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town topics September 26 Fall Arts Festival

More than 100 artists will exhibit fine art, fine craft, jewelry and handcrafted furniture at the Workhouse Fall Arts Festival, presented by the Workhouse Arts Center in collaboration with Catriona Fraser, director of the Bethesda Fine Arts Festival. For details, visit workhousearts.org. 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton, Virginia.

St. Nicholas Cathedral Bazaar

Admission is free to the bazaar, which will feature a variety of Slavic folk music and dance performances. Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian and Serbian food will be available for purchase. There will also be Cathedral tours, Orthodox-related lectures, face-painting and crafts and Christmas items in the gift shop. For details, visit stnicholasdc.org. 3500 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

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September 27 Fall Sunday Serenity at Dumbarton House

Local yoga instructor Lauren Jacobs leads this 60-minute all-levels vinyasa flow class in the East Park at Dumbarton House, a serene, tree-covered outdoor space. Bring your own mat to this session, designed to be fun and challenging for both experienced yogis and yoga skeptics. For details and to buy tickets (suggested $5 donation), visit eventbrite.com.

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Recital by Students of Denyce Graves

As part of the Waterford Concert Series, opera star and Peabody Conservatory faculty artist Denyce Graves will present five of her voice students, past and present.

After an introduction by Graves, each will give a 10-15 minute presentation, varying in language and style. Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for students. To buy tickets, visit eventbrite.com. Waterford Old School Auditorium, 40222 Fairfax Street, Waterford, Virginia.

course dinner with wines at Nopa Kitchen, are $300. For details, visit spymuseum.org.

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October 1–3 Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show

The Smithsonian Women’s Committee presents this annual show of wearable art, the top tier of American craft artistry. One-of-a-kind articles of clothing, jewelry and accessories will be on exhibit and for sale. Proceeds support Smithsonian projects in the sciences and the arts. Admission is $10 at the door. For details and to buy tickets to the Advance Chance Party and Fashion Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves will presShow on Oct. 1 ($75), ent her students in Waterford, Virginia. visit swc.si.edu/craft2wear. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW.

September 29 Dinner with a Spy

At this gathering of only 12 guests, International Spy Museum Executive Director Peter Earnest will lead a conversation with Jon Monett, who served more than 26 years at the CIA in the Office of Technical Services.

Tickets, including hors d’oeuvres and three-

October 3 22nd Annual Taste of Georgetown

An epicurean festival on the waterfront, the annual Taste of Georgetown will offer signature dishes from more than 30 of the neighborhood’s best restaurants. There will also be a craft beer and wine garden. Hosted by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, the event benefits the Georgetown

Ministry Center’s services supporting the homeless. For details and to buy tasting tickets ($4 and $5, discounted when multiple tickets are purchased in advance), visit tasteofgeorgetown.com. K Street NW, between Wisconsin Avenue and Thomas Jefferson Street.

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Eduardo Cardozo: The Other Side

Artful Living presents the opening reception for “Eduardo Cardozo: The Other Side,” the world-renowned Uruguayan artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States. The artist’s abstract oil paintings explore, in Cardozo’s words, “that which is hidden in the painting as well as meetings between distant places.” The exhibit runs through Oct. 31 at 1666 33rd St. NW.

October 4 Volta Park Day

The Friends of Volta Park will welcome the fall with the annual Volta Park Day, featuring rides, games, grilled food and drinks. The event supports Volta Park’s beautification.

For details, visit voltapark.org. Volta and 34th Streets NW.

“Phantom of the Opera” at St. John’s

Internationally acclaimed organist Todd Wilson will provide a hair-raising, improvised accompaniment to the original 1925 silent movie on the magnificent Casavant pipe organ at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Tickets (including popcorn) are $30.00 for adults, $25 for students. 3240 O St. NW.

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Saudi King Comes to Washington, Reigns in Georgetown

When When aa foreign foreign dignitary dignitary comes comes to toWashington, Washington, itit is is always always kind kind of of aa big big deal, deal, depending depending on on the the nation nation and and its its ties ties to to the the United United States.

States. But But when when King King Salman Salman of of Saudi SaudiArabia Arabia came came to to the the nation’s nation’s capital capital Thursday, Thursday, Sept.

Sept. 3, 3, he he arrived arrived in in an an unusuunusually ally big big way. way. He He and and his his family, family, along along with with the the Saudi Saudi entourage entourage of of diplomats diplomats and and other other officials, officials, reportedly reportedly reserved reserved all all 222 222 rooms rooms of of the the Four Four Seasons Seasons Hotel Hotel in in Georgetown Georgetown through through Saturday, Saturday, Sept.

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Traffic Traffic was was halted halted for for blocks blocks in in each each direcdirection tion along along Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Avenue Avenue and and M M Street Street for for more more than than an an hour hour Thursday Thursday evening. evening. The The 79-year-old 79-year-old king king was was received received at at Joint Joint Base Base Andrews Andrews by

by Secretary Secretary of of State State John John Kerry, Kerry, who who accompanied him to the hotel, about seven accompanied him to the hotel, about seven blocks blocks from from the the secretary’s secretary’s Georgetown Georgetown home. home. With With ononagain-off-again again-off-again closures closures at at intersections, intersections, traffic traffic was was congested congested around around and and beyond beyond the the hotel. hotel. All All those those black black Mercedes Mercedes sedans sedans and and SUVs SUVs parked parked nearby nearby and and on on the the residential residential streets streets did did not not help, help, either. either.

Salman Salman met met President President Barack Barack Obama Obama at at the the White White House House Friday Friday to to talk talk over over an an array array of of international international issues issues affecting affecting the the U.S. U.S. and and Saudi Saudi

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Arabia. Of Of late, late, America’s America’s relationship relationship with with the the oil-rich desert kingdom has been a little oil-rich desert kingdom has been a little flat flat because because of of Obama’s Obama’s criticism criticism of of some some Mideast Mideast governments governments and and his his push push for for the the nuclear nuclear deal deal with with Iran.

Iran. Salman, Salman, who who assumed assumed the the throne throne in in January, January, did did not not attend attend aa conference conference of of Gulf Gulf nations nations held held at at Camp Camp David David in in May. May. However, However, this historic, first-ever visit to the U.S. this historic, first-ever visit to the U.S. by

by Salman Salman as as King King of of Saudi SaudiArabia Arabia and and Custodian Custodian of of the the Two Two Holy Holy Mosques Mosques is is likely likely to to be be crowned crowned by by aa $1 $1 bilbillion lion arms arms deal deal with with the the Pentagon.

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The The regal regal arrangements arrangements at at the the Four Four Seasons, Seasons, known known for for its its luxury luxury accommodations accommodations and and servicservices, es, hit hit aa new new high. high. “Everything “Everything is is gold. gold. Gold Gold mirmirrors, rors, gold gold end end tables, tables, gold gold lamps, lamps, even even gold gold hat hat racks,” racks,” aa Four Four Seasons Seasons patron patron informed informed Politico’s Politico’s Kate Kate Bennett, Bennett, who who further further wrote: wrote: “Red “Red carpets carpets have been laid down in hallways and have been laid down in hallways and even even in in the the lower lower parking parking garage garage so so that that the the king king and and his his famfamily ily never never have have to to touch touch asphalt asphalt when when departing departing their custom Mercedes caravan.” their custom Mercedes caravan.”

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U.S. Gives Actress Ingrid Bergman Stamp of Approval

By Gary tisC hler For the true movie stars, the accolades never quite end. That was surely the case for the incandescent Ingrid Bergman, who was, as the veteran Washington movie critic Arch Campbell noted, “one of the great female stars of all time,” and who was honored yet again with a stamp ceremony at House of Sweden in Georgetown on Sept. 9.

Personal Trainers Ready for New Rules?

By C h ar l es Bal d win Citing injuries and sexual misconduct, the District Council passed a law last year requiring personal-fitness trainers to register with the city and put its Board of Physical Therapy in charge of regulating them. As this issue goes to press, the board is voting on a new set of rules that would go into effect in 30 days.

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Georgetown’s Rabbi White, 83, Remembered for Bridging Faiths By roB ert devaney Georgetown University’s Rabbi Harold White, the first full-time rabbi at a U.S. Catholic university and highly regarded for his interreligious teachings, died Aug. 31 of complications from a stroke at the age of 83.

21st Century Fox Buys National Geographic

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Donations in Kohut’s memory should be (with a notation specifying that they are made in his memory) to Friends of Rose Park, 1404 27th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20007.

‘Light the City’ Begins New Tradition Andy Kohut, Georgetowner and pollster par excellence.

Andy Kohut Loses Fight Against Cancer

Georgetowner Andrew Kohut, co-founder and first president of the organization that would become the Pew Research Center — arguably the most accurate and unbiased polling company — died Sept. 8 following a long battle with leukemia. He was 73.

Known by his peers as uncommonly nonpartisan in the methods he used to accurately poll the public, he never belittled the opinions of his subjects. Not content with “liberal,” “conservative”

“Light the City — Georgetown,” a community celebration of unity and faith, was held the evening of Sept. 12, beginning with a Vigil Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Afterwards, “human luminaries” with candles walked from the west side of Georgetown to a gathering at Epiphany Catholic Church on the east side of town, praying at or visiting churches along the way. Participating

churches included Christ Church, Dumbarton United Methodist Church, Epiphany Catholic Church, First Baptist, Georgetown Lutheran, Georgetown Presbyterian, Georgetown Visitation Monastery Chapel, Grace Episcopal, Holy Trinity, Jerusalem Baptist, National Community Church and St. John’s Episcopal.

Georgetown Theater Sign Lighting Delayed The iconic sign for the former Georgetown Theater was returned to its proper place at Wisconsin Avenue and O Street NW over the summer. However, the re-lighting of the sign has been pushed toward late October or early November.

Owner and architect Robert Bell delayed the lighting because of a personal injury. He bought the old theater property in October 2013 and is renovating the building at 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW as retail and residential space. The theater’s neon sign, aglow in neon-red, will display the illuminated word “GEORGETOWN.”

