Georgetowner's April 8, 2015

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UP & Coming “Victory Road” World Premiere In “Victory Road,” Bowen McCauley Dance unites with Nashville band Jason and The Scorchers to transform their songs into movement. The band joins Bowen McCauley Dance on stage. Tickets are $40 and $45. For details, visit bmdc.org/victoryroad. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2700 F St. NW.

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The preview day offers the first look at the 27 finished spaces, designed by the area’s top interior designers and architects, at the 2015 D.C. Design House, a new country estate in McLean, Va. Chef Bryan Voltaggio will prepare food for the event, which benefits Children’s National Health System, and sign copies of his new book. Tickets are $50. For details, visit dcdesignhouse.com.

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Cherry Blossom Beer and Wine This event offers attendees the chance to celebrate D.C.’s unofficial start to spring with unlimited beer and wine tastings. Tickets are $35. For details, visit drinkthedistrict.com/ dc/cherry-blossom/. The Yards, 1300 1st St. SE. Shakespeare Birthday Celebration Join the Georgetown Neighborhood Library as we honor the Bard in the month of his birth with a talk by a Folger Shakespeare Library docent and a group reading of the first act of “Hamlet.” For details and to participate in the reading, email julia.strusienski@dc.gov.

3260 R St. NW. Salomé Chamber Orchestra The last performance of the Dumbarton Concerts season will be the Washington debut of the Salomé Chamber Orchestra, New York City’s sensual, conductor-less orchestra. Tickets are $35 for adults and $30 for seniors (65+) and students. For details, visit dumbartonconcerts.org. Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St. NW.

April 15

MS Society Women on the Move Luncheon The Women on the Move Luncheon is a leadership initiative designed to bring women and men together in the movement towards a cure for multiple sclerosis. This year’s keynote speaker is Janice Dean, senior meteorologist at Fox News. For details, visit eventdcw.nationalmssociety.org.

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“Forms of the Journey” Public Reception All We Art will hold a public reception for the exhibition “Forms of a Journey,” featuring artists Félix Ángel, Marta Luz Gutierrez and Jesús Matheus. For details, visit allweartstudio.com. RSVP for the reception to media@artseedc.com. 1666 33rd St. NW.

April 17

Salon Series at Artist’s Proof Cellists Jonathan Cain and Wade Davis perform baroque and classical works at their third appearance in the Salon Series at Artist’s Proof Contemporary Art Gallery. For details, visit aproof.net. Artist’s Proof, 1533 Wisconsin Ave. NW. “From Moscow to Hollywood: Songs from the Movies” The Russian Chamber Art Society presents soprano Carmen Balthrop and baritone Timothy Mix, accompanied by pianist Genadi Zagor, performing songs from Soviet movie musicals interspersed with Hollywood hits. Tickets are $50. For details, visit the rcas.com. Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court NW.

April 21

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Architecture Week 2015 Now in its 17th year, Architecture Week celebrates architecture in the nation’s capital.

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Bowser Promises Streetcars ‘All the Way to Georgetown’ Mayor Bowser gave her State of the District Address March 31. She voiced a commitment to improved education in the District, from early childhood education to adult education opportunities and job-training programs. Bowser’s address surprised many when she promised that the much-maligned Streetcar will soon run on H Street and Benning Road. But surprise turned to mild shock when she added the project would eventually span from Georgetown to east of the Anacostia River.

“We all know that the streetcar has been long on promises but short on results,” Bowser said. “That changes now. I promise you that we will get the Street Car along H Street and Benning Road line up and running. Then, we will extend the line to downtown Ward 7 so that Councilmember Alexander’s constituents along Benning Road can ride to Union Station and eventually all the way to Georgetown.”

Wisconsin Avenue and M Street: Second Most Dangerous Intersection?

The District Department of Transportation has identified the city’s most dangerous inter-

Streetcars “All the way to Georgetown.” sections for pedestrians, and most are downtown. Overall, the report revealed that vehicular collisions are on the rise across town.

9th and U streets tops the list of dangerous intersections, while Georgetown’s own Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW. According to DDOT, infrastructure plans for 2015 include adding six miles of bike lanes, 10 intersections for pedestrian safety, improving 10 intersections for bicycle safety and adding bike signals for bike protected lanes on Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street NW. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, at least five persons have been killed in traffic accidents in the District so far during 2015. MPD urges motorists to be vigi-

lant in watching out for pedestrians and cyclists.

Ten years ago, the intersection of Wisconsin & M was the scene of the accident that took the life of Joe Pozell, an MPD volunteer officer directing traffic and struck by an SUV May 14, 2005. He died three days later.

Old and New Transportation Choices -- and 34th Street Traffic Jam The Citizens Association of Georgetown met March 25 at Malmaison at 34th and Water streets for “Talking Traffic, Transportation & Bridges” with the hopes of answering such

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questions as: “Can traffic congestion ever be reduced in Georgetown? Is there a solution to the nightmarish rush-hour backups on 34th Street? How will repairs on the Pennsylvania Avenue and Key bridges affect us? What happened to the crosstown bus service? And the perennial question: will Georgetown ever get a Metro stop?” CAG’s Christopher Mathews who chairs its transportation committee introduced a trio of experts on the subject.

Allison Davis WMATA, regional planning manager in the office of planning, began by discussing Metro rail service and its benefits: 54 percent of all jobs are half a mile from a station; job growth is four times in neighborhoods with a station.

Davis also noted how expensive rail gets and how long it takes. She spoke of the ambitions in 1960s for a monorail to the newly opened Dulles Airport. Rail, she said, “takes a lot of time.” By 1985, planner got serious about a Metrorail link to the airport. So, she said, it took 29 years for the first rides to begin on the Silver Line that will connect Dulles to downtown. “It is about matching modes and needs,” said Davis, who noted the flexibility of bus service.

As for Georgetown, a Metro subway station is in the future, as in the year 2040. “We’re looking 2040 or beyond,” she said. Long-term commitments are needed from Virginia, Maryland, the feds and the District, she said. She gave a piece of advice on transit choices: “Don’t focus so far in the future.”

Colleen Hawkinson of the District’s Department of Transportation said that it is important to recognize that DDOT not only oversees roads, curbs and trees but also runs the Circulator buses, Capital Bikeshare and the streetcar project on H Street.

Hawkinson said DDOT looks at the “big five,” as it sees them: “pedestrians, bicycles, transit, vehicles and freight. The streetcar has “no fatal flaw” in its system, according to a critical report, she said. Those in vehicles will feel the impact of upcoming projects on Rock Creek Parkway and Canal Road as well as the rehabilitation of Key Bridge.

Will Handsfield, transportation director at the Georgetown Business Improvement District, listed the increasing use of ride services, such as Uber and Lyft. He said that on-demand travel cost can be 30 to 60 percent cheaper and that entrepreneurs were jumping into the transportation sector. Some bus lines were privately run and owners like Leap Line in San Francisco. New companies like Flex Spot were trying to monetize shared parking of homeown-

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TOWN TOPICS ers’ driveways. He also said the Bridj, a pop-up bus service, was coming to Washington.

Some of the techie and innovative ideas Handsfield mentioned may take the heat off some systems or streets in the years to come but this day. During the question-and-answer

session, residents took their chance to voice frustration about backed-up traffic and potholes in Georgetown, a perennial issue, to be sure – almost as old as the question of what to tie up one’s carriage.

One 34th street resident, Ann Satterthwaite, with her neighbor complained about traffic on 34th street that is snarled from M street north to Q street and sometimes farther. Traffic used to back up later in the week, Satterthwaite said. Now, it is four days at least. A neighbor said his house vibrates with the increased traffic: “I wake up every morning at 5:30 to 7 [a.m.] with the house shaking.” DDOT’s Hawkinson said she would look into traffic signal changes made on M Street by the department in a few months to see if it causes delays up 34th Street. Satterthwaite said one solution would be At the Citizens Association of Georgetown meeting on transporta- to divert traffic off 34th Street tion: Will Handsfield of the Georgetown Business Improvement during rush hour.

District, Allison Davis of WMATA and Colleen Hawkinson of the District’s Department of Transportation.

Spotted in Georgetown Gio Gonzalez

Gio Gonzalez, starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals, was seen shopping along M Street April 7 with friends and his dog, Stitch, a French bulldog, who really does look like the Disney character Stitch, just a lot calmer. Gonzalez, too, was taking it easy before he starts against the Philadelphia Phillies April 10 at Citizens Bank Park. The lefty, who hails from Florida, is part of the Nationals’ highly touted pitching rotation which includes Doug Fister, Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Jordan Zimmermann. Fun non-baseball fact: Gonzalez loves comic books and is a snazzy dresser. Photo by Erin Schaff

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The Tyranny of the Outraged in Indiana

BY AMOS GELB

So let’s get something out the way. Bigotry – of any kind - is both bad and stupid.

But the media’s response to Indiana’s new religious freedom law has turned a severe storm into a full-blown Hurricane Katrina.

Helen Hayes Awards Double Down at Lincoln Theatre

BY GARY TISCHLER

At this year’s Helen Hayes Awards, held Tuesday at the Lincoln Theatre, two sets of awards were presented: the Helens and the Hayeses.

Shows in which at least half the performers and artists were Actors’ Equity members were eligible for Hayes awards; the others could – and did – win Helens.

Nationals Celebrate Opening Day, a Decade and the AllStar Game

BY ROBERT DEVANEY

For the Washington Nationals, the future is now, as in this season, the team’s 10th anniversary. And, it was announced, Washington, D.C., will host the 2018 All-Star Game.

Community Meetings

April 12, 12:30 p.m.

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April 15, 6:30 p.m.

The Georgetown Business Association networking reception, Das Restaurant, 1201 28th St. NW.

April 14, 7 p.m.

April 16,10 a.m.

The Citizen’s Association of Georgetown will meet at Foley & Lardner LLP, 3000 K St. NW. The April meeting is an opportunity to meet the ANC2E commissioners and learn about the Advisory Neighborhood Commission’s “town hall meetings.”

The monthly Comission of Fine Arts meeting will be held at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, in Suite 312.

April 15, 6 p.m.

Georgetown Village: “Your Life, Your Choices, One Day Is Now.” Learn about the options for life’s long term planning at St. John’s, Blake Hall, 3240 O St. NW, in Georgetown. Neighbors and interested persons are welcome to attend this program at no cost. Georgetown Village is a local nonprofit enabling neighbors to help neigh-

Thousands Roll Eggs on White House Lawn

BY JEFF MALET

The First Family welcomed 35,000 guests, including a number of celebrities, to the 137th annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 6, Easter Monday. The sun shone on the Obama’s “back yard” on that festive, summer-like day.

May 4, 6:30 p.m.

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

May 7, 9:15 a.m.

The Old Georgetown Board meeting will be held at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, in Suite 312.

Scalia Comes to Arena Stage in ’The Originalist’

BY GARY TISCHLER

In John Strand’s new play, “The Originalist,” in Arena Stage’s Kogod Cradle, a voluble, combustible Scalia spars loudly, with strands of mercy, with a vocal law clerk, a self-described liberal.

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Georgetown House Tour on April 25 Will Feature Quality Hill Mansion on Prospect Street and 7 Other Homes The Georgetown House Tour, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Saturday, April 25, will open the doors to eight houses in town. One of the highlights of the 84-year-old tour is the 1797 mansion built

by John Thomson Mason, nephew of George Mason, and called Quality Hill. Reportedly, Thomas Jefferson stopped there for lunch. It sits at the corner of 35th and Prospect Streets. One of its recent owners was Sen. Clairborne Pell (D-R.I.).

Other houses on the tour include one of on N Street: the oldest portions of this residence were originally built in the 1890s. The property was subsequently acquired by Stanley Woodward, a friend of FDR, and was expanded to include a new three-story structure at the front of the property. The current living room was designed as a recreation of the music room of Number 20, St. James Square in London, a room designed by Robert Adam in 1772 and its plaster ceiling took 18 months to complete by hand.

Another house -- on 31st Street -- was termed

3425 Prospect St. NW on the Georgetown House Tour. “the only remaining example of a late Victorian cottage” by the National Building Survey. It was built between 1878 and 1880 by Albert B. Jackson. According to tour officials, it is a “fine example of a cottage-style detached residence with elaborate wood decoration. The current owner undertook an extensive restoration to restore more of the original Victorian character and charm.”

Also on the tour is a 34th Street house that sits with its historic Italianate/Victorian façade intact: “This home was completely renovated in 2014 by its current owners, partners in a George-

town architecture firm, to include a a skylit contemporary stairway with glass railings, modern kitchen and a 45-foot-long living and dining space,” according to tour guides.

