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UP & Coming June 19 Summer Lounge at The Shops at Wisconsin Place The Shops at Wisconsin Place will host its second live-music performance, by the Christopher Linman Jazz Experience.

Summer food offerings will be provided by the Capital Grille, Le Pain Quotidien and Whole Foods Market. For details, visit shopwisconsinplace.com. 5310 Western Ave., Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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In partnership with Union Kitchen, millennial chefs will showcase their use of the latest gadgets and technology at 1776. Attendees will sample foods from each cooking station and vote to determine which millennial chef is the creator of D.C.’s “best bite.” Tickets are $30. To learn more, visit eventbrite.com and search for Millennial Week DC. 1133 15th St. NW.

June 20 Washington Celebrity Baseball Camp The 4th annual Washington Celebrity Baseball Camp will be headlined by Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos and pitcher Craig Stammen. There will also be appearances by former Nationals pitcher Mike O’Connor, Georgetown Baseball Head Coach Pete Wilk and other firstclass athletes from the Washington sports community. Limited spots remain for the

general public to attend this charity camp benefitting Dreams for Kids DC. For details, visit eventbrite.com. Georgetown University Football Stadium, 3700 O St. NW.

‘Rio 2’ at Rose Park The Friends of Rose Park will present a free screening of “Rio 2,” a computer-animated musical adventure-comedy, at this upcoming summer movie night. Attendees should bring blankets, chairs and picnic baskets. Drinks and snacks will be available. For details, visit roseparkdc.org. Rose Park is located between P and M streets, bounded on the west by 26th and 27th streets and on the east by Rock Creek Parkway.

June 21 Ike Behar Pop-Up at Capella

June 24 Using ‘DC by the Book’ The Georgetown Neighborhood Library will offer a class on using the app element of “DC by the Book,” a D.C. Public Library resource designed to connect readers with literature set in Washington. For details, email Julia.

Strusienski@dc.gov. 3260 R St. NW.

The showrooms of Georgetown’s design district will keep their doors open late for a special evening to explore design and art. A wide assortment of furniture, accessories and artworks will fill the Cady’s Alley corridor, providing inspiration at every turn. For details, visit cadysalley.com. 3314 M St. NW.

June 25 Peter Frampton and Cheap Trick at Wolf Trap

June 26 ‘American Affinities: Pop Art from John Stango’

The Filene Center welcomes two ’70s rock legends: Grammy-winning guitar sensation Peter Frampton and the band who blasted out “I Want You to Want Me.” Tickets are $35 to $60. To learn more, visit www.wolftrap.org.

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Artist’s Proof art gallery will open its new exhibition, “American Affinities: Contemporary Pop Art from John Stango,” featuring a compilation of works from artist John Stango. Stango builds upon traditional Pop Art imagery while incorporating influential contemporary brands and uniquely American icons. The show is on view through July 19. For details, visit aproof.net. 1533 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

Next in the Capella Hotel’s series of tailored interactive experiences with the capitol city’s favorite brands is an Ike Behar pop-up, at which guests can enjoy leisurely shopping from the Ike Behar boutique for men, in the comfort of Capella’s lobby. 1050 31st St. NW.

June 27 Book Hill Dog Parade

Mark Bryan at O Street Museum Mark Bryan, founding member, songwriter and lead guitar player for multi-platinum band Hootie & the Blowfish, will perform at O Street Museum. Proceeds of this concert go to support the museum’s programs. Tickets are $10 (online reservation required). For details, visit omuseum.org/bryan. Mansion on O Street, 2020 O St. NW.

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At the annual Dog Parade and Show, in Georgetown’s Book Hill Park, dogs will meet Uncle Sam, strut in the parade, and compete for prizes (best costume, best couple, best trick and others). The event is open to the public. Rain date: June 28. For details, call 202-944-2753. Book Hill Park is located behind the Georgetown Library at the corner of Reservoir Road and Wisconsin Avenue.

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Woman Hit, Killed by Truck on Calvert Street A delivery truck turning on Calvert Street at 37th Street near Wisconsin Avenue hit a woman around 6 p.m. on June 11. The female pedestrian died that evening. The intersection where the incident occurred is along Glover Park’s busy commercial district.

Officials from the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the fatal accident, which involved a Giant Food Peapod truck, and closed the 3700 block of Calvert Street NW and 2800 block of 37th Street NW for their investigation for a time. The driver remained on the scene.

The victim has not been identified. The MPD has also not yet responded to Georgetowner inquiries concerning the cause of the crash, as well as if any charges have been brought against the driver.

To advocate for safer streets, residents will meet Thursday, June 18, 6:30 p.m. at Wisconsin Avenue and Veazey Street and walk south along the sidewalk to Wisconsin Avenue and Calvert Street, site of last week’s traffic fatality.

The walk is part of Vision Zero, which seeks a citywide goal of eliminating traffic deaths in Washington, D.C.

Cherie Cannon: Memorial at Christ Church June 29 Well-known Georgetowner Cherie Dawson Cannon died May 28 at her Q Street home.

“If you lived in Georgetown during the past 40 years you may have had the good fortune to know Cherie Cannon,” according to former Georgetowner writer Grace Bateman. “Cherie and her husband Jim lived in the tall wide house at the corner of 34th and Q Streets, N.W. Since Jim’s death in 2011, Cherie lived there alone, keeping track of village life from her kitchen window overlooking Volta Park. The tree box outside Cherie’s door mirrored her cheerful personality. Instead of English ivy or boxwood, Cherie grew zinnias and marigolds, and there was usually a volunteer tomato plant or two.”

Cherie Dawson Cannon was born in Annapolis and lived for a time in New York, where Jim served as an aide to Governor Nelson Rockefeller. The Cannons moved to Georgetown in 1975 so that Jim could work as

an advisor to Vice President Gerald Ford. Cherie and Jim had two sons and two grandchildren of their own, and they were honorary grandparents to neighborhood children. Cherie was active in the community, serving as executive director of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E in the late 1980s, and as a volunteer at Oak Hill Cemetery and at Christ Episcopal Church. For a time, she managed the Christ Church thrift shop.

“Cherie Cannon was a Georgetowner who cared about her community,” former Georgetowner publisher David Roffman writes.

“She volunteered her services to Virginia Luce Allen’s Georgetown Senior Center untiringly.

She was always present at CAG meetings and ANC meetings, often offering her opinion on local matters. She once volunteered to clean up the office of The Georgetowner but threw up her arms and said, ‘It’s like a trainwreck in the offices.’ Everyone who knew her felt she was someone special.”

A memorial service is planned for Monday, June 29, at 11 a.m. at Christ Church, 3116 O St. NW. Cannon was predeceased by her husband, James M. Cannon III, and is survived by sons James M. Cannon IV of Silver Spring, Maryland, and Scott D. Cannon of Arlington, Virginia, and two grandchildren, Dawson G. Cannon and Elizabeth Elena Cannon. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to “Women of Christ Church” in memory of Cherie Cannon.

Lauralyn Lee Thanked by Georgetown Georgetown University bid farewell to Lauralyn Lee, its associate vice president for community engagement and strategic initiatives, June 4 with a reception at historic Riggs Library.

Well-wishers presented her with a plaque that holds a brick from the Georgetown neighborhood and a brick from Healy Hall, connected by a rope: “for bringing together Georgetown University and the Georgetown Community — forever tied together as one!”

At Georgetown for 13 years, Lee worked on the recent campus plan that resolved many issues and created the Georgetown Community Partnership, a standing group of university administrators, students, community leaders and residents. But Lee won’t be going too far away. She is continuing her work as consultant and remains in town.

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Dave Chappelle Electrifies Duke Ellington Commencement

By Peter M u r r ay Comedian Dave Chappelle returned to Washington, D.C., Sunday to give the commencement address to his alma mater, Duke Ellington School for the Arts.

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Free Jazzer Ornette Coleman (1930-2015)

By G ary Tischler Ornette Coleman’s spirit lives in every new note, and every old one too. The jazzman is home. Coleman was a jazz giant from the past who was also always about its future. Once you start reading about him, and listening to some of his particularly free and flowing music (on You Tube, if not elsewhere), you get lost in his story and his music.

Georgetown Seniors Treated to Special Long & Foster Luncheon The Georgetown Senior Center got a special picnic lunch June 3 from the Georgetown office of Long & Foster Real Estate & Christie’s International Real Estate.

Advisory neighborhood commissioners Bill Starrels, Ron Lewis and Jeff Jones along with Erik Smulson, Georgetown University’s vice president for public affairs, flank Lauralyn Lee.

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A Daughter’s Love Story: the Legacy of Carol Stuart Watson “The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Carol Stuart Watson, the Nation’s Capital Illustrator” was the name of Marjorie Young’s lecture about her mother, Carol Stuart Watson, at the Georgetown Public Library June 13.

For the Georgetowner — which recently marked its 60th anniversary — Young was telling a story close to its heart and its beginning in 1954, when her mother Carol Stuart, an artist, editor and writer, helped founding publisher Ami Stewart create the look of the iconic newspaper for the oldest neighborhood in Washington, D.C. “To say my mother had a lifelong love affair with Georgetown and its colonial neighbors would be an understatement,” Young said. She arrived at Georgetown Hospital on August 14, 1931, the eldest of seven children born to Dr. Leander Scales Stuart and Henrietta Christine Kreh Stuart.

By 1954, Stuart was at the brand-new Georgetowner Newspaper. “Those days at the Georgetowner, my mother told me, were the happiest time in her life,” Young said.

In 1960, Carol and David Watson founded Carriage Trade Publications, which was located under the Whitehurst Expressway next to the old coal power plant.

