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New Kicks: Six rookies are reinvigorating the Washington Spirit this season.
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Gamblin’, Man
Jack Evans’ ethical violations raise some questions about D.C.’s sports gambling program. By Mitch Ryals As some councilmembers prepared to hear testimony on the proposed $215 million, sole-source contract to run D.C.’s new sports wagering program and its lottery, Councilmember Jack Evans had to scoot down a seat. Evans, who for now still chairs the Committee on Finance and Revenue, was leading a separate hearing in the same room immediately before testimony on the lottery. Evans was supposed to chair the lottery hearing as well until the public release last week of a 20page memo outlining his violation of ethical rules while serving as chairman of the Metro board. Evans is also under federal investigation, and agents raided his Georgetown home on the morning of June 21. Given the new revelations into Evans’ ethically questionable conduct, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson bumped Evans as chair of the lottery hearing, and took over himself. Mendelson has also said he plans to hire an outside law firm to investigate Evans in light of the Metro report. The Council will vote on whether to remove Evans as chair of the finance and revenue committee on July 9. Evans championed bills to legalize sports gambling in D.C. as chair of the Committee on Finance and Revenue, and he supported the Office of the Chief Financial Officer’s push to bypass competitive bidding requirements. With Evans embroiled in an ethics scandal, critics are raising concerns about a potential conflict of interest. Evans’ partner in his consulting business, N. William Jarvis, also worked as a lobbyist for DC09, the local company that partnered with Greece-based Intralot to run the sports gambling program and the lottery. “What was Councilmember Evans’ role in the [lottery] contract?” At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman asks LL. “Does Mr. Jarvis’ involvement present a conflict of interest that he should have recused himself from the bill?” Sitting a few chairs down from Evans at the hearing, At-Large Councilmember David Grosso lamented the “false sense of urgency”
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that he said Evans, Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt, and the DC Lottery gave as justification for bypassing the competitive bidding process. Evans’ involvement “calls into question not just this contract, but also the underlying legalization of sports wagering,” Grosso said, adding that Evans should have recused himself. Craig Holman, a good government advocate with Public Citizen, agrees. “It does raise concerns if his business partner is representing the sports gambling industry, and that draws another conflict of interest, which seem to be rampant for Jack Evans,” Holman says. “The mere fact that Jarvis was a business partner with Evans, he should have recused himself to avoid a conflict of interest.” In July of 2016, Evans and Jarvis formed a private consulting firm, NSE Consulting, LLC, according to city records. Jarvis served as the registered agent and “organizer” for NSE, according to the firm’s business filing. He also worked as a lobbyist on behalf of DC09, according to his lobbyist registration with the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. Jarvis’ relationship with Evans was first reported in the local news blog District Dig. Lobbyist reports indicate that Jarvis met with Evans in 2017 to discuss the lottery. From July through December of 2018, Jarvis met with Ev-
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ans and other members of the D.C. Council on behalf of DC09 regarding the “sports wagering bill,” according to BEGA’s lobbyist activity reports. He met with Evans or a member of his staff on at least four occasions throughout that time period, records show. In an emailed statement, Jarvis writes: “For more than 25 years, I have maintained a friendship with Councilmember Jack Evans. He has been a family friend since we first practiced law together in the 1980s. I have also served in various roles in his campaigns. Throughout my career, in all my business dealings, I have complied with all of the District’s lobbying regulations and operated with complete integrity. Out of respect for the current investigation regarding Councilmember Evans, I will limit public statements.” Through his consulting firm, Evans made between $100,001 and $250,000 in 2017, according to financial disclosure statements filed with BEGA; in 2018, Evans reported that his firm earned him between $15,001 and $50,000. In response to questions during the hearing, DC Lottery Executive Director Beth Bresnahan said neither Evans nor Jarvis played a role in negotiating the lottery contract with Intralot. She also said federal law enforcement officials have not contacted the lottery. Bresnahan defended the lottery’s justification for awarding a sole-source contract,
