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Pot and Mettle

In which readers light up Jason Chaffetz et al.

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Sure, republican utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz’s promise to interfere in D.C. affairs and dismantle District laws on guns, pot, and assisted suicide took a backseat in recent days to the all-consuming dumpster fire that was the failed GOP health care bill. But as the effluvium of defeat wafts over the Capitol, rendering Republican House members more worthless than a stoner in calculus class, readers are noting their appreciation for City Paper’s recent cover story “Pot: A Political History” (March 17), in which writer Patrick Anderson explored bygone eras of the Reefer Madness approach to marijuana—one that Chaffetz & Co. are embracing anew.

“An excellent historical background of how pot became anathema in US ruling culture,” @Cajytarn wrote on Twitter. “A history lesson for @USAGSessions,” @MissAnthropy wrote, referring of course to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has been characterized as a “drug war dinosaur” and who recently said that marijuana legalization foments “violence.”

“Previous attempts by the States to argue compelling state interest rested on discredited notions of harmfulness,” reader friendly wrote on our website. “Tests show marijuana not debilitating like alcohol. Legalization of marijuana for recreational use in California, Massachusetts, Alaska, Nevada, Maine, D.C., Colorado, Oregon, and Washington is [a] strong argument criminalization in the remaining states is arbitrary oppression.”

And linking to the story on Twitter, @InstOfCANNABIS wrote, “History to feed your current and future cannabis explanations …”

But perhaps our favorite comment came from Humane Traveler, who offered, “Excellent article. Chaffetz is an asshole.”

Department of Corrections: Last week’s cover story (“Mural Decay,” March 24) incorrectly identified the artist of the District mural titled “Nurturing Community.” The artist is Bryan Conner.

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DistrictLine Holy Swindles

Inside the double dealings of Sanford Capital’s evangelical co-founder and his wife.

In OctOber, Mary J. StrauSS and her husband Patrick B. Strauss stood up at a Presbyterian church near their $1.6 million home in Chevy Chase, D.C., and testified about their faith.

She grew up Catholic, he Southern Baptist.

The couple recounted their passion for good works: preparing sandwiches for the homeless, making a “Tshirt memorial” for victims of gun violence, even helping a Syrian refugee with dental problems.

They volunteered. They gave thanks.

“I’m excited to help plan things that make our community stronger,” Mary told the congregation. “I feel like I’ve found my team, where we all have a part to play in the effort to make this world more like the place God wants it to be.”

Yet on the other side of the District, lowincome tenants across more than 1,300 units owned by Sanford Capital—the Bethesda-based company Patrick co-founded in 2006—reside in living hell. Bedbugs, faucets that run feces-stained water, vermin, vacant apartments left open to squatters, and no heat or air conditioning are common at its buildings.

Although Mary Strauss says she’s never interacted with any Sanford Capital tenants, two people City Paper interviewed contradict that claim. They live in Sanford buildings above the Congress Heights Metro station and recall encountering both Strausses at a community meeting almost four years ago.

At that meeting, one of them, Robert Green, shared his nightmarish experience of living in the company’s property. Mary Strauss came up to him afterward, he says. She reminded him of Katharine Hepburn, a “charmer” with her looks and voice. “‘Things are going to change,’” Green recalls Mary saying. “‘I’m going to get involved and get things done. Me and my husband are really concerned about people and how they live.’”

He says Patrick then approached, requested a list of Green’s problems, and promised to stay in touch. Green and Mary exchanged numbers. He recalls her characterizing him

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as “‘one of the good tenants’” and telling him that he could call anytime. “I don’t know what that number was because nobody ever answered the phone,” Green says, laughing. “It wasn’t nobody at all.”

Green and fellow tenant Ruth Barnwell, as well as their attorney Will Merrifield and tenant advocate Caroline Hennessey, all remember a second meeting Patrick Strauss attended. It took place in the basement of the Congress Heights property in May 2014.

Again, the tenants asked for improved condi-

since the company’s founding. In almost every case, the Strausses signed as members of an entity called Incyte Capital, which was incorporated in 2000. Bethesda resident Aubrey Carter Nowell also co-founded Sanford and signed those mortgages as a member of various LLCs. Over the past three years the Strausses have struck out on their own in real estate. Mary has approached tenants at at least four properties the couple was seeking to acquire—one of which they ultimately did, and flipped, after Robert Green, a Sanford Capital tenant in Congress Heights

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tions, and Strauss promised to make repairs.

“He just blatantly told a lie in front of all of our faces about what was going to be done,” Barnwell says. “It never happened.”

City Paper reporting shows that Patrick and Mary Strauss signed loan agreements for 17 of 19 properties Sanford has procured

emptying it of residents. Tenants say she has offered some people as little as $2,000, dramatically less than industry standards, to forfeit their rights to buy buildings under D.C. law.

SanfOrd capItal currently owns

more than 65 buildings across D.C. Most Sanford tenants are black or Latino, low-income, or working-poor. Many pay full rent, while more than 330 receive government housing vouchers totalling an estimated $3.7 million a year—taxpayer money that directly subsidizes Sanford.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has sued Sanford Capital over conditions at two of its properties, and Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration is now inspecting the company’s portfolio. Just last week, Racine motioned to add Nowell and Sanford’s head property manager Todd Fulmer as defendants in one of the lawsuits, potentially making them personally liable for damages.

The Strausses have largely avoided scrutiny for their role in the company. Neither is named in the attorney general’s litigation. A spokesman for Racine says Nowell told city lawyers that Patrick Strauss was no longer with Sanford.

But last May, the Strausses signed a refinanced EagleBank mortgage for Terrace Manor, a Ward 8 complex subject to Racine’s litigation. The refinance followed his first complaint against Sanford that January, and the original mortgage stipulates that the site be kept “in good condition.” By May, D.C. had cited the company with 129 housing code violations at Terrace Manor—25 of which posed a “serious threat” to tenant safety. Forty-seven of 61 total apartments were vacant.

Patrick Strauss did not respond to requests for comment. When City Paper called Mary Strauss last week to discuss her and her husband’s involvement with Sanford, she said she could not speak because she was “hoarse” and “sick,” but requested an email.

In a written statement, Mary acknowledges that she and her husband co-signed acquisition loans for Sanford properties. She adds, “I have never had any role, official or unofficial, with the company or how it is managed. My husband has not been involved in the management or operations of Sanford since approximately 2012.”

That appears to be false. City Paper obtained a 2014 tax-certification affidavit that Patrick Strauss signed as a principal of Sanford Capital, in addition to October 2014 emails between him and D.C. officials regarding San-

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In response to a follow-up email about these documents and the recollections of Sanford tenants that they had met her, Mary only addresses the latter. She says she attended a community meeting in Ward 8 “a number of years ago” and does not “remember anyone approaching me to try to discuss anything having to do with Sanford.”

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patrIck StrauSS IS a serial entrepreneur, but at least three of his business ventures have met legal trouble. In 2011, the federal government alleged that Patrick and his father Michael Strauss “promoted and sold several fraudulent tax schemes, including sham cemetery investments.” Patrick settled the case without admitting to the allegations. Years earlier, a business associate accused Patrick of violating an oral agreement to share profits. The associate won the case, but Patrick prevailed on appeal.

The Strausses have recently been involved in real estate in Brightwood Park, a frontier of gentrification, as well as Woodley Park, a neighborhood with stable, high rents. Property records, business registrations, and interviews show the couple has targeted buildings in deep disrepair. In all cases, current and former tenants report feeling that Mary deceived them, as her actions gradually proved to contradict her words.

One property consisted of two buildings at 9th and Gallatin streets NW, which the Strausses bought for $3 million around the end of 2014 from David Nuyen, one of D.C.’s most notorious slumlords. Nuyen was sentenced to two years behind bars in 2001 after racking up over 2,000 housing code violations, fabricating lead paint disclosure forms, and misleading investigators. (In an interview, he once called black residents “dirty.”)

Nuyen gave the Strausses an unsecured $1.5 million loan to purchase the buildings, while EagleBank, which has provided more than $46 million in debt financing to Sanford, initially loaned them $2.1 million. The couple sold the property, which contained more than 30 units, for $5.2 million about a year later.

Marta Buruca lived in apartments at both buildings over 16 years and served as tenant association president. Speaking through a Spanish translator at her daughter’s apartment, she says it took between four and five months for the Strausses to buy out all the residents. Buruca says the couple paid most tenants no more than $25,000 to leave but paid leaders of the tenant association much more.

Although Mary Strauss wasn’t “aggressive” and “never treated anyone badly,” Buruca says she was persistent. “She would come every day, and she would bring these

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papers for people to sign,” Buruca says.

“Once she got one person, she would start calling a new person, and she would just keep making all these calls.”

A couple of things about the situation rub Buruca the wrong way. She says Mary recruited two tenants to help convince others to take her offers, paying them up to $50,000 and giving them three months of free rent. Upon learning of the $5.2 million sale price for the property, Buruca becomes apoplectic. “It makes me feel defrauded … mad and sad.”

The tenants, many of whom were immigrants, didn’t know about Sanford Capital or the Strausses’ background, Buruca adds.

“What we knew is what they told us in meetings: that they wanted to help us, by offering us money to not live in these bad conditions anymore.”

She continues, “I don’t have an idea of how much she offered to everybody in total. The only thing I have is that … for some people who have come to this country, they’ve never had $10,000 or $15,000 or $20,000 offered to them, so they take it and they run.”

Whether the Strausses are to be praised for their tenacity or criticized for their tac-

to prevent landlord abuses. deSpIte theIr claIMS of no lasting association, it appears the Strausses’ connection with Sanford Capital is starting to catch up with them. Last year, the couple failed to acquire an ailing, six-unit building in Woodley Park, where Amanda Gant lived and served as president of the tenant association. Mary Strauss canvassed the building in June and

by July was following up with perfunctory emails to tenants, who were paying between $500 and $950 a month in rent. Two units were vacant.

She initially offered $12,000 for the tenants to assign their TOPA rights to her and to move out. That’s when the calls started coming. “She was testing the waters,” says Gant, who never met the Strausses in person. “I kept it vague and just hung up.”

Another interested buyer contacted the tenants and tipped them off to Patrick Strauss’ role at Sanford. “After talking a couple of times, he said, ‘I don’t think you want to do business with them,’” Gant remembers. “‘Do your Google search.’”

Google the tenants did, but they held what

“He just blatantly told a lie in front of all of our faces about what was going to be done. It never happened.” tics depends on who you ask. “They’re in the displacement industry,” says Rob Wohl, a tenant organizer at the Latino Economic Development Center who has worked with residents at three properties the couple has sought to purchase. “They either take advantage of people not knowing who they are and by bedazzling them, or by hoping people will get hopeless [about their living conditions] and take disadvantageous buyouts.”

But real estate professionals have lauded the Strausses. In a February 2016 press release, firm Greysteel touted the fact that the 9th and Gallatin street property was “tenant free,” making for a “unique investment opportunity.” “The owner’s ability to do this created tremendous value for both parties in the transaction by eliminating complications associated with the District’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act,” it said. TOPA gives tenants the right of first refusal when their apartments go for sale and is designed

they found in their back pockets while the Strausses entered a two-week bidding war with the other interested buyer. At the end of it, the Strausses were offering $28,000 to buy the tenants’ TOPA rights, $3,000 more than their competitor. The tenants deliberated and decided not to go with the Strausses.

In August, they signed agreements with the other bidder.

“I think they were trying to do a divide and conquer, trying to sweet talk and figure out how much they could pay each person to get what they wanted,” Gant says. “I wouldn’t do business with these people just out of my conscience. But we also felt it would be riskier to do business with them. How do we know we’ll get our money, or they won’t kick us out or litigate us all the way?”

Did the tenants feel like they dodged a bullet?

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ing his own business when he got an unexpected knock on his door.

He’d returned to his one-bedroom apartment at 5509 9th St. NW in August after six months of chaos. Conditions at the building were so bad that the city condemned it in March and moved Williams and his neighbors into hotels. The city conducted repairs and reopened the building.

It was Mary Strauss who stood on his threshold, Williams recalls, but she only introduced herself as “Mary.” “No card, no nothing,” says Williams, president of the building’s tenant association. “She gives you this little letter with no heading on it.”

Mary told Williams she wanted to fix up the property, offering to buy his TOPA rights for $5,000, let the tenants stay, and keep rents the same. But the TOPA offer seemed pathetically low to him: The estate that controls the property had offered $20,000 for remaining tenants to move out as it began to market the building for sale.

“I knew something wasn’t right,” Williams says of the short conversation, adding that his neighbors also received Mary’s elevator speech and worried they would one day be driven out.

As recently as a couple of months ago, Mary returned to the building and again caught Williams off guard. This time, she brought her husband. Williams was on his way out when he saw the couple meeting with tenants in the first-floor hallway. He warned them not to sign anything.

“Then Patrick got a little huffy,” Williams says. “He was trying to raise his voice to drown me out as I was talking. But I raised mine a little louder to complete what I was saying.” A red flag for Williams was when the Strausses said they didn’t want to meet with any legal representatives for the tenants—only the tenants themselves.

