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The Newseum at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Photo by Jeff Malet.
Newseum May Sell Its HQ BY KATE OC ZYPOK The Newseum is undergoing a full financial review that may result in the sale of its Pennsylvania Avenue building, which opened in 2008. Read more Downtowner News at Georgetowner.com.
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BY GARY TISCHLER Sixteen years after that horrific day, the historic imagery and commemorations in Manhattan, in Washington and in Shanksville competed with alltoo-present scenes of tragedy of a different kind.
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Events Calendar SEPTEMBER 14 - 16 KINROSS CASHMERE TRUNK SHOW Kinross’s pure, natural, soft and sophisticated looks offer effortless elegance and timeless style for everyday living. At this trunk show, shoppers can take advantage of a 10-percent discount on the fall collection and enter to win a cashmere scarf. For details, visit thephoenixdc. com. The Phoenix, 1514 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
SEPTEMBER 16 GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY DAY At this day of fun and family-friendly activities, the Georgetown community will come together for free food, face painting, moon bounces and more. The community fair will include tables from local schools, churches, community organizations and Georgetown University departments. For details, visit com mu nit yengagement.georgetow n.edu. Healy Lawn, Georgetown University, 3700 O St. NW.
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BOOK HILL FALL ART WALK
In late 1977, four Charlottesville musicians — pianist Danny Beirne, guitarist Bo Randall, drummer Corky Schoonover and bassist Charlie Pastorfield — found themselves out of work. Corky (just back from a stint at Boston’s Berklee College of Music) suggested over beers that their mutual love of late ’40s and early ’50s swing music might make an interesting focal point. Tickets are $20 ($15 in advance). For details, visit gypsysallys.com. 3401 K St. NW.
Six Georgetown galleries will host an evening stroll and viewing of their fine art exhibitions in the most beautiful part of Washington, D.C. The participating galleries are: Addison/ Ripley Fine Art, 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW; Artist Proof, 1533 Wisconsin Ave. NW; Cross MacKenzie Gallery, 1675 Wisconsin Ave. NW; Klagsburn Studios, 1662 23rd St. NW; Susan Calloway Fine Arts, 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW; and Washington Printmakers Gallery, 1641 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
ARTIST’S PROOF RECEPTION Coinciding with the annual Book Hill Fall Art Walk in Georgetown, the opening reception for this exhibition of metal sculptures by Washingtonian artists Donna McCullough and Craig Schaffer includes a workshop and lecture by the artists. To RSVP, visit eventbrite.com. Artist’s Proof Art Gallery, 1533 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
BREWS, BOOZE & BITES At this event, participants will dine on tastings and sips with ties to the past from the best local bakers, brewers, distillers, cooks and confectioners. There will also be live music, traditional lawn games and two special tours: the Outdoor Edibles Tour and the Follow the Bacon Tour. Tickets are $35, including a souvenir tasting glass. For details, visit tudorplace.org. 1644 31st St. NW.
SEPTEMBER 16 - 17 FOOD TRUCKS AT THE PARK No need to shop until you drop in Georgetown anymore. Popular D.C.-based food trucks Swizzler and Captain Cookie are setting up shop between H&M and T.J. Maxx on weekends. Georgetown shoppers can snack on savory hot dogs and sweet cool treats for the remainder of the warm shopping season on Saturdays and Sundays. Georgetown Park, 3222 M St. NW.
SEPTEMBER 17 QUINN AND WEISELTIER
Georgetown Ministry Center is hosting a special conversation between Sally Quinn, author, journalist and host of the 2017 Spirit of Georgetown, and the Brookings Institution’s Leon Weiseltier, writer, critic, philosopher and magazine editor. They will discuss Quinn’s new book, “Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir.” Refreshments from community supporters Baked & Wired, Dog Tag Bakery and Potomac Wine & Spirits will be served. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 3240 O St. NW.
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Rendering of the Rock Creek side of the West Heating residences. Courtesy Levy Group.
Heating Plant Redesign Awes ANC Almost four months after the initial design had been approved — but returned by the Commission of Fine Arts for further refinement — the partnership of the Levy Group, the Georgetown Company and the Four Seasons presented a new design to the ANC at a packed meeting on Sept. 6. Most of those present appeared awed. The challenge was to redesign the luxury condo residences in the heating plant’s massive abandoned shell at the corner of 29th and K Streets NW “to reflect more the industrial history of the original structure and make it less
suburban,” prominent Georgetown developer Richard Levy told the commissioners. “The CFA requested that the architects return with a bolder and less literal reinterpretation of the existing building, calling for a clear distinction between that which is being preserved and that which is being reconstructed.” That is where top architects earn their pay. In this case, the “starchitects” are David Adjaye, designer of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo and two D.C. public libraries, and landscape designer Laurie Olin, who worked on
the Washington Monument grounds, Bryant Park in New York, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia and a park in Houston that drained perfectly after Hurricane Harvey. Olin explained how they looked again at some of the basic elements of the industrial edifice — the rugged slabs, the artifacts (like conveyor belts), the canal nearby — and incorporated them into a redesigned exterior with water troughs and steel-like structures in unexpected places. “We used the principles of cool,” said the (very cool himself) Adjaye. “I studied the picture of the frame of the building before the mortar and bricks to see its form, to reveal what the building’s nature was. Then we applied new construction materials with the old ones.” The ANC approved the new design. Now it’s on to the next round of approvals.
Disputed Bike Lane Plan Proceeds
A robust discussion over the pros and cons of installing dedicated bike lanes on busy Water Street, eliminating some 48 parking spaces there, took up a good half hour of the five-hour-plus meeting of the Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 6. It ended with the commissioners voting 6 to 2 to support a
six-month installation of the bikeways by the District Department of Transportation, accompanied by a comprehensive evaluation of their impact on public safety and businesses in the area. DDOT Bicycle Program Manager Darren Buck presented the plan for dedicated bike lanes in each direction along Water Street and parts of K Street. “It’s a matter of safety,” Buck said. “We need to take thousands of commuter bikes off the narrow streets full of cars and make it easier for pedestrians to cross the intersections and cars to maneuver. The lanes would be similar to those on 15th Street.” Commissioner Lisa Palmer agreed. “When I ask residents along the K/Water Street corridor for their opinion about the current conditions, I hear things like, ‘It takes two hours to get from my home on Water Street to Rock Creek,’” she said. “People send me videos of fistfights on the street where cyclists are weaving in and out of car traffic, and more. Add in a constant stream of pedestrians. You have a scenario that is truly the Wild West. Roadway users are unsuccessfully sharing the same 50 feet of space in an unpredictable and unsafe manner. “One of our tasks on this ANC is to position Georgetown for the future, to continue to attract people of all age brackets and lifestyles in a vital, interesting and forward-thinking community,” Palmer wrote. “Biking, as a mode continued on page 6
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ensuring that the users of the roadway, including but not limited to cyclists and pedestrians, are being provided a safer environment. If such study proves otherwise, DDOT agrees to work closely with ANC 2E to either improve the conditions for the end users or to return the street to its original configuration.”
Stevens School, School Without Walls to Expand A long and twisting history of openings and closures for Stevens School at 2425 N St. NW in the West End has now concluded. Founded in 1868 for African American children, the school, which has stood abandoned since 2008, will reopen in 2018 as a public school focusing on early-childhood education, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office announced. At the same time, DC Public Schools Chancellor Atwan Wilson announced “the expansion of the School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens to the Thaddeus Stevens Elementary School, located at 1050 21st St. NW. “It is a rigorous, high-performing school that has in a relatively short time, increased student enrollment; made gains on the 2016 PARCC assessment; offered high-quality coursework including art, music, and Latin; and built strong community partnerships,” Wilson wrote in an Aug. 17 letter to parents. Currently it has a student body of 471, with a waiting list of more than 900.
Stevens was the oldest surviving public elementary school in the city until it was closed in 2008 due to low enrollment. It was combined with the pre-K-to-8th-grade Francis Stevens Education Campus. Several charter schools and commercial enterprises, including a condominium development, were all interested in the site in the booming West End neighborhood. But the boom of the area brought unexpected enrollment pressures on the public schools there. Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans originally opposed the idea of commercializing the site. Now he says he is excited about the new plans for an early-learning center, which he considers critical. Plans still include a 10-story office and retail building at 2100 L St. NW, on the former playgrounds of Stevens. But that commercial building may be altered now that enrollment plans for the refurbished schools have expanded.
Will Compactors Stymie Rat Banqueting? Georgetown’s voracious rats should be worried. If neighborhood eateries take up the District’s offer of grants of up to $13,500 to purchase or lease commercial waste compactors, the rodents’ days of all-you-can-eat garbage-can buffets may be numbered. The District extended the deadline for compactor grant applications until 2 p.m. on
Friday, Sept. 15. “Businesses can apply for the grants individually or in partnerships,” explained Richard Livingstone, Ward 2 liaison in the mayor’s office of community relations and service, at the Sept. 6 Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting. The grants to offset compactor costs are funded by the Department of Public Works, administered by the Department of Small and Local Business Development and managed by a grants manager from the Coalition for NonProfit Housing and Economic Development in partnership with the Department of Health’s Rat Riddance Initiative. The initiative offers business owners an impact metrics program that measures rodent activity and sanitation violations. More information is available at https://dslbd.dc.gov/compactor. Besides reducing the number of trips that businesses and the District must make to haul waste, the grant program also seeks to reduce the likelihood of accidental pollution through spills or wind-blown debris. It also intends, of course, to reduce rodent activity near businesses — in other words, to bring an end to Georgetown’s complimentary rodent banquet services.
