Georgetowner's October 8, 2014 Issue by The Georgetowner

VOLUME 61 NUMBER 1

OCTOBER 8 - OCTOBER 21, 2014

June 1972 -- Four men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office building. Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein get assigned to check out the breakin, beginning an investigation that would force President Richard Nixon to resign. Later that year, Attorney General John Mitchell is linked to a secret fund that paid for the burglary. After prison, Mitchell lived in Georgetown with Mary Gore Dean — co-owner of the Jockey Club and mother of Deborah Gore Dean, who worked for The Georgetowner.

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June 1976 -- Georgetowner founder Ami Stewart dies; she is succeeded by Dave Roffman as owner and publisher. March 1976 -- Metrorail opens. A stop in Georgetown is planned for 2040.

November 1991 -- Jack Evans is first elected to the District Council, replacing John Wilson who becomes Council Chairman. Evans, who lives with his wife Michele and family on P Street, is the council’s longest-serving lawmaker.

1980s

October 2002 -- The Beltway Snipers stalk and terrify the Washington area; 10 are killed. Newspaper distributors express their concern about driving a white van.

1980 -- Gary Tischler joins The Georgetowner staff.

YEARS IN PRINT A Select Timeline

1950s

Georgetowner staffers stand outside their office at 28th and M on the eve of the newspaper’s 60th anniversary. From Left: Charlene Louis, Erin Schaff, Dana Farrior, Robert Devaney, Paul Simkin, Sonya Bernhardt, Gary Tischler, Angie Myers and Peter Murray.

January 1957 -- For President Dwight Eisenhower’s second inauguration, Judy Waldrop Frank writes, “Presidents’ Ladies, Inaugural Ball -- What the Cynosures Wore.” April 1958 -- The Georgetowner asks, “Senator John F. Kennedy -- Will He Be Georgetown’s First President?” Three years later, Georgetown resident John Kennedy was elected president and prepared to move out of 3307 N St., NW, to the White House.

October 1954 -- The Georgetowner Newspaper makes its debut, after being assembled on the second floor of Little Caledonia on Wisconsin Avenue by founder Ami Stewart, with help from the Randolph sisters. Stewart writes on the front page: “Sufficient encouragement has already been given to us in our undertaking to make us feel that our interest in Georgetown and our labors will meet with the approval of a kindly and interested public.”

January 1962 -- Streetcars make their last run in D.C. Only the 3200 through 3600 blocks of O and P streets in Georgetown show the tracks and conduits of the old system. 1963 -- Clyde’s of Georgetown opens. It was the first restaurant to offer brunch in D.C. and the first to hire women as part of its wait staff. 1963 -- The Georgetown Citizens Association and the Progressive Citizens Association merge to form the Citizens Association of Georgetown. Initial talks about a proposed merger ran on the Jan. 16, 1958, front page of The Georgetowner with extensive coverage.

Jacqueline and Jack Kennedy at their Dent Place home in the 1950s.

1960s October 1960 -- The Washington Senators move to Minnesota to became the Twins. Baseball returrns to D.C. in 2005, with the Nationals.

Georgetowner founder Ami Stewart and editor Carol Stuart in 1955.

July 1962 -- Richard McCooey opens 1789 Restaurant and the Tombs, with public support from Georgetowner publisher Ami Stewart.

March 1961 -- Ratified by the states, the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution allows, for the first time, D.C. citizens the right to vote in a presidential election.

October 1962 -- The Cuban Missile Crisis begins: Kennedy blockades Cuba, gets Soviets to remove missiles -- the closest the two Super Powers came to all-out war. November 1963 -- President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Stories about the Kennedys and the effects of Camelot still occasionally make the pages of the Georgetowner to this day. February 1964 -- The Beatles hold their first U.S. concert in the Washington Coliseum. 1965 -- Blues Alley opens: it is the oldest operating jazz supper club in D.C. The Georgetowner comments on the club: “When you knock, to be let in, just say The Georgetowner sent you.” April 1968 -- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. In the aftermath,

more than 100 U.S. cities experience rioting. The worst riot in the U.S. breaks out in Washington, D.C.; 20,000 rioters set 30 new fires each hour. To help D.C. police, 14,000 troops enter the city. Arrests numbered 7,600 with 1,200 buildings burned. Parts of downtown D.C. take years to recover. June 1968 -- Presidential candidate, Sen. Robert Kennedy, who lived in Georgetown in the 1950s, is fatally shot in Los Angeles.

President Richard Nixon resigns. September 1972 -- “The Exorcist,” is filmed partly in Georgetown. In its climax, a priest hurls himself down the outside stairs between the house and the Car Barn at 36th Street, NW, connecting Prospect and M streets. 1974 -- Western High School becomes the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.

1968 -- 23-year-old David Roffman goes to work at The Georgetowner; he stays for the next 42 years.

September 1971 -- The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is established to protect one of Georgetown’s greatest treasures.

1990s

September 1971 -- The Kennedy Center opens.

1972 -- The Georgetown Business Association is formed with Rick Hinden of Britches as its president and Georgetowner Newspaper as a Member.

Oh, My! How Prices Have Changed Since Our First Issue in ‘54

April 1984 -- Georgetown University’s men’s basketball team defeats University of Houston, 84-75, in the NCAA final for the Hoyas’ first national championship. The team is coached by John Thompson and led by Patrick Ewing (shown on right with President Regan). 1989 -- Georgetown University, the nation’s oldest Catholic institution of higher learning, celebrates its bicentennial with outgoing President Timothy Healy, S.J., and incoming President Leo O’Donovan, S.J. Already working on campus is its current head, John DeGioia, the university’s first lay president and its longest-serving since 2001. (DeGioia was the subject of a May7, 2014, Georgetowner cover story.)

1970s May 1971 -- Mayday student protests against the Vietnam War expand into Georgetown. Georgetown University allows protestors to stay on campus and cancels classes; D.C. police fire tear gas onto university property. National Guardsmen shout to writer Dave Roffman, looking out the Georgetowner office’s window to get back inside and stop taking pictures.

January 1983 -- The Washington Redskins win their first Super Bowl with a dramatic win over Miami. The ultimate victory party is held at Wisconsin Avenue and M Street and gridlocks Georgetown traffic with revelry, as Georgetowner staffers take it all in. The Redskins are champs again in 1988 and 1992, all three times under coach Joe Gibbs.

Club owner Michael O’Harro poses with his Rolls-Royce. The poster was a best seller. September 1975 -- Michael O’Harro opens Tramp’s Discotheque, holds adult Halloween parties on the street and creates a Georgetown tradition. (In October 1983, O’Harro opens Champions Sports Bar.) Publisher Dave Roffman is a regular judge in many beauty and sports contests.

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The Shoppes at Georgetown Park — 1981.

March 2003 -- The Georgetowner creates The Downtowner newspaper and forms the Georgetown Media Group.

David Abramson and Jack Evans in the 1990s. November 1992 -- Georgetown University graduate Bill Clinton is elected president over incumbent President George H.W. Bush. 1996 -- Sonya Bernhardt joins The Georgetowner staff. December 1998 -- The Bayou has its final show on New Year’s Eve, as reported by writer Patrick Butters who also celebrates at Nathans Restaurant.

2000s July 2000 -- Manhole cover explosions rattle M Street businesses. Aging conduits and wires packed too closely near gas lines are seen as the culprits. November 2000 -- George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore appear tied in the presidential election. The Supreme Court rules in favor of Bush concerning disputed votes in Florida. The Georgetowner prints its split-image front page of Bush and Gore. May 2001 -- Georgetown celebrates its 250th birthday, and The Georgetowner staff is part of the parade.

January 1990 -- The subject of many Georgetowner editorials, Mayor Marion Barry is arrested in an FBI sting on drug possession and sentenced to prison. He is succeeded by Sharon Pratt Dixon, the first black woman to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city. 1991 -- Robert Devaney joins the Georgetowner staff.

The Ritz-Carlton on South Street —2003.

people are killed. The Georgetowner reports with a cover with no text except its logo at half its size and a photo of the smoking Pentagon. November 2001 -- The Georgetowner office moves to 1054 Potomac St., NW, where it will remain until Feb. 1, 2014 -- its longest time in one place -- before moving to 2801 M St., NW.

The Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. September 2001 -- America is attacked by terrorists: the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapse, the Pentagon is damaged and an airliner over Pennsylvania is taken down; nearly 3,000

Washington Harbour — 1985.

