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GAY MEN’S CHORUS AT THE BARNS The traveling choral and dance ensembles of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C. will give two performances filled with lively harmonies and selections ranging from traditional choral music to Broadway. Tickets are $40 and $45. For details, visit wolftrap.org.

Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.

FATHERLESS DAUGHTERS SPEAK OUT This free event — featuring inspirational speakers and award-winning artists and healers — is for girls between the ages of 13 and 17 growing up without their biological fathers in their homes or actively involved in their lives. Participants will learn how to overcome the negative consequences of absence and abandonment. Registration is required. For details, visit eventbrite.com. 1313 New York Ave. NW.

APRIL 6 THROUGH 15 CHERRY BLOSSOM PADDLE

This two-hour kayak tour along the Georgetown waterfront, going all the way to the Tidal Basin, will enable participants to experience the cherry blossoms in a new way — from the water. Tickets are $45. For details, visit bookings.boatinginboston.com.

Key Bridge Boathouse, 3500 Water St. NW.

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING EXPO Lockheed Martin presents the fifth USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo, with more than 3,000 hands-on activities exploring space, robotics, genomics, conservation, cryogenics and medicine, plus stage shows and science stars. For details, visit usasciencefestival.org.

Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW.

This spring, Artist’s Proof Gallery will explore the intricacies of color in “The Theory of Color,” a two-part exhibition. Presenting only white monochrome sculptures and paintings in April, Part One considers the philosophical, poetic and spiritual associations attributed to a color often perceived as “negative space.”

For details, visit aproof.net. 1533 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

‘BLOSSOMS AND BUBBLY’ AT JONATHAN ADLER

At “Blossoms and Bubbly,” presented by Jonathan Adler and Bloomia, attendees can master the art of stunning spring arrangements.

There will also be sips, sweets, 20 percent off Jonathan Adler purchases and a live raffle.

For details, visit jonathanadler.com. 1267 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

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SOPRANO ANGELI FERRETTE The Aria Club of Greater Washington presents lyric soprano Angeli Ferrette performing songs by Strauss, Haydn, Rossini, Bellini and Delibes, with a reception to follow. Tickets are $25 (pay with cash or check at the door). St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1514 15th St. NW.

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Concerns, Lack of Funds Stymie Key Bridge Lights

BY S E L M A K H E N I S S I At a March 29 public meeting at the Georgetown Public Library on the proposed decorative lighting of Key Bridge, the first such meeting since September, it was clear that a number of obstacles had to be cleared for the project to proceed.

The overall mood in the air combined conscientiousness and nervousness. Those involved with the project were seeking constructive feedback and support.

Ted Van Houten, project manager for the District Department of Transportation, said that it has been decided, based on the feedback, that the bridge will have lighting on both its large arches and its small arches.

Without the small arches illuminated, people felt something would be missing, he said.

Regarding the lighting itself, there were concerns about there being too much light, light pollution and negative effects on nearby Reagan National Airport.

Another issue of concern is the color of the lights. The idea is floating around to have colorful lighting during holidays and special events. So far, the proposed colors are restricted to red, white, blue and pink.

However, the Old Georgetown Board made it clear that there should only be white lighting.

The thought process behind the color choices is roughly as follows: the red, white and blue combination and deep blue are popular; pink and white are for the cherry blossoms; and red and white are the colors of the D.C. flag. “This is just one draft,” said Van Houten.

Anne Lewis, president of City Wildlife, found the installation of lights, especially colorful lights, problematic for migratory birds and other species, including humans. “This is a very sensitive issue,” she said.

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which strongly discourages colored lighting, emphasized the need to have strong management at the helm. The National Capital Planning Commission also stressed the importance of a management plan, but supports the project as long as there are no adverse effects.

With the need for a management plan and for additional tasks, DDOT cannot currently move forward with the project due to a lack of funding.

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Dumbarton Oaks Park Opens for 77th Anniversary

Huge Art Show Coming to Rose Park Washington-based fine artist Kiril Jeliazkov is bringing more than 90 pieces of his outdoor art exhibition — “The Orange Step” — to Rose Park for the month of May. The artwork, its fifth installation, will be mounted on public space with the assistance of the District Department of Parks and Recreation, which approved the permits.

Jeliazkov calls it “one of the first-ever large format style art experiences allowed to be displayed in its entirety across the streets and parks of the nation’s capital.” The panels — 22 feet high and 11 feet wide — will be fixed to poles anchored into the ground.

Beginning May 1, the imposing pieces will line the outfield of Rose Park’s north field, from P Street near the parkway entrance to 26th Street. On the south field, the art pieces will proceed from the tot lot to M Street. Completing the installation, about 30 pieces will stand in a green space on Massachusetts Avenue near St. Nicholas Cathedral.

In 2006, Jeliazkov introduced “The Orange Step,” his first large-scale project, in a park near his hometown of Yambol, Bulgaria. Its second mounting was in Savannah, Georgia, where he completed his bachelor of fine arts and master of fine arts degrees in painting at Savannah College of Art and Design in 2007. The third exhibition was in Palm Beach in 2008 and the fourth in Tiburon, next to San Francisco, in 2013. Now, it’s Washington’s turn.

“The world has become my gallery,” said Jeliazkov, who wants people “to paint their life” and added, “My project unites everyone.”

Working from a studio near Dupont Circle,

“The world has become my gallery...My project unites everyone.”

— Kiril Jeliazkov Jeliazkov has been in Washington for the past 10 years. He told The Georgetowner that an April celebration and a virtual-reality experience of his outdoor art will take place at Artechouse, 1238 Maryland Ave. SW, in April. An opening ceremony in Rose Park is planned.

He got early encouragement for the exhibition from Joshua Lopez of the Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser, enthusiastic support from the Friends of Rose Park and now interest from the Michelle Obama Foundation.

Why the name, “The Orange Step”? “The passionate and hot color” is his favorite, said Jeliazkov, who put his footprint on all 128 pieces. See these pieces for yourself as they transform a small D.C. park.

Those who walk down Lovers Lane near 3060 R Street on the morning of Saturday, April 14, will see and be able to participate in a work of love. At least that’s how volunteer leaders and park rangers of Dumbarton Oaks Park see their cleanup and stewardship activities celebrating the 77th anniversary of the 27-acre park.

During “Park Stewardship Volunteer Hours,” from 9 to 11:30 a.m., volunteers of all ages will bag debris near the stream banks. Tools, snacks and training will be provided. At the same time, landscape architect Liza Gilbert will conduct a hands-on tour of the park, explaining the process of revitalizing the urban woodland garden designed in the 1921 by Beatrix Farrand, the sole female founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., an activity fair and a partnership exhibit will include music, strolling tours of the Secret Garden, interactive exhibits, art in the park and children’s nature activities.

The nonprofit Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy was established in 2010 to care for what is considered one of the country’s 10 greatest garden landscape designs.

Georgetown House Tour: Saturday, April 28 On Saturday, April 28, between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., neighbors and visitors can tour eight of

Georgetown’s most impressive homes during St. John’s Episcopal Church’s 86th annual Georgetown House Tour and Tea. The tour houses — all lived-in homes — are located within a few blocks of St. John’s at 3240 O Street, where the tickets and tour packets can be picked up. The homes can be visited in any order during the day. A traditional parish tea of sandwiches, cakes and cookies also is offered to tour guests between 2 and 5 p.m. in Blake House, next to the church.

The annual event is organized, hosted and carried out by volunteers. Funds raised are “an important part of enabling the mission of St. John’s in the greater Georgetown community for ministry and outreach,” according to the church, benefitting such programs as Jubilee Jobs and the Georgetown Ministry Center.

Three of the tour homes are located on Q Street (numbers 2823, 2905 and 3029). Two are next to each other on P Street (3128 and 3130) and two are on Dumbarton Street (2613 and 3009). One home is located on N Street (3107).

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Mayor Releases FY19 Budget Proposal D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has released her Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal. Among its noteworthy investments in infrastructure is the District’s $178.5-million commitment to dedicated annual funding for Metro. Investments in education include a $94-million increase in funding for DC Public Schools. Money is also allotted to achieving the goals of reducing homelessness and increasing employment through training and other programs.

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On March 27, a federal appeals court threw out the petition by the Citizens Association of Georgetown — representing the DC Fair Skies Coalition, which comprises a number of D.C.area organizations — to halt and redesign flight paths causing increased noise. The annoyance to area residents began in 2015, when the new flight paths were implemented by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The court determined that the residents’ argument ran into “procedural and substantive obstacles,” namely, it was not filed in a timely manner. “Federal law requires that petitions seeking review of FAA actions be filed within 60 days of the agency’s final order,” the court said. “Because petitioners failed to challenge it within the 60 day statutory time limit and had no ‘reasonable grounds’ for the delay, we dismiss the petition as untimely.” The threejudge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit noted that the FAA’s “final order” came in late 2013.

The petition did not qualify as one of those “rare cases” in which there are reasonable grounds to excuse the failure to timely file a petition for review, according to the court decision. One of those cases was a successful suit in January to revert flight paths over Phoenix, Arizona, back to the previous, less

noisy ones.