Georgetown Awaits Decision on Main Street The fiscal 2018 D.C. budget allows for four new Main Streets — a program
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Over the weekend, a crane was erected for the reconstruction of the former Latham Hotel at 3000 M St. NW. Photo by Sonya Bernhardt. created by the National Trust for Historic Preservation that could bring in significant seed money for successful applicants to help preserve and revitalize historic commercial districts. Georgetown is one of the contenders for the new grants. A decision as to which neighborhoods get the designation will be made by October, according to District sources. The new programs could be up and running as soon as November. The Georgetown Business Association has taken the lead in coordinating the Georgetown Main Street application. The project would cover Wisconsin Avenue from K Street to Whitehaven Parkway. The effort was introduced July 19 at a Georgetown Business Association networking reception at Ella-Rue on P Street.
“It is all about getting feet to the street,” said Martin Smith, executive director of the Barracks Row Main Street, which in 2005 won the prestigious Great American Main Street Award.” Smith called for participation from Georgetown’s business owners, accepting the first donation for the proposed Georgetown Main Street from Ed Solomon of Anthony’s Tuxedo and Wedding Creations. There are currently 12 Main Street programs in Washington, D.C. — from Eastern Market and Shaw to Columbia Heights and Tenleytown. Each district’s designated nonprofit receives a grant from the D.C. government through the Department of Small and Local Business Development.
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Crime & Safety 2 Dead From Jumping in Potomac River Near Key Bridge Two men died from jumping into the Potomac River Aug. 27. The Metropolitan Police Department identified the men as Calvin Cerpas and Danny Garcia. Both men were 30 and lived in Manassas, Virginia, according to News 4, and had been friends since childhood. One died in the Potomac River and another was taken out of the river to George Washington University Hospital in critical condition and later died. The rescue effort involved D.C. Fire and EMS with four boats and a rescue K-9, the U.S. Park Police helicopter, the MPD and Harbor Patrol. Apparently, the men went into the river from the ruins of the old Aqueduct Bridge, the predecessor to Key Bridge. The old bridge abutment — just west of the Potomac Boat Club, Key Bridge Boathouse and Key Bridge — is on the banks of the Potomac River. One man was found around 9:30 p.m., WTOP reported. He was taken to the hospital in very critical condition. Another man was found around 11 p.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman who knew both men told a News 4 reporter, “They were all hanging out on the Aqueduct Bridge in Georgetown when one of them decided to jump into the river. The other man saw his friend was in trouble in the water so he went to help him.”
Girl Stabs Boy at British School A 12-year-old daughter of a German diplomat stabbed a 13-year-old fellow student at the British International School of Washington at 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Sept. 5, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Stabbed twice in the back, the boy sustained nonlife-threatening injuries. Because of diplomatic immunity, the girl will not be prosecuted. MPD has turned the case over to the State Department.
Mugging at Aqueduct Bridge Ruin Per MPD, details on an Aug. 27 robbery around 4:30 a.m.: A male and a female were up near the old Aqueduct Bridge, when they were approached by three suspects armed with handguns. The suspects demanded property from the victims, and they complied. A cell phone and U.S. currency was taken from the man. The woman was struck in the side of her head with the weapon. The suspects fled in a white SUV, last seen traveling eastbound on Water Street. The female was not seriously injured; she refused medical treatment on the scene.
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EDITORIAL / OPINION Jack Evans Report
A Critical Juncture for the Region BY JAC K EVAN S
Where’s the Vision for K/ Water Street?
A postcard from the 1920s depicts the old Aqueduct Bridge alongside the new Key Bridge. Let’s start with the old Aqueduct Bridge remnant. Where K (or Water) Street ends, this abutment at the west end of Georgetown is popular with sightseers and thrill-seekers. Its archway leads west to the Washington Canoe Club, and the abutment, on the banks of the Potomac River, is itself against the Potomac Boat Club. Before Key Bridge opened in 1923, this was the bridge that connected Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia. It’s an unexpected piece of history. Pulled down by the 1930s, the bridge survives as a riverside ruin. While the view from the top is great, the area has unfortunately become a magnet for bad behavior: drinking, drug use, muggings and drag racing. It was recently the jumping off point for two men who perished. How to get things under control? Overseen by the National Park Service — and therefore patrolled by the Park Police — the properties around it are patrolled by the Metropolitan Police Department. This difference in jurisdiction has caused confusion near the boathouses and directly under Key Bridge and the Whitehurst Freeway. Coordinating better after the spike in incidents on Water Street, the departments have stepped up their patrols. Lighting has been reconfigured and more is on the way. Cameras would be welcome. Add to this problem, the mess that K StreetWater Street continues to be. Forty-eight parking spaces will be lost to a bike lane for commuters, who like to race down from the Capital Crescent Trail and head east, right in
the middle of K Street (speed bump or better enforcement, anyone?). Tour buses have been known to jam up the works, not to mention the possibility — read, improbability — of a DC Streetcar line. Meanwhile, sections of these blocks are being dug up and repaved, putting businesses under stress from lack of packing, construction noise and random disruptions, including afterhours criminal behavior. It has been a struggle for businesses “down there,” to say the least. Barre 3, Gypsy Sally’s, Malmaison and Water Street Gym, which committed to the west side of K before its newfound notoriety — and could be part of a brighter retail future — deserve our support. Now being addressed by Georgetown’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission, the Georgetown Business Association and other community groups, the proposal by the District Department of Transportation and the Georgetown Business Improvement District — a fait accompli, really — for bike lines and crosswalk enhancement will assuredly help. But yet to be grasped is how special this street was and is for Georgetown. It’s not just another street. It’s at the waterfront. It’s where Georgetown began. An ambitious vision is taking shape for the renewed C&O Canal. Where is the vision for K/Water Street? Imagine a pedestrian-friendly parkway that attracts residents, workers and visitors with Potomac views and sidewalk cafés and shops. We think Georgetown deserves no less.
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While most of us are enjoying the beginning of a beautiful fall, for Metrorail, in the words of Jon Snow from “Game of Thrones”: “Winter is here.” In less than a year, there will be insufficient funds to continue repairs to make our transit system safe and more reliable. The region has reached a critical juncture: we must choose either to support a regional funding plan or to leave Metro riders out in the cold. Metro needs dedicated funding now. To make all necessary repairs, improve service and, most important, ensure that the system is safe for every rider, $15 billion is needed over the next 10 years. As chair of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board, I supported raising fares and cutting service in order to reach our repair goals this year and to focus on safety. I was hesitant to take this course, but unfortunately it was necessary in an effort to leave no stone unturned to find additional funds. I will not support future fare increases or service cuts in the District. Time has run out and Metro has run out of rocks to turn over. A solution to our fiscal woes is the implementation of a regional onecent sales tax. District officials support this plan. If regional leaders join the District, it will generate $650 million a year and enable
Metro to borrow the money needed to finally fix the system. However, many state and federal leaders have chosen to focus on organizational fixes instead of fiscal ones. Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has recommended shrinking the Metro board from 16 members to five. I actually agree with that assessment. I recommended a similar action months ago, with the intent of streamlining the board’s decisionmaking process. At this point, however, implementing a dedicated funding source for Metro is far more important than fixing its governance. The Maryland and Virginia general assemblies will reconvene in January. My sense is that neither state will come to a consensus on how to raise additional funds. That is why I’m looking to regional leaders to come to the table and commit to a regional sales tax, spreading the responsibility across the three jurisdictions. It is my hope that the metropolitan region will support this plan before it’s too late. It’s an inconvenient reality for the region — and a bleak future for the nation’s second busiest transit system — if funding doesn’t come soon. Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991.
2 Who Made D.C. Better BY M AR K PL OTKIN
Before I venture into the political world, I want to remember two people who devoted their lives to making D.C. a better place. Stu Long Stu Long was best known as the owner of Hawk ‘n’ Dove. That Capitol Hill bar and restaurant was the “in spot” for so many years. Political types of all ideological stripes would go there to drink, eat, talk and tell stories. It was down-to-earth, friendly and welcoming. The bartenders knew your name. Stu prided himself first and foremost as being a “saloon keeper.” Not as well-known was that he was a lawyer who graduated from George Washington University Law School. His lifelong passion was where he went to high school: Gonzaga. He was that school’s number-one booster and benefactor. I attended his funeral service and there were scores of fellow alums paying tribute to Stu. In 1978, it was Stu Long who provided the Good Housekeeping stamp of approval by endorsing Marion Barry for mayor. He was the first white businessman to go out and raise money for Barry. Many believe that his support was one of the main reasons Barry pulled off that upset win over Walter Washington and Sterling Tucker.
If Stu didn’t say something rotten about you and lambast you for some minor fault, you didn’t count in D.C. I’ll miss him for his sly smarts and big heart. He gave this city some much needed pizzazz. Isaac (Ike) Fulwood My good friend Jim Hudson summed up Chief Fulwood with these words: “Smart, tough and streetwise.” Ike Fulwood was straight out of central casting. Every inch of him radiated authority and booming self-confidence. He looked great in uniform and greeted everybody with a big smile. He was D.C.’s police chief during a very rough time. Homicides were rampant and drugs were overflowing on the streets. He did the best he could. Most of all, he was visible and approachable. He would talk to anyone and everyone. Later, he served the nation as chair of the U.S. Parole Commission. Ike Fulwood was D.C. born and raised. A graduate of Eastern High School, he knew this city and he cared deeply about every neighborhood. Political analyst and columnist Mark Plotkin is to the BBC on American a contributor to thehill.com. markplotkindc@gmail.com.
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Georgetown’s ANC: Evolving, Inclusive B Y P E GGY SAN D S
There are plans to install architectural lighting on Key Bridge.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Commission of Fine Arts The monthly meetings of the Commission of Fine Arts begin at 10 a.m. at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, Suite 312. For details, visit cfa.org.