July 2004 -- Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry, picks Sen. John Edwards as his running mate. Kerry lives on the 3300 block of O Street, NW, and Edwards on the 3300 block of P St., NW, one block north. For Georgetown, it is “a hometown ticket,” writes The Georgetowner. April 2007 -- Fires devastate the Georgetown Public Library -- its Peabody Room contains all past copies of The Georgetowner -- and Eastern Market within hours of each other. (On October 18, 2010, the Georgetown Public Library reopened after a $17.9 million dollar renovation).

2010s August 2011 -- An earthquake in Virginia is felt in The Georgetowner’s Washington, D.C. office. The quake significantly damages the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral.

May 2011--Osama Bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, is killed by Navy SEALS in Pakistan. The Georgetowner is on the scene in front of the White House and reports on the capacity crowd -- mostly Georgetown and George Washington University students -- celebrating that night.

November 2011-- Georgetown Waterfront Park opens to the delight of the entire community. October 2014 -- The Georgetowner turns 60 years old.

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UP & COMING OCTOBER 9, 10 AND 11

OCTOBER 14

Palisades Library Used Book Sale The Friends of Palisades Library holds its huge fall sale all this weekend. The sale will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 4p.m. on Sunday. The sale will be held at Palisades Library (4901 V St., NW). There will be a large selection of books and deals, with rare collectibles, children’s books and more for steep discounts. Proceeds benefit the Palisades branch library to support special programs for children and adults.

OCTOBER 10

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St. Nicholas Fall Bazaar This fall, Union Market is bringing back its St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral is hosting drive-in series, which began in the summer its annual Fall Bazaar on the Cathedral of 2012. The series will kick off with an Grounds located at 3500 Massachusetts Ave., outdoor showing of the 2013 Disney hit, NW. Enjoy Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian “Monsters University.” Tickets are $10 and Serbian foods and a variety of Slavic per car or free for walk-ups in the picnic folk music and dance performances. For kids area. The showing will be taking place in there will be crafts and activities like face the Union Markets parking lot. Gates open painting. The bazaar lasts from 11 a.m. to 7 at 6 p.m. and close at 7:45 p.m., and the p.m. each day and admission is free. Visit movie starts at 8 p.m. Parking tickets can fallbazaar.org for more information. C2W ad 2014 G'towner_Layout 1 10/3/14 2:22 PM Page 1 be purchased at unionmarketdc.com.

OCTOBER 18 AND 19

Men of the Cloth West End Cinema is hosting the Washington, D.C. premiere of “Men of Cloth,” a documentary film about Italian master tailors. The documentary is a portrait of three such tailors and looks into the past, current and future of tailoring. After the film screening there will be a Q&A with director Vicki Vasilopoulos and Sofio Barone, the founder and head designer at Sophio’s Custom Clothiers and Tailors in Tysons Corner. Visit westendcinema.com for more information and tickets.

OCTOBER 17

Masters of Hawaiian Music Enjoy melodic island music with uncommon tunings as some of Hawaii’s finest players come to perform at The Barns at Wolf Trap. The concert will feature Kona-

St. John’s Book Fair There’s nothing like a beautifully illustrated paper book. Show your kids the beauty in books and come read and discover. Stock up on readable gifts for the holidays from over 150 carefully curated titles for children ages two to eight, plus a BBQ lunch, children’s face painting and crafts and a sing-along with Miss Pattie. The book fair goes from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. both days and will take place at St. John’s at 3240 O St., NW.

OCTOBER 26

Vienna Boys Choir The Vienna Boys Choir, established in 1498, will be coming to perform in Georgetown. The group will be performing at St. John’s Episcopal Church located at 3240 O St., NW. The Vienna Boys Choir is made up of approximately 100 members between the ages of 10 and 14. When they tour, the group is split into 4 different choirs that tour for nine to 11 weeks and perform about 300 shows each year. Tickets are $40 and $25 for students. The show is from 5 to 7 p.m. Visit stjohnsgeorgetown.org for more information.

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EDITORIAL/ OPINON

Legalize Marijuana

District residents should vote to legalize marijuana on Nov. 4. Marijuana’s prohibition has gone on for too long, flying in the face of undeniable facts about the drug, and its impact on individuals and society overall. Alcohol is far more dangerous than marijuana. An alcohol overdose can kill while marijuana overdoses are unheard of. Alcohol use contributes to reckless, aggressive and violent behavior, including drunk driving, domestic violence and rape. Marijuana intoxication, on the other hand, has been shown to reduce the likelihood of violence of the user. Alcohol can be classified definitively as an addictive substance. Marijuana cannot. In short, alcoholism poses a multitude of serious problems to society. Marijuana, on the other hand, affects mainly smokers, with use promoting voracious appetites for snacks and nature documentaries. Opponents of legalization will claim that, by legalizing marijuana, the District will be endorsing the drug’s use to children. We argue the opposite. When law codifies a harmful drug like alcohol as legal and marijuana as illegal, people who have tried both drugs lose respect for the law. A loss of respect for the law cultivates more illegal behavior and, potentially, more drug use among teens. Initiative 71 only legalizes the drug; it does not provide a regulatory framework for the substance’s sale. We urge D.C. Council to work carefully on such a framework as it has for the District’s medical marijuana program. The Council should ensure that marijuana does not fall into the hands of children, that it’s potency be strictly regulated, that drivers can be tested for being high behind the wheel and that the District collect ample tax revenue on this vice. In Colorado, Governor John Hickenlooper was initially opposed to his state’s legalization of the drug. He changed his tune when a state report came out stating that legalization lowered use, especially among teenagers, and has diverted monies that would have gone to gangs towards state coffers. We should follow Colorado’s example and legalize marijuana.

Jack Evans Report

D.C.’s Improving Bond Rating -- and Congratulations to The Georgetowner The Council received exciting news last week that one of the major credit rating agencies feels our city’s financial position is stronger than ever and has increased our bond rating another level -- a move that will save District taxpayers millions of dollars over the next decade. Fitch’s Ratings, one of the firms I meet with every year as Chairman of the Council’s Committee on Finance and Revenue, raised its rating of our bonds from AA- to AA. What this means is that when we issue General Obligation bonds to fund infrastructure projects or school modernizations, it will cost the District less money. Because of the work we have done over the last 15 years to bring the city out of the Control Board era, Fitch, in line with the other major ratings agencies, has continued to express confidence in our financial position and the Council’s work.

Old Catania and New Catania B Y M A R K PL OTKIN

Observing David Catania at Dumbarton House the evening of Sept. 24 during his appearance before the Citizens Association of Georgetown, I couldn’t help but think of legendary Washington Post cartoonist Herblock. After Richard Nixon won the presidency in 1968, Herblock felt charitable and gave “Tricky Dick” a clean shave. Gone was the dark stubble and grisly appearance. Herblock was giving Nixon a fresh start. Anyone who has watched Catania over the years perched on the dais of the D.C. City Council would find the “new Catania” totally unrecognizable from the “old Catania.” The old Catania was downright unpleasant, unlikable and unappealing. His countenance was hostile and stern, his voice snarling and snide. To top it off his entire manner reeked of hubris and condescension. This was an individual whose sole purpose seemed to be to look tough and be the prosecutor-in-residence. He always had to prove to everyone in the room that he knew everything and that everybody else was just a rube. That modus operandi has clearly gone out the window.

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Mark Plotkin has been writing about the mayor’s race for the Georgetowner and will be doing so until the November election. He is a political analyst and contributor to BBC on American politics.

FEATURES EDITORS

Robert Devaney

Now that Catania is running for Mayor of D.C. his handlers have obviously sent him to charm school. Now, he is all sweetness and light. He never used to crack a smile. Now, he smiles frequently and even attempts to be humorous. He is knowledgeable and totally conversant with all the issues. He laces his long answers with copious statistics and has an easy familiarity with all the relevant topics. Well-informed is his signature trait. When asked about his opponents Bowser and Schwartz, Catania even borders on graciousness. Commenting on Bowser’s absence that night, he diplomatically called it “regrettable.” Bowser is clearly running a “Rose Garden” strategy. She is 17 points ahead and does not want to give Catania any chance to enhance his position. The public may tire of this tactic. Catania’s past persona was definitely a high negative. He has enough baggage already. Now the “I-like-Ike” strategy is essential, if he is to advance at all.

