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NEWS · 5-7,9 Up & Coming Town Topics Community Calendar The Village

EDITORIAL/OPINION · 8 Editorials Jack Evans Report

Opened last month by José Andrés, America Eats Tavern at 3139 M St. NW, near Wisconsin Avenue, is an exciting sign of turnover and expansion in the Georgetown dining scene. Photo by Rey Lopez. Courtesy Think Food Group.

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FOOD & WINE · 16 Dining Guide

TRAVEL · 17 France

ARTS · 18-19 ‘Giacometti’at the Guggenheim DCArtswatch The Music Man Behind ‘Ain’t Too Proud’

Festival Showcases Cultures of Armenia, Catalonia (photos) BY JEFF M AL ET Human towers, known in Catalan as castells, at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Photo by Jeff Malet.

In Games We Trust BY GARY TISC H L ER Alexander Ovechkin raises the Stanley Cup on the rally stage. Photo by Jeff Malet.

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BODY & SOUL · 19

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Powerlifting: The Fountain of Youth Within

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July

Events Calendar

JULY 17

BOY GEORGE, CULTURE CLUB AND THE B52S

The National Portrait Gallery and the DC Public Library host a free monthly discussion of portraits and prose commemorating the 50th anniversary of the museum and 1968. After a tour of the exhibition “One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey,” a librarian will lead a discussion of a featured book. The July 17 book is Joan Didion’s “Slouching Towards Bethlehem.” For details, visit npg.si.edu. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F Streets NW.

Boy George & Culture Club, the U.K. pop sensation behind “Karma Chameleon”; the B52s, the technicolor party rockers of “Love Shack” and “Rock Lobster”; and Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins will perform at Wolf Trap. Tickets are $42 to $90. For details, visit wolftrap.org. 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.

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WHITTLE SCHOOL PARENT INFORMATION EVENT

Jane Austen Film Series

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Jazz pianist Mark Meadows and the Movement will perform as part of the free Summer Evenings concert series at the U.S. National Arboretum, hosted by Friends of the National Arboretum. Concerts are presented on Thursdays through Aug. 2. For details, visit fona.org. 3501 New York Ave. NE.

E.P. Jackson & the Last Well will perform a blend of folk and Southern rock at a free concert in Rose Park, part of the Citizens Association of Georgetown’s Concerts in the Parks series. There will also be family activities and treats including free Sprinkles cupcakes and HäagenDazs ice cream. Attendees can pre-order a picnic supper from Via Umbria. For details, visit cagtown.org. P and 26th Streets NW.

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FOLK ROCK IN ROSE PARK

Area parents are invited to meet staff and hear about the vision for the Whittle School & Studios, a global K-12 school that will open a Washington, D.C., campus this fall. The Whittle School & Studios’ modern approach includes language immersion, cross-cultural education and off-campus opportunities in the world’s most influential cities. For details, visit whittle0718.splashthat.com. 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

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JANE AUSTEN OUTDOOR FILM SERIES Dumbarton House is screening Regencyinspired films under the stars during its 7th annual Jane Austen Film Festival in the museum’s historic North Garden. The July 18 film is “Sense and Sensibility,” directed by Ang Lee and starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. Tickets are $6. For details, visit dumbartonhouse.org. 2715 Q St. NW.

JULY 21

NSO: ‘JAWS’ IN CONCERT With just two notes, Academy Award winner John Williams created a sense of fear for beachgoers that would last for decades. Wolf Trap will screen Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” in HD, both indoors and on the lawn, as the National Symphony Orchestra performs the iconic score. Tickets are $40 to $65. For details, visit wolftrap.org. 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.

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Wingo’s Fire Shuts Down Wisconsin & O A dramatic response to a fire that began at Wingo’s, the tiny eatery at 3207 O St. NW, jumping to English Rose Garden, the neighboring flower shop, blocked streets around the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and O Street June 26. More than 20 fire trucks and other fire apparatus lined the avenue from N to P Streets to battle the two-alarm fire, which threatened to spread. D.C. Fire and EMS got the call just before 11 a.m. The department announced that the fire was knocked down by 1 p.m. after a show of overwhelming firefighting force. Two firefighters were checked out by medics — one for heat exhaustion and another for being struck by an object inside the building. As onlookers stood on the south side of the 3200 block of O Street and on the east side of Wisconsin Avenue, firefighters attacked the fire, climbing on the roofs of businesses such as Prince & Princess, the clothing store at the corner of Wisconsin and O, which suffered significant smoke damage. Firefighters continued to check for fire in concealed spaces between the buildings and other hot spots.

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Big Hole, Big Crane at Hyde-Addison BY PEGGY SAN D S

The 2-alarm fire at Wingo's caused quite a scene. Georgetowner photo. The fire wrecked Wingo’s and English Rose Garden. The felines at Crumbs & Whiskers, the cat café next door, were unaffected. Now comes the cleanup and repair phase. Wingo’s plans to rebuild. It had announced prior to the fire that another Wingo’s would take the place of the shuttered Mad Fox in Glover Park. English Rose Garden is being assisted by 1310 Restaurant at the Georgetown Inn: chef Jenn Crovato offered the use of the restaurant’s refrigerators.

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It’s a big hole now — the construction site of Georgetown’s only public primary school, Hyde-Addison Elementary. In the hole is a large truck and a tower crane. This is the second summer of a two-year, three-summer construction schedule. The Hyde-Addison School Modernization Project, with an overall budget of $33.6 million, will connect the two existing buildings and provide additional academic spaces and specialized areas. When completed, the school will hold 400 students, up about 25 percent from its former size. While the project was slightly behind schedule in May due to a record rainy spring, it is now catching up, thanks to some weekend work. Water has been drained from the site and “resistance piers” — used to support the existing buildings’ foundations — have been installed.

The east and north footings, which will support the expanded building’s foundation, are due to be completed any day now, along with the final removal of rock from the excavated site. Already the cranes have been set. “Tower cranes provide the best combination of height and lifting capacity for the construction of tall buildings,” said Amanda Ou, coordinator, facility management, for DC Public Schools. The concrete pouring for new walls should be done by the end of this month. This summer also marks the end of the first school year of busing for the Hyde-Addison students, who attended school at a “swing” location in Adams Morgan. “It went well,” said Jessica Homa, mother of three Hyde-Addison kids, with a shrug. “I was very concerned about my 3-year-old being on a bus for possibly up to an hour a day. But he loved it. Made him feel like a big boy.”

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CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY BY C AM ER ON H IL L

Newly installed lanes on K Street as seen, looking west, from 31st Street NW. Georgetowner photo.