which was to enter the market before Maryland or Virginia in order to maximize revenue. At-Large Councilmember Robert White cast doubts on that justification, saying it’s unclear when, or whether, those two states will set up sports betting programs. Asked for justification for a sole-source contract, Bresnahan said: “We’ve negotiated a contract we believe is a good value for the District and will return many millions of dollars for the District in a rapid amount of time.” She explained that her office conducted a market analysis, comparing rates and capabilities of other vendors and the services they provided. Although the specifics of that analysis have been shared with the Council, they will not be made publicly available until the Council approves the contract. Following the meeting, Mendelson said he disagreed with Grosso’s call for Evans’ recusal. “If we find something that says he directed predictable benefit, then that would be very different,” Mendelson said, adding that “it’s easy to say people should recuse themselves, but we get elected to vote on issues that we care about.” Metro’s report identified multiple instances where Evans “knowingly” violated ethical rules, in part by soliciting and accepting money to serve the interests of his clients and friends—putting their interests above those of WMATA,” according to a memo from the law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel. Evans initially denied ethical violations before acknowledging WMATA dinged him for a single violation. The Council cannot take steps to remove Evans as chair of the finance and revenue committee until its July 9 meeting, the final meeting before its summer recess and the day they’re likely to vote on the lottery contract. If the Council doesn’t vote on the contract at that meeting, it will automatically be disapproved, Council staff tells LL. The Council voted 8-4 to excuse the competitive bidding process for the lottery contract. However, Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie was absent for the final vote and voted against the bill on first reading. And now, Ward 7 Councilmember Vince Gray, who previously voted “yes,” wrote in a letter to constituents that he will not approve of the lottery contract unless confusion over sports gambling revenue is resolved. The Council’s investigation into Evans is expected to last throughout the summer, and Evans pleaded for a chance to defend himself at the Council’s June 25 breakfast meeting. He will do so on July 2. “I believe that if my colleagues hear my side of the story, and I respond to all your questions, you will not take any action at this time,” Evans said. CP
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New Kicks
The Washington Spirit ushers in a new era with the help of six rookie players.
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By Kelyn Soong Washington spirit rookie Tegan McGrady wasn’t sure of her decision to move across the country to play professional soccer. She grew up in San Jose, California, and played four years of college soccer at Stanford University. McGrady wavered between “being super excited” and questioning if she really wanted to be so far away from home to join the National Women’s Soccer League, which she had been told often lacked the camaraderie of the collegiate game. That prospect, McGrady says, scared her the most. “You tend to hear ... it tends to be a lot more individualistic and not as team-like,” she explains. The Spirit drafted McGrady with the seventh overall pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft, and since arriving in the D.C. area, her concerns have yet to be realized. With a different ownership group in place after lo-
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cal tech executive Steve Baldwin bought a majority stake in the Spirit, the team upgraded amenities like team-sponsored housing, renovated the locker room, and drafted and signed an influx of new players, including six NWSL rookies. Playing for the Spirit has felt like a continuation of college, McGrady says. The rookies—McGrady, Jordan DiBiasi, Sam Staab, Dorian Bailey, Bayley Feist, and Shae Yanez—have helped usher in a new era for a franchise that finished the 2018 season with just two wins. Nine matches into the 2019 season, the team leads the league with a record of five wins, three draws, and a loss. “I think it’s a really special place being here at the time that we are,” says Staab, the No. 4 overall pick who played college soccer at Clemson University. “I know a lot of things are changing, but I think we’ve all been really happy and we felt really grateful for the timing of when we’ve gotten here. Everyone is really nice, everyone has been super welcoming, we all have really great chemistry and culture, so we hang out off the field all