After the meeting, the daughter of another tenant distributed a 2015 Washington Post article on the Sanford Capital complex in Congress Heights where Robert Green and Ruth Barnwell live. The article identified Patrick as “a principal of Sanford.” The tenants of 5509 were shocked.

Mary later called Williams to ask if the residents would work with her. He told her no and brought up the situation in Congress Heights. “Then it got kind of quiet,” he says, adding that he doesn’t recall if Mary said anything in response during the conversation. Williams hung up the phone.

“I was done with them,” he says.

When Mary began meeting tenants at 220 Hamilton Street NW about a year ago, some were charmed. “I mean, anybody can fall for her because she goes up to you in a very polite manner,” says David, a tenant

who offers only his first name. “She’s always sweet.” Maurice, a resident who has taken to repairing the dilapidated building on his own, also remembers her as very civil.

The two men say the trouble with Mary came later. At first she told them that all the current tenants could stay and that she would make desperately-needed repairs, they explain. But after the tenants formed an association, she began calling some and offering them money to move out. She offered David’s family $5,000 to leave. They said no. David says she offered another tenant just $2,000 to move.

The tenants decided Mary was untrustworthy. The building was for sale and they had the first right to select a buyer under TOPA. They met with candidates and chose a company called MED Developers.

But when the existing owner suddenly declared bankruptcy, their work went out the window. In an intense auction in bankruptcy court, MED lost out to a third-party purchaser, Vivienne Awasum, by $10,000.

Oddly, Mary Strauss was talking outside the courtroom with Awasum that day, and she stayed to watch the proceedings. The tenants felt doubly deceived when they learned this through their pro bono attorney Amanda Kleinrock of Georgetown’s Harrison Institute. Now they want to know: Is Mary still involved in their building? In court on March 2, Awasum testified that she was the sole owner of the LLC purchasing 220 Hamilton. But Awasum obtained that LLC from Mary Strauss, and official documents describing the LLC show that Awasum became its registered agent on March 14—12 days after she testified in court.

Awasum’s attorney Steven A. Loewy says in an emailed statement that Awasum is the sole owner of the entity in question and that “there are no other parties that share in the ownership or that share in any of the profits or proceeds if the property is sold.”

It’s been a long haul for the residents of 220 Hamilton. One of D.C.’s most prolific slumlords, Rufus Stancil, had owned the property since 1996. Now in his 80s, Stancil was ordered to live in one of his own decrepit buildings for 60 days after pleading guilty to 70 housing code violations in 2001.

David has lived at 220 Hamilton for 17 years, and Maurice 30. They say most tenants have been living there at least a decade.

They do not know what will happen next.

As for Mary Strauss’ dealings with tenants, she says she feels she has acted appropriately.

“It is a priority for me to be honest and treat people with respect in all aspects of my life, and would be surprised and saddened to hear that someone who interacted with me felt otherwise.”

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Safeway’s Ward 7 Monopoly, Explained The city has finally cleared the way for competition, but it could take a while.

The year was 1997, and the occasion was momentous. D.C. officials, the Ballou Senior High School Marching Band and thenHUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo were on hand as hundreds lined up to celebrate the opening of a 56,000-squarefoot Safeway on Alabama Avenue in Southeast. The long-awaited amenity would anchor the Good Hope Market Place, the largest retail development in Southeast in decades.

It was a big day for Ward 7.

But 20 years later, Ward 7 remains the second biggest food desert in the city, a condition rooted in that long-ago ribbon-cutting, which once held so much promise.

A dispiriting 11.3 percent of the District is a food desert, according to a recent report from the D.C. Policy Center, and almost a third of that area is in Ward 7. So a recent story from East Of The River News describing substandard conditions at the ward’s only other major grocery store—also a Safeway, at 322 40th St. NE— is worthy of attention. The story details long lines, poor service, and stale produce. In other words, Safeway could use some competition in Ward 7, a glaring need that has gone unmet for too long largely because of politics.

When Safeway opened its Alabama Avenue store in 1997—the 40th Street NE store had opened to similar fanfare, in 1988—it recognized that neighboring Skyland Town Center was destined for revitalization, so company officials negotiated a covenant with the city that prevented an additional grocery store from opening there. In 2011, as the city and its development partners were negotiating with Walmart to bring one of its superstores to Skyland, Safeway reminded them about the covenant. Safeway lobbyist Bruce Bereano, a friend, fraternity brother, and fundraiser of then-Mayor Vince Gray, came in from Maryland to represent the store’s interests. (Bereano, politics watchers may recall, was convicted of mail fraud in the 1990s and disbarred for improper campaign contributions.)

But on the other side of the table was Wal-

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mart lobbyist David “The King” Wilmot, another Gray fundraiser, who had a property interest at the site of one of the other stores Walmart was planning—and who, in an odd twist of fate, happened to be co-hosting a fundraiser with Bereano for former Councilmember Michael A. “Piece of the Piece” Brown, who later went to federal prison for taking bribes.

With Gray’s lobbyist friends opposing one another by day and raising money for his political allies by night, Skyland plodded along, with Walmart at one point bullying Gray into vetoing a living wage bill. That is, until December 2014, when Gray left office amid a flurry of groundbreakings and announcements after losing his re-election bid to Muriel Bowser.

Among them was a press release celebrating a signed lease between Walmart and Skyland development partners—one of whom is another friend of Gray’s: Chris Smith, of William C.

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Smith & Co. Meanwhile, Safeway’s covenant loomed.

Greg Rhett, a former project manager with the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development under Gray and a community organizer with a member of the Skyland development team, says Ward 7 residents had high hopes for Gray but that he did not deliver for them. He recalls Gray bragging about all the cranes in the sky across the city but says those cranes were building for the benefit of people other than residents of his own ward. “Think about this,” Rhett says. “He had to go down Pennsylvania Avenue every day to get to work, and not one set of cranes sprouted up on this side of town on his watch.”

Says Stan Jackson, president of the Anacostia Economic Development Corporation, “I use the word ‘intentionality.’ You have to think creatively to incentivize major change.”

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By Jeffrey Anderson

Others fault Gray for not enticing Walmart to put a store in Ward 7 as a binding condition of opening stores elsewhere in the city and for not reconciling Safeway’s effective monopoly, particularly given his allies on both sides of the grocery store divide. “He had the power to call his friend Bruce Bereano and muscle him on Safeway, and he coulda gone to Walmart and said, ‘Let’s be clear, I gotta deliver for folks in Ward 7,’” says one local developer who requested anonymity to avoid angering Gray, now the Ward 7 councilmember.

LL notes that Safeway and Bereano contributed $4,500 to Gray’s re-election and constituent services funds between 2011 and 2013.

Even after Gray touted a lease between Walmart and the Skyland developers on his way out the door, a grocery store in Ward 7 other than Safeway was hard to envision. That is, until the Bowser administration struck a deal with the grocery chain in late 2015 to eliminate the restrictive covenant at Skyland. “The covenant predates us, but one of the first things we did when we came in was to work with all parties to get it lifted,” says Joaquin McPeek, spokesman for Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Brian Kenner.

So what did it take to get Safeway to release its grip on Ward 7? And why didn’t Gray do it when he was mayor? Under Bowser, the city agreed to pay the grocery chain $900,000 a year for fours years, with the first payment deferred until 2019.

The second question is harder to answer. Gray would not comment for this story.

Of course, on Bowser’s watch, as Gray was quick to point out at the time, Walmart withdrew from Skyland in January 2016 as part of a “broad, strategic review” of its project portfolio, a blow to Skyland’s viability that further doomed Ward 7 to a lack of food options. In an email, Safeway spokesperson Beth Goldberg says the company plans to answer consumer dissatisfaction by bringing in veteran managers to implement new scheduling technology, staff training, and improved product assortment at both of its Ward 7 stores. The company is also scheduling a meeting with Gray to hear his constituents’ concerns. Bereano does not currently represent Safeway, she says.

Kenner, former chief of staff to Gray’s deputy mayor for planning and economic development, says Skyland is back on track, with a first phase set to deliver 260 residences and 80,000 square feet of retail. He points out that Safeway once appeared ready to defend its covenant in court. “My job was to get Skyland moving, and I did that,” says Kenner, deflecting questions about the Walmart lease at Skyland that Gray had announced.

A William C. Smith spokeswoman says it’s unlikely that Walmart has a valid leasehold interest at Skyland but could not provide specifics. Gary Rappaport, of Rappaport Cos., was “unavailable” to comment for this story, and neither Bereano nor Wilmot returned calls.

Once the first phase at Skyland is done, Kenner adds, the city and its developers can finally lure a grocery store tenant to the town center, which could take several more years.

For now, though, Ward 7 will have to wait— as it has for decades.

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Gear Prudence: As a grad school graduation present, my dad is offering to pay for an awesome bike tour of Ireland, our ancestral homeland.

He and I have always been into biking together, and a trip like this is a lifelong dream. The problem is that he’s also invited my good-for-nothing brother with whom I have a very strained relationship and who isn’t even into biking. What the hell? The thought of a week with him is basically unbearable. But this is an extremely generous gift and such a great opportunity. What do I do?

—Exceptional Riding In Natural Gaelic Outdoors Beckons If Kin Evacuates Dear ERINGOBIKE: Great job wrapping up school! As a gift, here’s a chance to glower at your sibling over a Guinness. GP applauds your father’s munificence, but there’s a bit of a poison pill here, isn’t there? It sounds like this offer is less about celebrating your educational accomplishment and more about a family vacation. There’s nothing wrong with that— family vacations aren’t necessarily terrible!— and as a rule, the person paying gets to call the shots about who’s in and who’s out. So your dad is well within his rights to invite your noncyclist brother. This definitely puts you in a tricky position. Declining the offer makes you seem like an ungrateful jerk, and there’s certainly an element of self-spiting in that, but it still might be your best option.

There’s no point in embarking on this biking jaunt if the misery of sharing the trip with your sibling is going to outweigh your enjoyment. If your moments of transcendent cycling joy will be negated by frustration and fraternal antipathy, and if you honestly don’t think you’d be able to get through a week of riding with your brother—even in an idyllic setting and even if accompanied by your dad, who you seem to like—then it’s better not to try. Use your grad degree to get a higher-paying job and use that extra money to pay for your own trip. You can even invite your dad if you want.

But don’t turn down the offer if you think one of two things might happen before you leave: 1) you can reconcile with your brother (LOL) or 2) you can resolve to ignore his presence the entire time and commit to having fun regardless of his inclusion. Maybe his being there won’t be so intrusive. Maybe you and your dad can outpedal him and leave him in your dust. Or maybe a puckish leprechaun keeps breaking his bike every morning while also leaving bus tickets to the next B&B. GP knows that family stuff is complicated but would hate for you to miss out on a fulfilling cycling experience. If there’s any way you can make a go of it (and there might not be!), you should try.

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We had incredible sex and then a great conversation lasting several hours. But—and you knew there was one coming—he told me that he lied about his HIV status. (I asked him before meeting him, like I do with anyone.) He is undetectable, but he told me initially he was “HIV/STD negative.” I got very upset—more from the lie than his status. (I know that undetectable is practically the same as negative.)

I really like him, but that was a big lie. He told me all about his life and any other secrets after that. Should I swear off him for lying about such a big topic? Or is the fact he did tell me and our connection enough to give him a second chance? I had not been that happy up till the reveal in, well, maybe ever. But I want to be wise.

—Did Ask, Didn’t Tell Why would he lie? To avoid rejection. Obviously. Guys often refuse to hook up with guys who are honest about being HIV-positive even though a positive guy with an undetectable viral load is less of a risk—at least where HIV transmission is concerned—than a guy who believes himself to be negative because he was the last time he got tested, or because he doesn’t think he could ever get infected and so has never been tested. Someone who was recently infected is highly infectious. Someone who doesn’t think he could ever get infected—because he doesn’t sleep with older guys, because he only tops, because his ass is magic and he uses unicorn spit for lube—is a fucking idiot, and fucking idiots are higher risk for fucking everything.

Sometimes positive guys get sick of being punished for being honest, and so they lie— and it’s particularly tempting to lie to someone you don’t expect to see again, i.e., a quick hookup. HIV-positive people shouldn’t lie to their sex partners. Obviously. People should be honest, informed consent is consent, and lying about your HIV status can be risky for people with HIV. Thanks to stupid laws passed by ill-informed idiots, failing to inform a sex partner you’re HIV-positive is a crime in many areas. There are people in prison today—mostly men, mostly black—for failing to disclose.

These disclosure laws incentivize not knowing your status—you can’t be punished for not disclosing what you don’t know—putting everyone at higher risk.

Why would he tell the truth? It’s possible he lied to you about his status—a lie he regarded as harmless thanks to his undetectable viral load—because he assumed this would be a hookup and nothing more. He wasn’t going to infect you and he wasn’t going to see you again. But after you two hit it off, DADT, he decided to tell you the truth right away instead of waiting weeks or months.

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Lots of people—men and women—like to take a quick peek at porn sites, get a little erotic charge, and then get on with whatever they’re doing without stopping everything to have a wank.

find—this could be the start of something great—and the lie he told was big, yes, but understandable. I think he deserves credit for coming clean right away—and a second chance.

