Georgetowner's September 10, 2014 Issue by The Georgetowner

VOLUME 60 NUMBER 23

SEPTEMBER 10 - SEPTEMBER 23 , 2014

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GEORGETOWN $11,000,000 | ttrsir.com/id/QKCHDK

GEORGETOWN $5,200,000

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KALORAMA $3,990,000 |

CHEVY CHASE, MD $3,125,000

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ELLEN ABRAMS +1 202 255 8219 ANNE-MARIE FINNELL +1 202 329 7117

This elegant Georgetown mansion has a long history of hosting Senators and Presidents. Built in 1797 by John Mason (nephew of George Mason) with brick he imported from England and named ~Quality Hill~ by its subsequent owner. The house has been meticulously renovated and features over 10,000 sq ft with 9 bedrooms and 11 baths. Each room has a preserved sense of history with modern updates.

ttrsir.com/id/XT4GDV The original elegance of this 1918 home remains well intact, while modern amenities have been added or upgraded to include 4 levels of formal entertaining and living space with high ceilings and grand rooms. The master suite features direct elevator access, 2 walk-in closets and his and her master baths. The balcony off the top level offers monument views. Completing this offering is private terrace as well as an attached garage and additional off-street parking.

ALEXANDRIA, VA $2,935,000 | ttrsir.com/id/ZPRXZS One-of-a-kind freestanding townhouse on a corner lot featuring open floor plan, custom kitchen, modern amenities, walled garden with outdoor living room. 4BR, 3.5BA, 5 fireplaces. 7-9 parking spaces. CINDY GOLUBIN +1 202 437 3861 COURTNEY GOLUBIN +1 703 989 1873

Built c. 1812, the Semmes-Rhodes House is one of six Federal rowhouses on Smith’s Row. This 5-level home offers ideal flow for entertaining. Features include double living rooms, elevator, 6BR, 5BA, study, storage and 2 porches, all generously proportioned with high ceilings. There is an 18-person dining room and eat-in chef’s grade kitchen. Lovely garden and 2-car garage.

Built in 1912, this landmark stone and slate colonial is sited on a wide, tree-lined street in coveted Chevy Chase Village. This 6BR, 2 full/2 half BA home is exceptional in every way, from the grand 12’ wide entry foyer to the 2-story family room addition and finished walk-out lower level. The professionally landscaped 18,125 sq ft lot features a spacious central deck overlooking a two-tiered flagstone patio. Mere blocks to the DC line.

OBSERVATORY CIRCLE $2,595,000

Gorgeous renovation and expansion of Tudor-style home by highly acclaimed Craft and Oak Development. This 5BR 4.5BA residence encompasses the highest-grade finishes and sophisticated design elements. Features include a stunning gourmet kitchen, sumptuous MBR suite, large family room, library, custom millwork, professionally designed landscaping & a 2-car garage plus additional parking pad.

ALEXANDRIA, VA $3,999,900 This gorgeous 8.6 acre waterfront property has breathtaking views of the Potomac River. The setting and neighboring homes provide an ideal and rare opportunity for a magnificent estate. Located minutes from Old Town, Alexandria and an easy commute to the regions airports, this site is directly accessible via the GW Parkway. SURRIE ARMSTRONG +1 703 930 0318

WATERGATE $3,000,000

| ttrsir.com/id/ZSLZHP 3,000 sq ft penthouse unit featuring 1,600 sq ft roof terrace with 2 separate seating areas and sweeping views. 4BR, 3BAs, 2-story entrance foyer, living room with wrap-around windows, fireplace, and separate dining room. World-class building amenities including outdoor heated pool, full-service front desk and doorman, garage parking, post office, florist, and pharmacy.

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McLEAN, VA $2,170,000 | 1528DahliaCourt.com Distinctive New England style stone and shingle home offers 8000 sq ft of sumptuous living on 4 levels. Light infused open spaces, 10’ ceilings, 6+BR, 8BA, 3 fireplaces, 2-car garage, .35acre level lot. Grand gourmet kitchen, private rear garden, room for a pool, 5 minutes to DC. ROBIN WAUGH +1 703 819 8809

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WEST END $1,875,000 | ttrsir.com/id/PM56B5

Constructed circa 1900, this townhouse is one of 21 homes on historic Schneider Triangle. Renovation designed by Mark McInturff in 2005. 3-story atrium, open main level floor plan, stunning high-end kitchen, and a full lower level in-law suite with front and rear entrances. Two garage parking spaces located at 3 Washington Circle are included in the offer.

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GEORGETOWN $1,100,000

Impeccably renovated, over 2000 sq ft, with gourmet chef’s kitchen, separate dining room, large living room with French doors leading to outdoor patios. Hardwood floors throughout, 2 parking spaces and storage. Building complete with patio and roof deck with city views.

MICHELE TOPEL +1 202 469 1966 ALEXANDRA THOMAS +1 202 725 2545

CAPITOL HILL $1,649,000 Capitol Hill luxury by CAS Riegler & Ditto Residential with design collaboration by Darryl Carter. 2014 National Association of Home Builders Award Finalist. 4 finished levels, 4BR + den, 4.5BA. Top appliances, highest quality materials. Amazing balcony and knock-out roof deck with view of Washington Monument and US Capitol. Close to H St, Union Station, and Eastern Market.

GEORGETOWN $1,290,000

PAM WYE +1 202 320 4169 RICHARD SEATON +1 301 967 3344

JULIA DIAZ ASPER +1 202 256 1887

ALEXANDRIA, VA $975,000 | ttrsir.com/id/SJZJKL Located in the heart of Seminary Ridge. Home features a large living room, eat-in kitchen with separate dining room, family room with fireplace, sun room and finished rec room. 4BR, 2.5BA, 2-car garage.

ARLINGTON, VA $899,500 | ttrsir.com/id/CSHCPT Experience postcard views of Washington, DC. Double height ceilings and beautiful HW floors throughout open and contemporary space. Unique floor plan merges two units with a spiral staircase. 2BR, 2BA. Option for home office with second private entrance. Outdoor swimming pool.

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OLD TOWN, VA $875,000

DUPONT CIRCLE $499,000

PHYLLIS PATTERSON +1 703 310 6201 BRITT PATTERSON +1 703 310 6201

GARY WICKS +1 202 486 8393

This gorgeous 2 level, loft-style, penthouse condo offers 3 bedrooms + den, a private terrace with expansive roof top views, 2 assigned parking spaces and a private storage unit. Beautiful sunlit kitchen features Viking appliances and granite counter tops with hardwood floors throughout.

An absolutely gorgeous 1BR + den located in the heart of Dupont Circle. This home features high ceilings, beautiful wood floors, wood burning fireplace, balcony, open kitchen and captivating Parisian views. Impeccably maintained and move-in condition. Steps to Metro, upscale dining, shopping, world class museums and parks.

Beautifully renovated semi-detached townhouse located in East Village featuring spacious rooms with high ceilings and original hardwood floors. Offers sunlit main floor living room, master bedroom with large walk-in closet and additional 2 bedrooms with 2.5 baths. Finished lower level with updated open kitchen, family and dining areas and half bath. Also features rear patio and 2-car parking.

JENNIFER HARLOW +1 703 869 9632

GEORGETOWN $455,000 This elegant condo located in the E. Village of Georgetown is formally 2 bedrooms, but arranged as a 1 bedroom and den with built in bookshelves and 2 full baths. It features an open floor plan with beautiful hardwood floors, separate dining room perfect for entertaining, and a comfortable living room. This condo also features windows with Eastern and Southern exposure and views of Dumbarton Oaks. JULIA DIAZ ASPER +1 202 256 1887

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ON THE COVER At Artist’s Proof on Wisconsin Avenue, “Magan Chin,” oil on canvas, by Christian Develter of Blankenberge, Belgium. Develter’s latest series chooses for its subject the women of the Chin tribe in Myanmar, focusing on their elaborately tattooed faces.

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UP & COMING SEPTEMBER 12

Book Hill Fall Art Walk Add art to your collection and join a night of art, fun and refreshments at the Book Hill Fall Art Walk. Nine galleries will host an evening stroll and launch their fine art exhibitions. 6-8 p.m. For event information on the galleries visit georgetowngalleries.com.

SEPTEMBER 13

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Georgetown Civil War Tours Tour the home of Britannia Kennon and learn how she saved her family by boarding Union officers. In the afternoon take a walking tour of Historic Georgetown to see gravesites of Confederate spies and a Union hospital. The House Tour is at 10:30-11:30 a.m. and the Neighborhood Walking Tour is at 1–2 p.m. Tickets for members are $8 for one tour and $12 for both and $10 for one and $15 for both for non-members. 1644 31st St., NW. For details, call 202-965-0400 or visit www.tudorplace.org. Taste of Georgetown Come down to the Georgetown Waterfront to celebrate the 21st annual Taste of Georgetown. More than 35 of the neighborhoods best restaurants will be in attendance along with live entertainment and a Craft Beer and Wine Pavilion. Entry is free, tasting the entrees is $5 for one tasting ticket and $20 for five. Tasting for beer and wine is $4 for one and $10 for three. Stop by from 12-5 p.m. K Street NW between Wisconsin Avenue and Thomas Jefferson Street. For details, call 202-298-9222 or visit tasteofgeorgetown.com.

SEPTEMBER 14

Community Children’s Day Georgetown Lutheran Church would like to invite your family to meet your neighbors at its Community Children’s Day. There will be cookies, ice cream, balloons and a family sing-a-long. The first 100 guests will receive a ticket for free ice cream. The fun starts at 11 a.m. Georgetown Lutheran Church is located on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue NW and Volta Street.

SEPTEMBER 17

Party With A Magnificent View To Benefit Georgetown Seniors Join an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music and good company with spectacular views from the rooftop terrace at 3000 K St. NW at Washington Harbour to benefit Georgetown Village. 6-8:30 p.m. Tickets at $125. Contact Lynn Golub-Rofrano at 202999-8988 or Lynn@georgetown-village.org for more information. Harbour Nights : Shane Gamble Come to the Washington Harbour to relax and enjoy live music from Shane Gamble. 3050 K St., NW. 6:30 p.m. and goes until 8:30.

SEPTEMBER 18

Kitty Kelly Benefit for Book Hill Park Author and Georgetown resident Kitty Kelly will be hosting a benefit with the Friends of Book Hill Park to support the new shade garden and to celebrate the completion of

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the trident fence. Proceeds will assist in the preservation and maintenance of the park. Individual patron tickets are $150 and Friend Patron tickets are $500. Contact Julia Diaz Asper at jasper@ttrsir.com. Checks can be made out to Friends of Book Hill Park and mailed to 3219 Reservoir Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20007.

SEPTEMBER 19

UNCENSORED: The Preview Party Kick off Banned Books Week with the DC Public Library at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in the Great Hall with an evening of art, cocktails and live music. Art from local artists around the theme of censorship will be on display. 7–9 p.m. Individual tickets $50, Host tickets $250. RSVP at www.dcplf.org/uncensoreddc or call 202727-1183.

