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As the neighborhood changes around them, vendors at the Florida Avenue Market look to the future.

DISTRICT LINE 4 Housing Complex: Attorney General Karl Racine can’t stomp out slumlords fast enough.

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Holding Court: Will a new arena bring the Washington Mystics more home wins?

FOOD 12 Let’s Hear It From the Boys: Male bartenders share their insights on D.C.’s dating culture.

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Attorney General Karl Racine has made a name for himself fighting slumlords in D.C. But there are limitations to how swiftly his office can enforce housing code violations.

By Morgan Baskin In the war against slumlords, Attorney General Karl Racine is, by nearly all measures, winning.

Since 2016, when he became the District’s first elected AG, his office is four for four in filing lawsuits against property managers who have serially neglected to make critical property repairs. Another lawsuit against a fifth property manager is working its way through DC Superior Court.

Racine has also boosted staffing for the office’s housing unit, and garnered nearuniversal support from fair housing advocates for his aggressive and successful legal push against negligent landlords. But despite the attorneys’ most creative attempts to hold those landlords accountable for repairs, the aftermaths of these cases have illustrated the natural limitations of Racine’s power.

Slow court proceedings, a lack of strict enforcement mechanisms for noncompliant property managers, and high repair costs have throttled efforts to abate some of the worst known housing code violations across the District, say some tenant organizers involved in these cases. And the tenants living in buildings whose repairs are now in the care of independent executors, called “receivers,” have suffered through additional months or years of poor conditions.

“In part, the problem is that this isn’t the perfect mechanism. We appreciate that he’s filing these lawsuits, but [enforcing housing code violations] should be an executive function,” says Rob Wohl, a manager at the Latino Economic Development Center who has organized on behalf of tenants living in two buildings where a judge has ordered the property into receivership. Referring to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Wohl says that the attorney general is “not an effective substitute for having an effective regulatory agency.”

In some cases, apartment buildings fall into disrepair precisely because the property

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owners don’t have the liquid assets available to make significant structural upgrades to the buildings, and DCRA has failed to routinely inspect the property or levy fines against owners for infractions.

Last August, City Paper wrote about Thomas Stephenson, a former officer with the Metropolitan Police Department who was subject to a lawsuit by the attorney general. An attorney in Racine’s office described two buildings owned by Stephenson, on 49th Street NE, as riddled with housing code violations that “threaten the health, safety, and security of the tenants.”

The tenants’ list of complaints included rodent infestations, holes in their ceilings, and heating systems that didn’t function.

Public tax and deed documents indicate that Stephenson has long struggled to manage the upkeep of those buildings; the banks that own the debt on two of his properties, including one on 49th Street NE, have threatened foreclosure as far back as 2004.

In January, a judge ordered Stephenson to pay $20,000 to a court-ordered receiv-

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er. (The receiver estimates the building needs $220,000 in repairs.) But in March, Stephenson filed for bankruptcy, court records show. A summary of an April 19 status hearing shows that Stephenson is in Chapter 13 bankruptcy and was again ordered to pay the receiver an outstanding balance of some $19,000 by May 3.

The tenants, meanwhile, continue to live in units plagued by pest infestations, mold, and weakened infrastructure.

At a separate building, 5320 8th Street NW in Brightwood Park, a fire in December 2017—which degraded electrical wiring prompted, an independent fire investigator testified—displaced six families. Racine sued the limited liability corporation that owns the building, EADS LLC, last June, and a judge ordered the building into receivership in December 2018, with the understanding that EADS and its principle, Delores Johnson, would owe an initial $35,000 in emergency maintenance costs.

Wohl says that while the building’s receiver was able to repair multiple gas leaks in the building, the defendants’ ongoing refusal to fund additional repairs left tenants without heat for the remainder of the winter, as well as continued exposure to mold, among other documented violations.

In January, according to a court summary of a status hearing, Johnson told the judge that the defendants “cannot afford to pay the amounts requested by the receiver.” And in multiple hearings City Paper attended in this case since January, Johnson and her attorney argued that she could not access funds from

her bank, located in California, until an agent of the bank personally visited the 8th Street NW building. By May 20, a judge ruled that the defendants, including Johnson herself, were in civil contempt of court, and that they must pay close to $40,000 by June 17 or surrender to DC Jail.

“The building is sitting there waiting, and things have gotten worse for the most part,” Wohl says. “I think, having watched the case for several months—I feel like the judge has treated her with kid gloves the whole time.”

Wohl has also watched another receivership case pan out, in a building at 2724 11th Street NW in Columbia Heights. The owner of that building also neglected to make repair payments for months. It took more than a year of litigation before a judge ruled that the building’s owner, Ellis J. Parker, was personally liable for funding the repairs. “It’s not like it never works, it’s just a very lengthy process,” Wohl says. “The receivership experiment hasn’t failed.”

But it has gotten ugly.

In one of Racine’s more high-profile tenant receivership cases, at a collection of apartment complexes on the 1300 block of Alabama Ave. SE, the receiver, David Gilmore, asked to be “released” from duty.

A judge tasked Gilmore in 2017 with overseeing the rehabilitation of the Congress Heights apartment complex, formerly owned

by Sanford Capital, which possessed “persistent problems” with rodent infestations, unstable ceilings, lack of heat and hot water, and inoperable fire extinguishers.

Attorneys for the defendants named in the lawsuit, including CityPartners executive Geoffrey Griffis, have alleged in court documents that Gilmore “failed to pay real estate taxes on the property”; “failed to pay water bills for the property”; “allowed four DCRA notices of violation to issue for the property”; and “allowed a fire to occur on the property.”

In response, an attorney for Gilmore submitted in an April court filing that Gilmore “is simply tired of the personal attacks on his character, competence and integrity … the respondents’ attacks become increasingly personal, vitriolic, and irresponsible, [and] the receiver finds himself wearying of the battle.”

The District has also asked the court to formally dissolve CityPartners, which it says was “created by [Griffis], a local real estate developer, for a single purpose: to acquire and redevelop Congress Heights … since its formation in 2013.”

Thirteen people were displaced from the building in the wake of the fire. Work to repair the building, as ever, continues.

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than a larger place with same number of fans.”

In addition to crowd noise, studies have shown that referees exhibit favor toward the home team. Then there’s the factor of familiarity. Professional athletes treasure routine.

“I’ve learned in analytics, it’s a little bit of everything,” Zimmerman says. “Familiarity is important, moral support from the crowd, impact on the referees, who are more likely to make favorable calls, all those things seem to have an impact. Together, they make for substantial home court advantage.”

Mystics coaches and players believe they will finally have home court advantage in the new Entertainment and Sports Arena.

By Kelyn Soong Natasha Cloud missed the feeling of having thousands of screaming fans on top of her.

Going from playing in the intimate, 4,200seat setting of Michael J. Hagan Arena at St. Joseph’s University to the 20,000-plus capacity arena in downtown D.C. required an adjustment for the Washington Mystics guard. During her rookie season in 2015, Cloud remembers coach Mike Thibault telling her that she played better on the road.

“I was like, ‘Yeah. We have a big arena.’

Like it’s hard to get used to, especially when you can’t fill it out when you want to,” says Cloud. “We were getting fans, but I feel like I could still hear myself over the crowd at times.

I’m loud. I know that, but shoot, we’re talking about a game.”

From 1998 until last season, the Mystics called the vast indoor stadium now known as Capital One Arena their home. They shared it with the Capitals and Wizards. The team once had the highest attendance in the WNBA—a fact it displayed proudly with roundly mocked “WNBA Attendance Champions” banners in the rafters before taking them down in 2010— but the Mystics only averaged 6,136 regularseason fans last year.

Starting this spring, the reigning WNBA Finals runner-up Mystics have their own home at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Southeast. With a capacity of just 4,200, coaches and players are hopeful that the team will finally be able to feel the crowd behind them and make it a hostile environment for opposing players.

They’ll also have a practice court nearby and their own locker rooms, plus other amenities like a weight room and rehab facilities.

More importantly, the Mystics believe this will translate to more home wins.

“We haven’t really ever had at Capital One Arena a home court advantage that some teams in our league have. It’s just too big of an arena,” Thibault says. “Now we can have the teams on top of us, try to intimidate the opponents a little bit, knowing that we’re going to

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be in our building all the time.”

PlayiNg iN the George Washington University’s 5,000-seat Charles E. Smith Center during last season’s playoffs gave the Mystics a taste of what would come. Construction at Capital One Arena forced the Mystics to play their postseason games elsewhere.

Such is the life of a WNBA player. You can get kicked out of your own arena. Five of the 12 WNBA teams play in the same venue as an NBA team.

At Capital One Arena, the Mystics used the NBA visiting team’s locker room, and Cloud mentions that occasionally the team couldn’t practice when it wanted because of events going on at the facility.

So the Mystics didn’t mind when they got moved to the Smith Center, and later to George Mason University’s EagleBank Arena. It beat playing in their actual home.

“It was a good feeling,” says forward LaToya Sanders. “If [Cloud] hit a big play, she could go in and high-five people on the sidelines. You know, something we really couldn’t do in Capital One.”

It reminded Sanders of her college days. She competed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where the team typically played its games at William Donald Carmichael, Jr. Arena (capacity: 6,822). Occasionally, games against rivals like Duke or Maryland were moved to the much larger Dean E. Smith Center to accommodate the demand for tickets.

Sanders preferred Carmichael.

“Because the gym is too big,” she says. “It wasn’t something we were used to.”