—Dan Savage I want to fuck my 31-year-old husband more often than he wants to fuck me, his 27-year-old wife.

We have been married for three years and together for four. My question is twofold: One, how do I gracefully accept his “no”? We have sex usually two times a week—I wish it was more like five— which means he turns me down two or three times a week. I want to be better at hearing “no” from him without getting upset. The more I freak out, the less likely he is to fuck me the next time I ask.

It’s a bad cycle. Two, he watches porn every day. I know because I was naughty and snooped. I love porn and I watch a lot of it myself. But it doesn’t replace sex for me. Is there a conversation to be had about this? Should I just keep my mouth shut? I love him but I am so frustrated.

—Sincerely Perplexed Over Unwanted Sexual Energy You want to have sex five times a week, SPOUSE, you watch a lot of porn, and porn doesn’t replace sex for you. Isn’t it possible that it works the same way for your husband?

He wants to have sex twice a week, he watches a lot of porn, porn doesn’t replace sex for him. Don’t assume your husband is having a wank every time he visits a porn site. Lots of people—men and women—like to take a quick peek at porn sites, get a little erotic charge, and then get on with whatever they’re doing without stopping everything to have a wank.

That said, SPOUSE, I can certainly understand why you’re frustrated—you’re having a lot less sex than you’d like and you’re constantly feeling rejected—but blowing up about porn isn’t going to help anything. So what do you do with your feelings of frustration? Regarding frequency, SPOUSE, you directly address the issue with your husband and propose a low-

stakes, low-pressure (and mutually pleasurable) compromise. Tell him you’d like to aim for three times a week, but put mutual masturbation on the table for that third time and/ or the husband giving you a masturbatory assist. He may not be up for PIV more than twice a week, but he may be up for crawling into bed with you and either having a wank with you or holding you and talking porny while you have a wank.

As for your frustration around always initiating, well, sometimes we have to accept the shit we cannot change. As the person with the higher libido in your relationship, SPOUSE, you may be stuck being the initiator.

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—Don’t Reveal My Name Your libido is your libido, DRMN. It isn’t exaggerated, it simply is. Some people have high libidos, some people have low libidos, some people have no libidos, and an individual’s libido can wax and wane and wax again over the years. You’re at the stage of life when people tend to be at their horniest and consequently think about sex a lot. Women and girls, too.

(Don’t let anyone tell you that women aren’t as horny as men—reread the last letter.) If you find yourself distracted by sexual thoughts, DRMN, masturbating can help—most people find they can concentrate on other things for at least an hour once they’ve rubbed one or two or three out. As for how you masturbate…

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Delores Mayfield in her home in Woodridge

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UNCOVERED D.C. fixed its Medicaid home-care program—and now seniors are losing their coverage.

By Zach Rausnitz Photographs by Darrow Montgomery

Kevin Mayfield stopped by his childhood home to attend to his unofficial second job as his 83-year-old mother’s case manager.

Mayfield arrived straight from his Department of Public Works job, wearing a yellow reflective jacket with DC SNOW embroidered on the front. These days, when he’s not supervising snow teams or driving a street sweeper, he’s trying to prevent his bedridden mother from being dropped from the D.C. Medicaid program that pays for the care she receives at home.

Mayfield, who lives in Maryland with his daughter, comes to visit his mother every day.

“He takes good care of me,” Delores Mayfield says in a soft voice. “Good care of me.”

The elder Mayfield, who worked as a pharmacy assistant at Howard University Hospital, retired in 2001. She now spends her days in her house in Woodridge, where she raised her family and has lived for half a century. The view from her bedroom window, looking down the hill on her block, is filled with trees. Her fingernails are painted bright red, courtesy of a recent visit from one of her granddaughters.

Mayfield is at risk of losing this serene retirement she spent a lifetime working toward.

She is one of more than 100 D.C. residents who, under a rule change, no longer have incomes low enough to qualify for D.C.’s Medicaid program for the elderly and physically disabled, known as the EPD program.

The program is designed to keep seniors in their homes and out of nursing facilities. It pays home-care aides for services such as meal preparation, bathing, dressing, and toileting.

With her retirement income just under $2,400 per month, Delores Mayfield has long

been able to obtain coverage through the D.C. Medicaid home-care program. But it’s now limited to people with incomes under $2,200 per month, and people like Mayfield are being cut off from the program entirely.

For those caught in this rule change, options are limited. They can pay for home care out of pocket, which can cost hundreds of dollars per day, a financial impossibility for someone as close to the income cut-off as Mayfield. They can try to prove they are “medically needy,” a complex income-based classification that is hard to qualify for, offers temporary coverage, and expects beneficiaries to live on less than $650 each month.

For those in the vast economic middle—seniors who are neither poor enough for Medicaid nor anywhere close to wealthy enough to afford home care—the remaining option is a nursing facility. There, each resident may have only an eight-by-10 foot section of a room shared with a stranger, separated by a curtain. Nursing facilities are expensive, well over $100,000 annually per person on average, but Medicaid favors them, paying the portion of a facility’s bill that exceeds a patient’s income—even if the person is not poor. (Medicaid is different from Medicare, which covers many healthcare costs for seniors but does not pay for long-term care.)

At 83, Mayfield, a diabetic who has lost strength in her legs and suffered a hip fracture, may have many years ahead of her.

“They’re recertifying you for the last 10 years, and this come up,” says Kevin Mayfield.

“My mom’s bedridden, can’t do nothing for herself. They take the aides away? Come on.”

Families like the Mayfields find themselves navigating a prohibitively expensive system

that is only getting costlier as home-care workers—who are struggling to get by too—are organizing for higher wages and better benefits.

Mayfield, who applied for temporary coverage under the “medically needy” process and is awaiting a decision from the city, doesn’t know what the family will do if Medicaid drops his mother.

“I might have to quit my job. Somebody will have to take care of my mom. I can’t leave her here by herself. I would have to do something,” he says. this rule cutting off Medicaid homecare coverage for some D.C. seniors was supposed to be in place from the time the program was created in 2008.

Instead, the District government was determining eligibility for the program only by considering financial assets—things like savings accounts and stocks. Federal rules, however, require that the program also consider an applicant’s monthly income, which typically comes from Social Security and retirement checks. If a person’s monthly total is more than $2,200, that person is ineligible.

D.C. wasn’t applying any income cut-off at all. Even someone with a high income could obtain Medicaid coverage.

The public was generally unaware of this.

The advertised guidelines from the District Department of Health Care Finance, which administers D.C.’s Medicaid program, did include an income requirement. The government’s internal processes just didn’t apply it.

As a result, “most of those who were over the income standard never applied for benefits,” says Wayne Turnage, director of DHCF, “probably on the assumption that their application would be

denied because of excessive earnings.”

Those over the income cap who did obtain benefits probably didn’t realize there was a cap, or they thought they might somehow still qualify, Turnage says.

He says the department has found 106 participants in the program who are over the income limit. About 80 percent of them have monthly incomes within $1,000 of the threshold. Their terminations from the program are spread out between the second half of 2016 and the first half of this year, depending on when each person’s annual renewal is scheduled.

“When you’re overqualified by just a small amount, it just seems really unfair to me,” says Rhonda, who did not want her family’s full names published. “I don’t understand why they can’t just grandfather the people who already have this service in.”

Rhonda has been helping her aunt Eva, an 82-year-old Northeast resident who is over income under the rule change and is set to lose the care she receives six hours per day, six days a week. She has a hearing this week.

Services like meal preparation, bathing, and dressing have helped Eva remain safely in the home her mother purchased in 1961 as her health has worsened. She’s had one hip replacement, and her doctor says she must have a second. She gets around unsteadily and is afraid of falling when she is by herself.

Eva has never been married and does not have children of her own.

Her niece says she heard about a service where seniors can pay $10 per hour for help with errands and household tasks. Even at half the cost of a licensed home-care worker, that adds up.

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“I’m thinking, oh gosh, that’s going to be a hardship,” Rhonda says.

Eva says she will not leave her home. “I really feel comfortable in my home,” she says. “I know my surroundings, the neighbors.” Her doctor’s office is in the neighborhood too.

Other members of the family have spent time in nursing facilities, Rhonda says, where they observed unclean conditions and rodent infestations. When she visited, she recalls, “everybody just seemed like they were kind of drugged up, quite honestly.”

Nursing facilities screen applicants by their ability to pay, and the best facilities are generally out of reach for Medicaid recipients, because Medicaid pays relatively low rates. In lower-cost facilities, patients usually share a room with a stranger, a curtain around the bed providing their only privacy. Eighty square feet per person is all that is required in the District.

People can live in environments like this for decades with health conditions that are debilitating but not fatal.

The number of nursing facilities in the District has shrunk to 18 with the closure of The Washington Home last year, and some have long waiting lists. Without enough facilities in the city to meet the need, the District’s Medicaid program currently pays for 480 D.C. residents to live in facilities in Maryland and Virginia, away from home and relatives.

“You hear things that happen in nursing homes.They may happen, they may not happen.

They won’t happen to her.”

Leah Graham in her home in Hillcrest

seniors Who are over the income limit for the Medicaid home-care program can join or stay on the program temporarily by proving they are “medically needy.” In the District, that means showing that they only have $642.83 to live on each month after medical expenses. Stretching $642.83 far enough to pay for housing, food, and every other nonmedical expense is, in itself, not easy in a city whose cost of living is among the highest in the nation.

“It is nearly impossible for most people,” says Rebekah Mason, a staff attorney with Legal Counsel for the Elderly, which provides free legal services to low-income D.C. residents 60 and older.

For Delores Mayfield, her living expenses include maintaining her home. “The house is old,” Kevin Mayfield says. “Mom’s had this house for the longest time.”

At her income level, she can be deemed medically needy for six months if she spends about $11,000 of her own money on medical costs. Bills that Medicaid has paid don’t count. She has dental bills she has been paying down. Her son doesn’t know whether that’ll be enough, but he applied. He rates their chances at 50-50. If it works out, Mayfield can prolong her coverage for up to six months.

Mason says that after a family has received a termination notice, navigating the hearing process and trying to remain on the program is “incredibly complicated”—and not just for seniors.

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it still tasted awesome,” says Claire Taylor, Graham’s 50-year-old granddaughter. “Better than mine.”

Two years ago, an infection landed Graham in the hospital. When she left the house that day, she walked down the 18 steps leading from her front door to the street. Unable to keep up the marching exercises she did daily at home, and without physical therapy in the hospital, Graham’s muscles atrophied during the eight-day stay, her granddaughter says.

“She walked into the hospital. She did not walk out,” Taylor says.

Now 106 years old, Graham is confined to her bed in a house on a quiet block in Hillcrest. She moved there after she retired 40 years ago to live with her daughter, her sonin-law, and her grandchildren in their home.

Graham’s daughter, who was her only child, died in 2012.

Graham has lost her mobility, her vision, and some of her hearing, but her doctor tells her that her heart is strong, and her vitality is evident. On a recent afternoon, lying in bed, she answered her granddaughter with a cheerful “I sure do” more than once when a mere “yes” would’ve done.

For a time, with the family unable to afford full-time home care, Graham’s other granddaughter Karen Taylor helped take care of her, but she couldn’t do things like lift her grandmother. “We don’t know what we’re doing, and they do,” Claire Taylor says of her grandmother’s aides.

Graham’s teacher pension and Social Security total almost $2,400 per month, putting her over the $2,200 cap for the D.C. Medicaid home-care program.

After her family slogged through the application process, having incurred more than $10,000 in out-of-pocket medical costs for a period, Graham was able to qualify as medically needy for the D.C. Medicaid home-care program last year. Her six months ends this spring. Now they have to do it again.

Medicaid will not contribute to her bills when she is between coverage. It won’t take Graham more than a few weeks to spend $10,000 more on home care, and she doesn’t need much money to live on after medical expenses—Graham lives with her son-in-law in the house he owns.

But the home-care company bills every two weeks, so the bill that puts her over $10,000 could bring her far past $10,000. As she waits for D.C. to process her application, the expenses could pile up every hour. The months it took the family to obtain coverage the first time haven’t inspired confidence for a quick turnaround from the city.

New York and Illinois allow their residents to buy into Medicaid and receive care. Instead of incurring enough medical bills to qualify as medically needy, they may simply pay that sum in cash, directly to the state. D.C. Medicaid does not allow this.

“I cannot start this process all over again,” says Claire Taylor, who is managing her grandmother’s case.

Taylor is determined to do right by the grandmother who helped raise her, to keep her with family in the home she has known

for so long.

“You hear things that happen in nursing homes,” Taylor says. “They may happen, they may not happen. They won’t happen to her.”

Besides navigating the Medicaid system and mounds of paperwork on her grandmother’s behalf, Taylor has an 8-year-old son and a job as an accountant with Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Taylor’s accounting experience has been useful. She has a mind for rules like the ones she is wading through. She’s well-organized, maintaining a thick binder—having outgrown a smaller binder, and before that just a folder— of all her grandmother’s records. the federal governMent told D.C. as early as 2009 that its failure to apply an income cap ran afoul of Medicaid’s restrictions.

It wasn’t until 2016 that the Department of Health Care Finance finalized a rule to make the eligibility standards official.