In effect, the FAA made the 60-day period for complaints much earlier than even the implementation dates in 2015, lawyer and Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Rick Murphy told The Georgetowner.

“Unfortunately, the court did not reach the merits of the case. The FAA made diligent efforts to ensure no one in D.C. was aware of the new flight path we challenged until it was an accomplished fact,” said Richard Hinds, general counsel for CAG. “We need to consider what if any steps we need to consider taking at this point, but pursuing our administrative petition with the FAA is one possible alternative to further litigation.”

District Council member Jack Evans, who represents residents in Georgetown and other affected neighborhoods, called the decision “terribly disappointing.”

The FAA’s NextGen system uses satellites instead of old-fashioned radar to guide airplanes. These more direct flight paths allow for more planes in the air, safely spaced closer together and burning less fuel. The unintended consequence in many areas: more noise for residents.

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More than 40 Wisconsin Avenue merchants, restaurants, salons and galleries will be proclaiming “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” on the last weekend in April, when Georgetown’s French Market returns to Book Hill, just south of the public library. In addition to sidewalk displays and discounts up to 75 percent for shoppers, there will be French food items, live entertainment including French and Gypsy jazz and children’s activities such as face-painting

— all to conjure up an April-in-Paris, outdoormarket ambiance along the blocks from O Street to Reservoir Road.

French Market hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. More information about the 15th annual event, presented by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, is available at georgetownfrenchmarketdc.com.

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Outdoor Furniture Faces Permitting Process Street furniture — colorful metal chairs and tables set out along Georgetown’s widened sidewalks and canal pathways and in its plazas and parks — have been provided by the Georgetown Business Improvement District over the past year for public use. But now the endeavor has run into permit issues with the District Department of Transportation.

“The issue is mainly about placing tables and chairs in public areas next to restaurants and cafes,” explained Jamie Scott, the BID’s economic development director. “The furniture is meant to be used by everyone anytime — to rest, read a book, stay as long as they want.

They are not meant to provide exclusive outdoor table service for a restaurant or café. The permit from DDOT is for public use.”

If a café or a restaurant wants to enhance its business with outdoor service, it can rent public space in front of its establishment from DDOT, Scott explained. But standards for pedestrian and traffic safety have to be followed.

Recently, two popular Georgetown restaurants have been required to stop providing outdoor furniture on the sidewalk

directly in front of their establishments. Both Booeymonger, on the corner of Potomac and Prospect Streets, and George’s, a falafel restaurant on 28th Street between M and Olive Streets, will have to go through the permitting process for their outdoor eating areas, which have been there for years.

The BID has a private agreement with the National Park Service to provide furniture at Georgetown Waterfront Park and with Dean & Deluca to furnish the small plaza behind the market overlooking the canal, arranging with various businesses to store the furniture overnight.

Georgetown Main Street Picks Board of Directors, Offers Grants

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BY PEGGY SA NDS It’s been almost six months since the District Department of Small and Local Business Development designated the new nonprofit organization Georgetown Main Street to receive a $174,000 grant, meant for initial operations and projects and as a matching-funds goal.

Since then, under the guidance of the Georgetown Business Association, which initiated the grant request, Georgetown Main Street has hired an executive director, established an office at 3235 P St. NW and developed a website. In February, the new board of directors met for the first time and applications for small business grants were announced (see below).

The first two quarterly funding disbursements — two checks for $43,750 each — from DSLBD have been received. “We’re all caught up,” Executive Director Jessie Himmelrich told The Georgetowner.

“The board is a good mix of seven to nine business and property owners and tenants, as well as Georgetown residents of diverse backgrounds and experiences,” Himmelrich said.

The members of the executive committee are: Hope Solomon of Wedding Creations & Anthony’s Tuxedos, chair; Constantine Ferssizidis of TD Bank, vice president; Alan Helfer of Helfer & Company, treasurer; and Paul Monarch of the Alexander Graham Bell Association, secretary.

The four also constitute the executive committee of the Georgetown Business Association.

Other Georgetown Main Street board members are: Alice Haase of CastroHaase, Samantha Hays-Gushner of the Phoenix, Skip Moosher of Morgan Stanley, Cory Peterson of Georgetown University and Becky Waddell of Take Care.

“It will be a fully working board that meets at 11 monthly meetings a year,” Himmelrich said.

“There may be more spots on the board opening in the future, but we’re not actively recruiting for any at this point.”

Each board member signed a contract pledging to give or get $1,000 in donations by August 31, 2018.

As part of its mission and required activities, Georgetown Main Street is offering small businesses in its defined area technicalassistance grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each for storefront and interior improvement projects, as well as for improvements to business operations. The grants are expected to cover 80 to 90 percent of a project’s costs. Grant applications are now online at georgetownmainstreet.com (that’s com not org).

Himmelrich expects that four to eight projects will be chosen to receive grants. Eligible store improvement projects include façade work such as painting, awning and canopy replacement and repairs to exterior lighting and signage.

Interior projects could include construction of bathrooms, kitchens and private rooms, repairs to walls and ventilation systems and interior decorations such as murals and lighting.

Business-operations projects could cover business planning, management training, assistance for government regulation compliance, marketing and branding, tax preparation and accounting, legal assistance and one-on-one collaborative business help, according to the grant guidelines.

New applications are due April 30 and all projects are to be completed by Sept. 30.

These are reimbursement grants, subject to approval of the DSLBD. “We’re working out the process of grant application reviews now,” said Himmelrich.

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City of Marches: Where Else But D.C.?

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On Saturday, March 24, hundreds of thousands of students and parents filled the streets of the nation’s capital — and other cities across the country and around the world — led by survivors of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Photo by Jeff Malet Two Saturdays ago, this city witnessed what may have been — depending which estimate you believe — the largest U.S. demonstration of any sort ever. The March for Our Lives along Pennsylvania Avenue on March 24, led by the survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, drew at least 250,000 participants, and quite possibly 500,000 or 800,000.

Many of the protesters (there was no room to actually march) were passionate and very determined teenagers, who threatened legislators with ballot-box retribution if they did not act on gun control and reform.

Doubled up with the Women’s March, which drew comparable numbers the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration — and similar marches across the country and world — the events drew nationwide attention, raising hopes that change was possible and that the iron grip on the gun issue by the National Rifle Association and Second Amendment advocates could be broken or at least loosened.

But the March for Our Lives also raised another question. How do we feel — as residents, not as political partisans — about the fact that our city, where we live, shop, sleep, travel, work, holds the status of Demonstration Central, for many years now, going back as far as the end of the 19th century.

Demonstrations, especially those on such a large scale, mean that, for however long they last, our lives will be disrupted, our travels will be rerouted; you buy groceries the night before, you decide whether to go (and not get back for a long time) or to watch in the comfort of your own home (on a big screen while eating pizza).

Demonstrations are also expensive, in terms of security resources deployed, overtime hours, transportation and so on. On this issue, restaurant owners and tourism officials might disagree, but demonstrations and demonstrators can be a pain to the body politic that lives here, also presenting the 8

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prospect of violent clashes when divisive issues are involved.

The basic question is: Are demonstrations worth the trouble?

We’ve been down among the crowds, as have older folks who remember the ringing voice of Martin Luther King and, for that matter, 2017’s pink pussyhats, and teenagers, the Million Man March, the multitudes of anti-war demonstrators (Vietnam, Iraq), the solidifying of gay rights in a blissful celebration in the 1980s and 1990s, the civil rights marches and, ominously, the stories about the KKK marches in the 1920s, Coxey’s Army and the World War I veterans marching during the 1930s.

Here’s the thing: No other city, no other place beckons as a beacon of history like this city. It’s correct that people with grievances, with righteous pleas for justice, with beliefs in choice or life, should come here and plead their cause and voice their feelings. Where else, except within sight of the sage eyes of Lincoln, the monuments and stone tributes to our fallen, should people go but here?

There’s no question that the marches and demonstrations can make life difficult for a period of time. But, if you have a side and a feeling, a tingling or broken heart, there is no better place than this to be embraced by the voices of history.

We often get too wrapped up in numbers and reports from the battleground. The 1963 Civil Rights march was not the biggest ever, but every word spoken by Martin Luther King seems to have taken on lasting value, continuing to echo, so that his granddaughter could remind us of some of his words only a week ago.

What happens here will happen nowhere else, that resonant noise of voices in unison. It will happen again and soon: a march for science, a march for climate, a march for peace, a march that insists, against all pragmatism: Never Again.

Down all the avenues we hear the answers, like nowhere else.

Last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser presented her Fiscal Year 2019 budget and financial plan for the District. The mayor shared her priorities, aimed at giving “A Fair Shot” to residents across all eight wards.

I applaud her investment in infrastructure and transportation, which includes community spaces such as recreation centers, swimming pools and parks. In the budget is $430 million to fix roads, sidewalks and alleys. The goal is to repair all roads in poor condition by 2024, alleys by 2021 and sidewalks by 2020. For those of us in Ward 2, this is very welcome news.