Exorcist Steps to Get Special Plaque, Oct. 30 At Holy Trinity Church: Helen Maynard, Daisy Overmyer and Melissa Overmyer, organizer of “Light the City.”

Perhaps the most famous movie about Georgetown will be commemorated Oct. 30 by a special plague at the so-called Exorcist Steps at 36th and M Streets. The steps down to M Street from Prospect Street figured in the climatic scene

of the 1973 film “The Exorcist,” when the priest sacrificed himself for the girl possessed by the devil, leaping from a window in a Prospect Street home and tumbling down the steps to his death.

Andrew Huff is coordinating the event in collaboration with the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development, the Executive Office of the Mayor, the Dupont Festival and Councilmember Jack Evans, at whose office he worked. On hand at the event, he says, will be the film’s director William Friedkin (4 p.m.; top of the steps). The plaque dedication ceremony (6 p.m.; bottom of the steps) and a screening of “The Exorcist” (7:30 p.m., Georgetown AMC) will follow.

Man at Washington Harbour Jumps Into Potomac, Later Dies After disrobing on the dock alongside Washington Harbour, a man jumped into the Potomac River Sept. 8, WUSA first reported. He was pulled from the river by Metropolitan Police and later died in a hospital. “D.C. police divers found the man under murky water about 20 feet from the dock,” according to WUSA9. Witnesses told the news station “that the man appeared high, threw off his clothes and jumped into the river.”

Police would not comment before an autopsy was completed regarding the presence of drugs in the man’s system.

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from the university — addressed the opening of the Joint Meeting of Spanish Scientists in the United States in Riggs Library on the main campus.

Streetcar Talk at the Library, Sept. 26

The children of the District’s wealthiest and most powerful residents will soon have an expanded school campus. Over the next year, Sidwell Friends School, which counts President Obama’s daughters among its student body, will expand next door into Washington Home, D.C.’s only inpatient hospice facility, resulting in the relocation of more than 100 residents.

Citing long-term financial sustainability issues, in 2011 Washington Home hired CEO Timothy Cox away from the Armed Forces Retirement Home, where he trimmed expenses for eight years and was sued by residents after attempting to cut costs by 30 percent in one year. While that lawsuit was eventually settled, the Government Accountability Office deemed it necessary in the interim to notify the Pentagon that veterans at the home might have been at risk.

In this free talk, author John DeFerrari tells the story of D.C.’s streetcars, a historic phase of mass transportation in the nation’s capital. Peabody Room (3rd floor) of the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW.

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Spanish Monarchs Visit Georgetown

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were joined by Georgetown University President John DeGioia and wife Theresa and other for dinner on Copley Lawn in honor of the royal couple Sept.

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Community Meetings

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia leave Healy Hall.

Blessing of the Animals, Oct. 4 Bring your pet to the traditional Blessing of the Animals Service at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, on the front lawn of St. John’s Episcopal Church. (In the event of rain, it will take place inside the large parish hall.) There will be a special prayer for those pets that are no longer with us. 3240 O St. NW.

D.C. Water Meeting, Oct. 7

The Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) will hold its monthly meeting Sept. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in Georgetown Visitation School’s Heritage Room (2nd Floor). The agenda is available at www.anc2e.com. For details, call 202-724-7098. 35th Street at Volta Place NW.

Environmental issues will be discussed at a community meeting scheduled by D.C. Water for Oct. 7 at St. John’s Episcopal Church from 6:30 to 8 p.m. After a brief presentation by D.C. Water on its plans to install green infrastructure in Georgetown, largely west of Wisconsin Avenue, residents will be able to express their views and ask questions. 3240 O St. NW.

Citizens Association of Georgetown, Sept. 29

Friends of Book Hill Park, Oct. 7

The Citizens Association of Georgetown will meet 7 p.m., Sept. 29, at the Georgetown Public Library for a tour of the Peabody Room and a talk by its curator Jerry McCoy. 3260 R St. NW.

The Friends of Book Hill Park Annual Benefit is at the 31st Street home of Mike and Cheryl Naeve on Oct. 7 for the preservation and maintenance of the 1871 historically significant Book Hill Park. Call Julia Diaz Asper at 202-333-0077 for details.

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Francis Arrives By the time this issue of The Georgetowner went to press, Pope Francis had come to town.

His Holiness was safely ensconced, presumably getting ready for bed, at the Apostolic Nunciate, the Vatican’s diplomatic presence in Washington on Massachusetts Avenue.

We were in the midst of an unprecedented — for Pope Francis — event in this city, where unprecedented events are practically a daily occurrence. We have recently seen visits by the heads of state of Saudi Arabia and Spain. Chinese President Xi Jinping will be toasted at a White House State Dinner on Thursday.

This town is a city where large personas, big symbols and bigger egos are fellow travelers.

It is also a city that has a strong Catholic presence and history. Two of the most visible universities are Catholic University and Georgetown University. Then there are the two major Catholic churches: the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, where the pope is to speak to a gathering of U.S. bishops, and the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, where he will officiate at a Mass canonizing 18th-century missionary Junípero Serra (both on Wednesday).

Americans moved and encouraged by the often startling activities and pronouncements and encyclicals of this pope are in a kind of swoon and ecstasy over his U.S. visit (New York and Philadelphia are also on the itinerary). No head of state, no rock or movie star, no politician can command this kind of attention, probably not even the previous popes who visited here: Pope Paul VI in 1965, followed by the popular and durable Pope John Paul II on several occasions and by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008.

This is a visit with all the trimmings that the Roman Catholic Church in Washington and the Vatican can muster. This isn’t a simple stopover, a wave from a helicopter; this is “thousands upon thousands descending on Washington” — gathering at the White House for the pope’s chat with President Barack Obama, for a pope parade near the National Mall, at St. Matthew’s Cathedral and at the Mass in front of the Shrine.

Pope Francis is decidedly a people’s pope, with an intellectually questing Jesuit spirit and what appears to be a broad tendency toward forgiveness, compassion, tolerance and empathy.

It is not that he is revolutionizing the church by deed, but rather changing the world by attitude and appearance. He’s already spoken out on climate change, greed and war, and adopted a forgiving attitude on divorced Catholics.

When asked about gays — and, by inference, gay marriage — he famously said, “Who am I to judge?” (although one might follow that up with, “If not him, who?”). The pope is visiting a country whose general citizenry includes people who are quite willing to judge, thank you.

At 78, with not all the time in the world for patience or the big picture, he’s engaged the world as it is — on earth if not in heaven.

Jack Evans Report

St. E’s, Advisory Board Deals Mean New Jobs

By Jack Evans

Last week, we saw big headlines as the District of Columbia agreed to two economic development deals. One, with Wizards and Mystics owner Monumental Sports & Entertainment, will bring an entertainment complex to Ward 8. The other, with the Advisory Board Company, will see the relocation of the company’s headquarters to Mount Vernon Triangle and create at least 1,000 new jobs.

While the costs to the District were widely reported, the details — and ultimately the longterm benefits — are perhaps the more interesting parts of the deals.

The Ward 8 sports and entertainment complex will finally bring the job-creating investment that has occurred in many other parts of the city to the St. Elizabeth’s site in Congress Heights. This is the fulfillment of a promise made long ago.

Additionally, while news stories have focused on the city’s contribution of approximately $50 million, $27 million is coming from Events D.C., our local tourism bureau, which consistently runs an annual surplus in the tens of millions of dollars from hotel and ticket taxes. The remainder is coming from a dedicated capital fund that the Council approved several years ago to improve

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By Francis Rooney

The following is an excerpt, edited for clarity, from “The Global Vatican: An Inside Look at the Catholic Church, World Politics, and the Extraordinary Relationship between the United States and the Holy See.” It is reprinted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield.

Whatever challenges and changes each face, the United States and the Holy See remain two of the most significant institutions in world history, one a beacon of democracy and progress, the other a sanctum of faith and allegiance to timeless principles. Despite the obvious differences between the first modern democracy and the longest surviving Western monarchy, both were founded on the idea that “human persons” possess inalienable natural rights granted by God. This had been a revolutionary concept when the Catholic Church embraced it 2,000 years ago, and was equally revolutionary when the Declaration of Independence stated it 1,800 years later.

Given our mutual respect for human rights, it is natural, even inevitable, that we should be friends and collaborators. Why it took nearly two hundred years for us to establish formal

diplomatic relations is a question explored at some length in these pages. The answer lies in our respective histories, particularly in the evolution of each one’s attitude toward the other. The short answer is that both the United States and the Holy See had to overcome deeply held convictions and perceptions — entrenched anti-Catholicism on the part of Americans; antidemocratic, monarchical reflexes on the part of the Holy See — and that neither managed to do so until the latter half of the twentieth century.

“Congress will probably never send a Minister to His Holiness,” wrote John Adams (greatgrandfather of Henry Adams) in 1779, voicing the opinion shared by many of his compatriots.

Nor, added Adams, should Congress accept a nuncio from the pope, “or in other words, an ecclesiastical tyrant which, it is to be hoped, the United States will be too wise ever to admit into their territories.”

Some Americans still question our diplomatic relations with the Holy See. They do so by either citing the Establishment Cause of the First Amendment — that it is unconstitutional for the U.S. government to accord diplomatic status to a religious body — or assuming that, as a matter of realpolitik, the relationship is inconsequential.

I earnestly hope that this book shows the error

of those views. President Reagan established full diplomatic relations with the Holy See in 1984 because, among other reasons, he realized that he could have no better partner than the Pope John Paul II in the fight against communism — and he was right.

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Holy See has continued to play an important role as a diplomatic force while maintaining formal relations with 179 countries, a number surpassed only by the United States. The church is one of the leading advocates and providers for the poor in the world, fights against the scourge of human trafficking and advances the cause of human dignity and human rights more than any other organization in the world.

The Holy See also plays a significant role in pursuing diplomatic solutions to international problems, whether promoting peace between Israel and Palestine, for example, or helping end the civil war in Lebanon or obtaining the release of nearly one hundred political prisoners from Cuba in 2010 — or numerous other examples discussed in this book.

Francis Rooney served as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See from 2005 to 2008. He is also an alumnus of Georgetown University.

