Georgetowner's May 7, 2014 Issue

VOLUME 60 NUMBER 15

MAY 7 – MAY 20, 2014

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Editorial/Opinion

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Gold Cup

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Georgetown Garden Tour

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John “Jack” DeGioia, president of Georgetown University, with his wife Theresa DeGioia in the president’s office on the second floor of historic Healy Hall on the main campus.

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UP & COMING MAY 9

A Night of True Stories SpeakeasyDC, Washington’s original true story-telling group, is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week by giving educators the spotlight. A cast of eight educators and students will tell their poignant, comical and sometimes harrowing tales from inside and outside the classroom. Admission is $25 ($10 for K-12 students). Tickets for the event and a reception are $100. For details, visit atlasarts.org. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., NE.

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MAY 10

Men Against Breast Cancer’s Celebrating All Women Men Against Breast Cancer holds its second annual Pink & Blue Mother’s Day Pampering the Women We Love event. Tickets are $15, which includes a Medspa Gift Card ($50 value) and one raffle ticket. For details, call 202-495-8515, email brian@menagainstbreastcancer.org or visit eventbrite. com. L2 Lounge, 3315 Cady’s Alley, NW. Songs and Film of the Mexican Revolution Eugenia León sings songs from the Mexican Revolution as part of a multimedia presentation combining music

by Silvestre Revueltas with murals, paintings and photographs. The second half of this PostClassical Ensemble

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program is a screening of Mexican film masterpiece “Redes” (1936) with Revueltas’ searing score performed live by a 50-piece orchestra conducted by Angel Gil-Ordoñez and WBJC’s Jonathan Palevsky as narrator. Tickets are $10-35. For details, visit postclassical.com.

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MAY 11

Masterworks of Five Centuries Concert The final concert of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society’s 37th season is a rare opportunity to hear a consort of four of America’s leading gambists playing on antique instruments from the Caldwell Collection of Viols.

Tickets are $28. For details, visit smithsonianassociates.org. Smithsonian Castle, 1000 Jefferson Dr., SW.

MAY 16

Bike to Work Day The Georgetown Waterfront Park will again be the site of one of the Bike to Work Day pit stops. There will be a second Georgetown pit stop this year at Meigs Park (intersection of M Street, Pennsylvania Avenue and 28th Street).

Also new in 2014, the Georgetown BID and Malmaison will host a Bike from Work Day Happy Hour at Malmaison, 3401 K St., NW. All registrants will be entered in a drawing to win a free bike and the first 14,000 people who register will also receive a free T-shirt. For details, email events@georgetowndc.com or visit www.biketoworkmetrodc.org.

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First Mercy 5K Race for Education The Mercy Center Foundation USA, Georgetown Running Company and Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School are sponsoring the first annual Mercy 5K race for Sister Rose Wangui, a distinguished member of the Sisters of Georgetown Visitation and CNN’s Hero of the Year nominee in 2014. All will help Sr. Rose reach her goal to build a secondary school for girls in the Rift Valley of Kenya. For details, visit www.mercyproject.org. Fletcher’s Cove, 4940 Canal Rd.

MAY 19

Roast to Honor Gwen Ifill Gwen Ifill, host of PBS’ NewsHour and Washington Week, will be honored with the Excellence in Journalism Award at the American News Women’s Club Annual Roast.

For details, visit vwww.anwc.org/galaregistration. National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW.

MAY 21

Art of Ancient Egypt Talk by Alexander Nagel, curator of the Freer exhibition “The Nile and Ancient Egypt.”

From the New Kingdom (ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.) onward, Egyptian artisans used glass to fashion small objects such as jewelry, amulets, and miniatures.

Tickets are $25. For details, visit smithsonianassociates.org. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr., SW.

MAY 22

Cultural Leadership Breakfast: Jenny Bilfield The Georgetown Media Group’s next Cultural Leadership Breakfast will feature Jenny Bilfield, President & CEO of Washington Performing Arts. Tickets are $20 ($15 for George Town Club members). To RSVP by May 16, email Richard@Georgetowner.com or call 202-338-4833. George Town Club, 1530 Wisconsin Ave., NW.

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Photography Workshop at Oatlands Photographer Wayne Wolfersberger leads an outdoor morning photographic workshop at Oatlands Historic House & Garden. Bring your camera, lens and tripod (if you have one) for four hours of shooting. The workshop will cover composition, aperture for depth of field and other camera settings. Tickets are $50 ($42 for Friends of Oatlands members). For details, visit www.oatlands.org. 20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane, Leesburg, Virg.

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NEWS Kitty Kelley’s Next Book Will Be on Georgetown Look out, Georgetowners, famed and feared biographer Kitty Kelley – who has written about Jackie O, Sinatra, Oprah and the Bush family and lives in Georgetown – will be writing her next book on her own town. She first told her neighbor and writer Carol Joynt that she intends to get the scoop on the “verve and dynamic of the loveliest 12 square blocks in Washington.” Kelley told Joynt of the Washingtonian magazine that she will give her book proceeds “back to Georgetown.” Some of you out there can expect a phone call or email soon from the author.

ANC’s Peter Prindiville Saluted Advisory neighborhood commissioner Peter Prindiville resigned from the ANC because he is graduating Georgetown University and leaving town. Prindiville called the ANC “unsung heroes” in a usually thankless job. He said he found the ANC’s “cordial attitude refreshing,” especially “in Washington of all places.” For Prindiville, the ANC is an “epitome of what good democracy is.” Congratulations, Peter. Job very well done. Thank you for the your service.

The single-member district 5 in ANC 2E is now vacant. Contact the D.C. Board of Election, if you are interested in filling the position.

Trash Containers Will Get Picked Up

Wife Killer Albrecht Muth Gets 50Years

William Howland, director of the Department of Public Works functions, told those at the April 28 advisory neighborhood commission meeting that marked containers for pick-up would be collected within a couple of weeks.

He said DPW would focus on Georgetown and Capitol Hill, two neighborhoods where many of the new containers are unwanted. Residents expressed frustration with the unsightly clutter of various containers along the sidewalks.

Howland said that residents could turn the containers upside down to indicate pick-up or spray paint them “Take me,” if the DPW stickers were missing.

Albrecht Gero Muth, convicted Jan. 16 of killing his 91-year-old wife Viola Herms Drath in August 2011 in their Q Street home in Georgetown, was given a 50-year prison sentence by Judge Russell F. Canan of D.C. Superior Court April 30. The prosecutors were seeking a life sentence.

Canan said he found the evidence against Muth “overwhelming” and scoffed at his hunger strikes in the hospital, where Muth remained during the trial and the sentencing and participated via videoconference.

Muth’s lawyer Dana Page spoke on his behalf, reading a statement that claimed Muth was innocent and that his wife was killed by Iranian agents.

Drath was found dead in the third-floor bathroom of her home on Q Street on Aug. 12, 2011, after being strangled and beaten.

Medical examiners determined Drath’s death to be a homicide – and not a result of falling, as Muth first contended. There had been no forced entry into the house. He was arrested a few days later on P Street, after being locked out of the house and wandering around the neighborhood and sleeping in nearby Montrose Park.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Saturday, May 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Georgetown Garden Tour. Christ Church, 31st and O Sts., NW, will serve as headquarters for the tour.

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Concerts in the Parks, “Keepin’ it Green,” Volta Park (34th and Volta). Singer-songwriter Rebecca McCabe teams up with Human Country Jukebox. Also expect the kids on stage.

Wednesday, May 21, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Tudor Place Annual Spring Garden Party, Tudor Place, 1644 31st St., NW. An annual fundraiser everyone enjoys.

Thursday, May 29, 7 p.m.

CAG Annual Awards and Elections, Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St., NW. Mayor Vincent Gray and Councilman Jack Evans will join the members of the Citizens Association of Georgetown for this annual meeting.

Saturday, May 31, 7 p.m.

S&R Foundation Washington Awards Gala, 3400 Prospect St., NW. Be part of the grand unveiling of Halcyon House, new headquarters of the S&R Foundation and future home of the Halcyon Incubator, for an elegant, fun-filled evening, with dinner conceived by CityZen chef Eric Ziebold.

Thursday, May 15, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Trees for Georgetown 25th Anniversary Celebration at the home of Susan and Mike Pillsbury.

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Thursday, May 15, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Fred J. Maroon opening reception at Artist’s Proof Gallery, 3323 Cady’s Alley, NW.

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Starting May 1, 2014, all DC residents who need to renew or request a duplicate driver license or ID card must do so in-person at a DC DMV Service Center. The requirements have changed to comply with Federal security standards.

However, your existing DC credential will remain valid until its expiration date and will still be accepted to enter federal buildings and board airplanes.

