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GARY TISCHLER I have been writing for the Georgetowner, and writing up arts and cultural previews for a long time now. So long I neglect to put a specific number on the years lest people find out that I’m not the perennial 39 Jack Benny insisted on. It always amazes me that our culture in the Washington area—and you have to include our friends in Virginia and Maryland—is so rich, so abundant in the sheer variety and depth of cultural and artistic and artful institutions and artists. I was amazed when there was not so much, and I remain so now that there is so very much. When it comes to the arts and culture, we are rich, even if we are not so rich in other qualities: jobs in Anacostia, common sense on Capitol Hill, inspiration from the White House, and escalators that work on the Metro. I am constantly amazed that I can spend part of a day talking to a bitchin’ blues player, a hometown guy by way of Virginia, and connect with a classical pianist in Vienna. The arts—be they popular or the other, more highminded kind and therefore as mysterious as the popular kind—are a salve and salvation in hard times, and don’t let anybody tell you different, but these are hard times. The arts contain mysteries, and nothing seemed more mysterious to me recently than that around fifteen hundred people would gather for a ukulele festival on the lawns of the Strathmore Mansion in Bethesda. It was a mystery, but then so is the fact more people know my dog’s name (Bailey) than mine. What is not a mystery is I love what I do.

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Placido Domingo, the renowned tenor and conductor, will conduct the Washington National Opera’s production of “Tosca” after stepping down from his role at WNO as Artistic Director. To read more about WNO’s upcoming season and Domingo, see our Arts Preview on page 14. This image was featured on the cover of his most recent DVD “Placido Domingo: Volume 4 - Andrea Chenier, El Gato Montes, Pagliacci.”

FEATURES EDITOR Gary Tischler Robert Devaney

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jen Merino

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5 — D.C. Scene 6 - 7 — GT Observer Washington Harbour Proposes Ice Rink; Arthur Cotton Moore Protests New Designs Crosses Removed from Iconic Healy Tower Student Journalists Arrested Eluding Campus Police, Face Charges Ex-Pelosi Staffer Takes Helm of Georgetown University’s PR ANC Approves K Street Restaurant; Criticizes O Street Homeowner 8 — Editorial/Opinion 9/11: A Once and Future Unity Living In a Post-9/11 World Jack Evans Report 9 — Business/Mortgage Mortgages At Record Low Business Ins & Outs 10 — Feature Propety The Palatine, Potomac MD 13 — Le Decor 14-19 — Cover Story Fall Arts Preview 20-23 — In Country Last Taste of Summer: Crabs 24 — Classifieds/ Service Directory

Gary Tischler at UkeFest learning how to play a C Chord.

JODY KURASH Jody Kurash, aka Miss Dixie, is the owner of Dixie Liquor on M Street in Georgetown where she enjoys trying craft beers, (the hoppier, the better) tasting new wines and experimenting with cocktail creations. Her column first appeared in the Georgetowner three and a half years ago. She has over 13 years of journalism experience in New York and Washington with the Associated Press and Knight Ridder-Tribune. An avid traveler, Jody has ventured to over 55 countries and her travel stories have appeared in publications and websites across the world. Her favorite thing about Georgetown is camaraderie among the local businesses and wonderful neighborhood people who visit her store regularly.

The Georgetowner is published every other Wednesday. The opinions of our writers and columnists do not necessarily reflect the editorial and corporate opinions of The Georgetowner newspaper. The Georgetowner accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or photographs and assumes no liability for products or services advertised herein. The Georgetowner reserves the right to edit, rewrite, or refuse material and is not responsible for errors or omissions. Copyright, 2011.

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The Star-Spangled Banner and Francis Scott Key at Home in Georgetown As the 10th anniversary of September 11 is upon us, we remember another anniversary of a foreign power attacking the U.S. It was the War of 1812. Sept. 14 is Star-Spangled Banner Day... Go to www.Georgetowner.com for the full story!

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The Splendor and Variety of Moods in Music The Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington, D.C. will host a music presentation with commentary by Jerzy Sapieyevski – composer and pianist, and professor of music at American University. His projects often represent a unique synthesis of science, technology and visual art. The program starts at 5 p.m.; tickets cost $15 at the door. Call 202-785-2320 or email thekfdc@ gmail.com to RSVP.

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Les Dames d’Escoffier Invites You to My Louisiana ... from the Crescent City to Cajun Country A cooking demonstration, reminiscences, beer pairing and dinner by David Guas, chef and owner of Bayou Bakery with Nick Smith from Abita Beer in Abita Springs, La. Items on the menu include “New Orleans Style BBQ Shrimp” and “Salted Caramel Layered Cake paired with Abby Ale.” Event begins at 6:30 p.m. at 1515 North Courthouse Rd., Arlington, Va. 22201-2909. Tickets are $37 for members and $48 for non-members. Reserve tickets by Sept. 9 by calling 202-973-2168.

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Fela! at Sidney Harman Hal From producers Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Will Smith, and Jada Pinkett Smith comes “FELA!,” the true story of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, whose soulful Afrobeat rhythms ignited a generation. Inspired by his mother, a civil rights champion, he defied a corrupt and oppressive military government and devoted his life and music to the struggle for freedom. Come to Sidney Harman Hall at 610 F St., NW 20004 at 7:30 p.m. to enjoy this production. Tickets range from $65 to $115 and can be purchased online at ShakespeareTheatre.org.

and bizarre comedy routines. But as heels and castanets clatter, their own intriguing story unfolds in a riot of black humor and ghostly passion. In Spanish with English subtitles. 8 p.m. at the GALA Hispanic Theatre. Tickets cost $20 to $38 and can be purchased by calling 202-2347174.

September 15

Eat, Drink and Do Sum-thing! Ping Pong Dim Sum Hosts Grand Opening Party in Dupont Circle To celebrate the opening of the new Dupont Circle location, Ping Pong Dim Sum invites you to do sum-thing with them! Indulge in Ping Pong’s unique premium cocktails and specialized dim sum while battling DJs spin the beats. Purchase tickets ($35) at PingPongDupont. EventBrite.com. Event begins at 7 p.m. at Ping Pong Dupont, Dupont Circle, NW.

¡Ay, Carmela! Carmela and Paulino, a vaudeville comedy duo, have fallen into the hands of Franco’s troops during the Spanish Civil War. Forced to put on a performance for the fascists, they rehearse their show – flamenco songs, the paso doble,

Author On Deck: “¡El Capitan!” by Frank Gamboa to Commemorate Hispanic Heritage month In an event to honor Hispanic Heritage Month, author and Captain Frank Gamboa will present “¡El Capitán!, The Making of an American Naval Officer.” “¡El Capitán!,” a memoir by Captain John Frank Gamboa, U.S. Navy (retired), describes the challenges he overcame to enter the U.S. Naval Academy in 1954, graduate in 1958, and be commissioned an ensign in the GT-DT_rd#1.pdf

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Navy Line. The lecture is part of the Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series. Event is free and open to the public. It begins at 12 p.m. at the United States Navy Memorial.

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John Legend to Salute D.C. Public Schools D.C. Public Education Fund (‘the Education Fund’) announced the addition of Grammyaward-winning recording artist and philanthropist John Legend to the program for the second annual A Standing Ovation for DC Teachers event. “Great teachers can make all the difference in a child’s education,” said John Legend. “But too often those teachers are not celebrated for their hard work and commitment to student achievement. They deserve to be recognized for their efforts in the classroom.” Event takes place at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at 6 p.m. Visit StandingOvationForDCteachers.org for tickets.

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8th Annual Living in Pink Luncheon & Boutique Come celebrate with Living in Pink as they present the Living in Pink Award and the Noel Soderberg-Evans Award at the Fairmont Washington Hotel. The event benefits breast cancer research and takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tickets cost $145 per person and can be purchased online. RSVP by Sept. 16.

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3. 2. 1. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial opened to

the public on August 22. It honors Dr. King’s national and international contributions and vision for all to enjoy a life of freedom, opportunity and justice. 2. Professional skaters on break in the new 15,000-squarefoot skate park next to RFK Stadium on Sept. 3-4, competing to win a spot in the Maloof Money Cup World Championships in South Africa. 3. The Washington Monument closed for safety reasons when an Aug. 23 earthquake caused this crack on the pyramid at the top of the monument. 4. To mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue expanded its popular FBI exhibit with a new section focusing on the FBI’s role in fighting terrorism before and after Sept. 11, 2001. The new section opened on Friday, Sept. 2. 5 & 6. World War II veterans of the US Army 88th Infantry Division “Fighting Blue Devils” attended a wreathlaying ceremony to commemorate the 66th anniversary of Victory in Japan Day (V-J Day) at the World War II Memorial on Sept. 2. 7 & 8. Protests against the proposed Keystone pipeline project resulted in 166 people bring arrested in front of the White House on Sept. 2.

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Washington Harbour’s water fountain and pool would become an ice skating rink between November and March

Washington Harbour Proposes Ice Rink; Arthur Cotton Moore Protests New Designs An ice skating rink has been talked about at Washington Harbour almost since its creation in 1987. Sounds like a great idea, even to Washington Harbour’s original architect, Arthur Cotton Moore, who also created Canal Square on M Street and 31st Street and renovated the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, the Old Post Office building and the Phillips Collection, among others. At the Aug. 29 Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2e) meeting, the current owners of Washington Harbour, MRP Realty, displayed plans for the lower plaza, which includes the water fountain, pool and tower – and an outdoor ice skating rink. Plans for the office-condo complex with its prime spot on the Potomac, seek to “reduce seasonality,” said Charles McGrath of MRP Realty, and make it “more familyfriendly” along with minor design changes in the structure itself. Adding white noise to the retail parabola, the fountain would be re-done

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with programs for water shows as well as become – between November and March – a skating rink (with the Zamboni machine stored in the re-designed base of the tower). Designers of the 11,000-square-foot rink look to ideas from those at the Sculpture Garden, Reston Town Center and Rockefeller Center; it would be the largest ice sheet in D.C. Dockside restaurants will get new cantilever awnings for outdoor bars. Increased foot traffic was a concern, to which McGrath quipped: “Beers are going to have to be more expensive to offset the costs.” However, while favoring an ice rink at Washington Harbour, architect Moore brought his own artwork and argued, “Everything can be done without demolition.” In some re-designs, he cited “terrible proportions” and the “uglification of the tower.” Some architectural features of the complex would be removed. Generally, condo owners and businesses at the complex welcomed the ice rink and other plans -- happy that an owner would be willing to revive and reinvest in the landmark destination. The over-all renovation is estimated at $30 million. Restaurateur Greg Casten was supportive, while condo owner Marty Sullivan disagreed, saying it is “out of scale and out of character” for the place.