Tickets for the tour are $50 (advance) and $55 on the day of the tour. The tour’s Patrons’ Party will be held April 22 at the home of Deborah Winsor on Dumbarton Street NW. Visit www. georgetownhousetour.com for more information.

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Georgetown Spring Gallery Walk, April 17

By Ari P os t The Georgetown galleries on Book Hill are one of the last remaining clusters of local art in the city. Along a few blocks of Wisconsin Avenue, the galleries call to us through their windows with wine, music and the chattery buzz of mingling art lovers.

And the buzz is never better than in spring, when gallery walks signal the arrival of a new season as surely as the blooming of the cherry blossoms.

Book Hill’s annual spring gallery walk offers a fine variety of works to explore, from renowned glasswork to calligraphy, the contemporary and the avant-garde. Using the guide below, experience it for yourself. Stand in front of a painting on a balmy spring evening with a glass of wine in one hand and a nibble of Roquefort in the other. I dare you not to feel good.

More information is available at GeorgetownGalleries.com.

Addison/Ripley Fine Art 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW Kay Jackson: Malthusian Paintings, Twenty-five Years and Counting Kay Jackson is a local artist whose paintings have garnered national and international acclaim, including a commission by President Clinton for the official White House holiday card in 1997.

She has long focused her work on addressing environmental concerns such as endangered

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species, pollution and loss of animal habitat.

All We Art 1666 33rd St. NW Forms of the Journey: Félix Angel, Marta Luz Gutierrez, and Jesus Matheus The three artists share their work as part of their experience as individuals committed to artistic recreation of the journey that started several decades ago when they migrated to the United States.

Artist’s Proof Gallery 1533 Wisconsin Ave. NW Jean-François Debongnie: Les Printemps

Cross MacKenzie Gallery 1675 Wisconsin Ave. NW Blast Off: Views of Man and Flight “Blast Off!” is a group exhibition celebrating man’s passionate quest for flight. Presenting seven accomplished contemporary artists, including five whose work has flown in from Switzerland, New York, Pennsylvania and Montana and represents multiple mediums: painting, photography and ceramic sculpture.

Maurine Littleton Gallery 1667 Wisconsin Ave. NW Botanical Wanderings Featuring works in glass and vitreographs (prints made from glass plates), “Botanical Wanderings” includes work by Cynthia Bringle, Edwina Bringle, David Dodge Lewis, John Littleton and Kate Vogel, Peter Loewer, Judith O’Rourke and Hiroshi Yamano.

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Belgian artist Jean-François Debongnie is a self-taught artist who works exclusively in water-based acrylic and Chinese ink. His canvases seamlessly straddle seemingly disparate elements: old and new; organic and synthetic; vibrant ochre, blue, and red against muted shades of gray and black.

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Neptune Fine Art 1662 33rd St. NW Modern & Contemporary: Masterworks on Paper The exhibition features works by Henri

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Robert Brown Gallery 1662 33rd St. NW Stephen Addiss: Thirty Years of Discoveries: Paintings, Calligraphy and Ceramics Stephen Addiss is a painter, poet, ceramicist, musician and Japanese art historian. He began studying calligraphy and ink painting in 1969 with Asian scholars, later studying in Japan and Taiwan. This exhibition features over thirty years of ink paintings, calligraphy and ceramics.

Susan Calloway Fine Arts 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW Karen Silve: Layered Memories, The In-Between After spending the summer in the South of France, Karen Silve reflects on the differences between older and new memories. Her seductive, painterly abstractions reveal a unique expression of harmonious colors: bright and joyous, warm and sensual, cool and luscious.

Washington Printmakers Gallery 1641 Wisconsin Ave. NW Jack Boul: Monotypes Jack Boul’s works are included in major collections across the country – the National Gallery of Art made a recent acquisition – and his distinguished exhibition record stretches back 60 years. Most of the works in this show date from the past two years.

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We Need a Traffic Cop at Wisc. & M We miss you, Joe. It has been just about 10 years since reserve police officer Joe Pozell was struck by a distracted driver as he was directing traffic in the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street and later died of his injuries at the hospital. Joe was a true master at his job, and the traffic flow was the better for his efforts. No, driving through Georgetown back then was not a breeze, but it was a bit more manageable. Today, it is safe to call the intersection an absolute nightmare that is damaging the local business community as well as squeezing every drop of joy from commuters and tourists, whether they are behind the wheel of a car, on a bus, bike or on foot.

Traversing this intersection – recognized as one of the best dangerous in the city -- can sometimes mean as many as five full light cycles to move a block or so to clear the intersection. It matters little if the driver is going straight, making a left or right turn.

The “why” of the situation is clear. Traffic flow through the intersection is constantly hampered by selfish and inconsiderate drivers blocking the box, distracted pedestrians walking against lights, taxis slowing to a crawl before making a turn as they hunt for customers, buses making their wide turns while everyone works to navigate around double-parked cars and trucks.

A fix that works can be seen the few times a year when traffic cops are on-hand to guide the throngs through this vital intersection. Their presence makes a real difference. A whistle blow and stern look from these traffic officers has the effect of stopping even the aggressive driver from trying to muck things up. Finding a way to fund those cops on a daily basis – at least at the busiest times – must be found, and quickly. It is an all too easy to simply throw in the towel and say traffic in the District is just bad. There’s no argument there; it is bad. But looking back to Joe Pozell with his arms out and directing traffic, as if conducting an orchestra proves that the traffic cop in the street makes all of the difference.

Get Rid of Greenwashing This Earth Day, let’s get rid of greenwashing. We’re fed up with companies pretending their products are green to dupe paying customers. Examples abound for all types of greenwashed products in the U.S., from shampoos and detergents, to meats and vegetables, to electronics and clothes, to cars and oil products, and even to plastics (water bottles and trash bags!) and paper products(!).

American consumers are all too eager to buy products with a green sheen, and companies are happy to serve the market with products that deceive with “green” or “natural” labels or packaging design. Consumers are being “greenmailed,” if you will, into buying products that claim to be more environmentally friendly than competitors. Well, they aren’t.

“Natural” and “all natural” mean nothing. Plastics aren’t green. Paper products, unless made primarily with recycled material, are not green. (For example, the super soft toilet paper increasingly found in grocery stores is so soft because it is made from ancient trees that are hundreds of years old.)

Shampoos, conditioners, lotions and makeup made with petroleum or coal products are not “natural.” Laundry and dish detergents that contain countless toxic chemicals cannot be “green.” There’s not such thing as a “green” car. Even Priuses and electric cars run on fossil fuel and are manufactured with precious metals often ripped from the earth. Home appliances that save energy are better for the environment than clunker predecessors, but they still use substantial amounts of energy, usually made by burning fossil fuels. The list goes on and on.

As consumers, we expect more from these companies than the way they shamelessly hawk their environmentally degrading products. Companies, please drop the pretenses and be honest about your products’ impact on the environment. Show us a little transparency for the customers who spend millions on your products.

We know companies are hesitant to do this on their own because of American capitalism’s twisted incentives. So, let’s urge them on. Large companies are increasingly responsive through Twitter and other social media outlets.

So, let’s call them out and tell them that their “all-natural” dish soaps and pesticides are ruining our waterways, that their paper products are crushing our most pristine forests, that their plastic is poisoning our sea life and that their appliances are burning up our atmosphere. It’s time to kill greenwashing.

The Council is now in full review of Mayor Bowser’s budget request for fiscal year 2016. The mayor transmitted her budget proposal to the Council last week, and while I am still reviewing the budget as I write this, I want to share some initial thoughts and important points.

First, I appreciate that this budget contains only a 3.2-percent spending increase over this year’s budget. In the past, the District’s spending has increased 4, 5, even 12 percent from one year to the next.

This is important because it means that, while the District’s economy is expected to grow more than 4 percent this year and next year, an even larger share of the District’s growth will be enjoyed by individuals and small businesses, instead of being paid in taxes.

I applaud Mayor Bowser for instructing all of her cabinet members and department heads to undertake a thorough review of their budgets to find areas and programs where funds are being underutilized or unwisely spent. This kind of fiscal discipline will reap far greater benefits than simply increasing government spending.

Beyond the overall size of the budget, the mayor’s proposal includes much that I agree is important. For example, the mayor endorsed my position to fully commit the District’s contribution to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s budget, to prevent any fare increases or service reductions. Also on the transportation front, the budget increases funding to repairs streets, alleys and sidewalks, a critical area of need in Georgetown and

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Jack Evans is the Ward 2 Councilmember, representing Georgetown since 1991.

Those who have ever played oneon-one in their schoolyard or sunk a jump shot in a pick-up game or just launched an imaginary three-pointer to win at the buzzer – we love this time of year. March Madness, one giant American event that never lets you down. Congratulations to the NCAA men’s basketball national champions Duke University. One exciting game this year reminded me of a local rivalry that should happen and hasn’t in many, many years. Wichita State has wanted to play in-state rival Kansas for decades. When Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall ran into University of Kansas coach Bill Self last year, Marshall suggested they play. Self just laughed and walked away.

The Shockers had the last laugh. They beat the Jayhawks in the NCAA tournament this year.

Which brings me to the men’s basketball programs of Georgetown University and George Washington University. Georgetown was the national champion way back in 1984, and, in the immortal words of the late Marion Barry, they have never “gotten over it.”

Georgetown refuses to play its neighbor in nearby Foggy Bottom, George Washington. To properly understand why this has not occurred, I called basketball expert and columnist John Feinstein.

Feinstein has written about Georgetown arrogance and elitism for years. He told me that “Georgetown doesn’t

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across the city. I also support the mayor’s full funding of the Housing Production Trust Fund, to build affordable housing at the rate of $100 million per year.

What is my greatest concern in my initial review of the budget? Proposals to increase our sales and parking taxes.

The District sales tax rate has been 5.75 percent for over 20 years. It only increased to 6 percent from 2010 to 2013 because the District was in a serious financial crunch due to the economic recession. The sales tax is the most regressive tax, and increasing it will hurt residents on the lower end of the income spectrum. We should save that potential revenue for when we really need it, as in 2010.

As for the parking tax increase, this proposed move follows an increase from 12 to 18 percent three years ago, along with an increase in the minimum wage, which applies to many of the city’s parking attendants. This latest increase is a triple whammy. When it’s more expensive and difficult to find a parking spot, people are less likely to go out, spend money in the District and generate tax revenue. Plus, most of these costs get passed on to residents, making it more expensive for people to park near their offices, restaurants and stores. More than a third of those parking in garages are District residents. So, in effect, we are taxing our own people again and again.

I will continue to review the budget proposal in the coming weeks, and the Council will hold hearings on each government agency, at which agency leaders will go over their plans for the upcoming year. Please share your views with me and with my colleagues about the budget and plans for the District.

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made by the present coach, John Thompson III, but by his father. The son takes the “cues from the father,” Feinstein said. And he went on to say that no one will “dare criticize Big John.”

Well, I will.

There’s more to this story. For 20 years, Pete Teeley has organized a tournament every Christmastime at the Verizon Center. Today, it is known as the BB&T Classic, a glorious event that has raised more than $9 million over the years for the Children’s Charity Foundation. It wasn’t until this past year that Georgetown University deigned to participate – with the explicit stipulation that it not play GW. (For 19 years, Georgetown did not participate at all.)

Feinstein was one of the original organizers. He went to Georgetown and thought they would surely play. As he recalled thinking, “It was for charity.” But, he said, “I was wrong.” Quite simply, Georgetown won’t play GW because the team might lose.

You see, doing something for the city is not what moves them. They don’t identify with D.C. They just don’t give a damn. And they get away with it.

I tried to contact Georgetown University President John DeGioia on this subject. He never called back.

Now, I must confess that I am a GW alumnus. More important, I am a resident of this city. A hometown rivalry – GW vs. Georgetown – would be great for this place. But Georgetown won’t suit up.

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Our Commonest Man, Our Noblest American

By G ary T is c hl er

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o single group of Americans is as revered in American hearts and minds – minds, especially – as the Founding Fathers, that group of giants from South and North who brought about a revolution.

No single man is more revered in American hearts and minds – hearts, especially, but also imaginations and passions – than Abraham Lincoln, the man from the Midwest, self-taught in almost everything he knew.

This city may bear Washington’s name, but it is not Washington’s city. This is Lincoln’s city.

Emancipation was born and given voice here by Father Abraham. Everyone comes to see Washington’s monument – that challenge to the sky itself, as straight as a soldier’s back on parade – but it’s rare to see weeping in its presence or a sudden, thoughtful stillness.

Everyone is drawn to that stone siren-song of a

‘This is Lincoln’s city’ Lincoln Memorial on the Mall. They gather to sing, to bring on the Easter sun, to commemorate, commiserate and commune before Daniel Chester French’s stunning statue, that seems capable of tears and laughter, of aging and of humbled body and soul.

