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1. Gojin Yosakoi Dance performs at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Days presented with the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. on March 23. 2. Shizumi Kodomo Dance Troupe performed traditional Japanese dance at Family Days on March 22. 3. SSG Philip Savard of the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps blows bugle at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Constitution Ave. in D.C. on March 16. 4. Flavia Costa from Brazil rides in on her elephant to open the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. on March 20. 5. It wouldn’t be a circus without the clowns. 6. Famous animal trainer Tabayara “Taba” Maluenda of Chile performed with16 tigers including this three year old named Napoleon. 7. Accomplished animal trainer, cowboy, rodeo star and singer Andre McClain presides as ringmaster of the circus. 8. Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, presided over Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church on March 17 celebrating the Feast Day of that parish’s patron saint.
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UP & COMING tails, visit www.nbm.org/families-kids. National Building Museum, 401 F St., NW.
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Craig Gildner Trio at Twins on Tuesdays
An opening reception for “Interactions,” an exhibition of recent work by Rodgers Naylor, will be held at Susan Calloway Fine Arts on March 28. Naylor explores the capacity of paintings to express or imply a human story, while keeping his strong focus on the abstract arrangement of light and dark shapes in a composition. The exhibition will be on view through April 26. For details, visit www.callowayart.com. 1643 Wisconsin Ave., NW.
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The Craig Gildner Trio performs at Twins on all five Tuesdays in April, Jazz Appreciation Month. Gildner’s guitar and vocals give his trio the full sound of a big band. James Fowler joins him on bass and Anders Eliasson on a vintage calfskin drum set. Tickets are $10. For details, visit www.twinsjazz.com. 1344 U St., NW.
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Pimps of Joytime’s infectious “Janxta Funk” connects audiences with the funky side of Brooklyn, live on the dance floor. The eclectic musicality of the group, on tour with a new single and a new album to be released later this year, has been praised on NPR and BBC Radio. Tickets are $15. For details, visit www.gypsysallys.com. 3401 K St., NW.
volunteers will be directed to a cleanup spot on site. For details, email volunteers@accokeek. org. Accokeek Foundation, 3400 Bryan Pt., Accokeek, Md.
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The S&R Foundation will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt and Exhibition from 1 to 4 p.m., with the gardens at the historic Evermay Estate open for crafts, an egg hunt and a visit from some Easter friends. There will also be a performance of “Peter and the Wolf,” presented in partnership with Imagination Stage. Tickets are $10 (free for children 2 and under). For details, visit www.sandr.org/easteregg-hunt-2013. Evermay Estate, 3128 P St., NW.
This year’s Taste of the Nation Washington, DC, supporting Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry® campaign, will take place on March 31. At the tasting event, the District’s top chefs, sommeliers and mixologists unite for a cause: making sure all children in this nation have the healthy food they need, every day. Tickets are $120, $165, and $225. For details, visit www. nokidhungry.org. National Building Museum, 401 F St., NW.
APRIL 1 Family Book of the Month: “Too Tall House” Children between the ages of 3 and 5 will enjoy readings from “Too Tall House” by Gianna Marino at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Free with admission to the Building Zone ($3). For de-
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Street Crimes Rattle Residents The number of robberies in Georgetown in 2014 is triple the number during the comparable period last year, according to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District, which includes the historic district. The crimes have increasingly involved guns. MPD is beefing up patrols around town, police said. In one of its reports, the Citizens Association of Georgetown deplored the bad news: “In the last few months, the idea that we can safely walk throughout our community during daylight hours and into the early evening has been challenged by criminals, sometimes with guns.” The most blatant robbery and assault involving a gun was on March 14 around 10:30 a.m. on the 1400 block of 29th Street, NW. Other neighborhood incidents include: = A residence on the 3200 block of Prospect Street, NW, was burglarized March 5. The door was forced open and jewelry was taken. = On March 23, just after midnight on the 3100 block of N Street, there was a robbery with a gun. = On Feb. 4, a female was robbed around 2 a.m. along the 1600 block of 28th Street, NW. The robber had a gun.
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26th Annual Potomac River Clean-Up The Potomac River Clean-Up is a great volunteering opportunity for families, servicelearning students, Boy and Girl Scouts and corporate groups. Volunteers should wear sturdy shoes and clothing appropriate for slippery and wet conditions. Trash bags and gloves will be provided. After checking in at the visitor center,
Also, on March 23 on the 2300 block of M Street, NW (near but not in Georgetown), there was a robbery by gun. And, as previously reported in The Georgetowner, the new year brought new reports: = On Jan. 16, around 6:30 p.m., a women was assaulted along the 1200 block of 27th Street, NW, near Rose Park, by two unarmed females. = On Jan. 21, three persons mugged a man along the 3400 block of N Street, NW. One assailant had a gun. = The TD Bank at 1611 Wisconsin Ave., NW, was robbed Jan 31 around 6:30 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI. = Domino’s Pizza at 3255 Prospect St., NW, was robbed after the Super Bowl, Feb. 3, with six men – most of whom were armed – demanding money from the register. = The glass door of the Michael Kors store at 3105 M St., NW, was smashed at 3:49 a.m., Feb. 11. The thief took purses and other items.
DMV to Open on M Street April 29 A D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles service center will return to M Street in the Georgetown Park retail space. “The opening is tentatively scheduled for April 29,” said Vanessa Newton, DMV public affairs specialist, who added, “There will now be a D.C. DMV service center in every quadrant of the city.” The new space will be larger than the previous center. The
Locally-based author Nick Mann will read from his 2013 novel, “Forgetful,” talk about the pleasures and challenges of setting a story in Washington and discuss the writing and publishing processes. Copies of “Forgetful” will be available for purchase and signing. The event is free and open to the public. For details, visit dclibrary.org/georgetown. Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St., NW.
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street entrance – also for the Washington Sports Center and DSW – will be at the M Street corner across from Dean & DeLuca. Visitors will go down one level to enter the center.
Georgetown House Tour Set for April 26; Patrons’ Party, April 23 Celebrating its 83rd year, the Georgetown House Tour is the oldest, most prestigious house tour in the country. The tour gives locals and visitors the opportunity to view a selecJack and Elizabeth Powell, who will host the Patrons’ Party. tion of historic homes. This year’s Georgetown House Tour, “This year’s tour showcases Georgetown’s dishosted by historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, tinctive homes, gardens and culture.” Georgetown Parish, is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 The tour includes two P Street homes on the p.m., Saturday, April 26. Nine historic residences west side and another on the east, as well as will be on the tour. a home on 34th Street, two on O Street and Barbara Wolf and Colman Riddell are co- one on Q Street. Also on the list is the George chairing this year’s tour. “This year’s high- Town Club on Wisconsin Avenue, with club ly informational walking tour will provide an president Sharon Casey on hand. Homeowners opportunity to take in all the history and beauty include Stephany and Brewster Knight, Claire of Georgetown,” Wolf said. “It provides a unique and Tony Florence, Soula Proxenos and Bruce glimpse of Georgetown’s impressive architecture O’Brian, Nelson Cunningham, Ambassador and the stories behind the bricks and mortar that Jennone Walker, Ann Goodman and Carrington make Georgetown so special.” Added Riddell: and Jake Tarr.
TOWN TOPICS The Washington Awards Gala highlights S&R’s musical programs and young artists at Evermay on 28th Street, NW. “We are proud to recognize this talented group of artists,” says Sachiko Kuno, president of S&R Foundation. We’ve had the pleasure of introducing past Washington Award Georgetown House Tour co-chairs Barbara Wolf and Colman Riddell flank Michael winners to sold-out Rankin of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, tour’s main sponsor. audiences through our Overtures The Patrons’ Party for the tour will be on April Concert Series, and look forward to supporting 23 at the Dumbarton Street home of Jack and the 2013 winners in furthering their careers.” Elizabeth Powell. The tour’s main sponsor is The foundation’s scientific side will get new TTR Sotheby’s International Realty. prominence at Halcyon House, which Kuno and her husband Ryuji Ueno brought in 2012, after they purchased Evermay in 2011. The ambitious goal is to empower talented social entrepreneurs, says S&R Foundation COO Kate Goodall. “The Halcyon Incubator pulls on the rich and diverse communities that define Washington, D.C., and engenders an unrivaled The S&R Foundation has announced the setopportunity to incubate transformational social up of its Halcyon Incubator, headquartered at ventures in the nation’s capital.” Halcyon House at 3400 Prospect St., NW. The According to Goodall, the foundation will foundation is also celebrating its Washington offer “a 12- to 16-month fellowship, including Awards Gala at Halcyon House on May 31, a four-month residency, eight months of rentwhen the freshly renovated 18th-century archifree workspace, complimentary strategic, legal tectural gem will be reintroduced to the city and PR support, mentors, as well as access to a after more than two years without a major public network of potential funders from all sectors.” event.