SEPTEMBER 20

Four Seasons Hotel: Sprint Four the Cure Sprint Four the Cure is a 5k walk/run that raises awareness and funds for cancer, celebrates cancer survivors and honors those who have lost their lives to cancer. This event is held in honor of Andrea Kauffman, a former Four Seasons employee. There will also be a 100-yard dash. Individuals and teams are welcome. Four Seasons Hotel Washington DC, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Registration is $40 and includes a t-shirt, a raffle ticket and Four Seasons buffet breakfast after the race. Register at sprintfourthecure.com.

Celebrate Logan Celebrate Logan with TTR Sotheby’s International Realty and N Street Village. Taste test foods with local restaurants of Logan Circle and the 14th St. Corridor. Money raised supports N Street Village and goes toward helping homeless and low-income. 3-6 p.m. Individual tickets are $45. For more information contact Stuart Allen at 202-9392085 or sallen@nstreetvillage.org.

SEPTEMBER 22

Car Free Day 2014 Annual World Car Free Day is a day where commuters can take a pledge to go car free or car-lite. Go car free of car-lite by bicycling, walking, working from home, carpooling or taking transit. The Washington metropolitan region is being hosted by Commuter Connections. Participants who pledge will be entered in a drawing for prizes including a Kindle Fire. To take the pledge and to find out more, visit www.carfreemetrodc.org.

SEPTEMBER 26

Capital Harvest on the Plaza Gather new recipes and watch live cooking demonstrations. Shop from local vendors selling farm-fresh foods. Fridays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Corner of 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.

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4. 1, 5: A large crowd, demanding justice for slain teenager Michael Brown, marched from Mt. Vernon Square in to Chinatown on Aug. 23.

2. Alan Greenspan speaks about the state of the economy at the 14th Annual Library of Congress National Book Festival on Aug. 30.

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3. Sandra Day Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor speaking at the National Book Festival. Also speaking at the festival were (4) Eric H. Cline and (6) Michio Kaku.

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ANC2E Report: Condo Redesign, Ein House, New Exec Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E held its monthly meeting on Sept. 2, as a few problems concerning new construction were worked out to most neighbors’ satisfaction.

• Meanwhile, the Alexander Memorial Baptist Church condos will have a three-unit repurposed church and a single home for the rectory building. The idea of a newly built third building was dropped with an Italian-style garden planned for the west side and front of the property. • Liquor license applications or change requests for J. Paul’s (3218 M Street, NW), Myia pizza parlor (1419 Wisconsin Ave., NW) and Yummi Crayfish (1529 Wisconsin Ave., NW) were protected by the commissioners to the Alcohol Control Board. • Look for the new working intersection at 35th Street and Wisconsin Avenue with its blinking lights soon to be come operational. • Finally, executive director Melanie Gisler has moved to a new job and is succeeded by Leslie Maysak.

2920 R St NW • Owned by Mark and Sally Eins, the house at 2920 R St., NW, also known as the BeallWashington House, got its plans OK’d for a new smaller eastern addition and underground garage -- with approvals from the Citizens Association of Georgetown and the Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown. The Eins’ neighbors due east of their house -- Jane and Calvin Cafritz -- objected to the designs.

Halcyon Incubator Inaugurates First Class of Fellows “I feel I am at my real-life Hogwarts,” said Heather Sewell, one of seven inaugural fellows in the Halcyon Incubator, a 14-month fellowship and social entrepreneurship program, administered by the S&R Foundation. The Halcyon fellows were publicly acknowledged at a Sept. 4 presentation at historic Halcyon House on Prospect Street, where they

will live for the next four months with 10 additional months of collaboration, support and consulting with program staffers. Kate Goodall, chief operating officer of S&R Foundation, said the no-strings-attached fellowships benefit from “the unique properties of Washington, D.C.” The program, according to the foundation, “provides fellows with rentfree housing and office space, food and living stipends, mentorship, complimentary strategic, legal and PR resources,” as it “nurtures problem-solvers addressing 21st-century social challenges by transforming raw talent and audacious ideas into scalable ventures.” Citing the story of calm nesting days for the Halcyon bird, as pictured in the program’s logo, S&R Foundation CEO and co-founder Sachiko Kuno said, “Halcyon is such an aptly named house for an incubator.” At the presentation in Halcyon’s ballroom, she introduced her husband Ryuji Ueno to crowd -- “my media-shy co-founder.” Kuno and Ueno -- who hail from Japan and made their fortune in the pharmaceutical business -- made a big splash in Georgetown, when they purchased the Evermay Estate ($22 million) on the east side in July 2011 and then Halcyon House ($11 million) on the west side in March 2012. Both historic properties are used by the S&R Foundation. The foundation was founded in 2000 and includes the Overtures Concert Series, the Evermay Chamber and science programs and awards. Each fellow had his or her story to tell and vision to persuade -- and each made quite an impression. Olivier Kamanda of Ideal Impact

wants the news to go further; his website shows how or where one can help to volunteer or contribute. Ari Raz of Purejoy wants to produce fresh baby food for all. Diana Sierra of BeGirl wants to help all women have sanitary pads they can use and that work during menstruation. Ben Reich and Dan Gallagher of Datasembly run a data aggregate that helps small businesses sift through it all, avoiding the “data-rich and infopoor” conundrum. Founder of the Daily Prophet, a online newspaper inspired by the Harry Potter book series, Heather Sewell of NewsEase wants reading news and other stories to be more educational. Matt Fischer of Control A+ has constructed a monitor that predicts asthma attacks.

Halcyon fellows Dan Gallagher and Ben Reich of Datasembly flank S&R Foundation CEO Sachiko Kuno.

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EDITORIAL/ OPINON

Ethics and How to Empower D.C. Date Rape: It’s the Rapist’s Fault BY M A RK P L OT K IN

If my grandmother Sophie Rosenthal were alive and observing the D.C. mayoral campaign, she would say in vintage Yiddish that David Catania is trying to portray his opponent Muriel Bowser as “treif.” “Treif” simply translated is unclean. The former Republican turned Independent Catania wants voters, especially Democrats, to make Bowser guilty by association. First, he assailed her connection with Phinis Jones and the Park Southern Apartment controversy. Jones is a Ward 8 businessman and political operative, who is under federal investigation. Catania claims that Bowser should have chaired an oversight hearing on the entire matter. She refused. A not too subtle inference is that Jones’s role as a donor and supporter stopped Bowser from performing her Council responsibilities. Now, Bowser’s former campaign consultant and strategist Tom Lindenfeld is reported to be under federal investigation for his alleged role concerning illegal campaign funding in the 2007 Philadelphia mayor’s race. In this episode, Bowser has acted differently and swiftly. She said, “I have the highest expectations of transparency from my campaign team: Tom no longer has a role on the campaign.” Catania knows he will have trouble bringing diehard Democrats to cast a vote for a former Republican. If he can paint Bowser in any way as “ethically challenged” or “treif,” maybe that will move them to overlook or ignore Catania’s past

Republican affiliation. What I hope both candidates would do is something that is not being done, or in my memory has never been done in a D.C. mayoral campaign: present a strategy to empower D.C. Show me how D.C. attains budget autonomy, legislative autonomy, congressional representation and, ultimately, statehood. When is the last time you remember a candidate for mayor drop a name or two? Telling us they have met with somebody in the White House or someone in the Senate or House. I asked Bowser if she would go see Democratic senators on the Governmental Affairs and Homeland Security Committee and seek their sponsorship of the D.C. Statehood Bill. At the Ward 3 Democrats meeting, she said she would go see the “senators she knew.” She did not name the ones she knew. She should also be seeing the ones she does not know. Catania talks about going to the New Hampshire State legislature and getting supportive resolutions. That’s irrelevant and misguided. Why doesn’t he try to convert congressional Republicans to our side? That’s where the action is. Both major candidates don’t even know the legislative players who perpetuate our colonial and un-American status. Why aren’t they forming friendships, informing and lobbying for D.C.? The campaign is a perfect place to start. Mark Plotkin is a political analyst and contributor to the BBC on American politics.

A number of comments made by prominent figures in the past few weeks’ have brought rise to an ugly but familiar topic: date rape. Last week, community member and former George Washington University president, Stephen Trachtenburg, said that women should “have to be trained not to drink in excess” in order to prevent being raped. A Fox News panel, made up of mostly women, came to a similar conclusion in response to his comments. Meanwhile, on Labor Day, pop star Cee Lo Green implied in a series of tweets that nonconsensual sex only qualifies as rape if the woman is conscious. Then, Dartmouth graduate Andrew Lohse released a tell-all book about his experiences in a fraternity that accuses fraternity culture of promoting rape. IN-HOUSE PERIODONTIST

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Lastly, the past week brought the news of the invention of a nail polish that changes colors to indicate date rape drugs are in a drink when a finger is dipped in it. These news pieces spurred talking heads to do what they do best: compete to make the most outrageous comments possible in a farcical debate of the issue. But in the case of rape and its victims, there needn’t be a debate. Let us be clear: rape is never the victim’s fault. It is the rapist’s fault. A woman getting drunk should not and does not give predators license to rape. Are men so animalistic that they have no self-restraint when encountering an inebriated woman? There are predators in our society that people should be wary of. Men and women both have the ability to get themselves into compromising situations when it comes to alcohol and sex. Yes, tools like date rape drug detecting nail polish can help women avoid getting drugged, but the onus shouldn’t be on them. We need to change the conversation and our culture more broadly so that sex is not treated as conquest. By obscuring the two, not only we not only objectify sex partners but we also essentially turn having sex into a right of someone who has gone through certain steps, like dates. Sex is a privilege, not a right.

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EDITORIAL/ OPINON

9/11 : Here We Are Again We are upon the 13th anniversary of 9/11, and here, it seems, we are again. Most of us, it’s safe to say, have no trouble remembering the images from the terrible, blue-sky Tuesday morning of Sept. 11, 2001. We clearly recall the deaths, the planes crashing into the towers in New York -- and into the Pentagon, here, dark smoke lifting toward the sky, the vast confusion and shock of the day, the horrible numbers of death, bodies falling from tall buildings -- and the fourth plane crashing in a small-town field in Pennsylvania. A nurse, sitting among others watching the second tower come down on the television in the Mayflower Hotel, said, “I woke up this morning in one world, and I’ll wake up tomorrow in another.” That world is the one we live in today. We remember the events that followed: President George W. Bush declaring war on terrorism and regimes singled out as evil, and soon after that, striking against the Taliban in Afghanistan, and in 2003 moving forces against Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, a decision and its consequences still being hotly debated today.

We remember less how much the country and world has changed in the aftermath of 9/11. We live now in the world created by al-Qaeda, 9/11 and America’s and the world’s response to that day. We live in a world of security threats and security checkpoints in official buildings and airports. We live in a kind of lockdown, interrupted by periodic acts of terror around the world. We live in a world of Big Brother, where telephones and emails are monitored by a huge state security network to the point where nothing is private anymore. We live in a world of chaos in the Middle East, even as we triumphantly engineered and executed the killing of al-Qaeda leader and U.S. nemesis, Osama bin Laden. We feel somehow diminished. We have left Iraq and will soon do so in Afghanistan. We do not feel safer, or better off or more certain of our course in the world. The Arab Spring descended into lost chances and chaos. Here we are again. On Sept. 10, President Barack Obama laid out plans for battling a dark force, which emerged from a much morphed al-Qaeda group called ISIS

(the Islamic State in Syria), which is now based in the blasted landscape of civil-war Syria and which controls large chunks of territory and oil in Iraq, a nation that teeters on the edge of civil war and collapse. ISIS is the most alarmingly violent and murderous group yet seen in the Middle East and among terrorist groups, which is saying something. Beheadings of two Americans, mass executions and slaughter, an ambition to create a caliphate in the Middle East are the dark characteristics of ISIS. It’s been suggested that President George W. Bush predicted this chaos as a result of the American pullout from Iraq. It is too bad that we didn’t have George W. Bush predicting what would happen if we invaded Iraq in the first place. Here we are again. Even if President Obama pulls together a Gulf War-type of coalition to fight and destroy ISIS, it means we will be back in the muddy again, even without boots on the ground. We will be back in the center of the storm that began with 9/11 and is still raging with a fury we have so far not understood.