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Since 1999, when I took over the Finance Committee, the city’s bond rating has improved from BB+ to AA, an 8 level increase. Additional reasons Fitch cited for the increase were solid reserve balances, well managed pension and other post-employment (OPEB) obligations, the multi-year expenditure and revenue forecasts, and proactive budget monitoring. I see improving the District’s financial position as one of my chief concerns as your councilmember. Because of this financial stewardship, I can continue to push for better, smarter and more cost-efficient city services to move the District forward. I would also like to take a moment to congratulate The Georgetowner on its 60th anniversary of providing information, support and a constant sense of community to all of us in and around Georgetown. It’s an honor for me to be a part of its rich history by writing this column every two weeks. Because of The Georgetowner’s trusted reputation in the community and loyal readership, I always feel that this column is one of the best opportuni-

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ties to share my perspective on what is happening in our community and in the District’s government with my friends, neighbors and constituents. I am a devoted reader of The Georgetowner and have several articles from over the years hanging in my office. In 1995, the publication did a profile of me, when I was a relatively new councilmember, headlined, “Evans: Coming of Age on the City Council.” That article always reminds me of how much the city has grown in the past 20 years and how important The Georgetowner has been as a thoughtful, informative resource throughout my career on the Council. I want to wish Sonya Bernhardt, Robert Devaney and the entire team at The Georgetowner congratulations on 60 years of publication. I look forward to continuing to read the newsmagazine for another 60 years! Jack Evans is the Ward 2 Councilmember, representing Georgetown since 1991.

Letters to the Editor: the Exxon I read with interest your editorial, “Can We Save the Georgetown Exxon?” My reaction is simple. Georgetown would not be served well by one gasoline station. Competition drives down prices, and gives customers options. The reality is that most people depend on their cars. If there is one gas station left in Georgetown, more people will fill up in Virginia, where prices are lower and gas stations are plentiful. Does the city want to lose the customers and the revenue? I trust the District Council will come up with a remedy. - John A Boffa I was dismayed to read in the Georgetowner about the possible closing of our Exxon station. Our family would strongly prefer it to stay open. There simply is no other convenient option to buy gas, not to mention little services like getting your oil changed or your tires topped up with air. It is conveniences, such as access to a wellrun service station, that make living in the city possible for a busy family with kids such as ours. We want to stay in the city, not flee to the burbs! - Mary Louise Kelly & Nick Boyle

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Ferguson March on M Street Peaceful; Obamas at Bourbon Steak

Volta Park Day Volta Park Day drew in the crowds of young and old Oct. 5. There were rides, hot dogs and hamburger, a flea market, a small lending library near the tennis court, dedicated to the late Timothy Downs -- with the West team beating the East team in the annual softball team -- and with all proceeds benefitting the continued maintenance of the park. Also honored was the late Ed Lara, owner of Georgetown Hairstyling, by his band, renamed Basement Riot, to recall the times band members practiced in the basement of the 35th Street barber shop.

Protesters marched through Georgetown Saturday evening, Oct. 4, calling for justice in the Aug. 9 killing of Mike Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. Members of the #DCFerguson movement also called for the arrest of Officer Darren Wilson, the demilitarization of the police and a review of all D.C. police killings since 2004. Protesters marched east to west on M Street and then up Wisconsin Avenue, stopping at various intersections -- including Wisconsin and M, Wisconsin and N as well as M and 34th Street -- to interrupt the nighttime traffic flow. The march surprised those at various restaurants and drivers, who had to wait at least 15 minutes The crowd, averaging about 250 , chanted “No justice no peace,” “Whose street? Mike’s street,” “Justice for Michael Brown, racist cop shot him down” and “We’re young. We’re strong. We’re marching all night long.” At the same time, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary at Bourbon Steak at the Four Seasons Hotel, as protesters walked past.

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TOWN TOPICS issue, Tom Birch said of the neighborhood eyesores and parking space grabbers, “They’re available for long periods of time. The permits are cheap. They’re easily renewable.” The ANC is looking for District-wide solution to problem of dumpsters and will be asking about other neighborhood actions and how they coordinate with residents, contractors and the District government.

Georgetown Gala to Honor Jack and Michele Evans, Oct. 24 The Georgetown Gala, the annual blacktie soiree of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, will honor Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans and his wife Michele Seiver Evans on Friday, Oct. 24, at the Italian Embassy. The gala will bring together more than 400 residents, organizations, businesses and politicos to celebrate Georgetown and CAG’s mission of historic preservation and improving the life of the community. Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero and his wife Laura Denise Bisogniero have opened the embassy, which is at Whitehaven Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NW, for the town’s big bash. “Fly Me to the Moon” is the theme of the gala and will give the evening, which begins 7 p.m., “a cool Rat Pack-’Mad Men’ vibe,” CAG assures – with cocktails, gourmet Italian dinner buffet, music and dancing, live auction items – along with an after party. The honorees are long-time Georgetown residents and well known throughout Washington, D.C. Jack Evans is the longest-

serving member of the District Council, representing Ward 2 since 1991. Chair of the Committee on Finance and Revenue, Jack Evans is closely involved with decisions on D.C. taxes and budgets. He was in the forefront in pushing for approval of the Verizon Center and Nationals Park. Most recently, he ran for Mayor of the District of Columbia. Michele Evans is very active in CAG and the Georgetown Gala, the main fundraiser for the community nonprofit. She strongly supports the Georgetown House Tour and several groups which help maintain community parks. Co-chairs Jennifer Altemus, Colleen Girouard and Robin Jones along with their committee are putting together the evening’s entertainment to include Danny Meyers and his D.C. Love band, playing dance music during cocktails and dinner, a live auction that features Fox News commentator Griff Jenkins and an after party – starting at 10 p.m. – with deejay Trophy Brothers and lots of dancing.

Catania, Solo at CAG Mayoral Forum, Commands Room and Issues The Citizens Association of Georgetown invited the three major candidates running for mayor in the Nov. 4 general election to its debate and candidate forum Sept. 24. Only At-large Councilmember David Catania showed up, as Muriel Bowser declined and Carol Schwartz could not attend because of the Jewish New Year celebration. At-large Councilmember David Catania -- who entered the fray back in April right

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TOWN TOPICS CRIME & SAFETY REPORT: Overview: Nine people were shot over the Oct. 4 weekend in and around Washington, D.C., including an eight-year-old boy who continues to fight for his life, WJLA reported. A bicyclist was hit by a car Oct. 4 in the intersection of 34th and N Streets, NW. The Metropolitan Police arrived at the scene; the cyclist was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Assault with a knife: Sept. 25, 10:25 p.m., 1800 block of Wisconsin Avenue, NW.

Burglary: approximately 8:30 p.m., Sept. 23, 3600 block of O Street, NW; 5:15 p.m., Sept. 25, 1400 block of 31st Street, NW. Car theft: 10:54 p.m., Sept. 27, Wisconsin Avenue and Q Street, NW; 9:45 p.m., Sept. 26, 31st and K Streets, NW; 6:38 p.m., Sept. 26, 3300 block of Dent Place, NW; 2:16 p.m., Sept. 22, 3300 block of Volta Place, NW. (Crime details from reports by the Metropolitan Police Department, Second District.)

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TUDOR PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING AND CANDIDATE FORUM for the single-member district 7 (SMD07) of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission. ANC candidates are Ellie Budic and Monica Roache’. Contact Leslie Buhler of Tudor Place at 202-965-0400 or Robert Devaney of The Georgetowner at 202-3384833.

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and step father of the late Ed Lara of Georgetown Hairstyling, at Volta Park Day Oct. 5.

D.C. CIRCULATOR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND SEMIANNUAL OPEN HOUSE the District Department of Transportation will host an open house at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. DDOT will present current operations and performance, solicit feedback from riders and present information about the 2014 Transit Development Plan at Pinstripes, 1064 Wisconsin Ave., NW.

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OUT: La Fourchette to Close La Fourchette on 18th Street is set to close. Chef Pierre Chauvet and his wife Jacqueline will also sell their apartment next door. Also adjacent to the classic French restaurant, Jonathan Cho of Sakuramen will be opening a new panAsian place at 2431 18th St., NW.

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Oktoberfest in Cady’s Alley In the tradition of Munich, Bavaria and Deutschland, Oktoberfest was celebrated in Cady’s Alley Sept. 27 and 28. The retail alley became a Oktoberfest fun fair with Bavarian food provided by Kafe Leopold, a soft pretzel cart, a two-story central beer hall that featured seasonal German brews and a fun zone filled with games and attractions. The weekend festivities were sponsored by EastBanc, Inc., and Jamestown Co.

IN: Mama Rouge Set to Open Oct. 14 Mama Rouge, the new Southeast Asian Bistro, replacing Bangkok Joe’s at 3000 K St., NW, will open Oct. 14. Chef and owner Aulie Bunyarataphan and husband and business partner Mel Oursinsiri are working at the same spot at Washington Harbour near the entrance. Expect a nice mix of Southeast Asian and

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IN: Yummi Crawfish’s Grand Opening Yummi Crawfish, “the traditional Cajun crawfish experience of Louisiana,”1529 Wisconsin Ave., NW, held its grand-opening party just about all day Sept. 26. If you “like” the restaurant on Facebook, you will get 15 percent off your bill on your first visit.