Crosses Removed from Iconic Healy Tower

After the Aug. 23 earthquake, a crane was sent next to the clock tower of Healy Hall, Georgetown University’s main and landmark building. The crane removed crosses set above the clock face because of worries about stability. The tower and other spires of the building are an icon for all of Georgetown and Washington and can be seen for miles. “Following post-earthquake structural inspec-

Student Journalists Arrested Eluding Campus Police, Face Charges

The crosses of Healy Tower were removed due to stability issues. Photo by Charlotte Shields

tions, three of the crosses on Healy Hall were removed in advance of the projected hurricane,” said Rachel Pugh, director of media relations for the university. “The crosses will be re-installed with new anchors as soon as practical. The removal process involved delicate overhead work and required two cranes. We thank everyone for their cooperation and support as we protect the legacy of Georgetown University.” Named after university president, Rev. Patrick Healy, S.J., who began its construction in 1877, Healy Hall was designed by the architectural firm of Smithmeyer & Pelz, which also designed the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building.

Three Georgetown University undergraduates – Sam Buckley, John Flanagan and Eric Pilch – have been charged with two misdemeanors of destruction of property under $1,000 and unlawful entry. They are suspects in the Aug. 28 damage of Leavey Center offices, as they ran away from officers of the Department of Public Safety. Attempting to see Hurricane Irene damage of the new campus science building, the student journalists were on the top esplanade of the student center. The campus police told them to leave the area due to safety concerns about loose roof material falling off the building which is still under construction. The students ran into the office of the Georgetown Voice, a student campus newsmagazine, and climbed through ceiling panels to escape officers, who called the Metropolitan Police Department. The three damaged that and other student activity offices. Buckley and Pilch surrendered, but Flanagan went through a fourth-story window and fell two stories, breaking his leg, and was sent to the nearby hospital. Buckley and Flanagan are co-editors of the Voice’s blog, Vox Populi; Pilch has written for the Voice as well. Flanagan is also known outside the college campus for his work as a member of the redistricting working group on the neighborhood’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission. His proposal – which was voted down – advocated three ANC student districts. Pleading not guilty, Buckley, Flanagan and Pilch have a Sept. 21 court hearing. Before going through the offices of the Hoya, the other

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student newspaper, and the Debate Team, the three so severely damaged the Voice office that it could not publish an edition last week, according to the Voice.

cratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “I am honored to be joining the exciting community of world-class educators and staff at Georgetown University and to use my background to further its mission of preparing the next generation of global citizens to lead and make a difference in the world,” Kerr said in a press release. Kerr succeeds Julie Bataille, who left to become communications director at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Commissioner Ron Lewis and Bill Starrels spoke with Georgetown University student body president Mike Meaney after his speech.

ANC Approves K Street Restaurant; Criticizes O Street Homeowner

Stacy Kerr is Georgetown University’s new head of PR

Ex-Pelosi Staffer Takes Helm at Georgetown University Public Relations Former senior aide to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Stacy Kerr was named Georgetown University’s assistant vice president for communications. Kerr will head up the communications office and serve as the university top spokesperson to the media. She has a decade of experience on Capitol Hill, having worked for Pelosi, before serving as press secretary for Rep. Marty Meehan (D-Mass.) and the Demo-

The ANC approved the voluntary agreement and a new application for a liquor license for Malmaison, a restaurant – soon to open at the corner of 34th and K Streets – from the owners of Cafe Bonaparte. The new dessert cafe’s name is a reference to Napoleon’s Château de Malmaison; it can translate into “naughty house” or “ill-fated domain.” The Alcohol Beverage Control protest meeting is scheduled for Sept. 14. In other design requests, commissioner Jeff Jones showed annoyance at the owner of 3254 O Street. The design for a second story above a back garage was denied, as Jones said that this scheme has bounced around for 10 years. Neighbors of the residence in question left the meeting smiling. Five Guys restaurant was asked to redesign its new awning with fewer “Five Guys” logos (not five) on the umbrella fabric. Designs for a planned four-story condo at Grace Street and Cecil Place was opposed as being out of size and out of whack with the secluded neighborhood.

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Editorial/opinion

9/11: A Once and Future Unity By Robert Devaney

he crisp, blue Tuesday morning of Sept. 11, 2001, was deadline day for the Georgetowner newspaper. As editor-inchief at the time I was wondering which feature should become the cover story and considered them all less than compelling. I mused: I wish something more interesting would come along to cover. Be careful what you wish for, I know now too well. Leaving home early for the office, I had not seen the morning TV news and did not know what I had just happened at the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. At the office I saw and heard the hellish news of deaths that has never really gone away. Some staffers were trying to finish work on the issue, while others were out viewing the smoke of the Pentagon and hearing helicopters and fighter jets above. Most just felt stunned and unbelieving. Publisher Sonya Bernhardt was arranging advertising page positions, and editor David Roffman stared at his computer, still typing, recalling that huge mass of smoke he saw when coming over Key Bridge. We, the stunned and unbelieving, did not know quite what else to do. I shook my head and went outside. After high noon, I wandered toward Halcyon House which has a panorama of the Potomac and where you

can see the Pentagon over in Arlington. Smoke still puffed into the azure sky. I looked down on M Street nearby, where the flag was flying in Francis Scott Key Park. This Star-Spangled Banner was flying as defiantly as its original had 187 years earlier in the face of a foreign menace. As neighbors John Dreyfuss and Chris Murray looked from the railing with me, I held up the camera and took the cover shot for the week. Hell of a way to make deadline. Weeks and months after 9/11, the Georgetowner wrote headlines like “Terrorism Hits Home” and “A New Age Begins.” Sincere, fresh respect for firefighters, police officers and other first responders erupted, even as the anthrax threat spread. We were in a new world together. Everyone pitched in with a unity of stories on local and business news, interviews, commentary and advice. Experts, such as former national security advisor Robert McFarlane and historian Fred Hubig, gave their take on our newfound world of terrorism. Along with others, contributors like Dorree Lynn (Jack Evans and Bill Starrels included) and photographers Patrick Ryan and Neshan Naltchayan were on the scene – and still are. Still others have departed, like longtime editor and publisher David Roffman who has retired to the Gulf Coast and

former associate publisher Victoria Michael, who runs a thriving public relations business. (I left the newspaper for public relations and editorial consulting but still write for it as an editor, too.) Ten years ago, those singular evil acts welded an inseparability for all of us here, in the city and nation and, perhaps, through the world. Lives have been lost, then and since, as have new lives arrived to validate new hope. We know exactly where we were then – hearts ache for those who died – and since, what shall we say? That such a unity fades like the smoke we saw? Today, in our historic neighborhood and nation’s capital, the Georgetown Media Group boasts young, smart writers, editors, designers and marketers – interns, too. Through all the changes, its publisher Sonya Bernhardt never stops working for improvement along with another who has never stopped: stalwart writer Gary Tischler, whose words have their own soulful unity. These two exemplify perseverance. If September 11 is to become a day united by purposeful service, we know something about that. Just remember to wish carefully.

Memory and witness In a post-9/11 world By Gary Tischler ike witnesses at a traffic accident, everybody remembers that singular, defining day differently yet, at the same time, everyone has similar recollections of that morning in their memories and dreams. Hard to imagine the thoughts, feelings and memories of those at ground zero and beyond in New York or the people on those doomed planes, flying into buildings, crashing into the green earth, ripping into the Pentagon. We have stories about the events, the people who survived them, those in proximity or close by in shock. An amazing number of people recall the quality of the morning just before the first plane struck—an incredibly blue sky, here in Washington and there in New York. All the memories will come back throughout this week and on Sunday when the memorial in New York is dedicated—there will be concerts, the sound of taps, exhibitions, commemorations, marches, and the names of the victims inscribed, recited, going out into the air of whatever weathered day there will be. I remember a woman who was huddled around a television monitor at the Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington as one of the towers collapsed in a cloud of improbable dust. There was a collective gasp from the group around the monitor, people were holding their hands to their mouths, or rubbing their heads tilted backward. The woman, who was here for a medical convention was thin and stood ramrod still and said, to no one in particular, “I woke upon in one world this morning, and I’m going to home to a completely different, changed world tonight.” It was one of the more prophetic, accurate statements—no doubt, thought, felt and said by others all over the world in some form or an-

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other—of the day. And here we are, ten years later, and the wounds still bleed, the shocks still come, the understanding not very much enlarged, our casualty list tripled, the danger still there, the war, undeclared but also unending. We—and the rest of the world—remain in harm’s way, vulnerable to the plots, schemes, and attacks of terrorism, terrorists, terror itself, states which support terrorism and terrorist organizations not yet named. They are not Allah’s children, nor the heart and soul of Islam, but rather they come from the most hateful, desperate and fanatic corners and perversions of faith. We live in a different, still-drastically-changing world. In the aftermath of 9/11, we launched an attack, with the full sympathy of the world, on al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, declared a victory in a war that was just beginning, then proceeded, with much, much less clarity and certainty to invade Iraq. The outcome was muddy: Saddam Hussein was captured and eventually executed; al Qaeda led a bloody insurgency against American soldiers which was eventually quelled at considerable cost, including the public standing of President Bush. Thousands died including, at last count, 4,442 American troops. We are still fighting in Afghanistan, against both al Qaeda and a resurgent Taliban, and at latest count, 1,584 Americans have been killed there. After years of non-stop efforts, our forces, specifically an elite Navy Seal team, tracked down and killed Osama Bin Laden, the reviled, elusive mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks this year, sparking a soundtrack of celebration, but not much change. What we have seen are attempted bombings, the massacre in Fort Hood and terrorist acts in London and Spain, India and Indonesia. We’ve

seen continued bombings in Iraq and Afghanistan where the roads are lined with IEDs. We have seen entirely too many of our brave warriors coming home, wearing the very latest prosthetics. They are a part of our landscape, our memorial services, and the services for the honored dead. We have a whole new government department—Homeland Security—we have a new airport security system which takes every ounce of pleasure out of flying and has been accompanied by controversy, argument and politics. I think we woke up on 9/l2 with the realization that the world was not a safe place, that we as a people were hated by another group of people who characterized us in ways we did not recognize and could not understand to the point that they envisioned the plan they executed. We mourned, we dealt with anthrax, and I remember a young girl across the street from our house sitting by herself with a lit candle one evening. If you go to the website for the New York memorial, you can call up the dead, the voices of their loved ones, the details of their lives, the faces in their photographs. We individualize our tragedies in this country, even one as large, as devastating as 9/11, savor every face and time lost on earth, as a kind of act of love. It is something the perpetrators of the acts of atrocity that day—the men with the knives and box cutters and screaming commands on the planes— could not do, they rid themselves completely of imagination and empathy and did what they did gripped by a sick, sad vision that they would be rewarded in paradise. Sunday, their victims will rise up again as ghosts of their lives, the dead of 9/11, still alive, and bringing with them the memories of a lost world.