Time exposure night photograph at the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial, showing some of the 184 benches. Each bench serves to memorialize each of the victims, both on American Airlines flight 77 and those within the Pentagon building, killed on Sept. 11, 2001. Beneath each simple cantilevered bench is a small illuminated pool. Photo by Paul Simkin.

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BY JACK EVANS It’s September and time to get back to work. I wrote last time about our local schools beginning a new school year. With Labor Day in the rearview mirror, it’s time for the city to get back to full life after the annual August slowdown. Although the Council doesn’t formally meet between July 15 and Sept. 15, a Ward Councilmember’s work is never done. My staff and I were busy all summer long addressing constituent issues around the ward. While it seems like most people leave D.C. during August, government employees were hard at work fixing our streets, tending to our parks and working on some major construction projects across the ward. My office continues to work with different agencies to try to minimize the impact of these activities on our daily lives. A few weeks ago, we had Ward 2 night at both the Nationals Park and the Shakespeare Theatre Company. These events are a great way to see so many of you in a fun environment. We announced information about both of these events via my e-newsletter list. If you would like to be notified about events like these in the future, and other happenings in the ward, you can sign up for my newsletter at www.jackevans.org. The Council’s recess ends on Sept. 15, and the first Council legislative meeting will take place on Sept. 23. The Committee on Finance and Revenue, which I chair, will hold two hearings this month. On Sept. 18, we will take up a bill to create tax incentives to spur economic development along the Northeast New York Avenue corridor in Ward 5. On Sept. 24, we will have an oversight hearing to review the recently released Strategic Plan for his office and the city by the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWitt. To learn more, you can review the plan on the CFO’s website -- cfo.dc.gov/publication/ocfostrategic-plan. The Council will review many important issues during the remainder of the year. One of my top priorities is the proposed new school boundary system. Does this new system put all of our students in a position to succeed? I have reviewed the proposal with Deputy Mayor for Education Abigail Smith and feel that it addresses some of the issues parents face in Ward 2 with limited middle schools and no open high school. I will continue to work to make sure all Ward 2 students have access to quality schools at all levels. There are several other priorities of mine that I want to address in the remainder of the year. I will continue to focus my energies on working to increase the number of police officers that make up our force. I have written and spoken about this issue many times and it remains a matter of great concern. In addition, the continuing problem of homelessness is something that the city must come together to address. I met this summer with representatives from the Department of Homeless Services and other government and non-governmental organizations to discuss this critical issue. It is not something that will be resolved easily but I will continue to work with the appropriate agencies to do as much as we can to help these individuals. Finally, the mayor and Council must continue to focus on economic development and job creation. These efforts not only generate tax revenue to fund important city services, but each new job we create can greatly improve the lives of individuals and families all across our city. Councilmember Jack Evans represents Ward 2 of Washington, D.C., and is the longest-serving member of the District Council.

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BUSINESS

Restaurateur Richard McCooey Gets Spirited Send-Off BY R OBERT D EVAN EY

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estaurateur Richard McCooey -- founder of 1789 Restaurant, the Tombs and F. Scott’s -- who died Aug. 6 was given a tearful but joyous send-off Sept. 5 during a Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Trinity Church, one block from the restaurants. With the church filled, the Jesuit priests of the parish at the altar and the Georgetown Chimes singing, the Mass reflected the life of the beloved businessman and Georgetowner. Eulogists were Andrew Brophy, John McCooey Jr., Joseph Califano Jr. and Brendan Sullivan Jr. John McCooey Jr. recalled being a freshman on Georgetown’s campus and his uncle Richard taking him to the store to get a coat -- “I thought Georgetown was a southern school.” He called his uncle “eccentric but resourceful.” Translating the Georgetown University cheer, “Hoya Saxa,” the younger McCooey said of his uncle, “What rocks -- what amazing rocks.” Close friend Brendan Sullivan Jr. said, “He needed us. We needed him. He taught us how to live.” The classic Washington lawyer at Williams & Connelly told a story from his second year as an attorney. He had gotten an urgent call from McCooey to come to a townhouse near Georgetown University. Sullivan arrived to see McCooey, a stern Jesuit, with an elderly woman standing next to her husband who appeared to be sleeping in a chair. To avoid foreclosure, the couple needed to sign a mortgage document that would save the home for them and later give it to the university. With Sullivan present as attorney, McCooey insisted that the paper be signed by the old man whom the young lawyer soon realized was dead. What ethical questions? The church howled in laughter. “He was so purely motivated,” Sullivan said of McCooey. “He was the best of the good men … and is putting together a gathering place in heaven.” After the Mass, friends and family walked to a reception held at the nearby 1789 Restaurant, the Tombs and F. Scott’s, courtesy of John and Ginger Laytham. Clyde’s bought the restaurants in 1985.

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Born Oct. 14, 1930, in New York City, McCooey worked in the advertising world after college and then decided to open his restaurants. In 1990, he married Karen Magnier McCooey. The couple ran a restaurant design firm. Visit RichardMcCooey.org for more tributes and information.

Business Ins + Outs IN: Rent the Runway Coming to M Street Rent the Runway, the women’s designer dress, gown and accessories rental business, has moved into 3336 M St., NW, part of the Cady’s Alley design, home and fashion district, EastBanc and Jamestown announced Sept. 8, with an opening planned for November. Nearby stores include Calypso St. Barth, Intermix, Steven Alan and Bonobos along with home design brands, Calligaris and Donghia. IN: Artist’s Proof Leaving Cady’s Alley, where it first opened last year, Artist’s Proof -- a contemporary art gallery that features emerging artists from here and around the world -- moved to 1533 Wisconsin Ave., NW. (One of its exhibitors, Christian Develter provided the art for this newspaper’s front page.) IN: Do’s Custom Tailor on Regency Row Do’s Custom Tailor and Formal Wear has moved to 3409 M St., NW. The shop had been at Wisconsin and M and before that at Georgetown Court on Prospect Street for years.

BUSINESS IN: Chaia Fixing Up Grace Street Shop Known at the farmers markets near the White House and at Dupont Circle, Chaia (“farm to taco”) owners and chefs Bettina Stern and Suzanne Simon are planning their first brickand-mortar place at 3207 Grace St., NW., in the former G. Morris Steinbraker building. Look for a spring 2015 opening. OUT: Modern; IN: Georgetown Piano Bar The Georgetown Piano Bar plans to open its doors Sept. 12 and will be located at 3287 M St., NW, former home of the nightclub Modern. The team creating the bar is composed of piano player Hunter Lang, former Mr. Smith’s manager Gene McGrath, former Mr. Smith’s employee Morgan Williams and Bill Thoet, according to the Washington Business Journal IN: Tari Moves Up Wisconsin Avenue After selling the property, having a sale and packing up, boutique owner Sara Mokhtari quickly found a new place for her clothing consignment business at the old Dalton Pratt space at 1742 Wisconsin Ave., NW. -- with new inventory as well.

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oor Jennifer Lawrence. Her nude photos posted, blasted, shared, across numerous websites. A naughty snap secured on that mysterious thing called the cloud. And the digital thugs who ripped it from the nether regions of some server somewhere. Foul, foul, foul! But hang on, Edward Snowden is hailed as a hero for making public classified information from the NSA showing that the top secret agency was spying on Americans. Is there a difference between the two cases? Are both Snowden and the faceless svirtual Peeping Toms villains? By now half of readers are screaming that the two were completely different one was a private invasion, the other a public good. The other half are cheering. But that is the point. Our media is not just changing what we can share and how we share - but our very concepts of what privacy means. And if you are not thinking about that every time you use the Internet, or take a pic and post anywhere, caveat emptor! “There is no such thing as privacy anymore,” exclaimed one of the country’s leading privacy experts, who asked not to be named, when asked about how

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Nothing is sacred. For those of you inclined, Google tracks your porn searches. Moreover, check the cookies on your computer and realize what you gave up by just turning on that desktop/laptop. You will be amazed how many companies you have never heard of and to whom you did you did not give consent to access your computer, have planted their tracking code on your device. ATM suggests periodically cleaning out all website data, at a minimum. If you have allowed a phone app to use your location info - you are now essentially carrying the same thing as an ankle bracelet used to track felons. You are not the only one who can now launch the “find my iPhone.” But perhaps there is hope. A recent Pew study says that people are far less likely to share their political views on social media when they think a majority of others might disagree. So at least we seem to be keeping our political thoughts to ourselves a bit. So maybe that’s the secret. If you want to keep it private - pass that note in class share. Or just don’t take those photos in the first place.

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District Gets an 'A' for Return On Solar System Investments BY JOHN E. GIROUA R D

f you had $25,000 to invest, which of these three options do you think would provide the highest return with the lowest risk— dividend-paying stocks, 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds, or solar panels? If you said stocks, you’re in good company. That’s what people are talking about these days—blue-chip dividend-paying stocks that are currently yielding between 3 and 4 percent in a low-inflation environment. If you said bonds, which offer a similar yield, you have plenty of company as well in the crowd that is turned off by stock market volatility. However, you’d have given up control of your money—to Wall Street, to government regulation, to the fortunes of the companies, the competence of management, trends in industry, the next recession, geopolitical events and so on. You could make out like a bandit, but you could also lose more on your principal than you’ll earn on dividends. Finally, the IRS gets its cut, reducing that $1,000 (at 4 percent) in dividend income on $25,000 worth of stock market exposure to as little as $800. Solar panels, on the other hand, will not become more valuable over time, and you couldn’t sell them off your roof to meet a financial emergency. But if your instinct was to

choose solar panels anyway, congratulations! You understand a basic concept that I spend much of my time explaining to clients—the best investments are generally those over which you have the greatest control of risk, cash flow and taxes. In the case of solar panels, these days in the District, neither stocks nor bonds can come close. The financial return on a $25,000 investment in solar-retrofitting a home in the District includes several layers of tax credits (not just deductions), reduced electric bills, income from selling excess power back to the grid, increase in home value and saleability. D.C. homeowners currently enjoy the best of urban and federal tax breaks, earning an “A” ranking from solarpowerrocks.com, a consumer-driven information web site. Using the theoretical $25,000 system as a example, the site estimates that after tax breaks and other savings, the cost would fall to about $10,000 at the end of the first year, pay for itself within five years and increase the value of an average home by about $35,000—with no increase in assessment for property tax purposes. There are two lessons here. First, in D.C. you can go green and enjoy a healthy rate of return. Second, doing so illustrates a basic

