, the 17th Street building and the scholars, studio faculty, art educators and others who made the college a uniquely stimulating place to study art. We call upon GW, now moving on several fronts to expand its activity in the arts, to respect the 17th Street building as a great work of American architecture, inside and out, while investing in its future as a educational facility for its students and the public. Publisher

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By Jack Evans As most (if not all) readers know, Georgetown is one of the most historic neighborhoods in the entire country. Our neighborhood predates the District of Columbia by nearly 50 years. Founded in 1751, Georgetown is 264 years old and has – I think it’s fair to say – never looked better. Several events over the past two weeks have brought some of that history to life. First was the unveiling of a street sign officially designating the alley behind the 3200 block of Volta Place as “Cashell Alley.” Next, I introduced legislation in the Council to rename the tennis courts at Rose Park after the famous Peters Sisters. Finally, the District marked the 153rd anniversary of Emancipation Day with a full day of celebratory events. Some of you may have heard about the newly named Cashell Alley and the remarkable work of a 12-year-old Georgetown resident named Raya Kenney. Raya decided the alley behind her home needed a name. Believing that not just any name would do, she did research at the Georgetown Library, as well as in the Washingtoniana collection at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. She decided the alley should be named after Hazel B. Cashell, who in 1869 bought and developed what is now Volta Place. Raya gathered signatures from her neighbors, requested and received approval from the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, then brought the request to me. While I’m proud to say that I introduced the legislation, it was Raya’s hard work, strong research and charming presentation to the D.C. Council that earned the measure a 13-0 vote of approval. In what I hope will be another important commemorative addition to Georgetown, I

introduced a bill last week to rename the tennis courts at Rose Park after the Peters Sisters. Margaret and Roumania Peters were African American sisters who were all-star tennis players in the 1930s and 1940s. They grew up at 2710 O St. NW and played regularly at Rose Park. In addition to playing at Tuskegee University, the sisters – nicknamed “Pete” and “RePete” – played in the American Tennis Association, a league established in 1916 to give African Americans a chance to play competitive tennis at the national level. The sisters won 14 doubles championships, a record that remains intact today. This renaming would be a fitting way for the city to show how proud we are of these two native daughters for their accomplishments. Finally, going beyond Georgetown, last Thursday the District of Columbia celebrated Emancipation Day. The day remembers President Lincoln’s signing, on April 16, 1862, of the D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act, which abolished slavery in the District. The law went into effect nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation and compensated slave owners a total of $1 million for the freedom of 3,100 enslaved persons. The celebration last Thursday included a prayer breakfast, a parade, a concert and a fireworks display, bringing people from across D.C. and the country together. Reminding us of the struggle our country went through to end the injustice of slavery, it also reminds us that we still have work to do to achieve full freedom and statehood. It was a wonderful, history-filled two weeks here in the District. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did, and were able to partake in one of these events or the many others celebrating our rich history. Jack Evans is the Ward 2 Councilmember, representing Georgetown since 1991.

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fter the Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission voted 6 to 2 last month to deny historic designation to the West Heating Plant on 29th Street, as advised by the D.C. Preservation League, it would seem that some would get the message. Even the Citizens Association of Georgetown - a fierce defender of all things historical - argues that the building is undeserving of such a designation. Surprisingly, the D.C. Historic Preservation Office may recommend a landmark label be given before the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board at its meeting tomorrow. We agree with the ANC and with CAG that landmark status not be given to the West Heating Plant. Such a designation would add

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rom a pool of 1,200 applicants, 121 artists in 12 media were chosen to exhibit at the 33rd annual Smithsonian Craft Show, to be held at the National Building Museum, Thursday to Sunday, April 23 to 26. Thirty-seven of the craftspeople, who come from all over the country, are new to the show. The 12 media are: basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry (with the largest number of exhibitors), leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art and wood. The jurors were Annie Carlano, senior curator of craft, design and fashion at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Caroline; Bruce W. Pepich, director and curator of collections at the Racine Art Museum in Racine, Wisconsin; and Jennifer Scanlan, an independent curator and instructor of craft history and theory at Parsons, The New School for Design, in New York. Produced by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, the show supports education, outreach, conservation and research. The chairs are Sharon Fawcett and Susan Labovich and the honorary chair is Toots Zynsky, who creates intensely colorful glass sculptural vessels using her own “Filet-de-verre” technique.

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Show hours are 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, April 24; 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. A one-day pass is $20 and a two-day pass is $30. The National Building Museum is located at 401 F St. NW.

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ers are women, who cut men's hair only. "It will be operated in the same way as before for our clients," Mendes said. The men's haircut spot has been a favorite of Georgetown residents and students for decades. Mendes bought the business from retired barber Rigo Landa, who sold it to his stepson Ed Lara a few years ago. The 55-year-old Lara died suddenly last June of a heart attack, leaving the future of the shop uncertain. New owner Mendes takes over the barber shop with employees Veronica Corado, who has worked there for more than 20 years, Orathai Jaran and Nguyen Kha. Previously, Mendes worked at Aveda in Bethesda. She hails from Brazil and lives in Falls Church with her husband and 13-year-old daughter.

the beginning of April. “We provide the lowest gas prices of any station in the area,” Sayyad said. In addition to offering low price fuel and affordable automobile repair services, the gas station is working to bring more convenience store elements to the location, including snacks and drinks. Valero is currently in the process of incorporating the store. The transition should be completed within the next few weeks, according to Sayyad. “We’re happy to be in the area,” Sayyad said. The D.C. council prohibited the sale of property containing a gas station for a use of any other kind without prior approval from the Gas Station Advisory Board.

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The Georgetown gas station at 2715 Pennsylvania Ave N.W. is under new management. The former Lukoil/ Georgetown Getty has become a Valero gas station. Abe Sayyad, station manager, said the change took place at

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IN: George Town Club Welcomes New GM Carolyn Papetti is set to become the new general manager of the George Town Club by June 1. She will replace Christian Broder, who will depart by the end of this month. Both Broder and Papetti are working at the club during the transition. Papetti arrives from Nick & Toni's in East Hampton, New York. The Valero gas station on Pennsylvannia Avenue and M Street.

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would gut the Attorney General's independent ability to review the city's legislation, regulations and real-estate deals for legal soundness – instead moving those crucial legal review to new offices and new lawyers directly under the control of the Executive Office of the Mayor.” Racine is D.C.'s first publicly elected attorney general. His supporters handed out a petition that asked those in attendance to use and send to Councilman Jack Evans. The petition also noted that the District Council which created the referendum that voters approved on Nov. 4, 2014, recorded that District lawyers should secure the voters’ confidence by conducting “their legal business without fear or favor, respect the law and not pursuing the political agenda of anyone in either the executive or legislative branch of government.” The GBA said it takes no position on the disagreement between the mayor and the attorney general. According to the GBA, "Mayor Muriel Bowser's Ward 2 Community Liaison John Fanning was also in attendance to articulate the mayor's continued support of GBA's initiative in providing resources and support to the Georgetown small business community. GBA President Charles Camp is thrilled to have the support of the Attorney General and Mayor Bowser as the association continues to lobby for additional resources to support Georgetown's small business community." Racine and his family are no strangers to Georgetown. In the late 1960s, his father owned a business on the 3100 block of M Street called Sahara Exports, he said. It was near Georgetown Tobacco.

After an intense lobbying battle, the D.C. Council rejected a $66-million proposal by Corizon Health to provide care at the Central Detention Facility, which has an inmate capacity of 2,164. The April 14 vote was 6-to-5 against Corizon. Mayor Muriel Bowser had supported the awarding of the contract to the Marylandbased, for-profit company, which Council member David Grosso called “scandal-prone.” According to the Washington Post, a Bowser spokesperson said that the Council’s decision would compel the District “to spend more on inmate medical services in the short term while a new bidding process is conducted.” Inmate advocates celebrated the vote, which they said would lead to better care for D.C. inmates.