Everyone comes and came to the man in the big chair, even Richard Nixon. Lincoln finished the unfinished business – unfathomably furious and ferocious

– that the Founding Fathers, large as they were, would not wrestle with.

Lincoln led the country at its deepest dark hour, he danced with the bear of what slavery had wrought: an all-consuming war, whose most notable and last victim he became.

This is Lincoln’s city. We are coming up on the 150th anniversary of his assassination by a man Lincoln had seen perform Shakespeare at the National Theatre. Ford’s Theatre – where he was felled by a still-resounding shot from that actor’s derringer – remains a theater, but it is at the same time and at all times a shrine. This is the place and the city where he died, early the next morning, in a boarding house across 10th Street.

This is Lincoln’s city. Out in Petworth, at the site of the Soldiers’ Home, is Lincoln’s Cottage, where he spent time away from the fetid heat, arriving on an a gray horse, at times in the company of his much spoiled and loved son Tad. For a few years, his son Willie was buried in Georgetown at Oak Hill Cemetery.

This is Lincoln’s city. Our great national free-verse poet Walt Whitman, who nursed wounded soldiers pouring in from battles and lived near the cottage, saw him daily.

Whitman said, he “looks. . .as the commonest man. …

I see very plainly Abraham Lincoln’s dark brown face, with the deep-cut lines, the eyes, always to me with a deep latent sadness in the expression.”

The “commonest of men” was the noblest American of them all. This is his city, our captain, the emancipator, our better angel.

Repairman climbs up the face of Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Commemorating Lincoln’s Assassination

admission is $5 per car. House tour admission is $8 for adults and $2 for ages 6-16. 3725 Dr. Mudd

A list of events and exhibits to experience history and to experience the nation’s capital, as we commemorate the loss of one of our greatest leaders, Lincoln.

Rd., Waldorf, Maryland. Call 800-766-3386.

Through May 25 Silent Witnesses: Artifacts of the Lincoln Assassination

By Cait l in F ranz A list of events and exhibits to experience history and to experience the nation’s capital, as we commemorate the loss of one of our greatest leaders, Lincoln.

April 9 Cottage Conversation with Don Doyle and Sidney Blumenthal Historian Don Doyle discusses his book, “The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War,” with journalist Sidney Blumenthal, former aide to Bill Clinton. Tickets are $10 for the lecture and $10 for the reception. For details, visit lincolncottage.org/cc-doyle-2015/. President Lincoln’s Cottage, Upshur Street at Rock Creek Church Rd. NW.

April 14-15 ★ The Lincoln Tribute This continuous event will mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination. Ford’s Theatre will be open overnight, presenting Ranger talks, the one-act play “One Destiny” and panel discussions about the life, assassination and legacy of our 16th president. On the

street outside, all day and all night, living historians will provide first-person accounts about the end of the Civil War, the experience of being inside the theater at the moment of the assassination, medical reports from the Petersen House and the impact of Lincoln’s life and death. The morning of April 15, Ford’s will mark Abraham Lincoln’s death at 7:22 a.m. with a wreath-laying ceremony. Church bells will toll across the city, as in 1865. Tickets are required for entry to the Ford’s Theatre campus. 10th Street NE between E and F Streets. Call 202-347-4833.

April 14-15 Ford’s Theatre Behind-the-Scenes Tour Author and Ford’s Theatre Society board member Brian Anderson leads a behind-thescenes tour of Ford’s Theatre based on his book, “Images of America: Ford’s Theatre.” 514 10th St. NW. Call 202-347-4833.

April 15 Midnight Tour with James Swanson For the history buffs and night owls, James Swanson, author of “Manhunt,” leads a midnight tour of Ford’s Theatre. 514 10th St. NW. Call 202-347-4833.

This exhibition at the Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership displays a collection of artifacts that were in Ford’s Theatre or carried by Lincoln on the night of his assassination, including the contents of Lincoln’s pockets, his top hat and the gun used. 514 10th St. NW. Call 202-347-4833.

Portrait of John Wilkes Booth by Alexander Gardner.

April 17 Fortune’s Fool: Life of John Wilkes Booth In Fortune’s Fool, historian Terry Alford provides a comprehensive look at the life of the figure whose life has been overshadowed by his final, infamous act. A book signing will follow the program, which begins at noon. National Archives. 700 Pennsylvania Ave N.W.

April 18-19 On the Trail of the Assassin This event, featuring historical demonstrations, Civil War reenactments, walking tours, performances and more, will run Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Dr. Samuel Mudd House Museum. Event

Through May 31 Assassinations in the Capital Tour This 90-minute tour covers two miles, starting at the Crime Museum and ending at Lafayette Square with a stop by Ford’s Theatre.

Participants will learn about assassinations, attempted assassinations and other crime history in the nation’s capital. 575 7th St. NW.

Through Jan. 10 ‘President Lincoln Is Dead’: The New York Herald Reports For the first time since 1865, this Newseum exhibition brings together all seven New York Herald special editions from April 15 of that year, beginning with the 2 a.m. edition, containing the earliest Associated Press report that Lincoln had been shot. 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Call 202-292-6100.

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MEET THE NEW BOSS

BY G ARY T ISCHL ER A N D LI N N E A K R I S T I A N S S O N l PH OTOS BY ER IN SC H AFF

EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED

Mayor Muriel Bowser at the 2015 State of the Union.

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ver since Muriel Bowser – not unexpectedly – won the November general election, becoming the District of Columbia’s second female mayor and the second-youngest of either sex, she has been enjoying an extended honeymoon with the city’s residents and, by and large, the media.

Honeymoons are common for newly elected officials, though their duration tends to be unpredictable.

In a way, the whole process imitates how people end up married. There is that first, exciting meeting and flush of curiosity among the public, the media and the new candidate, followed by an odd kind of courtship played out in town forums and debates (the gotchaeager media watching every step). Then there’s commitment, as the winning candidate makes promises that she or he may or may not keep.

An engagement party – in the form of inaugural bashes, ceremonies and parades – makes things official. And they do solemnly swear.

But what happens next is never quite what anybody – candidate, constituents or the press – thinks it is going to be. Right from the start, life comes barreling down, in some cases almost on the morning after the morning after (Mayor Vincent Gray, anyone?).

“Expect the unexpected,” said the 42-yearold Bowser of her job. On March 20, a busy day

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at the mayor’s office, she had just settled down for an interview with The Georgetowner. “You have to be ready for surprises.”

It was interesting to watch the process as – with an early announcement, back in spring 2013 – Bowser moved from being a Ward 4 council member to a citywide candidate.

Over that period of time, we’ve had the opportunity to observe her on the campaign trail, where she grew steadily in confidence against a seasoned group of campaigners, including the scandal-plagued incumbent mayor Vincent Gray. She won the Democratic primary going away.

Her general election campaign against Independents David Catania and Carol Schwartz was different in tone and in practice.

She became a candidate who was very much in control of her campaign, and the campaign in general. We talked to her then at a crowded, millennial-oriented coffeehouse in Petworth, a scene representative of the changes the city was experiencing. If anything, she was more confident than ever, dismissing questions about the possibility of a tight election.

“To me,” Bowser said then, even after limiting the playing field to four debates, “the biggest thing was being able to meet and talk with the people across the diverse neighborhoods of this city. I know who I am and where

I come from, but here, in this process, I saw and engaged the whole city. It was revealing to me how much all of the people in this city have in common, and, at the same time, the diversity of hopes, needs, dreams – the resources of the same people.”

We saw Bowser build her transition team – which included former mayors Marion Barry, Sharon Pratt, Anthony Williams and Adrian Fenty – and later become one of the chief mourners for Barry, who passed away unexpectedly and to much citywide sorrow in November.

We watched her being sworn in along with a number of new members of the District Council (Bowser called them NKOTBs, New Kids on the Block), as well as the District’s first elected attorney general, Karl Racine, who ruled that the mayor’s $20-million initiative to empower young boys and men of color passed constitutional muster.

We sat down with her for an interview last month, then watched her deliver a rousing hope-filled, project-filled, initiative-filled and slogan-filled State of the District Address March 31 at the historic Lincoln Theatre, right next to a D.C. icon, Ben’s Chili Bowl, on the U Street Corridor. Outside, demonstrators rallied, calling for more affordable housing, more help for the homeless and the protection of

neighborhoods.

There are several reasons for the honeymoon that, despite the demonstrators, Bowser is experiencing. One of them is plainly the growth of her public persona. From being a relatively reserved council candidate, mentored and picked by Fenty, she has grown to be – over the course of the extended campaigns, her victory and her first three months in office – almost omnipresent in the public eye and the media. She appears to relish that part of the job, and doesn’t intend to change it.

For instance, she moved to more approachable digs on the third floor of the Wilson Building, with a view – from airy, brightly lit and modern rooms – of Pennsylvania Avenue, the Willard Hotel, the National Theatre and buses rolling along the boulevard. On a table in her office sit Barack Obama’s “Audacity of Hope” and Marion Barry’s autobiography, “Mayor For Life.”

“It’s a conscious decision to be closer to everything,” Bowser said. “Sometimes, the office can isolate you from staff – and real people.”

To all appearances, she was ready and eager to take on the work of being mayor. “I’m ready to go to work,” she said at her inauguration.

“But the reality is that it’s a sobering, humbling experience to deal with the daily tasks, the

FEATURE duties, the things that surprise.” She reiterated: “Expect the unexpected.”

In the first month of her tour of duty, there were not one, but several, winter storms that closed schools and made for an endless series of decisions about deployment, preparedness and resources. Then there was the fatal fire

“The city’s changing enormously, we have to make sure that we don’t lose people because they can no longer afford to live here." at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station, putting both Metro and the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department under scrutiny.

Bowser was emphatic, saying that the D.C. departments had acted professionally and appropriately.

Later, she hired Gregory Dean, retired chief of the Seattle Fire Department, as the District's new fire chief. During an interview with The Georgetowner, Bowser said that the problems at the fire department – especially relating to its EMS component – were “sobering.”

During her first (almost) hundred days in office, Bowser seems to have been everywhere. Searching for budget ideas, she held four community forums throughout the city.

She traveled to Texas, to New York City – and got a favorable bond-rating increase – and to San Francisco for a fruitless push to host the Olympics. And she made sure that residents knew what she was up to, with newsletters, emails and a hefty social-media presence.

“We are going to be the most transparent administration that you can possibly be,” Bowser said.

In the new position, her life has changed considerably. What does she miss? "Driving myself where I want to go, when I want to go," she said. "Did you ever want some Cherry Garcia ice cream and just go get it? I used to like just going around the city, driving around, meeting people, checking things out. That can’t be done anymore, and I understand that." To relax from the stressors of her new job, she has begun to allow herself some time off, such as a weekly massage at the Four Seasons.

She readily acknowledged being “a hometown girl,” adding, “I was raised in Ward 4 in a large family. Our parents made sure we had

Mayor Muriel Bowser at her swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 2. what was needed. We did not go hungry. We went to good schools, and we got our education.” Her higher education reflects her varied interests: a bachelor of arts in history from Chatham College, a master’s degree in public policy from American University.

In many ways, Bowser is all about the future, even while acknowledging the contributions of people like Barry and earlier mayors and leaders.

“The city’s changing enormously,” she said.

“We have to make sure that we don’t lose

people because they can no longer afford to live here. But, you know, when we’re talking about 'One City,' we’re talking about getting the neighborhoods to pull together. It’s not about divisions in race, or money, even. It’s about pulling together.”

Now, the mayoral city slogan is: "We are Washington, D.C." “The city council is no longer the city council of the past,” she said. “We have a number of new people on the council who are young, smart, able and imaginative. Frankly,

their talents should be used to head committees that are now part of the Committee of the Whole.” A veteran of the council herself, Bowser said that she sees this arrangement as a better division of work: "I hope they revisit the organization of the council."

Like many politicians, she seems to have a preference for talking in slogans, peppered with the acronyms of Twitter and Facebook.

In her State of the District Address, titled “Creating Pathways to the Middle Class,” the middle-class thematic came up a number of times, none more moving and pragmatic than when Bowser described the world in which she grew up, raised by middle-class parents.

“My parents bought their first home in 1960, when the average price of a home was $15,000. Today, it’s $500,000,” she said. “We have to make sure that if we’re going to be a city where families can stay and grow, we must do more to create opportunities for them. It always means creating pathways to the middle class.”

She used the phrase “fresh start” more than once – although not in terms of the streetcar project to which she committed $350 million more so that it would reach Georgetown, among other places. She rattled off a series of projects: building new housing, providing affordable housing, changing the landscape of Anacostia, preserving and expanding the Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program, new education and workforce-training efforts, programs to get and keep residents by putting them to work and letting them succeed.