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Charter, the District receives no income tax from workers who live outside the District. We are the only jurisdiction in the country with such a limitation. This agreement is specifically intended to ensure that the District is reaping benefits from these tax abatements.

Additionally, the office will be the company’s headquarters, meaning business taxes will be paid to the District.

The company has also agreed to a communitybenefits package that will require it to partner with the Department of Employment Services or a nonprofit to provide skills-based training to at least 250 District residents. It will participate in the D.C. Summer Youth Employment Program and provide 25,000 hours of volunteer services each year to District nonprofits.

These two agreements, robust public-private partnerships, are designed to create jobs for D.C. residents and strengthen our communities. Beyond increased tax revenues and greater economic opportunity, these economic development plans will help to maintain the District’s position as the most dynamic city in the country.

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and invest specifically in the St. Elizabeth’s site.

These two accounts were created to fund projects just like this, to promote tourism in the District and spread prosperity to Ward 8.

The St. Elizabeth’s deal will create approximately 600 construction jobs and 300 permanent jobs to operate the facility. It will begin the process of development of hotels, restaurants and other mixed-use projects in the heart of Ward 8 and continue to build bridges of engagement across the District.

The agreement with the Advisory Board Company will likewise continue to build a strong, diversified economic base in the District.

The Advisory Board Company is a technology and consulting firm that works primarily in the health care and education sectors. The company regularly hosts events that attract a high number of visitors to the District. Its new headquarters will be well-located, just blocks from the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

The important details of this agreement are that the company will receive a $6-million property tax abatement each year from 2019 to 2029, if and only if they employ an additional 100 District residents that year. If the company doesn’t add a cumulative 100 new resident workers in a given year, they receive less or even none of the tax abatement.

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Business Group Salutes Bank of Georgetown’s 10 Years

IN: New York-Based Company to Buy Latham Hotel

To help celebrate the hometown bank’s 10th birthday, the Georgetown Business Association held its monthly networking reception Sept.

16 at the Bank of Georgetown’s headquarters on 30th Street. GBA president Sonya Bernhardt welcomed the rooftop crowd to congratulate the bank employees, especially Bank of Georgetown CEO, chairman and co-founder Mike Fitzgerald. Along with GBA members and guests, Bernhardt also wished Riyad Said, past GBA president, good luck in his new job and life in California. Guests were treated to heavy hors d’oeuvres by Occasions Caterers, as well as a beautiful sunset.

Thor Equities, a New York City-based real estate development and investment firm, is under contract to purchase the Latham Hotel property at 3000 M St. NW from SB-Urban for roughly $53 million. The move marks Thor Equities’ first acquisition in the D.C. area and fits into the company’s portfolio, which includes properties along popular shopping thoroughfares such as Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and Market Street in San Francisco.

“3000 M Street’s location in the heart of Georgetown benefits from the large volume of tourists, students and other pedestrians who regularly visit the neighborhood to shop, eat and play,” Joseph Sitt, CEO of Thor Equities, said in a press release.

The Latham Hotel micro-unit project was one of three that SB-Urban is developing in Northwest Washington, offering affluent young people small but well-furnished apartments in desirable neighborhoods. The company’s two other developments, slated for Blagden Alley in Shaw and at 15 Dupont Circle in the historic Patterson Mansion, are still a go, with plans to begin construction on both this year.

SB-Urban bought the Latham Hotel building in November 2013 for $45.4 million.

After the purchase, the company went through a number of regulatory hoops, gaining the

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According to Urban Turf, Thor Equities is likely to redevelop the building into some combination of residential units, a hotel and a “premier flagship” retail operation.

IN: Whyte House Monograms Joins Little Birdies Whyte House Monograms has joined with Little Birdies Boutique, the children’s clothing store that moved to 1526 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Little Birdies owner Shanlee Johnson said, “Join us Oct. 1 for our grand opening party and enjoy discounts, swag bags and celebration.” Whyte House Monograms owner, Debbie McCarthy Whyte, added: “I am so excited about joining the Georgetown community and hope that everyone can learn about us and our store.”

OUT: Rooster’s Flies the Coop Alas, the cock has crowed for Rooster’s, the men’s grooming center franchise that opened in May 2014 in the retail space next to the Georgetown Safeway on Wisconsin Avenue. It offered haircuts, shaves and more in a stylish setting, but closed over the summer. We wish former proprietor John Santanella well.

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Cycle Life, the upscale bicycle shop and smoothie bar at 3255 K St. NW, has been closed since earlier this year, and the building is now for sale or lease. The property also houses Water Street Gym on the second floor, which remains open for business. Jamie Connelly, real estate principal for Summit Commercial, is conducting the sale. He tells us that numerous international buyers have surfaced due to the property’s Potomac waterfront views and parking (13 spots in total). The first floor retailcommercial space is 4,500 square feet with six parking spaces; the second is 6,500 square feet with seven parking spaces, subject to the existing lease with Water Street Gym. Connelly says that investors or developers may be looking to do a residential or hotel conversion due to the spectacular river views.

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Salvation Army to Stay in West End After hiring commercial real estate firm Ezra Co. to evaluate the potential sale of their D.C. headquarters, the Salvation Army has decided to stay put in the West End of 2626 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. “The Salvation Army has been approached several times within the last two years about selling this property,” Divisional Commander Mark Israel said.

“While we carefully evaluated each inquiry, after much consideration, we determined it was in the Salvation Army’s best interest to keep our headquarters right where they are.”

restaurant has confirmed that it will open a 11,600-square-foot space on the ground floor of the condominium building at 2501 M St. NW by fall of next year. According to reports from the Washington Business Journal, the build-out will cost over $10 million. The restaurant, from chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa and Hollywood titans Robert De Niro and former producer Meir Teper, has opened more than 30 locations around the world, with chic outposts in London, Tokyo, Dubai and many other world-class cities and destinations. Nobu will offer traditional sushi as well as JapanesePeruvian fusion dishes that originate from Matsuhisa’s time as a chef in Peru.

IN: Beasley Opens in Palm Beach Beasley Real Estate, a luxury real estate leader in the Washington metropolitan area, has now moved beyond its regional identity, opening an office in Palm Beach, Florida, at 515 North Flagler Drive. “The Palm Beach market has always been synergistic with our core client base, and we are excited to be present in this vibrant marketplace,” said managing partner Jim Bell.

Nobu Confirmed for M Street Opening Rumors about Nobu coming to D.C. that began swirling late in 2014 have been confirmed. The Los Angeles-based Japanese

Lisa Brown of P Street Gallerie with her featured artist, Robert Novel, whose minimalist, abstract works are arranged in a new exhibit, “Translation Not Required.”

The reception at the P Street art gallery coincided with Georgetown’s Fall Art Walk Sept. 18.

Britches of Georgetowne Founder to Revive Brand

By Ro bert De van ey

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or years, it was the smart mark of the welldressed man, a stylish retailer with a wellheeled attitude that could get both father and son wearing its clothing. Britches of Georgetowne — which had “Since 1967” on its labels Rick Hindin from the very start — is about to be revived, almost 50 years later.

Britches of Georgetowne co-founder Rick Hindin, a businessman and entrepreneur, is known around Washington for the iconic Georgetown clothing store — and the casual version, Britches Great Outdoors — as well as for Adworks, Chicken Out Rotisserie and Hinsilblon Laboratories.

“We can do this again,” said Hindin. “It is a heritage brand, a legacy brand,” he said.

“Manufacturers are seeking licenses for just such brands.

“We have been working on this for a little over a year,” he said. “The clothing will be targeted to millennials and baby boomers. There will be separate models for each segment with the same fabri-

cation — ages 25 to 65 with the same taste level.”

Hindin bought the trademarks for Britches and with Stephen Wayne will revive the label and its apparel, with sales expected to begin before the end of 2016.

In 1983, Britches was sold by its founders, Hindin and David Pensky, to retail specialist CML Group, although the two ran the business until the late 1980s. When they left, Britches, including Britches Great Outdoors, numbered 100 stores.

The company formally declared bankrupty in 2002.

The first Britches was at 1245 Wisconsin Ave. NW — today, appropriately, the space occupied

by Ralph Lauren. Its second store was at 1219 Connecticut Ave. NW, not far from Raleigh’s, Burberry’s and other men’s clothing stores, some still in business, others not.

Now a business consultant with his Asterisk Group, Hindin lives in Chevy Chase, but he said he was most proud of another thing he helped found in Georgetown. In the 1970s, Hinden along with John Laytham (Clyde’s), Richard McCooey (1789, the Tombs), Jim Weaver (Weaver’s Hardware) and Paul Cohn (J. Paul’s, Old Glory, Paulo’s) created the Georgetown Business Association.

Hinden, 73, knows the power of ageless style and nostalgia. He is betting that baby boomers and millennials can agree on the branding power of Georgetown.

When the Market’s Volatile, Drop Sails and Row

By Joh n E. Gir ou ar d n October of 2007, the stock market reached a high. During the 18-month decline that followed, ending in April of 2009, the market lost more than 56.78 percent of its value (as measured by the S&P 500 index). This resulted in a housing crisis and a crippling 10-percent unemployment rate, the lowest level since early 1997. Then, from the bottom in 2009, the stock market recovered, rising more than 215 percent

by April 2015.

Investors, feeling they had missed out, began to reenter the market, only to be blindsided when volatility came back with a vengeance. From July of 2015 to the middle of August, the market experienced an 11.16-percent decline. On Aug. 24, the Dow shifted more than 4,890 points. As of September, that number was over 10,000 points. So, yes, market volatility is here and probably here for a while.

What’s an investor to do to weather the storm?

Perhaps now is the time to think of passive versus active investing. Proponents of index investing simply focus on fees, but I believe there are other factors to consider.

Think of it in terms of sailing versus rowing.

If you are sailing and the seas are calm with the wind at your back, the fastest way to get to your destination is to roll out the jib. Sailing is index investing; I agree it works best in a rising market.

But when the seas get rough and the wind shifts, any smart sailor will drop his or her sails and begin rowing so as not to blow too far off — hence, active management.

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behind benchmarks during long and strong bull markets, when security selection makes less of a difference. However, they tend to add value and make up that lost ground when markets level off or suffer corrections. (Again, it’s like sailing versus rowing.)