Marjorie Young at Book Hill behind Georgetown Public Library; Carol Stuart Watson at The Georgetowner’s first birthday party.

“They befriended and did business with the owners of many of the finest shops and restaurants in Georgetown and across the region,” Young recalled. “Mom used her considerable talents to teach their many customers how to build comprehensive brand image campaigns. She had a terrific influence on the visual brand language of the entire area.

She designed the shapes, colors, materials, finishes, typography and composition which directly and subliminally communicated the personality of the District.”

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For Young, her June trip was an emotional return to Washington after so many years. She could see and feel her mother’s writing in Georgetown, she said.

The Georgetowner still possesses copies of the Federalist-antique-style map of Georgetown that is seen in homes around town. It was drawn by Carol Stuart Watson, who with her husband papered the city with maps, posters, dining guides, calendars and Christmas cards. She drew the first images of the pandas for the National Zoo. She illustrated children’s books, drew murals in building lobbies and worked at Johns Hopkins’s Applied Physics Laboratory. Watson died of lung cancer in 1986.

“I think one of the most remarkable things about my mother is that she accomplished all of this by age 54,” Young said. “She accumulated a long list of achievements in her short time on this earth, and she left an indelible imprint on her beloved community, that rippled out across the District and throughout the nation. … I’ll

always think of her as a loving wife and the most incredible mother, but I’ll also remember mom as a prolific artist, a superb photographer and as a person who simply appreciated beauty in everything: music, flowers, nature, family.

Mom was as sensitive as any lens in a camera.”

2 Dead in House Fire Near Dupont Circle Two persons died in a house fire near Dupont Circle during the early morning of June 3. Authorities confirmed the victims as Georgetown University graduate student Nina Brekelmans, 25, and Michael Patrick McLoughlin, 24, a University of Maryland graduate. The two young adults, who lived on the third floor of the rowhouse on the 1600 block of Riggs Place NW, were trapped as flames engulfed the first floor. The house was not licensed to have rental units, as required

by D.C. law, and “the father of the building’s owner lived on the first and second floors, and another tenant rented the basement,” according to the Washington Post.

Five others, including three firefighters, sustained minor injuries in the blaze, which began around 2:45 a.m. June 3. An investigation is ongoing.

Community Calendar June 20, 4 to 8 p.m.

Burleith Summer Picnic The Annual Burleith Summer Picnic — Whitehaven and 37th Streets — will feature the musical talents of the Danny Meyer Band, the much-anticipated Top Dog Contest and refreshments from Rocklands Barbecue and Town Hall.

June 24, noon GBA Leadership Awards Luncheon The Georgetown Business Association will honor Wes Foster, co-founder of Long and Foster Real Estate, the largest privately owned real estate company in the country, at this year’s Leadership Awards Luncheon. Join the GBA as it salutes real estate legend Wes Foster for his years of service to the Washington region and the nation. Tickets are $50 for GBA members and $75 for non-members. For details, visit www.georgetownbusiness.org. Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place, 3000 K St. NW, at Washington Harbour.

June 25, 7 p.m.

Public Safety Meeting There will be a discussion of recent crimes and safety concerns with local police officers, advisory neighborhood commissioners and members of the safety program of the Citizens Association of Georgetown. For details, email the ANC’s Monica Roache at 2E07@anc. dc.gov. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW.

June 25, 6 p.m.

Bill Plante of CBS News on Selma Georgetown Village will host Bill Plante of CBS News for a talk on “Selma 50 Years Later,” at St. John’s Church, 3240 O St. NW. The event is free; light hors d’oeuvres, wine and soft drinks will be served. RSVP requested, but not required: 202-999-8988 or lynn@georgetownvillage.org.

June 29, 6:30 p.m.

ANC Monthly Meeting The Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) will hold its July meeting June 29. The agenda is available at www.anc2e.com. For details, call 202-724-7098. Georgetown Visitation School, Heritage Room, 2nd Floor. 35th Street at Volta Place NW.

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Circulator Bus Now Runs Through National Mall Navigating the National Mall is now made easier with a new Circulator bus route catering to the area, which launched June 14. The touristfriendly route, which begins at Union Station, has 15 stops near main attractions, including the U.S. Capitol, National Gallery of Art, Lincoln Memorial and Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

“The DC Circulator’s expansion is a win for the District, its residents and visitors. This route will provide people with greater access to the nation’s most iconic monuments, memorials and museums while boosting economic activity in the District,” said Mayor Muriel Bowser upon announcement of the route.

The latest Circulator route marks the city’s sixth overall, featuring buses running every 10 minutes for a $1 fare. Weekday service runs from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. while weekend hours of service are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

In: Hop, Cask & Barrel on Wisconsin Avenue There’s new wine in an old bottle. Hops, Cask & Barrel has opened 1717 Wisconsin Ave. NW,

occupying the former space of Wagner’s Liquors.

The business is associated with Sherry’s Liquor of Woodley Park on Connecticut Avenue. Ryan Wegman, director of wine and outreach for the store, sent the Georgetowner an introduction: “HCB serves the liquid geek — a craft beer selection beyond predictable names (Deschutes and multiple growler taps), to wines outside the large labels already available (and classified growths for the connoisseur), and eclectic spirits no one carries, but we’ve imported directly (Brennivin!) or negotiated an allocation above everyone else’s (Pappy!) — hopcaskandbarrel. com.”

Out: Washington Post Shuts Down Gazette Newspapers “The Gazette newspapers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties will print their final editions June 17 and 18 after more than 55 years of publishing,” reports the Washington Post. The Gazette, which began publishing in 1959, had a weekly circulation of half a million five years ago.

According to Post Community Media, part of the Washington Post Company, the closing eliminates 69 jobs, including those of 12 reporters and two photographers by Aug. 11, with the required 60day notice given to employees.

Davis Kennedy, publisher of D.C.’s Current community newspapers, bought the Gaithersburg

Gazette in 1979 and built a group of Montgomery County papers under the Gazette banner that he sold to the Washington Post Company in 1993.

The Prince Georges edition began in 1997.

According to Post blogger Eric Wemple, Kennedy said he made an offer for the Gazette papers through a broker but was rejected; however, a Post spokesperson told Wemple they had no record of the offer.

and Woman of the Year gala, held June 13 at the J.W. Marriott. Man and Woman of the Year honors went to Kevin Rohalmin and Katie Simmons Hickey.

Cats Roam at Crumbs & Whiskers “U Got to Be Kitten Me.” (Yeah, we just wrote that quotation down, too.) The preview parties have already begun for Crumbs & Whiskers, Georgetown’s cat cafe at 3211 O St. NW, which officially opens June 20. Owner Kanchan Singh, and her friends and family, have fixed up the place with advisories on the wall, such as “Be gentle with cats” and “No flash photography.”

Partnering with the cafe, the Washington Humane Society will provide vaccinated and vetted cats to Crumbs & Whiskers, which will act as a foster home for the cats until they are adopted. Crumbs & Whiskers is the city’s first cat café.

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Seeking Solutions To Our Traffic Woes It is an issue as old as the town itself: where did all the traffic come from? Why is it totally stopped, moving too slowly or too quickly? Why is it in front of my house?

The Citizens Association of Georgetown tackled these topics less than three months ago with its meeting, “Talking Traffic, Transportation & Bridges,” in hope of answering such questions as: Can traffic congestion ever be reduced in Georgetown?

Is there a solution to the nightmarish rushhour backups on 34th Street? How will repairs on the Pennsylvania Avenue and Key bridges affect us?

Similarly, at the June Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting, discussions with representatives from the D.C. Department of Transportation honed in on the 34th Street traffic blues.

The CAG meeting had the time to discuss many topics — from the Metro to taxi and buses to traffic congestion — and proved informative and illuminating. It did hear from neighbors about the change in the traffic patterns for 34th and M Streets.

One 34th Street resident, Ann Satterthwaite, and her neighbor complained about traffic on 34th Street that is snarled from M Street north to Q Street and sometimes farther. Traffic used to back up later in the week, she said. Now, it is four days, at least. A neighbor said his house vibrates with the increased traffic: “I wake up every morning at 5:30 to 7 a.m. with the house shaking.”

DDOT reps said at both meetings said

they would look into the matter at 34 and M, as if it were vaguely recurring and dimly seen. Why was this back-up going up to Reservior Road? What happened? DDOT said simply: “We don’t know.”

But this negative change did start about four months ago, the same time that the Key Bridge intersection was repainted and re-drawn, so to speak.

The ANC talk did get specific. DDOT heard from residents and commissioners about traffic saturation directly due to trafficlight time, a change in sequence and those dividing poles that designate each lane.

Along with this discussion came the obvious, known for more than a century: there is heavy pedestrian traffic at the corner of Wisconsin and M. That slows car traffic.

Add to the traffic mix an illegally parked car blocking a rush-hour parking lane, and you’ve got a lane out — one third of the traffic flow jammed by one car. With that, let us reiterate our request: bring back a traffic control officer to Washington’s busiest corner.

Commissioner Ed Solomon suggested a simple solution: take away some of these plastic poles that make the cars turn more tightly — and thus more slowly — onto the bridge. Yes, this might definitely help.

And, yes, frustrations abound, and at least neighbors are speaking up more often, and DDOT is listening better. To this end, ANC chair Ron Lewis expressed a certain resignation: “Traffic will go where it wants to go.”

The Jeb and Hillary Show With Jeb Bush now solidly and officially in the field of presidential candidates, the two front-runners are solidly and officially on board.