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Applications are due May 1 for the 2014 fall residency that starts in September.
Student Arrested for Possession of Ricin
Georgetown University student Daniel Milzman, 19, was arrested March 21 for possession of ricin, a highly toxic and sometimes fatal biological substance, which was found by police in his dormitory room at the university’s main campus. No one was harmed. “If convicted of possession of a biological toxin, he could face up to 10 years in prison,” reported the student newspaper, the Hoya. Other excerpts: “… Tests at two labs, one run by the D.C. government and the other by the Department of Homeland Security, confirmed the substance was ricin. … In total, Milzman had 123 milligrams of the substance in his possession; within that, the concentration of toxin was 7.7 micrograms per milligram. According to the affidavit, a lethal dose of ricin is approximately three to five micrograms if the substance is inhaled or injected and 20 milligrams per kilogram if ingested. … The affidavit paints a picture of Milzman working alone in his room, wearing goggles and a dust mask, both of which were later seized by the FBI. Milzman produced the ricin a month ago and stored it in his room in plastic bags.” While some have speculated that Milzman might have wanted to harm another student, the FBI says it has no such information on motives. Milzman’s father works for MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and his brother also attends Georgetown.
Community Calendar Monday, 6:30 p.m., March 31 – monthly meeting (for April) of Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission (2E), Founders Hall, Georgetown Visitation Prep, 35th Street and Volta Place. Saturday, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., April 5 – community bike ride, Second District Police Station, 3320 Idaho Ave., NW. Team up with police officers from the Second District’s Mountain Bike Tactical Unit, for a high-visibility bike ride throughout various neighborhoods within 2D. Contact Sgt. Patrick Loftus, patrick.loftus@ dc.gov or Brian Turmail, turmailb@agc.org. Saturday, 1 p.m., April 12 – author and beer scholar Garrett Peck tells the history of brewing in the nation’s capital (with an emphasis on Georgetown’s historic brewers), third floor, Peabody Room, Georgetown Public Library, 3260 R St., NW; 202-727-0233 Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., March 29 – Tudor Place Tree Fest: This free outdoor, rain-or-shine event celebrates the tree canopy and open space in the city and introduces a just planted “future old-growth” tree, a white oak. The schedule features active, person-to-person experiences like mini-garden tours, nature-oriented puppet shows and craft projects for children, artisan demonstrations and a market fair, featuring locally made handicrafts and food. Tudor Place Historic House & Garden, 1644 31st St., NW -- 202-9650400 -- TudorPlace.org.
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The clothing and accessories megastore Forever 21 will come to M Street in the Georgetown Park storefront spaces, according to the Washington Business Journal. The 20,000 square-foot space was once occupied by H&M, which moved to larger digs a few doors down. The New York Times described Forever 21 as “Faster Fashion, Cheaper Chic.” D.C.’s first Forever 21 is in the old Woodie’s building on F Street downtown. The Georgetown store will be Forever 21’s second D.C. location. The company boasts more than 480 locations. The reconstructed retail space known as Georgetown Park – formerly an interior shopping mall – was “quickly becoming a destination for bargain shoppers,” noted the Business Journal, which called it “the epicenter of bargains in tiny Georgetown.” Also cited were H&M, T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods and the soon-to-open DSW.
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The convenience store 7-Eleven quietly opened two weeks ago at Wisconsin Avenue and O Street. It is Georgetown’s second 7-Eleven. In response to objections from some neighbors, the store design is low-key. The other Georgetown 7-Eleven is at 2617 P St., NW. The 1344 Wisconsin Ave., NW, location is best known as the place owned by Harry “Doc” Dalinsky, who ran the Georgetown Pharmacy. After more than a century in operation, the pharmacy closed in 1988. Dalinsky died in 1992.
IN: Little Birdies Boutique on P Street “We’re now open for business,” reports Shanlee Johnson, owner of Little Birdies Boutique at 3236 P St., NW. She describes the new store as a place that “offers an array of children’s new and consigned clothing, accessories and affordable luxury items.” Some of these are fine arts for children and D.C.-inspired gifts. Stop by with the little ones and say, “Welcome to the neighborhood.”
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French Market on April 25-26 The 11th Annual Georgetown French Market will be held on Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. “One of the most anticipated shopping weekends arrives each April when Georgetown’s Book Hill neighborhood celebrates the season with the annual Georgetown French Market,” according to the Georgetown Business Improvement District. “The Book Hill merchants, restaurants, salons and galleries display their wares in an inviting open air market, evoking the outdoor markets of Paris where guests wander between shops and galleries tempted by the aroma of fresh coffee and croissants while enjoying the sounds of strolling musicians.” Named for the hill where the Georgetown Public Library sits, Book Hill is home to a variety of stores lining Wisconsin Avenue from P Street to Reservoir Road. During the family-friendly shopping celebration, visitors will find discounts of up to 75 percent on certain items.
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Business Group Hears From Two Mayoral Candidates Two mayoral candidates stopped by the Georgetown Business Association reception at The Ritz-Carlton on South Street March 19. Reta Jo Lewis spoke to the crowd, reminding them of her government experience. The other candidate was well known to the group: Ward 2 council member Jack Evans, who is also running in the Democratic primary for D.C. mayor. “The mayor will be indicted,” said Evans, referring to allegations concerning Mayor Vincent Gray. “We’ve been here before,” he said, adding that if the mayor gets re-elected and then indicted, D.C. “will be the laughing stock of America.” Despite such troubling news, the business types still managed to have a good time at the Ritz-Carlton.
Sushi Ko Liquor License Dormant Here is an update from the February edition of the Glover Park Gazette: The liquor license for Sushi Ko at 2309 Wisconsin Ave., NW, is officially in the dormant “safekeeping” status, after a Dec. 11 vote by the ABC Board. Restaurant owner Daisuke Utagawa requested that the license be placed in safekeeping because he “decided to lease the space out to another tenant,” according to his application for the status. The ABC Board voted to allow the license to stay in safekeeping through June 11. The Sushi Ko building is currently for rent.
Politicians, developers, architects and local residents got together March 19 at the Southwest Waterfront to celebrate the groundbreaking of a $2.2 billion mixed-use urban project known as the Wharf, along the Washington Channel. At the groundbreaking of the Wharf: Deputy Mayor Victor Hoskins, David Brainerd, Monty Hoffman, Mayor Vincent Gray, council members Tommy Wells, Jack Evans and Muriel Bowser and the ANC’s Andy Litsky. (Photo by Neshan Naltchayan)
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Will April 1 Be April Fools’ Day for D.C.? March—the month of perpetual snow and cold, the month of the Ukraine and Crimea, and the month of Flight 370 and the testimony of Uncle Earl, and the death of that lawyer on “The Good Wife”—was a cruel month. Let’s hope April doesn’t get to live up to its own reputation as “the cruelest month of the year.” It could. April 1 is election day. That’s how cruel things are, and that’s no April Fools’ joke. There has never been quite such an election campaign as the somewhat abbreviated, and out-of-season District of Columbia Democratic Primary campaign. In terms of the repercussions, it may not be over when it’s over, not even when the fat lady sings. Consider this: Almost from the first month of Vincent Gray’s tenure as mayor, after dethroning incumbent Adrian Fenty, his 2010 campaign has been under investigation by the Federal District Attorney’s office. We already know the story. There’s no need to reprise the gory details. But suffice it to say that five Gray associates or friends have pleaded guilty, and people were wondering when the other shoe(s) would drop. With Gray running for re-election, but with very little time left in the campaign, the Jeffrey Thompson or Uncle Earl shoe dropped, in a plea bargain which alleged that the mayor knew about “the shadow campaign.” Now people were talking about the possibility of the mayor being indicted, although he has already said, in a defiant preamble to the State of the District address, that he would not resign even if he were to be indicted. That’s left opponents scrambling to take advantage. But what can you say?
