Washington City Paper (January 8, 2016)

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FOOD: FAREWELL TO FOAM 19

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INSIDE

12 9:30: a time and a place City Paper debuts excerpts from the new oral and pictorial history book on the famed D.C. venue.

4 chatter district line 7

Loose Lips: Kathy Patterson makes her mark as D.C. auditor.

8 Unobstructed View 9 Gear Prudence 10 Savage Love 11 Buy D.C.

d.c. Feed

19 Foam Rule: D.C. bans “Styrofoam” cups, plates, and containers.

21 Grazer: Little Sesame moves hummus to the center of the plate.

21 Underserved: Bourbon Steak’s Bolivianita

arts

23 Short Subjects: Gittell on Anomalisa and Zilberman on The Revenant 24 Curtain Calls: Klimek on West Side Story 25 Discography: Fischer on Sunwolf’s Follow the Dreamers

city list

27 City Lights: The Kennedy Center presents a landmark opera about Queen Liliuokalani.

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Music Books Galleries Dance Theater Film

34 classiFieds diversions 35 Crossword

on the cover Photo by Jim Saah, courtesy of 9:30 Club

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They said in so many words, ‘yeah, i really need To sTop using This shiT anyway.’ —page 19

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CHATTER Sowing the ANCs of Doubt

In which readers are sick and tired of either Kathy Henderson or City Paper, but rarely both

DArrow MoNtgoMery

While perusing the reader response to last week’s cover story about Kathy Henderson and the Advisory Neighborhood Commission on which she sits (“In Critical Commission,” by Elise Bernard, Jan. 1), it became apparent that before we share with you our favorites and top hate-reads from the comments section, we need to clarify our legal position with regards to those comments on our site. As you might imagine, they do not represent the views of this paper or its employees or advertisers. We do not verify claims made in the comments section, and we don’t remove ad-hominem attacks made on public officials, including Commissioner Henderson. So when the readers weighed in to wish ill against Henderson—removal from office, jail, death by streetcar, institutionalization, constipation, “find another way to serve the community”—we can only report back to our readers what the crowd was saying. Perhaps one of our favorite conspiracy theories to explain the behavior of this ANC would be Horacio’s, who posited that perhaps Henderson has been watching too much soapy television: “Power, Scandal, Being Mary Jane and The Empire; I guarantee her DVR watchlist is full of this garbage T.V., which highlights ruthlessness, rewards scandalous behavior and encourages unsavory, manipulative and traitorous spirits!” Carver Resident informed us that apparently someone has taken to handdelivering our papers to ANC 5D residents. “I live smack in the middle of Kathy Henderson’s ANC area and interestingly enough, someone came by on Sunday and placed copies of this edition of The City Paper on all of our front stoops” Thanks for reading, whether you intended to or not! And to those readers who claimed that our focus on Henderson was driven by a racist bias against her: Had we found evidence suggesting problems by other commissioners on 5D, that would have made it into the article.

—Emily Q. Hazzard We did not.

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DISTRICTLINE Loose Lips

Shock and Audit

Kathy Patterson puts some muscle into the D.C. Auditor’s office.

When former Ward 3 Councilmember Kathy Patterson joined the D.C. Council in 1995, the city government was in shambles, with a projected $700 million deficit and a federal control board that eventually seized power over most of the District’s governing functions. But at least there was an upside: Because the District had so little money, it had less to waste.

“When you are near bankruptcy, it really forces you to make tough decisions,” Patterson says.

Patterson gave up the Ward 3 seat in 2006 to launch an unsuccessful run for Council chair.

Since the start of 2015, though, she’s been back working for the Council, this time as the D.C. auditor. After a year of revelatory audits, Patterson is aiming her pen in 2016 at the District’s boom—and the waste that comes with it.

“It’s nice to have good times,” Patterson says. “But I think there’s less pressure to make sure each dollar is spent effectively.”

Maybe the most high-profile report from Patterson’s first year as auditor focused on the District’s more than decade-long school modernization program, which has funded new schools that Patterson calls “practically gilded” while burning through more than $1 billion.

Patterson’s audit, released in July, confirmed what many Wilson Building observers suspected: No one was watching where the money was going. Instead, construction management had been offloaded to private firms that had less of an incentive to watch out for taxpayers.

“There are lots of parties involved and no one’s really in charge,” Patterson says.

Patterson plans to keep investigating the role of private firms in District contracting management this year.

Patterson’s audit found that while school modernization costs had ballooned, more than two dozen schools had never received any renovations. When the program launched, schools were supposed to cost a little over $200 per

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square foot. In reality, Burleith’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts could cost as much as $1,000 per square foot, and other schools are not much cheaper. Patterson plans to investigate the Duke Ellington cost overruns this year.

For Patterson, who was on the Council when school modernization launched, even less outrageous costs were a surprise. Patterson says she was shocked to see how architecturally impressive some of the District’s new schools have been.

“I never envisioned in 2006 that we’d be building palaces instead of schools,” she says.

Patterson’s 2015 included a series of other high-profile reports that read like a horror show of District government malfunction.

Her office reported on the botched handling of contracting at the McMillan Sand Reservoir—maybe the District’s most contentious development issue—and she’s exposed further the ongoing trainwreck that is the D.C. Board of Elections.

Her audits have inspired bruising Council hearings for their subjects.

“One of the things that that does is it generates more work,” Patterson says.

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DCBOE can’t get their act together, but LL will say this for them: A broken voting machine can’t physically harm anybody. The same can’t be said for the ongoing problems at the D.C. Fire and EMS Department.

In June, Patterson’s office released a report on DCFEMS’ commitment to the recommendations of the Rosenbaum Report—named after reporter David Rosenbaum, who died in 2006 after receiving dismal emergency aid.

After investigating the department, Patterson found that fewer than half of the recommendations had been implemented.

For this year, Patterson has a long list of planned reviews, including a report on the Metropolitan Police Department’s use-offorce policies and more on school modernization. She’s also looking into the District’s contracts for handling homeless services, which, given their ongoing woes, could mean some explosive Council hearings.

The D.C. Public Schools’ food contract, already the subject of a successful whistleblower lawsuit, is also in her sights. That’s in keeping with her focus on whether privatizing more and more traditional government functions has paid off.

If there’s a theme to the Patterson era so far, it’s this: The District is spending too much, and not always on the right things.

All those big projects can lead to some perverse line items in the budget.

“We spend more on debt service than we do on the police department,” Patterson says.

Patterson is more optimistic than LL about the chances for reining in District government spending—or at least for imposing more discipline on it. She doesn’t think fiscal discipline will come from belt-tightening, though.

Instead, Patterson thinks it’ll come from pols deciding they need to spend the money being blown elsewhere on something else.

Looming priorities like affordable housing, for example, could force Mayor Muriel Bowser to look closer at the school modernization budget.

Patterson says some things have improved in the District government in the past 20 years— she can pay her parking tickets online, for one thing. But she wouldn’t mind a return to control board-era financial planning.

“I’m hoping that the policy makers are going to bring that same kind of discipline,” CP Patterson says.

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UNOBSTRUCTEDVIEW The Nostalgia Awakens

By Matt Terl

Saturday, January 16, 2016, 1-7 pm Kogod Courtyard | FREE For one day, SAAM, MAGFest, and American University’s Game Lab present an indie arcade! Play some of your favorite video games, participate in game building workshops, and try new indie games—courtesy of the International Game Developers Association’s Indie Arcade: Coast to Coast competition. Classic arcade games include Asteroids, Pac-Man, Tron, Star Wars, Arkanoid, Donkey Kong, and more. Don’t miss the arcade!

This program is supported by the Entertainment Software Association and the Director’s Circle. Media partnership from the Washington City Paper.

Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets NW, Washington, DC | AmericanArt.si.edu #IndieArcade Photo by Darren Milligan

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[Ed. Note: For some reason, this sports column talks about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If you are somehow still trying to avoid spoilers, you should probably skip it. Also, just go see the movie.]

I’ve been thinking a lot about nostalgia lately, even more than usual. I regularly dismiss it in sports—I think it’s used to manipulate fans, to hide the problems of the present, to excuse things that shouldn’t be excused, and basically to explain every unexplainable decision in sports.

But now I’m reconsidering. Thanks, J.J. Abrams.

In January of 1983, I was allowed to stay up extra late to watch Super Bowl XVII, late enough that I got to see John Riggins shake off Don McNeal on his way into history on fourth-and-1. It was a pretty big day for me as a kid.

About four months later, in late May of that year, I waited in a line that wrapped around a D.C. block to see Return of the Jedi, the first Star Wars movie I was allowed to see in the theater. Also a pretty big day for Kid Me— in fact, it’s probably safe to go ahead and call 1983 a formative year in my development as a human being.

In May of 1999, I would again watch the premiere of a new Star Wars film. I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to convince myself that it in any way captured what I had felt back in the ’80s, when I memorized all of Episode IV from a grainy VHS bootleg that I watched until the tape snapped.

A little more than six months later, in January of 2000, I would be at the first home playoff game at FedExField, watching the home team trample the Lions and trying to convince myself that this was the start of new successful era of Pigskins football.

In retrospect, 1999–2000 wasn’t nearly as good as 1983… but because of 1983, we thought it might be.

Now it’s 2016. As you might be aware— unless you have been able to avoid both the Internet and television for six months—a new Star Wars movie came out a few weeks back.

And, yes, I was there on opening night (although I didn’t have to wait in line, thanks to modern technology). And, yes, I loved it and

wished I could be six all over again, watching it on endless repeat and memorizing all the lines. (“Do I talk first or you talk first?”)

There’s been a lot—like, a LOT—of discussion about if the new Star Wars is just a remake, or a remix, or a mash-up of the older films. If, basically, the only reason people like it is because it so clearly echoes the film they—we—all loved as kids.

But that ultimately misses the point. For me, at least, what was most enjoyable about this movie were the new elements: the new characters, the new depths of backstory for the villain, the places where the admittedly familiar gives way to the novel.

And that reframed my internal narrative on nostalgia, somehow.

