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INSIDE

12 General idea D.C. General needs to close.

But where should its replacements go?

PhotograPhs by darrow montgomery

4 Chatter distriCt line

7 Loose Lips: Is the business lobby sitting down on the job?

9 Unobstructed View 10 Savage Love 11 Gear Prudence 17 Buy D.C.

d.C. Feed

19 Young & Hungry: Is local rockfish safe to eat?

21 Food Grazer: Fancy snack vending machines 21 Are You Gonna Eat That? Tail Up Goat’s Charred Chocolate Rye With Salt-Crusted Sardine 21 Brew In Town: District ChopHouse’s BarleyWine ’15

arts

23 Raising Hell: The Gallery of Satan sets cloven hoof in the District 26 Arts Desk: A sampling of the Satanic artworks 26 Theater: Klimek on Guards at the Taj and You, or Whatever I Can Get 26 Film: Olszewski on Touched With Fire and The Club

City list

33 City Lights: Julia Holter brings her layered experimental pop to the Rock & Roll Hotel.

33 Music 40 Theater 41 Film

42 ClassiFieds diversion 43 Crossword

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Photograph by Darrow Montgomery

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CHATTER Technicolor Dream Gloat

In which readers wonder, What Is Art?

Darrow MonTGoMery

To accompany last week’s Spring Arts & En-

tertainment Guide, Washington City Paper published an interview with the Renwick’s curator-in-charge, Nicholas R. Bell, on the gallery’s wildly popular exhibition “Wonder” (“’Gram Slam,” Feb. 12). In it, Bell didn’t seem too concerned about critiques that the exhibition lacks substance. Neither did some of City Paper’s readers. #DCTwitter person Helder Gil tweeted, “Reading @wcp cover story on Renwick’s ‘Wonder’ exhibition & baffled by critique that it’s not ‘real art’ b/c it’s too popular w/common folk.” This critique was then critiqued by the critiquers. Kriston Capps, who reviewed the exhibit for City Paper, tweeted to Gil, “It reminds me of the cow made of butter. Which is neat and you should get your picture taken with it!” City Paper contributor Amanda Kolson Hurley jumped in: “The critique was that it gives you nothing to think about. I agree.” Gil replied, “The critique of the exhibit seems to boil down to ‘too many regular people are attending & photographing it,’” to which Capps responded, “I don’t think that’s the argument. It’s that it’s bad art but good gramming.” Meanwhile, hundreds of people went to the Renwick and took a selfie with some art and felt good about it.

Guide me. Speaking of the Spring Arts guide—have you checked it out yet? No? Let’s remedy that. Find it online at washingtoncitypaper.com/go/spring2016.

—Sarah Anne Hughes Department of Corrections: In the Spring Arts & Entertainment Guide, the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival pick contained an incorrect spelling of Cuban band Maqueque’s name and misstated the name of Allison Miller’s band, Boom Tic Boom. A listing for Fanfare Ciocarlia on April 12 incorrectly stated its location; it will take place at Tropicalia.

A listing for the Post-Brazilian Carnaval Party at Tropicalia on Feb. 21 was incorrectly listed as a free event. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

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DISTRICTLINE

Tomorrow’s History Today: This was the week that District GOPers demanded the resignation of a David Grosso staffer for tweeting “aw hahahaha suck it Scalia” after the death of the Supreme Court justice.

Loose Lips

Business Blues What happened to the business lobby?

In October, At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman dropped the legislative equivalent of a progressive bomb from the D.C. Council dais. The legislation from Silverman and At-Large Councilmember David Grosso would guarantee 16 months of paid family leave for District employees, the most generous mandate of its kind in the country.

All that paid leave would come with a hefty bill to be funded, according to the legislation, by a tax on District employers.

It’s the kind of lefty idea that, in previous years, would have garnered a few token co-introductions from councilmembers before dying in committee. This time, though, Silverman’s sweeping paid leave bill won support from a majority of councilmembers.

Take pity on the District’s titans of industry, if you can stomach it. They’ve got the money and the campaign contributions, but lately, their influence at city hall is at a low. So why is the District’s business lobby having such a hard time down at the Wilson Building?

Wilson Building watchers, speaking on background to LL, blame the decline in the business community’s weight at the Council with the lack of a coordinated effort tying different industries together. Their ebb coincides with a low point for the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, traditionally the business lobby’s muscle.

In December, Chamber President Harry Wingo resigned after less than two years on the job.

Wingo told the Washington Business Journal that his exit was “amicable,” but he had clearly failed to achieve the pro-business heights of previous president Barbara Lang, who helped defeat the Walmarttargeting Large Retailer Accountability Act in 2013.

(Ironically, Wingo’s greatest success came after he quit the Chamber. A February ruling in his lawsuit over a proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage has thrown the initiative’s fate into question.)

That’s not to say every business is locked out at the Wilson Building. To use one example, District power utility Pepco recently managed to defuse an attempt

by Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh to study potentially replacing the company with a publiclyowned electric company.

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By Will Sommer

An ultra-progressive paid family leave bill found widespread support from the Council. Where’s the outcry from the business community?

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DISTRICTLINE More broadly, though, the District’s business interests are playing defense at city hall, facing down both paid leave and a bill that would mandate more regular scheduling for hourly workers.

Indeed, the most effective opposition to the 16-week family leave bill has come from inside the government—Mayor Muriel Bowser opposes it in its current form, and the District’s chief financial officer issued a report on its staggering expense.

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, meanwhile, has pared down the legislation to 12 weeks, but is still backing it.

Mark Lee, the executive director of the D.C. Nightlife Hospitality Association and inveterate booster of the business community, blames something else for business woes at the Council: a purported ignorance on behalf of councilmembers.

“Operating a small business is a pretty foreign activity to councilmembers,” Lee says. “They don’t get it.”

Tight-Lipped Thompson After nearly taking a fight over his documents all the way to the Supreme Court, it should be no surprise that confessed shadow campaign financier Jeff Thompson knows how to hold up a criminal case. But now, according to court

“Operating a small business is a pretty foreign activity to councilmembers.” papers filed against the one-time District mega-contractor, Thompson is prolonging a civil case against him, too.

In May 2013, Thompson’s former Medicaid contractor Chartered sued him. In its lawsuit, Chartered, now held under receivership by the District, alleges that Thompson and his holding company plundered Chartered in a variety of novel ways, from taking out a loan that used Chartered as collateral to setting up bogus contracts between Chartered and other companies controlled by Thompson.

The lawsuit represents the best chance for Chartered to recoup $17 million it says Thompson and his holding company made off with. The case could also help shed more light on the prominent crook’s relationship with the District government.

There’s one problem, though—the lawsuit is taking forever.

In the nearly three years since Chartered sued Thompson, he’s pleaded guilty to organizing illicit shadow campaigns

to support several District pols (including ex-Mayor Vince Gray). Thompson has tried to countersue the District for allegedly stealing away his company.

The civil case has taken so long that Thompson could finally do some prison time (or at least house arrest) in his criminal case, with his sentencing hearing set for June.

Part of the delay lies with Thompson, who still hasn’t sat for a deposition. In court documents filed last November, Chartered’s attorneys ask for sanctions from the court to compel Thompson to appear at a deposition. That came after Thompson failed to show up for a scheduled deposition, leading his would-be interrogators, sitting in an otherwise empty room, to just read his absence into the record.

Since then, Thompson still hasn’t been deposed. Chartered’s attorney didn’t respond to a request for comment, but Thompson attorney Deborah Israel say it’s not his fault.

Israel blames the deposition delay on Chartered’s rehabilitation, which she says has failed to provide necessary documents in discovery. “We view this as an issue of fundamental fairness,” Israel says.

No documents means no deposition. So Thompson will be CP deposed eventually—but as usual, on his own time.

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UNOBSTRUCTEDVIEW In the Arena

By Matt Terl Ted Leonsis is reportedly bringing an Arena Football League team to D.C. Oddly, this makes me very happy.

The addition of another football squad to the crowded D.C. sports landscape might seem pretty minor—at best another team that doesn’t receive as much attention and support as they deserve, even if they are successful. (Love you, Kastles and United!) But I think an Arena Football team, especially one owned by Leonsis and folded into his Monumental Sports enterprise alongside the Caps and Wiz, could be very different. Here are are six reasons why.

1) First and foremost, Arena Football is football. That alone makes it an easier sell than tennis or even soccer. It may be slightly weird football, played on a 50-yard field with eight guys on a side, with rebound nets around the skinny goalposts and with an offensive player moving toward the line of scrimmage before a snap, but it is football. And people love football.

real sense that this was a football league that was actually excited that you attended their game. That counts for something, too.

4) Access should be better, if only because it is almost impossible for it to be worse.

Mocking the parking and egress nightmare at FedExField is the 2016 equivalent of observational comedy about airplane peanuts: I’ll just assume we all agree on how horrible it is.

These games are expected to be played at Verizon Center, which sits literally on top of a Metro line and is easy walking distance from actual bars and restaurants if you need to kill an hour or two. But even if the games aren’t played at Verizon, I cannot imagine Leonsis picking a spot that’s out past the wasteland of a mall in some distant suburb. (This was another thing that was great about that Keys game: You pull off the highway, into the parking lot, park your car like you’re at a slightly crowded shopping center, and that’s that. Minor league stuff is the best.)

5) It’s a chance to start clean. Me railing

This should be a chance to watch football without the weight of the cultural implications of the team’s name.

2) It’s a markedly cheaper football experience, especially if you’re bringing a family. I was, until very recently, pretty convinced that I hated live sporting events, burned out on recreational attendance by three years of covering every Pigskins game, home and road. What changed my mind was a multifamily outing to see the Frederick Keys play.

Turns out that what I hate is spending a ton of money for a worse view of something that I could enjoy perfectly fine—and more or less for free—on TV. At minor-league prices and with minor-league sightlines, live sports are a genuinely fun family excursion.

3) It’s a markedly better game-day experience than the NFL offers. I’ve only been to one Arena League game, years ago when I lived in Colorado. (I suspect I would’ve gone to more had I not hauled ass back east as soon as I earned my degree.) But even that one game pointed out a few deficits in the NFL game-day experience that I might not otherwise have thought of: The half-size field, for example, provided better views of the action throughout the game. The in-game hype made much more sense in a 20,000-person arena than a 79,000-person stadium. And, most of all, there was an ineffable but very

against nostalgia in sports is second only to the FedExField parking lots in the airplane peanuts 2016 sweepstakes, but it has to be said: There’s something very appealing about the idea of rooting for a football team without someone else yapping on forever about how much better it was in some previous era—without having to nurse weird, ancient grudges for this player or that coach. For, basically, getting to create new memories rather than smudged mimeographs of old ones.

6) The name thing. As part of the above, this should be a chance to watch football without the weight of the cultural implications of the team’s name. (Whether you want it changed or not, there’s no denying that it’s become part of the conversation around that other football team.) Although if I’m being totally honest, I hope that they’re named the Bullets, even though that name was deemed inappropriate once as well. “Your Washington Football Bullets” needs to happen.

Basically, this team can’t get here soon enough. And then, within three weeks of arrival, I will almost certainly wind up writing CP about how they’re cursed.

Follow Matt Terl on Twitter @matt_terl.

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SAVAGELOVE My new girlfriend blurted out that she had a cuckolding past with her ex-husband. She says her ex badgered her into arranging “dates” with strangers and that he picked the guys. Her ex would then watch her having sex with a guy in a hotel room.

The ex only watched and didn’t take part. I am really bothered by her past. She says she did it only because her ex pressured her into it and she wanted to save her marriage, so she agreed. But I suspect she may have enjoyed it and may have been testing me to see if I wanted to be a cuck. What should I do? I am really torn by my feelings toward her.

—Confused In NOVA You suspect she may have enjoyed fucking those other men?

I hope she enjoyed fucking those other men—and you should too, CINOVA. Because even if cuckolding wasn’t her fantasy, even if she fucked those other men only to delight her shitty ex-husband, anyone who cares about this woman—and you do care about her, right?— should hope the experiences she had with those other men weren’t overwhelmingly negative, completely traumatizing, or utterly joyless.