GBA Networking Meeting The Georgetown Business Association will hold its monthly reception at 6:30 p.m. with Long & Foster Real Estate at 1415 33rd St. NW. A formal announcement on the Georgetown Main Street program will be made; all are welcome. Visit georgetownbusiness.org.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Taste of Georgetown D.C.’s epicurean festival will celebrate its 24th year with tastes from more than 30 of the neighborhood’s best restaurants. The event, benefiting the Georgetown Ministry Center’s mission to support the homeless, will run along K Street between Wisconsin Avenue and Thomas Jefferson Street from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $22. For tickets, visit tasteofgeorgetown.com.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Key Bridge Architectural Lighting Project The District Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration will hold a public meeting about the Francis Scott Key Bridge Architectural Lighting Project from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Georgetown Public Library, 3260 R St. NW. By installing lighting on the bridge’s underside, the project is intended to enhance nighttime views and accentuate the bridge’s unique architectural features. For details, visit ddot.dc.gov. Send your community event listing to editorial@georgetowner.com or call 202-338-4833.
Advisory neighborhood commissioners Mara Goldman, Ed Solomon, Joe Gibbons, Jim Wilcox, Richard Murphy, Monica Roache, Lisa Palmer and Zac Schroepfer flank the soon-to-retire Metropolitan Police Department Officer Antonial Atkins, honored Sept. 6 for his years of service to Georgetown and Washington, D.C. Photo by Robert Devaney.
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dvisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, which represents Georgetown, Burleith and Hillandale, is one of six ANCs in Ward 2 and one of 41 ANCs in the District’s eight wards, a structure initiated in 1974. The Georgetown ANC has eight elected commissioners who have staggered two-year terms. Commissioners campaign and are elected on ballots during regular biannual elections in November. Since the District has no votes in Congress, these elections sometimes take on the fervor of those for D.C.’s sole governing body, the District Council. The 2016 election saw a changing of the guard, with three commissioners retiring and one losing his seat to a challenger. The ANCs do have power, if only in an advisory capacity. Each works closely with the ward’s Council member — in Ward 2’s case, for the past 26 years, Jack Evans. In addition, the ANCs are key components of D.C.’s local planning process, getting a first and often crucial say in whether and how residential and commercial development proposals move ahead. Their purview ranges from major projects — like the planned conversion to condos of the West Heating Plant in Georgetown — to requests from restaurateurs to put out sidewalk seating. As a result, the meetings of Georgetown’s ANC, among others, have become increasingly inclusive. Its chairman Joe Gibbons sees to that. Reports from the Metropolitan Police Department, the Departments of Transportation and Public Works — regarding traffic, parking and street lighting issues — and the mayor’s office are frequently on the agenda. There are also regular reports from the Georgetown Business Improvement District, the Citizens Association of Georgetown and, starting this year, the Georgetown Business Association. Each commissioner not only represents a certain area — usually near where he or she lives
“For the most part, I always follow the lead of the ANC,” Council member Jack Evans told The Georgetowner. “I was an ANC Commissioner and chair of the Dupont Circle ANC a long time ago. I know how they work. I almost always vote the way they recommend.” — but also takes responsibility for a specific issue, such as transportation or crime. Citizens are encouraged to email their commissioners at their ANC addresses about concerns. Often, they take a hands-on approach, such as when two commissioners and one of their dogs physically stopped the unauthorized pouring of a cement-like product onto a stretch of brick sidewalk recently. “For the most part, I always follow the lead of the ANC,” Council member Jack Evans told The Georgetowner. “I was an ANC Commissioner and chair of the Dupont Circle ANC a long time ago. I know how they work. I almost always vote the way they recommend.” Though the Georgetown ANC is considered one of the city’s most collegial, that’s not to say there are no heated debates. Earlier this year, the question of whether to remove 48 parking places from the waterfront area to establish designated bike lanes consumed an impassioned half-hour. There used to be some friction at ANC meetings connected with Georgetown University’s acquisition of residential property for administrative offices and an increase in student rentals of off-campus housing. But since then, the ANC added two student representatives and the commission, the university and neighbors created the Georgetown Community Partnership to address mutual concerns. According to the current campus representatives, Mara Goldman and Zachary Schroepfer, many formerly contentious issues are now dealt with by both town and gown
officials early on, before they become heated. Since Leslie Maysak left ANC 2E last year, later becoming executive director of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, the commission has shared the services of Peter Sacco as executive director (he also serves ANC 2A and ANC 2B in this capacity). Along with keeping track of meetings and agenda issues, Sacco updates the newly redesigned website and handles email and social media.
ANC 2E 3265 S St. NW Washington, DC 20007 202-724-7098 anc2e@dc.gov anc2e.com MEETING LOCATION Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Heritage Room, 2nd Floor 1524 35th St. NW Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month (with occasional exceptions) at 6:30 p.m. There is no August meeting. There will be two meetings in October, on Oct. 2 and 30, and no meeting in November.
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Long & Foster Acquires Evers & Co.
Wes Foster, co-founder of Long & Foster Real Estate. Photo by Philip Bermingham.
Long & Foster Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, announced Sept. 7 that it has acquired the Long & Foster Companies, Inc., the largest private residential real estate company in the United States by sales volume. The acquisition, according to HomeServices, expands its presence in the Mid-Atlantic region to Washington, D.C., and Baltimore and extends its national footprint to Virginia and West Virginia. Adding the Long & Foster brand positions HomeServices to be the nation’s largest home ownership services provider based on transactions, according to the 2017 Real Trends 500 report. Long & Foster cofounder Wes Foster will remain with the company as chairman emeritus. Jeff Detwiler, Long & Foster’s current president and chief operating officer, will assume the role of chief executive officer; together with the existing team of enterprise and business line leaders, he will oversee growth initiatives and continue to manage day-to-day operations. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, Long & Foster Real Estate has approximately 11,000 agents in more than 230 offices serving buyers and sellers in major markets across
the Mid-Atlantic and beyond, including Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. In 2016, Long & Foster Real Estate had nearly $29 billion in sales volume and more than 81,000 home sale transactions. “Finding the right partner to maintain the legacy, culture and integrity of Long & Foster was of utmost importance to me,” said Foster, who founded the company in 1968 with Henry Long. “I couldn’t be more pleased that we are joining an organization known for its impeccable reputation and commitment to protecting brands. Joining HomeServices ensures that our history of market leadership and industry expertise continues.” With this transaction, according to the company, HomeServices now has more than 41,000 real estate professionals operating in 30 states and the District of Columbia. In 2017, the company expects its sales associates to facilitate over $123 billion in residential real estate sales, nearly 340,000 home sale transactions and nearly 200,000 mortgage, insurance, title and escrow transactions.
Long & Foster Real Estate announced Sept. 12 that it has acquired Evers & Co., a residential real estate brokerage. Founded by Donna Evers in 1985, Evers & Co. specializes in traditional and luxury real estate services in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Effective immediately, the firm’s nearly 100 real estate professionals, including Evers, will become part of Long & Foster. “Like Long & Foster, Evers & Co. has a long history of success in the D.C. area real estate market, and we’re pleased to welcome their team to our family,” said Larry “Boomer” Foster, president of Long & Foster Real Estate. Going forward, Evers, who has nearly 40 years of real estate experience, will join Long & Foster’s leadership team. She will continue to manage the three Evers & Co. offices in Chevy Chase and Bethesda, Maryland, and in Washington, D.C.
In: Sweetgreen on Wisconsin Sweetgreen is about to open at 1044 Wisconsin Ave. NW, a space nearly 1,700 square feet larger than the company’s first location at 3333 M St. NW, which opened 10 years ago. The store will have two levels of indoor seating and an outdoor patio space. The parking lot at the new location will feature a Freshfarm Georgetown farm stand, open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays through Oct. 28. Be warned, however: this Sweetgreen accepts no cash.
In: Footaction in Former Theater Space It’s not a Foot Locker, but the company’s Footaction subsidiary, selling footwear and apparel, is coming to the renovated Georgetown Theater property at 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW — where the neon GEORGETOWN sign switched on in 2016 for the first time in more than 20 years. Property owner and architect Robert Bell presented designs for signage on the property to Georgetown’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission last week. The building, a theater for decades, fell on hard times and was renovated and reopened last year by Bell. The soon-to-be occupied first and lower levels measure 120 feet deep by 30 feet wide. Upstairs are offices and apartments.
In: Nobu Opens Youkoso! The day has arrived, dear Georgetowners: you have your own Nobu — less than a two-block walk from town. Nobu Washington, D.C., the latest addition to the Japanese-Peruvian restaurant empire, founded by Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro and Meir Teper, is at 2525 M St. NW, on the ground floor of the building that houses the 2501 Residences on M Street. “D.C. is a very special place,” chef Matsuhisa said. “So much energy and always a wealth of
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Entrance to Nobu. international influence. This is very inspiring to us as we welcome our neighbors and create new dishes and experiences for our guests.” The menu includes signatures like black cod with miso and yellowtail sashimi jalapeño — along with toro truffle tamari with jalapeño salsa, wash skirt steak with anticucho, fluke sashimi with dry miso and yuzu. New items will be introduced at the D.C. place. There is even a cocktail named 25th & M (Casamigos tequila, merlot juice and a secret mixture of herbs that add just a hint of spice). Nobu D.C. can hold 220 persons inside and covers 11,000 square feet of space. It includes a bar and lounge, a dining room and a sushi bar — along with private event spaces. There is an outdoor dining space overlooking a section of Rock Creek Park that is not yet ready. At the far end of the dining room, a convertible private dining space gives way to open-air and covered patios that combine to create an interconnected event space. An additional private dining room in the southeast corner is designed for tasting dinners, private meetings and cocktail events for up to 30 guests. The restaurant general manager is George Lipson, who hails from Miami, and has worked in the Honolulu Nobu, a favorite of former President Barack Obama. Lipson said he knows Obama has an office nearby and would be more happy to serve him in D.C. The executive chef for the new Nobu is Eudy Camillo Cruz, who worked at Nobu 57 in New York. The executive sushi chef is Sung Cho and the bar manager is Thuy Hong, who will oversee the only house barrel-aged Kikori Japanese whiskey in the region. The Nobu group contains almost 40 restaurants as well as a few hotels. The M Street restaurant is open for dinner from 5 until 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday, with lunch service to follow in October.