It’s the Hillary and Jeb show, Clinton II and Bush III. Bush, the former Republican governor of Florida, announced his candidacy for the presidency Monday, promising to erase dysfunction in Washington, making him yet another Washington insider who’s an outsider.

He promised to be “on the side of free enterprise,” “to fix this thing, because I’ve done it,” “to get things moving our way in the world.”

“I will run with heart and I will run to win,” he said.

What with Clinton emphatically saying the other day, “If there’s one thing I’m not, it’s a quitter,” it could be quite the shoving match among the two clear favorites.

Except maybe it’s not all that clear that they’re favorites.

Bush is bidding to be the third Bush

to become president — father and brother preceded, if you hadn’t noticed — and Hilary is still trying to be the second Clinton, after husband Bill, and the first woman.

They’re odd front-runners. Clinton was in the same position eight years ago, when a very junior senator from Illinois, named Barack Obama, entered the race.

She is already running a cautious campaign, although, looking over her shoulder, she might not see much competition — at least not for the Democratic nomination. (Sorry, Bernie, Martin and the other guy.)

Bush, on the other hand, can’t even look over his shoulder. He can barely cross the street without running into a Republican rival, some of whom I’m sure he’s never heard of. He is a man among many, plus one woman.

The response to the Clinton and Bush candidacies has so far been underwhelming.

It’s true, folks. Familiarity does indeed sometimes breed, if not contempt, then disinterest.

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By Jack Evans

Many of you have read about the troubled financial state of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, also known as Metro.

I rejoined the Metro board of directors in January because I could see that system wasn’t running as well as in the past.

(I previously served on the board from 1993 to 1999 and as chairman in 1994 and 1997.) It soon became clear that WMATA was in much worse shape than I had imagined.

In addition to January’s fatal Yellow Line incident and numerous operational challenges, there has been a continued delay of WMATA’s independent audit for fiscal 2014 and a downgrade in the agency’s credit rating. These problems make it more expensive and difficult to pay for necessary system improvements and maintenance.

Earlier this year, I steered the WMATA board to reject a proposed fare increase and service reduction.

People are switching from using Metro to other forms of transit, in part because they are no longer willing to ride a system that is inconvenient and costly. We can’t make it more expensive and less convenient and expect anything other than a further loss of ridership.

Those are just some of the reasons why I have agreed to become chairman of the Finance and Administration Committee at Metro.

I’ve written frequently to you over the years about my service as the District Council’s Finance Committee chair. In my opinion, fiscal management is the chief responsibility of any legislative or governance body. I now feel compelled to bring the

To the editor: The whole gondola thing over Key Bridge is a joke and a bad idea proposed by non-Washingtonians (or Columbians as we called ourselves back in the day).

What is its purpose? Tourism, commuter traffic, or to keep themselves relevant, and to keep billing us by running a meter at taxpayer/business/community expense?

Come on, the rendition looks like a bad 1980s theme-park ride. How about a trolley car that runs on a track attached to the existing Key Bridge structure?

It could look historic and classic, and it would have a function like the one that was used for decades. The one that opened when the “Free Bridge,” the second version of the Aqueduct Bridge, opened to fireworks, parades and the support of the merchants association (which my family helped found) and residents, in 1889. The bridge’s Georgetown entrance at 36th Street was steps from the old house (now gone) where Francis Scott Key and his family lived on what would be called M Street. That bridge was replaced in 1923 by the Key Bridge, in his honor.

The whole London Eye tourist attraction gondola thing has no historic connection to Georgetown, and

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same fiscal scrutiny to Metro that I’ve brought to the District government.

Last week, at my first Finance Committee meeting as chair, we authorized the purchase of new railcars that will significantly improve safety, reliability and capacity. The purchase will replace older 5000-series cars with new 7000-series cars. This will help increase the number of eight-car trains in the system, replacing six-car trains.

Additionally, we approved the elimination of paper farecards beginning in December. Paper farecards might seem like a small matter, but they create a huge environmental waste and a lot of wearand-tear on the magnetic-stripe readers.

In the coming months, I’ll continue to keep you updated about the state of Metro. My role as finance chair will require me to spend significant time on WMATA financial affairs, but I will also be advocating for safety and service improvements.

We’ve worked hard to make the District the most dynamic city in the country and a transit system to match is long overdue.

I will also continue as chairman of the Finance Committee here at the council. We are on the cusp of our 20th consecutive balanced budget; our audits are completed on time, giving us a clean bill-of-health; and our credit rating has received seven increases since I’ve led the committee. I have every intention of keeping us on the same fiscal course until our credit rating is AAA. Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991.

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Mike Copperthite To the Editor: I can’t believe anyone takes seriously the Georgetown Business Improvement District’s proposal to build a gondola across the Potomac, at an estimated cost between $50 and $80 million. There are some much less expensive alternatives, including a water ferry. Or take the Circulator. It costs $1 and runs every ten minutes. Problem solved.

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op quiz: Who does your financial advisor work for? The easy litmus test is to take a look at the fine print on the bottom of his or her business card.

Is your financial advisor a fiduciary? Is he or she faithful to the client first, without conflict of duty?

Wall Street banks are protesting a new Labor Department proposal that would require their advisors to disclose something that most people have never understood. Unless investment advisors are truly independent, they owe their alliance first to the companies they work for.

That might seem obvious, but most consumers are oblivious to the difference between an advisor who owes his job to a company — the shareholders — and an independent advisor who owes his job (and his income) to his clients.

As an independent investment advisor, I know my job is to protect my clients from their worst financial instincts, to reach realistic goals and to sleep soundly at night. I’m not worried about the stock price of a large Wall Street firm, stock options or year-end profit bonuses.

I rarely agree with the “titans” of Wall Street, but here they have a point. The proposal is a bad fix for the wrong problem. It’s a sheep in wolf’s clothing. Implementing it may be a nightmare for the big banks, but, worse, I cannot see how it helps consumers. Consumers, it turns out, are confused about how money and investing really works.

If you feel like a consumer who is financially illiterate, give yourself a break. You are in the majority.

Not surprisingly, Wall Street is unhappy about the rule. It will make it harder for the big banks to rake in a hefty profit by selling their latest financially engineered products. It will mean stacks of paperwork for them as they defend their recommendations and try to keep from being held responsible if they fail.

Proponents of the proposal claim it will save investors money by limiting conflicts of interest.

The goal is to keep advisors from recommending products that will earn them and their company the most profit at the expense of the investor.

For independents like myself, this proposed rule is one I’ve been living with and refining for decades. I’m happier getting paid for what I know — like plumbers and auto mechanics — than for what I can sell.

After watching Washington regulate the financial industry for nearly four decades, I can confidently predict that by the time Washington gets around to closing loopholes, the lawyers working for the big Wall Street firms will have already identified some new ones and engineered products to take advantage of them.

Trying to regulate Wall Street is like trying to pick up a beanbag chair: squeeze one end and the other end gets bigger.

The real problem is not how to control Wall Street. The real problem is how to educate the public, and public officials, about how Wall Street really works, how financial products are designed, how much it costs to manage your money, and how to tell whether one investment is better than another.

There is a simple solution. When you hire a real estate broker or retain legal counsel you have to sign a simple disclosure. Why should Wall Street be any different?

The author of “Take Back Your Money” and “The Ten Truths of Wealth Creation,” John E. Girouard is a registered principal of Cambridge Investment Research and an Investment Advisor Representative of Capital Investment Advisors in Bethesda, Maryland.

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BID Touts Canal Funds, New Restaurants, Annual Report

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t was a very good year, it seems, if you attended the Georgetown Business Improvement District’s annual meeting, held June 10 at Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place at Washington Harbour on the Georgetown waterfront.

Office and retail space is renting well, consumer activity remains strong and consistent, the C&O Canal, a jewel of Georgetown, will get funding from the District government for a major rehab — and four restaurants were honored. To boot, the BID issued its third annual State of Georgetown report, and redesigned and upgraded its website.

Now a park, the historic canal, which connects the town to its past as a working waterfront, took center stage. “The C&O Canal is a unique feature of our region and a living piece of America’s history,” said Georgetown BID CEO Joe Sternlieb. “It’s a window into the story of our industrial past, and is also a place for exercise, recreation and reflection.”

As previously reported in The Georgetowner and other news outlets, D.C.’s fiscal 2016 budget includes $3 million for restoration work and education initiatives connected with the Georgetown section of the C&O Canal National Historical Park.

With other community leaders, the BID founded Georgetown Heritage, an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization “with the mission of promoting and presenting the history of Washington D.C.’s oldest neighborhood.” Georgetown Heritage made fixing the C&O Canal its initial goal, and is now working with the National Park Service on repairs, safety efforts, and the purchase of a new canal barge.

“I am pleased to report today that my efforts to get the city to support the C&O Canal initiatives in the Georgetown 2028 agenda have been embraced by the Council,” Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans said. “We have approved $3 million to the C&O Canal efforts of the BID and Georgetown Heritage. These funds will be used to fix Lock 4, build a new canal boat, and support comprehensive planning efforts to improve lighting, the towpath, wayfinding and interpretation.”

Evan also said, “The city is on board” with, not only the canal work and money, but also the lighting under Key Bridge and the Whitehurst Freeway. Pulling from his standard celebratory stump speech, the longest-serving Council member recalled the first year of the 21st century, when Georgetown was known for its exploding manhole covers and its “Little Dig”: torn-up streets due to infrastructure work and major new construction, such as the Ritz-Carlton and the large southwest dormitory complex at Georgetown University. “In Georgetown, nothing is ever easy,” Evans said, smiling.

Besides the $3 million from the District government, Georgetown Heritage promises to raise $3 million from the private sector.