The S&P 500 is a market-capitalization index, which means the largest companies contribute a larger percentage of the return as well as the risk.

As the markets increase, so does the risk. In 2014, five companies represented 11 percent of the index return, despite the fact that none of those companies was among the top 10 stocks.

During the tech boom of the 1990s, technology represented 34.5 percent of the S&P 500. It fell to the bottom in 2002, representing only 12.3 percent of the index. Financial stocks represented 22.3 percent of the index in 2006 and 8.9 percent at the bottom in March of 2009.

Investing in the S&P 500 at the peak of a market cycle is like speeding up going into an intersection rather than slowing down. Therefore, rather than abandoning a good strategy and jumping out of the market during volatile times, perhaps a little tweaking and moving from passive index investing to more actively managed investing could be the solution — keeping you on track and keeping your portfolio from blowing off course.

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All Aboard! We’re Heading for the Mountains

By Do nna E v e rs

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he railroad was the only way to travel distances in 1900, when the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad ran all the way from Georgetown to Bluemont, Virginia, a resort town at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains.

From the train station in the little town, horses and buggies would take visitors up the mountain to hotels, guesthouses and taverns — what we now call bed-and-breakfasts — which were sprinkled along the high mountain road.

Elevations of 1,000 to 1,500 feet guaranteed Washingtonians an escape from the sweltering heat of the city.

When the train first came to Bluemont, the town had the less glamorous name of Snickersville, named after its founder, Mr. Snickers. Townsfolk decided to change the name to Bluemont to evoke a vision of misty mountains and cool breezes — and so it did.

Today, the area isn’t much different from what it was at the turn of the last century.

Guesthouses on the mountain are starting to spring up again. Foxglove Retreat is on Blue Ridge Mountain Road. Greenspring, on Raven Rocks Road, is a rambling guesthouse with an original log-cabin wing from the 1700s.

In addition, Twin Oaks Tavern, a B&B that operated from 1910 to the 1950s, is now a vineyard and a winery (of which this writer is the proprietor).

A vintage photograph of the Southern R. R. Station in Bluemont, Virginia.

This mountain-ridge area, running parallel to the storied Appalachian Trail, is so unique that in 2009 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Bear’s Den Rural Historic District.

Alongside the turn-of-the-century guesthouses were private homes built from native stone. These served as mountain retreats and summer homes for people from the city. Among

Who Lives Here: Powerful Politicos

By Pet er Murray eorgetowners have gotten used to coexisting with the town’s political crowd over the years. Whether dealing with streets closed by protests or spotting Congressional leaders shopping on M Street or running along the waterfront, there’s no doubt that Georgetown is a hotspot for the political class. Here are a few of the most powerful politicos who live in the neighborhood.

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Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry was in the local news recently when about 60 environmental activists organized

by Midwest Unrest were outside his home

in the 3300 block of O Street to protest the Alberta Clipper tar sands pipeline. A large police presence was on the scene. At one point, officers threatened to arrest any protestors who remained outside Kerry’s home after a twominute warning. As police cut off vehicular traffic on the block, protestors chanted, “Hey, John Kerry, come on out. We got some shit to talk about” and “Shut this pipeline down. Calm this crisis down.”

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Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson The Secret Service maintains a presence at the corner of 27th and O Streets to protect a nearby resident, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson. Johnson has been the target of his fair share of protests, including one last year led by anti-war group Code Pink.

During that gathering, the group projected a documentary on drone warfare onto the side of Johnson’s home. Johnson, who was sworn in at the end of 2013, has lived in Georgetown for a number of years.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

Police arrest a demonstrator on the 3300 block of O St. NW. Photo by Erin Schaff.

these was Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds. McReynolds built Solitude, a rambling stone-and-wood-frame hunting lodge where he and his friends could escape the pressures of the city and the high offices they held. Renovated since Judge McReynolds’s day, Solitude is now on the market at $825,000.

Johannesburg, a huge and stately stone home with a 180-degree view of the Shenandoah

Valley, was built in 1897 by Washingtonian Frank G. Carpenter, a noted author and world traveler. Llanmeath Lodge, a romantic and whimsical home built in the 1930s, was patterned after a Welsh retreat a local couple saw while on their honeymoon. Hohenheim, currently owned by Georgetown University, is an impressive house built by a Georgetown resident in the style of a Russian dacha. One of the many diplomatic guests who visited Hohenheim was Cardinal Pacelli, who later became Pope Pius XII. Now, more than a hundred years later, the mountain still has an aura of the past. The railroad is gone and automobiles have taken its place, but the cool breezes remain, along with an abundance of deer, bear, wild turkeys, redtailed hawks and American eagles. The historic Appalachian Trail weaves its way along the rocky mountain top with stunning views of the Shenandoah River and Valley. And the eclectic stone homes perched on the hills above offer the same mystique of escape and romance that drew visitors from Washington so long ago.

Nancy Pelosi is frequently spotted around town, on more than one occasion in her purple velour jumpsuit. She’s lived in the Washington Harbour development for over a decade, remarking to the press, “My next-door neighbor is the owner of the Nationals [Mark Lerner].”

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Semi-detached brick Colonial w/inviting front porch. Sun-filled den open to professional cook’s kitchen w/granite, breakfast bar & SS appls, & large windows overlooking cedar deck/fenced yard. 3/4BR, 2BA renovated, large rooms, hwd floors & finished LL w/powder rm.

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Classic expansive 5BR, 4.5BA Colonial features open floor plan with 2-story foyer, 9’+ ceilings, front porch, stone FP, granite countertops, maple cabinetry, hardwood flooring, huge MBR w/sitting area, large basement & 2-car garage.

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Elegant & spacious 1,200 SF 2BR, 2BA flooded with SW light! Large living & dining w/hardwood floors, FP, updated gourmet kit w/granite & SS, bay-windowed MBR w/walk-in closet & classy bath, 2nd bedroom w/ built-ins, W/D & best location in the city!

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Stunning 2BR, plus den, in sought-after Sheridan Garage located in Georgetown’s East Village. Minutes to Dupont Metro or the shops on M Street. Features 2 level living, lofty ceilings, contemporary finishes, hardwood floors and an open-plan kitchen.

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Stunning 2-level Penthouse in boutique building. Kitchen w/granite & SS open to LR/DR, gas FP, extra high ceilings, skylights, & deep moldings.

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$1,295,000

Stunning 1926 4BR, 3.5BA Bungalow loaded with original charm and two-story rear addition – great floor plan with open kitchen/family room, huge master suite, warm hardwood floors, private rear patio and yard/ garden.

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Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

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Located in Capitol Hill, this bright and spacious 3BR, 2.5BA home is an ideal blend of modern amenities and historic charm. This home boasts original hardwood floors and trim throughout, 2 fireplaces, a gourmet kitchen, and generous backyard with parking.

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Foxhall Village, Washington, DC

$840,000

Renovated, 3BR, 2.5BA Tudor TH. Comfortable LR w/hwd flrs & FP. Open kitchen & DR w/French doors to screen porch. Chef’s kitchen w/SS appliances & Silestone counters. Large MBR w/expanded, modern bath.

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$519,000

Spacious 2BR, 2BA + Den w/fireplace and private balcony on coveted top floor in Sumner Village with open floor plan. Master BR/BA suite, parquet wood floors, walk-in closets, extra storage & 2 garage parking spaces.

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$465,000

Incredible two bedroom, one bath unit with views of the Cathedral – located in the main building. Spacious and light-filled living and dining rooms, updated kitchen and large bedrooms plus a den. Full-service building.

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Fall Shows at Georgetown’s Book Hill Galleries

By Ari Pos t he Book Hill Galleries on upper Wisconsin Avenue have done something amazing. Amidst the fractured, disparate and unsteady backdrop of a post-recession art market, this intimate collective of local art galleries has become a vibrant bastion of cultural activity.

When I first began reporting on Washington’s art scene in 2009, gallery walks were a part of the city’s identity. On 14th Street, along U Street, around Dupont Circle, there were Third Fridays, Second Fridays, art events of all kinds. When the fall season was in full swing, there were gallery openings nearly every week.

We were surrounded by art; galleries called to us through their warm lit windows with paintings, sculptures, wine, music and the chattery buzz of mingling communities. And those lights never glowed warmer, never felt more inviting, than in the early chill of autumn.

But the recession shuttered one gallery after another, and soon the local art scene was but a memory of its former self.

Then, two years ago, the galleries on Georgetown’s Book Hill banded together and staged a fall art walk. When I showed up, the streets were humming with onlookers who poured out into Wisconsin Avenue from the gallery entrances. It felt good to be home.

Now in its second full year, the semiannual gallery walks on Book Hill offer a stunning variety of works to explore, created by emerging and renowned painters and sculptors, mixed-media artists, photographers, ceramicists, glassblowers and lampworkers. The art walk held last Friday, Sept. 18, was cozy, beautiful and, so far, the highlight of the fall season.

But even if you missed opening night, the shows themselves are worth exploring any day.

So experience Book Hill for yourself. You can find more information at GeorgetownGalleries. com.

With the exhibition “Picasso to Kentridge: Prints by Modern and Contemporary Masters,” Gallery Neptune and Brown, 1662 33rd St. NW, continues its steady tradition of showcasing exemplary prints and works on paper.

Anchoring the show are two bold and gritty gravure prints by Richard Serra, rope-like coils that seem to whorl right off the paper. A series of three small prints by acclaimed Danish artist Per Kirkeby complements Serra’s works, and two drawings by sculptor Tazuko Ichikawa act as soft contrast in the contained architectural spaces they reflect, capturing an austere, surreal feeling of light and space in emptiness.

Up the block at Addison/Ripley Fine Art, 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW, landscapes by regional American painter Mary Page Evans engage viewers even from the gallery windows.

With an ethereal whimsy that is light, smoky and fluid, her large canvases envelop your senses like the hazy brilliance of a Piedmont range.