OUT: Subway Closed The Subway sandwich shop at 1363 Wisconsin Ave., NW, closed suddenly last month.

While the owners of 4865 MacArthur Blvd., NW, where a Safeway grocery store has been for decades, say that the store “will consider a short-term leaseback post closing,” the future of the Palisades Safeway is unclear. Passed Oct. 7, legislation by the District Council prohibits use of restrictive covenants being placed on land, formerly occupied by grocery stores. “Some national grocery store chains use restrictive covenants or land use restrictions to prohibit new grocery stores from filling the space of their former stores when they vacate,” according to one of the law’s sponsors, At-large Councilmember David Catania. KLNB Retail lists the 64,815-foot commercial site with a bid deadline of Oct. 6 and a close of escrow of no later than Dec. 12. The property is assessed by D.C. tax office at $3.2 million. The loss of the Palisades Safeway would leave the neighborhood with only the Georgetown Safeway or stores in nearby Arlington.

Cerberus Capital Management bought Safeway, the nation’s second-largest grocer for more than $9 billion in March and is merging it with Albertson’s, the fifth-largest grocer.

Watergate Hotel Under Reconstruction Work has begun to renovate the Watergate Hotel, “a $100-million project that will significantly increase the number of guest rooms and return the property to its former luxury status,” according to the Washington Business Journal. Reconstruction will gut “all 13 floors of the vacant, 277,000-square-foot building on Virginia Avenue, NW, replacing plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems and installing high-end, imported finishes.The room count will go from 251 to 348 . . . The work will also result in two new restaurants, as well as a rooftop bar, renovated ballrooms and spa and fitness areas.”

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$2,610,000

3303 WATER ST NW #E-7

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$2,295,000

$2,200,000

3040 Q ST NW

GEORGETOWN

$2,225,000

$1,950,000

3312 35TH ST NW

CLEVELAND PARK

$1,785,000

3711 CUMBERLAND ST NW

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$1,280,000

1218 29TH ST NW

GEORGETOWN

$1,290,000

$1,250,000

3217 RESERVOIR RD NW

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$1,295,000

$1,200,000

4539 WESTHALL DR NW

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$1,199,000

$1,200,000

4431 KLINGLE ST NW

WESLEY HEIGHTS

$1,095,000

$1,200,000

3723 ALBEMARLE ST NW

WAKEFIELD

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$970,000

5315 MACARTHUR BLVD NW

KENT

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$950,000

2425 L ST NW #542

WEST END

$889,000

$885,000

700 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #519

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1725 34TH ST NW

GEORGETOWN

$895,000

$856,000

1421 FOXHALL RD NW

FOXHALL

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$825,000

4432 RESERVOIR RD NW

FOXHALL

$759,000

$795,000

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AU Park, Washington, DC

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West End, Washington, DC

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Elegance and charm best describes this 4BR, 4.5BA hidden treasure. Grand entertaining & comfortable family living. Built in 1922, the history makes one beg for “these walls to talk”. LL in-law suite. Marge Lee 202-253-4618 Miller Chevy Chase 202-966-1400

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Alexandria, Virginia

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Chevy Chase, Maryland

$1,175,000

McLean, Virginia

$1,745,000

Arlington, Virginia

$1,325,000

Cleveland Park, Washington, DC

$4,990,000

1926 Grand Dame! Gracious living with old world charm. Ideally located in the Town of Chevy Chase. Tour: truplace.com/property/14/33077 Miller Bethesda Office 301-229-4000

TURNBERRY TOWER ! This rarely available 2BR , 2BA residence is living in luxury at it’s best! This penthouse is for sale furnished, ready for immediate move in. Spectacular views of the Potomac River, Washington & Georgetown. Salley Widmayer / Georgetown Office 202-215-6174/ 202-944-8400

Elegant light-filled 5BR/5.5BA 2-car garage Colonial with 6,200 sq. ft. of amazing open living space. Sought-after neighborhood minutes from downtown McLean and on an incredible .38 landscaped lot. Tracy Dillard 703-861-5548 Mclean Office 703-790-1990

Rarely available 1898 Victorian in the most coveted location! Enchanting residence offers magnificent architectural detail, 7BR, library & over 6,200 sq. ft. of comfortable living. Near National Cathedral & Metro. Terri Robinson/ Georgetown Office 202-607-7737/ 202-944-8400

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4 BR & 3BA renovated home. Mature landscaping on oversized lot. 2 blocks to Mass Ave shops & restaurants. Formal DR & LR with WBFP. Year round sun porch. Finished basement. Deborah Charlton 202-415-2117 Georgetowner Office 202-944-8400

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Congratulations on your 60th anniversary! COVERING GEORGETOWN FLAWLESSLY AND ELEGANTLY FOR THE LAST 60 YEARS

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Proudly Continuing Our Georgetown Legacy BY SONYA BE RNHARD T Sixty years after the first edition of our star-bannered community newspaper hit the streets of the village, The Georgetowner is proud to be a continually growing part of this very special neighborhood. The jump to the internet, Facebook, Twitter, and other types of social media presently available, have been a natural evolution for the paper. Your continued interest

you. We recently joined the George Town Club to provide yet another venue in which we can continually listen to you, gather and converse. Come join us there on Thursday mornings at The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast series. I consider publishing this independently owned community newspaper my life’s work, and it makes me smile every day.

"I consider publishing this independently owned community newspaper my life’s work, and it makes me smile every day."

Publisher Sonya Bernhardt working from Nicaragua.

has made these advancements an effortless joy. These virtual presences are vital to our future, but we feel strongly about the physical offices we lease in Georgetown, that allow you to stop in and say "hi," and the physical product we print that you can hold, read, ponder, save as a keepsake or recycle at your leisure. The ever-growing loyalty and long term relationships with our readers, advertisers, and supporters confirm for us that these traditional staples are a part of the recipe that has kept us thriving at a time when many newspapers are not and an expense we are happy to bear. Our belief in working with community non-profits, our presence at community events, and our documentation of social happenings confirm our genuine interest and commitment to

Come talk to me about your business, come talk to me about an event that we can help you with, and wave to me on the street when you see me. Thank you, Georgetown, for letting me be a part of you during this working lifetime, as we send the paper into its next 60 years of star-bannered success.

The Georgetowner: a Life of Its Own BY RO B E RT DE VANEY Forty years ago, as a Georgetown University student, I gave the Georgetowner Newspaper little attention. It seemed to me to be the old people's newspaper. Today, it occupies my waking hours and then some. My news journey between then and now remains oriented to Washington, D.C., and Georgetown. While I may have worked for U.S. News & World Report, Army-Navy-Air Force Times and the Washington Times, the Georgetowner was always there, whether in the background or not. I met editor and publisher David Roffman through his brother Randy, who worked for the newspaper, at the Bread & Chocolate on Prospect Street (it would become Cafe Milano). Dave muttered to his brother, "Another [guy] in a suit." I can also say I met the Georgetowner staffers through Georgetowner Francis Scott Key. In my work for the Francis Scott Key Foundation, I had completed the Star-Spangled Banner Relay -- from San Francisco's Golden Gate Park to Georgetown, specifically the as-yet unbuilt Key Park in 1991, and wrote about it for the newspaper. Dave and I became great friends. In 1992, I met Sonya Bernhardt when she owned an art gallery, and she, too, has become a great friend. She credits me with getting her involved with the newspaper. I credit her with saving the Georgetowner and breathing new life into the old girl. The paper had gotten zippier under the influence of Roffman during the 1980s, but it was Bernhardt -- as third owner and third publisher -- who put the newspaper on a more serious business footing for the 21st century. Friendship is perhaps not the first word to come into one's mind when thinking of Georgetown. Yet, it is a defining, quiet feature of our neighborhood. I have experienced such loyalty and trust with businesses and neighbors here. In 2005, sculptor and fellow Key Foundation colleague, John Dreyfuss invited me to rent an apartment at Halcyon House, a glorious, historic spot. My other little places around 35th and Prospect streets attest to neighbors' generosity and concern.

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Most of us in the news business may not make it to the millionaire's club, but we do get opportunities to meet some of the world’s most interesting folks. Within weeks at the newspaper, I saw Frank Sinatra at Warner Theatre and, soon enough, Gov. Bill Clinton at Gaston Hall. A year or two ago, it was Bono at Gaston Hall and President Barack Obama at Georgetown Waterfront Park. Regardless, the lives and stories of Georgetown neighbors can keep up with all those high and mighty – that’s why this newspaper was created in the first place.

