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UP & Coming younger adults. The August selection, Celeste Ng’s 2014 novel “Everything I Never Told You,” deals with the mysterious death of 16-year-old Lydia Lee. For details, visit dclibrary.org. Breadsoda, 2233 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

August 22 A Celebration of Chinese Opera Guests at the opening reception for the first-ever Chinese opera mask exhibition in D.C. will have a chance to create their own masks. There will also be workshops for children, with the results showcased during the exhibition. The exhibition itself will display a collection of masks and related costumes, photographs and paintings. For details, visit celebrationofchineseopera.com. Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

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Sweden in the Park at Dupont Circle

As part of Sweden in the Park, the Embassy of Sweden is venturing outside, presenting Swedish culture, sports and music in beautiful Dupont Circle. At this event, there will be free performances at 10 a.m. and noon of “Marmalade,” a family-oriented dance and circus production by the Claire Parsons Co. For details, visit dupontfestival.com. Dupont Circle.

August 29 Student Discount Day at Buffalo Exchange Gladys Knight and The O’Jays. Photo courtesy Wolf Trap.

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The seven-time Grammy-winning “Empress of Soul” will perform at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center with the R&B trio who gave us “Love Train.” Both Gladys Knight and the O’Jays were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For details, visit wolftrap.org. 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.

August 23 Via Umbria Wine Dinner at Casa Luca

Via Umbria and Casa Luca will co-host a wine dinner with Albertino Pardi. The Pardi vineyards are

nestleded in Montefalco, where Albertino and his family produce a limited supply of Grechetto, Montefalco Rosso and Sagrantino wine. The cost is $85 per person. For details, visit casalucadc.com. To reserve, call Casa Luca at 202628-1099. 1099 New York Avenue NW.

August 26 New Date for Twentythirtysomething Book Club Readers at least 21 years old are invited to join the Twentythirtysomething Book Club, a D.C. Public Library book group for

Buffalo Exchange is offering a one-day discount special for students looking to add to their fall wardrobes. For one day only, shoppers with a student ID will receive 10 percent off their purchases of any full-priced items. For details, visit buffaloexchange.com. 3279 M St. NW.

August 31 ‘Brews for Books’ Fundraiser at Mr. Smith’s

As part of “Give Back: Tenfold,” Bank of Georgetown’s anniversary service initiative in support of 10 local nonprofits, there will be a “Brews for Books” happy hour at Mr. Smiths. The event will benefit First Book, a nonprofit that puts books in the hands of low-income

kids. A $10 donation provides four new books to a needy child. To donate online, visit firstbook.org/ bankofgeorgetown. For details, visit bankofgeorgetown.com/givebacktenfold. 3205 K St. NW.

September 3 Yamomanem at Grace Church

New Orleans-style band Yamomanem performs as part of Grace Church’s Music on the Lawn series. Listeners are welcome to picnic on the grounds. The gates open at 5:30 p.m. with music from 6 to 7:15 p.m. The suggested donation is $10. For details, visit gracedc. org. 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

September 4 ‘Lay of the Land ‘

The public is invited to attend the opening reception for “Lay of the Land,” an exhibition of paintings by Susan Grace on view at Hillyer Art Space through Sept. 26. Graces’s work uses patterns and layers to capture the elation of being in the Appalachians of West Virginia. For details, visit hillyerartspace.org. 9 Hillyer Court NW.

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Tough Summer: Mayor, Police Chief Ask for Help After an hour-long public safety and justice cluster meeting Aug. 13, Mayor Muriel Bowser stepped up to the microphone in the middle of the fifth-floor hallway of the Wilson Building and faced the press. With Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier at her side, Bowser talked about the spike in violent crime

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over the last couple of weeks. On poster boards near Bowser and Lanier were pictures and information about the latest victims and MPD’s ongoing criminal investigations. Some cases were closed; most were not. Bowser said she was asking the community for help in solving these crimes. Lanier said homicides were up, but the MPD was recovering more guns over the last two years. She said she saw high-capacity gun magazines as possibly contributing to the summer’s uptick, though she could not identify the exact cause with certainty. “Our people in the community are tired of this,” said Lanier, who added that the MPD closure rate on crimes was 20 percent higher than the national average — 77 percent compared to 57 percent. She said she was reviewing deployments, was working with the Public Housing Authority and is “focused on making the system work.” Lanier also said that at least 10 homicides involved repeat offenders. “If there is a failure somewhere, we have to identify it and address it.” The mayor said that there was now a test for synthetic drugs, and that any crimes committed on public transit should result in “robust sentences.” “People need to come forward,” Lanier said of solving crimes. “We can’t do it without pub-

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Community App Proves Its Worth: Suspect Arrested The CVS at 2819 M St. NW had an unwelcome shopper Aug. 11, and the store manager knew it. She went to the local Georgetown Business GroupMe app — an online community that shares information or photos on suspicious shoppers, among other things — on her smartphone and asked for a “walk through” of the store by an officer of the Metropolitan Police Department. A policeman quickly arrived and checked out the suspect, who was with friends. The suspect had taken off his ankle monitor and held an H&M shopping bag (now, for store employees, a well-known clue that a person may be looking to shoplift). The MPD officer struggled with the suspect and injured

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his (the officer’s) foot. The suspect was handcuffed and sat down on the sidewalk as about 15 MPD officers arrived on the scene. While grabbing the attention of passersby, the scene was quickly taken care of by MPD, the D.C. Fire Department and EMS, with both officer and suspect taken away in ambulances for a hospital checkup.

Former Mayor’s Chief of Staff Takes on New G.U. Role The former chief of staff to ex-Mayor Vincent Gray started as Georgetown University’s firstever vice president for government relations and community engagement last Monday. Chris Murphy, a 1998 Georgetown Law graduate, brings more than 25 years of experience in the nonprofit, local and federal sectors. “Georgetown is a very important member of, and contributor to, the Washington, D.C., community and plays a critical role in so many national conversations,” Murphy said. “I am eager to expand on those relationships so that Georgetown can play an even more influential and helpful role.” In the newly created position, Murphy will coordinate the university’s engagement with local community groups, as well as with the federal government, the District of Columbia and other area governments. Before working for Gray, Murphy served as editor of the Georgetown Law Journal, deputy chief of staff for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and general counsel and executive director of human resources for Atlantic Media Company. He founded and served as executive director of City Year Washington, D.C., an AmeriCorps program.

Fish Market Owners Sue $2 Billion Wharf Development Owners of three Maine Avenue Fish Market businesses have sued the D.C. government and two developers of the $2 billion Wharf project,

the largest mixed-use development project in the District, alleging that they are being forced out of business. In the complaint, the businesses say the government shut down Water Street SW, the primary access point to the Fish Market, preventing customer and delivery access, that construction crews have blocked their parking lots and that the developers have attempted to evict them illegally. Since a meeting last year between the owners and representatives of the developers failed to resolve their differences, developers have tried to evict two of the businesses. The market owners asked the U.S. District Court for D.C. to prevent “further blocking, altering, or eliminating any entrances to or exits from Plaintiffs’ leased property including the Common Area.” The CEO of one of the developers, Monty Hoffman, issued a statement recently that said, “With any large-scale project in a dense urban area, some temporary disruption is inevitable.”

‘Light the City’ Set for Houses of Worship, Sept. 12 “Light the City — Georgetown,” a community celebration of unity and faith, is set to take place on the evening of Sept. 12, beginning with a Vigil Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church at 5:30 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., a list of participating houses of worship will be handed out, along with candles for those wishing to be “Human Luminaries” as they walk from the west side of Georgetown, praying at or visiting churches and synagogues along the way, to a gathering at Epiphany Catholic Church on the east side of Georgetown at 8 p.m. The event parallels a Dupont Circle community of faith event called “Light the City,” also set for Sept. 12 and beginning at St. Matthews Catholic Cathedral, which started the event this past winter. The concept is based on “Night Fever,” which began in Germany in 2005, following the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne, and takes place in more than 80 cities across Europe, Australia and North and South America.

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NEWS D.C. Public Schoolers Can Ride Free on Metrorail

Starting Aug. 24, D.C. Public School students can ride to and from school and schoolrelated activities on Metrorail for free through a new program initiated by Mayor Muriel Bowser. Students may register now for the program, called Kids Ride Free on Rail, with the DC One Card, which is required. Public Charter School students are also eligible, but not private, parochial or homeschooled students, who remain eligible for the Kids Ride Free on Bus program. Enrolling in the rail program automatically enrolls students in the bus program. This program could replace the $30 30-day pass for some students, though the free pass may be revoked if used for non-school events.

What’s in a Name? ‘Energy’ Now Comes Before ‘Environment’ Mayor Muriel Bowser announced last week the District’s purchase of the total output of the 46-megawatt Iberdrola Renewables wind farm located in southwestern Pennsylvania, along with a name change: the Department of Environment is now the Department of Energy and Environment.

“This is about more than just a name change; our energy needs and our environmental concerns go hand in hand. That’s why I’ve tasked Tommy Wells [director of DOEE] and his team with rethinking how we bring more green, affordable energy to all eight wards,” the mayor said. The wind farm initiative is expected to save the District $45 million over the next 20 years, as it provides 35 percent of the energy needed to power the city’s government buildings. Speaking at the announcement, Wells underscored the significance of the name change from a policy perspective, including plans to expand solar power and improve D.C.’s energy efficiency.

Capital Bikeshare to Add 60 Locations This Fall Capital Bikeshare is set to expand even further this fall with new bikes and docking stations in 60 new locations. The expansion comes after a number of delays caused by the 2014 bankruptcy of Montreal-based bicycle manufacturer Public Bike System Co., Capital Bikeshare’s main supplier. New equipment, most of which will be deployed in the District proper, comes from Motivate, a New York-based manufacturer. Previously, the Capital Bikeshare system had to buy used equipment from the City of Ottawa to meet Washington’s voracious demand for biking. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at the Wilson Building Aug.13. Photo by Robert Devaney.