Which brings us back to football. With the local football team in the playoffs, hosting another home game—somehow just the second at this stadium in the years since that Lions game back in 1999—I’ve become nostalgic.

I’ve watched YouTube highlights of the 1999 game, and read articles about the Super Bowl years. I even dug out a few old, pre-Jedi pictures of myself in team gear.

This nostalgia, like the rekindled Star Wars enthusiasm, feels more about appreciating the new in light of the past, rather than using the past to replace or disguise the present.

It’s much more fun to see Kirk Cousins in a continuum with Joe Theismann and Mark Rypien—and, yes, Robert Griffin III—than it is to just admire the achievement in the abstract. I love to see my kids enjoy a non-disastrous football team and a non-awful Star Wars movie, as I’m sure my parents enjoyed seeing me enthused about something.

The hope, obviously, is that this playoff run is the start of something lasting—that is, something more 1983 and less 1999, for football, at least. (The metaphor breaks down here, as we’ll be getting Star Wars pictures more or less forever.) But I’ve finally come to better appreciate nostalgia, in small doses and in certain ways.

The prequels, like the Spurrier years they overlap, are even worse than you remember and should be scourged from the Earth with fire. Nostalgia for them is still evil and wrong.

CP

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KRAMERBOOKS

If you spend any time looking at bus stops, as GP is wont to do, you might have noticed some shelter advertisements for Vision Zero, the signature transportation initiative of the Bowser administration. Vision Zero is predicated on the idea that no loss of life is acceptable on our roadways, and at the end of 2015, the District released its plan to realize this goal by 2024.

While Vision Zero isn’t exclusively about bicyclists, it emphasizes protecting vulnerable road users through engineering, enforcement, education, and the better collection of data.

The extent to which these efforts will translate into tangible and immediate improvements is unclear, but if a Vision Zero mentality truly takes hold across agencies (namely the District Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Police Department) this has the potential to have a long-term impact in how we think about and prioritize mobility in D.C. The D.C. Council could also move forward on various bicycling issues, including those related to contributory negligence, which affects liability for crash victims, and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act, a laundry list of changes including policies related to data collection, higher fines for dangerous driving, and allowing cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs when it’s safe to do so.

A number of long-standing projects should be coming to fruition in the calendar year. Most excitingly for those on the east side of the District will be the completion of the Kenilworth Gardens section of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, a vital off-street bike link connecting D.C. to Prince George’s County. Closer to downtown, the 15th Street cycletrack will be extended up the hill to Euclid Street. Expect further developments on the controversial protected bikeway on the east side of downtown on 5th, 6th, or 9th Street NW, as well as on the final design for Metropolitan Branch Trail extension to Silver Spring. Also, don’t be surprised if DDOT continues to close bike lane gaps one or two blocks at a time.

But wait, there’s more. After procurement delays, expect 60 more Bikeshare stations in D.C. and the close-in suburbs. Bikeshare might even come to Reston (!) by the end of the year, too. Speaking of the suburbs, Montgomery County will continue to make progress on its Bicycle Master Plan (expect big things), and Arlington might recommit to achieving gold level community status from the League of American Bicyclists. The inexorable march of the bicycle continues, and there’s little that anyone can do to stop it. Other than park in —GP the bike lane. Don’t do that.

Gear Prudence is Brian McEntee, who tweets @sharrowsDC. Got a question about bicycling?

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Robert Battle Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya Associate Artistic Director

CULTURAL AMBASSADOR TO THE WORLD

Mon. 1/11 at 6:30pm Slaughterhouse 90210 Maris Kreizman in conversation with Linda Holmes

Wed. 1/13 at 6:30pm The Missing Woman & Other Stories Carole Burns Wed. 1/20 at 6:30pm Primary Politics Elaine Kamarck Mon. 1/25 at 6:30pm Ugliness Gretchen Henderson Tues. 2/2 at 6:30pm The Last Thousand Jeffrey Stern Wed. 2/3 at 6:30pm Soul Serenade Rashold Ollison Tues. 2/9 at 6:30pm Washington’s Monument John Steele Gordon

Feb. 2–7 • Opera House All performances include Alvin Ailey’s signature masterpiece REVELATIONS

PROGRAM A Tue., Feb. 2 at 7 p.m.

Open Door (Ronald K. Brown) Exodus (Rennie Harris) Revelations (Alvin Ailey)

PROGRAM B Wed., Feb. 3 at 7 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.* Open Door A Case of You (Judith Jamison) No Longer Silent (Robert Battle) Revelations

PROGRAM C Thu., Feb. 4 at 7 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 7 at 1 p.m.

Blues Suite (Alvin Ailey) Night Creature (Alvin Ailey) Cry (Alvin Ailey) Revelations

PROGRAM D Fri., Feb. 5 at 7 p.m.

Piazzolla Caldera (Paul Taylor) Awakening (Robert Battle) Revelations

PROGRAM E Sat., Feb. 6 at 1 p.m.

Rachael McLaren, photo by Andrew Eccles

What to Expect in 2016

Followed by a FREE Explore the Arts post-performance discussion

*Come early on Saturday to learn a few steps from Revelations on the Millennium Stage at 5:30 p.m.!

ODETTA (Matthew Rushing) Exodus Revelations

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SAVAGELOVE I’m a 45-year-old straight male. Politically and socially, I consider myself an ardent feminist.

There is nothing I enjoy more than giving a woman an orgasm or two. I’m very GGG and will cheerfully do whatever it takes. Fingers, tongue, cock, vibrator—I’m in. If it takes a long time, so much the better. I’m OK with all of that. Now and again, though, I really like a quickie, a good oldfashioned “Wham, bam, thank you, ma’am!” The only ladies I’ve found willing to engage in those cock-centric acts are sex workers. I’m OK with that, too. But the last time I paid for it, with a woman I had patronized before, I was just about to slip my cock in doggy-style when her phone rang. It was in reach, and she picked it up! I hesitated, but she didn’t pull away, and in fact pushed back a bit while she answered. I figured this was what I came for, so I proceeded. Her cavalier attitude toward being fucked from behind while having a trivial phone conversation wound up being a huge turn-on for me. By the time she finished her 20-second call, I was finished as well. I hadn’t come that quickly since I was a teen. She laughed that she should take calls more often. What kind of beast am I that I really enjoyed such utter indifference? Does this reveal some dark secret deep in my psyche? How can that mesh with my otherwise feminist views?

—Premature Ejaculation Needs Some Introspective View Examined First, PENSIVE, “enjoys giving women orgasms” sets the bar for “ardent feminist” just a bit low. So here’s hoping your feminism involves more than penetrating a willing partner with your fingers, tongue, cock, and whatever vibrators happen to be lying around. Because if your feminism doesn’t include support for pro-choice policies and candidates, regular donations to Planned Parenthood, backing equal pay for equal work, speaking up when other men say shitty/rapey/dehumanizing things about women (particularly when there isn’t a woman in the room whose pussy you want to lick until you come, because feminism!)—and more—then you’re

not a feminist, ardent or otherwise.

Moving on… Why did it turn you on when the sex worker took a call during your session? Because it did. Turn-ons are subjective and mysterious. People who are curious about their turn-ons have to start with “this turns me on” and work backward from there. And to figure out why a particular fabric/adornment/attitude/scenario arouses us, we use the only tools available to us—guesswork and selfserving rationalizations—to invent a backstory that makes some sort of logical sense, and then we apply it to something (kinks, turn-ons, orgasms) that really defies logic.

So, PENSIVE, if I were to hazard some guesswork on your behalf, I’d probably go with this: Being treated with passive contempt by someone that you are supposed to be wielding power over (the woman you’re fucking, a sex worker you’ve hired)—being subtly humiliated and mildly degraded by that woman—taps a vein of eroticized self-hatred that makes you come quickly and come hard.

And while that’s wonderful for you, PENSIVE, it isn’t proof you’re a feminist.

—Dan Savage I’m a 29-year-old gay trans man. On female hormones, I took a long time to come and usually wouldn’t come at all. I always enjoyed sex; I just wasn’t focused on coming. My partners would or wouldn’t, depending on their preferences. Since starting testosterone a few years ago, I now come quickly and easily. (Sometimes too quickly and easily.) My problem is that after I come, like most men, I’m done with sex. And the stronger the orgasm, the truer this is. A while ago, after a really fun time, I woke to find that I’d accidentally fallen asleep and left my longtime hookup buddy to fend for himself. Other times, I’m just tired and/or turned off. I definitely don’t want anyone inside me (it hurts), and while I’ve tried mustering enthusiasm for blowjobs, hand jobs, etc., my attempts come across as pretty tepid. So in the context of both ongoing relationships of various sorts and hookups,

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what’s the etiquette? I’ve found myself just avoiding things that’ll push me to come, because I don’t want to be rude. And since I’ve always enjoyed sex without orgasms, this doesn’t bother me mostly. But once in a while, I would like to come. How can I do this and still take care of the other guy?

—Not Good At Sexy Abbreviations Use your words, NGASA: “If it’s not a problem, I’d rather come after you do—my refractory period kicks in hard when I come and, like other men, I briefly lose interest in sex.

On top of that, I’m a terrible actor. So let’s make you come first or let’s try to come at the —Dan same time, OK?”

“Enjoys giving women orgasms” sets the bar for “ardent feminist” just a bit low.

My wife and I are bisexual—we’re a man and woman—and we’ve been tiptoeing right up to the edge of organizing a threesome or swap through 3nder. But we haven’t gone through with it yet— too many flakes and fakes. But we have no complaints—just contemplating a threesome has put amazing energy back into our sex life. Is there a name for the explosive sex you have with your longtime partner when you’re anticipating a group scene or threesome? If not, can we suggest the neologism “presome”? Rhymes with threesome!

—Married With Anticipated High Jinks The phenomenon you describe—the insanely hot sex a couple has before a threesome or other sexual adventure—has been noted by sex researchers and couples counselors. Dr. Margie Nichols, a psychologist and sex thera-

pist, told the New York Times she frequently urges the non-kinky couples she sees to emulate kinky couples. “Kinky couples plan sex,” Nichols told Amy Sohn, “and simmer for days in advance.”