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the time … Honestly, I could never dream of having a job like this where it’s so fun every single day.” Many of the rookies have known or seen each other on the soccer pitch for years, if only in passing. In college, they were some of the nation’s best players on top-10 ranked teams like Stanford, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Tennessee. After a recent Spirit practice, DiBiasi was scrolling through her phone and trying to find the best college graduation photos to post to her Instagram account, when a few of her teammates, including fellow Stanford alum McGrady, gathered around a table inside the Maryland SoccerPlex to help her. Several wore their college gear, and as the players chatted with each other, it would’ve been easy to mistake the professional soccer players for a group of old friends in their early 20s catching up while home for the summer. Spirit players in the past have typically lived with host families, but this year, most of them are neighbors in Rockville. DiBiasi, McGrady, and Staab live in the same apartment, and all six rookies reside in the same complex. The team provides players with housing during the season. Spirit stars Mallory Pugh, Rose Lavelle, and Andi Sullivan are also roommates. This level of camaraderie has boosted morale and translated to success on the field. “I think there’s something special about this group,” says Tori Huster, who has played with the Spirit since 2013. “It’s fun coming to training every day. I haven’t said that in the past, and I’m really fortunate to say that this year.” Living in the same place has meant plenty of time together away from soccer. None of the rookies are from the D.C. area, and Staab, who grew up in San Diego and describes herself as “very organized,” has become the de facto “social chair” for not just her fellow rookies but the whole team. A calendar filled with activities hangs inside the team’s locker room, and Staab sends out a weekly list of events. On Thursdays, players will get together for an “ethnic food night” where they try food from different areas, and every Monday they watch The Bachelorette. Tuesdays are reserved for team outings like bowling if they have the following day off. Staab is also organizing an offseason trip to Thailand and Australia for a couple of the players. “They bring a lot of energy and excitement, and a lot of creativity. I think coming in as a rookie it’s kinda hard to fit in to a new team and new league, but I think they’ve all adjusted well,” says third-year player Ashley Hatch. “When I was a rookie, it was only
me and maybe one or two other rookies so you’re coming in to an environment you’re not used to and kinda uncomfortable with, but when you have a high number of rookies, you know they all feel more comfortable with each other because they all just came from the college scene, so I think that’s what helps them get along.” In January, the NWSL announced that the minimum salary for players this season, which runs from March until October, would be $16,538, a 5 percent raise from the previous year. The maximum salary also rose 5 percent, to $46,200. Some of the rookies make the league minimum, according to Baldwin. But the players appear to still be in the honeymoon phase with the team. None mentioned the low pay when asked about the challenges of being a first-year pro. For some, it’s the lack of structure that has proved to be the toughest adjustment. Going from being a student-athlete with few, if any, unfilled hours of the day to a professional requires knowing how to schedule your time wisely. “It’s like kinda weird, but we have so much more free time now and that’s been something that I have never [had],” says DiBiasi, who was drafted third overall. “Growing up you just had school all day, practice in the afternoon, homework, sleep. It’s a routine. So now having all this free time and learning how to be a professional and that soccer is now your job and not so much an outlet has been something that I’ve been learning to deal with.” Baldwin, the team’s new majority owner, hopes the players will start to get recognized in the community. He wants people to stop them on the street and ask for their autographs. He wants local sports fans to know who the players, including the rookies, are. “They’re world class athletes,” Baldwin says. “They are in the top 1 percent in the world … I think we have a real moment of opportunity ... with the World Cup this year, the Olympics next year, the increased exposure that the national team is getting. Our league has to take advantage of that in ways we haven’t done before.” Pugh and Lavelle are currently playing for the U.S. in the Women’s World Cup and will likely raise the Spirit’s profile once they return. Spirit players Chloe Logarzo and Amy Harrison of Australia, and Cheyna Matthews, an American-born Jamaican player, also competed for their respective countries at the World Cup in France. “I like fangirl every time I see them,” Staab says. “I’ll get a picture from the Australians or Rose or Mal will post something on Instagram, it’s like, ‘Oh my god I know you. I play with you.’ That is so cool.” CP
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Dolan Uyghur's laghman noodles
Where would D.C.’s dining scene be without the immigrant-owned restaurants that help Washingtonians taste the world? From chewy Uighur noodles and crispy Indian dosas to Swiss fondue and torn paratha roti known in Trinidad as buss up shut, the region is an embarrassment of riches. This year’s Food Issue is a snapshot of immigrant-owned eateries in the D.C. region that span from food trucks to upscale dining. Some of the cooks and restaurateurs who took a chance coming to the U.S. brought backgrounds working in kitchens; oth8 june 28, 2019 washingtoncitypaper.com