Fixing the canal and getting a new canal barge are only part of the action agenda items contained in the BID’s Georgetown 2028 Plan, “an ambitious agenda of 75 action items aimed to improve Georgetown’s transportation infrastructure and management, public spaces and economy” and “created by the Georgetown BID and community stakeholders and officially launched in January 2014,” according to the BID. Along with awards and discussions, the

meeting brought together some interesting aspects of Georgetown business and its people.

Andrew Blair, CEO of Colonial Parking, who said “To hell with U Street,” introduced Paul Cohen, who founded J. Paul’s, Paulo’s, Old Glory and other restaurants in Georgetown.

Cohen was recognized by the BID for his lifelong contribution. For his part, Cohen saluted the legacy of “the Laythams, the Millers, the Laniers and the Snyders.” He gently acknowledged of Georgetown: “We’re in a unique situation that not everyone knows.” Cohen’s newest restaurant is Boss Shepherd”s at 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

Other awardees included Marcus Brown of the BID’s Clean Team and Georgetown Galleries, a consortium of art galleries on and near Book Hill.

The Park Service’s Kevin Brandt was saluted as “Community Leader of the Year.” Brandt noted that the bicentennial of the C&O Canal is 2028, the ending year of the BID’s 15-year action plan program. He said that his ideas for the canal jibed with the BID’s and that he was “optimistic” about the canal’s future “despite federal cuts.”

The BID’s economic development director Josh Hermias noted that there is 48,000 square feet of retail space under construction or in the planning stage — considering the 3220 Prospect Street project and the old Georgetown Theater reconstruction.

Herb Heiserman of Streetsense, which helped design such spots as Bandolero and ShopHouse, talked about restaurants and retail stores and how people experience those spaces. Heiserman brought up the fact that “rents have exploded.”

He lamented the intrusion of the clothing store, Francesca’s, on Bistro Francais, which owns only half of the space it used.

Restaurateur Ian Hilton sat down briefly to discuss his work and restaurants with Sternlieb.

Hilton opened Chez Billy Sud in October 2014 at 1039 31st St. NW and it quickly became a neighborhood favorite. It’s in the old Cafe LaRuche space; he said he tried to buy the property.

Of Georgetown, Hilton, who grew up in Capitol Hill and now lives in Arlington, said: “It’s almost not D.C. I’ve always thought of Georgetown as this little town that I’ve always loved. ... I think people are rediscovering how special Georgetown is, and with more and more people biking in the city I had this vision of people biking in to be in the neighborhood, and eating at our beautiful spot. We wanted to open in a pretty space, serve good food at a good price and serve the neighborhood.”

Hilton also quipped, “the celebrity chef climate” was “kind of the apocalypse.” He added his two cents to the conversation about Georgetown’s liquor license moratorium: building new restaurants “can’t be done in the current liquor license environment.”

As the crowd adjourned, Fred Moosally, director of the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, reminded business folk of the four liquor licenses now available for Georgetown, with applications accepted beginning June 25. Moosally also noted that the town’s liquor moratorium expires Feb. 3, 2016.

Visit the BID’s revamped website to download a copy of the report.

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Who Lives Here: Nora and Allison

By Peter Murray

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estaurant Nora has long been a staple of the D.C. food scene, visited by a number of presidents and dignitaries — the Obamas dined there for Michelle’s birthday in 2010 — not to mention foodies. Vienna-born Nora Pouillon is the chef behind the restaurant, and a Georgetown resident to boot. She led the organic food movement by opening the first certified-organic restaurant in the country, where she has hosted numerous national movers and shakers not far from Dupont Circle. Now Pouillon has released a book, “My Organic Life,” a memoir with the subtitle: “How a Pioneering Chef Helped Shape the Way We Eat Today.”

Pouillon lives in a unique pink, modern house on Reservoir Road between 32nd Street and Wisconsin Avenue, though she says the architect was forbidden from building in Georgetown again after unveiling the place, which she describes as in the style “Old Miami.”

She moved to Georgetown 19 years ago from Adams Morgan, and despite being apprehensive prior to the move, admits that she now loves the neighborhood, saying its strongest attribute is its “mix of commercial and residential.”

Georgetowners can catch her out walking through Dumbarton Oaks or along the canal, window-shopping on Wisconsin Avenue and M Street — her favorite stores are Hu’s and Hu’s Shoes — exercising at the Four Seasons, or during cooler months, ice skating along the riv-

erfront. She’s also been known to patronize Malmaison, which she calls underrated; Chez Billy Sud; the Grill Room at Capella; and when her namesake restaurant is out of a necessary ingredient, the farmers’ market across from Safeway.

She professes love for nearly all things Georgetown. However she is not “a cupcake person,” preferring “salty and spicy” tastes to sugary.

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On June 8, Silberberg won the Democratic primary for mayor of Alexandria. Currently vice mayor of Alexandria, she defeated sitting mayor Bill Euille, who has held the position since 2003. She also beat former mayor Kerry Donley, whose campaign called for aggressive development throughout the city.

Many observers expected Euille to easily fend off his challengers, but he and Silberberg were neck and neck as precincts reported in.

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Left: Allison Silberberg. Photo by Karen Elliott Greisdorf Photography.

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winning by 321 votes. The Washington Post attributed her win to her “warm and personable” nature and opposition to development in Old Town and elsewhere.

Some of Euille’s supporters are calling on him to campaign as a write-in candidate during the general election, but the party has warned against the move, saying they will put their full weight behind primary voters’ chosen ticket.

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COVER story

THE Great Urban Outdoors

By Carolyn Landes and Gary Tischler

Left: The fountain at Meridian Hill Park.

Below: Georgetown Waterfront Park Fountain.

Photo by Robert Devaney.

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he lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books,” said Theodore Roosevelt. Our 26th president — probably the most well-rounded in our nation’s history — was fond of leading long cross-country walks, which TR called “scrambles.” One of his favorites places to do so was Rock Creek Park, where he spent many Sundays with his family.

Celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, Rock Creek Park is a prime example of “the great urban outdoors,” which at first sounds like a jarring contradiction: cement meets gardens, high rises and traffic meet bucolic expanses, nightlife and noise meet the stillness of nature.

But here in Washington, and in other progressive-minded cities, the contradiction evaporates. According to a current trend in urban planning, city life at its best is not only livable but walkable. The pleasures of being outdoors, both active and contemplative, can still be had in the fast-paced, helter-skelter environment of a great American city.

All the qualities of city life, pluses and minuses, are tempered by nature and the natural. Parks let us forget about parking woes; the peaceful gurgling of creeks, rivers and fountains slow us in our hurries; the great cemeteries provide quiet contemplation of our history and ourselves.

Because of its historic nature, neighborhood life and extensive parkland, treescape and plantings, the District of Columbia is at the forefront of this green urban vision. It is a city where nature and urban energy meet without conflict,

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an engagement full of opportunities for everyone, from the most urbane to the least, residents and visitors alike.

More than ever, this is a city for the energetic. Runners are everywhere. Charity marathons and races have become part of the landscape. And, spurred by Capital Bikeshare, the newly emergent bicycle culture is spreading across the city.

For the second year in a row, Washington was recently named the fittest city in the country by the American College of Sports Medicine’s annual American Fitness Index report. (Teddy would be proud.) For residents of the District and the surrounding metropolitan areas, the title can be taken in stride, quite literally. Home to a plethora of parks and recreation centers, the nation’s capital is an outdoor enthusiast’s ideal dwelling place, bursting with opportunities for its inhabitants to walk, run, bike, hike, swim, boat, paddle and play.

Compiled below is a short list of D.C.’s outdoor gems. Some you may be familiar with; others you may wish to explore for the very first time. Either way, as the summer solstice (June 21) fast approaches, the timing couldn’t be better to get out and about.

Rock Creek Park As mentioned above, Rock Creek Park is celebrating its quasquicentennial this year.

With over 32 miles of trails, the possibilities are virtually endless in this storied city treasure, a favorite of Mayor Muriel Bowser. If you plan on hiking, strap on a pair of comfortable shoes,

grab your water bottle and start with one of the two primary trails: the green-blazed Western Ridge Trail, which parallels the western side of the park, or the blue-blazed Valley Trail, which parallels Rock Creek and Beach Drive.

If biking is more your speed, a popular paved path begins just north of Peirce Mill and follows the creek all the way to the Lincoln Memorial. For the horseback rider, 13 miles of dirt-and-gravel bridle paths crisscross the park.

Riding lessons and guided trail rides are available at the Rock Creek Park Horse Center.

Prefer tennis, golf or boating? The Rock Creek Tennis Center, located at 16th and Kennedy streets is open year-round and has more than two-dozen courts. The Thompson Boat Center rents kayaks, canoes, small sailboats, rowing shells and bicycles. Rock Creek Park Golf Course, an 18-hole public course with clubhouse, can be reached from 16th Street and Rittenhouse Street. Round out nine holes with an Arnold Palmer or two: picnicking — while perhaps not the most active way to enjoy the park — is a great way to spend a leisurely afternoon. Picnic grove reservations are required and visitors may choose between full- and halfday rentals. Finally, Rock Creek Park boasts

the National Park Service’s only planetarium, located within the Nature Center. Free tickets are available at the Nature Center front desk up to one half-hour prior to showtimes.