“Because, we know, when they succeed, we all succeed,” she said several times, using another oratorical trope in her growing rhetorical toolbox.

Most of her measures were greeted with loud applause, the 50 or so protesters outside the theater notwithstanding.

“We are a growing city, a world-class city,” Bowser said. “But we face a large $250million deficit, which requires tough decisions.

But I will balance that budget, with the help of the residents of this city, and I’ll deliver it tomorrow [April 2] to the city council for its approval.”

Which she did. In order to balance the budget, the tough decisions included increasing sales taxes and cutting funds for the University of the District of Columbia and Medicare payments.

No doubt there will be arguments over these and other choices. But for now, Mayor Muriel Bowser is still on a kind of honeymoon. Even the realities of the $12.9-billion 2016 budget won’t change that – yet.

Mayor Muriel Bowser: Get to Know Her

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uriel Elizabeth Bowser, Mayor of the District of Columbia, was born Aug. 2, 1972, in Washington, D.C. She traces her Washington roots through five generations. Her middle name – Elizabeth – is from her maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Brown.

Bowser grew up in North Michigan Park, the youngest of five children. Her father, Joe, an advisory neighborhood commissioner, has been a community activist since the mayor was a little girl. “His legacy is part of her,” Bob King, the city’s longest-serving advisory neighborhood commissioner and a family friend, told the Washington Post.

When she was born, her closest sibling in age was Mark, 10 years old. Twins Martin and Marvin were about to begin high school and the eldest daughter, Mercia, was getting ready for college. Her mother, Joan, recalled that Muriel grew up almost as an only child.

She graduated in 1990 from Elizabeth Seton High School, an all-girls Catholic high school in Bladensburg, Maryland. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Chatham College in Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in public policy from American University.

Before entering politics, she worked for State Farm Insurance.

She began her political career in 2004 when

she ran for the local ANC and represented the neighborhood of Riggs Park, where she bought a house several years earlier. In 2006, she was re-elected.

When Adrian Fenty became mayor in 2007, Bowser was the campaign coordinator for Ward 4, which Fenty represented in the District Council. In a special election to fill his seat, she won with 40 percent of the vote. In 2008 and 2012, Bowser was re-elected, winning with 97 percent of the vote both times.

Bowser was chairwoman of the Council’s Committee on Economic Development, which helped to create affordable housing, passed legislation to build a new soccer stadium and secured

a portion of the Walter Reed campus for D.C. As chairwoman of the Committee on Government Operations, she worked to pass comprehensive ethics reform, improve the efficiency and safety of the Metro system and increase transparency in government contracting.

On March 23, 2013, Bowser announced that she would run for mayor in the 2014 election. She won the Democratic primary on April 1, 2014, with 43 percent (42,045 votes) of the vote versus incumbent Mayor Vincent Gray’s 33 percent (31,613 votes).

In the general election, Bowser won with 80,824 votes. She took office Jan. 2 as D.C.’s seventh elected mayor.

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IN: Maxime Restaurant in Former Guards Space

Club Monaco to Take Over Rhino Bar Space No, it's not the kind of club you were hoping for. The retail takeover of restaurant space continues. Four years after the Ralph Lauren-owned retailer left town, Club Monaco will return to Instagram photos of Warby Parker glasses, collected by Warby Parker.

3295 M St. NW, an address that held Rhino Bar & Pumphouse, which closed Feb. 28, after 18 years. Even before that, the building had been occupied by a bar, more or less for college students, such as Winston's and the Shamrock.

Real estate broker John Asadoorian, who represented the landlord in the deal, told the Washington Business Journal that the store is aiming to open by early 2016. The new Club Monaco will mark the brand’s return to greater Washington. The company used to have stores in Georgetown and at Pentagon City.

Purrr: Cat Cafe Gets Zoning Approval

Club Monaco has changed its approach to casual wear in recent months, adding denim and other trendy styles to its shelves. To boost its rebranding, the company had a pop-up boutique in Noma – considered one of the world’s top restaurants – in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new location will give shoppers a look at the revamped, preppy appeal of Club Monaco.

Online hipster eyeglass outlet Warby Parker, announced Thursday that the company had signed a lease in Georgetown at 3225 M St. NW. The announcement follows news that Warby Parker will open its first Washington, D.C., location in Shaw, at the Shay development at 8th Street and Florida Avenue. The Georgetown space used to house True Religion.

First came news that Kickstarter-darling Crumbs & Whiskers leased space on O Street.

The planned cat café, the city’s first, has now obtained the necessary zoning approvals to open. Owner Kanchan Singh told DCist that the café is “solidly tracking towards a summer opening.”

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Lastly, casual French steak house and mussel bar Maxime opens today at 2915 M St. NW. The concept comes from Moe and Joe Idrissi along with Ben Kirane of Thunder Burger and Bodega fame. The location formerly housed Rialto. Before that, from 1966 to 2012, it was home to the legendary Guards Restaurant. In addition to steak frites, mussels and French hors d’oeuvres, there is a Belgianinspired list of specialty beers and cocktails.

Maxime is open daily from 4 to 11 p.m.

IN: Food Delivery Service DoorDash Debuts DoorDash debuted in D.C. at the end of March, combining elements of food-delivery apps like GrubHub and Seamless with the contractor-driver model of Uber and Lyft. DoorDash delivers only from restaurants in Northwest D.C. and only within a four-mile radius of your restaurant of choice. So far, Bethesda Bagels, Ben’s Chili Bowl, Pho 14, Busboys & Poets and Chipotle have partnered with the service. DoorDash differs from Seamless and GrubHub in that it charges a flat $7 for fee food delivery and the driver, not the restaurant, is in charge of pick up and delivery. DoorDash promises successful delivery within one hour of an order.

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BUSINESS T H E Artist Agency Celebrates 30 Years in Georgetown Georgetown's T H E Artist Agency – a group of models and stylists – celebrated its 30th birthday April 1. Well known around the city and beyond, the agency has been used by many in the media, including this newspaper.

The models, hairstylists and make-up artists, as well as the wardrobe and set stylists, have helped make several Georgetowner fashion specials more than memorable.

tion of exquisite clothing, accessories, home décor and gifts featuring creations from more than 20 designers exclusive to the store."

The store will launch a new exclusive line April 16: Claire Florence for M29 Lifestyle.

Pieces include collector’s edition totes, silk and ostrich feather scarves, spring cashmere tees and white crochet dresses, all ranging in price from $170 to $525.

“We are excited to launch an in-house line in collaboration with Claire Florence,” said the store's retail director, Ron Edwards. "Florence’s designs are fresh, feminine and posh with details and trim that suit our luxury customers."

Georgetown-based designer Claire Florence has worked directly with Edwards to create custom designs.

Florence’s career started in New York, where she consulted for firms like Calvin Klein, Tom Ford and Cotton Incorporated. In 2000, she opened a New York City design studio that was featured in Vogue, Elle, Allure and Marie Claire. Florence’s sculptural pieces, made out of cashmere and detailed with fox and mink fur, have been worn by celebrities including Annick Goutal, Julia Roberts, Gwyneth Paltrow and Minnie Driver.

During the anniversary event, M29 Lifestyle will partner with Deborah Sigmund, a longtime friend of the store, donating 10 percent of the proceeds to Innocents at Risk, which is celebrating 10 years of fighting child sex-trafficking around the world.

Shadowstone Lighting Opens in D.C. One of the largest companies for media, film and entertainment lighting on the East Coast, Shadowstone opened at 953 V St. NE March 27 with a grand opening reception. On hand were company founder Frank Marsico, At-large Council member Vincent Orange and Angie Gates, director of the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development. The Shadowstone facility houses its showroom and rental department, as well as a brand-new light lab that will be used for product testing, demonstrations and workshops. The New Jersey-based Shadowstone has operated in the District for a number of years. Orange has worked to bring more film-production activity and jobs to the nation's capital.

Elizabeth McDavitt-Centenari, director and vice president, and Lynda Erkiletian, president, of THE Artist Agency. Photo courtesy of THE Artist Agency.

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KENT

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5

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$4,500,000

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GEORGETOWN

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3

1

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$2,550,000

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3

2

0

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$2,385,000

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3

2

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3

1

10

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2

1

0

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GEORGETOWN

3

3

1

11

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$1,693,000

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3

1

8

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$1,650,000

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WEST END

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2

1

31

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$1,599,000

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KENT

4

3

1

5

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$1,300,000

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2

0

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3

1

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$1,260,000

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4

0

0

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2

1

8

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$1,225,000

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2

0

0

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$1,150,000

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2

1

1

115

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$1,145,000

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WEST END

2

3

0

12

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$1,109,000

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4

3

0

9

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NPR’s NoMa HQ

Telling the World’s Stories from a Sustainable D.C. Home

BY SALLIE LEWIS

NPR headquarters at 1111 North Capitol St. NE. Photo by Rob Holzbach/Hickok Cole.

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n a rainy Friday morning in April, a throng of visitors waited for their tour time inside the new National Public Radio headquarters at 1111 North Capitol St. A man in black skinny jeans wove through the crowd carrying a guitar case covered with stickers. In the entry, a massive LED media mosaic flashed large images while a ticker streamed the day’s top headlines in bright, bold letters.

Since 1973, NPR has been creating conversations. It’s a place where the stories of our day reach millions of radios across the nation, where curiosity and exploration come together.

Reimagining a new home for this institution was no small feat.

But today, the 440,000-square-foot LEED Gold landmark building has shown what can happen when a strong company mission teams up with a clear vision of sustainability.

In 2008, the Georgetown-based architecture firm Hickok Cole created the winning entry in a competition to design NPR’s new D.C. headquarters in the NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood. Hickok Cole was inspired by the building’s history, which dates back to 1926, when it was a warehouse and workshop for the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company, and later, a storage facility for the Smithsonian.

NPR’s new home is made up of three main elements: the entry block, the old four-story warehouse building and a new sevenstory office block.

Mixing old with new was an important priority for the firm.

The design incorporates many of the building’s existing features, including pre-cast concrete, which references the original cast-in-place concrete facade. In the building’s entry, visitors can see the original mushroom-cap columns alongside new, modern interpretations. The team put a great deal of effort into restoring and exposing elements of the past while implementing fresh, forward-thinking, sustainably-minded designs.

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Scott Simon readies for the first broadcast from the Studio 31 at the NPR headquarters. Stephen Voss/NPR.

“NPR was very focused on being sustainable,” said Robert Holzbach, who led the design team at Hickok Cole. “So much of sustainability is not visible, but they wanted to be visibly green too,” he added.

Completed in spring 2013, the building earned LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, and has a number of systems in place that helped it earn this accolade.

One of the largest challenges faced in D.C. is storm-water collection. At NPR, the small plots of trees and plants that hug the edge of North Capitol Street are actually bio-retention ponds or rain gardens. Rainwater running off the streets is captured and steered into these ponds or gardens so it can percolate into the ground. The permeable paving along the main plaza also takes advantage of any excess rainwater.

Green roofs are another design feature that assist with this effort. The team at Hickok Cole sees great value in their implementation.

“We love green roofs,” said Bryan Chun, the firm’s project architect on the NPR building. “They decrease heat-island effect and add insulation to the roof. The biggest component is stormwater retention, so the sewer facility doesn’t have to treat it,” he added.

NPR has three green roofs that cover everything except for the very top portion of the building, where the mechanical elements are. Hydrated purely by rainfall, these roofs are home to an ever-changing show of natural vegetation, not to mention active honey beehives.

From the street, a cluster of satellite dishes can be seen from the roof. These satellites are what beam out NPR’s content to all of the United States. Because of their obvious, symbolic importance, they became an integral part of the design, a means for passersby to visibly witness what the NPR mission is all about.

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Interior entrance of the NPR building. Photo courtesy of Hickok Cole.

Details of exterior wall of the NPR building. Photo by Rob Holzbach/Hickok Cole.

One of Hickok Cole’s main goals was to incorporate NPR’s vision and ethos into the project whenever possible. Along the exterior of the large glass office block there are waves of blue fins, long rectangular sheets of glass with a color fill sandwiched between them. This glass, though decorative and aesthetically pleasing, is also a subtle notion of NPR’s vision, expressed abstractly. Since NPR is all about sound, these fins are a stylistic representation of the nature of sound waves.

Fostering a positive, bright workspace was a key priority for the organization’s leadership. They recognized that the more natural light available, the more productive the work environment. Having natural light was also the number-one wish of NPR’s radio hosts.

As a result, there is a tremendous amount of natural light that filters through the building’s large glass walls and into the open offices.

“It’s like a glassy jewel box inside this concrete shell,” said Holzbach.