ers found their way into restaurants out of necessity, discovering the hospitality industry as a land of opportunity. While City Paper enthusiastically recommends diners try each of these eateries, the Food Issue isn’t a greatest hits list, nor is it representative of every tempting cuisine available locally. Read on to find a cross section of transportive places that have both the ability to whisk our taste buds to far-off lands and remind us that the joy of gathering over a shared meal is one experience we all have in common. —Laura Hayes
Peruvian Brothers Food truck; (703)-625-6473; peruvianbrothers.com
Sandwich slinging siblings Mario and Giuseppe Lanzone have literal threads tethering them to their home country of Peru. The bottles of hot sauce they sell come topped with chullos small enough for Barbie to wear. The wool hats double as the Peruvian Brothers’ logo. “Each hat is handwoven by women artisans in the mountains of Peru,” Giuseppe says. “Instead of selling two or three a day, we buy 1,000 at a time.” The Lanzone family came to the U.S. in 1997 from La Punta, following an aunt who lived in the D.C. area. “It was a rough patch in Peru with terrorism, the economy plunging, and the government was super corrupt,” Giuseppe explains. He was a freshman in high school and Mario was tackling eighth grade. Giuseppe said he learned English quickly because his best friend was from Iran, so they could only communicate in their shared second language. Giuseppe went on to compete for Team USA in rowing in the Beijing (2008) and London (2012) Olympics. The year after the London games, the first Peruvian Brothers food truck hit the road. Now they’re up to three trucks, a catering business, and, soon, their first brick-and-mortar restaurant inside forthcoming Latin market La Cosecha. Their speciality is sandwiches, from choripán to braised beef asado. If you can only try one, spring for the pan con chicharrón with pleasingly salty pork loin, grilled sweet potato, and criolla sauce on a French roll the Peruvian Brothers convinced a local bakery to make following a family recipe. Potatoes are Peru’s forte, and this lunch treat proves spuds belong on sandwiches. “There are 4,000 different kinds of potatoes,” Giuseppe says. “Yellow, purple, orange, big, large, curvy, fat.” Bolster a meal with a beef empanada. “We bake our empanadas and sprinkle them with powdered sugar on top,” Giuseppe says. “Take a bite and then squeeze the lime inside.” —Laura Hayes
Karim’s home region is officially called Xinjiang, and it’s where the majority of Uighurs reside. But he and most diaspora Uighurs call their home East Turkestan in support of the movement to establish independence from China, whose government is persecuting Uighurs through massive surveillance campaigns, frequent arrests without trial, and placements in “re-education camps.” These circumstances forced Karim, his wife, and their two kids to flee their home last year and seek asylum in the U.S., he explains. When they arrived in D.C. in May 2018, Karim discovered Dolan Uyghur just as its previous owners were looking to sell. He took over in September. Since then, Karim has made it a priority to educate guests not only on Uighur food and culture, but also on the current political situation. “I want to let every American
sauce with flat noodles) or tasting laghman noodles (chewy hand-pulled noodles smothered in beef and vegetables) they leave eager to learn more. —Ella Feldman
Gisele’s Creole Cuisine
2407 Price Ave., Wheaton, Md.; (301) 933-1340; giselescreolecuisine.com When Jose Dugué moved to Maryland in 2007, he didn’t see any restaurants with food from his homeland. Dugué’s mother, Gisele, is a schooltrained chef from Haiti and he dreamed of opening a restaurant that would attract people the way his mother’s distinctively seasoned cooking did back in Port-au-Prince. But Dugué, now a Maryland state trooper, didn’t realize that dream until 10 years later
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know about Uighur people’s history and problems we have today,” he says. Although many guests walk into Dolan Uyghur with little knowledge about Uighurs, Karim says that after indulging in a plate of hot chicken stew (bite-size pieces of chicken and potatoes marinated in a spicy vegetable
DC Dosa
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The Uighurs, a majority-Muslim Turkic group from northwest China, are one of the smallest immigrant communities in America, and their food—a unique blend of flavors from China, Afghanistan, India, Russia, Turkey, and other countries—is hard to come by. But Hamid Karim is trying to change that with his dream of opening a Uighur restaurant in all 50 states. For now, he has Dolan Uyghur in Cleveland Park, an unassuming two-story restaurant serving hearty portions of Uighur fare from chewy handmade noodles and juicy meats to kebabs and sauce-coated veggies. Karim says his menu is exactly what Uighur families eat: “This is the food my mom makes at home.”
