The Georgetowner July 12, 2017 Issue

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VOLUME 63 NUMBER 19

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JULY 12 - 25, 2017

RISING TIDES

How the Wharf Is Set to Redefine D.C.

K Street Homicide Farewell, Appalachian Spring InCountry: Rehoboth Dining The Brindley Brothers, owners of new Wharf venue Union Stage.

IN T HIS IN HIS IS ISSUE SUE N E W S · 4 -7 Up & Coming Town Topics

E DI T O RI A L /O PI N I O N · 8

W E B E XCL USI V E S

Jack Evans Report Rents Too High? Part 2 Revealing ‘Road to Camelot’ Letter to the Editor

Wonder Woman as Role Model

BY SEL M A KHENISSI

I N YOU R T OW N · 9

Lessons for young women from a comic-book superhero, now on the big screen.

BUSI N E S S · 10 -11

ON T H E C OV E R

Profile: Appalachian Spring Ins & Outs

OV E RHE A RD AT L U NC H · 12

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.

HIS T ORIC DC · 13

D.C.’s Vivid Personalities

Jefferson: Our First Wine Connoisseur

BY GARY TISCHLER

RE A L E S TAT E · 14 -17

We’re a long way removed from figures like the late Mayor Marion Barry, who brought a storm of drama, accomplishment, controversy, scandal, recovery and resurgence to the city in the 1980s.

June 2017 Sales Featured Property Le Decor

C OV E R · 18 -20 The Wharf, Phase 1: High Rises, Restaurants, Foo Fighters

O R T H E L AT E S T N E W S , S U B S C R I B E T O OUR E-NE WSLE T TER.

Jeffrey Gildenhorn, 1943–2017

Town Topics

F OOD & W I N E · 22-23

I N C OU N T R Y & G E TAWAY S · 24

YOUR NUMBER-ONE SOURCE FOR E VERY THING GEORGE TOWN.

Marion Barry at his book party at Look Restaurant in 2014. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

D OW N T OW N E R DC · 21

Dining Guide The Latest Dish Cocktail of the Month

The Wharf-bound brothers — Luke, Daniel and Jonathan Brindley — of Jammin Java are seen in their original venue in Vienna, Virginia. Photo by Ricardo Jimenez.

BY GARY TISCHLER The iconoclastic D.C. restaurant owner, boxing commissioner and candidate for mayor died June 26 at the age of 74.

The billboard over Jeffrey Gildenhorn’s American City Diner.

Two Hot Spots for Rehoboth Dining

A Spectacular 4th in Photos

BODY & SOU L · 27

Murphy’s Love Gemstones Rock Your Chi

BY JEFF M ALET

A R T S · 28 -29

Live in the Moment at Capital Fringe DC Artswatch Markus Lüpertz at the Phillips, Hirshhorn

GOOD WORK S & GOOD T I ME S · 30 -31 Social Scene

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Some of us were on vacation and missed the fireworks in the nation’s capital. Here’s a chance to catch up.

Fourth of July fireworks over the national monuments. Photo by Jeff Malet.

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UP & COMING

Events Calendar

JULY 15 FITBIT BOOT CAMP AND YOGA As part of the launch of Fitbit Local DC, nearly 1,000 people are expected to participate in this free boot camp and yoga workout led by Fitbit Local Ambassadors Chris Perrin and Cynthia Lorena. For details, visit eventbrite.com. Yards Park Great Lawn, 355 Water St. SE.

JULY 18 POTOMACK COMPANY AUCTION PREVIEW More than 300 lots from the Potomack Company’s July 25 online auction — furniture, Chinese and Japanese objects, paintings, prints, decorative arts, silver and rugs — will be available for in-person inspection. For details, visit potomackcompany.com. 1120 North Fairfax St., Alexandria, Virginia.

JULY 20 SUMMER CONCERT AT GLEN ECHO Glen Echo Park will present a free concert of contemporary rock and Irish acoustic music

by Class Reunion, featuring singer Brendan Pelan and guitarist Chick Hall, Jr., who played together in high school in a band called the Majestic Neons. For details, visit glenechopark. org. Bumper Car Pavilion, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland.

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Des Demonas. Courtesy Capital Fringe.

Diana Ross.

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TANABATA FESTIVAL AT HILLWOOD

DES DEMONAS AT THE SOUTHWEST LIBRARY

DIANA ROSS AT WOLF TRAP

The Japan-America Society of Washington DC and Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens will celebrate Tanabata, the Japanese star festival, with storytelling and Japanese music and crafts. The festival is connected with the legend of the weaver princess Orihime and the herder Hikoboshi, lovers separated by the Milky Way. Admission is $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, $10 for students and $5 for ages 6 to 18. For details, visit hillwoodmuseum.org.

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One of the most successful artists of the Motown era, both as a solo artist and with the Supremes, Diana Ross’s glowing music catalog includes classics like “I’m Coming Out,” “Upside Down” and “Stop! In the Name of Love.” Tickets are $35 to $85. For details, visit wolftrap.org. Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.

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1 Dead in Double Shooting on K Street The perpetrators of the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old from Severn, Maryland, and the shooting of another unidentified man around 3 a.m. Saturday morning, July 8, on Water Street (K Street) in Georgetown remain unidentified, at least publicly. This despite the announcement of a $25,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the shooter or shooters and any accomplices.

The incidents took place near the remains of the old Aqueduct Bridge near Key Bridge.

The community has been shaken up by the shootings, according to Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Lisa Palmer, who lives in the area with her young family.

“Several actions by city and law enforcement agencies are now underway to help the neighborhood feel safer,” she said.

Those actions include an increased police presence in the area, especially at night, as well as the installation, for at least the next week, of a bright police light on a pole by the underpass.

“On Sunday evening when I walked through the waterfront park I saw two officers walking the park and two others at the end on Water Street,” Palmer recounted. “I also saw a National Park [Service] police vehicle.

Officers informed me that they had been instructed to patrol the area throughout the night and keep their car lights on.”

Palmer also took a long walk in the area

with a representative from Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office on Sunday morning, July 9, to view “the ongoing general lack of order west of Wisconsin Avenue on Water Street. I’ve been pressing a number of city agencies to move a variety of options forward to make this area more safe over the past few months,” Palmer wrote in an email. “While it is extremely unfortunate that it takes a situation like this to push a conversation forward, perhaps this will be a tipping point for making changes.”

Among the safety issues that Palmer pointed out during her walk with the city official were broken beer bottles and other trash all over the roadway and leading up to the aqueduct abutment; graffiti near Key Bridge and the adjacent boathouse; a lack of lights and cameras in the area; and a lack of striping on the roadway and walkways, particularly west of 34th Street, leading to an unsafe free-for-all of cars, bikes and pedestrians.

Also discussed was the constant revving of engines in the area and speeding — though Palmer admitted that some of the noise might be exacerbated by the echo effect under the Whitehurst Freeway. “The mayor’s representative noted that much of the trash we were seeing on the ground is related to the manner in which synthetic marijuana is smoked,” Palmer wrote.

Her message also contained the following: “The consistent nature of these disorders —

Jackson Art Center Hits Another Bump

Jackson Art Center.

Photo by Bill Starrels.

not necessarily criminal activity but simple disorder — make the area ripe for low level crimes that could, as it did in this case, escalate to a significant crime. One family living in the area already has moved away because of the feeling that the area is dangerous.”

The victim was identified July 9 as Kennedy Javier Amaya-Olivares. The second victim was reported to be in critical condition at a local hospital.

Who was responsible? At press time, no one was saying. But investigators were believed

to be seeking a gray Nissan with Maryland tags, according to NBC Washington’s Derrick Ward.

The $25,000 reward offer remains in effect. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Metropolitan Police Department at 202-727-9099. Information may also be submitted anonymously to the department’s Text Tip Line by sending a text message to 50411.

There’s good news and there’s maybe bad news about the Jackson Art Center’s proposed 20-year lease renewal. The nonprofit artists’ collective has occupied the historic Jackson School building at 3050 R St. NW in Georgetown since 1980.

The good news is that it has important support. “The Jackson Art Center is a place of refuge and quiet productivity for more than 40 practicing artists,” testified Barbara Downs, an instructor at the center and a former Citizens Association of Georgetown president. Several art exhibitions, workshops and art-related events are held at the center annually. “The center is such a real gem in our community,” District Council member Jack Evans has said repeatedly. “It’s really important that we keep it there and continue to support the arts.”

The center has signed two short-term lease extensions in recent years; the one signed in 2015 is due to expire in June of 2018. Members pay a $45 annual fee and an additional monthly fee of about $21 per square foot to rent their private studios. The center pays the District of Columbia $145,000 in annual rent.

But real estate developers have been eyeing the large building across from Dumbarton Oaks Park amid some of Georgetown’s most renowned mansions. It is just two blocks from the Georgetown Library and the Book Hill strip of galleries and boutiques.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is on record supporting a long-term extension of the lease, Department of General Services General Counsel Camille Sabbakhan told the Council’s Committee on Business and Economic Development at a July 5 hearing. But Sabbakhan asked the committee to delay voting on the bill because the mayor wants to discuss the terms of the lease before submitting her own proposal.

“We’re upset that the mayor’s office has requested we follow a set of procedures that could take us well into late fall,” said the center’s pro-bono counsel Gary Thompson in a phone interview with The Georgetowner.

“That does not give us enough time to plan, with a deadline less than a year away. We are asking the mayor to expedite the process.”

Evans said he would like the city to direct more funding to the center for upgrading equipment and other needs, likely through grants from the Commission on the Arts and Humanities. But that takes time. Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie said at the hearing that he’d like to see the center expand its outreach to residents across the District.

“We need faster progress on the lease decision,” Evans said. The mayor’s proposal is reportedly very similar to Evans’s. If meetings on the topic in early fall go well, the deal could be approved by the mayor without a vote of the full Council.

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TOWN TOPICS

NEWS

BY P EG GY S A N D S

Bike Lanes on K, Water Streets Questioned A proposal to install protected bike lanes on K and Water Streets — as well as on part of Wisconsin Avenue — was met by different degrees of concern at the June 29 Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting.

Commissioners voted 7-0 for the District Department of Transportation to extend the public comment period for their notice of intent to remove some 40 parking spots along Water and K Streets east of Wisconsin Avenue.

The project would also require the removal of six parking places on Wisconsin Avenue south of South Street.

Some ANC members argued that the benefits of clearing the chaotic and hazardous conditions arising from bicyclists negotiating the unstriped waterfront streets and cars maneuvering for parking was worth the loss

of the parking spots. Others, particularly merchants in the area, argued that parking in the area was already extremely limited, inhibiting business development.

Reportedly, the total number of parking spaces in the project area is 142 and would be reduced by 48. “People will still be driving to Georgetown,” Commissioner Monica Roache declared.