In those years in between, it does not appear that the District government was in a rush to implement the stricter rules.

Officials were concerned about what would happen to the seniors who would be cut off.

In an email last October, Claudia Schlosberg, DHCF’s senior deputy director, outlined the predicament to Mike Nardone, director of programs for the elderly and disabled in the Medicaid division of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

“We are very anxious to try to find a workable solution as we have people now who are significantly disabled and living in the community who are being forced into nursing homes,” Schlosberg wrote to Nardone.

Schlosberg noted that this could be an opportunity for Medicaid to reduce its “institutional bias,” referring to the ways that Medicaid tends to favor placement in institutions instead of care at home.

For instance, people moving to nursing fa-

cilities can use their projected future bills to qualify for Medicaid coverage from the start.

In contrast, to qualify as medically needy for home care, people must rack up steep bills, then apply for coverage after.

Additionally, the cost of rent, food, and utilities are wrapped up in the fees of a nursing facility. It’s all one big medical cost, so Medicaid winds up paying for housing and food at a facility. In their own homes, seniors’ groceries and rent or mortgage payments are not medical expenses.

The laws that govern Medicaid can be convoluted, and that does leave some room for creativity.

Federal overseers proposed a new path to Medicaid coverage in the District that would be tenable within federal law. Legally, D.C. could make anyone eligible for home care if their income is below the amount Medicaid pays for the cheapest nursing facility in the District. This proposal would open up MedDelores Mayfield and her son Kevin

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icaid home-care coverage to residents with an annual income under $84,700, a significant portion of the city’s population. But D.C. deemed it cost-prohibitive.

Meanwhile, the cost of long-term care, already immense, is growing.

The average amount that Medicaid pays for a nursing facility in D.C. is about $116,000 annually per person, which is lower than what people pay if they have their own funds.

Medicaid currently pays $20.20 per hour in the District for a home-care aide, up from $16.32 in 2013. Six hours of home care six days per week, the amount Eva receives, translates to about $38,000 a year. She could save Medicaid substantially by staying out of a nursing facility—not to mention the immeasurable benefit of being able to stay in her own home.

For those who require 24-hour care, the $20.20 hourly rate translates to almost $177,000 per year.

Michael thoMpson becaMe a homehealth aide in D.C. after working in nursing facilities, where he says he was responsible for as many as 10 patients at a time during his shifts, too many for one person to adequately care for.

“It was always a big load,” Thompson says.

LaSonya Weaver, a home-health aide who has been providing care to District residents in their homes since 2001, also used to work in a nursing facility. “I had too many people,” she says. Patients must be turned frequently to prevent bed sores, and Weaver says workers weren’t able to keep up.

In one-on-one settings, aides can devote more attention to their clients. “We love to take care of people,” says Weaver. “We love to see people light up when we come through the door.” She and Thompson both say home-care workers occasionally buy their clients supplies and toiletries out of their own pockets.

In an expensive city, they too are struggling to get by. The high cost of home care does not mean workers are well paid. Since 2014, home-health aides in the District have filed four class-action lawsuits accusing their employers—various private agencies—of unpaid wages and overtime violations.

Home-care workers are also organizing nationally for higher pay and better benefits.

In 2015, the federal Department of Labor required that home-care agencies pay their employees the minimum wage and overtime. Previously, they were exempt under rules enacted during a time when institutional care was the norm and home care was commonly done on an informal basis.

One of the nation’s fastest-growing fields, home-care work has become increasingly skilled and professionalized. In 2012, the District Department of Health finalized new regulations for home-health aides in the city. They undergo training that includes nursing tasks, such as giving enemas and oxygen therapy.

They can change colostomy bags and clean around feeding tubes.

Though the Medicaid home-care program is for non-medical services, like bathing, toileting, and meal preparation, the D.C.

Delores Mayfield in her home in Woodridge

“I might have to quit my job. Somebody will have to take care of my mom. I can’t leave her here by herself. I would have to do something.” program requires the workers to be licensed home-health aides in most cases.

Some of them feel they’ve become medical professionals who are nevertheless treated like maids, making the $13.95 per hour required of D.C. contractors, with minimal benefits and few opportunities for advancement.

“To do maid-type work—no. That’s not what we trained for,” says Thompson. “I’m trained to make sure that you are healthy.”

“We need to be treated like the hospitals treat their workers,” says Weaver.

Their compensation and treatment suggest their work is not highly valued. But it is vital.

After the FBI raided and shut down a group of home-care agencies in D.C. in 2014 for Medicaid fraud, home-care aides had to continue working, unpaid.

Last year when buses and Metro shut down due to a blizzard, Thompson says he walked from his home near the Silver Spring border in Northwest to reach his client in Southwest, through the snow.

“I know he was in that bed by himself,” Thompson says. on a sunny Saturday earlier this month, family and friends of the late Gladys Lewis gathered for a memorial service at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ on North

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Capitol Street.

Lewis grew up in segregated Loudoun County, Virginia, marrying at age 18 and having eight children, one of whom died in infancy. “She overcame one heck of a lot of obstacles,” says Walter Bryant, her 76-year-old son.

Lewis began her career as a maid. “Back in the ’30s, that was the only job a black woman could get,” her son says, “and she was determined she was going to go beyond that. And she did.”

Lewis eventually worked to become a successful fashion buyer for upscale department stores. After her husband passed away, a second marriage brought her to D.C. Late in life, she developed Alzheimer’s disease. Under the D.C. Medicaid home-care program, she received the care she needed to remain at home. In February, she passed away at age 97.

Changing long-familiar surroundings can harm any frail senior, particularly an Alzheimer’s patient. “To take her out of the house suddenly, to put her in a nursing home, we thought would be ill-advised,” Bryant says.

At her memorial service, the program described her as a “trailblazer, political activist, change agent,” honoring her civil rights activism. Her son told a story of a time when his mother called him to come home from college

to help integrate a movie theater.

She also blazed a trail in the District’s Medicaid program. According to Legal Counsel for the Elderly, she was the first beneficiary of the elderly home-care program to get 24hour care, which her doctor recommended.

She set a precedent that other seniors in the city benefitted from. Attorney Rebekah Mason says the D.C. government had been operating under a belief that 16 hours per day was the most the program could provide.

“We were only hearing rumors. We could find no policy in writing, nothing in the regulations, nothing that said 16 was the max,” Mason says.

Near the end of Lewis’ memorial service, her daughter Janet, one of five children still living, got up to speak. She asked if any of the home-care workers who aided her mother through the last phase of her life were present, and if they would stand. In one of the furthestback pews, the one who made it to the service stood up, and the sanctuary applauded.

“We couldn’t have asked for anyone better,” the daughter said. “They loved mom. I mean, they loved mom. I’m just so grateful.”

CP Low-income D.C. seniors can contact Legal Counsel for the Elderly on its hotline, 202-434-2120.

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Taqueria del Barrio opens Thursday in Petworth with 14 types of tacos priced at $3 each and a house margarita that features mezcal instead of tequila.

Garden Varieties

Some chefs aren’t just paying lip service to growing their own food.

By Laura Hayes Unless yoUr dining regimen is limited to all-day breakfast at McDonald’s, chances are you’ve heard the phrase “farm-to-table.” The term’s been as overplayed as “small plates” and “craft cocktails.” Some restaurants are now even exercising restraint in telling diners that their meat and produce are sourced from nearby farms, simply because it’s so common.

But if diners are picturing a scenario in which a farmer with muddied boots drops full crates of just-picked vegetables on a restaurant’s stoop, they’re sorely mistaken, according to Chef Eric Ziebold of Kinship and Métier who grows his own produce at an off-site location.

“Farm-to-table has become a catchphrase over the past six to eight years, but in my jaded opinion, I think that it’s become farm to coop to distributor to warehouse to restaurant to walk-in to prep table to a diner’s plate,” he says.

“That’s a lot different than produce coming in and getting used today,” he says.

Many chefs eager to get their hands on the freshest set of nature’s candy are, like Ziebold, springing for chef gardens either on property or off. But are these patches of soil that grow everything from herbs and vegetables to freshcut flowers just trophies to boast about or are they actual treasure?

“I think they’re a little of both,” says Chef Mike Friedman of The Red Hen. The Bloomingdale restaurant has a swatch of land that had originally been slated for outdoor seating but is now seeded and maintained by urban farming company Love & Carrots.

Friedman grows only “secondary or tertiary items” like basil, oregano for sauces, and sage.

“It’s just something nice to have so people can see it if they’re dining on the banquets,” Friedman says. “It’s not something we promote.”

Chef Joe Palma at Bourbon Steak inside the Four Seasons has never wanted to oversell his chef ’s garden. “Let’s be honest, we all do things for PR, but whatever we’re doing to help write stories has to have some heft, ” he says. The goal is to tell stories that resonate with press and with guests that aren’t #Fake-

News. “I don’t want to have just five percent of it be true.”

The hotel decided to tear out its chef ’s garden nine months ago. It was on a roof that sprung a leak over the pool. Palma says that instead of replanting it for his menu, it’ll be utilized by head bartender Torrence Swain for cocktails. “He can get more mileage out of it for tinctures and bitters as compared to the kitchen, which could decimate a basil plant five minutes into service.”

nothing gimmicky about it for me,” he says.

“There’s nothing for me to benefit from unless it’s functional. If not, then I’m an idiot for blowing my finite budget for nothing.”

The garden, which will take up half of the restaurant’s roof, will include a mix of traditional beds as well as vertical towers with carrots, beets, herbs, lettuces, hard leafy greens, bok choy, tomatoes, and more.

The other half will be for the Greenhouse Bar, where Baker’s going for an intimate

While Baker doesn’t expect the endeavor to lead to cost savings, the garden is more than just a source for his restaurant’s produce.

Baker sits on the board of Brainfood—a local youth-development organization—and plans to incorporate the garden into after-school curriculum. “The students will come once or twice a week, spend time with the gardener, and spend time in the kitchen,” he explains.

Anything left over will be donated to community members, Baker says. “I’ve been doing

While the experience had some benefits, Palma cautions others about taking on a chef’s garden because of the costs. “It’s a pretty big financial investment if you’re actually laying things into the ground.”

There’s no question that the rooftop garden at Gravitas coming to Ivy City in late summer is a major expenditure. Chef Matt Baker says installation alone will cost $120,000, and he’s hired a full-time gardener who will nurture it year-round. “There’s

Columbia Room feel, only with verdant, secret garden surroundings.

Having a lush garden fits the mission of the plant-forward restaurant, which will offer a regular tasting menu and a vegetarian tasting menu. Baker says his goal is to grow 70 to 80 percent of the produce he needs. “When I interviewed our gardener, I said, ‘You’re the number one most important person in the restaurant—you dictate what’s on the menu every week.’”

research, and Ivy City is one of the most food insecure neighborhoods in D.C.” Gravitas isn’t the only restaurant committing significant resources to a chef ’s garden. Evening Star Cafe in Alexandria has a 1,260-square-foot rooftop garden that Executive Chef Keith Cabot tends about 50 hours a week during the peak season with Neighborhood Restaurant Group Jack-of-all-trades Jonathan Stark.

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“We’re planting 300 plants hoping that we can serve them with house-made feta as a snack,” he says. Guests can’t see the garden, but Cabot will point out when he can, either verbally or via the menu, which products are grown on-site.

Like Baker, Cabot isn’t motivated by cost savings. He says the only time there’s a chance to catch a break is by growing something in a large quantity like those shishito peppers.

Something like a watermelon requires too much space and time to grow a single piece of fruit, which Cabot could easily purchase for $4 from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania.

So why do it? “What it comes down to is you can’t get a product that’s better,” Cabot says.

“It doesn’t matter how local it is. … I’m pulling stuff from the roof today, and it’s going on the menu in a couple of hours.”

This isn’t a new phenomenon. Just ask L’Auberge Chez Francois in Great Falls, Virginia, which first installed a chef ’s garden in 1976. The garden was initially a necessity because late Chef François Haeringer couldn’t find shallots and certain herbs he needed to bring his native Alsatian cuisine to the D.C. area. Four decades later, there are now two gardens encompassing 10,100 square feet maintained by a head gardener, a team of maintenance workers, and current Chef Jacques Haeringer.

The gardens are no longer strictly necessary, but dining room manager Marc Haeringer (Jacques’ son) says the major undertaking remains a worthwhile and critical part of the operation.

“It allows us to have the exact things that we want, and they haven’t traveled,” he says.

“They’re fresh. The value of having something from a few feet away is unbeatable.”

If you’ve dined at this suburban charmer in the summer, you’ve no doubt tried the garden tomato salad that Marc says guests clamor for.

The garden has also given way to unintended benefits such as building relationships in the community. “We didn’t know there was a 10acre farm down the street from us,” Marc explains. “They saw our garden and reached out to us.” Now the restaurant trades food scraps for fresh eggs. “Our soufflés are made from eggs down the street, and it all came about because of our garden—it’s not just about attracting customers.”

Ziebold says he wouldn’t recommend a chef ’s garden for every restaurant because “certain aspects of it can be a pain,” but he’s happy to have forged ahead for reasons similar to those of L’Auberge Chez Francois.