Glover-Archbold Park Familiar to many Georgetown residents, Glover-Archbold Park offers close to six miles of tranquil trails along the Potomac River and the C&O Canal, making it a popular loop for the archetypical DC fitness enthusiast: the runner. No matter your preferred gait, though, the narrow stream-valley park runs from Canal Street in Georgetown to Wisconsin Avenue in Friendship Heights, making it a great destination for joggers, hikers and birdwatchers. If you’re not entering on foot from Georgetown, there are several locations in the park that are easy walking distance from Metro bus stops. The Boathouse at Fletcher’s Cove is located along the course of the park’s trails on Canal Road, so it’s possible to make a pit-stop along your trek for some canoeing, kayaking, rowing or fishing on the Potomac. Your canine friends are welcome, but leave your bike at home; the park’s trails are marked as open to foot-traffic only.

COVER story Georgetown Waterfront Park

Meridian Hill Park

Key Bridge Boathouse

Perhaps the quintessential outdoor spot during the summer months, Georgetown Waterfront Park curves along 10 acres of the Potomac, offering expansive views of Key Bridge and the Kennedy Center, with the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial in the distance.

Joggers, cyclists, skaters and walkers flock to this fitness mecca on sunny days.

Whether your aim is to grab a bite of seafood with a view at one of the waterfront restaurants, or people-watch from one of the park benches dotted along its borders, or partake in one of the free outdoor community fitness classes offered by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, the Park has something for everyone. Georgetown studios and stores leading free, twice-weekly classes this summer include CrossFit Key Bridge, Barre3 Georgetown, CorePower Yoga, Down Dog Yoga, Georgetown Yoga, Yoga Del Sol, Fitness Together Georgetown and Key Bridge Boathouse (see below).

The tubular water fountain is a hotspot for children, letting revelers run through its rainbow-shaped waterspouts, and putting the oldschool backyard sprinkler to shame.

An administrative unit of Rock Creek Park, Meridian Hill Park hosts 12 acres of statues, the only memorial to U.S. President James Buchanan in the city, the largest cascading fountain in North America, and on Sunday afternoons, its very own drum circle, attracting local participants exhibiting all levels of “drumcircle expertise.” Bordered by 16th, 15th, W and Euclid streets near the neighborhoods of Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan, the park’s beautiful landscape is modeled on an aristocratic Italian garden. In 1994, it was designated a National Historic Landmark, as “an outstanding accomplishment of early 20th century Neoclassicist park design in the United States.” Wayside exhibits interpret its unique story and history. A mobile phone tour is also available, downloadable via the National Park Service website.

While not technically a park, this friendly neighborhood facility at the end of Water Street on the banks of the Potomac could not be omitted. Boasting “all paddling, no politics,” the Key Bridge Boathouse offers canoeing, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding and yoga, both on the paddleboards — yes, yoga on a paddleboard — and on the dock. Take to the river in your watercraft of choice and paddle toward the Kennedy Center, Theodore Roosevelt Island — named for the Scrambler-in-Chief — or Fletcher’s Cove. Classes are offered for all activities. (Please note: having taken a plunge in the Potomac herself, this writer recommends an introductory class for those activities you haven’t tried before.) Luckily, life vests are a requirement, so you can enjoy your activity of choice safely and worry-free. Insider tip: for early risers, the Key Bridge Boathouse offers free community paddle sessions on Fridays at 7 a.m.

More Things to Do Outdoors June 8 to Sept. 2 Sunset Fitness in the Park Now through summer’s end, local fitness studios are offering outdoor fitness classes, including yoga, Crossfit, running, barre and cycling. Georgetown Waterfront Park is hosting the summer series, with the twice-weekly classes meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. The sessions are free, though registration is required. Classes are limited to 50 participants.

June 20 Wipeout Run Fans of TV’s “Wipeout” can test their skill at the obstacle course in the Wipeout Run. The 5K race incorporates obstacles from the hit show for an added fitness challenge, including the Sweeper, Foams of Fury, Tumble Tubes and, a perennial fan favorite, the Big Balls.

Registration is open now with prices starting at $70. The race will be held at RFK Stadium.

Start times vary for the all-day event.

June 21 to Aug. 30 Sunday Serenity: Yoga in the Park Beginning June 21, Dumbarton House will host guided yoga sessions every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. The hour-long sessions, which include a meditation session, are available without reservations. The shaded gardens provide a tranquil environment for weekly rejuvenation. Please bring your own yoga mat.

July 18 Color Fun Fest 5K Clockwise from right: The girls take a break after a fun, but exhausting, hike through Dumbarton Oaks Park.

Photo by Charles Baldwin.

A yoga class held outside.

A view of kataks and Adirondack chairs on the Potomac River.

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Running is now more enjoyable than ever with the explosion-of-color 5K runs. Color Fun Fest doubles the fun when it travels to the D.C. area July 18. Participants can choose to be hit with colorful powder during daylight hours or wait until sundown and glow under a number of blacklights, complete with a finish-line party and festival. Registration is available online now, and prices vary. The race kicks off at 5 p.m. at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Maryland.

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A visitor reflects on the Vietnam War Memorial.

In Memoriam: Revisiting the Wall

By Do nna E ve rs hese balmy days between Memorial Day and the Fourth of July are a good time to visit the war memorials on the National Mall. If you haven’t been to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial lately, go back and take another look. At a time in our history when we can appreciate the ambiguity of military involvement, it is as expressive a war memorial as you will find anywhere.

Four years after the fall of Saigon, a group of Vietnam veterans started a drive to raise

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funds for a memorial. The plan was initiated

by Jan Scruggs, an army corporal during the Vietnam war, who was inspired by the film “The Deer Hunter.” Scruggs wanted to honor his dead comrades in what he described as “the most ambiguous venture in America’s military history.” Though the fund drive started at a time when many Americans wanted to forget this chapter of our history, the group managed to raise $9 million and get Congressional approval to build the memorial.

In 1980, Scruggs and his group asked for design bids. More than 1,400 applications were submitted. The guidelines for the memorial were that it be reflective and contemplative and harmonize with its surroundings; contain the names of the 58,000 Americans who were killed or missing in action; and make no political statement about the war. The entries were given numbers so the judges would not be influenced by the names of the designers.

The unanimous choice was No. 1026, a design submitted by Maya Lin, the 20-year-old daughter of Chinese immigrants and a student at Yale University.

Lin’s black wall was not well received.

There was a public uproar about the memorial being disrespectful and inappropriate. Some of the most prominent people in favor of the memorial withdrew their support when they saw the design, including H. Ross Perot and James Webb. The opposition was so great that — as a supposed remedy — a bronze statue of three soldiers was proposed to stand where the two sections of wall come together. Lin was against this plan, and a compromise was reached in which the statue was placed off to one side, as if the soldiers were observing the wall and the visitors. Later, another statue was added nearby to honor the women who had served.

The controversy surrounding the unusual memorial diminished once people began visiting the three-acre plot of ground, where the shining wall reflects the trees and grass as well as the visitors themselves. When you walk along the wall, you see your reflection imposed

over the seemingly unending rows of names; you feel that you are no longer on one side of the wall, but a part of it.

The effect is transformative. Empathy for the loss of the 58,000 soldiers is squarely and vividly brought home. Whether you were for or against the war — or any war — and whether or not there is a name of someone you knew there, the words of Hemingway’s famous novel, and John Donne’s poem, come to mind: “Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

When Lin originally submitted the design, in response to an assignment at Yale, she received the grade of B. Now the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is ranked 10th on the American Institute of Architects’ “List of America’s Famous Architecture.” It attracts more than three million visitors a year. When she won the award, the young artist explained that the design was a symbol of regeneration. “Take a knife and cut open the earth,” she said, “and with time the grass will heal it.”

Take another look at this very moving memorial the next time you have some free time on a summer afternoon.

Donna Evers is the owner and broker of Evers & Co. Real Estate, the largest womanowned and woman-run real estate firm in the metropolitan area; the proprietor of Twin Oaks Tavern Winery in Bluemont, Virginia, and a devoted fan of Washington-area history. Reach her at devers@eversco.com.

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Your Dining Guide to Washington DC’s Finest Restaurants

1789 RESTAURANT

Bistro Francais 3124-28 M St., NW 202–338–3830 bistrofrancaisdc.com

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1226 36th St., NW 202–965–1789 1789restaurant.com

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

Open seven nights a week.

Jackets suggested.

Complimentary valet parking.

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.

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

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

The regular menu is always available.

Open every day for lunch and dinner.

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

Reservations suggested.

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't-miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday until 3 p.m. and our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m.

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

DAS Ethiopian

ENO Wine Bar

Filomena Ristorante

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.

Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time for over 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 Executive Chef and his team. Open 7 days a week 11:30am11:00pm. Free salad bar with any lunch entrée Mon-Sat and try our spectacular Sunday Brunch Buffet complete with carving stations, pasta stations!

Clyde's of Georgetown 3236 M St., NW 202–333–9180 clydes.com

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

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

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.

1736 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–0111 bistrotlepic.com

2810 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 202–295–2826 enowinerooms.com

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

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

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

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

1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–338–8800 filomena.com

1522 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–8830 cafebonaparte.com

Malmaison

3401 K ST.,NW 202–817–3340 malmaisondc.com Malmaison opened in June 2013 and features elegant French dining in Washington D.C’s historic Georgetown waterfront. Housed in a majestically refurbished industrial warehouse reminiscent of NYC’s Meatpacking District, the modern restaurant, pastry shop and event lounge features the culinary talents of legendary 2 Michelin Starred French Chef Gerard Pangaud and Pastry Chef Serge Torres (Le Cirque NYC).

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

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

Serving Brunch until 4 p .m.

7 days a week!