Store Rehabs, Pizza at Former Lipert Spot? • The rehabilitation of the 1300 and 1400 blocks of Wisconsin Avenue continues; two storefronts are all that remain. The gutted properties at 1357 and 1359 Wisconsin Ave. NW are being prepared to be rebuilt with an added floor. Erstwhile clothing stores Studio and Signature (which moved to the 1600 block in December) will be getting new tenants when the work is complete. Nearby is the reconstructed Georgetown Theater property, which started the block’s comeback last year, as well as parents’ favorite Tugooh Toys. • Word on the street — specifically M — is that the former Keith Lipert space at 2922 will become a pizza parlor. Lipert can now be found in Canal Square at 1054 31st St. NW.
REAL ESTATE STYL E
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BATH
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3241 R ST NW
G E O R G E TO W N
C OL ON IAL
5
3
16
$4,500,000
$4,000,000
1339 2 9 T H S T NW
G E O R G E TO W N
FED ER AL
7
4
87
$4,299,000
$3,975,000
2922 GL OVE R DR NW
WE S LE Y H E I G HTS
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6
5
82
$3,695,000
$3,500,000
4054 5 2 ND T ER NW
S P R I N G VA LLE Y
C OL ON IAL
5
4
54
$2,695,000
$2,700,000
4323 GA RF IE L D S T N W
WE S LE Y H E I G HTS
TU D OR
7
6
99
$2,497,000
$2,450,000
2455 P ST NW
G E O R G E TO W N
TR AD ITION AL
4
3
9
$2,495,000
$2,445,000
4675 K E NMORE DR N W
B E R K LE Y
C ON TEM POR ARY
5
5
5
$2,195,000
$2,195,000
2445 P ST NW
G E O R G E TO W N
GEOR GIAN
4
3
10
$2,149,000
$2,100,000
3129 O S T NW
G E O R G E TO W N
VIC TOR IAN
4
4
24
$2,200,000
$2,050,000
3816 CAT HE DRA L AV E N W
O B S E RVATO RY C IR C L E TU D OR
5
3
61
$1,995,000
$1,955,000
1922 11 T H ST NW
O LD C I T Y #2
TR AD ITION AL
4
3
0
$1,900,000
$1,900,000
3400 MA COMB S T NW
C LE V E LA N D PAR K
C R AFTSM AN
5
4
45
$1,899,000
$1,835,000
2501 P E NNS Y LVA NIA AV E N W #3B
WE S T E N D
C ON TEM POR ARY
2
2
70
$1,900,000
$1,835,000
5160 MA NNING PL NW
KENT
C APE C OD
5
5
5
$1,875,000
$1,810,000
3011 C AMB RIDGE P L N W
G E O R G E TO W N
VIC TOR IAN
5
2
12
$1,797,000
$1,797,000
2203 F OXB ORO PL N W
B E R K LE Y
C OL ON IAL
7
6
83
$1,765,000
$1,720,875
4829 L OUGHBORO RD N W
S P R I N G VA LLE Y
C OL ON IAL
6
5
46
$1,699,000
$1,600,000
3929 HIGHW OOD CT N W
G E O R G E TO W N
C OL ON IAL
5
3
46
$1,595,000
$1,580,000
2707 DUMB A RTON ST N W
G E O R G E TO W N
TR AD ITION AL
4
3
10
$1,599,000
$1,575,000
5309 CUS HING P L NW
PA LI S A D E S
ARTS & C R AFTS
5
4
21
$1,569,900
$1,570,000
4611 F OX HAL L CRE S N W
B E R K LE Y
IN TER N ATION AL
5
5
33
$1,695,000
$1,560,000
3903 A L BE MA RL E S T N W
A M E R I C A N U N IVER SIT Y PA R K / T E N LEY
C OL ON IAL
4
4
32
$1,549,900
$1,525,000
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The Auction Block BY ARI P OS T
WESCHLER’S “FAN FIRE IV,” 1970 SAM GILLIAM (B. 1933) ESTIMATE: $100,000 – $150,000 AUCTION DATE: SEPTEMBER 15
FREEMAN’S “PET BIRD,” 1986 WAYNE THIEBAUD (B. 1920) ESTIMATE: $30,000 – $50,000 AUCTION DATE: SEPTEMBER 18
SOTHEBY’S “UNTITLED,” 1964 LEE KRASNER (1908–1984) ESTIMATE: $120,000 – $180,000 AUCTION DATE: SEPTEMBER 26
Having relocated to Rockville in June, Weschler’s, the D.C. area’s oldest auction house, will inaugurate its new home on Friday, Sept. 15, with two catalogue auctions of nearly 500 works of art, furniture, jewelry, silver and rugs: the estate sale of Baltimore antiques collector Elizabeth Margolet and the Capital Collections Estate auction. This exceptional painting by Sam Gilliam is one of the day’s many highlights. Now at 40 West Gude Drive, Weschler’s is continuing its regular schedule of weekly and online sales and quarterly catalogue auctions.
Six unique pieces by Wayne Thiebaud anchor an already impressive sale of the Patricia and John Roche Collection at Freeman’s, which includes a wide range of American, English and European works from the 19th and 20th centuries. This hand-colored etching has all the markings of a classic Thiebaud composition, notably his dynamic, hard shadows and his way of harmonizing colors in a manner both boldly luminescent and deceivingly naturalistic. The subject matter here is altogether unusual for Thiebaud and entirely lovely.
Sotheby’s will offer the Collection of Edward Albee in a dedicated auction, the proceeds to benefit the Edward F. Albee Foundation, which provides residencies for writers and visual artists in Montauk, Long Island. The majority of the more than 100 works on offer adorned the walls of the playwright’s Tribeca loft, which he rehung often to explore new artistic connections. The collection, focusing on the birth and evolution of abstraction and reflecting Albee’s highly personal pursuit of the ephemeral, features works by Milton Avery and Wassily Kandinsky and this Abstract Expressionist tour de force by Lee Krasner.
DOYLE NEW YORK EQUESTRIAN THEME PITCHER, 1880-90 S. KIRK & SON ESTIMATE: $2,500 – $3,500 AUCTION DATE: OCTOBER 4 Doyle will hold an auction of American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts showcasing 18th- and 19th-century American furniture and decorative arts, including silver, ceramics, mirrors, folk art, quilts and samplers, in addition to Chinese export porcelain and rugs. Special sections of the sale are devoted to fine 19th-century paintings and Audubon, Currier & Ives and topographical prints. The silver section will offer a broad range of examples from the colonial era through the Belle Époque, including this sterling silver pitcher by S. Kirk & Son of Baltimore.
BONHAMS “CHARLOTTE RAMPLING AT THE HOTEL NORD-PINUS, ARLES,” 1973 HELMUT NEWTON (1920–2004) ESTIMATE: $20,000 – $25,000 AUCTION DATE: OCTOBER 2 This undeniably seductive image is part of a simply titled Photographs sale at Bonhams, featuring landmark 20th-century photographic works by Walker Evans, Edward Weston, Helmut Newton and others. Newton was a German-Australian fashion photographer whose influential and erotically charged black-and-white photographs were regularly published in Vogue and other haute and provocative publications.
Bringing the Hammer Down FIN AL SELLING PRICES FO R LAST MO NTH’S FEATURED AUCTIO N BLO CK ITEMS
Bonhams 1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Auction Date: September 2 Estimate: $120,000 – $160,000 Final Selling Price: $155,420
CARRAIGE HOUSE Sotheby’s Flown Apollo 13 Flight Plan Auction Date: July 20 Estimate: $30,000 – $40,000 Final Selling Price: $275,000
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Freeman’s “Sun Ride,” 1986-90 Terry Frost (1915–2003) Auction Date: August 17 Estimate: £20,000 – £30,000 Final Selling Price: £81,250
Doyle New York Tiffany Floriform Floor Lamp Auction Date: July 26 Estimate: $1,500 – $2,500 Final Selling Price: $5,312
ARTS FALL PRE VI E W
Visual Arts Preview BY AR I POST
“Politically and socially, we are at the edge of another precipice. And those of us who are artists must charge into the fray, leading a charge to turn a tide.” — Mark Bradford, whose “Pickett’s Charge” will go on view at the Hirshhorn Museum on Nov. 8. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry Oct. 22, 2017, through Jan. 21, 2018 This landmark exhibition features 10 paintings by Johannes Vermeer, including “The Lacemaker” from the Louvre and “The Love Letter” from the Rijksmuseum. Many of these paintings have not been seen in the United States since the National Gallery’s Vermeer exhibition of 1995-96. Works by Vermeer will be juxtaposed with work by other artists of the Dutch Golden Age, including Gerard ter Borch, Gerrit Dou, Pieter de Hooch, Gabriel Metsu, Frans van Mieris, Caspar Netscher and Jan Steen.
In the Tower: Anne Truitt Nov. 19, 2017, through April 1, 2018
Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures Oct. 8 through Dec. 3, 2017
Jackson Pollock’s “Mural” Nov. 19, 2017, through Oct. 28, 2018
This exhibition, the first major presentation at the National Gallery of the work of Anne Truitt (1921–2004), celebrates the museum’s acquisition of several major artworks by this important 20th-century artist, a link between Abstract Impressionism and Minimalism. Bringing together nine sculptures, two paintings and 12 works on paper, the show traces Truitt’s artistic development from 1961, when she made her first wood sculpture, to 2002.
This revelatory exhibition brings together, for the first time, 14 of the “fantasy figures” of Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806). These rapidly executed, brightly colored paintings of lavishly costumed individuals are among Fragonard’s most beloved works. The subjects are depicted posed at leisure or employed in various pursuits — acting, reading, writing, playing instruments or singing. They are dressed in what was known in 18th-century France as “Spanish style”: plumed hats, slashed sleeves, ribbons, rosettes, ruffs, capes and accents of red and black.