According to Dale Zimmerman, a professor of statistics and actuarial science at the University of Iowa, the numbers back up the players’ vision of home court advantage.

While he hasn’t seen data for the effect that attendance would have, he says that crowd noise could make a difference.

“For instance, in baseball, in stadiums that are the same size, same number of seats, domed versus non-domed, there’s evidence of stronger home court advantage in domed than non-domed stadiums, even with the same attendance,” Zimmerman says. “That’s not necessarily a smaller place, but it would have the same effect. A smaller place would have louder noise

Kristi toliver eNjoys playing on the road.

The veteran point guard has always embraced silencing the opposing team’s fans. She thrives off the energy of competing in places like Seattle Storm’s KeyArena and Connecticut Sun’s Mohegan Sun Arena—two stadiums known for their rowdy atmosphere.

In recent years, the Mystics have performed slightly better at home than away, except for in 2016, when they won eight away games, compared to five on their home court.

“Capital One is an NHL and NBA arena,” says Toliver. “I think this [new] type of arena, this style of arena suits the WNBA a little bit more. Just like [Major League Soccer] back in the day, playing in those huge arenas, they changed their format and got smaller arenas, and MLS is awesome. I think that’s kinda what we’re doing and the vision that we have.”

Without Elena Delle Donne, who is out with a knee injury, the Mystics lost their season opener in Connecticut to the Sun, 84-69, last weekend. They will return to D.C. for their home opener on Saturday, June 1 against the Atlanta Dream.

After a recent practice, Toliver stayed after to put up extra shots at the new gym’s main court.

Her teammates walked a few dozen yards away to the practice court to continue their shooting, while others rehabbing from injury gathered their belongings. Lunch had been set up inside the players’ lounge, where coaches and players took their turns eating and relaxing on the couches. They had peace of mind knowing that they wouldn’t need to drive through downtown D.C. traffic afterward.

All of that matters.

“Things we’re getting now are the things that NBA teams get,” Toliver says. “That’s what it should be. We’re not asking for the world. Little things like having breakfast before practice, having lunch after practice, those are just things you don’t have to worry about … It’s something I wish that more teams in the league had, because that’s what every team deserves.”

CP Ella Feldman contributed to this report.

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MARKET VALUE Florida Avenue Market is an island of old D.C. in the ever-encroaching new.

By Will Warren Photographs by Darrow Montgomery D.C.’s Florida Avenue Market is alive, an ecosystem unto itself. Boxes of produce exit trucks and enter warehouses, where they await chefs with discerning eyes. An electric saw rends chickens in two. People shop for Mother’s Day gifts, perfume, kitchen supplies, watches, wholesale goods, and clothes.

Construction workers put the finishing touches on trendy reimaginations of industrial spaces, and customers circle the market, looking for parking. Its sounds and sights and smells are unique to it.

The market—a longtime home to wholesalers, produce vendors, and tofu makers—won’t look like this for long. It shares and increasingly cedes its space to high-end restaurants, boutiques, and apartment buildings. Most veterans City Paper spoke with expect to leave within a year or two, though some will stay.

The market, which surrounds the newer Union Market, is trapped in the past and present. The businesses here are rooted in long family histories and pre-Amazon business models, but the dramas playing out behind these graffitied walls are painfully modern. The city is changing. This is what the market looks like today. Tomorrow it will be different.

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Angela and Jae Shim

Forus Wholesale Company sits between a bank and Masseria—an Italian restaurant with a medley of tasting menus starting at $98. Stairs bring you up and into its warehouse, where displays of clothing and jewelry cake the floors and snake up the walls. Michelle Obama’s smiling face adorns shiny handbags. Jae and his wife, Angela, who own Forus, have been at the market for 27 years. They got their start in the wholesale game across town, on 14th Street NW, but business wasn’t good. Their landlord kept coming to their store, asking how business was, trying to help. “And he told me, ‘OK anytime you want to leave, you find a better place, you can leave. I’ll let you go.’”

This warehouse was that place—with plenty of parking, a well established wholesale business, and easy access for Virginia- and Maryland-based customers. “My customer told me, ‘You better go to the market.’”

A customer found their current place, and they made it home. Jae says he was the first one in the market to sell “church hats.” Now their lease has expired and they’re month to month. They expect to move out in a year or two, departing with whatever merchandise they don’t sell and memories of their customers in tow. They’ve attended their weddings, funerals, and birthday parties, paid visits to hospitals. Their customers have been “like family” Angela says as Jae produces a notebook listing their names and phone numbers.

Many are crossed out, retired or dead. “We miss them,” he says.

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Suleman Hussain is a trusting guy. It’s gotten him in trouble before: “We lost a couple thousand dollars by trusting somebody, gave them the merchandise and they were going to come back and so … we lost a couple thousand. It’s like, over 20 thousand.” But the trust he’s placed in his customers has paid off. He started selling bedsheets and towels in the winter of 2008 in the unheated Trade Linker space, but his customers weren’t into it. “They were advising us what to bring and what not to bring and so we followed what they told us so that’s how we grew up.” Now they sell leggings, tank tops, and “weed hats.”

His trust has paid off in other ways, too. “We had a customer a couple days ago and it’s the first time she came to our shop. Something we sell is $10 and she says, ‘I have $5 and I’ll bring it back.’ I don’t know her and she just came today and said, ‘I owe you the money from last week.’ She literally was going to hug me because of the trust we have.”

He says he’s happy to have helped so many of them. “They come here shivering, they have nothing to wear so they get socks and they feel so happy after they leave from here.”

Trade Linker will move out, maybe to Hyattsville, where a number of wholesalers are making a go of it. Some of their customers will follow them, but most won’t, Hussain says. They’ll start over again, building trust and clientele just like they did in 2008.

“It’s like it’s a baby and I start crawling and I grew up, start walking and then something happen and then start all over again.”

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Bob Elliott makes a beeline for the plum tomatoes, but grabs some vine-ripened ones instead. “I really like vine-ripened tomato. I think that it delivers the best flavor,” the semi-retired executive chef says.

“When I was in the business this was an everyday occurrence, especially before they started building up different things, you had more opportunity to buy fresh and from the market.” He came here during junior high—the farmers market had better lunch than the cafeteria.

But now, like the market itself, he’s straddling the past and future. He just gave the last of his businesses to an employee, and he’s only here to help the new boss out. The new guy has a catered event this weekend, and Elliott wants to show him how he does things. “Chances are, he’s going to improve on that.”

The change doesn’t bother him. “Sometimes communities change for the better and sometimes they change for the worse. I think this one is changing for the better.”

He’s on Morse Street NE now, heading back to his car. His former employee is having trouble with his refrigerator, and Elliott wants to teach him how to take care of his equipment. They’ll use a soft brush and chemical solution he bought to clean the evaporator unit. He got those at the market too.

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Shah Wazir remembers two Israeli tourists, a couple, who somehow happened on the market. They had just flown in, and the husband had been drinking in the airport. Seeing the market, the wife thought he had somehow gotten them on the wrong flight. “She asked me ‘Is it true this is Washington?’” he says. He pointed them toward the Mall so they could see the proof.

Wazir wound up in this business by coincidence. He saw people selling perfume and watches on a visit to New York, and brought the business model to D.C. Now he runs two shops in the market. On the day City Paper found him, he was doing good business selling watch sets for Mother’s Day. Wazir expects to leave in a few years, and reflects on his time here. “I will write one book,” he says.

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Fatima Toor exits a halal butcher and walks south on 5th Street NE, hoping that the market won’t change too much. The butcher has been “a savior” to her. “I was Googling stuff and noticed that most halal markets are actually in Virginia and I don’t have a car. I would take the Metro all the way to Fairfax, then take an Uber, then get the halal meat, and then come all the way back that way. And it was a lot.” A friend eventually introduced her to this place. “And it was wonderful, and it’s still great that I have it. I just got halal marshmallows for iftar.”

The juxtaposition of the old and new throws her.

“I’m not sure if they really understand the diversity of this city and the different types of people that live here and equity in D.C. And like how when you start only having one type of stores and markets for people who have money you aren’t considering and thinking about other groups of people and other incomes in the city that need things. Halal meat is an essential need for me. And if this goes away I don’t know what I’m going to do. And so they need to think about that consideration of other people, not just one type of group of people. Like rich, upscale, well off people.”

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what we ate this week: Chip-wich with smoked turkey, smashed avocado, Kettle chips, pepper jack cheese, bacon, sprouts, and dijonnaise on a hoagie roll, $12, The Girl and The Vine. Satisfaction level: 4 out of 5. what we’ll eat next week: Organic egg pizza with truffle sauce, fontina, scamorza, and local asparagus, $18, Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana. Excitement level: 4 out of 5.

Let’s Hear It From the Boys It’s time for male bartenders to share their dating advice.

From their prime vantage point, bartenders watch other humans at their best and worst as they engage in alcoholfueled encounters with potential paramours, uniquely positioning them to make observations about love and lust.

Earlier this spring, seven female bartenders dished on the state of dating in D.C., from the impact of online dating on people’s social skills to the false premise that breaking up in public causes less drama.

This time City Paper asked six male bartenders with a combined 94 years of experience in the hospitality industry to share their perspectives.

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Bartenders watch daters make the same screwups.

Dating behaviors aren’t all that different, so those working behind the bar see the same mistakes repeatedly. “Cell phones are a big turn off,” says Joe Pereira, who currently works at The Park at Fourteenth. “They ruin the possibility of a second and third date.