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Roosters, a men’s grooming center at the new retail space next to Safeway on Wisconsin Avenue, held its grand opening May 1. Among those attending was councilman Jack Evans shown here at right with proprietor John Santanella. Offering hair cuts, shaves and more, Roosters is at 1815 Wisconsin Ave., NW.

I-Thai, a new Southeast Asian Restaurant and Sushi Bar, at 3003 M St., NW, celebrated its recent opening with a grand-opening party April 29. Along with the party-goers were i-Thai owner Debbie Ratanaprasith and Damon Banks of Damon M. Banks Freelance Writing and Consulting.

IN: Dog Tag Bakery, a non-profit bakery that employs veterans, cut the ribbon May 4 at 3206 Grace St., NW. Here’s how the non-profit business describes itself: “The bakery will feature an assortment of baked breads from Father Curry’s book, ‘The Secret’s of Jesuit Bread Making,’ as well as specialty, seasonal and holiday items. The bakery will also offer light fare for breakfast and lunch and a full-service coffee and beverage bar. Dog Tag Bakery will also produce homemade dog biscuits for our canine

customers. The bakery will be a self-sustaining vehicle for supporting and funding our veteran’s program. Our building will be fully ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant and will provide classroom and meeting space.

Our intent is to provide the critical business and life skills in the classroom that our staff can then learn experimentally through their internship at the bakery.”

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Co-founders Connie Milstein and Rev. Rick Curry, S.J., at Dog Tag Bakery Ribbon Cutting May 6 on Grace Street.

IN: Yamanair Creative, calling itself the first “anti-ad agency” in the U.S., threw a grandopening party April 30 at its Georgetown headquarters on 31st Street, which featured a live performance of “the Star-Spangled Banner” by the a cappella singers of The District, which brought the crowd of 100 to tears. Guests included diplomats, such as Arif Yeter of the Turkish Embassy, Chris Broullire, D.C. chapter president for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and CBS vice president Scott Herman, along with Georgetown business owners and friends.

IN: Manuel Cabellos, formerly of his own salon at 1231 34 St., NW, is now at Mon Salon, 1620 Wisconsin Ave., NW. OUT: Marvelous Market at Wisconsin Avenue and P Street, NW, has closed. The property is still owned by the Neams brothers, who ran Neams Market for decades and are patient to find the right tenant and business for this prime location with parking spaces.

COMING SOON Kimberly Robinson will be opening a new bakery at 1826 Wisconsin Ave., NW, called Makin’ Whoopie! – as in whoopie pies. The space formerly housed the Homemade Pizza Co. COMING IN SEPTEMBER Women’s clothing boutique Alice and Olivia has signed a 10-year lease to make its midAtlantic debut at 3303 M St., NW, EastBanc, Inc., announced April 28. The 2,400 square-foot retail space on M Street has been vacant since Qdoba Mexican Grill closed its doors in January.

The high-end apparel company is slated to open in September. According to EastBanc, Inc., the lease begins immediately and Alice and Olivia will start renovations right away.

Bike-to-Work Day is May 16.

Check out www.biketoworkmetrodc.org.

Online Retailer Models the D.C. Woman

BY C ORRIE DYK E Fashion duo Alvaro Roche and Elsa Arcila have deep roots in the industry, but it wasn’t until they found each other in D.C. that their brand Aroche was born.

“We love D.C. because it has all this international influence,” Roche said.

Created after years of Roche’s work around the globe – which included six years with Italian designer Gionfranco Ferré and the co-founding of children’s clothing line EPK, now sold all over Latin America – Aroche is the product of a perfect pair. Roche and Arcila shared a passion for creating a brand that was simple, sophisticated and, most importantly, practical.

“Understated and getting it done; like the DC woman,” is how someone described Aroche in a tweet. And Roche agreed.

“We’re trying to create something welldesigned, understated, minimalist, but at the same time a little sexy,” Roche said. “Getting it done and practical.”

Combining their international experiences, Roche and Arcila have seen the industry shift in a huge way. When the two began working on the brand in late 2012, they first started talking about the industry’s move in the direction of online sales. They have watched major design brands rethink flagship stores and open fewer, larger stores.

“The online presence is bigger and that’s what is important,” Roche said.

After splitting his time among Europe, Latin America and China, Roche was looking for

something more manageable and personable.

Coming from a time when fashion was brick and mortar only, Roche is having fun with his new online venture.

Arcila lived in Venezuela before attending school in Los Angeles at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, where she studied marketing and brought her knowledge to Roche’s vision of starting a brand from scratch.

“We always say ‘enjoy the process,’” Aroche said. A year and a half of detailed work later, Aroche’s debut spring collection featured three styles of nylon bags and three pairs of flats. The bags can be monogrammed and the fall collection is expected to include even more items. Find more at Aroche.us.

Aroche partners Alvaro Roche and Elsa Arcila.

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Georgetown University’s Unique Place Here in the oldest neighborhood of Washington, D.C., we have the oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in the United States. Georgetown University is a presence for us beyond our own benefits of wisdom.

To reach its place today, its early leaders had to move past religious persecution in the American colonies, and the school grew along with the new American Republic.

The university’s first student, William Gaston of North Carolina, went on to represent his state in Congress and also assured that the bill to give his college the power to grant degrees was signed by President James Madison.

In 1861, students left the college for the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln visited the campus, which housed Federal troops. The school colors become blue and gray in 1876 to symbolize the reunion of North and South.

It was in the late 1870s that Georgetown University’s iconic Healy Hall was constructed (it took a while to finish and put a stronger footing, ready for the 20th century).

Its 48th president, John DeGioia, the first layman to lead it, will be its longest-serving one by August. Beginning as a student here, he has 39 years of an “enduring connection.”

“The characteristic spirit of Georgetown is that it’s a place that expects you bring out the best of those around you” -- and thus in yourself as well, he told us during an interview for the cover story. We know he meant the university. We also think he was talking about our neighborhood.

Jack Evans Report

Vibrancy: A Winning Investment

BY JACK EVANS

Letter to the Editor

I have really enjoyed watching the Wizards play basketball this season. Nothing brings a city together like a winning sports team.

As I write this column, the Wizards have already beaten the Bulls in the first round and are moving on to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the first time since the 2004 season.

Anyone who visits the Gallery Place area is struck by the vibrancy of the neighborhood. There are museums, restaurants, retail offerings and residences – not to mention sports and concerts.

One might think the neighborhood has always looked this way, but those of us who were here 20 years ago know that was not the case. And the change didn’t happen by accident.

In the mid-1990s, the District was in the midst of a financial crisis. Many of our neighborhoods were in bad shape, and residents were moving out of the city in droves.

Fortunately, a small group of District leaders and I put together an incentive package to jump-start the development of the neighborhood around what was then called the MCI Center.

In light of its success, it is hard to imagine how much opposition we faced on those deals back then. The Verizon Center, convention center and baseball stadium projects were all passed by the Council with 7-6 votes.

I recently read a Washington Post article from 1997 that quoted a university professor questioning the long-term viability of these types of projects and saying that the moves back downtown were a “fad.” Can you believe that?

It’s a good thing somebody wrote quotes like that down, because you can’t find anyone in the city who will admit to ever being opposed to these projects.

The Verizon Center – with a capacity of more than 20,000 – now hosts about 220 events per year, adding to the entertainment and cultural life found in our city and supporting local businesses like Clyde’s (along with dramatically increasing property values and tax revenue).

As I always say to my colleagues on the Council and my friends in the public-interest realm, making long-term investments of this kind is what allows us to have money for years to come to invest in other critical items, like affordable housing and our school system. We could easily have suffered the fate of Detroit during the imposition of a financial control board, but we have bounced back and taken a different trajectory.

Because of my long-term view, I am advocating an increase from $3 million to $10 million in our supplemental payment to Destination DC each year. Studies routinely show that each additional dollar we spend to attract visitors is paid back several times over as folks enjoy the amenities our city has to offer. I also believe we must invest at least $20 million in our arts commission, this year and every year.

These are small items out of a $12 billion budget – yes, that’s “billion,” the highest per-capita budget of any city, county or state in the nation.

In the meantime, I hope we can all enjoy the investments we have made in the past and cheer the Wizards on to future victories.

In a recent Georgetowner article concerning liquor licenses (“Applicants Camp Out for 4 Liquor Licenses in Georgetown,” April 23 – May 6, 2014), facts were cited which, if not explained further, leave a distorted impression of the ABC-license situation in Georgetown. It is true that the Georgetown Moratorium limits the number of restaurant licenses to 68. What is not made clear is that this restriction applies only to the Moratorium Zone, which does not encompass all of Georgetown. The boundaries of the affected area are roughly Q, 27th/28th, and 36th Streets, and the river. Areas outside this designated zone are not governed by the moratorium. Nor are Washington Harbour, Georgetown Park, Georgetown Court and the hotels. These exempted locales account for at least 25 additional restaurant licenses.