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Tom Moser, Maine's Wizard of Wood By R ob e rt Devaney

"We give a second life to trees," said Thomas Moser, founder of Thos. Moser Handmade American Furniture, whose company seems to treat every day as if it were Earth Day. Celebrating his 80th birthday, Moser was at the opening of the company's new store in Georgetown March 20 to say hello to Maine's Congressional delegation and his clients and

fans – and, we might add, to charm anyone talking with him. The company's chairs, tables and dressers of simple, timeless design are highly regarded, expensive, meant to last generations. Moser gets the attention of architects, designers and homeowners, as well as schools and libraries, even presidential ones. Handcrafted and signed, company output is 85-percent residential. One Maryland house reportedly has more than 30 pieces. Moser has furnished parts of Georgetown University's law library as well as that of Catholic University. The company’s products are on full display at the Park Hyatt on M Street in the West End and in its Blue Duck Tavern. Aaron Moser, one of the founder's sons, heads the company's contract division, which serves offices and schools. He is as proud of the company's 55 pieces at the George W. Bush Presidential Library as he is of Moser's relationship with St. Timothy's School, just outside Baltimore, and its students, who attend woodworking classes at the Maine factory. "We're not furniture purveyors," the company founder says. "We're craftsman." His enthusiasm is infectious, and his brutal honesty and cheeriness fill a room. The new Georgetown store on 33rd Street is "more like an art gallery," the company's "finest in the country," Moser said, looking around the 5,000-square-foot space. Located a few doors north at the corner of 33rd and M Streets for 10 years, the Moser store is back after almost a threeyear absence because Georgetown fits the company’s marketing demographics perfectly. It is a little out of the way for Moser – the C&O Canal is down the street – but he loves its ambiance and is curious about the history of the building at 1028 33rd St. NW. The building’s solid stone (from the Aqueduct Bridge which was replaced by Key Bridge in 1923) and brickwork Thomas Moser, founder of Thos. Moser Handmade American Furniture, stands lines up well with a Moser outside his company's new Georgetown store. Photo by Robert Devaney.

mantra, a reworded Shakerism: "Build an object as though it were to last a thousand years and as if you were to die tomorrow." "I learned woodworking from dead people," said Moser, not skipping a beat in retelling how he became part of the handicraft revival of the 1970s. Originally from Chicago, an Air Force veteran, he was a college professor teaching language and speech pathology. He taught in Saudi Arabia for a few years, setting up language labs at the College of Petroleum and Minerals. After years of pursuing woodworking as a hobby – beginning with antique-hunting and making missing drawers for pieces: "We bought 26 grandfather clocks in parts." He called the learning process a case of reverse engineering. "Parts of things show continuity." Soon enough, Moser was all in, starting his business in 1972 in New Gloucester, Maine, which, as of 2010, still holds a Shaker community of four. With his wife Mary’s support – they met when he was 14 years old and she was 12 – a career reinvention from academic to woodworker took place. Married for 58 years, the couple has four sons: Matthew, Andrew, Aaron and David. "I wanted to recapture the craft of the early-19th-century artisans," Moser said. "I venerate the 19th century." He liked what

Americans produced before factories began to dot the nation in the second half of the 1800s. He said he is "fascinated by Shaker design, the honesty of material, the economy of labor. The Shakers prayed to God with their hands." Other influences on Moser include Stickley, the Arts and Crafts movement and Bauhaus design. "My work is derivative," he said. As for the classic Windsor chair, "the best ones are in America." "We are the antithesis of Ikea," says Moser CEO Bill McGonagle. "We like to say our furniture lasts as long as the time it took the tree to grow." He joined the company in 2012 after working for another Maine Tom: natural products maker Tom's of Maine. As for the Moser company’s environmental soundness, McGonagle noted, "We have a small footprint." There are about 200 employees. "It's how we source the wood," which grows no more than 600 miles from the factory and office in Auburn, Maine, he said. "We don't throw any wood away. We use half of what we buy. The remainder craftsmen buy for their art. Scraps move on to being firewood or sawdust used as bedding." The company uses domestic hardwoods only: no teak, no mahogany. And Moser's favorite kind of wood? "Cherry," he said. "It reveals what God put there."

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his year's Georgetown House Tour offers a wide range of residences in Washington's oldest neighborhood. A star on the tour is at 35th and Prospect Streets: Quality Hill-Worthington House, built in 1798. Sen. Clairborne Pell, D-R.I., and his wife Nuala lived there from the 1960s to about 10 years ago. As with the other places on the tour, what a story this house with its occupants in mind could tell, besides the lesson in architecture and design. Books, such as "The Georgetown Set," "Aspects of Georgetown" or even the novel, "Prospect Street," can add to the conversation. Your chance to hear such whispers by the windows comes this Saturday.

With spring in full bloom, Georgetown has never looked better. Every year, the neighborhood charms locals and visitors alike with its historic buildings and distinct panache. The streets are famously colored with homes in every hue, from lavender to canary yellow – and classic red brick – but this diversity extends well beyond the playful color palette. A closer inspection of Georgetown homes reveals the range of architectural styles that have influenced the neighborhood over the course of its rich history. The Georgetown House Tour, which celebrates its 84th anniversary this year, is a unique opportunity for people to go back in time and witness this stylistic diversity firsthand. This year, the tour includes ten stops, each with its own architectural flair. Clues to each home’s time period and style can be found in many different places, from the design of the roof to the amount of cornice ornamentation. “There’s really something charming and magical about being able to go into all these old homes in one day,” said the Rev. Gini Gerbasi, the new rector at St. John’s Church, which hosts the tour. When Georgetown was founded in 1751, Georgian design was the ubiquitous architectural style. Up until the Revolutionary War, homes were classically designed, with square or rectangular facades and symmetrically spaced windows. Front doors were paneled and accompanied by decorative pilasters and a transom light. This year, the first stop on the tour is the Quality Hill mansion, built in classic Georgian style, with a storied history to match. Federal architecture followed, influenced by the lines of its Georgian predecessor. Most homes were two to three stories tall, with box-shaped, symmetrical exteriors, yet there were several distinguishing modifications. Larger panes of glass were used in the windows and louvered shutters were introduced. Front doors became more expressive, with semicircular or elliptical fanlights and narrow side lights. Entry porticos or porches were commonly added, as were three-part Palladian windows, generally on the second story above the entrance. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Washingtonians welcomed new architectural ideas and embraced worldly influences. One example of this is the Italianate style, a

departure from classicism and an acceptance of artistic freedom. Italianate homes have a sense of romantic lavishness to them, with their elaborate moldings, overhanging eaves and high stoops. Stop #5 on the tour is a fitting example, with its rich ornamentation, including detailed cornice brackets and lintels. Stop #7 is the Renwick Chapel at Georgetown’s famed Oak Hill Cemetery. Notice the gates and the gatehouse, which are Italianate in style, while the chapel design is Gothic Revival. The Gothic Revival style came about in the mid 19th century as designers became increasingly influenced by medieval motifs and themes. Inside the chapel, visitors will notice the pointed arches, steeply pitched roof, gilded decorative plaster ceiling bosses and stunning Gothic windows. By the 1880s, many architectural elements of the Georgian era were being embraced and revitalized in a style appropriately known as Colonial Revival. This was a conscious return to American’s past architectural heritage and colonial beginnings. Gerbasi loves the neighborhood’s rich history and is particularly drawn to St. John’s roots, which go back more than 200 years. The world has changed around it over the decades, but the church’s mission of serving the neighborhood has remained constant. Every year, the house tour helps the church maintain its historic building and supports its aid to communities inside and outside the parish. “St. John’s is a de facto community center,” said Barbara Wolf, co-chair of the House Tour. Among the nonprofit community service organizations – with a focus on homelessness, education, workplace development and seniors – that the Georgetown House Tour helps provide for are the Georgetown Ministry Center, Bright Beginnings, Jubilee Jobs and the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project. The 2015 Georgetown House Tour, on Saturday, April 25, is sponsored by TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, Beasley Real Estate, Christie’s Long & Foster, Doyle New York and Farrow & Ball. Locations of the properties listed in the Georgetown House Tour book. Tickets are available online for $50 and at St. John’s for $55. GeorgtownHouseTour.com Georgetown House Tour co-chairs Colman Riddle and Barbara Wolf. Photo by Robert Devaney.