Bike Lanes Getting Mixed Reviews BY PEGGY SA NDS The K Street/Water Street riverfront drive past the movie theater and the ice cream store, all the way to Malmaison restaurant, definitely is different now. The 45-degree parking spots between Wisconsin Avenue and 34th Street are all gone. Instead, from the waterfront park curb out some six feet is a new two-way bike path — a PBL (Protected Bike Lane) in the cycle world’s parlance. It’s one of several being constructed by the District Department of Transportation and popping up around the city. The PBL’s center line is painted in bright yellow stripes. A two-foot space lined in white separates the mile or so of bike track from a solid line of back-to-front public paid parking spots for cars and motorcycles. A municipal dock of rental bikes is located at the 34th Street end. A small “bike repair post” is there as well, equipped with multiple specialty bike tools, a pullout stand and an air pump for do-it-yourself fixes of the most common emergency repairs on bicycle tires, seats and wheels. K Street and Water Street are now a tight two lanes for cars and buses; for the latter, there is no parking. “It’s pretty great,” wrote one bicyclist in a neighborhood blog. But there is much

confusion as well. The main problem so far is when cars (and even a tourist bus or two) park in the bike lanes. Even police patrol cars can be seen sitting in a lane. “It’s only been a week and it’s not all done yet,” said Lisa Palmer, the advisory neighborhood commissioner for the area. Palmer lives on South Street and has walked the new track several times a day. The signs aren’t all up yet. And the planters and dividers that will clearly mark the division between the parked cars and the bike bath have been delayed, she said. “They’ve all arrived, but the permit for the ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ movie being filmed in Georgetown prevented them from being set up this week.” In the meantime, bikers seem to be exploring their options. Riders of all ages were observed not only in the spacious new trackway, but on the Waterfront Park sidewalk parallel to the bikeway and in the street. At 34th Street, the bikeway ends and the street is plainly marked with two-way bikeway signs. “We all have to have some patience,” Palmer said. She is hopeful the new plan soon will bring order to the area, popular with tourists, visitors, diners, moviegoers, strollers and bikers, who both commute and ride for pleasure. “It’ll all eventually work itself out.”

On July 2, Capt. Ashley Rosenthal of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District, Sector 3, briefed Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E on crime trends in the Georgetown area. “Our crime stats look pretty good,” Rosenthal said. Property crime remains the area’s main issue, with a total of 88 property crimes, including shoplifting, reported for the period from June 2 to July 2, down from 92 incidents the previous month. Rosenthal said that auto theft and theft of property from within vehicles was of particular concern. “It is a crime of opportunity,” she noted, urging residents to protect themselves by locking and removing keys from their cars, also making sure that valuables, especially electronics, were not left inside. Rosenthal said she was surprised at the number of “key cases” — thefts of vehicles when the keys had been left behind — in the sector. Though property crimes decreased from last month, auto theft and theft from vehicles during the period from Jan. 1 to July 2 have increased from the comparable period last year; the number of stolen cars doubled from 12 in the first six months of 2017 to 24 this year.

“Our crime stats look pretty good.” - Capt. Ashley Rosenthal, MPD

There were no reported sexual assaults in the neighborhood this month, according to Rosenthal. She noted that the department had “people of interest” regarding a series of misdemeanor sexual abuse offenses perpetrated on the streets of the Second District this spring. One of those persons of interest “has not been back in the area since” the assaults in Georgetown took place, but similar cases have occurred in Virginia. In response to a commissioner’s query regarding tents set up on Georgetown sidewalks, Rosenthal said that there is a police task force working with the Department of Behavioral Health to clean up parts of the neighborhood frequented by the homeless. She pointed out that “homelessness itself is not a crime,” and that the goal of the Metropolitan Police Department is to provide assistance to the homeless.

ANC Gets Hot About Bike Lanes At the July 2 meeting of the GeorgetownBurleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission, after the public safety and several items on the Community Comment docket, things got hot when ANC Chair Joe Gibbons called for the “Consideration of a Resolution Regarding the Evaluation Methods for the New Bike Lanes on K Street, Water Street and Wisconsin Avenue.” During his preface, Gibbons said that Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans wants the K Street lines to return to their “original configuration.” The revelation that Evans opposed the new lanes surprised commissioners and several audience members. It prompted an immediate reaction from commissioner Lisa Palmer, in whose district the lanes have been installed. The new bike lanes are part of a temporary program, Palmer said, and only “65 percent installed.” She noted that the staged installation by the D.C. Department

of Transportation caused confusion and was delayed by the film production of “Wonder Woman 1984.” Supportive of the new bike lanes, she said, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.” The new configuration will be studied by DDOT during the next few months, and a final decision will then be made. The new bike lanes have caused confusion, and opponents contend that K Street traffic is a mess and that there are other lanes to use in Georgetown Waterfront Park. At the meeting on a hot summer evening, things calmed down after a few back-andforths, and the resolution passed, 3-2. In the next Georgetowner: public space updates on temporary bollards during sidewalk widening events by the Georgetown Business Improvement District. Also, a look at the Georgetown BID’s Rock Creek Parkway access study.

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EDITORIAL

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Council Should Void Initiative 77 Vote Initiative 77 — the “One Fair Wage DC” proposal that would require restaurants and bars to pay all their employees, including those who get tips, a $15-an-hour minimum wage by July 15, 2020 — passed 55 percent to 45 percent in D.C.’s June 19 primary election, which saw a turnout of just 18 percent. It is The Georgetowner’s opinion that the District Council should exercise its right to void the Initiative 77 vote the week of July 9, the last week that the Council will meet until mid-September. Here’s why. As passed, the initiative will have a severe negative impact on D.C. restaurants and their tipped employees. Many owners, managers, waiters and bartenders were solidly against the initiative because it would require an increase in prices to cover the additional wage costs, resulting in reduced patronage. In addition, any surcharge imposed to cover the increased wages would inevitably take away from tips. Many customers are likely to think that, as in Europe, the surcharge makes tipping unnecessary. In fact, tipped employees make good money in Washington’s thriving hospitality industry. The disappearance of tips would be a disaster, removing a key incentive for frontline employees to work weekends and to provide outstanding service generally. It would eventually result in D.C.’s loss of top servers and bartenders, since they could easily obtain jobs in nearby Virginia and Maryland — where many already live — and continue to earn tips. However, the main reason we feel the Council should void the vote is because it was held as part of a primary election, which always draws few voters (usually around 30 percent). Participation in the June 19 primary was particularly weak: only 18 percent of the electorate turned out. Fifty-five percent of those who voted, voted in favor of Initiative 77. In other words, less than 10 percent of the registered voters in Washington, D.C., decided a law that could negatively affect a significant segment of commerce in the District.

The sponsor of Initiative 77 — advocacy organization Restaurant Opportunities Centers United — led an emotional campaign in D.C. as elsewhere. ROC United’s rhetoric included charges that tipped employees, particularly minority women, face sexual harassment by customers in order to earn a living wage through tips. We won’t speculate whether ROC United pushed for the initiative to be on a primary ballot, knowing the lower turnout would mean that fewer voters would have to be persuaded. What we do know is that for the past two years ROC United has been lobbying for a one-size-fits-all solution, with little attention to the rich diversity of D.C. Certainly, the One Fair Wage campaign is relevant in some communities. But the District of Columbia is different. The Council members, of all people, should recognize the distinctions of our uniquely prospering city. They are certainly aware, having passed them, that D.C. laws already guarantee tipped employees a minimum wage equal to other employees (if tip income does not reach this level, employers are required to make up the difference). The Council needs to void Initiative 77, which was voted in by a tiny minority of D.C. voters. There is precedent: A similar vote was just overturned in Maine.