If you’re out on a date and someone leaves [their] phone on the table, it’s just a matter of time before he or she picks up that phone.”

Riad Bakeer, who bartends at Hank’s Oyster Bar at The Wharf, ticks off a couple more. “The number one is on a first date when the guy doesn’t know the chick but orders what he thinks she wants to eat,” he says. “Talking about exes is never fun, unless both people are laughing,” he adds. “But people are talking about exes too much—I’ve seen some weird fights at the bar come up over exes.”

Washingtonians also have the bad habit of leading with the question, “What do you do?” While it’s a natural icebreaker in a city where any gathering doubles as a networking event, the probe can be troubling in a romantic setting, according to several bartenders.

“I don’t want to call it a caste system, but there’s this mental placement people put others into,” explains Jeremy Wetmore,

the lead bartender at CityB a r . “It’s always ‘What do you do?’ I feel like it’s an immediate gunshot to the foot.

They automatically want to put you in a hierarchy.”

Pereira is even more cynical. “More times than not there’s always an agenda behind it,” he says. “People are looking for what people can do for each other, not just personal but professional life as well.”

He’s worked in restaurants and bars across the country and believes the way people blur the line between dating and networking is unique to D.C. “I do see people who are conducting business and then it morphs into more personal dynamics,” Pereira says. “I’ve seen that happen at The Park. There might be an initial misunderstanding, but then people eventually start having fun with each other. They’re on a date and don’t know it. It’s unlike any other place that I’ve bartended.”

Vomit doesn’t always ruin a date, but opposing politics certainly can.

Is puking on a date a dealbreaker? Not according to The Green Zone bartender Will Alvarez, who saw it happen earlier in his career at a D.C. Italian restaurant. “In the middle of dinner, the lady said her stomach wasn’t feeling well,” he recounts. “She projectile vomited on the gentleman. I think it was the first date and it was the second course.”

Instead of gagging, he changed his garb.

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“Luckily it was winter so he had an extra shirt,” Alvarez says. “He changed clothes in his car.” They did have to move locations.

“Once you vomit in a restaurant, it’s considered a health issue. Especially back then, so we had to give them their check. It seemed like the date continued on.” The D.C. Department of Health mandates that restaurants and bars have procedures in place to minimize contamination and exposure after someone vomits and recommends removing a patron who is actively sick.

But spewing opposing political views can sink a date. Alvarez remembers two people who came into The Green Zone who he thinks met on Tinder. “At one point, she says, ‘Hey, it’s not like you voted for Trump.’” The dude didn’t confirm or deny it. “The date ended really quickly. He didn’t realize what place he was at. We’re pretty obvious about where we stand politically.” The cocktail bar pours “Fuck Trump” punch.

When Wetmore was still working at Left

Door, he observed a similar blow-up. The first hour of the date seemed fine. “Then the guy started to go on a rant about his political stance,” he remembers. He was conservative, she was liberal. “It turned into them yelling at each other at the bar about each other’s families,” he says. “He started picking fights with everyone, yelling, ‘I don’t know why you can’t respect the presidency!’ He threw his drink at the girl. It was water. It spilled all over. That’s why I had to remove him [from the bar]. She started crying. I enjoyed watching it unfold.

As a bartender, this is your popcorn and movie kind of situation.”

In another scenario, the argument started over Game of Thrones but escalated into politics. “She liked Game of Thrones and he was like, ‘People who like that show are dumb,’” says Jon Schott, the beverage director at The People’s Drug and Chop Shop Taco in Alexandria. Then it was on to disagreeing about sports and politics. Schott calls the latter “a huge, scary thing at a bar.” Once they started

DCFEED disturbing others, Schott dropped separate checks on the bar hoping they’d call it a night.

“That felt good on my end.”

More couples are “going Dutch.” But there’s a wrong way to do it on a date.

Five of the six bartenders City Paper spoke with say more people are splitting the bill when it comes time to pay—especially younger generations. “Earlier in my bartending career, it was the men that would always pay,” Alvarez says, considering heterosexual couples. “Now I see people going Dutch. I see women paying.

I see a little bit of everything.”

“There’s definitely a big push for going Dutch these days,” Schott adds. Typically, each person throws a credit card down and the bartender splits the total. “I don’t think anyone should ever ask for an itemized receipt. That’s a sign of a bad date—asking who got what …

There goes the good vibes.”

Your date notices if you demean the bar staff.

“Restaurants lend themselves to dating really well,” Schott says. “You can tell a lot about a person in that type of space: what they eat and drink; if they’re polite to strangers; and whether they’re open to sharing food.”

“Strangers” include bar and restaurant employees. Fortunately, Bakeer says, most Washingtonians have held a service industry job before. He’s probably right. Nearly 50 percent of adults have worked in the restaurant industry at least once during their life, according to the National Restaurant Association. “A lot more empathy is coming our way,” he says. “So when a date is treating their bartender or server terribly, I think people get called out on it.”

He remembers serving a guy behaving like “a total douchebag.” Then his date reminded him that she’s a bartender too. “She said, ‘You’re treating him like shit,’” Bakeer recalls.

“He was like, ‘Ugh, whatever.’” She called the date off but decided to stay. “He tipped zero and she left 40 percent. I bought her a few drinks and went and hung out with her.”

Bartenders do sometimes swoop in to save a bad date. Current Chicken + Whiskey bartender Michael Francisco remembers a night when a girl was asking him about the cocktails at The Sheppard, where he previously worked.

“We didn’t have a menu towards the end at The Sheppard, so you had to interact with me,” Francisco explains. “The guy was being a real asshole, asking his date, ‘Do you like the bartender? Are you trying to go home with him?’

He got really upset really quickly.” When the woman went to the bathroom, he fled. “She came back to the bar and asked where her date

went,” Francisco continues. “He didn’t even pay for the tab and he had more drinks than her. I said, ‘Don’t worry about it, drinks are on us. Feel free to enjoy the space, but you don’t have a tab.’”

People are still having sex in bar bathrooms, especially now that they’re unisex.

“As somebody who recently did this at Lyon Hall, people are definitely still banging in the bathroom,” admits Bakeer. Sometimes, he says, bars send a manager over to knock on the door if a couple is missing for a few minutes.

Bakeer worked at one bar where three couples were caught in a short span. “We ended up kicking them out. When it comes to alcohol, people get gross.”

Schott says his bar has one bathroom and only one person can go in at a time. “People try to go in two at a time on weekends,” he says.

“They say, ‘Oh no, we’re just trying to make the line go faster.’ That’s not going to make anything go faster.”

“I want to say at The Green Zone it’s happened, but it’s not blatant,” Alvarez adds.

“The unisex bathrooms are playing a role.”

Bars and restaurants are increasingly swapping out male and female bathrooms for ones that are gender-neutral to be more inclusive of people who identify as transgender and non-binary.

In the case of heterosexual couples, having the unisex bathrooms removes the dead giveaway of a woman walking out of the men’s room or vice versa. “The unisex bathrooms open the doors to it, no pun intended,” Wetmore adds. “I threw someone out of Left Door the week before I left,” he says. “It definitely happened.”

But D.C. might not have the same kink factor as other cities.

Pereira once worked as a server at a restaurant inside the Transamerica Pyramid Center in San Francisco. One day the general manager said, “You’re the new guy on the block, you’re going to need to wait on these two people.” Pereira obliged but scratched his head when the two women ordered three appetizers, three entrées, and three desserts. “I had no idea what was going on,” he says. “I kept bringing the food and even saw there was a third drink on the table.”

When it came time to deliver the check, the women relayed that Michael had enjoyed his lunch too. “They took the check and put it underneath the table,” Pereira says. “Michael was in bondage with a chain around his neck and a leather mask on.” The throuple dined at the restaurant twice a month. Michael always paid the bill and left a 100 percent tip. “That was their thing.”

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Wood You Rather At the National Museum of Women in the Arts, two contrasting exhibits explore materiality and materialism.

“Ocean Floor” by Ursula von Rydingsvard, 1996

By Stephanie Rudig Many a MuseuM wall is bedecked with a “no touching” sign.

The rule is generally easy enough to follow for everyone but the youngest of children. But adults will find their fingers itching when they view Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling.

Though the title refers to the deep emotional connection the artist has to her work, gallery goers may long to touch or even climb upon the surfaces that the artist has prepared.

Von Rydingsvard’s most distinctive works are her cedar sculptures, which often tower over the viewer as if they were massive rock formations or epic human projects, like the pyramids. They appear as though they’ve existed since time immemorial, shaped by something otherworldly. Get up a bit closer, and the artist’s hand reveals itself. Notes scribbled in pencil, carpentry marks, and hand-carved grooves and cuts stamp the surface. Von Rydingsvard employs a painstaking process of cutting, assembling, laminating, and smoothing the wood, operating by some emotional map in her head, and the results, though 14 may 31, 2019 washingtoncitypaper.com

sometimes rough-hewn, are astonishingly tender.

Born in Germany, von Rydingsvard’s father worked as a forced laborer in Nazi camps and later as a woodcutter. Her family lived in a series of postwar refugee camps, typically in wooden barracks, before departing for Connecticut when the artist was 8 years old. Her early surroundings and her father’s trade can perhaps partly explain her affinity for cedar. She says the family philosophy, even after arriving in the U.S., was that “working hard was the answer to life. The lesson was absorbed.” The same sense of workmanship that drove her father clearly drives von Rydingsvard, as evidenced not only in the scale of her sculptures and the physical effort they demand of her, but in her constant endeavors to push her artistic practice further.

