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The cover points to the failure of the Georgetown community to restore and maintain the historic African American cemetery that borders grand and well cared-for Oak Hill Cemetery. Near the intersection of 27th and Q Streets, Mt. Zion Cemetery is believed to contain the remains of over 4,000 slaves, former slaves and freedmen in unmarked graves.

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UP & Coming March 12 Concerts in the Parks Kick-Off Party The Citizens Association of Georgetown will host a kick-off party for Concerts in the Parks, the free Sunday-evening series in Volta Park and Rose Park. The concerts will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on May 17, June 14 and July 12. Tickets for the party are $60. For details, visit cagtown.com/content/ concerts-kick-off. George Town Club, 1530 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

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March 13 ‘Full Spectrum’ Exhibition Opening The exhibition “Full Spectrum” at Susan Calloway Fine Arts will explore approaches to color and abstraction by six D.C. and D.C.-rooted artists: Matthew Langley, Shahin Shikhaliyev, John Sandy, Chris Baer, Shaun Rabah and David Bell. For details, visit callowayart.com. 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

March 14 Rock and Roll for Children Bash The annual bash of the Rock and Roll for Children Foundation unites music icons and fans for a night of rock ‘n’ roll, dancing and auction items from rock legends. Performers will include the newest inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ricky Byrd of Joan

Jett. Tickets are $75-$400. For details, visit rockandrollforchildren.org. Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club, 7719 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Bethesda.

Drink the District Presents Cloverfest Drink the District invites D.C. residents to channel their inner leprechauns at Cloverfest, where there will be more than 75 beers to sample at the end of this rainbow. Tickets are $44. For details, visit drinkthedistrict.com/dc/ cloverfest. The Yards Park, 1300 First St. SE.

March 21 Thos. Moser Grand Opening

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Having recently celebrated his 80th birthday, Tom will be in the new Georgetown showroom between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to sign the commemorative catalog. Master craftsman Warren Shaw will demonstrate how the iconic Thos. Moser Continuous Arm Chair is made. For details, email dcshowroom@thosmoser.com. 1028 33rd St. NW.

Sixth Annual Move Me Festival March 18 Grand Opening of Washington Design Center The Washington Design Center at Franklin Court opens its doors with a full day of design programming, including keynote lectures, book signings, receptions and product Charlotte Moss will launches featuring discuss her latest some of the design book, “Garden industry’s top editors Inspirations,” at and designers.

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For details, visit designcenterdc.com. 1099 14th St. NW.

Hosted by Bowen McCauley Dance, the Move Me Festival is a free, family-friendly celebration of the arts and culture, promoting healthy lifestyles through movement and the arts. The event features 20 performances on two stages and 15 interactive activity sessions by local arts partners. For details, visit bmdc. org/outreach/move-me-festival. Kenmore Middle School, 200 South Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington, Virginia.

Cupcakes of Georgetown Walking Tour This walking tour – focusing on history and cupcakes – will begin at Dumbarton House and make stops at Baked & Wired, Sprinkles and Georgetown Cupcake to pick up pre-ordered treats. Tickets (including one cupcake from each shop) are $25. For details, visit eventbrite.com. 2715 Q St. NW.

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Illusions of Shirlington invites one and all to the grand opening of Illusions of Georgetown. To RSVP, visit punchbowl.com/ parties/b08b760ecbc101bafb71/view. 1629 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

March 22 Opera on Tap at the Pinch Opera on Tap DC Metro returns to The Pinch for an afternoon of opera, musical theater and refreshments with some of the Washington area’s most exciting singers. The $5 cover charge is payable at the door. For details, visit operaontap.org/dcmetro. The Pinch, 3548 14th St. NW.

March 26 Read ‘Happy City’ with T.T.B.C. Local readers at least 21 years old are invited to join the Twentythirtysomething Book Club, a D.C. Public Library book group for younger adults. At the March meeting, T.T.B.C. will be reading “Happy City,” a work of nonfiction by Charles Montgomery about trends in urban living and design.

For details, email erika.rydberg@dc.gov or julia.strusienski@dc.gov. Breadsoda, 2233 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

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Mayor Muriel Bowser: First 60 Days in Office

By G ary T ischl er Ph oto b y Paul S imk i n

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n the District of Columbia, as elsewhere, time has flown in 2015, driven by snow, wind and frigid air.

It’s been a busy time for new Mayor Muriel Bowser, who seems to have made a whirlwind of her own in the two months since her inauguration.

On March 31, at the Lincoln Theatre, she is scheduled to give her first State of the District address, which “will lay out where we stand on creating a fresh start, highlight our commitment of engagement and integrity and establish how we will create a pathway to the middle class,” according to her newsletter.

Not coincidentally, March 31 marks the end of the month designated as Women’s History Month.

Under Bowser, the District can celebrate with particular elan and glee, since we sport a leadership team glistening with women at the helm.

You can start with the Mayor Muriel Bowser at a budget forum at Wilson High School Feb. 19. mayor, only the second female mayor the District perhaps a major look at how Metro operates of Columbia has ever had, and continue on was in order – a policy she’s pursuing. to long-serving House Delegate Eleanor She responded to a looming budget deficit Holmes Norton, Metropolitan Police Chief of nearly $250 million by holding a series of Cathy Lanier, D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya public town meetings eliciting citizen responses Henderson and several members of the District to possible cuts and priorities.

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She appeared strong – even willing to go If you follow the mayor on her newsletter, to jail – concerning the District’s marijuana you get a picture these days of a leader, a mover law after Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) put D.C. and a doer, a hands-on type who is tackling residents on edge by appearing to threaten to problems and making her presence felt, always incarcerate elected officials for implementing buoyed by an energetic personality. She is the law. nothing if not out there in the community much She chose to appoint Gregory Dean, the of the time. former chief of the Seattle Fire Department, The State of the District address might tell as the next head of the District’s Fire and us how the various strands of action and vision Emergency Medical Service Department, she’s been pulling on will come together. choosing not to pick interim chief Eugene She seems already to have a knack –out Jones. of constant necessity – for handling what has She also decided, in conjunction with been a series of weather-related mini-crises Chancellor Kaya Henderson, to launch involving school closings, deployment of “Empowering Males of Color,” an initiative snow-clearing equipment and a steady stream to “advance achievement and opportunity and of inconveniences for District residents. After reduce racial disparities for boys and men of a halting start, her responses have improved color across Washington, D.C.” storm by storm, dip by dip.

She just went on the annual Wall Street visit She’ll likely face a bit of an infrastructure last week with D.C.’s Chief Financial Officer problem given the massive numbers of potholes Jeffrey DeWitt, District Council Chairman Phil resulting from the extended winter.

Mendelson and Council member Jack Evans, Early on, Bowser seemed hesitant presenting the District’s strong financial picture responding to the fire and fatality at the to the money guys.

L’Enfant Metro Station, but other incidents, She’s been busy. and the general public response, indicated that

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Michael Kaiser talks about his new book, “Curtains? The Future of the Arts in America,” and what else he was been doing since retiring as the head of the Kennedy Center.

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The two-and-a-half-hour production of Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” requires endurance as well as desire—and features rising star Eric Owens.

Lessons of the S&P 500: Buy High, Sell Low

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“Iberian Suite” is a vast, nearly monthlong festival of the arts and many other things, focusing on the world-wide cultural offerings of Spain and Portugal.

Buy low, sell high. We all know that’s what we’re supposed to do in the market, which is why it always puzzles me how the most popular return and risk measurement indicator, the S&P 500, historically violates this number one rule of investing

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Britt Swan taking down Rhino Sign. Photo by John Lancaster

The Day the Rhino Died The legendary Rhino Bar and Pumphouse closed Feb. 28. Business owner and restaurateur Britt Swan was seen March 2, taking down the letters from the sign on the property at 3295 M St. NW, which will no longer house a bar or restaurant.

ANC Airs Fillmore School Plans and Concerns At the March 2 Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E meeting, neighbors who live near the Fillmore School property at 1801 35th St. NW expressed concern about development plans for the 1.2-acre site. The owner, George

Washington University, will review purchase bids next month.

The Fillmore School building and land served as the Georgetown campus of the Corcoran College of Art and Design. After GW took over the Corcoran school last year, it put the Georgetown property up for sale for $14 million.

Proposed concepts envision 12 to 14 residential units in the old school building on 35th Street and six to nine three-story townhouses on the 34th Street side, currently a parking lot. The plans follow the examples of the rehabilitated Phillips School, developed in the late 1990s on the east side of Georgetown, and the Wormley School, developed in the 2010s on the west side.

ANC chair Ron Lewis said at the March 2 meeting: “Bidders should be well aware of what is likely to be welcomed by the community and what is likely to infringe on the community’s view of what should be there – and the consequences that could flow from that.”

Lewis and the commission outlined “community expectations” that include not more than 10 units in the old building and no major change to it, new townhouses on 34th Street that match the height and massing of existing adjacent homes, access to the north side of the property from a 34th Street driveway and retention of the playground on 35th Street.