There’s no doubt that investments in public transportation are also needed to alleviate traffic in one of the world’s most congested cities. The District recently welcomed its 700,000th resident and we’re on track to add more in the coming years.

Repairing and maintaining our roads, bridges, alleyways and sidewalks is of the utmost importance as more people are choosing to live here. The safety of my constituents is one of my top priorities.

Over time, there will be more commuters utilizing a variety of transit options. Drivers, bikers, pedestrians and, yes, even those who commute by the new scooter-sharing services are hitting streets at the same time.

We’re fortunate to live in a city that offers a mass transit system, which is vital to the future growth and viability of Washington, D.C. I am pleased to share that the mayor included dedicated funding for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in the FY19 budget. The mayor’s proposal includes

$178.5 million, which moves the region closer to securing dedicated funding for Metro.

With the District’s proposal advancing and Virginia recently agreeing to its $155 portion of the dedicated funding, it is now Maryland’s turn to approve legislation to meet its regional counterparts to reach the $500-million mark.

The goal is to repair all roads in poor condition by 2024, alleys by 2021 and sidewalks by 2020.

The District’s portion of the dedicated funding, incidentally, will come from one percent of the current retail sales tax.

The region is approaching a historic moment when the three jurisdictions can work toward a common goal to ensure that Metro can properly serve riders. We all know that Metro’s infrastructure is in dire need of repair and improvements. Dedicated funding for the system will address many of these issues.

As the Council proceeds with hearings on the FY19 budget, I’m looking forward to residents’ testimony.

Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991.

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APRIL 4, 1968 Gaston Hall.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7

‘SPRING SING’

At 7 p.m. in Gaston Hall at Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, “Spring Sing” will feature a cappella singing from groups such as Georgetown Superfood and the Georgetown Saxatones. Admission is $7. For details, visit guevents.georgetown.edu.

TUESDAY, APRIL 10 DDOT PUBLIC MEETING

A public meeting on the pedestrian bridge and connecting trail over Arizona Avenue NW will take place at the Palisades Neighborhood Library, 4901 V St. NW, at 7 p.m. For details, visit ddot.dc.gov.

Gunther Stern.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13

GUNTHER’S RETIREMENT CELEBRATION Gunther Stern stepped down as Georgetown Ministry Center’s executive director last February after 27 years of service. His retirement celebration will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Georgetown Theatre, 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW. For details, visit Georgetown Ministry Center on Facebook.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 GBA MEETING

With “a lot of exciting things in the works,” the Georgetown Business Association asks its members and supporters to save the date for its April networking event.

Time and location to follow. For details, visit georgetownbusiness.org.

Send your community event listing to editorial@georgetowner.com or call 202-338-4833.

B Y J I M H OAGL AN D The Washington Post newsroom at deadline is a maelstrom of activity and noise, and the early evening of April 4, 1968, was no exception. I was finishing writing a story for the national desk about a now-forgotten subject when a strange hush fell over that main editing section. A bulletin had just come in reporting Martin Luther King’s wounding by a sniper in Memphis. Shortly after, a second flash told the world of his death.

The news came as a body blow to the supposedly crisis-hardened and skeptical journalists in Ben Bradlee’s then relatively small empire. Great sorrow, and dread about what the assassination would unlock, spread quickly through the room.

Then the journalist’s reflex took over and we pitched in to produce what we habitually called the Daily Miracle — the next day’s newspaper — which somehow came together in the chaos of the production deadline.

The banner headline, “King Assassinated in Memphis,” stretched across the front page as the presses rolled. A subhead, “Shouting Crowds Smash Stores in District,” also ran the length of the page.

When I got home to my third-floor, walk-up apartment near Dupont Circle a few hours later, I could see the glow of fires rising up from the area of 14th and U Streets. I slept an uneasy few hours before rising at daybreak to begin reporting on what would become three days of rioting and a dozen days of occupation by Federal and National Guard troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers — one of which was soon parked at the corner of 19th and S streets, where I lived.

The streets I crossed were quiet as I walked toward an area I had come to know from covering urban planning when I first came to the Post from the New York Times in 1966.

Now, the odor of tear gas used the night before hung in the air.

At 8 a.m., near 14th and U Streets, three African American youths were standing on the corner when a garbage truck pulled up. “Get on,” the driver called out. “It’s time to go to work.”

“Not today, man,” came the reply. “Not today.

I’m not going to work today.” I realized as I listened that Dr. King had been in Memphis to support a garbage workers’ strike. The truck

drove away.

Crowds started to gather along 14th Street.

Young people who should have been reporting to high school milled about, looking at the scattered damage of Thursday night, when store and restaurant owners had closed early on the advice of community organizers who told them to honor Dr. King’s death — and avoid damage.

Many schools closed on Friday after receiving similar advice.

Soon the crowds began taunting the few white motorists who were driving through their streets. I uncomfortably realized that I was the only white face for blocks, and was drawing some glances that ranged from unwelcoming to hostile. But I also thought: “What a story. And it’s all mine.”

I still remember the crashing of a plate-glass window of a small grocery store that became the signal for an all-out assault on stores up and down 14th Street, and the crowds surging in to begin looting.

I kept finding phone booths to call in my notes to the city desk as the attacks on property grew more substantial. At midmorning, Bob Maynard — who was my closest friend at the Post as well as being a brilliant, black reporter and writer — broke into one of those conversations to ask me where I was and why the devil I was still there, given the dangers he perceived.

“I’m coming to find you,” he said. The Post was organizing teams of reporters to blanket

Top Left: Martin Luther King at the March on Washington in August of 1963. Wikimedia Commons.

Top Right: Photograph facing northeast showing a soldier standing guard on the corner of 7th & N Street NW in Washington D.C. with the ruins of buildings that were destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.- Warren K. Leffler / Library of Congress Bottom: Photograph looking west showing firefighters spraying water on shops, including Beyda's, Miles Shoes, and Grayson's, that were burned during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Warren K. Leffler / Library of Congress

the streets, to minimize risk. In any event, my watering eyes and smoke-filled lungs needed a break.

“Don’t,” I responded. “We can link up on 16th Street. I’ll walk away quietly.” And I did, saddened not only by the loss of a great American leader but that the riots had momentarily taken attention away from his towering accomplishments.

Jim Hoagland is a Georgetown resident. He has occupied senior editorial positions at the Washington Post since 1966 and won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on South Africa in 1971 and for commentary on foreign affairs in 1991.

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Charges Against Turkish Guards Dismissed Federal prosecutors have dismissed assault charges against 11 guards in a brawl in D.C. last May. Video of the incident showed guards for visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan beating protesters who gathered outside Sheridan Circle near the Turkish ambassador’s residence. A total of 15 guards were indicted in July, but prosecutors dismissed charges in November and in March the cases were dropped altogether.

Sileshi Alifom of Das Ethiopian

Mike Isabella Sued by Former Employee

Turkish Ambassador’s Residence

Disgraced chef Mike Isabella is in even bigger trouble. Chloe Caras, a former Isabella Eatery director of operations, filed a lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court against Isabella, beverage director Taha Ismail, Kapnos executive chef George Pagonis, director Nick Pagonis and CFO Johannes Allender. Caras recalled multiple instances of abuse and a “bro culture.”

On the heels of the lawsuit, Nationals Park announced the elimination of Isabella’s two concession stands — a move said to have been planned before the allegations came out.

Last year, Elon Musk announced a project for a “Hyperloop” transportation system between D.C. and New York City. So far, Musk’s Boring Company has been focusing its efforts in Maryland, working on a 12-mile tunnel between Baltimore and D.C. According to Electrek, the project would include dual tunnels 35 miles long connecting the downtown areas of D.C. and Baltimore.

First D.C.-Made Wine Announced District Winery, a boutique urban winery located in the Yards, announced its very first D.C-made wine. The 2017 dry rosé will be available later this month, marking the first time a wine has been commercially produced in the District from beginning to end Led by head winemaker Conor McCormack, District Winery’s production team is said to blend oldworld methods with a willingness to go beyond boundaries.

‘Hyperloop’ Route D.C. to Baltimore

Museum of Historically Black Colleges Opens The new HBCU Museum opened at 7610 A Georgia Ave. NW last month. Family-owned, the 638-square-foot museum is devoted to the history of historically black colleges and universities and their impact on black culture in America, displaying memorabilia and photographs relating to the schools and their famous graduates. More than 90 HBCUs were created between 1861 and 1900.

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At Das Ethiopian restaurant, located at the corner of 28th and M Streets, Sileshi Alifom is eager for people to try out the food of his culture, offering guidance along the way.

For instance, Alifom highly recommends eating the moderately spicy shrimp tibs or mushroom ingudai tibs with a good dose of injera bread, which helps cool down the overall flavor.

The mild Ethiopian cheese, he said, is made on the premises. The process involves washing, spreading and drying cottage cheese multiple times before mixing.

Looking around the dining room, it becomes clear that this business is a work of love for Alifom. “Restaurant business is a passion,” he said. The décor’s color scheme features a variety of neutrals: beige, white and black. The pictures were also carefully chosen to reflect the ethnic diversity of Ethiopia.