And, yes, people will sometimes broach the subject of their own sexual interests/fantasies using the passive voice or a negative frame because they’re afraid of rejection or they want an easy out or both. (“My ex was into this kinda extreme thing, and I did it because I felt I had to.” “That’s gross.” “Yeah, I totally hated it.”) But cuckolding is almost always the husband’s fantasy—it’s rare for the wife to initiate cuckolding scenes/relationships—so odds are good that your girlfriend is telling you the truth about those other men being her ex-husband’s idea/fantasy and not hers.

As for whether she’s testing you: That’s a pretty easy test to fail, CINOVA. Open your mouth and say, “Cuckolding isn’t something I would ever want to do. The thought of you with another man isn’t a turn-on for me. Not at all.” It’s an easy F. What should you do? If you can’t let this go, if you can’t get over the sex your girlfriend had with her ex-husband and those other men, if you can’t hope she had a good time regardless of whose idea it was, if you can’t take “I’m not interested in cuckolding you!” for an answer— if you can’t do all of that—then do your girlfriend a favor and break up with her. She just got out from under a shitty husband who pressured her into “cheating.” The last thing she needs now is a shitty boyfriend who shames her —Dan Savage for “cheating.”

My husband is Native American. I’m white.

We’ve been together 16 years, raising a couple kids. We love each other very much, so this isn’t a deal breaker. I’ve got a thing for his long black hair. He’s a drop-dead gorgeous man, and while I gave up asking that he wear leggings or a breech10 february 19, 2016 washingtoncitypaper.com

cloth once in a while, I wish he would grow out his hair. I’m willing to wear (and do) anything he asks. He’s somewhere to the left of Sherman Alexie when it comes to this stuff, but could you tell me why I’m so wrong? He keeps his hair short, and the one time I made enough of a fuss, he grew it out and never washed it just to spite me. A long time ago, he participated in a sun dance, and he looked incredible. So I guess that makes me a blasphemous pervert, but really? Is asking for a couple of braids —Whitey McWhite Wife really so wrong?

You suspect she may have enjoyed fucking those other men? I hope she enjoyed fucking those other men.

I forwarded your e-mail to Sherman Alexie, the award-winning poet, novelist, essayist, and filmmaker. Your question must have touched a nerve, WMW, because Alexie’s response arrived while my computer was still making that woooosh-sending-e-mail sound.

Now I’m going to step aside and let Alexie answer your question…

“What does ‘to the left of Sherman Alexie’ mean in this context? I doubt there are very many Native dudes more leftist than me! And long hair on Indian men is more conservative and more tribal, anyway—more ceremonial. More of a peacock thing, really. And a lot of work! My Native wife certainly misses my long hair. But I don’t miss the upkeep and I don’t miss answering questions about my hair. I mean, I cut my hair 13 years ago (more than 25 percent of my life ago), and some people still ask me about it! Thirteen years! Also, Native men tend to cut their hair as they age.

Long hair is generally a young Indian man’s gig, culturally speaking.

“I would venture that Native dude is tired of being romanticized, ethnocized, objectified. We Indians get enough of that shit in the outside world. Maybe this dude doesn’t want that in bed. Or maybe he just likes the way he looks with shorter hair. Because I am getting so gray, long hair would make me look like a warlock having a midlife crisis. Maybe this In-

dian dude is just sick of all the sociopolitical shit that comes with long hair. Maybe it kills his boner. Talking about it has certainly killed —Dan my boner.”

Why would you call blumkins “sexist”? Are you excluding the idea that gay, bi, and trans people might participate? There are many sexual practices that are degrading. If the partner consents, how is it “sexist”? Lastly, have you considered that a heterosexual female may want a blumkin of her own?

I’m a heterosexual male, and I have no idea how you could defecate and remain erect—but to each his own! Your answer was irrational and sexist!

—The Problem Isn’t Always Sexism Go to Urban Dictionary and read every definition for “blumkin,” TPIAS. There are nine of them. We’ll wait.

While almost all of the proposed definitions—including the top one—are gendered (“Taking a nice shit while your woman is sucking your cock”), even definitions that aren’t gendered (“Getting a blowjob while taking a stinky shit”) include examples of usage that are gendered (“Anthony really enjoyed it when Christy gave him a blumkin last night”). While a gay dude could suck his man’s cock while he was taking a stinky shit, and while a trans man could go eat his cis girlfriend’s pussy while she was dropping a deuce, the whole conversation about blumkins—and since blumkins are mythical, TPIAS, the convo is all we’ve got— isn’t about consensual degrading sex play. It’s about the symbolic degradation of women.

And that’s sexist.

It’s like gerbiling: Everyone has a butthole, anyone can walk into a pet store and buy a gerbil, paper-towel tubes are everywhere. But gerbiling is always described as a gay sex act.

The fact that straight, bi, asexual, or even deceased people could theoretically have their asses gerbiled doesn’t make joking about gerbiling not homophobic. The anatomical technicality doesn’t exonerate gerbiling. Same goes for blumkins.

So my ruling is final: Joking about gerbiling is homophobic (but funny if done right), just as joking about blumkins is sexist (ditto). —Dan It’s always a little frustrating to read columns where we hear only one side of the story. Maybe you could solicit letters from both partners? A couple would agree in advance what the problem was and both send in a letter, but they should not read each other’s letters. Keep up the great work!

—Just An Idea I love this idea, JAI. Any game couples out —Dan there? Throuples welcome, too!

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Gear Prudence: I love to bike and would do it to more places, but I have a problem: I’m severely (severely!) navigationally challenged. It seems like every time I try to ride somewhere new I get lost. I spend more time looking at the map on my phone than actually riding, and even then, I still manage to get lost. It’s very discouraging and sometimes makes me not want to bike at all. Do you have any advice on how to overcome this?

—Lousy, Overwhelmed, Stranded, Tired Dear LOST: Lesser bike advice columnists would recite some trite cliche about embracing the joys of getting lost and discovering a new sense of adventure and how if not for mistakes, countless discoveries would never have been made. Maybe they’d reference some fake Edison quote or try to make an analogy about Christopher Columbus that leaves out all the unsavory parts. GP calls bullshit. Getting lost on your bike sucks, and while “embracing a spirit of adventure” looks good embroidered on a throw pillow or said by the best friend in a Julia Roberts movie, it’s less fun when you’re standing on the side of a road you don’t know, needlessly delayed and pissed at yourself for not being able to achieve the seemingly simple task of just getting where you’re going. It’s a pain in the ass, and dealing with it will invariably make you a much happier cyclist.

Assuming that you don’t want to stop going new places and also assuming that you’re not going to hire an Uber to drive in front of you and lead the way, you still have a few options to mitigate your distress. GP doesn’t like to bike anywhere new without first taking a good long look at the map before leaving to see if there are any parts of the route that might seem familiar. Having even one or two roads that you know from previous rides can reduce some of the anxiety that comes with novelty. If none of the roads are familiar, it’s at least smart to try to remember one or two “big” roads that are key to the route. Also, a lot of the stress of navigation can be reduced if you keep your route as simple as possible.

But you don’t need to dismiss technology entirely. Your phone is there to help you, and your local bike shop sells devices that allow you to mount it to your bike for exactly these purposes. Or, depending on your level of commitment to not getting lost, you could invest in a bike computer with turn-by-turn directions. In either case, don’t let your worry about getting lost overwhelm your primary responsibility of staying upright.

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General Idea Everyone agrees that the District’s shelter for homeless families needs to close. Where its replacements should go is another matter.

In 2007, the District closed the “inhumane” D.C. Village shelter and soon after began using another large, repurposed facility to house homeless families—the D.C. General hospital, located in a complex of buildings near Capitol Hill. Almost immediately, it became clear the replacement was not an improvement.

The District has not had adequate, safe space for homeless families in years. That men, women, and children are living in a decaying hospital with bad food, roaches, and mold, or in motel rooms, should only come as a surprise if you haven’t been paying attention. For District officials, ignoring the shelter’s many problems became impossible in 2014, after eight-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared from D.C. General. Police say a janitor at the facility kidnapped her.

Shortly before the end of Vince Gray’s first (and only) term, his administration released a plan to close D.C. General and replace it with smaller shelters, perhaps by as early as fall 2015. More than a year later, in 2016, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration announced a plan to do just that, with a goal to close D.C. General by fall 2018.

The seven sites—one in each ward except Ward 2—are primarily dormitory-style, with a mix of shared and private bathrooms. The mayor’s office has transmitted legislation to the D.C. Council, asking the body to “express support” for and show its intent to approve the locations and necessary contracts and leases.

“It is imperative that the District provide developers with a demonstrated commitment,” Bowser wrote. “The more quickly the Council expresses its approval of the replacement facilities plans, the more quickly and efficiently the District will be able to move forward with implementing the plan to improve the quality of life of individuals and families experiencing homelessness.”

—Sarah Anne Hughes 12 february 19, 2016 washingtoncitypaper.com

A Ward Winning?

Closing D.C. General doesn’t make it any easier to open another family shelter in Ward 6.

By Steve Cavendish Of any ward in the District, Ward 6 should be the one most vocally in favor of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s family shelter plan. After all, the sooner smaller shelters are up and running, the sooner D.C. General goes away.

But it’s not that simple. Not for residents, many of whom expressed support last week for helping the homeless but were wary of past unfulfilled promises by the city. Not for the ANC commissioners, many of whom want the closure but are unsure of the proposed location of a new facility. And not for Charles Allen, the councilmember who is getting rid of a “disaster” that abuts his Hill East residents but now is likely faced with a vote to open a homeless shelter in an area of Southwest that already complains of too many public housing projects.

“Understandably, what pops into their mind, because they’ve lived in that neighborhood, is the Randall School shelter,” Allen says. “There’s a trust barrier.”

The school, which hasn’t been a school for years, was turned into a men’s shelter for a brief time a decade ago and nearby residents are still unhappy. At Thursday’s community meeting, grievances were also aired about the poorly maintained recreation center nearby, public housing projects, and other starts and stops by multiple administrations.

“I think that Southwest is an incredibly great and welcoming community. More neighbors are interested in this being successful,” Allen says, but that comes with a caveat. “They’re saying, ‘Convince me that you’re going to put the investments into the elementary school nearby, convince me that you’re going to be investing in the rec center nearby, convince me that you’ll be improving the Unity Health Care site,’ which is falling apart, and I’ve been advocating that it should be completely rebuilt with a combination of housing.”

D.C. General’s closure could mean any number of more attractive alternatives. When residents at the Ward 8 meeting asked Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Brian Kenner what will replace the facility once it is torn down, he replied, “I wish I knew.” But a now more than decade-old master plan for Reservation 13 envisioned housing,

retail, and parks there. For a city already looking at alternatives for the adjacent D.C. jail and RFK Stadium sites, the east side of Ward 6 is getting a much better end of the deal.

The rushed timetable for all of this has diminished trust in Southwest. Before meeting with residents last week, the mayor’s office gave Allen and other councilmembers a briefing over the weekend. Monday night, Allen took the news to the area’s ANC commissioners, giving them a few hours’ notice before Bowser and her team rolled out the plan on Tuesday with community meetings on Thursday.

“I’ve been here 38 years, and you didn’t have the courtesy to come by and knock on my door,” said one resident unhappy with the outreach, a sentiment shared by many in the room. Maybe there’s no good way to deliver controversial news. “Is the process perfect? No,” Allen says.

Having seen the problems with D.C. General, though, Allen believes in doing something different. The plan of smaller shelters with more focused resources could allow families who experience homelessness to stay closer to neighbors and schools, giving them an anchor during a rough period. “Part of what I’ve tried to talk to people about is that this is a radically different approach. It’s a very different model. It’s a very different type of care. And so, we will see a very different type of outcome,” he says.

If Thursday night’s meeting is any indication, the neighbors in Southwest don’t seem opposed to helping the homeless. The Bowser administration has much work to do, however, in convincing them D.C. is up to the task. CP

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By Sarah Anne Hughes When Mayor Muriel Bowser announced her administration’s plan to close D.C. General and replace it with smaller facilities for homeless families around the District, it was touted as “an all-eight-wards solution.”

“The [D.C.] Council stood with me and thousands of residents from all eight wards to support the District’s plan to replace D.C. General with small, safe, and dignified short-term housing facilities in each ward,” Bowser wrote.

Not quite. The Ward 2 facility touted in the mayor’s plan is the Patricia Handy Place for Women, a new shelter in Chinatown set to open in March. Bowser’s plan to close D.C. General does not call for the construction of a family facility in Ward 2.