There are also six tavern licenses throughout Georgetown.

Thus, at this time, Georgetown has almost 100 ABC licenses with the potential, and expectation, of more.

Karen Cruse, Citizens Association of Georgetown, co-chair, ABC Committee

Mayor’s Race: Bowser Versus Catania

BY MAR K PL OT K IN The very best thing Muriel Bowser has going for her is that she is a Democrat. I have often said that there are three certainties in life: death, taxes and D.C. will go Democratic.

In D.C., there are more than 10 Democrats for every Republican.

Democrats are 76 percent of all registered voters in the District. That Bowser is the official nominee of the D.C. Democratic Party should be tantamount to election as mayor in November. It is definitely Bowser’s election to lose.

She is not an inspiring or a charismatic candidate. She has not defined herself in any significant or meaningful way in her political career. Bowser started out as the protégé of former mayor Adrian Fenty and got nominated because she was not Vincent Gray.

But at this point in the race for mayor, I don’t see African Americans loyal to the Democrat Party abandoning her. In addition, those white Democrats who voted for her in the primary will stick with her.

There is no overwhelming enthusiasm for Bowser. Why should there be?

She doesn’t do anything to generate that affection. Even the Washington Post in its repeated endorsements strained to make the case for her.

But that lack of passion for Bowser

does not mean that David Catania will win.

Catania is smart, conscientious and well informed. But I believe the serious and fundamental flaws in his political persona and record will soon be apparent to potential supporters. He has a history of alienating people, unnecessarily.

Those who have testified before him at District Council meetings universally cite his insulting manner. Instead of trying to elicit information from D.C. citizens, he is said to repeatedly attempt to demean or belittle them and their views.

Most recently, he has been labeling himself the champion of education reform. Many see this move as a campaign ploy, rather than as the reflection of a sincere and deep commitment. The point often made is: why now? Where has he been for 17 years on the Council on the education issue?

Catania got started as a Republican.

He is now an Independent. As a Republican, he did very little to advance the issues of D.C. voting rights or D.C. statehood. I distinctly remember questioning him at the Republican Convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 2000 about his lack of effort on these issues. His verbatim response: “I don’t have time for that.”

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pressing concern is astonishing. When he chaired the Health Committee, he allowed smoke-free legislation to languish for months when he could have pushed for emergency legislation.

Renters make up 60 percent of city dwellers. There is a very modest piece of legislation that protects tenants. Only Catania and one other Council member – Tommy Wells – are not co-sponsors of this bill. Tenants will not forget this lack of support.

Catania’s strategy is to get a huge number of the District’s 80,000 Independents to come out and vote for him. (They were not eligible to vote in the Democratic Primary.) He also thinks there are enough Republicans who forgive him for leaving the party plus disaffected Democrats – mostly white and some black – to produce a plurality for victory.

I don’t believe it will add up. In fact, I predict Catania may drop out before November when the polling numbers show him to be in bad shape. He is giving up his Council seat to run for mayor, and, most of all, he doesn’t want to be destined for political oblivion.

Mark Plotkin is a political analyst and contributor to the BBC on American politics.

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Renwick Chapel Rededicated After major renovations, the historic Renwick Chapel at Oak Hill Cemetery on R Street was rededicated May 4. Family, friends and supporters of the cemetery observed a prayful moment with clergy to give thanks for the “Gothic Gem” of architect James Renwick, Jr., who also designed the original Smithsonian building (the “Castle”) and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. The Renwick Chapel on the grounds of the cemetery got a new roof, refurbished lights and ceiling and restored decorations and glass.

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86th Annual Garden Tour, May 10 The 86th annual Georgetown Garden Tour – presented by the Georgetown Garden Club, an affiliate of the Garden Club of America – will take place this Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s chair is Liz Evans. Ticket holders set their own pace, visiting the featured gardens in any order and enjoying afternoon tea, including light refreshments made and served by Club members.

There are a total of nine gardens this year. According to Barbara Downs, publicity chair, the “showpieces of the garden tour” are the Pyne garden on 30th Street and the Bradlee and Crocker gardens around the corner.

Tickets are $35 and may be purchased online at georgetowngardentour.com or on Saturday at Christ Church, 31st and O Sts., NW, or at any of the tour sites. The tea, in the church’s Keith Hall, will be served from 2 to 4 p.m. There is also a garden boutique where Haitian linens, handwoven silk textiles, vases, pots, statuary and other garden-related items will be sold.

All proceeds from the tour are returned to Georgetown in the form of maintenance and beautification of its parks, green spaces and trees.

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BONHAMS Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) “The Garden Chair” Oil on canvas Auction Date: May 21 Estimate: $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 Bonhams will offer this remarkable painting by acclaimed American Impressionist Frederick Carl Frieseke at the auction house’s May 21 American Art sale. Painted in 1912 at the artist’s Giverny home, where one of his neighbors was Claude Monet, the work was first shown in 1913 at a New York gallery. Known for his depictions of women in gardens, Frieseke enjoyed tremendous success following that solo exhibition.

SOTHEBY’S John Lennon (1940-1980) Untitled illustration of a four-eyed guitar player Auction Date: June 4 Estimate: $15,000 to $25,000 This sale comprises the most extensive collection of John Lennon’s original artwork, autograph manuscripts and corrected typescripts ever to come to auction, including 89 lots ranging from $500 to $70,000. The material relates to “In His Own Write” and “A Spaniard in the Works,” the two books Lennon wrote and illustrated at the height of Beatlemania in 1964-65.

WESCHLER’S Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1788) Four urn and vase studies Etching-engravings Auction Date: June 18 Estimate: $800 to $1,200

FREEMAN’S Daniel Garber (1880–1958) “Wild Cherry” Oil on canvas Auction Date: June 8 Estimate: $200,000 to $300,000 As part of their American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists auction, Freeman’s will offer this atmospheric landscape by Daniel Garber, known today for his large Impressionist scenes depicting the environs of New Hope, Penn. In this painting, the town appears in the distance, dissolving in the morning light. Garber wrote to its first owner that he considered “Wild Cherry” one of his happier works.

This June, Weschler’s will present a special sale featuring decorative prints from the 18th through 20th centuries, including beautifully framed botanical and architectural ensembles by artists such as Piranesi, an 18thcentury Italian draftsman whose popular and influential etchings of ruins, enhanced with details that were no longer extant (or entirely imaginary) captured the grandeur of Rome.

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SELECTED TIMELINE 1789 – John Carroll, Robert Molyneux and John Ashton buy the first plot of land in what was Maryland to establish Georgetown College. Upon recommendation by Benjamin Franklin, Carroll is named by the Vatican to be the first Catholic bishop in the United States; his diocese is the entire nation.

1861 – Students leave the college in anticipation of the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln visits the campus, which houses Federal troops. (The school’s colors – blue and gray to symbolize the reunion of North and South – are adopted in 1876.)

1874 – Rev. Patrick Healy, S.J., is named president. Part black, he is considered the first African American to lead a major U.S. university.

1969 – Georgetown becomes fully coeducational by admitting women to the College of Arts and Sciences.

2001 – John DeGioia, the first non-priest to lead a Jesuit university, is named president.

2005 – The university opens a School of Foreign Service campus in Doha, Qatar. (It also has partnerships in London and Shanghai.)

Georgetown’s landmark Healy Hall, constructed 1877-79, is named in honor of Rev. Patrick Healy, S.J.

2013 – The university opens a downtown D.C. campus on Massachusetts Avenue, NW, not far from its Law School campus. Alumnus Frank McCourt donates $100 million to found the McCourt School of Public Policy.

PROVIDENTIAL PRESIDENT

‘Homegrown’ Talent Jack DeGioia Takes Georgetown University to the Next Level

BY GA RY T IS CHL ER A N D R O B E RT D E VA N E Y It is one of the givens in the litany of American bedrock beliefs that many people dream of and aspire to be president. That anyone can become president is one of the most enduring of those beliefs.

John J. “Jack” DeGioia, when he was a massonce-a-day high school kid in Orange, Conn., probably did not grow up dreaming of becoming president. But that’s what he is.

The 57-year-old DeGioia has been president of Georgetown University since 2001, and it’s probably a much better job than being President of the United States, given Barack Obama’s recent approval ratings and the difficulty he’s had getting things done.

DeGioia’s rise to the presidency of the nation’s oldest Catholic institution of higher learning was unprecedented when he became the first layman – the first non-priest and married man – to lead Georgetown, founded in 1789

by Jesuits while their order was banned by the pope. Although the event echoed some Jesuit and Vatican views of increasing lay participation in Catholic Church administrative roles, this seemed at the time a highly improbable result.