Wood is far from the only material to be found in The Contour of Feeling. Playful material explorations are central to von Rydingsvard’s work, and the exhibit features leather jackets, steel wool, plaster, lace, silicone, fake hair, bronze, roots, and cow intestines. Some materials are easily identifiable, but the stranger components she works with inspire a jolt of recogni-

On their new single, Rare Essence won’t mute D.C. washingtoncitypaper.com/arts tion when the viewer checks the label.

Tucked in a back room is a collection of von Rydingsvard’s “little nothings,” or small studio experimentations and material studies from the last 15 years. Most of them resemble some sort of tool or totem, and they’re displayed like items unearthed in an archaeological study. These small-scale curiosities provide a tantalizing glimpse into her process, including how she arrives at her mammoth finished work. Adjacent to the wall of little nothings is “Ocean Floor,” a gigantic bowl structure with tiered layers descending to the bottom, the outer rim flanked with buoy-like forms fashioned from cow intestines. (These are echoed in some of her experiments with the same material.)

“PODERWAĆ” is perhaps the most playful, and certainly the most humorous piece in the show. It features an oversized, towering leather jacket hanging from the ceiling with arms outstretched. Von Rydingsvard created it from 90 regular-sized leather jackets while in residence at The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, where The Contour of Feeling was first mounted and where von Rydingsvard had the space and resources to stretch her material studies even further. Though it is composed of a more processed bovine material than her other works, it’s no less gnarly than the cow intestines that hang elsewhere.

Downstairs in the Teresa Lozano Long Gallery, the artists of More is More: Multiples are similarly pushing the boundaries of material and medium, albeit in different ways. If The Contour of Feeling highlights the particularity of one artist’s hand through a collection of her individual works, More is More trumpets the appeal of mass production. The history and meaning of the original works behind the reproductions in More is More are not any less worthy just because they’re plastered on products. In fact, some of them challenge the entire notion of a priceless original.

Barbara Kruger, who toys with advertising conventions and sloganeering in her work, is right at home here with pairs of sunglasses ornamented with one of her iconic captions, “Your gaze hits the side of my face.” The original print features a photograph of a marble bust of a woman with the titular words printed over it, and hints at the objectification of women and their quiet dismay. Thrown into a new context, literally hitting the side of the face of whoever dons them as well as shielding their eyes from whoever might be gazing at them, Kruger’s typically enigmatic statement takes on different meanings.

Cindy Sherman, the reigning queen of self portraiture, has printed her likeness onto an array of porcelain dinner plates in “Madame de Pompadour (née Poisson) Dinner Service, 1990.”

Viewers can choose to purchase their own set of 30 for $10,000 for their own dinner service on artwareeditions.com, selecting their color choice from a drop down menu, not unlike ordering online from Crate & Barrel.

Other iconic works were also made to be sold, such as a baby onesie decorated with a reproduction of Louise Bourgeois’ 2005 screen print “Be Calm,” which can be read either as an admonition to a fussy baby or a gentle reminder to Mom and Dad not to lose it. Artist Abigail Crompton contributes an eye mask printed with a photograph of Bourgeois’ eyes (“Louise Bourgeois eye mask,” 2016), so that the wearer might actually attain an artist’s eye (ironically, while not being able to see a darn thing). One might further wear their favorite artist like a brand with Judy Chicago’s T-shirt emblazoned with her name. Chicago originally created the shirt in 1970 to announce that she was changing her name to an identity independent of male associations;

CPARTS now, it serves as a wry form of self-promotion.

Some of the works in More Is More imitate promotional materials in service of sending a message, like erasers blaring “ERASE DISCRIMINATION” from the Guerrilla Girls, the feminist collective known for calling out gender inequality in the art world. Just like any other swag, they’re meant to be useful so that they disperse out into the wild.

In an introductory video on Mickalene Thomas’ website, she proclaims: “to see yourself and for others to see you is a form of validation.” It’s fitting that in this show, she presents not just a handbag covered in portraits she’s photographed to be toted around for all the world to see, but compact mirrors with her portraits gracing the lids, so that the viewer may literally see themselves in her works.

If going to museums, and especially collecting art, is unattainable for many, isn’t it better that people have other avenues to be exposed to great artworks?

Don’t worry about the “no touching” rule at More is More—visitors can literally get their hands on some of the items, like a set of Rodarte paper dolls designed by Jess Rotter in conjunction with last winter’s Rodarte exhibit. Though the dolls aren’t available in the musuem shop at this time, visitors can snag notebooks and enamel pins modeled on Rotter’s same illustrations.

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QUEEN OF ARTS Klytmnestra: An Epic Slam Poem

by Dane Figueroa Edidi Directed by Danielle A. Drakes At Anacostia Playhouse to June 16 As one pAsses from Anacostia Playhouse’s front lobby into its blackbox theater through a narrow passage made vibrant with patterned cloth and colorful paints, a subtle scent enters the nostrils, perhaps incense or perfumes carried by the swirling fog that fills the air. Smell is rarely a sense that modern theater makers seek to evoke, but smell’s transportive nature has often played a role in sacred ritual, and one might recall how in many corners of the world, at many points of history, the performing arts have drawn upon ritual.

In a voiceover, playwright and performer Dane Figueroa Edidi invites the audience to acknowledge the native Piscataway and Nacotchtank (from whose name “Anacostia” is an Anglicized variant) who once lived in the area, and, “to hold the mirror to yourself.” A priestess (Edidi) then enters, consecrating the space as a “cemetery where black art was made and died” and offering libations to black trans women (as Edidi identifies) and black women in the arts (ditto) who have passed, before a queen of antiquity, Klytmnestra, speaks through her.

Klytmnestra’s story has been told in bits and pieces by different authors of classical Greece.

Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis tells how her husband Agamemnon sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia so that the Greek fleet would have favorable winds as they sailed to Troy. Aeschylus’ trilogy, The Oresteia, begins with the vengeance Klytmnestra dealt her husband in his bath upon his return. Other stories written by divers hands, not always consistent, abound.

But Edidi’s Klytmnestra wishes to tell her tale in her own voice from conception, when Leda, Queen of Sparta was raped by Zeus in the form of a swan, to her death at the hands of her son Orestes, who, like his sister Elektra, can forgive their father for their sister’s slaughter, but cannot forgive their mother. (No spoiler warnings for a stories written down over two-and-a-half millennia ago, though Edidi gives some of her characters a modicum of hope that Aeschylus never did.)

It is a family epic but also a political one: Its beginning and end bookend the decade-long Trojan War. Edidi’s telling Klytmnestra’s story is itself political (her identity as a demi-goddess is a hyphenated one): Like black women in American history and literature, and trans

people worldwide, Klytmnestra, even when portrayed sympathetically, is often regarded as powerless, or as an instrument of vengeance, or as a member of another protagonist’s supporting cast. Likewise, following a tradition that began with Euripides’ The Trojan Women, the fall of Troy is not treated as a victorious conclusion to a long war, but as the genocide we would recognize it as were it to have happened in our lifetimes.

Edidi may be using the idiom of slam poetry for her form, with a focus on visceral imagery (both erotic and violent), a promiscuous mixture of both classical and contemporary oratory, but she is also a dancer and choreographer.

Her movement technique integrates varied influences, from ecstatic West African dance styles to the statuesque poses of Kabuki to precise undulations of her arms and fluttering of fingers. This control makes every character in the story immediately recognizable in gesture.

Director Danielle A. Drakes and Theater Alliance have assembled a small army of skillful collaborators to support Edidi’s vision on stage. Playing a goblet-shaped drum, Autumn Angelettie provides skillful, yet understated accompaniment that supports but never competes with Edidi’s dance and oration. Like-

wise, Sound Designer Kenny Neal extends Edidi’s own voice, often creating a sound collage of her characters’ voices.

Debra Kim Sivigny does double duty designing both the set and costumes. While clothing Edidi in bold black, white, and red patterns (the long, weighted kimono draped over the flowing white skirt and midriff-baring top is gorgeous), she contrasts it with soft tertiary colors of the fabric with which she dresses the set’s walls, columns, and throne. Niomi Collard’s lighting design cuts through the undulating mists that fill the air, enhancing the already varied color palette.

Artists will continue to return to classical myth because they represent a tapestry, with threads of family dysfunction and abuse, fantastical occurrences, political injustice, and long intergenerational vendettas that can be unraveled and rewoven again and again, with new threads, new patterns. Edidi’s production proves that truth.

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Monsters turns its attention to lazy melodrama and too much exposition. When a monster movie presents the monster action as an afterthought, it is time for the filmmakers to rethink their priorities.

The Godzilla film from 2014 exceeded audience expectations because director Gareth Edwards took his time with the creature, hinting at its size and awesome power, so there was a real payoff when we finally saw him lay waste to San Francisco. Now, King of the Monsters, directed by Michael Dougherty, has little of that pacing or anticipation. A shadowy corporation named Monarch monitors the monsters, with its lead scientist Emma (Vera Farmiga) using a strange machine to control them. The exact function of this machine is never quite clear, since the script by Dougherty and Zach Shields shifts its purpose based on whatever the scene requires. Either way, Emma goes rogue after an eco-terrorist organization takes her hostage, so she unleashes long-dormant monsters at a breakneck pace.