Many couples in the planning stages of a threesome do a lot more than simmer: Like you and the wife, MWAHJ, they find themselves having hot twosomes in anticipation of the impending (and hopefully hot) threesome.

I think “presome” is a wonderful term to describe that kind of sex—I’m officially endorsing your proposed neologism—but I don’t think it works as well for four-way swaps, group sex, BDSM play parties, etc., because it obviously rhymes with/riffs on “threesome.”

But it’s an excellent term to describe the situation you and the wife are in.

To describe the sex you’ll have in the wake of your first successful threesome, I would —Dan propose the term “postsome.”

I thought your advice to SCRAPE, the guy whose penis was suffering due to his girlfriend’s shavedbut-stubbly labia, was spot-on—except in regards to waxing. As both a former professional waxer and a woman with very coarse pubic hair, I hope you don’t mind if I correct you: Waxed hair does not grow back as prickly as shaved hair. The hair follicle tapers from its root. When shaved, it is cut straight across at its thickest point. The hair, as it grows, continues to grow from there. When waxed, the hair is removed at its root, and a new hair will grow intact, with the softer taper. I cannot shave without extreme discomfort during regrowth (like needles in my undies!). SCRAPE’s girlfriend’s post-wax stubble may still be too uncomfortable for him, but it will doubtless be an improvement.

Honestly, I’d be amazed if she’s not currently in —Smooth Moves more pain than he is!

Thanks for sharing, SM.

—Dan

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‘It felt like this was ours, and that was enough.’

Read excerpts from the 9:30 Club’s new book, 35 years of history as told by the venue’s staff, fans, and musicians who played there.

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EvEryonE has thEir own 9:30 Club story. Whether it’s a recollection of seeing The Smashing Pumpkins or Foo Fighters before they hit it big, a mesmerizing and utterly chaotic performance by George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, or just one of the 80-plus performances by The Slickee Boys on its stage, the 9:30 Club holds a special place in D.C.’S heart.

And then there are the other stories. Like the time Edsel’s Sohrab Habibion saw Marion Barry at a Public Enemy show. Or when Thelonious Monster’s Bob Forrest was investigated by the Secret Service following a performance. These are the stories that, in the 35 years of the 9:30 Club’s existence—from its original digs at 930 F St. NW to its current home at 815 V St. NW—elevate it from a notable venue to a legendary one.

Few places in D.C.—let alone the country—have a reputation like the 9:30 Club’s: Rolling Stone has said it has the “Best Big Room,” “Best Sound,” and “Best Backstage” of any venue in the U.S.; Billboard has named it “Most Influential Club” and “Top Club” five times; and it has won Pollstar’s “Nightclub of the Year” award five times. And as long as City

Paper has been doing its annual “Best of D.C.” survey, it’s been voted “Best Music Venue” by readers. It takes a village to amass accolades like that.

To celebrate its anniversary, the 9:30 Club has put out an oral and pictorial history book documenting the club’s 35 years of existence, compiled by author and curator Roger Gastman. Here,

City Paper exclusively debuts excerpts and anecdotes from 9:30: A Time and a Place, 1980-2015 The First 35 Years. —Matt Cohen

When history Began… opening night at the original 9:30 The 9:30 Club would go on to become one of the most legendary and talked about clubs in the world. But every story has a beginning...

John PaigE [former booker, promoter at 9:30 Club]: On our opening night (May 30, 1980) we booked the Lounge Lizards and Tiny Desk Unit.

We booked them for the first two nights.

The first night was meant as a thank you to all the people who had helped us out in the D.C. community, and the second night was open to the public. We were originally slated to have Joy Division open up, but that was unfortunately around the same time as Ian Curtis’ suicide. We got the Lounge Lizards, and they were great. Tiny Desk Unit opened, so they were actually the very first band to play the 9:30. bob boilEn [creator and co-host of nPr’s “all songs Considered”; tiny Desk unit]: It was cool to be on a real stage with lights. It was an actual stage that was more than ankle deep. I’m going to guess it was probably two and a half or three feet high, which meant that you could see people and people could see you. That was awesome. It had a sound system that actually was good and permanent, and that was amazing.

No other place I knew of had a sound system that was part of the venue. And there were real lights, cans of lights. So it felt like you were really playing on a stage in a venue. We had done it in New York, but this was special.

DoDy Disanto [original co-owner, 9:30 Club]: I was interested in having the club be a reflection of the people that supported it. A lot of things were generated by that impulse on my part.

I wanted to do things that made people want to come there and made it feel like it was their place.

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AtlAntic Building The Show Before the Club...

By Dody DiSanto

Pioneering the early stages of the D.C. downtown renewal, Jon Bowers (co-owner of the original 9:30 Club) purchased the Atlantic Building in 1979, along with the lease on the first-floor space previously operated as the Atlantis Club. The architectural icon was erected on F Street, Washington’s Great White Way, in the late 19th century.

At the time, F Street had become a kind of half-deserted carnie show. The building’s tenants were a cacophony of characters who epitomized all of SoHo in one single structure. There was a jeweler, a bail-bond bounty hunter, Queen Esther the coppersmith, a photographer, a restoration artist, an outcall massage service, the Rastafarian Live & Learn record mart and head shop, a violent poet, and the ghost of a deceased lady whose estate still maintained her record producing office, among many unique others.

Stretching the length of the 106-footlong hallway, hung with fluorescent lights and painted drab brown, was a disheveled indoor-outdoor carpet, mopped diligently with Lysol by the janitor. One of D.C.’s very first elevators carried you up and down eight floors, handdriven by a man who explained to you he was “operating on forgiveness.”

Who dAres dWell in the AtlAntic Building…

930 F Street was known as The Atlantic Building before The 9:30 Club ever existed, but the beginnings of the club’s legacy and emphasis on community were starting to form here. The Atlantic housed the bizarre, the avant-garde and many unique personalities, which set the stage for truth to once again be stranger than fiction…

ChristoPhEr JohnsEn [former tenant, 930 F street]: One of the oddest things about living there was about a block away, there was the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building. I’d be eating my breakfast and I could see people through the window opening up the file cabinets. I just thought, “How bizarre is this?”

DoDy Disanto [original co-owner, 9:30 Club]: It was a historical building and it had beautiful architecture. There was an article in the Washington Post in 1979 about the building and about the unusual tenants. At the time, that building represented a sort of SoHo for D.C. Anybody unusual was in there. The sculptor who designed one of the sculptures associated with the Vietnam Memorial was sculpting on the top floor, I think. There was a Rastafarian record mart, there was an advertising firm. It was just a funky old building.

robin rosE [urban verbs]: So one day we went down to see Paul Parsons [original furniture store owner at the Atlantic Building] to find a place like Atlantis so we could practice. Paul was a real character to say the least. He had a real scene going on down there, and I don’t know, he had a bunch of guys around who were close buddies and he would have these parties and get people like Ms. Washington D.C. and her soul band come to play downstairs, which would become the Atlantis Club. His buddies from Chinatown would do hors d’oeuvres and make the grossest Chinese food you ever had in your life. He was just a character and it came off like a party place—even in the building that place was in hysterics.

JarED louChE [former staff]: The building used to be full of artists, including the penthouse on the top floor. There was an elevator, an old operator-run elevator. There was a woman who would sit in there and run the elevator up and down. She went away on vacation at one point in 1981 or 1982, and Dody said to me, “Do you want to run the elevator for a couple of weeks?” I just said, “Yeah, sure. It sounds like a lot of fun.” And it was. There were a million interesting people you got to talk to.

sEth hurwitz [co-owner, 9:30 Club, i.M.P.]: In the Atlantic Building, Bill Warrell had this wonderful mutt Nicky. Everybody knew Nicky, who roamed the halls on her own. They had an elevator operator and Nicky knew what floor she lived on. You’d be on the elevator and see her getting on and off by herself all the time like it was this normal thing. It was a normal thing.

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the smell The only club so cool it had its own smell!

By Clara Jeffery (Mother Jones)

Twenty years ago, when I was a young staff writer at Washington City Paper, I wrote a column exploring the story behind mysterious objects in the city’s landscape. Forgotten monuments, weird street art, possible listening posts, and the stench of the 9:30 Club, “a certain combination of keg slop, butts, cloves, puke, and sweat-sopped polyester that stays with you— literally. Sashay into the club for the briefest of moments—to make an appearance or pick up a schedule—and you’ll be marked with the bar’s scent like a tree on your pet’s turf.”

Readers mailed in (with a stamp back then) their suggestions: “the blood of overweight, middle-aged Department of Agriculture bureaucrat who got sucked into the mosh pit while out on the town with his Killdozer-loving administrative assistant,” and the club’s employees were no less, uh, enthused: “You’ve put us up there with the monuments,” gushed booking manager Lisa White. “It doesn’t just smell like cigarettes and stale beer. It’s more pungent. It permeates your clothes and hair more than the typical bar smell. It clings to people. When I DJ on Friday and Saturday, when I go home I have to shower immediately, otherwise I can’t sleep!”

The club had tried to eradicate the smell to no avail; indeed, at its 14-year anniversary, it issued commemorative T-shirts asking, “Just What Is That Smell?”

So I enlisted the help of Dr. Robert Henkin, a “sick building” expert. We examined samples of historic bar rot, urinals, nicotine-soaked walls. After debating the (theoretical) possibility of employing a Gas-Liquid Chromatograph to pinpoint the various compounds at work—“I’m not sure you’d 16 january 8, 2016 washingtoncitypaper.com

want to ruin your special mystique,” Henkin warned staffers—he solved the mystery. Each night, hospital-grade Lysol oxidized the nicotine and beer slop, creating free radicals— atoms with unpaired electrons, basically tiny Velcro-like spurs that seemed almost diabolically designed to catch on to hair or clothes.

“They glom on to everything,” said Henkin.

The old 9:30 Club is gone. But for Washingtonians of a certain era, nostalgia for the smell faintly lingers. I live in California now, but every once in a while I find myself in a conversation about those days, those shows, that smell. And as often as not, the reminiscing will end like this: “You wrote that? I remember that piece! God, what a stench.”