"Once on the staff of the Georgetowner, always on the staff of the Georgetowner." Yes, we have run many excellent stories and profiles over the years, but we believe the Georgetowner's coverage of the September 11 attacks with front pages through the end of 2001 was superlative -- given our resources -- and revealed the urgency of our new century. Again, I tip my hat to writer Gary Tischler, the strong heart and gentle soul of the Georgetowner. Meanwhile, the work and fun never end -- whether meeting and working with the most interesting persons in Georgetown, covering various news, attending community events or showing our interns how to report (or giving them a tour of this great town). As with the phrase, "once a Georgetowner, always a Georgetowner," it is the same with this newspaper: "Once on the staff of the Georgetowner, always on the staff of the Georgetowner." Editor-in-Chief Robert Devaney reading the Nov. 14, 2012, Georgetowner at The Great Wall of China.

MY MOMENTS FOR

A Good Life

60 YEARS

at the Georgetowner

BY DAVID RO FFMAN

BY G ARY T IS CHL ER I was asked recently by two young videographers if and how the Georgetowner had changed since I began writing stories here. I thought about that for more than a minute. Have things changed in 34 years? Hell yes, they’ve changed. Everything has changed, not just at the Georgetowner, but in newspapers and the media and Georgetown and Washington. Our newspaper is being put together, designed, written and edited on iPhones, tablets and computers that have a combined weight that is considerably less than the linotype machine that publisher Dave Roffman used to set type for many years. The digital age swept away the IBM Selectric typewriter, and 35 mm film and old reading habits. Somewhere in an attic there are no doubt typewriter ribbons, old Remingtons and Polaroid cameras. It’s true that I’ve spent 34 years writing stories for the Georgetowner. At first I worked in the many offices that bore the name, The Georgetowner. Now I write in a homemade office huddled over a screen, sending and reading e-mails. Thirtyfour years is a lot of stories—more than 2,000 would not be an exaggeration. I’ve met a lot of people, accumulated cherished friends and acquaintances and spent a lot of time talking with people, in person and on the phone. Not to mention bathing in experiences and occasions, openings, plays, concerts, rallies and protests, swearing-ins, courtroom trials, government meetings, parades and, more and more often, funerals. So, yes, things have changed in the profession and at the Georgetowner. The paper has moved through distinct publishing eras – the years of Amy Stewart, Dave Roffman and Sonya Bernhardt, the last still moving forward. When I moved here in 1975, the Washington Post was basking in the afterglow of its Pulitzer Prize-winning Watergate coverage. Katharine Graham, Ben Bradlee and Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the best-known names in journalism. Graham died in the summer of 2001 and Bradlee, who looked and acted every inch the part of dashing journalist, lies in a hospice. The Washington Post itself is owned byJeff Bezos, the head of Amazon, in a true 21st-century deal. The Georgetowner isn’t just the Georgetowner anymore either—we have The Downtowner, two websites and a newsletter. It is a mostly happy marriage between digital and print. As for myself, I have had the good fortune to be a witness to all kinds of history, thanks in no small part to a partner that encourages and abets that good fortune. Writing and reporting, journalism and newspapers are all about people, all kinds of people.

Having been associated with The Georgetowner (assistant editor, editor, publisher) for 42 years of the publication's 60 years, I have many memories of the village I served -- its people, its places and its events. Here are moments in Georgetown I recall with love. I could go on, but these are some memories for our newspaper's 60th anniversary. For my complete list of 60 memories, visit georgetowner.com • Sunday brunches at Doc Dalinsky's Georgetown Pharmacy with the likes of Herblock, David Brinkley, Joe Califano, Ben Bradlee and Collins Bird . • Celebrations at Wisconsin and M for the championship wins by the Redskins, Hoyas and Bullets. • Parades down the length of Wisconsin Avenue as part of the annual Francis Scott Key/Star-Spangled Banner celebrations in the early 1980s. • Louis Alexander Traxel brandishing two antique pistols to keep order at a Citizens Association meeting. David Roffman, former publisher and Gary Tischler, long-time editor of The Georgetowner at Halcyon House in May of 1998.

• Lunching regularly with Virginia Luce Allen at the Georgetown Senior Center.

So, instead of name-dropping or title dropping, I’ll just drop a few things I’ll never forget: Lou Traxel, citizen extraordinaire; the sea of hats at Dorothy Height’s funeral at the National Cathedral; the bitter cold at Barack Obama’s first inauguration; the musicians gathered for a celebration of Woody Guthrie’s music; seeing Cary Grant walk the red carpet; sitting in on the trial of the accused killers of Officer Remington; David Levy and Devine putting on a searchlight opening of “Polyester” at the Key Theater. Every anniversary, it seems we recite the names and the qualities: the late Tom Quinn’s red-faced gift for characters in the movies and on stage; Kitty Kelley’s love of Georgetown and down-to-earth kindness; the classiest arts guy around, George Stevens, Jr. And we remember those no longer with us: P Street resident Eva Calloway, almost 100 years old inviting me to dance; the exuberant optimism and intelligence of the Rev. Meg Graham at St John’s Church; and Virginia Allen’s stubborn way of success at the Senior Center. I am often reminded when reminiscing of the woman in Samuel Beckett’s short play, “Rockabye.” The character, fading and ill, still remembers her life. At the end of each memory, she whispers, or shouts, or hollers and rasps one word: “More.” Here’s to “More.”

• Experiencing the "Rocky Horror Show" at David Levy's Key Theater. • Meeting Muhammad Ali at Chris Murray's Govinda Gallery. • Conducting a walking tour of Georgetown for actor Eli Wallach and his wife actress Anne Jackson. • Admiring CAG's many presidents, including Grosvenor Chapman, Charles Poore, Olcott Deming, Peter Belin and Juan Cameron. • Christening Francis Scott Key Park on M Street. The Georgetowner conceived the idea, and thanks go to Jonda McFarlane, Norm Larsen, Randy Roffman, Robert Devaney and others for making the dream come true. • The day Martin Luther King was killed and the mandatory curfew placed in Georgetown – and the Vietnam War protests in Georgetown. • Working with Gary Tischler, the most versatile writer in D.C. • Having Grace Bateman, Rory Quirk, Bob Sellers, Debbie Dean, Suzi Gookin and Mary Bird write for the newspaper. • Interviewing author Kitty Kelley. • Averell and Pamela Harriman --- and, of course, Katharine Graham. • Rev. Timothy Healy, S.J. (A.M.D.G.)

GEORGETOWN’S HISTORY, IN ARCHIVES BY J E RRY A. MCC O Y Stored in an acid-free box on a shelf at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library’s Peabody Room is an artifact that commenced six decades of documenting the history of this community. Its eight pages have turned sepia and brittle, but the stories and advertisements printed in the very first issue of the October 7, 1954 Georgetowner paint a picture of a neighborhood that while vastly changed has managed, incredibly, to “feel” the same. Founders Ami C. Stewart (editor/publisher) and Carol Stuart (associate editor/staff artist) continued a calling begun 165 years earlier when Charles Fierer published “Georgetown’s” first newspaper, The Times, And The Potowmack

Packett, in 1789. Dozens of newspapers were published in Georgetown during those intervening decades and Mrs. Stewart and Miss Stuart innately knew that they were carrying on a rich and noble tradition. In a piece published in the Oct. 4, 1956 issue celebrating the newspaper’s second anniversary, Stewart proclaimed why the Georgetowner was established. “We felt that such an independent and closely knit community needed its own newspaper; and we wanted to record the past and present history of the Town, its houses, its residents and its businesses, so that future generations would not have to spend endless hours in libraries as we have.”

Oops! Well, someone had to save all of those weekly issues before they yellowed and deteriorated. The Peabody Room has done just that by preserving their informational content on microfilm. Until the entire run of the Georgetowner can be digitized (as the DC Public Library recently did with the Evening Star from 1852 to 1981), readers are encouraged to peruse this resource as well as other Peabody Room holdings. October is American Archives Month and I guarantee that time devoted to discovering Georgetown’s past, be it houses, residents or businesses, will quickly fly by.

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during one of their first showings at Leo Castelli’s gallery in 1968 by Lois Cowles Harrison,. The daughter of famed Warhol collector (and founder of Look Magazine) Gardner Cowles Jr., Cowles Harrison was an avid and early collector of Warhol and other Pop artists.