Das Ethiopian has been in Georgetown for eight years, though Alifom’s dream to have his own restaurant was one that he had for quite some time. “I’ve always loved restaurants,” he said.

Alifom came to the United States from Ethiopia when he was 16 years old. He said that he always worked in restaurants while he was in school. Upon graduation from high school, he worked for Marriott Hotels for more than 20 years, including in Washington, D.C. Food is an important part of Ethiopian culture, said Alifom. He explained that all of the different ethnic peoples in Ethiopia can be unified through food: “We are one Ethiopia.”

In the 1970s and 1980s, Ethiopian eateries were emerging, but Alifom remembers when there wasn’t an Ethiopian food scene. “There was nothing going on in Washington, D.C.,” he said.

Within the Ethiopian community, people who were known to cook good food would invite three or four people to their house; these guests were expected to pay for their meals. After the first Ethiopian restaurant opened in the D.C. metro area in 1978, the demand for Ethiopian restaurants grew, including from outside the Ethiopian community.

When rents started to rise, Alifom decided to open a different kind of Ethiopian restaurant. In other restaurants, it was all about providing Ethiopian food without any bells and whistles, even when entertainment was included in the mix, he said. Alifom believes in the importance of consistency, good service, a nice ambiance and beautiful food presentations, saying: “You eat with your eyes first.”

Alifom said he never really identified with the label “black” because of the way he was raised. However, he would call himself a minority business owner and believes in the importance of working hard in order to feel that he truly owns his restaurant. “I have to work hard everywhere,” he said.

With Das Ethiopian featured in the Michelin Guide and people telling him that he’s doing the right thing with his restaurant, Alifom is making strides in the food world. “That has given us a confidence and exposure we needed to have in order to continue,” he said.

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Happy Anniversary, Down Dog! Down Dog Yoga at 15 — That’s 105 in Dog Years

In: Church Hall, ‘Georgetown’s Cozy Hangout’

Soon to Brew: Bluestone Lane Coffee

Calling itself “Georgetown’s Cozy Hangout,” Church Hall opened — during Holy Week no less — at 1070 Wisconsin Ave. NW in what’s left of the Georgetown Park complex.

The beer hall — another neighborhood spot from Peter Bayne and Geoffrey Dawson of Tin Shop restaurant partnership, creators of Big Chief, Franklin Hall and Penn Social — is down the parking-garage stairs of the retail complex on the canal level. The 7,000-squarefoot space is actually under the parking-garage ramp, hence the angle of its ceiling — cathedrallike, with space for a mezzanine.

There are lots of special beers and drafts at the three bars. The “Frito Pie” chili and the sweet potato tots get our votes for post-Lent edible debauchery. With chef Justin Clements at the helm, Church Hall opens at 4 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. on weekends, with closing hours of 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, respectively.

Right next door to Church Hall — at 1066 Wisconsin Ave. NW — will be Bluestone Lane coffee, the fancy Aussie-style coffee shop that serves coffee and “wellness drinks” along with juices and teas. The fab food, all very Instagramable, includes avocado toast. (There’s a large Bluestone Lane in the newly opened West End Library.)

In the Works: Reren Lamen & Bar Meanwhile, across the avenue in a former sushi restaurant, plans are afoot for Reren Lamen & Bar. It’s “Chinese-style ramen made with fresh noodles, plus dumplings & Asian entrees,” they say. There’s where the lamen comes in; they are not ramen noodles.

In: Now It’s Scooters But wait, there’s more. Another transportation choice, enabled by mobile apps, made the urban scene last week. Lime-S scooters are popping up around town like those dockless bicycles for rent first seen in September. Run by the company that gave us Lime Bikes, the motorized scooters are a dollar to start and slightly more for mileage thereafter. The District Department of Transportation has authorized each company to supply 400 scooters to litter — we mean, to be left on — sidewalks and other public spaces across D.C.

IN: Black Coffee Black Coffee of Black Restaurant Group is open — granted, it’s a soft opening with limited hours (closed Mondays) until all the kinks are worked out. Located in the former Ann Hand boutique at 4885 MacArthur Boulevard, the eatery will eventually offer breakfast, lunch and dinner in a casual environment.

Out: Mad Fox Taproom

One of Georgetown’s woman-owned businesses is turning 15. Down Dog Yoga at 1229 34th St. NW is celebrating its anniversary with special classes and treats on April 22.

Founder Patty Ivey tells me she didn’t take up yoga until she was 49, but after meeting guru Baron Baptiste in 2002, her life changed.

Since then, she’s struck the right balance between inspired yogi, smart entrepreneur and community leader. She opened her first studio near her home on Dent Place in 2003 — “so I could walk to work.”

Today, she runs four locations in the Washington area catering to hundreds of students. The Down Dog mainstay is a hot yoga class, incorporating the Bikram-style and vinyasa poses. In recent years, the studios have expanded their offerings to meditation classes, classes with music (rare in most yoga practices) and classes that focus on core strengthening.

Ivey says she’s most proud to have remained in Georgetown and become a “landmark” to residents. As a way of giving back, she offers

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Mad Fox Taproom at 2218 Wisconsin Ave. NW shut its D.C. doors last week, but the Max Fox Brewing Company, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, continues with its original location on West Broad Street. There is a Mad Fox beer made exclusively for the Washington Nationals at the stadium, available along with others at area pubs. The Glover Park restaurant opened in 2015 with a big party attended by Mad Fox founder Bill Madden and family — and a bunch of new neighbors.

For Sale Again: Washington Harbour One of Georgetown’s defining contemporary landmarks is up for sale again. Dockside on the Potomac River, Washington Harbour is an office, retail and condo complex with two buildings and a central plaza, with a fountain that transforms into an ice skating rink in the winter months.

The 562,105-square-foot property is owned

by South Korean investors, who retained Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P., to arrange the sale. HFF said of the property: “Ninetyeight-percent-leased to 31 tenants with seven years of weighted average remaining lease term (WALT), Washington Harbour offers durable cash flow from entrenched credit tenants with long occupancy histories at the property.” Located at 3000 and 3050 K St. NW, the complex is managed by MRP Realty, which sold it in 2013 for $370 million.

Opened in 1986 and designed by prominent architect Arthur Cotton Moore, the gathering spot includes Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place, Nick’s Riverside Grill, Farmers Fishers Bakers, Fiola Mare, Sequoia and the soon-to-open Guapo’s Mexican restaurant. An asking price was not disclosed.

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REAL ESTATE

The Auction Block

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Sotheby’s Timurid Mihrab Panel, Central Asia/ Persia, 14th–15th c.

Estimate: $110,000 – $165,000 Auction Date: April 25 (London)

3522 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20007 COMING SOON. Picture perfect Georgetown detached home located in the quintessential West Village neighborhood on the quiet end of P Street. Expertly renovated to include all the modern amenities home buyers desire, this Federal Style clapboard house also boasts invaluable historic details throughout.

Part of the Arts of the Islamic Worlds sale at Sotheby’s, these tiles were likely created under Timurid patronage (1389-1501). It is difficult to say for which monument they would originally have been intended since so many have been destroyed by natural and man-made disasters. In the center, in mirrored form, the calligraphy reads: “I have put my trust in my Creator.”

The main level features two large living spaces that are flooded with natural light on three sides. The living room features new hardwood floors, a gas burning fireplace, plantation shutters, granite top wet bar, crown molding, and recessed lights. Also enjoy a separate den that can be easily converted into a second bedroom that has its own gas burning fireplace, new hardwood floors, custom built ins, and views of the rear garden.

Luxurious and practical, the renovated kitchen includes a large granite peninsula and direct access to the front and rear of the home. On the same level you will find a large dining room with exposed beam ceilings, a third gas burning fireplace, French doors to the courtyard, an elegant powder room, and more.

Continue up to the second level where the bedroom epitomizes perfection.

Soaring ceilings, two closets including a spacious walk in, built-in storage, new hardwood floors, and an exquisitely renovated master bathroom with all of the bells and whistles.

Boasting an appealing wood fence and shutters, the exterior of the home is equally charming. Love to entertain? The classic Georgetown Rear Courtyard off the dining room is impeccable for al fresco dining or large gatherings.

Last but not least, this home also features Central AC & Heat, updated plumbing and electric, washer/dryer, and a new roof. In this premier location, this antebellum home is simply unparalleled.

Bonhams “Couple,” 1957 Yiannis Moralis (1916–2009) Estimate: $42,000 – $70,000 Auction Date: May 2 (London) This perfectly balanced composition of pure form, elegant line and harmonious proportion, part of Bonhams’ Greek Sale, celebrates the erotic union of man and woman.

In the 1950s, Moralis’s figures, especially his evocative female nudes, were gradually stripped of descriptive detail and handled in such an abstractive fashion that they took on a symbolical meaning.