Nevertheless, given the nature of DeGioia’s life and career at Georgetown, it appears almost inevitable, or, as one Jesuit among the decisionmakers said, “providential.”

Just listening to and watching DeGioia in the president’s office on the second floor of Healy Hall is to get a sense why this man was practically born to the job.

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experience providing the wind at his back, he can bring weight and a presence into any discussion, be it policy-centered, plan-oriented or theological.

He appears most at home with architectural schematics for yet another university physical expansion, real or in the planning stages; theological or historical discussions on Jesuit thinking and philosophy in general; presentations of economic impact studies; or the numbers behind outreach and opening up more availability of assistance and scholarships to students who are worthy and needful.

If you want to sum up DeGioia in one word, pick the first one that comes to mind. It just might be simply that he is a genuine, authentic enthusiast.

Dealing with two questioners from The Georgetowner, he is mindful, like a theater-inthe-round actor, of responding in both directions.

His arms and hands fly out frequently. His really white, white shirt seems to be on fire with white, and – especially when he talks about the special nature of the university, and his place and history in it – his voice rises to the level of a man talking about his most cherished possessions and beliefs.

“When I got here in 1975, I was a freshman like all the rest,” he said. “I had help, but this is the place where I wanted to be and where I think I belonged. In my first year, I was a hall monitor in a dorm, and you got a pretty good sense of student life that way. Father [Timothy] Healy was president, and he was a man who had been tasked into making Georgetown a presence in the United States, and I think he did that.”

DeGioia was an English major. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy and still teaches a course in philosophy. One of his influences was the great philosophy professor Wilfrid Desan. “I went to him and asked him for advice,” DeGioia recalled. “He said, ‘Learn how to write.’ ” Not bad advice for living in academia, where writing – papers, theses, books, speeches – is like inhaling.

A student athlete, DeGioia started a chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and planned a first meeting. “I put up signs everywhere,” he said. “One person showed up. Guess who?”

It was coach John Thompson, who was in the early stages of turning Georgetown basketball into a national power, resulting in three Final Four appearances and an NCAA national title.

That first appearance – in which the Hoyas lost a heartbreaker – captivated not only the university but the city, and changed perceptions of the role of the university in relationship to the city. In 1984, the Hoyas won it all.

Of Thompson, DeGioia said, “He has the soundest moral foundation. … You can knock that bell from every angle and it comes up true.”

Meanwhile, DeGioia, in addition to teaching, was busy. He became an assistant to President Healy and then dean of student affairs. After Healy’s retirement, he was tapped by President Leo O’Donovan, S.J., to deal with the financial problems of Georgetown’s teaching and operating hospital. By all accounts, he handled them deftly, preserving the teaching aspects while leading the transfer of operations to MedStar.

“I think I’ve been very lucky in terms of the people I’ve come in contact with here,” DeGioia said. “Every time I was tasked with something new and different, I was given the opportunity to learn more, and I took them, going to Wharton Business School, taking management courses and so on. My education never stopped.”

In 2001, when he was a senior vice president, O’Donovan was retiring. “I was advised to put in for the job,” DeGioia said. “People suggested that I interview but I never thought it was anything serious. There had never been a lay president before, and I thought people were being polite.”

The board of directors hired DeGioia, which was a “complete surprise and a complete life changer.” And a challenge.

Yet in many ways, DeGioia had already acquired the skill sets required of a modern university president, especially this one.

One quote that was prevalent at the time was, “Nobody knew more about the university except God.” Certainly, he had been involved with all aspects of the university: its physical plant, relations with the student body and community, its philosophical and religious base and its educational needs, plus the plans for outreach and expansion.

Still, it was a steep rise for the young man from a middle class background in Connecticut.

He and his wife, Theresa Miller DeGioia, have a young son. Both are Georgetown alumni. At the time of his selection, one observer quipped that the university had “lost a priest but gained a father.”

Q&A With Theresa DeGioia She holds a position never held before at Georgetown University: spouse of the university president. She arrived as Theresa Miller from Las Vegas on a Steve Wynn scholarship to major in psychology and minor in government Georgetown. Now, she, her husband Jack and son John Thomas (“J.T,” named for his grandfathers) reside in Hillandale.

What was your best experience as a college student?

Meeting interesting and talented students from across the country and around the world, and participating in student government while studying in the nation’s capital were the best experiences one could imagine. That and an internship in the Senate prepared me to work in the office of National Service at the White House under President George H. W. Bush. And, of course, I loved watching Georgetown basketball games.

Did you find the East Coast very different?

Jack and Theresa DeGioia

Georgetown University is the oldest university in Washington. It is probably the university with the highest national and international profile in the city.

“We’re part of a rich academic community in this city,” DeGioia said. “We are all involved in responding to the growth of the city, and in managing our own growth and resources.”

Georgetown University’s relationship with the Georgetown neighborhood is a study in ironic, sometimes difficult symbiosis. There are always town-gown issues in a community with a university. Here, the relationship has been an up-and-down one. The village – which has not always been the prosperous, wealthy community that it’s perceived to be – has derived a good deal of its tony reputation from proximity to the university as well as the presence of movers and shakers, from presidents-to-be to ambassadors and cabinet holders, often Georgetown graduates.

“It’s the greatest campus in the greatest neighborhood in the City of Washington,” DeGioia said.

Yet, the growth of the university, with students living off campus and numerous construction projects, have sometimes incited opposition and anger in parts of the community.

That’s a problem DeGioia has addressed directly during the course of two different campus master plans and through a recent “peace treaty” with Georgetown residents and business groups. Its Georgetown Community Partnership is considered a model of cooperation.

Conversely, the village and city have given certain benefits to the university. DeGioia happily noted, “We can compete better on many levels nationally by saying we’re in Washington.”

Under DeGioia, the university’s vision has gone outside itself. It has expanded with locations in the city – a new downtown campus on Massachusetts Avenue, for instance – and in the world. The number of student dormitory beds

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has grown to 5,000-plus from 1,500. It also created a highly regarded arts center and an ambitious performance program to go with it.

The university’s School of Foreign Service has a campus in Qatar.

“If we’re going to be global, it’s important that we be the strongest possible university right here in Washington,” DeGioia said.

And, now, there’s a Jesuit pope. Pope Francis is the first-ever pontiff from the Society of Jesus.

“It certainly has had an impact,” DeGioia said. “There are renewed conversations about the Jesuit spirit and philosophy and the Vatican on campus.”

DeGioia has taken a few hits. Allowing outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Katherine Sibelius to speak on campus drew fire from church officials. His spirited, eloquent defense of Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke after she was attacked by conservative pit bull Rush Limbaugh generally drew praise.

“Every day, when I walk around the campus, I know I have the best job in the world for me,” said DeGioia, a happy-to-be-up-in-the-morning enthusiast, who will soon become the university’s longest-serving president.

“This place, this community of faith and knowledge, of students and priests. This place is special to me in ways you can’t imagine. I still love to teach. We’re expanding areas of cooperation. We’re making it possible to have more and more deserving people come here.”

You listen to him talk, the face expressive, the hands moving, and you see him as a leader, a people person, reaching out, into the world.

The other president should be so lucky to feel this good.

Do you still have family in Las Vegas?

My parents are still in Las Vegas. I have three younger brothers, two of whom went to Georgetown. Mark was in the School of Foreign Service; John was in the Business School.

The only one who didn’t go to Georgetown is Paul, who went to Carnegie Mellon to study architecture, as we don’t have an architecture program at Georgetown.

Besides being a mother, what is your main job these days?

I earned an MSW from Catholic University, and I concentrated on children and adolescents.

So, I’ve tried to stay involved in community service issues by serving on the boards of organizations like Catholic Charities and the Washington Jesuit Academy. And I love to volunteer with the students at Holy Trinity School.

How involved do you get with university projects?

As we’re the first family to serve in this role, we try to participate together in as many events as possible. My favorite ones involve the students, such as welcoming them to campus during freshman move-in day and celebrating Thanksgiving with all the undergrads and graduate students who stay in D.C. for Thanksgiving.

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How did you meet Jack?

When and where did you get married?

We met during my undergraduate years at Georgetown, and our first date (a couple of years after I graduated) was with his family and mine at a Georgetown basketball game in Las Vegas! We were married in 1994 (20 years in November) at Holy Trinity Church -- that’s our parish.

Will your son be going to Georgetown University?

I would love it. Although with all the Georgetown events he regularly attends, he may want to go elsewhere. I suppose I should understand, as I went across the country myself for college.

After Jack’s presidency, what else would you two like to do?

Are you kidding? The furthest I can think right now is helping J.T. prepare for high school applications!

Ron Lewis, chairman of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Mayor Vincent Gray and Jack DeGioia, president of Georgetown University.