A special installation in the National Gallery of Art’s East Building features “Mural” (1943) by Jackson Pollock (1912–1956), on loan from the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Nearly 20 feet long, the early painting, originally commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim for her New York City townhouse, is Pollock’s largest work and represents a major turning point in the seminal artist’s career and style. Also on view are paintings and works on paper by Pollock from the museum’s collection.
"Woman Reading a Letter," c. 1664-66. Gabriel Metsu. Beit Collection, National Gallery of Ireland. Courtesy NGA.
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THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION Renoir and Friends: Luncheon of the Boating Party Oct. 7, 2017, through Jan. 7, 2018
IlluminAsia: A Festival of Asian Art, Food and Cultures Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, 5 p.m. to midnight Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. After extensive renovations to the dual museum and reinstallations of the Freer Gallery of Art’s historic and elegantly beautiful galleries, this hidden gem of the Smithsonian is set to reopen with a grand celebration. IlluminAsia is a festival of Asian art, food and cultures on the National Mall, co-presented with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Free and open to the public, the festival will transform the grounds with an Asian food market, interactive cooking and art demonstrations, live performances and dozens of local and international artists. Inside, visitors can experience the reimagined galleries and innovative exhibitions, as well as performances, conversations and other immersive activities. IlluminAsia kicks off at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14. The evening program will light up the night with a sea of lanterns and light displays, stunning video projections on the Freer Gallery facade and a night market featuring Asian food stalls. The activities and museums will be open through midnight. During the day on
“Renoir and Friends” centers on the Phillips Collection’s celebrated “Luncheon of the Boating Party” (1880-81) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), along with the diverse circle of friends who inspired it. The first exhibition to focus on this singular masterwork in over 20 years, it comprises more than 40 carefully chosen works — paintings, drawings, pastels, watercolors and photographs from public and private collections — that reveal the story of “Luncheon of the Boating Party” and the artists and patrons who were instrumental in its creator’s success.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN Courtyard of the Freer Gallery of Art. Courtesy Freer and Sackler Galleries. Sunday, Oct. 15, the food market will continue alongside cultural programming for all ages, including hands-on art-making workshops, storytelling, conversations with artists and curators and international performances.
Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge Nov. 8, 2017, through Nov. 12, 2018 At the Hirshhorn, Los Angeles-based painter, video artist and installation artist Mark Bradford (b. 1961) will debut “Pickett’s Charge,” a monumental new commission inspired by French artist Paul Philippoteaux’s 19th-century cyclorama in Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.
“Pickett’s Charge” (detail), 2017. Mark Bradford. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Cutting, tearing and scraping through layers of colored paper and reproductions of the 1883 original, which depicts the final charge of the Battle of Gettysburg, Bradford collages and transforms the historic imagery into a series of eight powerful abstract paintings, each more than 45 feet long. Together, they will encircle the entire third level in a 360-degree panoramic experience. The resulting work interweaves past and present, illusion and abstraction, inviting visitors to reconsider how narratives about American history are shaped and contested.
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Lee is considered the godmother of forensic science. These dollhouse-sized dioramas feature handmade elements to render scenes with exacting accuracy and meticulous detail, from hand-burned miniature cigarette butts and working locks on windows and doors to the angle of miniscule bullet holes, the patterns of blood splatters and the discoloration of painted miniature corpses. In creating them, Lee not only helped revolutionize the emerging field of forensic science, but co-opted traditionally female crafts to advance the male-dominated field of police investigation and to establish herself as one of its leading voices.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today Oct. 13, 2017, through Jan. 21, 2018 The National Museum of Women in the Arts presents “Magnetic Fields,” featuring work by 21 artists born between 1891 and 1981. The exhibition places abstract works by multiple generations of black women artists in context with one another — and within the larger history of abstract art — for the first time. Evocative prints, unconventional sculptures and monumental paintings reveal the artists’ role as unrecognized leaders in abstraction.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY Recent Acquisitions Nov. 17, 2017, through Nov. 4, 2018 From Francis Scott Key, Madeleine Albright, Gertrude Jeannette and Norman Francis to Harry Callahan, Rita Moreno and Dustin Lance Black, this annual exhibition features 27 objects that tell the story of America through the art of portraiture, showcasing some of the newest additions to the National Portrait Gallery’s collection.
“Bill T. Jones,” 1985. Robert Mapplethorpe. Courtesy NPG.
RENWICK GALLERY Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death Oct. 20, 2017, through Jan. 28, 2018 Frances Glessner Lee (1878–1962) crafted her extraordinary “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death” — exquisitely detailed miniature crime scenes — to train homicide investigators at Harvard’s department of legal medicine beginning in the early 1940s. The first female police captain in our country’s history,
housing in San Diego. Models, plans and images will showcase these designs and their effects on the housing market in those communities. The exhibition’s centerpiece, a full-scale flexible dwelling, will further illustrate how a small space can be adapted to meet many needs.
NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM Making Room: Housing for a Changing America Nov. 18, 2017, through Sept. 16, 2018 Unprecedented shifts in demographics and lifestyle have redefined American households, but the nation’s housing has simply not kept pace. Technology, the desire for smart density and environmental sustainability and demands for healthy living all cry out for 21st-century solutions. “Making Room” at the National Building Museum puts a spotlight on cuttingedge approaches, such as micro apartments in Washington, D.C., and New York City, accessory “alley flats” in Austin and shared
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“Red Bedroom,” c. 1944-48. Frances Glessner Lee. Courtesy Renwick Gallery.
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Death of a Salesman. Star Washington actor Craig Wallace tackles one of the essential roles of American theater. Almost 70 years after the premiere of Arthur Miller’s drama, salesman Willy Loman’s tragic pursuit of the American Dream echoes like an alarm. Ford’s Theatre, Sept. 22 to Oct. 22. The Wild Party. Constellation Theatre Company opens up with the show that won the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for outstanding musical in 2000, Andrew Lippa’s perverse, high-powered show about a perverse, high-powered party. Sept. 21 to Oct. 29. Antony and Cleopatra. The Folger Theatre presents another tale of star-crossed lovers by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Richmond with Shirine Babb as the Egyptian queen and Cody Nickell as her Roman lover. Oct. 10 to Nov. 19. Word Becomes Flesh. Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s passionate show — which won five Helen Hayes Awards — returns to Theater Alliance, reprising its exploration of what it means to be a black man in the 21st century through hip-hop, dance and music. Anacostia Playhouse, through Oct. 8. Sotto Voce. At Theater J, this show by Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz deals with a young Cuban’s research into the fate of the S.S. St. Louis, which was bringing Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to the United States. Oct. 3 to 29.
Skeleton Crew. Part of Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit trilogy, this play is described as a “searing portrait of livelihoods under siege in Detroit’s auto industry.” Studio Theatre, Sept. 17 to Oct. 8. An Act of God. Washington acting treasure Tom Story takes on the biggest character of all in David Javerbaum’s wicked take on the Supreme Being. Signature Theatre, Oct. 3 to Nov. 26. I’ll Get You Back Again. This rock-and-roll comedy by Sarah Gancher asks what happens when a struggling stand-up comedienne sits in as a bassist in her late father’s rock band. Round House Theatre, Oct. 4 to 29. The Arsonists. Woolly Mammoth Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz returns to the stage to kick of the season in a political comedy by Swiss provocateur Max Frisch. Through Oct. 8. The Lover and The Collection. Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn again brings us his original view on acerbic playwright Harold Pinter via this double bill. Sept. 26 to Oct. 29. Native Gardens. Karen Zacarias penned this comedy about neighbors, fences, hot-button topics, class and culture. Arena Stage, Sept. 15 to Oct. 22.
CLASSICAL Alcina. While the classic and spectacular “Aida” opened the Washington National Opera season, a rarely seen and heard production of George Frideric Handel’s “Alcina,” about a sorceress who falls in love — starring the gifted Angela Meade in the title role — is not to be missed. Kennedy Center, Nov. 4 to 19. La straniera. The type of offering in which Washington Concert Opera specializes, Vincenzo Bellini’s “La straniera,” a passionate tale of a French king’s love affair with a mysterious foreign woman, will be performed at Lisner Auditorium. Nov. 19. Guest artists at the National Symphony Orchestra’s all-Leonard Bernstein opening gala, under new Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, are cellist Yo-Yo Ma and singer-actress Cynthia Erivo (Kennedy Center, Sept. 24). But first, Steven Reineke conducts the NSO Pops in “Blue Suede Tunes: The Music of Elvis, the Beatles and More,” featuring singer Frankie Moreno and dancing duo Lacey and Benji Schwimmer (Kennedy Center, Sept. 15 and 16). This fall, Washington Performing Arts is bringing to the D.C. area such international
classical standouts as pianist Martha Argerich with the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia (Kennedy Center, Oct. 25), violinist Joshua Bell (Strathmore, Nov. 5) and pianist Daniil Trifonov with the Mariinsky Orchestra (Kennedy Center, Nov. 12).
National Symphony Orchestra Music Director Gianandrea Noseda. Photo by Tracey Salazar. Courtesy NSO.
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Baakari Wilder, one of the six dancers in "Lotus."
DANCE Lotus. Six award-winning tap artists who collaborated on “Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk” reunite to celebrate the genre. D.C. natives Joseph Webb and Baakari Wilder join Omar Edwards, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Derick Grant and Jason Samuels Smith, dancing to live jazz. Kennedy Center, Oct. 7.
Lani Hall and Herb Alpert. From Herb Alpert YouTube channel.
“In My Tribe” album cover, 1987. 10,000 Maniacs.