Doyle New York “Nature Morte au Bouquet de Roses et de Lilas,” 1929 Jean Dufy (1888–1964) Estimate: $20,000 – $30,000 Auction Date: May 9 While still a teenager, Jean Dufy was inspired to become an artist by an exhibition of Fauve paintings in his home town of Le Havre. After his service in World War I, he moved to Paris and befriended a number of painters working in Montmartre. Part of Doyle’s Impressionist & Modern Art sale, this handsome still life shows the powerful influence of Cézanne.

Christie’s “In the Well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa,” 1736-95 Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) Estimate: $800,000 – $1.2 million Auction Date: March 22-23 “In the Well of the Wave off Kanagawa,” from the series “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji,” introduced to Europe in the mid-19th century, had an astounding influence on Western art. Hokusai was in his 70s and in need of financial and artistic sustenance when he made this image. Several editions were printed, accounting for the variety of coloration and the black gradation above the horizon.

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CONDOS In and Around Georgetown

REAL ESTATE resale package/condo documents will contain the budget, by-laws and insurance certificate.

What about restrictions and rules, moving rules, parking rules, etc.? Condo association covenants can be tricky. Pay close attention here.

Completed and located in the West End. New construction with 60 percent sold.

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any Georgetowners want a luxurious home on one level with amenities. Condos like this include 1055 High Street, the Georgetown Ritz, Harborside on the Potomac, Water Street and the much-publicized Georgetown Hillside, which will be built at the current Exxon station location.

The immediate sell out in 2014 of 1055 High, with prices ranging from a low of $4.1 million to a high of $5.6, shows the demand of this carefree living in one of our favorite neighborhoods.

Due to the limited number of larger condos mentioned above, some have opted for the West End, just three blocks from the Four Seasons, since finding space for new construction in Georgetown is nearly impossible.

Luxury living is more about a lifestyle than it is about the size of the home or the lot.

Many buyers are finding the luxurious condos attractive because they are turnkey and require less maintenance while still offering the charm and community of Georgetown — and they are willing to pay for it.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF REGARDING CONDO LIVING:

Most questions regarding the purchase of a home are loaded with personal preferences; therefore the answers are subjective. However, research remains necessary on behalf of the buyer. One real estate expert once told me: “When the real estate market gets a cold, the condo market gets pneumonia.” Here’s a list, compiled with the assistance of local real estate experts, to get you started on your condo research.

New up-and-coming vs. established neighborhoods such as Georgetown — which is the better investment? Up-and-coming neighborhoods can be less expensive with the possibility of a great payoff, but they are a riskier investment. Think the Wharf, Penn Quarter, Capital River Front, U Street or 14th Street.

In recent years, we’ve had a wealth of options of which D.C. neighborhood to buy new-construction condos in. If you are looking for a turnkey lifestyle, prioritize the items that are important for you. Do you like to cook? Is there a good farmer’s market or grocery store close by? Do you like theater or the arts? With so many free museums in Washington, what is your proximity to them? Do you like to walk?

What about safety? Do you know taekwondo?

Large vs. small buildings? Are you diversified enough? This is personal preference.

It is more important that the building is being properly managed, all the structural elements are being maintained and the finances are in

Completed and located in West End with 31 units. order — meaning the association has the proper amount in reserves and residents are paying their condo fees on time. The better the building is maintained, the less likelihood there is of a special assessment.

Investor-owned to owner-occupied ratios can be limiting and can create problems when trying to sell your condo. How much of an issue is this regarding the condo market in D.C.?

Is there some sort of a clearinghouse? Before buying a condo, it is important to know the investor ratio and the rental restrictions.

Sometimes a buyer cannot qualify for a conventional Fannie Mae mortgage on a property if the condo is in a building that is more than 50-percent investor-owned or has too much retail space. Check the facts before you buy.

Condo fees and the average cost? Buildings with concierge service will cost more. If you don’t have a private secretary, a home manager or an urban Sherpa, what are you to do?

Go condo! How to get the most out of your concierge and still have him or her love you?

Is it all in the gifts or kindness, combined with good management skills?

When evaluating the condo fee, it is important to research what is included, so a prospective buyer can make an informed decision when comparing costs. The condo fee usually includes: common-area maintenance, a master insurance policy for the building, management-company costs, sewer, trash and snow removal. If utilities such as electricity and gas are included, the condo fee reflects that. Condos fees then go up in proportion to additional amenities and services that are provided, such as front-desk staff, an onsite property manager, porter service, pool, gym, concierge, landscaping, etc.

Understanding escrow accounts — is your condo management company performing? This can be difficult to determine. The best thing to do is attend the condo board meetings and read the minutes. Pay attention to what the overall yearly budget is for the building and then compare that to what is in reserves.

Ultimately, prospective buyers will need to make a judgment call as to what they are comfortable with regarding the finances.

Also of note: Building finances are private and only accessible once the condo is under contract for purchase. When a buyer is under contract to purchase a condo, the seller will order what is called a resale package (aka condo documents) for the buyer from the management company for a fee, usually $250 and up. In the sales contract, the seller must deliver the condo documents to the buyer within 10 days of the contract being ratified. The buyer has three business days to review the documents. The

3401 Water St. NW

IBG Partners and Wilco Residential plan to develop the warehouses below the Whitehurst Freeway at 3401 Water St. NW. D.C. Urban Turf is reporting that the warehouses on the site would be partially demolished. Malmaison restaurant and live-music venue Gypsy Sally’s currently reside there. The plans call for a 60-foot-tall building with approximately 50 residences.

NEW CONDOS COMING TO AND AROUND GEORGETOWN

83 GEORGETOWN CONDO SALES OVER THE PAST YEAR

and DYNC Atlantic Property and Investment.

The property, located at 3607 M St. NW, was purchased for $14 million.

Valero Gas Station Site, 2715 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Coming soon and located at the former gas station in front of Four Seasons, this EastBanc project has not broken ground yet.

West Heating Plant

Coming behind the Four Seasons Hotel, with concierge services provided by the hotel.

Developed by Richard Levy of the Levy Group with architect David Adjaye, this project has not broken ground yet.

Hillside Condos at Key Bridge Exxon Site

EastBanc sold its Key Bridge Exxon project to Altus Realty Partners, which plans to redevelop the site, adjacent to the Exorcist Steps, as condos. Washington Business Journal reported that the project is a joint venture with Altus

Currently Zillow shows 54 units on the market * * The Dumbarton ($550,000) * 1657 31st St. NW * 1613 30th St. NW * 1517 30th St. NW #CO2 * 1517 30th St. NW #C21 * 2500 Q St. NW * 2735 Olive St. NW #2 * 3100 N St. NW #1 * 1045 31st St. NW #506 * 1633 33rd St. NW * 3251 Prospect St. NW #301 * 1226 Eton Court NW #T22 * Flour Mill, 1015 33rd St. NW * 3303 Water St. NW #30 * Swedish Embassy, 2900 K St. NW #607 ($5,500,000) Georgetown Park Mall Paper Mill Ritz-Carlton

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Long & Foster | Christie’s Leads in Luxury Sales in the Capital Region

Percent of Luxury Homes Bought and Sold Long & Foster | Christie’s

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6.8%

Westend | $1,499,000 2555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Unit 902 2 BR | 2.5 BA Salley Widmayer 202.215.6174 Salley.Widmayer@gmail.com

Source: The Washington, D.C. Capital Area includes Washington, D.C.; Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland, and Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun Counties and Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church Cities in Virginia.

Information included in this report is based on data supplied by MRIS and its member Association(s) of REALTORS, who are not responsible for its accuracy. Does not reflect all activity in the marketplace. 1.1.17 – 12.31.17, as of 1.10.18.

Luxury is defined as homes priced $1 Million and above. Information contained in this report is deemed reliable but not guaranteed, should be independently verified, and does not constitute an opinion of MRIS or Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. ©2018 All rights reserved.

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$699,000 WASHINGTON FINE PROPERTIES NANCY TAYLOR BUBES 202.386.7813 Charming light filled 2 Bed, 2 Full Bath condo in the heart of Georgetown’s East Village! Enjoy a spacious & newly updated kitchen featuring open layout to dining area and living room. French doors lead to a covered outdoor terrace perfect for entertaining. Features hardwood floors, above average closet storage, in-unit Washer/Dryer, and semi private ground level entrance. Pets allowed.

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Once the home of Art Buchwald and then sold to Marianne Means, this modern renovated one bedroom is available at the Westbridge (contract pending)! Gourmet galley kitchen, hardwood floors. The owners suite offers walk in closet, large master bedroom with full bath.

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

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Situated just north of Georgetown on Wisconsin Ave, Town Hall has been a neighborhood mainstay in Glover Park since 2005. Whether you’re popping in for dinner, drinks, or weekend brunch, Town Hall is the spot you’ll want to call home to Gulp, Gather & Grub. Free parking is available nightly after 7 p.m., and, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

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DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the shopping district of Georgetown. A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic definition of DAS. Enjoy the casual yet refined atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

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Fifth generation Lauren Martin learns the family business from her dad, Billy Martin, Jr. Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within it’s walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin. Jr. continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest family-owned restaurant.

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BY TR AV IS MIT CHEL L Before enjoying a cold beer at Church Hall, you’ll first have to find the entrance.