Mission of the Georgetown Community Partnership It was “one of the great moments for Georgetown,” says Jack DeGioia, president of Georgetown University, when the neighborhood and university finally agreed to have a continuous discussion on matters of main campus growth and activity and community relations.

The point person for the university is Lauralyn Lee, Associate Vice President of Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives, who has worked in that position for 18 months and at the university since 2002.

She lives in the District with her husband and two daughters.

Any new efforts involve “multi-year, longrange planning” and a sustainable commitment, Lee said. Here’s how the university explains it: The Georgetown Community Partnership is the forum created as part of Georgetown University’s 2010 Campus Plan to facilitate discussion, information sharing and consensusbased decision-making to support a high qual-

ity of life in our community and the university’s long-term planning.

– Created in July 2012 with a shared vision for responsible long-term planning in partnership with the city and the community; – Led by a steering committee composed of neighbors, senior university administrators, and students; – Five working groups focus on shared priorities: safety and student life; transportation and parking; environment and landlords; communications and engagement; and data and metrics; – Provides mechanism for shared contributions and responsibility on issues of common concern (participants include community members from Georgetown, Burleith and Foxhall, university administrators, students and faculty); – Enhances collaboration and communication between the university and the community.

Among the new efforts is the Office of Neighborhood Life – 202–687–8413.

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Your Dining Guide to Washington DC’s Finest Restaurants

1789 RESTAURANT

1226 36th St. NW With the ambiance of an elegant country inn, 1789 features classically based American cuisine – the finest regional game, fish and produce available.

Open seven nights a week.

Jackets suggested.

Complimentary valet parking. www.1789restaurant.com

3000 K St. NW (One block from Georgetown AMC Loews Georgetown 14) Georgetown introduces Washington’s first “Dumpling Bar” featuring more than 12 varieties.

Come and enjoy the new exotic Thai cuisine inspired by French cooking techniques. Bangkok Joe’s is upscale, colorful and refined. Absolutely the perfect place for lunch or dinner or just a private gathering. www.bangkokjoes.com

(202) 965-1789

(202) 333-4422

CHADWICKS

CLYDE’S OF GEORGETOWN

3205 K St. NW A Georgetown tradition for over 40 years, this friendly neighborhood restaurant/saloon features fresh seafood, burgers, award-winning ribs and specialty salads & sandwiches.

Daily lunch & dinner specials.

Late night dining (until midnight Sun.-Thu., 1am Fri.-Sat.) Champagne brunch served Sat. & Sun. until 4pm Open Mon.-Thu. 11:30am - 2am Fri.Sat. 11:30am - 3am. Sun 11am.2am. Kids’ Menu Available.

Overlooking the new Georgetown Waterfront Park

3236 M St. NW This animated tavern, in the heart of Georgetown, popularized saloon food and practically invented Sunday brunch.

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

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(202) 333-9180

MALMAISON

MARTINS TAVERN

3401 K St. NW

1264 Wisconsin Ave NW,

BISTRO FRANCAIS

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

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

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See what Chef Martinez has cooking for the spring!

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 family owned restaurant. www.martinstavern.com (202)333-7370

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CAFE BONAPARTE

3124-28 M St. NW A friendly French Bistro in the heart of historic Georgetown since 1975. Executive chef and owner Gerard Cabrol came to Washington, D.C. 32 years ago, bringing with him home recipes from southwestern France. Our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken), Minute steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frit¬es), Steak Tartare, freshly pre¬pared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes and the best Eggs Benedict in town. In addition to varying daily specials. www.bistrofrancaisdc.com

1736 Wisconsin Ave. NW Come and see for yourself why Bistrot Lepic, with its classical, regional and contemporary cuisine, has been voted best bistro in D.C. by the Zagat Guide.

And now with its Wine bar, you can enjoy “appeteasers”, full bar service, complimentary wine tasting every Tuesday and a new Private Room. The regular menu is always available. Open everyday. Lunch & Dinner. Now Serving Brunch Saturday and Sunday 11-3pm Reservations suggested. www.bistrotlepic.com

(202) 338-3830

(202) 333-0111

(202) 333-8830

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

I-THAI RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR

www.filomena.com

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

Sun-Thurs 11:30 am-10:30 pm Fri-Sat 11:30-11:00 pm

(202) 338-8800

202-580-8852

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THE OCEANAIRE

DAS Ethiopian 1201 28th ST NW

DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy two story 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, 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. www.dasethiopian.com

(202) 333-4710

SEA CATCH RESTAURANT 1054 31st St. NW

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BANGKOK JOE’S

Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a relaxed atmosphere.

Outdoor dinning available.

Join us for Happy Hour Monday - Friday from 5:00pm-7:00pm featuring $1.00 Oysters and half priced drinks Lunch: Mon-Sat 11:30am-3:00pm Dinner: Mon-Sat 5:00pm-10:00pm COMPLIMENTARY VALET PARKING www.seacatchrestaurant.com (202) 337-8855

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

1624 Wisconsin Ave, NW

1522 Wisconsin Ave. NW Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café featuring award winning crepes & arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other cant miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Sat. and Sun. until 3 p.m. and our late night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m. We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon! www.cafebonaparte.com

3003 M Street NW

Simply Banh Mi - Vietnamese Sandwiches and More!

GRAND OPENING APRIL 25-26 GEORGETOWN FRENCH MARKET FESTIVAL This family owned deli features classic and modern banh mi sandwiches, fresh spring rolls, Vietnamese iced-coffee, and more.

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1201 F St. NW Ranked one of the most popular seafood restaurants in D.C., “this cosmopolitan” send-up of a vintage supper club that’s styled after a ‘40’s-era ocean liner is appointed with cherry wood and red leather booths, infused with a “clubby, old money” atmosphere. The menu showcases “intelligently” prepared fish dishes that “recall an earlier time of elegant” dining. What’s more, “nothing” is snobbish here.

Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30am-5pm.

Dinner: Mon-Thur 5-10pm, Fri & Sat 5-11pm, Sun 5-9pm. www.theoceanaire.com

(202) 333-5726

(202) 347-2277

FOOD & WINE

Treat Mom to

Brunch Although one day a year is not enough time to thank moms for all they do, make May 11 exceptional and take mom out for brunch. Here’s what a few D.C. restaurants are serving up for Mother’s Day...

Bourbon Steak – A threecourse Mother’s Day brunch menu. Sample courses: potato leek soup, pain perdu French toast and profiteroles. $95 per person, $40 per child. 2800 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. 202Café Milano 944-2026 Café Milano – A brunch buffet featuring an egg station, a breakfast buffet, a raw bar, an antipasti buffet, a bread station, a pasta station, an entrée station and a dessert station. Prosecco included. $95 per person, $39 per child. 3251 Prospect St., NW. 202-333-6183 Ristorante Piccolo – A three-course Italian dinner with choice of Champagne, mimosa or Bloody Mary. Complimentary glass of Champagne for moms. Serving from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. $28 per person.

(A Mother’s Day dinner will be served from 3:30 to 10 p.m.) 1068 31st St., NW. 202-342-7414 The Grill Room – A brunch menu by executive chef Jakob Esko featuring New American and European flavors. Selections include orange and rye whiskey cured salmon, chopped lobster salad, rotisserie maple leaf farm duck and the Grill Room’s popular peach baked Alaska. Serving 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. $95 per person, $30 per child. 1050 31st St., NW. 202-617-2424 I-Thai – A free meal for moms on Mother’s Day weekend, courtesy of Georgetown’s newest Thai restaurant and sushi bar (reservation required).

I-Thai offers a complete Japanese menu in addition to Thai favorites like I-Thai basil – think Ka Pow dishes – and mango curry. 3003 M St., NW. 202-580-8852 Teddy & the Bully Bar – A three-course menu by executive chef Demetrio Zavala with a variety of farm fresh items, including a flapjack and omelet station. Teddy’s patio will be open, weather permitting.

Serving 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $40 per person. 1200 19th St., NW. 202872-8700 Walker’s Grille – A three-course prix-fixe menu of contemporary American fare, including farm vegetable gazpacho as a starter, herb crusted prime rib and chocolate paté with raspberries, hazelnuts, apricots and whipped cream. $35 per person. 6909 Metro Park Dr., Alexandria. 703922-6200 701 Restaurant – A three-course Mother’s Day menu accompanied by live jazz. Menu options include a roasted carrot salad, branzino and coconut panna cotta. Serving 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $45 per person. 701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. 202-393-0701 Bombay Club – A three-course prix-fixe Indian menu. Entrees such as lamb and chana masala are available on the buffet. $39-50 per person, $54 with Champagne. 815 Connecticut Ave., NW. 202-659-3727 GMG, INC. May 7, 2014

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Cocktail of the Month 3251 Prospect St. NW. Washington, DC 20007

COME FOR THE VIEW, Georgetown Waterfront

BY JOD Y KU R ASH It seems that rum and pirates are like smoke and fire – you can’t find one without the other. From the earliest rum production in the 1600s in Barbados to Captain Jack Sparrow’s fondness for the spirit in Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy, their history is tied together.