Jack Evans Report

want to alert my constituents about the alarming decline in sworn officers in the District’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). As of earlier this week, the force was down to 3,818 officers, very near the 3,800 number that Chief Cathy Lanier identified as the threshold for real trouble. With an attrition rate of around 15 officers per month, we could be in the neighborhood of 3,750 sworn officers by the end of the year. How did this happen? I introduced a bill in April that would require the District to maintain a minimum staffing level of 4,000 sworn officers at all times. This was not meant to be a statement that 4,000 is some magic number that will eliminate all our public safety concerns. Rather, it would force the Mayor and the Council to fully fund 4,000 officers and not play around with the money. As we went through the 2012 budget process, I advocated for budgeting a dollar amount for MPD that would allow the Department to increase officers at a rate to get us above 4,000 by the end of 2013, which would enable Chief Lanier and MPD to continue to fight crime and meet the community’s expectations for service. While the Mayor had asked for 120 new officers in his 2012 budget request, the equivalent of ten per month, these do not even account for the total number of officers who leave every month. Further, there is a substantial lag time of six to seven months between when a new recruit is hired and when he or she is on the street. To make matters worse, 1,100 officers will be eligible for retirement in the next four years. Many of these officers will leave as a result of proposals to cut police officer pensions. This will effectively double the current rate of attrition, but the budget does not contemplate this dramatic shift. Numbers are too low already, and for the foreseeable future we will only be hiring one new officer for every two who leave. I don’t use this word lightly, but I think it is fair to call this situation a crisis. At one time, MPD had over 5,000 officers. When I first joined the City Council in 1991, we had 4,500 officers. I have seen a decline in officers year after year and have attempted to slow or stop this situation from continuing. There were supposed to be 30 officers in the police academy beginning in June. Currently, there are none. While the Council added $10.8 million to the 2012 MPD budget, ostensibly to fund new officers, these numbers fail to take into account this acceleration of attrition and historic unrealistic budgeting by the Mayor and the Council. $10.8 million in new funding doesn’t go very far if there is a $7.9 million “spending pressure” in 2012, as there was in 2011. Spending priorities must be established and in my opinion, hiring more policemen and women should be the top priority. If decisive action is not taken when the Council returns from recess, our worst projections will become reality. My goal is to raise awareness of the dire situation facing the residents of the District while we can still correct it. My hope is to motivate the Mayor and the Council to develop a plan to fund the Department adequately. With an appropriate budget in place, MPD can reverse the trend of dwindling numbers and reach a staffing level of over 4,000 sworn officers by the end of next year.

Business/Mortgage

mortgages at record low By Bill Starrels

t has been an interesting summer in the mortgage industry. The following are highlights of where things are in the world of the mortgages. Mortgage rates have stayed at or near record low territory for the last portion of the summer. There are a few factors that are keeping rates low. First and foremost, the economy is weak. Job creation is inching along with the loss of government jobs wiping out the slow growth of private sector jobs. Without strong job creation, the economy will not be able to grow at a faster pace. Lack of jobs also squashes existing job holders from demanding more money from their employers. Without more money, folks cannot buy more goods, which is still another drag on the economy.

The dysfunctional Congress and their recent spectacle on the merits of raising the debt ceiling cast a pale on consumer and business confidence. With low consumer confidence, consumers tighten their belts – they spend less money. With businesses recoiling from the dysfunction on Capitol Hill, businesses spend less on expansion and find yet another reason not to hire new workers. The downgrade of the nation’s debt by Standard and Poors further drove confidence down. The stock market recoiled at the news. Remember, when the stock market goes down, bonds go up. When bonds go up, yields go down. This is exactly what happened when the circus got out of control and Wall Street took a pounding. The yield on the 10-Year Treasury note finished at 2 percent on Sept. 2, the same day the dismal jobs report was released. This represents a change in the yield of -24.5 percent

from the same period last year. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors recently announced that the Fed Funds rate will not be raised for the next two years. Most adjustable rate mortgages are tied to the LIBOR index. The LIBOR index is trading near record lows. This means most adjustable rate mortgages are actually adjusting down. In order to compute how an adjustable rate mortgage is going to adjust you need a few things. First look at the note. The note tells the consumer what the index is. Next look at the margin. The margin will never change. To figure out the future rate, add the margin and the note. In early September the 1-Year LIBOR was at 0.8. Most loans have a margin of 2.25. This means the new rate would be 3.25 percent. The LIBOR index is likely to stay low for the near term. Underwriting continues to be very strict and time consuming. A customer has to be fully

documented in order to get a loan approved. Pay stubs, W-2’s for salaried folks and 1099’s and tax returns for self-employed are mandatory. Deposits that show on bank statements have to be explained. Loan files are now going through multi-stage audits which slow down the process and keeps the fact checking very stringent. The days of “common sense” underwriting are a memory from a few years ago. Hopefully, one day in the not-too-distant future the industry will be able to move to more of a middle ground. Presently, the system has gone from one bad extreme to another extreme. The constraints imposed in the mortgage industry are stagnating refinancing and the purchase of homes. Many people who would like to entertain selling their homes and moving cannot do so because of the more rigid underwriting guidelines. For those who are in a position to refinance or purchase a home, now is a fantastic time to do so. Rates are quite low, and prices of homes are also at low levels. Eventually, rates and prices will go up.

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Town Hall Moving to Replace Blue Ridge

Town Hall, formerly of 2340 Wisconsin Ave., will move in to the Blue Ridge space at 2218 Wisconsin Ave. in the coming weeks, according to the Glover Park Gazette. The owners of Town Hall will acquire the building, which includes a large patio space and bar, and the property’s liquor license. According to the Gazette, the owners of Blue Ridge, Eli Hengst and Jared Rager, were unable to complete their plans for opening a coffeehouse and diner in the space because of ongoing complications with Mendocino Bar &

Grill. Hengst and Rager subleased the M Street property to the Grill, which was forced to close last spring due to back taxes.

‘Uncommon Furnishings’ Comes to Town Local and international designer, artist and furniture maker, Jan Marfyak has set up shop, Uncommon Furnishings, at 35th and N Streets. “It’s got a different buzz,” says Marfyak approvingly of today’s Georgetown. He has been around D.C. for years as well as the New York and L.A. arts scene and has worked with Krup-

saw’s, Antony Childs, Miller & Armey and Muleh. Displaying decorative objects for homes – polished petrified wood, calcium slabs and mill stones, to name a few intriguing pieces – Marfyak pulls from his warehouse in Montgomery County and his world travels. His designs involve unusual textures, forms and colors with residential and commercial applications. If you are looking for unique framings or yet-to-beauthenticated petrified crocodiles from China – or not – stop by and say hello to Marfyak. Each of his art pieces tells a story, and he can tell quite a few of his own. He is well worth the

trip. Uncommon Furnishings is at 1301 35th St., NW, 202.422.6695.

Liquor Store Hours Extended to Midnight Neighborhood liquor stores can now stay open until midnight instead of 10 p.m. D.C.’s new law which raises alcohol taxes – from nine to 10 percent – also includes extending hours for retail liquor sales to offset losses for the businesses involved. Already, liquor stores such as Wagner’s and Dixie Liquor, are open until midnight Thursday through Saturday.

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This spectacular luxury estate was custom designed to meet the needs for a busy lifestyle and has played host to countless parties and charitable events. Through the gated entrance into the paved motor court, the dancing fountain directs you to the porch cochere. From the glass and iron front door into the elegant grand foyer with its domed ceiling, crystal chandelier and marble floors, one’s eyes see the sweeping vista through the magnificent great room to the gazebo at the end of the outdoor loggia. This level is comprised of formal rooms, (each with towering ceilings, marble floors that mirror the recessed ceiling, custom moldings and tall columns), two gourmet kitchens, study, bedroom, full and half bath. The lower level features a dance floor, exercise and massage area (with steam shower), home theater and future wine cellar, plus staff accommodations and access to the pool area with its own bar, full bath and lavish tile work. The home is sited on 2 beautifully planted acres in one of Potomac’s most exclusive communities. With four finished levels and over 12000 SF of living space, 2 master suites, a total of 9 bedrooms, 10 gas fireplaces, custom millwork, garage spaces for 5 cars, this property cannot be duplicated today at the asking price of $6,900,000. For your private showing, contact CAROL NERENBERG 202-957-5559 Cnerenberg@ttrsir.com | www.CarolNerenberg.com TTR Sotheby’s International Realty | 5454 Wisconsin Avenue | Chevy Chase, MD 20815

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Georgetown. Beautifully renovated Federal townhouse. 4 BRs, 2.5 BAs, includes lovely lower level inlaw suite. Sun drenched rooms, skylight, dining rm w/double doors to 2 level deck & patio. Off street parking. $1,425,000

Beverly Nadel- 202-236-7313

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Jenny Chung- 301-651-8536; Erin Deric- 240-599-6029

Palisades. Classic, sunny TH w/3 bedrooms, 3 spacious baths includes in-law suite. Updated kitchen, lovely tiered garden & patio. Short walk to C&O canal, MacArthur shops & restaurants. $765,000

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Dupont. Wonderful opportunity to enjoy this freshly painted, well lit, well laid out junior one bedroom. Huge closet/ room off kitchen. Tiled BA, hdwd flrs, roof deck. Walk to Metro $219,000

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Semi-Detached

$3,495,000

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$3,150,000

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$2,495,000

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$2,275,000

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Semi-Detached

$2,095,000

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$1,950,000

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$1,895,000

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$1,870,000

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Attach/Row Hse

$1,650,000

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$1,575,000

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1211 28TH ST NW #L2

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$1,350,000

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$1,550,125

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4030 CHANCERY CT NW

Attach/Row Hse

$1,340,000

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$1,275,000

19-Aug-11

1237 29TH ST NW

Semi-Detached

$1,299,000

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$1,250,000

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1625 35TH ST NW

Townhouse

$1,175,000

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$1,175,000

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1622 34TH ST NW

Attach/Row Hse

$1,200,000

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$1,150,000

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3242 Q ST NW

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$845,000

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$895,000

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$831,000

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2806 DUMBARTON ST NW

Semi-Detached

$745,000

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$770,000

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1712 37TH ST NW

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$765,000

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$725,000

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$635,000

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$610,000

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$595,000

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$559,000

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$540,000

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1021 PAPER MILL CT NW

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$545,000

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$507,000

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Semi-Detached

$525,000

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$500,000

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$485,000

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$485,000

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$2,493,615

Landscaped secret garden oasis-the hidden onehalf acre in the heart of Cleveland Park. This secluded craftsman-style bungalow features six BR, five full and one half BA, a detached garage and tea house. Jeffrey Kochan 202.560.4700/ Elizabeth Russell 301.580.0540/ 202.363.1800 (O).