Georgetown’s newest bar is accessed via an unassuming staircase off 1080 Wisconsin Ave. Follow the steps just after the Georgetown Park garage to arrive at the spacious underground hangout, which invites guests to kick back over a drink or a round of Jenga at one of its many communal tables or comfy couches.

“This is a church of community and a church of fun,” says co-owner Geoff Dawson, a hospitality veteran who runs the bar alongside his business partner Peter Bayne.

Dawson and Bayne are co-founders of local design and management firm Tin Shop, which operates a number of bars and restaurants in the city, including Franklin Hall and Penn Social.

Church Hall is both the newest concept and a bit of a homecoming for Dawson, who grew up in Georgetown and now lives with his family in the Palisades.

The bar opened March 30 after years of build-out. The space was little more than a concrete shell when Dawson and Bayne found it, with vaulted ceilings that evoked a grand church. The finished product features several bars, a full kitchen and design touches that bring a feeling of openness to the windowless room. The seating options are varied, including large beer-hall style tables with cushioned benches inspired by church pews (the team decided to ditch actual pews for something more comfortable).

“The challenge will be a beautiful Saturday day,” Dawson says of the task of attracting customers indoors. “But once it gets hot, this is going to be very cool. In the winter, we’ve got the fireplace going.”

Rather than relying on table service, Church Hall staffs multiple bars for pouring drinks and a walk-up counter for placing food orders.

Buzzers ensure plates get to guests as soon as they’re ready. And customers can opt to settle their tabs as they walk out the door, where a staff member will have a portable payment device at the ready.

“It’s service on your own terms,” Dawson says. “I think it really works for today’s customer. People want to be in charge of their own experience.”

Dawson describes the menu as “elevated but inexpensive” bar fare, and it aims to please a range of guests. Take the beer selection (liter pours are available), which rotates among local, craft and large national brands across more than 20 draft lines. There are cocktails on tap and a few wines, too. For food, chicken and waffle sandwiches and Reuben sliders cater to those with bar-food cravings, and items like salads and falafel tacos will satisfy health-conscious, vegan or gluten-free eaters.

Church Hall is outfitted with lots of party games, from Cards Against Humanity to giant Connect Four. It’s all part of the mission to create an inviting spot for the entire neighborhood, from college students to office workers looking for a happy-hour spot (happy hour is 4 to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday).

“Being able to sit down and have an ice breaker is such a great way to be comfortable and to have fun,” Dawson says. “We just see a lot of people laughing, and to me if people are laughing that means they’re having fun. And if they’re having fun then they’ll come back.”

Church Hall opens at 4 p.m. on weekdays and at 11 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

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Charlottesville Blossoms

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t’s easy for Georgetowners to get rather smug about our gardens. They are, after all, pretty fabulous.

But every April, the Charlottesville, Albemarle and Rivanna Garden Clubs see to it that the flora in and around Charlottesville, Virginia, give us a run for our gardening tools during the state’s Historic Garden Week.

Stops on the Albemarle County – Charlottesville tour, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, take you through Keswick Hunt country and include sweeping vistas, genteel plantations and quaint churches and farmhouses.

If the walls of these homes do the talking, the gardens do the singing, humming the tunes of their pasts with every petal and luscious bloom.

I hear the “tree walks” at Castle Hill, a 1764 Georgian clapboard, have lots of stories to share of the 1,600-acre expanse. Be sure to ask about the property’s interesting previous owners.

They are as colorful as the tulips.

Then there’s the chestnut corn crib from 1850, the largest in the country, at Ben Coolyn, another stop. Say “hi” to Bud the Clydesdale while you’re there.

Animals are just as beloved as gardens in Charlottesville. At Grace Episcopal Church, as you’ll learn on the tour, parishioners are still blessing the hounds at the start of every hunt season, a beloved tradition dating to 1929. The Keswick Garden Club tends to the congregation’s appreciation of beauty by providing the sanctuary and parish hall arrangements, always inspired by their stainedglass windows.

The Garden Club of Virginia funded and restored the University of Virginia’s Pavilion Gardens and their signature serpentine walls, an act that must make Thomas Jefferson, a renowned nature guy, very pleased.

You can check out the rest of the campus’s Colonial Revival landscaping from the Rotunda looking out on the lawn, and also learn about the

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role of African Americans in the school’s gardens.

On your road trip, there are a couple of ideas you should bear in mind to round out your dive into Virginia’s natural beauty. The Birdwood Golf Course at Boar’s Head Resort is more than just a catchy name. It’s an 18-hole, par-72, Auduboncertified course, which will give you majestic views of the mountains and an earful of birdsong.

Pack your binoculars.

I’d also suggest the Inn at Willow Grove, where not only will you get a personal butler and warm beignets every morning (reason enough), you’ll

also be given tickets to Montpelier, the plantation of President James Madison. Sit on Jim and Dolley’s lawn with a blanket and the picnic lunch that the inn will prepare for you.

Six hundred acres right outside Keswick make up Castle Hill Cidery, built in 1764, whose owner, Thomas Walker, was a friend and mentor to Jefferson. The cidery’s barn will serve as tour headquarters. Its orchard ciders — perfect to pack for that picnic — will be available for sipping in the garden tour tasting room, with a food truck parked nearby.

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he British excel as diarists, the most famous being Samuel Pepys, followed by James Boswell (the biographer of Dr. Johnson) and Virginia Woolf, the beacon of the Bloomsbury Group. Currently, Alan Bennett, 83, reigns supreme.

Now comes Tina Brown pawing at that pedestal with “The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992,” which chronicles her glory days as the English editor who came to America to revive the magazine and later to resuscitate the New Yorker. For this, she deserves heaps of Yankee praise.

After inviting Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to a dinner party in honor of Clark Clifford, Brown dings the former First Lady (“Jackie Yo!”) as “crazed,” writing: “I felt if you left her alone, she’d be in front of a mirror, screaming.” Then she zaps Onassis for “understated malice” in not “writing me a thank you note.”

Midway through these diaries, you might think that most of Brown’s roadkill has been gathered up and gone to the angels.

Given the passage of time, some attrition among the grandees of Gecko greed is understandable, but one wonders if Brown would’ve disparaged Si Newhouse, her billionaire benefactor at Conde Nast, as “a hamster,” an insecure “gerbil” frequently in “chipmunk mode,” if he were still alive. Safely dead, he gets blasted for having “no balls at all” because he caved to Nancy Reagan’s request to see Vanity Fair’s profile of her and the president before publication.

Read on, though, and you’ll see that Brown’s slingshot takes equal aim at those not yet consigned to the cemetery.

Kurt Vonnegut’s photographer wife, Jill Krementz, is zapped for “extreme pushiness”; Henry Kissinger “is a rumbling old Machiavelli”; Peter Duchin “name drop[s] at deafening volume”; Robert Gottlieb, Brown’s predecessor at the New Yorker, is “a preposterous snob”; and Clint Eastwood is an excruciating bore.

She bashes Oscar de la Renta as a “conniving bastard,” but after a kiss-and-make-up lunch, she sees “a nicer side of Oscar at last.”

Once I got my mitts on her book, I did what everyone will do: I turned to the index.

Back in 1989, I was lucky enough to be selected along with Ted Turner, Diane Sawyer, Steven Spielberg and others (plus the tombstone of Andy Warhol) as part of “the Media Decade” in Vanity Fair’s Hall of Fame. Each of us was photographed by Annie Leibovitz, who signed and sent originals of the shots as Christmas presents. I was curious to see if the diaries mentioned that 40-page spread in the magazine.

Flipping to the back of the book, I see one entry on page 347 about “the biggest media influencers” of the era. Wowza. There I am. Whoops. “Trashy Biographer Kitty Kelley.” But I’m not alone. Similar smackdowns await others.

Brown zings Jerry Zipkin, “always in high malice mode” as “Nancy Reagan’s viperish portly walker.” She cuffs Charlotte Curtis, the New York Times editor, as “unbearable,” adding, “What a bogus grandee she is, a coiffed asparagus, exuding second-rate intellectualism.”

She bashes Oscar de la Renta as a “conniving bastard,” but after a kiss-and-make-up lunch, she sees “a nicer side of Oscar at last.” Arnold Scaasi is “the dreaded frock miester,” and Richard Holbrooke “an egregious social climber.”

“How could one be bored after one course with the world’s biggest heartthrob?” she asks. “I was.”

She cuffs her former friend Sally Quinn for disinviting her to Ben Bradlee’s birthday party because of Vanity Fair’s book review by Christopher Buckley, who characterized Quinn’s first novel as “cliterature.” Quinn was “wild with fury,” Brown writes, a bit puzzled that “the sharpshooter journalist,” who had once libeled Zbigniew Brzezinski, would be so sensitive.

(In a profile for the Washington Post, Quinn wrote that Brzezinski, then national security advisor to President Carter, had unzipped his fly during an interview with a female reporter from People, which Quinn claimed had been captured by a photographer. The next day, the Washington Post retracted her false story: “Brzezinski did not commit such an act, and there is no picture of him doing so.”)