Perhaps: “Please, Mr. Mayor, resign for the good of the city,” as some of his rivals did. That’s not happening, although tomorrow is another day. That leaves us with some people, including columnists on the Washington Post and supporters of the candidacy of Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser, suggesting that some of the other candidates—Tommy Wells and Jack Evans, for instance—should consider dropping out. This suggestion—we’ve heard it a forum, seen it in a Post column—is absurd. It’s done in this ‘Let’s prevent a Gray victory and rally around Bowser” mode. It’s not that we’d like to see a Gray victory. Why should candidates like Evans and Wells, as well as Vincent Orange and Andy Shallal, for that matter, fold up their tents after spending so much energy, passion, and raising funds, and presenting themselves to the public for electoral judgement? Should they suddenly say, “Here, Ms. Bowser, it’s all yours”? There’s nothing very democratic about that. The process calls for concession after the election, not before it. Speaking of the Washington Post, it endorsed Bowser, relatively early in the game for more impact, and that’s a newspaper’s right and obligation. It can also, as the Current Newspapers did, withdraw an endorsement, which they did to Gray after Thompson’s plea deal. But the Post not only endorsed Bowser but has offered up a steady diet of stories and reportage that seemed often like additional endorsements, seriously unskeptical, like the lengthy piece on the front page of the other day’s Post. The truth of the matter would appear to be that folks haven’t gotten very excited about any of the alternatives
to Gray, although one poll indicated they’d sure like to find one. The early election also reprised an old issue in a changing Washington: the issue of one-party rule, which is often seen as detrimental to the general good when applied in countries and jurisdictions other than ours. The Democratic primary has generally been considered to decide the election since the winner has consistently won the general election. We don’t have a two-party system in D.C., even when there’s a good or viable Republican around, such as the iconoclastic Carol Schwartz or Patrick Mara. In D.C., where there’s a nonDemocratic seat guaranteed on the council, you do what Michael Brown did—you become an Independent, even though he trails donkey dust behind him. (That’s not the case for Independent for at-largecouncil member David Catania, who was a Republican and who will be a formidable foe for whoever survives April 1.) Now for Mr. Gray and Mr. Barry. It’s sad to see that Gray, who has made it a point to run on a platform of “One City” in several of his campaigns, including the 2010 campaign, chose to embrace the endorsement of Ward 8 council member Marion Barry so enthusiastically. If there is anyone who habitually has the gift for scratching the city’s racial itch and dividing it along racial lines, it’s Barry, who had the misfortune of being convicted on drug charges. This time, in praising Gray as a fighter, he also managed to opine, “I think it’s up to white people to be more open-minded, because blacks are more open-minded than they are. Simple as that.” That isn’t simple. It’s something else. No doubt the endorsement will help Mr. Gray, but it also hurts.
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orticulturalist, art collector and philanthropist Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, heir to the Listerine fortune and wife of the late Paul Mellon, died Monday, March 17, at her 4,000 acre Fauquier County, Va., estate, Oak Spring Farms. She was 103. A close friend of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, she redesigned the Rose and East (now Jacqueline Kennedy) Gardens at the White House, the gardens at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and gardens at Hubert de Givenchy’s Loire Valley estate, among others. In her will, she left her extensive botanical library, the building housing it, adjacent greenhouses, 300 acres of gardens and funds for their upkeep to a charity to be identified by her execu-
tor, Alexander D. Forger (the will suggests her Oak Spring Garden Foundation or the Gerald B. Lambert Foundation, named for her father, who invented Listerine). In recent years, she also had homes in Antigua, Paris, New York, Washington and Massachusetts, on Nantucket and Cape Cod. Born in New York, she attended Miss Fine’s School in Princeton, N.J., and the Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Va. She was married to Stacy Barcroft Lloyd, Jr., from 1932 to 1948, the year she married Paul Mellon, who died in 1999. The couple donated more than 1,000 artworks to the National Gallery of Art, including a large group of wax sculptures by Degas, and with Mellon family funds helped to pay for the PUBLISHER
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National Gallery’s East Building. Paul and Bunny Mellon also created the Yale Center for British Art, designed by Louis Kahn, and were the owners of Sea Hero, the horse that won the 1993 Kentucky Derby. Funds that Bunny Mellon, a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party, donated to John Edwards’s 2008 presidential campaign became the focus of a federal corruption trial. She is survived by a son from her first marriage, Stacy B. Lloyd III of Washington, stepchildren Timothy Mellon of Saratoga, Wyo., and Catherine Mellon Conover of Washington, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her daughter Eliza Lloyd Moore, who was paralyzed in a traffic accident in 2000, died in 2008.
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Jack Evans Report: New Legislation Helps Senior Home-owners BY JACK EVANS On March 19, I moved comprehensive legislation – described in the press as “groundbreaking” – to protect home ownership from reported abuses in the tax sale process. Bill 20-23, the Residential Real Property Equity and Transparency Act of 2013, is a 47-page bill that proposes a number of key changes to the rules regarding tax sales. Along with many of you, I was disturbed to read last year’s series of stories about seniors having their homes taken for small tax debts. I first learned of this issue about a year earlier and, in October 2012, worked with the AARP and others to introduce a comprehensive bill on the subject. Due to the ending of Council Period 19, I reintroduced the bill with David Grosso in January 2013. I also requested that the CFO constitute a residential real property task force, which has met a number of times and will continue to meet periodically. Many of the task force’s recommendations have been implemented. For example, the District’s tax office will now affirmatively notify senior citizens if they may be eligible for real property tax credits they are not currently receiving. As I said when I originally introduced this bill, our tax sale system has a disproportionate impact on elderly and economically disadvantaged residents. This bill will help level the playing field in several important ways. The bill I moved would expand the types of notices and information the CFO must provide to homeowners before a home is taken to a tax sale, and permit homeowners to enter into installment agreements with the government to avoid tax sales. It would also require additional notice after a tax sale, so that a homeowner will know how to redeem his or her property, and provide equitable limits on the fees homeowners must pay to redeem their homes. The bill would lower the rate of interest on past-due taxes from 18 percent to 12 percent and cap attorneys’ fees at $1,500. The bill would also raise the threshold for a house to enter the tax sale process to $2,500, and allow installment agreements as of right up to $7,500. Further, the bill would create an ombudsman and tax sale review office within the executive branch to help keep homeowners from falling through the cracks, and institute “clean hands” requirements for potential bidders at the tax sale. Finally, the bill would institute a true preservation-of-equity law, ensuring that even in the rare case when a home is foreclosed upon for a tax debt, the prior owner is guaranteed to receive the equity he or she had built up over the years. To my knowledge, this bill would institute the most progressive tax sale system in the country and make the District the first jurisdiction in the country to add a true equity protection piece. The tax sale issue is only one piece of the puzzle, however. For many years, I have sought ways to help homeowners avoid the tax sale process to begin with. I was the lead advocate for capping the percentage increase for real property taxes at 10 percent per year, so that owners will have a more manageable tax bill even if the value of their home increases rapidly in a way that outpaces their ability to pay the taxes. I have more recently moved legislation to try to lower this cap to 5 percent annually, and have been the Council’s strongest advocate for Schedule H and for indexing the homestead deduction, both of which help lower-income residents. I want to thank the AARP as well as the Offices of Tax and Revenue and the Attorney General for their collaboration on this important legislation.
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A LAST LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES BY GARY TISC H L ER
Democratic voters are facing a difficult and unheard set of choices. Mayor Vincent Gray is running for re-election despite the shock waves from the guilty plea of businessman Jeffrey Thompson before the April 1 election. He alleged that the mayor knew about the off-the-books shadow campaign for Gray in 2010. There has been talk—by the mayor’s lawyer no less—that Gray could be indicted at some point, but Gray has vowed not to resign, even if he is indicted. Various polls—even the latest –indicate that Gray could still win this race. Ward 4 council member Muriel Bowser has tied with Gray in the polls. A March 25 Washington Post poll gives her a 30-percent lead.
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vans is the longest-serving member of the council, winning a special election in 1991 to replace John Wilson, who went on to become council chairman. He has been re-elected every time out, though he lost his bid for mayor in 1998 to the late-blooming candidacy of Anthony Williams. The biggest plus he brings to the campaign should be – and is – his experience. As chairman of the City’s Committee on Finance and Revenue, he probably knows more about how the city’s finances are run, and have been run, than anybody else in the race. He can say, and certainly believes, that he’s the candidate that’s ready to be mayor. These days, Evans, who comes from a small town in Pennsylvania, is also offering up a plan for affordable housing so that longtime residents won’t be priced out of their homes. He’s a champion of the school reform begun under Fenty and Rhee. As Ward 2 chairman, he’s representing a diverse ward. But critics, especially Bowser, have accused him of looking out more for the residents of Georgetown, where he lives with his wife Michele and his triplets. As a campaigner, Evans is tireless and earnest.