ClauDEttE silvEr [former 9:30 coat check worker]: In the old club, there really was this funk, and it was a combination of cigarette, sweat, alcohol, and rat. riCh hEinECkE [co-owner, 9:30 Club, i.M.P.]: It permeated the club, and somehow also permeated your clothes. When you got home you wanted to just take all your clothes off, leave them outside and go in your house.

You smelled that bad. aMy austin [former publisher, Washington City Paper]: There was a column that we did, a “Mysteries of D.C.” column. People would ask us questions, and we would investigate it. People wrote us asking, “What’s that smell [at the 9:30 Club]?” lisa whitE [former local talent booker, 9:30 Club]: Washington City Paper did a story about the smell. They hired an expert to come over and determine what the root of the smell was. I gave him the tour of the club, and he determined that it was a combination of nicotine, beer, sweat, and rat piss. It was absorbed by the plaster walls and it exuded back out.

very irate Jamaican fellow who couldn’t get in set a dumpster on fire out in the alley, just to create havoc. And it did. We had to clear out the club.

i sAW them At the 9:30 cluB BAck in…

big tony FishEr [trouble Funk]: We got the opportunity to play the 9:30 Club, the small one. There was one of those punk rock bands performing with us. It was kind of weird in the beginning because it was like, “OK, I don’t think this is going to be a good match.” But it was totally the opposite, man.

They loved both acts.

alEC MaCkayE [Faith, the untouchables, former 9:30 staff]: The best show I ever saw was George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars. Part of it was because of the drama of just getting him there and onstage. He didn’t come for sound check. The rest of the band got on stage and started playing without him while he was still on his way. Finally he got there, and he was just passed out in a station wagon in the alley.The manager of the club was like, “He’s unconscious! He can’t play.”

His people were like, “Just get him onstage, you’ll see.” Six people just picked him up and ran up the back stairs and through the crowd.

They put him up, feet first, and he just immediately went into his show.

He was just on fire. He played for about three hours. Every flat surface in the place had somebody dancing on it, in the basement, in the bathroom, in the back bar, everywhere. It was just completely oversold and over packed and every single person was having the time of their lives.

ta-nEhisi CoatEs [senior editor, The Atlantic]: The 9:30 Club wasn’t a hip-hop club, but there weren’t a lot of places doing hip-hop shows. I believe I saw the Roots for the first time at the old club. They played a great show, they were really impressive. They played some old school hip-hop songs and Black Thought would rhyme. I think they also called up some local hip-hop acts and let them freestyle.

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The shows played at the first 9:30 Club are the stuff of urban legend. It’s hard to believe fans still tell stories about who they saw there— lots of times even if they weren’t really there.

It’s a badge of honor to this day for the bands and the audience members that lived through those shows. It’s hard to believe this all happened in one place.

DavE rubin [DJ, former runner, 9:30 Club]: Prince, easily one of the biggest rock stars I had ever seen in my life at that point.

I was like, “How the fuck am I going to meet him?” I got this idea to hang out at the other door that he’ll leave out of. I held the door for him as he limped out with his cane. I said, “You have a great night.” He looked back at me and said,“You as well.” He acknowledged me. That’s all I needed.

aMy austin [former publisher, Washington City Paper]: What I remember most were the go-go shows. In a city that at the time was known for its homicide rate and lack of inclusion between whites and blacks, gogo shows were a great way of bringing people together.

There was a lot of chanting back and forth.

The audience was always right there with the performers. They were all together. It was very communal. There was a real sense of “one city.”

Craig wEDrEn [shudder to think]: Shudder to Think played a show there in ’92 or something. We finished our show and felt really good. We thought we had slayed. But there’s a yucky feeling when the club double books shows and they totally clear out the room. The band was allowed to stay, and there was some new band that was playing. They had a little bit of a buzz around them, so we were like, “Oh, well, let’s check it out.” It was Rage Against the Machine.

riCh hEinECkE [co-owner, 9:30 Club, i.M.P.]: Black Uhuru/Sly & Robbie played a few times. I remember one show where one

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Mark noonE [slickee boys]: The 9:30 Club was neutral ground. It was kind of a white-boy club, but it was neutral ground.

And that was a great thing. A lot of people still talk about that. 9:30 and I.M.P. would have Minor Threat and Trouble Funk play the same show, stuff like that. You would have things that were completely incongruous.

EriC hilton [thievery Corporation]: The Skatalites played there on all acoustic instruments, which was amazing. It felt like you were hearing ska the way that people heard it in the ’60s. It was probably one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.

lisa whitE [former local talent booker, 9:30 Club]: One of the really fun things we used to do at the old club was Three Bands for Three Bucks night. Some bands that played those shows went on to be huge. Sonic Youth did one, Smashing Pumpkins did one and got paid $100.

tED lEo [Chisel, ted leo and the Pharmacists]: I remember playing there with Edsel once. In this period of the ’90s, when alt nation and Lollapalooza were happening, the shows got very chatty. Clubs were becoming more like “the place to be” than a place to really pay attention to music and watch the bands. Edsel’s singer, who’s now with Obits, had a plastic cup of water or beer. The crowd wouldn’t stop talking, so he whipped the cup to the back of the room. It hit the wall above this group of people who were being very loud. It was kind of inspiring.

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FrequentFliers In 1980, Dody DiSanto and Jon Bowers opened a small club at 930 F St. NW.

A cApitAl city

The 9:30 certainly became synonymous with its host city, Washington, D.C. During the early years D.C. was a unique place in both good and bad ways. The bands who came into town saw it, as did the fans and staff who were living in the city. All of this played a part in shaping the events going on at 9:30 each night.

DavE grohl [Dain bramage, scream, nirvana, Foo Fighters]: I honestly think that the difference between Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. is that the Washington, D.C. community—I don’t think anyone felt like the world was listening. It felt like this was ours, and that was enough. So there were these small little bars and nightclubs and community centers and VFW halls and churches where we kept the music scene alive. Whether it was the 9:30 Club or d.c. space or Reno or any of those places where people would put on these renegade shows, I think it was just to keep the music alive for us, and in a city like Los Angeles, you got industry, and you got fame and opportunity and career ambition, and I never felt that when I was young and in Washington, D.C. I just felt like everyone was doing it because they had to do it. They were burning inside and they had this passion and were dedicated to music and that was it.

I think that a place like 9:30 Club was really important to keep that alive. So I think people eventually took notice of Washington, D.C., because what we had was really on our own, like we had character and the city had its own aesthetics and personality and I don’t think Washington, D.C., was trying to be anything or anyone or anywhere else than Washington, D.C. It’s what made it so great. nona hEnDryx [Musician]: The period I played the 9:30 Club, the ’80s to the early ’90s, it was my home away from home for playing D.C. I don’t think I played another venue in Washington with the exception of a party to celebrate Bill Clinton winning the presidency in 1993!

CorEy glovEr [living Colour]: There was always something political going on there.

We started coming there during the [George H.W.] Bush era, and there was always someone saying something about something that was going on. There were always people who wanted you to sign a petition or get involved in one thing or another. There were always those kind of folks who came to the show. tED lEonsis [owner, the washington Capitals, washington wizards and washington Mystics]: I think it’s a unique mash-

Almost everything about that old spot—including its notoriously foul smell—is gone, but its legacy lives on. Thirty-five years later, the 9:30 Club is one of the most iconic, cherished music venues in the country. It’s so cherished, in fact, that bands and artists go out of their way to play the club again and again whenever they roll through town. Below are the acts that have graced both the old and new 9:30 Club’s stage the most throughout its tenure,

bob ForrEst [thelonious Monster]: I was really drunk and I was on this kick ’cause I thought George Bush senior was going to run for a second term and I was like, somebody’s got to kill him. I started saying it at concerts and I said it at the 9:30 Club.

The next morning, I found this all out from the reports of Secret Service and the grand jury thing, these kids, whose parents were in the Justice Department, were joking about what this guy said at the 9:30 Club last night.

That’s how it got picked up. Then those parents went to work, one of them worked in the Justice Department and handed over to Secret Service, like there was a threat against the president last night at the 9:30 Club.

I talked to the Secret Service, they got this report, they get them all the time, and they know drunk people say stupid shit. But then he background researched me on whatever federal computer they have and I was a registered member of the American Communist Party, and I only did that ‘cause I liked a girl that was in it in college. bob MoulD [hüsker Dü, sugar, blowoff]: You have institutions like that, and in a city that is filled with institutions, whether it’s the antiquities of America, the Smithsonian, or the government, or the military, these large establishments, and for us, what we do—we’re the lowly court jesters of late twentieth-century Western music—it’s nice to have plans when you’re out preaching door to door. You come and oh, this pulpit is nice, this stage is nice, it’s the set-up. This is really set-up to deliver your message to people.

It’s important. sohrab habibion [Edsel]: I saw Marion Barry hanging out at the back bar of the 9:30 Club. He was wearing a Senegalese kaftan, watching a Bad Brains video and waiting for CP the Public Enemy show to start.

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—Matt Cohen

according to the book’s timeline.

up of what makes Washington, D.C., one of a kind and special, and maybe the greatest city in the country. There’s an inordinate amount of talent that was spawned here and grew up here, and they see Washington, D.C. as home, and 9:30 Club was always aspirational for these people.

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YOUNG & HUNGRY

By Jessica Sidman

Foam Rule

Darrow Montgomery

Few holdouts remain as D.C. bans foam food and drink containers

Foam is littering the Anacostia River.

In matching green jackets, the pair of environmental protection specialists prepare to hit every bar and restaurant in Adams Morgan. Bar crawls on New Year’s Eve in the nightlife neighborhood aren’t usually this sober. But on the morning of Dec. 31, Christopher Kibler and Lillian Power of the D.C. Department of Energy & Environment are making one last push to tell businesses about the District’s ban on food and drink containers made of expanded polystyrene foam, commonly referred to as Styrofoam.