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“[The site selection process] was not an endeavor to keep something away from you.”

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place the John Young and Open Door facilities at the decaying Federal City Shelter complex in Ward 6, near Union Station. “This move is a part of the overall plan to improve shelter conditions at all District-funded facilities,” says DHS Chief of Staff Jay Melder.

The move to renovate the city’s low-barrier, single-adult shelters or to close and replace them with smaller, updated facilities is part of Homeward DC, the Bowser administration’s plan to end homelessness. The plan first calls for renovating the New York Avenue shelter for men, in Ward 5; Melder says the District is looking for a temporary space to house men while the shelter is renovated. “While we are at the beginning of this process,” he adds, “we hope that a newly renovated New York Avenue men’s shelter would coincide with the timeline for the shortterm family housing facility we are also planning in Ward 5.”

What the plan doesn’t specify is whether some single-adult facilities will be relocated to different, more central wards. Last week, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Kevin Donahue said the District is moving toward having shelters for single adults downtown and family shelters in neighborhoods.

“When we think long-term about housing everyone properly, we know we’re probably going to have to build more places like the Pat Handy Center, in the downtown area,” Donahue says.

“What other cities have found [is] you can locate permanent supportive housing or long-term housing elsewhere, but... if [overnight shelter is] not near where people want to be during the day, they choose not to go. That’s why we were thinking long-term with Ward 2.”

Ward 2, however, is more than just downtown. “My question is, what’s Georgetown doing? What’s Dupont Circle doing?” a Ward 6 resident asked at a community meeting last week. “How many shelters and housing projects are they getting?”

Those are questions without answers at the moment. Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans did not respond to requests for comment, but said last week that he supports the plan to close D.C. General.

“The saturation of services in any one ward, let alone a few neighborhoods, is unfair to the communities that surround those facilities.” ward 5 C ounCilMeMBer Kenyan M C d uffie

“There’s always going to be a need for emergency, low-barrier shelters,” says David Treadwell, executive director of Central Union Mission—a privately-funded, low-barrier men’s shelter that relocated from Ward 2 to Ward 6 in 2013.

He notes that cities around the country are debating whether it’s best to concentrate homelessness services in one area or spread them around. “What I found in all our efforts [is that] the greatest intensity of truly homeless people is downtown,” he says. “We wanted to be downtown to meet them right where they are.” CP Quinn Myers contributed to this report.

Model of a Modern Major D.C. General The District can— and should—build inviting facilities for homeless families.

By Amanda Kolson Hurley Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to close the dysfunctional D.C. General homeless shelter and open several smaller ones around the city drew hundreds of residents to questionand-answer sessions held in each ward last week. Among the many questions that re-

“I was positively surprised with the favorable response from colleagues… I want to make sure that the process with the Council moves quickly, [but] not so quickly that people feel that their concerns are of no interest.”

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“I think Ward 4 residents are ready to do our part…

[The location] is set in stone.” ward 4 C ounCilMeMBer B randon todd

“[Site selection] was a long process. There was a solicitation that [the Department of General Services] put out a year ago, even before we came into office. We started looking both at the inventory of District-owned properties as well as what had come in through the solicitation. It was having eight sites that fit the criteria: We needed 30,000 square feet of buildable space; we needed to have availability in the market near public transportation…; and then being able to secure them all and hold them until we had all of them lined up was certainly important and challenging… If it was easier, we would have done it faster.” d epartMent of H uMan s erviCes d ireCtor l aura Z eilinger

main about the plan: What will the new shelters look like?

The mayor’s slideshow includes architectural renderings of some of the proposed facilities: a row of gabled, green-roofed structures in Ward 3; a boxy building with purple and yellow accents in Ward 4. It’s not clear whether these concepts are purely hypothetical or something more. According to Department of General Services spokesperson Kenneth Diggs, no final decisions have been made regarding the design or construction of the shelters.

As the city develops a strategy to temporarily house more than 200 homeless families, it should draw on the successful models already here. One is N Street Village, an organization that has helped vulnerable women since 1972.

N Street’s main facility at 14th and N streets NW combines a shelter, a live-in recovery program, and apartments. Designed by Shalom Baranes in the ’90s, the newer part looks like market-rate apartments from that period, faced in brick with postmodern touches that dispel any institutional image. The design also incorporated four historic townhouses, a decision that kept preservationists happy and placated some worried neighbors.

In 2014, La Casa in Columbia Heights set the bar for public architecture in the District.

The visually kinetic building has 40 apartments for chronically homeless men, including many veterans, and in-house support services. (It’s permanent supportive housing rather than shorter-term transitional housing.) Studio Twenty-Seven Architecture worked with Leo A Daly to create sunny studios and welcoming common areas, such as a double-height lobby and an outdoor terrace.

On its block of Irving Street NW, La Casa is a knockout amid boring chain stores and apartments. If anything, it should cause rents and home values around it to go up, not down.

Given the large scope of Bowser’s plan and the tight timeline (the city hopes to close D.C. General by fall 2018), the District may approach it as one big multi-site project and hire architects (or design–build teams) to

complete two or three shelters each. The announcement should spark interest among designers in the region and beyond, so the city may want to cast a wider net for talent.

The gold standard for low-income housing, nationally, is the humane work of David Baker Architects, a San Francisco firm.

Baker and co. have experience collaborating with city housing departments—not just in San Francisco, but in Asheville, N.C. and Charleston, S.C.—and their midrise, politely modernist buildings would translate well to the District. There’s also Brooks + Scarpa in Los Angeles, who won a national architecture award for Step Up on Fifth, permanent supportive housing in Santa Monica. (The materials the firm likes to use are more L.A. than D.C., however.)

This is Bowser’s opportunity to create a system of shelters that lift people’s spirits and elevate the urban fabric—just like the wonderful neighborhood libraries Ginnie Cooper imagined. It would be a great legacy for Bowser and a bragging point for the city for years to come. Carefully managed, it would not cost much more than building the drab, utilitarian way.

And it’s simply the right thing to do. In a city as rich as D.C., every person deserves to live somewhere with decent light and air, comfortable rooms, privacy, and security (the latter tragically lacking at D.C. General). The Housing First program has shown that when people who are homeless move into an attractive, inviting place, it frees them to focus on the work of turning their lives around.

There’s a tactical argument for prioritizing good design in the new shelters: The better a building looks, the less likely neighbors are to oppose it. Less cynically, though, it’s not farfetched to imagine D.C. taking pride in its model shelters. Look at La Casa and the striking new residence for homeless veterans by Sorg Architects going up in NoMa. If it seizes this chance, the District could become the national leader in housing homeless residents with grace and dignity.

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Wards Apart Residents across D.C. are concerned about family shelters—for very different reasons.

By Andrew Giambrone and Sarah Anne Hughes Around 7:45 p.m. last Thursday, Mayor Muriel Bowser walked into a room packed wall-to-wall with Ward 1 residents who had come to hear her plan to replace D.C. General. As part of that strategy, which has put Bowser under the most public pressure she’s experienced this year, the District would build a 29-unit family shelter at 10th and V streets NW. The site is currently a vacant lot in an otherwise bustling neighborhood, where people with disposable income line up outside bars and wait for small plates at restaurants along 14th and U streets NW. How the mayor’s administration chose that piece of land, located at 2105-2107 10th St. NW next to a historic church and within a stone’s throw of pricey rowhomes, has left some local residents feeling left out.

Officials say the District conducted a careful site-selection process for seven shortterm family shelters based upon a few criteria, including availability, access, and cost.

Neighbors of the sites have cried foul, citing a dearth of transparency.

When U Street–area resident Alex first heard about the proposed 10th and V shel-

“The vast majority of the people I heard say, ‘I care about homeless families, but I have a lot of questions. I have a lot of concerns.’ But there is a trust barrier they have with the city because they lived with the Randall School shelter. They’ve read the stories about the D.C. General shelter, and they don’t want that shelter.”

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ter, he said he felt “robbed of his voice.”

“It’s like David and Goliath here,” Alex, a homeowner who declined to share his full name because of reputational concerns and noting that he tends to support expanding services for the homeless, said last Thursday. “If it had nothing to do with homelessness, there would be criticism about the size of the project and the like.”

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson says that “site selection is not something that can be done by community meeting.” Still, the D.C. Council is expected to hold a hearing on a legislative package from the mayor’s office that puts in motion the D.C. General plan next month.

Alex added that he’s especially skeptical of D.C.’s ability to manage the new facilities given the state of D.C. General, where more than 250 families live. Representatives of Bowser’s executive branch have extolled the proposed shelters’ built-in security and on-site wrap-around services related to mental health, long-term housing, and job programs. They’ve also pointed out that D.C. General now costs the city approximately $17 million a year to run. The new shelters, by contrast, are expected to cost upwards of $20 million annually to operate.

Across town on Thursday, in the basement of Matthews Memorial Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, dozens of Ward 8 residents likewise expressed their concerns about a proposed site at 6th and Chesapeake streets SE—for very different reasons.

Residents mentioned crime and a lack of amenities in the area. Why, one man asked, didn’t the city pick the east campus of St. Elizabeths, where a practice facility for the Wizards is planned.

“I wish it had come to the community before [the location] was selected… It’s the most crimeridden part of the city.”

Frances Rollins is the executive director of the Southeast Children’s Fund, which runs an infant and toddler care center on 6th Street SE, near the proposed site. Some years ago, Rollins says she inquired about who owned the land to no avail. (The District owns it.)

Rollins, whose nonprofit assists underserved families and runs job programs, says her “major concern” is a lack of services.

“I just don’t see them putting a temporary facility at [that] location... and the residents of that facility having the services that the District says they’re going to have.” She’s also concerned about what will happen to current residents of the street “who are living in dire circumstances.”

Ward 5 residents have expressed as much concern with their site. Langdon resident Rhys Gerholdt sees the proposed shelter at 2266 25th Place NE as unsuitable for families and young children. The Ward 5 site is near a post-industrial cluster of clubs, a Metrobus depot, and a trash transfer station. The near-

“You have no amenities at 6th and Chesapeake…

There’s nothing over there.”

“The intention around Ward 2 [not having a family shelter] is recognizing the full spectrum of the whole city and thinking into the future about, if we really have this model to apply to all homeless individuals, it’s likely that we’ll have a bit more for individuals always downtown, and families will often come from communities in the other seven wards in the city and the housing will be in the other seven wards.”

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est Metrorail station is more than a mile away.

“If a boarding facility for dogs were there, I wouldn’t put my dog in that spot,” says Gerholdt, who lives four blocks from the site. He adds that he supports the overall goal of closing D.C. General.

At Ward 5’s community meeting, Gerholdt says he asked Bowser if she’d consider other sites for the shelter, and she said “no.” “Then what’s the point of community engagement?” he says.

Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie says he routinely receives complaints from residents near the proposed site about noise and suspicious activity. Though he “unequivocally” wants to close D.C. General, he does not support the 25th Place NE location.

“When you look at what already exists in this neighborhood, it begs the question of why the administration thought this would be an appropriate place, particularly because they need a zoning adjustment [for it],” McDuffie says. “If you go to that block, I don’t think anybody would want to move a family there.”

McDuffie declined to say whether he would vote in favor of the mayor’s legislative package, as he had yet to see it.

Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, on the other hand, says she’ll vote for the proposed site, given that it’s part of a city-wide strategy and was apparently “the hardest to find.”

The councilmember says her office will continue to engage residents about the project; she’s not worried about surrounding property values decreasing because those in Ward 1 have only risen in the past decade.

“I think it’s fair to say we’ve found a location, and we’re going to stick with it,” Nadeau says. “But the conversation is still happening.”

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“We have to make sure the public knows this is not the same old same old.”

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Morgan Baskin and Matt Cohen contributed.

“If you were to dream up the worst location to put families with young children, this would be it.”

“The next step is how do we address homelessness for our singles… We want to get our babies and our children in a different place first.”

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fish advisory was 1994, although it has done chemical testing sporadically over the years. The agency first found high PCB levels in rockfish in 2013. At the time, the department only tested a single rockfish.

“When they got the first results back and these numbers were so high, there were some folks in the room that were like, ‘Wait a minute. Surely this can’t be right. These numbers are way too high,’” says DOEE spokesperson Julia Christian.