Light cascades through all the office windows on the upper stories in addition to pouring through a clerestory into the two-story, 100,000-square-foot newsroom on floors three and four. This addition lifted the office block up above the existing roofline, so that light could infiltrate the central part of the building. Even the studio rooms make use of small slivered windows, bringing in light whenever possible without jeopardizing the quality of the sound.

In a symbolic sense, the prevalence of glass is a great metaphor for the transparency that NPR strives for in all their work. With glass, however, came many important design decisions related to energy efficiency. At NPR, “Low-E” glass windows (referring to their low-emissivity coating) are used, reducing radiant heat.

One of the most impressive LEED features is the facility’s solar-shades system, which operates off of a central computer that gauges the location of the sun while monitoring heat gain.

The computer controls the shades, mechanically lowering and lifting them to maintain optimal brightness in each room.

Even the emergency staircase is light and inviting.

One of the main themes of the new design was fostering a collaborative spirit. This effort can be seen in areas such as the large stairwell landings, the office island blocks, the 30-minute meeting rooms and the large outdoor terraces.

No technology was spared in the making of NPR’s new headquarters. “It’s a building that was built for radio,” said Marty Garrison, vice president of technology operations, distribution and broadcast engineering.

Inside the Studio 31 Control Room, where many of the shows take place, it is apparent how many small but significant technical issues are involved in building a studio of NPR’s caliber. For acoustic reasons, no wall is shaped the same; the control boards, glass thicknesses and soundproofing all have to be designed and prepared with unparalleled precision. Advanced, state-of-the-art technology can be seen throughout the complex, from the master control systems to NPR’s renowned microphones, network operations and data centers.

This spring marks NPR’s second anniversary in their new location. It’s evident that fostering a healthy, productive environment is a key priority. On the top floor, with views of the

Capitol and the Washington Monument, light floods over the white office space. Next to the windows are spin machines for employees to use after work. There are outdoor terraces on the fourth floor for working and relaxing during off-hours.

Each floor has its own kitchenette with free Peet’s Coffee.

Downstairs, there is a fitness center with a full-time trainer and a cafeteria that serves both hot dishes and a full salad bar.

In the world of sustainability, even small decisions can have a large impact. There are many LEED accreditations within NPR that might surprise, for instance, its limited customer parking, which encourages more eco-friendly means of getting to work. The facility is located close to pubic transportation and has a bike garage for employees. Additionally, the bathrooms have low-flow toilets, the cafeteria has recyclable packaging and all the cleaning products are biodegradable. No effort is too small.

NPR is a place that seeks to inspire thought, encourage learning and develop an understanding of the world at large.

The new headquarters is a beacon of great design and strong, transparent storytelling. Thanks to the large team of designers, architects, engineers and consultants who worked diligently on this project, NPR is housed in a building that will carry public radio forward in a thoroughly modern and sustainable fashion in the years to come.

Exterior view of the NPR building. Photo by Anice Hoachlander/Hickok Cole.

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Silent Seasons – Summer No. II Oil on Canvas Will Barnet (1911 – 2012) Estimate: $60,000 – $90,000 Auction Date: April 23 Sotheby’s April sale of American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture includes a rich array of American artwork from the 19th and 20th centuries, including this iconic painting by Will Barnet, which exhibits the artist’s characteristic motifs of the human figure and animals in casual scenes of daily life, depicted in a state of dreamlike whimsy. Other highlights include Gifford Beal’s ‘Fish Houses, Winter Day,’ as well as works by George Inness, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and notable 20th century artists like Charles Burchfield and Norman Rockwell.

An Important Suite of Diamond and Ruby Jewelry Van Cleef & Arpels French, 1988 Estimate: $180,000 - $220,000 Auction Date: April 15 This diamond and ruby suite from the 1980's, part of Bonham’s Fine Jewelry sale, is a beautiful and romantic example of Van Cleef & Arpel's graceful designs set with superbly matched calibré set cut rubies and diamonds.

This suite is a fine example of Van Cleef & Arpels interpretation of the unique time and fashion which characterized the 1980's with the image of wealth and success expressed in impressive jewels and dress.

doyle new york Frida Kahlo Archive Estimate: $80,000 – $120,000 Auction Date: April 15

Doyle New York’s auction of Rare Books, Maps & Autographs is highlighted by an archive of unpublished love letters written by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo to Jose Bartoli.

This group of letters is dated between August 1946—when Kahlo had just turned 39—and November 1949. Her letters were written while Kahlo was recuperating at home in Mexico City from a spinal fusion performed in June of 46. The archive comprising approximately 25 letters in Spanish from Kahlo to Bartoli.

Bringing the Hammer Down Final selling prices for last month’s featured Auction Block items.

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“Near Gloucester,” c. 1916-19 Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924) Auction Date: March 25 Estimate: $150,000 – $250,000 Final Selling Price: $125,000

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A massive pair of Napoleon III ormolumounted Japanese Imari Porcelain thirteen-light torchère Estimate: $120,000 - $180,000 Auction Date: April 16 Part of Christie’s auction, The Opulent Eye: 19th Century Funriture, Sculpture, Works of Art, Ceramics & Glass, each of these rather magnificent torch lamps is of bottle outline with a pair of profusely scrolled acanthus handles, issuing thirteen scrolled candle-branches on entwined dolphin support. A truly opulent sight.

Special Minguren I Coffee Table Curly maple burl and walnut George Nakashima (1905 – 1990) Estimate: $30,000 – $50,000 Auction Date:April 22

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“Untitled VII” (from “Men in the Cities”) Robert Longo (b. 1953) Auction Date: April 1 Estimate: $6,000 – $8,000 Final Selling Price: $8,750

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Amethyst, Turquoise and Diamond Ring Jean Schlumberger Auction Date: March 31 Estimate: $8,000 – $12,000 Final Selling Price: $52,500

Doyle New York

“Shoe Shine Boy with Dog,” 1900 John George Brown (1831-1913) Auction Date: April 1 Estimate: $30,000 – $50,000 Final Selling Price: $56,250 (includes Buyer's Premium)

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Chinese "Jun" Bowl, Late Yuan Auction Date: March 14 Estimate: $10,000 – $15,000 Final Selling Price: $25,000

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The Antiques Addict Cure-Alls in Colored Bottles

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istinctive bottles of many shapes and hues, displayed in the windows of medieval apothecaries, lured ailing customers to buy their contents. By the 18th century, England was producing more than 200 elixirs and serums, their secret formulas known only to their makers.

Called patent medicines, these “amazing cures” were manufactured under grants to those who provided medicine to the Royal family.

Each medicine came in its uniquely colored, hand-blown bottle. By the late 1700s, these elixirs began to arrive in the United States with the first settlers.

After American independence, rising nationalistic feelings were exploited by U.S. manufacturers, who claimed that their potions were derived from plant products found exclusively in North America. Self-medication was alluring to early Americans, who often had limited access to medicines or doctors, and the patent-medicine business flourished. Remedies, often laced with alcohol, morphine, opium or cocaine, were virtually unregulated and available for every known ailment.

By the mid-19th century, doctors, tinsmiths and everyone in between promoted their “branded” concoctions, each with its unique bottle. Sold in retail stores and at traveling medicine shows, they relied on attractive bottles to promote their exotic ingredients. From the 19th to the mid-20th century, a variety of glass medicine vessels, numbering in the thousands, were manufactured to contain an equally prodigious number of brands.

The earliest of these bottles were made from natural sand, which gave them an opaque aquamarine color. In 18th- and 19th-century America, glass bottles were often hand-blown

as Father John's Medicine. First produced by Father John O'Brien in Lowell, Massacheusetts, in 1855, its brown bottle still retains its familiar picture of Father John.

More than 10,000 types of patent medicine bottles were produced and distributed throughout the United States between approximately 1850 and 1906. Historians have estimated that more than 15,000 different medicines were available in these bottles.

In 1892, Owens Glass Company invented the semi-automatic bottle machine, which left a large ring, known as the Owens’ ring, on the bottle’s base. At around that time, the typical color of glass used for bottles changed from aqua to clear. Fewer bottles were embossed by the late 1930s and into the 1940s, and bottles lost their individuality as food manufacturers demanded more regular containers. The bubbles and the charming irregularities that collectors love disappeared as the 20th century progressed.

Manufacturers of patent medicines used a variety of distinctive bottles to lure customers to buy their potions.Credit: Society for Historical Archeology

name of the doctor or the type of “medicine,” as in “Cure,” “Bitters,” “Tonic” or “Sarsaparilla.”

The more common aqua medicines with pontils sell for upwards of $20. (Clear glass was not perfected until the late 19th century; hence, a clear bottle is a later bottle.)

One of the clues for dating a bottle is the lip, as nearly all bottles made prior to 1870 had a hot piece of glass crudely applied to the lip.

As a rule of thumb, bottles made from 1830 to 1850 have a flared or sheared lip and those made from 1840 to 1870 have applied round or squared lips. After 1870, a lipping tool was used to twist two pieces of glass clipped onto the sides of the bottle into a uniform shape. Bottles from the last part of the 19th century show evidence of this twisting motion.

One of the many popular patent products sold via elaborate traveling shows was Kickapoo Indian Sagwa. Featuring acrobats and Native American horse riders, the shows traveled the Laudanum, a tincture of opium, contains morphine and was a common ingredient in patent countryside, touting medicines.Credit: US National Library of Medicine their cure-all as a blood, and misshapen or asymmetrical. Because they liver and stomach remedy. The richly embelhad to be detached from the blowpipe when lished bottles claimed to contain special Native finished, a round imprint on the bottom of the America herbal medicine, which was actually bottle – known as a pontil mark or scar – was mostly alcohol, stale beer and a strong laxative. created.

They did, in fact, contained a touch of herbs.

Early experimentation with additives in In 1906, the industry received its fatal blow glass manufacturing resulted in green, amber when Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug or blue bottles. Colored, pontiled medicine Act. The U.S. government had finally stepped bottles are scarce, and prices range from $100 in to stop the sale of these “medicines,” the to $20,000. These rarefied bottles are typically sellers of which made unproven, often outraa color other than aqua or clear, with a pontil geous claims about their curing everything scar on the base. They are embossed with the from tuberculosis and colds to cancer.

Even so, a few patent medicines continued to be produced up through the 1950s. Some products continue to be sold even today, such

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www.onekingslane.com Bring a touch of Africa into your home with a vintage Kuba Cloth pillow from One Kings Lane. These cloths are made from woven raffia palm leaf fibers and linen and accented with shells and other cultural treasures.

www.anthropologie.com These handmade teak hanging planters, each unique from the next, are great for both indoor and outdoor use. Simply fill them with the succulent or plant of your choosing and hang them in a special place.

2. Pottery Barn Jasmine Bamboo Mirror

5. Bamboo China Collection www.saksfifthavenue.com This elegant ceramic china by Juliska features hand painted bamboo detailing that can be served from day to night. This dishwasher safe collection would be ideal for a spring to summer party in the garden.

www.potterybarn.com This classic mirror echoes sophistication and natural beauty thanks to its clean bamboo pattern.

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www.proteakstore.com Proteak Cutting Boards are built from sustainably grown teak wood and make an excellent addition to both residential and professional kitchens.

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YOUR DINING GUIDE TO WASHINGTON DC’S FINEST RESTAURANTS

1789 RESTAURANT

BISTRO FRANCAIS

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

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

With the ambiance of an elegant country inn, 1789 features classically-based American cuisine – the finest regional game, fish and produce available.

Open seven nights a week.

Jackets suggested.

Complimentary valet parking.

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

CLYDE'S OF GEORGETOWN 3236 M ST., NW 202–333–9180 clydes.com

This animated tavern, in the heart of Georgetown, popularized saloon food and practically invented Sunday brunch.

Clyde’s is the People’s Choice for bacon cheeseburgers, steaks, fresh seafood, grilled chicken salads, fresh pastas and desserts.

DAS ETHIOPIAN 1201 28TH ST., NW

202–333–4710 dasethiopian.com DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy twostory setting, with rare outside dining views and al fresco patio dining. DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the internationally renowned shopping district of Georgetown.

A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic definition of DAS. From neighborhood diners, nearby students and journalists to international visitors and performers, all enjoy the casual but refined atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

1736 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–333–0111 bistrotlepic.com Come and see for yourself why Bistrot Lepic, with its classical, regional and contemporary cuisine, has been voted best bistro in D.C. by the Zagat Guide.

And now, with its Wine Bar, you can enjoy “appeteasers,” full bar service, complimentary wine tasting every Tuesday and a new private room.

The regular menu is always available.

Open every day for lunch and dinner.

Now serving brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

Reservations suggested.

ENO WINE BAR

2810 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW 202–295–2826 enowinerooms.com Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & seasonal small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 45 wines by the glass starting at $9. The ENO Experience is perfect for a pre-theater meal or try our dessert wine & chocolate flights after.