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Texas native with a master’s degree in social work, Tommy Wells came to Washington in 1985 as a social worker for the District’s child protective services agency. He headed the D.C. Consortium for Child Welfare and ran for and won the Ward 6 council seat in 2006 to which he was re-elected in 2010. He had previously served on the D.C. Board of Education. Wells has the ethics issue sewn up. From the beginning, he made a pledge not to accept corporate donations, and he’s kept that pledge. Big on education issues, he speaks eloquently about the need for a new generation of public transit in D.C., including streetcars and an improved bus system to connect city neighborhoods. The rap on Wells (as was brought up at a recent forum) is that he doesn’t get along with other members of the council, a charge he faced squarely by noting that three previous members of the council who were forced to resign because of ethical and legal problems – Kwame Brown, Michael Brown and Harry Thomas, Jr. – were all wellliked members of the council and their communities.
Mayor Vincent Gray In any ordinary time, Vincent C. Gray would be a shoo-in for the mayoral nomination. He is a Washington native and a graduate of Dunbar High School and George Washington University. He served as director of the D.C. Department of Human Services in Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly’s administration. In 2004, he defeated incumbent Kevin Chavous for the Ward 7 council seat and served two years before running for the chairman seat vacated by Linda Cropp, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor. He won handily, then upended incumbent Adrian Fenty in the 2010 mayoral primary. Even with an ongoing federal investigation into that campaign, beginning almost at the start of his tenure and leading to the indictment and guilty pleas of several campaign officials, Gray could still possibly win. But the proverbial other shoe has dropped, and now Gray’s chances have gone in another direction. Here are the pluses and minuses for Gray: He’s the incumbent. He can claim, at the very least, a chunk of the credit for the city’s ongoing financial stability and prosperity. Even with the Thompson explosion, he can probably look to his home base of Ward 7 and Ward 8, where council member and former mayor Marion Barry has endorsed him, for a solid base of support. On the other hand, voters in general, if the polls are to be believed, would rather have someone else at the helm. Although that by no means is an indicator of strong or overwhelming support for any of the challengers, it’s fair to say that Bowser seems to be surging. Barry’s endorsement may be of help, but it could also backfire in other parts of the city. Voters will have another sticking point. Voting for Gray is a chancy thing, given the possibility of an indictment, which would add to what could be a chaotic political and emotional summer for the city. Not only would owser, also a Washington native, was the first candidate he be a mayor under indictment, he would be a mayor under to announce for mayor. Over time, she’s built a solid indictment running for re-election. organization, has been an effective fundraiser and has found her comfort zone on the campaign trail, touting a fresh point of view, her status as a seven-year council member, and her claim that she has more citywide appeal than any other candidate. A recent poll has her pulling ahead of the mayor. hile not a native son, Orange often sounds like one like, belying his On the campaign trail, she’s been forceful and confident. She points to her upbringing in Oakland, California. He’s a Howard graduate and has a leadership on ethics legislation as one of the principal achievements of her tenure on the masters in tax law from the Georgetown University Law Center. He’s run council. for mayor before, as well as for Council chairman several times, but he proved successShe has the endorsement of the Washington Post, a not inconsiderable gift. The Post also ful in running for the council seat in Ward 5 in 1995. After running for mayor, he returned championed her mentor and sponsor Adrian Fenty and school reform. to the council as an at large member and is running again for mayor under the twin banners Bowser, however, remains a mystery and is criticized by Evans as being light on experience. More of “Leaving No One Behind” and ‘Taking No One For Granted”. than that, in spite of a certain amount of momentum and the Post endorsement, she remains something While Orange has taken a firm stand on forcing an increase in the minimum wage for D.C. of an enigma. She’s talked about school reform, affordable housing and “leading a government that’s residents, he remains equally pro-business and is a strong advocate for small business. responsive and honest.” However, she’s been light on policy specifics.
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hhh, summer. My boys would spend the best time of the year playing “gear grinding game,” which isn’t its name but is what it sounds like. Bloody and stupid, to give into gear grinding game would be to raise a serial killer. But, if you parents have the cash, you won’t have to visit your darlings in San Quentin. Instead, you can raise basketball-playing public advocates with crocheting skills, all with the help of your local summer camp. For the little ones, of course, there are sports and crafts and, well, “the whimsy and
joy of summer.” St. John’s Episcopal Preschool promises to foster “links between the natural world and aesthetic experiences. Utilizing indoor and outdoor classrooms and studios, children express their own observations and theories using multiple media.” By multi-media, they do not mean computer games. But when they get a little bigger, camp does sometimes mean computer games; making them, not playing them. Georgetown Day offers a set of classes called 21Innovate. The programming part introduces `’tweens to Linux, HTML and
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something called Ruby & Dynamic Web Pages (I don’t even know if they go together and the ampersand is part of the name or not.) For high schoolers “eager to experience and explore the relationship between social justice and policy,” GDS will help students “take action by engaging in the development and execution of policy and advocacy work.” Wow. I’m already scared.
Hardy Middle School offers camps under the D.C. Department of Parks and Rec. There’s one called “Three Pointers and Prose Camp,” which is a “high energy basketball camp, which incorporates on-court skill development and game play, with the writings of some of history’s luminary African-American poets. Campers will spend time each day reading a daily selection,
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before hitting the court for more hoops.” Poetry would go a long way toward improving the NBA, if you ask me. Basketball is big all over D.C. Georgetown University, not surprisingly, offers up basketball camp, ostensibly led by the school’s own coach, John Thompson. Heat stroke appears to be a major concern, as the boys (only boys, 8-18)
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no curling, but pretty much everything else, from fencing to diving, baseball to tennis. The DC YMCA wants to know if you’ve “got a yen for lunar learning?” If so, buckle up for air and space camp (I could swear my sister enrolled years ago). “Appetizing Art” camp lets you bake and eat things that “not only look great but taste great, too!” Sidwell has a knitting camp. “Imagine your
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child spending her day in the care of warm and loving counselors knitting, crocheting, hand and machine sewing the day away making the most adorable creations.” Anything I could think of, I could find. Except, finally, I was thwarted. The only Dungeons and Dragons camp I could find—there is one, though—is in Indianapolis. ★
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delicate ungrafted vines were not suited to the climate and fell victim to the various forms of fungus that plague Virginia growers even to this day. His interest in wine grapes was shared by many people in central Virginia in the early 1800’s. Dr. Daniel N. Norton of Richmond, spent years working with wild vine seedlings and ultimately developed a wine grape that was named after him around 1830. The new dark red wine called Norton became a popular in Virginia and the vines were planted as far west as Missouri where the wine quickly became a great favorite. Scientists speculate that Norton is a combination of native wild vines and perhaps one or more of the many vinifera vines that were planted here and abandoned when they wouldn’t produce grapes. Everything went well for the Norton grape in both Virginia and Missouri until Prohibition. Federal agents zealously destroyed hundreds of acres of wine grape vineyards, but apparently not all of them, because when Prohibition ended, there were still Norton grapes growing in Missouri, and it quickly regained its popularity there. The vine was re-introduced to Virginia in the late 1980’s by a Missourian, Dennis Horton, who planted a vineyard near Charlottesville. Today, Horton Vineyards in the Charlottesville area and Chrysalis Vineyards near Middleburg are the biggest growers of Norton in the state. If you are curious to taste Norton, it’s easy to do, since it is vinted in many of wineries within an hour of the beltway. The long list of flavors that are variously associated with the dark, luscious red wine include plum, chocolate, cherry, elderberry, cedar, smoke, tobacco and raspberry. It is the darkest red
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1789 RESTAURANT
1226 36th St. NW 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. www.1789restaurant.com
BANGKOK JOE’S
3000 K St. NW (One block from Georgetown AMC Loews Georgetown 14) Georgetown introduces Washington’s first “Dumpling Bar” featuring more than 12 varieties. Come and enjoy the new exotic Thai cuisine inspired by French cooking techniques. Bangkok Joe’s is upscale, colorful and refined. Absolutely the perfect place for lunch or dinner or just a private gathering.
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1736 Wisconsin Ave. NW 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 everyday. Lunch & Dinner. Now Serving Brunch Saturday and Sunday 11-3pm Reservations suggested. www.bistrotlepic.com
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3205 K St. NW A Georgetown tradition for over 40 years, this friendly neighborhood restaurant/saloon features fresh seafood, burgers, award-winning ribs and specialty salads & sandwiches. Daily lunch & dinner specials. Late night dining (until midnight Sun.-Thu., 1am Fri.-Sat.) Champagne brunch served Sat. & Sun. until 4pm Open Mon.-Thu. 11:30am - 2am Fri.Sat. 11:30am - 3am. Sun 11am.2am. Kids’ Menu Available. Overlooking the new Georgetown Waterfront Park ChadwicksRestaurants.com
One Washington Circle. NW Washington, DC 22037 Circle Bistro presents artful favorites that reflect our adventurous and sophisticated kitchen.