“Hi, I’m from D.C. government,” Kibler recites at each stop, before reminding the staff that if they use foam they’ll have to switch to paper or plastic by Jan. 1. Every business gets a flyer explaining the new law and a window sticker that reads “Foam Free DC.” Clipboard in hand, Kibler asks employees or managers if they use foam and jots down some notes. The responses quickly become repetitive: “I don’t think we have any.”

“We’ve never used it.”

“We don’t use any.”

For the past six months, DOEE staff has been hitting the streets a few days each month trying to get the word out about the foam ban. (Styrofoam is actually a brand of insulation and crafting material, but it is commonly—and incorrectly—used to refer to foam cups, plates, and containers.) As Kibler sets out in Adams Morgan, he notes they’ve already visited about 450 businesses across every major corridor in the city. Foam holdouts are rare, especially since DOEE has already sent out three mailings. “Even the businesses that do still have foam, a lot of them are just like, ‘You’ve told me already. I get it. We’re ready to move away,’” Kibler says.

After clearing part of 18th Street, Kibler and Power regroup. Power reports that a pizza spot was using foam but had replacement containers ready to go.

Kibler says he’s surprised by how few negative interactions he’s had about the ban. He can count them on just one hand.

“Mostly it’s just ambivalence or positive. I think a lot of people understand why we’re doing this.”

The “why,” of course, is that foam has become a kind of invasive species in the Anacostia River. While floating trash traps in the waterways can catch plastic bottles, foam is far more insidious. It breaks apart fairly easily, leaving small pieces that a bird or other animal might eat. And because toxins cling to the material, those chemicals can then be introduced into the food chain. Foam also takes up a lot of space in landfills because it does not decompose.

Kibler says there are about a dozen other cities around the country, including San Francisco and Seattle, that have similar foam bans. The new D.C. law applies to food and drink containers for one-time use, like bowls, plates, and cups. Businesses can still use foam to package raw meat and fish or receive foam-packaged products from outside the District. Foam food containers can also be purchased for home use.

Continuing to canvass Adams Morgan, Kibler works his way up Columbia Road until he hits a Peruvian joint called Pollo Granjero. A tower of foam cups are stacked on the counter.

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he has been trying to find replacements. He pulls out a paper cup to show Kibler. “You’re aware the price is twice as much?” Specifically, he says the foam cups costs around $28 per thousand, while the paper are around $60. It might not seem like a lot, but to Loyola, it’s one more rising cost.

“It’s very hard to do business in D.C.,” Loyola says, citing everything from the rising minimum wage to the cost of metered-spot parking in front of the restaurant. “Even the gas, the water is very high. So for people like me, it’s very hard.”

Kibler directs Loyola to an online list of companies that sell packaging that is compliant with the law. But Loyola buys all his supplies at Restaurant Depot in Alexandria, and isn’t so eager to have to use additional vendors. “It’s nice to go to one place,” he says.

Loyola says he is not against the ban, as long as the D.C. government helps businesses find alternatives. Kibler leaves him a sheet with a number to call with any questions. For non-native English speakers, there are translators available.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, most of the foam holdouts tend to be takeout spots. And like Loyola, most business owners wary of the switch are worried about costs, Kibler says.

Foam tends to be the cheapest option, but Kibler says alternatives don’t cost that much more in the grand scheme of things.

“If you’re holding a $15 meal in a four-cent container, an increase of two or three cents per container isn’t really going to be that much, so that’s how we look at it, and we have that conversation with the businesses,” Kibler says.

DOEE has been talking to suppliers to get their cooperation, as well. For example, Costco, where some smaller businesses buy supplies, plans to begin labeling products that are foam-ban compliant. And because every business in the city will be moving away from foam, Kibler expects that will shift the market and help bring down costs of the next cheapest products.

Beyond the financial factor, some find foam to be a superior way of keeping liquids hot while not burning customers’ hands. PhoWheels food truck owner Huy Nguyen says he previously used foam because it was hard to find a material that would hold up to his hot Vietnamese soup. But in mid-2013, he switched to biodegradable paper containers, which he says are more durable and do the job just as well. The cost wasn’t a drastic change either. “I didn’t really like using Styrofoam anyway,” he says. “It’s just better for the environment.”

For the most part, DMV Food Truck Association Executive Director Che RuddellTabisola says the ban is a non-issue for his members. “When it was introduced, we were talking about it amongst ourselves, and none of us were using Styrofoam,” he says. Rud-

dell-Tabisola made curbside rounds to talk to more food truck operators about it. Of the handful who were still using foam containers, “they said in so many words, ‘Yeah, I really need to stop using this shit anyway.’”

Ruddell-Tabisola says customers expect trucks to use green, recyclable materials. He compares it to taking credit cards: “We don’t love taking credit cards, but our consumers and our supporters expect us to take credit cards. And similarly, they want to feel good about the packaging and where they’re buying their food.”

Meanwhile, big chains like Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, and Dunkin’ Donuts have already made the switch. Chick-fil-A is now using paper cups, while Dunkin’ Donuts developed a cup made out of recyclable polypropylene to comply with a similar foam ban in New York. The doughnut chain’s new cup will roll out elsewhere around the country this year. It’s more rigid but has a similar look and feel, playing to customer nostalgia for the original foam cups.

DOEE inspectors are out enforcing the ban this week and will continue to visit several neighborhoods every week. For the first few months, businesses caught using foam will have 30 days to phase it out. If they continue to use foam, they’ll get a $100 fine. That amount doubles with each subsequent inspection in which the business is found to be incompliant with the law. The fine caps at $800 per violation. Kibler says the goal is not to collect fines, but to make sure businesses follow the new rules.

When the D.C. government evaluated the Anacostia River’s pollutants in 2008, foam was among the most common types of litter, alongside bags, plastic bottles, and snack wrappers. The foam ban comes on the heels of the Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Act, better known as the “Bag Law,” which took effect at the start of 2010. The law requires D.C. businesses selling food or alcohol to charge five cents for a plastic bag, a portion of which goes toward cleaning up and protecting the Anacostia River. The law also requires that the bags be recyclable.

So far, bag litter and usage appear to be down. The Alice Ferguson Foundation, an environmental group that worked with D.C. regulators, reported a 72 percent decrease in littered plastic bags found during D.C. cleanups in the four years after than bag fee took effect. In a 2013 survey, four out of five District residents said they had reduced their use of disposable bags since the law went into effect.

Kibler is hoping for even more dramatic results from the latest law: “We’re hoping the foam ban will result in a 100 percent reduction.”

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Farro cavatelli, $25, Garrison. Excitement level: 4 out of 5

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Underserved The best cocktail you’re not ordering

Hummus is typically relegated to the side of a plate like a scoop of mashed potatoes. Not so at Little Sesame. The new fast-casual restaurant from the owners of (and in the basement of) DGS Delicatessen makes hummus a meal in and of itself with vegetables and meats as mere toppings. Here’s a sampling of the menu’s six options. Try them weekdays from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

—Jessica Sidman Fried cauliflower

What: Bolivianita with Rujero Singani brandy, lime, celery, and white grape Where: Bourbon Steak, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Price: $16

Green onion Parsley Paprika Chickpeas

$9 $8.50

Warm pita

Greens and herbs with sumachoney dressing Pastrami

Chives

Hummus made with organic chickpeas from Timeless Seeds in Montana and tahini imported from Israel

Bourbon Steak’s Bolivianita

$12

Pickled mustard seeds

“Everything” spice

What You Should Be Drinking New lead bartender Torrence Swain likes to build drinks that tug at his past. His most recent jolt of nostalgic inspiration came from two unlikely sips: celery soda and Rujero Singani, a Bolivian brandy that tastes like pisco or a light-bodied tequila. “I grew up drinking Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda, so when I was tasting the spirit, I thought it would be awesome to create Dr. Brown’s as a cocktail,” Swain says. Muscatel of Alexandria grapes used to produce the Bolivian brandy grow at a high elevation on the Rujero River, where they intertwine with peppercorn trees. “When you drink it, you definitely get a white pepper aftertaste, a lot of citrus and floral notes,” Swain says. These savory notes inspired him to make celery syrup boosted by salt and turmeric. White grape juice, lime, and club soda round out Bolivianita, named for a two-toned stone from Bolivia.

Why You Should Be Drinking It Imbibers don’t order the Bolivianita because of the celery, according to Swain, but even the staunchest celery hater (raises hand) could drink this cocktail dry. What you taste instead of a stalky vegetable is the funky brandy, a pleasant brininess from the celery syrup, and a lot of lime. This tricks your taste buds into thinking you’re sipping a margarita/mojito lovechild, thanks to the carbonation and sprig of mint garnish. It’s the definition of refreshing, which is why Swain recommends ordering it as an intermezzo to reset your palate between courses. If you can’t get past the celery but want to experience the peppery Bolivian brandy, there’s one other drink on the menu that showcases it. The Singroni, made photo-worthy by a garnish of white flowers and a blood orange and peppercorn ice cube, puts Singani front and center.

—Laura Hayes

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FilmShort SubjectS Broken Arted Anomalisa Directed by Charlie Kaufman The films of Charlie Kaufman are not for the squeamish. They’re not graphically violent, like the latest Tarantino joint, but he’ll explode your head just the same. His subject is everyday violence—the acute emotional pain of existence—and he leaves just as many body parts in his wake. He can break your heart (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), blow your mind (Adaptation), or cut off your very understanding of the world at the knees (Synecdoche, New York).

The only respite he gives his audience lies in his ideas. We spend as much time marveling at the postmodern philosophy of Kaufman’s films as we do actually feeling them, which makes the pain a little easier to bear. Take his latest, Anomalisa. It’s a story born from heartbreak; an emotional gut-punch that’s considerably softened by a bold and dazzling aesthetic choice.

Michael Stone (David Thewlis), the film’s 50-something protagonist, is suffering from a severe case of midlife ennui. By all appearances, his life is a success. He’s an author and sought-after speaker in the field of customer service, and he has a loving wife and a young, healthy son. And yet his life is a mess. He feels isolated and depressed, and his suffering is manifested in a crippling psychological disorder: Every person he meets has the exact same voice.