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2nd District Cmdr. Michael Reese Retires Michael Reese, commander of the Metropolitan Police Department’s 2nd District, headquartered at Idaho Avenue NW, has retired.

After 30 years as an MPD officer, Reese has moved on to become the deputy chief of police for the D.C. Housing Authority. His cell phone remains the same; his new email is mreese@ dchousing.org.

In plain sight of construction workers, passersby and 7-Eleven customers, two men, one of whom was armed, approached a parked Mercedes SUV and demanded keys from the female driver, who left her car on the 2600 block of P Street NW at 1:30 p.m., Feb. 25, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The men drove away from the scene. The carjacked vehicle was later stopped by U.S. Park Police in the 900 block of Ingraham Street NW in Brightwood Park, north of Petworth, after a

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The former West End Public Library has been completely demolished to make way for a new East Banc condo project. Construction equipment and piles of rubble now cover almost half a block. Work is set to begin soon on a project combining condominiums with a new library.

Architect Enrique Norten of Ten Arquitectos is the designer of the new 21,000-square-foot West End Library, which will span two levels.

Eight residential stories will be built above it.

The new library will have designated spaces for children, teens and adults, a large meeting area, two conference rooms and multiple study rooms. There are additional plans for a cafe and underground parking.

During the construction, the library has relocated to the Watergate complex at 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. The temporary location features separate spaces for children, teens and adults, 20 computers and a meeting room for up to 40 persons.

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New Townhouses in Arlington crash the same day. Arrested on the scene was one suspect, 21-year-old Ronald E. Johnson of Northwest D.C., who is charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of armed carjacking. Police say another person is sought in connection to the crime. Before the carjacking in front of the 7-Eleven, according to several news accounts, the same suspects, one of whom showed a gun, attempted a carjacking on the 3100 block of P Street NW. The 7-Eleven on P Street was robbed twice in January. Persons with any information about these crimes are asked to call MPD at 202-727-9099.

Seattle’s Gregory Dean Named D.C. Fire Chief

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Former Seattle Fire Chief Gregory Dean was named by Mayor Muriel Bowser to head the District of Columbia’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. He led the Seattle Fire Department for 10 years before retiring in December. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the District Council.

“The safety and well-being of District residents is my top priority and FEMS is at the frontlines of this effort,” said Bowser at a March 2 press conference. “Chief Dean is a proven, collaborative leader who led a department with

an international reputation for its fire-based EMS performance. I am certain that he will work with our emergency first responders and the community to move the department forward in exciting ways.”

Bowser said that Edward R. Mills III, acting assistant chief, will serve as interim fire chief during the transition. He follows Eugene Jones, who became interim chief after the July departure of Kenneth Ellerbe, whose 20112014 tenure was marked by complaints of poor service.

Georgetown Cat Café Kickstarted Kanchan Singh is looking to open the District’s first cat café, in Georgetown of all places. Singh launched a Kickstarter campaign for the café, called Crumbs and Whiskers, on March 8. By March 9, the page had exceeded its $15,000 goal, with backers and pledges continuing to roll in.

Singh is very excited about the success of the campaign.

“It’s actually blowing my mind,” she said.

“This is the best Monday of my life.”

If you pledge $10 or more to their Kickstarter, Crumbs and Whiskers will write your ex’s of (or an other hated being in your life) the name in permanent marker on a litter box. Rewards are based on the amount of money you pledge.

Items include post cards, T-shirts, the privilege of naming a cat and a private party.

Writing the name of donor’s ex on a litter box has been the most popular item.

After Zoning and Department of Health qualification requirements are met, campaign supporters will be notified of when to expect their rewards.

Any pledges made will not be charged to the donor’s card if the business is denied zoning approved.

The business in the process of signing a lease with plans to open this summer.

All cats at the café will be available for adoption through the Washington Humane Society. Food, meanwhile, will be prepared off-site and delivered to café. Guests will be expected to make reservations and pay an hourly cover charge.

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Community Meetings March 18—The Georgetown Business Association will hold a March Networking Reception at 6:30 p.m. at Orange Anchor, 3050 K St. NW. March 25—The next Citizen’s Association of Georgetown meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Malmaison, 3401 K St. NW. Representatives from Metro, the District’s transportation department and the BID will be on hand to discuss the transportation challenges Georgetown faces.

March 30—Georgetown’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission will hold its April meeting at the end of March. It will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Georgetown Visitation School, 1524 35th St. NW. April 2— The Old Georgetown Board (OGB) Meeting will be held at 9:15a.m. at 401 F St. NW in Suite 312.

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Red-Top Meters Make Motorists See Red Those red-top parking meters which have popped up around town and across the city have everyone confused, including handicapped drivers, the ones for whom they’ve been installed.

The special meter program is meant to ensure that on-street parking is accessible to residents and visitors with disabilities, who would have to pay for parking. (Currently, those with a proper handicapped parking placard may park for free in any metered spot with no time restrictions.)

In two years’ time, the District Department of Transportation has installed about 1,200 red-top meters. But the special spots, near corners and popular venues, are not ready for prime time. For one thing, the restrictions that go with them are not yet in effect.

Says DDOT: The red-top meter program is not currently being enforced. Anyone can park at a red-top meter. Persons with disability placards or tags do not have to pay. When the program rolls out, then only individuals with disability placards and tags can park at red-top meters and they will have to pay.”

Along with criticism from the District Council – and despite legislation that halts the program –

DDOT officials admit that the rush to install the meters at the end of Mayor Vincent Gray’s term led to over-the-top red-tops in certain neighborhoods.

“One of the reasons there are so many meters clustered together in a confusing and illogical way is that there was just an overall goal to install 1,200 and to hit a number,” DDOT’s new acting director, Leif Dormsjo, told the Washington Times. “So that led to a whole bunch of perverse outcomes. . . . The best way to handle this is to start to clean up the most egregious examples of where we’ve got too many meters concentrated in the same area.”

Let’s rub out some of these red-top meters, get the program right or don’t do it at all. And let’s hope that Mayor Muriel Bowser – who appears to be settling in as a no-nonsense administrator – clips other programs that were rushed and wasted taxpayer money. Future programs will be launched, one hopes, with better planning and more public discussion.

Meanwhile, it’s time to end the confusion.

For now, anyone may park at a red-top meter. Just remember you still have to pay.

Holiday Decorations Need a Re-do

In Georgetown, it still looks a little like Christmas. Oh, wait – it’s March. Why in the world are some of the holiday decorations still up?

Lately, people have been talking about a future with gondolas across the Potomac, a Georgetown Metro station and other expensive projects coming real soon. It’s all very well to imagine a dazzling future, to think outside the box and think big.

But maybe we ought to do the right-now things better before getting to work on the future. We all know what the future is like: usually not much like the one we drew up 20 years earlier. We’ve seen what can happen with exciting, big schemes.

Witness the not-yet-happening Purple Line and the downtown Silver Spring project. Witness the D.C. streetcar project – with missed deadlines and a continuing series of snafus, collisions and other problems that have the project on life support.

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being coordinated by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, the same entity in charge of the holiday lights and decorations.

To be honest, it was difficult to appreciate the presence of Christmas in Georgetown this past season. The two Christmas trees – across from the Four Seasons Hotel and at Francis Scott Key Park – were underwhelming. (And the one on the east side of town was only lighted two-thirds of the way up.) The lighting along M Street and Wisconsin Avenue also requires a serious rethinking.

Georgetown’s farsighted planners and leaders should be setting their sights on projects for today and creating a fresher, more hands-on approach to decorating for the holidays, which are the most important season for our merchants.

Next Christmas, let’s at least get the decorations up and back down in more timely fashion.

Letter to the Editors: Hungary and the Holocaust In an article entitled “A Tribute to the Lives Lived and Lost at the Holocaust Museum” that appeared at Georgetowner.com, one reads: “Auschwitz was the place where approximately halfa-million Hungarian Jews perished in a steady stream of shipments and deportations from Hungary in the Nazis’ last act of horror toward the close of World War II, never stopping in their pursuit of the Final Solution. This occurred in spite of often heroic efforts by many Hungarians to stop, delay or prevent the tragedy.”

This is a misleading paragraph and a distortion of history. More than 400,000 Hungarian Jews were deported to Auschwitz during the

spring and early summer of 1944. This was the fastest and most efficiently managed deportation of the Holocaust. The deportations were exclusively organized and supervised by the Hungarian state apparatus. There were very few non-Jews who tried to help save the victims.

The current Hungarian government has tried to lay the blame for the events of 1944 exclusively on the Germans. As the daughter of Hungarian Holocaust survivors, every time I see this kind of distortion or cleansing of the Holocaust in Hungary I feel the need to speak up for the sake of historical accuracy.

– Anna Bayer, Washington, D.C.