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Featuring Happy Hour weekdays from 5pm-7pm, live music every Saturday from 8pm-12 midnight, and an a la carte Sunday Brunch from 11:30am-2:30pm.
3236 M St. NW 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. www.clydes.com
Open dailyfor breakfast, lunch and dinner.
1310 Wisconsin Ave. NW Reminiscent of the classic American Grills, Daily Grill is best known for its large portions of fresh seasonal fare including Steaks & Chops, Cobb Salad, Meatloaf and Warm Berry Cobbler. Open for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.Visit our other locations at 18th & M Sts NW and Tysons Corner. www.dailygrill.com
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3401 K St. NW 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). . www.malmaisondc.com
1639 Wisconsin Ave. NW Established in 2013 Opened in August 2013, Pho Viet and Grille is a family owned Vietnamese style restaurant who caters primarily to Georgetown residents, students, and local business owners. Our family has over 20 years of restaurant ownership experience. Our goal is to bring homemade traditional Vietnamese dishes to Georgetown. We strive to offer Georgetown the best quality Vietnamese and authenticity with a relaxed atmosphere and ambiance. Come visit us once and you’ll be ours forever! www.PhoVietGrilleDC.com
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3124-28 M St. NW 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. Our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken), Minute steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frit¬es), Steak Tartare, freshly pre¬pared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes and the best Eggs Benedict in town. In addition to varying daily specials. www.bistrofrancaisdc.com
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BISTRO FRANCAIS
1054 31st St. NW Lovers of history and seafood can always find something to tempt their palette. Overlooking the historic C&O canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a casual relaxed atmosphere. Join us for happy hour Monday – Friday from 5:00pm-7:00pm featuring $1.00 oysters and half priced drinks. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:00am-3:00pm Dinner Mon-Sat 5:00pm-10:00pm Complimentary Parking www.seacatchrestaurant.com (202) 337-8855
1522 Wisconsin Ave. NW Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café featuring award winning crepes & arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other cant miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Sat. and Sun. 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! www.cafebonaparte.com
1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time and is now celebrating 30 years. Our old-world cooking styles & 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 Fri. & Saturdays or our Sunday Brunch, Open 7 days a week for lunch & dinner. www.filomena.com
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THE OCEANAIRE
3000 K St. NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20007 Eclectic American cuisine, Coupled with enchanting views of the Potomac River make Sequoia a one of a kind dining experience. Offering a dynamic atmosphere featuring a mesquite wood fire grill, sensational drinks, and renowned River Bar. No matter the occasion, Sequoia will provide an unforgettable dining experience. www.arkrestaurants.com /sequoia_dc.html
1201 F St. NW 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. What’s more, “nothing” is snobbish here. Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30am-5pm. Dinner: Mon-Thur 5-10pm, Fri & Sat 5-11pm, Sun 5-9pm. www.theoceanaire.com
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What’s Cooking, Neighbor? GERARD CABROL, BISTRO FRANÇAIS BY WALT E R NICHOL L S
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n decades past, at a time when Washington had few full-service restaurants open past midnight, visiting superstars such as the Rolling Stones and Leonard Bernstein gathered an entourage after a performance and made their way to the always lively Bistro Français on M Street. And when the city's top toques closed their own kitchens for the night, they too headed to this traditional brasserie for a plate of calf's liver with caramelized onions or fresh Dover sole. "We were the only ones open. Now there are so many all over town," says chef and owner Gerard Cabrol, who next year celebrates 40 years in business. "They all came." Including Jean-Louis Palladin, the culinary genius who dazzled diners at his Jean-Louis at the Watergate: "He was here five night a week." What's more, the Old World decor of pressed tin, stained glass, dark wood and decorative ironwork at Bistro Français continues to transport diners to a Parisian boulevard. That's precisely where Cabrol started his career, as a 22-year-old cook in the kitchen of the posh Plaza Athénée hotel, just off the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. For two years he worked hard and gained attention for his skills. "Then one day a man comes up to me, a hotel guest," he recalls with a smile. "He gave me a contract on the spot to come to Washington and cook at his restaurant for four times my salary at that time." The "man" was restaurateur Blaise Gherardi, owner of Rive Gauche. A luxurious and expensive hot spot for socialites and statesman, Rive Gauche was located on the southwest corner of Wisconsin and M Streets (now occupied by Banana Republic). But, from early on, Cabrol had plans of
CHICKEN CORDON BLEU Ingredients: 4 6-ounce chicken breasts 4 ounces sliced Swiss cheese
his own. "My idea was a rotisserie chicken restaurant," he says, explaining that self-basted birds were then a rarity. In June of 1975, he signed leases for two adjoining buildings in the 3100 block of M Street. One was the former home of Baers, a drug and sundry shop, and the other a music club, the Silver Dollar. Nearly four decades later, his menu still offers juicy, herb-marinated, spit-roasted chicken. Far fewer stars and chefs come these days for an after-hours meal. "Business is not what it used to be," he says. But this 66-year-old avid runner is still cooking up customer favorites, such as his classic Chicken Cordon Bleu. What's Cooking, Neighbor? visits with wine, food and entertaining professionals who work in the Georgetown area. Georgetowner dining columnist Walter Nicholls is the food critic for Arlington Magazine and a former staff writer for The Washington Post Food section.
Directions: Place each breast between two sheets of plastic wrap. Using a meat mallet, pound out to a 1/4 inch thickness. Season both sides of the breasts with salt and pepper. Place on a work surface with the inner sides up. Using dinner plates, set up a breading station, with one plate for the seasoned flour, another for the beaten eggs and the last for the breadcrumbs. Divide the cheese and ham evenly among the four breasts
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Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships BY STA CY NOTA RAS M U R P H Y
DEAR STACY: I am a college student who has no interest in drinking. A friend of mine was killed in a drunk driving accident in high school and I cannot think about drinking without thinking of her. It makes me sick. You can guess the result of this feeling in college: I have no friends. I know that drinking is a big part of the way college students relax and have fun, but it’s just not my thing. I feel disgusted when I’m around people who are drunk and want nothing to do with them. But I’m also lonely. I know you are going to tell me to find other people who aren’t interested in drinking, and I have tried, but they just aren’t very fun to be around. – Sober and Lonely
Dear Sober and Lonely, You’re right, part of what I am going to say is exactly what you feared I would: It’s time to find friends who aren’t interested in drinking. But that’s not all. It’s also time for you to find friends who ARE interested in the other things that interest you (not just sobriety – that does sound boring). And if you are vetting potential friends based on the drinking tendencies of all applicants, it’s no wonder you aren’t having a lot of fun. It can be as important to consider what you want to do on a Friday night with
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friends as to consider what you don’t want to do. Work on framing these thoughts positively. It can have a real impact on your energy for going out and making new connections. But the second half of my advice is this: You shouldn’t have flashbacks about the loss of your friend whenever you think about alcohol. That’s not okay. At best, it’s a sign of some unresolved feelings. At worst, it could be post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a very real condition that responds well to treatment. Please reach out to your school’s counseling center or send me a private message. You do
not have to feel this way forever. In fact, the more work you do to fully grieve the loss of your friend, the easier it may be to find new ones. ★ 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 stacy@georgetowner.com.