SEA CATCH Restaurant

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

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

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

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

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

Lunch Mon.–Fri. 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

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

TOWN HALL

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

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

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Fiola Mare Named ‘New Restaurant of the Year’ Among Other Rammys

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our Georgetown restaurants took home Rammys at the June 7 festivities, with Fiola Mare named this year’s best new restaurant in Washington, D.C. It’s the latest honor for chef-owner Fabio Trabocchi’s Italian-inspired eatery, which has made a splash since its debut in February 2014. Even President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have dined there.

Along with his wife, Maria, Trabocchi’s team manages two other D.C. restaurants, Fiola, in Penn Quarter, and Casa Luca, in Mount Vernon Square.

The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington’s signature event honors the best of the metro area’s food and drink industry. Mayor Muriel Bowser was there, and called restaurants a “driving force in our region’s economy.”

Other Georgetown winners include Bourbon Steak, for Cocktail Program of the Year; Pizzeria Paradiso, for Beer Program of the Year; and Agnes Chin of the Grill Room at the Capella Hotel, for Pastry Chef of the Year.

Also, the 2015 Duke Zeibert Capital Achievement Award was presented to Herbert Miller for his dedication and leadership in the Washington restaurant industry.

Among the other winners in 21 award categories were José Andrés and Rob Wilder of ThinkFoodGroup, who took Restaurateur of the Year, and Victor Albisu, of both Del Campo and Taco Bamba, who garnered Chef of the Year.

Left: Anastasia and chef Gianluigi Dellaccio nominated for Dolci Gelati.

RAMW President and CEO Kathy E. Hollinger (center) congratulates Fabio and Maria Trabocchi, Rammy Award winners for New Restaurant of the Year: Fiola Mare.

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Food & wine

Back to Their Roots: Lapis Restaurant

By Charlene Louis

features homemade Afghan recipes prepared by the Popal family’s most prized culinary asset: mom (Shamim Popal, that is).

Popal personally created the menu with family recipes, including tapas-style small plates of traditional Afghani food and some not-so-traditional dishes, such as shrimp ashak (dumplings), a favorite of Omar.

Upon walking into Lapis, one gets a feeling of home and comfort. With the hand-carved doors and the tongue-in-cheek descriptions in the menu, it’s very clear that Lapis is a restaurant designed to show off the family’s style

Mustafa, Zubair, Shamim, Fatima and Omar Popal. Photo by Ben Droz.

of enjoyment around the dinner table.

Famous for its kabobs and meat dishes, Afghan cuisine pulls many of its influences from Persian, Indian, Chinese and Mediterranean cultures (hence the dumplings and chutneys).

With all the traditional options available, what was most surprising was the number of vegetarian and vegan options. Who knew Afghanis ate so many vegetables? Lapis offers many delectable stewed-vegetable dishes that can easily be converted to vegan without losing their essence and flavor.

Though the idea of tapas-style dining puts some people off (for being overpriced and not very filling), the portions at Lapis are large and shareable, allowing for the true experience of Afghan cuisine.

The only difficulty one might have is deciding between the baked eggplant with sautéed tomatoes, topped with garlic, yogurt and dry mint, or the ground-beef meatballs, mixed with carrots, herbed tomato sauce, cilantro, shallots, garlic, ginger and coriander. Personal recommendation: just get both.

To top it off, Lapis offers inventive cocktails and a brunch menu that blends modern and traditional Afghani styles.

Lapis is located at 1847 Columbia Rd. NW.

Top to bottom: ground beef dumplings topped with yellow split pea tomato sauce and strained yogurt, and the interior of Lapis. Photography by Meg Kelly.

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or the last dozen years, the Popal name has been synonymous with French-style cuisine in D.C. With Malmasion and Café Bonaparte, both in Georgetown, and a flood of other French bistros, it was time for something different.

In April of this year, Zubair and Shamim Popal, and their three children, Omar, Mustafa and Fatima, decided to “return home,” converting Napoleon Bistro and Lounge, located in Adams Morgan, into Lapis. Billed as “A Modern Afghan Bistro,” Lapis, named after Afghanistan’s deep-blue national gemstone,

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Retreat Into Nature By peter murray

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ince vacations are for taking a step back from day-to-day life, take advantage of your time off this summer and retreat into nature.

Follow our suggestions below or blaze your own path. Whatever you do, spend your trip enjoying the environment — and be sure to unwind, decompress and unplug along the way.

Rappeller descends from Corona Arch outside Moab, Utah.

Photo by Peter Murray

Moab: In the Land of Extremes Moab is hard to get to. But hauling it from a distant airport — Las Vegas, in my case — is worthwhile, not only because of the destination’s otherworldly beauty, but also for the geological diversity that haunts and amazes during the drive: mammoth mountains, precipitous canyons and rivers plunging through gorges.

The town itself isn’t much — T-shirt stores here, Mexican restaurants there, motels marking the main drag — but it’s sandwiched between two of our country’s preserved treasures, Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park. These two parks offer some of the best hiking trails and most spectacular views of nature in the world.

Delicate Arch, in Arches National Park, is a must-see for visitors of any experience level. The hike is short (two miles), but steep, so get ready to work those calves. The view of Delicate Arch, at the end of the hike, is breathtaking, making any scrambling up the trail’s slick sandstone well worth it.

Experienced hikers, on the other hand, should head to the Syncline Loop at Canyonlands. Why the park is called Canyonlands becomes obvious a few hours into the hike, as sharp red walls rise above the trail and one canyon leads to the next, on

and on. Sometimes you’ll hike through massive round boulders; other times you’ll need to be on the lookout for sharp crags jutting into the trail.

About halfway through the eight-mile hike, you’ll be greeted with the Island in the Sky, a brilliant Delicate Arch at Arches National Park in Utah. geological feature offering many photo ops. But no more like round-topped sandstone hills that matter what, pay attention grip a mountain bike’s tires. Riding can be to pylons guiding the path and bring lots of strenuous, not to mention dangerous, when water on this trip. (You can thank me later for you’re riding up and down, up and down, the water tip, as you make your way to the top with unending hard slopes under your wheels. of false peak after false peak, trying to get out of the canyons.)

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A view of Bald Head Island's South Beach.

to navigate the island after disembarking from the ferry that leaves from the town of Southport.

Once you’re on island, you can lay low at tranquil South Beach or head to East Beach for larger waves, suitable for surfing and boogie boarding. The island’s country club offers golf, tennis and swimming for the family — but watch out for alligators in nearby bodies of water.

Want to get even closer to nature? Take a stroll through the Maritime Forest Preserve, where beautiful Spanish moss climbs up ancient oaks. Or check in with the Bald Head Island Conservancy and schedule a visit to see endangered loggerhead turtles. The turtles lay their eggs in May and June and the little hatchlings emerge from their shells and waggle their way to the Atlantic in August and September.

Fishing is big on Bald Head Island, and

there are lots of ways to do it. The easiest way is to bring your rod to one of the beaches and surf fish. You can also charter a boat from one of the outfitters and go searching for the giants of the deep. Or why not rent a kayak or paddleboard and go fishing or crabbing on the marshes around Fishing Creek?

With so much to do, it’s helpful to have a guide. The luxury vacation company Natural Retreats has a host of them.

Not only will their people help you nail down accommodations, they have a team on site to take care of all your needs. Natural Retreats runs trips to destinations all over the world, but Bald Head Island is their top trip this summer.

Primland: View from the Treetops Want to spend a few days living in a luxury treehouse? How about riding a horse or an ATV through verdant pastures? Have you ever contemplated playing 18 holes in the mountains or disc golf in the wilderness? Or just climbing tall trees in the Blue Ridge and stargazing from a mountaintop?

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Primland is an eco-friendly luxury resort nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, almost as

A treehouse accomodation at the Primland resort.

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Body & soul

Murphy’s Love: Couplehood Is Healing

By S ta cy notaras M u r p h y Dear Stacy: I was recently diagnosed with a highly treatable form of cancer. Up until this diagnosis, my life had been focused on building my career and finding the right person to be with and marry.

I have been dating a guy for six months. We are both 28 years old and have dated around a lot, so our decision to be exclusive was big.

We don’t live together, but I think that may be around the corner. The short story is that I am terrified this is going to scare him off. I have to have a short course of chemo, and then be cautious for the rest of my life, but my doctors are very optimistic. My concern is that this might feel like too much for him, as his family doesn’t deal with illness well. I’m scared he’s going to run when he learns about my diagnosis. Thank you for your advice.

– The Big C

You didn’t ask me if you should tell him at all, but I can imagine you’re considering whether you can hide this whole thing from him. Don’t try. Please.

It won’t work and you would only be delaying the inevitable. Couples face hard things. If you marry

him, you are going to have to trust him to love you even when you are not at your very best. That test is going to happen regardless of how much you plot against it, so why not welcome it and be curious about how you both will respond?

If you’re thinking, “No way, I want to put this off as long as possible,” then I’d get interested in the roots of your discomfort. Are you not allowed to look vulnerable to other people?

Are you, yourself, afraid of sick people? What kind of relationship are you really imagining with him? Are you the kind of girlfriend/wife who sleeps with her makeup on so he never sees you without it? That’s a recipe for a bad partnership (not to mention how bad it is for your skin). Couplehood is healing because it gives us the opportunity to watch someone else love us completely, even the parts we hate — which teaches us to love ourselves. Give him the chance to do that for you, so you can do it for him when it’s his turn.

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.

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Dear C: I am so sorry that you are facing this diagnosis, but your letter conveys a strong air of confidence in your doctors and in your prognosis.

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Putting off making a decision, such as when and where you will exercise, induces something called “decision fatigue,” which depletes your willpower and makes exercise far more difficult than it needs to be.