It’s a good thing for American politicians that Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu isn’t a player in U.S. politics.

Don’t, for now, consider his views on the Iran nuclear threat. Instead, marvel at his performance before the joint session of Congress.

Talk about being a master of the moment.

From the very start, he seized the day. He walked down the center and worked both sides of the aisle – shaking hands, touching shoulders, smiling with good cheer. And when he got to the podium, he looked up to the packed gallery and, to thunderous applause, raised his right hand and waved. There was not a trace of nervousness or hesitation. Bibi grasped the lectern and was immediately in charge, and seemingly at home.

Without teleprompter, he thanked all the right people. And with a natural politician’s touch, he singled out Minority Leader Reid, who had suffered a serious eye injury, and said with warmth, “Harry, good to see you back on your feet. Just shows you can’t keep a good man down.”

After that opener, he told the rapt audience that he was “deeply humbled” to be addressing

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Last week, I joined the Mayor, the Chairman of the Council, and the Chief Financial Officer to meet with the three major Wall Street rating agencies (Fitch, Moody’s, and Standard & Poor’s). These meetings are important because the rating agencies evaluate the fiscal health of cities, counties and states throughout the country.

These ratings, in turn, impact the interest rate imposed on our borrowing to make capital improvements, such as work at our schools, libraries, and even roads. Because of the increase in our bond ratings, District residents have saved millions in interest costs over the years.

This year, the District delegation was pleased to share the results from our comprehensive financial annual report (CAFR) audit of FY 2014, which revealed a surplus of roughly $203 million and reserve balance of $1.87 billion. This recent audit was the 18th consecutive in which the District received a “clean” or unqualified opinion of our finances.

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upgrade. I reminded the agencies that we have put a cap on our borrowing, replenished the fund balance in our “savings accounts,” and produced structurally sound budgets for a number of years.

In short, our finances today are as strong as they have ever been and a far cry from the desperate straits we faced in the mid-1990s.

Additionally, the CFO projected just last week that revenues for the current fiscal year will be $37 million higher than initially anticipated as our economy continues to grow and more people continue to move into the District.

Our first priority as elected officials is to be prudent stewards of taxpayers’ dollars. The presentation we made to the rating agencies expressed that sentiment and the CAFR indicates that we have continued to do that. While our financial house is strong, we still need to make smart investments in areas such as education, affordable housing, transportation and infrastructure. In the coming months, the Council will receive and review a budget from the Mayor. I will continue to push for these types of investments as we work to make the District even stronger in the years and decades to come Jack Evans is the Ward 2 Councilmember, representing Georgetown since 1991.

“the most important legislative body in the world.” A little praise has been known to sway and charm a crowd. The prime minister hit exactly the right note with that line.

Midway through the speech, he pointed out that “with us today is Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.” Wiesel stood up in the front row of the gallery and acknowledged the mention.

The ovation was overwhelming. Everyone rose to show respect. When the premier said that the Jewish people would no longer “remain passive in the face of genocidal horror,” and when he proclaimed, “Those days are over,” the House shook.

He closed perfectly by saying, “May God bless the State of Israel and may God bless the United States of America.”

Politics and persuasion require theater and style. Netanyahu knows this, and practices it with ardor and audacity. He went to high school in suburban Philadelphia and college at MIT. The American idiom is putty in his hands. He came up to the plate and hit the ball out of the park.

Netanyahu’s strong words and powerful oratory have altered the negotiations. That was his primary purpose, and I believe that he has succeeded.

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We believe the proposed merger of Pepco and Exelon will benefit the District’s residents, communities, civic life and business environment.

If approved, this merger will create savings that will be passed on in customers’ utility bills, saving families and businesses more of their hard-earned money every month. It means honoring and maintaining Pepco’s strong commitment to workforce-and supplier-diversity programs. It means more jobs for District workers. That’s good for families, local businesses, and the District’s workforce.

It means millions of dollars more that could be used for programs such as bill credits, low-income assistance and energy efficiency programs through a $33.75 million Customer Investment Fund. It also means continued annual charitable contributions and local community support – exceeding Pepco’s 2013 level of $1.6 million for 10 years following the merger. And it means $168 million to $260 million in economic benefits to the District. That’s good for communities and those most in need.

It also means enhanced reliability of our electric grid and additional resources to speed storm restoration.

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he last week of February was pretty monumental in the world of free speech.

Let’s start with the win for the public soap box, the cacophony that is the internet.

The rules will be challenged and fought and likely evaded but the FCC voted to approve net neutrality, federally prohibiting internet providers from controlling the speed with which any particular content goes down their pipes and, in the process, saying what has been obvious for a long time – the internet has become a utility, an integral part of our society and should be managed that way.

This is huge for all those who are not going to be held at ransom by the internet service providers (ISPs) who would have been able to extract fees to guarantee easy flow. But more significantly, the decision ensures that commercial interests of ISP’s do not trump the American exceptionalism that is Free Speech.

There is an old cliché from the age of newspapers that the press is indeed free, but only for those who own the presses.

The internet changed that, and empowered such forces as the Tea Party and Facebook. It is loud, unruly, chaotic. And that is what makes

it wonderful and terrifying at the same time.

When All Things Media spoke to FCC officials last year, they were wary of passing regulations that would play too heavy a hand in shaping the future. With Net Neutrality

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they didn’t have a choice – they either would give the ISP’s the power to control their pipes (one argument being they needed to be able to control the flow to guarantee equal access) or give the content creators unfettered access.

The FCC knew it would get battered whichever way it went. But it took a stand and did what so many people say agencies never do – its job.

Which brings us to a perhaps equally wise lack of spine.

Within a week of the FCC’s vote on Net Neutrality, Google – the de facto sorter of the internet – took steps to make it harder for “adult” blogs to be found on its blogger platform, forcing them to go private. Three days later it backtracked after a deluge of comments saying it would just reinforce the existing warning page. But non-commercial “adult blogs” could continue essentially unbothered.

In trying to valiantly protect the innocent, Google suddenly found itself in the strange position of becoming not just the conveyer of free speech but suddenly its arbiter. It was a noble attempt but someone at Google must have looked into the abyss of what the internet Goliath was about to step into and thought better.

It was a wise choice. It is enough to have the all-powerful algorithm essentially decide what we all get to see without the added headache of becoming cultural cops.

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“Selling was an emotional decision,” said George Neam of his family’s choice to let go of its building and property at Wisconsin Avenue and P Street, where Neams Market served Georgetown starting in 1909. “It seemed like the right time.”

Sivan Properties, Inc., purchased the property last month, as first reported by local news maven Carol Joynt. A deal with Roadside Development, reported by The Georgetowner in November, did not work out, Neam said.

At first, “we did not want to sell but wanted to lease,” Neam told The Georgetowner, but the family’s elders ultimately made the call, he said.

Beginning in the 1960s, Neams Market went upscale as Georgetown went upscale, Neam recalled. Among many “firsts,” it is one of the first stores to offer Beluga caviar and Haagen-Dazs ice cream (separately). It is the one market – and there were many in town – that ranks high on the nostalgia index and stirs positive memories of Georgetown.

“We could have put together a great retail environment there,” Neam said. “But it would not have lived up to what was there. You can’t go home again.”

From around 1990 until 2000, the Neam family let Capital Restaurant Concepts run the market. Then the space was occupied by Marvelous Market, which closed in April 2014.

The new owner – Sivan Properties of Port Washington, New York – is looking to expand into D.C. Sivan already owns restaurant space – Matchbox – and a condo complex on 14th Street NW, as well as the Comfort One shoe store at 1329 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The company also purchased the lone townhouse, wedged between two new, large buildings, at 433 Massachusetts Ave. NW. This small space now houses a location of Le Pain Quotidian, the high-end coffee and baked goods chain.

“I am hopeful that the new owners will take the history of the location to heart and put something in that will please the residents.

However, that will be their choice,” Neam told Joynt last week.

Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers will return to Georgetown March 20. After closing in June 2012 following a 10-year run at the corner of 33rd and M Streets, the Thos. Moser showroom will reopen just down the street at 1028 33rd St. NW. The Thos. Moser team will hold a public opening event, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, March 21 (see Calendar), with founder Tom Moser, 80, signing catalogs until 2 p.m. and a demonstration by master craftsman Warren Shaw. Visitors can enter to win a spot in the customer-in-residence program, in which winners spend a week at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, Maine, and build a Continuous Arm Chair at the Moser workshop.

OUT: Last Film at West End Cinema, March 26 On March 3, Josh Levin, West End Cinema cofounder and general manager, announced that the beloved indie movie theatre will close by the end of March.

Levin made the West End a haven for films that otherwise could only be seen on demand or not at all. Since it opened in 2010, the theatre has screened a range of independent features and documentaries, including awards contenders, foreign flicks and controversial films, such as “The Interview” last December.