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ART sacred, and nothing was vulgar because he could find beauty in it all. A ferocious wit, he once quipped, “I don’t know if all the women in the photographs are beautiful, but I do know that the women are beautiful in the photographs.” He was always taking photographs. His first wife said, “Being married to Garry was like being married to a lens.” As a result his work comes at you like pages of an American encyclopedia caught in a tornado: a pageant winner, the mayor, a sailor, the struggling middle-class family, angry protestors, a tramp, the endless skies of the Southwest, the New England snow blustering over crowded city sidewalks, the ferryboat, the Greyhound bus, the cattle auction, the drunken socialites, the women, a diner, an airport, the smokers, the gamblers, the Garry Winogrand, Metropolitan Opera, New York, ca. 1951. Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Digital Photography, University of Arizona. nuns and priests, the confused children, and a stray pony for good measure. He took so many photographs, all of them very good, some of them great, and some of them heart-stopping. But I am not sure Winogrand himself would have been interested in the distinction. To pick one photograph as a focus, or even a dozen, would be to single out an
Beauty In It All: Garry Winogrand at the National Gallery
image that inadequately represents the power of the artist's cumulative lifework on display. This exhibit makes you wish that Winogrand just existed with his camera in every lost moment that ever was because, somehow, he would have made it beautiful. So, the point of the construction worker story is that it is precisely as irrelevant and forgettable as anything, and Winogrand would have done exactly what I saw the woman do: he would have taken the picture, shelved it, and dealt with it some other time, knowing somewhere in his mind that he had recorded that moment. Was it an important photograph? Probably not. But could the photograph be important? Through the lens of Winogrand, it would be a certain possibility. The content is simply the fabric of our society, which encapsulates everything, from the construction workers, to the overexcited woman with a dog and a phone camera, to the bored man drinking coffee across the street, to every passerby that broke up the scene in between. And as the view through our own lenses becomes more and more common, it is increasingly clear that Garry Winogrand possessed a rare talent to pluck these moments from the ether, the same way the construction crew snatched the bricks out of the air before they would fall back down to earth and shatter into dust. Although Winogrand would surely scoff at the metaphor. "Garry Winogrand" is at the National Gallery of Art through June 8. For more information visit www.nga.gov
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rinking coffee on a gray morning this past winter, I watched through the window of the cafe as a construction crew tossed a stack of red bricks, one-by-one, from the ground up to a scaffold two stories above. The man at the bottom would toss the brick just so, and his partner, leaning over the railing of the scaffold, would pluck it from the air as it floated momentarily at the peak of its arc and place it gently down beside him. A third man stood guard, keeping pedestrians clear of the narrow strip of sidewalk. I watched this small production carry out in an irrelevant daze, sipping my coffee and avoiding the moment when I would get up, walk a block to my office and sit at my desk for the next nine hours. It went on like this for ten or fifteen minutes: me bluffing time's inexorable momentum, and the men in hardhats and reflective neon safety vests making bricks leap from the ground and hover gently before plucking them like grapes from the dark sky. Suddenly they stopped and turned their heads and I followed their gaze to a woman on the edge of the safety perimeter, standing with a small bristly dog at the end of a short leash, rustling her phone out of her pocket and squaring off to steady herself. She held the phone in front of her face, signaled to the crew with a thumbs up and what I can only call a ridiculous grin, and began clicking photographs with excitement as they resumed their small labor. After a moment, she said something, put her phone back into her pocket, readjusted her grip on the leash and tugged her dog away. There are many ways to observe the world, but the view through a lens is an ever more common filter through which we look at even the smallest and most fleeting of details around us. That woman who photographed the construction
team with her phone was so focused on getting the image that she will hardly remember what went on any better than someone who heard the story secondhand. There are many people today who would consider this trend detrimental to something like social consciousness. But looking at the photographs of Garry Winogrand, it can be considered nothing less than genius. At the National Gallery through June 8, the self-titled exhibit, "Garry Winogrand," the first retrospective of the renowned New York photographer in 25 years, features hundreds of photographs and proof sheets that reveal the compulsive, ceaseless physicality of sheer picture-taking profuseness that defined of Winogrand as a person, a photographer and an artist. Even by today's standards, Winogrand took more pictures than one would almost think was possible in a lifetime. When he died in 1984 at age 56 from bladder cancer, he left behind 2,500 rolls of undeveloped film, 6,500 rolls that had been developed but not contact-printed, and 300 untouched, unedited contact sheets. That is more than a quarter of a million pictures he took that he never even saw. He was described as a man with ravenous energy and interest in the world, known to literally hurtle through crowds as he photographed. This might explain why so many of his images are fixed in a now trademark tilt—things are usually crooked in a Winogrand photograph, frozen in a restless, startled motion. He made no distinction between subjects, either. The way he photographed a crippled war veteran or a union rally on the streets of New York is the same way he photographed President Kennedy or Mickey Rooney. Nothing was sacred to him because everything was
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istening to Hal Holbrook in a phone interview, it’s easy to think that Mark Twain might still be alive, even if you’ve never talked to Twain in person. We’re having the conversation because the accomplished American actor is bringing “Mark Twain Tonight” back to Washington. The show will be at the National Theatre April 4 to 5, perhaps in the nick of time, and with the star, once again, burning with a passion for the part. In rumpled whitish hair and a white suit, Holbrook has been doing his one-man show for years, going back to 1954, when the Cleveland, Ohio, native first performed the role at Lock Haven State Teachers College in Pennsylvania. Ed Sullivan put Holbrook-Twain on his show in 1956, and Holbrook made it to OffBroadway in 1959. He performed the role again in a production at the New York World’s Fair in 1964 and 1965. In 1966, “Mark Twain Tonight” went to Broadway for the first (but not the last), and the following year it was presented on CBS. Holbrook won an Emmy. He would return to Broadway and continue to tour with the show. Holbrook said he has performed as Mark Twain more than 2,000 times over 60 years of his life. There is a very good chance that he never performed it the same way twice, so rich is the material, so endless is Holbrook’s love for the man and the part. He is 88 years old now, and you have to ask: Why do you do it? “Why do I do it?” Hobrook said. “Why, because it keeps me alive, man. It keeps me alive. It makes my blood run. It makes my heart beat faster every time I do it. It keeps you young and interested and curious and passionate. It’s hard sometimes. I do all my own research, I change the material a lot. Sometimes, you never know where it exactly goes. He did the same thing you know. That’s what he became, Mark Twain on the road, on tours, talking about America, God, politics, greed, the big business guys. Nothing has changed.” “I can’t wait to get to Washington, let me tell you,” he said. “I can’t wait. I don’t have to change a thing. I don’t have to update him. He’s as current as all get-out. We’ve got the same things going on, the gap between rich and poor, the intolerance of the zealots.” “He speaks to me, you know,” Holbrook said. The voice was garrulous, rich in timbre. “I don’t mean literally, I mean in terms of what he says. He speaks to all of us. Because he does what other people don’t do: He tells the truth. That’s what always separated him from everybody else, it’s why he was funny. Because
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he’s not just a comedian. He tells the truth and the truth is always funny, to begin with, because you hardly ever hear it. So people laugh, but they also listen.” “When I first starting doing him, I was trying to figure out how to survive on stage by myself,” he said. “That seemed to be the hardest part. I wanted to get the laughs then. Now, well, I need to do it, because it’s worthwhile. Plus, there aren’t that many good parts for a guy my age any more.” Maybe. But he seems to find them or, anyway, they find him. He had an Oscar nomination for supporting actor in 2008 for “Into the Wild.” He was in Spielberg’s “Lincoln” and the wellreceived “Promised Land” last year. He works. You guess he needs to work for the sake of it. Twain did the same thing. He did it to make money, for sure, and he had created this Mark Twain character. Moreover, he was both a great American novelist – “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is still being banned after all these years – and a great and mordant observer of American mores. “Shaw called him the American Voltaire,” Holbrook offered. Holbrook, of course, is in the pantheon of fine American actors, with an ability to play memorable roles on stage, in films and on television. He was a villainous foil to Clint Eastwood’s “Dirty Harry,” playing a law-andorder zealot. He was the wise broker to Charlie Sheen’s hustler in “Wall Street.” He portrayed an assistant secretary of state on “The West Wing,” appeared on the popular sitcom “Evening Shade” and played Dixie Carter’s swain on “Designing Women.” That was a part he played in real life, also. She was the enduring love of his life. They married in 1984. Both he and Carter appeared at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Holbrook as Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice,” Carter giving remarkable performances in two plays by Oscar Wilde. “She was an original, and I loved her dearly,” he said. “She had courage, intelligence, talent, humor and grace and a remarkable capacity for forgiveness, for which I was grateful.” Carter passed away in 2010. Twain saved some of his sharpest jibes for politicians, as in the famous: “Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress . . . but I repeat myself.” “I can’t wait to unleash Twain on Washington,” Holbrook said. For sure, we could use a dose of Twain, and the presence of Hal Holbrook, too.