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Clang, Clang, Clang Went the Trolley! By Donna E ve rs

alph Blane, co-composer with Hugh Martin of “The Trolley Song” – made famous by the 1944 film “Meet Me in St. Louis” – said he was inspired to write the award-winning song after he saw a photo of a trolley car in a 1900 newspaper, captioned, “Clang, clang, clang went the trolley.” The concept that trolley cars, or streetcars, are nostalgic reminders

Top: Commuters ride the D.C. trolley to Catholic University and Brookland up New York Avenue NW in the early twentieth century. Left: Washingtonians inspect new streetcars at the Department of Transportation’s DC Streetcar Showcase in February 2013. Courtesy of DDOT.

of a romantic past must be what caught the imagination of at least three recent mayors of Washington, D.C., and that of many of the city’s inhabitants. But before we commit to the current proposed trolley lines, maybe we should take a look at the District’s checkered history with this mode of transportation. The first form of public transportation in many U.S. cities, including Washington, was horse-drawn trolley cars that had steel tires and ran on rails flush with the pavement. These were popular from the 1860s through the 1890s, when they were replaced with electric trolley cars – a lot cleaner and easier to keep than horses. And, unlike the horse-drawn streetcars, they could climb steep hills, leading to the ever-expanding boundaries of the city and up Wisconsin and Connecticut Avenues to the new suburb of Chevy Chase. When Congress approved the switch to electric streetcars, it prohibited overhead wiring and insisted that the electric cables be buried in the roads next to the tracks. This caused the system to suffer from the expansion and contraction caused by the summer heat and the winter cold. Historian Robert C. Post noted that the “demands of routine maintenance were relentless.” Nevertheless, streetcars were the main mode of public transportation for Washingtonians for many years. The streetcars’ demise came about when a perfect storm of problems finally became insurmountable. By 1933, the consolidation of many streetcar companies resulted in the Capital Transit Company, which, in the beginning, had ample funds to deal with the constant repair problems, even though the increase in familyowned automobiles continued to chip away at streetcar ridership. As the number of riders

decreased, the company was sold to a group of investors. Paying much less than the company’s value, these investors commenced to reward themselves with large dividends, depleting company reserves. At the same time, the unions decided that their streetcar workers had gotten cheated out of their share of the riches. In 1951, they went on strike, creating what the AP reported to be “the biggest traffic jam in history,” with people abandoning their cars in the middle of downtown streets next to empty streetcars and trudging the rest of the way to work in the stifling summer heat. After strikes erupted again in 1955, Congress decided to step in and take the company away from the greedy investors. It was sold to O. Roy Chalk, a New York entrepreneur who had to promise to close down the streetcar system and change it to 100-percent bus service, which he did. The last streetcar line went out of service in 1962. Schoolchildren were given the treat of riding on the last trolley, after which it was shrouded with black crepe and a mourning wreath. We can only hope that if trolley service ever actually returns to the District, there won’t be a repetition of this history. Meanwhile, we can get in the mood to embrace the concept by singing “The Trolley Song” with Judy Garland, or the song in which Tony Bennett made the little cable cars of San Francisco so unforgettable.

Empty Nesters: It’s Time to Downsize to the City By Joh n Gir ou ar d Every spring, like clockwork, the Georgetown House Tour brings hundreds of suburban Washingtonians and tourists to Georgetown for a rare glimpse of urban living. However, unlike the G.I. generation before us – the ones who flocked to Florida at retirement or stayed put in the family home – the aging baby boomer generation isn’t getting in their station wagon and heading back to the suburbs; it’s picking up and moving to the city – and fast. According to the Census Bureau, in 2013, 2.3 million more people woke up in cities than in 2012. And it’s not only Generations X and Y, but their parents who are moving back into cities. Take a look around. There is no denying that the city is indeed booming. Seven years ago, my wife and I downsized to Georgetown, only a couple blocks away from our first home. Like most couples with emptynest syndrome, on the cusp of retirement and looking for a new chapter in life, we was unsure about selling our large suburban family home and moving “downtown.” I went through the same process many of my clients go through every day. Change can be hard, and the idea of letting go of the past is daunting. Many of my clients don’t believe they can afford to live their dreams until we get them to see the difference between money you lose and money you use. Real estate is an investment not an expense. Do you have the assets to generate the cash flow to support a mortgage? The answer is probably yes, meaning you are not spending your money,

but using your money to build wealth. That’s right: You can have your cake and eat it too. Today, while the number of rooms in my home may have decreased, the neighborhood is now my living room – and each new Top Chef DC restaurant is my kitchen. I can honestly say that I have enjoyed more evenings in my neighbor’s homes than in my own living room, which we have only used on holidays. Making the move is one of the most coveted aspects of retirement, but often the thought of change is too frightening. Some stay put for sentimental reasons, some because they have finally paid off their home (a good emotional decision, but for many a bad financial decision). Whatever the circumstances, it is important to look at retirement as a second chapter, not as your final resting place. Ask yourself what you are looking for. It might be waterfront views or sprawling countryside. Or it might be that row house you have always admired on the house tour, blocks from the university, shops, restaurants and community that city life affords you. Instead of settling for the retirement homes of generations past, we should embrace being empty nesters. Perhaps, when our children fly the coop, we should too. John E. Girouard, author of Take Back Your Money and The Ten Truths of Wealth Creation, is a registered principal of Cambridge Investment Research and an Investment Advisor Representative at Capital Investment Advisors in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Being Green: Building Museum Leeds The Way By Sallie Lewis

A three-dimensional architectural model suspended from the second floor of the National Building Museum for the exhibit “Hot To Cold: an odyssey of architectural adaptation” currently on display. Photo by Erin Schaff.

usan C. Piedmont-Palladino is an architect, a professor of architecture and a curator at the National Building Museum. Here she answers some of our questions on sustainability in D.C.:

The Georgetowner: At the National Building Museum, you tell stories of architecture, design and engineering. Is sustainable architecture historic or is this a new phenomenon?

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Piedmont-Palladino: In many ways, sustainability is a rebranding of what we used to call common sense. For most of human history, we designed and built as if our survival was at stake, because it was. Had our ancestors not been so successful at sustainable architecture, we wouldn’t be here. The coal-fired industrial revolutions, and then the age of oil, made it possible to do things we couldn’t do before: extract, transport and construct with materials from far away, heat and cool homes, chill food and water. Those are all wonderful achievements, but over the past few generations we forgot how to build sustainably. One of my favorite examples of this forgetting – I call it “technology-induced amnesia” – is right on the outside walls of so many Washington houses: wooden shutters. Everyone loves how they look, but no one uses them anymore to do what they do best, which is keep the hot sun out, but let the breezes in. The Georgetowner: What do you think the future of sustainable architecture entails, especially in D.C.? Piedmont-Palladino: Washington is well positioned for a greener future for many reasons. First, the city has made green building a priority in new construction through a series of laws beginning with the Green Building Act in 2006, and more recently the 2014 Green Building Code. The city is home to the headquarters of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the organization that developed the LEED system. It’s not just single buildings, though, that make a difference in the environment. We have to address energy, water and air quality at the scale of the city. Public transportation, sidewalks with trees and rain gardens, bicycle lanes – all these are crucial. The Georgetowner: What does LEED mean? Piedmont-Palladino: LEED stands for “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.” Designing a building involves a mind-boggling number of decisions, so when you see that plaque on the wall, it means the team that designed and constructed the building made those decisions with energy