DOEE decided to collect more samples. In April and May of 2015, the agency caught six more rockfish and found equally high levels of the toxin. The samples were relatively young, small fish from popular recreational areas near the upper Potomac River.

While six fish might not seem like much of a sample size, D.C. Water Quality Division Associate Director Collin Burell says it was enough for DOEE to warn against eating rockfish. “From a statistical standpoint, that is an adequate number,” he says.

Meanwhile, the D.C. report finds that other fish caught here are now safer to eat. In fact, the contaminant levels have gone down for some resident fish that spawn and live in D.C. waters. For example, it’s now considered safe for adults to eat up to three servings per month of D.C.caught blue catfish, which was previously on the do-not-eat list.

These findings seem to imply that D.C. waters aren’t necessarily the source of the contaminant.

“The fish are getting polluted somewhere, and at this point, it doesn’t look like that’s happening here,” says Christian. “They’re coming here, obviously, and so when you catch them here, you are catching polluted fish.”

No one can say exactly where the PCB pollution originates from or why the levels in rockfish spiked.

Burrell says the chemical could have been unearthed from river sediment or runoff.

District officials seem hesitant to comment on what their results mean for other jurisdictions. “We make no assumptions about what occurs outside of the District,” says Burell. “We didn’t approach it from the standpoint of commercial fishing.”

But the fact remains that rockfish migrate all along the East Coast, and fish found in D.C. waters are from the same population that can be found in the Chesapeake Bay and other portions of the Potomac.

“There certainly isn’t a D.C. popD.C.’s Profish plans to continue selling rockfish caught in Maryland and Virginia. ulation of fish. Most striped bass

Careful What You Fish For

A new environmental report raises the question: Is local rockfish safe to eat?

For the very first time, D.C. officials are warning that one of the region’s staple fish is unsafe to eat.

Last week, the D.C. Department of Energy & Environment released a fish consumption advisory saying that local rockfish, also known as striped bass or striper, contained potentially dangerous levels of an industrial toxin called polychlorinated biphenyl.

The lingering chemical was used decades ago in the manufacturing of electrical equipment, floor finish, motor oil, and more. Animals exposed to the toxin have developed cancer as well as a range of problems to the immune, reproductive, nervous, and endocrine systems.

Carp and eel also made the do-noteat list, while several other species of fish have been upgraded to safer levels. But the warning against rockfish, which can be found on many local menus, sent the most shockwaves across the local seafood industry.

Of course, D.C. has no commercial fisheries, so the warnings only apply to recreational anglers. Environmental agencies in Virginia and Maryland say rockfish caught in their states’ waters is still safe to eat. But given that rockfish are migratory fish that aren’t confined to District waters, should consumers be concerned?

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The Maryland Department of the Environment issues its own fish consumption advisory, but it hasn’t been updated since 2011.

The agency says rockfish is safe to eat, but it still recommends limited portions. For rockfish caught in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay that are longer than 28 inches, the state recommends adults eat only one eight-ounce serving per month. (For children, it’s less.)

Smaller fish, which are younger and therefore haven’t absorbed as many toxins, are slightly safer. For Chesapeake Bay–caught rockfish smaller than 28 inches long, Maryland recommends no more than three eight-ounce servings per month. The guidelines are meant exclusively for recreational anglers.

Toxins typically concentrate in the skin and belly of the fish. For many years, Maryland officials have recommended that recreational anglers remove these parts and the dark meat from the filet before cooking.

Grilling or broiling the fish also helps reduce contaminants, including PCBs, because the fat drips away.

In its 2011 report, MDE actually found that rockfish has become safer to eat over the years. The concentration of PCBs in rockfish between 2009 and 2010 is less than half of what it was in samples collected from 2001 to 2005.

But are test results from 2011 still accurate? “Something that’s five, six years old is still relatively new information,” says Jay Apperson, MDE spokesperson. “We still think these are very valid numbers and the advisories that we have are very valid as well.” He points out that PCBs have been banned since 1979, so it’s not like there’s more of the chemical in the environment.

“We don’t expect the situation to change much at all,” he says.

Apperson couldn’t say when the department would do further testing for PCBs in fish.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Deputy Director Lynn Fegley says the odds are actually slim that the locally caught rockfish served in area restaurants or supermarkets come from what appears to be a relatively small contaminated area. “They are likely larger fish that have been ranging over far broader waters, even if they’re captured down at the mouth of the Potomac,” she says. These fish are likely “feeding and living in areas where PCBs are not a risk.”

More importantly, Fegley adds that whatever ends up on your plate at a restaurant adheres to standards from the Food and Drug Administration, which tests for PCBs in com-

mercially sold fish.

“I’m a mom, I have kids, and I’m also personally pretty freaky about my food,” Fegley says. “This does not make me hesitate to go order rockfish or buy rockfish.”

D.C.-based seafood wholesaler Profish will continue to buy and sell rockfish from Maryland, given that authorities say the commercial product is safe. Profish Director of Sustainability John Rorapaugh says the D.C. report raises concern for Potomac fisheries, but right now, there’s no science showing fish are contaminated with unsafe levels beyond District waters. “We can’t make decisions off of one specific report that has to deal with a small area of water,” he says.

Others are likewise taking their cues from Virginia and Maryland officials. Black Restaurant Group, for example, is continuing to buy rockfish from Maryland and Virginia.

District Fishwife owner Fiona Lewis says she has been getting emails from her suppliers saying “don’t panic.”

Meanwhile, Jessup, Md.-based seafood wholesaler J.J. McDonnell very briefly paused buying any Potomac rockfish while it waited for more information, says Steve Vilnit, the director of marketing and business development. But after a conference call with Maryland and Virginia environmental agencies last week, the wholesaler got reassurance that commercial rockfish was still safe. “We’re going to keep carrying it,” he says. “We’re leaving it up to the customers. We’re going to educate them on what we learned.”

Vilnit says he wouldn’t be surprised if rockfish sales were somewhat affected by the report, but so far, he hasn’t seen that. J.J. McDonnell got fewer than a dozen calls— “not a lot considering the amount of people we sell to on a daily basis”—from restaurants and retailers looking for more information about the PCB levels last week. But ultimately, Vilnit says the public will be the deciding factor.

“Customers are going to be nervous about the product until they get more information, so that might lead to a decrease in sales,” Vilnit says. That said, J.J. McDonnell didn’t see a decrease in sales in the immediate aftermath of the news. Likewise, Lewis says she’s been selling Maryland rockfish and no customers have asked about the PCB levels.

If that somehow changes, Vilnit expects restaurateurs would switch to farm-raised rockfish rather than removing it from their menus altogether.

“It’s like taking a crab cake off the menu,” Vilnit says. “That’s a tough thing to do in CP this area.”

Eatery tips? Food pursuits? Send suggestions to jsidman@washingtoncitypaper.com.

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Lamb ribs for two, $42, Tail Up Goat. Satisfaction level: 4.5 out of 5 what we’ll eat next week:

Hot catfish tenders, $9, Mulebone. Excitement level: 3 out of 5

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Vending machine snacks are getting a lot more interesting than Cokes and M&M’s. Guerilla Vending is refurbishing old machines and filling them with everything from banh mi to cold brew coffee. After launching at Maketto last spring, Guerilla Vending has branched out to a number of new locations. The company is even starting to outfit machines for events, including bar and bat mitzvahs, and working on other outposts in the year ahead. Take a look at some of the goodies you can buy from a box near you.

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What’s inside: Beef jerky, wasabi peas, nuts, Confluence cold brew coffee, phone chargers. Beginning next week, the brewery will also begin carrying the same sandwiches as The Pug. Most popular item: Pork Clouds’ pork rinds The Dish: Charred chocolate rye with salt-crusted sardine

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What It Is: Two slices of chocolate rye served alongside a whole sardine still halfencased in salt. The dish is accompanied by a quenelle of butter and pickled persimmons.

What’s inside: Paper products from Typecase Industries, Taschen art books, original food prints by artist Josh Kramer Most popular item: Typecase Industries cards and D.C. drink coasters What’s inside: Local products (all made by Union Market and Mess Hall members), Advil, Sharpies Most popular item: Instant ramen

brew in town District ChopHouse BarleyWine ’15 Where in Town: District ChopHouse & Brewery, 509 7th St. NW Price: $6.60/8 oz.

Old Pro When District ChopHouse opened almost 20 years ago, just months before what’s now Verizon Center provided the Washington Capitals with a new home, it was one of the first of a wave of new establishments in D.C.’s now bustling Penn

Quarter. And it’s been an anchor of the D.C. beer scene ever since. You won’t find anything too exotic amid Barrett Lauer’s lineup of classics, casks, and bourbon barrel-aged beers, by design. Head brewer since 2004, Lauer takes pride in the standards—a nut brown, oatmeal stout, amber, IPA, and light lager—as well as seasonals and special releases he’s spent more than a decade perfecting. In the latter category belongs BarleyWine ’15, brewed in early December and released earlier this month after two months of aging.

Go Big or Go Home Malty, rich, and 10 percent alcohol, BarleyWine ’15 is not for the faint of heart. Differing from previous reci-

pes, this year’s version of the annual delight uses a touch of oak-smoked wheat in addition to Lauer’s usual bill of malts: Pilsner, crystal, chocolate, and peated. Also a departure this year: BarleyWine ’15 has Chinook hops, most detectable alongside the darker malts in the beer’s roasted, bitter finish. But don’t mistake it for a hoppy beer. Sweet and strong without being cloying, the brew’s prominent flavors are toffee, dark chocolate, and caramelized sugar.

Sound tasty? Keep careful watch over Lauer’s taps for this gem as well as some spin-offs; he’s put some in casks with dark toasted American oak chips and plans to age some in bourbon barrels for later release. District ChopHouse will also soon offer bottles of BarleyWine ’15 and other specialty brews, including its wellregarded barrel-aged Imperial stout.

—Tammy Tuck

What It Tastes Like: If you didn’t know there was chocolate in there, you might not pick up on it. Despite the rich cocoabrown color, the bitterness from the rye is the in-your-face flavor. Equally assertive sardines are a natural pairing for rye bread, which is as moist as a muffin with a crunchy crust. A bit of butter adds some richness and the pickled persimmons introduce a sweet tang.

The Story: While chocolate and sardines may seem as incongruous as snowboots in the Caribbean, the chocolate is meant to add an earthy, bitter background flavor to the rye bread. “It’s not like you’re biting into a chocolate cake. It’s more on the nose,” says chef Jon Sybert. To his surprise, the dish “sold like hot cakes” on opening night last week. “I didn’t think that many people would be really into it, but they’re really into it.”

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JJ Brine is bringing his notorious Gallery of Satan to D.C.— and with it, a media trail of controversy.