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With 'Little Dancer,' a Sculpture Comes to Life BY GARY T ISCHL ER ynn Ahrens is getting excited. After literally years of working to bring the story of the girl who posed for Edgar Degas’s classic sculpture “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” to the stage as a major musical, it’s about to happen. “Little Dancer,” the Kennedy Center musical, will premiere Oct. 25 and run through Nov. 30 at the Eisenhower Theater. But there’s more. The National Gallery of Art will hold a focus exhibition at which the actual sculpture—which is in the NGA collection—will be the star. It will be surrounded by ten additional works, including the gorgeous pastel “Ballet Scene,” several monotypes and smaller original statuettes related to the original work beginning Oct. 5 through Jan.11. The girl was Marie van Goethem, a 14-yearold member of the Paris Opera Ballet, who posed for Degas and became, after the fact, one of the most famous ballerinas in the world. A number of years ago, Arhens, who wrote the libretto and book, while her partner Stephen Flaherty composed the music for “The Little Dancer,” saw the sculpture and wondered "who was that girl, what kind of life did she lead, what did Degas see in her. I was struck by the pose, everything about her. It just affected me, and I imagine that’s when I started thinking about a play, a musical, that would be about her, and Degas—I think they were like father and daughter, more than anything—and the whole world of the Paris Opera and Ballet, the painters

and artists. The young dancers usually lived in poverty and helped support their families. They were called the little rats.” “It was kind of a Dickensian world in Paris,” she said. “But it’s obvious that Degas was transported by her, enchanted, he was immersed in that world.” This is what Ahrens and Flaherty do. They make great musicals and shows out of unlikely materials. Ahrens and Flaherty are a rarity in Broadway and show business today. They are a composer and song and book writing duo who hugely successful and who've been working together for years. They’ve got the Broadway Triple Crown under their belt, winning the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Circle Award for “Ragtime,” their theatrical version of E.L. Doctorow’s towering novel of America’s coming of age, which was also a successful film and play at the Kennedy Center twice in different incarnations. They also created “Once on This Island,” a show which recently surfaced at Olney Theater and is a staple of regional theaters. There’s also been “Lucky Stiff” and “My Favorite Year” Most recently, they wrote the score for “Rocky” which arrived on Broadway with a big splash but never quite turned into a hit, although a version in Germany is drawing big crowds. “Stephen and I are the best of friends, the best of partners, we work well together, always have. There’s no formula—sometimes he starts

out with some bits of music and I’ll start writing lyrics, sometimes I start with the words, and he follows with the music,” she said. It took a while to get “Little Dancer” done. “It took six years altogether that we worked on it, workshopped it, had labs and readings. We invited Michael Kaiser to take a look at a portion of what we were doing. He was absolutely taken with it and was behind it from the get go.” “This is about art and life. We have one song called “In Between” which illustrates this, in between youth and growing up for the” little rat,” where art and life come together and touch.” “We have a terrific group of people who came together on this, including, of course Susan Stroman” Ahrens said. “Stroman is the director of “The Producers,” and the beautifully original “Contact,” which was essentially a dance piece, as well as most recently “Big Fish” and “Bullets Over Broadway.” “She is perfect for this because she’s worked with ballet companies. She knows dance better than anybody.” Playing the adult Marie is Rebecca Luker (of “Mary Poppins” fame) while New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck plays the young ballerina, the haunting young girl torn between trying to survive in a harsh world and expressing her gifts as a dancer. “I think this is a show that everyone— including families—can relate to. It’s about family, survival, fathers, daughters, patrons

Tiler Peck in Kennedy Center's "Little Dancer." Photo by Matthew Karas

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During the course of speaking with Rutter, I allowed that I hadn’t been interested in classical music when I was in high school, that I was a rock and roller. “Don’t kid yourself,” she said. “At one time or another, we’re all rock and rollers. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a fan of the Kinks, Sting or Dave Matthews, you listened to rock and roll at some point and it’s not forgotten.” She said that she was “was amazed at the depth and breadth of the every-day programming at the Kennedy Center, and at the audiences’ interest in what the center offers.” “I was happy to be able to attend the NSO’s Labor Day concert which had to be moved inside to the Concert Hall because of the weather and it was absolutely thrilling to see how people were happy to be there.” “There are so many tent poles, and silos, to the Center, the different departments, and one of the things I thought was that whatever event was going on—a concert, an opera, a ground-up musical, a dance or ballet performance, that the center’s various parts would interact and reflect individual productions—that a single project would resonate among and inspire the rest of the building.” “Sure, I will miss Chicago. It’s a unique American city. It’s a tough place in many ways, strong and receptive, and all the myths and personas of the city are true,” she said. “But

you don’t lose friends in this business. You will always see and connect with people who work in this field. And this city, as I’m beginning to see, has its own personality. It’s totally different. “We have this historic place here. It’s connected to history, and it’s a monument as well as a performing arts center,” she said. “But there are always different ways to bring the arts to the community and the community to the arts. She shared the experience of being at a concert for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s “Truth to Power” festival at which Jason Moran, the Kennedy Center’s jazz director, performed original blues compositions with conceptual artist Theaster Gates. “Jason is such a gifted, innovative player and person,” she said of Moran. That kind of collaboration attracts here as well. “I’m very excited about the “Little Dancer,” she said, referring to the Kennedy Center’s musical production about the relationship between the Impressionist painter Degas and the model for his famous ballerina sculpture which begins in October and coincides with a special exhibition at the National Gallery of Art.

Deborah F. Rutter. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

eborah F. Rutter, the new president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, its first female president, and only the third to hold the post, was in the middle of her first official day at work September 2 when she took time to talk on the phone. “My office looks terrible. There’s boxes and stuff all over the place,” she said. “We had a staff meeting to meet everyone which was absolutely great. It was a very warm occasion. I was so impressed with the people here, and I’m really looking forward to the daily process of working together. “Actually, the most important part of the day was of course deciding what my daughter would wear to school,” she said and laughed. Even in a half hour phone conversation, you get the impression that Rutter doesn’t stand on ceremony much. She’s down to earth, accessible, moving from conversation about day-to-day living, moving to Washington from Chicago, talking about how to engage new audiences, about music and its “power to transform.” She’s at turns eloquent and vibrant, funny, professional and warm. President of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association for over a decade, Rutter was named to succeed Michael Kaiser who ended his 13-year tenure on September 1. When the Kennedy Center presented her to the press last December, Rutter exuded both confidence and affability, embracing with gusto the challenge of leading what is often considered the nation’s premiere cultural and performing arts center. There was, of course, a reason for the confidence. She was something of a transforming agent in Chicago, spreading the reputation of the CSOA out into the city and community, persuading legendary Maestro Riccardo Muti to head the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as its 10th music director and displaying a bent

for collaborative efforts, city-wide festivals, large-scale educational efforts, a gift for fundraising and a passion for the works of contemporary classical composers . During her tenure in Chicago, famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma became the first Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant. Still, it’s plain that while under Rutter the CSOA became a force not only throughout the city of Chicago, but nationally and internationally as well, heading up the Kennedy Center is a different matter. That’s because of its various pieces—theater programming, jazz, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera, which came under the center’s wing only recently, Very Special Arts, Young People’s Program, the annual Kennedy Center Honors and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the last two of which result in very public red-carpet festivities and events. “I realize the challenge,” she said, “and I look forward to it.” At the time of the announcement, she said “It’s an honor and a challenge to continue to build on the tremendous work that Michael Kaiser has done here for the past 13 years.” While September 2 was her official first work day, she’s been busy meeting with people all along and scouting the city and the center. “We moved here and now live in American University Park, which we found to be a great place. It’s residential, it’s close to things, there are all kinds of things within walking distance. Our daughter Gillian goes to Sidwell, and she sings in a choir, which I think is terrific because that’s where you learn about working with others, about collaboration to produce beautiful music and sounds.” Her husband Peter Ellefson teaches at Northwestern and Indiana University and plays the trombone. Rutter herself grew up playing the violin and piano.

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NOW PLAYING A number of Washington area theater groups have begun their seasons. Here’s a look at what’s playing now. Arena Stage—“The Shoplifters,” a new play and world premiere about the haves and have nots, a security guard and shoplifters, written and directed by Morris Panych, in the Kreeger Theater, through Oct. 19. Theater J—Theater J’s season of Epic Expressions opens with “Yentl,” by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer, through Oct. 5. Scena Theatre—“Shining City,” by Conor McPherson and world premiere of “Molly,” about Irish playwright and poet’s J.M. Synge’s lover, in repertory through Sept. 21 at Atlas Performing Arts Center. Olney Theatre—“Colossal,” by Andrew Hinderaker, world premiere, through Sept. 28. Signature—Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George,” launches Signature’s 25th Anniversary Season, through Sept. 21. Folger Theatre—“King Lear” starring Joseph Marcell of “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," through Sept. 21. National Theatre—“Dirty Dancing-the Classic Story on Stage,” through Sept. 14. Studio Theatre—“Belleville,” by hot playwright Amy Herzog, directed by David Muse, through Oct. 12.

Round House Theatre—Sam Shepard’s brazen, “Fool for Love,” through Sept. 27. KENNEDY CENTER Theater—There’s no question that the buzz at the Kennedy Center is around its own production of “Little Dancer,” which debuts at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre Oct. 25Nov. 30. There’s also a new touring production of “Evita” by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, with Caroline Bowman in the starring role, Sept. 30 through Oct. 19 at the Opera House. The National Symphony Orchestra—The NSO’s fifth season under Music Director Christoph Eschenbach includes: The NSO’s Season Opening Ball, welcoming new K.C. President Deborah F. Rutter, featuring star violinist Joshua Bell, conducted by both Eschenbach and NSO Pops conductor Steven Reineke. Sept. 21 in the Concert Hall. Eschenbach conducts works by Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Mozart, featuring violinist Midori Oct. 30 and Nov. 1.The NSO Pops Orchestra will showcase the music from the films of Tim Burton (“Beetlejuice,” “Batman”), with conductor John Mauceri, Oct. 23-15. KC Jazz Kennedy Center Artistic Adviser for Jazz, Jason Moran launches the jazz season with a multitude of programs: Crossroads Club: Mehliana, with Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana, Oct. 4; Jazz Select Series, with Muhal Richard Abrams, Terrace Theater, Oct. 10; The San Francisco Jazz Collective, Terrace Theater, Oct. 17; Lou Donaldson Quartet, Terrace Theater, Nov. 14; KC Jazz Club, George Cables Songbook featuring Victor Lewis, Nov. 8.

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ARTS PREVIEW Washington Concert Opera—This critically recognized company will present Vincenzo Bellin’s, “I Capuleti e I Montechi,” Sept. 28 at Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University. It’s an Italian, operatic version of the tale of Romeo and Juliet which stars Russian soprano Olga Peretyatko as Giulietta, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey as Romeo, and David Portillo as Tebaldo, with WCO Artistic Director Robert Walker conducting.

Olney Theatre—“Awake and Sing!,” by Clifford Odets, Sept. 24-Oct. 19. Forum Theatre—“Walking in the City of Silence and Stone,” fall through summer 2015; “How We Got On," by Paige Henandez, Oct. 30-Nov. 23. Gala Hispanic Theatre—“Cancun,” by Jordi Galceran, Sept. 11-Oct. 5.