Recalling the all-over atmospheric impasto of J. M. W. Turner’s seascapes, and even the pastel palette and spatial distortion of watercolors by Milton Avery, Evans’s wild brushwork disguises an admirable sophistication and tonal control, which she conveys emphatically, like

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Leslie Nolan, “Corrected Vision II”, 2015.

a fond memory. These are the first landscape paintings in a long while that I felt I would like to have in my home.

Long renowned for groundbreaking glasswork, Maurine Littleton Gallery, 1667 Wisconsin Ave. NW, is showcasing the art of vitreography, printing from glass. Pioneered by glass artist Harvey Littleton in 1974, a vitreograph is made by taking a thick glass plate (like one used for windows) and running it through an etching press. The result is a print that is richer and more vibrant than prints from any other medium, with unique texture from the cut and gouged glass. The exhibition showcases artists Herb Jackson and Dan Weldon. Weldon’s work is particularly striking; both precise and idiosyncratic, it recalls fossils cut from stone or the sweeping view of a farming grid from the window of an airplane.

An exhibition of new ceramic sculpture and photographs, “Itinerant Edens: Of Fable and Facsimile,” is at Cross MacKenzie Gallery, 1675 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The artist is Walter McConnell, whose intelligently designed work is at the same time subtle and hauntingly beautiful. The show is concurrent with his monumental wet clay installation currently on view at American University’s Katzen Arts Center.

These “wet works” are unfired clay environments created on site, encased in plastic sheathing that form terrarium-like worlds. Employing many tons of raw clay, they remain moist and alive through the constant process of condensation within, mimicking natural cycles of growth and decay. McConnell’s exhibition at Cross MacKenzie is a continuation of this work, delving further into the inspiration and process behind their creation. It is unique and unmissable.

Virginia-based painter Leslie Nolan is the featured artist at Susan Calloway Fine Arts, 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW. An artist whose style has evolved into personal, contemporary imagery, she explores emotional themes through dynamic figure paintings, conveying the energy and spirit of modernity through pattern, intense color and line. The portraits are dramatic and stark, assuming a high-fashion advertorial aesthetic that belies a mercurial inner life. Using black-and-white figures against neon-hued backgrounds, they are a striking reminder of beauty’s inherent betrayal.

Salad Days in Washington Theater

By Ga ry T isc h l er

I

magine if the Washington theater season — or any theater season anywhere — was taken over for two months or so by plays authored by women playwrights.

Try to imagine for a moment what such a theatrical environment would be like in terms of talent, diversity and range. Would it be topheavy in plays about women, with women’s themes, a sort of glorified, rarefied theatrical version of Lifetime movies?

You might be surprised. That’s exactly what’s happening in Washington right now.

Prompted some time ago by a perceived underrepresentation of women playwrights on Broadway and New York mainstream stages, a discussion among the artistic directors of leading theater companies in the District evolved into this year’s remarkable Women’s Voices Theater Festival.

Presenting about 50 world-premiere productions of works by women playwrights, the festival has garnered a high level of participation among the city’s and the region’s theater companies, with venues from the Kennedy Center to Arena Stage to Scena Theatre, plus smaller and unique companies like the Compass Rose and the Guillotine Theatre.

Some of the playwrights are familiar, having already made names for themselves with full careers and credits, while others are just beginning to find their voices. The festival — which is continuing through the early part of November — has produced a remarkably varied and diverse outpouring of plays and themes: plays oriented toward young people, riffs on Shakespeare, sharp comedies, coming-of-age stories. In this festival, there is something for everyone, and things you might never have thought of before.

If there is a play, and perhaps a playwright, that could be called characteristic of the festival, it might be “Women Laughing Alone with Salad” by Sheila Callaghan, running at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (where it feels right at home) through Oct. 4.

Sparked by a visual marketing campaign that featured happy, thin, beautiful young women in the company of meals starring various salads, the play explores the theme of how women see themselves in terms of physical appearance — and the sometimes extreme behavior that results, including altering their appearance, eating habits and social and sexual lives to achieve impossible ideals of attractiveness.

“Women Laughing Alone with Salad” opens with three women devouring, sometimes greedily and rapaciously, leafy things, cackling and giggling with awesome and even terrifying delight. From there, we take a rabbithole trip into their lives, centering around — you guessed it — a man. There’s his mother, who’s taking all sorts of measures to ward off age and death with frightening skin treatments (skiing and eating fish are involved); his livein girlfriend, a skinny, eager-to-please blond; and a zaftig, curvy, natural young woman whom he meets at a club and finds delicious.

In many ways, the play is not structured or designed or even written to result in anything resembling an actual play. But in its concerns and content, it’s decidedly a play about women (except that its central character is a man). It’s contemporary, hugely funny

in its sketch approach to scenes and themes and unabashedly irreverent, obscene, uncomfortable, cutting edge and, at unexpected moments, touching. This, according to Callaghan, is how women and men live today. It’s not a pretty picture.

This is bound to be not everyone’s cup of tea. There are at least a couple of things in the show I was hoping to get through the rest of my life without ever encountering. (So much for hope.) But it’s also one of those plays where you calibrate not only your own reactions, but those of the people around you. If you’re a baby boomer, check out who’s laughing hard among the millennial women and men, for instance: who’s talking, who looks like they would rather be miles away.

This is a show that engages, almost forcefeeds the audience to confront our own environment, the one that’s urging, ringing, beeping and persuading on our television screens, our tablets and, of course, our phones.

What makes this show go over the top in a good way are the actors: Thomas Keegan especially, as the guy, who is clueless and frustrated at the same time; Janet Ulrich Brooks as the mother; Meghan Reardon as Tori the girlfriend; and Woolly veteran Kimberly Gilbert, who makes a woman trying to be ordinary an uncommon gift.

Both Callaghan and Woolly double down on the themes here. The Woolly lobby is always an extension of or a prevue to the play, this time with questions everywhere, including bathroom mirrors eliciting our favorite foods (‘Anything but kale,’ wrote one patron) and what inspires us in the beauty arena (‘Kim Novak’ was one response).

The second act goes topsy-turvy, with Callaghan presenting the corporate world: three men trying to beat a deadline on a marketing project to bring to the new boss, a woman somewhat resembling Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer. The kick is that the men are played by the three actresses, while Keegan is very effective as the boss, looking like a very serious, empathic, almost spooky Caitlin Jenner.

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Your Dining Guide to Washington DC’s Finest Restaurants

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

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

Open seven nights a week.

Jackets suggested.

Complimentary valet parking.

A friendly French bistro in the heart of historic Georgetown since 1975.

Executive chef and owner Gerard Cabrol came to Washington, D.C., 32 years ago, bringing with him home recipes from southwestern France. In addition to daily specials, our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken), Minute Steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frites), Steak Tartare, freshly prepared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes and the best Eggs Benedict in town.

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

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

The regular menu is always available.

Open every day for lunch and dinner.

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

Reservations suggested.

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

Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café, featuring award-winning crepes and arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other can't-miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday until 3 p.m. and our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m.

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Filomena Ristorante

Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & seasonal small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 45 wines by the glass starting at $9. The Cellar is an intimate lounge perfect for a date night or private events. Monthly ENOversity: Sunday Wine Classes $50 & Wednesday meet local producers for free tastings.

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Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time for over 30 years. Our old-world cooking styles and recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants alongside the culinary cutting-edge creations of Italy’s foods of today executed by our Executive Chef and his team. Open 7 days a week 11:30am11:00pm. Free salad bar with any lunch entrée Mon-Sat and try our spectacular Sunday Brunch Buffet complete with carving stations, pasta stations!

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

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

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

1201 28TH ST., NW

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

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

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

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

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

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

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

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

Malmaison

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

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

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

Serving Brunch until 4 p .m.

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SEA CATCH Restaurant

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

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

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

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

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

Lunch Mon.–Fri. 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

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

TOWN HALL

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

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

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Food & wine

Cocktail of the Month: The Bloody Mary

By Jody Kurash

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n D.C., it’s not March that arrives like a lion and leaves like a lamb, it’s September: with blazing hot and humid leftovers from August followed by perfect Indian-summer weather.

The latter days are the best of the year for patio dining.

My favorite meal to enjoy in the afternoon sun is Sunday brunch — which for many folks also means nursing a hangover. So it’s no surprise that one of the most popular brunch cocktails, the Bloody Mary, is often recommended as a cure for the morning-after willies.

The origins of the Bloody Mary are debated as much as politics in D.C., its history as murky as the opaque red elixir itself.

The most believable account of the cocktail’s birth can be traced to the legendary King Cole Bar in the St. Regis Hotel on Fifth Avenue.

According to the St. Regis, the Bloody Mary was born when bartender Fernand Petiot introduced the “Red Snapper.” Serge Obolensky (a well-known man-about-town whose penchant for vodka was in keeping with his aristocratic Russian background) asked Petiot to make the vodka cocktail he drank in Paris. Petiot, who had previously worked at the New York Bar in Paris, spiced up the formula with salt, pepper, lemon and Worcestershire sauce. Since “Bloody Mary” was deemed too vulgar for the elegant King Cole Bar, the drink was christened the Red

A vintage Smirnoff Vodka ad promoting the Bloody Mary.

Snapper, only later receiving the name we know today.

However, there is another tale that challenges the St. Regis claim. Actor and comedian George Jessel took credit for ordering the first

Bloody Mary — a half-vodka, half-tomatojuice recipe — to help with a tough hangover from the night before at New York’s 21 Club.

Jessel even appeared in Smirnoff vodka ads in the 1950s, declaring, “I, George Jessel, invented the Bloody Mary.”

One thing is for certain: the Bloody Mary has evolved into many different forms. In addition to the standard ingredients of tomato juice, vodka, lemon, salt and pepper, the variables have been known to include clam juice, brown sugar, bitters, horseradish, hot sauce, lime juice, sriracha, celery salt, cayenne, beef stock, chili powder, Cajun spices, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce. Baltimore is known for adding a dash of Old Bay seasoning.

As you would expect in a craft-cocktail hotspot like D.C., there are Bloody Mary variations as far as the (bloodshot) eye can see.

Washington even had its own Bloody Mary festival last May at the Blind Whino in Southwest.