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A.U. Grad Shot, Killed Outside Shaw Metro Station Matthew Shlonsky, a 23-year-old District resident, 2014 American University graduate, Cleveland native, Deloitte consultant and former Capitol Hill intern, was gunned down outside the Shaw-Howard University Metro station Aug. 15, while on his way to a party at Right Proper Brewing Company. He was pronounced dead at Howard University Hospital shortly after the 5 p.m. shooting. According to police, Shlonsky hopped out of a cab with friends at the corner of 7th and S Streets NW when he was hit by a bullet meant for someone else. Police are searching for a burgundy color Chrysler 300 with Maryland license plates after reports that a vehicle matching that description fled the scene around the time of the shooting. The shooting was the latest in a string of gun violence in Shaw, a rapidly changing historic downtown neighborhood that many residents generally consider safe. Notably, at 7th and O Streets NW, a few blocks south of where

Reversing her original stance to keep police officers’ body-camera footage away from public view, Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed the most open plan in America. Citing the high-profile police shootings of the past year, Bowser has changed her stance. “Nationally, we have all seen too many instances where video footage proved to be invaluable,” she said. Private citizens would be able to view silenced footage of any police interactions on street corners, during traffic stops and elsewhere outdoors. But, in line with privacy concerns, video recorded indoors or in private settings and cases of domestic violence or sexual assault, even in public places, would not be viewable except in court proceedings. Any person recorded by a body camera could view footage of their interaction at a police station within 90 days of the incident. Academic researchers, prosecutors, the Office of Police Complaints and a few others would have unrestricted access to all of the footage. The D.C. officers’ union and advocates for open government and police accountability say the plan does not go far enough, but are pleased that the mayor recognized the lack of support for completely restricting public access.

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OUT: All We Art Goes Online The innovative art gallery All We Art, at 33rd Street and Wisconsin Avenue, has left its physical space after a year. It will maintain its online business, AllWeArtStudio.com. On its Facebook page, the gallery gave its friends and patrons a unique valediction: “Wanderer, your footsteps are the road. Art is an ever-changing way of expression, and so is the art market in our everchanging world. All We Art, following its mission and its destiny, is going forward. We are moving online. Our Art Space will no longer be open to the public for walk-in purchases in Georgetown. Soon, you will able to shop art and handicrafts at our renewed website. We thank you all for your support, and we hope we’ll see you soon over the cloud. We are keeping you posted as always. Thanks, Gracias, Merci!!!”

Bank of Georgetown Gives Back At the Mad Fox Taproom opening party Aug. 12 were Elizabeth and Bill Madden, with Rick Garvin and Christine Johnbrier (top), and Regional Head Chef Travis Weiss with Glover Park Chef Brandon Mose (left). Photographs by Bill Starrels.

OUT: Georgetown’s Makeup Artist Carl Ray Splits for Downtown

IN: Mad Fox Taproom Opens in Glover Park Last week, Mad Fox Breweries opened its D.C. gastropub, Mad Fox Taproom, at 2218 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Bill Madden, Mad Fox CEO and executive brewer, and Rick Garvin, his business partner, started Mad Fox in 2007. Falls Church will remain the hub of the operation, with all the beers brewed there in its 16-barrel brewery. The new location will showcase Mad Fox’s award-winning handcrafted beers with draft and English-style cask service, including up to 24 draft and cask options.

Carl Ray, makeup artist to first lady Michelle Obama and other D.C. luminaries, has left George, the beauty salon for VIPs at the Four Seasons Hotel, for One80 Salon on K Street. Ray worked at George for 16 years and told the staff Saturday of his departure. Besides the first lady, Ray’s client list includes the famous and powerful in politics and entertainment — Nancy Pelosi, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, Valerie Jarrett and Bill Clinton — not to mention Queen Noor, Princess Hussein, Natalie Portman, Claire Danes, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. “There is a resurgence and energy that is downtown. I have watched this area grow, and I want to be a part of this movement,” Ray told the Washington Post. Ray’s move comes about a year after he broke from his partner, Rick Raines, manager of George.

IN: Little Birdies Flies to Wisconsin Avenue

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Bank of Georgetown launched a new initiative called “Give Back: Tenfold.” It’s an employee-led, company-wide program that supports 10 of the causes for which their employees volunteer, giving their time, talents and resources. After compiling a list of those organizations, the following were selected: Alternative House, Community Residences, Cornerstone Montgomery, D.C. Public Schools, First Book, Fisher House, Georgetown Ministry Center, Kids in Need

Distributors (KIND), Martha’s Table and New York Avenue Men’s Emergency Shelter. “Service is at the heart of our culture, and we respect the limitless energy our team dedicates to giving back. This is the perfect time to celebrate the philanthropic interests of our employees and their spirit of generosity. So we asked them, ‘What charities are you passionate about?’” said Mike Fitzgerald, chairman, president and CEO.

Secret Service Is Hiring Under the gun for security lapses, the Secret Service is hiring, big time. Over the next five years, the agency will add 700 officers to the uniformed division and 400 agents. At 17 percent, it is the largest increase in more than 10 years, as the agency tries to repair its reputation following numerous highly visible scandals. After moving from the Treasury Department to the Department of Homeland Security, the agency’s annual funding fell from its previous pace, and hiring slowed. The 2016 budget, with a 16 percent increase — the largest since joining Homeland Security — appears to be a response to the notoriety. According to a statement by agency spokesman Brian Leary, “This hiring campaign is the result of attrition, anticipated growth and in response to recommendations set forth by the Protective Mission Panel in December 2014,” after a man entered the White House after jumping a fence.

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Metro: In Worse Shape Now Than in the 1990s By Jack Evans

Peter Murray, writer of The Georgetowner’s Aug. 5 special report on the local community app GroupMe, spoke about possible profiling of African Americans in Georgetown stores with Fox 5 Morning News on Aug. 11.

95 and Counting The killing of an American University graduate named Matthew Shlonsky in an apparent crossfire shooting at the entrance to the Shaw-Howard University Metro Station sent another shock wave of alarm through an already alarmed D.C. populace and a frustrated police force. The shooting, which occurred late afternoon on Saturday, upped the death by violent homicide count to 93, which, as of Saturday, was 20 more than the previous year. At deadline, it was 95. Shlonsky’s death — violent and sudden and accompanied by the rolling rattle of gunfire by two different parties, according to police — was notable for its high drama, the large amount of media attention it received and the surge in general frustration among District government and police officials, as well as residents. Earlier that week, Police Chief Cathy Lanier posited that an upsurge in the release of violent offenders was to blame. Earlier still, increased use of and trafficking in synthetic drugs was blamed. Shootings are on the rise, but so are violent activities in general, with numerous stabbings, assaults and sexual assaults being reported. A regular or even sporadic reading of the D.C. Police Union Daily News Clips, and a few excerpts, gives one a broader sense of what’s going on throughout the city. The shooting of Shlonsky, though he seems

to have been an innocent bystander, was typical of other shootings, which appeared to spring from violently conducted disputes, arguments and grievances. Perhaps it’s safe to say that no one is safe. A man named Martin M. Flythe, 21, turned himself for the murder of Michael Toland, 22. Another man, D’Andre Britton, was arrested in the stabbing of a Macy’s worker. On Aug. 13, an “armed carjacking occurred at 3:35 a.m. at 200 Neal St. NE.” “There was a stabbing at 2 a.m. at 4800 Alabama Avenue SE.” “A stabbing took place at 2300 Green Street SE.” The reports are in the prosaic mode of Dragnet — just the facts and stats — and all the harder to bear for all that. Here are reports of deaths from the Aug. 17 citywide Crime Update: “Charles Burton, 38, was shot to death early Friday morning in Douglass. Three males wearing white shirts and dark colored jeans were described as the suspects.” “Eric Anthony Jackson, 32, was shot and killed near the Anacostia Metro Station Saturday night.” “Eric Lee Smith, 44, was stabbed and killed earlier Tuesday morning in Bellevue.” The number of deaths and violent acts — including a sexual assault in an Adams Morgan residential area — have increased steadily and show no signs of abating, dwindling or slowing down. Solutions, anyone?

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In January, I rejoined the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors. Almost immediately, I realized that Metro was in worse shape than when I previously served on the board during the 1990s. Last week, however, was truly troubling. Jack Requa, WMATA’s interim general manager, announced that the cause of a train derailment on Aug. 6 was essentially that a section of the track had become too wide. The biggest problem? The track issue was discovered in early July, but not fixed. This is unacceptable. Quite frankly, I’m furious. I’ve been calling for months for WMATA to encourage employees to be looking constantly for problems in the system, reporting problems when they are discovered, then getting them fixed. This is the type of culture and these are the types of people we want working for Metro. It’s a critical piece of making the system better: constant improvement and commitment to safety. Requa said as much in his announcement. He, unfortunately, didn’t know about the rail deformity, but someone did. The board demanded an immediate and rapid investigation into the incident and reiterated Requa’s call for the agency, following the investigation, to undertake “organizational changes or any appropriate personnel actions — and that may include termination.” This maintenance issue was a failure plain and simple. It has appropriately received substantial media attention. Another issue of concern that I want to bring to your attention is WMATA’s financial condition. I was elected by my colleagues on the Metro board to chair WMATA’s Finance Committee this summer. I will be in charge of overseeing the

agency’s budget process during the coming year. To those of you who know my record as Finance Committee chair on the D.C. Council, it may not come as a surprise to hear that I’m already making substantial changes to restore responsible financial management to WMATA. WMATA just finished its 2014 fiscal year audit nine months late. This past year, the agency’s credit rating was downgraded and its pension liabilities became unfunded to an even greater extent. I’ve instructed WMATA’s CFO and inspector general to ensure that we have enough resources to get our audit done in a reasonable amount of time. I told management that any budget presented to the Metro board must indicate our total actuarial pension responsibilities for the year and our unfunded maintenance needs. I’ve put the CFO to work evaluating the total cost of making Metro a first-class system and funding its pension and operating obligations. A rough estimate is in the range of $25 billion over the next 10 years. These improvements on the operating and budgeting side are things we must do. The jurisdictions — D.C., Maryland, Virginia and the federal government — have to step up to the plate with the required funding if they want the system that so many politicians are now demanding and that riders deserve. This won’t be easy, but for those of you who remember the mess the District was in 20 years ago, you know that the hard work and laser-focus that I and others committed to rebuilding our government paid off. I intend to bring that same focus and leadership to WMATA. Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991.