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Great news! Standard & Poor’s and Fitch raised the District of Columbia’s bond rating to AA+. They now join Moody’s, which previously rated the District as AA+. This is the highest bond rating the city has ever earned from the top financial agencies. After a Committee of the Whole meeting and a Legislative Meeting last week, I boarded a train to New York. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and CFO Jeff DeWitt joined me to participate in a full day of meetings regarding the District’s finances. We met with Moody’s in the morning and with Standard and Poor’s and Fitch in the afternoon. The purpose of this trip was to make the case to these rating agencies that the District’s finances are in sound fiscal shape. When I joined the Council in 1991, the District’s finances were nowhere near as good as they are today. In 1995, the District’s bond rating was cut to junk status and we ran a deficit of $722 million. Congress implemented a Control Board in 1995, tasked with balancing the District’s budget.

We’ve made great strides since then, ensuring Washington, D.C., is one of the best run, most financially successful cities in the country. Since 1996, the District has had 22 consecutive balanced budgets, and the recently passed Budget Support Act will ensure a 23rd. The District’s mandated federal and local reserves increased to $2.9 billion this year, which equates to 54 days of operating expenses. The city’s pension and other postemployment benefit plans are fully funded, and funding has been set aside for critical infrastructure programs over the next six years. Two of my major priorities were realized in this year’s budget, as Metro and the Commission on the Arts and Humanities both received dedicated streams of funding. That being noted, I continue to focus on improving the District’s finances so that we can achieve the highest rating for our bonds. This would reduce our borrowing costs, saving our taxpayers even more money. Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991.

Ready to Grade K St. Bike Lanes? The Georgetowner asked readers to submit comments about the new bike-lane configuration on K and Water Streets. The newly installed lanes — not yet permanent — are part of a District Department of Transportation initiative. Below is a sampling of what we have received. Please send opinions of your own to editorial@georgetowner.com in the weeks ahead. • We lost the traffic lane eastbound from Thomas Jefferson Street to 30th Street • Lost 45 total parking spaces • Parking is now nonexistent north of K Street since the reduction in parking • The only folks who use the bike lanes are weekday commuters from Maryland • A few Saturday afternoons ago traffic was

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gridlocked from beyond Water Street to 30th Street eastbound The queueing lane used in evening rush hour for folks going to 29th Street for the left turn is gone The queueing lane used for people going to Rock Creek Parkway is gone The curb lane should be available from Thomas Jefferson Street eastbound during peak evening and weekend times There is a bike lane on the park Outside of weekday a.m. rush hours the bike lane is all but empty

Note: When 31st Street is shut down for bridge repair, there will be even more traffic on K Street, starting at Wisconsin Avenue. Good luck to us.

CORRECTION: In the June 20th Georgetowner, the age of Council member Jack Evans was misstated. When asked, Evans laughed and said, “47 and holding. Just kidding.” He is 64, and his birthday is on Halloween.

THE VILLAGE

COMMUNITY CALENDAR THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 15 25TH BACH FESTIVAL

The remaining performances in this year’s festival of music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries at Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW, are Wednesday, July 11; Friday, July 13; and Sunday, July 15. With the exception of the July 15 concert, which is free, tickets are $25 ($10 for students). For details, visit gracedc.org.

Palisades Association Celebrates Hometown D.C. PALISADES CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 40603/5152 Fulton St. NW Washington, DC 20016 202-363-7441 palisadesdc@hotmail.com palisadesdc.org

SUNDAY, JULY 15

YOUNG CATHOLIC PROFESSIONALS MEETING This opportunity for young Catholic professionals to connect will take place at Epiphany Catholic Church, 2712 Dumbarton St. NW, at 11:15 a.m. For details, visit georgetownepiphany.org.

Avi Green, President Shoshana Rosenbaum, First Vice President Ellen Maxwell, Second Vice President Ken Buckley, Treasurer Mary Ann Floto, Secretary

SUNDAY, JULY 15

MARIA MADRE BOOK DRIVE Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 3513 N St. NW, requests donations of Spanishlanguage books to deliver to its sister parish in El Salvador, Maria Madre de los Pobres. Books may be dropped off at Holy Trinity’s reception desk in the parish center by Sunday, July 15. For details, visit trinity.org.

TUESDAY, JULY 17

‘PITCH PERFECT’ SCREENING As part of the Georgetown Business Improvement District’s Sunset Cinema on the Waterfront series, the 2012 movie “Pitch Perfect” will be screened at Georgetown Waterfront Park. The film will start at sunset, around 8:30 p.m., though earlier arrivals are encouraged. For details, visit georgetowndc.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 FITNESS IN THE PARK

Patagonia will host a free outdoor fitness class from 6 to 7 p.m. at Georgetown Waterfront Park, Potomac and K/Water Streets, as part of the Georgetown Business Improvement District’s Sunset Fitness in the Park series. The series continues through Aug. 29. For details, visit georgetowndc.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25

GBA NETWORKING MEETING The Georgetown Business will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Club, 3206 M St. NW. For georgetownbusiness.org.

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Among other politicians in the Palisades July 4th Parade was Mayor Muriel Bowser. Photos by Patrick G. Ryan. B Y R O B ERT D EVAN EY The 52nd annual Palisades July 4th Parade and Picnic celebrated America’s Independence Day with a spirited waving of hands and flags among paraders and spectators on MacArthur Boulevard. On hand were politicians — Mayor Muriel Bowser and District Council members Mary Cheh, Jack Evans and Vincent Gray — along with African American cowboys and cowgirls from the United Horsemen’s Association, Inca dancers from Alma Boliviana Fraternity, bagpipers, scouts, firefighters and boatsmen (white guys in captain’s hats in an old convertible). Some in the parade, per tradition, tossed candy to the children. Though the day simmered, with highs in the 90s — it’s always hot for the parade, they say — many went to the picnic afterwards to enjoy lemonade, watermelon and hot dogs at Sherier Place, where the mayor cut the ribbon to open the new Palisades Recreation Center, modernized at a cost of $9.5 million. The parade is put on by the Palisades Citizens’ Association, which spends the rest of the year supporting and advocating for one of Washington’s happiest and best hometown neighborhoods. The group isn’t shy about touting its special place in D.C. “The Palisades area is located in Northwest Washington along the Potomac River, between Key Bridge and Chain Bridge,” the PCA says. “Hugging the Potomac River with its high bluffs and breathtaking sunsets, the Palisades is a treasure of green spaces in the nation’s capital. Our area is laced with winding parks where dappled light filters through canopies of old trees. It’s filled with quiet streets and dotted with houses all of varying styles, from a loving home originally built as a late 19th century dance hall to detailed Victorian designs to the more modern homes.” Not that all is peaches and cream. Some concerns remain at the end of the day, such