UPCOMING THEATER Arena Stage—“Fiddler on the Roof,” directed by Molly Smith, Oct. 1 through Jan. 4. A 50th anniversary production of the play. Theater J —“The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures,” by Tony Kushner. Nov. 13Dec. 21. Folger Theater—“Julius Caesar,” directed by Robert Richmond, Oct. 28-Dec. 7. Constellation Theater—“Absolutely (perhaps),” by Luigi Pirandello, Oct. 9-Nov. 9. Woolly Mammoth Theatre—“Marie Antoinette,” by David Adjimi, starring Kimberly Gilbert. Sept. 17-Oct. 12. Shakespeare Theatre Company—Isango Ensemble Repertory, “The Magic Flute,” with Impempe Yomlingo and “Venus and Adonis,” September 12-21. “As You Like It,” directed by Ethan McSweeney, Oct. 28-Dec. 7.

Signature Theatre—“Elmer Gantry,” Oct. 7-Nov. 7; “Sex With Strangers,” D.C. Premiere, Oct. 14-Dec. 7. American Century Theatre—“The Seven Year Itch,” by George Axelrod, Sept. 20-Oct. 11. Ford Theatre—“Driving Miss Daisy,” starring Nancy Robinette and Craig Wallace, Sept. 26-Oct. 26. Studio Theatre—“Bad Jews,” by Joshua Harmon, begins Nov. 4. “The Wolf Twins,” by Rachel Bonds, begins Oct. 15. MUSIC The Embassy Series—Now in its 21st season under Jerome Barry, the Embassy Series continues to offer a unique yearly program of concerts which combine world-class music with the opportunity to conduct musical diplo-

macy during trouble times. The venues—the city’s embassies and ambassador residences— provide rare opportunities for audiences to hear great music and come face to face with embassy officials from around the world. This year, the series begins with a group of concerts that amount to a journey through Eastern Europe beginning with the Embassy of Slovakia (baritone Martin Babjak and pianist Daniel Buranovsky), Sept. 18; Embassy of Ukraine (Oleh Kaskiv, violin and Oksana Skidan, piano), Oct. 10; Embassy of Hungary (Hugo Kauder Trio), Oct. 14; Embassy of Bosnia-Herzegovina, (singer Azra), Nov. 7. In addition, there is a special concert on Nov. 14, at the Residence of the Japanese Ambassador, with violinist Nanae Iwata.

DANCE Kennedy Center Terrace Theater—The iconic, edgy choreographer Martha Clarke brings a big cast—actress Amy Irving anddancers Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo in a production of “Cheri,” Oct. 1-4. Washington Performing Arts presents the sixth annual Velocity Dance Festival at Sidney Harman Hall Oct. 9-11, featuring over 20 of the area’s top dance companies and ensembles, from ballet to hip hop to flamenco.

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The S&R Foundation—The S&R Foundation will hold its Overtures Fall Concert Series beginning with Char Prescott & the Ryo Yanagitani Duo, Sept. 12, at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, followed by the Urban Tango Trio with Kazuma Miura, Sept. 24; Mohamed Shams, Oct. 2; METRio, Oct. 4; Outstanding DC Artists, Oct. 17 and Ayane Kozasa with Michael Djupstrom and Paul Wiancko, Oct. 24, all at Everyman Estate. The In Series—The In Series is presenting “The Cole Porter Project,” through Sept. 20, and will stage the unusual “Fatal Songs: The Great Opera Murders,” through Sept. 21.

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Book Hill Art Walk, Sept. 12

Georgetown Gallery Scene Makes Resurgence BY ARI POS T diacy, a feeling of here and now, exemplified in the visual arts—something transient but everlasting, the way golden, sun-spattered leaves remain with us long after they fall from their branches. Maybe this is why fall art openings are so popular. Nothing satisfies our craving for life like the sensory immersion of both art and nature. The Georgetown neighborhood has reemerged in recent years as the most promising gallery scene in the city—Mark Jenkin's recent Washington Post article, “Galleries Gathering Again in Once Arty Georgetown,” is perhaps the most resounding testament.

Addison Ripley, Chords Red. Increasingly each September, as the summer folds into a weave of warm rainstorms and cool, damp evenings, the anticipation of a fall art season takes on a palpable tangibility. The arts are inspiring and beautiful, often times joyous, sometimes heartbreaking, They stir something deep within us. In keeping with autumnal sentiments, there is a bracing imme-

This year's annual "Galleries on Book Hill Fall Art Walk," on Friday, September 12, along Wisconsin Avenue, could very well be the public art event of the season. This is one not to miss. Addison/Ripley Fine Art Joan Belmar: Chords 1670 Wisconsin Ave NW This exhibition features richly layered works on canvas and paper, in artist Joan Belmar's first solo exhibition at Addison/Ripley. Belmar pulls inspiration from his Uruguayan heritage to create works that are lyrical and heartfelt.

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black and white porcelain work by Maren Kloppmann. Both artists work chiefly in black and white, and the juxtaposition of the seemingly chaotic and energetic lines of Horton’s drawings with Kloppmann’s quiet, grounded forms creates a harmonious dialogue of form. www.CrossMackenzie.com

Cross Mackenzie Gallery 1675 Wisconsin Ave NW Drawings by Lyn Horton and ceramics by Maren Kloppmann Cross Mackenzie Gallery has paired the graphite wall drawings and pen and ink works on paper by Lyn Horton together with elegant

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ARTS PREVIEW continued from Page 7 Susan Calloway Fine Art 1643 Wisconsin Ave NW The Light that She Loves: Literary Paintings and Drawings by Maud Taber-Thomaz Artist Maud Taber-Thomas creates luminous drawings and paintings that embody a loving conversation between different art forms, exploring Victorian and Medieval literature and capturing the vibrant light and color of distant times and places, particularly through the use of portraiture. Trained in classic painting

techniques, the artist's process is tied to past generations, from the Renaissance Tenebrists, to the French Rococo painters, to the PreRaphaelites and Impressionist portraitists. www.CallowayArt.com

movies such as "The Lion King" and "The Swan Princess." He has long captured the hearts of young and old alike, with work guided by the ever-evolving nature of pop culture, literature and history. www.AProof.net

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The Maurine Littleton Gallery presents Body/ Building, a group exhibit of architecture and art. Featuring the work of Erwin Eisch, Warrington Colescott, Nancy Genn, Sergei Isupov, Iliya Isupov, among many others, the show explores human and architectural forms through Vitreographs (prints made from glass plates), ceramics and glass sculpture, each artist conveying structure and relationships in literal, figurative and poetic terms. www. LittletonGallery.com Neptune Fine Art 1662 33rd Street NW Raya Bodnarchuk: Bronze Sculpture Sculptor Raya Bodnarchuk is known for her clean lines and modernist compositions with a contemporary yet sensitive twist. Her works are included in collections such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the National Institute of Health, with noted commissions throughout the United States. www.NeptuneFuneArt.com

Robert Brown Gallery 1662 33rd Street NW A South African Sketchbook: Drawings, Photographs, and Etchings Five of South Africa's most acclaimed artists respond to their homeland with honesty, passion, directness, even whimsy. Works by Roger Ballen, Deborah Bell, Willem Boshoff, William Kentridge and Diane Victor. Extremely powerful and evocative, images on display in A South African Sketchbook join the struggle for a better nation. Their impact reaches far beyond South Africa. www.RobertBrownGallery.com

Washington Printmakers Gallery 1641 Wisconsin Ave NW The Painterly Print Exhibition: Linda Rose Larochelle This exhibit features a series of monotypes by block print artist Linda Rose Larochelle. Monotypes allow the printmaker to achieve a range of tones, subtle gradations of color, and to take advantage of the spontaneous effects of free flowing inks. In this show, the figurative monotypes are large and expressive with bold colors and patterns reminiscent of Matisse. Many have a touch of whimsy that is sure to be appreciated. www.WashingtonPrintmakers.com

Single Tickets and Full, Mini, and Young Patron Season Ticket Packages are on sale for Choral Arts’ 50th anniversary season. Under the Midnight Sun

featuring our new Chamber Singers performing music from the Nordic cultures Friday, October 17, 2014 | 7:30 pm The Falls Church Episcopal

Plus our season at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall

EmiliE BrzEzinski | ThE lurE of ThE forEsT sEpTEmBEr 16 – DEcEmBEr 27 The Kreeger Museum presents an exhibition of monumental wood sculptures by Emilie Brzezinski. This exhibition expresses Brzezinski’s fascination with trees and her love and respect for the environment. The Museum pays homage to this masterful sculptor, who for over thirty years has chain sawed and hand-chiseled tree trunks into majestic forms. Each work exhibits beauty, grace, sensuousness, and strength. Her imposing installations are awe-inspiring and express the passion Brzezinski has for her trees. Guest curator Milena Kalinovska.

for morE informaTion visiT www.krEEgErmusEum.org

Bach: Mass in B Minor

Sunday, November 2, 2014 | 4:00 pm

A Capital Christmas:

Living the Dream…Singing the Dream: A Choral Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, February 22, 2015 | 7:00 pm

Our Annual Holiday Concert Orff: Carmina Burana Monday, December 15, 2014 | 7:00 pm Sunday, May 17, 2015 | 8:00 pm Sunday, December 21, 2014 | 7:00 pm Wednesday, December 24, 2014 | 1:00 pm

A Family Christmas:

For the Young and Young-at-Heart Saturday, December 20, 2014 | 1:00 pm

Tickets start at $15; Orchestra seats at $25 are also available. Choral Arts Box Office | choralarts.org | 202.244.3669 8

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 FALL ARTS PREVIEW

"There is no fear to cook something gutsy, to try anything and never put a label on whether it's a four-star dish or a no-star dish. That's what I love about the restaurants here.â&#x20AC;?