If you’re feeling creative, head to Logan Tavern, where there is a build-your-own Bloody Mary bar. Drinkers have a choice of various liquors, tomato juices, spices and toppings.

The Argonaut on H Street has a similar DIY bar during brunch and the Heights in Cleveland Park offers customizable Bloody Marys.

I’ve seen Bloody Marys mixed with beef consommé, but at Range by Bryan Voltaggio

they are made with pig-blood consommé. In Chinatown, Del Campo’s version boasts a list of unusual ingredients such as squid ink, fish stock and applewood-smoked tomato juice. Stranger yet is the concoction at Oyamel Cocina Mexicana in Penn Quarter, which is rimmed with a salt mixture containing ground chilies and worms from the agave plant.

If you prefer something more traditional (sans worms, for instance), three establishments that have received rave reviews for their Bloodies are Farmers Fishers Baker in Georgetown, the Source at the Newseum and Hank’s Oyster Bar in Capitol Hill, Dupont and Old Town.

The Bloody Mary (International Bartenders Association recipe) 3 parts vodka 6 parts tomato juice 1 part lemon juice Add salt and pepper, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco. Mix ingredients gently and serve in a highball glass. Garnish with a celery stick.

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Poetry in a Glass

By Th eo do re Puta l A

S

ince the world has again gone back to school, leaving me behind, let us go back to Amherst, town of poets.

“When power corrupts, poetry cleanses,” JFK said here, honoring Robert Frost at the doorstep of Emily Dickinson.

Like Frost, Dickinson — the Belle of Amherst — had seen the midnight of the soul, and felt “a Funeral, in my Brain.” An “Inebriate of air,” she knew what sherry was. Her meditative mind played itself out in images of creatures, nature and seasons.

The moon full, I go out for a glass of wine. I find the substantial as I tuck myself into a quiet corner, reading from my little book of her poems. I sip from a Bourgueil Loire Cabernet Franc, then a Langhe Rosso Nebbiolo. Things come and go. There is background buzz. I try a Valpolicella from Cork’s thoughtful list.

At the wine bar, I have a chat with my well-traveled wine rep friend abut sommelier trends — more than one orange wine on a list of wines by the glass, a list of wines even the well-versed are unfamiliar with. But there’s always a bright side: educative experts like Keith Goldston of the Grill Room at the Capella, Julian Mayor at Bourbon Steak, Elizabeth Parker of Crane & Turtle — to name a few.

Good wines we can all agree on. This is evident at a portfolio tasting I attended recently, judging from the satisfied slurps and spits. I try not to bite off more than I can chew, but it’s hard.

There are other good trends I’ve read of recently.

Rajat Parr, sommelier turned winemaker, leads a new movement in California against the overripe fruit and the new American oak that get the points (and, in turn, the sales), in favor of wines that are about discoveries of terroir, a chance for subtlety and nuance to shine through.

As a boy I'd take long walks and bike rides through the rolling farmland. Cows back then, 40 years ago, were out in the fields, not penned up in stalls all day. Outdoors, bovine reaction to a passerby can be indifference: looking up defensively, returning to chew on the grass, letting loose a bodily function. But once, after crossing fields and wood, above a rundown farm where the shepherd dog chased the school bus, I came upon a cow glowing with friendliness. She beamed at me; a wonderful creature.

As I watch “Mondovino” and read Kermit Lynch’s “Adventures on the Wine Route,” I find that Frappato from Sicily, purchased as an experiment, is now delicious — having spent a couple of days open in the fridge, even. The Etna Rosso, strange to my taste initially, is accessible after a few days. The Nero d’Avola is plain good company.

The vines grow in a certain place, extracting what they do to support their fruit. They use their surroundings, perhaps even their own emotions, to create. To them we pay respect with our own values, enjoying wines that come as poetry, elements balanced, personalities to befriend.

Langhe Rosso and Emily Dickinson make for fine wine sipping.

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Murphy’s Love: When Daughter Calls Dear Stacy, My daughter went away to college in the Midwest in August. She has always struggled with social situations and making friends, and this year has been no different. She calls me every day describing how hard it is, and the conversations are so hard for me.

I find myself brainstorming things she can do or say, but she usually shoots them down. I don’t know how to help her and find myself worrying about this all the time. Just today she said she might want to come home for the rest of the semester. Is that a good idea?

What can I do to help her?

– Worried Dear Worried: I am so sorry that you and Daughter are going through this. The saying that parenting is like having your heart forever walking outside your body only grows more powerful, I imagine, when kids leave home and are no longer within our physical grasp.

That being said, it’s not unusual for college students to struggle with adjustment — especially those who, as you said, have never been superconfident in new social circumstances. The thing about college is that students are supposed to find their own way, meeting like-minded peers and developing new skills. Telling her it’s okay to come home might feel like a relief in the short term, but we both know it could stunt her ability to leave the nest in the future.

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Before going to that drastic place, we need to make sure Daughter is taking advantage of all the resources, meaning mental-health services, available at her school. For most people, college is the one time in their lives when these services are available at no cost. You and Daughter must find out what her campus counseling center has to offer. If the options there are too limited, we can move to finding resources in her newly adopted college town. I run an adjustment group for college students here in Georgetown because students sometimes prefer finding confidential support offcampus. (Give me a call. I am happy to help.)

Meanwhile, make sure you are following your own self-care checklist (e.g., daily exercise, healthy food, room for fun in your schedule, etc.) to ensure that you have the strength to answer Daughter’s calls and provide strong support without experiencing burnout on your end.

Stacy Notaras Murphy is a licensed professional counselor in Georgetown. For details about the adjustment group for female college students she will co-lead this fall, visit stacymurphylpc. com. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacymurphyLPC@gmail.com.

Falling Back into Fitness

By Josef Br an d e n b urg

Fall is a natural — in fact, a crucial — time of year to refocus on your health and fitness. The disruptions of summer travel are over, and the period between September and Thanksgiving will set the tone for holiday weight gain (or lack thereof). Here are five timely tips.

1. Go straight from work. With shorter days, it’s harder to head back out to the gym after stopping in at home. Pack your bag, take it to work and, from there, go directly to the gym. Your commute will be easier, and when you get home you’ll be “done.”

2. Define your meal times. Twenty years ago, I was frustrated because it was impossible for me to find a snack in Paris due to their (formerly) strictly defined meal times. People often snack because of boredom or frustration, not hunger. Sticking to three meals and no snacks is one of the easiest ways to keep your intake appropriate for your weight.

3. Focus on frequency, not length.

How often you work out is far more important than how long your workouts are.

Working everything three days a week, but only for an hour, will give you much better results than fewer, longer workouts.

4. Stay strong at work. Maybe you don’t lack willpower, maybe you’re just tired. This is a good thought to keep in mind as the Halloween candy, Thanksgiving treats and other holiday goodies start to populate your office. Making decisions from scratch — such as, “Should I have that treat today?”

— are exhausting for your brain. It’s much easier to have a simple rule (like “I don’t eat treats at work”).

5. Learn to rake leaves properly.

Nothing derails your progress faster than getting hurt. Raking leaves when unprepared or with poor technique injures tens of thousands of people every fall. The biggest things for you to focus on are: (a) moving your feet (instead of twisting or reaching too far away from your body) and (b) bending your knees and hips — if these joints don’t move, you force your back to do all the work.

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Fall Doings in Rappahannock County

By Michel l e Ga l l e r

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t’s not like Virginia’s Rappahannock County isn’t already brimming with good things: inspiring views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 18th- and 19th-century homesteads nestled in hidden hollows, lush meadows dotted with vineyards and orchards, no traffic lights and more cows than people.

Blessed by the riches of the pristine countryside and its denizens — artists, musicians, writers, locals and weekenders of every stripe — the scene in Rappahannock County is getting even richer. New restaurants, breweries, cultural venues and shops are a making great place even better.

Tula’s, long a meeting and good-eating place in the town of Washington, Virginia, is on a promising trajectory. Former award-winning TV anchor and columnist John McCaslin and Virginia attorney Mark Allen recently purchased the restaurant.

“Have you ever met a lawyer who didn’t want to try something else,” joked Allen, when asked what inspired him to buy the restaurant.

“This was my way of moving to the county full-time,” said McCaslin, formerly of Old Town Alexandria. “On any given night, especially after a production at the theater across the street, the mayor, artists, writers, local politicos and musicians might be bellied up to the bar.

It’s a regular ‘Cheers.’

Sign outside the restaurant. Photo courtesy of Tula's off Main.

Performance at Tula's off Main Theater. Photo by Michelle Galler.

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Also look for more local Virginia wines on the menu, which tourists to the area particularly request. We have a dozen vineyards within minutes of Tula's, and I've become a fan of them all,” said McCaslin.

It’s rare enough for a town with a permanent population of 134 to have one theater; two is somewhat remarkable. So, last year, when the venerable Theatre at Washington, Virginia, was put up for sale, former D.C. environmental attorney Nancy Raines purchased it, both to preserve it as a cultural resource for the county and to have some fun in retirement (although she’s the first to say that running a theater is not a retirement).

Known for its great acoustics, the 200-seat theater has attracted talent that might not otherwise be expected to perform in a small-town venue. Raines has put together an eclectic and creative lineup of theater and music for the 2015-16 season, including Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” Scottish folk band North Sea Gas, the Chuck Redd/James King Jazz Trio, satirist Mark Russell and the Dark Hollow Bluegrass Band.

The other theater in town, run by the Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community, also sponsors a wide variety of plays, films, lectures and concerts throughout the year. This spring, RAAC will sponsor the second annual Film Festival at Little Washington. The association also produces the major annual art event in the county, the RAAC Artists of Rappahannock Studio and

Gallery Tour, which will be held on Nov. 7 and 8. Tour participants begin in Washington, Virginia, and drive through some of the most beautiful scenery on the East Coast to see the work of more than 50 artists in 21 studios and eight galleries.

For those visitors who don’t want to head right back home, there are several lodging options in addition to the famed Inn at Little Washington. Little Washington Wellness and Spa has recently debuted its Loft for overnight stays. The tastefully decorated and roomy onebedroom and kitchen space, located on Main Street in Washington, can be booked with or without spa services. The spa, incidentally, will host its first three-night wellness getaway on Oct. 25 to 28.