Aside from Godzilla, Dougherty also introduces Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah. Of these three new monsters, only Mothra makes a strong impression because, as the queen to Godzilla’s king, she makes feminine movements and screeches that are in stark contrast to the rugged roars of everyone else. If you’re a fan of the classic films from Toho, these creatures will be exciting and instantly familiar. If you’re new to these creatures, then do not worry be-

cause the characters will explain them at length, repeatedly. There is an interesting strategy at play: The cast is stacked with dependable character actors who have imperfect information, so the exposition dump has a natural feel to it.

Once the film settles into its groove and Monarch chases the monsters all over the planet, it becomes clear these characters do not have names or personalities. The actors are useful as recognizable faces that can sometimes sell ridiculous dialogue. It does not help that Monarch’s jet somehow traverses the globe at lightning speed, always popping up at the most dramatic moment possible. Only Ken Watanabe makes an impression as a high-ranking Monarch scientist. His respect for Godzilla borders on affection, and he is the only character who truly regards the monsters with a sense of wonder.

The Toho Godzilla films may have rudimentary special effects, but they have the advantage of being filmed with abundant light and unobstructed views. Snow, rain, and smoke obscure the action in King of the Monsters. In fact, Dougherty does not present a clear view of Godzilla until the film’s final minutes.

Until then, the audience must squint to make any sense of how the monsters are fighting each other, or what city is under siege. We watch a key character get killed midway through the film, but we are not certain until the next scene, where we see their face on a monitor along with the word “DECEASED.” Dougherty hides his murky visuals with attacks on submarines, airplanes, and other vehicles. The actors jostle around the frame like they’re in classic episodes of Star Trek, and each moment with them means another away from the monsters, so the film fails to meet the basic appeal of its genre.

Thanks to 2014’s Godzilla and Watanabe’s performance, the giant lizard is an oddly comforting screen presence. He is not cuddly, but he moves with dogged determination and causes minimal collateral damage.

His dad bod figure is also a welcome contrast to the sinewy, strange shape of his adversary King Ghidorah, who has three heads that can regenerate at will. But King of the Monsters keeps Godzilla out of the film for long stretches, focusing instead on who has the Monarch machine or whatever. The phrase “Let them fight” became instantly iconic when Ken Watanabe uttered it five years ago. Maybe he should have added “in a visually comprehensible way” to the end of his command.

—Alan Zilberman Godzilla: King of the Monsters opens Friday in theaters everywhere.

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Here’s wHat you don’t expect to hear on a recording where the drummer is the leader: drums that don’t take the lead.

Granted, that statement is loaded with caveats. Keith Butler’s trio on his mellow but enjoyable debut Greener Grasses features a guitarbass-drum lineup, and in such situations the guitar is usually the front person by default.

Moreover, this particular six-stringer—D.C. player Nelson Dougherty—brings an awful lot of intricacy and color to bear. (So does bassist Steve Arnold, who rounds out the trio.) Even so, we expect the drummer to assume prominence on their own albums. Yet Butler, who also composed the album’s six tunes, really doesn’t. Even when flexing his own considerable chops (as on “What’s in a Waltz”), he stays resolutely behind his bandmates.

This, believe it or not, is Butler showing us who he is. Before playing jazz, the North Carolina native had immersed himself in Appalachian folk music tradition(s), in which the beat is more often felt than heard. His jazz influences also align with what we hear on Greener Grasses—he name-checks bassist Charlie Haden and guitarists Bill Frisell and Jakob Bro, all of them known for their rural American folk music inspirations—and none of them drummers. But they did all work with

Paul Motian, another of Butler’s stated influences and a drummer-composer who emphasized the latter half of that compound.

There’s a distinctly Motian-esque flavor to some of the compositions. In particular, “What’s in a Waltz” and the soft-toned closer “Family” employ the late drummer’s brand of rich lyricism and spacious guitar resonances. On “Yeah, but,” he even recalls Motian’s love of guitar-and-tenor-saxophone unisons, bringing in sax man Andrew Frankhouse to work alongside Dougherty.

Just as this is not a typical drummer’s album, though, it is not a simple Paul Motian pastiche.

“Yeah, but” puts Frankhouse and Dougherty into a unique context, articulating melody and improvised statements with a softness that allows the drummer to slip in malleted whispers.

The saxophonist turns up the juice on the tune’s second half, and if Butler adds a little more force to his work it’s still carefully contained.

On the opening “Longbridge,” the drummer is a constant presence, this time with sticks, even if he doesn’t muscle up to the front. He gives the shape and pacing first to Dougherty’s solo, then to Arnold’s (on which he’s even quieter). If the drums hit an unexpected snare accent, the guitar echoes it closely; if Butler plays a soft spang-a-lang vamp on the cymbals, Arnold imitates it. The closest Butler comes to overt command is on the title track—he softly plays brushes, dominance simply through constancy in the face of Dougherty and Arnold’s sparsity.

For some musicians, this kind of preeminence via subtlety would be a subversive touch. For Butler it’s simply leadership: Here is an understated framework, now fill it with something beautiful.

—Michael J. West

Merriweather Post Pavilion • Columbia, MD THIS MONDAY!

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE * w/ Blood Orange .. JUNE 3 CAPITAL JAZZ FEST FEATURING

Gladys Knight • BabyFace • Gregory Porter • Kem and more! .. JUNE 7-9 For a full lineup, visit capitaljazz.com.

THIS WEEK’S SHOWS

Kevin Morby w/ Sam Cohen .................................................................... Sa JUN 1 Local Natives w/ Middle Kids ...............................................................M 3 & Tu 4 JUNE

JULY (cont.)

FRENSHIP w/ Glades ................Th 6 Dennis Lloyd w/ Morgan Saint ...F 7 Pink Sweat$ w/ Raiche Early Show! 6pm Doors ......................Sa 8 Mixtape Pride Party with

Yeasayer w/ Steady Holiday ......F 12 BENT: Back with a Bang ........Sa 13 Yuna w/ Skylar Stecker .............Tu 16 Beyoncé vs Rihanna Summer Dance Party ...............F 19 Hot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party

DJs Matt Bailer, Lemz, Keenan Orr, Tezrah Late Show! 10pm Doors .....................Sa 8

with DJs Will Eastman and Ozker, Visuals by Kylos ......................Sa 20

Ibeyi w/ Sudan Archives ..............Su 9 Monsieur Periné ....................M 10 Wolfmother .............................W 12 The Lemonheads w/ Tommy Stinson ......................Th 13 Who’s Bad: The World’s #1

STEEZ PROMO PRESENTS

G Jones w/ Ivy Lab & tiedye ky .................F 26 THE CIRCUS LIFE PODCAST 6TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT FEAT.

Justin Trawick and The Common Good • FeelFree • The Dirty Grass Players • Mystery Friends ....Sa 27

Michael Jackson Tribute Band Early Show! 6pm Doors ...................Sa 15

AUGUST

Priests w/ Mock Identity

Late Show! 10pm Doors ..................Sa 15

The Faint w/ Ritual Howls & Closeness .......Sa 3 Tuxedo

White Ford Bronco: DC’s All ‘90s Band .....................F 21 Can’t Feel My Face:

(Mayer Hawthorne & Jake One) .Su 4

2010s Dance Party with DJs Wiley Jay and Ozker, Visuals by Kylos ......................Sa 22

Neurosis w/ Bell Witch & DEAFKIDS .............F 9 Sonic Youth: 30 Years of

JULY

Daydream Nation Screening with panel discussion featuring Steve Shelley, Brendan Canty (Fugazi/The Messthetics), and SY Archivist Aaron Mullan

Story District’s Out/Spoken This is a seated show..........................Sa 6 Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker) w/ Beacon ....................................W 10 Randy Rogers Band .............Th 11

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9:30 CLUB PRESENTS AT U STREET MUSIC HALL

Geographer w/ Manatee Commune ............... W JUN 5 Charly Bliss w/ Emily Reo ................F 7 The Teskey Brothers ................Sa 8

w/ Jade Bird ............................................................................................................ JUNE 21

Phish ................................................................................................................ JUNE 23 Pitbull .............................................................................................................. JULY 11 Thomas Rhett w/ Dustin Lynch • Russell Dickerson • Rhett Akins ........... JULY 18 Third Eye Blind & Jimmy Eat World * w/ Ra Ra Riot..... JULY 19 blink-182 & Lil Wayne * w/ Neck Deep ......................................... JULY 21 CHRYSALIS AT MERRIWEATHER PARK

LORD HURON w/ Bully ....................................................................JULY 23 311 & Dirty Heads w/ The Interrupters • Dreamers • Bikini Trill .......... JULY 27 CDE PRESENTS : 2019 SUMMER SPIRIT FESTIVAL FEATURING

Anthony Hamilton • Jhené Aiko • Raphael Saadiq • DVSN • PJ Morton and more! .....................................................................AUGUST 3

Train/Goo Goo Dolls * w/ Allen Stone ...........................................AUGUST 9 Chris Stapleton * w/ Margo Price & The Marcus King Band ................ AUGUST 11 Heart* w/ Joan Jett and The Blackhearts & Elle King........................... AUGUST 13 The Smashing Pumpkins & Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds* w/ AFI ......... AUGUST 17 Beck & Cage the Elephant * w/ Spoon & Sunflower Bean . AUGUST 22 Lauren Daigle w/ AHI ........................................................................ AUGUST 23 Gary Clark Jr. and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats .................... AUGUST 25 Pentatonix * w/ Rachel Platten ........................................................... AUGUST 26 Morrissey w/ Interpol ..............................................................................SEPT 5 O.A.R. w/ Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness & American Authors ..............SEPT 7 Ticketmaster • For full lineup & more info, visit merriweathermusic.com • impconcerts.com * Presented by Live Nation