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NEW LISTING! EXQUISITE RENOVATION & EXPANSION! Light-filled colonial radiates warmth & charm. Wonderful location just a short walk to park (tennis, playground, sledding, athletic fields) & Brookeville Rd. shops & restaurants. Miller Chevy Chase North 202.966.1400.

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$1,995,000

Classic 1920 7BR 4.5 BA on sun-filled corner lot. Enchanting garden, terrific kitchen opens to family room, deck & yard. Master suite w/ deck & paneled library with fireplace. Close to Guy Mason Park, Cathedral & shopping. Terri Robinson 202.607.7737/ 202.339.9209 (O).

$1,100,000 Georgetown home built in 1990 sited. Large, open living/ dining space with fireplace, hardwood floors. Walk-in Lit w/ French doors to patio/garden. Second level w/ Master BR w/ vaulted ceiling, FP. LL in law suite w/ private entrance. Allen Goldberg 202.352.7653/ 202.363.1800 (O).

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Unique 4BR, 4.5BA Contemporary nestled in a cul-de-sac on 1/3 acre lot. This brick home is an impressive combination of interior hardwoods, expanses of glass, beamed ceilings in Chef’s kitchen which features a fireplace & family area. Friendship Heights Office 202-364-5200.

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reminiscent of Monet or Cézanne. Opening reception: Friday, Sept. 16, 6 to 8 p.m. AddisonRipleyFineArt.com.

Cross Mackenzie Gallery Having relocated from Georgetown’s Canal Square to Dupont Circle, Cross Mackenzie Gallery will be reopening to the public this fall with the work of ceramic artist Michael Fujita, whose work is inspired by fleeting observations of the world around him. Regular monthly openings are also scheduled throughout the duration of the season. Welcome back, Cross Mackenzie! CrossMackenzie.com.

Heiner Contemporary By Ari Post

ith every fall season, gallery walls come vibrantly to life like the foliage of the Shenandoah. The arts, like the trees, are inspiring and beautiful; sometimes joyous, often times heartbreaking. They stir something deep within us. Why would we labor to make a painting in an era of convenience and efficiency? Why would we visit the National Gallery when Avatar is on Netflix? Why do we yearn for the leaves to change in October, even though we’ve seen it captured in an endless stream of photographs? Because nothing satisfies our craving for life like the sensory immersion of art. Just as we pick up produce at the farmer’s market instead of buying it wrapped in cellophane, sometimes we just crave something real. Here is a list of some of the District’s most anticipated gallery offerings this season. Go experience it for yourself. Go stand in front of a painting on a crisp autumn evening with a glass of free wine in one hand and a hunk of stinky cheese in the other. I dare you not to feel alive.

(e)merge Art Fair Kicking off the fall arts season, the (e)merge art fair Sept. 22 to 25 is a weekend-long event that brings together artists, galleries, curators and collectors to discover and experience a world of emerging artistic talent. Hosted at the Capitol Skyline Hotel by the Navy Yard and Waterfront Metros, the fair brings together a consortium of galleries and nonprofit art venues with special events and educational programming featuring prominent curators, critics and artists, while providing free exhibition space to a large pool of emerging artistic talent. Guided tours of the fair will be available. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit EmergeArtFair.com.

Heiner Contemporary will showcase the work of New York artist David Kramer Sept. 9 through Oct. 22. Deeply affected by the pop art and advertising aesthetics surrounding his upbringing in the 1970s, his work injects the faux glamour of that era onto a scratchy canvas filled with terse observations and acrid dictums, constructing a disillusioned, often hilarious satire on the American dream. Opening party and artist performance: Saturday, Sept. 24, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. HeinerContemporary.com.

Hamiltonian Gallery

A joint exhibition of artists Nora Howell and David Page will be on view at the Hamiltonian Gallery, Sept. 17 through Oct. 29. Howell explores issues surrounding race and identity through photography and food; a functioning coffee bar will be installed in the gallery. Page’s work consists of three large-scale, mechanical sculptures in mixed media including steel, wood and leather. Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept. 17, 7 to 9 p.m. Artist Talk: Wednesday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m. HamiltonianGallery.com.

Hemphill Fine Arts Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, who have worked collaboratively since 1988, are among today’s most renowned contemporary Russian artists. They have been shown in more than 170 museums in more than 40 countries, including the MoMA, The Whitney and the Hirshhorn. Hemphill Fine Arts’ exhibition, KABAKOV showing Sept. 10 through Oct. 29 continues the artists’ ongoing examination of societal transitions between construction and decline through illustrative, sometimes childlike symbols. Opening reception: Saturday, Sept. 10, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Marsha Mateyka Gallery

In the Terrace Gallery of the Artisphere, the exhibition “Date/Fields,” running Sept. 23 to Nov. 27, brings together five renowned international artists, all working with the contemporary flow and transfer of data, to transform the gallery into a portal of sensory information: sites of signal, noise, presence and absence. Curated by acclaimed electronic sound artist Richard Chartier. Gallery reception: Friday, Sept. 23, 7 to 10 p.m. Artisphere.com.

2011 has been an industrious year for Sam Gilliam, one of Washington’s most acclaimed and revered artists: a central installation and curatorial venture at the Phillips Collection, a collaborative exhibit with the Kreeger Museum, and a commissioned mural at the Takoma Metro Station, to name a few. To round off the year, the Marsha Mateyka Gallery will open their fall season with an exhibition of Gilliam’s paintings, Sept. 17 through Oct. 29. This is a remarkable opportunity to see a more intimate side of Gilliam’s usually large-scale work. Reception for the artist: Saturday, Sept. 17, 4 to 6 p.m. MarshaMateykaGallery.com.

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From Sept. 10 through Oct. 15, Addison/Ripley will exhibit the landscapes and nature paintings of Mary Page Evans. Evans’s purity and reduction of form and color, at once a seeming tribute to her mentor Gene Davis – a renowned Washington colorist whose work is currently on view at the National Gallery – also reveals a lifelong battle between representation and abstraction,

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An exhibition of abstract painter Kenneth Victor Young, a member of the Washington Color School of the 1960s, will open at the Parish Gallery with a reception on Friday, Sept. 16, 6 to 8 p.m. Then, Oct. 21 through Nov. 15, the gallery will host the work of printmaker Percy Martin, longtime art teacher in the Washington area, whose series of lush and complex prints

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details the lives and rituals of the Bushmen, a mythological people born of the artist’s imagination. Opening Reception: Friday, Oct. 21, 6 to 8 p.m. ParishGallery.com.

Project 4 “In Quest of the Sun,” an exhibition of new work by D.C. artist Ellington Robinson, will be on view at Project 4, Sept. 9 through Oct. 15. Robinson’s new work explores the ways by which we reach our physical and socioeconomic locations. Opening reception: Sept. 9, 7 to 9 p.m. From Oct. 22 through Nov. 26, the gallery will host a show of artist Agnes Bolt, who has long explored the relationship between artist and collector, living and interacting virtually with many D.C. art collectors. The show will feature photography, video and collected objects from Bolt’s experiences. Project4Gallery.com.

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As featured in the last issue of The Georgetowner, the highlight of The Ralls Collection’s fall season will be an exhibition of revered local painter John Blee this October. For more information, visit Georgetowner. com or RallsCollection.com.

Susan Calloway Fine Arts “ArtCode,” a show of artist Edurne Esponda Sept. 30 through Oct. 29, displays the artist’s colorful, playful and thought provoking oeuvre. Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, Esponda has traveled the world as both an artist and fashion designer. As a painter, she looks to illustrate the fashion world in her paintings, often referencing clothing sizes and barcodes. Her color palette evokes the atmosphere of her childhood home in Oaxaca. Opening reception: Friday, Sept. 30. CallowayArt.com.

Washington Project for the Arts OPTIONS 2011, the 14th installment of WPA’s biennial exhibition of works by emerging and unrepresented local Sam Gilliam at Marsha Meteyka Gallery

artists, will open Sept. 15 and run through Oct. 29. Highlighting the breadth and diversity of the area’s contemporary art scene, the exhibition will include work by 14 artists selected by curator Stefanie Fedor, executive director of the Arlington Arts Center. Opening reception: Sept. 15, 6 to 8 p.m. WPADC.com.

Maurine Littleton Gallery This November, the Maurine Littleton Gallery will be featuring new glass sculptures by British artist Colin Reid. Reid is regarded as a pioneer in the field of kilncast glass, with works in more than 45 museum collections worldwide. Reid was recently awarded the prestigious Peoples Prize at the 2010 British Glass Biennale and is an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. The gallery will also be displaying the work of metal sculptor Albert Paley. Exhibition dates TBA. LittletonGallery.com.

Zenith Gallery Marjorie Goldberg, long established as one of the premier galleryists in the Washington area, will host a show of Zenith Gallery artists recent-

ly profiled in the new book, “100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic,” by Ashley Rooney. The exhibition, at Chevy Chase Pavilion, Sept. 21 through Oct. 29, features an array of work in various media by renowned regional artists, including F. Lennox Campello and Julie Girardini. Meet the Author and Artists: Wednesday, Sept. 21, 6 to 9 p.m. ZenithGallery.com.

Call To Artists: Art Bank The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) is seeking to purchase artwork of all mediums and dimensions to be included in the Art Bank Collection. The Collection is looking to acquire diverse and dynamic forms of contemporary art from working artists in the D.C. area, but preference will be given to District residents. To submit online, visit DCarts.Slidroom.com. For more information contact Zoma Wallace, Curator of Art Collections of DCCAH at Zoma.Wallace@dc.gov or 202.724.5613. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Sept. 30.