Brown does not chop with a cleaver. She wields her scalpel with surgical precision, bloodletting with small, incisive cuts.

She doesn’t linger over the corpse, either. In fact, in these diaries, she jumps from mourning the death of a friend one day to tra-la-la-ing the next as she sits with Vogue’s Anna Wintour, drawing up guest lists for yet another dinner party.

Brown makes intriguing entries about New York’s new-money barons, particularly Donald Trump, who keeps a collection of Hitler’s speeches in his office. On February 23, 1990, she writes that Trump, in between wife number one and two, is “having a fling with a well-known New York socialite. If true, this could give Trump what money can’t buy — the silver edge of class.”

Alas, she doesn’t reveal the name of the silver belle, but she does relate that Trump, enraged by Marie Brenner’s 1988 takedown of him in Vanity Fair, sneaks behind her at a black-tie gala and pours a glass of wine down her back.

One marvels at Brown’s indefatigable energy as she sprints from breakfast with Barry Diller to lunch with Norman Mailer to dinner with the Kissingers. Every day, every night: the parties, the premieres, the galas, the spas, the stylists, the hairdressers, the designers, the limousines. Even she admits

exhaustion at her frantic drive to see and be seen — all in service to her role as editor, of course.

These diaries are a celebrity drive-by of the great and the good and, sprinkled with high and low culture, are written with style but little humor, save for the night the newly arrived London editor attended her first Manhattan cocktail party and met Shirley MacLaine.

“What do you do?” Brown asked the movie star. This is laugh-out-loud funny, except to someone who’s laughed in many previous lives. MacLaine was not amused. Upon meeting Lana Turner when the MGM siren was 62, Brown, then 29, decides to “get a piece done that uses her [Turner] as a prism for all the glamorous stars who age without pity.”

The British writer Graham Boynton, who applauds Brown’s high-octane journalism, wrote affectionately in the Telegraph about her early days editing Vanity Fair. Reading a submitted draft for the Christmas issue, she scribbled, “Beef it up, Singer.”

Boynton recalled, “It had to be tactfully explained to her that Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Nobel Prize winner for literature.”

I’m knocked out by these diaries, marveling that they were written at the time in such perfect prose. Do all her sentences fall to the page like rose petals in a summer breeze? No editing?

No rewriting? No tweaking? If so, this “trashy biographer” genuflects. (My own diaries read like the daily romps of an unhinged mind scrambling for cruise control.)

Diaries provide a psychological x-ray of the diarist, an unintentional autobiography of sorts, and these entries show a woman of immense talent consumed with her dazzling career.

And as tough as she is (and must be) in a man’s world, her feminist self resents being dismissed.

When Ad Age demeans her as a “starlet wanting to play Juliet,” she punches back. It’s “fucking sexist crap,” she writes.

“Women get stuck with being trivialized and just have to smile.”

Flicking off such criticism like a fuzzball from cashmere, Tina Brown smiles all the way to the bank and then rockets upward, leaving the rest of us in her high-heeled wake.

Georgetown resident Kitty Kelley has written several numberone New York Times best-sellers, including “The Family: The Real Story Behind the Bush Dynasty.” Her most recent books include “Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys” and “Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the March on Washington.”

Kitty Kelley. Photo by Philip Bermingham.

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Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’ at Olney

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BY G ARY T IS CHL ER What makes a play a classic?

Most often, it’s about a quality of endurance, a kind of built-in modernity no matter what you do with the costumes or sets.

Shakespeare’s plays perform (in performance) the functions that let them speak across time while remaining in time.

Which is to say, they make audiences laugh, cry, think, feel and, most important, connect to the people and characters onstage.

A director may set “Richard III” in the 1930s, but Richard himself remains a scheming, very human Plantagenet king. “As You Like It” can have Napoleonic trappings and costumes, but many women in the audience will see their own modern selves in Rosalind, and some fearless men will find themselves strangely attracted to her wit and intelligence — whether she’s in a woman’s dress or disguised as a man.

So where does that leave “The Crucible,” Arthur Miller’s play about the Salem witchcraft hysteria and trials in colonial Massachusetts in the 1690s?

Olney Theatre Center’s production of “The Crucible,” running April 18 to May 20, is being directed by Eleanor Holdridge.

“I’ve directed this before,” said Holdridge, who has directed 35 Shakespeare productions.

“I think, depending on the times, you can find a different focus in the play and in the characters. I found, for one thing, the behavior of the judges interesting, or the people who act as judges, from the high-minded, intellectual Reverend Hale to the Reverend Parris.”

She noted the variety of the characters’ interests, concerns and behavior in a time of crisis, when the mysterious witch-like activities of a group of young girls threaten to bring down the cultural, social and moral structure of the community.

Among the main characters are the endangered and principled Elizabeth and John Proctor, who try to battle the enveloping hysteria, instigated by Abigail, the leader of the girls making the witchcraft accusations, who once had an affair with Proctor.

“There is a lot going on in this play, which is set hundreds of years in the past,” Holdridge said. “There’s Proctor and his feelings of guilt, there’s the communal blaming and shaming, sham trials and executions and chaos.”

Sound familiar?

“You don’t have to look far,” Holdridge said. “We have reference to a witch hunt, to debates about truth and facts in our own times. … Miller’s play still pulses with life and truth. And even now, there’s something of the moment about it. It’s a play for today.

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FILMFESTDC RETURNS The 32nd annual international film festival known as FilmFestDC will take place April 19 to 29, presenting 80 films from 45 countries. Tickets for the opening-night screening of Peter Luisi’s comedy “Streaker,” co-presented with the Embassy of Switzerland at AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW, are $35. Films will also be screened at the Embassy of France, Landmark’s E Street Cinema and the National Gallery of Art.

Chris Genebach, who plays John Proctor, and Dani Stoller, who plays Abigail. Courtesy Olney Theatre Center.

“You have to keep certain things in mind,” she said. “Proctor’s relationship with Abigail, an older man and a younger woman, and at the time, Miller was just beginning his relationship with Marilyn Monroe.”

Plays — and books and art, for that matter — stay alive in different ways in different times. At the time of its debut, “The Crucible” was very pertinent to events: McCarthyism was at zenith, including in Hollywood, where people testified against friends and neighbors.

The atmosphere of chaos, hysteria and fear was reflected in the play.

In the original 1953 production, veteran actors Arthur Kennedy and Beatrice Straight played John and Elizabeth Proctor and E. G. Marshall played the Rev. John Hale. In a 2002 revival, Liam Neeson and Laura Linney starred as the Proctors. Most recently, the rising, Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan was the disruptive force that was Abigail.

“Everyone brings something different to this, but the play, with its concerns about religion, honesty and truth, and what truth is, is very much a part of us,” Holdridge said.

“The Crucible” endures.

MEET WOOLLY MAMMOTH’S NEW DIRECTOR Maria Manuela Goyanes, currently director of producing and artistic planning at New York’s Public Theater, where she has worked for 20 years, has been named artistic director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, succeeding co-founder Howard Shalwitz. Goyanes, a Brown University alumna whose parents emigrated from the Dominican Republic and Spain, will take up the post in September.

The Marfield Prize, a $10,000 national award for arts writing given annually by the Arts Club of Washington, will be presented to Wendy Lesser, author of “You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn,” at a May 3 dinner at the club, 2017 I St. NW. A public discussion of the book with Lesser, founder and editor of the Threepenny Review, a literary magazine based in Berkeley, California, will be held the prior evening.

MAY CULTURAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST Scott Tucker, who became t he Choral Arts Society of Wa s h i n g t o n’s second artistic di rector in 2012, will be the speaker at Georgetown Media Group’s May 3 Cultural Leadership Breakfast.

The event, the 26th in the series, will take place from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the George Town Club, 1530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Admission is $25 ($20 for George Town Club members). RSVP to richard@georgetowner.com.

NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT IN SERIES Stage director and conductor Timothy Nelson will succeed Carla Hübner, founding artistic director of the In Series — which creates “innovative theatrical programming around a classical music core of opera, cabaret, and song” — at the end of the current season. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute, Nelson was artistic director of Baltimore’s American Opera Theater and has directed numerous opera and theater productions abroad.

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Women Cartoonists at Library of Congress

BY ARI POS T In the past century, I can’t think of two subjects more overlooked in art history than the contributions of women and the influence of cartoons.

A protracted struggle has long existed over the recognition, and perhaps even the understanding, of the influence on fine art of popular, mass-distribution art forms such as cartoons, comic books and magazine advertisements. This probably has to do with the difficulty in accounting for the massive and intricate effects of mass media — which did not seriously exist before the 20th century outside of sovereign enterprises — on social psychology and visual literacy over multiple generations.

It also probably has to do with the art-house elite being too proud to acknowledge their more popular, childish, often embarrassing little nephew.

Meanwhile, as in nearly every other profession, women artists have been pushing through professional and social restrictions.

It seems achingly obvious to state that in modern-day Western society, men have always dominated most artistic, legal and fiscal occupations.

It is only in the past century or so that women came into the workforce alongside men.