His plot for growing produce and flowers for Kinship and Métier is out in Virginia wine

“Farm-to-table has become a catchphrase over the past six to eight years, but in my jaded opinion, I think that it’s become farm to co-op to distributor to warehouse to restaurant to walkin to prep table to a diner’s plate.” country on the grounds of the RdV Vineyards. Ziebold says he usually gets in a couple visits leading up to May, but then is out there almost every week from June through September. Opening two fine dining restaurants in one year means Ziebold’s plate is full, but he makes time because the garden affords him both greater control and opportunities to be creative.

“There are some things we want to be a specific size,” he explains. For example, the spring garlic he grows to make spring garlic soup is considerably bigger than what he could source from a produce supplier, which buys him significant time in the kitchen because he doesn’t have to preen hundreds of tiny sprigs to make three cups of liquid.

The garden also puts Ziebold in a reactionary position, which is how creativity is born.

For example, the former French Laundry chef was leaving a garden store last summer and sprung for four lemongrass plants that proliferated dramatically, allowing him to harvest 40 pounds of the herb most commonly used in Thai cuisine. While Ziebold’s menus have some Asian influence, he still had to finagle applications for it, and in doing so he happened on an undiscovered combination—lemongrass and beets.

Asked whether he would recommend gardens to other chefs, Ziebold qualifies: “I would with some caveats—it’s not the right thing to do for everybody,” he says. The relatively small size of his restaurants and his ability to be spontaneous and reprint menus make it advantageous. “Just make sure it’s not just an expensive hobby.”

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

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what we ate this week: “Marriage” montadito sandwich with boquerón, anchovies, and peppers, $8.95, Estadio.

Satisfaction level: 4 out of 5. what we’ll eat next week: Saffron fideo noodles with cockles, linguica sausage, and sea urchin espuma, $21, Arroz.

Excitement level: 4 out of 5.

Grazer

Chef Haidar Karoum is preparing to open his Navy Yard restaurant Chloe (named after the Greek goddess of agriculture), where the focus will be on celebrating the seasons. He lights up talking about how the smell of the first strawberries in May triggers childhood memories, but he’s also into setting realistic expectations. “People think of watermelon on the Fourth of July, but they don’t peak then, and same thing with corn on the cob,” he says.

People also get ahead of themselves with spring when the first ramp makes its way onto an Instagram feed. “The thing with spring is that most chefs, and I’d assume most people, are itching for it to happen faster than it wants to happen,” he says. To calibrate diner expectations, we asked Karoum to detail when different kinds of produce best shine.

—Laura Hayes

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Overall score (1 to 5): 4. That a meatless alternative can even come close to the level of a classic Cuban is significant enough, but by combining a variety of textures with traditional elements, Colada Shop has created one of the best vegetarian sandwiches in the city. Reducing the amount of cauliflower and boosting the helping of the aioli would only improve it.

—Caroline Jones

What You Should Be Drinking: Based on holistic recipes found in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), beverage director Ian Fletcher’s cocktails at the bustling Hong Kong hotspot in Blagden Alley cure what ails you, from fatigue to low libido. This yuzu and spiced rum drink—named for the fleet of boats that shuttle passengers from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon—is topped with a siphon-dispensed tonic made from cinchona, gentian, angelica, Chinese licorice root, and umeboshi. The umeboshi (fermented salt plums) are believed to aid digestion, prevent nausea, and cure hangovers.

It’s garnished with a bamboo skewer of a whole fermented plum and a lemon peel.

Why You Should Be Drinking It: A heavy hand with the cloves and cinnamon sticks can make many spiced rums off-putting, but the version from Kentucky’s Corsair Distillery is vanillaforward with just a moderate dose of baking spices. Chinese licorice in the tonic boosts the drink’s anise flavor, and yuzu gives it zest. And don’t fear that brown, wrinkly, fermented fruit like so many others guests do—it adds an addictive salty-sour flavor that draws you back in. Bright and semisweet with a mildly intense bitter finish, the cocktail works with Chef Irvin Van Oordt’s spicy smashed cucumber salad with garlic, chili, and sesame.

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Kung Fu Wildstyle April 1–30 Opening ReceptiOn Saturday, April 1, 2–4 pm This exhibition of contemporary street art by the hip-hop pioneers Fab 5 Freddy and MC Yan salutes the legacy of kung fu icon Bruce Lee. Presented in celebration of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), it is accompanied by a range of free related events. exhibitiOn Fab 5 Freddy and MC Yan: New Work April 1–29 Hyphen DC Kung Fu Wildstyle KicKOff Presented by Shaolin Jazz Saturday, April 1, 8 pm–midnight Hyphen DC panel DiscussiOn Fab 5 Freddy and MC Yan talk about Kung Fu Wildstyle Sunday, April 2, 1 pm NMAAHC, Oprah Winfrey Auditorium film scReening Enter the Dragon Sunday, April 2, 2:30 pm NMAAHC, Oprah Winfrey Auditorium

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A year after its home shuttered, the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra soldiers on.

When Bohemian Caverns closed in March of last year, it would’ve seemed appropriate that its resident, namesake jazz orchestra would disband, too. Instead, the opposite happened: The Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra regrouped less than a month later to record its first studio album.

In some ways, that recording session helped spark something that many of the band members had been feeling since the Caverns closed. “We were off for a couple of weeks before the recording,” says Brand Linde, “And then it settled in: we started to miss it.

Where’s Monday?”

Every Monday night (with the occasional Tuesday night and some Sunday afternoons) the 17-piece big band held court in their U Street NW dungeon from April of 2010 to March 22, 2016— just a few days before the club shuttered for good. The group, co-lead by multi-saxophonist Linde and trumpeter Joe Herrera, evolved from just being the club’s in-house band to becoming one of its main attractions. The Orchestra routinely made Mondays the third best night of the week for business, often hosting guest artists like Warren Wolf, Taurus Mateen, Caroline Davis, and Oliver Lake.

They were a big part of the “sole home of soul jazz,” which for decades served, on and off, as the central and spiritual hub of D.C.’s jazz community. After several years of successful business under the proprietorship of Omrao Brown, the club faced declining profit margins and legal setbacks, as Washington City Paper reported last year. Legends, modern visionaries, and local young lions alike rubbed shoulders while creating a soundtrack for the heart and soul of the local jazz scene.

It’s a fact that still shocks Brown a little. “Even in New York [City],” Brown, who ran the club for its last 10 years, recalls, “People would say to me ‘Oh man, you know I was down in

MUSIC

From the Beginning, the Orchestra was never intended to be a commercial enterprise. Rather, it was created as an-

and we played.”

With the price of admission for a Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra show at a cool $10, the money each band member ended up making at a given gig was barely enough “just to pay for parking tickets or dinner,” Linde says. As such, the incentive to find time for 17 people to rehearse was fairly low. That meant the band’s Monday gigs were a rare opportunity for audiences to see musicians flourish in the moment, performing unrehearsed and off the cuff.

“Often times the audience would see us ‘workshop’ music,” Herrera says. “I think this type of environment spurs creativity

other expression of the D.C. music community, in a space central to the city’s musical legacy. “I think the whole thing started for the idea of a community and a hang; almost like a reading band,” Linde says. “We always joked about never having rehearsals but the truth was that we showed up on Monday night

in both the musicians and the audience.”

And those moments often ended up being the most precious. Audiences weren’t paying to see the band recite the classics, they wanted to experience a show come together before their eyes; to be participants in the creative process in some

D.C. and I was trying to extend my weekend trip because I always heard about the orchestra on Monday nights.’” Not bad for a band that won the 2012 Mayor’s Arts Award for “Outstanding Emerging Artist” without a single formal rehearsal on the books.

The lack of rehearsals—or more precisely the inability for 17 people to get together to rehearse—is, in fact, one of the things that gave the Orchestra’s Monday night gigs their appeal.

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“Part of it was that I wanted them to witness the creative process as humans, as a band, as a resident orchestra,” Linde says.

“I used to go hear Mingus’ big band directed by John Stubblefield at the Fez in Manhattan. And they would bring in a new chart and stop in the middle of it, and talk about it.”

The Orchestra has a 400-page book of charts, the entirety of which they can launch into on a whim. To go off the cuff like that takes a level of musicianship that’s not easy to achieve—especially for a large orchestra that has gone through several lineup changes over the years. Luckily, its lineup has included some of the contemporary D.C. jazz scene’s best players, boasting alumni like saxophonists Elijah Jamal Balbed and Leigh Pilzer, trumpeter Donvonte McCoy, pianists Amy Bormet and Tim Whalen, drummer C.V. Dashiell, and trombonist Shannon Gunn, just to name a few.

Beyond needing musicians who could sight read, Herrera and Linde took an almost Duke Ellington-esque approach to organizing the band, trying to find musicians who could contribute not just a texture but a personal statement.

Those threads of individual voices weave together to create a sound that swings with the heat of a Count Basie band, suggests an air of Ellington sophistication, and strolls along with the assured cool of Stan Kenton—all aided by the looseness of the set and setting. The Caverns Orchestra holds a harmonious balance between the body of big band canon and the spirit of post-swing creative music.

For those missing Mondays as much as the musicians are, the Orchestra is determined to both carry their own legacy forward as a band, along with the Cavern’s legacy. the Band may not have Mondays at the Caverns anymore— let alone regular Mondays anywhere right now—but that void is what is pushing them forward. Since the Caverns shuttered, the Caverns Orchestra has played together five times, performing special sets at the 2016 DC Jazz Festival, the Kennedy Center, and Blagden Alley, along with its annual Christmas show

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at the Atlas and a set of Ellingtonia at the Metropolitan Club.

Even with months apart between gigs, and still no rehearsals, the music felt as strong as ever to Linde, who admits getting choked up during the gig when all the old players and familiar pieces fell into place.

For those missing Mondays as much as the musicians are, the Orchestra is determined to both carry their own legacy forward as a band and the Cavern’s legacy. The recording they made last year—tentatively titled Bohemia after pianist Dan Robert’s three part suite for the group—is due out later this year.

In the meantime, Linde is also looking to move the band into a new, permanent home. “I’m in talks with at least three different venues about some kind of rotation,” Linde says. “Some kind of steady, predictable venue to play in on a regular basis— on Monday nights, that’s the tradition.”

The Orchestra still flies the Bohemian Caverns’ name and flag, keeping that communal torch for the D.C. jazz scene lit. Although the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra is only part of the Bohemian Caverns’ legacy, it is now a solid fixture of the rapidly vanishing cultural landscape of the District of Columbia.

And, while it lasts, The Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra will be doing what it always does, Linde says: “Just counting off tunes and hoping to God we get there together by the end.” CP

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Mnemonic

By Complicite Directed by Colin Hovde Movement by Dody DiSanto At Anacostia Playhouse to April 9 MneMonic begins with a blindfold and a leaf—you’re handed these as you first enter Theater Alliance’s small stage at the Anacostia Playhouse. In an introduction that slowly transforms from a real life “turn off your cellphones” speech into a dreamy monologue within the world of the play, the leaf is revealed to be much, much more than a bit of a tree.

The leaf—a single stem branching off into a thousand different veins—is a roadmap to the sprawling and beautiful Mnemonic, as well as a device to tie your own memories to the ones explored in the play. The blindfold is just a blindfold, not, as the opening monologue reassures the audience, a sign that any sort of avant-garde audience participation shenanigans are forthcoming. Mnemonic is breathtakingly modern and adventurous in its experimentation with form and motion, but it should not be mistaken as alien or metatheatrical or, in the words of the opening monologue, involving lots of naked bodies and baby oil.

While Mnemonic is boldly experimental in form, its plot is meticulously grounded and relatable. Devised by the British theater company Complicite in 1999, Mnemonic uses a simple plot—a man, who has a specific fascination with a recently unearthed ice mummy, learns where his long-missing girlfriend has been for the last several months—to explore dozens of different and complementary aspects of memory and belonging.

That’s not to say that Theater Alliance has

picked an easy crowd-pleaser. Complicite has built all sorts of potential pitfalls into their play, and it’s a testament to Colin Hovde’s tight directing that the play appears to have been brought to life effortlessly—an illusion that certainly hides a very demanding creation process. One particular stroke of brilliance: The play has been partially adapted to take place in present-day D.C., a decision that serves as a further invitation for the audience’s own memories to mingle with the ones explored on stage, and the play’s exploration of human origins and the experience of living in a melting pot perfectly tie into the current political landscape.

Solid acting also grounds the production and ensures the show never gets too far lost into the world of memory. This is especially true of Carlos Saldaña, who is called to shepherd the audience into the world of the play and carry the first act as Virgil (the man with the missing girlfriend and an intense interest in an ice mummy) with remarkable vulnerability—quite literally, as he spends most of the first third of the play nude.

The supporting cast, meanwhile, are called to represent all of Europe, playing dozens of characters with just as many accents and foreign languages, for wayward Alice (Teresa Spencer) to encounter as she searches the continent for a trace of her father.

Mnemonic is a play not quite like anything else out there and already deserves to be viewed as a modern classic. It’s telling that, although the play lasts two hours without an intermission (do remember to avoid downing a lot of water before the show), the time utterly flies by. Theater Alliance has more than risen to the challenge posed by Complicite and produced what will likely be remembered as one of the best D.C.-area plays of the year.