Levin told WTOP: “We have loved doing what we’ve been doing, but we’re facing increased occupancy cost and increased competition for [movie] titles. So, we decided to leave with our heads held high, declare victory and depart the field.” The theater will show its last film March 26. Visit WestEndCinema.com for details on the final celebration.

IN: Glover Park Hardware to Resurface Glover Park Hardware owners Gina Schaefer and Marc Friedman announced on

March 3 that the store will reopen at 2233 Wisconsin Ave. NW, taking over the lower-level space formerly occupied by Lado International Institute, an English language school. The same office complex – Georgetown Plaza – houses Einstein Bagels and Breadsoda.

The hardware store closed its doors at 2251 Wisconsin Ave. NW on Jan. 15. Schaefer said lease negotiations fell apart after the landlord made a “last-minute” decision to lease the location to another tenant. Only a few doors down from the old store, the new store is expected to open in April, according to Schaefer and Friedman.

Four Seasons Gen. Manager Leaves General manager Dirk Burghartz has departed the Four Seasons Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue to run a Four Seasons resort in Dallas.

His successor will be David Bernand, who worked at the Four Seasons in Georgetown previously. Bernand will be returning from the Four Seasons Resort in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

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Power couple Michael and Susan Pillsbury live close by, near the corner of O and 30th Streets. A seasoned foreign-policy expert, Michael recently published “The Hundred-Year Marathon,” a book on China’s superpower ambitions, while Susan has become well known in the community for her philanthropy. The couple’s home has been a mainstay of the Georgetown Garden Tour and has been featured, along with the Asian art collection within, in Washington Life magazine.

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Swampoodle: When Irish Eyes Were Smiling

BY D ONNA E V E RS Early immigrants from Europe didn’t settle in Washington, D.C.; they went to Northern cities where the jobs and pay were better. In 1850, less than 11 percent of the city was foreign-born, compared with 45 percent in New York.

This was because Washington was still a Southern city, and the availability of slave labor and cheap labor from freed blacks kept pay for laborers comparatively low. But around the time of the Great Potato Famine in Ireland – which resulted in waves of Irish emigration – laws were passed in Washington to keep free black people from settling here and getting jobs. One such law was the requirement of a certificate of freedom that cost $50, a hefty sum at the time, to prove that the free blacks were not runaway slaves. The result was a shortage of cheap labor that drew Irish immigrants fleeing the famine.

The other attraction for the Irish was the strong existing Catholic community, including the leaders of Georgetown University, who were happy to employ the Irish Catholic immigrants whenever they could.

Because the Irish were the subject of prejudice from the majority non-Catholic population, they were inclined to stick together. The area where these impoverished immigrants congregated was the least desirable real estate in town, namely the bleak area around what was then Tiber Creek, where Union Station now stands.

Swampy and full of perpetual puddles, the neighborhood soon earned the nickname

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“Swampoodle.” The first Irish immigrants to arrive lived in shacks and wood shanties without plumbing or running water. It was a rough-and-tumble neighborhood, and street crime, prostitution and drunkenness were rampant.

Critics of this Irish settlement said the only person who had any power over the population was the parish priest. It was true that the church – first, the original St. Patrick’s on F Street and then St. Aloysius, named after St. Aloysius Gonzaga – were the centers of

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the community. Soon, Gonzaga College High School was founded to provide higher education (it remains in operation to this day). The parish church operated as the settlement’s civic center, and people banded together to provide food and help for the sick, the aged and the poorest members of the community. One local resident recalled, “If someone got into trouble, there was another potato in the pot and a place to sleep.”

This neighborhood solidarity was demonstrated when the government came to them

during the Civil War, wanting to turn St. Aloysius Church into a hospital. Under the leadership of the parish priest, the citizens of Swampoodle mobilized, pitched in and built a 250-bed hospital in only eight days. This seemingly impossible task was accomplished because many of the men who lived there were carpenters and other laborers on construction projects. More important, they didn’t want to lose their church.

This old Irish neighborhood began to disappear in 1907, when Union Station was built.

It was the biggest train station in the world at that time, and the gigantic site bisected the neighborhood. Tiber Creek was filled in and more than 300 houses were demolished. The residential area became commercial and all but disappeared. The remnants of the heart of the old community are still there in two beautiful churches, St. Patrick’s at 619 10th St. NW and St. Aloysius at 19 Eye St. NW. Ironically, much of the train station was built by the same laborers who once called Swampoodle home. To add to the irony, the formerly dissolute area is now the crossroads of several fashionable urban neighborhoods and a very hot real estate market.

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“Near Gloucester,” c. 1916-1919 Watercolor, gouache, charcoal, pastel and oil on paper Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1859-1924) Estimate: $150,000 – $250,000 Auction Date: March 25

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“Untitled VII” (from “Men in the Cities”) Roberto Longo (b. 1953) Estimate: $6,000 – $8,000 Auction Date: April 1 Sotheby’s inaugural New York Sale is a curated auction of items from, inspired by and celebrating New York City, including prints, photographs, paintings, sculpture, silver, books, and jewelry, as well as iconic New York memorabilia. The New York Sale reflects the diversity, energy, and creativity inherent to the City that Never Sleeps. Raised on Long Island, Longo’s “Men in the Cities” series focuses on fashionable men and women in a range of contortions.

Chinese “Jun” Bowl Late Yuan Dynasty Estimate: $10,000 – $15,000 Auction Date: March 15 Raised on a short foot ring with wide curved sides and covered in light blue glaze with three white-purple streaks, this bowl is an immaculate example of the stunning ceramics produced during China’s Yuan dynasty. The glaze runs short of the foot in heavy tears, revealing a reddish brown foot. Part of Freeman’s Asian Arts sale, this auction marks the unofficial start to New York’s Asia Week.

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Death of a Cemetery

BY C A IT L I N F R A NZ, E RI N SCH AF F & PAUL S I MK I N

Jumbled headstones lie in a pile near the entrance to the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Georgetown. Photo by Erin Schaff.

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ust a few yards separate the remembered from the forgotten: the distance might as well be miles. The politics of race don’t stop when the heart does.

Gentrification of the dead is alive and well in Georgetown. Stand in just the right spots among the sloped and manicured lawns, towering monuments and gleaming headstones of Oak Hill Cemetery and you can see past a rusted chain-link fence to a massive pile of tumbled and crumbling concrete markers.

Buried somewhere beneath the weeds at the three-acre Mt. Zion & Female Union Band Society Cemetery is Clement Morgan, the first African American to graduate from both Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He isn’t the only one whose grave is lost to time.

Also somewhere in Mt. Zion Cemetery are the unmarked remains of hundreds of slaves and freedmen, whose stories of injustice died a second death when the ravages of time, inattention and disrespect turned their final resting place into a dog park and a sometime garbage dump.

Reverence for the dead of color at Mt. Zion has long been a distant second to the demands of money and development. Now that landmark status guarantees that the land can never be sold, the present state of this appalling wasteland remains an unseemly reminder of Georgetown’s failure to honor those who were an integral part of the community, but who lived and died as third-class members of a society that thought little of them when alive and nothing of them after death.

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Clement G. Morgan in a group photo at a Harvard class reunion on June 28, 1910. Courtesy of Harvard University Archives.

muddy alley behind a row of apartment buildings. A walk through the debris-littered space generally means stepping through deep soil or mud while pushing past dumpsters or maneuvering around parked cars. The two adjoining cemeteries – one black and one white – provide a stark reminder that the earthly barriers of color and class persist even after the surly bonds of earth are severed.

Despite the daunting challenges that await any effort to reverse the ravages of time and neglect, there are murmurs of hope, accompanied by a newfound desire to address with honesty the failures of conscience that ruled Georgetown’s racist past and honor those who

Overfilled trash bins line the street next to the cemetery.

Photo by Paul Simkin.

endured lives in the shadows.

On many lists of historic places in the District, the cemetery is recognized as an important part of the collective history of Georgetown. But its future is still unclear.

The owner of the land, Mt. Zion Church, is seeking outside resources to restore the site.

Dr. Thornell Page, leader of the congregation’s preservation committee and charged by the church to find a possible future path, said his church “has entered into an agreement with the Historic Preservation Office about two months ago. They’ve agreed to match $5,000 to the Mt. Zion Church’s $5,000.” Clearly understanding that the anticipated $10,000 is just a drop in the bucket, Page is hoping that it may be enough

to publicize the present state of things and bring in resources to help kick-start what will be a major – and ultimately very expensive – restoration. The actual cost to restore the site is thought to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

While trying to look past the obvious hurdles ahead, Page is realistic about the future. It is an emotional issue for him, knowing that the goal of honoring the dead while educating the living will be a costly and taxing endeavor requiring the efforts of many. “It takes people who are interested in preservation and culture … to energize the community,” he said. Though it is probably the strongest push in decades, this is not the first time that hopes have been raised. On several occasions, the slope of decay at Mt. Zion has been halted, only to have progress quickly dashed by changes of heart and fashion.