ish, and British cultures. Dugué’s mother provided some recipes and a large photo of her hangs on one wall. Dugué recommends the whole red snapper, even though it isn’t always available, along with the goat imported from Australia. Both main dishes are available stewed in sauce or fried. The stewed version of goat is tender and, like the red snapper, comes with a small serving of spicy pickled cabbage known as pikliz (or piklis), plus rice, salad, and fried plantains. Dugué notes that the pumpkin soup called joumou, available on Sundays only, is something that enslaved Haitians once made for their masters but weren’t allowed to eat themselves. Today it serves as a symbol of revolution, freedom, and independence. —Steve Kiviat
when he and his wife, Tamara, pooled their finances to purchase a former Italian and Salvadoran restaurant in Wheaton in 2017. They renamed it Gisele’s Creole Cuisine and hired Haitian-born Chef Ludyne Desir. The restaurant serves oxtail and other Haitian Creole dishes that draw from African, French, Span-
With her dosa stall, Bombay native Priya Ammu wants to bring Washingtonians a taste of what South Indians serve in their homes. She discovered a variety of rice and lentil-based crepes after marrying into a South Indian family. And then, like many others, found inspiration in America’s original build-a-bowl company. “When Chipotle first opened, I was just stunned,” she says. “Everyone gives them a bad rap. But on a good day, it's really good. On a bad day it’s terrible. I noticed what they were doing with tortillas and thought, ‘Why can’t we do this with dosa?’” The thought simmered on Ammu’s back burner until she was itching for an encore career after quitting a catering job to raise three daughters and, eventually, getting a divorce. She started small, selling chutneys at farmers markets. Then she entered a StartUp Kitchen contest in 2012 and won, giving her the confidence to approach Whole Foods and set up a station at the Foggy Bottom location in 2013. Fast forward and you’ll now find Ammu in Union Market selling dosas and uttapams. An uttapam is a thicker, spongier pancake made from fermented rice and white lentils that’s reminiscent of Ethiopian injera in terms of tang and texture. Try one, or Ammu’s favorite, the mung lentil dosa made from lentils that are soaked with their skins intact, making it more nutritious. Customers must select a filling for each dosa or uttapam order. There’s the traditional curry potatoes and two more experimental options: eggplant and sweet potatoes with tamarind, and a medley of roasted vegetables brightened by ginger and onion. “Overbearing Indians come in saying, ‘That’s not a dosa filling,’ and I’m like, ‘We have the potatoes!’” Ammu explains. “Then they’ll go off and write something nasty. I get really angry and then my daughters have to calm me down.” The eggplant filling would more commonly be served with rice. “Food is extremely powerful and it draws out the best and worst in people… The best is when people say, ‘This reminds me of what I had growing
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Moby Dick House of Kabob
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up.’ It connects you back to where you were.” —Laura Hayes
Moby Dick House of Kabob Multiple locations; (202) 544-1500; mobyskabob.com
Moby Dick has become so ingrained in D.C. culture over 30 years, going back always feels like a taste of home. There was a time, though, when its Iranian founder wasn’t grilling kabobs and putting out buttery rice. The first Moby Dick, located in Bethesda, was originally an American diner. It later evolved to serve Persian food after Mike Daryoush built a pita bread oven. For Daryoush, originally from Shiraz in Iran, launching the business included late nights and emergency loans from friends to meet rent. He was “sleeping in the restaurant a few hours—just to get shut eye,” says Alex Momeni, chief development officer for the restaurant. Daryoush died on May 9 at age 66, leaving behind an ever-growing empire that now has 24 outposts from Springfield, Virginia, to Baltimore, and two in the District (Dupont Circle and Georgetown). Grilled chicken and ground beef kabobs are
diners’ favorites, Momeni says, along with the garlicky hummus. Pita bread in hand, also try their kashk bademjan—a creamy mix of eggplant topped with caramelized onions. In a city witnessing a dizzying torrent of new fast casual restaurants, Moby Dick remains a no-frills refuge, where not much has changed, and for good reason. Kabobs and rice—with a dab of butter for good measure—still come alongside a familiar cup of yogurt and a tasty broiled tomato. Momeni says the restaurant is considering all options for expansion, including the potential for making consumer packaged items. He says that Daryoush started the restaurant to tell a story about his homeland. “That story wasn’t told yet in the [U.S.],” he says. “Even today, the sky’s the limit for Persian cuisine.” —Cuneyt Dil
Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly
5268-H, Nicholson Lane, Rockville, Md.; (240) 669-4383; kuyajas.com There’s something to be said for focusing on one thing and perfecting it. That’s what Javier Fernandez did with lechon, a specialty of his home island of Cebu in the Philippines.