JAZZ, HIP-HOP, POP, ROCK AND COUNTRY At The Kennedy Center, pianist and composer Jason Moran, artistic director for jazz, and DJ and rapper Q-Tip, artistic director for hip-hop culture, will give a joint performance (Oct. 6). The Kennedy Center is also hosting two jazz centennials this fall, for Thelonious Monk (Oct. 8) and Dizzy Gillespie (Oct. 21), and performance-tributes to National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Lee Konitz (Oct. 14) and Ron Carter (Oct. 27). Big names coming to Georgetown’s Blues Alley: trumpeter Terence Blanchard (Sept. 28 to Oct. 1), pianist Chick Corea and drummer Steve Gadd (Oct. 5 to 8) and vocalist Jane Monheit (Oct. 26 to 29). Among the fall highlights at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia, are Max Weinberg’s Jukebox (Oct. 11), Herb Alpert & Lani Hall (Nov. 13 and 14), David Crosby & Friends (Nov. 28 and 29) and Loudon Wainwright III and Lucy Wainwright Roche (Nov. 30). Legends of progressive rock King Crimson will appear at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium (Oct. 28 and 29). On a larger scale, the Capital One Arena — formerly the
Verizon Center — is a stop on tours by Katy Perry (Sept. 25), Bruno Mars (Sept. 29 and 30) and Guns N’ Roses (Oct. 19). An intriguing pairing at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, will be bluegrass artist Alison Kraus and English folkie David Gray (Sept. 23). And talk about a varied lineup: The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, has booked Randy Newman (Sept. 18 and 19), Herman’s Hermits (Oct. 3), The Psychedelic Furs (Oct. 4), Wynonna and the Big Noise (Oct. 9) and 10,000 Maniacs, who will perform “In My Tribe” in its entirety (Oct. 13). D.C.’s newest venue is The Anthem, at the gargantuan Wharf development on the Southwest waterfront, which opens Oct. 12 with the Foo Fighters. Coming the following month: Bob Dylan (Nov. 14), Erykah Badu (Nov. 18) and Thievery Corporation (Dec. 31). Happy New Year!
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Bessie and Nina Take The Stage BY GARY TISC H L ER
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ashington theatergoers are enjoying the serendipitous opportunity this fall of seeing and experiencing productions about Bessie Smith and Nina Simone, two of the most compelling figures in the annals of female blues and jazz performers. At the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE, Mosaic Theater Company has already begun its third season under its founding artistic director, Ari Roth, with “The Devil’s Music: The Life & Blues of Bessie Smith” by Angelo Parra. The show runs through Sept. 24 in the Theresa and Jane Lang Theatre, with the multi-talented and multitasking Miche Braden in the title role. Later this fall, from Nov. 10 to Dec. 24, Arena Stage, 1101 6th Street SW, will bring Christina Ham’s “Nina Simone: Four Women” to its Kreeger Theater. Harriett D. Foy stars in this exploration of Simone’s dynamic and often troubled life. Braden is reprising her Off-Broadway portrayal of Smith, while Ham, a prolific and committed playwright, imagined a play that deals with how Simone was affected by a visit to the site of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. That horrific act, by four Ku Klux Klan members, killed four girls — three aged 14 and one aged 11.
Nina Simone publicity photo.
Bessie Smith in 1936. Photo by Carl Van Vechten.
The two plays are radically different in character, time, history and style. “The Devil’s Music,” while not a straight jukebox musical, includes a generous offering of some of Smith’s most enduring songs, including “Saint Louis Blues,” “I Ain’t Got Nobody” and “’Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do.” It also re-imagines Smith’s legendary last evening, after her band was turned away at a whites-only theater. “The Devil’s Music” was conceived and directed by Joe Brancato, but its heart and soul is Miche Braden. “You know, we think of the blues as about sorrow and heartbreak and
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everything that goes with hard living and pain,” Braden said. “Bessie was a strong woman. She enjoyed life and she was frank about it. The lyrics of the blues in those days were frank and strong and sexual. She owned them, she as the Empress of Blues.” Braden brings her Detroit professional and musical background to the role and the production. She was the founder and lead singer of Straight Ahead, a women’s jazz band, and a protégé of Motown musicians like Thomas “Beans” Bowles, Earl Van Dyke (leader of the Funk Brothers) and composer Harold McKinney. “I don’t know how Bessie would have fared in today’s world,” she said. “I think she would have been upset and sad that so very little had changed in terms of race and in terms of black people.” Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in 1933, the sixth daughter of a preacher in Tryon, North Carolina. She wanted to be a concert pianist and applied for a scholarship at the renowned Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, which was denied. Throughout her life, she was convinced that it was due to her race. This embittered her, but also to some extent led to her singing career. Though “Nina Simone: Four Women”
includes singing, Ham wanted to focus on a particular moment. She sought to portray not only Simone herself, but how that moment affected other black women, particularly Auntie, a maid; Sephronia, a school teacher; and Sweet Thing, a young prostitute. Ham imagined how the visit to Birmingham changed Simone, who was already working on her rousingly defiant song “Mississippi Goddam.” “I think Simone was very dedicated. She was passionate, and engaged, but also had her difficult and troubles. She was diagnosed as bipolar,” Ham said. “The experience at the church transformed her, made her more involved, more active, stronger.” In the lives they lived — in part, due to the times they lived in — Smith and Simone were dissimilar. Yet each was vividly self-contained. Smith, dazzling, bigger-than-life, bawdy and earthy and ahead of her time, was at the peak of her popularity in the 1920s, when her style of powerful blues ignited a recording and performing career. In Simone’s case, the bitterness, which never left her, led her to the civil rights movement and to using her gifts to spur racial progress through an obvious edge and anger. Both, in their music and in their individuality, were entirely unforgettable.
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Duke Ellington School to Host Fall Events BY PEGGY SANDS
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ven as students, faculty and staff at the stunningly renovated Duke Ellington School of the Arts are getting used to their brand-new, state-of-the-art classrooms, practice rooms, studios and stages, they also are deep into planning the fall schedule of performing arts events on campus. And the public is invited. “Now we can go back to full, multiday, on-campus performances, including matinees,” Savannah Overton, the school’s admissions director, told The Georgetowner. Although the schedule hasn’t been made public as yet, fall performances at Duke Ellington, located on 35th Street NW between Reservoir Road and R Street, will include a musical, other theatrical productions, instrumental and choral concerts and student recitals. In addition, a 250-piece art exhibition (many of the works collected by school founder
Peggy Cooper Cafritz) will be displayed at the school and off campus. “Now, instead of one theater we have three,” Overton pointed out. The main theater — housed in a visually breathtaking globe at the center of the building — seats 800; the performance hall seats 300; and the “black box” theater seats around 80. All are available to the school’s dance and instrumental and vocal music departments, which now have their own practice and performance studios as well. The performances also involve students in the technical design and production departments, who study makeup, lighting, sound, set design and so on. The museum studies students curate the on- and off-campus displays of art and photography. At the official ribbon-cutting on Aug. 19, Mayor Muriel Bowser called the school “the premier performing arts high school in the
Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Photo by Ari Golub.
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Interior of Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Photo by Brian Nelson. United States.” The dual-curriculum arts focus at the school was established in 1974. Ellington students take 10 classes a week, instead of the normal six to seven. Six are academic, mostly advanced-placement courses, and four are in the arts department of the student’s choice. Classes run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., unlike most D.C. schools, which go to about 3 p.m. Currently there are 565 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12, according to Overton: 150 freshmen and about 140 in each of the other classes. The school would like to see enrollment grow to around 600. “We will continue to do some off-campus recruiting,” Overton said, “but now with our new facility we will be able to host on-campus class tours for students who want to see our new school and may be interested in applying.” Applications are accepted until Feb 1; auditions and interviews are held between February and April. According to the school’s history, “By naming one of his jazz bands The Washingtonians, Duke Ellington made his home [Washington, D.C.] part of his persona. D.C. philanthropist and avid art collector Peggy Cooper Cafritz and the late dancer and choreographer Mike Malone returned the favor over the years, building the
school to house the creative soul of the District, and to reflect the rich cultural diversity of the United States. From the beginning, public and private partnerships have supported the school.“ The mission of the school became to nurture and inspire passion for arts and learning in talented students who might not otherwise have an opportunity to develop their artistic skills. “We ensure that our students are prepared for post-secondary education and/or careers in the arts by offering an intensive arts-based program,” the mission statement declares. “We prepare our students to become productive citizens in our global society through our strong focus on community service.” Originally completed in 1898, the building was designed to be Western High School, one of the first public academic buildings in the District dedicated specifically to high school education. By 1977, Western High School was dissolved, and the 35th Street building evolved into the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Project, supported by DC Public Schools, the Ellington Fund, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and George Washington University. Ellington is the only D.C. high school that combines a full college preparatory curriculum with intensive pre-professional arts training.
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BY RE BE K A H KE L L E Y Summer Happy Hour — it’s that quintessential experience that offers cool refreshment and easy relaxation at the close of a warm day. Our end-of-summer drink pick for 2017 is Earth Girls Are Easy. Stop into Elizabeth’s Gone Raw, located at 1341 L St. NW, on a Friday night and try the standout lineup of cocktails created by sommelier Phil Heyser. Each is unique and more delicious than the next. The offerings change with the season, so keep in mind that Earth Girls Are Easy is here for a limited time. Only available at EGR, this original drink is made with wildcrafted Terroir Gin, infused with Douglas fir and California bay laurel to form an aromatic signature. Ten botanicals help complete the picture. And, yes, it tastes like a forest in your glass. The citrus and tarragon turbinado syrup add savory, crisp depth, and the sauvignon blanc cools with its green and elegant fresh flavor. The drink is finished with the perfect lime-peel twist. Heyser has generously shared his recipe below, so go ahead and try it yourself. Or, better yet, stop into the downstairs bar after the workday and give it a try. Now that this delicious secret is out, we won’t be the only ones stopping by for cocktails and kale-crack — yes, kale-crack, an affectionate yet descriptive term for the bottomless bowl of kale chips that it is impossible to stop eating. Owner Elizabeth Petty and chef Francisco Hernandez have created a perfectly textured and flavored chip to partner with any EGR cocktail. Kale and cocktail meetup this Friday, anyone?