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GAME-CHANGER Daniel Boulud Joins D.C.’s Rising Tide of Chefs B Y A R I P O S T | P H O T O S B Y PA U L S I M K I N

here are very certain times within the evolution of culture—turning points in which the underground breaks into the mainstream, the underdog rises from obscurity and steps into the spotlight—that signals the dawn of a new era. It is a domino effect of events, which echoes that a seismic shift has occurred and nothing will ever be quite the same. It happened this year to Washington's food culture. The pot has been simmering for some time, and there is no one thing that can take all the credit for its boiling over. Since the recession hit in 2007, the influx of young urban professionals to the area, who flocked here for government job stability and seemed to surprise even themselves by settling in, resulted in the rapid development of city areas long since written off—and restaurants around town were always the first doors to open, fresh, funky and eager to impress. The revitalization of the H Street corridor, Southwest Waterfront and Shaw neighborhoods have brought noticeably bold new talent, energy and innovation to our restaurant community. Meanwhile, old guard restaurateurs have continued to anchor the city's reputation, from Jeffrey Buben to Robert Wiedmaier, Ris Lacoste, Michel Richard, and our incomparable culinary ambassador José Andrés. Patrick O'Connell of the Inn at Little Washington has long been one of our country's most universally acclaimed chefs who has brought international attention to our area for more than 30 years. But over the past few months this revolution seems to have galvanized. The city has exploded with national culinary acclaim, scoring high in countless national rankings, from the pages of Forbes, Food & Wine, Travel and Leisure and Livability, among others. Bon Appétit magazine just named the Capitol Hill restaurant Rose's Luxury the best restaurant of 2014, lauding its innovative cuisine as a “game-changer.” And big names are taking notice. New York chef and restaurateur David Chang is opening a branch of his freakishly popular Momofuku ramen bar later this year in D.C.'s developing CityCenter, crowning the local ramen boom that includes the cultish (and incomparably tasty) hotspots Toki Underground and Daikaya. However, for those harboring a more intimate knowledge of restaurants over the past 30 years, there is another chef coming to Washington that signals its culinary heyday unequivocally and beyond all others. His name is Daniel Boulud. To know why this is, it is important to know a little bit about who he is. Boulud was born in Lyon, France, the

Mesopotamia of European cuisine. He was raised in the land of Beaujolais and Côtes du Rhône, the birthplace of charcuterie, quenelle, andouillette and coq au vin. Frankly, it is an unfair advantage for a chef. When asked if he was genetically predisposed with a heightened sense of taste and flavor, he admits, “I did grab a few genes.” (Though “not all positive,” he laughs.) He started cooking early in life, and at the age of 15 he had already achieved recognition as a finalist in a competition for France's best culinary apprentice. After working with legendary French chefs Roger Vergé, Georges Blanc and Michel Guérard and a brief stint in Copenhagen, Boulud moved to Washington in 1980 to be the private chef to the European Commission. “The first thing I did when I got here was drop my suitcase and go see Jean-Louis Palladin at the Watergate,” Boulud says. Palladin, who died in 2001, was one of the true torchbearers of French cuisine in mid-to-late century America, whose namesake 40-seat restaurant in the Watergate Hotel will go down in history as a gastronomic Camelot in its own right. “He was the avant-garde chef,” says Boulud. “Unconventional, but a national figure. It was very important for me to meet him.” But Boulud's stint as a private chef did not satisfy his ambition. “I found the cooks here exciting and interesting,” he says, “but the restaurants were old fashioned French, where I didn't have much interest.” He chocks this fad off on none other than Jacqueline Kennedy—with a wink and a smile, of course—who famously brought French cuisine to the White House and into vogue on a national scale. Not that Boulud has a problem with it. In fact, he is proud to have once called her a regular dinner guest. It was simply not his calling. So, after two restless years in Washington, Boulud was directed by Palladin to the Westbury Hotel in New York City. Once he arrived in New York, his mastery of French cuisine and desire to push the boundaries of unconventionality quickly rocketed him to the top of the food chain. He landed the job as chef de cuisine at Polo Lounge at Westbury Manor then moved onto Le Regencé at the Hotel Plaza Athenée, finally taking over as executive chef at Le Cirque, an old restaurant in Manhattan's Upper East Side known for its elite, remarkable clientele—and unremarkable food. From 1986 to 1992, Boulud turned Le Cirque into one of the most highly rated restaurants in the country. In his last year there, he received his first James Beard Award for Best Chef in New York City. “When I came to Le Cirque,” he says, “the clientele was mature but powerful, very old fashioned. Always royalty, politicians, entertainment people. But the food was never any good. And I came in there and made them talk

about the food. It helped the restaurant, but it also helped me—it gave me the confidence and knowledge to open my own place.” “The ’80s were pivotal for me,” he goes on. “It was like the Olympics. It's where I got on stage for the first time. But in order to jump the podium, I had to open my own place.” Boulud found an investor and took the plunge, opening his namesake restaurant, Daniel, in 1993. Shortly thereafter, Daniel was rated one of the top ten restaurants in the world by the International Herald Tribune, received a fourstar rating from the New York Times, and collected top honors from Zagat, Gourmet magazine and Wine Spectator. He was recognized again by the James Beard Foundation as Outstanding Chef of the Year in 1994. Since then, Boulud has not had the chance to look back. His food is now legendary and his name is an industry. He has six restaurants in New York, as well as locations in Paris, Montreal, Vancouver, Miami, Palm Beach, Las Vegas, London, Singapore, Beijing and probably a few others. He has been a guest on Letterman half a dozen times

“The first thing I did when I got here was drop my suitcase and go see Jean-Louis Palladin at the Watergate.” -DANIEL BOULUD and appeared on television alongside Anthony Bourdain more than a few times. His awards are innumerable and include a 2007 Culinary Humanitarian Award from the United Nations and a 2006 Legion of Honour distinction from the President of France for his contributions to the advancement of French culture. When confronted with this boggling list of accolades, he smiles. “So, I passed my exam.” Now, after 30 years, Boulud returns to Washington. DBGB Kitchen and Bar, a companion to his bistro of the same name in New York's East Village (in honor of the Bowery's now-departed CBGB), is opening in D.C.'s newly developed CityCenter at the corner of 9th and H Streets, NW (just around the block from Chang's Momofuku).

“Through the years, I've done charities and events in D.C., seen friends, but the opportunity just never really came along to open a restaurant until now,” he says. “And I am suddenly remembering things from when I was here. Like Patrick O'Connell, who was a pioneer in reaching out and making relationships with local farmers to source local ingredients. I remember Jean-Louis had a farmer raising squab, and he would go around Maryland and Virginia searching for game and seafood all the time.” “I think what the 1980s brought to restaurants, especially around Washington, is an entire generation of chefs who cared about the ingredients,” he says. “Cooks who cared about how their food is being grown and raised, with an interest in local product.” DBGB, to hear Boulud tell it, is the wild sibling of his more traditional fine dining outfits. “It's certainly the most casual of my restaurants,” he says, “and sort of rustic—a kind of French-American brasserie. It's about having a restaurant where I can be Daniel Boulud but make myself affordable in the style of the bistros and bouchons of Lyon. It's seasonal, market-driven, and inspired by the talent of an individual chef to make it special and personalized.” The heart of the restaurant is burgers, bangers and really good beer. Sausage is a particular inspiration, “because not only in France, but if you go around Europe and the rest of the world, every culture and cuisine has beautiful and interesting sausage. It can be street food or fine dining. It is a way to really extend our charcuterie program.” A deep sense of pride and enjoyment comes from Boulud as he discusses his whitecloth table restaurants, but at this point in his career, he is curious to tackle what he calls the “problem” of casual dining. “It has no identity,” he says. “It means a diner on the corner, it means a bistro, it means fun, but it is somehow considered less than fine dining. I want to think of it as fine fun dining (FFD). And it's an important point for D.C. right now, because there are a lot of fantastic restaurants here getting so much recognition for being casual. And with that sense of casual, you can achieve the most unstructured, earnest and delicious food of all. There is no fear to cook something gutsy, to try anything and never put a label on whether it's a four-star dish or a no-star dish. That's what I love about the restaurants here.” “As a chef, I have always worked in the finest restaurants,” says Boulud. “I think I've proven that I am a great chef. But I enjoy making rustic dishes just as much, with the real history and DNA of where I come from. To me, casual dining is a little bit the inner you, which is sometimes more important in your life than the professional you. That idea alone is something that I am excited to bring here, an idea that is important to bring to Washington.” Long live Boulud, and all welcome the new era of the Washington restaurant dynasty.

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YOUR DINING GUIDE TO WASHINGTON DC’S FINEST RESTAURANTS

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

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

Open seven nights a week. Jackets suggested. Complimentary valet parking.

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

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

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

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

Reservations suggested.

CHADWICKS

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

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

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

Overlooking the new Georgetown Waterfront Park

I-THAI RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR

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

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

3003 M ST., NW 202–580–8852

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

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

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

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DAS ETHIOPIAN 1201 28TH ST., NW

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

MARTINS TAVERN

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

Serving Brunch until 4 p .m. 7 days a week!

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

Tucked up along the historic C&O Canal, a national park that threads through the Georgetown neighborhood, The Grill Room at Capella Washington, D.C., specializes in hand-cut, bone-in, artisan meats, bracingly fresh seafood and tableside preparations. Framed with a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows and fluid geometric lines, the ambiance is one of relaxed refinement. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

ENO WINE BAR

2810 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW 202–333–4710 enowinerooms.com Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 30 wines by the glass starting at $9. The ENO Experience is perfect for a pre-theater meal or try our dessert wine & chocolate flights after. Outdoor seating available.

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

SEA CATCH RESTAURANT

1054 31ST ST., NW 202–337–8855 seacatchrestaurant.com Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a relaxed atmosphere. Outdoor dinning available. Join us for Happy Hour, Mon.-Fri. from 5 to 7 pm, featuring $1 oysters and half-priced drinks

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

CAFE BONAPARTE

1522 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–333–8830 cafebonaparte.com Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café, featuring award-winning crepes and arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other can'tmiss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday until 3 p.m. and our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m.

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

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

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

Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner.

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

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

FOOD & WINE

The Latest Dish BY LINDA ROT H

Restaurateur Reese Gardner's Georgetown Eric Ziebold, plans to open his own restaurant floating on the Potomac River. The Nauti Foods in Penn Quarter at 1015 7th Street, NW in 2015. boat is stationed north of Key Bridge on Friday, restaurant, Orange Anchor at Washington NYC chef David Chang says the Momofuku Saturday and Sunday afternoons and evenings. Harbour, is slated to open next month. Another he plans to open at CityCenterDC will be dif- The business hours are flexible, as weather and new restaurant, Union Social, is slated open at 100 Florida Ave. NE in NoMa in Q4 2014 ferent from his NYC Momofuku restaurant. daylight will determine hours. or Q1 2015. Gardner also plans to change his The Virginia native Mighty Pint in Dupont Circle into a restauhas something to rant called Second State, an homage to the prove upon his return native of Pennsylvania, with a menu similar to to his roots. James Copperwood Tavern’s, but with more emphasis Ringel and brother on Pennsylvania traditions than Virginia’s. Arthur, who worked Richmond-based Sugar Shack Donuts at Hank’s Oyster (named one of the best doughnut shops in the Bar, plan to open DC country by USA Today) plans to open a locaHarvest on H St NE. tion at the Belle Pre apartments at 804 N. Henry Mr. Smith's will still Street in Alexandria. It will open as a restauremain a Georgetown rant and "speakeasy," as well as serve handinstitution, as it made doughnuts and doughnut-inspired food, plans to relocate to mixed drinks and gourmet coffee and espresso Chadwick’s spot on products. Sugar Shack will join Lost Dog Cafe in K St. NW under the the apartment building. Whitehurst Freeway, not far from the waterLinda Roth is president of Linda Roth Associates, front. New York-based a public relations & marketing firm that specialThe Melt Shop plans Fresh Sugar Shack Donuts. Photo via Twitter by Marcella Lee. New York-based Pizza Vinoteca is slated izes in the hospitality industry, providing creative to open at 1901 L St. NW, serving breakfast, lunch and maybe dinner, for those who crave to open its first D.C. area store in Arlington’s connections through media relations, marketgrilled cheese comfort food at all hours of the Ballston area this month. This pizza parlor at ing initiatives, community outreach and special day and night. Look for Capriotti at 34th & M 800 N. Glebe Road, is near Mussel Bar. Pizza events. Reach her at: Linda@LindaRothPR.com in Georgetown where The Cellar Door used to Vinoteca features high-tech ordering as guests or 703-417-2700. www.lindarothpr.com be. Yes there have been other places that opened can order via iPad. For takeout, customers order there since but the most memorable is The at a kiosk and then monitor the progress of their Cellar Door. Capriotti’s also recently opened in order via LED stock ticker. The restaurant will Rosslyn. Cafe Mayo opened at 3147 Dumbarton seat 110 with a 26-seat bar. St. NW, serving a variety of sandwiches including Cuban and banh mi as well as American favorites. Chipotle’s Southeast Asian concept, ShopHouse, will open next at Union Station, adding to the stores open in Dupont Circle, Chinatown and Georgetown. THE GEORGETOWN You can now snack while you paddle the Potomac. Nauti Foods, D.C’s first floating food boat, has partnered with local food vendors, such as Dolcezza Gelato, Bullfrog Bagels and Sticky TONY & J O E’S Fingers, to offer light fare to those who are