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He roasts pork belly wrapped around lemongrass, green onions, garlic, and pineapple low and slow until the skin is a smooth mahogany brown. The glassy exterior crackles when you bite into it, revealing belly fat that melts away and tender meat. The taste suggests Fernandez spent a lifetime becoming an expert. Not so. Fernandez moved to the U.S. in 1991 at age 7. He eventually landed in the D.C. area, enrolled at L’Academie de Cuisine, and embarked on a culinary career that included stints at Michel Richard’s Michel, La Chaumiere, and MET Bethesda. He always cooked the foods of other cultures, never his own. But around 2013, he became interested in his culinary roots. He spent a year obsessing over his lechon recipe, determining the perfect timing and temperature. Then he began posting pictures on Instagram, which lead to catering gigs and weekend pop-ups at his sister’s Rockville wholesale bakery, Gwenie’s Pastries. Feeling confident, Fernandez opened Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly last spring. No visit is complete without the namesake dish, which goes best with garlic rice and atsara, a sweet and tangy pickled ginger and papaya salad. More adventurous diners should also sample the sisig, a tip-to-tail stir fry with head cheese, ears, snout, and chicharrones. Through October, Washingtonians can also try Fernandez’s food in Navy Yard, where he’ll have a stall at Smorgasburg selling chicken inasal on Saturdays. The Filipino dish analogous to Jamaican jerk chicken is made by marinating legs and thighs in coconut vinegar, lemongrass, and garlic, and then smoking them. —Nevin Martell
Mikko
1636 R St. NW; (202) 525-3919; chefmikko.com Born in 1969 in the Finnish municipality of Pyhtää, Mikko Kosonen credits his mother with encouraging his interest in cooking, starting with baked goods such as the cardamom buns and rye bread that he still makes fresh each day at his Dupont Circle café. After a childhood summer working at a restaurant owned by his family, Mikko knew he wanted a career in the industry. But military service took him overseas, and he worked as a cook for the Finnish army in the Middle East. Following his service, Kosonen found employment at restaurants throughout Europe before kicking off his career as a chef for diplomats. In 1996 he moved to D.C. to cook for the Swedish ambassador, and one year later became the Finnish ambassador’s chef. Three subsequent ambassadors retained him until Kosonen sought to open his own business. He started with a catering company in 2013, but eventually wanted his own café. When Mikko opened in May 2018, the chef was eager to show diners that there’s more to Nordic food than just herring, with many unique dishes to discover. “I hope they see we have very tasty food in our home country,” he says, describing the food as clean and healthy. “People try things like our gravlax [cured raw salmon] for the first time, and say they would never have tried it anywhere else but they come back for it.” The featured items on Mikko's menu rotate, so oggle the chalkboard displaying daily specials. Kosonen recommends two dishes for customers looking to break into Nordic food. The
first is matjes herring—pickled herring served with potatoes or rye bread, or sometimes cut into small cubes and served with sour cream and onion. The second is a hot dog topped with shrimp skagen. “In Sweden there’s a sausage place on every corner,” he says. “It's the same thing in Finland. It’s typical night food. Adding the shrimp salad makes it a poor man’s surf and turf.” —Anthony Lacey
Ambar
523 8th St. SE; (202) 813-3039; ambarrestaurant.com When Serbian native Ivan Iricanin decided to open Ambar in 2012 on Capitol Hill, he was understandably nervous. Serbian food was not exactly mainstream in D.C. and friends warned the cuisine was too obscure to become popular. But Iricanin persevered. He was determined to open a restaurant that showcased the food and culture of the Balkans, which he felt were known “for war and poverty, not the warmth of the people, or the wonderful cuisine.” He came up with a Serbian small plates concept, and two years into operating he add-
ed an unlimited option where diners could sample as many dishes as desired. Ambar’s popularity skyrocketed after the change. The menu folds in classic Serbian ingredients: kajmak (a dairy product similar to clotted cream), baked beans, stuffed cabbage, roasted beets, and wild mushrooms. The ajvar is a must-order because the smoky, sweet Serbian spread made from red bell pepper, eggplant, and garlic is served at most meals. The other quintessentially Serbian dish at Ambar is the cheese pie. Serbia is known for fresh cheeses and flaky pastries, and the cheese pie combines both. The cheese comes enrobed in crunchy phyllo dough and is plated on a bed of mint-infused yogurt. —Priya Konings
Thanh Son Tofu
Eden Center, 6793 Wilson Blvd., Falls Church, Va.; (703) 534-1202 Eden Center has been a cultural hub for the region’s Vietnamese-American community since 1984, but the clientele is as diverse as the shopping center’s offerings. “The only difference? Foreigners don’t order the des-