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Body & soul

New M Street Location for Nava

By Ca rolyn L a nde s

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ust south of Dupont Circle, Nava Health and Vitality Center’s new 1800 M St. NW location opened May 15. It’s the third of Nava’s integrative medical centers, joining those currently open in Chevy Chase and Columbia, Maryland. The location’s official grandopening celebration will be held June 17.

Established in 2014, Nava uses a unique integrative approach to health and wellness. All under one roof, each Nava location seeks to treat the individual as a whole, not as a group of symptoms. The new M Street center offers a soothing, modern and tranquil environment for patrons, designed in neutral tones that have an immediate calming effect upon crossing the threshold.

“By bringing our integrative approach to health to new audiences within the D.C. area, we’re offering alternative practices that most people haven’t been exposed to before. And we do it in concert with their physician,” said Bernie Dancel, founder of Nava Health and Vitality Center and CEO of parent company Ascend One Corp.

“In looking for new retail locations, we want to be in markets that have a high popula-

tion of health-conscious individuals who know that wellness is more than just the status quo.

It’s about understanding your body and feeling your best at any age,” he said.

Nava’s medical protocol draws from Eastern, Western and alternative methods, with a foundation grounded in science and developed from years of clinical experience and proven principles. Service offerings include sports performance and recovery therapies and treating the effects of aging — all of which work holistically to help resolve client issues such as weight gain, insomnia, fatigue, anxiety, chronic pain, digestive issues and low sex drive.

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Performance

GALA Pushes the Envelope with New Musical, ‛Las Polacas’

By Gary Tischler

Actors Martin Ruiz, Samantha Dockser, and Joshua Morgan. Photo By Lonnie Tague.

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ver the 40-some years of its existence, GALA Hispanic Theatre, under the leadership of founders Hugo and Rebecca Medrano, has proven to be an eclectic institution that, while culling Spanish-speaking culture for iconic works, has also pushed the envelope with productions of new ones.

Still, in all of its history of bringing receptive Washington audiences classic plays by Spanish

Scene of "Las Polacas — The Jewish Girls of Buenos Aires." Photo by Lonnie Tague.

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authors — from Lope De Vega to Lorca — as well as newer works from Latin America, and a treasure trove of musical and family presentations, it’s likely that the Medranos and company haven’t tackled something quite as challenging and unusual as the show now playing at the GALA stage in the renovated Tivoli in Columbia Heights.

That would be “Las Polacas — The Jewish Girls of Buenos Aires,” an edgy, salsa- and tango-tempered musical about ... sex trafficking. The “Polacas” are young Jewish girls from Poland who were lured to Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city, by false promises of marriage or work in the 1920s.

Like GALA’s website, the production is bilingual, Spanish and English — GALA, incidentally, stands for Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos — with projected English subtitles. Performances continue through June 28.

Written by Argentinian playwright Patricia Suárez-Cohen, with music by Mariano Vales, the show is a commissioned production, which is to say that it’s a ground-up work by GALA, a fact that, alone, should make the project daunting for all concerned.

Recently, we talked to founder Hugo Medrano, as well as Samantha Dockser and Martín Ruíz, two critical members of the cast of “Las Polacas,” at the theater.

“We recognized that this could be a major challenge for us,” said Medrano, who seems to thrive on challenges. “The subject is not the most likely for a musical, for one thing, but it has a historic importance, in that this actually occurred, long before people talked about such things and gave it a name. We wanted to

Actresses Ana Fontn and Samantha Dockser. Photo by Lonnie Tague. make a musical to give it a flavor, a theme, a setting — which is Argentina and Poland in the 1920s. It’s the kind of thing that needs to find its audience, not just among Jewish people, but a universal one.”

It probably helps that Medrano is a native of Argentina, as is Ruíz, the striking actor who plays Schlomo, the seductive protagonist who helps lure young girls to Argentina, where a life of prostitution awaits.

“The most important thing was that we had to find the right young actress to play the part of Rachela. She had to be the right person, believable right off the bat. She had to embody that part,” Medrano said.

And that’s how they chose Samantha Dockser, a 20-year-old senior BFA acting major at the University of Miami, in Coral Gables. Dockser, who is from McLean, Virginia, is performing her first professional role — the lead role in the production.

With dark long hair and fine features, Dockser has the kind of unassuming loveliness that a girl like Rachela requires. “I saw the notice for the audition and I thought, maybe I could do this, and it didn’t hurt to try.” She got the part.

“She’s a young girl, an innocent, and she is vulnerable to a man like Schlomo, who’s charming and handsome and all of that — and she has no idea what is going to happen to her,” Dockser said. “But she’s also strong and defiant. I can relate to her age, but in terms of the reality of the situation, that’s empathy and imagination.”

“It’s difficult material,” she said. “Ruíz’s character hits me at one point, and I was worried that my dad would get upset watching that.

But he understood what was going on.”

For his part, Ruíz is glad to be reunited with GALA (where he appeared in “Momia en el Closet: The Return of Eva Peron” in 2011). “It is a wonderful place to work. The projects are unusual. The people are like a family,” he said through a translator. “I think, you know, that Schlomo presents himself as a kind of romantic revolutionary or anarchist, you know, changing society. And that can be appealing to a girl like Rachela. But it’s her mother who essentially sells her to him.”

On stage you can see a kind of mountain of mementos of the girls’ former life in the villages of Poland: luggage, a toy ocean liner, clothing and books, and the like.

Being here, in this theater, you become mindful of Medrano’s and GALA’s long history and how the Tivoli venue has changed and solidified GALA. The company — which has also presented music, including salsa, flamenco and tango — has occupied many spaces, but it only obtained a permanent home, in 2005, after it won a bid to become part of the renovated Tivoli.

In earlier years, Medrano often acted in the plays, winning a Helen Hayes Awards for best actor in a resident play, for his star turn in “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

Staging “Las Polacas” may seem like a challenge and something of a brave choice, but it’s also emblematic of how Medranos and the people who have supported the GALA — audiences, artists, fundraisers and trustees — have gotten this far, enriching the city with a unique tapestry of Hispanic performing arts.

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Shirin Neshat at the Hirshhorn By ar i pos t

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our lives.” here is a moment in artist Shirin “Shirin Neshat: Facing History,” now Neshat’s short film, “Munis,” where on view (through Sept. 20) at the Hirshhorn a dead man is lying on the ground Museum, seeks to illuminate the political and of an empty stone courtyard beside cultural influences a dead woman. “In that have informed place of past and Neshat’s creative remembrance,” says life. The first Hirshthe dead man, speakhorn exhibition ing in Persian, “all organized under that remains are my the directorship of dreams.” The scene Melissa Chiu, the is a sort of magical show confronts encounter between the complex culthe recently deceased, tural dynamics of and the statement is our day with work not so much a symbol that offers a transfor anything as a blunt national perspecexpression of sociotive, an invaluable logical displacement. perspective for The short film understanding the follows Munis, a contemporary art young Iranian woman world. in Tehran in the Presenting summer of 1953, as Neshat’s work in she listens to radio a sequence that reports of clashes allows viewers between supportto experience ers of the Mosadan unfolding of deq government and history through unnamed “opposi- Untitled, 1996. Photo courtesy of Gladstone Gallery. the artist’s eyes, the tion groups” aided by exhibition opens with “Munis” (2008), set in “foreign forces.” As the radio conveys Mosad1953 during the coup that ousted Prime Mindeq’s exhortation to the Iranian people to “stand ister Mohammad Mosaddeq from power and firm,” Munis’s brother enters, chastising her to consolidated the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah get ready to meet a potential suitor. She ignores Pahlavi. It then moves to the photographic and him, but he yanks the cord from the radio, sevvideo works Neshat made in response to her ering her only link to the outside world. first visits to Iran since the establishment of the Stepping outside to the rooftop of their home, Islamic Republic in 1979. Finally it progresses she listens to protestors chanting in the distance. to her monumental photographic series, “The Munis then looks down to see an injured demBook of Kings” onstrator collapse and “Our House Is on the street below.

On Fire,” created She stares at him for in the wake of a long moment, and the Iranian Green then leans forward Movement protests and falls silently to her of 2009 and the death — or rather, she subsequent Arab drifts weightlessly as a Spring uprisings feather to the ground. across the Middle Lying beside East. the dead man on Consistent in the ground, Munis’s all of these works conversation with is Neshat’s depicthe dead man comtion of women as a mences. She comes sometimes hidden, into his dream, and but potent, source we find her suddenly of resistance and amid a throng of prostrength. Often in Shah demonstrators, contrast to their at first observing and male counterparts, then shaking her fists Neshat’s female and yelling slogans characters are of resistance as the rebellious, always crowd is ruthlessly "Ghada," from "Our House Is on Fire" series, 2013. Photo taking action. dispersed by the mili- courtesy of Gladstone Gallery. V In Neshat’s tary. Only in death can short film “Turbulent,” a man sings a charmshe finally participate in the strange carnival of ing waltz of an Iranian song to a group of men, political unrest. who cheer merrily. As soon as he concludes, a It is impossible to disentangle Shirin woman, projected onto a screen on the opposite Neshat’s work and biography from the turbulent wall, emits a sound then slowly accelerates into recent history of Iran, the country where she a startling, unpredictable, gut-wrenching surge was born in 1957 and lived until 1975. As she of musical expression, part song, part force of herself observes, “Every Iranian artist is, in one nature. It is not a mere performance such as way or another, political. Politics has defined

Despite the complex and dynamic historithe man delivered — it is something simmercal and political implications, there is such raw, ing from deep within that comes roiling to the aesthetic beauty to everything in the exhibition surface. The men watch her from the opposite that you can allow yourself to deal with the art screen, stunned, speechless and unmoving. on its own terms. Neshat’s vision and delivery is The raw power and emotional energy of so clear and powerful, it feels natural to let the art this video will likely floor you. And that would unfold simply before you. be enough. But it is worth knowing, going in, This is work that is searching for liberation that in Iran, women are forbidden from singing in expression and in public. finding it in strange So while this places, beyond the exhibition might at judgement of polifirst seem opprestics and the polisively political in tics of judgement. its message, and out It is found within, of place in an art underneath the govmuseum, Neshat’s ernment-sanctioned works are deeply hijabs that women human meditations on are required to wear freedom and loss, at around their heads, once personal, politibeyond the strict cal and allegorical.