Over the last several decades, there have been many false starts at restoration. Those failures of the past are vivid to Page, but he chalks them up as lessons learned. He believes that there now appears to be real momentum for change.

T H E H I S T O RY When it first opened in 1809, the cemetery offered two distinct classes of burial that mirrored the social segregation of the time.

Whites and free blacks paid $15 for a prime lot, while slave-owning members of the church paid $3 for internment of their human property anywhere there was room. From its very beginnings, the cemetery was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Hidden over the slope of a hill is a small pre-burial storage vault that

FE AR OF DE VELOPMEN T For many years, the church tried to maintain the property, but waning interest on the part of congregants and the flight of heirs to more affordable places outside the city created a vacuum of attention, allowing the burial ground to fall into disrepair. Mt. Zion Cemetery became an eyesore and real-estate developers saw an opportunity to build high-rise apartments and townhouses. Heirs to some of those buried, seeing a profit to be made, petitioned the U.S. District Court for permission to disinter the remains, rebury them elsewhere and sell the land. The Court agreed in 1964 and appointed trustees to sell the land.

The sale was killed when an heir to someone buried at the site, along with the Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation – promising to improve the cemetery and citing its historical significance – won their fight to Volunteer Vincent DeForrest works to clean up the vault area at the cemetery in this have the cemetery designated a protected historical landarchival Washington Post file photo dated April 7, 1974. mark and included in the National Register of Historic Places. In light was frequently pressed into service as a place of the new historical designations and the for runaway slaves to hide on their way north promise of restoration, U.S. District Court to freedom.

Judge Oliver Gasch reversed the order allowMt. Zion was a busy place with dozens ing disinterment, stating that such action by interred there yearly, but things changed drathe heirs and developers “cannot but offend matically for the worse when, in 1849, the the sensitivities of civilized people.” “Equally racially restricted Oak Hill Cemetery was important,” said the judge, “is the fact that not established. White families, seeking the only would such a degradation be perpetrated opportunity of burial in the grand, new and against the dead, but in this instance the violaall-white Oak Hill Cemetery, worked quickly tion of their graves involves the destruction of to have their dead dug up and taken out of Mt. a monument to evolving free black culture in Zion – along with the funds for their perpetual the District of Columbia.” care. The result of the mass exodus of the wellUnfortunately, plans by the group to rehato-do was a patchwork of half-filled holes and bilitate the cemetery were never fully carried a shortfall in dollars for upkeep. out. The site quickly fell further into a state of

A headstone lays abandoned, away from the remains which have been lost to time in the cemetery. Photo by Erin Schaff.

disrepair. Headstones, made of cheap concrete and rebar, not the exquisite carved granite and marble like those in Oak Hill, were broken or stolen for neighborhood garden projects, weeds grew unchecked and the sign marking the place disappeared. It became difficult to even find the cemetery among the vegetation.

THE FUTURE Today, most of the remaining headstones are haphazardly placed into mounds at the edges of the cemetery. The largest group of these stones is located just above an alley behind a row of apartment buildings, feet away from trash dumpsters. While some names are still visible, many of the grave markers are unidentified, as are the exact locations of the remains of an estimated 4,000 slaves, whites, freed blacks and their descendants. A search for a way to honor them is now underway by the church and interested community members. Diagrams prepared in the past give a general location for some graves, but to locate the majority will require specialized skill and equipment.

The tool of choice for this sort of task is ground-penetrating radar, a non-intrusive, subsurface imaging device about the size of a baby carriage. A GPR unit is pulled over the ground to develop a visual profile of what lies below the surface. For cemeteries with missing or destroyed burial records, a GPR survey can produce a composite sitemap of an area indicating grave locations and their depth.

Facing a similar situation, the nonprofit association overseeing Congressional Cemetery in Southeast brought in Robert Perry, an expert at both GPR and the identification of lost graves, to determine the location of unmarked graves, headstones and burial vaults.

Perry sees the condition at Mt. Zion as somewhat typical of African American burial sites across the country. “Black cemeteries tend to be neglected,” he said, adding that graves from the early 1800s do not often have caskets. Single graves are sometime found to contain three, four or five bodies. Perry cites an average cost of $1,650 per day to scan an average of 200 grave spots.

In speaking of his work at Congressional Cemetery, he noted that the local community found closure from knowing that loved ones – or just fellow human beings – are in an appropriate final resting place. “Lots of people stand around and watch what I do,” Perry said. “You’d be surprised how emotional they get.”

Finding the locations of the remains is only the first challenge.

Repairing the headstones, cleaning the grounds and placing the correct marker with the correct remains is thought by many in the community as the first steps in helping descendants connect to the lives of their forebears.

While those restorative efforts will be difficult, they are achievable. The larger challenge comes after all is put in good order. Will there be the collective will to learn from the mistakes of the past and begin to set them right?

If you’re interested in being involved in restoration efforts please contact paul@georgetowner.com

Yarrow Mamout

African American History on Dent Place

Portrait of Yarrow Mamout (Muhammad Yaro), 1819.

Charles Wilson Peale. Oil on canvas. Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The property at 3324 Dent Place NW was the home – and possibly the final resting spot – of Yarrow Mamout (c. 1736–1823). Enslaved in West Africa and brought to America as a young man of 16, Yarrow (his surname) was freed at age 60 and chose to stay in Georgetown for the rest of his life. He was a master businessman and investor. The home he built on Dent Place is no longer standing, but the property still exists and could hold valuable historical clues relating to Georgetown’s racial history.

At the March 2 meeting of the GeorgetownBurleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, a unanimous resolution called for “conducting a thorough archeological survey at 3324 Dent Place NW in search of evidence of the life and times of Yarrow Mamout.” The resolution came in response to a request by a developer to build townhouses on the site.

In a determined and strong request, the commissioners resolved: “We urge the D.C. Historic Preservation Office to request that the Historic Preservation Review Board recognize the property at 3324 Dent Place NW as a property likely to possess archeological significance and determine that a thorough survey, including excavation as appropriate, be conducted before any building permit is issued at this location.”

Whether the lot at 3324 Dent Place contains artifacts or the remains of Yarrow Mamout himself is an open question. Some have speculated that his remains may still be there in a corner of the property where he once prayed.

After being declared vacant, the dilapidated house on the Dent Place property was struck by a falling tree in August 2011, crushing its second floor. In November 2013, the house was razed and the land cleared.

James H. Johnston’s 2012 book “From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family,” uses paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents and oral histories to reconstruct a six-generation family history from Yarrow to Robert Turner Ford, Harvard College, Class of 1927.

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There was a blanket chest for holding clothes or linens and a sugar chest for storing that very precious commodity. Another important piece of early storage furniture is typically called a pie safe, though it is neither a padlocked safe nor a true chest.

The blanket chest, in its simplest form, was a large wooden box with a hinged lid. The form was popular from the 17th century to the mid19th, before most homes had attics or closets.

(Chests also provided extra seating since chairs were a luxury.) In colonial America, blanket chests were commonly constructed of pine, walnut, pecan or cherry and some had short bracket or bun feet. The wealthy used imported mahogany for more elaborate chests. Painting furniture was a way to retard rodent or insect damage, so many early pieces show remnants of old paint washes.

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height was increased. Many period chests will have a “till,” or candle storage drawer. Often, these chests took on the names of the items they safeguarded. They were many times known as dowry chests, or hope chests, since a bride often carried her worldly goods in them to her new home. They were also called mule chests, since they were the repositories of slippers or “mules.”

In the early days of the rural south, sugar was a prized and valuable commodity that had to be shipped up river from New Orleans, usually in a loaf or cone form, then carted over land. In some places, people waited up to a year between deliveries. During a time when a pound of sugar could cost more than an acre of land, families had to have a way to store large quantities of sugar for long periods of time and to guard it against humidity, insects and rodents.

The sugar chest, a form found mostly in Kentucky and Tennessee, was a locked chest, often plain in decor, yet a symbol of the family’s social and economic standing. In their heyday, sugar chests were not relegated to a hidden pantry, but were proudly displayed, along with their costly contents, right in the parlor.

Four boards of virgin timber glued together to make the four sides ensured that there were few gaps for insects and humidity to penetrate. The chests were usually built on legs to further insulate the sugar from the moist floor. Sometimes different grades of sugar were separated into compartments, along with one for the ledger used to record when small bits of sugar would be added or removed. Often there was a small drawer at the bottom or an inside compartment where the knife (or nipper) for cutting the sugar would be kept.

Sugar chests are not found as often as blanket chests, since they are a unique, predominately southern form and hence command higher prices. Because both sugar chests and blanket chests are long and narrow, it is relatively easy for blankets chests to be reworked to look like original sugar chests. Blanket chests were often constructed of a series of connected boards, not four-board constructed, so buyers should be aware of this distinction.

19th -century paint -decorated wooden blanket chest. Photography courtesy of Renwick Museum.