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Rare Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Meuble de Milieu By Joseph-Emmanuel Zweiner, Paris, ca. 1880 Auction Date: Oct. 18, 2014 Estimate: $20,000 – $30,000 Cabinetmaker Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener (1849-1895) was born in Germany and moved to Paris to practice his craft. He was renowned for his copies of 18th century furniture from public collections and won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. This cabinet is after a design by Charles Cressent (1685-1768). www.PotomackCompany.com

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Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) Woman, 1965 Oil on paper laid to panel Auction Date: Nov. 11. 2014 Estimate: $200,000 – $400,000 This seminal de Kooning will be offered with Doyle's Post-War and Contemporary Art sale on Nov. 11, from the Estate of the Honorable Roy M. Goodman. The piece was initially acquired directly from the artist by New York State Senator Goodman (1930-2014), who was a dedicated and effective advocate for the arts in New York for more than forty years. Senator Goodman was even named an Ambassador for the Arts by the National Endowment for the Arts “in recognition of his unwavering support of the arts and cultural affairs.” The work is inscribed to Goodman by the artist himself on a notecard affixed to the reverse. Visit Georgetowner.com for news on upcomming auctions. Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987)

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President Obama volunteering at Martha’s Table.

hen it was founded in 1979, Martha’s Table was a safe haven for the District’s most vulnerable — a refuge that provided a sense of security for children and families in an unforgiving world. 35 years later and Martha’s Table continues to act as a beacon of light in the community. Although Martha’s Table provides potential helpers with a long list of volunteer opportunities, it can be difficult to find time to participate in onsite events. So, this fall, Martha’s Table is making it easier for D.C.’s citizens to support the community from the comfort of their own dinner tables. On October 26, Martha’s Table invites its supporters to host their very own One Pot Supper Fundraiser. The objective is to hold simultaneous fundraisers all around the city where friends and family can enjoy good food and raise hunger awareness.

“At small tables of six and bigger tables of 60, people will come together to get the discussion going about hunger in the Washington, D.C. area,” said Patty Stonesifer, CEO of Martha’s Table. Guests attending a dinner will enjoy a delicious meal at no expense to them. Instead, a pot will be passed where guests can make a contribution to raise funds for the organization. Longtime supporter and past employee of Martha’s Table, Areesah Mobley, intends to host a dinner for 20 but is prepared for more. Although she has some ideas of what she wants to cook she hasn’t quite solidified her plans yet. First timer, Chad Hoeft, was familiar with Martha’s Kitchen but had yet to work with the organization until Stonesifer reached out to him. “I wanted to get involved to shed light on a situation I think most take for granted. Having access to food is something most of us don’t think twice about,” he said. The best thing about the fundraiser is that it makes involvement accessible to everyone, Stonesifer says. Unlike Sips & Suppers, a Martha’s Table fundraising event held in January, it allows a younger audience to get involved because hosting doesn’t require a large budget. Interested in hosting your own One Pot Supper? Information is available in the host toolkit at marthastable.org.

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“Established in 1933 Martin’s Tavern has been family owned and operated for four generations. Celebrating 80 years as the Heart of Old Georgetown.”

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FOOD & WINE

Two Agricole Rhum Drinks to Celebrate Our 60th Year

BY SO NYA B E RNHARD T

recently had the pleasure to meet with Angel Cervantes, a well-known bartender at the Rye Bar located inside Capella Hotel. Our mission: to create a special cocktail using Agricole Rhum products in honor of our 60th anniversary. True to his name, Cervantes Angel Cervantes. is not only a seasoned bartender, but a creative mixologist and a spice flavor expert. His creative origins go back many years. He’s worked in some of the industry’s top places including Michel Richard’s Citronelle and Red Sage. Agricole rhum is of French origins, produced in Martinique and imported by Nikolai Konick, who sponsored our celebration. It differs from regular rum in that it is squeezed from sugar cane juice instead of molasses. Nikolai lent his hand to our cocktail experiment. At first, I wanted to celebrate our anniversary with one light-colored cocktail and one dark-colored drink. Trained by tradition, I had my mind set on vodka for the light but was less sure about the dark cocktail. So, a friend and I tried one of Cervantes’ agricole rhum drinks. We were immediately impressed (and craved

more of the delicious liquor). The drink we concocted is served in a tumbler with an oversized ice cube and an aromatic shaving of fresh ginger. Simply put, it’s the best version of the classic dark and stormy I have ever had. Then, the white rhum martini arrived. The drink took our breath away, and the concoction even impressed Nikolai, who was astounded by the delicacy. The sophisticated, mature rhum met its match with the sweetness of the martini’s lavender infused simple syrup, and a splash of champagne. Here are our two celebratory recipes, which I will treasure for years to come.

THE ROFFMAN

1 1/2 ounces of Clement Rhum Vieux Agricole Select Barrel Dash of bitters 1/2 ounce fresh ginger shavings Serve with over-sized ice cube

AMY’S AGRICOLE MARTINI

1 1/2 ounces of Clement Premiere Canne Rhum ½ ounce of fresh lemon juice ½ ounce lavender infused simple syrup ½ ounce of Campari Splash of Champagne Serve ice cold

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YOUR DINING GUIDE TO WASHINGTON DC’S FINEST RESTAURANTS

1789 RESTAURANT 1226 36TH ST., NW 202–965–1789 1789restaurant.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.

BISTRO FRANCAIS 3124-28 M ST., NW 202–338–3830 bistrofrancaisdc.com

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.

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.

CHADWICKS

3205 K ST., NW 202–333–2565 ChadwicksRestaurants.com A Georgetown tradition for over 40 years, this friendly neighborhood restaurant/saloon features fresh seafood, burgers, award-winning ribs and specialty salads and sandwiches. Daily lunch and dinner specials. Late-night dining (Sun.-Thu. until midnight, Fri.– Sat. until 1 a.m.). Champagne brunch served Sat. and Sun. until 4 p.m. Open Mon.–Thu. 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m., Fri.– Sat. 11:30 a.m.–3 a.m. Sun. 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Kids’ menu available.

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.

Overlooking the new Georgetown Waterfront Park

I-THAI RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR

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I-Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar offers a taste of authentic Thai cuisine and Thai noodle dishes, where quality is never compromised. Using only the freshest ingredients, each dish is carefully prepared by our talented house chefs. With their extensive knowledge and expertise they are able to transform each dish with the perfect blend of herbs and spices into a delightful experience with the boldest and most genuine flavors possible.

Malmaison opened in June 2013 and features elegant French dining in Washington D.C’s historic Georgetown waterfront.

3003 M ST., NW 202–580–8852

Sun.–Thu. 11:30 a.m .–10:30 p.m. Fri.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–11 p.m.

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3401 K ST.,NW 202–817–3340 malmaisondc.com

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).

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.

MARTINS TAVERN

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!

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

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

ENO WINE BAR

2810 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW 202–333–4710 enowinerooms.com Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 30 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. Outdoor seating available.

Enjoy select bottles of wine 50% OFF Sunday & Monday WINE DOWN Sun –Thurs from 5 pm -7 pm & sip wines on tap for $5. Mon- Thurs 5 pm - 12 am Fri & Sat 4 pm – 1 am Sun 4 pm - 11pm

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 dinning available. Join us for Happy Hour, Mon.-Fri. from 5 to 7 pm, featuring $1 oysters and half-priced drinks

Lunch Mon.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 5–10 p.m. Complementary Valet Parking

CAFE BONAPARTE

1522 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–333–8830 cafebonaparte.com 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!

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.

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.

IN COUNTRY

A Museum for Pierre Salinger BY TER RANCE GEL EN T E R

had the pleasure of meeting Poppy Nicole Salinger at a cocktail party at her Paris apartment several years ago, but it wasn’t until now that I was able to accept her invitation to the Bastide Rose, her boutique hotel in Provence. Her name may sound familiar to Washingtonians. She is the widow of Pierre Salinger, who served as press secretary to President John Kennedy and who lived in Georgetown. The couple were a superb match. Following her husband’s death in 2004 she created le Musée Pierre Salinger at Le Bastide as a permanent memorial to the man and his times. We pointed our Fiat towards the village of Le Thor, a scant 17 miles from Avignon, and left the main highway for a narrow country lane bordered by cornfields until we found this most charming of destinations. We were met by her husband, Aygulf Le Cense, who insisted on toting our bags to the main house. We insisted on mounting the staircase with our luggage to our splendid “Lavender” suite. Decorated with 18th-century provençal furniture, it offered a living-room with a view on the sculpture park and a bedroom with a view on the river, the island and the courtyard. Once we were settled, it was time for a vintage pastis along the banks of Le Sorgue, where we met a charming couple from Houston and old friends of Poppy who were making their annual visit. (More than a third of her guests are regulars.) Before dinner we had time to visit the Pierre Salinger Museum that is updated regularly with documents, photographs and memorabilia, including her late husband’s upright piano. The San Francisco-born, francophone Pierre was emblematic of the young blood assembled by JFK to bring vigor and purpose to the New Frontier.