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9:30 CUPCAKES

Brandi Carlile w/ Lucius ........................................................................ JUNE 14 Willie Nelson & Family and Alison Krauss w/ Lukas Nelson (A Star is Born) ............................................................... JUNE 19 Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit & Father John Misty

Remo Drive w/ Slow Pulp & Slow Bullet ................Su 9 Sinkane w/ Bassel & The Supernaturals ..........W 12

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Glen Hansard w/ Junior Brother .JUN 3 POLITICS AND PROSE PRESENTS

- Live Show .................................... SEP 11

Tinariwen w/ Lonnie Holley ........ SEP 19 Elizabeth Gilbert: A Discussion on City of Girls .JUN 6 AN EVENING WITH The Waterboys ..................... SEP 22 STORY DISTRICT’S Adam Ant : Friend or Foe .... SEP 23 Breaking Bread: True Stories by Celebrity Chefs & Industry Insiders . JUL 27 Cat Power w/ Arsun ................... SEP 25 Corinne Bailey Rae w/ Ruth B. JUL 30 AN EVENING WITH

Dawes ............................................AUG 6 Joey Coco Diaz ..........................AUG 9

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Nahko and Medicine for The People w/ Ayla Nereo ................................ SEP 29 Angel Olsen w/ Vagabon ............NOV 1

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JOANNE SHAW-TAYLOR Pressing Strings Steve 31 PAUL THORN Poltz 30

“Ain’t Love Strange” 20th Anniversary Tour

Chelsea MARC COHN Williams THE MUSICAL BOX "A Genesis Extravaganza"

June 1 2

DAVID CROSBY

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& The Sky Trails Band US Tour 2019

THE ENGLISH BEAT 6 MINDI ABAIR & The Boneshakers 7 the subdudes 8 JUNIOR BROWN 5

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Direct From ‘Showtime’!

FUNNY WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE

with Carole Montgomery, Vanessa Hollingshead, Kerri Louise

THE NEW BIRTH 15 SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & the asbury jukes 21 THE SMITHEREENS with MARSHALL CRENSHAW 22 BEBEL GILBERTO 23 PIECES OF A DREAM 24 KENNY G 26 EUGE GROOVE 14

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CELSO PINA THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS Bill Medley & Bucky Heard

NEWMYER FLYER PRESENTS

LAUREL CANYON Golden Songs of LA 1966–73

LEANN RIMES July 3 DONNELL RAWLINGS 5 LALAH HATHAWAY 30

Music

CITY LIGHTS: FRIDAY

FRIDAY CLASSICAL

HYLTON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas. (703) 993-7759. Manassas Chorale: Silver Salute. 7:30 p.m. $18–$20. hyltoncenter.org.

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. BSO: Beethoven’s Emperor. 8:15 p.m. $35–$90. strathmore.org.

COUNTRY

BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Paul Thorn. 7:30 p.m. $35. birchmere.com.

MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. Luke Combs.

7 p.m. $25–$75. merriweathermusic.com.

FUNK & R&B

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Louis York & The Shindellas. 8 p.m. $17. citywinery.com.

JAZZ

BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Jazzy Mob. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $40–$45. bluesalley.com.

KENNEDY CENTER TERRACE THEATER 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Messengers Legacy. 7 p.m.; 9 p.m. $30–$40. kennedy-center.org.

POP

DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Mini Mansions.

7:30 p.m. $15–$18. dcnine.com.

HOWARD THEATRE 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Pedro Capo. 8 p.m. $35–$55. thehowardtheatre.com.

ROCK

WOLF TRAP FILENE CENTER 1551 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. Sammy Hagar’s Full Circle Jam Tour. 8 p.m. $39.50–74.50. wolftrap.org.

SATURDAY CLASSICAL

KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra: Unexpected Italy. 8 p.m. $15–$89. kennedy-center.org.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM First Street and Independence Avenue SE. (202) 7075507. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. 8 p.m. Free. loc. gov.

LINCOLN THEATRE 1215 U St. NW. (202) 888-0050.

Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington. 8 p.m. $25–$65. thelincolndc.com.

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. National Philharmonic: Bernstein & Beethoven Part II. 8 p.m. $34– $88. strathmore.org.

ELECTRONIC

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

John ‘00’ Fleming. 10 p.m. $20–$30. ustreetmusichall.com.

JAZZ

BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Keyon Harrold. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $25–$30. bluesalley.com.

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I AM CUBA

Cuba has long been a leader in Latin American cinema for envelope-pushing films, a testament to both the island’s artistic talent and not particularly effective censorship authority. Strawberry and Chocolate, a movie about a friendship between a gay man and a straight man, came out not many years after the Cuban government had been imprisoning or expelling gay people. More recent examples are Habanastation, which takes on Cuban inequality, and Juan of the Dead, which mocks the misinformation of government broadcasts and state ineffectiveness in the face of a zombie apocalypse. But among the best Cuban films remains Soy Cuba/I Am Cuba, a 1964 film

by Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov. While the subject is fascinating in itself—four stories set on the eve of the Cuban Revolution with all the bad guys of the pre-revolutionary era, the Batista regime and the United Fruit Company—it’s no crude Cold War agitprop. Kalatozov’s wide angle tracking shots are legendary, including a meandering shot that follows its vacationing American subjects from the roof of a Mafia-run hotel into a swimming pool. Paul Thomas Anderson recreated that shot in Boogie Nights, as a monument to another era of American decadence. The film screens at 5 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $8–$13. (301) 495-6700. afi.com/silver.

—Mike Paarlberg

FOLK

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Lewis Capaldi. 7 p.m. $22. ustreetmusichall.com.

CITY LIGHTS: SATURDAY

JAZZ

BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Christiana Drapkin & Mike Gellar Quartet. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. bluesalley.com.

ROCK

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Local Natives. 7 p.m. $36. 930.com.

MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. Florence + The Machine. 7:30 p.m. $39.50–$109.50. merriweathermusic.com.

ALLIVE PRESENTS:

THE BARBECUE

TUESDAY CLASSICAL

KENNEDY CENTER MILLENNIUM STAGE 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Capitol Symphonic Youth Orchestra. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

FUNK & R&B

UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487.

Jamila Woods. 7:30 p.m. $16–$55. unionstage.com.

JAZZ

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BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Jazmin Ghent. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. bluesalley. com.

WEDNESDAY CLASSICAL

THE ANTHEM 901 Wharf St. SW. (202) 888-0020.

NSO: From the New World. 8 p.m. $15–$30. theanthemdc.com.

FUNK & R&B

SPIRITS RISE

BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Afi Soul. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. bluesalley.com.

In 1959, Ornette Coleman had a prophecy. That prophecy was his landmark album The Shape of Jazz to Come, which helped establish the free jazz movement and, later, the avant garde jazz movement, that really took off in the ’60s and ’70s. These days, both subgenres of jazz are thriving, thanks to new generations of musicians who took the ideas Coleman (and others) planted and pushed them to new levels. At the forefront of the contemporary free jazz revolution is the Austin, Texas-based label Astral Spirits. Since 2014, Astral Spirits has been releasing some of the heaviest and most forward-thinking free jazz, electronic, and experimental records and tapes from musicians around the world. At Rhizome, the label presents a mini-festival with some of the most exciting musicians from its roster: folk/jazz/psychedelic/goth ensemble Spires That In The Sunset Rise, bassist and composer Brandon Lopez, and drummer and improvisor Claire Rousay. Joining them are a host of other artists, including two of the D.C. area’s finest ensembles: Ancestral Duo, the collaboration of Luke Stewart and Jamal Moore, and the Sarah Hughes (pictured) ensemble Coy Fish. It’s never been a better time to be a jazz head. The festival begins at 5 p.m. at Rhizome DC, 6950 Maple St. NW. $20. rhizomedc.org.

—Matt Cohen SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE 600 I St. NW. (202) 408-3100. Carlos Henriquez Octet. 8 p.m. $35. sixthandi.org.

POP

HOWARD THEATRE 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

KAZKA. 8 p.m. $60. thehowardtheatre.com.

ROCK

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Kevin Morby. 8 p.m. $20. 930.com.

DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. The Mystery Lights. 9 p.m. $12–$14. dcnine.com.

SUNDAY CLASSICAL

KENNEDY CENTER TERRACE THEATER 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Kennedy Center Chamber Players. 2 p.m. $36. kennedy-center.org.

LINCOLN THEATRE 1215 U St. NW. (202) 888-0050.

Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington. 3 p.m. $25–$65. thelincolndc.com.

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. BSO: Beethoven’s Emperor. 3 p.m. $25–$80. strathmore. org.

JAZZ BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Keyon Harrold. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $25–$30. bluesalley.com.

POP DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Choir Boy. 8 p.m. $10–$12. dcnine.com.

HIP-HOP

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. WPGC Birthday Bash. 6 p.m. $30–$40. 930.com.

ROCK

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Geographer. 7 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.

THURSDAY CLASSICAL

KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra: Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony. 7 p.m. $15–$89. kennedy-center.org.

DJ NIGHTS

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

The Purple Session: A Prince Birthday Celebration with DJ Dredd. 10 p.m. $5–$12. ustreetmusichall.com.

JAZZ

BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. John Pizzarelli Trio. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $40–$45. bluesalley.com.

POP

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Frenship. 7 p.m. $25. 930.com.

ROCK

UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. Hey Violet. 8 p.m. $15–$35. unionstage.com.

BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. The Musical Box. 7:30 p.m. $45. birchmere.com.

ROCK

UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. The New Respects. 7:30 p.m. $15. unionstage.com.

MONDAY BLUES

UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. Fantastic Negrito. 8 p.m. $20–$35. unionstage.com.

CLASSICAL KENNEDY CENTER MILLENNIUM STAGE 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. U.S. Army Band “Mozart in Boots”. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Lincoln Durham. 8 p.m. $12–$15. dcnine.com.

Books

ECE TEMELKURAN Award-winning novelist Ece Temelkuran speaks about her new book, How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship, in which she looks at global political events and explores an insidious wave of populism. Politics and Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. May 31. 7 p.m. Free.

(202) 364-1919. politics-prose.com.

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5/30 THU SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS W/JUMPIN’ JUPITER $16/$20 5/31 FRI BENNETT WALES & THE RELIEF $5 6/4 TUE THE BARBECUE FEAT. TEAM FAMILIAR $20/$25 6/7 FRI JOHN BAUMANN BAND, JAMIE LIN WILSON $12/$16 6/8 SAT THE VEGABONDS + HANNAH WICKLUND & THE STEPPIN’ STONES $12/$35 6/11 TUE THE BARBECUE FEAT. BLACK ALLEY $20/$25 6/13 THU KIND COUNTRY $10/$12 6/14 FRI TIME SAWYER W/ HANNAH JAYE & THE HIDEAWAYS $10/$12 6/16 SUN WAYNE “THE TRAIN” HANCOCK $15/$25 6/18 TUE THE BARBECUE FEAT. BE’LA DONA $20/$25 6/20 THU GREAT PEACOCK $12/$15 6/21 FRI JACKSON DEAN & THE OUTSIDERS W/JIMMY CONNOR $12/$15 6/22 SAT 12NOON: SILVER BRANCH BREWING COMPANY BLOCK PARTY $25/VIP 6/22 SAT 9PM: DADDY LONG LEGS ALBUM RELEASE SHOW $12/$20 6/23 SUN AMANDA ANNE PLATT & THE HONEYCUTTERS $15/$17

HILL COUNTRY BARBECUE MARKET 410 Seventh St, NW • 202.556.2050 HillCountry.com/DC • Twitter @hillcountrylive

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Stephen Czarkowski, Music Director

THE TALE OF SERSE

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Little Flower Parish Choir & The Heights Choral Society

Serse is the only comic opera by George Frideric Handel, a composer not known for his sense of humor. An irreverent retelling of the rule of Xerxes, the king of Persia who led a war against the ancient Greeks, it’s ostensibly informed by Herodotus’ Histories but is about as wedded to history as the movie 300. So it’s keeping with the ahistorical spirit that the In Series, which specializes in sometimes obscure, often silly chamber operas, is reimagining it as a love story by Rumi, the Persian Sufi poet who lived nearly a thousand years later. This collaboration with the Iranian-American Community Center will include a backdrop of calligraphy paintings by Parinaz Bahadori and a whirling dervish. Serse wasn’t popular in its day among Baroque-era audiences who expected something more serious from Handel. Perhaps some dancing would have won them over. The opera begins at 3 p.m. at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. $20–$45. (202) 204-7763. inseries.org.

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At the National Academy of Sciences, Phillip K. Smith III abstracts one of his site-specific works, a 2013 installation in the Mojave Desert in which he partially covered a homesteader’s shack with mirrors. The original work, featured in his exhibition From Lucid Stead, on view to Sept. 13, is smart with crisp reflections of the surrounding scrub in the mirrors contrasting bracingly with the shack’s original weathered wood. But most impressive at the National Academy of Sciences is Dornith Doherty’s exhibition Archiving Eden, an exploration of the little-noticed but vital network of seed banks that harbor crucial agricultural fodder for a rainy (or dry) day. Doherty combines documentary photographs of seed banks in Russia, Brazil, and Norway with artistic contemplations of their contents. She uses a strikingly diverse selection of methods, including X-rays and lenticular photographs, to capture carefully arranged renderings of humble but vital seeds. The exhibition is on view to July 15 at the National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW. Free. (202) 334-2415. cpnas.org.

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JOSÉ ANDRÉS The James Beard Award-winning chef speaks about his new cookbook centered on cooking with vegetables, Vegetables Unleashed. Politics and Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. June 4. 7 p.m. Free.

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OCEAN VUONG Ocean Vuong discusses his first novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, which chronicles the trials and tribulations of a Vietnamese-American family trying to settle into life in Connecticut.

Politics and Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. June 6.

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DANCEAFRICA, DC 2019 Dance Place’s 32nd annual festival celebrates the dance, music, and spirit of the African diaspora, featuring Mama Sylvia Soumah as Griot, outstanding African dance companies like KanKouran West African Dance Company and Coyaba Dance Theater. The event, supported through funding from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, also features a master class series, free outdoor activities, and its signature African Marketplace. Dance Place. 3225 8th St. NE. May 28–June 2. $15–$30. (202) 269-1600. danceplace.org.

RITMO FLAMENCO PRESENTS: DOS ALMAS Through dance and music, Ritmo Flamenco explores the possibilities that unfold after two souls encounter each other, learn to coexist, listen, seek freedom, and find harmony. Atlas Performing Arts Center. 1333 H St. NE. May 31. 8 p.m.; June 1. 8 p.m. $35–$45. (202) 399-7993. atlasarts.org.

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THE CHILDREN After a natural disaster, married retired nuclear physicists live out their days in a remote cottage on the British coast only to have an arrival from their past upend the balance they’ve carefully curated. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To June 2. $20–$90. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org.

JUBILEE First organized in 1871 on the Fisk University campus, the Fisk Jubilee Singers—an African-American a cappella ensemble—triumphed in the face of racism and prejudice in the U.S. and abroad. This a cappella musical boasts more than three dozen songs (including spirituals and hymns like “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “Wade in the Water”) to bring the enduring legacy of the Singers to life. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To June 2. $96–$115. (202) 4883300. arenastage.org.

LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST The King of Navarre and his three compatriots swear off women for three years of focused study and humble fasting in this early Shakespeare comedy. The Princess of France and her ladies render their lofty ambitions precarious; hijinks and affairs of the heart ensue. Folger Shakespeare Library. 201 E. Capitol St. SE. To June 9. $42–$79. (202) 544-7077. folger.edu.

MARY STUART With only six performers and a minimalist set, Mary Stuart examines the complex relationship of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots through the contemporary lens of the #MeToo movement. Sex, court intrigue, and the minds and hearts of the most powerful women in the world collide. Olney Theatre Center. 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. To June 9. $44–$64. (301) 924-3400. olneytheatre.org.

THE ORESTEIA A new version of the only surviving Greek tragedy, The Oresteia poetically combines the works of Aeschylus to tell the ten year tale of grief and murder that characterizes the interlocking lives of Queen Clytemnestra, her husband Agamemnon, and Orestes. Shakespeare Theatre Company Studios.

610 F Street NW. To June 30. $44–$118. 202-547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org.

SPUNK A Guitar Man and Blues Speak Woman intertwine three stories of the black experience in early 20th century America (based on short stories by Zora Neale Hurston) to illustrate the endurance of the human spirit. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To June 23. $40–$85. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org.

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To play Dolly Gallagher Levi in a professional production of Hello, Dolly! is to become an icon.

From the lavish gowns she wears to the near-perfect songs she sings, it’s a primo role for musical theater stars over the age of 50—and every Broadway baby has a favorite portrayal. Some love the original takes of Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey, others prefer the nuance Bette Midler added to the musical’s 2017 Broadway revival, and those raised on Gene Kelly’s film version will go to the grave proclaiming Barbra Streisand the best person to ever don Dolly’s glamorous hats. This month at the Kennedy Center, another legend offers her take on the musical’s title character: Betty Buckley, whose time spent playing Grizabella in Cats inspired many ambitious auditioners and in-shower soloists. As the dog days of summer begin to ravage D.C., it’s prime time to put on your Sunday clothes, relax into the Opera House’s plush seats, and reflect on a time when matchmaking required more skill than a finger swipe left or right. The musical runs June 4 to July 7 at the Kennedy Center Opera House, 2700 F St. NW. $49–$159. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

—Caroline Jones

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ALADDIN Kind young street rat Aladdin finds a magic lamp which releases a wise-cracking genie who can grant wishes. Starring Will Smith, Mena Massoud, and Naomi Scott. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) ALL IS TRUE This biography chronicles the final days and trials and tribulations of playwright William Shakespeare’s life. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Lolita Chakrabarti, and Jack Colgrave Hirst. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE After growing up and growing apart, a pair of childhood friends reconnect and discover they still have feelings for each other in this Netflix release. Starring Ali Wong, Randall Park, and Keanu Reeves. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS When ancient, giant monsters rise and face off, including the fearsome Godzilla, humanity hangs in the balance. Starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, and Millie Bobby Brown. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 — PARABELLUM Assassin John Wick goes on the run and becomes a target after killing a member of the international assassin’s guild. Starring Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, and Ian McShane. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) MA When a middle-aged woman befriends a group of teens and invites them to her home to party, her hospitality becomes obsession and turns the party into a nightmare. Starring Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, and Juliette Lewis. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) ROCKETMAN This biopic tells the story of famed singer Elton John’s rise to fame and the debauchery that followed. Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, and Richard Madden. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

BOOKSMART Two academically successful high school students attempt to cram four years of partying into one night before they graduate. Starring Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, and Jessica Williams. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