Washington developer Jim Abdo has added to the inventory of overnight retreats in the county. His White Moose Inn on Main Street is a boutique inn featuring warm Scandinavian décor and luxury accommodations. This season, the inn is adding separate quarters next door to the main property. The Winsor at White Moose Inn will cater to larger groups and families in an equally comfortable setting.

Across the county in the town of Sperryville, the three Carney brothers, musicians-turnedbrewers, began brewing barrel-aged beer while touring with their band, Pontiak. Their craft brewery, Pen Druid, produces complex seasondriven beers using mixed and wild fermentation, with local, U.S. and European yeasts. The brothers generally try to brew five different styles of beer: Belgian-farmhouse ales, traditional English ales, sours, a pale IPA and an

experimental brew. Many of the beers they produce may not be produced again.

“We usually are out of our beers by the end of a weekend,” said Jennings Carney. “With mixed fermentation, we are not intending to make the same beer over and over again.” The outdoor patio and friendly, knowledgeable staff make for a splendid beer-tasting experience.

This fall, the county is hopping with a selection of shops offering everything from antiques (Rare Finds), home décor (Ballard’s) and art (River District Arts) to chocolates (Wine Loves Chocolate) and grass-fed meats (Heritage Hollow Farms) to spa services (Little Washington Wellness) and more.

Plus, you can’t beat the scenery.

Tula's patio. Courtesy of Tula's off Main.

Polo Match Benefits National Sporting Library & Museum The National Sporting Library & Museum hosted its 5th Annual Benefit Polo Match & Brunch on Sept. 13, celebrating the occasion with a 25-goal women’s match at the Virginia International Polo Club in Upperville, Virginia.

"This supermatch, to benefit the National Sporting Library & Museum, is a one-of-akind match for women's polo," said VIPC’s owner Maureen Brennan, adding, "There are very few opportunities to see a game of this caliber anywhere in the world. This is the only scheduled women's high-goal match in the country outside of the U.S. Women's Open."

Sunny Hale, the most famous woman polo player in the world, was present, Along with top Argentinian player Lia Salvo.

In addition, the event will feature a hat competition and a number of Ferrari sports cars, thanks to the Ferrari Club of America, MidAtlantic Chapter.

The Tailgate side: sold out.

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Fall 2015 Gala Guide SEPTEMBER 24 Trees for Georgetown Fall Fling

SEPTEMBER 26 CharityWorks Dream Ball

A benefit for Trees for Georgetown, an allvolunteer committee under the auspices of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, dedicated to the planting, care and maintenance of residential street trees in the village. Home of Tom Anderson and Marc Schappell. Call 202-337-6767 or email treesforgeo

This year’s theme is “The Art of Illusion.” The 2015 beneficiaries, selected by the CharityWorks Board, are Best Buddies and Yellow Ribbon Fund, with the goal of raising a minimum of $250,000 for each. National Building Museum.

Call 703-286-0758 or email charityworks@aol. com.

SEPTEMBER 28 Under the Lights Benefiting the charities of Cal Ripken, Jr., and Kevin Spacey, this evening of musical entertainment will include a lively retrospective on the Hall of Fame and Academy Award-winning careers of two living legends. Mead Center for American Theater. Contact Lindsey Nienstedt at 202-543-9700 or lindsey@kimballstroud.com.

OCTOBER 1 K9s for Warriors Gala Proceeds underwrite the selection and training of shelter dogs to become service animals for returning members of the military suffering from post-traumatic stress and/or traumatic brain injury as a result of post-9/11 military service. The Hamilton. Visit k9sforwarriorsgala.com.

OCTOBER 2 Paint the Town Red This “red-tie” event, hosted by Pulse DC, the young professionals committee of the American Heart Association's Greater Washington Region, supports the mission of building healthier lives free from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Whittemore House. Visit dcpulse.org.

2015 CulturalDC Gala This event supports CulturalDC’s efforts to create opportunities for artistic innovation, connecting artists, arts organizations, developers and government agencies to facilitate economic and cultural vibrancy in the Washington area. Dock5@Union Market. Call 202-315-1305 or email info@culturaldc.org.

Stars of the Russian Chamber Art Society Washington’s Russian Chamber Art Society celebrates its 10th anniversary with a gala concert featuring five rising young vocalists singing Russian art songs. Also performing will be violinist Victor Danchenko, clarinetist Julian Milkis and domra-accordion duo Tamara Volskaya and Anatoly Trofimov. Embassy of Austria. Visit thercas.com.

OCTOBER 5 PEN/Faulkner Celebration This evening of readings by diverse writers benefits the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools program. Folger Shakespeare Library. Contact Elizabeth Gutting at 202-898-9063 or egutting@ penfaulkner.org.

OCTOBER 7 Friends of Book Hill Park Fundraiser This event, run by the Friends of Book Hill Park, a volunteer organization, will raise funds for the replacement of the benches and landscaping of the upper-tier circle at Book Hill Park, the historically significant park behind the Georgetown Library. Home of Mike and Cheryl Naeve. Email jasper@ttrsir.com.

OCTOBER 10 Night Nouveau This year’s theme of Night Nouveau, a social gathering for young professionals, is “Game of Thrones.” DJ Kristian Nairn, who plays Hodor, will be on hand. Halcyon House. Email David Corson at d.corson@sandr.org.

OCTOBER 15 Chris4Life Cancer Foundation Blue Hope Bash The Blue Hope Bash, featuring inspirational stories from survivors, will benefit the foundation’s search for a cure for colon cancer though research. Four Seasons Hotel. Contact Michael Sapienza at 703-749-1680, ext. 100, or sapienza@ chris4life.org.

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gala guide OCTOBER 16 47th Annual Meridian Ball The ball supports Meridian’s mission of promoting global leadership. Guests dine at ambassadorhosted dinners or Meridian’s White-Meyer House before convening for dessert, dancing and conversation at Meridian House. Meridian International Center. Contact Olivia Odorieux at 202-939-5892 or odoriuex@meridian.org.

OCTOBER 17 National Italian American Foundation 40th Annual Gala The NIAF Anniversary Gala is part of a threeday celebration that includes special receptions, events and Expo Italiana. After dining at participating restaurants, guests will join Joe Piscopo and friends to celebrate Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday. Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Call 202-387-0600 or email information@ niaf.org.

Hope & Progress Gala The 14th annual gala benefits the New Sibley, cancer programs at Sibley Memorial Hospital and the hospital’s commitment to provide state-ofthe-art, compassionate and personalized medical care. Four Seasons Hotel. Contact Kristen Pruski at 202-537-4257 or KPruski@jhmi.edu.

OCTOBER 18 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Eddie Murphy will be the recipient of the 18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in a gala performance taped for national broadcast.

The event helps support the Kennedy Center’s

year-round educational and artistic initiatives.

Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Call 202-416-8335 or email mtp@kennedy-center.org.

OCTOBER 23 Georgetown Gala 2015 This year's Citizens Association of Georgetown event, “Bar 1878: Georgetown After Dark,” will highlight Georgetown's unique combination of history, style and allure. The Gala Committee Chairs are Tricia Huntley, Leslie Maysak and Jennifer Altemus. Local band Broad Sound will perform. Four Seasons Hotel. Visit cagtown.com/ gala2015.

LUNGevity Foundation’s Musical Celebration of Hope Gala This New Orleans-themed gala, featuring dinner, an awards presentation and dancing, supports lung cancer research and programs that will save lives and offer new hope in treatment and survivorship. Andrew Mellon Auditorium. Contact Carol Perline at 240-454-3104 or cperline@ LUNGevity.org.

OCTOBER 24 29th Annual Lombardi Gala The 29th Annual Lombardi Gala will benefit the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Awards will be presented to remarkable individuals for their fight against cancer.

All proceeds go directly to Lombardi for cancer research, education and treatment. Washington Hilton. Contact Sharon Courtin at 202-687-3866 or sc830@georgetown.edu.

Washington International Horse Show President’s Cup Party

Lab School of Washington’s Awards Gala

At this celebration, guests will watch WIHS Equitation Finals and Olympic-level show jumping during the $125,000 Presidents Cup Grand Prix. Verizon Center. Contact Nara de Sá Guimarães at 202-525-3679 or nara@wihs.org.

This event raises funds to continue the mission of the school, increases awareness of learning differences and recognizes people who have overcome their own learning differences and achieved great heights in their careers and lives.

National Building Museum. Contact Mimi Hayes at 202-944-2207 or mini.hayes@labschool.org.

NOVEMBER 1 Harmon Center for the Arts Annual Gala Proceeds from this event provide indispensable funds for the Shakespeare Theatre’s education and outreach programs. Following multidisciplinary performances in Sidney Harman Hall, guests will proceed to the National Building Museum for a gourmet dinner and dancing. Call Moriah Lemming at 202-547-2330, ext. 2330.

NOVEMBER 5 National Museum of Women in the Arts Fall Benefit This year’s theme, “A Salute to Cole Porter,” will feature entertainment by soprano Amy Burton and pianist John Muto. Proceeds benefit the Shenson Chamber Music Concerts and the museum’s education programming. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Contact Gabrielle Kaufman at 202-266-2815 or gkaufman@nmwa.org.

Knock Out Abuse Against Women Gala The 22nd Annual Gala benefits Knock Out Abuse, a Washington-based organization that envisions a community free from domestic violence. The evening includes dinner, dancing, auctions and entertainment. Ritz-Carlton Washington. Email Avery Lewis at avery@lindarothpr.com.

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Fight Night 2015, presented by Under Armour, will bring together 2,000 heavyweights of business, government and philanthropy for an exciting knockout evening featuring live boxing bouts and world-class entertainment.

The evening’s proceeds go to Fight for Children, which provides education and healthcare to needy local children. Washington Hilton. Call Judy Wrench at 202-772-0417.

NOVEMBER 7 Donovan Award Dinner The Office of Strategic Services Society, which honors the historic accomplishments of the OSS during World War II, the first organized effort by the United States to implement a centralized system of strategic intelligence, will present its William J. Donovan Award to Ambassador Hugh Montgomery. Ritz-Carlton Washington.