Welcoming the Class of 2019

he first day of fall classes at George Washington University is Monday, Aug. 31. Georgetown University starts up two days later. Sandwiched between these two institutions of higher learning, our neighborhood is likely to be the first impression of residential Washington for about 4,000 incoming freshmen, roughly 2,400 at GW and 1,600 at GU. The two universities being as highly regarded as they are, these 18-or-so-year-olds will come from every state in the union and dozens of countries, enriching our already international enclave. They will be shopping in our stores, eating in our restaurants (to escape from and supplement their meal plans) and under no circumstances drinking in our bars. They will be visiting our attractions — Tudor Place, Dumbarton House, Dumbarton Oaks, the Book

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Katrina at 10: Where Y’at?

Georgetown University Professor Analyzes How We — and the Media — Viewed Hurricane Katrina By Rob ert De vaney

CNN Breaking News: satellite image of Hurricane Katrina from the National Weather Service, which warned of “devastating damage” and “certain death”, on Aug. 28, 2005.

n Monday, August 29, 2005, at 6:10 a.m., Hurricane Katrina made landfall at Buras, Louisiana ... But the greatest destruction to New Orleans, and the great loss of life, did not come directly from the storm.” So begins Georgetown University Associate Dean Bernie Cook in his book “Flood of Images: Media, Memory, and Hurricane Katrina.” At the 10th anniversary of America’s costliest natural disaster, Katrina is remembered for leaving more 1,000 dead in the New Orleans area, flooding 80 percent of the City of New Orleans and captivating us with scenes of desperation and desolation. Yet there is even more to it than that: this great deluge would prove a breach of faith. Last week, in his serene and simple office on the main campus of Georgetown University, Cook seemed worlds from the sorrow, damage and death that was Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago this month. “Most remember Katrina from the TV news,” Cook says. “Ninety-nine percent saw it as a media event.” Finger-pointing began as soon as the storm hit — the levees breaking, government disorganization, press misinformation. He dismisses the blame game with a wave: “Everyone is culpable ... at every level, people were squabbling.” Cook sees his book as offering “both analyses and intervention into the remembering and forgetting of Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans.” The event and its stories hit the professor — an associate dean of Georgetown College and its director of film and media studies — on many levels. He is a native of New Orleans, he went to the Jesuit High School of New Orleans and his father is a retired professor at Loyola University. To complete the circle, Cook has a blog and has produced short films on social justice.

“Flood of Images” focuses first on CNN, Fox News and NBC News. Cook shows how TV news reporting can be pre-produced, as it were — pro-filmic or pro-televisual — ready for the latest information to be sent through its standard template. The TV crews went to the easiest places 10 years ago, the Business District and the French Quarter, neither of which were seriously flooded. “They followed their playbook at first, and then they saw the Ninth Ward,” he says. Cook cites the work of Martin Savidge, Shepard Smith and Brian Williams — when it worked and when it was hyperbole or just plain wrong. He points out how correspondents might dress as if they were survivors, then simply return to their luxury hotel rooms. He repeats the phrase: “This is not Iraq. This is not Somalia. This is home.” America could not believe how bad things had gotten after the storm left and moved north. The stick-to-it-ness of film and TV documentaries, which Cook calls “another way to see, more detailed, more personable,” is discussed in contrast to the TV news approach of hitting a story then quickly moving on. Examined are Spike Lee’s “When the Levees Broke” and “If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise,” Tia Lessin’s and Carl Deal’s “Trouble the Water” and Dawn Logsdon and Lolis Elie’s “Faubourg Treme.” Cook also looks closely at the HBO drama “Treme.” One of the most fascinating parts of the book is the chapter, “We Were Not on the Map,” which explores “A Village Called Versailles,” about the Vietnamese community of New Orleans East. Ten years ago, Cook was on hand when Georgetown University accepted 55 students from Loyola University and Jesuit High School. His father — still a professor at Loyola in 2005 — was at Georgetown to help orient the transplanted students.

“We knew the hurricane was coming,” Cook recalls. “Registration was around Aug. 25. There was no access to records. We took them at their word.” Many students were sent to states far away from their homes, part of what has been called the largest migration in American history. “The very continuance of these institutions [in New Orleans] was in question,” Cook says. A Georgetown student who majored in English — favoring Southern writing and loving film — and went on to get a Ph.D. from U.C.L.A., Cook wrote his dissertation on action-film heroes. Back on the Hilltop as head of film studies, he lists movies involving some of the school’s students: “The East,” “Rebirth,” “Jesus Camp” and “Another Earth.” And his favorite movies? Well, that’s like asking ... but Cook threw out a few: “Taxi Driver,” “Chinatown” and “Thelma and Louise.” In fact, Cook is editor of “Thelma & Louise Live! The Cultural Afterlife of an American Film.” The professor and film lover continues his look at Katrina with a university symposium, “Katrina@10,” on Oct. 22 and 23, with “film screenings, musical performances and thoughtful panels.”

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However one views the hurricane and its aftermath, it is a journey through images, sounds and intentions, mediated or not. And the engaging and incisive Cook — informed by his Jesuit education to question the meaningfulness of things and seek social justice — is an excellent guide for that journey.

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hat is deemed to be the conventional education route may not be for everyone, and adults are following a growing number of alternative paths. General Assembly is the latest innovation, bridging the gap for those seeking a convenient yet challenging way to continue their education and thrive in booming industries. The school, which launched in 2011, specializes in the fields of business, technology and design. Headquartered in New York City, General Assembly has fourteen different campuses spread across four continents, including a Washington, D.C., location at 1133 15th St. NW. “There’s a major gap when people graduate with really interesting degrees but without the course skillset to enter the professional workforce,” said Paul Gleger, regional director of the D.C. campus. General Assembly provides several programs to help students at all levels acquire a greater knowledge of the skills necessary to succeed in today’s world. Whether it be through full-time or part-time courses, topic-specific workshop sessions or special events, a General Assembly education creates a modern learning experience around the skills for advancing one’s career. “It’s 100 percent hands-on,” said Gleger of the teaching method. “The lecture component is very minimal.”

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As for kickstarting a new career, there is a global network of organizations — Apple, Buzzfeed, Google and Spotify to name a few — that have hired alumni and continue to look for graduates. According to General Assembly, 99 percent of graduates from its Immersive programs — 8-to-12-week, full-time programs focusing on web development, user experience design and product management — are hired within six months of graduation. Beyond classes, the campuses hold information sessions and events that cater to many interests. “Any given night, there could be seven different events going on,” Gleger noted. “There’s a lot of opportunities.” General Assembly is a 21st-century creation that focuses on just that: the 21st century. With constant technological evolution, General Assembly is prepared to adapt and expand its course offerings to provide the vital skills that the professionals of today and tomorrow require. Summing up the school’s philosophy, Gleger said: “It’s all about understanding and analyzing the demand for certain skills. It’s very market-driven.”

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How We Live Now: The Demise of the Florida Room By Do nna Eve rs

ashington, D.C., has gone through a gigantic sea change over the past several years, from a city of modest middle-class incomes and homes to a metropolitan area having many huge homes with elaborate interiors, reflecting the opulent lifestyles of the people within. One way to see how our concept of informal living has changed is to trace the evolution of a Washington favorite, the so-called Florida room. Back in the 1950s and ’60s, the first Florida rooms were considered a big improvement over the open side porches on the small redbrick colonials that dominated Northwest Washington and the suburbs of Silver Spring and Chevy Chase. Instead of sitting outside on your open side porch swatting mosquitoes, you could fill the open spaces between the porch columns with jalousie windows and screens, creating a seasonal addition to your house. These jalousie windows, made up of frames holding rectangular pieces of glass, had hand cranks to open and close the glass window slats, letting the air in through the screens but keeping the bugs out. When it got cooler in September, you could crank these louvered windows shut and still have the illusion of being outside. This was the spot where mom could bring dad his martini or scotch and they could talk over dad’s workday and enjoy the feeling of being, well, almost on vacation. Meanwhile, the kids could play in the semi-finished downstairs area called the rumpus room. We can guess where the term “rumpus room” came from, but where exactly “Florida room” came from is unclear. The name probably added to mom and dad’s feeling of being able to unwind in the balmy atmosphere of a summer’s evening. These Florida rooms were usually small, typically 150 to 300 square feet, and they were attached to two-story colonials that were also small, a total of 2,200 to 3,500 square feet.