“The Palisades Fourth of July Parade has all the trappings of small-town Americana — but inside the D.C. city lines. The parade and all of the events surrounding it are entirely volunteer-driven by the Palisades Citizens’ Association, and it’s the kind of effort that transforms a neighborhood into a community.” — Avi Green, president of the Palisades Citizens’ Assocation

as airplane noise, the bane of backyard barbecues, outdoor meetings and proper sleep. The Palisades Citizens’ Association — with the Citizens Association of Georgetown and Georgetown University, among others — had its petition against the Federal Aviation Administration dismissed. Nonetheless, the D.C. Fair Skies Coalition has filed for a rehearing and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has gotten involved as co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus and a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Aviation Subcommittee. Other matters before the PCA include: renovating Carolina Park, located between Macomb Street, Manning Place, Sherier Place and Potomac Avenue; revitalizing the Glen Echo Trolley right-of-way, an unused grass strip that was once land for the public trolley, extending from near Georgetown to Glen Echo, Maryland; and replacing the Arizona Pedestrian Bridge, which is too low and does not meet current standards. The D.C. government has proposed a new steel truss bridge that will partially preserve the original stonework. “Taken together, the modernization of the Palisades Recreation Center and the proposed reconstruction of the pedestrian bridge along

with the adjoining trolley trail enhancements represent the biggest changes to public space in the Palisades in a generation,” wrote PCA President Avi Green. “Like the city as a whole, the Palisades is growing and evolving.” Despite its growth, the neighborhood continues to feel like a slice of Americana in an urban setting. The Palisades Farmers Market is held on Sunday mornings yearround. Families with children look forward to annual events including the Easter egg hunt, the Hoedown and Family Night at the Fire Station, with a firefighters’ barbecue. “Ask anyone why we consider this a small town in a big city,” says the PCA, “and you’re likely to get the same answer: the people who live here. They are some of the friendliest in Washington.” Neighbors near the Palisades — in Georgetown, for instance — would no doubt agree. Like many other Washington residents, Georgetowners often drop by to see friends and visit businesses, making sure on the Fourth of July to claim a good spot for viewing the MacArthur Boulevard parade.

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INS & OUTS BY ST EP H A N I E G R EE N

In: Architectural Window Corporation At 3235 P St. NW, Paul DonVito, a thirdgeneration Washingtonian and longtime preservationist, has opened the Georgetown branch of Architectural Window Corporation, a Connecticut-based company that specializes in replacing windows and doors while maintaining historical integrity. Its energyefficient mahogany, treated pine, aluminumclad windows and solid wood doors are constructed to render them architecturally indistinguishable from the originals. DonVito managed the creation of the Foxhall Village Historic District and has worked closely with the D.C. Historic Preservation Office for more than 10 years.

Out: Chinese Disco Also leaving this summer is Chinese Disco, which succeeded George nightclub and, before that, Georgetown Billiards. It will be replaced inside Georgetown Court, 3251 Prospect St. NW, with live-music venue Cube & Bale.

First Anniversary: Pillar and Post Pillar and Post, 1647 Wisconsin Ave. NW, which brings British home décor to Book Hill, is celebrating its first year in business. Stop by soon and congratulate owner Daphna Peled.

Temporarily Closed: Wingo’s, English Rose Garden Due to a recent fire that started in the kitchen of Wingo’s, both the popular O Street eatery and the upscale flower shop next door, English Rose Garden, are temporarily closed. Some 80 firefighters battled for an hour to get the June 26 fire under control. Both Wingo’s and English Rose Garden plan to reopen as soon as possible.

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Out: Restoration Hardware Around the time that Architectural Window Corporation arrives, Restoration Hardware, also known as RH, will depart its Georgetown location at Wisconsin Avenue and Prospect Street. The national retailer of home furnishings will be replaced by a muchanticipated Wawa market, set to open by the end of the year.

Sales: Washington Harbour for $415 Million One of Georgetown’s defining contemporary landmarks is about to be sold again. Dockside on the Potomac River, Washington Harbour is an office, retail and condominium complex with two buildings and a central plaza. The plaza’s fountain transforms into an ice skating rink in the winter months. As first reported by the Washington Business Journal: Global Holdings Group, an international real estate investment company with ties to a prominent Israeli family, has a contract to buy Washington Harbour for $415 million, according to sources familiar with the deal. The 562,105-square-foot property is owned by South Korean investors, who retained Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P., to arrange the sale. HFF said of the property: “Ninety-eightpercent-leased to 31 tenants with seven years of weighted average remaining lease term (WALT), Washington Harbour offers durable cash flow from entrenched credit tenants with long occupancy histories at the property.”

The complex, located at 3000 and 3050 K St. NW, is managed by MRP Realty, which sold it in 2013 for $370 million. Opened in 1986 and designed by prominent architect Arthur Cotton Moore, the gathering spot includes Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place, Nick’s Riverside Grill, Farmers Fishers Bakers, Fiola Mare and Sequoia restaurants.

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Regional Mover Able Displays Finesse in Moving Rare Artifacts BY STE P HANIE GREE N Georgetowners are used to major house moves and the headaches they entail, but imagine being responsible for the move of a major library. This was the colossal challenge that Able Moving & Storage, a Manassas-based company, faced when it relocated 40,000 linear feet of archived media and artifacts from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library last year, while the library undergoes major renovations. Expected to reopen in 2020, the library — designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe — is getting a $198-million makeover, including the addition of a new fifth floor with an auditorium and public meeting space. A roof garden with café is also expected. Not only was Able ready for the task, it worked hard to be given the contract. — and is quite proud of the detailed customer service provided before, during and after any of its moves. “We were brought in a year earlier for consultation on budget and logistics. It was a very high-profile project that Able wanted

to be a part of,” explains Jim Singleton, who founded Able in 1987 with his brother, Joseph. The job took 45 days to finish, Singleton said, adding that he used 80 movers and nearly

ten tractor trailers each day to get the job done. The family moving company has experienced tremendous amounts of growth in recent years and expects annual revenues to top 50

million soon. Having just celebrated 30 years in business, Able was recently honored by the American Movers and Storage Association, receiving the “Independent Mover of the Year” award. The company is well known for its good relationships with commercial and residential real estate firms in the region, and even better known for its industry relationships. When local moving giant Office Movers recently closed its doors and released its sales and management teams from non-compete agreements, the majority of them went to work for Able. Singleton is proud that his company uses pro-bono manpower, in the instance of staging retreats for wounded warriors in the area, and the delivery of winter items to Northern Virginia Family Services. Able works with Move for Hunger and provides college scholarships to deserving applicants. In a variety of other philanthropic activities, Able gives back to the community that helped launch its business.

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Samplers: The Artwork of Children BY M ICHE L L E GA L L E R In 18th- and 19th-century America, samplers were used as an educational tool for girls from all social backgrounds, but the function of the finished product would differ. The proud parents of a girl from an affluent family might put her sampler in a wooden frame and hang it on the wall to show her skill in needlework, good upbringing and domesticity. It also communicated that a girl’s parents were wealthy enough to send their daughter to school and that the family valued the arts of refinement. However, the sampler of a girl who was a charity school student would prove to potential employers her ability to sew, mark and mend personal and household linen. A middle- or upper-class girl was expected to grow up, get married, have children and take care of a home. Proficiency with needle and thread was not a hobby back then; it was a necessity. As part of her preparation for the responsibility of sewing clothes and linens for her future family, most girls completed at least two samplers. Regardless of the social class of most sampler stitchers, the techniques were often similar. Samplers demonstrated an ability to do simple embroidery techniques, plain sewing techniques and darning. Plain linen cotton and wool were the usual ground fabrics. Marking samplers with her initials in crossstitch served a dual purpose. It taught the child basic embroidery techniques and the alphabet and numbers and would help the homemaker keep track of her linens, some of her most valuable household goods. The charity school movement began in 18th-century England at a time when growing numbers of children were destitute due to a rising population and rapid urbanization. In Philadelphia, the Charity School for Boys,

1839 sampler by Rebecca Shields Kirkpatrick, Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). Courtesy Stephen and Carol Huber. spearheaded by Ben Franklin and William Shippen, opened in 1751. A branch of the school for girls followed in 1753. It was believed that teaching needlework benefited girls from impoverished backgrounds since it prevented idleness and gave them employable skills. Girls could start sewing as young as 5 or 6, as long as they could hold a needle and a piece of fabric. They might make their first sampler at age 8. Many of these charity school samplers tended to be simpler, more practical examples of needlework, used within the school or sold to benefit the school and sometimes the stitcher. A girl lucky enough to continue her education usually made a second, more intricate, decorative pictorial sampler at a ladies’ boarding school while she was in her adolescent years. Due to the regional differences in these schools, experts can often assign a sampler to a region — or even to a particular school — by the style of stitching and design elements. CONTINUE READING ONLINE AT GEORGETOWNER.COM

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Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the start of renovations of the closed Thaddeus Stevens School in the West End. A National Historic Landmark, the 1868 public school, built for African American children, will be transformed into an early-childhood center. The adjacent address, 2100 L St. NW, will become Stevens Place, a 190,000-squarefoot office building with underground parking.