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base I was. Warhol was about fame alone, and he wasn’t very A few years ago, a Wall Street Journal reporter called smart. JJ knows exactly what he’s doing. to ask if I thought JJ Brine would be famous. I said yes. He’d only If “holding a mirror up to society” is the world’s hackiest been running his controversial gallery for a year or so, but it’s a art trope, it’s still one of the most unquestioned values of art. question you automatically wonder about him; his intensity draws At Vector, society’s reflected in all-caps press releases and neon attention and curiosity equally translatable to an E! True Hollylighting, but it’s based on thoughtful observation. wood Story, a true crime documentary, a religious following, or The gallery most recently made the media rounds when Veca PS1 retrospective. So when he mentioned his plans to move his tor invited Charles Manson’s reputed biological son, Matthew gallery from Los Angeles to D.C. this spring—the Gallery of SaRoberts, to stand in for his father in a mock Manson Famitan, in the inner ring of the media circus, in the middle of history’s ly retrial. The allegation wasn’t whether Manson was guilty of craziest election cycle—I couldn’t wait for him to bring it on. crimes, but, as a press release states, “that Manson is personalI’d first met Brine a year prior, across from my Lower East ly responsible for any and all criminal acts, as well as the potenSide apartment, where Vector Gallery had appeared out of notial for crime to exist in this world.” After a colorful procession where. A foil-papered neon nimbus packed to the gills with and some deliberation, the parties arrived at the conclusion that lynched baby dolls, witchy paraphernalia, and a “Charles Manson is Jesus Christ” sign, it was an instant magnet for there would be no judgement, and Vector would be a place withmystics and barhoppers alike. Vector advertised itself as “The out laws. “It’s important,” JJ says to me in a recent phone conOfficial Gallery of Satan,” and JJ was the Crown Prince versation, “that the boogieman of one generation be exalted as of Hell, leader of the Vectorian State, and High Priest of the hero of that age in order for the air to change its course, in the Church of Vector. And he had real power; his blue eyes order for the new age to come.” seemed to run on the gallery’s high-voltage generator, con“Is he actually advocating for lawless killing?” crossed stantly scanning for reactions and interpretations while my mind. “But some judicial system is good in some cashe jumped between philosophies with the articulation es, right?” I ask. He sounds gobsmacked. Didn’t I get it of John Berger and political sophistication of, well, was a performance? “I think the judicial system makes no artist I’ve ever met. He was a mystery, always defor great art,” he says. “I appreciate the pageantry of flecting personal questions with “Who do you think I justice and judgement as an elaborate art project, as am?” (I would never have guessed anyway; the Wall performance art within a bounded context, within preStreet Journal piece would reveal his former life as a scribed parameters.” speechwriter for former National Security Advisor Vector is not actually Satanic. The swastika-like symBrent Scowcroft.) bol comes from the Process Church of the Final JudgeThe gallery disappeared months later as swiftment, a 1960s-’70s offshoot from Scientology which ly as it opened, but over the following year, he’d worshipped Christ and the devil equally. The gallery— appear periodically in tabloids alongside new extensively laid out in its online literature—refers to itfriend Amanda Bynes, and the strange perself as both a “conceptual art destination” and a “nonformances circulated through Artnet News, denominational worship space.” The church, which Gawker, TMZ, and VICE. Each publication has named its own god “ALAN,” pulls from about gives him a different headline; sometimes half a dozen religious traditions. I won’t untangle the “artist,” alternately “gay cult leader,” or specifics here, but basically it’s a neutral zone “Amanda Bynes’ wild-eyed friend.” He’s where all ends of extremism balance each drawn many comparisons to Warhol. The other out. “If somebody says, ‘I want to similarities were obvious in the mysteriwash your brain. Let me wash it clean,’” JJ ous persona, the Warhol-Sedgwick alloy, says over the phone. “Give them the beneand the silver-walled Factory, but the more I fit of the doubt.”

JJ Brine plans to open his Vector Gallery in D.C. on May Day. learned about Vector, the more I realized how offThe logic gets really heady here, as laid out on washingtoncitypaper.com february 19, 2016 23

CPARTS JJ’s Wikipedia page (written in suspiciously Vectorian language): Vector defines “neutrality” to the extent that it’s even removed from a linear progression of time, existing in the “lemniverse,” what JJ describes as a “temporal-spatial simulation experiment.” And what to make of the kicker, that “Brine predicts the world will end in 2033 AD through the simultaneous annihilation of all life on earth, or the return to ALAN”?

I’m not sure, and I’m not converting anytime soon. But as an art concept, it works well. Vector forces you to stake a position, and JJ’s paid for those ideas in constant harassment and storefront vandalism—once, I watched him scrape “FUCK YOU” graffiti off his window for hours on end in a blizzard.

And while I get why sexy kids smoking weed all night under a Charles Manson portrait might offend some people, it’s this kind of zealotry that sort of proves Vector’s point.

The commitment to the Church is so convincing that I often find myself wanting to leave criticality at the door, climb into timelessness, and let the doctrines wash over me. But Vector is grounded in lived political experience. JJ lived in Lebanon from 2007 to 2009, seeing the apocalyptic collision of Western passivity with the wrath of ancient beliefs. He did not take this lightly. “There was a Facebook pub that was open at the time that

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I just couldn’t deal with,” he remembers. “Everyone thought it was hilarious, where you would exchange ‘likes’ at the bar, but right next to that, there was this bombed-out church with posters advertising different militia leaders.” Vector’s self-proclaimed status as a sovereign state which has “seceded” from the U.S., then, is a real political proposition. When I ask him about Syria, I even sense a hint of uncharacteristic outrage. “Thank you, Russia. Thank you for intervening on our behalf.”

One time, he was kidnapped by Shi’a Islamist militant group Hezbollah, when his ex took a photo of him in a Shia mosque in Dahiye in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Security reacted by inspecting the photos on their camera and keyed in on one in particular. Security then confiscated their possessions, they were hooded, driven in circles, marched up a flight of stairs, and threatened by the sound of guns loading, begging for their lives.

“After about seven hours of many questions and answers, they got the reaction they were looking for,” he says, and they were dropped off on the outskirts of Dahieh. The incriminating photo was a can with Hebrew writing on it, which JJ had picked up earlier that day at Hezbollah’s open-air exhibit in tribute to its “victory” over Israel in the previous year’s 33-day Summer War. It’s insane that in some parts of the world you can get your brains blown out over a can, and I think about the incident alongside some of Vector’s more nonsensical performances, which tie pointed political statements to apparently random objects. Nobody really understood what the vagina cell phone charging station (performed by Vector’s Minister of State Lena Marquise) at Art Basel in 2014 was about, but JJ gave TMZ a succinct explanation. “We’re charging the Syrian regime. This is all really about advancing the interests of Syria.”

To JJ, the connection should be obvious because everything is connected. “What relationships are not related to charging?” he asks.

But a vagina cell phone charger referencing Syria is relatively tame compared to Vector’s next feat, to insert itself into

politics as a kind of psychic control center for JJ to, in his words, “program” the presidential elections to cause “systemic shifts in the geopolitical configuration of power in the Middle East, particularly in relation to the competing national interests within The Levant.” That leaves a lot of room for spin, and this isn’t the forgiving art scene of Los Angeles or downtown New York. Frankly, I worry for his safety.

I bumped into JJ again at Art Basel this year, where he told me about the D.C. project, which he plans to open on May Day and hopes to be in the center of the city.

His 2016 iPhone album is like if the Dalai Lama went rogue and converted to Voodooism; he’s in a mud room waiting to interview the late Voodoo High Priest Max Beauvoir, surrounded by Prince Philip worshippers on Tanna Island (think a modelesque white-blonde with perfect skin surrounded by villagers) and then glowing, star-like, with Amanda Bynes.

“Amanda is brilliant,” he says. “She’s the only person I know who’s more psychic than I am.”

I thought it was funny that his serendipitous connection with Bynes happened right in the middle of her witch-burning in the press (apparently, they’d met at a McDonald’s and just hit it off). He seemed indifferent to the coverage. “I’m drawn to people who show all sides of themselves,” he says.

“I’m not really a fan of American pop culture per se. I’m interested in the Middle East and I’m interested in a few subjects of very precise interest.”

And almost as soon as we parted ways, there he was in my Facebook feed, this time on TMZ. He’s drawn an X on his forehead, and a guy with long black hair and a “kroll” T-shirt has his arm over him. They’re under the headline “CHARLES MANSON’S SON: I’LL PROVE MY DAD’S INNOCENCE.” They CP look like best friends. I’d believe it.

The Vector Gallery plans to open May 1 at a location to be determined.

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D.C. film leaders want to turn the old Goethe-Institut space into hub for small film festivals. washingtoncitypaper.com/go/filmfesthub

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JJ Brine is relocating his satanic Vector Gallery from Los Angeles to D.C. on May Day. Here’s what you can expect to see.

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TheaTer

Let Your Guards Down

Winning performances and natural chemistry let two comedies soar—one darkly tragic, the other boisterous and fun.

Guards at the Taj Written by Rajiv Joseph Directed by John Vreeke At Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company to Feb. 28

Guards at the Taj

You, or Whatever I Can Get Written by Farrell Parker, Vaughn Irving, Steve Przybylski, Jason Schlafstein, and Doug Wilder Directed by Jason Schlafstein Musical Direction by Steve Przybylski At the Silver Spring Black Box to Feb. 27

The bickering of the empire’s lowliest servants is a subject rich in dramatic provenance, from Kurosawa to Beckett to Stoppard to George Lucas to Kevin Smith. Rajiv Joseph—the American playwright whose 2009 drama A Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—is the latest to find inspiration in the canon of cannon fodder, fashioning a haunting and universal fable from a tale of two soldiers whose duties resemble those of innumerable soldiers throughout history: Long stretches of tedium punctuated by a life-altering episode of unfathomable horror.

As you might infer, the setting for Joseph’s magnificent Guards at the Taj is the Indian city of Agra in the mid-17th century. The Taj Mahal, Emperor Shah Jahan’s grand, ivory-hued mausoleum for his favorite wife, is nearing completion after 16 years of construction. Humayun and Babur aren’t so much watchmen stationed there as they are the least of its architectural features, forbidden even to turn around and steal a glance at the magnificent edifice. Of course, they’re not supposed to speak, either, but they do—in the vulgar patois of 21st-century American English, no less. It’s a testament to the emperor’s unchallenged dominion that he entrusts his security to this pair of bumblers.

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that he would likely obey his orders forever if not for the influence of chatty, immature Babur (Kenneth De Abrew). Babur passes the long hours standing post by imagining fantastic inventions: Cloud Tea, a Transportable Hole, and a machine as bizarre as either of those things that he struggles to describe.

We would call it an airplane. When Babur daydreams aloud of being assigned to guard the emperor’s harem, Humayun is quick to pop his balloon: “It’s a government department,” he shrugs.

Pragmatism aside, Humayun and Babur have heard the same legends about the Taj Mahal that we have. There’s no historical evidence that Shah Jahan actually mutilated the thousands who worked on the grand building to prevent them from replicating their creation, for example, but stories like this preserve the social order. If the Indians starving in the provinces ever collectively decided they don’t like suffering so their rulers can live lavishly, there wouldn’t be enough Imperial Guards to kill them all.

It’s this seditious strain of thinking that the idleness of Humayun and Babur’s assignment enables. The refusal of the imagination to lie dormant even when one’s station in life makes no accommodation for it is the animating tragedy of Joseph’s sublime script. Few stories are as sad as when an unwitting prisoner first perceives the bars of his cage. Hova and De Abrew both let us see that gradual awakening, and their struggle to keep their rebellious speculations in check, without ever coming off as maudlin or detached. They’re perfectly calibrated performances.

Director John Vreeke’s design team has wisely taken a minimalist approach to suggesting the presence of one of the world’s most famous buildings. Misha Kachman’s set is largely bare, though the floor opens up into a pit for one grisly interlude. Sound designer Palmer Hefferan and lightning designer Jen Schriever both use subtle tonal effects to keep the emotional palette calm even when the business at hand is dire, making the whole thing feel like a dream.

Six years ago at Woolly, Vreeke staged an earlier Joseph two-hander, Gruesome Playground Injuries. That show, tracing a 30-year romance via its two participants’ periodic visits to the emergency room, bled at least somewhat into reality when its two cast members, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey and Tim Getman, chose to marry. I hope I’m not giving too much away by saying it would be a tragedy if Hova and De Abrew’s fates followed those of their characters quite so closely.

The musical comedy You, or Whatever I Can Get was already in fine shape when it premiered at the 2014 Capital Fringe Festival. A chronicle of four housemates in their late 20s to early 30s, each weathering roman-

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tic and/or existential crises of varying intensities, the show soars not on invention but on bright melodies, solid jokes, and winning performances. The four principal players— Suzanne Edgar, Vaughn Irving, Farrell Parker, and Doug Wilder (all of whom collaborated with director Jason Schlafstein and musical director Steve Przybylski on the book, music, and lyrics)—are sympatico as comedians, which matters much more than the fact that their gifts as singers are not all equal. (Wilder’s brief attempt to sing in Irving’s register is one of the show’s better self-aware jokes.)

While the program doesn’t list the song titles, the ones that may or may not be called “I’m 30; I’m Gonna Die Alone,” “The Online Dating Song,” “Maybe No One Knows What They’re Doing,” and the Johnny Cashinflected “Last Sober Guy at the Party” all deserve to have an afterlife.

The story, such as it is, is just a platform for the writing committee’s loosely autobiographical ruminations on post-collegiate, premarital life. Irving’s sweet, shy Phil is reeling from a breakup and the attendant detonation of his self-esteem. His visionboard-using pal Victoria (Edgar) protests too much that her engagement to her longdistance boyfriend is going swell. Bartender Jen (Parker) is cheerfully promiscuous, while Wilder’s Dennis—like Phil, recently dumped—talks a big game but hasn’t summoned the will to pry himself off his friends’ couch in months.