There was a living room, a dining room, a small kitchen and a porch or Florida room on the first floor, and three bedrooms and one or two bathrooms on the second. Of course, there were also much bigger homes in D.C. and its suburban neighborhoods, but colonials of this size and shape far outnumbered the larger homes. Now, let’s fast-forward to 2015, and take a look at the typical new home being built today in Washington’s close-in neighborhoods. Builders are continually looking for a home on a lot large enough to carve off another lot, or to tear down an existing house, to build the type of big, new home that is in demand. This new house will be 5,000 to 8,000 square feet, with a living room, a dining room, an expansive family kitchen with islands and table space, an adjoining family room and a den. The second floor will have a multi-room master suite — sometimes bigger than the entire square footage of the colonials described above — plus several bedrooms and bathrooms. The lower-level areas include such amenities as climate-controlled wine cellars, exercise rooms and home movie theaters. The humble Florida room has been replaced with scads of informal space, but this time it’s where the whole family congregates. Since both mom and dad work now, at the end of the day they want to share time and space with the kids. The kitchen is still “the heart of the home,” but it is open and spacious. With gourmet accoutrements, it adjoins a richly equipped family room with a large flat-screen television, a fireplace and a wall of glass windows and doors, opening to porches, decks and usually a small, but well-landscaped backyard. Currently, backyards are not used that much, since the children are pretty well booked after school with lessons of various kinds and the parents and kids go to interesting places on weekends. Granted, this is not everybody’s lifestyle, but it generally accounts for a growing number of people who are buying new luxury homes.

This is a far cry from the lifestyle reflected in the 2,500-square-foot colonials. So, bid adieu, with an accompanying wave of nostalgia, to the Florida room. It served its purpose at a much different time in our cultural history. Come to think of it, couldn’t everyone use a climate-controlled wine cellar?

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

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Student Loans: Bankrupting the American Dream By John E . Girouar d

y children’s student loans are forgiven … if I die. You heard me right. If I take out a Parent Plus loan and I die, the student loans will be forgiven. Unfortunately, this isn’t an attractive financial planning strategy. As freshmen move into college dorms across the country, many parents and students will be thinking about the crushing weight the associated debt will have on their futures. Both my children went to private universities, adding up to close to a staggering $500,000 in tuition and fees. That means I have to earn nearly twice that amount to afford to pay taxes before paying off their student loans. For most Americans, this is unsustainable. Worse, it is literally killing the American dream. Student loan debt has risen to $1.2 trillion, outpacing credit card debt. Recent reports, studies and surveys show that young Americans are putting off buying homes, starting families and opening businesses because of crippling student loan debt. Parents are also sacrificing: putting off retirement and thereby adding to our nation’s unemployment woes. While our economy is struggling to bounce back from the recession, and every presidential candidate is campaigning on jobs and the economy, it is the cost of higher education that should be at the top of the agenda. It is the elephant in the room that no one wants to face.

ballistic missile. Further, it has been argued that their existence has accelerated tuition increases. Why is the solution more debt on the backs of American taxpayers? The IRS allows people to invest pre-tax in retirement accounts knowing that they will generate more revenue when they take it out. (While this may help offset the cost to society, the biggest beneficiary is Wall Street.) Why is education any different? If we were to allow education to be a pre-tax payment, since college graduates earn more on average than non-college graduates, it would be a win-win for the students and for our economy. On top of that, placing reasonable caps on tuition deductions may put downward pressure on tuition costs as universities compete to attract the best and the brightest. Along with the simple steps parents can take to make student loan payments a manageable part of their financial plans, there are simple steps we should be taking as a country to address this crisis. Until we do, student loans will continue to bankrupt our wallets and the American dream. Parents should not ignore student loan debt as an economical way to give children the best inheritance possible and keep their own financial plans on track. The government has plenty of options to help. There is the American Opportunity Tax Credit, debt forgiveness for

John E. Girouard, the author of “Take Back public service, scholarships grants, Coverdell Your Money” and “The Ten Truths of Wealth accounts, 529 plans, Parent Plus loans, StaffordCreation,” is a registered principal of Camsubsidized loans and the D.C. tuition assistance bridge Investment Research and an Investment grant. (You may need a graduate degree just to Advisor Representative of Capital Investment figure out the fine print.) But, at the end of the Advisors Bethesda. day, these programs are like WASHINGTON pistol shots at a POST INSETinVERSION:

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Your Dining Guide to Washington DC’s Finest Restaurants

1789 RESTAURANT

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

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

With the ambiance of an elegant country inn, 1789 features classically-based American cuisine – the finest regional game, fish and produce available. Open seven nights a week. Jackets suggested. Complimentary valet parking.

A friendly French bistro in the heart of historic Georgetown since 1975. Executive chef and owner Gerard Cabrol came to Washington, D.C., 32 years ago, bringing with him home recipes from southwestern France. In addition to daily specials, our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken), Minute Steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frites), Steak Tartare, freshly prepared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes and the best Eggs Benedict in town.

Come and see for yourself why Bistrot Lepic, with its classical, regional and contemporary cuisine, has been voted best bistro in D.C. by the Zagat Guide. And now, with its Wine Bar, you can enjoy “appeteasers,” full bar service, complimentary wine tasting every Tuesday and a new private room. The regular menu is always available. Open every day for lunch and dinner. Now serving brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Reservations suggested.

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

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

DAS Ethiopian

ENO Wine Bar

Filomena Ristorante

Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & seasonal small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 45 wines by the glass starting at $9. The Cellar is an intimate lounge perfect for a date night or private events. Monthly ENOversity: Sunday Wine Classes $50 & Wednesday meet local producers for free tastings. Happy Hours: Sun-Thur from 5pm7pm with a extended hour on Sunday starting at 4 pm along with nibbles and select wines on tap for $5 Mon-Thursday 5pm-11pm , Fri-Sat4pm-12 am, Sunday 4pm-11pm

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

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

This animated tavern, in the heart of Georgetown, popularized saloon food and practically invented Sunday brunch. Clyde’s is the People’s Choice for bacon cheeseburgers, steaks, fresh seafood, grilled chicken salads, fresh pastas and desserts.

1201 28TH ST., NW

202–333–4710 dasethiopian.com DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy twostory setting, with rare outside dining views and al fresco patio dining. DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the internationally renowned shopping district of Georgetown. A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic definition of DAS. From neighborhood diners, nearby students and journalists to international visitors and performers, all enjoy the casual but refined atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

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

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

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

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

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

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

Malmaison

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

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SEA CATCH Restaurant

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

The Sea Catch will be open on Sundays, serving Brunch and dinner. Sunday Brunch 11:30 - 3:00 Sunday Dinner 5:00 - 8:00 Lunch / Monday- Saturday 11:30 - 3:00 Dinner/ Monday- Saturday 5:30 - 10:00 Happy Hour Monday- Friday 5:00 - 7:00 3 Hours FREE Parking

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

Ranked one of the most popular seafood restaurants in D.C., “this cosmopolitan” send-up of a vintage supper club that’s styled after a '40’s-era ocean liner is appointed with cherry wood and red leather booths, infused with a “clubby, old money” atmosphere. The menu showcases “intelligently” prepared fish dishes that “recall an earlier time of elegant” dining. Lunch Mon.–Fri. 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Dinner Mon.–Thu. 5–10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5–11 p.m., Sun. 5–9 p.m.

TOWN HALL

2340 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202-333-5640 townhalldc.com Situated just north of Georgetown on Wisconsin Ave, Town Hall has been a neighborhood mainstay in Glover Park since 2005. Whether you’re popping in for dinner, drinks, or weekend brunch, Town Hall is the spot you’ll want to call home to Gulp, Gather & Grub. Free parking is available nightly after 7PM, and during warmer months, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

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The Poetry of the Vineyard By Ted Putal a

Jacques Cousteau.

it is. Wine experts pore over contour maps detailing appellations and cross-sections of geology in vibrant colors. Wine nomenclature is all about where the vines grow. Each taste offers direct enjoyment of all the elements that happen in that particular place in

the world where vines grow, the fruit of an entire season. A sip of Champagne excites the sense of taste. Wine stimulates us to experience the plate and the evening before us. This is how wine works, like a walk in the woods, away from secondary experiences, putting us back into nature, transporting us to the vineyard. The reality of wine is its poetry; its poetry is its reality. Wine presents the opportunity of a gathering. The experience of a glass over dinner opens us up, bringing us together. Customs stand the test of time. Traditions are kept. There is participation, the human element. A longtime customer shows me a menu of his dinner with the Chevaliers du Tastevin preserved from 1964 as we sip from a Clos Vougeot. A hard-working economist arrives at the bar after a long day and I know what to pour him as he raises the menu. From observing such traditions, as a Melvillian anthropologist, I have learned as much about wine as anywhere else.

Summer wanes. The season of true unrushed Provence rosés with light fare, fresh produce, soft-shell crab and salads slows as we enjoy the last of the 2014 vintage at the restaurant. And across the Northern Hemisphere, harvest time of the 2015 vintage approaches, the tannins rising to protect the fruit as it ripens, a new yield of nature’s balance. The pains of summer sunburns pass, into a gentle itch. But what do I know about wine? I know roughly what I like. That’s why I keep tasting, like the whale, as I weather and pass the seas of life. With that I’ll leave you to it, and bow to the wine expert you have within, fully equipped, ready for your own experiences, in whichever direction you go. Ted Putala is the author of the novel “A Hero For Our Time.” He writes a blog, D.C. Literary Outsider. Left: Bollinger N.V. Special Cuvée. Right: Mirabeau Pure Rosé, 2014.

hen I think of wine and what I know about it, I think of the whale. That the whale, the largest of creatures, travels the vastness of the oceans to find sustenance in the smallest is interesting. Her journey through the seas is a continuum of experience. Time passes in the deep. So is the world of wine to us, vast as an ocean. My earliest encounter with French culture was the poetic voice of “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.” I studied the Celts in history class. I took five years of French in high school, cultural background for an appreciation of French wine. In France, vineyards are sacred groves, protected, tended by man but largely left to nature. Irrigation here is rare. Vines grow where they belong. France’s ban on fracking leaves the geology of the vineyard undisturbed, preserving the water, the rocks and the hills that make a beautiful wine region like Burgundy what

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Modern Luxury Meets Country Tradition at Hound Hall By Sal l i e L ew i s

Hound Hall property. Photos courtesy Thomas and Talbot Real Estate.