and environmental stewardship as their top priority. Designing to LEED standards prompts architects and their clients to think not only about energy efficiency but also indoor air quality, where all the rainwater goes, how the building’s inhabitants get to work, where all the materials come from. There are different levels of LEED certification, with LEED Platinum being the highest. The Georgetowner: How do you think D.C. is doing as far as getting on board with the green movement? Piedmont-Palladino: One of the important reasons that our city is increasingly seen as a leader in sustainability is that we’re experiencing a big change in attitude. That has to happen in order for sustainability to stick. Think of historic preservation: we now think twice before we demolish an old building. We have standards and institutions to help us assess the value of a building, to decide whether it deserves protection. That was a huge shift in attitude from the midcentury attitude of “tear it all down and make it new.” Not only is historic preservation a model for how we can recalibrate our opinions of what’s beautiful and valuable, it’s also an indispensable partner in sustainability. The Georgetowner: If we took a green building tour in D.C., where should we stop? Piedmont-Palladino: The USGBC’s website is a great place to start. You can search by location and see all the LEED buildings in that area. Many on the list are office buildings, where you might be able to peek into a great lobby, like the one that Gensler designed at 800 17th St., but there are also LEED charter schools, grocery stores and hotels. My list of must-sees would include the embassies of Finland and Canada, the National Portrait Gallery and each of the District’s renovated branch libraries. What’s great about that beginning list is that these aren’t just environmentally responsible buildings, they’re wonderful places to be, and they contribute to the life of the city. That’s real sustainability. For more information, visit nbm.org.

Your Dining Guide to Washington DC’s Finest Restaurants

1789 RESTAURANT

Bistro Francais

1226 36th St., NW 202–965–1789 1789restaurant.com

3124-28 M St., NW 202–338–3830 bistrofrancaisdc.com

With the ambiance of an elegant country inn, 1789 features classically-based American cuisine – the finest regional game, fish and produce available. Open seven nights a week. Jackets suggested. Complimentary valet parking.

A friendly French bistro in the heart of historic Georgetown since 1975. Executive chef and owner Gerard Cabrol came to Washington, D.C., 32 years ago, bringing with him home recipes from southwestern France. In addition to daily specials, our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken), Minute Steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frites), Steak Tartare, freshly prepared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes and the best Eggs Benedict in town.

Clyde's of Georgetown 3236 M St., NW 202–333–9180 clydes.com

This animated tavern, in the heart of Georgetown, popularized saloon food and practically invented Sunday brunch. Clyde’s is the People’s Choice for bacon cheeseburgers, steaks, fresh seafood, grilled chicken salads, fresh pastas and desserts.

DAS Ethiopian 1201 28TH ST., NW

202–333–4710 dasethiopian.com DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy twostory setting, with rare outside dining views and al fresco patio dining. DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the internationally renowned shopping district of Georgetown. A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic definition of DAS. From neighborhood diners, nearby students and journalists to international visitors and performers, all enjoy the casual but refined atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

1736 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–0111 bistrotlepic.com Come and see for yourself why Bistrot Lepic, with its classical, regional and contemporary cuisine, has been voted best bistro in D.C. by the Zagat Guide. And now, with its Wine Bar, you can enjoy “appeteasers,” full bar service, complimentary wine tasting every Tuesday and a new private room. The regular menu is always available. Open every day for lunch and dinner. Now serving brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Reservations suggested.

ENO Wine Bar

2810 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 202–295–2826 enowinerooms.com Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & seasonal small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 45 wines by the glass starting at $9. The ENO Experience is perfect for a pre-theater meal or try our dessert wine & chocolate flights after. Monthly Sunday Wine Classes & ENOversity’s with local producers Wine down Sun –Thurs from 5 pm -7 pm . Select wine on tap $5 Mon 5pm -11 pm; Tues- Thurs 5 pm - 12 am; Fri & Sat 4 pm – 1 am Sun 4 pm - 11pm

THE GRILL ROOM

CAFE BONAPARTE

Tucked up along the historic C&O Canal, a national park that threads through the Georgetown neighborhood, The Grill Room at Capella Washington, D.C., specializes in hand-cut, bone-in, artisan meats, bracingly fresh seafood and tableside preparations. Framed with a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows and fluid geometric lines, the ambiance is one of relaxed refinement.

Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café, featuring award-winning crepes and arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other can'tmiss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday until 3 p.m. and our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m. We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon!

1050 31ST ST., NW 202-617-2424 thegrillroomdc.com

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Filomena Ristorante

1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–338–8800 filomena.com Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time and is now celebrating 30 years. Our old-world cooking styles and recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants, alongside the culinary cutting-edge creations of Italy’s foods of today, executed by our award-winning Italian chef. Try our spectacular lunch buffet on Friday and Saturday or our Sunday Brunch. Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner.

1522 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–8830 cafebonaparte.com

Malmaison

3401 K ST.,NW 202–817–3340 malmaisondc.com Malmaison opened in June 2013 and features elegant French dining in Washington D.C’s historic Georgetown waterfront. Housed in a majestically refurbished industrial warehouse reminiscent of NYC’s Meatpacking District, the modern restaurant, pastry shop and event lounge features the culinary talents of legendary 2 Michelin Starred French Chef Gerard Pangaud and Pastry Chef Serge Torres (Le Cirque NYC).

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1264 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–7370 martinstavern.com Don't let the beer fool you, it's a compliment to your dining experience. Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and world travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within its walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin, Jr., continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest familyowned restaurant. Serving Brunch until 4 p .m. 7 days a week!

SEA CATCH Restaurant

1054 31st St., NW 202–337–8855 seacatchrestaurant.com Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a relaxed atmosphere. Outdoor dining available.

The Sea Catch will be open on Sundays, serving Brunch and dinner. Sunday Brunch 11:30 - 3:00 Sunday Dinner 5:00 - 8:00 Lunch / Monday- Saturday 11:30 - 3:00 Dinner/ Monday- Saturday 5:30 - 10:00 Happy Hour Monday- Friday 5:00 - 7:00 3 Hours FREE Parking

THE OCEANAIRE 1201 F St., NW 202–347–2277 theoceanaire.com

Ranked one of the most popular seafood restaurants in D.C., “this cosmopolitan” send-up of a vintage supper club that’s styled after a '40’s-era ocean liner is appointed with cherry wood and red leather booths, infused with a “clubby, old money” atmosphere. The menu showcases “intelligently” prepared fish dishes that “recall an earlier time of elegant” dining. Lunch Mon.–Fri. 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Dinner Mon.–Thu. 5–10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5–11 p.m., Sun. 5–9 p.m.

TOWN HALL

2340 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202-333-5640 townhalldc.com Situated just north of Georgetown on Wisconsin Ave, Town Hall has been a neighborhood mainstay in Glover Park since 2005. Whether you’re popping in for dinner, drinks, or weekend brunch, Town Hall is the spot you’ll want to call home to Gulp, Gather & Grub. Free parking is available nightly after 7PM, and during warmer months, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

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BBQ Done Right in Spring Valley By Pet er MurraY

he Fuchs family’s 90-year-old Wagshal’s empire has a new crown jewel: Pitmasters Back Alley BBQ. The new venture, housed in an alley alongside Wagshal’s sprawling base in the Spring Valley Shopping Center, is unassuming but noticeable; the reclaimed wood entrance – in shades of amber, maroon and mahogany – stands out from the white walls and loading docks, announcing to passersby that something good is afoot. And it really is. The literal hole-in-the-wall, 900 square feet with a rustic, pig-centric aesthetic throughout, serves up amazing barbecue, possibly the best in the District. The quality is no surprise given that Bill Fuchs and his son Brian have been supplying renowned barbecue pitmasters with prime cuts of meat for competitions for years. In ramping up their own barbecue restaurant, they even got a few pitmaster pals to contribute recipes and cooking techniques – the equivalent of state secrets in the barbecue world. (The Washington Post reported that the Fuchses make the cooks at Pitmasters sign nondisclosure agreements.) Additionally, their experience with Wagshal’s Market and Wagshal’s Deli has lent the Fuchs a unique perspective on meat. Brian takes great pride in the product quality, emphasizing that his team is intimately involved in the process, from farm to table (fear before slaughter can completely “change the taste of

the meat,” he says). In the case of the “Kobe” of pork, their Ibérico de Bellota Costilla ribs, that involvement requires international travel, to Spain. The care put into the meat shows, or, rather, comes through on the palate. The St. Louis ribs don’t fall off the bones – Fuchs says they really shouldn’t – until you take a bite. They feel like butter in between the teeth, but with a scrumptious and savory flavor. The half-smoke, which blows others in D.C. out of the water, is crispy on the outside and tender, with umami flavor, on the inside. The garnishments (chili, fries, cheese and onions) are the cherry on top of a nearperfect package. Most barbecue joints serve up more pulled pork than you can wag your tail at. At Pitmasters, Fuchs opts for chopped pork, saying that competitors’ pulled pork is often overcooked. The resulting Carolina chopped pork shoulder is succulent and robust, excellent-tasting on its own, without any barbecue sauce. (There isn’t anything on the menu that needs sauce, despite how good the Pitmasters sauce tastes.) Flavor also carries the day for Pitmasters’ smoky, marbled brisket, which practically melts in your mouth as you chew. As for sides, let’s start with the power