Jos A. Musumeci’s set includes a revolve that enables more elaborate choreography than was possible in the sweaty confines of the old Gypsy Tent Bar at the now-demolished Fort Fringe on New York Avenue NW, and the principal cast has been expanded by a few ensemble players in various roles who give the show a broader sense of scale. The sound in Silver Spring’s Black Box space is much better, too, allowing both the rock trio led by Przybylski on guitar to be clearly heard without obscuring any lyrics.

This expanded rewrite includes several songs not heard in the Fringe production, which have the effect of deepening the relationships among the characters and giving their respective dilemmas more or less equal stage time, and of slowing the momentum in the second act just a little. A new thread in which Phil and Jen (siblings now, where they weren’t before) ponder what the failure of their parents’ marriage portends for their own futures gives the show a greater sense of maturity than in had in its boisterous tent-bar infancy. It’s still plenty boisterous, don’t worry. And funny, and sympathetic, and sad. It’s CP the whole package.

641 D St. NW. $43–$68. (202) 393-3939. woollymammoth.net.

8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $20–$30. flyingvtheatre.com.

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Film

Head Case

Two films explore the light and dark sides of mental illness—and the consequences when they go unchecked.

Touched With Fire Directed by Paul Dalio

The Club

The Club Directed by Pablo Larraín

By Tricia Olszewski To an increasing extent, people diagnosed with a variety of chronic illnesses are doubting whether better living can be achieved through chemistry. For the mentally ill, though, this pursuit of non-pharmaceutical happiness is especially relevant, with a long and often famous lineage of nay-to-drugs-sayers.

Writer-director (and -editor-scorer) Paul Dalio’s first feature, Touched With Fire, posits that mania need not be medicated. (Regard that white-labcoat, group-therapy-pushing drug culture as The Man, wanting to keep brilliant creatives down.) At least, that is, until it does.

(See how much better emotional and physical torpor feels?) And then back and forth again.

This wobbly message is related via love story. First we meet Carla (Katie Holmes), a pallid poet who somehow manages to pack a bookstore reading yet faces deafening, watchchecking silence when she’s done. A visit to her mother (Christine Lahti) at 1 a.m. to ask what she was like before she was diagnosed as bipolar—specifically, what triggered “it”—then leads Carla to the hospital where she was once treated. She wants her file; she ends up checking herself in. (The ethics of this are suspect, as she was essentially tricked by her doctor.)

Carla is all about the sun and being fueled by its fire. Meanwhile, there’s Marco (Luke Kirby), whose “poet’s name” is Luna because he believes he’s from the moon. Marco is bipolar, too, and ends up in the same facility as Carla after his concerned father (Griffin Dunne) visits his hoarder-like apartment and Marco bolts, getting so high—literally, sitting on the roof of a building, as well as in the smoked-up sense—that he thinks a police flashlight in his face is a harvest moon bringing him home.

Gee, think they’re headed for a solar eclipse?

The symbolism is so heavy-handed in Touched With Fire (named after Kay Redfield Jamison’s book about manic depression and creativity) that it’s an admirable sign of restraint that this expression-as-metaphor is never uttered. Dalio, who is bipolar himself, otherwise pours on easy platitudes, with sun/moon imagery and associated descriptors littering both the screen and Carla and Luna’s scribblings.

The dominant mirror, however, is Vincent

van Gogh’s “Starry Night:” blue swirls for him, yellow swirls for her! Admittedly, a few of the film’s more inspired scenes borrow the painting’s palette and swoons; Carla and Marco begin meeting in the hospital’s art room at 3 a.m., first coloring and talking about art as they explore their new crush and then writing furiously and trying to escape their bodies as they zoom into mania.

Dalio scores these scenes with The Nutcracker and other pixie-dust-ish music that suggests unmitigated mental imbalance is a thing of beauty. A long end-credits dedication to a list of the great artists Jamison studies in her book seems a final stamp of approval: Dalio and his film are in favor of letting one’s emotions run free, with the word “illness” conspicuously absent from the vocabularies of the ill.

But what about the subplot of Carla and Marco wanting to start a family, with one choosing medication and the other cringing at the thought?

Well, it’s tiresome to sort out. What’s more obvious is that Dalio, despite good intentions, does not offer the sort of lyrical artistry referred to here. The script fails, as does Kirby’s too-jittery, too-out-there performance: Bearing striking resemblance to Mark Ruffalo in last year’s similarly themed Infinitely Polar Bear, the actor chews the starry scenery to irritating effect.

Holmes, in comparison, does a beautiful job of illustrating the very highs, very lows, and (arguable) just-rights of bipolar disorder, genuinely coming across as sick instead of just arrogant and hyper; an attempted suicide is particularly difficult to watch. Her performance isn’t quite of the Girl, Interrupted caliber, but it’s good enough to keep Touched With Fire from going down in flames.

The four priests and a nun who live together in Pablo Larraín’s The Club are largely regarded as criminal, though not ill—

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by a Vatican emissary who investigates their secluded lives in a seaside home; by a couple of the men themselves; and certainly by the director. Larraín, a Chilean whose trademark work criticizes his country, this time turns his ire toward the Catholic Church. It’s not difficult to guess what his issues are.

Though we’ve recently seen the big-screen indictment of widespread pedophilia by Catholic priests and the subsequent coverup of the church in the Oscar-nominated Spotlight, Larraín and his two co-scripters push far past where that film’s helmer, Tom McCarthy, was willing to go. Spotlight indeed condemned the church, its reporters breaking open the stunningly systemic scandal that was initially believed to have involved only a handful of the Boston-area ordained. But its touch was tactful and deft. The Club, however, doesn’t just shy away from the lurid details, it spills them at the very beginning, in a seemingly neverending monologue shouted by a drifter (Roberto Faraís) outside of the priests’ residence.

And then they’re repeated, over and over, throughout 90-odd minutes that will leave you unsettled to the point of sickness.

Despite Larraín’s forthrightness regarding what are believed to be the men’s sins (though actually only a newcomer is accused by the initial, invasive litany), the bulk of the film comprises mysterious turns that are never granted clarity, resulting in its ugliness throw-

ing you even more off-balance. Even before the stranger’s ramblings are silenced by an abrupt and shocking act, the priests and their “jailkeeper” nun are shown gambling on their greyhound and discussing how to win even more money—not exactly religious behavior, particularly by residents who have been exiled from the church to live a life of penance. They follow a relatively strict schedule of prayer, singing, and meals, but also drink alcohol and keep a gun in the house.

So when Father Garcia (Marcelo Alonso) visits from Santiago to check into an incident involving a gun, the residents have some covering up to do. He interviews each of them multiple times, with Larraín mostly keeping the camera on the faces of the interrogated.

With the characters often sticking together in a group—the director’s shots so wide it’s sometimes difficult to tell who’s talking—the interviews are our only clues about who these people are. One, Father Ortega (Alejandro Goic), seems to be accused only of facilitating illegal adoptions. He believes himself innocent of a crime. Father Vidal (Alfredo Castro) admits to homosexuality but not molesting children; he says that his sexuality has broadened his mind and brought him deeper love than is possible between a man and a woman. Father Ramirez (Alejandro Sieveking) doesn’t often speak, floating from present to in his own world due to obvious mental challenges.

Also seemingly challenged is the jailkeeper herself, Sister Monica (Antonia Zegers, Larraín’s wife). She speaks to everyone, but especially Garcia, with a smile on her face that quickly no longer radiates warmth but delusion; she tells Garcia with a grin about something “terrible” happening to her, no further details given. And Father Silva (Jaime Vadell) speaks of little but his paranoia of Garcia, whispering to others that he’s going to “screw us.” Of everyone, Silva seems the most stable.

The drifter, Sandokan, keeps reappearing in their lives; he’s one source of viewer befuddlement, admitting that he had been molested by priests but alternately professing love and bitterness toward them and the church. But the real head-scratchers occur in the third act, which goes off the rails in terms of vileness with no hint of who propagated it or what that person’s intention was—they all take part to some degree, and most of them are OK with the outcomes. If Larraín’s intention was to both slam the church and give his audience a hint of how repulsed, traumatized, and likely complicit its victims felt, he hit it out of the park. As far as the characters’ closing hymn whose chorus asks to “grant [them] peace,” well, it’s doubtful that’s ever CP gonna happen.

Touched With Fire opens Friday at Landmark Bethesda Row and the Angelika Film Center.

The Club opens Friday at Landmark E Street Cinema.

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I.M.P. PRESENTS Merriweather Post Pavilion • Columbia, MD

JUST ANNOUNCED!

THIS WEEK’S SHOWS

Ralphie May This is a seated show. Early Show! 6pm Doors ...........................Th 18

Chris Stapleton & Jason Isbell w/ Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls ............................................................ SAT JUNE 18 On Sale Friday, February 19 at 10am

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

The Soul Rebels Sound System feat. Talib Kweli Late Show! 10pm Doors .Th 18 ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Anders Osborne w/ Amy Helm and The Handsome Strangers ......................... F 19 T ADDED!

FEB 23 SOLD OUT! SECOND NIGH

Josh Ritter and The Royal City Band w/ Elephant Revival ...........................W 24

FEBRUARY Ty Segall and The Muggers w/ CFM & AXIS: SOVA ......................................Th 25 ALL GOOD AND DALE’S PALE ALE PRESENT

Steep Canyon Rangers w/ Only Lonesome Early Show! 6pm Doors .............F 26 ALL GOOD PRESENTS

BoomBox w/ Ben Silver (Orchard Lounge) Late Show! 10pm Doors................F 26 STEEZ PROMO PRESENTS

The Floozies w/ Russ Liquid & Sunsquabi ....................................................Sa 27

Johnnyswim w/ SUNBEARS! ...........................................................................M 29

MARCH Wolfmother w/ Deap Vally ............................................................................... W 2 Pat Green & Randy Rogers Band

All 3/3 Lincoln Theatre tickets will be honored. ...............................................Th 3 Drive-By Truckers w/ Thayer Sarrano ...................................................F 4 & Sa 5 Ra Ra Riot w/ Sun Club & PWR BTTM .............................................................. Su 6

M3 ROCK FEST FEATURING

Tesla • Vince Neil • Kix and more!..................................................APRIL 29 & 30 Jason Aldean w/ Thomas Rhett • A Thousand Horses • Dee Jay Silver ................ MAY 7 I.M.P. & AEG LIVE PRESENT

Pentatonix w/ Us the Duo .................................................................................. MAY 12 Kenny Chesney w/ Old Dominion .................................................................... MAY 19 Twenty One Pilots ........................................................................................JUNE 10 Ellie Goulding ............................................................................................................ JUNE 13 Tame Impala w/ M83 ............................................................................................. JUNE 16 The Cure w/ The Twilight Sad..................................................................................... JUNE 22 Modest Mouse / Brand New ......................................................................... JULY 12 Miranda Lambert w/ Kip Moore & Brothers Osborne .................................AUGUST 25 • For full lineups and more info, visit merriweathermusic.com • 930.com

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X AMBASSADORS w/ Robert DeLong & Sara Hartman .................. MAY 12 On Sale Friday, February 19 at 10am

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Twiddle w/ LITZ.............................................................................................Th 10

Coheed and Cambria w/ Glassjaw • I the Mighty • Silver Snakes ...... MARCH 2

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

I.M.P. & STEEZ PROMO PRESENT

Railroad Earth .................................................................................. F 11 & Sa 12

Brian Fallon and The Crowes w/ Austin Plaine...........................................Tu 15 Goldlink w/ Esta ..............................................................................................W 16 Cowboy Mouth w/ Dingleberry Dynasty .........................................................Th 17 Galactic w/ The Bright Light Social Hour ............................................. F 18 & Sa 19

Big Gigantic w/ Mija ............................................................................................. APRIL 8

Bloc Party w/ The Vaccines .................................................................................... MAY 19 2135 Queens Chapel Rd. NE • Ticketmaster

AEG LIVE PRESENTS

Pusha T w/ Lil Bibby & G Herbo ......................................................................W 23 G. Love and Special Sauce ..........................................................................Th 24 Savages ..........................................................................................................Su 27

SAM BEAM AND JESCA HOOP w/ Marlon Williams .. SAT MAY 21

THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION AND ALL GOOD PRESENT

The Infamous Stringdusters feat. Nicki Bluhm

(F 1 - w/ Della Mae • Sa 2 - w/ Paper Bird) ...............................................F 1 & Sa 2 Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals w/ Christopher Paul Stelling .. Su 3 & M 4 Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins Early Show! 6pm Doors ...........Th 7 U STREET MUSIC HALL PRESENTS

Baauer Late Show! 10pm Doors ......................................................................Th 7

Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors w/ Jill Andrews .....................................Sa 9 Magic Man & The Griswolds w/ Panama Wedding .......................................Su 10 Napalm Death & Melvins w/ Melt Banana....................................................Tu 12 The Joy Formidable w/ Everything Everything ..............................................W 13

MANY MORE SHOWS ON SALE!