Today, liquor-store shelves are filled with brands of rum with pirate-themed monikers, the most popular being Captain Morgan, accounting for about a third of the premium rum market in the U.S. The real Captain Henry Morgan was legendary for his ruthlessness, his exorbitant thirst for liquor and his enormous success. But few know that he died an ugly death in Jamaica at the age of 53 from alcoholrelated causes.

While it may have been rum that put the final nail in Morgan’s coffin after his Jamaica retirement, during his carousing on the high seas Morgan most likely imbibed other spirits. Preferring to plunder Spanish ships and villages, the richest of the time, he probably drank brandy and Madeira wines, the spirits that Spaniards consumed, while on the job.

Another rum named for a real-life buccaneer is Admiral Nelson. A British flag officer famous for his rousing leadership and unconventional battle tactics, Nelson was wounded in combat several times, losing an arm and his sight in one eye.

The best known and most notable of his victories was the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was shot and killed.

Nelson’s love for rum was so fabulous that his body was preserved in a cask of rum before it was finally laid to rest. After this incident, rum was often referred to as “Nelson's Blood.”

The rum drink most commonly associated with pirates is “grog,” which is a misnomer.

Grog was invented after the decline of piracy as a form of rationing on ships of the British

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EST. 1992

YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM!

Navy. Pirates consumed their often crudely distilled and harsh tasting poison straight up.

If you’d like to act like a buccaneer and enjoy a tot of rum on its own, you’re in luck.

In recent years, rum has been enjoying a renaissance. Many fine rums now on the market can rival the complexity and depth of a single malt Scotch. One of my favorite sipping rums is Ron Zacapa, produced in the highlands of Guatemala. This rum took the top honors for five years in a row at the International Rum Festival. It was retired in 2003 to give other spirits a chance at the grand prize. Ron Zacapa continues to be served to the judges at the competition as a benchmark.

Other aged rums I adore are Ron del Barrilito, a craft rum produced in Puerto Rico; Chairman’s Reserve from St. Lucia; Neisson Rhum Agricole from Martinque; and Mount Gay Extra Old from Barbados.

Even with these enchanting choices, many still prefer their rum in a cocktail. The Pirate Cocktail, which originated in the venerable Esquire Drink Book, is a lovely option.

Essentially a rum Manhattan, this pleasant nip preserves the character of the rum. The sweet vermouth softens the alcohol while the bitters highlight the complexity of the aged spirit.

It’s a perfect coming-out drink for spring: too hearty and sublime to be a frothy summer drink, but too sultry to stay inside after winter.

Pirate’s Cocktail

3 ounces full-flavored aged rum 1 ounce sweet vermouth 2 dashes Angostura bitters Stir ingredients with ice and strain into a short glass.

FOOD & WINE

What's Cooking, Neighbor?

HOLLIE WONG, CHING CHING CHA

BY WALT ER NICHOL L S

Sixteen years ago this month, former hair stylist and Hong Kong native Hollie Wong opened a serene tea house on Wisconsin Avenue, steps from the C&O Canal. She named it Ching Ching (her Chinese name) Cha (Chinese for tea). And little has changed in the fashion and feel of this distinctive sanctuary since I enjoyed Wong's hospitality that very first week.

"The purpose is to relax. Don't be in a rush, taste the tea," says Wong, as she pours our first cup from a fist-sized red clay pot. "We keep it the same, slow, with no Wi-Fi or those bubble tea drinks."

At the center of the polished rosewood table is a cast-iron kettle of simmering water, at the ready for refreshing the tea leaves. From the kitchen come plates of perfect thin-skinned chicken, vegetable pot stickers and bowls of lightly dressed chopped kale and snow peas.

On a raised platform along one wall are two frequently reserved tables, low and with lots of pillows, perfect for laid-back sipping. Even when all the tables are taken, there's a reverent hush. Here, tea drinkers tend to linger.

I check out the selection of more than 70 different teas, as well as teapots and tea accessories, which Wong acquires on annual buying trips to China, Japan and Taiwan. This just in: the select top-bud spring crop of first-quality "Monkey King" green tea, her personal favorite, is now in stock. "The leaves are beautiful and the flavor is elegant," she says. "This is the tea for a stressful Washingtonian."

A woman comfortable with familiar food pleasures, Wong starts the day near her home in gated Hillandale with a stop at Patisserie Poupon for a classic buttery brioche roll. For a dinner out, her preferred destination is the sprawling 120-store Eden Center, a Vietnamese dining and shopping enclave in Falls Church.

(At Eden, her choice for takeout is Thanh Son Tofu.)

And when a snack is in order, she reaches for a Chinese fast food have-to-have: a hardcooked egg marinated in spices and soy sauce.

"I never get tired of them," she says.

Marbled Tea Eggs INGREDIENTS

12 eggs 1 tablespoon salt 2 teaspoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons peppercorns 6 pods star anise 2 tablespoons black tea leaves, such as Earl Grey 8 cups water DIRECTIONS Place the eggs in a large saucepan and cover with cold water, one inch above their tops. Slowly bring the water to a boil. When boiling, cover the pan, remove from heat and let stand for 10 minutes. Transfer the eggs to a bowl and run cold water over them until cool.

Gently tap each egg until the shell is thoroughly glazed with small cracks.

Place the cracked eggs in a saucepan with the 8 cups of water, salt and soy sauce. Tie the peppercorns, star anise and tea leaves in a square of cheesecloth and add to the saucepan.

Bring the eggs and liquid to a boil, then reduce heat to very low and simmer for 1 hour. Turn off heat, cover and let the eggs stand in the liquid for 2 hours. Do not remove the cover while the eggs are steeping.

Remove the cracked shells and serve cold or at room temperature with a dipping sauce of soy sauce and a touch of toasted sesame oil.

Ching Ching Cha, 1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW, 202-333-8288, chingchingcha.com

What's Cooking, Neighbor? visits with wine, food and entertaining professionals who work in the Georgetown area.

Georgetowner dining columnist Walter Nicholls is the food critic for Arlington Magazine and a former staff writer for The Washington

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Upcoming in the Country Middleburg Home Farm Store – Friday night tastings featuring wine, ciders and beer, along with a showcase of local artisan food and meat.

Take home samples and recipe cards printed with ideas for your weekend table. 1 E. Every Friday from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. 1 E. Washington Street. HomFarmStore.com King Family Winery

Live Music at Greenhill Winery and Vineyards - Live music featuring Lance Trussell, a classical guitarist, composer and teacher based in Frederick County, Md. Trussell performs in a wide variety of styles, including Spanish classical, jazz, folk, celtic, bossa nova and pop from the 1950s and 60s. Saturday, May 17, 5-7 p.m. Visit GreenHillVineyards. com/events for the complete schedule.

Loudon County Notaviva Vineyards Wine Murder Mystery Dinner Theater - Stage Coach Theatre Company’s production of “The Comic Book Murders,” in which a group of offbeat superheroes commemorate their victory against the villainous army of the Narlagons with a special

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dinner. Tickets include a catered buffet meal from Roaming Rotisserie and a dessert bar.

May 9 and 10, 7-10 p.m. 13724 Sagle Rd., Purcellville. Call 540-668-6756 or visit NotavivaVineyards.com.

Science Saturdays at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Immersions in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, with hands-on activities and demonstrations related to aviation and space exploration. Science Saturday is the second Saturday of each month (May 10), 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy., Chantilly. For details, visit nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy.

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Stone manor house in spectacular setting • 86.81 acres • Highly protected area in prime Piedmont Hunt • Gourmet kitchen • Wonderful detail throughout • 5 BR • 5 BA • 3 half BA • 3 fireplaces, classic pine paneled library • Tenant house • Stable • Riding ring • Heated saltwater pool • Pergola • Full house generator.

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Glenfiddich Farm Cooking Class- Cooking classes by renowned cookbook author and food writer Olwen Woodier in her large modernized kitchen on a 1840s farm just outside Leesburg.

The two-hour class includes demonstrations from a demo-mirrored island with an eightburner Wolf cooktop, hands-on participation and a four-course meal. May 17, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. 17642 Canby Rd., Leesburg. For details, visit GlenFarmCookery.com.

Charlottesville Hatton Ferry – Every Saturday and Sunday until Oct. 26: rides on the Hatton Ferry, a historic ferry across the James River and the only poled ferry still operating in the U.S. The Hatton Ferry operates free of charge (donations are appreciated). Under ideal conditions, a roundtrip crossing takes about 30-45 minutes. 10120 Hatton Ferry Rd., Scottsville. For details, visit TheHattonFerry.org.

Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival 2014 – Entertainment, wine tasting and more than 100 artists are featured at the festival, on Saturday and Sunday, May 10-11, rain or shine. Claudius Crozet Park, 1075 Park Rd., Crozet.

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Wandergolf Growing Up Golf

BY WAL LY GRE E V E S I can always tell when I am playing golf with someone who started playing early in life. There is a degree of confidence present in the way they choose clubs, address the ball and shrug off bad shots that suggests a long relationship with the game. They are usually in decent physical shape, don’t drink on the course, have good manners and seem well organized. I didn’t start playing until my midtwenties.

This past Saturday, I arrived for a tee time at Raspberry Falls in Loudoun, and there were 320 kids there for the skills assessment day of the Loudoun Junior Golf Association.

I was absolutely floored. LJGA President Charlie Hoffman spent an hour educating me about the league and turning my astonishment into admiration. Born out of Leesburg Parks and Recreation in 2004, the league has since become its own 501(c)3 and grown to include 12 golf courses, both private and public, and now has corporate sponsors like ExxonMobil and Jersey Mikes.

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Loudoun Junior Golf Association’s skills assessment day at Raspberry Falls. LJGA President Charlie Hoffman sees the rainbow as an omen for a great season. tournaments. There are five divisions to accommodate every skill level and age. Satisfying their annual volunteer requirement, PGA pros happily lend their time to these clinics, ensuring top-notch instruction. All positions are volunteer-based, and most, if not all, of the volunteers have or have had children in the league. Raspberry Golf Academy and Goose Creek paid for the uniforms this year. This is

not the Bad News Bears sponsored by Chico’s Bail Bonds. This is a well thought out, responsibly grown and accessible golf program for kids, one which is encouraging its footprint to be copied.

Spending a day talking to golf professionals in Fairfax County and finally back to Washington, D.C., to see what junior golf programs were available presented a different

story from Loudoun. Junior golf outside of private clubs in Fairfax County also began at Parks and Recreation, and for the most part, still is where the majority of junior leagues are found. Five county-owned courses in Fairfax County have been competing in league play for a couple of years now, according to Jeff Winkle, General Manager of Oak Marr Golf Complex.

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IN COUNTRY most of the tournaments and clinics for juniors are at par 3 courses. Loudoun kids are playing courses like Lansdowne Resort, River Creek and Raspberry Falls.

Washington, D.C., junior golfers have even less of a chance to experience different types of courses. There are some great programs like the First Tee of Greater Washington and Paul Berry’s Get Hooked on Golf programs. If you are a child in D.C. public schools and want to take the six-week Get Hooked on Golf Clinic, it will be provided at no cost, including transportation. Once you finish the clinic, the organization will pay for your rounds at East Potomac Golf Course. This is made possible in conjunction with D.C. Friends of Ireland and the PGA of America, which partners with the program.

These programs are a wonderful resource, but the three courses in D.C. are extremely crowded, and variety is limited. Terry McFarland, General Manager of Rock Creek Golf Course, worked with the PGA of America to form leagues last year, but there were not enough participants at the three courses to sustain a program. He said he would love to see a situation where the course would be active with golf leagues, but it would need to make good business sense for the three D.C. courses.

The difference between these programs and Loudoun is that the parents and volunteers are the ones running the leagues. If parents ran the leagues in D.C. and Fairfax County, as they seem to do in so many other sports, they could compete with other areas and visit their courses. LJGA’s Hoffman says he would love to be able to compete with other areas and

work with other organizations and would even help set them up. The PGA of America says the same thing.

“I will come talk to anyone, anywhere, that wants to start a golf league for kids,” says Bob Heintz, Junior Golf Director for the MidAtlantic section of the PGA of America. Heintz says that he has gone to talk to Loudoun over the years and is glad to see them doing well.

“Leagues do not even have to be PGA members to have PGA support,” he says.

It seems that there is room here for all sides of the equation to benefit. League play, organized by D.C. and Fairfax Volunteers, however large, could work with other leagues like Loudoun to allow their kids access to more courses in the area. Golf courses, county and non-county alike, can focus on providing the best facilities for play they can and be paid for it. Sponsors that are willing to help kids play golf can show support for these leagues and have tax benefits. Lastly, as a community, we can reap the benefits created from raising more children in the area that espouse the good qualities that the game of golf seems to install in them.

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Andrew Wyeth at the National Gallery: ‘Looking Out, Looking In’

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Looking In” is centered around the recent gift to the gallery of one of the artist’s most important paintings, “Wind from the Sea” (1947).

The exhibition is the first fully realized exploration of Wyeth’s frequent use of windows as subjects of his art, showcasing some 45 watercolors, drawings and tempera paintings.

It reveals how the artist returned to windows repeatedly, probing the formal and conceptual richness of this most common subject in his and all our lives.

The works are haunted by ghostly shad“Wind from the Sea,” 1947 ows and memories that lie just beyond the picture plane. Wyeth devoted himself to visual The thought of a mid-to-late 20th-century art when still a child. He was trained by his artist painting washed-out landscapes of rural father, the renowned but troubled illustrator America and being hailed as a cultural icon N.C. Wyeth, whose paintings for such literary and a national treasure is almost unimaginable. classics as “Treasure Island” remain among In the most aggressively transformative the most acclaimed illustrations of all time. century in recorded history, the geography of Wyeth inherited a love of nature and poetart alone shifted so drastically and disparately ry from his father, particularly an affinity for that it is virtually impossible to sum up its Robert Frost, but it seems like he absorbed a evolution. Compared with Cubism and perforgreat deal of his father’s haunting and illusory mance art, film and digital media, a pastoral narrative qualities as well. However, unburscene of meadow grass and an old barn does dened by the shackles of commercial illustranot seem like much at all. tion, Wyeth was able achieve a far greater Yet Andrew Wyeth, a rural painter of level of dissonance and timelessness than his American regionalist life and landscapes from father could ever achieve.

Chadds Ford, Penn., captured the imagination Windows allow for reflection, as seen in of this full-throttle era, and his work continues the watercolor “Rod and Reel” (1975), where to challenge and inspire new generations to a darkly reflective window set into a whitethis day. washed wall slowly reveals tiers of subtly At the National Gallery of Art through fragmented landscapes from the adjacent farmNov. 30, “Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out,

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land through the glass. Onlookers are suddenly brought into an unexpectedly dimensional world on the surface of the paper.

The idea of reflections is fitting, as this collective work becomes a journey into the artist’s mind – which in Wyeth’s case dwarfs almost any effort by Surrealism to explore the depths of the unconscious. Wyeth lived most of his life in his Brandywine Valley hometown and at his summer home in Cushing, Maine, where the familiarity with his environment grew so intimate that he was able to truly divest himself of self-awareness and any external forces of judgment.

He spent so much time painting these scenes that they were a part of him, and so the work is at once an exact portrait of the artist’s mind as well as the reality of the subject. And Wyeth’s painterly expression of this duality gets contentedly lost within its own schism.

Wyeth’s paintings have a temporal haze to them, as if they could just vanish at any moment. The atmosphere he manages to produce is a depiction of something that can be seen in reality only if you unfocused enough to lose yourself. (This idea might be an indication as to why Wyeth always insisted he was an “abstract” painter.)

There are occasional moments in his works where things just vanish, as in his tempera painting “Seed Corn” (1948). A high window looks out onto a sprawling gray landscape, with strung-up corn drying out for next the

spring’s seeds on either side. Peculiarly, the center rail of the window just disappears halfway out, fading into the cloudy sky. At first it seems like a shallow surrealist gesture. But upon closer consideration, it’s more pure than that. It’s as if Wyeth had lost sight of the fact that the rest of it was even there, as his mind strayed out the window toward the rolling hills beyond. And the strange thing is it looks perfectly natural.

Some of Wyeth’s appeal is absolutely his technical facility with his medium. His work offers such spoils of formal virtuosity, floating between hyperrealism and textured painterly richness, that scholars and regular museumgoers alike swoon with awe and delight.

One mark of a great artist is surely their ability to influence an audience to think and consider their surroundings. In the case of Wyeth, his subject is perhaps thought and environment itself. It is the moment when we look out a window into the gray sky, catching a glimpse of our mortality as we try to solve our myriad little human dilemmas, even as – mired by history and personal experience, but singularly products of our own creation – we continue to move unavoidably into the future.

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‘Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín’ at Strathmore

BY G ARY T ISCHL ER

“Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín” is never just a concert, a performance, a presentation of a masterpiece. The multimedia concert-drama, which has been presented many times, most recently at the Music Center at Strathmore on May 1, has always been something more, larger and larger still.

But it is also something as troubling and always evocable and intimate as the remembrance of the heart and mind of a people straining with music to be free in the midst of constant death.