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DIY EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY 1.75 ounces St. George Terroir Gin • .75 ounces fresh lime juice • .5 ounces tarragon turbinado syrup • .5 ounces sauvignon blanc • lime twist Tarragon turbinado syrup recipe: Blanch four sprigs of fresh tarragon in boiling water for 15 seconds, then place on cheesecloth, fold over and apply pressure to remove excess moisture. (If you don’t have cheesecloth, you can use paper towels.) Remove tarragon leaves and combine with 28 ounces of turbinado syrup (1.5 parts turbinado sugar to 1 part water) and blend at high speed for 40 seconds. Strain through a 100-micron Superbag or a superfine sieve, and bottle. Combine all ingredients in shaker, add ice and shake vigorously. Double-strain into Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with a lime twist.
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GEORGETOWNERS LOVE LIVING IN BY PEG GY SA NDS Many Georgetowners consider St. Michaels their favorite out-of-town hangout. In fact, for a growing number of D.C. residents, the town on Maryland’s picturesque Eastern Shore — about two hours’ drive from Georgetown on a good traffic day — has become a full-time or parttime home. The transplants include famous congressional and presidential-administration families such as the Boggses, Cheneys and Rumsfelds. Some notable Georgetown-connected couples are attorney David Dunn and Ambassador Amy Bondurant, broadcast journalist Paul Berry and real estate agent Amy Berry (a St. Michaels native), Ambassador Ed Gabriel and Kathleen “Buffy” Linehan, Langley Shook and former D.C. Board of Education President Karen Shook, philanthropists Fred and Lesley Israel and international businessman Carl Widell and architect Pamela Heyne Widell. The Georgetowner recently traveled to St. Michaels to find out what was the secret of this town — which calls itself “The Town That Fooled the British” — in attracting some of D.C.’s best. The earlier trick, during the War of 1812, had townspeople hanging lanterns on trees to make the Royal Navy’s cannonballs fly over the houses. The historic waterside town is almost too lovely to be true. Along the main street and a
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St. Michaels Harbor. Photo by Robert Devaney. few side blocks are shingle-sided shops with paneled windows and window seats, offering stylish and cute fashions for the yachting set. There are cafés and bakeries, ice cream shops and restaurants — some with famous seafood chefs — even a winery and a brewery. But St. Michaels is also a living town, with grocery store, drug store, library and police station, the latter in a Victorian house next to a café, the Blue Crab. Small and large, historic and new, Federaland Victorian-style houses sit on lush green lawns with white picket fences and roses. Often they abut a shallow waterway, inlet, harbor or
creek, sometimes with a long wharf to reach deeper water. Waterfowl and wildlife — geese, ducks, deer, fox, blue herons, wild turkeys, bald eagles and osprey — roam, fly and can be seen almost any time in some of the area sanctuaries. In the water, tied to docks, lifted up in dry docks, everywhere there are boats: motorboats, sailboats, rowboats, kayaks and canoes, recreational and commercial. “In St. Michaels, no one cares what kind of car you own,” Pamela Widell said. “It’s a beautiful boat that they admire.” St. Michaels is also home to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, a
community organization established in 1965 that is well supported by locals as donors, docents and volunteers. Children and teenagers are often on the grounds helping to restore Maryland’s historic crab boats and the unique sailing log canoes developed for the lucrative oyster trade that was the foundation of the town’s prosperity. High schoolers have overnights in the famous Hooper Strait Light, a screwpile lighthouse on stilts, moved to the museum grounds in 1965. On their sleepovers, the teens from St Michaels’ sole high school and middle school man the light and learn about the role of lighthouses throughout the Chesapeake Bay. “There is so much to do here if you want to,” Lesley Israel said. In 1983, she and her husband bought their 150-acre waterfront Snug Harbor Farm, a working farm with farmers’ homes on the property. For years, the main house (with water views from every multi-windowed room), the four-bedroom guest house, the wharf with various recreational boats, the tennis court and the swimming pool were the sites of long weekends and vacations for their family — eventually including grandchildren — and friends. The Israels would travel between St. Michaels and their Chevy Chase home and Washington-based global business activities.
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IN COUNTRY & GETAWAYS Gradually, the Chesapeake home became their full-time abode. While Lesley Israel continues to participate in the International Foundation for Electoral Systems — especially in Africa and former Soviet republics — she also became increasingly active with local organizations and projects, including the Maritime Museum and countywide education and food projects. Fred Israel, who has served on the boards of Georgetown University, Georgetown Prep and NASA, is on the board of the Maritime Museum. Pamela and Carl Widell came to St. Michaels in 2002, shortly after adopting their two daughters: Svetlana, 7, and Katya, 9. “We wanted them to grow up in a small local community where they would know people from all walks of life,” said Pamela. “Also, the shore is so calming, especially nice for kids transitioning to a new culture.”
Her firm, Heyne Design, focuses on residential projects on the Eastern Shore as well as in Georgetown. Many of her Georgetown kitchens are featured in her book, “In Julia’s Kitchen, Practical and Convivial Kitchen Design Inspired by Julia Child.” She is the only architect to interview Julia Child. Carl Widell is an international consultant involved with energy projects in West Africa. “He is usually in his office above my studio at 4:30 a.m., keeping in touch with his Ghanaian partner in the port of Tema, Ghana,” she said. Carl has served on the Talbot County School Board and was chair of the Talbot County Democratic Party. David Dunn and Amy Bondurant purchased their idyllic waterfront home, with a stunning view of sunsets, almost serendipitously in the 1970s. Dunn asked his law partner Tommy Boggs if the house next door might be rented
A look to the west from the house of David Dunn and Amy Bondurant outside St. Michaels, Maryland. Photo by Robert Devaney.
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for an extended family weekend. It wasn’t for rent, but the owner insisted he wanted to sell it to David and Amy, who were still struggling young professionals in Washington with little money to spare. “He said we could pay for it whenever we could afford it,” Dunn recounted. It took him a year to take the owner up on his offer, and years after that to finalize it, but they have never regretted it. WiFi, a good TV hookup and reliable mobile phone service can be problems on the Eastern Shore. Dunn, who has negotiated with sheikhs in Saudi Arabia, presidents of African countries and members of Congress, counts his negotiation with the local cable company as one of his coups. Bondurant, a former congressional staffer — for Sen. Al Gore, among others — could work from there. During the Clinton administration, Bondurant was appointed ambassador to the OECD in Paris. The Boggses, including journalists Cokie (née Boggs) and Steve Roberts, have been neighbors and close friends, “especially when they found out we had WiFi,” said Dunn with a laugh. Standing next to her pool overlooking the water, watching a gaggle of geese settle on the edge of their property, Bondurant smiled. “I’ve seen deer swim across the waterway right here past our dock. Honestly, I think this is the most peaceful place on earth.”
Douglass Unbroken at Mt. Misery America’s great orator, abolitionist and social reformer, Frederick Douglass, was born a slave in Talbot Country in 1818. Never really knowing his mother, he left his owner’s farm to work for a Frederick Douglass young student in at age 30. Baltimore. From a master’s wife, he learned the alphabet but was quickly forbidden to read. Nevertheless, he learned by asking anyone nearby what the words on a sign said. Later, Douglass was transferred to another owner and sent to Mount Misery (where the Rumsfeld and Cheney families have houses) in St. Michaels to be whipped repeatedly and was almost broken. He challenged the slave-breaker to a personal fight — fisticuffs — and won. He escaped to freedom in 1838 and grew to be one of the most influential Americans of the 19th century. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1895. His home in Anacostia is maintained by the National Park Service as a historic site.
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101-year-old Marion Smoak claims to have witnessed a certain proposal in Martin’s Tavern.
Proposal Eyewitness Gets Plaque at Martin’s It was spring of 1953. Marion “Joe” Smoak was nursing a martini at Martin’s Tavern on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown and history hit him right between the eyes. The 101-year-old former lawyer claims to have seen John F. Kennedy propose to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. (No Georgetowner believes the competing claim of Parker’s Restaurant in Boston.) Martin’s recently honored Smoak, who still enjoys a nightly martini, with his very own plaque to match the famed JFK and Jackie plaque in the “Proposal Booth.”
Desperately Seeking Marmot Reagan National Airport tweeted out an “urgent” message late last month about a lost stuffed badger. Its six-year-old owner had slept with the cushy critter every night since infancy. The post, which recently had 910 Reagan Airport retweets, was updated tweeted out a stuffed badger APB. the next day as follows: “Much thanks 2 our customers 4 support! Marmot still missing but hopefully now that we know the right name he will come home. #findthebadger.” We hope Marmot gets home safely.
Wife of Treasury Secretary Repents Louise Linton, who is married to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, has pled guilty to … materialism. In an Instagram photo of the couple leaving a private plane, Linton was clad head to toe in designer-wear. She managed to hashtag most of it, including her Hermés scarf and Tom Ford sunglasses. When an
Oregon mother of three called her out, Linton openly mocked her, according to CNN. Linton has since apologized, calling the episode a “life-changing event” that helped her refocus her interests on things like animal welfare, Business Insider reported.
of individuals wearing Trump shirts for reference. Legend, a fan of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, has spoken out against Trump and his actions.
Spicey and the Pontiff — Together at Last Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer can finally cross something off his bucket list, CNN reported. The devout Catholic, who missed out on the opportunity to meet Pope Francis in May with President Trump, finally got to do so. Spicey, as he was nicknamed by Saturday Night Live, was visiting Italy with a group of legislators and politicians and managed to snag a brief meeting with His Holiness.