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Julie Girardini, David Hubbard, Joan Konkel, Barton Rubenstein, Paul Martin Wolff Pavilion, 5335 Wisconsin Ave NW, WDC 20015. 2nd level hrs. Wednesday-Saturday, noon-6:00 PM and by appointment. at the Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space A Show of Zenith Artists – Profiled in the New Book at 1111 Penn. Ave. NW WDC 20004 “100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic” by Ashley Rooney MEET THE ARTISTS: Book Party: Meet the Author & Artists Wednesday, October 5, 5:30-8:00 pm Wed,, September 21, 6:00-8:30 pm September 8, 2011 – January 7, 2012 Open daily Exhibition: September 21 – October 29, 2011

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delis and homes of the city’s neighborhoods, and reflects the greater national history. On the National Mall, with its monuments new and old, the great national story is memorialized and remembered. Culture, reflected in the arts both fine and popular, is where all the city’s identities and factions meet to co-celebrate, co-mingle. In our museums, our theaters and our performing arts venues, the nation meets its citizens. Locals, visitors and temporary inhabitants share the expressions of dreams in works of art, plays, dance and music. These are difficult times for the arts and its institutions and leaders, who must find ways to make so called “high” and “elite” performance arts like opera, symphonic music and ballet accessible to everyone through education and affordability. This is a tricky dilemma facing artistic directors of orchestras, theater companies, dance companies and a variety of venues —it’s the conflict of art and commerce, a lessening of governmental assistance through grants and other issues. Sometimes, this is a fight for survival and not everyone makes it; witness the recent loss of the CityDance troupe in Washington. How do the performing arts express themselves through music and dance in Washington? Let us count the ways or at least some of them in this preview of events, concerts, performances and festivals in the coming season.

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By Gary Tischler

hat is a place, a city, a town, a region, but its people and their culture? In Washington, D.C.—and the surrounding area lumped under the Beltway which gets us to Maryland and Virginia and vice versa—the idea and execution of culture manifests itself in ways that reflect the complicated identity of the city. There is always talk of a political culture, because politics defines the city’s raison d’etre, the only city in America to house so many elected officials as well as ambassadors from the world, a status which all but demands the presence of high and low cultural institutions and venues. The nature of the city as the seat of national and international power often obscures the local nature of the city: its neighborhoods, its history, its presence as a functioning city and wanna-be-state, not to mention its own peculiar ethnic, racial, political and cultural history. That history runs deep into the roots of trees, cracks in sidewalks, corner

Elizabeth Gaither & Jared Nelson by Steve Vaccariello of the Great Gatsby of Washington Ballet

THE KENNEDY CENTER Before you make any sort of plans, check out this date: Sept. 19, 2011. That Monday is the day the Kennedy Center celebrates its 40th birthday and the day of the 40th Anniversary Ticket Giveaway, which will award two free tickets to every Kennedy Centerpresented performance

taking place over the 2011-2012 season. The giveaway also launches the MyTIX program, which is designed to increase access to performances for people ages 18-30, the underserved, and members of the armed forces. The program is funded by Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein and his wife Alice as part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program. For more information, go to the Kennedy Center website or register for the giveaway at. kennedy-center. org/kc40. That being said, here are some other things at the Kennedy Center to look forward to. On the jazz front, there’s a very special program, Nov. 11 through 16, called “Swing, Swing, Swing” focusing on the rhythmic beat which is the heart and soul of jazz, and which was the core of American popular music from the 1920s through the 1950s. Like the Duke said: “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” A highlight of the swing celebraSonny Rollins courtesy wpas tion is “Jazz on the Elevens: A Tribute to Billy Taylor” on Nov. 11, when some of the world’s top jazz musicians will gather to pay tribute to Taylor, the leader of the center’s jazz program for years and a legendary jazz pianist in his own right. Taylor passed away last year. On board at the Eisenhower Theater will be Ramsey Lewis, Danilo Perez, Terence Blanchad, Winard Harper and Christian Sands among others. The National Pops Orchestra, under new director Steven Reineke, will join NEA Jazz Master George Benson in “George Benson: An Unforgettable Tribute to Nat King Cole” at the Concert Hall, Nov. 25 to 26. On top of that, you can dance, dance, dance to the music of the Firecracker Jazz Band, Asleep at the Wheel and the Eric Felton Jazz Orchestra on the Millennium Stage. Swing dancing will be encouraged on the Grand Foyer, transformed into the KC Dance Hall for the duration of the festival. NSO Time—The National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach, in his second year as NSO conductor, will get the 2011-2012 season rolling for its season opening ball concert featuring violin super star Joshua Bell by Odessy Barbu. NSO Season Opening Ball Concert at Joshua Bell with works that include the The Kennedy Center National Anthem, Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bell), and Ravel’s “Bolero” among other selections on Sept. 25. THE WASHINGTON Not to be missed is Thursday’s “9/11: 10 Years PERFORMING ARTS Later, An Evening of Remembrance and ReSOCIETY flection,” a tribute concert with performances The Washington Performing Arts Society has by Denyce Graves, Emmylou Harris, Wynton been in the forefront of bringing in world-class, Marsalis and the NSO, with remarks by Colin diverse musical artists and groups for more than Powell, Madeline Albright and Condoleezza 40 years as a non-profit performing arts preRice, and hosted by broadcaster Christiane senting organization with a strong educational Amanpour in the Concert Hall. and community presence. As such, its thumb Reineke’s first pops venture will be “Some prints in terms of venues and performers are Enchanted Evening: The Music of Rodgers all over the Washington area in places both big and Hammerstein,” Oct. 13 through 15, feaand small, including the Kennedy Center, the turing Kelli O’Hara of “South Pacific” fame.

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DANCE, DANCE, DANCE The Suzanne Farrell Ballet will celebrate its 10th anniversary at the Kennedy Center with two performances featuring nothing but the works of George Balanchine, the great American choreographer who was Farrell’s mentor and inspiration. The company is dedicated to

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ner, blues man, singer-songwriter and a modern link to classic Mississippi Delta Blues – kicks of the 2011-2012 season for the Music Center at Strathmore on Sept. 15. That would be Keb’ Mo’, once Kevin Moore, and his band, celebrating the release of “The Reflections,” his first studio album in three years, a work that includes collaborations with country star Vince Gill, soul singer India Arie, saxophonist Dave Koz and session guitarist David T Walker. Coming up—Madeleine Peroux, also with a new release out called “Standing on the Rooftop,” will bring her unique song styling of blues and jazz Sept. 30. She’s a true world-singer, having lived in Georgia, Southern California, Brooklyn and New York. Pop, jazz and cabaret singer Nellie McKay’s opens the show. Also on tap on Oct. 4 is Pat Metheney with Larry Grenadier, a Strathmore presentation in collaboration with Blues Alley. The enduring jazz guitarist has collected seven Grammies. Strathmore is also celebrating American composers with several events surrounding the career of Charles Ives, considered one of America’s greatest composers of the 20th Century, alongside Aaron Copeland and Duke Ellington (who will get the focus treatment at Strathmore in spring of 2012). Of special interest is “Charles Ives: A Life in Music,” a program at the Music Center featuring Jeremy Denk on piano, baritone William Sharp, D.C. actor Floyd King and the Post-Classical Ensemble on Nov. 3.

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Music Center at Strathmore, Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University, the Harman Center for the Arts, the Warner Theater and the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue. Its presenting activities range across the whole spectrum of the performing arts, from classical music, individuals and groups, to jazz, pop music and world music and dance performers and groups. It features a variety of series—the Orchestra Series, the Hayes Piano Series, the Kreeger String Series, the Jazz Legends Series and others, including producing the Velocity D.C. Dance Festival at Sidney Harman Hall Oct. 20 to 23. Here are some early WPAS highlights: The Budapest Festival Orchestra under the baton of conductor Ivan Fischer will be at the Kennedy Center Oct. 26 with a program of Hungarian peasant songs by Bela Bartok and Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, otherwise known as “The Great.” The Hayes Piano Series begins Oct. 1 at the Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center with a recital of the works of Haydn, Armstrong, Schumann and Liszt by the rising piano star Till Fellner, who appeared last year at the Embassy of Austria and with the Embassy Series. The incomparable saxophone player Sonny Rollins will perform in the Jazz Legends Series Oct. 10 followed on Nov. 9 by Dave Brubeck, both at the KC Concert Hall. Four-time Tony Award winner (for “Carousel,” “Master Class,” “Ragtime” and “A Raisin in the Sun”) Audra McDonald brings her vocal talents to the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall, making her way through selections from the great American songbook.

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preserving the Balanchine legacy under the leadership of the legendary ballerina. The company returns to the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater, Oct. 12 through 16, accompanied by the KC Opera House Orchestra. Among the highlights is “Diamonds,” a work taken from Balanchine’s full-length work “Jewels,” done in collaboration with the Sarasota Ballet. Washington Ballet artistic director Septime Webre is bringing back its hit ballet, a stylish adaptation of one of the most enduring and characteristically American works of literature: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” Nov. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower. The production, called “crazily ambitious” (very like Jay Gatsby and the enchanting

Daisy), by one critic, includes music by Billy Novick’s Blue Syncopators, vocals by E. Faye Butler and Will Garthshore and tap dancing by Ryan Johnson. The Washington Ballet will also hold its inaugural ball and soiree built along the lines of “The Great Gatsby Prohibition Party” at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 30. The 2011 Velocity Dance Festival will be held at Harman Hall Oct. 20 through 23, presented by the Washington Performing Arts Society, the Shakespeare Theatre Company and DanceMetro D.C. Participants include the Jane Franklin Dance Company, Urban Artistry, Flamenco Aparidio Run Quina and the Edgeworth Dance Theatre, among others. In a double bill, the Dana Tai Soon Burgess

troupe will present the world premiere of “Becoming American,” a work exploring the experience of a Korean child uprooted from her birthplace when she is adopted by American parents. The highly original Burgess, dubbed “the poet laureate of Washington Dance,” will also include the company’s popular “Charlie Chan and the Mystery of Love, color black.” Performances are Oct. 14 through 16 at the Dance Place.