As Michael travels to Cincinnati for a public speaking engagement, checks into his hotel, and settles in for the night, he’s inundated with the same dull but amiable tone (actor Tom Noonan, playing almost every other character). So when he finally hears a different one in the hotel hallway—a lilting, feminine timbre—he drops everything to find it.

It belongs to Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a customer service rep who has come to hear Michael speak. He makes her acquaintance, and after a few quick drinks at the bar, they retire to his room to further explore their unique connection.

Oh, and did I mention they are all animated? Anomalisa is shot in stop-motion, although the characters look more like the puppets featured in Kaufman’s Being John Malkovich. They move with a halting grace, and their faces are bifurcated by a horizontal line. The aesthetic was probably a practical choice; I’m not sure a live-action version of this story would be that interesting, and the facial plates allow Kaufman and co-director Duke Johnson to achieve a wider range of expression. But it also serves the material: Although the subject matter is dark and very adult, the characters behave much like children—with an affecting mix of sensitivity and enthusiasm—and the film takes on the feel of a darkly human fable. The line on their

Anomalisa faces underlines the idea that all these characters (indeed, everyone in Kaufman’s world) is in some way broken, or barely put together.

It’s emotionally intense and wonderfully internal, but in the final third, Kaufman’s big brain gets the better of him. A jarring dream sequence and an inexplicable foray into political content nearly derails the entire film.

Kaufman has earned our trust and imagination, so it’s tempting to simply accept these diversions as part of some absurdist master plan, but a viewer shouldn’t have to try so hard to make it work.

Thankfully, he returns his focus to where it belongs for the film’s poignant conclusion. By then, our brains have returned to their proper place, but our hearts have been broken, healed, —Noah Gittell and broken all over again.

Anomalisa opens Friday at Landmark’s E Street Cinema.

Men of A certAin rAge The Revenant Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu The production history of The Revenant, the new historical adventure film by director Alejandro González Iñárritu, has received more attention than the film itself. The cast and crew faced abysmal conditions in remote parts of Canada and Argentina. Iñárritu insisted upon using natural light, and that limited time frame meant the production took much longer than expected. While these juicy details highlight Iñárritu’s commitment to verisimilitude, The Revenant suffers from the same problems as Birdman: While parts of it

are thrilling, this is a bloated film by a director who is full of himself, and it shows.

Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Hugh Glass, a fur trapper leading an expedition of young men through the American frontier.

The film opens with a sequence of chaotic violence: Native Americans attack Glass’ camp, and danger seems to come from every angle imaginable. Working with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, Iñárritu’s camera completes several panoramas; an impressive technique that shows off his eye for fight choreography.

Long shots of on-screen brutality also define the film’s key sequence, where Glass nearly dies in a vicious bear attack. The bear mauls Glass out of rage and motherly instinct, but Glass simply will not stop until the bear is dead, even if it means the animal tears his flesh, throat, and voice box. The men strive to keep Glass alive, except for John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) who has had enough and conspires to leave him for dead. The rest of The Revenant follows Glass as he fights for survival, just so he can exact vengeance on Fitzgerald.

The Revenant is at its best when Iñárritu matches pitiless nature against Glass’ stubborn resolve. In just over two and a half hours, one catastrophe after another befalls Glass. In one memorable sequence, Glass’ DIY solution to a gaping neck wound is so horrific and brusque that it would make John Rambo nod in approval. Indeed, the entire film is an extended riff on alpha male posturing set against picaresque winter landscapes, as if Iñárritu wants to redefine the phrase “rugged individualist.”

Lubezki may win his third consecutive cinematography Oscar; the imagery is awesome in the truest sense of the word, and his technical skills match the director’s vision.

The trouble is that Iñárritu tries to wedge art-house pretense into a primal, pulpy re-

venge tale. There are long, languid sequences in between the action set pieces where Iñárritu and his co-screenwriter, Mark L. Smith, shamelessly ape the kind of obtuse reverie we might expect from Terrence Malick.

The film, “inspired by true events,” supplies Glass with a Native American family the actual Glass did not have, just so there can be superfluous hallucinatory sequences where we come to understand the full meaning of his loss, or whatever. Through sheer immersion, the best genre films can transcend their trappings and become something more universal. Iñárritu has similar ambitions, but his approach is flawed. Elliptical, infrequent dialogue and a running time that indicates we’re watching a Serious Film are cynical ways to achieve that immersion.

Aside from the intense physical demands of the film, the actors are clearly game for this material. Gnawing and heaving throughout his ordeal, DiCaprio deserves the Best Actor Oscar just for putting up with Iñárritu’s bullshit (in addition to a visceral performance). Since Glass is alone and wounded for most of The Revenant, DiCaprio’s character rarely speaks, and when he does, it’s not even in English.

Metaphorically speaking, Iñárritu loves the smell of his own farts. He’s not content to merely direct his movie in a way that serves the story. With one tedious flourish after another, he wants the audience to marvel at his artistry behind the camera. Glass’ story supplies Iñárritu with enough material for a thrilling epic, yet Iñárritu pads it out so that The Revenant is more like a ponderous tome. Somewhere in this haughty art film is a relentless, vicious action flick that could go for the jugular.

—Alan Zilberman The Revenant opens Thursday in theaters everywhere.

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Pretty and Witty and bright West Side Story Book by Arthur Laurents Music by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Directed by Matthew Gardiner At Signature Theatre to Jan. 31 When Stephen Sondheim appeared on Fresh Air in 2010, host Terry Gross asked him what he’d learned from working with composer Leonard Bernstein more than 50 years earlier on West Side Story, Sondheim’s first Broadway show. Bernstein “was never afraid to fall off the top rung of the ladder,” Sondheim said. “And I learned by implication that the worst thing you can do is fall off a low rung. If you’re going to make a mistake, make a huge one.”

Signature Theatre’s lusty revival of West Side Story—a Brylcreem riff on Romeo and Juliet, you’ll recall—is huge, but it’s no mistake. With a cast of 30 and an orchestra of 17, it’s the biggest show yet shoehorned into Signature’s cozy 276-seat space.

Misha Kachman’s set, with the audience on three sides, is minimal, and with good reason: Parker Esse’s energetic update of Jerome Robbins’ original choreography needs all the floor space director Matthew Gardiner can give it. This terse, physical West Side Story feels like a jewel-toned motion blur, and that’s a feature, not a bug. The perimeter balconies (one of which supports the musicians) have been extended with scaffolds that members of the warring Jets and Sharks—a white gang and a Puerto Rican one, respectively; you know this, right?— stamp around noisily, as though clambering up fire escapes.

When Lieutenant Schrank (John Leslie Wolfe), the cop charged with keeping the peace, tells Shark leader Bernardo (Sean Ewing), “I got the badge. You got the skin.

It’s tough all over,” it’s apparent that the tale of star-crossed lovers violating racial taboos needs no updating from its Eisenhow-

er-era milieu. Wisely, Gardiner has done nothing to try to make it topical, allowing this to exist as a fever dream of unchecked adolescence. (This production doesn’t even use the dialogue that Hamilton creator LinManuel Miranda translated into Spanish for the 2009 Broadway revival that had its trial run here in D.C. at the National Theatre seven years ago.)

If West Side Story felt sexy and dangerous in 1961—when Robert Wise’s film version claimed 10 Academy Awards, more than any musical before or since—it must have seemed quaint just six years later. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner replaced it as the Best Picture-nominated interracial love story du jour, and other contenders Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate made West Side Story’s finger-snapping violence and sexuality look like Sesame Street. Bernardo and his Jet counterpart Riff (Max Clayton, a squarejawed Dennis Quaid look-alike), engage in endless negotiations to arrange their clans’ “rumble” in “the park,” and if it sounds more like they’re arranging an orgy than a street fight, at least it isn’t dull.

As with so many professional productions of Romeo and Juliet, this would be even better if it were possible to cast actors for the teen roles closer to 15 years old than to 35, but no one in the large cast is subpar. Natascia Diaz has played the key role of Anita—Bernardo’s paramour, who tries, disastrously, to make peace—in numerous productions since the ’90s. Would you rather have a younger actor in the part?

Not if you’ve heard Diaz sing “America.”

The grown-ups actually playing grownups—Bobby Smith’s Doc, Russell Sunday’s feckless lawman Officer Krupke, and Wolfe—are all solid. As Tony and Maria, whose mutual attraction overrules their tribal loyalties, Austin Colby and MaryJoanna Grisso are good enough to make you hope for a happier ending. ‘Tis the season for conservative revivals of classic musicals. Here’s one that delivers the goods.

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MusicDiscography Swift and Sure Follow the Dreamers Sunwolf Self-released

D.C.’s punk, garage, and indie rockers haven’t given us many anthems as catchydumb as Sunwolf ’s 2013 single “Push It,” which ought to rank along such hum-it-immediately earbugs as Unrest’s “Makeout Club” and The Points’ “Rock N Roll No Rules.” “Push It” and the rest of the band’s Angel Eyes EP were elemental and infectious, but they also contained an unexpected tension. With its fist-pump melody and bassist/singer Rob “Kalani” Tifford’s deliriously unhinged vocals, “Push It” was certainly rah-rah riotous—yet thanks to the power trio’s tight musicianship and intentional-ornot callbacks to the greats (Velvets, Flamin’ Groovies, Pussy Galore), it also came off as surprisingly, pleasantly, gratifyingly pro.

“Push It,” somehow, felt both gestural and deliberate, raw and well-plotted—not a trick many bands pull off.

Follow the Dreamers, the band’s debut fulllength, is at times mellower and craftier than the kick-out-the-jams material on Angel Eyes—a bit less Loaded, a bit more The Velvet Underground ‘69—but it aims with equal confidence for your pleasure centers. The band basically spells that out in “Red Song,” in which guitarist Tom Bunnell pleads, in an appropriately timeless-feeling chorus, “Nobody knows who wrote that song/ Where it’s coming from/ But you want to sing along.”