The project could be carried out toward the end of 2017, after Pepco’s reconstruction work along the waterfront is completed, according to DDOT’s Bicycle Program Specialist Darren Buck. “It’s the Wild West down there,” said Commissioner Lisa Palmer, who lives in the area with her family. “We need a comprehensive solution.”

The DC Water setup at the corner of Prospect and Potomac Street last week. Photo by Robert Devaney.

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Neighbors’ Email Complaints Force DC Water Action “Water is Life” is the motto of the District of Columbia’s Water and Sewer Authority, also known as DC Water. It certainly can be said that DC Water is a big part of life for the residents of Georgetown. With about 1,000 employees, the independent authority touches our lives every day, mostly in unseen ways — from a constant supply of clean water, an efficient, unobtrusive sewer system and workable fire hydrants everywhere.

But, at times, there are also daily interactions with DC Water construction projects that can disrupt Georgetowners’ quality of life, sometimes for months.

Recently a flurry of emails between homeowners on the 1200 block of Potomac Street NW and DC Water engineering and project outreach officials have come to the attention of The Georgetowner. Between June 27 and July 6, more than a dozen emails were sent to try to resolve escalating noise and cement-residue damage to cars and property in the area. A timeline of messages indicates the intensity of the issue: At 9:51 a.m. on June 27, Raymond Kollock, public space analyst in DC Water’s Department of Engineering & Technical Services, sent an email to DC Water’s Manager of Communications for External Affairs Emanuel Briggs that he had received a phone call that morning from Seth Kirshenberg, a Potomac Street resident, regarding the 6:30 a.m. prepermit-time spraying of concrete by a DC Water contractor around unprotected trees and cars. At 10:43 a.m., engineer Willis Thomas answered that he was looking into it, asked for photos and apologized for the inconvenience.

At 11:29 a.m., Kirshenberg added additional woes caused by the toxic cement dust on and in

homes and cars. At 12:26 p.m., Briggs related a phone conversation with resident Charlene King about more problems with noise and dust.

At 12:36 and 1:45 p.m., Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners Lisa Palmer and Rick Murphy responded; at 1:40 p.m., Briggs informed them that he was a scheduling a meeting of parties to discuss it. At 5:30 p.m., Briggs sent a long email explaining the project, the protections and controls required.

He announced DC Water was sending out a quality assurance representative, Kenneth Grover to monitor the site regularly. At 5:47 p.m., Margaret Heimbold suggested that the project be moved off the sidewalk and onto the street.

On July 6 at 8:58 a.m., Ed Straw of Potomac Street wrote Briggs: “Please stop this unsafe madness now.” At 5:03 p.m., Briggs responded with a long email addressing all the concerns. At 5:25 p.m., Straw replied: “The improvements are saluted, but the worst news is that the project is to be delayed another two months.” Straw suggested some moves that could be made and ended, “Please do not force us to take legal action.”

At press time on July 11, no updates were received. But at least everyone seems to be communicating. The email contacts for Kollock and Briggs are: raymond.kollock@ dcwater.com and emanuel.briggs@dcwater. com.

You might want to hold onto to these email addresses.

EXTERIOR RENDERING

TOWN TOPICS

CRIME REPORT

Month of Key Bridge Lane Closures Begun As part of the Key Bridge Rehabilitation Project, the District Department of Transportation will close single lanes on the bridge in each direction daily through Monday, Aug. 7.

The weekday (Monday through Friday) closures will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and overnight from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. On the weekend, the closures will be in effect from 7:30 p.m Friday through 4:30 a.m. Monday.

Drivers should expect moderate to heavy delays as this month-long project, in which repairs will be made to the bridge deck and safety barriers, is carried out.

Rendering of the proposed facade as of June 29. Courtesy Wawa.

Wawa “urban concept” at 1222 Wisconsin Avenue, currently occupied by Restoration Hardware, got a mixed reception at the June 29 ANC meeting. On hand were Wawa’s Susan Bratton, architect David Levy and landlords Bryce and Mike Weaver.

In and around Georgetown, the project has been overwhelmingly seen in a negative light.

Many area residents perceive it as the latest in a line of impersonal franchises — including Domino’s, CVS and 7-Eleven — that threaten a community proud of its locally owned shops and historic streetscapes.

But the 1927 building that that will house Wawa has been home to an Arby’s and a Roy Rogers in the past. The Weaver family has owned the hardware store W. T. Weaver & Sons at 1208 Wisconsin Avenue since 1889.

(Police Service Area 206) Data supplied by the Metropolitan Police Department Sexual abuse ■ 1640-1699 block, 33rd St.; 5:54 p.m. June 28.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 1000-1199 block, 30th St.; 3:53 p.m. June 30.

■ 1227-1299 block, 30th St.; 8:05 p.m. June 30.

Theft ■ 1400-1499 block, 33rd St.; 6:14 p.m. June 26.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 1:03 a.m. June 27.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 11:19 p.m. June 27.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 6:49 p.m. June 28.

■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 7:02 p.m. June 30.

■ 3000-3099 block, Dumbarton St.; 10:50 p.m. June 30.

■ M Street over Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway; 8:22 p.m. July 1.

■ 1020-1199 block, 33rd St.; 3:38 p.m. July 2.

■ 3100-3199 block, M St.; 4:31 p.m. July 2.

Theft from auto ■ 1200-1225 block, 28th St.; 1:53 p.m. June 28.

■ 3300-3399 block, Q St.; 1:33 p.m. June 29.

■ 1000-1199 block, 30th St.; 2:39 p.m. July 2.

■ 3300-3399 block, Water St.; 4:17 p.m. July 2.

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Wawa Gets Mixed Reception in Georgetown

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Mike Weaver has said that his family has been in talks with Wawa for more than a year.

“Small businesses need to keep contemporary needs in mind,” he was quoted as saying.

Wawa’s Bratton told the ANC that the store, which will be open 24 hours a day, hopes to serve residents who work late-night or earlymorning shifts elsewhere in the neighborhood, and to provide a lower cost alternative to some of the area’s pricier offerings.

Commissioners expressed concern about trash issues with an always-open fast-food business and about the design of the store. The many renderings that were required before the minimalist, high-tech look of the nearby Apple store was approved were recalled by some in attendance.

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EDITORIAL / OPINION

Rents Too High?

Part 2: The Landlords’ Perspective Landlords often speak publicly, mostly about properties they’re promoting or in favor of a proposed development. Ask them to give details or name names, however, and most choose to talk off the record. They don’t want you to see the sausage — their particular sausage, at least — while it’s still being made.

“You’ve got to get a balance and have the right mix to attract different people from all kinds of demographics to keep Georgetown healthy,” one property owner said. “I don’t want to duplicate myself up and down the street. Of course, you are looking for quality people.”

Georgetown has always been a merchant town; consider the history of the waterfront and the C&O Canal. “People have lived here because of the merchants,” another building owner said. “It’s different now, but the town still attracts residents because of the amenities, aside from where the schools are. Residents and retail are separate but connected. It depends on your perspective.”

Reacting to a residential real estate agent’s complaint about the number of empty

storefronts, one landlord said the city has been overeager with its yellow Vacant Property stickers, slapping them on occupied space in some cases. “The city is raising taxes on vacant property. I know there are not as many vacancies as yellow stickers.”

“Most people don’t understand how long it takes to work through a lease deal, and approvals take time,” another landlord commented. “Some buildings that look empty are under lease already.”

But are rents too high? Most offered muted, qualified reactions. Some said they work with longtime tenants to make the relationships last.

Maybe it’s about more than rent. Landlords have been known to talk to other property owners when they think a new tenant is not the right fit — whether it was EastBanc’s Anthony Lanier complaining when Chipotle arrived next to his Coach store or a certain landlord recently asking the Weaver brothers about their signed lease with Wawa.

Part 3: July 26.

Jack Evans Report

Baseball, Parades and Fireworks

BY JAC K E VA NS

With barely any time to enjoy the pleasant spring weather, summer has come roaring back to the District — and, with it, 90-degree temperatures and thick, humid air. This is the time of year when everyone should be mindful of the heat. Check in with your elderly or ill neighbors, friends and family members.

Weather like this can affect even the healthiest of us.

I started this Independence Day holiday celebration earlier than in past years, heading to Nationals Park on July 3 to cheer on the Nats as they took on the New York Mets. The game became a defensive battle until Michael Taylor hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning. As the Nationals finally got some runs on the board, their efforts were nearly undone in the top of the ninth inning, when a two-run home run by Mets center fielder Curtis Granderson tied the game.

In the bottom of the ninth, Ryan Raburn hit a single out to left field and Matt Wieters scored to end the game. It was a nail-biter of a finish, but the Nats defeated the Mets 3-2. It’s no wonder that the Nationals are number one in the National League East and the best team in baseball.

Of course, I can’t celebrate Independence Day without joining the Palisades Fourth of July Parade. This was the 51st annual parade in a community that continues to retain its smalltown charm, a true reminder of how individual communities in the District still come together and celebrate.

As an elected official, I always enjoy the opportunity to participate in local parades with family, friends and staff. After the parade, I joined hundreds of others at the Palisades Recreation Center for hot dogs, watermelon and ice cream. The organizers put on a great event and I thank them for their hard work.

After taking a break from the heat, my family and I were off to watch the fireworks on the National Mall. As usual, it proved to be a fantastic show. Major League Baseball, neighborhood parades and fireworks continue to be the hallmarks of one of my favorite times of year, part of what makes the District such a wonderful place to live.

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

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stores and support local pop up creativity in vacant stores, which in turn will lead to longer retail leases. One way to encourage such activity is to communicate a “buy local” campaign.

Coming from the U.K., I have seen firsthand the long-term business and community benefits by those towns that have taken such preservation action. — Titus Johnson, Glover Park

Riveting ‘Road to Camelot’

BY M AR K PL OTKIN Tom Oliphant is a universally respected, admired and well-liked reporter — easy to talk to and full of information, insight and anecdotes.

Oliphant and fellow journalist Curtis Wilkie have put together a riveting, revealing, terrific account of how John F. Kennedy secured the Democratic Party nomination in 1960 and went on to win the November election. The book’s title is “The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK’s Five-Year Campaign.”

Oliphant, a Pulitzer Prize winner, spent 40 years at the Boston Globe. Wilkie, who also worked at the Globe, now teaches journalism at the University of Mississippi.

These two ace reporters expertly chronicle JFK’s “five-year campaign” to win the ultimate prize in American politics. I must confess, I couldn’t wait to read this book.

I would often run into Oliphant, a Georgetown resident, briskly walking around town, baseball cap firmly resting on the top of his head.

A little while back, he told me what he was doing and it brought back my very first political memory. I watched hours and hours of gavel-to-gavel coverage of the 1960 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. The entire spectacle enthralled me and I have been hooked ever since.