Left: Brisket cooks at Pitmasters Back Alley BBQ. Right: The take-out counter at Pitmasters. Photos courtesy of Pitmasters.

players: the burnt ends. The beef and pork burnt ends are delectable little blackened bites rolled in sauce. They crunch before giving way to soft, delicious, slow-cooked meat. Chef Trini’s “Mother in Law” salsa-cumslaw – made with pickled veggies, Caribbean flavor (thanks to green mango) and a spicy kick – impresses right off the bat. One would be hard-pressed to find a similar taste elsewhere in the District, let alone the world. The staple sides, like the collard greens and baked beans, distinguish themselves with meat – bacon, that is. The rest of the sides, including the mac ‘n’ cheese and loaded fries (nachos on steroids:

covered with cheese, burnt ends and pickled jalapenos), are sure to be crowd-pleasers in all their gluttonous glory. This review may tempt you to tear up to Pitmasters to get in on all of this hot-meat action. But hold back: the restaurant only offers barbecue to order. You have to call it in, and you can’t eat it there. Fuchs savors conversation about how his team prepares orders so that they are fresh for customers. Despite the trend of extending smoke times up to 24 hours, the meats are smoked for just a few hours, which Fuchs says is all they need. The restaurant even provides reheating instructions, because, Fuchs says, “you don’t want to microwave ribs.”

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In Country

On the Trail of the Grape

One might even garner a good general sense of things watching the Tour de France on television, as the aerial coverage will quite often linger over chateau and vineyard. You can see the lay of the land, how vines fit in. Wine books are, for good reason, filled with pictures, with detailed geological maps down to the layers of soil underneath. The grape must be a wise creature. Its lives attract us, country boy or not. One too-hotto-move summer day in D.C. an out-of-town friend coaxes me to come along on a trip to the Virginia wine country, and as soon as we are out on the hillside of Three Foxes, yes, I get it. Further on, we make an enjoyable visit to

By T he odore P uta l a

A view of the Three Fox Vineyards in Delaplane, Virginia.

s a barman, I do not get to travel for my wine-related work. Yet I'm often thinking of maps and countryside. My wine information comes largely through importers, the people who fly to France, hire a driver, visit wine regions, taste, buy, ship. A good importer's website, like that of local Wine Traditions – offering excellent wine, often from off the beaten paths – yields condensed information, pictures, a general sense of land, grape, grower and wine. Wine importers tell great stories, and, of course, to find good wine,

there is nothing like paying a visit to a promising vineyard. The sommeliers who do get to travel are another source of information. The excellent Facebook page of Julian Mayor, sommelier of Bourbon Steak, reveals extensive far-flung travels to wine regions of note (which some of the rest of us look upon with envy). There are pictures of distant lands, tasting rooms, vineyards, wine-making operations. The rest of us get to taste, if we’re lucky; Julian visits in person, learning all the while.

A beef dish from Bourbon Steak at the Four Seasons.

The attractions sign listing a number of vineywards at exit 121 on interstate 64 in Virginia.

Linden, simply refreshing. We are a part of the land again, understanding the human scale in nature's surroundings. And then there are the pros at this, people who've developed an interest in wine organically over the years of their careers, who then combine talents to offer for the rest of us wine tours of the most intelligent, circumspect and rewarding kind. Annette and Christian Schiller of Ombiasy PR and Wine Tours are a husband-and-wife team, organizer and blogger respectively, with a shared passion. So where, to what fresh air, do you want to go? And with whom would you like to travel?

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April 25 Live Music at Greenhill Winery Singer, pianist and guitarist Brandon Diaz will perform live in the tasting room at Greenhill Winery and Vineyards. For details, call 540-687-6968 or email info@ greenhillvineyards.com. 23595 Winery Lane, Middleburg, Virginia.

May 2 Virginia Gold Cup

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Gates will open at 10 a.m. for the legendary Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase classic, now run before a sellout crowd of over 50,000 people. For package details, call 540-347-2612. Great Meadow, 5089 Old Tavern Rd, The Plains, Virginia.

May 3 Fun Field Day in Middleburg Participants are invited to create their own teams with up to 10 members for the Fun Field Day at Middleburg Community Center, featuring obstacle courses and team prizes. The registration deadline is April 24. To register, call 540687-¬6375. 300 West Washington St., Middleburg, Virginia.

May 9 Twilight Polo Opening Night Gala Gates will open 6:30 p.m. and the first polo match will begin at 7 p.m. After the

featured match, there will be dancing in the pavilion to a DJ. Greenhill Winery will be on site with a selection of wines throughout the evening. Twilight Polo continues through Sept. 19. For details, call 540-253-5000. Great Meadow, 5089 Old Tavern Rd, The Plains, Virginia.

Summer Weekends Breakfast Buffet at Market Salamander Market Salamander hosts a breakfast buffet on summer Saturdays and Sundays from 9 to 11 a.m. The cost is $10.95 for adults and $5.95 for kids. For reservations, call 540-687-8011. 200 West Washington St, Middleburg, Virginia.

May 5 Cinco de Mayo Dinner

The Middleburg Community Center will host its annual Cinco de Mayo dinner on Tuesday, May 5. The event will feature a piñata for the kids, a taco bar, Betty's chips and salsa and an ice cream bar. Admission is $20 per family, paid at the door. To RSVP, call 540-687-6375. 300 West Washington St., Middleburg, Virginia.

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Body & soul

Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships The Hard Work of Renewing a Marriage By Stacy Notaras M u r p h y

of renewing the marriage. While we don’t talk enough publicly about sensitive issues – infidelity, infertility, disability, etc. – to truly normalize them, as someone who listens to people talk about them daily, I can say that all of us (repeat: all of us) have “something” to manage in our relationships. Commitment is both highly difficult and highly rewarding. This valuable coin comes with two sides.

Dear Stacy, My husband cheated on me in the past. We have tried to do everything to get through it, including therapy. But it’s still hard for me not to question everything he does, even when we’ve worked so hard to get over it. We have kids, a mortgage, a good life, but on a regular basis I find myself thinking about whether I can trust him. I am wondering how other women get over this. Is it normal to just accept it because you have the kids and the marriage, or am I kidding myself that this can ever get better? – Want to Forgive Dear Forgive: Your question goes to the heart of what forgiveness really is. It’s not about wiping the slate clean in a way that causes you to forget a betrayal. It’s something the betrayed person actually has to give the betrayer, sometimes every single minute. No, Husband doesn’t deserve to feel like a criminal every day, but he’s going to have to expect that you will be wary whenever he comes home late. That’s probably going to be part of the marriage for the rest of your lives, and it’s because of his choices, not yours.