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The Embassy Series continues to operate at the crossroads of the international community and the city, providing opportunities for interaction and windows on the rest of the world for its patrons. Jerome Barry is now entering the 18th year of the series he founded, starting with a core of embassies from European and Eastern European countries, presenting rising young classical musicians and groups, and spreading out to other parts of the world, presenting music and performers from the Middle East. The latter has proven to be even more important today, given the upheavals still going on the region and the American presence there. “I think the concerts on that level offer opportunities for exchanges for seeing those countries in terms of their culture and people,” Barry said. “We had a concert with Egypt only weeks after the uprising there.” The Series opens its 2011-2012 season with “Songs of the Vilna Ghetto Experience” at the Embassy of Lithuania Sept. 16 with Barry, a baritone, singing songs played and listened to by Jewish residents of the Vilna ghetto during the Holocaust. That concert is followed by “High Strings, Deep Voice,” with Katharina Radlberger-Bergmann on violin, Susanne Friedrich on cello, Bill Merrill on Piano and bass-baritone Rupert Bergman performing the music of Schubert, Bottenberg, Wagner, Wolf and Haydn at the Embassy of Austria Sept. 16. The Embassy of the Czech Republic has announced the “Mutual Inspiration Festival 2011 – Antonin Dvorak,” beginning Sept. 8 and running through Oct. 28, celebrating the 170th birthday of the legendary Czech classical music composer. The festival, spearheaded by the patronage

Marin Alsop, Music Director of BSO. Photo by CreditGrantLeighton

of Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg, features over 500 local and international artists and takes place all over Washington, including venues like the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art, the Embassy of the Czech Republic, the Phillips Collection and others. The festival features a variety of concerts, lectures films and exhibitions focusing on Dvorak’s work and his sources and inspirations. With more than 200 free events featuring European entertainers and artists for children, the Kid Euro Festival is back Oct. 14 through Nov. 10. It is being staged with the cooperation of 27 European Union Embassies and more than 20 local cultural institutions. There will be puppetry, dance, music, theater, storytelling and acts of magic along with children’s films and workshops. Teatro de La Luna, one of the area’s premier Hispanic theatrical organizations, is presenting its annual Latin American Harp Festival at the Gunston Arts Center Theater Sept. 16 and 17. Featured are artists Hildo Aguire of Colombia, Pedro Gaona from Paraguay, and Angel Tolosa from Venezuela.

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OPERA Preview

By Gary Tischler

ashington experienced a wrenching and rare one-two weather punch in one week — an unprecedented earthquake followed by a hurricane. The Washington National Opera Company had a year that was almost as momentous and earthshaking, but with much more salutatory results. In 2011, the company saw the resignation of its long-time maestro, Artistic Director Placido Domingo. This was followed this summer by the announcement of an Affiliation Plan by the WNO with the Kennedy Center, a farreaching development that brings a great deal of stability, while adding the musical jewel that is the WNO to the Center. In addition it was announced that Francesca Zambello, a renowned director familiar to Washington audiences, was appointed the WNO’s artistic Advisor. No replacement has yet been named for Domingo. That’s a lot of change and upheaval for any artistic institution, yet the WNO is preparing to start the 2011-2012 season with its production of Puccini’s “Tosca” Sept. 10 in an upbeat, high-energy mood. “Obviously, the affiliation is a win-win for everyone,” said Christina Scheppelman, director of artistic operations for the WNO. “It’s been in the works and talked about for a long time and that makes it an exciting time for us. But the 2010-2011 season has been planned four to five years in advance and was in place already before all of this came about.” With “Tosca” to be followed by Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” in November, the WNO starts its season with two operas that are

more operatic than most. “They’re very dramatic operas, they’re full of the kinds of devices and characters with over-the-top situations with grand, familiar, classic music and singing and arias,” Scheppelman said. In other words, they’re full of murder, tragedy, great passion and sacrifice and larger-than-life heroines and villains, not to mention suicide, madness and other sundry deeds on wind-swept battlements. It’s familiar stuff, to be sure, and familiarity and popularity sometimes grates on critics who want to see more cutting edge stuff. “Our first responsibility,” Scheppelman said, “is to our audiences, and to make sure that we deliver artistic productions of the highest quality. So, yes, you’re going to see a ‘Madame Butterfly,’ but people forget that we’ve also, successfully I might add, done terrific productions of ‘A View from the Bridge’ and ‘Billy Budd’ among other more contemporary operas.” Michael Mael, the newly appointed executive director, hailed WNO’s new affiliation. “It gives us all the resources which the Kennedy Center can bring to bear, plus we have the center’s president, Michael Kaiser, who has run an opera company, who has a great passion for opera, who is an exceptional representative and leader for the arts world-wide.” “My responsibility is to make sure we have a world-class company and that we never sacrifice artistic excellence,” Mael said. “I came to opera relatively late, but when it happened, I fell in love with it” Many of the programs put in place by Domingo remain including the Celebrity Artist series, which won’t begin until March with soprano Angela Gheorghiu. Domingo himself has not disappeared—he returns to conduct “Tosca” which will be directed by Dzvid Kneuss. “Tosca” will also be part of the WNO’s hugely popular “Opera in the Outfield” series, in which a live performance of the opera will be simulcast to audiences at the Washington Nationals Park for free on Sept. 22. “Tosca” is why Puccini, as a composer of classic opera, is the king, all Wagner devotees aside. Puccini has the three most popular, most enduring and tear-stained, high-drama operas ever written. And the music that goes with them lives outside them in familiar forms. Giacomo Puccini, as the composer of “La Boheme,” “Madama Butterfly” and “Tosca,” made an achievement something on the order of hitting 60 home runs three season in a row without the aid of steroids. The promos call “Tosca” an “irresistible com-

Patricia Racette as Tosca. Photo by Scott Suchman.

bination of passion, pathos and despair,” the trifecta of tragic opera. It includes the classic arias “Vissi d’arte” and “E lucevan le stele.” It stars the country’s top singing actors in soprano Patricai Racette as Floria Tosca, a hot-blooded singer placed in impossible situations trying to save her lover from the double-crossing, impassioned and lust-struck Baron Scarpio, performed by bass-baritone Alan Held. (Natalia Ushakova will sing Tosca Sept. 23). There are nine performances on Sept. 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 22, 23 and 24 and one matinee Sept. 18. Donizetti may not have had as many super-legendary hits as Puccini (who has?), but he came up with one of opera’s most hysterical, hugely dramatic, over-the-top and, well, operatic, operas in “Lucia di Lammemoor.” Famous for its mad scene (see the late Joan Sutherland), a challenge to any living, high-note soprano in the world willing to take on the role. It’s directed by David Alden and doublecast with Russian soprano Lyubov Petrova and Sarah Coburn as the Lucias. There are eight performances Nov. 10 through 19. Let the season begin.

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Rubell Family Collection, Miami. We decided to call [the exhibition] “30 Americans.” “Americans,” rather than “African Americans” or “Black Americans” because nationality is a statement of fact, while racial identity is a question each artist answers in his or her own way, or not at all. And the number 30 because we acknowledge, even as it is happening, that this show does not include everyone who could be in it. The truth is, because we do collect right up to the last minute before a show, there are actually 31 artists in “30 Americans.” —Rubell Family, November, 2008

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COUNTRY

LAST TASTE OF SUMMER: CRABS By Ari Post

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ou can’t experience a real summer in Washington without covering a few bases. First, you need to sweat all the way through your work clothes in the August humidity. Second, you need to head to Meridian Hill Park on at least one Sunday evening to hear the weekly African drum circle. Third, you need to walk around the Dupont Circle Farmers Market to experience the bounty of summer produce. Fourth, you need to pick up a wooden mallet and whack the bejeezus out of a freshly steamed blue crab leg— and eat whatever you find inside. There may be a few things we forgot, but there really is no Delmarva summer experience as quintessential and satisfying as digging into your very own bucket of Chesapeake blue crabs. While perhaps it used to be that a meaty, blue pincer was hard to get without driving all the way out to a crab shack on the Chesapeake waterfront, there are enough authentic crab houses in the Metro area today to satisfy even the most stringent crab purists. Corn, hushpuppies, coleslaw, a wedge of lemon, a pair of nutcrackers, and a large roll of butcher paper is all that friends and families need to experience this summer treat at its finest. And now is the last chance to enjoy these crustaceous hallmarks before the season winds to a close. Whether eating out or going down to the Wharf to pick up your catch alive and fresh, here are some choice places in and around town to get some quintessential Maryland blue crab and enjoy the end of summer the way everyone should.

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Tony Cibel, a native Washingtonian, is kind of the seafood king of northwest Washington. He is responsible for Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place, Rockfish Raw Bar & Grille and Nick’s Riverside Grille, to name a few. The Dancing Crab, a Washington institution for over 20 years, is also within his seafaring domain. And it’s as authentic as a Maryland-style crab house comes. The restaurant only serves Chesapeake crabs when “the big ones are available”—and if they’re not, they ship their catch fresh from Louisiana, helping out the area’s recovering economy. But as crabs go, The Dancing Crab is tops. It’s also a happening place, filled with regulars that have been coming since the place opened. They do karaoke on Saturday nights, trivia on Wednesdays, and Ladies’ Night specials every Friday. 4611 Wisconsin Ave., NW, 202.244.1882

The Wharf Maine Ave., SW If you’re brave enough to cook crabs on your own, the Wharf on the southwest waterfront off Maine Avenue, is a wealth of fresh daily catch. You can get most fish that you’re looking for there, and in the summer months their specialties are shrimp and crab. The Maryland blue crabs this season are piled in monstrous twitching towers on beds of ice, fat and blue and beautiful. There’s no big secret to cooking them. Throw them in a big steamer with plenty of Old Bay – make sure there is vinegar in the water – and steam until they turn red. Still, if you’re too impatient to cook them

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THE WILLARD: BIRTHPLACE OF ‘BATTLE HYMN’ By Donna Evers

hile historians generally believe the term “lobbyist” came from England circa 1800, it is part of our local lore that the term originated in the lobby of the Willard Hotel in downtown Washington. It seems that President U.S. Grant liked to slip away from the White House to enjoy a cigar and brandy at the nearby hotel. People in high places who wanted favors used to lie in wait for him, and hence the Washington version of the term “lobbyist.” Since the hotel’s 1986 period restoration, the lobby is so redolent of the 1860s, that one can easily imagine Grant stretched out in a velvet lounge chair behind one of the potted palms. What you may not know is that another piece of 1860’s history was born at the Willard, before Grant was president and even before he assumed command of the Union Army. It had to do with the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, whose 150 year anniversary was celebrated this summer with speeches and re-enactments at the battleground park in Manassas, Va. Early in the conflict, confident that they could defeat the South, the Union Army marched toward Richmond with the hope of bringing the war to a quick close. The North was so sure of itself that congressmen and dignitaries from Washington packed picnic lunches and rode their carriages behind the army so they could watch their soldiers win the day. Instead, the northerners met with fierce resistance from the strong southern army they encountered in Manassas. This was the battle where Confederate General Thomas Jonathan Jackson earned the nickname “Stonewall” for not giving up his