—Riley Croghan 2020 Shannon Pl. SE. $30-$40. (202) 2902328. anacostiaplayhouse.com.

After the Storm

Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda After the Storm is a film for adults. Now, it’s not what Hollywood considers adult—it wasn’t marketed with an expletive-laden “red band trailer”—but rather it’s a modestly budgeted, exquisitely made drama about adult characters who change in small but meaningful ways. Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda has been turning them out for a quarter century. He chronicles the cyclical pain and loneliness that afflict the Japanese middle-class, but his perceptive stories have universal appeal. Anyone will find something to relate to here.

A hallmark of his work is the unlikable, irresponsible father figure, and After the Storm follows suit. Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) is a deadbeat dad, an obsessive gambler, and an inveterate liar. He’s on the verge of losing visitation rights to his pre-teen son over missed alimony payments, but he pisses away his meager income on lotto tickets and bicycle races. Even without the gambling, he’d have a hard time making ends meet. While Ryota published a novel to great acclaim years prior, he has spent the last several years working as a private detective for a small agency.

His life is like quicksand, with every lie further tarnishing his relationships, making it harder for him to turn things around.

On a monthly visit with his son, Ryota pretends not to be hungry, when really he can’t afford dinner for both of them. He proceeds to take the kid’s french fries without asking. Later, he asks his mother to cook him dinner, asking for seconds because he has never tasted food so good. At work, his sub-

terfuge is monetized. He gets hired to take photos of a man’s cheating wife, then blackmails her for more money, with a promise to keep the photos hidden from her husband.

In his spare time, he uses his detective skills to spy on his ex-wife, who has started dating a wealthier, younger guy.

In the final third, these strands come together as a typhoon engulfs their city and he, his exwife, and his son are forced to spend the night at his mother’s apartment. Ryota tries to win back his wife’s affections; she waits for the typhoon to pass.

Symbolism aside, After the Storm is a winningly straightforward film. Hollywood likes to tell stories about liars and con artists with narrative trickery. But Kore-eda opts for a more sincere approach, refusing to condone or judge Ryota’s lies. His money problems are real and the more he tries to climb his way out, the deeper he sinks. But Kore-eda also makes clear that most of Ryota’s wounds are self-inflicted and creates a full roster of relatable supporting characters—especially his strong, pragmatic mother, played heartbreakingly by Kirin Kiki—through which his emotional destruction is reflected.

If Ryota’s complexities are easy to take, it’s partially because the film remains so honest and earnestly philosophical about them. “Why can’t men love the present?” his mother wisely asks in a crucial scene, referring ostensibly to her late husband, who spent his days dreaming about a lost past or imagined future.

Ryota is the same. He dreams of winning the lottery, putting his family back together, and finally writing that second novel, but the film ultimately draws a strong line between fantasy and reality. After the Storm stands firmly on the side of reality and makes it a rewarding place to be.

—Noah Gittell After the Storm opens Friday at E Street Cinema.

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MusicDiscography

2017 NEA JAZZ MASTERS TRIBUTE CONCERT

Hosted by Jason Moran, Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz HONORING

Poetry in notion Angels

Time is Fire Electric Cowbell, 2017 Dee Dee Bridgewater

Ira Gitler

Dick Hyman

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Dave Holland

APPEARANCES BY NEA Jazz Masters Kenny Barron, Paquito D’Rivera, Lee Konitz, and Dan Morgenstern PLUS Bill Charlap, Theo Croker, Aaron Diehl, Robin Eubanks, James Genus, Gary Giddens, Donald Harrison, Booker T. Jones, Sherrie Maricle and the Diva Jazz Orchestra, Peter Martin, Mike Moreno, China Moses, Steve Nelson, Jessye Norman, Kassa Overall, Chris Potter, Dianne Reeves, Nate Smith, Dan Tepfer, and Matthew Whitaker.

April 3 at 7:30 p.m. | Concert Hall At this time, all advance tickets for this event have been reserved; however, an allotment of tickets has been held back, which will be available on the night of the concert. In addition, tickets that have not been claimed by 7:15 p.m. on the night of the concert will be released and distributed to a standby line.

The concert will also be live streamed at kennedy-center.org and arts.gov For all other ticket-related customer service inquiries, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540.

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What’s With the hat? That was my reaction to seeing Time Is Fire singer and lyricist Kamyar Arsani’s tall, conical lid for the first time. It’s basically a sikke, the style worn by whirling dervishes. Without context, it comes off as just a prop.

The hat has a point, though: The Iranianborn Arsani positions himself as a Sufi poet, drawing from the same metaphysical tradition as those dervishes. And within the four-member D.C. band’s worldly, funky, post-punky, afro-inflected music, it somehow makes sense.

Arsani doesn’t whirl, but his lyrics are often about shifting, rotating perceptions.

Time Is Fire’s latest EP, Angels, has the band at roughly the same crossroads as 2015’s selftitled debut, where the separation between hot-to-the-touch grooves and cooler, more dub-friendly New Wave/No Wave songs keeps the listener from having to process too much at once. They’re the two cardinal directions from a band that purports to make music “from a country that doesn’t exist.” If you take that as a koan instead of a quip, the whole pan-cultural thing gets even thicker, but there’s really no need for extended thought exercises here.

(Give ’em another EP or two for that.)

I’m instinctively partial to the cooler stuff, if only because Arsani’s voice—an idiosyncratic, sometimes reedy thing—thins out unappealingly when he has to be louder. But he’s capable of subtle originality, too. “Turn Your TVs Off,” where his performance is freshly sinuous, might be his best vocal yet, as he sings

mildly cryptic lines about media consumption and the paradox of “freedom in a box.”

In that same vein is “Words,” but with a more aggressive disposition: “At night I see the shadows of your deception on my walls/ So your empire will come down, and this time it’s you that will fall.” Both songs allow producer Brendan Canty (Fugazi, Rites of Spring) to really tip his hand: Bassist Ashish Vyas, guitarist Matthew Perrone, and drummer Jim Thomson (the D.C. music promoter) are arranged for maximum impact and presented with great care.

Somewhere in the middle is “On My Way Home,” a more solidly 4/4 tune that could handle one of those Madchester-style extended dance remixes. Bass, guitar and drums again are all presented as distinct characters.

“Hey officer, do you care if I stare at you… I haven’t seen an animal like you in awhile,” Arsani sings, offering another reminder that his frame of reference for many things is a repressive regime.

The EP’s two jumpier songs — the afrofunk “Angels of Light” (featuring TV On The Radio’s Smoota on trombone) and “Shelter” (which has been likened to Angolan Kuduro music)—force Arsani to test the outer limits of his vocal power, and the results are probably more engaging in a live setting, where his charisma can add some oomph.

Charisma is a complicated thing here, of course. The sikke is said to have an important symbolic meaning as the “tombstone for the ego.” On Arsani’s head, it’s hardly the first overtly ascetic choice made by a frontman for an underground D.C. band. But if it indeed represents constant self-evaluation, Time Is Fire could have limitless places to go.

—Joe Warminsky Listen to “Angels” at washingtoncitypaper.com/ arts.

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Merriweather Post Pavilion • Columbia, MD

JUST ANNOUNCED! CAPITAL JAZZ FEST FEATURING

Corinne Bailey Rae • George Benson and more! ................................................. JUNE 2-4 On Sale Saturday, April 1 at Noon

THIS WEEK’S SHOWS

APRIL

APRIL MAY (cont)

The Zombies : Odessey and Oracle 50th Anniversary ...................Th MAR 23 Ronna and Beverly Live!

Rostam w/ Deradoorian .............Tu 2 SOHN w/ William Doyle & Nylo .........................................................................

F 24 This is a seated show. .........................W 5 The Maine ALLGOOD GOODPRESENTS PRESENTS ALL

Paul Simon w/ Sarah McLachlan.................................... JUNE 9

THE HEAD AND THE HEART w/ Deer Tick.........................JUNE 15

LADY ANTEBELLUM w/ Kelsea Ballerini & Brett Young .............. AUGUST 13 On Sale Friday, March 31 at 10am

w/ The Mowgli’s & Beach Weather .W 3

Rising Appalachia w/ Lowland 6pm Doors ....................... Sa 25 Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Hum Early HotShow!

In Herre: 2000s Dance Party w/ ELM Electric Love Machine ....F 7 ALL GOOD-PRESENTS with DJs Will Eastman Twiddle w/ Aqueous Late Show!

10pm Doors ....................................................

Sa 25 The Fighter and the Kid Live and Brian Billion .......................Sa 6 This is a seated show.w/ TOM And His Computer .................................................... Su 26 Trentemøller Twin Peaks Early Show! 6pm Doors ......................Sa 8 Allah-Las w/ The Babe Rainbow (OZ) & Roya .................................................

M 27 w/ Chrome Pony & Post Animal ...Tu 9 STEEZ PROMO PRESENTS King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard w/ ORB & Stonefield ......................W 29 San Fermin w/ Low Roar .........W 10 Mr. Carmack w/ Rexx Life Raj • Mike Gao • Kidd Marvel Late Show! 10pm Doors ...................Sa 8 Son Volt w/ Anders Parker ......Tu 11 DC BRAU, COUNTRY MALT & WILD GOOSE PRESENT

Baroness w/ Trans Am............W 12

JAMBASE AND ALL GOOD PRESENT

The Motet w/ Reed Mathis & Electric Beethoven .....................F 14 Biffy Clyro w/ O’Brother .........Sa 15 Oddisee & Good Compny

w/ Olivier St. Louis .....................Th 20 Drive-By Truckers w/ Hiss Golden Messenger .......................F 21 & Sa 22 ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Hurray For The Riff Raff

w/ Ron Gallo ..............................Su 23

The Pretty Reckless

w/ Them Evils ..............................W 26 Balkan Beat Box ...................Th 27

The Black Angels

AEG LIVE PRESENTS

DESIIGNER w/ Rob $tone •

HER SOUTOCK R !

FEST

M3 ROCK FESTIVAL FEATURING

Ratt feat. Pearcy, De Martini, Croucier • Kix • Loverboy and more! .APRIL 28 & 29

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M3 SOUTHERN ROCK CLASSIC FEATURING

Lynyrd Skynyrd • Charlie Daniels Band and more! ................... APRIL 30 Kings of Leon • Weezer • Jimmy Eat World •

Fitz and the Tantrums • Catfish and the Bottlemen ........................... MAY 14 Dierks Bentley w/ Cole Swindell & Jon Pardi................................................. MAY 19 Bon Iver................................................................................................................ MAY 24

Perfume Genius

w/ serpentwithfeet ...................... M 15

Whitney w/ Natalie Prass

Early Show! 6pm Doors ...................Sa 20

I.M.P. & GOLDENVOICE PRESENT AN EVENING WITH

Sigur Rós ........................................................................................................... MAY 25 The Chainsmokers w/ Kiiara, Lost Frequencies, featuring Emily Warren .. MAY 26 Jack Johnson w/ Lake Street Dive..................................................................JUNE 11 John Legend w/ Gallant..................................................................................JUNE 20 Steve Miller Band w/ Peter Frampton ........................................JUNE 23 Luke Bryan w/ Brett Eldredge & Lauren Alaina ..........................................JUNE 25 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit w/ The Mountain Goats ................JUNE 30 Dispatch w/ Guster & Marco Benevento ...................................................... JULY 7 My Morning Jacket w/ Gary Clark Jr..................................................... JULY 14

Cloud Nothings

Late Show! 10pm Doors ..................Sa 20

Laura Marling

w/ Valley Queen ..........................Su 21

Animal Collective

w/ Circuit des Yeux ...................... M 22

JMSN w/ Gabriel Garzon-Montano

& Alcordo ....................................Tu 30

Frightened Rabbit

w/ Torres & Kevin Devine ............W 31

VANS WARPED TOUR PRESENTED BY JOURNEYS FEATURING

Anti-Flag • The Ataris • Gwar • Hatebreed • Valient Thorr and many more! ........... JULY 16 alt-J w/ Saint Motel ................................................................................................ JULY 27 Fleet Foxes w/ Animal Collective .................................................... JULY 29 Belle and Sebastian / Spoon / Andrew Bird w/ Ex Hex ........ JULY 30

w/ A Place to Bury Strangers .....Su 30

9:30 CUPCAKES

L METAT! FES

The xx w/ Sampha ................................................................................................... MAY 6 Ryan Adams w/ Jenny Lewis ........................................................................ MAY 12

Ski Mask the Slump God • 16yrold.......................................Th 11 Giorgio Moroder w/ Enamour..F 12 Los Amigos Invisibles.........Sa 13

MANY MORE SHOWS ON SALE!

deadmau5 w/ Feed Me ................................................................................... APRIL 8

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AN EVENING WITH

Santana ......................................................................................................... AUGUST 15 Sturgill Simpson.............................................................................. SEPTEMBER 15 Young The Giant w/ Cold War Kids & Joywave ............................ SEPTEMBER 16

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• For full lineups and more info, visit merriweathermusic.com

Echostage • Washington, D.C.