sert,” observes Thanh Son Tofu Owner Hanh Trinh. She’s referring to non-Vietnamese people. Similar to D.C.’s embassies, once you’re at Eden Center, it feels like you’re on foreign soil. While her non-Vietnamese customers may not be tempted by three-bean pudding, Trinh feels the restaurant has something for everyone. “We’re known for our tofu, desserts, and smoothies,” she says. “The Vietnamese people, they love the sticky rice. But the foreign people, they should try the fried tofu and the eggrolls, or tofu pudding,” she says. “I want people to know that Vietnamese food is healthy.” Trinh and her family moved to the States from southeast Vietnam in 1991 and opened Thanh Son Tofu in Eden Center in 2004. “Relatives let us borrow the money to start the business,” she explains. “We didn’t have credit yet, when we came to the U.S. It took a few years. Banks didn’t know who we are. We knew if we lose, we lose everything. But we thought maybe we’d survive.” Will Thanh Son Tofu be around for another generation? “We’re doing very well right now, but the lease is up in five years, the rent is expensive, and my mom and dad are getting old,” she says, considering the future. —Elizabeth Tuten
Lapis
1847 Columbia Road NW; (202) 299-9630; lapisdc.com If you arrive at an Afghan household for dinner and qabuli palow is on the table, you know you’re important. Mastering the dish, a rice pilaf cooked with carrots, raisins, and lamb, takes time and effort. The same goes for aushak and mantoo dumplings—the former leek-filled, the latter containing spiced ground beef—which are meticulously crafted by hand. That’s why Shamim Popal made sure to include these dishes on the menu at Lapis, the modern Afghan bistro she owns with her family. “When a guest walks in here, it’s like our house, and we want to take care of you,” she says. When Lapis opened in 2015, Shamim and her husband Zubair were already seasoned restaurateurs. They arrived in the D.C. area with their three children in 1987 after being forced to flee their war-torn home in Afghanistan. “We came with nothing,” Zubair says. “But we never thought things would not happen.” And things did happen. In 2003, the Popals opened Parisian eatery Cafe Bonaparte
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in Georgetown. Next came two more French restaurants: Napoleon Bistro & Lounge (which Lapis replaced) and Malmaison in Georgetown, which recently became The Berliner. French food came easily to the Popals, who have family in Europe, and unlike Afghan cuisine, it was something locals recognized. But in the Popal household, Shamim cooked almost exclusively Afghan dishes, and her family eventually convinced her to take her home cooking public. Drawing on family recipes and adding her own flair, Shamim wrote the menu in a month, and filled it with a range of hearty, fragrant dishes. —Ella Feldman
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Tsehay Ethiopian
3630 Georgia Ave. NW; (202) 808-8952 Selam Gossa insists on importing spices from Ethiopia for her first restaurant in America, Tsehay Ethiopian. She has a special way of obtaining them. “I have a good relationship with people who work for Ethiopian Airlines and the flight comes every day,” she says. “So it’s easy to get it when I need it. I have some coming Friday from two people.” She was just as meticulous about selecting the right injera—the spongy flatbread diners use to scoop up their food. Gossa didn’t want the bread to sit too heavy in the stomach, and she went with Alem Injera made from 100 percent teff in Alexandria. When Gossa is not in the kitchen, her sister, Sara Gossa, is. There’s extra pressure to create memorable meals for diners because the restaurant, which opened in May, is named after the Gossa sisters’ late mother, Tsehay, who was one of 14 children and ran her own café in Addis Ababa. “My mom always had a guest in our house,” Selam explains. “We were four kids, but she usually had eight pepole. She brought in kids whose moms weren’t able to feed them. Sick people, homeless. We’d come home from school to find someone in our beds … She lived all her life for others.” Tsehay died in 2014, two years after Selam moved to the U.S. for a job at The Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City. “I’m upset that I wasn’t able to bury her,” she says. “But I’m very happy to have her name on the restaurant.” The berbere-flavored red lamb stew is her mother’s recipe and features slowly cooked meat to ensure tenderness. Selam recommends the stew, as well as the vegetarian sampler platter featuring a rainbow of generous pinches of red lentils, yellow split peas, cabbage with potatoes and carrots, collard greens, sauteed beets, and salad. Selam’s next step is introducing breakfast at Tsehay, which she plans to do next month. She’ll use recipes from her mother’s café, where the morning meal was especially popular. —Laura Hayes
Sunrise Caribbean
Multiple locations; (202) 291-2949; iamsunrise.com When she moved to the U.S. in 2003, Alisa Pla-