ith foxhunting season on the horizon, thoughts of tackedup horses and stylish hunting parties, with all dressed in riding coats and hunt caps, come to mind. Soon, the Virginia Hunt Country — with its large, historic estates, elegant horse farms and unspoiled surroundings — will reawaken these images. Rolling hills colored apple green and cornflower blue take on an almost mystical quality in the early morning light, or at dusk when hunting parties traverse through venerable foxhunting grounds associated with private clubs. Perhaps the most prestigious of these is the

Orange County Hunt, founded in 1910. Today, the Orange County Hunt encompasses a patchwork of properties with thousands of acres of easement-protected land. Rare is it then to find an estate coming on the market in such an esteemed place. Enter: Hound Hall. With 100 acres in the heart of the Orange County Hunt, Hound Hall is a golden coin unearthed from Virginia’s deep-rooted treasure trove. In the early 2000s, a private owner purchased the

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land and built an English country house for his family. The estate was named Hound Hall after the owner’s daughters attended Foxcroft School. Here, students are either “Foxes” or “Hounds,” the designations of two spirited teams, and when the girls became “Hounds,” a name for the estate was born. Hound Hall has frontage on two country roads and is situated just down from Boxwood Winery and Hickory Tree Farm. The grounds boast a number of impeccable features, includ-

ing a state-of-the-art equestrian facility suitable for professional show, polo or racing operations. The 17-stall Belmont racing barn and stable was completely rebuilt, a tribute to the surrounding country. Highlights of the facility include an expansive 7/8-mile sand exercise track that can be used for cross-country schooling or converted for polo. Additionally, there’s a separate two-stall barn with a two-bedroom apartment for trainers. The house at Hound Hall defies its recent construction. It feels at once historic and modern, a dichotomy that affords both luxury and convenience. Outside, the home, built with a locally quarried stone, is lavishly landscaped. Inside, five en-suite bedrooms allow ample room for family, extended family and guests. Throughout the house, antique, wide-plank oak and pine floors sprawl; the railheads are all period reproductions, stained to replicate the patina of age and wear. Five wood-burning fireplaces add warmth on cold Virginia evenings, and the ironwork in these hearths, along with the fireplace tools, was designed and forged locally. The owner spared no time or expense to ensure the home’s quality construction, readily working with the craftsmen, artisans and architect on his vision. This effort is evidenced in the paneling, doors, bookcases, cabinets and interior window shutters, all of which are handmade and hand carved from 9,000 square feet

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Top Left: 22317 Pasture Rose Place, Broadlands, Virginia 20148. Top Center: 9526 Cobbler Ridge Road, Marshall, Virginia 20115 . Top Right: 14914 Manor View Lane, Purcellville, Virginia 20132 . Bottom Left: 5280 Lighting Road, Haymarket, Virginia 20169.

of old chestnut boards sourced in Pennsylvania. In addition to the home and the equestrian facility, Hound Hall has a first-class sporting clays course. Shooting enthusiasts will covet the enclosed automatic, dual-action Promatic thrower and the area for entertaining, all within walking distance of the house. There is also a walk-in Pentagon gun safe on the lower level of the house. This multi-faceted property, just seven minutes from Middleburg, is both an elegant sporting estate and a comfortable country home. Whoever its future buyer may be, the land — with its unobstructed mountain views, wooded

In Country open houses We’ve combed the listings and selected four open houses not to miss this weekend. Contact for open house information:

Sunday August 23rd 14914 MANOR VIEW LN, Purcellville, VA 20132

acreage and rolling hills — is sure to offer a sense of peace, embodying the bond between man and nature. And, who knows, Hound Hall’s future owner may just watch the next fox hunt canter through, witness to a token of sporting history that remains alive and well today.

Panoramic views from 3 levels in DC wine country! French country home with accessibility to DC Metro area. $1,199,000. Middleburg Real Estate, Atoka Properties: Scott Buzzelli or Peter Pejacsevich 540-687-6321

22317 PASTURE ROSE PL, Broadlands, VA 20148 RHODE ISLAND model in Evergreen Reserve with a private/partially wooded backyard, and an open floorplan. $1,175,000. Long and Foster Real Estate Dan Laytham 703-7599190

Tuesday, August 25th 5280 Lighting Rd, Haymarket, VA 20169 Own a home surrounded by the peace of 34 lovely park-like acres with meadows and woodlands. $1,649,000 Thomas and Talbot Real Estate, Anne V. Marstiller (540) 687-7808

August 30th 9526 COBBLER RIDGE RD, MARSHALL, VA 20115 Classic, turn-of-the-century farm house with three bedrooms, two and a half baths, recently improved kitchen, large living room with stone. Washington Fine Properties Kevin Keane 540-687-2221 or Elizabeth Green Hille 540-937-7902

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Baltimore: Antiques, Authors and the Arts

altimore’s Inner Harbor has come a long way since July 15, 1981, when then-Mayor William Donald Schaefer took a much-publicized swim with the seals (along with D.C. model Debbie Walker, dressed as a mermaid) at the soon-to-open National Aquarium. Opening day at “The House That Cal Built,” Oriole Park at Camden Yards — a few blocks from the everexpanding aquarium — was April 6, 1992. (The Orioles beat the Indians 2-0.) Even with last summer’s opening of the Horseshoe Casino, these continue to be Baltimore’s most famous modern landmarks, but the District’s neighbor to the north is far more than a place to watch birds and fish. Only a short distance from the attractions and shops of the Inner Harbor are cultural riches — and new boutique hotels — that make for a rewarding weekend getaway. Our special section is packed with information on Baltimore’s secret and not-so-secret places and events. Two major events upcoming events start us off. On Aug. 20-23, the 35th annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show will fill the Baltimore Convention Center — next door to Camden Yards — with more than 500 hundred exhibitors, including about 100 jewelry dealers and 30 antiquarian booksellers. This year’s show will also feature daily lectures organized by the Historic New Orleans Collection, beginning with “Furnishing Louisiana: Preserving

Antiques in a Disaster-Prone Region” by historian Jessica Dorman. A month later, on Sept. 25-27, the Inner Harbor will host the Baltimore Book Festival, with readings, storytelling, panel discussions, workshops, cooking demos, live music and appearances by authors including Steve Inskeep, Laura Lippman, Senator John McCain, Wes Moore, Brian Voltaggio and Joy “The Baker” Wilson. Baltimore styles itself an author’s town, the city where Edgar Allan Poe is buried, critic H. L. Mencken lived his entire life, and F. Scott Fitzgerald spent a few years while Zelda was being treated for schizophrenia at Johns Hopkins. (Fitzgerald’s former town house at 1307 Park Avenue in the lovely Bolton Hill neighborhood sold in 2013 for $464,000.) This year, Mencken Day at the Enoch Pratt Free Library falls on the Sage of Baltimore’s birthday, Saturday, Sept. 12. The library’s H. L. Mencken Room will be open to the public. An impersonator will portray Mencken and there will be talks at 10:30 a.m. (“Respectfully Iconoclastic” by Darryl Hart at the Mencken Society annual meeting) and 2 p.m. (“H. L. Mencken: Anti-Semite?” by David S. Thaler). Look for Poe-related events in October. The Pratt Library is one of several cultural institutions — including Center Stage (see following page), the Walters Art Museum (see page XX) and the Peabody Institute music school — in the Mount Vernon Cultural

Baltimore's 200-year-old Washington Monument is at the center of the Mount Vernon Cultural District. Photo Richard Selden.

District, about a mile north of the Inner Harbor on the city’s Charles Street spine. One of the best-preserved 19th-century neighborhoods in America, Mount Vernon pays tribute to George Washington, whose monument (designed by Robert Mills, before he designed the more famous Washington Monument in D.C.) was restored for its 200th anniversary this year. Well stocked with restaurants and bars — notably City Café; Sotto Sopra; the Helmand, owned by Hamid Karzai’s brother Qayum; and the Brewer’s Art, the creators of Resurrection, an abbey-style dubbel rated 87 by Beer Advocate — Mount Vernon just became home to two boutique hotels. The 170-room Hotel Indigo, formerly the Mount Vernon Hotel and originally a YMCA, has had a top-to-bottom makeover. Its new bar-restaurant is called Poets (See? An author’s town.).

In a former mansion and city guesthouse close to Penn Station, where Amtrak and the MARC Penn Line stop, is the Ivy Hotel, with just 18 rooms and a dinner-only restaurant, Magdalena. Kimpton’s property in Baltimore, in the former B&O Railroad headquarters, is the Hotel Monaco, on Charles Street near the Inner Harbor, where the city’s other leading hotels are located. Among Charm City’s most celebrated restaurants are Brian Voltaggio’s Aggio at the Inner Harbor, Ryan Perlberg’s Bookmaker’s Cocktail Club in Federal Hill, Cindy Wolf’s Charleston in Harbor East, John Besh’s and Aarón Sánchez’s Johnny Sanchez in the Horseshoe Casino and, in a restored factory complex, Spike Gjerde’s Woodbury Kitchen.

I love bringing my family to Baltimore. I have three kids, and I want to show them everything. The sharks at the Aquarium. The dinosaurs at the Science Center. Chessie the paddleboat. The art at the Walters. And the whole wide world at the Irvine Nature Center. Because I want their days to be full of excitement, learning and fun. And I want their nights to be full of wonder and lightning bugs—just like mine were. Baltimore knows just how special a day out with your family can be.