The Willard Hotel, in the 1860s and today

position, and where the first civilian casualty of the war occurred, when the 85-year-old woman who owned the house on Henry Hill was killed in the cannon crossfire. The battle lasted five hours with many casualties on both sides, and ended with the Union army turning back and fleeing toward Washington. The civilians quickly turned their carriages around to head back east, got mixed in with the retreating soldiers, and created a massive traffic jam with panicked soldiers and civilians running in all directions. As a result of this battle, morale in the Union Army was at low ebb, and the generals had a hard time recruiting soldiers. A New England abolitionist named Julia Ward Howe was afraid that the North might lose and slavery would not be defeated. So, she came to Washington to see if she could help. While Howe was in town

staying at the Willard Hotel, she heard soldiers singing “John Brown’s Body” outside her open window. She liked the melody but thought it was a shame there weren’t better words to go with the song. When she awoke up in the middle of the night, she was suddenly wide awake and began writing verses to the melody, which she later sold to The Atlantic Monthly magazine for $5. “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” became one of our most beloved patriotic songs, and on the front of the Willard Hotel, a plaque commemorates Julia Ward Howe for writing the verses that led Union troops into battle through the next four terrible years, until they were, as the song promised, victorious. Here is one more story about the Willard: as

we celebrate the new memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it’s interesting to know that he stayed at the Willard in 1963, almost 100 years after Howe’s visit, in the days before he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. When you think of him sitting in his room going over the words of his history-changing speech, you have to believe that inspiration must live in those walls. Donna Evers, devers@eversco.com, is the owner and broker of Evers & Co. Real Estate, the largest woman owned and run real estate company in the Washington Metro area; the proprietor of Twin Oaks Tavern Winery in Bluemont, Virginia; and a devoted fan of Washington history.

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Food

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The Latest Dish By Linda Roth Conte

hef Francesco Ricchi is moving his namesake Italian restaurant, Cesco, to a larger location in Bethesda. Cesco Trattoria will occupy the former McCormick and Schmick’s location at 7401 Woodmont Ave. This new, large pizza and pasta restaurant (10,000 square feet) will feature a roomy neighborhood bar accompanied by a big bar. It is slated to open in mid-October. The Smoke & Barrel is the name of the new upstairs beer bar at Asylum, a vegetarian (and vegan) restaurant on 18th Street, NW in the Petworth section of D.C. John Andrade and partners also own Meridian Pint, so there’s the connection. The new name reflects the highlights of the place: barbecue, beer and bourbon (what, no bacon?!) . Yum.

Cedric Maupillier, upcoming chef for Mintwood Place

Mintwood Place is slated to open this fall on Columbia Road, N.W., in Adams Morgan where the yogurt shop underneath Perry’s used to be. Saied Ayoubi owns both Perry’s and Mintwood Place. Chef will be Cedric Maupillier, whose impressive resume includes Maestro, Central by Michel Richard and Citronelle. He was also part of the opening team for Medium Rare in Cleveland Park. The chef plans to source food and beverage ingredients locally and to complement the green build-out, much of the wood used was from an Amish barn in Pennsylvania. It will be open for breakfast (house-made croissants!), lunch and dinner. There are 124 seats inside and 24 on the patio. White House staffers, your options for lunch are increasing. New-York-based Chop’t plans to open at 1730 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Illinois-based gourmet sandwich chain Jimmy Johns plans to open nearby at 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., in September. They also plan to open another Jimmy Johns at 14th and L Streets N.W., later this fall. Spike Mendelsohn’s Good Stuff Eatery plans to expand to Crystal City on Crystal Drive, near Jaleo. It will be much larger than the Capitol Hill original spot, with the addition of a PDR (private dining room). A January opening is targeted. Based on customer comments, he, along with his sister, Micheline, is also planning a Georgetown location. On Sept. 7, Sara Polon planned the opening of her first Soupergirl, with a dash of humor and recipes from her mother, Soupermom, aka Marilyn Polon. Soupergirl will offer homemade soups and salads that feature seasonal, fresh ingredients from local farmers, as well locally sourced breads and baked goods. It’s open for

self-service lunch and dinner and carry-out. All soups, salads and baked goods are vegan and are under orthodox kosher supervision. All biodegradable scraps are deposited in the compost bins which Soupergirl shares with fellow residents of the conservation-minded building in which the store is located. Dark wood tables and light green chairs are made from 111 recycled Coke bottles. Did we mention this is in the Takoma section of D.C., or was that obvious?

Banh mi is a traditional Vietnamese sandwich of pickled vegetables and fillings such as chicken, pork and meatballs, tofu and butternut squash, in a baguette. This Vietnamese quick food has been growing in popularity in the region, care of BonMi, whose new banh mi shop will open in the former Sandella’s space at 1911 I St., N.W. A late September opening is planned. Katsuya Fukushima has been named the new head chef at Daikaya in Chinatown (or Penn Quarter), the new ramen restaurant owned by Sushiko co-owner Daisuke Utagawa. Previously the Okinawa native worked for Jose Andres’ ThinkFoodGroup. Daikaya, is scheduled to open on 6th Street, N.W., behind the Verizon Center in the first quarter 2012.

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Morton’s The Steakhouse has signed a lease to re-locate its Tysons Corner steakhouse to the former Borders location in Tysons Corne, with an opening planned for 2012. Grill Kabob will open at 33rd and M Streets, N.W., in Georgetown in the old Aditi Indian restaurant space. Panera plans to open at DCUSA on Irving Street in Columbia Heights between IHOP and Panda Express by October. Florida-based Miller’s Ale House will open its first Washington-area location at 1500 Rockville Pike next summer. This casual dining restaurant and has 50 locations nationwide. Speaking of Rockville, look for Geoff

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Tracy to open one of his restaurant concepts in the Againn space in Rockville. U.K.-based Wagamama (think noodles) is planning to open in the former Olsson’s bookstore space at 418 Seventh St., N.W., in Penn Quarter in early 2012. Michael Landrum, creator of the Ray’s The Steaks empire, plans to open RYSE, an urban bakeshop/café, in the City Vista building at 1065 5th St., N.W., in Mt. Vernon Square. Roti Mediterranean Grill is slated to open at 1501 Wilson Blvd. next spring, part of 14,500 square feet formerly (and partially) occupied by Oak Street Café. Also opening in Rosslyn, Ahra Cafe & Sandwich Bar at 1100 Wilson Blvd., referred to as the twin towers. Paul Park is the owner. Duplex Diner on 18th Street, N.W., between Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan has a new look and a new owner. Founding owner Eric Hirshfield sold his lucky 13-year-old place to longtime bartender, Kevin Lee. Hikari Sushi & Sake Bar is planning to open in the Atlas District at 644 H Street, N.E. Boundary Stone is under construction in Bloomingdale section of D.C. at 116 Rhode Island Ave., N.W. You’ll know the bar is open when you see the huge neon Sylvan sign (from the old Sylvan Theater) lit out front. A variety of micro-brewed beers will be featured. Marrakesh Lounge is slated to open in Adams Morgan at 1817 Columbia Rd., N.W., where Evolve used to be. Adams Morgan is popping restaurants: The Mellow Mushroom is now shooting to open this month at the old 18th and Red location, 2436 18th St., N.W. They were at the mercy of the construction gods. Cheesetique in Virginia’s Del Ray section (not far from National Airport) plans to open in the Village at Shirlington this fall. They have also added a dining room to the back of their Del Ray store.

Chef Update: Dan Giusti, head chef at 1789, is heading to across the Atlantic to Copenhagen to work at Noma, currently ranked as No. 1 restaurant in the world by S. Pellegrino’s World’s Top Restaurants. He will not be the head chef, but he will learn unique preparations from the ground up. The kitchen at 1789 will be manned by Brian Stickel, who previously worked there, and will soon be chef at The Clyde’s Group’s forthcoming downtown restaurant and music venue, The Hamilton. Cesare Lanfranconi is now at Lia’s, part of Geoff Tracy’s restaurant empire. Derek Brown has hired Joe Rumberger to run the kitchens at The Passenger and Columbia Rood, the twin bars on 7th Street, N.W., he owns with his brother Tom. Previously, Joe was sous chef at Restaurant Nora. John Engle has been named chef de cuisine at Robert Wiedmaier’s Brasserie Beck in downtown D.C. Previously he was sous chef at Marcel’s, then at the helm of Mussel Bar by RW in Bethesda. Peter Pastan plans to expand his creative operations, but this time way outside of the D.C. area in California’s Central Coast, about an hour north of Santa Barbara. His latest venture is a bakery called Lompoc, located behind the Piedrasassi New Vineland Winery, which he owns a part of, so knows the area is in need of a good place to eat. Peter owns Obelisk in Dupont Circle and Two Amys (his wife being one of the two). He will make his own bread and grow his own wheat for it, as he also leases land from a wheat farmer nearby. Linda Roth Conte is president of Linda Roth Associates, Inc. (LRA) specializing in making creative connections through media relations, marketing initiatives, community outreach and special events for the hospitality industry. Contact Linda at 703-417-2700 or linda@ lindarothpr.com or visit her web site at LindaRothPR.com.