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Campaign 2016 Inspired New Clooney Movie “Suburbicon,” the new movie directed by George Clooney, is a response to the 2016 presidential campaign, the Hill reported. “There is a dark cloud hanging over our country right now,” Clooney told reporters at the Venice Film Festival. The release date for the film, which stars Matt Damon and Julianne Moore, is Oct. 27.
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Her Coping Mechanism: Shopping BY STACY NOTARAS M U R P H Y Dear Stacy, My wife likes to shop a lot. I know how cliché that sounds, but it’s true. Her definition of a great weekend always includes a shopping trip. We have planned vacations around this “hobby” and I have indulged it, I’ll admit. The problem is that we are trying to save money to get out of our starter home and her behavior is not helping that effort. We have had conversations about her spending and she seems to get it in the moment, but I still find shopping bags all over the house and we have delivery boxes on the doorstep at least once a week. I’ve tried tough love and I’ve tried empathy — the former got me nowhere and the latter got her to tell me that she thinks it’s something she does to calm her anxiety (she is not happy about the current political climate). I want to help her with this, but I am out of ideas. — Wanting to Save More Dear Wanting: I am so impressed that you could see that different tactics got you different results on this one. I’m also impressed that Wife has noticed that shopping is something she’s doing to alleviate her anxiety. I would imagine that there’s a statistician out there somewhere preparing a fascinating analysis of how existential anxiety
— before and after the election — has driven online shopping revenues … but that research won’t help your immediate situation. My advice is that you keep the empathic-style conversation going. Wife is looking for ways to calm her anxiety. What else works? What do you do when you, yourself, get anxious? How can you help each other? What can you do together that’s a little more adaptive than spending money? Sure, you could fashion a budget plan, cut up credit cards, create a reward system or become Dave Ramsey devotees. But that would only be managing a symptom. Why not look for a cure that brings you closer together and gives both of you skills to manage future anxiety? Shopping is a coping mechanism; we don’t need coping mechanisms when we feel heard, known and understood. That’s your job (and her job, as well), so start looking at ways to understand one another more deeply.
Stacy Notaras Murphy is a licensed professional counselor in Georgetown. Visit her on the web at stacymurphylpc.com. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacy@stacymurphylpc.com.
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GOOD WORKS & GOOD TIMES
T∙H∙E Launches T∙H∙E Network
Talent management group, T∙H∙E Artist Agency, celebrated its 32nd anniversary last month with the launch of T∙H∙E Network. Since 1985, Lynda Erkiletian, founder and president, Elizabeth Centenari, director and vice president, have been leaders in the industry and involved in the community. The new network will expand the agency’s digital presence that includes a new blog and YouTube channel that guides followers through the world of modeling, style and culture with behind-the-scene glimpses, talent spotlights, tutorials and more.
Flavia Dias, Lynda Erkiletian, Mario Ramos and Elizabeth Centenari. Photo by Javier Maradiaja.
Cultural Leadership Breakfast Models from the THE Agency. Photo by Javier Maradiaja.
Sting, J. Ralph at Smithsonian Please join The Georgetowner at our next Cultural Leadership Breakfast featuring
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The Smithsonian National Museum of American History acquired objects from Sting and J. Ralph in a donation ceremony on Sept. 8. In photo (left to right): curator Amanda Moniz, Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton, J. Ralph, Sting, curator John Troutman and NMAH director John Gray. Sting donated the 1978 Fender Stratocaster guitar that he played at Amnesty International’s “The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball” in 1981 and throughout his first world tour as a solo artist. J. Ralph donated original sheet music, lyrics and recordings for “Evolocean” and the Oscar-nominated song “The Empty Chair,” co-written by Sting. Photo by Jeff Malet.
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Curator Amanda Moniz, Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton, J. Ralph, Sting, curator John Troutman and NMAH director John Gray. Photo by Jeff Malet.
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Tree Lovers at Cafritz Residence BY MARY B IRD Jane and Calvin Cafritz graciously hosted Trees for Georgetown in their beautifully tented garden on a sun dappled Sept. 10 evening. Christi Cline and Frank Babb Randolph co-chaired the event. As guests enjoyed abundant hors d’oeuvres served by Occasions Caterers, Chair Betsy Emes thanked the hosts: Ben Johnson, who had provided green logoed Scout shopping bags, Casey Trees and “everyone who has taken care of trees.” Trees for Georgetown’s purpose is to plant and maintain the trees that line residential streets. Working as a committee of The Citizens Association of Georgetown since 1989, the volunteer group has planted nearly 2,000 trees, contracted watering services during drought periods and provided preventative maintenance of at-risk trees.
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32ND ANNUAL MAYOR’S ARTS AWARDS D.C. Commissioner on the Arts and Humanities José Alberto Uclés will chair the event which provides grants, professional opportunities, education enrichment and other services to individuals and nonprofit organizations in all DC communities. Red, gold or creative cocktail wear for a red carpet arrival, show and reception. Historic Lincoln Theatre. Call 202 734-5613 or visit www.dcarts.dc.gov.
SEPTEMBER 16 EVENING AT DUKE’S PLACE GALA Betsy Emes, chair of Trees for Georgetown, with Bob Laycock, treasurer of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, with event chairs Christi Cline and Frank Randolph. Photo by Robert Devaney.
The evening supports the newly renovated Duke Ellington School of the Arts which boasts stateof-the-art dance and music studios, gleaming new classrooms, a multimedia auditorium and performance hall to nurture students who might not otherwise have an opportunity to develop their artistic skills. The evening will feature a VIP reception, dinner & dancing and showtime. Ritz Carlton Hotel, 1122 22nd St. NW. Visit info@ellingtonarts.org.
10TH JOAN HISAKA ‘MAKE A DIFFERENCE’ GALA
Jane and Calvin Cafritz flank Betsy Emes, chair of Trees for Georgetown, at their R Street home. Photo by Robert Devaney.
Constance Chatfield-Taylor, Betsy Cooley and Bob vom Eigen, president of the Citizens Association of Georgetown. Photo by Robert Devaney.
New Ambassadors Welcomed BY PEGGY S A NDS Eight new ambassadors to the United States from the nations of Colombia, Bahrain, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Qatar, Swaziland and Togo were formally greeted Sept. 7 at a reception under the shade of Linden trees in the terrace and gardens of Meridian International Center . Before a crowd of, international business and association officials and journalists, Meridian House President and CEO Ambassador Stuart Holliday and Vice Chair and former State Department Assistant Secretary Ann Stock welcomed the ambassadors to participate in the activities of the non-partisan, not-for-profit, public diplomacy organization, which was founded in 1960 to promote “global leadership through the exchange of ideas, people, and culture.” “This is the first time we’ve done this event but we plan to do it regularly with new ambassadors,” Stock told the Georgetowner. Photo by Robert Devaney.
Joan Hisaoka was a remarkable 48-year-old woman, when she lost her battle with cancer. This gala was created to honor Joan and her dream of assisting others. Life with Cancer, an emotional support program for cancer patients, will receive 65 percent of the net proceeds. The evening will include VIP and general receptions, a program, dinner, live auction and after party. Black Tie. Omni Shoreham Hotel. Contact Susan Hubert at 202-689-1917 or hubert@slslaw.com
SEPTEMBER 23 WOLF TRAP BALL Ambassador of Monaco Maguy Maccario Doyle will be the honorary host at this year’s ball, attended by local and national leaders. The ball supports the Wolf Trap Foundation, which offers varied performance and education programs for people of all ages. Black tie. Filene Center. Call 703-255-4030, or visit events@wolftrap.org.
WASHINGTON OPERA SOCIETY The Washington Opera Society will present a gala performance of “L‘Elisir d’Amore” featuring four singers and the Washington Opera Society Chorus & Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Julien Benichou. The performance will follow cocktails and dinner. Black tie. Residence of the Ambassador of Columbia. Visit washingtonoperasociety@ gmail.com.
OCTOBER 5 SMITHSONIAN CRAFT-2-WEAR OPENING NIGHT Enjoy a cocktail reception with creative hors d’oeuvres, meet the artists and be among the first to shop their chic and unique creations. The show is produced by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee to benefit Smithsonian Institution programs and continues through Oct. 7. National Building Museum. Call 888832-9554, or visit smithsoniancraft2wear.org.
OCTOBER 6 OPERA CAMERATA Under the gracious patronage of Ambassador of Colombia Camilo Reyes, Opera Camerata will present Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” featuring Colombian-American soprano Sophia Benedetti. The performance will be preceded by a cocktail reception and buffet dinner. Residence of the Ambassador of Colombia. Contact info@operacamerata.org.
OCTOBER 12 AMBASSADORS BALL The annual National MS Society Ambassadors Ball, a premiere event of the fall social season for the past 38 years, has raised more than $20 million to support the National MS Society. The 39th Ambassadors Ball welcomes Members of Congress, ambassadors, business and philanthropic leaders and their spouses to honor the diplomatic corps for its charitable activities and humanitarian endeavors. The evening is highlighted by a grand silent auction. Marriott Marquis. Contact Andrew Edwards at 202-375-5602 or Andrew. Edwards@nmss.org.
AFTER DARK AT THEARC 2017 FUNDRAISING GALA Ami Aronson and Patrice King Brickman will chair the annual gala, an elegant evening honoring nine resident non-profit organizations. It is a night of cocktails, dinner and cultural performances to support THEARC (Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus) and showcase the talent of aspiring artists, dancers, and musicians. THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. Call 202-889-5901, ext. 112.
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Welcome to the ambassadors: Frederic Hegbe, Togo; Barfour Adjei-Barwuah, Ghana; Shaikh Abdullah Bin Rashid Bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Bahrain; Meridian’s Stuart Holliday (at podium); Camilo Reyes, Colombia; Geronimo Gutierrez, Mexico; Ann Stock of Meridian; Erzhan Kazykhanov, Kazakhstan; Carlos Gutierrez of Meridian. Photo by Robert Devaney.
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