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But remember, it takes a progress-stalling toll when one person appears to forgive and then snaps right back to that place of anger and frustration. Therapy can help (and, yes, it can be irritatingly slow, but rewiring the brain to

turn an unsafe person back into a safe person does take time), but sometimes forgiveness is a choice we have to make again and again. Which is why having the kids and mortgage can be helpful: They anchor you to the very hard work

Stacy Notaras Murphy (www. stacymurphyLPC.com) is a licensed professional counselor and certified Imago Relationship therapist practicing in Georgetown. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacymurphyLPC@gmail.com.

Five Weight Loss Myths b y j os ef br a nd e nb u r g

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Cardio helps you lose weight. Activities like a 30-to-60-minute jog don’t help most people lose weight because they make people disproportionately hungry (among other reasons). So if you burn off 500 calories, your body will be hungry for 550 to 600 calories. However, strength and interval training tend to blunt appetite and leave your metabolism elevated for up 36 hours afterward.

Myth 2 Eating five or six small meals will help you lose weight. The research on this is clear: spreading your food out makes people hungrier and less satisfied with what they’re eating – which is only helpful for weight gain. Eating fewer, larger meals is more satisfying, takes less time and is far more effective for weight loss, now and in the future.

Myth 3 More sweat during exercise equals more weight loss. You can take the easiest, least effective workout and do it in a hot, humid room and you’ll sweat profusely. This extra sweat will not result in any meaningful, long-term weight loss, only short-term dehydration. The goal is to keep the goal the goal.

Myth 4 Adding healthy food helps you lose weight. Example: most people could benefit from adding more protein to their diet, but if you simply add a few eggs to your normal blueberry muffin, you’ll probably gain weight. You’re just eating more. Swapping the muffin for a few eggs and some blueberries would get you much better results.

Myth 5 All weight loss is created equal. Most of the time people really want to lose body fat (or get back to their high-school size). These qualities

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Katori Hall’s “Blood Quilt” at Arena By G ary T ischl er By almost any measure, the world premiere of “The Blood Quilt,” the new play by Katori Hall at Arena Stage’s Mead Center for American Theater, is a big deal, resonating strongly in Washington. For Hall, an inaugural resident playwright of Arena’s American Voices New Play Institute, the production marks a triumphant return here, the promise of a big career fully confirmed. Memphis-born Hall, a performer as well as a writer, wrote “The Mountaintop,” which won the 2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play and ran on Broadway starring Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson. Three of her plays are currently receiving world premieres around the country. “The Blood Quilt,” which runs April 24 to June 7, reunites Hall not only with Arena Stage but with director and Howard University alumna Kamilah Forbes, artistic director of Hip-Hop Theatre Junction, who collaborated with Hall on “The Mountaintop.” “The Blood Quilt” is a unique theatrical event in many ways. It features an all-female cast (along with its female director and playwright). The play is an African American-focused story, a fierce family comedy-drama in which, in the wake of the death of their mother and family matriarch, four sisters converge on their childhood home on an island off the Georgia coast to make a family quilt in her honor. Drama ensues with the reading of a will as the four women, and one of their teenaged daughters,

face their own troubled history. Yet, after talking to Caroline Clay and Nikiya Mathis, the actresses who play two of the sisters – Gio, the bigger-than-life second-eldest sister, and Cassan, the third-eldest – you get the sense that this is a play that goes far beyond race, reaching out to the universal without ever leaving the particular. This is a play about family, first and foremost, and the women of that family, in particular; men

– fathers, elders, boyfriends and husbands – are not in evidence except as figures in stories told around the circle of patching and sewing. In person, Clay and Mathis are very different, in much the same ways their characters are. Clay has found a connection to the earthy and boisterous Gio – “There’s no filter, there, she’s just one of those people when it comes to saying without thinking.” – and Mathis is more reserved, like the sister she plays.

Afi Bijou, Meeya Davis, Nikiya Mathis, Caroline Clay and Tonye Patano in Katori Hall’s “The Blood Quilt” at Arena Stage’s Mead Center for American Theater, April 24 to June 7. Photo by Tony Powell.

Clay is a recognizable part of the tapestry of D.C. theater. She’s a native, she won a Helen Hayes Award for outstanding supporting actress in a non-resident play for “Doubt,” she’s a graduate of and teaches at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. “This play has been talked about a lot and it’s been on my radar for a while, and I auditioned like everyone else,” she said. Mathis is a New York actress who workshopped a Hall play called “Pussy Valley.” “Yeah, right,” she said. “I played a stripper. She writes so directly, so powerfully, she has a major voice.” “There’s a lot of personal ways to relate to my character. I’ve experienced some of the things she did, I’ve made my mistakes, so you understand her,” Mathis said. “You can see her. She was the one, among four sisters, who her mother never really saw. And that’s an issue on a larger scale, this being invisible.” There is also Clementine, the eldest, who has called this gathering of the sisters, played by Tonye Patano, and the teenager, Zambia, played by Afi Bijou. After a while, as the conversation spread out like, well, a quilt – ranging from roles for African American actors to Roscoe Lee Browne, who died in 2007, from television’s “Empire” and “Outlander” to the American South – you could be excused if you thought you could hear the women of “The Blood Quilt” talking, remembering, making the quilt of their memories and lives.

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“Elaine de Kooning: Portraits” By Ari Pos t n the decade following World War II, a 40-year-old Dutch immigrant named Willem de Kooning dominated New York City's art scene. With a few fellow painters, he guided the evolution of Abstract Expressionism and defined an era of American art that would change the postwar world. At this height of power and influence, de Kooning was – for fellow artists if not for the press, who favored in personality the cowboy brass of Jackson Pollock and the fierce erudition of Mark Rothko – a vortex, whose talent, sensibilities and ideas pulled almost any aspiring painter into its overwhelming influence. This was when he married Elaine, an aspiring young painter who would become his first wife and, ultimately (despite periods of long separation), his lasting life partner. While Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989) would have been the first to concede the great influence her husband had on her artistic development, she took her long and illustrious career down a road that almost no other painter successfully traveled,

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merging Abstract Expressionist aesthetics with portraiture. Elaine de Kooning managed to navigate and manipulate the roiling tides of Abstract Expressionism, whose muddy, streaked and pock-marked canvases defied taming, to achieve nuanced faces and expressions, delicate gestures, postures and anatomy, without surrendering the style’s spontaneous energy and unpredictability. At the National Portrait Gallery through January 2016, “Elaine de Kooning: Portraits,” takes us on a retrospective journey through de Kooning's evolution as a portrait artist, covering the 1940s through the 1980s. A beautiful and refreshing exhibition, it shows that de Kooning is far too bright a talent to linger any longer in the shadow of her husband's legacy. The paintings from the 1950s, amidst the pull of her husband's influence, have a sort of whirlpool effect: all lines and shapes are pulled as if by a black hole toward the center of the canvas – this epicenter sometimes being a pair of crossed hands, sometimes even just the button of a jacket.

By Gary T ischler he director since 2013 of what was frequently referred to as the venerable National Portrait Gallery, Kim Sajet looks, moves, talks and thinks as if she’s been freshly minted, looking ahead and not too much behind. She demonstrated these qualities vividly as the guest speaker at the Georgetown Media Group’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast at the George Town Club April 9. Sajet, a striking blonde presence, is not the type to stand statically behind a podium (if there had been a podium). She’s personable and direct, funny with a self-deprecating sense of humor. Born in Nigeria to Dutch parents, raised in Australia, a mother (two young sons, ages 20 and 17), Sajet is bound to be an adept multi-tasker. Her credentials are diverse and impeccable: president and CEO of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania from 2007 to 2013, former senior vice president and deputy director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, curator and director of two Australian museums. She has a master's in art history from Bryn Mawr and one in business administration from Melbourne University, and completed arts-leadership training at the Harvard Business School, the Getty and National Arts Strategies. “Plus, I speak three languages, all of them with an accent.” The NPG, renovated and sparkling as part of the Reynolds Center with the Smithsonian American Art Museum downtown, is about accomplishment, about “people who have had an impact on history and our own lives,” Sajet said. “But it is a living thing, about living human beings, that’s what a portrait is.” She sees this sometimes maze-like place, with its holdings and collections, its videos and portraiture contests, as a kind of funhouse, full of ideas about how people see themselves, are seen by others, and remembered. And there’s room almost for everybody. “I’m interested in the concept of outsiders, of a different kind of categories, including more women, more minorities,” Sajet said. The popular and very focused “One Life” series will include Dolores Huerta, who stood side-by-side with Caesar Chavez in his battles for migrant workers. When you listen to her, the notion of the National Portrait Gallery as a somewhat stodgy record of triumphant lives of leading men begins to fade. The world is clearly changing, and it appears the National Portrait Gallery isn’t so much adapting as pushing to the forefront. And it’s Kim Sajet, chief ringmaster and pied piper, who’s leading the way, with an accent.