Oliphant and Wilkie perfectly — and joyously — capture the time, the places and the pols.

The names alone bring back so much: Estes

Kefauver, Sam Rayburn, Averell Harriman, George Smathers, Clark Clifford, Belford and Marjorie Lawson, Joe Rauh, Mike DiSalle, Hubert Humphrey, Carmine DeSapio, Pierre Salinger, James Cannon, Steve Smith, David Lawrence, Ted Sorensen.

The entire saga unfolds with new details and juicy revelations not known before.

The beginning chapters — Starting Early, Playing Dixie, Going National, West Virginia Melodrama, Triumph in LA — just whet your appetite for the later chapters.

The chapter Choosing LBJ is fascinating, giving the inside account of how LBJ was picked for vice president and how Missouri Sen. Stuart Symington was not. And the final chapter, The Squeaker, is every political analyst’s delight: facts and figures galore. I couldn’t get enough of it and neither will you.

Besides the excellent storytelling, don’t forget the pictures. The glossy photos in the book are special — each is one of a kind. Oliphant told me that they are “largely undiscovered.”

They reflect the time and research that these two journalists devoted to producing this outstanding work.

Move over Teddy White (“The Making of the President 1960”). We now have the 21st-century sequel.

Political analyst and Georgetowner columnist Mark Plotkin is a contributor to the BBC on American politics and a contributor to thehill.com. Reach him at markplotkindc@gmail.com.

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COMMUNIT Y SPOTLIGHT

Family-Friendly Concert Series Wraps Up in Rose Park COMMUNIT Y CALENDAR

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Dumbarton Oaks Gardens Closed for 8 Months

BY RICHARD SELDEN

Courtesy Georgetown BID.

TUESDAY, JULY 18 Sunset Cinema: ‘Hidden Figures’ The theme of this year’s free outdoor movie series, sponsored by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, is Women in Film. “Hidden Figures” tells the story of African American female mathematicians working for NASA during the Space Race.

Films start around 8:30 p.m. (arrive early to picnic and for the best choice of seats).

Food vendors will be on site. For details, visit georgetowndc.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 Georgetown Business Association The GBA’s monthly networking reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Ella Rue, 3231 P St. NW. For details, visit georgetownbusiness.org.

THURSDAY, JULY 20 Commission of Fine Arts The CFA will meet at 10 a.m. at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, Suite 312. For details, call 202-504-2200 or visit cfa.gov.

TUESDAY, JULY 25 Sunset Cinema: ‘Brooklyn’ The Women in Film theme for the BID’s free summer series continues with “Brooklyn,” based on Colm Tóibín’s 2009 novel, set in the early 1950s. Visit georgetowndc.com.

Close to 200 kids and grown-ups spread out on blankets and chairs in Rose Park July 9, nibbling all types of picnic fare — as well as free Sprinkles cupcakes and Haagen Dazs ice cream — at the season’s third and last performance in the Concerts in the Parks series, sponsored by the Citizens Association of Georgetown. They swayed, clapped and sang along with familiar tunes rendered by the Market Band, a lively local group playing guitars, banjo and other folksy instruments.

The Friends of Rose Park supplied a bounce house and a face painter for the kids during the evening event, along with tables with crayons and art materials. Other children romped on the playground, bounced and threw balls of all sizes, played with assorted puppies and pooches, ran in circles, laughed and shouted as parents, grandparents and neighbors watched and relaxed on the mild summer Sunday.

Courtesy Dumbarton Oaks.

On Monday, July 10, the gardens at Georgetown’s Dumbarton Oaks — the Harvard-owned research library that exhibits Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art and artifacts in a pavilion designed by Philip Johnson — closed to the public. Over the next eight months, the water-supply network will receive a major upgrade, improving storm-water management throughout the property. The reopening date is March 15, 2018.

For three decades beginning in the 1920s, the Dumbarton Oaks gardens were designed and realized by Beatrix Ferrand, the sole woman founder of the American Society of Landscape Architects, working closely with Mildred Bliss, who owned the 53-acre estate with her husband Robert Woods Bliss. Later, other landscape architects, including Ruth Havey and Alden Hopkins, modified the gardens; nonetheless, they are one of the few largely intact major works by Ferrand.

In 1940, the Blisses donated the upper 10 acres of the property to Harvard University and another 27 acres to the U.S. government for a park. The remaining 10 were sold, becoming the site of the new Danish Embassy, designed

by Vilhelm Lauritzen, at 3200 Whitehaven St. NW. The museum at Dumbarton Oaks, located at 1703 32nd St. NW, reopened in April after renovations.

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Appalachian Spring Bids Georgetown Farewell

BY SELMA K HENISS I

D

uring the winter holiday season, walking past the Appalachian Spring store in Georgetown could be a joy. The storefront at 1415 Wisconsin Avenue would display Christmas tree ornaments in a variety of vivid colors.

Sadly, the store display will no longer brighten up those cold and dark nights — at least not in Georgetown. David and Polly Brooks have closed their Georgetown store, the original location of Appalachian Spring, which has showcased American craft since 1968. On Saturday, June 24, the store had a moving sale, with items marked down between 20 and 50 percent.

According to David Brooks, the decision to close the Georgetown store came from an imbalance between sales and the cost of doing business in Georgetown. “Our business doesn’t operate on a huge margin,” he said.

The previous lease lasted a long time and the rent increase that went with a renewed lease was prohibitive. The couple thought that it made sense to focus on the other branches of their business, in Union Station, Reston Town Center and Congressional Plaza in Rockville, Maryland.

David and Polly Brooks have fond memories of their time in Georgetown. When President Richard Nixon went to China, the gifts he

“Georgetown is the most wonderful part of D.C. It ’s a conscious community.””

— Polly Brooks

On the last day in their Georgetown store, June 24, Polly and David Brooks. Photo by Robert Devaney. carried with him all came from Appalachian Spring. Another high point was when actress Julie Christie, known for her role in “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” shopped at the store. “We feel very fortunate to have that environment for all those years,” said David. “Georgetown is

the most wonderful part of D.C.,” added Polly.

“It’s a conscious community.”

David and Polly Brooks met in North Carolina, where David grew up. Not craftspeople themselves, they truly appreciate high-quality pieces.

Appalachian Spring started out as Polly Brooks’s vision. Having grown up in West Virginia, she was familiar with the excellent work of potters, quilters and metalworkers.

When she came to Washington, D.C., in the 1960s, however, she noticed that the works of American craftspeople weren’t being recognized; the items being showcased were European imports. She wanted to change that.

Polly Brooks’s vision to shine a spotlight on American crafts doesn’t stop there, even with the Georgetown store closing. Over the years, strong connections have formed with a very enthusiastic and supportive customer base, along with staff and craftspeople who have been working with the couple for years.

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Georgetown Theater Space to Get First Retail, but Not a Foot Locker

Courtesy Sweetgreen.

For 10th Anniversary: Big Sweetgreen to Open on Wisconsin Sweetgreen, the local fast-casual startup that went big-time, is preparing to open its second Georgetown location at 1044 Wisconsin Ave. NW in less than month — just in time for its 10th anniversary. The company’s first salad spot, in a former Little Tavern hamburger joint at 3333 M St. NW, along Bank Street, has been closed for renovations.

The bigger space, in a former EagleBank building next to SoulCycle, takes up 2,242 square feet on two floors with an outdoor patio. It will operate seven days a week, from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Started by Georgetown University graduates in August 2007, Sweetgreen recently relocated its headquarters from D.C. to Culver City, California. The company has 64 stores — from D.C., Maryland and Virginia to California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania — and more than 1,700 employees.

Courtesy L’Enfant Cafe.

Out: L’Enfant Cafe on 18th St. There will be not French maid races this Bastille Day in Adams Morgan. L’Enfant Cafe & Bar at 2000 18th St. NW closed earlier this month with barely a leg kick. The loss of the neighborhood favorite is a kick in the pants — to a point — for those in Adams Morgan, who see their streetscape changing. The sudden and unannounced closure caused PoPville to exclaim: “What The?!?!?!?.”

It appears that a major retailer will soon be signing a lease on the renovated Georgetown Theater property at 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Some neighbors are saying it will be Foot Locker, the footwear and sportswear retailer.

But not so, said property owner and architect Robert Bell, who also told The Georgetowner, “I wish all my neighbors’ wishes would come true.” Aware of the business buzz, he said he was in negotiations but would say not more.

“When everything is signed, I will call you.”

(It may be a similar retailer, however.)

The building which had been a theater for decades fell on hard times and was renovated and reopened last year by Bell. The unoccupied first and lower levels measure 120 feet deep by 30 feet wide. Upstairs are offices and apartments. Also, plans are afoot for nearby buildings to undergo similar renovations.

The building is best known for its iconic theater sign with the capital letters, “GEORGETOWN,” switched back on last year and aglow in neon-red for the first time in more than 20 years.

Georgetown store manager Kelsey Knutson and Bryan Meehan, CEO of Blue Bottle Coffee: “In a city that commemorates the past and legislates the future, it’s good to take a moment in this new lightfilled café to exist in the present.”

Photo by Andy Cline.

In: Blue Bottle Coffee Opens By C&O Canal Blue Bottle Coffee, based in Oakland, California, opened its first D.C. café July 9 at 1046 Potomac St. NW, adjacent to the C&O Canal. The building once housed the first Down Dog Yoga. The Friday before, the café hosted a friends-and-family day with cups of coffee on the house. Sales benefited Blue Bottle’s local community partner, Bread for the City. On the Sunday grand opening, all coffee, pastry and merchandise proceeds went to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The Georgetown café was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. According to Blue Bottle: “In a town where coffee inspires diplomacy and filibusters alike, its fold-open storefront with a communal table beckons all to partake in coffee and neighborly conversation.

Guests can observe baristas crafting coffee at a standing bar looking toward the brew stations and enjoy pastries, Liège wafels, or toasts in the cafe or on the open-air patio.”

Kung Fu Tea Brand Ambassador.

In: Kung Fu Tea Atop Zannchi A Kung Fu Tea franchise opened a few weeks ago on the second floor of 1529 Wisconsin Ave. NW, above Zannchi, the Korean restaurant that replaced ShopHouse Kitchen last year. The Georgetown Kung Fu Tea is owned by manager Yizhou Yu, who graduated from Georgetown University in 2016, and classmate Eunjung Kim, who launched Zannchi together. Based in New York City, the company describes itself as “an Asian beverage specialist with a selection of tea, bubble tea and other hot and cold drinks, including coffee and slushes.” It’s known for its “fearless” tea varieties, which customers can customize. Oreo milk tea, anyone?

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Joe Scarborough’s debut EP. Courtesy Sony/Red Music.

‘Morning Joe’ Cut an EP? We Too Are Mystified MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of “Morning Joe” fame has released a debut EP, “Mystified.”