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John Carpenter: Live Retrospective

Performing themes from his classic films and new compositions ..................... JULY 12 On Sale Friday, February 19 at 10am

THIS TUESDAY! AEG PRESENTS

R5 w/ Ryland & Parade of Lights ....................................................................FEBRUARY 23 Laurie Berkner Band ...............................................................................FEBRUARY 28 Vicente Amigo .................................................................................................... MARCH 6 Yamato - The Drummers of Japan ........................................................... MARCH 16 Citizen Cope (An Intimate Solo / Acoustic Performance) ..................................APRIL 1 Joe Satriani ............................................................................................................APRIL 2 Jewel (solo acoustic) w/ JD and The Straight Shot .............................................APRIL 7 AEG LIVE PRESENTS

Welcome to Night Vale ........................................................................... APRIL 18 & 19 93.9 WKYS AND MAJIC 102.3 PRESENT

Plastic Cup Boyz.................................................................................................. MAY 29 T ADDED!

JUL 23 SOLD OUT! SECOND NIGH

Bryan Ferry ........................................................................................................... JULY 25

9:30 CLUB PRESENTS AT U STREET MUSIC HALL Kat Dahlia w/ DJ Syphe.................W FEB 17 Vinyl Theatre & Finish Ticket w/ Irontom ........................................... Tu 23 Moon Hooch w/ Box Era ...................... W 24

A Great Big World w/ Secret Weapons ..........................F MAR 4 Bag Raiders (Live) w/ Plastic Plates ..... Tu 8 Hinds w/ Goodbye Honolulu ................ Th 10

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CITYLIST Friday Rock

9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Anders Osborne, Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers.

8 p.m. $20. 930.com. barns at Wolf trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. Kevin Griffin. 8 p.m. $25–$27. wolftrap.org. bethesda blues and Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Bruce in the USA. 8 p.m. $25–$30. bethesdabluesjazz.com. bossa bistro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

Sandcatchers, Anthony Pirog. 8 p.m. $10. bossadc.com.

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

Better Off Dead, Indecision. 9 p.m. $15. gypsysallys.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar. 8:30 p.m. $20–$30. thehamiltondc.com. hoWard theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Gianmarco. 8 p.m. $55–$99. thehowardtheatre.com. roCk & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Seratones, Spirit Animal. 9 p.m. $12. rockandrollhoteldc.com. sonGbyrd musiC house and reCord Cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Kokayi, The Walking Sticks, Cautious Clay, LanceNeptune.

8 p.m. $10. songbyrddc.com.

Villain & saint 7141 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda.

(240) 800-4700. 40 Thieves. 9 p.m. $8–$10. villainandsaint.com.

Jazz blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 337-4141. Kim Waters. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. (Sold out). bluesalley.com.

3-7pm every

Come for brunch, stay for the party!

mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Mike Flaherty’s Dixieland Direct Jazz Band.

8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Project Natale. 9 p.m. & 11 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.

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2047 9th Street NW located next door to 9:30 club

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Music

bohemian CaVerns 2001 11th St. NW. (202) 2990800. Michael Thomas Quintet. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $18–$23. bohemiancaverns.com.

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birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Junior Brown. 7:30 p.m. $25. birchmere.com.

Hip-Hop eChostaGe 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Yandel. 9 p.m. $36.80. echostage.com.

CITY LIGHTS: FRIDAY

WALL WRITERS: GRAFFITI IN ITS INNOCENCE

Graffiti may have gone mainstream long ago, but graffiti historian Roger Gastman still prefers the term “vandalism” to the nice society euphemism “street art.” Gastman’s own career parallels that of the culture he curates in books, movies, and museum exhibits: The Bethesda native started writing on walls at a time of overlap between the graffiti scene and the hardcore and go-go music scenes, then began documenting those intersections with the much loved, Vice-before-Vice local zine While You Were Sleeping. He eventually moved to L.A. to work with big-name artists like Shepard Fairey (he also co-produced the comingout show by prankster/scam artist Mr. Brainwash, as documented in Banksy’s film Exit Through the Gift Shop). But Gastman has always stayed connected to home, publishing Free Agents, a D.C. graffiti history book; curating the Corcoran’s 2013 punk/go-go exhibition “Pump Me Up”; and working with local filmmaker Joseph Pattisall on his documentary The Legend of Cool “Disco” Dan. Gastman and Pattisall collaborate again (along with narrator John Waters) on Wall Writers, a new film which looks back to the origins of graffiti in the late ’60s and early ’70s, well before anyone called it art or dreamed of making a living off of it. The film shows at 7:30 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 —Mike Paarlberg Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $13. (301) 495-6700. afi.com/silver.

saturday

sixth & i historiC synaGoGue 600 I St. NW. (202) 408-3100. Brooke Waggoner and The Cowards Choir. 8 p.m. $12–$15. sixthandi.org.

Rock

sonGbyrd musiC house and reCord Cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Sunwolf, Savak, Super! Silver! Haze!. 8:30 p.m. $10–$12. songbyrddc.com.

bethesda blues and Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Pat McGee. 8 p.m. $35. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

VelVet lounGe 915 U St. NW. (202) 462-3213.

Tone, Time Columns, The Orchid. 8:30 p.m. $10. velvetloungedc.com.

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THU 25 FRI 26

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CITY LIGHTS: SATURDAY

PAUL REISER

In the mid-’90s, you couldn’t escape comedian Paul Reiser. His sitcom Mad About You, which detailed the woes of commitment and marriage, drew millions of viewers every week, and his face appeared on the covers of his bestselling books Couplehood and Babyhood.

Though he’s not as ubiquitous as he was two decades ago, Reiser continues to appear in select works, including Behind the Candelabra and Curb Your Enthusiasm, causing audiences to remark, “Hey, I always liked that guy.” Because everything old is apparently new again, Reiser is returning to his stand-up roots and performing shows around the nation. Signature Theatre even adapted Reiser’s breakout role in Diner into a new musical last winter. While his material may have matured (the babies he once wrote about are now young adults and you know he has feelings about that), the nice guy image he’s cultivated remains largely in tact. A Mad About You reunion about neurotic New York grandparents is surely imminent. Paul Reiser performs at 8 p.m. at the Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. $35–$45.

(202) 803-2899. thehowardtheatre.com.

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A haughty St. Petersburg dandy, weary of vacuous parties and frivolous balls, descends into ennui in Alexander Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin. Early on, the title character scorns the love of the introspective Tatyana, claiming domestic life would bore him; later he finds himself in a disastrous duel with his best friend. Years pass before Onegin recognizes his feelings for Tatyana, an ill-timed realization that makes him an anti-hero bereft of friendship or love. Written in iambic tetrameter, Pushkin’s “novel in verse” lends itself to musical adaptations. Tchaikovsky’s 1879 opera closely adhered to the poetry of the original.

When Dmitri Tcherniakov deviated from the classic in a 2006 restaging, filled with plot adjustments and reinvented scenes, he caused a stir in the opera world. In his version, he distilled the setting to two rooms—a provincial late 19th century dining room and a garish 1960s red dining room—bare backdrops that allow him to hone in on the characters’ neuroses. Despite his unconventional approach, many have lauded Tcherniakov’s Onegin as a truthful rendition that brings existential turmoil to the story’s surface. In a way, his unique production echoes Pushkin’s literary innovation, making Tcherniakov’s modern vision an unexpectedly fitting interpretation of the groundbreaking Russian work. The film (of an Opera Garnier performance) shows at 4 p.m. at the National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Free. (202) 737-4215. nga.gov. —Victoria Gaffney

flash 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Jeremy Underground. 8 p.m. $8. flashdc.com.

dar Constitution hall 1776 D St. NW. (202) 628-4780. 2cellos. 8 p.m. $47.50–$67.50. dar.org.

u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881889. Le Youth. 10 p.m. $10. ustreetmusichall.com.

Galaxy hut 2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 525-8646. Ms. Fridrich, Noise. 9 p.m. $5. galaxyhut.com.

Jazz blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 337-4141. Kim Waters. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $43–$48. bluesalley.com. bohemian CaVerns 2001 11th St. NW. (202) 299-0800. Brian Settles. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $18–$23. bohemiancaverns.com. mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Renee Tannenbaum with Dial 251. 8 p.m.

Free. mrhenrysdc.com. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Project Natale. 9 p.m. & 11 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.

WoRld barns at Wolf trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. HAPA. 7:30 p.m. $25–$30. wolftrap.org.

classical kennedy Center ConCert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Chris Botti. 8 p.m. $50–$100. kennedy-center.org. library of ConGress 101 Independence Ave. SE. (202) 707-5000. Handel and Haydn Society with director Harry Christophers. 8 p.m. Free. loc.gov.

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the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

The Steel Wheels, Mipso. 7:30 p.m. $17`–$25.50. thehamiltondc.com. roCk & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Aaron Tinjum and the Tangents, Kitchen Noise, Louise Weeks. 8 p.m. $12. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Funk & R&B birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Jeffrey Osborne. 7:30 p.m. (Sold out) birchmere.com. hoWard theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899. K Jon. 7:30 p.m. $20–$65. thehowardtheatre.com. madam’s orGan 2461 18th St. NW. (202) 6675370. The Good Thing Band. 9 p.m. Free. madamsorgan.com.

ElEctRonic 9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Madeon, Skylar Spence. 9 p.m. (Sold out) 930.com.

Jazz blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 337-4141. Kim Waters. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $43–$48. bluesalley.com. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Jordon Dixon. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.

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barns at Wolf trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. HAPA. 7:30 p.m. $25–$30. wolftrap.org.

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Vocal WashinGton national Cathedral 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 537-6200. Cathedral Choral Society: Vivaldi Gloria. 4 p.m. $25–$77. nationalcathedral.org.

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(703) 549-7500. Leon Russell with Jefferson Grizzard. 7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com.

BluEs birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. The Robert Cray Band. 7:30 p.m. $55. birchmere.com.

Wednesday Rock

Jammin JaVa 227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 255-1566. Kaki King. 7:30 p.m. $28–$30. jamminjava.com.

9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Elephant Revival. 7 p.m. $40.

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birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Joe Pug, Owen Danoff. 7:30 p.m. $20. birchmere.com.

blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Cristian Perez Quintet. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $20. bluesalley.com.

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u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Vinyl Theatre, Finish Ticket, Irontom. 7 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.

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Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen.

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blaCk Cat baCkstaGe 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. The Electric Grandmother, Psychic Subcreatures, The Sniffs. 7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Marc Broussard, The Last Bandoleros, Peter Aristone. 7:30 p.m. $23.25–$32.25. thehamiltondc.com.

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roCk & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

The Big Pink, The Heirs. 8 p.m. $15. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

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linColn theatre 1215 U St. NW. (202) 328-6000.

R5, Ryland, Parade Of Lights. 6 p.m. $35–$199. thelincolndc.com.

blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Tinsley Ellis. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $25. bluesalley.com. bossa bistro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

Cosmic Travelers feat. Will Rast. 9:30 p.m. Free. bossadc.com. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. BSQ. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com. u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Moon Hooch. 7 p.m. $17. ustreetmusichall.com.