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nternationally renowned Inn at Little Washington chef-owner Patrick O’Connell is working on a new book called “Magnificent Obsession.” It’s about décor and design – with a few recipes because, as they say, “we can’t help ourselves.” It’s slated to be published in April 2015, just in time for Mother’s Day. Chef Peter Chang has legions of fans in Virginia. Now he plans to increase the size of his fan club in the Maryland suburbs. Chang plans to open his latest restaurant at Rockville Town Center in Q1 2015. The former Chinese embassy chef has five successful Peter Chang restaurants in Virginia, with a Fairfax location in the works for 2015. Just Opened: Brookland Pint opened in the Monroe Street Market project, brought to you by the owners of Meridian Pint (Columbia Heights) and Smoke & Barrel (Adams Morgan). With 24 beers on tap, it serves upscale bar food and seats 118 inside and 48 on the outdoor patio. Chef duties go to Rebecca Hassell, who is well known in the ‘hood.’ TaKorean at The Yards in Capitol Riverfront has just opened, serving MexicanKorean cuisine. This fast casual restaurant at 1309 Fifth St. SE is its first brick-and-mortar location. Takorean started as a food truck before moving to a stall in Union Market. Alphonse Italian Market & Osteria on U Street, NW is open at 6 a.m. for breakfast, as well as Italian food throughout the day. Brought to you by the folks who operate the Russia House and Biergarten Haus. Shake Shack recently opened its first Virginia location at the new Plaza at Tysons Corner Center. Jersey Mike's recently opened in Gainesville at 8136 Stonewall Shops Square. It is the fifth location for franchisees Pat and Kathy White, who also own Jersey Mike's restaurants in Fairfax, Manassas, Culpeper and Chantilly. Penn Commons opened its doors at 6th & H Streets, NW in Penn Quarter, from Passion Food Hospitality group. Quick Hits: Famed CityZen executive chef,

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

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

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WINE

Stomping Through the Wineries BY ERI N S CHA F F A ND PA U L S I M K I N

Rows of vines at the Corcoran Winery located on the tip of Northern Virginia.

wo bags of Peanut M&Ms from the gas station, a shared bottle of Aquafina, a touring guide to Loudoun County wineries, and we were off to get a quick handle on the whole “wine thing” that everyone talks about but that we snarked-off as a bit

too snobby for our down-to-earth sensibilities. We thought our tastes had already moved up considerably from the days of Everclear punch and flat beer in red Solo cups when we up-scaled to the expensive bar shots of Patrón and Grey Goose. Frankly, our experience with

wine was limited to “Three-Buck Chuck”and Manischewitz at my mom’s house twice a year. Clearly we knew better than those haughty folks who hauled their cookies all over the place to “become one” with the grape. After all, wine is wine, right?

On the one day this month that Erin and I both have off together, we were both dead set on doing something other than our usual piling of shopping carts with projects we’ll never actually finish from Michael’s and The Home Depot. With the thought of adventure spurring us on we set out for a great adventure in the wilderness. Not actually being the super adventurous types we looked for something just far enough outside of D.C. to have cows and suitably romantic dusty back roads, but that would also still leave enough time in the day to stop at the mall in Tysons for a quick Cinnabon and then on to a movie about a raccoon and tree that help guard the galaxy. We headed to the northern tip of Loudoun County on Route 9. Erin drove, I fell asleep and Google navigated us through a couple of short life lessons that went a long way in establishing that we were the real wine snobs. Our first stop was the Corcoran Winery. There is a zero snooty factor about the place. Erin even used the word “charming” out loud before catching herself. The folks hanging out at the winery seemed totally without the pretension that we had previously, and now to our mutual chagrin, derisively projected onto all those we saw as the high-born bourgeois wine-swirling and goblet-sniffing crowd.

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This place was exactly what we didn’t know we needed. After walking past the rows of vines, a good number of picnic tables and ponds appeared. At the tables were folks just hanging out as if they were in some hyper-glorious rural backyard. The vibe was definitely laid-back but not sleepy. Just a few feet away stands a small, super-rustic tasting house where the people working behind the bar actually seemed to enjoy the wine they poured and the people they were pouring for. The various groups “tasting” that day included a thirty-something woman and her friends enjoying a low-key birthday celebration; another group getting ready to go to a Nat’s game; and in the corner, a cluster of three friends huddled together and shakingoff a bit of city angst before heading into a new work week. Corcoran’s tasting room is by no means a fancy place. T-shirts, shorts and sandals seemed the outfit for the day. It hurts a little to say, but the wine we tasted there left the “Three-Buck Chuck” and the Manischewitz we thought of as wine, as firmly displaced as the grain alcohol punches and the bad frat house beer of earlier years. We even began thinking about where in our house we could build a kinda-sorta wine rack from the wood I bought on our last outing to Home Depot for the closet shelves we both knew I’d never really get to. Our next stop was the Crushed Cellars winery, a small boutique winery that puts out about 1,500 cases of wine from their ten acres of land. The affable owner Bob Kalok Grapes reaching their peak at the Crushed Cellars Winery.

gave us a bit of a tour and showed us the actual grape part of the process as he made his way to feeding the koi in one of the winery’s ponds. We walked among the vines and while not quite Provence, by the last row Erin and I were holding hands and talking about getting out of town more often, maybe to a bed and breakfast. For God’s sake, this place even had a dog sleeping on the floor in the sun and folks sipping their wine on a terrace while over-looking the grapes that would find their way into the

next batch. There was something about the serenity that seemed to seep through the place. We didn’t feel like strangers in a strange land. We were among friends we didn’t know an hour before and when we left, we left with a case of wine and no desire to get that Cinnabon. If we did rush out, it was to get home and start building that wine rack that Erin was already sketching out on the back of the Wine Touring Guide.

Owner Bob Kalok and guest walk to feed koi in one of Crush Cellars ponds.

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4 BR, 3.5 BA Brick colonial on 20 private, pastoral acres with a stream, close to Waterford and Leesburg. Hardwood floors on main level w/ ceramic tile in kitchen and breakfast room. Large two-story family room w/ gas fireplace is wired for HDMI & surround sound. Could be a great farmette or equestrian property!

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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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Harvest to Hearth Experience & Book Signing Heating up Virginia is the “Cooking with Fire” book tour. On Friday, Sept. 12 at the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello in Charlottesville, VA, food historians Paula Marcoux and Dr. Leni Sorensen will create surprising and delicious dishes. Learn period live-fire methods that you can bring home to your own fireplace or grill. The demo will be from 9-11 a.m. and there will be a book signing at 1:15 p.m. The cost is $55. For tickets, go to heritageharvestfestival.com/Fridaypremium-workshops. The tour will also stop in Jameston, Richmond, Mason Neck and Tysons Corner.

SEPTEMBER 12-21

Celebrate the Harvest Week Celebrate some of the best food and wine in Middleburg at the seventh annual Celebrate the Harvest, hosted by Middleburg Business & Professional Association. Continuing the tradition of celebrating the end of the growing season, local farms, wineries and breweries are partnering with Middleburg restaurants and businesses to showcase the best local goods the community has to offer. Middleburg is located approximately 50 minutes west of Washington, D.C. For more information, contact the Pink Box Visitor Center at 540-687-8888.

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Swine & Dine: Local BBQ, Bluegrass and Beer The Perfect Sunday Funday, eat BBQ made by one of Charlottesville’s best chefs, Tucker Yoder, listen to live bluegrass and drink local beer from three of Charlottesville’s favorite breweries. The festivities run from 2-7 p.m. and tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets get you all the food you can eat, beer tickets sold separately. The Clifton Inn, 1296 Clifton Inn Drive, Charlottesville, Va. For more information, call 434971-1800.

SEPTEMBER 18

Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival The Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival is in its 15th season of bringing classical music to Central Virginia. The Paramount Theater will be hosting a free lunchtime concert starting at 12:30 p.m. and an evening concert at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $6 for students. 215 East Main St., Charlottesville, Va. For additional concerts visit 2014.cvillechambermusic.org.

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Mountain top retreat with 60 mile panoramic views of the Shenandoah Valley • 215 acres • 1/3 pasture • Main house circa 1787 • 3 BR, 1 BA • 2 fireplaces • Random width pine floors • 2 BR, 1 BA guest cottage • Stone & frame barn circa 1787 • Remnants of formal garden • Old cemetery • Spring fed pond • Gazebo.

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Completely renovated country cottage with lovely kitchen & baths • French doors open to very extensive gardens, patios, porches & stone walks • 8 acres • 6 stall barn with wash stall • 2 stall run-in shed • 5 paddocks, riding ring & tremendous ride out • Studio/office • Efficient turn key property very close to town • A great find.

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

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Quality home in convenient location • Private setting • Much larger than it appears • Expanded and completely renovated • Large 1st floor master suite • Gourmet kitchen w/ Carerra marble • 4 BR & 4 1/2 BA • Hardwood floors • Natural light • French doors • 2 fireplaces & top of the line finishes throughout • Decks for entertaining.

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Just west of Middleburg • Shows like a new home but built like an old house • 3 to 4 bedrooms • Updated kitchen • 3 full baths • Open living room w/ wood burning fireplace • Hickory floors • Lower level is fully finished with a family room, space for 4th bedroom & full bath • Upstairs bedroom has whole floor & private bath • New septic

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Live Music at Boxwood Winery Spend your Saturday afternoon enjoying a bottle of wine and listening to Kerry McCool on his acoustic guitar. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Boxwood Winery, 2042 Burrland Lane, Middleburg, Va.

SEPTEMBER 20-21

Leesburg Fine Arts Festival The Leesburg Fine Arts Festival will be held Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Festival will be held at 101 South King St. Leesburg, Va. For more information visit tparagonartevents.com/LEE.