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n the heels of “World Stages: International Theater Festival 2014,” an eclectic festival of new theater, new styles and new ideas that took up most of March, the Kennedy Center – in collaboration with Hi-ARTS, producers of the HipHop Theater Festival – launched “One Mic: Hip-Hop Culture Worldwide” on March 25. It runs through April 13. Going beyond the music, “One Mic” essentially explores hip-hop as a uniquely American art form and culture that has spread from its multi-ethnic roots in the U.S. to become a worldwide phenomenon. The festival highlights MCing, DJing, b-boying and graffiti writing, hip-hop’s four cornerstones. Entering territory not often explored at the Kennedy Center, on March 28-29, actor, rapper, and multiplatinum recording artist Nas joins up with the NSO Pops to reimagine his debut album “Illmatic.” On April 4-5, March Bahmuthi Joseph’s “red, black and GREEN: a blues (rbGb),” produced by MAPP International Productions, interweaves several art forms to bring “the stories and voices of Black America into the center of a timely conversation about race, class, culture and the environment.” The Revive Big Band, led by trumpeter Igmar Thomas, shares its hybrid sound of hip-hop, R&B and jazz with fans of the three genres at a performance at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club on April 4. Dance gets its turn April 6, when Jonzi D, hip-hop artist, educator and director of “Breakin’ Convention” in England, leads a showcase of hip-hop dance at the Eisenhower Theatre. Project Soul Collective from South Korea, Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang from France and Companhia Urbana de Dance from Brazil will perform. Catch up with the latest hip-hip styles – krumping, beatboxing and the role of b-girls – when “Fresh Noise: A Mashup of Youth Voices” is staged for young audiences, directed by Monica Williams, in the Family Theatre, April 12-13. There’ll also be lots of free performances on the Millennium Stage. For all the information on performances and tickets, visit the Kennedy Center website: kennedy-center.org/ onemic. Something New at Studio Theatre’s 2nd Stage Playwright Declan Greene’s provocative new play about anime-obsessed high school students, “Moth,” gets a production at Studio Theatre’s 2nd Stage, with D.C. actor and longtime Studio collaborator Tom Storey directing. 2nd Stage Artistic Director Keith Alan Baker calls “Moth” a “character-based play, focused on these two young people recreating a terrible shared moment.” The show runs April 9 to May 4. The Two Henrys, Falstaff and Prince Hal Familiar faces and folks are back at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, where Artistic Director Michael Kahn joins veteran actor Stacy Keach as Falstaff in productions of “Henry IV, Part 1” and “Henry IV, Part 2.” The two plays, which will run in repertory through June 8, are about power and parenting, fathers and sons, war and peace and the education of a prince. Highwater marks for Shakespeare, they are at turns gripping and funny, as well as tragic. Keach, who was seen last here in the title role of “King Lear” (he’s also done “Richard III” and “Macbeth” at STC), is the boisterous, cynical, hard-drinking knight who acts as one kind of father figure for Prince Hal (Matthew Amendt), heir to the throne occupied by his distant father Henry IV (Edward Gero).
Through March 29
Through April 6
Through April 13
Through May 4
“The Elixir of Love”
“Hair”
“Water by the Spoonful”
“Camp David”
Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center Opera House
Keegan Theatre
Studio Theatre
Arena Stage
Donicetti, romantic rivalry and star tenor Stephen Costello
It’s the Dawn of the age of Aquarius, dude.
Pulitzer Prize New play by Quiara Aleagria Hudes.
High drama and history as Carter, Sadat and Begin come together.
Through May 11
Through May 17
Through June 7
March 27-April 27
“Tender Napalm”
“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
“Henry IV Part 1”
“Hansel and Gretel”,
Signature Theatre
Ford’s Theatre The agony and ecstasy of spelling in a Tony-awardwinning show.
The Puppet Company Playhouse, Glen Echo
Bullets, Unicorns and the language of love in a new play
Shakespeare Theatre Company Falstaff and Prince Hal, Michael Kahn directs
Puppets, the witch, the kids and Grimm
One Mic: Hip Hop Culture Worldwide
March 28-April 7 Yup. The nation’s venerable cultural center, in cooperation with Hi-ARTS, the producers of the Hip-Hop Theatre Festival, are exploring such matters as the original four elements of hip-hop culture like MCing, DJing, b-boying and graffiti writing and kicks things off with rapper Nas and the NSO Pops doing “Illmatic” at the KC Concert Hall March 28-29. For more, go to the Kennedy Center Website at www.kennedy-center.org
April 2-27
March 29-April 6
March 29-April 13
March 31-April 20
“Robin Hood”
“Brief Encounter”
“Arguendo”
“Two Trains Running”
US Premiere, International Theatre Festival
Kneehigh Theatre at the Shakespeare Theatre Company
Wolly Mammoth Theatre
Round House Theatre
Coward in a serious and romantic mode from England
From the group “Elevator Repair Service”, go-go dancers just want to be naked.
Part of the late grate Wilson’s brilliant African American play cycle
From Scotland, Robin and his merry band
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Leadership Greater Washington annual spring event honors Julie Rogers of the Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation and Barbara B. Lang, CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. The Fairmont Hotel Georgetown. Call 202-465-3200, or visit LGWDC.org/annual-spring-event.
SPRING+ Gala Guide THE 2014 SPRING WASHINGTON DC
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MARCH 29 The 28th Annual Night of Vision Benefiting the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, this black-tie gala features dinner, dancing silent auction and the presentation of service awards. Four Seasons Hotel. Call 202-234-1010, or visit youreyes.org/events/night-of-vision. APRIL 1 4th Annual Great Ladies Luncheon & Fashion Show Saks Fifth Avenue presents a designer runway show and luncheon to benefit the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation. The Washington Ritz-Carlton. Call 212-901-8011, or visit alzdiscovery. org/events/events/upcoming. 12th Annual 'For the Love of Sight' Visionary Awards Dinner Foundation Fighting Blindness honors Ryuji Ueno, M.D., of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Timothy W. Olsen, M.D., of Emory University. Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. Call 202-5304672 , or visit blindness.org. National Building Museum Honor Award Gala The National Building Museum will honor Mrs. Laura Bush and the National Trust for Historic Preservation in recognition of their commitment to preserving the nation’s architectural and built heritage at its annual Honor Award gala. Mrs. Bush and Stephanie Meeks, president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will accept the award. National Building Museum. Call 202-272-2448 x3458, or visit www.NBM.org. Women and Wine IX Join Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Ninth Annual Women & Wine event for an evening of briefings, given by top scientists and physicians from Georgetown Lombardi on the latest breakthroughs in breast cancer research. The event has an extensive silent auction with a section sponsored by Tiffany & Co. Four Seasons Hotel. Call 202-687-3866, or visit www. lombardi.georgetown.edu/events/WomenWine. APRIL 3 “Camp David” Red Carpet Premiere Join honorary chairs former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter and the Arena Stage artistic team for the world premiere of "Camp David." Before the show, guests will enjoy a VIP reception and three-course seated dinner with private remarks by President Carter. After the show, mingle with the cast, artistic team and guests during dessert. Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Call 202-600-4176, or visit arenastage.org. LGW's 2014 Innovative Leadership Awards
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APRIL 7 Signature Theatre Sondheim Awards The black-tie event starts with cocktails, followed by a seated dinner and presentation of the Sondheim Award to orchestrator Jonathan Tunick. Embassy of Italy. Call 571-527-1828, or visit signature-theatre.org/2014-sondheim-award-gala. APRIL 9 32nd Smithsonian Craft Show Preview Night Party Celebrate the "Quest for the Best," mix and mingle in a relaxed atmosphere and get an early opportunity to see the exhibitors’ works before public viewing. National Building Museum. Call 888-832-9554, or visit smithsoniancraftshow.org. APRIL 10 Tango with the Stars The Chamber Dance Project’s inaugural fundraiser, "Tango with the Stars," features an evening of South American food and entertainment on One Metro Center’s rooftop terrace. Performers include Del Campo’s Victor Albisu, Lost Boy’s Kelly Muccio and Francisco Lopez Achaval, the cultural attaché of Argentina. One Metro Center. Call 202-499-2297, or visit chamberdance.org/gala. APRIL 11 The 2014 Children's Ball The theme of the eighth annual Children's Ball, a signature event of Children's National Health System, is "Dream a Little Dream" and a very special evening to help improve the health of children here and around the world. Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. Call 301-565-8500, or visit giving.childrensnational.org. APRIL 12 Fashion for Paws The Fashion for Paws Runway Show is a one-of-a-kind luxury brand event to benefit the Washington Humane Society. Fundraising models agree to raise a minimum of $5,000 in the weeks leading up to the event and walk with their pet on the runway. Omni Shoreham Hotel. Call 202-683-1822, or visit washhumane.org/f4p. APRIL 13 2014 Blue Jeans Ball Don your favorite denim for the Capital Area Food Bank at D.C.’s exclusive charity and tasting event, the Blue Jeans Ball. Enjoy the region’s finest cuisine, dance to live entertainment and participate in a silent and live auction. Washington Marriott Wardman Park. Call 202-529-1767, or visit capitalareafoodbank. org/blue-jeans-ball. APRIL 23 Folger Gala: Shakespeare's 450th Birthday The Folger Shakespeare Library’s annual gala is its largest, most significant fundraiser of the year, providing vital support to its cultural and educational programs. As one of Washington’s most elegant social evenings, the gala is attended by leaders of the social, business, government and diplomatic communities. The Folger Shakespeare Library. Call 202-675-0377, or visit Folger.edu. APRIL 25 59th Annual Corcoran Ball The Corcoran Ball is the major fundraising event of the Corcoran Women’s Committee and has netted millions of dollars since 1956. Proceeds from the ball will benefit Corcoran Access, a multi-year project to digitize the Corcoran's renowned collection. The Corcoran Gallery of Art. Call 202-639-1700, or visit corcoran.org/ball. National Museum of Women in the Arts Gala Join chair Annie S. Totah for “Nine Thousand and Nine Hundred Nights.” Inspired by the number of nights in NMWA’s 27 years and the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, the gala will feature an evening of cocktails, a silent auction, dinner and dancing. The honorary chair is Her Imperial Majesty Empress Farah Pahlavi. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Call 202-266-2815, or visit nmwa.org/support/fundraising-events/spring-gala.