THE SOUVENIR A timid young film student falls for a charming, untrustworthy older man in the early 1980s. Starring Neil Young, Tosin Cole, and Jack McMullen. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

A DOG’S JOURNEY In this sequel to A Dog’s Purpose, happy-go-lucky dog Bailey finds a new home and destiny. Starring Dennis Quaid, Kathryn Prescott, and Betty Gilpin. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR Two young people—one a romantic and the other a pragmatist—meet and fall in love over the course of one magical day. Starring Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, and Keong Sim. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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While WPGC spent last year bringing ’88 back with a retro concert, the 32nd edition of this annual tradition returns to au courant action. The five billed acts represent a good survey of the radio station’s programming, and the world of hip-hop and R&B at-large. Near the top of the card is Jacquees, the self-described (if much derided) King of R&B who’s made a name for himself on covers and samples of loverboy crooners past. There’s the DMV’s next-up trap rapper, Q Da Fool, fresh off collaborative efforts with hitmakers Zaytoven and Kenny Beats, and a pair of R&B chanteuses with a megahit apiece, Summer Walker and Kiana Ledé. But no matter when she hits the stage, the main attraction is sure to be Megan Thee Stallion (pictured). The Houston upstart is on the brink of mega-stardom thanks to her rapid-fire, sexually frank flow, killer moves, and unapologetic social media presence. The 24-year-old just dropped her debut album, Fever, a nonstop party soundtrack for hot girls and hot boys who are ready to “drive the boat” this summer. The show begins at 6 p.m. at 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW. $30–$40. (202) 265-0930. 930.com.

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Swoon to Rebecca, a classic gothic romance from the master of the macabre.

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 Best Picture winner is loaded with foggy atmosphere and rear-projection shots that make it seem like even more of a dream—and a nightmare. Joan Fontaine stars as an insecure young woman who marries Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier), a dashing older widower. But when Maxim takes his new bride home to Manderley, his mansion by the sea, the housekeeping staff, especially Mrs. Danvers (a brilliantly creepy Judith Anderson), who was maybe a little hot for her departed mistress, makes sure the newcomer knows she’s a pale substitute for Rebecca, the first Mrs. de Winter. Named after a character you never see, Rebecca turns into the kind of murder mystery you expect from Hitchcock, and its lingering ghosts seem to be a dry run for the haunted obsessions of Vertigo. The film screens at 2 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $8–$10.

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SAVAGELOVE Savage Love Live swooped into Seattle’s SIFF Cinema Egyptian and Denver’s Oriental Theater over the last two weekends. I couldn’t get to everyone’s questions at these sold-out shows—there were so many great questions and I’m just one lousy advice columnist—so I’m going to power through as many as I can in this week’s column.

—Dan Savage Weddings are terrible. I attended “Dueling Dallas Lesbian Weddings,” and both couples are pressuring me to tell them whose wedding was better (or better in the eyes of social media). Am I obligated to “rat” these couples out to each other?

Weddings aren’t terrible, people are—some of them, not all of them. But you certainly aren’t obligated to “rat” these couples out to each other. You aren’t even obligated to speak to any of these terrible people again.

What is the best relationship advice you’ve ever received?

Cup the balls.

I’ve been talking to a guy for four months, and we still haven’t met in person. He’s recently divorced, and I find it odd that he is all into me with sexting, etc., but doesn’t want to meet. What do I do?

Stop wasting your time.

I have always loved anal sex with my partner of more than a decade. He loves it, too. We’ve noticed a trend over the years where he gets melancholy after we have anal sex. He doesn’t know why. Do you have any ideas or theories about why?

Nope.

How do I make sure I enjoy my upcoming wedding instead of worrying about how it will go?

Elope.

I’m a woman and I’ve been in a relationship for two years. My partner is not able to make me orgasm. He is my first lover. HELP. If you can make yourself come, show your partner how you do it. If you can’t make yourself come—if you’re one of those people who have never masturbated—start masturbating, learn how to make yourself come, and then show him how you do it.

My boyfriend is a cuckold and very into the humiliation aspect of cuckolding. I’ve been hooking up with one guy who is so into humiliating my boyfriend that it’s kind of freaking me out. They message each other so much, I feel like I’m the one being cheated on!

You get the D. Let your boyfriend have the DMs. We are married 10 years, monogamish, pansexual. My friends are opening up their relationship

You get the D. Let your boyfriend have the DMs. and so are we. Any good reason I shouldn’t have sex with my friends?

Only the most obvious one: If someone gets hurt, these friendships could end. But friendships end all the time without anyone getting off, so …

I’m 31; he’s 44. I know how you feel about splitting the rent in proportion to income, but my higherearning boyfriend points out that I’ve opted for more leisure time and less stress with my lower paying job. How should we split the rent?

Someone making two or three times as much money as their partner should be willing to pay more of the rent. Splitting the rent 50/50 wouldn’t be fair, particularly if the higher earner wants a larger and/or nicer space, because then the partner making more money is effectively having their lifestyle subsidized by the one making less. But if someone chooses to make less money because they want more leisure time, they shouldn’t expect to have that choice underwritten by a partner making more money. I don’t think they should pay half the rent—but a higher percentage of their income should go toward the rent.

How can I nicely convince my girlfriend to have anal sex?

By using your words—your best noncoercive, nonthreatening, willing-to-take-no-for-an-answer words. And it will help if you tell her you’re willing to take it slow and willing to take turns.

My boyfriend of 1.5 years doesn’t feel it is “appropriate” to tell me he is in love with me. I want so bad to have our “I love you” moment. What should I do?

Say it to him—and if he doesn’t hit you with an “I love you, too,” then either he’s not in love with you or he’s in love with you and knows how badly you want to hear him say “I love you” but he won’t say it because he likes to torture you.

My partner discovered—with someone else— that she loves BDSM, including pain and humiliation. I’m trying, but she’s not impressed.

What do I do?

Presumably your partner doesn’t love BDSM to the exclusion of all the hot vanilla sex she’d been having with you previous to this discovery. So instead of trying to be something or someone you’re not, let your partner enjoy BDSM with others while making sure you two maintain your sexual connection by continuing to explore your shared sexual interests.

Blair says all blowjobs should end with a swallow.

Thoughts?

Blair is entitled to Blair’s opinion, but Blair isn’t the boss of blowjobs.

I’ve been with my partner for two years. We love each other and have no real issues, except family. I’m out of the closet to everyone in my life. My partner is, too. Her mom “accepts” her being gay, except around extended family. At family gatherings, her mom pretends my partner is heterosexual and interested in men, as if our two-year relationship doesn’t exist. Is it okay that I think this is not okay?

It’s okay that you don’t find this at all okay. But I’m curious what your partner thinks. Presumably your partner isn’t a houseplant—which means she must have feelings about this and presumably she’s capable of communicating those feelings to her mother.

How do you introduce BDSM into your sexual relationship?

Suddenly and without warning—trust me, the element of surprise is crucial when it comes to kinky sex. Joking! For the record: You introduce BDSM into your sexual relationship by first initiating a conversation about your sexual interests and, if there’s interest on both sides, gradually and slowly introducing JV BDSM play into your relationship.

I ran into a coworker at a fetish party, and he was wearing a “URINAL” T-shirt. Does that mean what I think it means?

It means you don’t have to leave your workstation when you need to take a piss.

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Gear Prudence Gear Prudence: I don’t bike, but my best friend does. She’s ridden to work for a few years now, but I haven’t noticed until recently how much it has affected her. Here’s what I mean: The other day we were walking together (not even biking) and she kept interrupting to point out a driver doing something bad. “Uber in the bike lane!” She said. “Turned without signaling,” she followed, then “blocking the crosswalk,” and just on and on. She was like “ban cars,” and I was like, “you have a Kia.” I get that cars in D.C. suck, but how do I politely tell her that I don’t need to constantly hear about it and that her pointing it out all of the time makes hanging out with her way less fun?

—Walking Hampered.

I Need Effective Remedies.

Dear WHINER: Does bike commuting radicalize formerly normal people? Does it make them hell-bent on the destruction of car culture and consumed constantly and everywhere by the misdeeds of drivers? Does it ruin lives and friendships? Maybe! Or might your best friend act the same way when she’s driving her Kia? Does she always point out the asshole on the highway who cut her off or the guy in the parking lot zooming way too fast? This might be less about biking and more about your friend’s volubility and her inability to not share every picayune annoyance while traveling. Either way, you’re stuck listening to a friend prattle on well past your capacity to care. It’s a bummer.

Before we address how to get her to knock it off, GP thinks it’s worth pondering how and why bike commuting might turn the most loquacious of us into constant complainers. First off, there’s just a lot to complain about. As you so eloquently say, “cars in D.C. suck,” and even a brief observation of the roads will reveal a heaping helping of driver shenanigans. Bike commuters become hyper-attuned to this for two reasons: 1) Their safety and well-being depend on noticing it, and 2) the outgroup is always more aware of the foibles and follies of the ingroup than its own members are. Bicyclists are among drivers, but not of them. They move with them, but never as them. A bike lets you go fast enough to be inconvenienced by cars and yet still slow enough to not miss any little infraction. It’s great for transportation, but can be horrible for your sanity.

Getting your friend to hush up shouldn’t be more complicated than telling her that you understand and share her concerns, but nicely (and firmly) asking her to refrain from commenting on them. Your time together is limited and surely there are other topics that can fill the void. Perhaps a mutual annoyance, like kids these days or celebrities who are at it again. That’s bound to work, right?

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

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