The concert, as well as a documentary film of the same name, has been performed all over the world, and will continue to be performed.

It is at heart the resurrection of what was an obscure but heart-rending and powerful story from the annals of the Holocaust, which hardly lacks for unique and powerful stories.

For Murry Sidlin, the founder and creator of “Defiant Requiem,” the Baltimore-born conductor and music educator at Catholic University in Washington, the story, the music, the concert has become a life’s mission. This mission has resulted in the creation of the D.C.-based Defiant Requiem Foundation and the telling and retelling and resurrection of a story of great courage and the indomitable spirit of one man.

For Sildin, it began on a sunny day in the late 1990s, when he was a faculty member of the University of Minnesota’s school of music.

He ran across a used bookstore, the kind that

you always saw in cities and universities in America. “There was a bin, a cart outside,” he said. “I stuck my hand in and pulled out a book, an old book.”

The book was “Music in Terezín”, by Joza Karas, a Czech writer and composer who had collected the music of Jews imprisoned at Terezín, a Nazi camp in Czechoslavakia, where thousands were killed and from which thousands more were sent to Auschwitz.

“I had picked the book out of sheer luck,” Sidlin said. “I opened it up and there was a chapter on a man called Rafael Schächter.”

“He was a composer, he was an opera coach,” Sidlin said. A Czech Jew, he had been rounded up and sent to Terezín carrying a lone, shopworn copy of the music of Verdi’s Requiem inside his coat.

Terezín in popular accounts is known as the camp which the Nazis tried to pass off as a model camp, to show Red Cross members and other inspectors that Jews were being treated well.

“That’s not exactly right,” Sidlin said. “They did that once, when the Red Cross came and it was then that Schächter, with 200 members of the camp, put on a recital of the Requiem in front of the Red Cross and the Nazis.”

“For those in the chorus – they were accompanied by a three-legged piano – it was an act of defiance, an act of courage. Schächter had them rehearse after every day of hard labor and

impossible conditions in the basements of the camp,” Sidlin said.

“But the camp already had a lively culture – here were writers, singers, artists, professors, directors, composers, musicians from all over Europe, and there were lectures, cabaret music and singing, plays, operas, put on after the day was done. And Schächter was at the heart of it.

He held 14 performances with 150 singers at the camp for the other prisoners.”

“The book and the story moved me in ways that I can’t begin to describe,” he said. “I wanted that story to be told and sung, and to be remembered. That’s what I’m doing, that’s what everybody that’s involved is doing.”

The result, in the end, was a foundation, the Defiant Requiem Foundation, with Sidlin as its president and Stuart E. Eizenstat as its current chairman. In turn, the foundation sponsors the Rafael Schächter Institute for Arts & Humanities. Next month, for the first time, the Institute will be held in the U.S., at American University’s Katzen Arts Center.

At Strathmore, 50 survivors of the Holocaust attended, including Edgar Krasa and Marianka May, who were members of Schächter’s Terezín chorus. Soloists including Arianna Zukerman (the daughter of Pinchas Zukerman), mezzosoprano Ann McMahon Quintero, tenor Issachah Savage and bass Nathan Stark. D.C.-area theater star Rick Foucheux appeared as Schächter, with Rheda Becker, who often performs speaking

roles with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, as the Lecturer.

Interspersed there were clips from the “Defiant Requiem” film, as well as clips from a Nazi propaganda film.

Schächter himself was sent to Auschwitz, where he survived until the remaining prisoners were sent on a death march, in which he perished.

The Strathmore concert was performed in memory of Fran Eizenstat and Amy Antonelli.

There will be a screening of the “Defiant Requiem” documentary as part of the Schächter Institute, June 8 to 12 at the Katzen Arts Center, with a book signing by Richard Breitman for his book “FDR and the Jews,” Phillip and Noreen Silver performing works by Terezín composers on piano and cello, a one-woman show “The Tin Ring” and a panel discussion led by Eizenstat on “Anti-Semitism in Europe Today.”

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Trust for the National Mall Luncheon

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Over 1,000 people gathered under sunny skies on May 1 at the annual Trust for the National Mall Benefit Luncheon.

Trust President Caroline Cunningham welcomed guests and introduced Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell by noting “she demonstrated that you can do well by doing good.” In a video presentation, Honorary Chair Laura Bush said “this is our common ground.” Trust Chairman Chip Akridge received a standing ovation and was presented with the History, Heroes and Hope Award. With over 25 million visitors a year, the National Mall has been “loved to death” and is sorely in need of repair.★

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On April 29, many faces and names familiar from TV and media gathered upstairs in the Apartments at City Center to imbibe and dine in support of the May 20 Newsbabes Bash to assist breast cancer patients and survivors. A highlight was a surprise $10,000 donation by generous benefactor Barry Glassman.

Andrea Roane, Leslie Foster, Monika Samtani of WUSA9

Paula Jarvis and Jonathan Jarvis, Director of the National Park Service

Angie Goff of NBC4, Shadan Sayed and Morgan Miller

Cindy Jones and Ann Kenkel

John Edgell and Stephanie Green

Amina Rubinacci’s Debut Merribel Ayres and her friends and lovers of Italian fashion celebrated the recent opening of her store, Amina Rubinacci, near the Four Seasons Hotel on the Pennsylvania Avenue on May 1.

Amina Rubinacci owner Merribel Ayres, Serena Bisogniero and Gigliola Szczesny.

Photos by Eric Schaff Laura Denise Bisogniero, wife of the Italian Ambassador, Merribel Ayres and Liliana Baldassari.

Gala Guide

MAY 10 CityDance Gala The annual DREAM Celebration, co-produced

by Rasta Thomas, features performances from the nation’s best dance companies and guest appearances by CityDance Conservatory & DREAM Community Program students. Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St., NW. Call 202-328-6000 or visit www.thelincolndc. com.

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MAY 16 Washington Ballet’s Jazz Ball With Reginald Van Lee as chair and Wynton Marsalis as honorary chair, Washington Ballet’s Jazz Ball will celebrate the outreach programs that fulfill its three-part mission: world-class performances, dance education and community engagement. The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, 3500 R St., NW. Call 202-274-4518 or visit washingtonballet.org.

Phillips Collection Annual Gala and After Party The 2014 Annual Gala celebrates the exhibition, “Made in the USA: American Masters from the Phillips Collection.” 1600 21st St., NW. Call 202-387-6522 or visit phillipscollection. org/support/annual-gala.

MAY 31 S&R Foundation’s Washington Awards Gala The gala will serve as the grand unveiling of Halcyon House in Georgetown, new headquarters of the S&R Foundation and future home of the Halcyon Incubator, with dinner by chef Eric Ziebold and music by this year’s awardees.

Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect St. Call 202-298-6007 or visit washingtonawards.org.

Serena Bisogniero, daughter of the Italian ambassador.

JUNE 7 Washington National Opera Ball This celebration of opera and culture will be held under the patronage of His Excellency Kenichiro Sasae, Ambassador of Japan, and Mrs. Sasae. On the evening of the ball, intimate dinners hosted by ambassadors around the city will be followed by dessert, dancing and performances at the Residence of the Japanese Ambassador.

Call 202-416-8496 or visit kennedy-center. org/wno/programs/operaball.

SOCIAL SCENE

White House Correspondents’ Weekend Takes Over D.C. The parties before and after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner dominated the D.C. social scene this past weekend and took over schedules and streets. Our "nerd prom" still had its urgency and energy, just with slightly lessened star intensity. Herewith, photos from the Google-Netflix party at the Institute of Peace and the Washington Post party at the Washington Hilton.★

Sakina Jaffrey of “House of Cards” with “Kid President,” Robby Novak.

Photo by Eric Schaff

Actress Katherine McPhee Photo by Eric Schaff

Actress Uzo Aduba of “Orange Is the New Black.”

Photo by Eric Schaff

First lady’s chief of staff Tina Tchen, Valerie Jarrett, Lally Weymouth of the Washington Post and Andrea Mitchell.

Photo by Neshan Naltchayan

Actress Lupito Nyong’o of “12 Years a Slave.”

Photo by Eric Schaff Rosario Dawson arrives at Washington Hilton.

Photo by Neshan Naltchayan

Model Anna V. Photo by Eric Schaff

Constance Zimmer of “House of Cards.”

Photo by Eric Schaff

Actress Sofia Vergara with fiance Nick Loeb.

Photo by Neshan Naltchayan

★ Check out more social scene photos at www.georgetowner.com ★ ★ Washington Home & Hospice Celebration ★ National Museum of Women in the Arts Spring Gala ★ In Series: “Canzoni d’Amore” ★ Sitar Arts Center Spring Benefit ★ MedStar National Rehabilitation Network Las Vegas Night Actress and singer Zooey Deschanel takes a selfie with a fan at Washington Post pre-dinner reception.

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