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A Charm City Original: The Visionary Museum By G ary T ischl er

altimore has a museum for just about everything. You can visit a railroad museum, a streetcar museum and a lacrosse museum. There are museums for Babe Ruth and Edgar Allan Poe. You can visit Fort McHenry’s ramparts — o’er which we watched — and the Star-Spangled Banner House, where Mary Pickersgill sewed the famous flag, now in the Smithsonian. But is there a museum that captures the marginal, outsider essence of Baltimore? Take a little walk or a long walk through the Inner Harbor and head out to the Federal Hill neighborhood, past the ships, the balloon people, the parks and the new highrises, and wind your way to the American Visionary Art Museum on Key Highway (as in Francis Scott). If you believe that, among its many identities, Baltimore is a city of originals, eccentrics, free spirits, where Poe and Mencken are every bit as heroic as Ripken and the Robinsons and Johnny Unitas, where Joan Jett is the forever princess of hardcore rock and roll and Blaze Starr — God bless her, wherever she may be — was the true queen of the night (and Divine was truly divine), then I think somehow AVAM is for you. It’s an art museum, to be sure, but the works of art may make your head spin like Linda Blair in “The Exorcist” of Georgetown fame. These are works by people who see things, have visions, are inspired, hear voices. Entire worlds spin in their heads and come out as visionary art, as otherworldly sculptures, as found art that you don’t need a Geiger counter

to discover. A former copper paint factory and a whiskey warehouse now house the museum proper, outdoor sculptures, painted screens (apparently a Baltimore folk art tradition), circus stuff and other unique marvels. But it’s the museum that will have you gulping for air. Here you will find visionary or outsider artists, including Howard Finster, Nek Chand, Mr. Imagination, Leo Sewell. While there’s an extensive permanent collection, the museum has special exhibitions based on themes and slogans, such as “Wind In Your Hair” and “High On Life.” Currently, until the end of August, there’s “The Visionary Experience: Saint Francis to Finster.” The 20th original exhibition for AVAM, it features the work of 40 visionaries and dreamers who were inspired to create impressive and astounding art works by voices and visions uniquely received by them. Here are works by environmental urban designer Paolo Soleri; the first museum display of works by remote viewer and psychic Ingo Swann, co-creator of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency’s Stargate Project; the great underground comic artist Robert Crumb’s take on the visions of sci-fi icon Philip K. Dick (a twofer of the best sort); even art by Jimi Hendrix. It’s co-curated by filmmaker and documentarian Jodi Wille and AVAM founder Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, who’s called her creation “the best, the most imaginative, the most original museum.” That it is.

The BMA

About four miles north of the Inner Harbor, adjacent to the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University, is the Baltimore Museum of Art, home of the Cone Collection, the world’s largest collection of works by Matisse. (Claribel and Etta Cone were friends of Gertrude Stein from her Baltimore days and often visited her in Paris — and the studios of Matisse and Picasso.) The BMA, which celebrated its centennial last year, has revamped its contemporary and American wings, expanded its African and Asian galleries and reopened its historic front entrance. The museum’s elegant restaurant, Gertrude’s — named for you-know-who — opens onto a large sculpture garden. A special exhibition, “American Crazy Quilts,” is on view through Nov. 29. Opening Oct. 25 will be “Imagining Home,” the inaugural exhibition of the BMA’s new Center for People & Art.

The Walters

Baltimore’s other comprehensive art museum, the Walters Art Museum, is in the shadow of the Washington Monument in the Mount Vernon Cultural District. Its permanent collection, acquired by father-and-son businessmen William and Henry Walters, includes masterpieces from nearly all eras and areas (with the notable exceptions of the United States and the 20th century). The museum is itself a collection of marvelous, often intimate galleries on multiple levels, with a Venetian-style courtyard at the center. A series of rooms called the Chamber of Wonders simulates the art- and curio-filled rooms of a 17th-century Netherlandish nobleman. On view through Oct. 11 is “Gold of the Ancient Americas,” with more than 50 examples of precious ornaments and jewelry. Opening Nov. 8 will be “Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts,” which will display paintings, calligraphy, textiles, ceramics, and jeweled objects from India, Iran and Turkey.

The Venetian Courtyard at the Walters Art Museum. Photo by Richard Selden.

The Lewis

Just past the Inner Harbor, next to Little Italy, is the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, which will hold its 10th anniversary gala Nov. 14. Born in Baltimore, Lewis, who died at the age of 50 in 1993, graduated from Harvard Law School and oversaw the leveraged buyout of Beatrice Foods’ international division in 1987, becoming the company’s chairman and CEO. The museum’s core exhibition — covering heroes such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman and Thurgood Marshall; musicians such as Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday; and less celebrated folks such as the black oystermen of the Eastern Shore — is one of the best of its kind in the country. The last day to see the special exhibition “Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts” is Sunday, Aug. 30. Continuing through Dec. 7 is “Devin Allen: Awakenings, In a New Light,” the first solo show of the Baltimore photographer’s work, including images of the 2015 Baltimore protests.

Among the other Baltimore museums and attractions worth a visit are: • • • • • • • •

• • • Fifi the Pink Poodle competes annually in the American Visionary Art Museum's Kinetic Sculpture Race. Photo courtesy Visit Baltimore.

B&O Railroad Museum 901 West Pratt Street Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum 216 Emory Street Baltimore Museum of Industry 1415 Key Highway Baltimore Streetcar Museum 1901 Falls Road Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum 203 North Amity Street Evergreen Museum and Library 4545 North Charles Street Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine 2400 East Fort Avenue Geppi’s Entertainment Museum/ Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards 301 West Camden Street Homewood Museum 3400 North Charles Street Jewish Museum of Maryland 15 Lloyd Street Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum 3400 North Charles Street

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Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame, 113 West University Parkway Maryland Historical Society 201 West Monument Street Maryland Science Center 601 Light Street Maryland Zoo in Baltimore 1876 Mansion House Drive (Druid Hill Park) National Aquarium 501 East Pratt Street National Great Blacks in Wax Museum 1601 East North Avenue National Museum of Dentistry 31 South Greene Street (by appointment only: call 410-706-0600) Port Discovery Children’s Museum 35 Market Place Star-Spangled Banner Flag House 844 East Pratt Street U.S.S. Constellation 301 East Pratt Street

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Baltimore’s Theater Vibe By G ary T ischl er

hinking about going to the theater in Baltimore? There are numerous offerings throughout the city, including the Hippodrome, which hosts Broadway roadshows in a historic theater in the Bromo Tower Arts and Entertainment District; the Everyman Theatre, which relocated nearby in 2013; and several smaller theaters such as the women’s theater company the Strand, the Fells Point Corner Theatre and the Vagabond Players, “America’s Oldest Continuous Little Theatre.” During a recent visit to Baltimore, we talked with the artistic directors of two companies that, in different ways, exemplify the idea that theaters are a critical part of the community. A mainstay of the Mount Vernon neighborhood, Center Stage, which has been presenting plays in Baltimore since 1962, is only a few blocks from the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, now launching its second season at its impressively restored and converted digs near Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. As they look to their respective 2015-2016 seasons, both Kwame Kwei-Armah, Center Stage’s electric, forward-looking artistic director, and Ian Gallanar, founding artistic director of Chesapeake Shakespeare, continue to expand notions about what a theater company can and should be in contemporary times. Kwame Kwei-Armah took over the reins at Center Stage — a Baltimore institution — after the 20-year tenure of the highly respected

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Irene Lewis ended in 2011. Lewis had already begun looking for ways of expanding the company’s audience in ways that better reflected the makeup of the multi-ethnic community. KweiArmah, whose parents were born in Grenada and who came from London with a big, eclectic, multi-tasking reputation as playwright, actor and director (he has an OBE for services to drama), ramped up her quest in his own inimitable style. Gallanar founded the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in 2002 as a group of like-minded artists who wanted to make the Bard’s works more accessible to a broader audience, often in unusual settings — like “the Ruins,” the mostly exposed remains of the former Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park in Ellicott City — as well as through forays to public schools. But settling into a landmark bank building and a modern theater of 260 seats certainly ramped up the stakes. When you talk to Kwei-Armah in his office, you’re confronted with a pacer; he seems to be thinking about several things at once, even while focusing on one idea. The board of trustees has already extended his contract and audiences have increased during his brief tenure, lured by a more varied programming, new plays — some of them by Kwei-Armah himself, such as the world premiere of “Beneatha’s Place,” about the characters in “A Raisin in the Sun” — and new ways of tackling classic drama. “People, the people of a community, have

to see themselves in what’s going on onstage,” he says. “It’s not just relevance, but truth and authenticity that matters. And there are lots of ways of doing work that is meaningful, difficult, entertaining, certainly.” He likes to stir the pot a little, and it’s apparently working. The 2015-2016 season includes a two-show residency at Towson University in the spring, due to a major renovation at Center Stage’s Calvert Street home. “It’s an exciting time for us,” Kwei-Armah said. The season opens with a world-premiere stage version of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” (Sept. 11-Oct. 11), followed by the popular musical “The Secret Garden” (Oct. 30-Nov. 29). Then there’s “X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story)” by KJ Sanchez, co-commissioned by Center Stage and Berkeley Rep. “That’s a play that will resonate here but broadly across the country, because football is such a big part of people’s lives and culture in America,” said Kwei-Armah. We talked with Gallanar (who has a bit of the Shakespearian thespian look about him) in Chesapeake Shakepeare’s new space. “What we wanted in terms of design was to have a theater that made the Shakespeare experience intimate. We wanted it to be a little like the Globe in the olden days,” he said. The company kicks off its season with the mismatched-lovers-matching-up play “Much Ado About Nothing” (Sept. 18-Oct. 11). Then comes “Titus Andronicus” in Grand-Guignol style, which Gallanar is looking forward to directing. Also on tap: “A Christmas Carol” with a Baltimore twist; “Wild Oats,” an 18th-century comedy by John O’Keeffe; and “Macbeth”. Where does community intersect with theater? That time for both the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and Center Stage came in the spring when demonstrations and disturbances of the most visibly destructive kind broke out in West Baltimore. “We were doing ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the

Top: Center Stage Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah. Photo courtesy Center Stage. Left: The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's new home is an 1886 bank building. Photo by Richard Selden.

time,” Gallanar said. “We had a matinee at which students from the school which had interacted with the police earlier were at. It was amazing. They were absolutely engrossed. They talked, they yelled and interacted with the action vocally. They saw it as a play about two gangs. It was very real and very theatrical at the same time. “ At Center Stage, “Marley,” an original musical authored and directed by Kwei-Armah about the late reggae legend, was about to open. He and the company decided to go to West Baltimore to perform songs from the show at the entrance to the MTA subway station next to the burned out CVS that had appeared on TV. “It was just something we decided to do. We are part of the community of Baltimore, and that’s part of Baltimore. The whole thing — the response by the people to what we were doing there — was exactly, I think, what theater should be doing.”