At several points on Follow the Dreamers, Sunwolf delivers the sort of hook that, as the band puts it, “cracks on the airwaves, gets into my head/ It goes on forever, even after you’re dead”—that is, the kind of cool-dude instant hummer that might populate a power-pop 45 or Nuggets comp.

Campfire strummer “Big Feelings” has one of those simple choruses that feels huge be-

cause it says almost nothing, and that’s not the only place where the song does a lot with a little. An early guitar solo is licky, surfy, and perfectly timed; a second-half verse lets Tifford’s shimmying bass do the melodic lifting; and the last chorus has gang vocals, though it’s a small-sounding gang, the kind you might cram into a basement studio. Specifically, the basement of drummer (and local post-hardcore vet) Jerry Busher, whose production of Follow the Dreamers consistently exhibits a sensitive ear and good taste.

Like fellow local John Davis’ work in Title Tracks, Sunwolf often taps into an ancient and undying (and, yes, frequently overtugged) rock ’n’ roll through-line, the one connecting British Invasion groups and ’60s garage bands and East Village scenesters and Kiwi college rockers and the more pop-minded exponents of early punk—all of whom prized efficiency, immediateness, and some roughness, and who knew how to write a sing-along refrain. I’m not sure which is groovier in “Velvet,” on which Tifford and Bunnell share singing duties—the former’s thrumming verses, the latter’s wistful choruses, or the handclap bridge. (Of course there are handclaps. Respect.)

Follow the Dreamers also goes to some stranger places. “Memo 34” and “We Work” each consist of a verse or two followed by one extended, uber-catchy chorus—catchy enough that another band might have exploited it for a longer song, but which Sunwolf is content to leave behind after two minutes.

The furious first half of “Contender” has a spoken vocal track layered over Bunnell’s sung one, a disorienting effect that builds to a boil before, halfway through, the chaos dissipates to reveal a plaintive ballad.

Other tracks take different avenues to burrow into your brain. You can hear some T. Rex and ESG in “Duke,” but it’s also its own beast, a minimalistic and slick refreshening of disco-punk tropes. “Heart (Goes Boom)” is a caveman’s love letter, a little bit Troggs, a little bit Calvin Johnson. And there may not be a better song on Follow the Dreamers than “Let It Out,” which exhibits nearly all of Sunwolf’s strengths—it’s a run-for-itdarling torch anthem that takes some smart formal zags, a head-nodder and a heart-tugger, a showcase for the band’s complementary commands of tension and release. “Let it out tonight, know it will be all right,” the band sings, and it’s not hard to share Sunwolf’s catharsis—and then appreciate that a band can be this diverting and immediate, yet still show —Jonathan L. Fischer its work.

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CITYLIST Music

Friday Rock

Gypsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. The Cactus Liquors, Beggars Tomb. 9 p.m. $12. gypsysallys.com.

The hamilTon 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

The Congress, The Broadcast. 8:30 p.m. $6. The Rock-a-Sonics. 10:30 p.m. Free. thehamiltondc.com.

Funk & R&B Villain & sainT 7141 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda.

(240) 800-4700. Moogatu. 9 p.m. $7–$10. villainandsaint.com.

ElEctRonic U sTreeT mUsic hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. DJ Harvey, Young Marco, Graham Hatke.

10 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.

Jazz marTin lUTher KinG Jr. memorial library 901 G St. NW. (202) 727-0321. Tele Blues featuring Anthony Pirog. 12 p.m. Free. dclibrary.org/mlk. mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. The Kevin Cordt Quartet. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com.

BluEs blUes alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Chris Thomas King. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $22.50–$27.50. bluesalley.com.

countRy birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. 7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com.

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CITY LIGHTS: FRIDAY

blacK caT bacKsTaGe 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Primitive! with DJs Mad Squirrel and Mojo Go-Go. 9:30 p.m. Free. blackcatdc.com.

THE BIG T.N.T. SHOW

Following the success of Teenage Awards Music International—a 1964 concert movie now widely known as the T.A.M.I. Show that features performances by James Brown, The Rolling Stones, and Marvin Gaye—a sequel was inevitable. In The Big T.N.T. Show, produced by Phil Spector, it’s Ike and Tina Turner, The Byrds, Bo Diddley, Ray Charles, The Lovin Spoonful, The Ronettes, and Petula Clark’s turn to provoke the screeching and keep the go-go dancers moving. For the first of four Friday night music-related screenings under the theme “Time Capsule: 1966,” the Library of Congress will show a 35 mm film presentation of this eclectic showcase in the intimate Pickford Theater. While it may not be, as the 1966 trailer promised, “the greatest array of talent ever presented in one show,” it still has some pretty lively performances. Joan Baez, Donovan, and actor David McCallum of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. look a little awkward in front of the noisy audience, but the jangly folk rock of The Byrds and the rocking soul of Tina Turner, Ray Charles, and The Ronettes remain timeless. The film shows at 7 p.m. at the Library of Congress James Madison Building, —Steve Kiviat 101 Independence Ave. SE. Free. (202) 707-5000. loc.gov.

hip-hop

opERa

howarD TheaTre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

KenneDy cenTer Terrace TheaTer 2700 F St.

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. 9 p.m. $29.50–$65.

NW. (202) 467-4600. American Opera Initiative:

thehowardtheatre.com.

Better Gods. 7 p.m. $45. kennedy-center.org.

Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Discnotheque with DJs Sean Morris and Bill Spieler.

10:30 p.m. $2–$5. dcnine.com.

saturday Rock

Gypsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700.

The Dave Kline Band, The Upton Blues Band. 8 p.m. $10–$14. gypsysallys.com.

The hamilTon 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

The David Kitchen Band. 10:30 p.m. Free. thehamiltondc.com.

Funk & R&B howarD TheaTre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

The Earth, Wind, and Fire Tribute Show. 7:30 p.m. $12–$35. thehowardtheatre.com.

Jazz mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Kim Scudera with Batida Diferente. 8 p.m.

Free. mrhenrysdc.com.

BluEs blUes alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Chris Thomas King. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $22.50–$27.50. bluesalley.com.

Villain & sainT 7141 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda.

(240) 800-4700. Moxie. 9 p.m. $7–$10. villainandsaint.com.

countRy birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. 7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com.

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MARSHALL CRENSHAW & THE BOTTLE ROCKETS

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SATURDAY

BETTER GODS Better Gods, the latest commission from the Kennedy Center’s American Opera Initiative, takes the art form to a state Donald Trump does not consider part of the U.S. The opera is set in Honolulu, circa 1891, and recounts the life of Queen Liliuokalani, the last monarch of Hawaii, who was forced to abdicate her throne during the islands’ American annexation. Composer Luna Pearl Woolf’s narrative works tend to explore dark periods of history, both sonically and through their storylines. (An oratorio about Hurricane Katrina marked her Carnegie Hall debut.) For Better Gods, she wrote a score that incorporates native Hawaiian instruments, including the nose flute, Kala’au (warrior sticks made from strawberry guava trees), and `ili`ili (stone castanets), that performers play onstage. To pull the story, music, and imagery together, the Kennedy Center invited theater director Ethan McSweeny, a D.C. native who has directed a string of hits at Shakespeare Theatre, to take on opera. Multitasking soprano Caitlin Vincent wrote the libretto, which will be sung by members of the WNO’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program.

Though the Hawaiian-born president is unlikely to attend, Better Gods is likely to be landmark work worth seeing for anyone interested in the island state. The opera runs Jan. 8 to Jan. 9 at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2700 F St. NW. $45. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

—Rebecca J. Ritzel

opERa KenneDy cenTer Terrace TheaTer 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. American Opera Initiative: Better Gods. 7 p.m. $45. kennedy-center.org.

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DJ nights

Warner Theatre

Mixtape with DJs Shea Van Horn and Matt Bailer.

25 w/Jorma Kaukonen 26 w/Honeycutters

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CITY LIGHTS:

blacK caT 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490.

9:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com.

CITY LIGHTS: SUNDAY

ZORBA THE GREEK Learning to embrace the moment and relax a little bit is a timeless throughline in literature, but this theme is deployed with particular success in Zorba the Greek, the 1964 film based on novelist Nikos Kazantzakis’ book The Saint’s Life of Alexis Zorba. The story follows the simple friendship between Basil, an awkward author who visits Crete to check on one of his father’s mines, and Zorba, the larger-than-life native who assists Basil and teaches him to dance. The film has entertained generations of audiences and raked in millions at the box office. This weekend, it screens at the National Gallery of Art as part of a tribute to Anthony Quinn, the joyful actor who played Zorba. His widow will introduce the screening and comment on her connection to the film, as well as Greeks’ love for her late husband. The film shows at 4 p.m. at the National Gallery of Art, —Caroline Jones 6th St. and Constitution Ave. NW. Free. (202) 737-4215. nga.gov. blacK caT bacKsTaGe 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Fresh to Death with DJs Carrie Nation and Jennder. 9:30 p.m. $5. blackcatdc.com.

WoRlD

bossa bisTro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

DJ Dola. 10 p.m. $5. bossadc.com.

bossa bisTro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

Levon Mikaelian and United Shades of Artistry.

9:30 p.m. Free. bossadc.com.

Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Body Werk.

10:30 p.m. $2–$5. dcnine.com.

gospEl

U sTreeT mUsic hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Rev 909 with Will Eastman and Ozker. 10 p.m. $10. ustreetmusichall.com.

howarD TheaTre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Harlem Gospel Choir. 1:30 p.m. $20–$40. thehowardtheatre.com.

sunday

Monday

Rock

Funk & R&B

blacK caT bacKsTaGe 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. The Combs, Plrls, Passing Phases.

7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com.

KenneDy cenTer millenniUm sTaGe 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Jimi Smooth and HitTime.

6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Walk the Plank, Warn the Duke, Collider, American Television. 8:30 p.m. $8. dcnine.com.

Jazz

Villain & sainT 7141 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda.

(240) 800-4700. Throwing Wrenches, Noble Giants, Stephen Lee. 6:30 p.m. $5–$8. villainandsaint.com.