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Design Central

The Art of Displaying Art

BY ALLA ROGERS A ND D E N A V E R R I LL | P H O TO S B Y PAU L SIM KIN

Art is the focus in this entry way. Note the warm beige background wall color.

isplaying art is an opportunity to express your individuality through the beauty and inspiration art brings into your home. You choose a particular piece of art because it gives you pleasure and reflects who you are. It does not need to meet anyone else’s standard of “an important work” or have high monetary value. What matters is that it gives you pleasure and enhances the quality of your life. Unlike anything else, art allows intimacy with an object. Although the piece may be static, your experience of it is not. Your perception shifts depending on the light at different times of day and season and on your mood. In turn, the art work influences your emotions and state of mind. To fully reap the benefits of surrounding yourself with art, you want to display your pieces in ways that enrich the viewer’s experience and enhances the environment (surroundings). Displaying art is an art unto itself. In fact, museums and galleries employ design specialists to ensure that the display of their art enhances the work itself. These specialists have four basic concerns: lighting, background, framing, and hanging. The principles of display design apply equally to the home environment. By understanding these prin-

ciples, you can speak with confidence with your own designers or create harmonious displays of your own. Lighting Art needs proper lighting to be appreciated. If possible, hiring a lighting designer is an excellent investment. Good lighting enlivens art, allowing the richness of colors, contours, textures, and other details of the work to attract the eye and awaken interest. Commonly used design solutions are track lighting and small recessed fixtures. The distance of the light fixture from the wall on which the art is displayed should be approximately one third of the ceiling height. The lamps should “wash” the wall, avoiding the creation of concentrated hot spots of light or shadows on the art work. Background Wall Color. Although museums and galleries often use shades of white as display backgrounds, at home you need not feel so confined. Just as the art you select reveals what you consider beautiful and meaningful, the color you choose to complement it and your other furnishings is a personal expression. Black, white, and neutral shades of beige or grey have an architectural neutrality that work particularly well with black and white art and photography. Color photography and paintings or posters can be supported by warm neutral terra cottas and sandy shades, celadon, full saturation greens, and even red or black. Framing Simply stated, the frame contains, focuses, and enhances the art. A frame should not overwhelm the art itself. A commercial framer with an experienced eye is an ally worth cultivating. Friends may provide refer-

ences and, since most shops have samples of their work on display, you can judge for yourself as well. Such a framer can provide you with a selection of mats, framing styles, and molding and advise you on any special requirements for the particular piece. For example, a valuable photograph or work on paper should be framed with only archival materials and museum glass to provide protection from ultraviolet light, prevent fading, and eliminate glare. If you are framing expensive art, you will not want to spare expense in framing. A frame provides protection for the work as well as enhancement of its visual affect. For less expensive art, ready-made framing may suffice. Reasonably priced frames and mats are available in standard sizes. Hanging Art Ideally, you hang art so the center of the picture is fifty-seven inches above the floor. The fifty-seven inch standard represents the average human’s eye height and is regularly used as a standard in galleries and museums. By using this method you create a harmony among all the pictures in your home as they will hang in relationship to one another from their centers, not their sides, and you will also avoid the single greatest error, that of hanging art too high. Other considerations for hanging art: • Hang the correct scale of artwork on a wall so that it is seen but does not appear stuffed into the space. Art needs to “breathe.” For example, don’t hang a large painting on a narrow hall wall. • Allow six to eight inches of space between pieces horizontally. You may take advantage of a vertical wall and double or triple hang art on it with a few inches of space in between. The art pieces should be of the same relative strength in color saturation and composition, yet not overpower one another. Create harmony among the works by ensuring that the subjects, colors, and sizes relate to one another. • To make your environment beautifully personal as well as aesthetically interesting, show various art forms together in the same space: painting, sculpture, photography, crafts, textiles. Above all, remember to relax and enjoy your art, one piece or ten, whatever style or medium, let it inspire and teach you. www.denaverrillinteriors.com (202) 333-3551

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AUCTION

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The Auction Block

Platinum, 18 Karat Gold, Colored Stone and Diamond ‘Oiseau de Paradis’ Brooch, Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co., France, circa 1963 Auction Date: September 23 Estimate: $150/250,000

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Tiffany & Co. Lucida Platinum and Diamond Solitaire Ring Auction Date: September 19 Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 Love is in the air at Weschler’s with a selection of nearly twenty diamond engagement rings, from their fall Capital Collections Estate Auction. The standout is a Tiffany & Co. Lucida platinum and diamond solitaire ring, set with an internally flawless, E-color, diamond weighing 1.63 carats. The auction will also feature an important selection of 20th century American works of art cultivated from prominent Washington, DC collections. www.Weschlers.com

POTOMACK COMPANY Magnificent String of Opal Beads with Diamond and Sapphire Clasp Auction Date: October 18 Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

This resplendent necklace consists of 29 graduated gemstone orbs in a rainbow of hues with a larger oval opal, sapphire and diamond clasp. Opal was considered good luck in the Middle Ages and is celebrated today as the October birthstone. www.PotomackCompany.com

July 16, Fine Jewels Auction Enamel and Diamond Bracelet, Verger Fréres, ca. 1920 Estimate: $34,280 – $51,420 Final Selling Price: $127,693

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Part of Doyle New York’s Important Jewelry Auction. 18 carat brooch, composed of three overlapping leaves mystery-set with 316 square, rectangular and fancy-shaped rubies, centering fine ribbon-like veins and topped by two stylized leaves set with 20 tapered baguette and baguette diamonds. www.DoyleNewYork.com

BONHAMS

7.38 Carats Diamond Solitaire Ring, Tiffany & Co. Auction Date: October 7 Estimate: $225,000 - $325,000 Part of Bonhams’ October 7 Fine Jewelry Auction, this stunning, classic piece is set with a cut cornered square step-cut diamond, weighing 7.38 carats, flanked by tapered baguette-cut diamond shoulders. www.Bonhams.com

FREEMAN’S

9.69 Carat Diamond Ring with Diamond Accents Auction Date: November 3 Estimate: $75,000 - $95,000 This pear shape diamond set in a platinum ring with triangular-cut diamond accents will be sold in Freeman’s Fine Jewelry & Watches auction on November 3. www.FreemansAuction.com

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From an ‘Oiseau de Paradis’ brooch by Schlumberger boasting fantastical colored stone plumage, to an Art Deco inspired pair of David Webb diamond earrings framed by swirling enamelwork, the Important Jewels sale this September deftly guides collectors from day to night. Modern classics are mixed among exquisite period jewels including a rare Belle Époque garland design bracelet by Cartier. The sale also offers a superb Rose Gold, Platinum, Mystery-Set Ruby array of top quality colored gemstones and diamonds, many of which are set in signed mountings. and Diamond Leaf Clip-Brooch, Van www.Sothebys.com Cleef & Arpels Auction Date: October 21 Estimate: $150,000 - $250,000

BONHAM’S

July 02, Post-War & Contemporary Art (London) Lucio Fontana (Italian, 1899 – 1968) Concetto Spaziale, 1952 oil on canvas Estimate: $400,000 – $565,000 Final Selling Price: $1,241,847

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Dear Stressed: I am impressed that you are naming this fear so far in advance. Commonly, that’s the kind of unconscious concern that shows up in other forms like relentless nitpicking, public passive aggression, or addictive behaviors that numb us to our real pain. Personally, I have seen that the transition to an empty nest can be particularly isolating. But why, when so many of us actively fantasize about getting our lives “back” once Junior is successfully launched? Here’s my take: too many of us make our lives child-centric for too long. When we finally reach the finish line (a.k.a. graduation, moving out, whatever) we realize we have lost our skills at being intimate partners in favor of being co-parents. When I say “intimate partners” I am not just talking about sex, although that’s often the reason couples finally get themselves to counseling. Rather, intimate partners are couples who turn toward each other when making decisions and setting goals. This is often a stark contrast to how we parent our teenagers, who need to be voting members in those conversations. You don’t need to change how you have been parenting, but you do need to focus on the times when you aren’t in parent-mode.

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Highballs and Hard Hats at the Fairmont BY M ARY B IRD

On Sept. 4, the Fairmont hotel toasted the near completion of a five-month project of exterior resurfacing. Guests in the hotel’s courtyard enjoyed signature lemon honey highballs, barbecue, a photo booth and raffles on free stays at Fairmont resort hotels. All proceeds from the event will go towards Team Fairmont participating in the Best Buddies Challenge. The walk, run and bike ride raises funds for Best Buddies International, a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Diplomats of Dance BY M ARY BIR D

Avid supporters of dance flocked to the Sofitel Hotel for the Diplomats of Dance Society’s “inaugural soiree” in support of D.C.’s Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company and its upcoming tour to Suriname with the U.S. State Department. Ambassador Subhas Mungra of Suriname was an honored guest. The Diplomats of Dance Society foresees an annual event around the dance company’s touring because “Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company brings a much needed cross-cultural perspective to the arts scene.” Burgess was recently named the first Smithsonian choreographer-inresidence at the National Portrait Gallery and will begin a residency at the Kreeger Museum, as well as a partnership with NASA, in 2015.

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Gala Guide – Fall 2014 Join us on the terrace... “Drawing on the club-like style of the district's old establishments and forward thinking menus of buzzy new hotspots, it's definitely the city's ” best-kept secret (which is saying a lot in a city full of leaks).” — K a l P e n n , Mr & Mrs Smith

SEPTEMBER 13

After Dark at THEARC This elegant and exciting evening honors the 11 resident nonprofits providing services to children and families living east of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC. Guests will enjoy cocktails, captivating performances, dinner, dancing, fun and a special appearance by a surprise guest. THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Avenue, SE. Call 202-550-8528 or visit THEARC.org. Wolf Trap Ball The Foundation’s signature black-tie fundraising event, the Wolf Trap Ball is hosted on the Filene Center Stage where guests dine and dance under the stars. The Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. Call 703-255-4030.

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SEPTEMBER 17

Lone Sailor Awards Dinner This black tie gala honors individuals who have served their country in one of the Sea Services as well as excelled in their business and local community as leaders. The National Building Museum. Call 202-380-0728.

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SEPTEMBER 18

The Susan G. Komen 5th Annual Honoring the Promise Gala The inspirational evening pays tribute to the leaders in the fight against breast cancer with an awards show, entertainment and dancing. The event supports local breast cancer programs both internationally and in the DC region. The Kennedy Center. Call 202-654-6509.

SEPTEMBER 20

The Seventh Annual Joan Hisaoka “Make A Difference” Gala The Joan Hisaoka “Make a Difference” Gala was created in an effort to continue to fulfill Joan’s desire to help others living with cancer and to raise money to support organizations that bring hope and healing to those faced with serious illness. The black tie event includes a reception, program, dinner, silent and live auctions and an after party. Omni Shoreham Hotel. Call 202-302-0053.

SEPTEMBER 27

CharityWorks Dream Ball “Power philanthropy at its finest,” the CharityWorks Dream Ball brings together top leaders in business, philanthropy and government for an evening of fine dining, live entertainment, dancing and bidding on an exclusive array of luxury items and one-of-a-kind experiences. The National Building Museum.703-286-0758.

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Guitar Passions: Sharon Isbin and Stanley Jordan

Classical guitarists riff on surf, psychedelic, Spaghetti Western themes and more!

California Guitar Trio & Montreal Guitar Trio

J Henry Fair

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 4PM

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Vijay Iyer Vijay Iyer— Music of Transformation

Jimmy Katz

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 8PM

See the spectacular film with score performed live!

Mind-blowing NASA images of Earth, set to live music and dance from around the world

RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi and Mutations I-X

Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons

Bella Gaia

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 8PM

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 8PM

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George Winston, piano

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 8PM

FRI, OCTOBER 17, 8PM

Joe del Tufo

An Evening with David Sedaris

Kfir Bolotin

Hugh Hamrick

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 3PM

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