From the beginning, they have encountered limitations in training, respect and work environments and a litany of obstacles of every dimension. Nowhere is this truer than in art, which is a fairly inhospitable and cutthroat environment for anyone who tries to move up through its ranks.

Pulling from its invaluable in-house collection, the Library of Congress takes on both oversights in “Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists.” The exhibition, on view through Oct. 20, brings to light remarkable contributions made by women to the popular art forms of illustration and cartooning, which in turn influenced both fine art and cultural history over the past century.

Spanning the late 1800s to the present, selected works highlight the gradual broadening in both the public and private spheres of women’s roles and interests, addressing such themes as evolving ideals of feminine beauty, new opportunities emerging for women in society, changes in gender relations and issues of human welfare.

Women who first broke into the comics and illustration fields in the early 20th century found that publishers — all men — deemed most subjects off-limits to female artists, confining them to a short list of acceptable subject matter: cute babies, cute children, cute animals. Rose O’Neill’s Kewpies (of Kewpie doll fame) and Marjorie Henderson Buell’s “Little Lulu” are notable examples.

Regardless of content limitations, their facility as cartoonists and storytellers is stunning, and seeing work like this on the walls can’t help but leave us yearning for the sawdust scent of a newspaper. There is something heartbreaking about looking at a lost art, and more so at a lost art never properly regarded in its own day.

It wasn’t until Dale (Dahlia) Messick, after a decade of rejections, found a publisher during

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"Tugged," 2001. Anita Kunz.

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World War II for “Brenda Starr, Reporter,” her comic strip about a glamorous, strong female journalist, that the landscape for women cartoonists began to widen.

In the later 20th and early 21st centuries, as educational and professional opportunities expanded, women have become leaders in these fields, producing best-selling work, winning top prizes and receiving high acclaim.

I must admit here that it feels uncomfortable to focus on “women artists,” instead of just writing about these women as artists — particularly in regard to those that are still alive and working today. Judging broadly by the body of work on display, these artists rank with their male contemporaries, and though their work can certainly offer a female perspective, the distinction between artwork by men and artwork by women is becoming less defined, in the best way possible.

Cartoonist Roz Chast is the closest thing the New Yorker has to a modern-day Saul Steinberg.

Ann Telnaes is one of the most profound political cartoonists of the past 50 years. Anita Kunz might be the greatest editorial illustrator in history. Works by all of these women are on display here. All of them will leave indelible marks on history and on anyone who sees this show, and none of this work is gender-specific.

It is not that a man could never do what these women do, nor that these women cannot do what their male contemporaries do. But when someone of a particular identity and background and temperament and gender and age creates something, the result is slightly different than the way any other individual would do it.

What is made clear by “Drawn to Purpose” is that when women are afforded all the opportunities and tools that men are traditionally given to realize their creativity, familiar realms of cultural representation become fresh all over again.

Suddenly we have female cultural perspectives on politics, war, dating, finance, sex, literature, art, men. It is sometimes subtle, sometimes obvious, sometimes imperceptible.

And I hope that is the point. Men and women are both different and the same, and our world is richer and more potent when all parties are equally represented.

In Search of the Lotus Sutra Sunday, April 22, 2 pm Join us for a talk by University of Michigan professor Donald Lopez exploring the important Buddhist scripture the Lotus Sutra, preceded by a 1 pm curator-led tour of Buddhist art from Japan.

Screening the Buddha film series Friday, May 4–Sunday, May 13 Take a global tour of the Buddhist experience on film.

Copresented by the Buddhist Film Foundation.

The Buddha’s Birthday with Silkroad Ensemble Saturday, May 19, 11 am–4 pm You’re invited to a museum-wide celebration of Vesak, a holiday that commemorates the Buddha’s birth and enlightenment.

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GOOD WORKS & GOOD TIMES

Leukemia Ball: 2,000 Strong

BY C HR IS T INE WA RNK E When Neil Kishter stepped to the stage March 10 to receive the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Washington Convention Center, the 2,000 attendees jumped to their feet. They were expressing their gratitude for his compassionate efforts to ensure that access to quality transplant care is available to people suffering from blood cancers. This annual event draws a dedicated following. The funds raised help support new blood cancer therapies and research impacting people’s lives.

LLS National Capital Chapter Executive Director Beth Gorman hugs stand-up comedian and television host Jeff Foxworthy, the evening’s entertainer. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

The evening’s emcees, wife and husband Alison Starling of ABC7/WJLA-TV and Peter Alexander of NBC News.

Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

Bob Blancato, president of Matz, Blancato & Associates, and James L. Eichberg Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Neil Kishter, founder of the Kishter Group at Merrill Lynch. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

To Remember MLK for Future Generations

BY C HR IS T INE WA RNK E The HBO film, “King in the Wilderness,” at the National Museum of African American History March 27 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death on April 4, 1968, and capture King’s philosophy that “darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” The film’s film director and writer, Taylor Branch, stressed that the need to record the many testimonies of people who knew King had to be told for generations to come and appreciate King’s love for all humanity.

Teddy Kunhardt, producer of “King in the Wilderness,” Civil Rights leader Xernona Clayton and Peter Kunhardt, director of “King in the Wilderness.” Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

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Author Taylor Branch and executive producer of HBO’s “King in the Wilderness.” Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

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N Street Village: Strong Women

BY CH RIS T INE WA RNK E Women who enter the N Street Village program live by the adage that courage is like a muscle which is strengthened by use. The N Street Village Gala, held on March 7 at the Marriott Marquis drew a dedicated crowd of supporters to pay tribute to Stu Van Scoyoc and his wife Pat —among many strong women. It could not have been a more fitting evening to celebrate e International Women’s Day.

Author Marie Arana Hosted by Embassy of Peru

BY M ARY BIR D Peruvian Ambassador Carlos Pareja and his wife Consuelo Salinas hosted a PEN/Faulkner Founding Friends lunch featuring Peruvian American writer Marie Arana at the ambassador’s residence March 20. Former Chief of Protocol Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt introduced Arana as a friend who “is beautiful both inside and out.” A former Washington Post Book World editor, now co-director of the National Book Festival, Arana has led quite a literary career. Her most recent book is the award-winning biography “Bolivar: American Liberator.” The PEN/Faulkner Foundation sponsors three major public programs to bring teachers and writers together.

Hilda Brillembourg, Founding Friends co-chairs Willee Lewis and Kathy Stephen and Marie Arana.

3. N Street Village Chief Development Officer Stuart Allen, Honorary Gala Co-Chairs Congressman Joseph and Kasey Crowley, Honorary Gala Committee Member Congressman Bill Shuster, Congressman Rodney Davis, Honorary Gala Co-Chairs Congressman Jeff and Sonia Denham.

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CHILDREN’S BALL

GREAT LADIES LUNCHEON & FASHION SHOW

This black-tie event includes a reception, a dinner, a program, entertainment and dancing. Funds raised at the Children’s Ball benefit Children’s National Hospital.

Union Station. Contact Jen Fleming at jbfleming2@childrensnational.org or 301565-8530.

APRIL 7 CATHOLIC CHARITIES GALA

Catholic Charities is the social ministry outreach of the Archdiocese of Washington.

The Rev. Bill Byrne will host this year’s gala. Washington Marriott Marquis. Email Kimani Superville at kimani.superville@ cc-dc.org.

EVENING OF WISHES

Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic is celebrating its 35th anniversary granting wishes to seriously ill children. The event will feature unforgettable wish experiences.

Ronald Reagan Building. Contact Patricia Gill at pgill@midatlantic.wish.org or 301962-9474, ext. 322.

APRIL 10 INNOCENTS AT RISK GALA

Christie Lee, Jeffrey Banks and Stacie Lee Banks .

Honoring film director Jeffrey Brown, the gala — which includes a dinner, a program and a performance by World Children’s Choir — benefits Innocents at Risk, a child-advocacy nonprofit founded to educate the public about and prevent the scourge of human trafficking. Chairs are Staci and Tony Capuano. NBC’s Barbara Harrison will emcee. Mayflower Hotel.

Call 202-625-4338.

At this Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation event, in partnership with Neiman Marcus Mazza Gallerie, Leonard Lauder will welcome guests to a luncheon hosted by Wolf Blitzer. The runway show will feature the Fall 2018 Etro collection.

Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. Email rsvp@alzdiscovery.org.

APRIL 20 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS SPRING GALA

French Ambassador Gérard Araud and Pascal Blondeau are honorary hosts of this black-tie gala, inspired by the exhibition, “Women House.” Photographer Annie Leibowitz will receive NMWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Visit nmwa.org/events/2018-springgala.

APRIL 21 MAKE-A-WISH MID-ATLANTIC TICKLED PINK

Lilly Pulitzer Bethesda Row and the Fairmont Hotel present the 15th annual Tickled Pink, a mother-daughter afternoon tea fashion show featuring the latest collection from Lilly Pulitzer, plus a silent auction, a program and goody bags. All proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish MidAtlantic. Fairmont Hotel. Email Georgia Katinas at gkatinas@midatlantic.wish.org.

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