Emmanuel de Menthon, Poppy’s son with her first husband, offers fresh and authentic cuisine for lunch or dinner. His “discovery of the day” often comes from the local farmer’s market and is served on small tables or on a communal table (upon request) on one of the two terraces or in the winter garden. Dining is accompanied by local and national wines: Gigondas, Vacqueyras and, of course, Châteauneuf du Pape, without forgetting the delicious Poppy Salinger’s Bastide Rose. country wines Luberon and Côtes du Ventoux. We were joined at dinner by Poppy, Aygulf, Charles Pomméry of the Champagne house and his wife Colette for a convivial meal that begin with tomatoes so sweet and fresh that I thought I was back in New Jersey in August where beefsteaks are king. A fresh grilled white fish with seasonal vegetables and plenty of wine were pure pleasure. This is a place that exudes serenity. I could easily have stayed for a week with a few books, dips in the pool, leisurely walks and conversation with the assortment of international guests in search of the same. So, come for a few days, taste wines in nearby Chateauneuf du Pape, shop for antiques in Isle Sur La Sorgue and most of all bath in the warm hospitality of Poppy and her family. Poppy and Pierre Salinger wave goodbye to the U.S. on 30th Street in Georgetown in 2001. Pierre Salinger was a columnist for The Georgetowner.

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IN COUNTRY

Time for Oysters

THE GEORGETOWN

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Holly Point Art & Seafood Festival The 11th annual Holly Point Art and Seafood festival has something fun for everyone. The festival will offer oysters, seafood, art and family fun. Visitors will also see restored buy-boats, used for harvesting oysters. The event takes place at the beautiful Holly Point Nature Park and Deltaville Maritime Museum on the waterfront. Admission is free. 287 Jackson Creek Rd, Deltaville, Va., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information visit deltavillemuseum.com.

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BEER AND OYSTER FESTIVAL Saturday, October 18th 2014 from 2pm-6pm Tony and Joe’s at the Georgetown Waterfront All-you-can-handle local oysters Have ‘em grilled or freshly shucked by our local suppliers

Whole pig roast and steamship of beef Local beer, wine and oyster shooters! Live rockabilly band! Jumpin’ Jupiter!

Tickets on sale now!

ysters are best in the months with an “R” in them, so don’t miss your opportunity to eat them during the fall season. In D.C., oysters used to be cheap and abundant due to the proximity to the Chesapeake Bay. At the turn of the 20th century, Washington had more than 150 oyster bars. The oyster population of Chesapeake Bay had dropped to about one percent of the population in the late 19th century due to overfishing, disease and pollution. But recently, there have been a number of successful efforts taken to restore populations, which has seen the return of oysters’ popularity in Washington. Check out our calendar with the area’s best oysterthemed events this fall and winter.

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Helen MacMahon

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Solid stone home with copper roof on 70 acres • Original portions dating from the 1700’s • First floor bedroom & 3 additional suites • Original floors • 8 fireplaces • Formal living room • Gourmet kitchen • 2 ponds • Mountain views • Stone walls • Mature gardens • Pool • Primitive log cabin • Piedmont Hunt. Helen MacMahon & Ann MacMahon (540) 454-1930

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Charming stucco, log and frame home • 10 acres • 3-4 bedrooms • 3 1/2 baths • 2 fireplaces (one in the kitchen with antique brick floor) • Beautiful reclaimed pine flooring • Bright and sunny family room opens to bluestone terrace • Master bedroom opens to private balcony • 2 car garage • 4 stall barn with tack room with 2 paddocks • 2 recorded lots.

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Classic Virginia colonial • Circa 1926 • Stone and frame construction • 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths • Hardwood floors • High ceilings • Screened side porch on .65 acre in town • 2-car garage with apartment • Beautiful gardens and rear terrace.

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OCT. 18 AND 19

St. Mary’s Oyster Festival Enjoy live music, entertainment and lots of food at the 48th St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival. There will be fun for everyone with activities from shellfish exhibits to carnival rides. People come from all over to compete in the National Oyster Shucking Contest and the National Oyster Cook-off. Admission is $5 for adults; free for children 12 and under. Hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Location: St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds. 42455 Fairgrounds Road, Leonardtown, Md. For more information visit usoysterfest.com.

LIBERTY HILL Boyce, Virginia • $1,900,000

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ELMORE FARM Markham, Virginia • $895,000

c. 1820’s gracious old Virginia home • 40 acres bound by Goose Creek • Original floors and stone fireplaces • High ceilings • Huge back porch, 4+ bedrooms and in law suite • Bright and modern kitchen with family room addition for today’s living • Great views, open pasture & pond.

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IN COUNTRY OCT. 25

The Inaugural 1905 Oyster Roast on the Roof Deck with DC Brau 1905 Bistro & Bar along side DC Brau will be hosting their first oyster roast. Enjoy all-youcan-eat Rappahannock oysters and your choice of two sides prepared by Chef Joel Hatton. DC Brau will be supplying $5 drafts and their firstever Oktoberfest. The oyster roast will take place on the roof deck of the 1905 Bistro & Bar, 1905 9th St., NW. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advanced; $25 at the door. 1905dc.com/etc

OCT. 25

Bull, Shrimp and Oyster Roast Chesapeake Down Syndrome Parent Group is hosting their 5th annual Bull, Shrimp and Oyster Roast at Columbus Gardens in Nottingham, Md. The buffet will feature pit beef, pit ham, pit turkey, shrimp, oysters and more. Beer, wine, soda and cocktails will be available. All proceeds from the roast will benefit CDSPG educational programs, family outreach and community advocacy. Visit cdspg.org for more information.

Visitors can enjoy music at the concert stage, learn about the history of the area or participate in oyster shucking and wine tasting. The focal point of the festival has become the Saturday Parade which has continued to grow over the years from an event featuring floats and antique cars into a much larger parade with marching bands and more. Visit urbannaoysterfestival. com for additional information.

NOV. 21 AND 22

Old Ebbitt Grillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oyster Riot Held each year the Friday and Saturday before Thanksgiving, the Oyster Riot is back for the 20th time. Each night, tens of thousands of oysters are devoured by nearly 1000 guests who enjoy live music while they dine. The bivalves will be served with the gold medal winning wines of the International Wines for Oyster Competition, which selects the best wines to go with oysters from over 200 entrees. The Oyster Riot runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday evenings. The most recent addition, the Saturday Matinee Oyster Riot, takes place from noon to 3 p.m. Visit Ebbitt.com for tickets and more information.

NOV. 7 AND 8

Urbanna Oyster Festival Come by boat or car to the Urbanna Oyster Festival, the largest and longest running oyster festival in the United States. During the festival, the streets of Urbanna, Va., are closed to vehicles and filled with crafts and seafood vendors.

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Main house c. 1750 w/ stone addition c. 1973 and recent total renovation has all of the charm of a period home coupled with modern amenities. Property has 3 additional guest houses, fantastic horse facilities, riding arena, 8+ stall barn/living space all situated on 38 stunning acres. Terraced gardens and patios! ONE OF A KIND!

Custom-built stone, brick, & cedar estate on 3.54 acres w/ features & amenities ideal for life style full of entertaining, leisure, & enjoyment. Heated indoor pool, a sports pub, a reg. racquetball court with hoop, audio/video system w/ 2 home theaters, rooftop deck, picnic pavilion w/ gas barbecue, potting shed, 2+ 2-car garages, & caretaker apartment.

Antique brick & stone set the stage for this country property on 6.5 beautiful acres w/ mountain views. 7 fireplaces & solid cherry floors are part of the reason this home is so special. Main house features 5 bdrms w/ 3 1/2 baths, large great room w/ views, sep. dining, lovely sunroom. Carriage house wing has two bedrooms/ large living area/kitchen area.

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ARTS

‘Salvatore Scarpitta: Traveler’ at the Hirshhorn BY ARI POS T

Installation view of “Salvatore Scarpitta: Traveler” at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

he word “terrain” comes to mind a lot at the Hirshhorn’s current exhibit, “Salvatore Scarpitta: Traveler.” Scarpitta (1919–2007), an Italian-American who grew up in Los Angeles in the 1920s, was a unique presence in postwar American art for

reasons of both style and subject. As an artist, he negotiated many terrains and bridged many divides: of painting and sculpture, abstraction and realism, elegance and vulgarity, and most whimsically of all, of fine art and competitive sprint car racing.