Jazz birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Maceo Parker. 7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com.

Villain & sainT 7141 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda.

(240) 800-4700. Sunflare. 8 p.m. $5. villainandsaint.com.

tuesday Rock

BluEs

blacK caT bacKsTaGe 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. King Giant, Zekiah, Seasick Gladiator.

10 p.m. $7:30 p.m. blackcatdc.com.

blUes alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Chris Thomas King. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $22.50–$27.50. bluesalley.com.

KenneDy cenTer millenniUm sTaGe 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Aztec Sun. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

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countRy birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Travis Tritt. 7:30 p.m. (Sold out) birchmere.com.

Wednesday Rock

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comeT pinG ponG 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 364-0404. Free Cake for Every Creature, Romantic States, Boon. 9 p.m. $12. cometpingpong.com.

Gypsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700.

Stealing Liberty, The Brokedown Boys. 8 p.m. $8. gypsysallys.com.

Funk & R&B KenneDy cenTer millenniUm sTaGe 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Tank and the Bangas. 6 p.m.

Free. kennedy-center.org.

ElEctRonic Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Lenclair, The Radiographers, Honey Stone, Todo Mas. 8:30 p.m. $8. dcnine.com.

U sTreeT mUsic hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Candyland, Fight Clvb. 10 p.m. $20. ustreetmusichall.com.

WoRlD bossa bisTro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

Orchester Prazevica’s Gypsy Soul Party. 9:30 p.m.

Free. bossadc.com.

thursday Rock

birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Holy Holy featuring Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey. 7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com.

blacK caT bacKsTaGe 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Heavy Breathing, The Effects, Puff Pieces.

7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com.

Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Skyline Hotel, Broke Royals, Lookout Gang. 8:30 p.m. $10. dcnine.com. howarD TheaTre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Good Company Band, Cane, Splash Set, Luc Lucciano, Jet Riley, Tre 5, Highway Hustle, Selina George.

7:30 p.m. $10–$20. thehowardtheatre.com.

Villain & sainT 7141 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda.

(240) 800-4700. Scorpion Rose. 9 p.m. $5–$8. villainandsaint.com.

ElEctRonic 9:30 clUb 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930.

Marshmello. 9 p.m. (Sold out) 930.com.

U sTreeT mUsic hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Treasure Fingers, Landis Lapace, Wave Age. 10 p.m. $12. ustreetmusichall.com.

countRy Gypsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700.

Roosevelt Dime, Drymill Road. 8 p.m. $12–$14. gypsysallys.com. mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Hollertown. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com.

WoRlD bossa bisTro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

ZEDICUS and Abyssinia Roots. 9:30 p.m. $5. bossadc.com.

classical KenneDy cenTer concerT hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra with conductor Neeme Järvi, violinist Baiba Skride performs Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2, and Eller’s Five Pieces for String Orchestra. 7 p.m. $15–$89. kennedy-center.org.

Vocal KenneDy cenTer millenniUm sTaGe 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Ella and Louie Tribute Band. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

CITY LIGHTS: MONDAY

MARIS KREIZMAN

When does a meme become art? Since 2009, Maris Kreizman has combined quotes from contemporary and classic literature and images from popular TV shows, music, and movies—think Taylor Swift and Joan Didion, The Jinx and Edgar Allen Poe—on her blog, Slaughterhouse 90210. Her debut book of the same name collects 150 of these posts in a format that works equally well on a coffee table or in the bathroom. At its best, Slaughterhouse 90210 breaks down the division between high art and pop culture by revealing the depth of emotions our modern myths can invoke. In its weaker moments, the combinations feel like something a random generator could have created, but it’ll still give you warm, fuzzy feelings for the shows you love and cause you to briefly consider them in different ways. Expect NPR pop culture writer Linda Holmes to dig into these topics and perhaps discuss some new mashups when she hosts a conversation with Kreizman. Maris Kreizman reads at 6:30 p.m. at Kramerbooks and Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. Free. (202) 387-1400. kramers.com. —Justin Weber

CITY LIGHTS: TUESDAY

GEORGIE Google British actor George Rose and one of the first results is a report on his gruesome death. In 1988, while vacationing at his home in the Dominican Republic, Rose was brutally murdered by his adopted son and three other men, and that untimely demise has become a large part of his legacy. Ed Dixon, his longtime friend, aims to highlight the acclaimed work Rose did before his death, both on stage and screen, in Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose, a new one-man show at Signature Theatre. From his early days with the Royal Shakespeare Company to Tony-winning runs in My Fair Lady and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Rose enchanted audiences on both sides of the pond and entertained his friends in the process. Dixon will also comment on Rose’s less successful turns, like an American version of Upstairs, Downstairs called Beacon Hill that flamed out after 11 episodes. Whatever your familiarity with Rose’s oeuvre, Dixon aims to reintroduce his friend to audiences who remember him and help those who don’t know him yet learn of his importance.

The play runs Jan. 8 to Feb. 7 at Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. $25–$45.

—Caroline Jones (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.com.

Books

Janice y.K. lee Lee, a former editor at Elle, examines the lives of three women living in Hong Kong in her new novel, The Expatriates. Politics & Prose.

5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Jan. 14, 7 p.m. Free.

(202) 364-1919. maris Kreizman The author discusses Slaughterhouse 90210, the book adapted from her popular blog of the same name that combines contemporary pop culture images with quotations from classic literature. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe. 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. Jan. 11, 6:30 p.m. Free.

(202) 387-1400. sUzane reaTiG The D.C.-based architect examines how the addition of glass buildings transformed the Shaw neighborhood in A Clear View. Politics & Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Jan. 9, 1 p.m.

Free. (202) 364-1919.

Jacob weisberG The author, editor in chief of The Slate Group, discusses his latest work in The American Presidents series, this one about Ronald Reagan.

Politics & Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Jan. 8, 7 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919.

Galleries

The aThenaeUm 201 Prince St., Alexandria. (703) 548-0035. nvfaa.org. OngOing: “Notes on the State of Virginia.” Artist Suzanne Stryk presents a series of assemblages inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s book and her subsequent travels around the state.

Dec. 17–Jan. 31. flashpoinT Gallery 916 G St. NW. (202) 3151305. culturaldc.org. ClOsing: “Human Hierarchies.” In a new installation that comments on leadership and homogeneity, Maggie Evans presents

detailed drawings of hundreds of chairs that are then recreated in plastic. Dec. 5–Jan. 9.

GreaTer resTon arTs cenTer 12001 Market St., Ste. 103, Reston. (703) 471-9242. restonarts.org.

OngOing: “Continuum.” Abstract sculptures and paintings inspired by the work of scientists by artist Rebecca Kamen. Dec. 1–Feb. 13. honfleUr Gallery 1241 Good Hope Road SE. (202) 365-8392. honfleurgallery.com. ClOsing: “Icons: Las Virgincitas.” In this series of twelve paintings, Dariana Arias depicts women from around the world as the Virgin Mary. Nov. 13–Jan. 8.

ViViD solUTions Gallery 1231 Good Hope Road SE. (202) 365-8392. vividsolutionsdc.com. ClOsing: “Pink, Part 1.” A new and colorful multimedia installation by local visual artist Carolina Mayorga.

Nov. 13–Jan. 8.

dance

aGency 9 Dancers from the Clinton, Md. arts center perform a series of pieces. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. 2700 F St. NW. Jan. 9, 6 p.m. Free.

(202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org. new year’s resolUTions wiTh Joy of moTion Take classes in different styles of dance from Joy of Motion instructors at this year-opening event determined to get individuals moving. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. 2700 F St. NW. Jan. 8, 6 p.m.; Jan. 10, 6 p.m. Free. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

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The criTic anD The real inspecTor hoUnD Shakespeare Theatre Company opens 2016 with two plays in one evening, both behind-the-scenes looks at life in the theater. Jeffrey Hatcher’s adapta-

tion of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 18th-century comedy The Critic is followed by Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound, a mystery about two critics who become suspects when they see a murderous play. Lansburgh Theatre. 450 7th St. NW. To Feb. 14. $20–$108. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org. a GenTleman’s GUiDe To loVe anD mUrDer In this Tony-winning musical, a distant heir to a family

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ALL SONGS CONSIDERED’S SWEET 16 CELEBRATION It seems obvious now that a thoughtful online program on music from all genres would find a regular and loving audience, but at the turn of the century it wasn’t a sure thing.

Heck, podcasts didn’t even exist when All Songs Considered launched in January 2000.

Now the show, which has expanded from a weekly chat to include live concert recordings and an online music channel, is ready to celebrate 16 years. All Songs helped transform NPR Music into one of the premiere destinations for music fans; stopping by NPR HQ to play a Tiny Desk Concert is now something that musicians include on their bucket lists.

Over the years, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton have also been big boosters for the local music scene. The pair will host an evening of festivities at the 9:30 Club featuring the experimental electronic dance music of Baltimore’s Dan Deacon and the unmistakeable, haunting voice of Sharon Van Etten. That alone would be a stacked lineup, but Boilen and Hilton have made so many friends over the years that plenty of surprise guests are expected to drop by. Dan Deacon performs with Sharon Van Etten and special guests at 7 p.m. at the —Justin Weber 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW. $20. (202) 265-0930. 930.com.

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It’s been bitterly cold outside, so take refuge at one of the Smithsonian’s gems to see four of D.C.’s brightest musical talents. Online music magazine D.C. Music Download has invited experimental noise-pop act Stronger Sex to perform as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s regular Luce Unplugged series. Infectiously poppy with wailing vocals and grinding synths, Stronger Sex creates private dance parties that beg for your best moves. Series programmers (including Washington City Paper) have consistently brought a breadth of talent to the museum every month, but it’ll be refreshing to see a more experimental set hold down the space, particularly if it shocks the unsuspecting tourists who wander through the gallery. Given Johnny Fantastic and Erik Sleight’s affection for bejeweled and cleverly painted getups, it’s high time for the group to get weird in an art museum. Stronger Sex performs at 5:30 p.m. at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F Streets NW. Free. (202) 633-7970. americanart.si.edu.

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