Iranian constitution “Munis,” for that controls both the instance, is part of public and private a larger project that lives of women in the Neshat pursued society. between 2003 and Neshat finds 2009 to create a series freedom in the interof video installations nal expression, and — and even a feature writes it large for film — based on the those who don’t 1989 magic realist have the privilege to novella by Shahrnush Parsipur, “Women "Speechless," 1996. Photo courtesy of Gladstone Gallery. release it.

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Social Scene

‘Ingenue to Icon’ Gala Preview at Hillwood

By M ARY BIRD, P HOTO S b y To n y Po we ll, C o u rtes y Hillwood Estate, M us e um a n d G arde n s

The current exhibition at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, featuring 70 years of fashion from the collection of Marjorie Merriweather Post, launched June 2 with a celebration of cocktails, exhibition preview and dinner on the Lunar Lawn. Post’s granddaughter and Hillwood’s president emerita Ellen MacNeille Charles, current president Nancy Appleby, and executive director Kate Markert spoke. Watching her grandmother dress was “better than any movie,” Charles said. This stunner runs through the end of the year and was curated by Howard Vincent Kurtz.

Happy 78th Birthday Party for Tony

By rob e rt deva n ey Tony Cibel celebrated his 78th birthday with a full house of happy guests June 4 at his riverfront restaurant at Washington Harbour, Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place. Party-goers were again treated to endless servings of oysters, shrimp, lamb chops, sauteed soft-shell crabs, split lobster, prime rib and drinks.

Greg Casten of Tony and Joe’s is flanked by Beatriz Chavez, the restaurant’s sale director, and Tiffany Rose of the Trust for the National Mall.

Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Orange and restaurateur Tony Cibel.

Friends of Volta Park Party at Visi Prep

By rob e rt devan ey The Friends of Volta Park gathered June 5 at Visitation Prep’s front reception rooms to celebrate and donate to their favorite park in the city. Mayor Muriel Bowser stopped by to compliment the crowd and its 34th Street park. Auctioneer Tom Strike kept things lively and got two persons — Michael Lackey and John Lever — to bid $800 apiece for a singular weekend use of a Tesla, which has a dealership downtown on K Street.

Julia Farr, James Byles and Stephanie Lennon.

Elizabeth Powell and Blaire Bourne.

Cindy Lackey and Cristi Cline.

Elizabeth Barentzen and Jena Watson.

Pierre Garçon Raises Money for BGCGW

PH OTO By Jo y Asico On June 4, Redskins wide receiver and philanthropist Pierre Garçon hosted his Third Annual All-White Clothing Charity Event, benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (BGCGW) at the Millennium Building downtown. A number of Redskins teammates were there and the event raised over $106,000 for the cause.

Michael and Charlotte Buxton.

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Peter and Sara O’Keefe.

John and Antonia Gore.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Chief Development Officer Paul Alagero, BGCGW Youth Of The Year Ayanna Holmes, Washington Redskins Wide Receiver and event host Pierre Garçon, BGCGW President Pandit F. Wright and BGCGW Board Chair Debbi Jarvis.

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Kitty Kelley Helps Keep Georgetown Gardens in Bloom

By m ary b ird P hoto s b y r ob e rt d e va n e y The publication of “Gardens of Georgetown,” with text by Edith Schaffer and photography by Jenny Gorman, coincided with the 87th Annual Georgetown Garden Tour this past May. On June 4, author and Georgetown resident Kitty Kelley held a festive celebration. Showers kept guests inside but the garden was very much on view.

Proceeds from book sales will help local organizations preserve our village’s parks and green spaces.

Photographer Jenny Gorman, Sara Gorman and Kay McGowan.

Hostess Kitty Kelley, Harriet Hentges and Writer Edith Schaffer and Wayne Koonce.

Sarah Kaufman.

Carolina Herrera’s CH Opening Party

By pamel a b urns, P HOTOS B y D a n Swa rt z Carolina Herrera opened her latest CH Boutique on Tuesday, June 9, in D.C.’s CityCenter. The 2,400 square-foot boutique is Herrera’s 21st store in the U.S. The CH Boutique features women’s suits, shoes, accessories and signature gowns, as well as men’s sportswear. The night was a huge success and 10 percent of the profits benefited the National Portrait Gallery.

American News Women’s Club: Everybody Loves Norah

B Y Kel ly Byrnes, P HOTOS By Neshan H. N altchayan Journalists, family and fans met June 11 at the National Press Club for the American News Women’s Club’s 21st Annual Roast, which honored “CBS This Morning” host Norah O’Donnell with its “Excellence in Journalism Award.”There were lots of laughs with O’Donnell, but it was Bob Schieffer who stole the show.

Top: Bob Schieffer, Andrea Mitchell, Susan Page and Norah O’Donnell.

Left: Roast emcee Luke Russert and Norah O’Donnell.

Esther Coopersmith Maintains Fight to Save Tyre

By m ary b ird, P HOTOS By N eshan H . Naltchayan On June 4, Esther Coopersmith entertained those gathered for a five-day symposium to support Maha el-Khalil Chalabi, founder of the International Association of Tyre, the American Committee on Tyre and Friends of Tyre, to raise awareness of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lebanon. The Senator Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.) and Coopersmith received recognition for their pioneering roles.

Carolina Herrera makes her entrance.

Jonathan Capehart, Selah and Art Collins.

Clay Pell takes a selfie with Esther Coopersmith and Maha El-Khalil Chalabi, General Secretary, International Association to Save Tyre.

Jeanne Wolak, Marissa Mitrovich, Missy Edwards and Maria Trabocchi.

Pascal Blondeau and Laith Alnouri.

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GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Beautiful 4BR, 3.5BA semi-detached with 2-car garage! Renovated kitchen, attached FR, luxury MBR suite, finished lower level with wine cellar and extensive storage. Hardwood floors, renovated baths, 3-sides of windows. $2,995,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

MCLEAN, VIRGINIA NEW PRICE! Pool is open and house looks fabulous.

Charming colonial on one acre. Elegant formal rooms, paneled library, sumptuous master suite, screen porch. 5 bedroom, 6 bath, pool, 3-car garage. $2,895,000 Susan Koehler 703-967-6789

HILLANDALE, WASHINGTON, DC Extraordinary home, elevator, 2-car garage, gated community with tennis and pool, 5 plus bedroom with grand room sizes. Fully renovated in and out.

Whole house generator. Bucolic parkland views. $2,795,000 Eileen McGrath 202-253-2226

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WESLEY HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC NEW PRICE! Fabulous renovation, 6BR/5.5BA, glass gallery across rear of home brings outdoors in.

Terrace, professionally designed gardens. Elevator, heated garage, 5 fireplaces. Bucolic setting, conveniently located in city. $2,695,000 Theresa Burt 202-258-2600

WESLEY HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC Wonderful, renovated 5BR, 4.5BA on 13,694 SF lot on coveted street! Chef’s kitchen, FR with cathedral ceiling, FP, and French doors to patio/garden.

MBR suite with terrace and study. $2,475,000 Chuck Holzwarth 202-285-2616 Stephanie Bredahl 202-821-5145

WEST END, WASHINGTON, DC Expansive 2BR, 2.5BA corner condo located in vibrant transit-friendly neighborhood. Open floor plan, hardwood floors, recessed lighting, crown molding. Large MBR suite with custom closets.

2-car garage parking and storage. $1,998,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

MCLEAN, VIRGINIA New construction! One block from downtown McLean. Over 5,500 SF of living space on 4-levels.

Elevators standard! Upgraded features and top craftsmanship. 5 bedroom, 5 bath, 1 half bath.

2-car garage. $1,798,000 Anne DiBenedetto 703-615-1897

MCLEAN, VIRGINIA New construction! Amazing price for this stunning home loaded with upgraded features.

Gourmet kitchen, bright walk-out lower level and spacious flat yard backing to parkland. 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath. $1,429,000 Anne DiBenedetto 703-615-1897

MCLEAN, VIRGINIA Updated colonial in sought after Greenway Heights! Over .5 acre beautifully landscaped lot.

Renovated kitchen walks out to lovely deck. Fully finished walkout LL with BR/BA. 5BR/3.5BA, HW floors on main and upper levels. $1,040,000 Anne DiBenedetto 703-615-1897

CENTRAL, WASHINGTON, DC NEW LISTING! Nearly 1,200 square feet, large balcony. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, open, sun-filled LR/DR and fireplace. Endless amenities in premier building in prime location. Parking. $929,000 Matthew McCormick Ben Roth 202-728-9500

FOREST HILLS, WASHINGTON, DC UNDER CONTRACT! Chic 1BR/1BA near 2 Metros.

Kitchen with SS appliances & granite counters, LR/ DR with floor to ceiling windows. Roof-top pool/ sundeck, fitness room, 24-hr concierge. $399,000 Patrick Chauvin 202-256-9595 Brad House 202-243-1647

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