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Hell, Purgatory and Heaven at the Museum of African Art By Ari Pos t

“T

he Divine Comedy,” the National Museum of African Art’s current exhibition, on view through Nov. 1, toys with the gravity of religious symbolism and points an ambiguous, often irreverent eye toward the grandeur of shared mythologies. It is also a sincere and moving exploration of the notions of faith, belief and tradition, which gracefully entwines many conventionally rigid boundaries of religion. Further, it deals with troubling histories of colonialism in Africa and the assertion of Christianity and Western ideals over native spiritual systems. However, to put it more plainly, it is also one of the most beautiful, visionary and elegantly composed shows in the city this summer. Curated by the internationally acclaimed writer and art critic Simon Njami, “The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists,” reveals the ongoing relevance of Dante Alighieri’s 14thcentury epic as part of a shared, globalized intellectual heritage. This dramatic multimedia exhibition includes original commissions and renowned works of art by roughly 40 contemporary artists from 19 African nations and the diaspora. An ambitiously expansive show that runs in pieces throughout three full floors, it is also the first exhibition to take advantage of the museum’s pavilion and stairwells, taking over the space like vines spread across a brick wall. Celebrated artists like Kader Attia, Wangechi Mutu and Yinka Shonibare explore the themes of paradise, purgatory and hell with video, photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, fiber arts

Aida Muluneh, "The 99 Series," 2013. Collection of the artist. Courtesy National Museum of African Art.

and mixed-media installation. In so doing, they probe diverse issues of politics, heritage, history, identity, faith and the continued power of art to express the unspoken and intangible of this life and beyond. Hell is in the basement. With a dark and cavernous open floor plan, the gallery is transformed into a harmonious chaos of navigable space, a cacophony of sounds and eerie spectacles where artworks and installations literally fall on top of one another. (This author chose to start at the bottom, preferring, if you will, the ascent to heaven to the descent into the netherworld.) One of the most troubling if beautiful pieces in the gallery is a heavy boat made of burnt poplar by Jems Robert Koko Bi, “Convoi royal (Royal Convoy),” which is filled to the brim with roughly carved wooden heads. Reminiscent in spirit of paintings by American artist Kerry James Marshall, this is an incredibly redolent confrontation with the strange, spectral atrocities of the Atlantic slave trade and the subsequent loss of identity among countless native African cultures. In a similar vein, it is impossible to ignore “Tyaphaka” by Nicholas Hlobo, a lumpy, python carcass-like sculpture made from rubber inner tubing and ribbon that sprawls across the gallery floor. It feels almost nauseating, like a sack of bodies devoured by a monster, or the snake leaving Eden and taking with it in its belly the now tainted souls of man. At the entrance (or in my case, the exit) sits a monumental sculpture by Wim Botha, “Prism 10 (Dead Laocoön).” Blurring the lines of historical connection, this sculpture is a take on the Greek Hellenistic masterwork “Laocoön and His Sons,” as if it were set on fire to reveal that beneath the white polished marble of the original sculpture lies a framework of brittle, jagged and black coal. It is the veritable fruit of the underworld, the destructive but necessary commodity of industrial progress that is excavated under oppressive labor conditions and transformed to smoke in order to fuel our economic consumption. Purgatory lines the stairwells and the pavilion, and here there is no work more transfixing than “The 99 Series” by Aida Muluneh. A series of manipulated photographs of a woman covered in chalky white paint and wrapped in striped cloth, the duplicity and fractured spirit of the individual is starkly and breathtakingly rendered, as the disorientation of space, dimension and human anatomy speaks for a sort of judgment and inquisition, either by one’s self or a higher power. Walking into the galleries of Heaven is bewitching, for this is a paradise represented not in the image of angelic Hollywood depictions or in the Vatican gift shop, but as a sort of pagan, polytheistic cabinet of curiosities, where all are welcome — but not as it could ever be imagined. The toxic, ethereal beach scenes of Youssef Nabil have a violently saturated exuberance. The photographs show a man wrapped in cloth by the ocean with the sun setting radiantly on the horizon, portraying an almost overwrought notion of heaven's divine beauty as something that we can't really see, perceive or understand through our earthly lenses.

Of course, the relentless, bizarre, Hieronymus Bosch-like sculptural installation by Jane Alexander is totally unignorable. Like a fairytale nightmare, a bizarre, incomprehensible drama unfolds on a field of granular red clay, with figures of mice on men’s bodies leading a cart being dragged by bird-headed slaves. The cart is wrapped in freight packaging, and on the top sits a leather chest with an inlaid postcard of the Madonna and Child, upon which a lamb presides over the entire scene. There are more birdmen guarding and directing traffic up a rickety wooden ladder that leads through forced perspective up into the presumed heavens. There is also a sort of voodoo colonialist ghost with scythes and machetes on his belt, black feathers for a head and giant foam hands the likes of which you typically only see at a Green Bay

Packer’s game. There is almost nothing more I can say — or, rather, I don't want to infect the curiosity by trying to connect it to literary or literal metaphors — but this exists and it has to be seen. I have never in my life experienced a piece of work provoke so much discussion among museum attendants. Every one of us has a unique understanding of life, love, death and the beyond. Whether or not we believe in heaven and hell, our moral compasses are invariably catalyzed by that eternal logic of good versus evil, decency versus vulgarity. Through “The Divine Comedy,” the Museum of African Art helps reveal that one person's vision of heaven, purgatory or hell might not match another's, yet we are all driven by our conflicts and trials with humanity.

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Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships

It’s Not Too Late for You By Sta cy Nota ras M u r p h y

Dear Stacy, I am in my early 50s, a father to three sons and husband to a great wife. But I feel like I missed out on the chance to have the right career. I am a contractor, basically because I have never found a place I wanted to spend more than a six-month stint. I truly hate the work I do every day and can’t believe I’m this far into a career that I’ve never liked. I am so disappointed that I didn’t take more risks after college. I just fell into a field that never made me happy or excited about work. Whenever I talk about changing careers to something I might actually like (chef, psychologist, teacher), my wife freaks out because we are about to have our third kid in college. The thought of following my dream, even though I’m not even sure what that dream is, scares me to death, so instead I do nothing. Advice? – Frozen

we are 18, because we have no idea who we are yet. We make decisions based on feedback from others (e.g., “You’re a good arguer? You should be a lawyer!”) rather than on any understanding of what it will really feel like to live that life. And that’s okay, as long as we allow people to change lanes later. I was “a good writer,” so I became a journalist. Little did I know that phone interviews and solitary writing would feel like punishment to my overly extroverted self. When I changed course and went to grad school at age 28, I was one of the youngest people in my program. The people sitting around me were mostly in their 50s and 60s, taking a chance to find the meaningful work that circumstances or lack of self-knowledge kept them from for the first few decades of their working life. It wasn’t too late for them and it’s not too late for you. Go back to school with your third kid!

Dear Frozen: Okay, let’s start by saying that, while you didn’t outright blame your wife for holding you back, I worry about how much of this you lay at her feet. Anyone facing three tuition bills would be concerned when her partner says he might become a novice food-truck proprietor. Her anxiety is not unreasonable, but if you label it the reason you can’t move forward, you are doing long-term damage to

A licensed professional counselor in Georgetown, Stacy Notaras Murphy will be coleading a transition group for female college students this fall. For more information, visit stacymurphyLPC.com. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacymurphyLPC@gmail.com.

your marriage. Let’s turn the focus back to your role in all of this. I work with a lot of college students and I know about the pressures to follow the trajectory set out when you pick a major at age 18. I also know that many people spend lots of time in offices like mine lamenting those youthful

decisions, feeling powerless to change course. The conversation almost always leads back to a fear of embarrassment about having to “admit you made a mistake” about what career path to choose. We have to change this narrative. Most of us have no idea what we really want to be when

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ost people have an energy lull in the afternoon. This is an opportunity either to improve or to (unfortunately) reduce your health and fitness. Marketers try selling blended caramel coffee drinks that have two candy bars’ worth of sugar and energy shooters that are the nutritional equivalent of soda. These high-sugar “solutions” will pep you up for the moment, but they will put you on a blood-sugar rollercoaster. Also, the long-term metabolic impact of these kinds of foods can lead to progressive exhaustion and weight gain. Here are five healthy alternatives: 1. Get 10 minutes of sunlight. Get moving and help your internal clock remember that you should be awake right now.

2. Check your lunch. If you’re sleepy after lunch, then the content and/or the quantity of your lunch isn’t supporting you. Focus on veggies and healthy fat and protein and skip the starch and sugar. 3. Sprint the stairs. If you’re on the second floor, then run as fast as you can up to the fifthfloor restroom. Nothing saps your energy more than sitting on your butt. Intense exercise stimulates your body to release its own natural supply of stimulants, getting you back into high gear. 4. Caffeinate with caution. Moderate amounts of caffeine aren’t usually a problem — unless you drink a caffeinated beverage too late in the day and your sleep is disrupted. Most people have a cutoff for caffeine between 2 and 4 p.m. in order to sleep well.