Off camera and behind his guitar he’s known simply as Scarborough. It may seem somewhat bizarre, but “Scarborough” plans to release 200 original songs over the next four years as part of a deal with Sony/Red Music. Dubbed “the Bono of broadcast,” Joe and his band have actually played regular shows in Manhattan clubs around his Upper West Side neighborhood. Who knew?

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In The Georgetowner’s June 7 issue, we reported on “Baywatch” star Kelly Rohrbach sharing memories of her time at Georgetown University on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

Well, it turns out the Georgetown alum is “quite the handful,” according to an insider quoted by Page Kelly Rohrbach.

Six. While promoting “Baywatch,” no one allegedly wanted to share press junkets with her. “Baywatch” ended up washing out in theaters, with a 19-percent splat on the Tomatometer.

Nantucket Magazine Model Bill Belichick Visits He probably has enough money to go anywhere in the world, but New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick was seen sightseeing around town ahead of the Bill Belichick. Courtesy Fourth of July holiday. WWII Foundation.

Belichick was observed in D.C. after the release of his Nantucket Magazine photo shoot, in which he seemed to have trouble cracking a smile. (Many on Twitter said it looked like a Cialis ad.)

Comedian Dave Chappelle is on the new mural at Ben’s Chili Bowl. Courtesy Stand Up For Democracy.

How Do You Spell Chappelle?

D.C.-born comedian Dave Chappelle made a rare appearance last month at the June 21 unveiling of “The Torch,” the new mural outside Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street NW. Chappelle, Barack and Michelle Obama, Prince, Harriet Tubman and other luminaries are depicted on the mural, painted by Aniekan Udofia. The D.C. Patch reported he made a brief speech that ended with him advocating for D.C. to become the 51st state. Mayor Muriel Bowser (or a member of her socialmedia team) must not follow Chappelle too closely; thanking him for the plug, she called him Dave “Chappale.”

Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough.

Mika Drags in Melania After attacking MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski on Twitter, saying she was “bleeding badly from a facelift,” President Donald Trump is involved in a vicious war of words with the MSNBC host and her co-anchor Joe Scarborough. The latest in the back-and-forth is an article in InStyle magazine in which Brzezinski said first lady Melania Trump has “got the worst job in the country.” “She will do it for as long as she has to for her son, that’s it,” Brzezinski added.

Future salvos — if not escalation — are likely.

HISTORIC DC

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Jefferson: Our First Wine Connoisseur

BY DO NNA E V E RS

Home of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello. Photo Monticello.org.

Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800.

Enter Dr. Norton. Norton was a medical doctor in Richmond who suffered a great tragedy: his wife and newborn daughter both died in childbirth. To survive this trauma, he threw himself into the pursuit of developing a fine American wine. Norton used the wild vines abundant in Virginia, combining the seedlings until he came up with a wine that resembled the rich blended wines of Bordeaux.

By 1830, he was selling his Norton wine, still a great local favorite in Virginia. Dark and smoky, this rich red wine does in fact resemble the wines of Bordeaux. If you need further encouragement, the thick-skinned berries give this unique varietal twice as much of the health-boosting resveratrol as one of its chief rivals, cabernet sauvignon.

The big question is: Did Thomas Jefferson know about Dr. Norton? Norton got recognition for his “invention” in 1821 and Jefferson died five years later. We have no idea if Jefferson learned of Norton and the American wine he created. The second question is: Would Jefferson have approved of this wine derived from wild vines? Or would he have insisted that the centuries-old European varietals to which he was so devoted were bound to be better?

While we can only speculate on the answers,

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

what we do know is that this founding father is the inspiration for Virginia’s fast-growing wine industry, and that another pioneer, Daniel Norborne Norton, single-handedly created a wine varietal that would thrive even in the state’s humid and unpredictable weather.

Bravo to both of our wine heroes!

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Thomas Jefferson once said, “Good wine is a necessity of life for me.” His appreciation of wine began when he was a student at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The gifted young scholar enjoyed dinners with wine imported from Europe at the table of his law professor, George Wythe.

His enthusiasm grew to fever pitch when he was appointed ambassador to France after the American Revolution.

When Jefferson’s tenure in Paris ended, he planned a detailed tour of the vineyards of Germany, Italy and, most of all, France.

On this extended trip, he met with the best vintners in the various regions, so that he could buy directly from them when he returned home. This way, he could avoid getting spoiled wine — often the case when European wines were imported by Americans. He also made sure that wine would be sent to him in bottles, not barrels, in order to avoid getting watereddown wine.

Jefferson personally financed this elaborate trip. The next time you visit the bar in the Jefferson Hotel, you can examine the maps that show the route of his elaborate journey. Clearly, he was already a confirmed wine aficionado.

When he became president, he filled the White House wine cellar with his favorite choices; some say the cellar has probably never been as well-stocked since.

Jefferson’s beloved creation, Monticello, was a great challenge to him, as well as a source of great satisfaction. When he was a child on his family’s farm, he could see the dome of the hill on which he would one day build his classically inspired villa. Many years and many incredible experiences would pass before Jefferson designed this Palladian masterpiece, which overlooked the wilderness that was part of the Louisiana Purchase he orchestrated (no doubt one of the greatest real estate bargains of all time).

His plans for Monticello included the cultivation of grape varieties from European vines. Although the soil was conducive for growing grapes, having come all the way from Europe the ungrafted vines did not fare well. Jefferson’s many attempts to establish a vineyard failed.

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RAMMYS Are July 30, Restaurant Week Starts Aug. 14

BY H AN NAH DODD D.C. foodies are gearing up for the capital’s most prestigious restaurant awards show, the RAMMYS, presented by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington.

Voted the District’s number-one food and restaurant event by Bizbash, the gala evening showcases the top Washington-area performers in the industry.

The 2017 RAMMY Awards Gala will take place Sunday, July 30, from 5 to 11 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

The awards are in 20 different categories, from Upscale Brunch of the Year to Chef of the Year. A few of the finalists: Cava Grill for Favorite Fast Bites, Kapnos by Mike Isabella for Cocktail Program of the Year and Erin Reed of Blue Duck Tavern for Pastry Chef of the Year.

At the event, Ashok Bajaj, founder of Knightsbridge Restaurant Group, will receive the Duke Zeibert Capital Achievement Award in recognition of his success — extending over more than 25 years — as a D.C. restaurateur.

Among his famed restaurants are the Oval Room and Rasika.

The RAMMYS are well-timed to call attention to Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week, running Aug. 14 to 20. At 250 participating restaurants, customers can enjoy a three-course lunch for $22 or a threecourse dinner for $35. During next month’s Restaurant Week, for the first time, some locations will offer brunch for $22. Those who dine out during Restaurant Week can also win prizes such as gift cards, cookbooks and tickets to food-related events.

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West End, Washington, DC. Historic expanded 4-story TH just off of Washington Circle. Legal 1BR/rental unit. Almost 3,100 SF. 3 story interior atrium. Garage parking conveys. Prime location - Foggy Bottom Metro, White House, World Bank, Georgetown, GWU. $1,895,000 Terri Robinson 202-607-7737

Georgetown, Washington, DC. Light-filled and spacious home on one of Georgetown’s most sought after yet rarely available streets, Cambridge Place. 5BR, hardwood, high ceilings and a beautifully renovated kitchen that opens to a private terrace. $1,797,000 Salley Widmayer 202-215-6174 Kate Beiser 404-323-4043

Georgetown, Washington, DC. Light-filled luxury living! 5BR + office. Lower level den & family room with French doors to private garden & patio. Marble, travertine, granite, and hardwoods throughout. Open kitchen! 2 fireplaces, elevator, vaulted ceilings, and 2-car parking! $1,695,000 Theresa Nielson 202-270-8822

Georgetown, Washington, DC. Charming 3BR, 2.5BA Carriage House with custom finishes throughout. Chef’s galley kitchen, living room with fireplace, large master bedroom. Light drenched, sophisticated and unique! $1,249,000 Kathy Melrod 301-523-2206

Glover Park, Washington, DC. Gorgeous, renovated, larger and newer than usual 4BR, 3.5BA townhome, open floor plan, in-law suite with full kitchen, family room and separate entrance, 3BRs and 2BAs up, plus additional bedroom/office in finished attic, off-street parking for 3 cars. $1,140,000 Kornelia Stuphan 202-669-5555

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hase 1 of the Wharf, the multibilliondollar project springing up from the Southwest waterfront, is set to open Oct. 12. PN Hoffman’s Monty Hoffman couldn’t be more excited for Washingtonians — and the world — to see what his firm, co-developers Madison Marquette and their team of planners, architects, builders and other partners have painstakingly pulled together over the past decade.

His confidence in the brand-new, milelong neighborhood’s appeal is contagious.

“This project is about D.C. breaking out of its parent-child relationship with the federal government and forming its own identity,” Hoffman says. “It’s the one place in the DMV [D.C.-Maryland-Virginia] region where we can embrace the water in a much grander way.”

To your average D.C. commuter who — while idling for hours on I-395 — has witnessed the Wharf transform from a giant pit in the ground to a cluster of gleaming high rises, Hoffman’s vision may sound lofty, or even out of touch. After all, given Washington’s history with big, flashy (not to say overhyped) developments, the Wharf may feel a bit like déjà vu all over again.

In Georgetown, Washington Harbour typifies the trend, delivering prime waterfront retail and restaurant space but in the form of a Brutalist castle. More recently, CityCenterDC has been the development poster child.

Despite occupying an ideal central location just north of Chinatown, its mix of highpriced retail and restaurants is shunned by

“It’s the one place in the region where we can embrace the water in a much grander way.”

— Monty Hoffman

Monty Hoffman stands in front of the newly constructed Anthem. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan. many locals. Or take National Harbor, a riverside behemoth that, with the opening of the $1.3-billion MGM casino resort, largely serves gamblers and conventioneers.

The Wharf is on a similar scale. Phase 1 comprises roughly two million square feet of mixed-use development. 655 apartments, some of which will be “micro-units” intended for transient millennials, are spread across three high-rise buildings. Two state-of-theart office buildings together account for more than a half-million square feet of office space.

Phase 1 alone is imposing, and another million square feet are coming in Phase 2. But Hoffman insists that the Wharf is

unlike any other recent D.C. development.

“The difference,” he argues, “comes down to curation.”

IT COMES DOWN TO CURATION From the beginning, Hoffman and his team set out to make a neighborhood that felt genuine and local. “We were very careful about how we curated the businesses, and we worked to bring in the right tenants to achieve their vision,” he says.

Their recruitment efforts pulled in some big fish with significant cultural cachet in the area.

First, they linked up with 9:30 Club and

I.M.P. Productions owner Seth Hurwitz, who had been looking at locations where he could create a distinctive music venue. The result of their collaboration: the Anthem, a new $60-million, 6,000-capacity venue that will anchor Phase 1 of the Wharf.