What you may have always secretly thought is indeed true: D.C. has more psychopaths than anywhere else in the country. A study by Southern Methodist University economist Ryan H. Murphy looked at personality traits often associated with psychopathy, such as extraversion, conscientiousness and neuroticism. Murphy writes in the study that perhaps D.C. came in first because psychopaths typically are effective in politics.

Blue Bottle Opens Logan Café Desert Storm War Memorial: Site Approved The National Desert Storm War Memorial Association has approved a site at Constitution Avenue and 23rd Street NW for the planned memorial. The location was chosen because it is next to the Vietnam War Memorial in an area frequented by visitors. As of late June, almost $2 million of the $25-million budget has been raised. The goal is to open the memorial by 2021, the 30th anniversary of the Gulf War military operation.

Native American Veterans Memorial: Design Unveiled The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian announced that Cheyenne and Arapaho artist Harvey Pratt of Oklahoma won the contest to design a monument to Native American veterans. Fire and water will frame the structure and a steel sculpture will rise from a drumshaped central area that will serve as a fountain. The dedication of the memorial, on the grounds of the museum, is expected in 2020.

Blue Bottle, a sustainable coffee company with locations in Georgetown, Union Station and Union Market, opened another café in the District on July 1, this time on P Street NW west of Logan Circle. The day before, the company held a community day with free coffee. Proceeds from sales of food and merchandise went to the café’s community partner, Charity: Water, which provides clean water to people in developing nations.

Ladurée Adds Dinner Service, Happy Hour Georgetown macaron shop and café Ladurée recently added dinner service from 5 to 9 p.m. and happy hour from 4 to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. Dinner entrees include roasted salmon and crab cakes with mustard sauce. Several of the Ladurée cocktails have a champagne base with mixins like fresh strawberries and St-Germain elderflower liqueur.

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Tony Cibel of Tony and Joe's Seafood Place accepts the 2018 Honorary Milestone Rammy Award given to "Tony and Joe’s, a Georgetown dining staple" from Mayor Muriel Bowser. Courtesy RAMW.

30 Years for Tony and Joe’s BY R OBERT D EVAN EY There were more than 20 awards given out last month at the night of the RAMMYs, the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington’s annual salute to the restaurant and hospitality industry. But only one was presented by the mayor of Washington, D.C. For Tony Cibel of Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place at Washington Harbour on the Georgetown waterfront, it felt familiar to be with the mayor; he’s known them all. As Mayor Muriel Bowser placed the 2018 Honorary Milestone RAMMY Award — given to “Tony and Joe’s, a Georgetown dining staple celebrating 30 years” — in his hands, two former mayors, Anthony Williams and Vincent Gray, looked on. “I love this city,” says the grateful 81-yearold Cibel. “We’re here for our customers and

the community. I feel good.” And he means it. Native Washingtonian Cibel has been a player on the restaurant scene since the 1970s with other places: the Dancing Crab, Nick’s Riverside Grille, Kaufmann’s Tavern, Cabanas and the Rockfish. He’s a family man — his sons Nick and Dean and their cousin Greg Casten are part of the operation. Tony and Joe’s was hit hard by the devastating April 2011 f looding of Washington Harbour, but came back stronger. “The post-flood redesign truly puts the word ‘tony’ in our name,” they like to say. “Sweeping floor-to-ceiling windows allow diners to enjoy panoramic views from every seat in the house. To one side, take in the Potomac River and Kennedy Center. To the other, enjoy the Washington Harbor’s Las

Vegas-style fountain.” After 17 months closed down and nine months of a $4-million reconstruction, Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place and Nick’s Riverside Grill reopened in 2013. Today, they are joined by Sequoia, Farmers, Fishers and Bakers, Bangkok Joe’s, Fiola Mare and the soon-toopen Guapo’s. Tony and Joe’s is the longestlasting eatery at the mixed-use complex. With its dockside view of people, boats and the river, the restaurant pioneered the use of waterside outdoor space in the District. Early on, Phyllis Richman of the Washington Post called Tony and Joe’s “a contender on the waterfront.” The tale of Tony and Joe’s is a part of Washington restaurant lore, going back to Oct. 9, 1987. The key figures were all friends:

developer Herb Miller, who envisioned a city mall (The Shops at Georgetown Park, now defunct) on M Street and the urban waterfront design that would become Washington Harbour, plus his old friends Tony Cibel and Joe Rinaldi, who owned the Dancing Crab, a seafood fixture in Tenleytown. There’s no doubt that Cibel and his friends had connections all over the city. One was Marion Barry, not yet mayor, whom he met in 1969 while operating Barrel House Liquors on 14th Street. At a Tony and Joe’s party, Barry, just a few years before his death, became a late-night crooner, to the surprise of guests. And Cibel’s favorite dish at his own restaurant? The crab cakes, of course.

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While Tony and Joe’s remains a big part of Washington Harbour’s see-and-be-seen scene, the upcoming Reverie restaurant by chef Johnny Spero will be very different. With the Drink Company’s help, it will be Spero’s first solo restaurant. In an alley at 3210 Grace St. NW, Reverie should become a white-hot reservation for Washingtonians. At the same address are Sundavitch, South Block Juice Co., Grace Street Coffee and Neopol Savory Smokery. Nearby is Dog Tag Bakery and Chaia tacos. Spero has worked at Minibar, so expect both his a la carte menus to be packed with

creative ingredients and modern twists. His job interview with José Andrés for Minibar was “less about my resume and more about what I was as a person,” Spero says. And, yes, Andrés did ask him: “Are you a dreamer?” Working at stellar European spots like Mugaritz and Noma, Spero learned to experiment and create exceptional culinary experiences. Some of his Reverie dishes — “something simple with special touches” — are be previewed at Shaw’s Columbia Room. Right now, Spero and his “amazing team” are going through a beverage list — and lots of other details — for the 60-seat Reverie.

Construction has moved along, too. Why Georgetown in the first place? “It’s the most iconic D.C. neighborhood,” says Spero, who hails from Baltimore and has lived in Rosslyn. “It stands the test of time. It’s a place with a lot of history and will always be the way it is, which is great. We loved walking down the alley — and fell in love with the space.” At the same time, Spero says he wants his new place to be “transportative — you could be anything, New York or Copenhagen. You are with us.” Opening date? “Hoping for late summer,” he says.