TYCHO .............................................................................................................................MAY 7 Empire of the Sun w/ Lee “Scratch” Perry ............................................................MAY 11

1215 U Street NW

JUST ANNOUNCED!

2135 Queens Chapel Rd. NE • Ticketmaster • impconcerts.com

Washington, D.C.

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AN EVENING WITH

Pimlico Race Course • Baltimore, MD PREAKNESS BUDWEISER INFIELDFEST FEATURING

SAM HUNT • Good Charlotte • LOCASH • High Valley .................................................... MAY 20

O ld C rOw M ediCine S hOw Performing Blonde on Blonde ........... MAY 23

ApocAlypticA Plays Metallica By Four Cellos Tour ....... SAT SEPTEMBER 9 On Sale Friday, March 31 at 10am

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9:30 CLUB PRESENTS AT U STREET MUSIC HALL Lambchop w/ Sloppy Heads .......... Sa APR 1 Mod Sun w/ Marty Grimes & SwagHollywood ....... Sa 15 Crystal Garden (Boyd Tinsley of Dave Matthews Band)...F 7 Sondre Lerche .................................. M 17 Kate Tempest .................................... W 12 Fenech-Soler & Knox Hamilton ... W 26 Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 ALL GOOD PRESENTS w/ Madeline Kenney ................................ F 14 Too Many Zooz................................. Th 27

Lisa Lampanelli ................................................................................................... APRIL 8 Rhiannon Giddens w/ Amythyst Kiah..................................................................... MAY 9 Dwight Yoakam w/ Elliot Root .............................................................................. MAY 11 Demetri Martin ..................................................................................................... MAY 13 AEG LIVE PRESENTS

Tim and Eric: 10th Anniversary Awesome Tour.................................................... JULY 18 TajMo: The Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ Band ...................................................... AUGUST 9 • thelincolndc.com •

U Street (Green/Yellow) stop across the street!

• Buy advance tickets at the 9:30 Club box office • 930.com

impconcerts.com Tickets for 9:30 Club shows are available through TicketFly.com, by phone at 1-877-4FLY-TIX, and at the 9:30 Club box office.

9:30 CLUB BOX OFFICE HOURS are 12-7PM Weekdays & Until 11PM on show nights. 6-11PM on Sat & 6-10:30PM on Sun on show nights.

PARKING: THE OFFICIAL 9:30 parking lot entrance is on 9th Street, directly behind the 9:30 club. Buy your advance parking tickets at the same time as your concert tickets!

HAPPY HOUR DRINK PRICES

AFTER THE SHOW AT THE BACK BAR!

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EVERYTHING from

BURGERS to BOOZY SHAKES

SPACE HOOPTY

A HIP HOP, FUNK & AFRO FUTURISTIC SET with Baronhawk Poitier

FRIDAY NIGHTS, 10:30 - CLOSE

BRING YOUR TICKET

AFTER ANY SHOW AT

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Music

CITY LIGHTS: Friday

Friday rock

Black cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Mac Sabbath. 8 p.m. $20. blackcatdc.com.

Rock & Roll Hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Four Year Strong, Cant Swim, Light Years, Sleep On It. 7:30 p.m. $16–$19. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

classical

Music centeR at stRatHMoRe 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. BSO: Off the Cuff - Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. 8 p.m. $35–$99. strathmore.org.

Hip-Hop

songByRd Music House and RecoRd cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Princess Nokia, Ayescold.

7:30 p.m.; 11 p.m. Sold out. songbyrddc.com.

World

BaRns at Wolf tRap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. Falu’s Bollywood Orchestra. 8 p.m. $25–$35. wolftrap.org.

Folk

dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Six Organs of Admittance. 7 p.m. $12. dcnine.com.

Blues

Club

Mansion at stRatHMoRe 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers. 7:30 p.m. $15. strathmore.org.

FREE SCHAEFERS

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Roy Hargrove. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $55–$60. bluesalley.com.

TO GET A

DAY PARTY WITH DJ KEENAN ORR

First Sunday every month

2 - 6pm

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

Jazz

smitHsonian Jazz masterWorks orcHestra

electronic

16 years ago, Smithsonian historian and curator John Edward Hasse started designating April as Jazz Appreciation Month to recognize and celebrate the fundamental role that creative, improvised music plays in the soundtrack of American culture. This April also marks the centenary of the birth of Ella Fitzgerald, the undisputed Queen of Jazz and, arguably, the most iconic jazz singer of all time. The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra kicks off Jazz Appreciation Month with a tribute show fit for the Queen. Ella’s catalog is so vast that the orchestra—featuring a number of top local musicians and led by Howard University’s Charlie Young III—could easily play five concerts and only scratch the surface. But Ella did not sing in a vacuum: She was influencing and being influenced by contemporaries as they scatted their way to success. To that end, the SJMO will also pay tribute to two more leading ladies of jazz: Mary Lou Williams and Lil Hardin Armstrong. The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra performs at 7:30 p.m. at the National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. $25–$40. (202) 633-3587. americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz.

—Jackson Sinnenberg

Funk & r&B

saturday

kennedy centeR eisenHoWeR tHeateR 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Billy Childs: Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro. 8 p.m. $29–$59. kennedy-center.org. kennedy centeR MillenniuM stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead. 6 p.m.

Free. kennedy-center.org.

MR. HenRy’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Elijah Jamal Balbed. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Reginald Cyntje. 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. $27. twinsjazz.com. ecHostage 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Shiba San x MK. 9 p.m. $25–$30. echostage.com.

Rock & Roll Hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

The Slackers, The Scotch Bonnets. 8 p.m. $20–$25. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

BetHesda Blues & Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Shang and The Brencore Allstars Band. 8 p.m. $45–$50. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

rock The Courtneys. 7 p.m. $12. dcnine.com.

songByRd Music House and RecoRd cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Bombadil, Near Northeast. 8 p.m. $12–$15. songbyrddc.com.

BiRcHMeRe 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Larry Graham & Graham Central Station. 7:30 p.m. $69.50. birchmere.com.

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

classical

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

Elikeh, Kendall Street Company, Mateo Monk. 8:30 p.m. $13–$15. gypsysallys.com.

dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Jay Som and

Massey. 8 p.m. Free. gypsysallys.com.

HoWaRd tHeatRe 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Saul Hernandez. 8 p.m. $25–$30. thehowardtheatre.com.

kennedy centeR conceRt Hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Knights. 8 p.m. $25. kennedy-center.org.

Music centeR at stRatHMoRe 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Nation-

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al Philharmonic: Mozart’s Symphonic No. 40. 8 p.m. $34–$88. strathmore.org.

World

kennedy centeR MillenniuM stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Duo YUMENO. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Folk

BiRcHMeRe 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Corey Smith. 7:30 p.m. $20. birchmere.com.

country

u stReet Music Hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Lambchop. 7 p.m. $25. ustreetmusichall.com.

Jazz

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Roy Hargrove. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $55–$60. bluesalley.com.

14th STREET CORRIDOR: 1318 14th St. NW • 202-299-9148 BUFFALOEXCHANGE.COM •

MR. HenRy’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Barbara Papendorp. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Reginald Cyntje. 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. $27. twinsjazz.com.

sunday rock

dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. High Waisted, The Rememberables, Greenland. 8:30 p.m. $10. dcnine.com.

Rock & Roll Hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Thao (of The Get Down Stay Down). 8 p.m. $20–$25. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

World

Bossa BistRo 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

Flamenco Passion with Maksim Tsvetovat. 7 p.m. $8–$10. bossadc.com.

Jazz BiRcHMeRe 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Fourplay. 7:30 p.m. $55. birchmere.com.

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Roy Hargrove. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $55–$60. bluesalley.com. gypsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700.

Naughty Professor. 8:30 p.m. $16–$18. gypsysallys.com. kennedy centeR MillenniuM stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Matthew Whitaker. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Nelson Dougherty. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. twinsjazz.com.

monday rock

fillMoRe silveR spRing 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Killswitch Engage & Anthrax. 7 p.m. $35. fillmoresilverspring.com. songByRd Music House and RecoRd cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. John K. Samson & The Winter Wheat, Worriers. 8 p.m. $20–$22. songbyrddc.com.

Jazz Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra 7th Anniversary. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $35. bluesalley.com. kennedy centeR conceRt Hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert. 8 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org. kennedy centeR MillenniuM stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Paquito D’Rivera. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

CITY LIGHTS: saturday

lamBcHop

Lambchop’s FLOTUS (For Love Often Turns Us Still), is a stunning record that seems both shocking and inevitable. Shocking because, over the course of 12 studio albums, we’ve become so accustomed to the unique alt-country loungecore that a record full of hypnotic electronics—even if it has all of frontman Kurt Wagner’s masterful subtlety—shatters expectations. Inevitable because Wagner is never one to stay static and he’s talented enough to pull off just about anything.

The Nashville-based ensemble has been recording and touring for upwards of 30 years and has never had a consistent lineup, making this release all the more impressive. With FLOTUS’ ability to transport listeners and Lambchop’s mythic live reputation, the only fools on April 1 will be those not at U Street Music Hall. Lambchop performs with Sloppy Heads at 7 p.m. at U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW. $25. (202) 588-1889. ustreetmusichall.com.

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CITY LIGHTS: sunday

UGETSU

1811 14 ST NW TH

www.blackcatdc.com @blackcatdc

MARCH / APRIL SHOWS THU 30 FRI 31

GLOW END THEORY 004

MOCKSTROCITY TOUR

MAC SABBATH

METALACHI OKILLY DOKILLY

FRI 31

MArCH F

31

DARK & STORMY

DANCE / ELECTRO / RETRO

April

SAT 1

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Stories about the destructiveness of greed, temptation, and the horrors of war are, unfortunately, timeless. The National Gallery of Art knows this and presents a pioneering black-andwhite effort that combines those themes, the 1953 Kenzi Mizoguchidirected Japanese film Ugetsu, during its weekend film series. Drawn from a novel by 18th century Japanese writer Akinari Ueda and a story by 19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant, this jidai geki (“historical drama”) follows the adventures of two 16th-century Japanese peasants who earn money by selling their pottery to soldiers. Despite warnings from their wives and a local wise man’s specific message not to seek profit from warfare, the headstrong pair proceeds with tragic results. The foreshadowing here of that conclusion doesn’t take away from a journey that offers many surprises, or the fine acting of Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō, who previously starred in Akira Kurosawa’s 1951 masterpiece Rashomon. By incorporating fog, sadvoiced geza music, samurai warriors, and creepy otherworldly characters, this epic blends reality and fantasy, as each man seeks temptation, ignoring the fate of his wife. Mizoguchi’s attention to the women’s calamitous predicament makes the film fuller and explains its ongoing appeal six decades later. The film shows at 4 p.m. at the National Gallery of Art East Building Auditorium, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Free. (202) 737-4215. nga.gov.

—Steve Kiviat

tuesday

electronic

dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Kolars. 9 p.m. $10–$12. dcnine.com.

Funk & r&B

rock

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

Andrew Combs Band. 8 p.m. $10–$12. gypsysallys.com.

classical

kennedy centeR conceRt Hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Daniil Trifonov. 8 p.m. $30–$110. kennedy-center.org. kennedy centeR MillenniuM stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Simon Schembri. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Wednesday rock

dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Mo Lowda & the Humble, Stop Light Observations. 9 p.m. $12. dcnine.com. fillMoRe silveR spRing 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Zucchero. 8 p.m. $40–$90. fillmoresilverspring.com. gypsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. John Kadlecik. 8 p.m. $12. gypsysallys.com.

Hip-Hop

kennedy centeR MillenniuM stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Nomadic Wax. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org. songByRd Music House and RecoRd cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. KeithCharles Spacebar, Ethereal, Nappy Nappa. 8:30 p.m. $12–$15. songbyrddc.com.

Jazz

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Meklit Hadero. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $40. bluesalley.com. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Deon CleanCutt. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. twinsjazz.com.

soundcHeck 1420 K St. NW. (202) 789-5429. Party Thieves. 10 p.m. $15. soundcheckdc.com.

Bossa BistRo 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088. Troker. 9 p.m. $10. bossadc.com.

tHursday rock

BetHesda Blues & Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Gino Vannelli. 8 p.m. $65–$135. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

Big cHief 2002 Fenwick Street NE. (202) 465-4241.

Joe Keyes & The Late Bloomer Band. 8 p.m. Free. bigchiefdc.com. dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. The Weeks. 9 p.m. $15. dcnine.com.

classical

kennedy centeR conceRt Hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO: Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto / Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. 7 p.m. $15–$89. kennedy-center.org.

Mansion at stRatHMoRe 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Annie Wu. 7:30 p.m. $30. strathmore.org.

Music centeR at stRatHMoRe 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. BSO: Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. 8 p.m. $35–$99. strathmore.org.

Hip-Hop

songByRd Music House and RecoRd cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Alex Wiley, Kimbe X. 8 p.m. $10–$15. songbyrddc.com.

Folk

tHe HaMilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Elaine Elias. 7:30 p.m. $30–$60. thehamiltondc.com.

country

MR. HenRy’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Stewart Lewis. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com.