The pie safe, also called a pie chest, meat chest or kitchen safe, was an important piece of furniture in the American household starting in the early 1700s. It was used to protect pies, of course, but also meat, bread and other perishables.

The Pnnsylvania Dutch probably introduced the concept of the pie safe to the U.S. It was typically tall and narrow, with interior shelves to hold food items. Kept as far from the stove as possible, on a farm the pie safe might be kept on the back porch. Southern pieces were often made of pine with poplar interiors. Many times the interior wooden shelves would be perforated to aid in ventilation.

A pie safe would normally have two hinged doors on the front. Screening or pierced tin panels on the doors and the sides also provided ventilation. The holes in the tin sides were often punched to produce an image like a church scene, eagles, stars or another simple shape.

An early piece with unusual or elaborately designed tins could fetch thousands. Unusual height, finely turned legs and original paint and hardware also add value.

Last August, a Shenandoah Valley pie safe that had been commissioned in 1824 – not only to keep pies safe, but also to promote Andrew Jackson’s presidential campaign – sold for $102,500 at auction. Its date of origin was early for a pie safe, it had old blue paint, a color favored by collectors, and it featured a punched-tin portrait of Jackson and a panel that declared him Hero of Orleans. Whether Jackson ever saw it is anybody’s guess, but, since the equivalent in 1824 dollars would have been around $2.5 million, Jackson would surely have been flummoxed by the price.

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FOOD & WINE

Inspired by Whistler: After Peacock Room

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alking into After art and interior design drew her Peacock Room is like to a curatorial internship at the opening an elegant Hirshhorn Museum and to studies coffee table book and at the Corcoran College of Art spending an afternoon in its glossy and Design. After graduating, she pages. The location, a former conspent time in Paris, where she signment shop, has metamorphosed fell in love with Mariage Frères, into a delightful teahouse and finethe famed teahouse in her Saintdining café. With its gilded industrial Germain-des-Prés neighborhood. hardware, crystal chandeliers, plush Upon returning to D.C., she blue benches and peacock-colored dreamed about creating something walls, it is both cozy and hip. similar to Mariage Frères, and The aesthetic of After Peacock Georgetown, with its pretty homes Room is inspired by James McNeill and European feel, seemed like Whistler’s “Harmony in Blue and just the place. “My goal was to Gold: The Peacock Room,” created provide excellent food and service in 1877 for wealthy English shipin a nice ambiance,” she said. owner Frederick Richards Leyland.

Inspired by the beautiful Prussian Whistler’s work was purchased by blues, deep greens and gold that Charles Lang Freer and later installed come alive in Whistler’s work, in the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery After Peacock Room serves as a on the Mall, where it remains today. contemporary interpretation of the Heewon Ra is the lady behind classic.

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The dining room in the back, called the Hawthorn Flower Room, is inspired by Leyland’s collection of blue and white porcelain; the walls are painted with gold flowers.

Rockville-based woodworker Jed Dinger made the communal dining tables, and the black bistro chairs that accent them were freshened with brushstrokes of gold paint, which Ra added herself.

After Peacock Room was closed from June to November while the kitchen was updated and the wine-and-beer license was pending. During that period, the decision was made to transition from a full teahouse to a daytime tea-and-coffee destination with a fine-dining dinner component. Chef Nick Sharpe, who worked under the acclaimed Michael Mina in San Francisco, now helms the kitchen. The menu features the best of seasonal tastes.

On Sundays, After Peacock Room offers takeout coffee service from 9 to noon, with the proceeds donated to local charities.

Ra looks forward to growing the restaurant’s dinner business and being able to host small private parties. For now, though, she is focused on sustaining a unique teahouse and an elegant dining experience in the neighborhood.

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Cocktail of the Month : Searching for Livingstone

BY JODY K URA S H

An aerial view of Victoria Falls and the Devil’s Pool (right) in Zambia.

The Livingstone cocktail at the Royal Livingstone Hotel.

“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

On Nov. 10, 1871, journalist and explorer H. M. Stanley muttered these words to David Livingstone in a small town on Lake Tanganyika in East Africa, giving rise to this still-popular quotation.

The quote has dubious connotations, as it describes Stanley’s words upon completing a long and treacherous journey in search of Livingstone, one of the most popular explorers of the 19th century. When he spotted the only white man, the legendary question was posed Livingstone, who had a near-mythical status in Victorian England, was on the forefront of a period of geographical discovery that led to the colonization of Africa.

Throughout Africa today, monuments of Livingstone abound. His name is attached to many places, including the city of Livingstone, Zambia, where he became the first European to visit Victoria Falls. Even a cocktail bears the name of the British hero.

I stumbled upon this by accident. As a cocktail nerd, whenever I travel to a new place, I Google the city name along with ‘cocktails,’ in an attempt to find the top local watering holes.

When I Googled ‘Livingstone’ and ‘cocktail,’ I didn’t find any lounge recommendations, but I found a number of sites with recipes for the Livingstone cocktail. My interest was piqued. I wanted to try this new cocktail, but the websites seemed to disagree on its ingredients.

The ingredients were sometimes listed as Mount Gay rum, orange juice and tonic. To me, a drink made with Barbados rum did not seem fitting for an African pioneer.

Another site had a photo of a drink looking much like a 20th-century cosmopolitan made with pomegranate syrup. I didn’t picture Livingstone hanging with the “Sex and the City” gals.

The recipe that came up the most was a drink similar to a classic martini, made with gin, vermouth and sugar syrup. This timeless combination was something I could imagine as a colonial drink.

I decided to take the search into my own hands when I landed in Livingstone last September. However, I quickly found that the hunt for the Livingstone cocktail in Livingstone was almost as challenging as Livingstone’s search for the source of the Nile.

I started with the bar at my hotel, Fawlty Towers, named after the John Cleese Britcom.

Since my expectations were formed by the antics of Basil Fawlty and Manuel, I wasn’t too surprised when the staff hadn’t heard of the drink. They recommended some nearby places.

My first stop was Zambezi, a happening African joint. No luck. I headed to a long stretch of nightspots. I dutifully tried them all: cafés, outdoor bars, a seafood restaurant and even an Italian restaurant. Dr. Livingstone’s cocktail was nowhere to be found.

Finally, I upped the ante and headed to the Royal Livingstone Hotel, the ritziest place in town. I assumed they must serve the cocktail that bears the name of their hotel.

The Royal Livingstone exudes colonial elegance with its stylish design, graceful lobby and well-designed lounging areas. The expansive grounds around the hotel are home to a number of safari animals. I caught glimpses of zebras and giraffes on my taxi ride there.

Since it was early in the day, the refined bar was empty. I was handed a thick menu of drinks. Surely Dr. Livingstone would make an appearance soon. But once again he was absent. I quizzed the bartender, who brought me his supervisor. I was told that at one time they had a cocktail called the Livingstone, but they no longer served it. I asked him if I could order it. He eyed me suspiciously and said he would have to check.

He returned with a recipe for the elusive elixir and began to whip it up. Its ingredients were puzzling to me: mint muddled with a double of Jameson, apple juice topped off with soda water. A drink named after a British national hero forged from an Irish whiskey?

The drink was surprisingly interesting.

The mint complimented the vanilla undertones of the Jameson, while the apple juice provided a hint of sweetness.

However, it seemed a bit heavy to be drinking after a warm day on safari, so I decided to compare it with the gin version I found online.

For the next round, I requested the

bartender to mix a recipe I took off the internet. This drink was light and refreshing, and the London gin gave it a bit of regal twang.

Here was a cocktail that could inspire new adventures.

After downing my drink, I found myself doing just that, hopping a boat from the hotel’s marina to visit the top of Victoria Falls and take a swim to the very edge in the Devil’s Pool.

Thank you, Dr. Livingstone, for the liquid courage!

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

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.

DAS Ethiopian 1201 28TH ST., NW

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

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

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

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

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

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

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

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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.

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Malmaison

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

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

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“Charleston has great classical architecture “Most of my clients have a and that appeals to me a lot,” he said. “The city place in the city where they do has a beautiful culture of art and music, and business and enjoy the urban life, but they need Charlottesville has a similar energy.” In both a place to recharge,” he said. “People want to places, Rhett has found a “culture of craft.” He relax in the country. People want to enjoy what enjoys employing local talent and using local they have, and they like to reconnect with materials when working on his projects. “It nature.” adds another layer of joy,” he said.

Rhett’s work is a testament to this comIn all of Rhett’s work, both commercial munal appreciation for the rural landscape. and residential, he and his team actively work The Connecticut native received an archito solve the puzzles presented to them. They tecture degree at Rice University and did consider what a client envisions as well as the additional work at the University of New potential and energy a property has to offer, Mexico, where he studied solar architecture then propose creative solutions to balance and sculpture. While there, Rhett spent time those factors. working for an adobe conAs a result, tracting company, where Rhett’s projects and he learned firsthand about his peaceful country the efficiency of passive homes are all difand active solar architecferent. They are a ture, the importance of product of listening the sun’s orientation in to his client’s vision respect to a home and, and making it come more generally, the value alive through creof sustainability in design. ative – and often Today, Rhett is technical – choices. based in Charlottesville, According to Rhett, Virginia, with a satellite Wareham Farm.