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Angolo Ristorante 2934 M St. NW

This summer, Georgetown welcomed a new restaurant and bar on a busy and historic corner site. Angolo Ristorante, at M and 30th Streets, serves Italian fare from pizza and pasta to veal scaloppini and salmon. The restaurant also offers small plates that will be updated seasonally. The restaurant’s interior features large windows overlooking M Street’s hustle and bustle while offering an intimate ambiance with small tables and dim lighting. The outdoor seating, behind the restaurant, facing 30th Street, resembles a sunny, flower-filled Georgetown backyard. With its attentive servers, Angolo will make patrons will feel right at home.

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Georgetown Social 2920 M St. NW

2920 M St. NW, vacant since local juice bar Postmodern Foods shut its doors more than a year ago, will soon host a new eatery known as Georgetown Social. According to owner Hazem Alghabra, the restaurant will offer international casual cuisine. Built in 1900, the former residence contains a front room that Alghabra envisions as a coffee shop; a larger room on the main floor that will serve as the primary dining room; and a basement, where Alghabra hopes to install a bar. There is also a back courtyard that could feature musical entertainment. Noting that the restaurant is exactly between Georgetown University and George Washington University, Alghabra said: “There’s not a single place that college students can really kick back with their laptop, grab a coffee, grab a bite … and enjoy a meal for under 13 dollars.” Georgetown Social will offer a range of foods — from quesadillas to salads to Mediterranean dishes — in a “no drama” environment, with vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options. Although Alghabra plans to set menu prices low enough to attract college students, he wants Georgetown Social to appeal to other members of the community as well. People working in Georgetown, for instance, could grab a quick, high-quality lunch. Set to open in October, Georgetown Social will be Alghabra’s first independent

America Eats Tavern America Eats Tavern, José Andrés’s new Georgetown venture, specializes in American classics with a twist. Now located in Old Glory’s former space at 3139 M St. NW, America Eats began in 2011 as a six-month pop-up collaboration between Andrés and the National Archives. The restaurant aimed to give patrons a history lesson, using historical recipes from the National Archives exhibition, “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam? The Government’s Effect on the American Diet.” The menu featured historical facts, explaining the evolution of American cuisine and exploring the changing relationship between Americans and food. The pop-up closed, only to reopen in the former Café Atlántico space downtown, then the Tysons Corner Ritz-Carlton, before finally ending up in Georgetown. With its layers of history and appreciation of good food, Georgetown would seem to be the perfect place for America Eats Tavern. But if the

1950s steak tartare sounds too old-school, chef Claudio Foschi has made sure to update some of the classics. Andrés said: “Certain traditions you cannot fight with, but certain traditions you can improve upon,” the exact philosophy that America Eats Tavern brings to its dishes. Next to the vermicelli mac ‘n’ cheese, an 1802 recipe, are housemade pickles with smoked pecans, an Andrés tweak that elevates the original recipe. And never fear for drinks — the restaurant features spirits from all 50 states. The new home has inspired a new focus on barbecue and smoky flavors. Think Food Group’s partnership with Capital Restaurant Concepts and Bechara Nammour has pushed American Eats toward American barbecue. In order to create the tavern’s beef brisket, pulled pork and spare ribs, there is a woodfired oven burning cherry wood, delighting patrons with both flavor and smell. Back in the District, America Eats Tavern is giving Georgetown diners a cutting-edge blast from the past.

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business venture after a career at the State Department. He chose Georgetown because he loved spending time here while growing up across the river in Rosslyn, Virginia.

3251 Prospect St. NW, the address of Café Milano and men’s store Sid Ashburn, among other businesses, will soon become home to a new restaurant called Cube & Bale. Taking over the former Chinese Disco restaurant space, Cube & Bale will be a 24-hour eatery with indoor and outdoor seating that the complex’s owner, Robert Elliott, hopes will serve as a new venue for entertainment in Georgetown. An opening date has not been announced. Elliott sees a void in Georgetown’s restaurant scene. He told The Georgetowner that the neighborhood lacks “cuttingedge cuisine” and places where patrons can see quality live entertainment in the evenings. According to Elliott, although

there are numerous vacancies in the neighborhood, restaurants have not been moving in. “Another thing that’s affecting Georgetown is just so many restaurants elsewhere,” Elliott said. “It’s hard to hire, it’s hard to compete.” Elliott expects Cube & Bale’s 24-hour policy to appeal to Georgetown University students looking for late-night coffee or a place to study off-campus, but the restaurant, which will have a liquor license, will serve a variety of food geared to different types of customers. Regarding community concerns about noise from late-night entertainment and 24-hour businesses, Elliott noted that the space is set back in the Prospect Street complex, facing an interior courtyard rather than the street, and that three of its four walls are built into the ground. Continued on page 16

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Dyllan’s Raw Bar Grill is opening soon to occupy the shuttered Sea Catch restaurant space in Canal S quare at 1054 31st St. NW. With a large dining space and side porch that stretched along the C&O Canal, Sea Catch closed in January 2017 to the surprise of many longtime patrons. Dyllan’s is preparing to take over this space with renovations and interviews for potential employees. The owner is a new business, Good Apple Hospitality, that is originally from New York. They moved to D.C. and are purportedly opening Dyllan’s by the end of July; however, we were unable to reach the proprietors and have no further specific information on the opening date.

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

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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).

A Georgetown landmark for over 30 years featuring styles and recipes passed through generations. Balanced cutting-edge culinary creations of modern Italy using the fresh ingredients and made-from-scratch sauces and pastas. Seen on The Travel Channel, Awardwinning Filomena is a favorite of U.S. Presidents, celebrities, sports legends, political leaders. “Don’t miss their bakery’s incredible desserts” - Best in D.C.

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

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.

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This original location has served barbecue since 1990. We now have more space for you to sit down with family and friends at our new dining room Driving or walking up Wisconsin Avenue, you ask “mmmm, what’s that aroma??” That’s pork, beef and chicken coming out of our wood-only smoker, falling off the bone and ready for a dousing with our Original Barbeque Sauce.

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Just off Wisconsin Avenue at 3141 N St. NW, near Paolo’s Ristorante, Café Georgetown — which will open this fall — is meant to create a community space for Georgetown residents and visitors to get to know one another. Owner Emel Bayrak, White House correspondent for a Turkish broadcasting service, also hopes to use the coffee shop, pastry shop and wine bar to introduce government officials to the everyday life she has enjoyed in Georgetown.

Also coming: Chanterelle, a French restaurant being planned by restaurateur Hakan Ilhan (Mirabelle, Ottoman Taverna, Al Dente and Alba Osteria), at 3251 Prospect St. NW — in the Morton’s space. More on this development in the next dining report.

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This fall, Bandoola Bowl will be the latest take on customized salads with a Burmese twist, meaning spicy homegrown Burmese and Thai chilies. The fast-casual restaurant at 1069 Wisconsin Ave. NW, a project of longtime family-based restaurateur Aung Myint, will have extensive seating.