5. Stay hydrated. People confuse thirst with “I need a nap” and “I’m hungry.” Staying adequately hydrated helps you feel great, maintain focus and lose weight. Super-cold water is also a nice jolt, similar to the stair sprints. Hot weather, air conditioning and lots of talking all dry you out. Keep a water bottle near you. You can sum it all up as follows: Eat a better lunch. Move. Get sunlight. Hydrate and (maybe) caffeinate. A best-selling author and fitness expert, Josef Brandenburg owns True 180 Fitness in Georgetown. Information about his 14-Day Personal Training Experience may be found at true180.fitness.

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Projects and Passion: Four D.C. Principals Usher in the School Year By Sa l l ie L ew i s

The waning days of summer have an intriguing ability to unearth youthful memories. This time of year reminds many of their childhoods, of long sun-soaked days and backto-school shopping. It’s a time when slates are scrubbed clean and a feeling of anticipation (new friends, new challenges, new opportunities) floats buoyantly in the air. As school begins this month, four local principals shared their enthusiasm for what’s ahead in their respective schools, from new playgrounds and outdoor classrooms to growing enrollment numbers. Patricia Pride, principal at Hardy Middle School on 35th Street, is excited to see the Hawks return to the nest. “There are great opportunities in store for our Hardy Middle School students,” said Pride. She added that the support the school is receiving from its feeder schools is stronger every year. Following boundary changes, John Eaton Elementary will become a full feeder school for Hardy. One of the school’s newest additions is a homeroom class period for every student on Wednesdays, an initiative meant to foster students’ emotional growth. “Homeroom will be a place where students can connect with teachers, where they won't owe a grade,” said Pride, adding that it’s also a safe place to discuss issues that may be worrying them. Additionally, the school is breaking ground on an outdoor classroom in September, and teachers will be implementing new District-led "Cornerstone Shared Experience" assignments. Meanwhile, at Hyde-Addison Elementary School, planning is underway for a new gym, media center/library and cafeteria, plus new music and classroom space. Excavation is expected to begin between late spring and the end of the school year. The project comes at a good time given the school’s growth, particularly in its fifth-grade numbers. While the school has two fifth-grade classes, enrollment continues to increase as families prepare their students for the middle-school world ahead. The 2015-2016 school year will also see the introduction of the school’s first Pre-K 3 class. “We’re excited to have 16 three-year-olds this year,” said Principal Elizabeth Namba, who’s going into her second year as principal of Hyde-Addison. Originally from Connecticut, Namba seeks to nurture a supportive, yet rigorous and caring environment. Furthermore, she diligently works with the school’s staff to ensure that students have the best possible academic experience while meeting their social and emotional potential. At Stoddert Elementary School, Principal Donald Bryant was upbeat about the campus’s playground renovation. The project, to be completed by late August, includes an outdoor classroom, a new climbing structure, a jogging track and a hard walking surface, not to mention a new artificial-turf surface. Stoddert’s hallways will brighten this year after some new faces are welcomed to the leadership team, including Ibis Villegas, assistant principal, and Clinton Turner, the new resident principal and a Mary Jane Patterson Fellow. As at Hyde-Addison, fifth-grade enrollment

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at Stoddert has increased, actually doubling since the past year. This rise has led to the addition of another classroom. While some schools are just finishing additions and renovations, others have quite a bit longer to go. The Duke Ellington School of the Arts is undergoing a major renovation expected to last until spring 2017. In the meantime, students are being bussed between two different buildings for their academic and arts curricula, considered only a slight inconvenience given what’s to come. Desepe de Vargas, head of school at Duke Ellington, believes that the building and the tools therein are of ultimate importance to the overall experience at a school of the arts. “The building will be a learning tool as much as our textbooks are,” she said, adding that a state-of-the-art facility with the equipment to train aspiring artists is fundamental to the school’s mission. “The challenge we have now is making magic with very little.” The renovation will provide new band studios, visual arts rooms, computer labs for graphic and media design and specialty spaces, such as a black box theater. The theater, said de Vargas, will give students enormous flexibility to transform the performance space, telling the story in creative ways. After the renovation and campus expansion is completed, enrollment at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts will rise from approximately 530 to 630 students — that’s 100 more kids to grow and learn at this inspiring institution. De Vargas, who is from Liberia, has good reason to be proud of her student body, which is consistently one of the highest performing in the public high school sector. “Our graduation rate is 98%,” she said. “We continue to be proud of that.” Just last year, the students at Duke Ellington were awarded $3.5 million in scholarships, with one young dance major named a Gates Millennium Scholar by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Stories like these inspire young minds to dream big and follow their passion. And there could not be a better time than right now, at the advent of a new school year, to do so.

Former Mayor Vincent C. Gray is flanked by Duke Ellington School’s then-interim Head of School Desepe de Vargas (left), D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, Ellington School co-founder Peggy Cooper Cafritz and Board President Charles Barber on Dec. 19. Photo by Brian Nielsen.

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Join us on Saturday, September 26th 8:00 AM at Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. Join us as we celebrate the life of Michele Conley and raise funds to continue her battle against breast cancer. A fun filled event for runners and walkers of all ages and abilities. Chronotrack timing provided by RaceDC on this certified course. Start a Team, Join a Team or Just come out and Enjoy the Day! Register at: Eventbrite.com Principal Elizabeth Namba from Hyde-Addison. Photo by Robert Devaney.

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Citi Open: D.C.’s August Tennis Best Ph otos by ne s han h . n a lt c h aya n

The 2015 Citi Open, held at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center at Rock Creek Park from Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, enjoyed glorious weather and offered up enjoyable and memorable

Marcella Jones and Joyce Grand of the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation flank tennis legend and Olympic Gold Medal winner Zina Garrison, who was inducted into the WTEF Hall of Fame.

matches. It was the 47th edition for the menʼs competitions and the fifth edition for the womenʼs competitions, with Kei Nishikori (Japan) and Sloane Stephens (U.S.A.), winning respectively.

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Magnises — a members-only platform that connects millennials with new people, products and opportunities — launched its concierge app service, Magnises Now, earlier this month. The brand’s founder Billy McFarland made a toast to the application’s launch at an Aug. 6 kick-off party atop the Embassy Row Hotel, a partner venue for Magnises members. The launch came shortly after the D.C. debut of the NYC-based community platform. The personal, text-based concierge app gives Magnises members access to personalized, real-time recommendations and reservations at the best restaurants and nightlife as well as invitations to private engagements and unique experiences around town.

Sloane Stephens (U.S.A.) wins the women’s single championship at the Citi Open. Grant Margolin, vice president of brand development at Magnises, Magnises CEO and founder Billy McFarland; Magnises marketing manager Brooke Donovan; and Magnises dining consultant Brandon Howard.

Kei Nishikori (Japan) wins against John Isner (U.S.A.) in the Citi Open men's singles championship.

Sloane Stephens (U.S.A.) wins the women’s single championship at the Citi Open.

Mike and Bob Bryan (right) win the the Citi Open men’s doubles championship with a victory over Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo (left) on Aug. 9. WTEF President Eleni Rossides stands in the center as the media cover the ceremony.

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Thanks to Rum Day D.C. sponsors, guests enjoyed flights of aged rum, complimentary cocktails and sampled finger foods, Aug. 13 atop the Observatory at the Graham Hotel on Thomas Jefferson Street NW. Guests also received a complimentary, hand-rolled cigars, courtesy of co-hosts, Cortez Cigar, to pair with the bold rums, such as Atlantico and Pilar. Dr. Aly Elgeddawi (Vienna Smiles), Elaine Espinola Keltz (Mrs. DC America 2015), Sherine Elgeddawi, Jennifer Taylor (Vienna Smiles).

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Beauty experts in and around Washington, D.C., came to Georgetown Aug. 14 to place their bets on Elaine Espinola Keltz, Mrs. DC America 2015. They claim that she will win the upcoming Mrs. America 2016 pageant, to be held Sept. 20-24 in Las Vegas. The “Toast with the Queen” at L2 was the official send-off party for Keltz and was hosted by Renee Allen, ABC-News Channel 8 "Women in Business" host, and Souny West, owner of Chic Capitol W Salon.

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WEST END, WASHINGTON, DC Expansive 2BR, 2.5BA corner condo located in vibrant transit-friendly neighborhood. Open floor plan, hardwood floors, recessed lighting, crown molding. Large MBR suite with custom closets. 2-car garage parking and storage. $1,998,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Fabulous semi-detached two bedroom, two and a half bath home with spacious rooms, two fireplaces, upper level has a generous master suite with large bath, and rear and front gardens! $1,595,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

CHEVY CHASE, WASHINGTON, DC Six bedrooms, four and a half baths, Kitchen Aid professional stainless steel appliances, polished Calcutta stone countertops, Carrera marble baths, main level family room. All new systems, roof, and windows. $1,449,000 Marilyn Charity 202-427-7553

FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA Hidden treasure on private one acre, yet only 15 minutes to DC. 5,000 SF on three sunny levels. 4BR, 4BA, four-car garage, gourmet kitchen, 60’ patios, catering kitchen. $1,297,500 Christopher Wilkes 703-282-0634 Linda Rogers 703-627-6776

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA 1911 frame residence offers high ceilings, wood floors, and renovated kitchen and baths. Two masonry fireplaces, two-car garage garage with guest quarters and kitchen. Pool and gardens on nearly three-quarters of an acre. $1,250,000 W. Ted Gossett 703-625-5656

CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC NEW PRICE! Stunning 2,400 SF unit with 11th floor panoramic views. Chef’s kitchen, open floor plan and large balcony. Master suite with den and two baths plus two additional bedrooms and baths. Parking included. $1,079,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Charming and sunny 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath semidetached home on cobblestone street. Original hardwood floors throughout, renovated kitchen, abundant natural light, spacious rooms, and large rear patio and garden. $975,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

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