Monthly Sunday Wine Classes & ENOversity’s with local producers Wine down Sun –Thurs from 5 pm -7 pm . Select wine on tap $5 Mon 5pm -11 pm; Tues- Thurs 5 pm - 12 am; Fri & Sat 4 pm – 1 am Sun 4 pm - 11pm

THE GRILL ROOM

CAFE BONAPARTE

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

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

We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon!

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

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Brunch Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

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

Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner.

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

MALMAISON

3401 K ST.,NW 202–817–3340 malmaisondc.com Malmaison opened in June 2013 and features elegant French dining in Washington D.C’s historic Georgetown waterfront.

Housed in a majestically refurbished industrial warehouse reminiscent of NYC’s Meatpacking District, the modern restaurant, pastry shop and event lounge features the culinary talents of legendary 2 Michelin Starred French Chef Gerard Pangaud and Pastry Chef Serge Torres (Le Cirque NYC).

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1264 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–333–7370 martinstavern.com Don't let the beer fool you, it's a compliment to your dining experience.

Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and world travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within its walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin, Jr., continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest familyowned restaurant.

Serving Brunch until 4 p .m.

7 days a week!

SEA CATCH RESTAURANT

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

The Sea Catch will be open on Sundays, serving Brunch and dinner.

Sunday Brunch 11:30 - 4:00 Sunday Dinner 5:00 - 8:00 Lunch / Monday- Saturday 11:30 - 3:00 Dinner/ Monday- Saturday 5:30 - 10:00 Happy Hour Monday- Friday 5:00 - 7:00 3 Hours FREE Parking

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

Ranked one of the most popular seafood restaurants in D.C., “this cosmopolitan” send-up of a vintage supper club that’s styled after a '40’s-era ocean liner is appointed with cherry wood and red leather booths, infused with a “clubby, old money” atmosphere. The menu showcases “intelligently” prepared fish dishes that “recall an earlier time of elegant” dining.

Lunch Mon.–Fri. 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

Dinner Mon.–Thu. 5–10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5–11 p.m., Sun. 5–9 p.m.

TOWN HALL

2340 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202-333-5640 townhalldc.com Situated just north of Georgetown on Wisconsin Ave, Town Hall has been a neighborhood mainstay in Glover Park since 2005. Whether you’re popping in for dinner, drinks, or weekend brunch, Town Hall is the spot you’ll want to call home to Gulp, Gather & Grub.

Free parking is available nightly after 7PM, and during warmer months, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

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Cocktail of the Month: The Spirit of Africa

By Jody K ura s h frica is an exotic continent with an unbridled spirit: a place full of starryeyed dreams of safari, mystifying native people, endangered animals, spectacular sunsets and thrilling sojourns across savannahs filled with breathtaking vistas.

On my first trip there, I came across a striking elixir in Kenya with a bold label that truly caught my eye. The label prominently featured a massive elephant with mammoth tusks staring at me with its ears alert. The brown bottle with a golden cord tied around it blended seamlessly into the background display, featuring images of the sun going down on a dazzling landscape, with elephants silhouetted across a sky tinged with orange and gold.

A tagline proclaimed it: “Amarula – the spirit of Africa.”

I would later see this alluring liqueur on sale throughout Africa, from the town of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe to the safari dreamland of Tanzania, from the rollicking beaches of Ghana to the colorful deserts of Namibia.

Amarula is a cream liqueur (similar to Baileys), forged from the fruit of the marula tree. In Africa, the tree is also known as the elephant tree because elephants are very fond of its fruit.

There is also an ancient African legend about the elephant and the hare. According to African.org, a hare helped an elephant during a time of drought.

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Brandy Alexander cocktail. Photo courtesy of Amarula. it in his garden and then enjoyed the wonderful fruit in times of famine. From then on, the elephant is said to be looking for his tusk as he devours the fruit from the marula tree.

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the size of a small oval plum, has a goldenyellow skin and a soft, citrus-like flavor, but with a creamy nuttiness.

Amarula liqueur is made in South Africa.

The technique is very similar to the process of making wine, for which South Africa is also known. Like grapes, the fruit is crushed with the skins. Next, the pulp is transported to Stellenbosch, South Africa’s famed winemaking town, where it is fermented, distilled and then left to age for two years in oak barrels, where the additional flavors of vanilla and spices are imparted. Finally, it’s blended with fresh dairy cream to give it its thick, velvety consistency.

The rich and creamy final product is often served on the rocks as an aperitif or afterdinner tipple. Many of the cocktails made with Amarula are thick and heavy. For a dessert-like indulgence, it is mixed with coffee or other sweet liqueurs and ice cream.

The best Amarula mixture I’ve sampled came from an outdoor restaurant along the beachfront road in Cape Town’s hip Camps Bay neighborhood, where fashionable young locals hobnob on Sundays. It was a brisk early-spring afternoon, just before sunset. I was sitting on the patio, lazily enjoying the sublime view.

My drink arrived in a classic martini glass, looking a bit like an old-time brandy Alexander.

A combination of Amarula, vodka and Cointreau, it was a pleasant pre-dinner treat.

The orange liqueur enhanced the orange flavor of the Amarula, while the vodka provided an

extra kick, preventing the drink from becoming too heavy. It was a lovely way to cap off a day of touring Africa’s celebrated southernmost coast.

There are more noble reasons to imbibe Amarula than the exotic taste. The brand is involved in many projects to help the people and wildlife of Africa. Being true to its majestic elephant mascot, the Amarula Elephant Research Program tracks elephant movement rates and ranging behavior. Amarula has also partnered with the Kenyan Wildlife Service.

Another unique community project the company sponsors is the tassel program, which helps formerly unemployed women by hiring them to make the tasseled cords that adorn every bottle of Amarula.

You don’t need to fly to Africa to sample this unique elixir. Amarula is available in many local liquor stores.

Swinging Safari 2 1/2 shots of Amarula 1 1/4 shots of Cointreau 1 shot of vodka Mix all three ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with an orange peel.

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Green Eats

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t’s easy to get bogged down in over-zealous green marketing campaigns when trying to find high-quality food that is also produced in an environmentally responsible way. Check out the following compilation of local restaurants with local, fresh and ecofriendly menus.

Big Bear Café Big Bear Café features seasonal produce and dishes, homemade sausages and house-cured fish and bacon. The iconic Bloomingdale spot, a hipster haven, is now open for dinner. The newly expanded patio is the perfect place to enjoy the warming weather. 1700 First St. NW ● 202-643-9222 ● bigbearcafe-dc.com.

Busboys and Poets Busboys and Poets is a widely popular restaurant with a cozy atmosphere for all ages.

Whether for brunch with friends or a romantic date, the menu is well stocked with sustainable food and locally cultivated organic ingredients.

Browse the bookstore’s environmental selection while you wait to be seated or after your meal. 2021 V. St. NW ● 202-387-7638 ● busboysandpoets.com

Café du Parc This authentic French bistro provides a casual dining atmosphere, complimented by its oneof-a-kind menu, enhanced with locally grown produce. The restaurant has three-star certified status from the Green Restaurant Associa-

Fresh veggies at Table restaurant at 903 N Street NW. tion.1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW ● 202-9427000 ● cafeduparc.com

Commissary Another three-star certified Green Restaurant, Commissary offers a place to sit down for a meal at any time of day, plus a bar and a coffeehouse. The P Street venue serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, along with snacks, desserts and smoothies. There’s a cozy lounge area, an outdoor café and free Wi-Fi. This local dining spot obtains its ingredients from the Eatwell Natural Farm in Maryland. 1443 P St. NW ● 202-299-0018 ● commissarydc.com

Table Boasting menus that change daily depending on the seasonal ingredients on hand, it’s no wonder that hours are spent handwriting each of Table’s menus – in pencil. Tucked away on N Street in

Charcuterie at Café du Parc.

Shaw, Table gained the honor of being one of the first restaurants in the United States to be REAL (Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership) Verified by the United States Healthful Food Council. 903 N St. NW ● 202588-5200 ● tabledc.com

The Pig As its name would imply, the Pig has a porkcentric menu. The restaurant features locally sourced food, which changes based on the availability of the freshest ingredients. The vegetables used in its dishes are grown on its farm in nearby La Plata, Maryland. In addition, the Pig uses only humanely raised animals and works to create minimal waste. 1320 14th St. NW ● 202-290-2821 ● thepigdc.com

Restaurant Nora Nora was the first restaurant in America to be certified organic. The venue uses solely organic ingredients and prides itself on farm-to-fork dining. Restaurant Nora utilizes sustainable cooking methods and offers a seasonal dinner menu. 2132 Florida Ave. NW ● 202-462-5143 ● noras.com

1789 Restaurant

An institution in Georgetown, 1789 also happens to be a great place to sample cuisine made with local and organic ingredients. The restaurant’s website features a list of local farms where it obtains its fresh ingredients. Make sure you make a reservation if you plan to dine at 1789. A jacket is required for men. 1226 36th St. NW ● 202-965-1789 ● 1789restaurant.com

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Robert Banner, president of the Great Meadow Foundation. Photo by Jai Williams.

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It is probably the most difficult of any of the equestrian sports, since it involves all three disciplines,” said Robert Banner, president of the Great Meadow Foundation, which operates the famous field events center and steeplechase course in The Plains, Virginia.

On April 3, Banner announced that, in connection with building a new arena, the foundation will bring back three-day eventing to Great Meadow.

Three-day eventing is the sport of horse trials. It presents the ultimate challenge of horsemanship because it requires horse and rider to perform three totally different activities within the same competition: dressage, cross country and show jumping.

Construction of the new arena will start July 1, so that it can be ready for Nations Cup 2016, should Great Meadow’s bid be selected.

A new acquisition of land has provided 174 acres dedi-cated to this type of competition. The new, world-class arena will be 300 feet by 250

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Rendering of Great Meadow Arena.

feet, with a warm-up arena 400 feet by 70 feet.

It will have an all-weather surface or footing, which will pre-vent competitions from being canceled due to rain.

Great Meadow’s new international-level venue will host top horses and riders from around the world. At the Olympics in London, the U.S. team failed to medal at all, their worst

performance since 1956. This venue will raise the bar by bringing the nations that won to the U.S., so that the team can train and face the competition at home. This is expected to help the U.S. reclaim its rightful position on the international medals podium.

The new competition will be called the Land Rover Great Meadow International and feature the Nation’s Cup format annually. There are plans to live-stream coverage on the internet this year. Next year, the plans are to broadcast the competition on NBC Sports.

A big spectator-based event, FEI Nations Cup is organized by Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI), the international governing body for all Olympic equestrian disciplines. It is the most prestigious competition series for national teams in the world. ”The Nations Cup has been going on for a long time for show jumping, but we have never had one for three-day eventing,” said Banner, former publisher of the Chronicle of the Horse.

Banner and the Great Meadow Foundation expect the new facility and level of competition will draw numbers similar to those for the Virginia Gold Cup races and other major events at Great Meadow.

Great Meadow will host a Concours International Combiné (CIC) 3* Event, which means the competitors do their dressage on Friday night. The show jumping takes place on Saturday night, and they run over a shortened version of the cross country course on Sunday morning.

There are VIP dining and entertainment options throughout the weekend. CIC competitors are required to qualify for the same level of CCI competition, therefore the horse/rider combinations in the CIC tend to be slightly less experienced than in the CCI. Course designer Mike Etherington-Smith, chief executive of British Eventing, the reigning Olym-pic gold medalist, has already completed renderings and layouts. The groundbreaking ceremo-nies and pep trials will be held June 19 to 21.

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A Hat for the Races

BY LINNE A K RIST IANS S O N

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Apricot pink Derby hat.

Road to the Derby

BY L IN N EA KR ISTIAN SSO N ach year, horses have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to run in the Kentucky Derby. To earn a spot at the starting gate, they must travel the “Road to the Kentucky Derby,” a 10-week series of 35 designated races at tracks across the country and around the world. A sliding scale of points is awarded to the top-four finishers in each of the 35 races, includes 16 significant events that make up the ”Kentucky Derby Championship Series.” The 20 horses with the most points will be at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. The horse to keep an eye on at this year’s Derby is named International Star, the fourth colt since 1992 to sweep the Fair Grounds series of races for three-year-olds on the 2015 Kentucky Derby trail. In capturing the Lecomte Stakes, the Risen Star Stakes and the Louisiana Derby, International Star joins an elite group of colts to win two or more of these Derby preps without a loss.

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April 11 Horsemanship Camp at Stonelea Farm For details, call 540-687-6375. 39953 New Road, Aldie, Virginia.

April 10 Concert on the Steps Middleburg Community Center presents a free concert by Gary Smallwood celebrating local artists, businesses, friends and neighbors. 300 West Washington St., Middleburg, Virginia.