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

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

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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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Live & work in the Old Upperville Baptist Church (circa 1825) & meeting hall • Church provides many options with Village Commercial zoning • Bring your creativity & enjoy living & working in the historic village • Stunning renovation provides 2 buildings & many uses • Ample parking • Excellent views of the countryside from the large back yard • Church also for Lease.

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The Red Barn’s soothing interiors Particularly with country feature high, vaulted ceilings, exposed between land and home.

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By S tac y Notar as M urphy Dear Stacy, I am the person who wrote a month ago about my strained friendship with one of my best friends from my mid-20s. We are now both married with new babies, and I was hoping to get back to being close with her, but she never responded.

You advised me to reach out one more time, just to know that I had tried absolutely everything I could. Well, I did. I was met with a response that seemed genuine, but, looking back, not exactly “deep.” She told me she was not angry at me, but was excited to be a new mom with me, and promised that we would spend more time together.

Before any of that could happen, I sent a message sharing news about my little one (serious medical scare, which after extensive testing turned out to be a less serious diagnosis). She replied instantly – which made me so happy – with encouragement. Then, about 30 seconds later, I received a new message from her, definitely not meant for me, conveying my news to someone else, along with a snarky comment about me no longer being able to grandstand about my child’s medical scare. I was shocked. I replied immediately that I was sad to read this, but that, at the very least, it confirmed what I had been thinking all along. She had been angry at me, had been unwilling to talk about it and was gossiping with others about it.

Her response was minimal. My question to you is, what’s next? Is there anything I can do?

– Is This The End? Dear End: Wow. I don’t know if this is the end for this relationship, but I will say that if you think it’s time to end it, you’ve got my vote.

Who among us hasn’t sent an email or a text

to the wrong recipient? We all know the shame of realizing that it’s not erasable, but rather a permanent part of the way the other person will view us. But most of us choose to make amends in that moment. To be honest, to be truthful even though it hurts – at this point, we’re already hurt, so why not go further? – is the only option when something like this happens. But if Friend replied with a “minimal” response and doesn’t take real steps to apologize now, I think the writing is on the wall.

That writing, by the way, is that you have done all you can do. Sure, Friend clearly has something going on with her, but she’s not shared that info, so you can stop filling in the blanks that would make her mistreatment okay with you. When you saw that she had betrayed you to someone else, your immediate response was a matter-of-fact, “Well this makes sense now,” instead of a giant screed about her rudeness and lack of empathy.

That reads to me like serious self-restraint. Keep it up, because you need to heal from this.

Sometimes we have done all we can do, and just need permission to let it go. Give yourself that permission (ahem, you don’t really need it from me). I understand that she meant something to you in the past, but this relationship doesn’t seem like it’s giving you anything valuable in the present tense.

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

Keep Your Momentum – Even When You’re Sick

By Josef Br an d en burg You’ve been consistent with your new fitness routine and seeing results. One day you wake up with a runny nose, a sore throat and low energy. You want to keep your momentum, but you don’t want to slow your recovery or get anyone else sick. What are the dos and don’ts of exercising when you’re sick?

The good news is that regular exercise makes you less likely to get sick. Additionally, moderate-intensity workouts can boost your immune response and help you get better faster.

Don’t be contagious. Wash or sanitize your hands every time you blow your nose, cover a sneeze or cough. You’re already sick, and there’s no need to spread your misery to anyone else.

Do check your symptoms. If you have a fever, vomiting or diarrhea, or ache all over, then stay home and rest. But if you only have a runny nose, a headache, a sore throat or a dry cough, you’ll be okay as long as you follow the rest of this advice.

Don’t rush your comeback. With enough rest you will feel better, but it takes time to fully

recover. If you felt awful for four days, then it will probably take four additional days – after you feel a lot better – until you are really back to normal.

Do listen to your body. This isn’t the time to push yourself. Workouts that are too hard or too long can suppress your immune system, making your illness worse. However, movement at an easy or a medium level, such as walking, mobility work or a very easy workout, can enhance your immune response. Keep these to just 30 to 45 minutes. Sticking to your schedule as best you can allows you to keep your momentum.

Don’t drink OJ. Orange juice is marketed as a cold-fighting beverage, but the opposite is probably closer to the truth. Ounce for ounce, orange juice has the same amount of sugar as Pepsi, and sugar is like a sleeping pill for your immune system; a large dose will slow it down for hours.

The same goes for all sugary beverages.

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Skateboarding and Other Kennedy Center Surprises

BY G ARY T ISCHL ER eborah Rutter spent the last six months or so getting used to her role as president of the Kennedy Center, and in a whirlwind of activity – talks to donors, meetings with the board, appearances at the Press Club (and at one of the Georgetown Media Group’s leadership breakfasts at the George Town Club) – she shared her ideas and her vibrant personality, giving Washington’s cultural and media crowd a chance to get to know this new player on the Potomac.

She made her first appearance as host of the Kennedy Center’s season announcement in the Family Theater last week, and truth be told, it was kind of fun and not a little startling. The program and the planned offerings turned out to be a fair indication of just how she and the center were willing to embrace the future and all it might bring –and, for that matter, all that the center might bring to the future.

New initiatives, new works and new faces were all on the plate. “We will be presenting works and projects that will cut across genres, that will be cooperative and new,” said Rutter. Think Jason Moran, the center’s gifted artistic director of jazz.

Think new composer-in-residence Mason Bates.

Think former ABT dancer-choreographer and Aspen Institute Cultural Director Damian Woetzel and MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” recipient mandolinist Chris Thile. All of these talented folks will headline special series in 2015-16.

You might also want to whisper out loud the word “skateboard,” something not usually associated with the nation’s performing arts center.

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Skateboarding will be the focus of the seasonopening festival in September, “Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media.” Collaborative and genre-bending, this explorative and immersive festival will celebrate skateboarding’s connection to art, movement, music and improvisation. The Kennedy Center is partnering with the George Mason University School of Art and the D.C. nonprofit Cuba Skate to bring together students, artists, musicians, skaters, and community members.

Moran and his group, the Bandwagon, will headline the last two days of the Sept 5-12 festival, which will also include a specially-built skateable structure designed by artist and skateboarder Ben Ashworth.

Although the skateboarding festival is something new – “Why not take risks?” Rutter asked – it’s on a path that the center’s been following for a while. Not all that long ago, few people would have expected to hear former Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser utter the words “hip hop festival” when making a season announcement.

Moran is emerging as one of the center’s stars.

An adventuresome and daring planner, he’s also a spectacular jazz pianist. The coming season will feature “Jason +,” a series that comprises the skateboarding festival; “Jason + Jeremy,” a “duel” between Moran and a fellow keyboard master, classical pianist Jeremy Denk (in collaboration

with Washington Performing Arts); and “Jason + Ronald K. Brown,” a collaboration with the founder of the dance company Evidence; and “Jason + Mason,” an evening of electric jazz with the participation of DJ Masonic.

Bates is the newest electric wire – literally and otherwise – at the center, in the guise of a composer in residence. The youthful Bates will head KC Jukebox, presenting cutting-edge instrumentalists, vocalists and DJs in familiar and unfamiliar Kennedy Center performance spaces. He’ll be heading three new events, beginning Nov. 9 with “Lounge Regime: 100 Years of Ambient Music,” a trip through electronic music, 1970s minimalism and the “furniture” music of 1930s Paris.

Celebrity mandolinist Chris Thile will head “American Strings: A Tradition of Innovation with Chris Thile,” a festival of performances, workshops, jam sessions and panel discussions in 2016.

Woetzel will present “DEMO,” a new series of cross-center performances with dance as its focus.

There’s big news at the Washington National Opera, where Artistic Director Francesca Zambello proudly announced the presentation of Richard Wagner’s complete “Ring of the Nibelung.” Three cycles of the four operas – “The Rhine Gold,” “The Valkyrie,” “Siegfried” and “Twilight of the Gods” – will be presented in

April 2016. Long talked-about and envisioned, and often stymied, this should be one of the most anticipated cultural events in D.C., and the nation, in recent years.

But then again, there’s “Appomatox,” by the always-ahead-of-his-time composer Philip Glass, with a libretto by Oscar-winning writer Christopher Hampton (“Selma”), in November.

“It’s an amazing work,” Zambello said. “It bridges the Civil War and the Civil Rights era. It’s just astonishing and moving.” The second act, which centers on the era of Dr. Martin Luther King, is newly composed. “Carmen” starts off the season, which also includes Kurt Weill’s “Lost in the Stars” in February.