CITY LIGHTS: MONDAY

MASON BATES Making a career as a contemporary classical composer is not exactly the most secure path to fame and fortune, but Mason Bates seems to know what he’s doing. A local kid who hit it big in both the classical and EDM worlds (he moonlights as a DJ under the name Masonic), Bates is a hot property, and several orchestras want to offer him a perch: He’s been named the Kennedy Center’s first ever composer-in-residence, having just finished a similar stint with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. But he seems to know where to find deeper pocketed patrons closer to his Bay Area base: His elegant, Barber-meetsAdams-meets-Daft-Punk 2011 piece Mothership, which he recently performed here, was commissioned by the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, and he’s currently at work on an opera about Steve Jobs. As part of his D.C. residency, he’s been throwing (“curating”) multimedia cocktail parties dubbed “KC Jukebox,” with chamber ensembles playing music by various new-ish composers, mixed with video and other art installations. If you’re on the fence about attending, the clincher might be the free drink at the afterparty. The performance begins at 8 p.m. at the Kennedy Center Theater Lab, —Mike Paarlberg 2700 F St. NW. $20. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

BluEs

ElEctRonic

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

Melvin Seals and JGB with Ron Holloway. 8 p.m. $20–$25. gypsysallys.com.

u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Autograf, Chet Porter. 10 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.

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musiC Center at strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Washington Performing Arts: András Schiff, piano. 8 p.m. $45–$95. strathmore.org.

amp by strathmore 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Antone “Chooky” Caldwell. 8 p.m. $25–$35. ampbystrathmore.com.

thursday

blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Roy Ayers. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $43–$48. bluesalley.com.

Rock

9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Ty Segall & The Muggers, CFM, Axis: Sova. 7 p.m. $25. 930.com. blaCk Cat baCkstaGe 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Den-Mate, Sitcom, Witch Coast. 7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com. dC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Color Palette, The Kickback, Technicians. 8:30 p.m. $8. dcnine.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Pink Talking Fish. 7:30 p.m. $17–$20. thehamiltondc.com. roCk & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Julia Holter, Circuit des Yeux. 8 p.m. $15. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

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

(240) 800-4700. LATO. 8 p.m. $6–$8. villainandsaint.com.

sonGbyrd musiC house and reCord Cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Trio OOO, Organix Trio. 8:30 p.m. $10. songbyrddc.com.

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

Tribute to The Highwaymen with Cold Hard Cash, The Human Country Jukebox, Arty Hill, Randy Thompson. 8 p.m. $10–$13. gypsysallys.com. mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Davis Bradley Duo. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com.

Verizon Center 601 F St. NW. (202) 628-3200.

Carrie Underwood. 7 p.m. $46–$79.50. verizoncenter.com.

WoRld birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Altan. 7:30 p.m. $25. birchmere.com.

CITY LIGHTS: TUESDAY

A CONVERSATION WITH PUSSY RIOT They might be from different worlds altogether, but Orange is the Ne w Black scribe Piper Kerman and Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina and Ksenia Zhivago have one thing in common: they’ve both experienced the dark side of law and order. Alyokhina and Zhivago join the author and sentencing reform advocate for a thoughtful conversation on the intersection of prison and popular culture. The group, known for its shocking pop-up performances that promote its anti-Putin, pro-feminist and -LGBTQ stances and upset Russian paramilitary forces (videos online show the women being whipped and shoved by Cossacks) will find a suitable match in the woman who rolled a suitcase of drug money around the world, got caught, and wrote a best-selling book about it. Since being jailed for “hooliganism,” Alyokhina and Zhivago have spoken out publicly against the Russian government and even considered bids for the Moscow assembly; the skewed, televised version of Kerman’s life just got renewed for three more seasons. Members of Pussy Riot speak at 8 p.m. at the Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. $25–$60. (202) 803-2899.

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Although he hails from Moscow, Id., judging by the ecstatic reception singer-songwriter Josh Ritter receives whenever he performs in D.C., you’d think he had roots nearby. The last time he came to town, in October, his rendition of “Homecoming,” off his latest album, The Sermon on the Rocks, had the entirety of the Lincoln Theatre dancing and clapping along. Ritter’s warm, melodic tunes will turn the ear of any Americana fan or casual listener of primetime drama soundtracks, but it’s the excitement that radiates off of him when he plays live that transfixes audiences. He’s the kind of performer who never looks tired and would play for four hours if weeknight Metro schedules allowed it. Like many musicians, Ritter has a special affection for 9:30 Club, having recorded a live album at the venue in 2007. During his twonight stint there this week, expect a combination of noisy sing-alongs from Sermon and quieter acoustic offerings from Ritter’s earlier releases, all delivered with honesty and an ear-to-ear grin. Josh Ritter performs with Elephant Revival at 7 p.m. at 9:30 Club, 815 —Caroline Jones V St. NW. $40. (202) 265-0930. 930.com.

Hip-Hop

Hall. 641 D St. NW. To February 28. $20–$50. (202) 393-3939. woollymammoth.net.

hoWard theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Naughty by Nature. 8 p.m. $30. thehowardtheatre.com.

father Comes home from the War (parts i, ii, and iii) Suzan-Lori Parks’ play follows a slave from his West Texas home to the Confederate battlefields. To deepen the emotion of the work, Parks incorporates plot elements from ancient Greek dramas into this messy and powerful work. Round House Theatre Bethesda. 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. To February 21. $36–$66. (240) 644-1100. roundhousetheatre.org.

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betWeen riVerside and Crazy A disgruntled ex-cop battles to keep an enormous rent-controlled apartment and put down his demons in this dark, Pulitzer Prize–winning comedy from author Stephen Adly Guirgis, whose previous play, The Motherfucker with the Hat played to acclaim at Studio three seasons ago. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To February 28. $20–$86. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org. the City of ConVersation In this play tailor fit for D.C., a Georgetown hostess crafts political alliances and faces off with foes from the comforts of her living room, only to have her world rocked by the arrival of her son’s conservative wife. Doug Hughes directs the area premiere of Anthony Giardina’s comedy. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To March 6. $40–$90. (202) 488-3300. arenastage.org.

Collaborators John Hodge’s dark comedy imagines a conversation and relationship between Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov and Joseph Stalin.

Spooky Action’s production features a variety of local actors, including Joe Duquette and Paul Reisman. Spooky Action Theater. 1810 16th St. NW. To March 6. $25–$35. (301) 920-1414. spookyaction.org.

Constellations A theoretical physicist and a beekeeper might not fall in love in a typical environment but in this play by Nick Payne, they find themselves drawn to each other. David Muse directs this show as part of the StudioX series. Studio Theatre.

1501 14th St. NW. To March 6. $20–$55. (202) 3323300. studiotheatre.org. eretz Chadasha: the promised land This documentary-style play looks at the many Sudanese refugees who fled their country and took up residence in Israel. Told from the perspective of young Israeli actors, the production is led by Michael Bloom, former artistic director of the Cleveland Playhouse. Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Melton Rehearsal

for Colored Girls Who haVe Considered suiCide/When the rainboW is enuf Ntozake Shange’s classic work about the struggles and triumphs of seven African American women blends 20 poems with music and movement. Performed in repertory with Word Becomes Flesh. Anacostia Playhouse. 2020 Shannon Place SE. To March 26. $25–$65. (202) 544-0703. anacostiaplayhouse.com. the Glass menaGerie Ford’s presents Tennessee Williams’ dark drama about Amanda, a mother trying to create a suitable life for her dependent adult children. When a suitor arrives to meet her shy daughter, Laura, Amanda must figure out how to connect reality with her dreams for her family. Ford’s Theatre. 511 10th St. NW. To February 21. $20–$62.

(202) 347-4833. fordstheatre.org.

Guards at the taJ Two guards tasked with overseeing the completion of the Taj Mahal are assigned to complete something so gruesome that it will alter their lives and relationship for years to come in this tragicomedy from playwright Rajiv Joseph. Woolly Mammoth Theatre. 641 D St. NW. To February 28. $43–$68. (202) 393-3939. woollymammoth.net. a midsummer niGht’s dream Favorite local actors, including Holly Twyford and Erin Weaver, appear in Aaron Posner’s new staging of Shakespeare’s magical comedy about challenged lovers, fairies, and donkeys. Folger Elizabethan Theatre.

201 E. Capitol St. SE. To March 6. $35–$75. (202) 544-7077. folger.edu. othello Acclaimed director Ron Daniels leads this classic tale of jealousy and scheming about the Moorish general whose imagination leads him to turn against those who care about him while the duplicitous Iago benefits. Sidney Harman Hall. 610

F St. NW. To March 27. $20–$108. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org. road shoW Signature presents its 26th musical by Stephen Sondheim, this time taking on the story of two brothers who spend their days traveling around the world, from Alaska to India to Boca Raton. Gary Griffin directs this production, which he originally created at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To March 13. $40–$72. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org. romeo and Juliet Synetic Theater brings back its popular silent production of the classic tale of young love and tragic loss seven years after it debuted.

Synetic Theater at Crystal City. 1800 South Bell St., Arlington. To March 27. $15–$60. (800) 494-8497. synetictheater.org. señorita y madame: the seCret War of elizabeth arden and helena rubinstein Gustavo Ott’s comedy about dueling women at the heads of the marketing and cosmetics world and the conflicts that impact their careers is brought to life by Consuelo Trum. GALA Hispanic Theatre. 3333 14th St. NW. To February 28. $20–$42. (202) 234-7174. galatheatre.org. shake loose: a musiCal niGht of blues, moods, and iCons This new revue pays tribute to Thomas W. Jones II, William Knowles, and William Hubbard, the composers of popular musicals, like Three Sistahs, Bessie’s Blues, and Harlem Rose, that have previously been hits at MetroStage. MetroStage. 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria. To March 6. $55–$60. (703) 548-9044. metrostage.org. st. niCholas A mad theater critic follows an actress to London with disastrous results but somehow connects with a vampire eager to offer him a new job opportunity in this ridiculous comedy from playwright Conor McPherson. Washington Stage Guild at Undercroft Theatre. 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. To February 21. $40–$50. (240) 582-0050. stageguild.org. sWeat Arena Stage presents the world premiere of Lynn Nottage’s play about factory life at the turn of the 21st century. When workers in one Pennsylvania town hear rumors of layoffs and encounter a horrific crime, each character must figure out how to move forward when the future seems uncertain. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To February 21. $50–$110.

(202) 488-3300. arenastage.org.

When the rain stops fallinG Michael Dove directs this production of Andrew Bovell’s family drama that spans multiple generations and locations to tell the story of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, and the events that happen over the course of 80 years. 1st Stage. 1524 Spring Hill Road, McLean. To February 28. $15–$30. (703) 854-1856.

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Word beComes flesh A father reads a series of letters to his unborn child, conveying his love and fear, in this emotional work by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, which combines music, spoken word, and visual images. Anacostia Playhouse. 2020 Shannon Place SE. To March 26. $25–$65. (202) 544-0703. anacostiaplayhouse.com.

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JULIA HOLTER The elegant sound of a harpsichord buzzes in the opening seconds of Julia Holter’s fourth album, Have You In My Wilderness. For a moment, Holter seems like she might bring history alive like Joanna Newsom, but seconds later her drawn out “ahhhs” sweep by like a playful breeze.

Now Julianna Barwick and her minimalist singing come to mind, but the snare drum kicks in before it settles. Not even 30 seconds have gone by when Holter hits the first verse and turns “Feel You” into an easy, compelling pop song. Her mix of modern pop with carefree sounds from music history invokes the same kind of fun tranquility that made Natalie Prass rise in popularity last year. While Prass plays with Broadway, big band, and ’70s country, Holter mines baroque classical, cool jazz, and experimental sounds as she creates songs that feel intimate and imaginative. It seems intimidating on paper, but her music has grown to become welcoming and warming in addition to challenging. Her intimate show is well-timed as the District recovers from its coldest weeks. Julia Holter performs with Circuit des Yeux at 8 p.m. at Rock & Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. $15. (202) 388—Justin Weber 7625. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

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More Affordable Service for DC

“I support the merger because it will help people like Robin.”

Major Lewis Reckline

National Capital Area Commander The Salvation Army National Capital Area Command

“I’m always looking for ways to save money on my bills.”

Robin Young

Pepco Customer Congress Heights

The Pepco Holdings-Exelon Merger: Affordability, Reliability and Sustainability for DC. Monthly bills add up. It’s why as part of the Pepco Holdings-Exelon merger, the companies are providing over $25 million to offset distribution rate increases for residential customers through March 2019. The merger will also provide $14 million for a one-time direct bill credit – more than $50 per residential customer.

For years, Pepco Holdings has supported the Salvation Army’s work to help DC families in need. Now the merger will make electric service more affordable for those families – and for all Pepco customers. We signed the petition to show our support. You can, too, at PHITomorrow.com.

For more information or to show your support, visit PHITomorrow.com.

Paid for by Exelon Corporation.