The Anthem will have everything music fans want, including state-of-the-art sound and killer views. Located in a larger mixeduse building (fear not, residents, there will be excellent soundproofing), the venue will take advantage of at least one building amenity: two rooftop pools. The pools’ glass bottoms will act as luminescent skylights for the venue below (fear not, ticketholders, you

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Luke, Daniel and Jonathen Brindley, owners of new Wharf venue Union Stage.

Photo by Ricardo Jiminez.

Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan. won’t get wet — or see residents swimming above, we think).

Hurwitz booked the Foo Fighters, fronted by area native and Black Cat co-owner Dave Grohl, to ring in the Anthem’s inaugural — and already sold-out — show on Oct. 12.

“There was never any question about who would open. There was no Plan B,” Hurwitz told the Washington Post. The lineup for later this year and early 2018 includes international pop star Lorde and indie darlings LCD Soundsystem, who just reunited after a sevenyear hiatus.

The Anthem is one of three (and counting) music venues at the Wharf. Another, Union Stage, is coming courtesy of Daniel, Luke and Jonathan Brindley, owners of the Vienna, Virginia, venue and café Jammin Java. Over the years, the brothers have had a number of offers to open another venue, but haven’t taken one up until now. “They found us,” Daniel Brindley says of Hoffman’s team, “and we were sold immediately.” He reiterates the importance of Hoffman’s curation, noting that the developer “doesn’t just pick anyone” to partner with at the Wharf.

Union Stage will be the “perfect counterpoint” to Jammin Java, says Brindley, who books shows both for Jammin Java and for the new venue. “We made something in the suburbs that honestly shouldn’t have worked. But it worked and now we get these amazing rock bands that come through.”

While he doesn’t know exactly what the mix at Union Stage will be — it won’t open until later this year and, he says, “venues take on lives of their own” — he’s excited about being able to offer musical acts that will bring in urban listeners, from hipsters to hip-hop fans. “The urban location opens up that whole world of musicians,” he says. The venue will offer seated and standing shows, so classic rockers can enjoy an acoustic set comfortably, young pop fans can dance the night away and

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Brindley can book a diverse array of bands and singers to fill the house.

Union Stage will hold 400 concertgoers, double that of Jammin Java, and offer a comprehensive menu from its full kitchen.

The venue is located on Pearl Street close to the Anthem and Pearl Street Warehouse, another bar with a live music venue.

Brindley doesn’t seem concerned about the competition. “Rising tides lift all boats, and there’s a way to compete and still be friends,” he says. “Pearl Street is always going to be a thing, like, ‘Meet you at Pearl Street!’”

Deliberately narrow, the cobblestone street will be dotted with restaurants and bars. After 5 p.m., Pearl Street will close to car traffic, becoming a pedestrian-only thoroughfare.

(There is parking nearby, but underground and out of sight.) Union Stage will have a nondescript cellar door and a basement-club vibe, the way Brindley likes it.

“The new place is set to become the No. 1 venue in America, I shit you not. It has the illusion of a stadium, but the intimacy of a nightclub. It’s perfect.”

—the Foo Fighters’ David Grohl, after touring the construction of the Anthem with Seth Hurvitz

FOOD-SCENE HEAVY HITTER Music isn’t the only attraction at the Wharf.

Heavy hitters in the D.C. food scene will be represented too. James Beard Award-winning chef Fabio Trabocchi will be there at Del Mar, a bi-level waterfront seafood restaurant where the menu and ambiance will pay homage to the Spanish island of Mallorca. D.C.-based celebrity chef Mike Isabella is set to open Requin, a French Mediterranean restaurant with waterside seating on the end of District Pier.

Mainstays like Dolcezza Gelato and hoagie-purveyor Taylor Gourmet will also be on hand. Southwest deck bar Cantina Marina will bring its combination of easy drinking and easy listening to the Wharf, and Todd Thrasher, owner of Alexandria cocktail bar PX, will open a two-story rum distillery and tiki bar called Potomac Distilling Co. Did someone mention oysters? The everexpanding Hank’s Oyster Bar will operate

Hank’s on the Water and the early-20thcentury oyster shed at the Municipal Fish Market will, fittingly, house Rappahannock Oyster Bar, run by the Croxtons, a Virginia oyster-farming family.

As for the tenants for the Class A and trophy-class office space, Hoffman namedrops a few examples: Washington Gas, the American Psychiatric Association and the intellectual-property law firm Fish & Richardson.

The top firms, fancy restaurants, cocktail bars and music venues may seem geared to the affluent, but Hoffman maintains that there’s something at the Wharf for everyone.

The condos and apartments come in a range of sizes; according to Hoffman, some will be affordable enough for people who work at the Anthem or the nearby restaurants to live in.

A local cruise company will run water

taxis from Georgetown, Nationals Park, Old Town Alexandria and National Harbor, adding to the Wharf’s accessibility for D.C.area residents and visitors. “The Wharf will be a big part of the city’s offering to the 5.5 million people in the region, and to the 18 million people who visit the District annually,” Hoffman says.

The way Hoffman sees it, his company has turned barely used federal land into a huge cultural and economic asset for the city.

Foo Fighters concertgoers — and other early arrivals — should plan to dine out, bar hop and explore the neighborhood, he says. In person, they’re likely to be astounded by the city-in-a-city that they have watched rise on the Southwest waterfront. And there’s more to come: Phase 2 construction will get underway in April of 2018.

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Former President Obama helped at Food & Friends. Courtesy Food & Friends.

$2 Million for Food & Friends The nonprofit Food & Friends has received two million dollars from Fleur, Sidney and Phyllis Bresler and the Bresler Foundation. The gift was announced June 19 at the organization’s annual Chef’s Best Dinner & Auction. The Bresler family was honored at the event for their 20 years of support for Food & Friends, which provides meals, groceries and other food-oriented services to D.C. residents with serious illnesses.

D.C. Tops in Energy Star Buildings For the third year in a row, D.C. has topped the Environmental Protection Agency’s annual ranking of U.S. cities with the most Energy Star-certified buildings. The 2017 list ranks metropolitan areas according to the number of buildings that earned an “Energy Star” certification in 2016. To be certified, a building must outperform 75 percent of the buildings like it nationwide, earning an Energy Star score of 75 or higher on a 100-point scale. Los Angeles held the numberone spot until D.C. swooped in and took it away. The Energy Star buildings in D.C. helped the city save $167 million in total energy costs.

Nadeau Proposes Grants, Loans for Small Businesses District Council member Brianne Nadeau is pushing a bill that she hopes will help local small businesses. If passed, the bill would provide up to $50,000 a year in grants and loans. Nadeau is concerned that the cost of doing business in the District has become incredibly expensive, Fox 5 reported. D.C. is also one of the most expensive places to live in the U.S., with the median rent at $2,700 per month.

D.C., Baltimore Drivers Just About the Worst Drivers in D.C. — and in Baltimore — have earned a title that is nothing to be proud of: among the worst in the nation.

WTOP reported that Allstate tracked insurance claims, number of years between crashes and collision likelihood in 200 metropolitan areas, comparing these and other data to national averages. The safest drivers, in Kansas City, Kansas, are likely to crash every 14.9 years, about four years less than the national average.

D.C. drivers crash every four years, earning them the 197th spot (Baltimore was 199, beating only Boston). Are you due?

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D.C. is home to a new sushi restaurant: Sushi Gakyu. The restaurant is the brainchild of master sushi chef and Kikisake-shi (certified sake sommelier) Yoshi Ota. The New York Avenue eatery gives patrons an upscale dining experience with traditional and modern sushi, sashimi and other Japanese fish dishes. Ota, who also owns Yuzu Japanese Dining in Bethesda, has practiced sushi-making for more than 30 years in the U.S. and Japan.

Luke’s Lobster, a restaurant that aims to “serve sustainable seafood straight from the source,” and modern and industrial coffee joint Compass Coffee signed a lease at 800 17th St. NW last month. The lease puts the eateries right off Farragut Square downtown. Luke’s, founded in New York by Mainer Luke Holden, also has a Georgetown location on Potomac Street.

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MARTIN’S TAVERN

CAFE BONAPARTE

202-333-7370 | martinstavern.com Fifth generation Lauren Martin learns about the family business from her dad, Billy Martin, Jr. 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 it’s walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin. Jr. continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest familyowned restaurant.

202–333–8830 | cafebonaparte.com Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café, featuring award-winning crepes and arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other can'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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FILOMENA RISTORANTE

CLYDE’S OF GEORGETOWN

202–338–8800 | filomena.com A Georgetown landmark for over 30 years featuring styles and recipes passed through generations. The menu is balanced with cutting-edge culinary creations of modern Italy using the fresh ingredients and made-from-scratch sauces and pastas. Winner of many awards, and seen on The Travel Channel, 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.

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.

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3236 M ST., NW

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The menu at Continental Modern Pool Lounge in Rosslyn comes from the inspiration and talent of Marjorie MeekBradley of Smoked & Stacked. The 180-seat indoor/outdoor beer garden near the Rosslyn Metro station is a project of Continental owner Curt Large, a partner at Roofers Union and Ripple, where Meek-Bradley was executive chef. Large is involved with many more restaurants we all know and love.

Boston-based Oath Craft Pizza will open at 2905 District Ave. in the Mosaic District in Merrifield, Virginia, in the fourth quarter of this year. The fast-casual pizza chain is known for its avocado oil-seared crust. Its first location was on Nantucket, so many D.C. locals should be familiar with the brand.

Quick Hits: Luke’s Lobster and Compass Coffee will open at 800 17th St. NW … Thai restaurant IMM on 9th will open at 1419 9th St. NW in Shaw where Chao Ku, Vegetate, Cafe Eagle, Taqueria Mexicana, Northern Restaurant and Secret Lounge used to be. Expansion plans include IMM on H along the H Street corridor and IMM on Georgia in Brightwood … Eric and Ian Hilton plan to open Crimson View rooftop bar atop the Pod Hotel in Penn Quarter at 627 H St. NW this month … Yoshi Ota plans to open Sushi Gakyu at 1420 New York Ave. NW featuring omakase-style meals. He is a Kikisake-shi, a certified sake sommelier … From James and Piya Cameron, the folks who brought you Thaiverse in Lovettsville, Virginia, comes Thaiverse 2 in Middleburg.

Chef & GM Update: Bryan Moscatello is new chef at 701 Restaurant in Penn Quarter … Dave Hollander is the GM at True Food Kitchen in Bethesda. He is a veteran of Carrabba’s.