Elaine de Kooning, "John F. Kennedy #21," 1963. Collection of Michael and Susan Luyckx.

Faces are often less defined, sometimes smudged out entirely. On the whole, these effects, while attractive (in fact, among my favorite in the exhibit), almost suggest that de Kooning was still struggling to reconcile an unwieldy abstract approach to fit the representational constraints of portraiture. Her 1952 portrait of her husband is a good example of this, his entire face reduced to an aquiline nose and a tuft of hair on a muddy pink ring of paint – though it still manages to reveal the man clearly in caricature if you know what he looked like. The second gallery devotes a great deal of space to de Kooning's series of portraits of President John F Kennedy. While significant, these were ultimately library commissions and they feel a bit like that. The most interesting thing de Kooning achieves in these paintings is subconscious. She captures JFK, but the airy, almost hazy atmosphere surrounding him makes them portrayals of what it feels like to be in his presence: awe, reverence, reservation, timidity, even attraction. In the galleries that cover the remainder of her life, we find hints of Matisse, Velázquez and Picasso, John Singer Sergeant, even Roman frescos and religious altarpieces, all intermingling in a subtle but profound painterly sophistication. Her portrait of Aladar Marberger, from 1986, attributes the sitter with the ferocity and certitude of Pope Innocent X, but in an airy, Bonnard-like garden landscape. Marberger sits in a wicker chair on a pink cushion, purple socks covering his feet. Trellised vines and palm plants surround him, and the background dissolves into a pink and green tangle of thin branches and narrow tree trunks. This lovely and provocative interplay between severity and lightness of tone could easily collapse in on itself and fail utterly. But de Kooning turns it into something worth treasuring. Elaine de Kooning, "Aladar Marberger #3″ (1986). Collection of Donna Lynne Marberger & Dr. Jon L. Marberger.

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A mime at last year's French Market. Courtesy of Spring Collective.

his Friday and Saturday, visitors to the stretch of upper Wisconsin Avenue known as Book Hill may feel like calling it “la Colline aux Livres.” That’s because the 12th annual Georgetown French Market, organized by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, will have once again turned the blocks between P Street and Reservoir Road into an open-air Parisian-style bazaar. Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. both days, more than 40 local fashion and home boutiques, antique shops, art galleries and cafés will be offering special displays and 1discounts. R2_GTowner_quarter.pdf 4/16/15

The sidewalk-sale ambiance will be enhanced with strolling entertainers. On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the TD Bank parking lot on Wisconsin Avenue above Q Street will become a gathering place for families with children to listen to live music, interact with mimes and have their faces painted and caricatures sketched. Live music with a Louisiana-gypsy-jazz flair will also be presented at Wisconsin Avenue and P Street and the 1600 block of Wisconsin Avenue near Urban Chic. The list of performers includes acoustic swing quartet Laissez Foure (a play on laissez faire – get it?), Yamomanem 5:28 PM

(said to be New Orleans patois for "your mother and the rest of your family and friends that always seem to be around the house"), the Rachel & Sean Jazz Duo, Swing Guitars DC and the Red Hot Rhythm Chiefs. With some help from the Alliance Française of Washington, the Georgetown Public Library at the top of Book Hill is going Gallic with three special programs. On Friday at noon, art historian Vanessa Badré will lead a discussion, “From Versailles to China.” On Saturday at 10:30 a.m., there will be a Madeline storytime, with a reading of “Madeline at the White House” and a workshop in which participants will make their very own yellow hat. On Saturday at 2 p.m., Jacques Bodelle will talk about and sign copies of his book "Petite(s) Histoire(s) des Francais d'Ameriqué [A Brief History of the French in America]." At Wisconsin and Volta Place, Georgetown Lutheran Church, founded in 1769, will invite French Market visitors to stop in for water and treats. Among the curbside food options will be merguez sausages, sweet and savory crepes, Vietnamese bánh mì sandwiches, BBQ chicken skewers, pizza and dipped fruit. Patisserie Poupon – which will feature chicken with lemon and olive tagine along with their extensive selection of fresh-baked pastries – is running a drawing to win an Illy Y5 Duo espresso machine, now through Saturday. Free parking will be available Saturday at Hardy Middle School across from the Georgetown Safeway, near the intersection with 34th Street, where there is also a Capital Bikeshare station.

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APRIL 28 Refugees International’s Anniversary Dinner

and outreach initiatives. Following dinner and a performance, the evening concludes with a ’Til Midnight party on the Roof Terrace. Kennedy Center. Email springgala@kennedy-center.org.

The annual dinner honors individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and commitment to humanitarian causes. Mellon Auditorium. Email events@refugeesinternational.org.

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May 1 The Swan Ball The Swan Ball supports the Washington Ballet’s Community Outreach Programs, ensuring that ballet continues to inspire students and enliven audiences across the region. Residence of the German Ambassador. Contact Elizabeth Sizer at 202-274-4518 or esizer@washingtonballet.org.

MAY 3 Kennedy Center Spring Gala The annual gala supports the Kennedy Center’s performances, education programs

Guests at this event – benefitting Georgetown Village, neighbors helping neighbors to age at home comfortably, securely and engaged in their community – will sip cocktails at sunset at Washington Harbour. Call Lynn Golub-Rofrano at 202-999-8988.

WCO’s fundraising gala, “Out of This World,” will offer a musical presentation of science, magic and fantasy in opera. Tickets are $350 and $500. Carnegie Institution for Science. Email info@concertopera.org.

Thursday, April 23, 6 p.m. -- Story Partners hosts its second annual “Welcome to Washington: A Salute to Women in Journalism.”

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People and TIME magazines hold their annual invitation-only cocktail reception (St. Regis Hotel, 16th and K Streets NW)

Friday, April 24, 7 p.m. -- Voto Latino’s 6th annual “Our Voices: Celebrating Diversity in Media” cocktail reception. (The Hay Adams Hotel, 800 16th St. NW) Friday, April 24, 7 p.m. -- The Hill newspaper, the Canadian Embassy and Extra co-host an invitation-only party. (Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Ave. NW)

New Yorker hosts its an annual reception. (W Hotel Rooftop, 515 15th St. NW)

Friday, April 24, 9 p.m.

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Annual brunch to benefit Dog Tag Bakery and Blue Star Families. (2920 R St. NW)

Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m. -- White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton. President Barack Obama; comedian Cecily Strong. Dinner begins at 8 p.m.; speech around 9 p.m. (1919 Connecticut Ave. NW)

Saturday, April 25, 11 p.m.

-- MSNBC after party (U.S. Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Ave. NW)

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Photos by Neshan H . Na lt c h aya n The Washington Home and Community Hospices waved “the Magic of Montmartre” for its annual benefit April 11 at the Embassy of France with can can girls, singer Robin Phillips and violinist Rafael Javadov.

Washington Home’s board chair Sharon Casey, CEO Tim Cox, Alexandra de Borchgrave, Didi Cutler and Walter Cutler.

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Ph otoS by Patr ic k G erard Ryan The Embassy of Turkey and Vital Voices Global Partnership, in partnership with the Willard Hotel, held Together Through Time – Turkey’s Voice For Women, a benefit dinner on April 15 to promote awareness of violence against women. The evening featured special guest and Turkish haute couture designer Cemil İpekçi, who showcased an Ottoman-inspired fashion collection in a runway show. Vital Voices is an international non-governmental organization that invests in women leaders working to advance economic opportunity, increase political and public leadership, and protect human rights.