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Bastille Day, July 14, is a time to reflect on the enduring friendship between France and our country and on the revolutions that gave them birth — often with a Champagne flute in hand. Some Georgetowners are lucky enough Château des Monthairons. to celebrate France’s national day in Paris. But wherever one goes in La Belle France, amid sweeping vistas of the Champagne wine one somewhat strangely departs with a greater region. The hotel is a unique mélange of modern appreciation for being American. elegance and ancient heritage. While the World War I graveyards and Not far away is the Aisne-Marne American memorials are sobering reminders of the harsh Cemetery, where more than 2,200 World War realities of war, the area is brimming with I soldiers were laid to rest under the northern charm and majestic chateaux to round out your French sunshine. travel diary. Your friends who frequent Paris Military buffs won’t want to miss Belleau and Cannes will be impressed that you ventured Wood nearby, where the U.S. Marines delivered from the usual path to the Hauts-de-France a great victory in June of 1918, earning the region, which has just as much — perhaps even forest the title “Wood of the Marine Brigade.” more — glamour and history. Many of the trees around the small Marine A fabulous example is the Château de Fèremonument are still standing a century on. You en-Tardenois, the construction of which began in may recall that President Emmanuel Macron 1206. Today, it is a cinq-etoiles (five-star) hotel T & T_Georgetowner_7.2018_Layout 1 6/28/18 3:02 PMgave Pagea1sapling from Belleau Wood to President offering luxurious spa and dining possibilities Donald Trump on his recent state visit.

In the Meuse subregion, within the historical Lorraine region (now Grand Est), I walked the German trenches of Apremont-la-Forêt, a lush spot of woods — so peaceful, you’d never know that barbed wire, bullets and remnants of soldiers’ boots lay just beneath you. Skeletal remains of the fallen are still being found. At Verdun, another sinister look at the Great War: a museum and battlefield commemorating the 300,000 lives lost in 300 days in the French village, which was awarded France’s Legion of Honor for the courage of its citizenry. While in Verdun, check out the newly opened Les Jardins du Mess — a modern hotel, right on the Meuse River — which was a military building in the 19th century.

Before heading to my final Great War landmark, I spent an evening ensconced in old French country decadence at the Château des Monthairons, built in the late 1850s. The castle is run by a charming French family. They love American visitors. Rooms overlook a vast green park where a large heron colony nests in the trees every spring. My room was so much like a blue version of Marie Antoinette’s salon, I didn’t want to leave it, other than for an al fresco breakfast on the portico or a candlelit supper in the dining room. The highlight of my trip was a rainy afternoon at Meuse-Argonne, the largest American cemetery in Europe, where 14,000 patriots are buried. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the most expansive in American history, involving more than a million soldiers. The offensive’s success, while a massive sacrifice, led to Armistice on Nov. 11, 1918. I was especially moved to see the handful of women laid to rest there. They were nurses, many of whom died of the flu just weeks before the war ended. Several rows back is the grave of Freddie Stowers, an African American who served in a segregated regiment. He was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor in 1991, more than 70 years after his death.

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‘Giacometti’at the Guggenheim BY R ICHARD S E L DE N

culptor Alberto Giacometti spent most of his artistic life in a 15-by-16-foot studio on Rue Hippolyte-Maindron in Paris’s Montparnasse district. A film clip running continuously in the exhibition “Giacometti” — on view through Sept. 12 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum — shows the Swissborn artist at work in the confined and cluttered space, a few years before his death in 1966. Listening to this weathered and intense adoptive Parisian answer questions in French as he works (his comments are then translated into English), the viewer understands why the tiny studio, which Giacometti first occupied in 1926, has been metaphorically described as his shell and cranium. It is now privately owned. But last month, the Paris-based Giacometti Foundation, which collaborated with the Guggenheim on the New York retrospective, opened a recreation of the studio, complete with dirty ashtrays, within the new Giacometti Institute on Rue Victor Schoelcher, a short walk from the original. The institute’s inaugural exhibition, “The Studio of Alberto Giacometti Seen by Jean Genet,” runs through Sept. 26. Giacometti’s signature works are his roughsurfaced, uncannily expressive stick figures of the late 1940s, tooled (and thumbed) in clay and cast in bronze. With their extra-long limbs and, with some exceptions, oversized heads, hands and feet, they almost immediately became universal symbols of 20th-century existential angst. Among those on display are components of an abandoned public art commission for Chase Manhattan Bank in Lower Manhattan; the inconclusively provocative “Man Pointing”;

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Man Pointing,” 1947. and “City Square,” a mini-composition of oblivious striding figurines. Two of the figures in the show are on wheeled bases, said to be inspired by a hospital cart, an Egyptian battle chariot or both: “Woman with Chariot,” in plaster and wood, and “The Chariot,” in bronze, which brings to mind David Smith’s welded “Voltri VII” of 1962 in the National Gallery of Art (Smith was just five years younger than Giacometti). The exhibition also features early works

influenced by Brancusi, by Cubism and by encounters with Egyptian, Cycladic, Oceanic and West African sculpture. And several of Giacometti’s Surrealist masterpieces of the early 1930s are here, including “Hands Holding the Void (Invisible Object),” “Suspended Ball” (a bleak anti-mobile made around the time that Calder began to create his playful ones) and, borrowed from the Museum of Modern Art, “Woman with Her Throat Cut,” no less obscene for being semi-abstract.

“The Nose” of 1949, a gruesome Pinocchio head hanging from a wire in a cage-like frame, merges Giacometti’s Surrealist and figural styles. The image apparently arose from nightmares, connected with the death of a traveling companion, that Giacometti had upon returning to Paris after World War II. At the start of the war, Giacometti had gone to visit his mother in Switzerland and was not allowed to return to France. During those years, he made miniature busts, also in the exhibition, which served as a transition to his larger figural work. In creating his figural sculptures and his dense, Francis Bacon-esque frontal portraits, painted mainly in blacks, grays and browns (the show includes quite a few), Giacometti returned again and again to the same models, especially his wife Annette and his brother Diego. In the film clip, he says that, even if a model sat for a thousand years, the result would still fall short, though the effort would be worth making. Outside the screening room, at the top of the Guggenheim’s spiral ramp, is a minor masterpiece, “Dog” of 1951, from the Hirshhorn Museum. It is as if a laundry-marker sketch of a nearly starved gutter hound had been 3D printed. There is also reason to call it a selfportrait. A label notes that Giacometti told notorious novelist and playwright Jean Genet: “One day, I saw myself in the street like that. I was that dog.” The Guggenheim is closed on Thursdays and has late hours on Tuesdays (until 9 p.m.) and Saturdays (until 7:45 p.m.; pay what you wish after 5 p.m.).

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NATIONAL DANCE DAY, JULY 28 The Kennedy Center will celebrate National Dance Day on Saturday, July 28, with free activities from 10:15 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., including morning yoga; a master class with Lucy Bowen McCauley; tap, traditional, modern and hip hop performances; and “Dancing Under the Stars” with soukous (Congolese) and champeta (Colombian) lessons. Choreographed by Mandy Moore, the 2018 National Dance Day routine, set to Kylie Minogue’s newest single, “Dancing,” is available on Dizzy Feet Foundation’s YouTube channel, where the public can submit videos. 18

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MADE IN HONG KONG FILM FESTIVAL The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery host the 23rd annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival, a nine-film series of free Friday night and Sunday afternoon screenings starting July 13. The featured films include Hong Kong Film Award winner “Our Time Will Come,” directed by Ann Hui, about the World War II Japanese occupation (July 29), and “Legendary Weapons of Kung Fu,” a 1982 film directed by Lau Kar-leung, with a new score mixed live by DJ 2-Tone Jones.

CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL This year’s Capital Fringe Festival runs through Sunday, July 29. Venues include Arena Stage, Blind Whino, Caos on F, Christ United Methodist, City Bar, DC Arts Center, Market SW (the box office location), Pearl Street Warehouse, St. Augustine’s Episcopal and Westminster Presbyterian. Tickets are $17 plus a Fringe button ($7), with multishow passes available. The festival’s parent continues to fundraise to renovate Logan Fringe Arts Space, a former auto detailing shop on Florida Avenue NE.

NEW SHAKESPEARE CENTER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR The new artistic director of the American Shakespeare Center — which presents works by Shakespeare and others in a Staunton, Virginia, recreation of the Bard’s post-Globe theater, Blackfriars — is Ethan McSweeny, former associate director of D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company. A Columbia University graduate, McSweeny won a 2018 Helen Hayes Award for his direction of a STC production of “Twelfth Night,” which won for outstanding play. He succeeds co-founder Jim Warren.

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The Music Man Behind

‘Ain’t Too Proud’

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Photo by Kevin Berne. Courtesy Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

ne thing you can say about Harold Wheeler: he plays the piano. That’s a singular thing about a very singular man. But what Wheeler — who at various times is described as a musician, a composer, a conductor and an orchestrator — is surely not is somebody who does just one thing. These days, he’s a critical part of “Ain’t Too Proud,” a show about the life and times and tunes of the Temptations, the great Motown group that released a string of hits over its turbulent, decades-long history. The show, in the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater, runs through July 22. A big hit where it originated at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California, “Ain’t Too Proud” is the handiwork of prizewinning playwright Dominique Morisseau (“Detroit ’67”), choreographer Sergio Trujillo (“Memphis, the Musical”) and Tony-Award winning director Des McAnuff, who staged “Jersey Boys,” one of the top examples of the musical bio-jukebox genre. And there’s Harold Wheeler, the music man, who’s credited with the catch-all, allencompassing task of orchestration. With Wheeler, as in life, there’s music … and then there’s music. “The thing with what I do in terms of orchestration is to bring things together and create a unified feel and sound, everybody working together to make a musical success,” he said. With the music of the Temptations, there is the temptation to replicate the sound, moves and look of the group which Billboard Magazine once dubbed “the greatest R&B group of all time.” After all, when you hear the first few notes and the first few words of “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination” or “The Way You Do the Things You Do” — or see the group’s precise spin-and-turn moves — almost anyone left alive with a memory of the Motown era is lifted into another time and place. The “classic five” Temptations lineup was: tenors Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin, baritones Otis and Paul Williams and bass Melvin Franklin. There have been any number of Temptations since, not to mention the cast of the show. “It’s a cooperative effort,” Wheeler said. “Certainly, they are unique in the history of popular music, with a distinct sound, but the work is also fresh, and human. It’s a story of

their struggles, as well as the music and their success. “I like to look at the book,” he said. “That’s the first thing that appealed to me. It’s a fantastic story, so right there that got me. Plus being able to work with such a great group of artists. I’ve worked with Des before, and I know everybody. Orchestration is about working with other artists. It always is, no matter what the venue or genre.” And Wheeler, more than most artists, knows what that means. But maybe that was inevitable in the first place, considering his origins and the totality of his life. You might say he couldn’t help becoming who he is, being pulled toward music, all kinds of music. Born in St. Louis, as a youngster he was a member of Antioch Baptist Church, where the congregation included Ike and Tina Turner and rock ‘n’ roll prophet Chuck Berry. He went to Howard University, where he encountered Roberta Flack, Stokely Carmichael, Donny Hathaway and, most important and permanent, his future wife, Hattie Winston. After a stint as a program manager at a New York radio station, he started composing his own music, then got hired by pop meteor Burt Bacharach to conduct for his musical “Promises, Promises,” making him the youngest conductor on Broadway. He was soon working with, composing dance music for and joining the great Broadway showman Michael Bennett, working on classics such as “A Chorus Line” and “Dreamgirls,” another showbiz saga, about a group strongly resembling the Supremes. Music, he said, is key in everything. That includes managing, directing and conducting for awards shows like the Oscars, twice, and “Dancing with the Stars” for many years until his recent departure. In addition, he worked on solo projects with artists as diverse as Nina Simone and Bruce Springsteen. “You have to apply different skill sets to different projects,” he said. “It’s not always easy, but there’s nothing like it either. It’s live, and anything can happen.” Wheeler said: “In some ways, Nina Simone was one of the most challenging people I’ve worked with, but she’s also one of the most unique, gifted and original artists I’ve ever encountered.” There’s music … and then there’s music.

Everyone is looking for the silver bullet of longevity — the special diet, supplement, medication, activity or procedure to slow down the hands of time. Rather than looking for the next best thing out there, we should be looking within. The human body is one of the most amazing pieces of machinery that exists. Pushing it to its full potential by lifting heavy weights, we can turn back time. Why? Because strength training taps hormones. These built-in performance enhancers launch an anti-aging cascade that: • Increases metabolism • Balances hormones • Builds bone density • Manages insulin resistance and • Restores youth. Ask the Powerlifter Jenn Stofferahn, owner and trainer at True Fitness and Nutrition in McLean, Virginia, advises: “You have to lift heavy. By challenging the capacity of your body to move loads, you compel your muscles and nervous systems to actually change. They adapt to the stimulus and get stronger as a result. Exercises that target the greatest amount of muscle mass, such as deadlifts, squats and presses, are your winners.” She continued: “It’s long been known that stressing bones through exercise can help stimulate their growth, but many physicians have shied away from recommending weight training to individuals with fragile bones because of safety concerns. But doctors who understand tissue adaptation to stimuli ask their patients to resistance-train with smart professional guidance ASAP.” Burn, Calorie, Burn In a diet-obsessed, calorie-counting culture, we know ramping up metabolism is the fastest way to lose weight. Strength training creates dense muscle and muscle mass boosts resting metabolism, meaning the body burns more fat.

Anti-Aging Hormones Changes in body composition and loss of function associated with aging have been indisputably connected to reduced levels of anabolic (fat-burning and muscle-building) hormones. Strength training can increase levels of estradiol, testosterone, DHEA and growth hormones. Break-Proof Bones Bone strength is independence, with hip fractures being the number-one reason for admission into nursing homes. Bonebuilding happens at the areas of stress during a workout, so the importance of dead lifts, which use big muscles around the hips such as glutes and hamstrings, cause the muscle to pull on the bone — basic insurance protection from physical aging (aka breaking a hip). Insulin Resistance Reversal Normalizing insulin levels is key to vibrant health and prevention of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. As we age, we can become more insulin-resistant. Heavy strength training is a key player in controlling blood sugar, normalizing insulin levels. Naturally Raise HGH Levels In the 30s, levels of human growth hormone in the body begin to drop off, driving the aging process. When muscles contract and relax during multiple sets of heavy weight training, the body produces the most significant levels of growth hormone, repairing and renewing the tissues and keeping the body young. Powerlifting Youth Elixir This youth elixir is available to each and every one of us with a body. Vote no to aging and yes to vibrant health by choosing powerlifting as the foundation of your exercise regimen.

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