Nothing quite so startling is ahead in the theater season, though it starts off with a production of the Greek tragedy “Antigone” with luminous French actress Juliette Binoche. The rest is an all-musical season on the main stage, beginning with “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” in October and ending with “Phantom” in July of 2016.

The National Symphony Orchestra will offer two new programs: “Declassified: Fridays@ 9,” a mix of classic and modern works with pre- and post-performance programming, and “Coffee Concerts” at 11:30 a.m. on Fridays.

The Center’s contemporary dance program will focus on a celebration of choreographer Twyla Tharp’s five-decade career of dancemaking.

With the Kennedy Center in the midst of an almost month-long celebration of Iberian arts, it was announced that Ireland would be the subject of next year’s international festival.

NGA to Celebrate 25th A Summer for All at Wolf Trap Anniversary of Photo Collection

BY GARY TISC H L ER

BY RIC HA RD SE L DE N hree special exhibitions in 2015 will mark the 25th anniversary of the National Gallery of Art’s photography collection. Two will open May 3: “In Light of the Past: 25 Years of Photography at the National Gallery of Art” (through July 26) and “The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Acquired with the Alfred H. Moses and A monochrome tryptic by Vera Lutter.

Fern M. Schad Fund” (through Sept. 7).

The third, which will open Nov. 1 and run through Feb. 28, 2016, is titled “Celebrating European photographs from 1839 to the present.

Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Photographs are fragile and deteriorate when Recent Gifts.” Displaying works donated to the exposed to light. Most of the collection has never museum in honor of the anniversary, it is likely to been exhibited and the works that have been include gifts that have yet to be made. exhibited have been on view only briefly.

Though the collection was launched in 1949 Curated by Greenough and assistant curator with a spectacular gift – Georgia O’Keeffe’s Andrea Nelson, the exhibition of contemporary donation of the “Key Set,” more than 1,600 phophotographs will include works exploring the tographs by her late husband, legendary photogcomplexity of time, memory and history, by phorapher and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz - the National tographers including Sally Mann (b. 1951), Vera Gallery began to actively collect photography in Lutter (b. 1960), Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948), 1990.

Carrie Mae Weems (b. 1953) and Sophie Calle (b.

The collection has expanded under curator 1953).

Sarah Greenough to nearly 14,000 American and

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olf Trap Foundation announced its first group of over 50 offerings for summer 2015 at the Filene Center in Vienna, Virginia, on the grounds of Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.

Pop, rock, country, opera and classical, international music and dance groups and some things that go beyond category get their due.

Here’s an early sampling of what’s on tap this summer: You can go from pop-rock chanteuse Sheryl Crow in May to jazz legend Diana Krall in July, country stars Little Big Town in August, and classic rocker Santana, also in August.

There is no taste that’s unaccounted for. Wolf Trap will welcome “Weird Al” Yankovic, comic performer David Sedaris, the Cuban flavors of the Buena Vista Social Club, Frank Sinatra Jr., the brother-sister duo of Julianne and Derek Hough in “Move” and the National Symphony Orchestra – in residence at Wolf Trap – accompanying a screening of “Star Trek,” where you can say goodbye to the late Leonard Nimoy, aka Mr. Spock.

The Wolf Trap Opera lineup is Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” a concert opera performance of Verdi’s “Aida,” Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” and John Corigliano’s “The Ghosts of Versailles.”

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Red Cross Ball at Millionaire Playground

By D onna S hor | P h o tos by C ap e h a rt P h o to gr aph y.

Shirley MacLaine, Wayne Newton and William Shatner headlined Palm Beach’s 58th Annual International Red Cross Ball.

Highlight event of the “Florida millionaire playground’s” social season, the ball drew 700 supporters to the $1,000-per-plate dinner. Matching the theme, “Around the World in Eighty Days,” the pre-dinner poolside reception featured caviar among the 20 international culinary stations. Held at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, Trump and his wife Melania were honorary chairs. Ball proceeds help fund the organization’s vital work of preventing and alleviating human suffering in emergencies.

Shirley MacLaine and Patty Myura.

Wayne Newton and Patrick M. Park.

Donald and Melania Trump.

Spring Gala Guide

By Mary B ird

MARCH 18 Celebration of Hope Gala

MARCH 28 Leukemia Ball

APRIL 10National Women in the Arts Spring Gala

The annual gala benefits Hope Connections for Cancer Support and celebrates survivors and those who support Hope’s mission of helping cancer patients and their loved ones through free programs of emotional support, education wellness and hope. Park Hyatt Washington.

Call 301 634-7500.

The evening raises funds for the National Capital Area Chapter of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and includes a MercedesBenz raffle, silent auction, dinner and dancing.

Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Contact Korey Lindesmith at 703 399-2957 or koreylindesmith@lls.org.

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

MARCH 19 Pink Tie Party

MARCH 30 Signature Theatre’s Sondheim Award Gala

Proceeds benefit the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the beauty of nature and international friendship through year-round programs, events and educational initiatives that enhance our environment, showcase arts and culture and build community spirit. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Call 202 312-1300.

MARCH 24 Alzheimer’s Association National Dinner The evening draws supporters to increase awareness of the disease and raise funds for research to find a cure. Wardman Park Marriott Hotel. Contact 312 335-5846 or advocacy@ alz.org.

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Honoring those who have contributed to the works of Stephen Sondheim and American theater, the evening includes a cocktail reception, seated dinner and performances by Broadway and local artists. Embassy of Italy. Contact Zack Lynch at 571 527-1828 or development@ signature-theatre.org.

APRIL 6 Helen Hayes Awards One of the country’s most prestigious cultural honors, since 1985 the Helen Hayes Awards has celebrated outstanding achievement in over 90 professional theatres throughout the Washington metropolitan area. National Building Museum. Visit theatrewashington.org.

APRIL 11 “The Magic of Montmartre” The gala benefits The Washington Home & Community Hospices’ health care and end-oflife services for area residents. The Embassy of France. Contact Fatima Orozco at 202 895-0160

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

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

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

APRIL 28 Refugees International’s Anniversary Dinner The annual dinner honors individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and commitment to humanitarian causes.

Mellon Auditorium. Contact events@refugees international.org.

SOCIAL SCENE

Embassy Series: Pianist Till Fellner

GB Group Global Salutes African Women Leaders PH OTOS B Y NES HAN H . N A LT C H AYA N

The second annual Leadership Awards dinner by GB Group Global was held March 4 at the Willard Intercontinental with the theme, “Celebrating Global Women: Women leaders who lead through political participation, corporate leadership and entrepreneurship.” Awardees included Joyce Banda, former President of Malawi, Ambassador Amina Ali of the African Union Mission, Angolan entrepreneur Isabel dos Santos, Fumbi Chima, vice president of International Integration for Wal-Mart, and Joan Wages, president and CEO of National Women’s History Museum.

“Lifetime Achievement” awardee Joyce Banda, Malawi’s first female president and Africa’s second woman president, with Walker Williams, head of Leadership Africa USA and Gloria Herndon, CEO of GB Group Global.

Emcee Maureen Umeh of Fox5 News anchor with Ifeoma Christiana Orji and Princess Moradeun Ogunlana.

BY M ARY BIR D On March 6, the Embassy Series, a non-profit which Jerome Barry founded with the mission to unite people through musical diplomacy, presented internationally acclaimed Austrian pianist Till Fellner at the Embassy of Austria. The program featured works by Mozart, Bach and Schumann as well as a specially commissioned work dedicated to Fellner by contemporary composer Aleksandar Stankovski. The evening concluded with a buffet of Austrian treats prepared by the embassy chef.

Board members Ian Portnoy and Ann Howard-Tristani flank Hubert H. Humphrey

Fellows from the American University-Washington College of Law . Photo by Morris Simon.

On a Mission to Preserve Ancient Tyre

Voto Latino Hits 10

Voto Latino, a nonpartisan organization that empowers Latino Millennials to claim a better future for themselves and their community, celebrated its 10-year anniversary March 4 at the Hamilton Live. Top supporters from the technology, Hollywood, media and politics industries joined Voto Latino co-Founder and chairwoman Rosario Dawson and Voto Latino president and CEO María Teresa Kumar in celebrating 10 years of movement-building.

PHO TO BY NESHAN H. NALTCHAYAN Maha El-Khalil Chalabi, founder of the Tyre Foundation, briefed supporters of the ancient city of the UNESCO site in Tyre, Lebanon, Feb. 27 at the National Press Club. Chalabi also spoke about the American Committee for Tyre Symposium to be held June 3 at the Library of Congress.

PHO TOS B Y DRA NICK M E D I A .

Maria Teresa Kumar and Rosario Dawson.

Adam Rodriguez, Maria Teresa Kumar, America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson and Wilmer Valderrama.

Jaslene Gonzalez.

Ambassador David Killion, chairman and president of the board, American Committee for Tyre, Maha el-Khalil Chalabi, founder of the Tyre Foundation, and Mary-Jane Deeb, chief, African & Middle East Division, Library of Congress.

Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

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