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-- Rock the Vote on Thursday hosts a party with Fusion and Twitter. (Blind Whino, 700 Delaware Ave. SW)

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‘Picturing Mary’: Colorful Ascension of Women’s Arts Gala

By R obe rt deva ney The National Museum of Women in the Arts celebrated its landmark show, “Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea,” which ended April 12, with a spring gala April 10 that opened up the floors of the New York Avenue building to lively art lovers. Concerning one of the most powerful women in history and art, gala co-chair Janice Obuchowski said that “The Virgin Mary in her self-giving is the antithesis” of what goes on in D.C. “Mary has left the building but not our hearts,” said Bertha Soto Braddock, gala co-chair.

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Marc and Nancy Duber, a museum board member.

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Season 4 of HBO’s “Veep” premiered April 11at Dog Tag Bakery on Grace Street. Hosted by Roy and Kelley Schwartz, the get-together benefited the non-profit bakery and social enterprise -- co founded by Connie Milstein and Rev. Rick Curry, S.J. -that helps veterans develop leadership skills and business know-how in coordination with Georgetown University.

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Lucy Buchanan, Denise Littlefield Sobel, Lorna Meyer Calas and Dennis Calas.

Belgian Ambassador Johan Verbeke and his wife Catherine Dubois flank Judy Greenberg, director of the Kreeger Museum.

Fulfilling Promises

Photos by Tony Brown for MBK Photos America’s Promise Alliance held its “Promise of America” Awards at the Howard Theatre April 15 to honor who fulfill the Five Promises for children and youth in their communities and in our nation: “Caring Adults, Safe Places, a Healthy Start, an Effective Education, and Opportunities to Give Back.” Honorees included Randall Stephenson of AT&T, Inc., Sen. Lamar Alexander, Wes Moore, founder of BridgeEdU, and Anthony and Beatrice Welters, co-founders of AnBryce Foundation.

Dana Tai Soon Burgess and his eponymous dance company culminated their three-month residence program March 26 at the Kreeger Museum in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain with a premiere of “Picasso Dances,” inspired by four of the artist’s paintings in the museum’s collection. Burgess said that he felt “exposure to art adds to the creative process.” The choreographer traveled the world as an American Cultural Ambassador for the State Department. He dedicated the performance to Picasso and composer Manuel de Falla as well as to the memory of his late father.

Board president Bonnie Kogod, Bianca DeLille, Dana Tai Soon Burgess and Diane Dragaud. Singer Larry Gatlin and Sen. Lamar Alexander.

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Sen. Lamar Alexander with Alma and Colin Powell.

Wilma Bernstein, Alma Powell and Stuart Bernstein.

Bill Press interviews Patrick Gavin of “Nerd Prom” during a question-and-answer on E Street Cinema April 9.

The White House Correspondents’ Association’s dinner has become just about Washington’s biggest social weekend. In his documentary, former Politico reporter Patrick Gavin checks in with some local celebs to interview and opines how the dinner morphed into such a big deal, forgetting its prime mission: giving scholarship to young journalists. Venture your own opinion, too: visit nerdpromthemovie.com.

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MASS AVE HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC Magnificent 9 bedroom, 12 full bath, 3 half bath custom home with entertaining floor plan and 13,898 SF of extraordinary finishes. Exterior includes terrace, beautiful landscaping, pool and parking for 10+ cars. $15,500,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

KALORAMA, WASHINGTON, DC NEW LISTING! Spectacular renovation of this 7 bedroom, 6.5 bath home, nearly 10,000 square feet with gracious entertaining spaces, custom finishes, beautiful garden and 2-car garage. $5,950,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

LANGLEY FARMS, MCLEAN, VIRGINIA Spacious Georgian on one acre. 5BR/6.5BA, high ceilings, wood and marble floors, 6 masonry fireplaces, handsome woodwork, gourmet kitchen, terrace, pool, 3-car garage. $4,495,000 W. Ted Gossett 703-625-5656 Florence Meers 202-487-7100

HILLANDALE, WASHINGTON, DC NEW LISTING! Fully-detached & renovated. Nearly 6,000 SF in gated comm. Formal rooms of grandproportion + eat-in chef kitch, FR. 4BR/3BA/2HBA. Incred master suite , WIC, sitting room. $2,895,000 Cynthia Howar 202-297-6000 Matthew McCormick 202-728-9500

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FOXHALL/BERKLEY, WASHINGTON, DC Renovated 5 bedroom colonial on ¼ acre lot with gourmet kitchen, 3 family rooms, enormous master suite, fully finished lower level with walkout to pool and garden. $2,795,000 Patrick Chauvin 202-256-9595 Cecelia Leake 202-256-7804

MCLEAN, VIRGINIA NEW LISTING! Better than new construction! Amazing 3-year-young true masterpiece with exceptional craftsmanship. 7BR/7.5BA 3-car garage, blocks from Downtown McLean. Pool and screened porch. $2,769,000 Anne DiBenedetto 703-615-1897

PALISADES, WASHINGTON, DC Impressive new construction Arts & Crafts home offers over 5,700 square feet. Highlights include an elevator, rooftop terrace, custom built-ins and high ceilings. 5BR, 5.5BA with oversized 2-car garage. Summer 2015 delivery. $2,599.000 Matt Cheney 202-465-0707

MCLEAN, VIRGINIA NEW PRICE! Located in Downtown McLean, 5-yearold Buchanan-Price home, designer finishes and quality craftsmanship thru-out. 5BR/5.5BA, 3-car garage, flat, fully fenced yard with patio! $1,799,000 Jennifer H. Thornett 202-415-7050 Micah A. Corder 571-271-9828

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Charming 2BR, 3.5BA with original details and hardwood floors. Spacious rooms, 4 fireplaces, and sun filled master bedroom with suite. Finished lower level and 3-tiered garden with slate patio perfect for entertaining. $1,750,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

CHEVY CHASE, WASHINGTON, DC Spacious, sun-filled colonial with 5BR, 5.5BA, main level master, gourmet island kitchen, FR with FP, French doors to deck, oak floors, lower level FR plus au pair/in-law suite, 4-car garage, deck, fullyfenced rear yard. $1,550,000 Marilyn Charity 202-427-7553

BETHESDA, MARYLAND Stunning Potomac River views! Overlooking the river with opportunity to develop land and build your custom dream home on almost 1 acre lot. $1,500,000 William F. X. Moody Robert Hryniewicki 202-243-1620

COLONIAL VILLAGE, WASHINGTON, DC Light filled international contemporary with spacious public rooms on the park. 4BR, 4.5BA, 2 fireplaces, gourmet kitchen, wood floors, CAC, banquet-sized dining room, 2-story family room, elevator, 2-car garage. $1,299,000 Marilyn Charity 202-427-7553

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Beautifully renovated 3BR/2BA home in the East Village. Features hardwood floors, crown molding, recessed lighting, and sun-filled kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Open floor plan and charming patio. $1,050,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

BETHESDA, MARYLAND Largest unit in condominium with sweeping parkland views! 3BR/2.5BA and 2-car garage parking! Expansive living room with fireplace and wall of windows opening to 29’ balcony, formal DR, kitchen with large window. $775,000 Sally Marshall 301-254-3020

WESLEY HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC The Foxhall, 1,570+/- square feet, 2BR, 2BA condo with parking! Marble, hardwood floors and new carpeting. Walk-out level terrace from living room. Renovated baths and kitchen. $695,000 William F. X. Moody Robert Hryniewicki 202-243-1620

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA NEW LISTING! Converted 1910 warehouse, Cromley Lofts, LEED certified condo in heart of Old Town. Open floor plan, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, expansive living room with gas fireplace and separate dining area. $589,000 Joe O’Hara 703-350-1234

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