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All punks should age as gracefully as John K. Samson. Originally the bassist and genteel crooner of politically charged Canadian punk band Propagandhi, Samson left in 1997 and formed The Weakerthans. A decidedly more rock-focused project, the group’s straightforward sound provided more room for Samson to develop as a lyricist, conjuring hyper-literate worlds for his characters to inhabit, be it through the inner dialogue of a cat named Virtute or the romantic yearnings of The Simpsons’ Edna Krabappel. After four excellent studio albums, The Weakerthans officially hung it up a few years ago.

Samson has since recorded two solo albums, though 2016’s Winter Wheat saw him collaborating with many of his former Weakerthans compatriots. Whatever project Samson’s writing for, his songs conjure a sense of warmth and familiarity, the audio equivalent of curling up with a novel beside a crackling fire. Or reuniting with an old friend with whom the connection has never wavered, much like seeing Samson perform during a rare American tour. John K. Samson & The Winter Wheat perform with Worriers at 8 p.m. at Songbyrd Music House and Record Cafe, 2477 18th St. NW. $20–$22. (202) 450-2917. songbyrddc.com.

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Twenty-five-year-old Russian piano phenomenon Daniil Trifonov is a workhorse, seemingly determined to pack in a career’s worth of accomplishments before he burns out and has a midlife crisis. While still a teenager, he racked up awards at piano festivals (and was a finalist in the 2010 Eurovision Young Musicians contest). He won the International Tchaikovsky Competition at age 20, his U.S. debut became a concert recording on Deutsche Grammophon, and his touring schedule is relentless. Trifonov is renowned for his scary-good technique, which he likes to show off by favoring Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky’s most taxing pieces when assembling his repertoire. Most recently, he’s dabbled in composition. His piano concerto is a bit imitative of those Russian masters he loves, but then again, you know what Picasso said about stealing as a sign of a great artist. Daniil Trifonov performs at 8 p.m. at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW. $30–$95. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

—Mike Paarlberg

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With a name so off-putting, it’s easy to dismiss Awful Records. But the Atlanta-based art collective and label shouldn’t be taken lightly. For a few years, the 19-deep clique of rappers, singers, producers, and artists has made some of the most vital, influential hip-hop, R&B, electronic, and pop music in America, even if its members haven’t become household names.

One member who could change all that is KeithCharles Spacebar, a rapper-producer who best distills the Awful sound and style: equal parts raunchy and romantic, sinister and sultry, and, most of all, unafraid to take chances and buck trends. The 26-year-old has been exploring the fringes of hip-hop for most of the decade, telling explicit and vivid tales of sex and drugs over beats that bound from noisy and nasty to soothing and seductive. His 2015 album We’re All A Little Triflin’ is the best entry point to his sound, but his “Me in Heaven, Me in Hell” collages hint at his interests and influences, mixing Alicia Keys with Pimp C and reimagining the Jackson 5 classic “I Wanna Be Where You Are” into something truly Awful. If the label is “the new No Limit” as he has rapped, then KeithCharles Spacebar will be one of the people driving the tank. KeithCharles Spacebar performs with Ethereal and Nappy Nappa at 8:30 p.m. at Songbyrd Music House and Record Cafe, 2477 18th St. NW. $12– $15. (202) 450-2917. songbyrddc.com.

—Chris Kelly

Funk & r&B

gypsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. Black Masala. 8:30 p.m. $8–$10. gypsysallys.com.

McGinnis and performed in Repertory with What Every Girl Should Know. Forum Theatre at Silver Spring Black Box Theatre. 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. To April 15. $18–$38. (301) 588-8279. forum-theatre.org.

Theater

a HuMan Being died tHat nigHt A black psychologist interrogates one of the Apartheid era’s most aggressive torturers and murderers in this intense drama based on true events. Presented as part of Mosaic Theater’s “South Africa: Then & Now” series.

Atlas Performing Arts Center. 1333 H St. NE. To April 30. $9–$50. (202) 399-7993. atlasarts.org.

Back to MetHuselaH: as faR as aRt can ReacH Washington Stage Guild wraps up its multiyear presentation of George Bernard Shaw’s masterpiece with this final piece, an early foray into science fiction that blends satire with speculation about the future. Washington Stage Guild at Undercroft Theatre. 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. To April 16. $50–$60. (240) 582-0050. stageguild.org.

Battlefield Director Peter Brooks expands on his acclaimed production of The Mahabharata in this new play that follows the family as the world whirls in chaos. A king must try and calm his citizens and convey a sense of inner peace and the family struggles to stay together. Kennedy Center Family Theater. 2700 F St. NW. To April 2. $35. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

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Blood knot Joy Zinoman directs Athol Fugard’s searing drama about the conflict between a lightskinned man and his darker-skinned brother who navigate the horrors of Apartheid and emotional tension in a divided South Africa. Mosaic Theater presents this play as part of its “South Africa: Then & Now” series. Atlas Performing Arts Center. 1333 H St. NE. To April 30. $20–$60. (202) 399-7993. atlasarts.org.

BRigHton BeacH MeMoiRs Neil Simon’s landmark play about Eugene, a Brooklyn boy eager to grow up and explore the world comes to Theater J in a new production directed by Matt Torney. Lise Bruneau, Michael Glenn, and Susan Rome star in this lively, witty, and warm comedy. Theater J. 1529 16th St. NW. To May 7. $17–$47. (202) 777-3210. theaterj.org. cHicago Snap on your buckled shows and enjoy this acclaimed musical about the celebrity that comes after committing a scandalous murder. Featuring songs like “All That Jazz” and “Nowadays,” this Kander and Ebb classic always delivers. Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To April 16. $49–$129.

(202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org. dRy land Ruby Rae Spiegel’s new drama focuses on abortion and how friendships can help women survive tough situations. Taking place in a high school locker room, this production is directed by Amber

intelligence Taking inspiration from true events, this drama about a covert operative and her diplomat husband combines political thrills with D.C. drama. As the protagonist searches for nuclear weapons in Iraq, her cover is compromised and she must navigate a media storm on her own. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To April 2. $40–$90. (202) 488-3300. arenastage.org.

MidWesteRn gotHic Royce Vavrek and Josh Schmidt present this new musical about a woman who wants more than anything to escape her dull surroundings. As she fantasizes about her goals, her thoughts take a perverse turn, resulting in a shocking resolution. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To April 30. $40–$94. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org.

MneMonic Colin Hovde directs a revised version of this drama that explores the nature of memory and the ways in which people around the world are connected in unexpected ways. Theater Alliance’s production incorporates topics from the 21st century to highlight the timelessness of the play’s themes. Anacostia Playhouse. 2020 Shannon Place SE. To April 9. $30–$40. (202) 290-2328. anacostiaplayhouse.com. no sisteRs While Chekhov’s Three Sisters plays in one theater, Aaron Posner directs his new adaptation of the Russian comedy that follows the rest of the characters while the title characters opine their fates.

This world-premiere work is presented as part of Studio R&D, the theater’s new works initiative. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To April 23. $20–$55. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org. paRade The tragic, true story of a Jewish man who is wrongly accused of murder and lynched in the early 20th century is the centerpiece of this musical from popular composer Jason Robert Brown. At Keegan, directors Susan Marie Rhea and Christina A. Coakley lead a cast featuring Michael Innocenti, Eleanor J. Todd, and Cassie Cope. Keegan Theatre at Church Street Theater. 1742 Church St. NW. To April 15. $45–$55. (202) 265-3767. keegantheatre.com.

50th Anniversary Season

CITY LIGHTS: tHursday

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR

Sat, Apr 8, 7pm & 9:30pm Sixth & I The adventurous sitarist returns to her roots in a program of North Indian classical music Special thanks: The Abramson Family Foundation

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

With a plethora of heady, dramatic musicals and dark dramas filling area stages these days, the need for a lighter and livelier night at the theater is apparent. Theater J understands this and begins performances of Neil Simon’s classic play about a young baseball lover the same week the Nationals begin their 2017 season. Brighton Beach Memoirs, one of Simon’s most comedic and most personal plays, follows the exploits of Eugene Morris Jerome, a nearly 15-year-old coming of age in Depression-era Brooklyn. From puberty and sibling rivalry to the relationships between parents and children and the Yankees’ prospects, the play touches on the different ways we define ourselves as we grow up. Brighton Beach Memoirs isn’t as uproarious as other Simon favorites like Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple, but it captures the same balance of domestic emotion and everyday humor that defines his work. The play runs April 5 to May 7 at Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW. $27–$57. (202) 518-9400. theaterj.org.

—Caroline Jones

RagtiMe This stirring musical, written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and inspired by E.L. Doctorow novel, tells the story of three different New York families at the turn of the 20th century. Featuring memorable songs like “Your Daddy’s Eyes,” “Wheels of a Dream,” and “Make Them Hear You,” this production stars Tracy Lynn Olivera, Nova Y. Payton, and Jonathan Atkinson. Ford’s Theatre. 511 10th St. NW. To May 20. $18–$71. (202) 347-4833. fords.org. a Raisin in tHe sun Lorraine Hansbury’s landmark play about a family that strives to create a life beyond its Chicago apartment receives a new treatment from director Tazewell Thompson. A sudden influx of income makes their dream seem possible but when it turns out their goals are different, each member must figure out how to make things work. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To April 30. $40–$90. (202) 488-3300. arenastage.org. tHe select Elevator Repair Service, the theater company behind previous stage adaptations of novels like The Great Gatsby and The Sound and the Fury, turns its attention to Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. The narrator tells a story of love amidst the Lost Generation as the action travels from Paris to Barcelona to Pamplona. Lansburgh Theatre. 450 7th St. NW. To April 2. $44–$118. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org. tHRee sisteRs The title characters in this Chekhov comedy fight against the restrictions of their small town and lament their missed opportunities as they deal with annoying relatives and unworthy mates.

Jackson Gay directs this production, presented in collaboration with New Neighborhood. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To April 23. $20–$85. (202) 3323300. studiotheatre.org.

Well Playwright Lisa Kron examines her relationship with her mother in this so-called “solo show with people in it” and tries to explain how her mother was able to help others but couldn’t help herself.

The Tony-nominated play is directed at 1st Stage

by Michael Bloom. 1st Stage. 1524 Spring Hill Road, McLean. To April 23. $15–$30. (703) 854-1856.

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In a small desolate town, things are starting to get…strange

WHat eveRy giRl sHould knoW Set in a New York reformatory in the 1910s, this drama follows four teenage girls as they negotiate the events and traumas that landed them in such a dire spot. Jenna Duncan directs the D.C. premiere of Monica Byrne’s drama about the strength of human spirit and the power of imagination. Performed in repertory with Dry Land. Forum Theatre at Silver Spring Black Box Theatre. 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. To April 15. $18–$38. (301) 588-8279. forum-theatre.org.

Film

tHe Boss BaBy Alec Baldwin provides the voice for the business suit-attired baby in this animated comedy that finds him teaming up with his older brother to take down the evil CEO of Puppy Co. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) gHost in tHe sHell Scarlett Johansson plays Major, the first human cyber-engineered to become a soldier who takes out the world’s worst criminals in this science fiction film based on the comic by Masamune Shirow. Directed by Rupert Sanders. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) tHe zookeepeR's Wife Based on the book by Diane Ackerman, a Polish zoo manager and his wife struggle to save animals and people during the Nazi occupation. Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh star in the drama set in World War II. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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pike st. Nilaja Sun stars in this one-woman show about a Puerto Rican family settling into their new life on New York’s Lower East Side. Ron Russell directs this warm show about the many people who work together to make the world work. Woolly Mammoth Theatre. 641 D St. NW. To April 23. $20–$54. (202) 393-3939. woollymammoth.net.

COMING SOON: SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras (Mar 27Apr 1) • Daniil Trifonov (Apr 4) • Anne-Sophie Mutter (Apr 8) • Joyce DiDonato in Handel’s Ariodante (May 2) • Messiaen: From the Canyons to the Stars (May 12) • and more!

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Legals U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Invitation to an Open House and Public Hearing on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for the Foreign Missions Center Master Plan at the Former Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC The U.S. Department of State invites you to attend an Open House and Public Hearing on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) to receive comments from the public during the mandated public comment period. Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Department of State will identify a Preferred Alternative to prepare a master plan for the longterm development of a Foreign Missions Center (FMC) on the site of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in the District of Columbia, under authorities of the Foreign Missions Act of 1982.

The master plan is an update from the previous 2014 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) as a result of changes to the overall land area available for the FMC and subsequent changes to the development program and site access resulting from the changes in site area. The master plan is intended to guide the development of a cohesive campus by establishing design and landuse planning principles for the construction of new buildings, roadways, open green space, and utilities, while minimizing environmental impacts.

The Department of State invites individuals, organizations and agencies to submit comments concerning the content and findings of the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement during the Public Hearing. Doors will open at 4:30pm for the Open House and the Public Hearing will start promptly at 6:30pm at the same location.

The master plan is an update from the previous 2014 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) as a result of changes to the overall land area available for the FMC and subsequent changes to the development program and site access resulting from the changes in site area. The master plan is intended to guide the development of a cohesive campus by establishing design and landuse planning principlesLegals for the construction of new buildings, roadways, open green space, and utilities, while minimizing environmental impacts.

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