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Cocktail of the week By Miss Dixie

ast week on a perfect summer night, an annual event for a select group of music fans was celebrated in D.C. Parrotheads flocked to suburban Virginia for Jimmy Buffet’s annual tour and marked the event by downing margaritas in droves. While I am not a Buffet fan by any means, I am truly a margarita lover. No other musician is so closely associated with a cocktail than Buffet and the margarita, after his continually-played “Margaritaville” tune hit the airwaves in 1977. Buffet’s ode to his island escape played a huge role in elevating the margarita to the number one tequila cocktail in the U.S. Its popularity in the states has surpassed its prominence in Mexico, where the Paloma is the preferred tipple. Today, Buffet rakes in millions peddling premixed bottled drinks and serving margaritas to fans in his vast of chain of theme-restaurants. Unfortunately for the margarita, its place in the sun has greatly altered a drink that was once delightful and refreshing. These days, it is enjoyed by most in a ready-mixed, preprocessed or machine-dispensed form that vaguely resembles its origins. As Buffet strummed his signature diddy last week, mullet-haired, Hawaiian-shirt wearing fans sang along holding foot-high Slurpee-like drinks housed in plastic guitar-shaped glasses purported by concessionaires to be frozen margaritas. The original margarita is timeless mixture of tequila, orange liqueur (or triple sec) and lime juice. It is a textbook example of David Embury’s “Roll Your Own” theory that drinks are made up of three components - a liquor base, (tequila) a sweetener, (triple sec) and a sour (lime juice). Embury put forth this theory in 1948 book, “The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.” Other cocktails that follow this formula include the daiquiri, whiskey sour and the sidecar. With a recipe this simple, it’s hard to understand how the margarita ventured so far from it roots. For starters, instead of picking up a detergent-sized bottle of margarita mix, invest in an inexpensive lime squeezer and half dozen of limes. If you don’t want to be hassled by squeezing fresh fruit on the spot, make a batch ahead and refrigerate. It will make a world of difference. While cheap varieties of triple sec abound, I suggest upping the ante. Many bartenders use Cointreau, a French liqueur, or Grand Mariner, a Cognac distilled with orange. My personal recommendation is Patron Citronage, a highend triple sec made by one of the most respected tequila makers in the world. Your choice of tequila also plays a big role. Tequila is a distilled spirit made from the blue agave plant. While some tequilas are 100 percent agave, those labeled “mixto” are made with a minimum of 51 percent with other sugars making up the remainder. While many mixologists prefer silver or unaged tequila for their mixability in cocktails, I prefer margaritas forged from a reposado tequila, which is aged in a barrel for up to a year. Slightly aged tequila provides an extra layer of flavor and complexity. As for garnishes, the time-honored margarita should be served on the rocks (my apologies to the frozen drink lovers) and in a glass rimmed with salt. The pinch of salt brightens the fresh, sweet and sour flavor and adds a bit of twang. Follow these simple steps and you can en-

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1226 36th St, NW With the ambiance of an elegant country inn, 1789 features classically based American cuisine – the finest regional game, fish and produce available.

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Georgetown introduces Washington’s first “Dumpling Bar” featuring more than 12 varieties. Come and enjoy the new exotic Thai cuisine inspired by French cooking techniques. Bangkok Joe’s is upscale, colorful and refined. Absolutely the perfect place for lunch or dinner or just a private gathering.

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CHADWICKS

3205 K St, NW (est.1967) A Georgetown tradition for over 40 years, this friendly neighborhood restaurant/saloon features fresh seafood, burgers, award-winning ribs, & specialty salads & sandwiches. Casual dining & a lively bar. Daily lunch & dinner specials. Late night dining (until midnight Sun.Thu., 1A.M. Fri-Sat) Champagne brunch served Sat. & Sun. until 4P.M. Open Mon-Thu 11:30A.M.2A.M. Fri-Sat 11:30A.M.3A.M.Sun 11A.M.-2A.M.Kids’ Menu Available. Located ½ block from the Georgetown movie theatres, overlooking the new Georgetown Waterfront Park

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DAILY GRILL

1310 Wisconsin Ave., NW Reminiscent of the classic American Grills, Daily Grill is best known for its large portions of fresh seasonal fare including Steaks & Chops, Cobb Salad, Meatloaf and Warm Berry Cobbler. Open for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.Visit our other locations at 18th & M Sts NW and Tysons Corner. www.dailygrill.com

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CIRCLE BISTRO

One Washington Circle, NW Washington, DC 22037 Circle Bistro presents artful favorites that reflect our adventurous and sophisticated kitchen. Featuring Happy Hour weekdays from 5pm-7pm, live music every Saturday from 8pm-12midnight, and an a la carte Sunday Brunch from 11:30am-2:30pm. Open dailyfor breakfast, lunch and dinner. www.circlebistro.com

BISTRO FRANCAIS 3124-28 M St NW

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. Our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken); Minute steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frit¬es); Steak Tartare, freshly pre¬pared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes; and the best Eggs Benedict in town. In addition to varying daily specials. www.bistrofrancaisdc.com (202) 338-3830

CITRONELLE (The Latham Hotel) 3000 M St, NW

Internationally renowned chef and restaurateur Michel Richard creates magic with fresh and innovative American-French Cuisine, an exceptional wine list and stylish ambiance.

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR 1736 Wisconsin Ave., NW 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 everyday. Lunch & dinner. Reservations suggested. www.bistrotlepic.com (202) 333-0111

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FILOMENA RISTORANTE 1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW One of Washington’s most celebrated restaurants, Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time for almost a quarter of a century. Our oldworld cooking styles & recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants, alongside the culinary cutting edge creations of Italy’s foods of today, executed by our award winning Italian Chef. Try our spectacular Lunch buffet on Fri. & Saturdays or our Sunday Brunch, Open 7 days a week for lunch & dinner. www.filomena.com (202) 338-8800

DON LOBOS MEXICAN GRILL Serving Washington since 1992, Don Lobos offers authentic Mexican cuisine. We use only the finest and freshest ingredients when making our traditional menu items. Famous for our Mole, and adored for our tamales. We also offer a wide range of tequila and the best margarita in Georgetown. Now serving Brunch Saturday and Sunday from 10-2.

Valet parking.

www.clydes.com Hours: Mon-Thu 11am-10pm Fri-Sat 11am-11pm Sun 10am- 10pm (202) 333-9180

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2311 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Georgetown 3100 South St, NW Restaurant & Degrees Bar & Fine Dining & Exotic EntertainLounge The Ritz-Carlton, ment in Glover Park since 1966 As featured on the cover of December 2007’s Washingtonian magaMonday-Thursday 11am-2am zine, Degrees Bar and Lounge is Friday-Saturday 11am-3am Georgetown’s hidden hot spot. Warm up by the wood burning Sunday 4pm-2am fireplace with our signature “FahrThe kitchen is always open! enheit 5” cocktail, ignite your business lunch with a $25.00 fourA GENTLEMAN’S course express lunch, or make your special occasion memorable with CLUB an epicurean delight with the fire ONLY 21 AND OVER, inspired American regional cuisine. PLEASE www.fahrenheitdc.com www.goodguysclub.com (202) 912-4110

(202) 333-8830

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

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2811 M Street NW

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

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1522 Wisconsin Ave

Captivating customers since 2003 Café Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café featuring award winning crepes & arguably the “best” coffee in D.C! Located in sophisticated Georgetown, our café brings a touch of Paris “je ne sais quoi” to the neighborhood making it an ideal romantic destination. Other can’t miss attributes are; the famous weekend brunch every Sat and Sun until 3pm, our late night weekend hours serving sweet & savory crepes until 1 am Fri-Sat evenings & the alluring sounds of the Syssi & Marc jazz duo every other Wed. at 7:30. We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon!

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MAI THAI

3251 Prospect St. NW If you’re searching for authentic Thai food in the heart of Georgetown, Mai Thai Restaurant is the place to go. The warm atmosphere, attentive service, and variety of wines and cocktails in this contemporary establishment only add to the rich culture and authentic cuisine inspired by Thailand. With an array of authentic dishes, from Lahb Gai (spicy chicken salad) and Pad Thai, to contemporary dishes like Panang soft shell crab and papaya salad, the dynamic menu and spectacular drinks will have you coming back time and time again. Come see for yourself. HAPPY HOUR 3:30 - 6PM www.maithai.com (202) 337-1010

SEA CATCH 1054 31st St, NW Lovers of seafood can always find something to tempt the palette at the Sea Catch Restaurant & Raw Bar. Sea Catch offers fresh seafood “simply prepared” in a relaxed atmosphere. Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer seasonal fireside and outdoor dining. Private party space available for 15 - 300 Complimentary parking Lunch Monday - Saturday 11:30am - 3:00pm Dinner Monday - Saturday 5:30pm - 10:00pm Closed on Sunday Happy Hour Specials at the Bar Monday - Friday 5:00pm -7:00pm www.seacatchrestaurant.com (202) 337-8855

PEACOCK CAFE 3251 Prospect St. NW Established in 1991, Peacock Cafe is a tradition in Georgetown life. The tremendous popularity of The Peacock Happy Day Brunch in Washington DC is legendary. The breakfast and brunch selections offer wonderful variety and there is a new selection of fresh, spectacular desserts everyday. The Peacock Café in Georgetown, DC - a fabulous menu for the entire family. Monday - Thursday: 11:30am - 10:30pm Friday: 11:30am - 12:00am Saturday: 9:00am - 12:00am Sunday: 9:00am - 10:30pm (202) 625-2740

SEQUOIA 3000 K St NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20007 Eclectic American cuisine, Coupled with enchanting views of the Potomac River make Sequoia a one of a kind dining experience. Offering a dynamic atmosphere featuring a mesquite wood fire grill, sensational drinks, and renowned River Bar. No matter the occasion, Sequoia will provide an unforgettable dining experience. www.arkrestaurants.com /sequoia_dc.html

(202) 944-4200

SHANGHAI LOUNGE

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*Newly Openned*1734 Wisconsin Ave.

1201 F St, NW

Shanghai Lounge’s is offering Lily’s family style traditional Chinese dining along with some very unique cocktails and a wide variety of beers and wines. Shanghai Lounge is sexy, stylish, and seductive, it captures the flavors of Asia and we have created an exotic athmosphere, a place where you can unwind, have an exquisite meal, enjoy a drink and be around others to share in the experience.

Ranked one of the most popular seafood restaurants in , DC, “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. What’s more, “nothing” is snobbish here.

Tuesday - Friday Saturday Sundays Monday Happy Hour: Tue - Fri

11:00am - 11:00pm 11:30am - 11:00pm 12 Noon - 9:30pm Closed 3:30pm - 7:00pm

www.shanghailoungedc.com (202) 338-1588

Lunch: Mon-Fri- 11:30am -5:00pm Dinner: Mon-Thur 5-10pm. Fri & Sat 5-11pm. Sun-5-9pm. www.theoceanaire.com (202) 347-2277

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Doukénie Winery in Hillsboro, Va. In June, the Land Trust of Virginia honored winery owners George and Nicola Bazaco for their commitment to preserving “one of northern Loudon Country’s most spectacular properties.” Maria Canora poured a variety of wines and family member Hope Bazaco brought homemade baklava and freshly picked figs. It was then on to Breaux Vineyards in Purcellville, one of the largest wineries east of the Mississippi, where the sampling continued. Several local residents joined up for luncheon at the Yellow Brick Bank in Shepherdstown, W.Va. Terry Swift spoke of his involvement with the arts and asked the group to his historic home. Jim Surkamp led an insider’s walking tour and WW&W co-founder Karen McMullen directed the bus driver around town before everyone contently headed home. - Mary Bird Maria Canora, events manager and resident

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