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The Latin-themed party features performances by the Washington Ballet and provides funding for the Latino Dance Fund, which supports the company’s education and scholarship initiatives.

Residence of the Ambassador of Panama. Contact the Washington Ballet Office of Special Events at 202-362-3606 or events@washingtonballet.org.

So Others Might Eat 29th Annual Dinner Gala The dinner and silent auction provide funding for SOME’s core programs of job training, medical care, addiction treatment and affordable housing.

National Building Museum. Contact Stephanie Martineau at 202-741-1298 or stephanie@ webstergroupinc.com.

NOVEMBER 15 American Portrait Gala The National Portrait Gallery’s inaugural gala will include the presentation of the Portrait of a Nation Prize will be presented, honoring Hank Aaron, Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, Aretha Franklin, Carolina Herrera and Maya Lin. National Portrait Gallery. Call 202-633-8233 or email npg_gala@ si.edu.

NOVEMBER 18 LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award Gala This year’s award, given to individuals who personify President Johnson’s mission of creating a nation of justice and liberty, will be presented to Rep. James Clyburn and former Attorney General Eric Holder. Andrew Mellon Auditorium. Contact Lindsey Nienstedt at 202-543-9700 or lindsey@ kimballsstroud.com.

DECEMBER 2 Washington Business Hall of Fame This event, recognizing outstanding business leaders who have made the Greater Washington region what it is today, benefits Junior Achievement of Great Washington’s K-12 programs. National Building Museum. Contact Nora M. Wheeler at 202-777-4485 or nora. wheeler@ja.org.

NOVEMBER 9 DC Jazz Fest Annual Trustee Gala

DECEMBER 8 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

This event, benefiting DC Jazz Fest’s Roberta Flack Education Program, will feature Grammy Award-winning artist Patti Austin and the Howard University Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Fred Irby, III, as well as the presentation of the John Conyers, Jr. Jazz Advocacy Awards to Stephanie Peters and Sage Communications. The Hamilton. Visit dcjazzfest.org/trusteegala.

This year’s honorees are the Eagles, Carole King, George Lucas, Rita Moreno, Seiji Ozawa and Cicely Tyson. Kennedy Center Opera House.

Contact honors@kennedy-center.org.

NOVEMBER 12 Capitol Food Fight

Proceeds benefit the DC Jazz Festival Roberta Flack Education Program and our free annual festival programs.

NOVEMBER 14 Noche de Pasión 2015

The Capitol Food Fight brings the food industry’s best talent together to support D.C. Central Kitchen’s unique brand of community empowerment. Chefs will battle onstage as food critics and national celebrities mingle with the crowd.

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Call 202-789-5979.

DECEMBER 14 Choral Arts Society Holiday Concert and Gala The evening, support the Choral Arts Society’s programs and commitment to public outreach and education, includes a holiday concert, a silent auction, dinner and dancing. Kennedy Center.

Email Patricia Kramer at pkramer@choralarts.org.

Social Scene

Wolf Trap Ball Celebrates Italian Arts and Culture

Ph otos court e s y w o lf t r ap This year’s Wolf Trap Ball, held Sept. 19 on the Filene Center stage, celebrated and honored the arts and culture of Italy, with the Italian Ambassador to the U.S. Claudio Bisogniero and his wife Laura. “Italy’s elegant blend of ancient and modern art parallels Wolf Trap’s commitment to honoring the classic and exploring the contemporary on our stage,” said Wolf Trap Foundation President and CEO Arvind Manocha.

More than 800 guests were in attendance, and many danced past midnight.

Wolf Trap CEO Arvind Manocha, Ambassador Bisogniero, Hillary Baltimore, Dan D'Aniello, Chuck Prow

Deborah Warren and former Congressman Jim Moran.

Wolf Trap Chair Dan D'Aniello and CEO Arvind Manocha.

Laura Denise Bisogniero and Italian Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero.

Tom Baltimore and Ball Co-Chair Hillary Baltimore with Franco Nuschese.

Living statues entertained guests during cocktail hour.

Shinola Opens on 14th St. with VIP Reception

Pho tos by da niel s wa rt z Mayor Muriel Bowser, U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, White House social secretary Deesha Dyer, power player Tammy Haddad, a few Washington Capitals and a slew of elected officials were on hand for Shinola’s opening on 14th Street NW on Sept. 16. The retail outlet on D.C.’s buzziest strip is the Detroit company’s first in the area.

Jean Case and Revolution’s Steve Case with DC Mayor Muriel Bowser

Shinola President Jacques Panis and Michigan Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence

Florida Congressman Patrick Murphy, Shinola Women’s Design Director Carolyn Murphy, Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow and Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell

Obama Foundation Chairman Marty Nesbitt, Shinola President Jacques Panis, Michigan Congressman John Conyers and Jon Samuels

QGA’s Jack Quinn, Olympic Canoeist Fabien Lefevre, QGA’s Michael DiRoma and supermodel and Shinola Women’s Design Director Carolyn Murphy

Revolution’s Meredith Balenske, Monumental Sports & Entertainment Group’s Zach & Ted Leonsis, Mandy Flemmer and Washington Capitals Defenseman Karl Alzner

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10 Years Celebrated After Dark @THEARC Frida Burling Hits the Really Big One-O-O

b y m ary Bird It was a joyous evening with a strong political presence on Sept. 12, when the Town Hall Education Arts and Recreation Campus (THEARC) celebrated ten years of building bridges and families east of the Anacostia. The campus includes the Washington Ballet, Levine Music, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington: FBR Branch and Washington School for Girls. Guests enjoyed delicious selections from Occasions Caterers as well as favorites from Ben’s Chili Bowl. Remarks emphasized “ten years more,” as THEARC launches an ambitious expansion.

Arthur Espinoza, managing director of the Washington Ballet, and Kay Kendall, event co-chair.

Lisa Smith and THEARC Executive Director Edmund Fleet.

Linda Roth and Johnathan Kahan.

Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, event cochair Jack Daviesand Robert Hisaoka.

Rhona and Don Friedman.

Occasions Caterers co-owner Eric Michael and Vibeke Lofft.

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Georgetown’s doyenne extraordinaire has been celebrating her landmark 100th birthday in numerous venues. On Sept. 13, St. John’s Church Georgetown Parish had a special reason to honor the major supporter of the Georgetown House Tour.

Surrounded by her family, the birthday girl beamed at the coffee hour with a birthday cake and stunning flowers.

Frida Burling surrounded by her offspring Belinda Winslow, Terry Winslow and David Burling.

Ambassador’s Ball Kicks Off Social Season

Ph otos b y n esh an h . n altchayan Prominent ambassadors, senior administration figures, elected officials and business leaders came together on Sept. 8 for the 37th annual Ambassador’s Ball at the Marriott Marquis downtown. The ball has raised more than $20 million for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s advancement toward an MS-free world.respectively.

Identical twin brothers, HUD Secretary Julián Castro and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX)

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Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal, Russell Parker, Chairman of the Board of the National MS Society, and Ambassador of Ireland Anne Anderson.

Honorary Chair, Ambassador Capricia Marshall and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak of the Russian Federation.

Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) recipient of the 2015 Vision Community Award at the MS Society's Ambassadors Ball.

John and Antonia Gore make an elegant entrance.

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Life of Ingrid Bergman Celebrated at House of Sweden

Compassion Through Fashion Benefits Bolivian Children Ph otos by ne s han h . n a lt c h aya n

Compassion Through Fashion, held Sept. 12 at the Embassy of France, benefitted Arco Iris America, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of nearly 30,000 orphans and other underprivileged children in Bolivia.

Emcee Chris Guerra of Strathmore and attendees saluted the life of Father José Maria Neuenhofer.

The Honorable Aniko Gaal Schott, Shamim Jawad, Shahin Mafi and Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave.

Dr. Hassan Massali & Shahin Mafi, founder of Azar Foundation for Children of the World, Martin Bak & Morayma Bak, President of Arco Iris America and Father José Maria Neuenhofer.

Ambassador David Newman of Botswana and his wife, Changu Newman.

It was a Bergman lovefest Sept. 9 at the House of Sweden, with daughter Pia Lindstrom, a noted television reporter on hand to speak of her mother and enjoy the moment with hundreds of admirers.

The U.S. Postal Service, in conjunction with their Swedish counterparts Posten AB, commemorated Ingrid Bergman in a special unveiling ceremony at House of Sweden, with a Hollywood Forever Stamp, which features the luminous actress in a classic photograph by Laszlo Willinger from the 1940s, when Bergman achieved celebrity, fame and her first Oscar. The ceremony included the unveiling of two Swedish stamps.

Mostly, it was an occasion of celebration, which included a Hollywoodstyle dance party where glam-sparkling young attendees joined the party to the music of the Cotton Club, which swayed between contemporary and disco sounds, while couples, many of them who had not been born when Bergman passed away in 1982, danced the night away.

With posters of her mother's stamps behind her, Pia Lindstrom speaks at the House of Sweden.

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GEORGETOWN MEDIA GROUP PRESENTS

CULTURAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST SERIES A light breakfast, informal remarks, and a Q&A with the leaders of Washington’s top cultural organizations.

Club members and guests filled the George Town Club Sept. 17 for a reception and dinner to get ready for the fall season and catch up with friends and neighbors. Founded in 1966, the club has reinvented and reinvigorated itself with new menus, programs, staff and members — and a closer relationship to its own neighborhood.

Thursday, October 8

Club adviser Bo Blair and his mother Joy Blair, a longtime Georgetown businesswoman.

8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

The George Town Club 1530 Wisconsin Avenue, NW.

Executive Director Sunny Sumter will talk about the plans for 2016 and SUNNY SUMPTER how the festival is building a new audience for jazz through education Executive Director DC Jazz Festival and partnerships.

$15 for George Town Club members $20 for non-members Sponsored By Club treasurer John Girouard and general manager Carolyn Papetti who arrived during the summer from East Hampton, New York.

Please RSVP by October 5th to Richard@Georgetowner.com or call 202–338–4833

Kallie Seniff and Caitlin Girouard.

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