C-C-Changes: Occidental Grill completes its renovations this month. The bar has moved to the former wine room across from the original entrance — and it’s open. There is a new dining space where the bar used to be. The entrance is now directly facing Pennsylvania Avenue, instead of the

side near the Willard … The Dabney in Blagden Alley NW will open a basement wine bar this month, featuring cocktails as well as wines.

Just Opened: True Food Kitchen at 7100 Wisconsin Ave. NW in Bethesda … Gorsha, a fast-casual Ethiopian eatery specializing in Ethiopian-style tuna poke, at Union Market. The chef and owner, Hiyaw Gebreyohannes, also supplies Ethiopian products to Whole Foods Market … Former Alexandria city councilman Rob Krupicka opened a Sugar Shack in Shaw, his third in the area … Sommelier Brent Kroll and restaurateur Max Kuller opened Maxwell Park, a wine bar serving small plates, at 1336 9th St. NW in Shaw. The menu was designed by Tony Conte, former chef at Oval Room (now at Inferno Pizzeria), who previously worked with Kroll …

Cleveland-based Choolaah Indian BBQ opened its second area location at 21426 Epicerie Plaza in Sterling, Virginia. The first is in Merrifield’s Mosaic District …

California-based Honeyfish Poke opened at 1615 Rockville Pike. This fast-casual eatery features build-your-own-proteinbowls, poke-style. There are also plans to open in D.C. at 1401 K St. NW. Openings Update: Black Restaurant Group’s Addie’s at Park Potomac Avenue plans to open in late summer … Matt Baker’s Gravitas, featuring a variety of tasting menus, plans to open in September at 1401 Okie St. NE in Ivy City … Jason Berry and Michael Reginbogin of Knead Hospitality + Design plan to open 9,000-square-foot Succotash, featuring chef Ed Lee’s Asianinfused Southern cooking, at 915 F St. NW in August … Scott Drewno’s Chi Ko opened July 7 … The Line DC hotel in Adams Morgan, with restaurants by Erik Bruner-Yang and Spike Gjerde, is now looking at an October opening.

Linda Roth is president of Linda Roth Associates, a public relations and marketing firm that specializes in the hospitality industry. Reach her at linda@ lindarothpr.com.

BY J ODY KURA S H

The mojito’s popularity exploded once it hit SoBe and was featured in a huge campaign by Bacardi. But it caught on for good reason: it’s an invigorating, mintyfresh potable with a subtle rum kick.

James Bond drank one in “Die Another Day.” R. Kelly sipped one (or more) before “we made love in a taxi cab.” R.E.M. mentions them in the party tune “Beach Ball,” Ice Cube raps about them in “Too West Coast” and the gunrunner in Steve Winwood’s “Secrets” drinks mojitos “with the boys.”

As for National Mojito Day, you just missed it (it was July 11). But why not celebrate all summer long?

In D.C., Adams Morgan is a good place to imbibe. Mainstay Havana Village mixes up a mean one. Just down the street, Rumba Café rates number one on Foursquare for mojitos. Cuba Libre downtown is known not only for the original version, but for a variety of fruity variations.

If you’re in serious party mode, you can join D.C.’s Mojito March, which will hit six Dupont Circle bars between noon and 10 p.m. Aug. 12. Or you can simply make them at home.

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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.

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 7 p.m., and during warmer months, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

DAS ETHIOPIAN

ENO WINE BAR

202–333–4710 | dasethiopian.com DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy two-story setting, with rare outside dining views and al fresco patio dining. DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the shopping district of Georgetown. A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic definition of DAS. Enjoy the casual yet refined atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

202–295–2826 | enowinerooms.com HAPPY HOUR: Offered nightly Tuesday - Thursday from 5 - 7 PM & Sunday from 4 - 7 PM. Enjoy select $7 wines on tap. Join us on Wednesday’s for College Nights from 9 - 11 PM and Sunday’s for 30% off bottles. Our delightful wines are best enjoyed with local charcuterie, cheese and small plates.

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THE MOJITO • 1½ oz. white rum • Splash of club soda • 2 tsp. simple syrup or 4 tsp. sugar • 12 fresh mint leaves • ½ lime

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As a cocktail, how do you know when you’ve reached your place in history? Could it be when you’re on the menu of every chain restaurant? Maybe it’s when James Bond drinks you on the big screen or when pop stars like Steve Winwood, R. Kelly and R.E.M. croon about you. Or is it when you get your own national day?

If your interest is piqued, get ready to enjoy a classic mojito, a timeless refresher that should be on everyone’s summertime cocktail list.

While many people only began hearing about the mojito in the 1990s — when it started tearing up the red-hot bar scene in Miami’s South Beach — the mojito has been around for centuries.

A refreshing mixture of mint, lime, sugar, rum and soda, the mojito was born in Cuba.

Its early roots can be traced to 1586, when Sir Francis Drake tried to sack Havana and seize the Aztec gold stored in the royal treasuries.

While the invasion was unsuccessful, Drake did not leave Cuba without making an impact. His subordinate, Richard Drake, invented a drink known as the draque. Served with a wooden spoon, this concoction — made with aguardiente (a crude forerunner of rum), sugar, lime and mint — was consumed mainly for medicinal purposes.

During the mid-1800s, around the tme the original Bacardi company was established in Cuba, the draque recipe was altered. Bacardi rum was substituted for aguardiente, and the mojito was born.

(Other accounts suggest that slaves working in Cuban sugarcane fields in the late 19th century invented the mojito.)

The source of the name is unclear. Some believe mojito comes from mojo, a Creole seasoning made with lime. Alternatively, it may be derived from mojadito (Spanish for “a little wet”).

The cocktail was popularized during Prohibition, when Cuba became America’s offshore drinking destination. Ernest Hemingway is supposed to have tossed them down at a Havana bar called La Bodeguita del Medio, but, according to Phil Greene, author of “To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion,” there is no solid proof of this. Perhaps it was just a clever marketing ploy; now, thanks to its Hemingway connection, the bar is a major tourist draw. When I visited the place, the mojitos were twice as expensive as anywhere else in Havana.

Muddle mint and lime in a Collins glass. Cover with simple syrup or sugar and top with ice. Add rum, then club soda. Stir well. Garnish with a lime wedge and a mint sprig.

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Two Hot Spots for Rehoboth Dining

BY R EB E CCA GOL UB It’s a sunny summer weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. You’ve laid out on the beach all day with friends and family, breathing in the ocean mist as the waves rolled in. Freeing your inner child, you play some games along the wide boardwalk. Then you drop into a few shops along Rehoboth Avenue for everything from clothes to soaps to candy to toys — and, of course, Kohr’s Frozen Custard (“The Original”).

As you begin to wind down your day, you will probably want to top it off with a nice meal. While some might choose to barbecue at home, others would rather take their taste buds on a culinary journey to the hottest new restaurants in town. If you’re among those beach-goers seeking an ocean-fresh, innovative experience, Blackwall Hitch and 208 Social are the places to go.

Home to some of the area’s freshest seafood, Blackwall Hitch opened a Rehoboth Beach location on Memorial Day weekend of 2016 in the former Green Turtle space on Rehoboth Avenue. Reinforcing the company’s aesthetic and adventurous connection to the sea, the new location is modeled on an old-time fishing boat, but with a modern twist: dangling bulbs and rustic woods, plus pops of sea-foam-blue from the Mason jars that serve as mugs.

The journey commences upon entry into the

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restaurant. Diners board the “ship,” where their palates are greeted by flavors of the ocean. The specialties? Oysters and flaming crab dip. The deep-shell, locally-farmed oysters arrive off the boat and onto your ice-covered plate within a 24-hour period, served with Tabasco and a variety of house-made mignonettes. Savory palates will want to share the cheesy crab dip, drizzled with bourbon as ignition fluid.

“I’ve always loved the sea,” says executive

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chef Chip Miller. “And I like how Blackwall Hitch gives their chefs freedom with the menu.”

The curated menu reflects Miller’s passion for fresh, local ingredients, which began in his family’s garden. The chef-to-be picked, canned and preserved produce with his mom.

At Blackwall Hitch, Miller only serves what is made in his kitchen, including the sauces.

A dish you’ve got to try: Miller’s five-ounce jumbo lump crab cakes, sans filling, which pair

perfectly with sweet roasted corn salsa and rosemary French fries.

For a smaller, mom-and-pop restaurant feel, take a walk around the block to 208 Social on 2nd Street. Owned and operated by chef Nate Leonard, 208 Social serves as a community spot where diners can be food connoisseurs in a laid-back, homey environment.

Stay for a while at 208 and let Andy Fabriziani — some Rehoboth regulars call him

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“the best bartender ever” — make you feel right discovered, however, that he enjoys cooking for at home as he mixes you his signature bourbon more than the top one-percent. He did well in Michelin restaurants, but, he says, “I wanted to sour, made with bourbon, apple bitters, lemon and other ingredients for a light, natural flavor. create what was accessible by everyone.”

Leonard keeps his menu affordable while Leonard’s favorite drinks are the Ambassador, made with Diplomatico Reserva rum, Domaine cooking with his heart and soul. Andy de Canton, Cynar and Fonseca Bin No. 27 recommends the summer fluke, made with Smith Island crab salad, Baywater Greens port, and the Last Stop, made with Dalwhinnie 15-year-old scotch, Banane du Brésil and bitters. squash, roasted eggplant, squash blossom and gazpacho water. Another favorite: scallops, At 208, the bar doubles as a test kitchen; Leonard will bring out his potential dishes caught daily, whatever sizes the fishermen for the following week — cream of day-old bring in, served over mushroom risotto and popcorn (pureed), for instance — for guests to topped with porcini foam. The third menu item that should be in the dictionary under “fingertaste. He converses with them, considers their lickin’ good” are the sticky ribs: pork ribs feedback, then it’s back to the cutting board.

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Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships

Burned Out From Caring for Spouse’s Anxiety

BY STACY N OTA R A S M U R P H Y Dear Stacy, I am in love with a man who has recurring panic attacks. He and I have been dating for several months and only recently did he share this information. He only told me because he was having a panic attack episode when we were on a date and he had no choice but to explain what was happening. He says he is embarrassed and afraid that I had to see him that way and is now struggling with being in our relationship. I have done my (Google) research so I know what these attacks are and how they work. I can honestly say I’m not afraid of them or of having a relationship with someone who suffers from them. He is still pushing me away. I don’t know what to do.

— Committed to Him Dear Committed: I am happy that you have done your research and hope you have learned that panic attacks are both very common and quite misunderstood — even by those suffering from them. For those who haven’t been so educated, a quick primer: Panic attacks may present a variety of symptoms including trembling and shaking,

rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, sweating, nausea, dizziness and a feeling of being out of control or dying. They may begin out of nowhere and without warning signs. The symptoms are similar to other major medical conditions, so it is important to see a medical provider if you are unsure what is happening.