APRIL 30 Refugees International Dinner The 35th anniversary dinner will honor Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., Seri Bakkar, M.D., chef José Andrés and actor Forest Whitaker. Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. Call 202-8280110 ext. 207, or visit refugeesinternational.org/events/35thanniversary-dinner. MAY 3 The White House Correspondents' Dinner The White House Correspondents' Association dinner is traditionally attended by the president and first lady as well as other senior government officials and members of the press corps. Parties, before and after the main event, fill the long weekend. Joel McHale will be the entertainer. The association is celebrating its centennial year. The Washington Hilton. Call 202-266-7453, or visit whca.net/dinner.htm. MAY 4 Kennedy Center Gala for Michael Kaiser This year’s gala will pay tribute to Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser with a special concert performance of the classic musical "Camelot." The co-chairs of the gala are Katherine and David Bradley, Tim Keating of the Boeing Company and Laysha Ward of Target. Expect cocktails on the River Terrace, dinner on the Roof Terrace, "Camelot in Concert" in the Concert Hall and a post-show party. Call 202416-8338, or visit kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/ gala. MAY 7 March of Dimes Gourmet Gala The 32nd Annual March of Dimes Gourmet Gala is a fundraising dinner with a unique Capitol Hill flavor. More than 40 Washington notables, including Senators and Representatives, are expected to participate in this competitive cook-off as celebrity chefs, preparing and serving their favorite dishes. National Building Museum.Call 571-257-2308, or visit marchofdimes.com/marylandmetrodc. MAY 16 Washington Ballet's Jazz Ball With gala chair Reginald Van Lee and honorary chair Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz Ball will celebrate the Washington Ballet’s donors and outreach programs that fulfill its three-part mission: world-class performances, dance education and community engagement. The Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Call 202274-4518, or visit washingtonballet.org. Phillips Collection Annual Gala and After Party The 2014 Annual Gala celebrates the exhibition, "Made in the USA: American Masters from the Phillips Collection." The Phillips Collection. Call 202-387-6522, or visit phillipscollection.org/support/annual-gala. MAY 31 S&R Foundation's Washington Awards Gala Attend the grand unveiling of Halcyon House in Georgetown, new headquarters of the S&R Foundation, and future home of the Halcyon Incubator, for an elegant, fun-filled evening, with dinner by chef Eric Ziebold and music by this year's awardees. Halcyon House. Call 202-298-6007, or visit washingtonawards. org. JUNE 7 Washington National Opera Ball This celebration of opera and culture will be held under the patronage of His Excellency Kenichiro Sasae, the Ambassador of Japan, and Mrs. Sasae. On the evening of the ball, guests will enjoy intimate dinners, hosted by ambassadors around the city, before coming together for dessert, dancing and performances. The Residence of the Japanese Ambassador. Call 202-416-8496, or visit kennedy-center.org/wno/programs/ operaball.
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Sting, Paul Simon, Ellington Students: Magical B Y R O BERT D EVAN EY
Sting and his group and the Duke Ellington School musicians and singers at the Strathmore. (Nielson Photography)
Before the concert, Sting waves to the lobby group, as he leaves the VIP reception with Duke Ellington School head Rory Pullens. (Photo by Robert Devaney)
It was a special and magical night indeed March 12 at the Strathmore Music Center, where Sting, Paul Simon and Duke Ellington students sang together to benefit the school’s major renovation project, soon to begin. The event raised at least $1.2 million for the high school at 35th and R Streets. Donors, well wishers, media, culture mavens, politicians and student mingled in the grand foyer and then danced and sung familiar songs. School co-founder Peggy Cooper Cafritz with Duke Ellington School CEO Rory Pullens beamed with pride, saying, “You know what Sting said? He said those kids blew me away.”
Getting in the spirit of the evening, Judith Terra, D.C. Arts Committee chair, hams it up with Duke Ellington School co-founder Peggy Cooper Cafritz. (Photo by Robert Devaney)
Alec Baldwin, Maureen Dowd and Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., at 701 Restaurant. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan
Maureen Dowd and Alec Baldwin on the Arts
BY RO BERT DEVANEY Georgetowner and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd was introduced by her friend Alec Baldwin March 24 for the Americans for the Arts -- Nancy Hanks Lecture at the Kennedy Center. Dowd spoke of funding for the arts with her trademark wit, but she first spoke to Baldwin, saying, “… I’m so happy that you’re back in public life, even if it’s only for tonight. More than anyone I’ve ever met, you’re in love with the arts. You are celebrated in the arts community both for your incredible talent and your incredible generosity -- not only with the millions you’ve given but with your own time and fierce lobbying efforts. And now that you’ve played a caustic, Irish, Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York newspaper columnist on ‘Law & Order,’ you can come write my column anytime you want. I’d like to see you take on Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan.” Dowd then launched into her lecture: “It is a great honor to deliver the Nancy Hanks Lecture. I am humbled both by my theme and by my predecessors. And I must candidly admit I was quite surprised to be asked to give a lecture on the arts. The arts, after all, ruined my life. My love life, that is.” Later, everyone met at 701 Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Vice President Joe Biden accepts the Freedom Award.
Rising Stars in Fashion Saluted
Ireland Fund Honors Veep Rising Star 2014 Winners:
New Media All Things Fashion DC
Accessories Camille Gabriele, Camille Gabriele Designs
Menswear Pranov Vora & Philip Soriano, Hugh & Crye
Beauty JoElle Lee, JoElle Skin On Tuesday, March 18, the Fash- Care ion Group International of Greater Washington, D.C., Region hosted Interior Design its inaugural Rising Star awards William McGovern, Mcevent, honoring Washington, Govern Design Studio D.C.’s emerging talent at Fabio Jewelry Trabocchi’s Casa Luca. Sophie Blake, Sophie Blake NY
PH OTOS BY N ESH AN H . NALTCHAYAN The American Ireland Fund hosted its 22nd Annual National Gala and honored Vice President Joe Biden with its Freedom Award March 13 at
the National Building Museum. Among the other speakers: An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D., Prime Minister of Ireland, and former Sen. Chris Dodd. Norah O’Donnell, co-anchor of “CBS This Morning,” served as mistress of ceremonies.
Photography Violetta Markelou, VM Photography Stylist Ariella Toloza, Ariella Faith Womenswear Tashia Senn, Tashia Senn Design
Performance by Joyce and Ruth O’Leary, the Irish sisters who are “Sephira.”
Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley and her daughter Vaughan on the dance floor.
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Charlotte Ackaoui of the Ritz-Carlton and GBA past president Rokas Beresniovas.
Biz Group Meets at Ritz-Carlton BY R OBERT D EVAN EY
The Georgetown Business Association met March 18 at the Ritz-Carlton on South Street amid D.C.’s strange political season before the April 1 Democratic Primary.
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Jennifer Darden and Adrian Wilson, both dentists.
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Cancer Research Gets ‘The Power of Love’ BY R OBERT D EVAN EY PH OTOS BY N ESH AN H . N ALTC H AYAN
The 2014 Leukemia Ball presented by PhRMA—one of Washington, D.C.’s largest non-political, black-ties—raised nearly $3 million for the fight against leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma. At least 2,000 attendees danced the night away to the music of Huey Lewis and the News and enjoyed a comedic performance by Ryan Hamilton at the Washington Convention Center March 22. Left: Huey Lewis and the News. Above: Patient ambassadors Tyler DeMille, Brianna Garcia and Logan Taliaferro help to raise awareness and funds with Louis DeGennaro, M.D., interim president and CEO of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Right: NBC News4 anchor Angie Goff and Julie Donaldson, Comcast SportsNet anchor, were two of the evening’s co-hosts.
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