April 26 The Middleburg Hunt Point-to-Point General admission to this day of steeplechase racing in Glenwood Park is $5 in advance or $10 the day of the race, plus $5 for parking. For details, call Mrs. Liam Tuohy at 540-454-2991. Foxwood Road and Glenwood Park, Middleburg.

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May 9 Twilight Polo Opening Night Gala This weekly event runs through Sept. 9. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. and the first match is at 7. After the feature match, there is dancing to a DJ in the pavilion. Throughout the evening, Greenhill Win-ery will be on site with a selection of wines available for purchase. For details, call 540-2535000. Great Meadow, 5089 Old Tavern Rd., The Plains, Virginia.

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–Ready to Marry Dear Ready: Let’s start by saying, congratulations on knowing what you want. That’s honestly a big step – as many people find themselves in your situation and assume that marriage is what they should want, but don’t give the deeper questions much thought (fast forward a few years, find themselves in a counselor’s office, and realize they never really wanted to build a marriage together in the first place). You know what you want. Boyfriend knows what you want. The rest is a little murky. Let’s look at

why that is.

Scenario #1: Boyfriend is unsure. Truly. He needs “more time.” That is understandable, but the question that needs to be asked is not “Why do you need more time?” Rather, “What are you doing with that time?” Is he soul searching? Is he talking to you about his concerns?

Is he in therapy? If “No” or “Not yet” is the answer to these questions, then you need to pay attention to how that feels.

Scenario #2: Boyfriend is sure. He has a ring. He’s got a plan in motion. You are going to be swept off your feet – lucky you.

Scenario #3: Boyfriend is sure. He does not want to marry you. He doesn’t know how to

tell you. He is waiting it out so that you get so irritated, you give him an ultimatum and force yourself into a corner.

Your mental deadline is an ultimatum of sorts. I’m not against setting a boundary like this, I just want to make sure you are comfortable with the outcome, either way. I understand that you are thinking about marrying this person, so the dissolution of this relationship may never feel “comfortable,” but that’s the only way an ultimatum works – you have to be willing to accept the consequences (NOTE: have your support network queued up and ready). If you are not ready to walk away, then don’t tell him about your deadline, instead, ask the questions from scenario #1 and see where that takes you. If you are comfortable with the possible results – pro and con – then I think waiting and seeing may be an excuse to put off the inevitable. This all starts with you, have the conversation with yourself before you bring Boyfriend into it. Good luck.

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

Get Active, Get Ready — Summer Is Coming

by Linn ea K ri st iansso n Sometimes, sessions in the gym seem long and dull. Going out for a run can be impossible on days when the weather isn’t the best and the couch temps. These newly opened fitness studios in D.C. will motivate and give you that extra push you need to shape up for summer.

If bicycling outside seems too dangerous to you, try out indoor cycling. Or why not tone your body with high intensity interval training (HIIT) and — or bodyweight exercises?

No matter your skill level, there’s something for everyone in D.C. But remember to find an exercise that you enjoy and make sure you’re having fun. The most important thing is that you get active; the best exercise is the one that actually happens.

Off Road DC: The local cycling studio Off Road DC provides a great fitness experience with a diversity of classes to make sure clients get a full body workout. Tali Wenger and Tammar Bergen opened the studio in October 2012, wanting to bring something new to D.C. Tali Wenger, main instructor and co-owner of the fitness center explains that Off Road strives to maintain a welcoming environment for their clients. ”Off Road DC provides something for everybody, with any background and every fitness level. We want to make sure our clients are safe, especially when attending our cycling classes," she says.

In addition, the Off Road DC team makes sure that beginners and veteran athletes both feel comfortable, welcome and fulfilled by HIIT (high intensity interval training), mixed cycling and running classes. ”We want clients

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exercises with many reps. ”Flywheel Sports is a perfect fit for all fitness levels and our instructors are trained to help set up beginners so the intimidation factor disappears,” DevineBaum says. ”[The] Dupont [location] is Flywheel’s thirty-third studio and with more than 60 bikes, [the location] is the largest studio today, which is very exciting for us,” Devine-Baum continues. The studio has showers, lockers, changing rooms in addition to a blow dry bar with spa equipment. Seat cushions and shoes are complimentary at every Flywheel Sports studio.

Flywheel Sports studio is located on 1927 Florida Ave NW. Flywheel studio with stadium-style seating

to feel they can take any class and at their own pace.” Wenger explains.

Every class is different and instructors are given the freedom to express themselves in both music and teaching style. Off Road DC also has a wide range of offerings tailored to every person’s fitness goals. At the studio you can train indoor cycling, TRX, boxing, bootcamp and mixed classes. The mixed classes combine both cycling, running and core.

The first Thursday of every month, Off Road DC partner up with the 9:30 Club for a special spinning class. Tali Wenger encourage beginners to join the free intro class on Saturdays at 11:15 a.m. to walk through the bikes and get a 30-minute workout. ”The first step for anyone is coming in the door,” Wenger says.

Off Road DC is located on 905 U St. NW Washington, D.C.

SoulCycle: Flywheel Sports: The popular indoor cycling studio Flywheel Sports recently opened a new studio in Dupont. ”Flywheel is the ultimate, revolutionary cycling experience”, says Danielle Devine-Baum, master instructor and creative director for the northeast region.

Flywheel is a full body training combined with an arm sequence at the end of every class.

The Torqboards on the bikes allow riders to view and keep track of their rate per minute (RPM), power and torque. The results are uploaded to patrons’ accounts online and on the Flywheel app after every class. In addition, you can see calories burned and how mileage biked in the app and online.

If you’re not into indoor cycling, you can try out FlyBarre classes. FlyBarre helps tone and work up long, lean muscles. The classes focus on lightweight leg, arm and abdominal

The trendy spin studio SoulCycle will take over a former Georgetown restaurant and hookah bar later this year. The company has been growing in and around D.C. over the past few months, most recently opening locations in the West End in 2014 and Bethesda earlier this year.

Two new locations are in the works for the Washington area this year, according to SoulCycle, and the company has signed a lease for 1024 Wisconsin Ave. NW, where the poorly regarded Prince Cafe closed last fall..

SoulCycle’s classes combine spinning on stationary bikes with upper-body workouts. The new location will include a SoulCycle lifestyle boutique.

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visual art

'Conversations' at the Museum of African Art

By Ar i p os t

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s titles go, “Conversations” is a perfect distillation of the sprawling body of work now on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art. To celebrate its unique history, the museum has mounted “Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue” as part of its 50th anniversary.

The exhibition, on view through Jan. 24, 2016, brings together pieces from the museum’s collection with others from the landmark African American art collection of Camille and Bill Cosby.

And, yes, it is that Bill Cosby. It would be foolish to ignore the inevitable wave of vitriol that his name now conjures, and which will very likely haunt him for the remainder of his life. However, it is just as irrelevant and naïve to condemn a successful and moving museum exhibition to admonish a television celebrity who owns some of the artwork on loan. So, as regrettable as it is to begin this way, let us clear the air in order to move on.

First, it takes a very long time to mount Gerard Sekoto, "Boy and the Candle," 1943. National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. a museum exhibition. By the time the allegations against Cosby were brought forth last year, this show was, for all purposes, mounted, with the heritage of their forebears. funded and finished.

But there are less direct conversations within Second, we must make a distinction between the exhibition as well, in many cases presenting art and current affairs, which includes forgoing fascinating challenges to oversimplified prewho the owner of a painting is at a given point sumptions. Take, for instance, an untitled pastel in time. As an enormously unfair (but bluntly drawing by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), effective) example, the Vermeer painting, “The the prodigal New York graffiti artist. This is a Astronomer,” today under the stewardship of quintessential Basquiat drawing, a gritty, visthe Louvre, was once among the prized possesceral scribble. Its broken, aggressive lines and sions of Adolf Hitler. dented circles seem to come together through The point is that, by and large, art has some act of cyclonic magnetism, forming a the capacity to move through time, blissfully proto-grunge voodoo doll of a human figure on eluding social and political tangles. We can the mutilated surface of the paper. stand before an Aegean fresco from the 15th Beside this drawing is a neat colonial century B.C. and subject it to the same terms portrait of a white American woman and her as Jeff Koons's flowery “Puppy” sculpture in daughter in white lace. The biracial artist, Bilbao.

Joshua Johnson (1763-1824), a portraitist of So let's talk about this exhibition, which is prominent Marylanders, is often viewed as exceptional. “Conversations” offers virtually the first person of color to make a living as a endless connections and perspectives into the painter in the United States. ways that artists have explored complex ideas The exhibition is too smart and too thoughtabout the social, political and aesthetic roles of ful for this pairing to be coincidental. Both art in African and African American contexts.

Basquiat and Johnson were near-isolated To this end, nearly every work in the exhibiminorities who single-handedly cracked the tion is shown alongside a related counter-work, code of the white-controlled mainstream art offering a clear and real juxtaposition of similar culture, shifting the vantage point in both or divergent ideas. “Benin Head,” a painting by periods.

American artist David Driskell (b. 1931), hangs Masterworks abound in the exhibition, from beside a commemorative Nigerian portrait“Nexus” by Martin Puryear (b. 1941), a beauticarving from the 18th century made in the court fully crafted, evocatively minimal ring-shaped style of the Kingdom of Benin. Here, the consculpture made from bent saplings of lamitours and planes of the carved head illuminate nated wood, to “The Thankful Poor” by Henry the clear influence upon Driskell of the African Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), a delicately hazy, work of that period. brilliantly atmospheric oil painting of a black A nearly identical – if less direct – line boy and his grandfather praying at the breakfast can be traced in the thematic section titled The table.

Human Presence between male and female There is also a myriad of unclaimed gems figures carved in wood by a mid-20th-century that skate the border of art and historic treaSenufo artist from Côte d'Ivoire and a marble sure, such as an Orthodox-style Ethiopian icon sculpture by African American artist Elizabeth – sharply juxtaposed beside Tanner's painting Catlett (1915-2012), “The Family,” depicting – and a collection of musical sculptures and a man and a woman raveled in an embrace. carved drums from Ghana and the Democratic Works like these are marked by their aesthetic Republic of the Congo. The latter forms the relationships: bound by style, subject and a concenterpiece of the unmissable “music” gallery. scious effort by contemporary artists to unite This facilitation of contextual connections

Henry Ossawa Tanner, "The Thankful Poor,"1894. Collection of Camille O. and William H. Cosby Jr.

is something too often lacking (or otherwise poorly executed) in a museum experience. The National Museum of African Art has mounted a terrific exhibition, which fills the deep and seemingly unresolvable gaps between

the devastating estrangement of African and African American heritage.

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PERFORMANCE

A Frank Conversation with Years & Years Frontman Olly Alexander

BY PETER M U R R AY

personal experience or is that just how you think pop music should be?

That comes from experience, you know.

I just have had a lot of dysfunctional relationships, Peter. I’ve really gone from one to another to another. I’ve been stuck in a cycle of being addicted to rejection in some fucked up way and always choosing someone who is going to reject me. But, I’m in a less dysfunctional relationship now. I’d say it’s relatively functional.

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Q: In “Memo”, you sing and write from a gay perspective about romance and heartbreak between two men.

I’m definitely writing from that perspective. There’s a choice when you write a song with how you talk about someone else. I watched Joni Mitchell do this interview where she said songwriting became easier when she started writing about “you and me.”

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Q: I would think that writing and singing about some other experience that isn’t your own would be hard.

Yeah, that would suck. I wouldn’t know how to do it.

Q: So are you going to pull a Sam Smith and have a big interview to Olly Alexander, lead singer of ‘Years & Years’ performing at U come out, or will you just let people Street Music Hall on Sunday, March 29th. Photo by Erin Schaff. listen to your songs to figure it out? ears & Years are rising fast in the This has only been a thing recently. I’ve done pop world, with a slew of hits and a few interviews and been like “I’m gay and the BBC’s coveted “Sound of 2015” I’m singing about my boyfriends.” I guess for a poll under their belts. (Previous lot of people you need to say something before “Sound of” winners include Sam Smith, Haim they’re really accepting of it. and Ellie Goulding.) The band’s newfound fame owes much to Olly Alexander, Years & Years’ Q: Do you think you being gay might disapcharismatic if a little too youthful frontman, point the female fans fawning over you? who croons over bandmates Mikey GoldsworThere are a lot of gay artists with a lot of young thy and Emre Turkmen’s synthpop productions female fans who love them just as much after with emotive force and intensely intimate lyrics. they’ve come out.

The band played a raucous show full of dancing, sing-a-longs and, of course, Alexander’s stirring Q: You guys have swag. What influences your vocals at U Street Music Hall on March 29. style?