The good news is that while panic attacks feel terrifying and uncontrollable, most subside after about 10 minutes. One of the most difficult aftereffects may be the debilitating fear that you will have another panic attack. The best treatment usually combines behavioral therapy and medication.

To me, the content of your question — the fact that he has panic attacks — is less important than the process his condition has revealed: he pushes you away after showing you his vulnerability. This is not an unusual dynamic, mind you, but what you do next is important. It may feel like he doesn’t trust you when he tells you he is struggling with how to move forward, but take heart. In expressing his concerns, he is, in fact, bringing you even closer.

Being vulnerable in front of your partner is both painful and necessary to strengthen the bond between you. Please be patient. Make sure he knows you support him and, if it fits,

tell him you value the trust he has shown by letting you know him better through this experience. Set your personal research aside and tell him you want to be helpful in whatever way works best for him. If you can avoid pathologizing this situation, you can lay the groundwork for more emotional sharing — the ultimate purpose of love relationships.

Stacy Notaras Murphy is a licensed professional counselor in Georgetown. Visit her on the web at stacymurphylpc.com. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacy@stacymurphylpc.com.

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Gemstones sparkle and flash. We love their subtle or intense colors. They are beautiful, but did you know they can help you heal? Jade, pearl, tiger’s eye, turquoise, amber, quartz, diamond … worn or carried, each stone may have a unique ability to harmonize and balance your body and mind, and even bring luck your way.

What is #crystalhealing?

Modern crystal healing is founded on concepts from ancient Asian cultures, the Chinese concept of life-energy (chi or qi) and the Hindu or Buddhist concept of chakras (vortices of life-energy), connecting physical and supernatural elements of the body.

The colors of the gemstones relate to the colors of the chakras. For example, green jade helps the heart chakra, which is also green.

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PERFORMANCE

Live in the Moment at Capital Fringe

BY GARY T ISCHL ER

If you’re remotely concerned with or a part of the performing arts community — artist, donor, audience member, performer, board member — in Washington, D.C., or elsewhere, there’s a constant buzz and debate going on at every level.

What’s so important about live performance?

What is so important about plays and musicals? About orchestral music, about opera, about the cello in a string quartet or the piano in a jazz trio? What is so important about poetry boldly stated, sung, performed out loud in front of people? About a male or female dancer slicing through space in a ballet or a contemporary work? What is new and what is not and why does it matter?

Why — a deft digital but cultured type might ask — should we even care? All culture, all performance is available on a phone, through an app. All the songs, symphonies, plays, shows in the world are at our fingertips.

My answer has always been pretty simple: without live performance you have no immediacy, no boon companions in the audience, no connection to the performance and performers. You have instead borders, screens and smallness.

There is no app for what live performance can do, no sense of what time does to art and performance, how it transforms them into memory.

There is no app for that.

To get a real sense of just what that means, even in this technological age, go to one of the more than a hundred offerings at the Capital Fringe Festival, July 6 through July 30, an extravaganza of off-the-beaten-path performances large and small.

Since 2005, through rough times, physical moves and many changes, the festival — under founder Julianne Brienza — has been offering Washington performing arts buffs the essence of what live performance is and can accomplish.

The fringe concept goes back to 1947 in Edinburgh, Scotland, but it still seems like something brand new, sprung out of a

roadside. All the theatrical tools — the words, makeup, costumes, props, instruments, voices, choreography, improvisation — come into play.

When everything else in the world seems mightily to try to separate us, here we are together, in a one-room office, in a theater, a nightclub, in the open air, under a tent, we happy few.

Over time, Capital Fringe has enriched itself through a kind of dispersion of category and genre: comedy, drama, dance, musical theater, music and physical theater. However, there is still plenty of overlapping, mixing and crossing over. This year’s festival, if you peruse the offerings, also seem a little more concentrated on regional and local groups and individual artists.

You just sort of go through and pick — because you like the sound of the group or are tickled by its name. Generationally, too, some things resonate more than others.

Here, without much ado and very little logic, are a few of my choices. The Capital Fringe website has complete information on dates, times, venues and ticketing.

“Arden Now,” a take on Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” by the Rude Mechanicals.

“Comedian Elected to Town Council in New Jersey,” just the title of which makes me laugh.

“Exit, Pursued by Bear,” from D.C.’s Barabbas Theater.

“Garbage Person Karaoke” (no further explanation forthcoming).

“Hexagon 2017: Let Freedom Zing,” for the Hexagonian in you.

“I’m Margaret Thatcher, I Is!” and “In the Company of de Sade,” not together, unfortunately.

“Nasty Women of the Ecstatic Rainbow Mystical Retreat,” which calls for some deconstruction, please.

“Wit and Wrath: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker,” about the original intellectual mean girl from the Roaring Twenties, who supposedly said of Kate Hepburn that she ran the gamut of emotions from A to B.

“Aflight.” Photo by Gail Bingham. Courtesy Jane Franklin Dance.

“Clara Bow: Becoming ‘It,’” about Hollywood’s first sex symbol.

“Constructive Fictions,” a look at the case of Rabbi Barry Freundel, for Georgetown scandal fans.

“Howl: In the Time of the Trump,” putting a current-events spin on Beat poet Allen Ginsberg’s famed apocalyptic poem.

“Lazarus,” from Unstrung Harpist Productions.

“Nevertheless, She Persisted: Stories of Connections in a Disconnected Society,” from the SMArtsLab of Germantown, Maryland.

“Orson the Magnificent: The Magic of Orson Welles,” for those who regret never

meeting the great iconoclast.

“Slaughterhouse Five,” for the Vonneguters.

“Thomas Jefferson Hoochie-Coochie Man,” a fictional monologue on TJ by BC (Bill Clinton).

“Help Me Wanda,” a celebration of Wanda Jackson by District Misfits.

“Think Before You Holla,” from Joe’s Movement Emporium.

“Aflight,” from Jane Franklin Dance.

Remember, for the moments brought to you by these artists (and others), there is no app.

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WEBRE IS NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG BALLET Earlier this month, longtime Washington Ballet artistic director Septime Webre became artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet, succeeding former Royal Swedish Ballet artistic director Madeleine Onne.

The newly married Webre, who goes by Wei Seng Teen (“one who protects talent”) in China, will continue to serve as artistic director of the Georgetown-based nonprofit Halcyon, converting its interdisciplinary arts series, Halcyon Stage, into a 10-day festival in June of 2018.

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Library commission, will return to the Freer courtyard when the museum reopens Oct. 14 following renovations.

Saint-Gaudens’s “Labor Supported by Science and Art.” Photo by Richard Selden.

the public can observe the cleaning of two five-foot-high figural groups by Gilded Age sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The event will take place outdoors because it involves the high-pressure blasting of the works, “Labor Supported by Science and Art” and “Law Supported by Power and Love,” with pellets of solid carbon dioxide, commonly known as dry ice. The bronze sculptures, connected with a canceled Boston Public

WOOLLY MAMMOTH’S SHALWITZ WILL STEP DOWN Howard Shalwitz, cofounder and artistic director of Woolly Mammoth, announced that the coming season would be his last with the inexplicably named theater company, which presented its first performances in 1980 in the Church of the Epiphany’s parish hall on G Street NW. From Sept. 5 to Oct. 8, he will act in Woolly’s production of a new translation of “The Arsonists,” Max Frisch’s 1958 play about the rise of Nazism and Communism. Shalwitz’s successor at the company, which opened its own space on D Street NW in 2005, is expected to be named next spring.

NATIONAL CATHEDRAL NAMES ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE “Experimental musical laboratory” PostClassical Ensemble, founded in Washington in 2003 by conductor Angel Gil-Ordóñez and music historian Joe Horowitz, has been named ensemble in residence at Washington National Cathedral. (Gil-Ordóñez spilled the beans at Georgetown Media Group’s June 22 Cultural Leadership Breakfast.)

During PCE’s inaugural 2017-18 season at the cathedral, the innovative chamber orchestra will give three performances, contextualized by exhibits and talks: “Music in Wartime: A Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration” on Dec. 7, “Deep River: The Art of the Spiritual” on Feb. 28 and “Secret Music Skirmishes of the Cold War: The Shostakovich Case” on May 23.

VISUAL ARTS

Markus Lüpertz at the Phillips, Hirshhorn

BY A R I P O ST

The Hirshhorn just opened a major exhibition of rock-star Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, the museum’s third in five years. It is a highly personal landscape of political dissent, a sly, tempered, culturally informed response to current government oppression of political and humanitarian activists across the world. The show wags a scolding finger at government surveillance and honors the men and women who have sacrificed their personal freedoms in fighting for the rights of others.

Its intentions are honorable, but as art it falls short. The central work, a massive series of vectorized, technicolor Lego portraits of political activists that stretch neatly across the floor like orthopedic tiling, was originally conceived for Ai’s installation at Alcatraz, the legendary former island prison in San Francisco Bay. I imagine that in an abandoned, moldy prison complex off the frigid coast of California, grainy headshots of some hundredodd political prisoners tiling huge expanses of crumbling concrete floors had a significant impact. But on the second floor of the modishly annular Hirshhorn, it felt in turns misguided, sanctimonious and awkwardly fashionable, like those reusable Whole Foods bags printed with photographs of smiling African tribeswomen balancing wicker baskets on their heads.

Political art still needs to function foremost as art, as more than well-designed visual editorials. Because art is inherently a conversation with history and beauty, it does not work cleanly in conjunction with current events if divorced from the intellectual space it is afforded by its aesthetics.

I took the elevator downstairs to “Markus Lüpertz: Threads of History,” one of two Lüpertz exhibitions currently in Washington spotlighting the artist’s career, a collaboration between the Hirshhorn and the Phillips Collection. There I found what I was missing.

The German painter Markus Lüpertz also deals in his work with fraught sociopolitical environments — that of postwar Germany, and the ongoing story of a remarkable country coming to terms with itself in the wake of committing unspeakable humanitarian atrocities. The difference is that Lüpertz does this while also honoring art as a historical and political arena in itself.

Lüpertz’s paintings feel like a beautiful progression of Western and German traditions, in the footsteps of the Weimar Republic, Der Blaue Reiter and German Expressionism, but looking further back at Classicism with a postwar lens like a fissure through classical and contemporary approaches.

Markus Lüpertz was born in 1941 in what was then Czechoslovakia, emigrating with his family to then-West Germany in 1948.

Working as an artist throughout Germany, France and Italy since his mid-20s, he forged a career in a postwar Germany dominated by American abstraction and Pop Art, challenging and provoking the historical expectations of modernism in Europe. His success speaks for itself in the myriad biennales, formal critical recognitions and “Prix”-affixed accolades that have been bestowed upon him throughout the European Union.

The self-titled exhibition at the Phillips, “Markus Lüpertz,” explores the entirety of

“The Large Spoon,” 1982. Markus Lüpertz. Courtesy Phillips Collection.