Scarpitta moved to Rome after high school to study art. When World War II broke out, he served in the United States Navy, ultimately working as a Monuments Man, where he was tasked with safeguarding art and historic monuments from war’s destruction. Perhaps the first of many fascinating career choices, Scarpitta stayed in Rome after the war and set up his studio on the famous Via Margutta, a narrow street rich with artistic culture, popularized by Gregory Peck in the 1953 film, “Roman Holiday.” This decision in itself alludes to a kind of fixation the young artist may have had with confronting destruction and devastation firsthand, as well as a need to help build things back up. His work from the mid-to-late 50s directly confronts the destruction of the War, the failure of Fascism and the fall of Mussolini—an event which had forced him and his first wife, an Italian Jew, into hiding in the Apennine Mountains in 1943. In these dimensional works that are part painting, part sculpture (and later deemed “Extramurals”), layers of fabric are wrapped around stretcher bars or wood panels. Folds of cloth, canvas, medical bandages, gurney straps and swaddling envelop the picture plane, creating precarious but steady surfaces. Scarpitta spattered the surfaces with paint, resin, tea, pencil marks and what seems like any material that was on hand. The result is a surprisingly elegant glaze over a woven landscape of coarse fabric. As a wall panel in the exhibit beautifully points out, they are “mottled, hide-like” surfaces, whose natural, undulating folds and weaves inform the surface with naturally occurring shadows. It was this breakout work that caught the attention of legendary New York City art dealer Leo Castelli who convinced Scarpitta to move back to New York and exhibit in his gallery. Once there, Scarpitta rekindled his childhood obsession with cars. As a boy in L.A., Scarpitta had been a regular spectator at the treacherous Legion Ascot Speedway, where he marveled at the feats of the drivers and mourned those who died in crashes. As an adult, he began using car parts—some scavenged from fatal wrecks—in

his paintings. Like the Extramurals, the car-part paintings are cut and bruised, bandaged and bound. However, in contrast to his previous works’ muted monochrome, these works employ almost technicolor vibrancy. This reignited passion for racing eventually led him to abandon abstraction for a radical, flesh-and-bones realism. Adding car parts to his paintings was no longer enough—he needed to make the actual cars. Between 1964 and 1969, Scarpitta created six full-scale vehicles, each in the souped-up, vintage go-kart style of the racers from his childhood. The last phase of Scarpitta’s career took a different, equally unusual turn. He began building sleds in the 1970s and continued making them for the rest of his life. Made from scavenged objects, these nonfunctional sleds represent a more primitive means of transportation, as well as the solitary nature of art. While some of the sleds stand upright as sculptures, others are mounted on canvas and hung like paintings. “Snowshoe Sled” (1974) looks like a Rothko collage, the sled hung in the center between color fields of yellow and green. It is oddly detached from anything in this world, the sled floating like a bar of color in the center of the canvas. While they are obviously sleds, the works are also sculptures in a very natural sense, balancing Scarpitta’s remarkable craftsmanship and sense of structure in delicate harmony. They are his most inspiring creations, where his abstract sensibilities merge with his insistence for form and purpose of function to make works that seem alive. They are objects perhaps meant to traverse unknown landscapes of our unconscious, tantric tools to help guide us to the far reaches of our human condition. And if nothing else, they sure look fun to ride. Come hear Hirshhorn Director Melissa Chiu speak at our Cultural Leadership Breakfast, this Thursday, Oct. 9, 8 a.m. at the George Town Club. To read more on this exhibit, visit Georgetowner.com

Installation view of Salvatore Scarpitta: Traveler at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, 2014.

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‘Russian Kaleidoscope’ Gala BY R ICHARD S E L DE N

Serge Khrichenko.

ow often does one get to hear an electric guitarist improvise on famous themes from Russian music? “We have upped the ante for the upcoming season,” says Vera Danchenko-Stern, artistic director of the Russian Chamber Art Society, which she founded nine years ago to bring a rarely heard repertoire to Washington. That repertoire includes not only solo jazz guitar—played in this instance by Serge Khrichenko, a classically trained musician based in Silver Spring—but also arias and art songs by Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninoff. The opening gala concert of the Russian Chamber Art Society’s 2014-2015 season

will take place Friday, Oct. 10, at the Embassy of Austria. Titled “Russian Kaleidoscope,” the program features Khrichenko’s jazz, contemporary works for clarinet and piano performed by Julian Milkis and DanchenkoStern, and vocal selections sung in Russian by two emerging talents: soprano Yana Eminova and mezzosoprano Magdalena Wor. Is the Society’s audience made up primarily of Russian speakers? “Absolutely not,” says DanchenkoStern. Many patrons are opera aficionados who welcome the opportunity to hear and learn more about Russian vocal music, a tradition as worthy of international admiration as that of Russian literature. Danchenko-Stern, a graduate of Moscow’s Gnessin Institute of Music was a faculty artist there and at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto where she and her family moved in 1978, says she “immigrated for the second time” this time to the United States in 1990 when she married her second husband Lev Stern. She has coached singers for Washington National Opera productions and taught “Singing in Russian” for more than 20 years at Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory, one of the few music schools in the country to regularly offer such training. Two of Danchenko-Stern’s colleagues on the

Peabody faculty, violinist (and brother) Victor Danchenko, and pianist Alexander Shtarkman, will perform at the Russian Chamber Art Society’s holiday concert, “Tchaikovsky is Forever,” on Friday, Dec. 5. They will perform alongside her former student, soprano Natalia Conte, mezzo-soprano Elena Bocharova and tenor Viktor Antipenko. At the Oct. 10 gala, which also includes a buffet dinner, open bar and dessert, the concert begins with the duet between Tatyana and Olga from “Eugene Onegin.” Tchaikovsky specified that the singers should be young and beautiful—Tatyana is supposed to be just 14 years old—and, while not in their teens, Eminova and Wor qualify by age and appearance as well as by vocal ability. Wor, born in Poland, is an alumna of Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program and the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco. Some of the pieces for clarinet and piano on the Oct. 10 program were heard in D.C. a few years ago when Danchenko-Stern gave a concert of works by Russian Jewish composers in honor of Rabbi Howard S. White, longtime Jewish Chaplain at Georgetown University. Others are Washington premieres. Referring to the champagne reception for VIP ticket holders, the dinner and other festivities, Danchenko-Stern calls the gala concert “a chance for a whole event.” More information about RCAS and online ticketing are available at thercas.com.

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The Taming of the Shrew—The Pellas Theatre Company updates Shakespeare’s classic battle of the sexes to our times, and sets it in Louisiana, no less. At the Anacostia Arts Center through October 26.

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BY MARY B IRD Three theatrical legends were recognized with the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre at the Harman Center for the Arts Gala on Oct. 5. John Hurt and Stacy Keach received their awards from Artistic Director Michael Kahn. Master of Ceremonies Judith Light accepted on behalf of Diana Rigg, who was unable to attend. The Beech Street Foundation received the Sidney Harman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts. Following the program, guests went to the National Building Museum with decor inspired by Leonato’s garden from Much Ado About Nothing. The gala raised over $1 million for the theatre’s art education programs.

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BY MARY B IRD, P HOTO S B Y E R I N S C H A F F Newly installed Rector Gini Gerbasi invited furry friends or stuffed animals to the 9 a.m. service held at St. John’s Church, Georgetown Parish, on Oct. 5. The four-footers received treats and blessed medals at Communion to mark the Feast Day of St. Francis. The Washington Animal Rescue League brought two adoptable dogs and the Washington Humane Society passed out information at a 2 p.m. service on the lawn, which included a prayer for pets no longer with us. While the honorees enjoyed treats donated by The Cheeky Puppy in Dupont Circle, their humans were delighted with their own generous edibles provided by G’Town Bites, which recently opened on O Street.

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OCTOBER 17 USO Gala

This star-studded event celebrates the USO. It features well-known entertainers from USO celebrity entertainment tours and recognizes a special volunteer, as well as honorees selected by the Senior Enlisted representatives from each branch of the Armed Forces for their extraordinary bravery, loyalty and heroism. Washington Hilton Hotel. Call: 703-740-4970.

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46th Annual Meridian Ball The ball brings together top policy makers, private and public sector leaders and the diplomatic corps to build relationships and support Meridian’s mission of promoting global leadership. Guests dine at ambassador-hosted dinners at Meridian’s White-Meyer House before

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Imagination Stage Gala Imagination Stage students and professionals present an original show followed by a lavish reception and silent auction. Proceeds from the Gala benefit Imagination Stage’s theater and arts education programs which reach over 100,000 children in the Washington, D.C. region each year. Imagination Stage, Bethesda, Md. Call: 301-280-1626.

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