The Downtowner had a chance to catch up with Emre doesn’t care about what he wears; we Alexander backstage after the show to discuss have to dress him. Mikey is into dapper clothhis childhood, dysfunctional relationships and ing and printed button-up shirts and like Alexwhat it’s like to be a gay musician in the postander McQueen and fashion label stuff. I dress Sam Smith era. like I’m a teenager in the 90s or like a 90s west coast hip-hop rapper or something. We are each Q: When did you start singing? Were you our own individual Spice Girl. into it as a kid?

Olly Alexander: My mom says I was always Q: [Laughs] You’re like retro Sporty Spice singing as a toddler. Just talking and screaming and Mikey is like Posh? with this horrible voice she said. Then, as a teenYeah, exactly. Mikey is absolutely posh. ager I always wanted to be a singer.

Q: So what’s Emre?

Q: The story goes that Mikey heard you I don’t know what he is. Emre is more like Scary singing in the shower when you’d both slept [Spice]. over at a mutual friend’s after a party and then asked you to join the band. Was that all Years & Years’ debut album “Communion” set up by you to get into the band? comes out on June 22 on Polydor Records.

[Laughs] Yeah, it was like my audition. If you’re looking to make it into a band and maybe someone in it stayed overnight, I’d recommend doing that.

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Ryo Yanagitani: Multifaceted Ambassador

By G ary T ischl er

“Exhilarating … thrillingly exposing Man Ray’s artistic process.” FORBES

Ryo Yanagitani performing at Evermay Estate’s Overtures concert series. Courtesy of S&R Foundation.

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art of the job description for the S&R Foundation’s Artist-in-Residence is to be a multifaceted ambassador to the Washington cultural world, explaining, performing, presenting and representing the goals and results of the foundation.

Grounded in its purchases in Georgetown of Halcyon House and the Evermay estate, S&R “works with its partners to encourage social, scientific and artistic innovation, and to promote cultural and personal development.”

The young Canadian pianist Ryo Yanagitani is just about the best kind of ambassador any organization or institution could have. Affable, enthusiastic, articulate and brimming with enthusiasms and energy, Yanagitani is the foundation’s first resident artist, and he’s still here, teaching, playing, bringing his considerable gifts to the community at large.

“I thought at first it was supposed to be a oneyear thing, which artist-in-residence stints often are,” he said. “Well, I’m now heading into my third residency, and it’s been an amazing experience.”

According to Kuno, the S&R Foundation’s Artist-in-Residence program “is meant to not only give selected emerging artists a home and place of inspiration, but also to provide a platform for collaboration among young musicians from around the world.”

Listening to Yanagitani, you get a sense of both his background and his heritage. He’s 36, looks at least a decade younger and combines an electric curiosity with a clean, friendly formality and charm. “I’m glad to be continuing the residency,” he said. “It gives me a chance to explore myself as an artist, a pianist, a professional and a human being,” he said.

His parents emigrated from Japan to Canada, specifically Vancouver, that far-west city that seems to a visitor a 21st-century, self-consciously livable city.

Yanagitini has a master of music degree from the Yale School of Music, where he studied under Boris Berman, and has completed the residency portion of his doctor of musical arts degree. He has recorded (an album of Chopin), he’s a member of the Music à la Mode new-music ensemble in New York and collaborates with cellist Jacques Lee Wood.

His collaborative and outreach work has included master classes for piano students at Duke

Ellington School for the Arts.

Yanagitani is a key part of S&R Spring Overture Concert Series. On April 15, the concert series continues with S&R Washington Award grandprize winner Tamaki Kawakubo, conductor and double bassist Nabil Shehata and the Evermay Chamber Orchestra presenting an evening of Tchaikovsky, Barrière and Vivaldi, including the classic “Four Seasons.”

Yanagitani will perform cabaret and musicaltheater selections with mezzo-soprano Annie Rosen on April 24; works for flute and piano with flutist Lorna McGhee, who will play some of the Library of Congress’s rare instruments, on May 1; and works for violin and piano with violinist Sayaka Shoji on May 12. On May 16, he will close out the spring season with a solo recital of works

by Rachmaninoff.

In addition, sister and brother Melissa Margulis, violin, and Jura Margulis, piano, will perform on April 21 and the Mark Meadows Jazz Quartet on May 8.

Since its inception, the series – staged in the intimate and graceful salon at Evermay –has become increasingly diverse and ambitious in its programming.

“Music is changing,” Yanagitani said. “It’s a complicated world, and you have to be aware of what you can do in making a career out of music, how to explore your gifts while making a living in performance. It’s a little like walking on eggshells.”

He loves being in Washington, and in Georgetown, although he lives with friends in Bethesda.

“It’s such a diverse area, so many things going on, and I think there is an audience that’s out there that’s really appreciative. In the setting at Evermay, the connection to the music becomes both intimate and visceral. You can talk about the music a little. But you haves to spread your wings,” he said. “I’ve even explored a little tango music, and lately, I’ve discovered American musicals: ‘Wicked’ and ‘Miss Saigon,’ for instance.

“I happen to love the romantic and classic period of the 19th century,” Yanagitani will tell you. “But one of the things about making music your life is you have to, and should, broaden your interests. I’ve played piano since I was a child, practically, and to me, it’s always been an intimate, intense experience to play, to learn, to live that life.”

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N Street Village: the Life You Save Might Be Your Own

By Rob e rt devaney The city’s largest women’s homeless shelter held its powerhouse annual gala, chaired by Jill and Nathan Daschle, March 24 at the Ritz-Carlton, raising more than $800,000 and bringing together Washington’s political women and neighborhood women. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi presented the Founder’s Award to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Nicole Boxer, who directed “How I Got Over,” a documentary about 15 women at N Street Village. White House advisor Valerie Jarrett presented the Steinbruck Award to three women who turned their lives around: Rachel Panay, Pertrina Thomas and Dorothy Young.

For the Education of Afghan Women

Ph otos b y N esh an H . N altchayan On March 24, the City Club of Washington and Christine Warnke hosted the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women celebrating International Women’s Month and honoring people and organizations that empower women through education and leadership training. Since 2002, the Initiative has partnered with U.S. colleges to provide undergraduate degrees and leadership training to 67 Afghan women who now hold leadership roles in the economic and social development of their homeland.

Pamela Raymont-Simpson, Christian Wistehuff, executive Nan Ellen Nelson and Lindsey Mask of the director of the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women, and Molly host committee.

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Senator Barbara Boxer, N Street Village Executive Director Schroeder Stribling and Nicole Boxer.

Celebrating Art and Design in D.C.

Tyler Jeffrey of Beasley Real Estate, the Art Registry, Bozzuto, Havenly and Bitches Who Brunch got together March 18 at the Penthouse at the District on S Street, along with art by Dominique Fierro and Maggie O’Neill, and celebrated art and design in D.C. and springtime.

James Staton, Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Jacqueline Hall and N Street Village board member Michael Nassy.

Amanda Hoey, Cori Sue Morris and Annie Johnson.

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Artist Maggie O’Neil and Jill Pearlman of the Art Registry.

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Held at the Washington Convention Center March 28, Leukemia Ball was set to raise at least $3.1 million for the fight against leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma. Along with emcees Lindsay Czarniak and her husband Craig Melvin, comedian Howie Mandel and musician Michael Cavanaugh entertained 2,000 attendees, who enjoyed dinner, a silent auction and the Mercedes-Benz raffle -- all to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, National Capital Area Chapter.

By M ary Bird It was an interesting first try as the Helen Hayes Awards divided honors depending on the ratio of actors in a production working under an Actors’ Equity contact and raced through the presentations at the Lincoln Theatre on Apr. 6. Awardees accommodated to the 30 second acceptance deadline with aplomb. The downside, saved by wonderful late arriving spring weather, was an endless wait for the Howard Theatre to open its doors for the after party. Troopers that the theatre goers are, there was nary a complaint before a stampede to the bars and dance floor.

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Partners for the Arts Celebrates at Twin Oaks

By M ary Bird P hoto S b y N e s h a n N A LT C HAYAN On March 18, Taipei’s Economic and Cultural Representative to the United States, Ambassador Lyushun Shen and his wife Christine Shen hosted Partners for the Arts’ anniversary celebration at their elegant residence Twin Oaks in Cleveland Park. The non-profit founded by Leilane Mehler promotes the careers of emerging opera singers not under management through a variety of outreach activities. The evening gave the artists a platform to let their award-winning voices be heard.

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APRIL 10 National Women in the Arts Spring Gala This year’s gala celebrates “Picturing Mary, Woman, Mother, Idea.” The exhibit features works from the Vatican, Uffizi, Louvre and other great collections. Proceeds support the museum’s exhibitions and educational programs. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Contact Emily McHugh at 202 266-2815 or emchugh@nmwa. org.

APRIL 11 “The Magic of Montmartre” The gala benefits The Washington Home & Community Hospices’ health care and end-oflife services for area residents. The Embassy of France. Contact Fatima Orozco at 202 895-0160 Christine Shen, Partners for the Arts President Leilane Grimaldi Mehler and Ambassador Lyushin Shen.

Baritone Johnathan McCullough, a finalist in Vocal Competition 2013; soprano Jennifer Cherest, the first prizewinner in Vocal Competition 2014; soprano Emily Casey, the second prizewinner in Vocal Competition 2014; and baritone Andrew Pardini, a finalist in Vocal Competition 2014, were the stars of the night; Joy Schreier accompanied them.

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By M ary Bird P hoto s b y Alf r e d o Fl o r e s A gala Moroccan dinner at the Washington Ritz-Carlton highlighted International Women’s Day on March 8. The evening was produced by Loubna Ennadir, president of Event Management Solutions and Caftan du Morocco. Moroccan drummers, dancers and entertainers delighted guests before a seated dinner and stunning runway presentation of elegant Moroccan caftans. Numerous ambassadors, including honorary host Mohammed Rachad Bouhlal of Morocco and those of Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon and the Central African Republic, were among the several hundred guests.

APRIL 15 March of Dime Gourmet Gala Members of Congress and their spouses serve samplings of favorite recipes as local chefs judge the cook-off to support the March of Dimes. National Building Museum. Contact Michele Murphy-Hedrick at 571 257-2303 or mmurphyhedrick@marchofdimes.com.

APRIL 17 Corcoran Women’s Committee 2015 Corcoran Ball The Corcoran Ball is the major fundraising event of the Corcoran Women’s Committee.

Proceeds will be used to establish the Corcoran Women’s Committee Scholarship Endowment Fund to assist students attending the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design and to elevate the status of arts education in Washington, DC. The George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum, 701 21st Street, NW. Contact Molly Rolandi villavespa@aol.com) or Saree Pitt (sareepitt@gmail.com).

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Ambassador of Moroccan Mohammed Rachad Bouhlal, honorary event host, and Ambassador of the Central African Republic Stanislas Moussa-Kembe.

Jan Du Plain of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Center and Jennane Houda.

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Aamir Sakem and Anika Shah.

Sanoia Abouzaid and Hanae Dahmani.

The seventh annual D.C. Capital Stars at the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center April 1 brought in more than $1.1 million to support its services, including high school and college counseling college scholarships. Yousef Al Otaiba, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States, was the presenting sponsor of the event. First prize winner was dancer Jiamond Watson, 17, a junior attending Duke Ellington School of the Arts: he won the $10,000 scholarship grand prize. Donald Graham, D.C.-CAP founder and former board chair, was given a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mayor Muriel Bowser, Donald Graham and D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson get together at the after party. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan

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May 1 The Swan Ball

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

MAY 2 Fashion for Paws 9th Annual Runway Show The Fashion for Paws® Runway Show is a nationally acclaimed one-of-a-kind luxury brand event to benefit the Washington Humane Society.

Fundraising models agree to raise a minimum of $3,000 in just twelve weeks leading up to the event by participating in a friendly fundraising competition. Grand Hyatt Washington. RSVP@ washhumane.org.

MAY 3 Kennedy Center Spring Gala The annual gala supports the Kennedy Center’s performances, education programs and outreach initiatives. Following dinner and performance, the evening concludes with a ‘Til Midnight party on the Roof Terrace. Kennedy Center. Contact springgala@kennedy-center.org.

MAY 13 Georgetown Village Gala The Georgetown Village will be hosting its Annual Fundraising Party, 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 13.. Guests will enjoy cocktails at sunset from the rooftop at Washington Harbor with sweeping panoramic views of the Potomac River. The address is 3000 K Street, NW. The gala benefits the Georgetown Village, neighbors helping neighbors to age at home comfortably, securely and engaged in their community. Contact Lynn Golub-Rofrano at 202-999-8988.

Choral Society’s Masked Ball On Saturday, March 28, D.C. arts supporters came together to celebrate the Cathedral Choral Society and its mission of inspiring the community through the joy of choral singing with a masked gala at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel.

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