“Untitled,” 2008. Markus Lüpertz. Courtesy Phillips Collection. the artist’s five-decade career with a survey of his earliest works along with more recent paintings. The artist himself came to the museum to hang the show, which, unlike most retrospective exhibitions that are organized chronologically or thematically, places pieces from all eras of his career in conversation with one another. The result is one of the most

visually fluid and satisfying exhibitions I have seen in years.

Over at the Hirshhorn, “Markus Lüpertz: Threads of History” is an in-depth exploration of his early work, including some large-scale canvases that reveal his early influences and a monumental ambition. Together, these exhibitions mark Lüpertz’s first major U.S.

museum retrospective and a chance for American audiences to see the full creative evolution of a significant contemporary painter with a uniquely relevant historical voice.

It is rare that an exhibition has the power to change my perception of the work it contains while I am actively observing it, but here is perhaps an interesting example of this, and of why I found myself so taken by Lüpertz’s work.

There is a series of paintings throughout the Phillips exhibition plagued by the shadows of war: German military helmets, ravaged landscapes, obscured faces. Lüpertz handles paint violently and gorgeously, and the canvases are of course evocative. I perversely enjoyed the painterly display of 19th-century Modernism meeting its Nazi doom, and I could understand this being a fixation of a conscientious, postwar German artist concerned with history.

But I felt in the imagery of these paintings an oversimplification in the metaphor of war, as if warfare was simply an antithetical juxtaposition to art. It seemed obvious that following World War II these effects would loom over the psyche of reconstruction-era Germans with all the blunt, irreconcilable impact of the Berlin Wall. I thought the helmets were a straw man.

As I was noting this contention in my legal pad, however, it steadily occurred to me that this was actually a fine explanation for these crude, flatly-rendered German helmets, unchanging and visually inarticulate against complex and delicately violent environments of the surrounding paintings.

I am not German. I did not grow up in the 1950s. These helmets don’t diminish the complications of the Holocaust — it is probably just how it felt: an uncomfortably-shaped, dark, irremovable blotch with an ugliness that overshadowed any nuance, beauty, harmony, peace or balance that tried to exist in its presence. It was just that, a stain on a cultural landscape.

Amazingly, my favorite work in either show is among Lüpertz’s most recent paintings, from his Arcadian series of the 2010s. In “With the Help of the Grasshopper,” broken Roman marble sculptures litter a muted, gray marsh, all drips and brushstrokes with a strange softness that expresses both an ethereal delicacy and darkness. It is like the ancient artifacts of Western history were set loose in the wild and then frozen in place by the wrath of God amid a Bacchanalian revelry, to become overgrown and engulfed by nature like a civilization abandoned. There is also something to the tone, a greyness, that somehow seems integral to all this, like the shadows cast over history.

What is maybe most fascinating about Lüpertz’s work as a whole is that it elicits such visceral and emotional responses, yet it is sprinkled with intellectual breadcrumbs in all the right places, just enough that by the time your body finishes reacting, your brain has started spinning its wheels.

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GOOD WORKS & GOOD TIMES

Chamber Dance Project Presents ‘Ballet, Brass & Song’

BY M ARY BIRD On the opening night of “Ballet, Brass & Song” at Sidney Harman Hall June 22, the Moche Brass Band welcomed guests outside the theater before proceeding to the stage for “Rue Noir,” evoking the pulse of the French Quarter. The program included five ballets, three choreographers and three music ensembles. Choreographer Diane Coburn Bruning has assembled her troupe of dancers from major ballet companies and D.C.’s finest brass, jazz and chamber musicians. Founded in New York in 2000, the company has just completed its fourth season in D.C., fulfilling her conviction that dance should be performed with live music in smaller venues. VIP ticket holders enjoyed a post-party with the artists on the upper mezzanine.

A Taste of North Capitol at NPR PH OTOS BY N ESH AN H. NALTCHAYAN The North Capitol Main Street celebrated with food and live music June 1 at the National Public Radio Atrium. The nonprofit’s area borders New York Avenue to the south and Rhode Island Avenue to the north and is funded by the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development.

Keiyana Swann and Melissa Biggins of Sweeter Hue Bakery.

Chamber Dance Project Ballet Master Luis Torres with opening night co-chair Traudel Lange.

Jill Nevius with husband Fred Schwartz.

Aisha Bond, executive director of North Capitol Main Street, and Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie.

Karina O’Friel and Brett St. John.

The Bark Ball Is a Howling Success

BY M ARY BIRD The Humane Rescue Alliance presented the 30th Annual Bark Ball at the Washington Hilton June 17 with NBC, News4 Anchor Wendy Rieger as emcee. The costumed canines, many honoring the “masquerade” theme, proudly escorted their people and were rewarded with an amply stocked bark bar. Behavior at dinner in the ballroom was exemplary. The evening honored Bark Ball founder Diana Bulger, who envisioned not just a gala to benefit dogs, but a gala for dogs. Former Sen. Robert Dole’s adopted Leader Dole served as the first celebrity Honor Dog Chair. The HRA protects animals, supports families and advocates for positive change where all animals can thrive.

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Honoree Diana Bulger with Lucy.

HRA President and CEO Lisa LaFontaine with former Allison Rhyne and Major League.

Senators Robert and Elizabeth Dole

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D.C. Chamber of Commerce at 79

BY RO B E RT DEVA NEY The D.C. Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 79th birthday at the City Club of Washington June 22. Working to make D.C. a better place to do business, the chamber and its members were saluted

by Mayor Muriel Bowser and the District Council.

Evans Feted at Political Club

BY R OBERT D EVAN EY Council member Jack Evans was feted at the Women’s National Democratic Club at Dupont Circle June 22. Stories — serious or otherwise — filled the room as friends applauded the longest-serving member of the District Council. Said the evening’s organizer Kandie Stroud: “Jack’s been a friend to the WNDC in so many ways, and he’s a treasure to our city. I am so happy we had the opportunity to honor him for his loyalty, his friendship, his dedication to our nation’s capital and his hard work.”

Marie Johns, chairperson of D.C. Chamber of Commerce, Vincent Orange, president and CEO, D.C. Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Tony Cheng of Tony Cheng Seafood & Restaurant, a D.C. Chamber Member-International Committee.

D.C. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Vincent Orange with Paulette Zonicle, the Bahamas Consulate General, and Wendell Johns.

Jack Evans and Kandie Stroud.

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District Council chair Phil Mendelson and Ana Harvey, director of D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development.

Two of the triplets, John and Katherine Evans, with dad Jack Evans.

Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham with his wife Kristy.

Friends of the National Arboretum 2017 Dinner

BY M ARY BIRD Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.), U.S. National Arboretum Director Richard T. Olsen, Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) board members and supporters from business, Capitol Hill and the USDA were among the 500 guests at FONA’s annual Dinner Under the Stars. Against a backdrop of the National Capitol Columns, the dinner provides critical funding for scientific, educational and public services projects. The Washington Youth Garden is a FONA-sponsored program that provides a unique yearround environmental science and food education program for D.C. youth and their families. Photos by Digital PX.

In front of the old U.S. Capitol columns: Colleen Girouard, Moira Bogrov, Constance Chatfield-Taylor, Lisa Koches and Leslie Howard.

Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.

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BERKLEY, WASHINGTON, DC Lovely home set up on a hill on a stunning lot overlooking gardens. Gracious room sizes and outdoor space for entertaining. $3,800,000 Nancy Itteilag 202-905-7762 Chris Itteilag 301-633-8182

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Complete renovation of a Georgetown Federal.

Highest quality, top to bottom. Five bedrooms, four and a half baths, modern floor plan, Lovely private garden with mature trees. $3,500,000 Jamie Peva 202-258-5050

BERKLEY, WASHINGTON, DC NEW LISTING! Fabulous 7,000+/- SF home completely renovated with the highest quality finishes and detail. 6+BR, 6.5BA, 2-car garage, and more!

Robert Hryniewicki Adam T. Rackliffe 202-243-1620

SAINT MARY’S CO, MARYLAND Boater’s paradise. Historic renovated estate with boathouse, pool, two guest houses, stables, tennis, 100+ acres. $2,999,000 Anne Killeen 301-706-0067 Dan Corr 202-494-3530

PARC SOMERSET, CHEVY CHASE, MD Grand 3BR/3BA residence with high ceilings, fireplace, & striking views from 2 large balconies! Many amenities include indoor/outdoor pools, fitness center, tennis. 2 garage parking spots. $2,995,000 Marylyn Paige 202-487-8795

HILL CREST FARM, DELAPLANE, VIRGINIA 153+ acres in the Piedmont Hunt country. Fenced for cattle, excellent vineyard potential. 16K per acre.

Privacy. Stream. Conservation easement.

Carole Miller 540-729-7896 Kevin Keane 540-454-0905

BETHESDA, MARYLAND Stunning custom home on 17,000+ SF lot! Unsurpassed in quality & detail! 4 finished levels! Fabulous library, DR, kitchen, FR, porch, patio & fireplace! MBS & private deck, 5+ BR, media & rec room! $2,595,000 Joanne Pinover 301-404-7011

WEST END, WASHINGTON, DC NEW PRICE! Great, light-filled renovation with 10 foot ceilings, fireplace, luxury master suite and gourmet kitchen. Two car garage and separate storage room. 24 hour concierge. $2,345,000 W. Ted Gossett 703-625-5656

CLEVELAND PARK, WASHINGTON, DC Enchanting 1903 5BR/4.5BA Queen Anne. Beautifully updated with many period details. New gourmet kitchen, front and rear porches, two car parking.

Steps to Metro and shops. $2,150,000 Margot Wilson 202-549-2100

PALISADES, WASHINGTON, DC Luxurious & sophisticated 4BR/4.5BA TH in Foxhall Ridge. Easy living at its best with elevator, two-car garage and entertaining spaces. In-law suite, rooftop deck, balcony, patio. $1,999,000 Susan Hand 703-608-5056

EAST VILLAGE, WASHINGTON, DC Charming brick Victorian in Georgetown’s East Village maintains many historical details, including high ceilings, wood floors and fireplace. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths and private garden. $1,495,000 Jamie Peva 202-258-5050

BROOKMONT, BETHESDA, MARYLAND Light-filled, turnkey 4BR/3.5BA TH with open floor plan, soaring ceilings, & dramatic woodland views!

1 minute drive to DC line! Sleek kitchen, luxe master suite, garage & driveway parking. $1,100,000 Margot Wilson 202-549-2100

HAWTHORNE, WASHINGTON, DC Sun-splashed & airy rambler on a generous lot. 3BR, 2.5BA, large LR & DR, updated kit w/ SS appliances, screened porch overlooks landscaped yard. Walkup attic, LL w/rec room & storage, 2 car gar. $779,000 Carrie Carter 202-421-3938

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