za, owner of Sunrise Caribbean, told herself that she would not cook for a living. “I did that in Trinidad and you don’t have a life when you cook—day and night—a restaurant, it’s no joke.” But she and her husband, Selwyn Mungo, needed to make ends meet and send four children to school, so she returned to the kitchen. Plaza started small, selling roti by the dozen, and today she runs two locations of Sunrise on Georgia Avenue NW. The most recent one opened in April. Plaza also offers catering, teaches cooking classes, and, most weekends in May through September, travels to cook at festivals around the Mid-Atlantic. People tend to think that if they’ve had Jamaican food, they’ve had all Caribbean food, according to Plaza, who insists Trini food is different. Sunrise has the classics, including buss up shut (torn pieces of flaky flatbread used for dipping into various curries), and doubles (two fried bara, or mini flatbreads, filled with curried chickpeas). “People build houses in Trinidad just on doubles,” Plaza says, explaining how ubiquitous vendors of the snack-sized street food are in Trinidad and Tobago. At Sunrise, they’re offered Fridays through Sundays. Try any of the plentiful vegan dishes, but especially the mac and cheese, made with house-made soy- or almond-based “cheese” flavored with nutritional yeast and spices. Specials are offered on Saturdays, including the cornmeal-based coo coo, made with coconut milk, okra, and carrots. It’s served with fish and callaloo (stewed greens and pumpkin with spices). If anything is sold out, ask for another recommendation, and always pair a meal with house-made sorrel, a spiced hibiscus drink. —Kara Elder
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Thamee
1320 H St. NE; (202) 750-6529, thamee.com On any given night at Thamee, the District’s new Burmese restaurant, there will be a chef, manager, bartender, or server with an immigrant story to tell. Seven out of 11 kitchen employees are immigrants, including two resettled refugees from Afghanistan. Nine of 13 dining room staff are immigrants or first-generation Americans. “We want to be welcoming to everyone—that’s always been our intention,” says co-owner Simone Jacobson. The kitchen at Thamee, which in Burmese means daughter, is helmed by Jacobson’s
mother Jocelyn Law-Yone. Many of the dishes on the menu were inspired by Law-Yone’s early childhood in Rangoon, Burma, (today Yangon, Myanmar). Thamee’s third proprietor, Eric Wang, is also an immigrant. He hails from Taiwan by way of Japan. “My hospitality is not trained or learned, it comes from the heart,” Law-Yone says. “I think we all came to this [restaurant] with a lot of strong food memories, and only love can create and inspire that.” Thamee’s menu spans a range of Burmese noodles, salads, and curries, including meeshay—a pork udon noodle dish that’s mixed table-side with cilantro, fresh-picked cherry tomatoes, mustard greens, and fermented tofu.
It’s a customer favorite, and a dish that bursts with rich and bold flavors. But if there’s one plate in high demand right now, it’s the catfish “hash brown” on the weekend brunch menu. It resembles a McDonald’s hash brown but instead of being greasy and salty, it’s filled with fresh, flaky fish, grilled to golden-brown inside a banana leaf and served with heirloom tomato salad and fried eggs. “In Burma, breakfast, or brunch, or whatever your first meal of the day is, is the most important,” she explains. “So, if you really think about it, our brunch should be our standout service because we’re serving the most traditional and omnipresent food from there.” —Tim Ebner
Taco City DC
1102 8th St. SE; (202) 629-4012; tacocitydc.com Peer into many a kitchen in D.C., and you’ll see Salvadorans rolling sushi, stirring Thai curries, finely chopping steak tartare, and in the case of Taco City DC, cooking street tacos. That’s because D.C.’s largest immigrant population comes from El Salvador. Chef Francisco Ferrufino came to D.C. from San Miguel in 2007 when he was 17 years old. “I came on a Wednesday, and on Thursday I was already washing dishes,” he says. “That’s the way I started.” Now Ferrufino, who previously worked as the executive chef of Meridian Pint, coowns Taco City with fellow Salvadoran Juan Jimenez. The pair met when Jimenez, who came to D.C. from La Unión in 1984, was bartending at Oyamel. Ferrufino would visit for late night margaritas. They shared a dream of serving Mexican tacos and small plates. “We’re not from Mexico, but we love the culture,” Jimenez says, noting they had “recipe helpers” from Mexico City and Puebla. No meal is complete without an order of esquites. “It’s sauteed street corn just like in Mexico City, where food trucks sell esquites in little bowls with a spoon,” he says. Think of it like elote, but off the cob. Taco City tops the kernels with pequin and guajillo peppers, queso fresco, mayo, lime, and crema. Of the 12 available tacos, don’t skip the carnitas. Ferrufino takes care that the pork isn’t too fatty and cuts the richness with housemade salsa verde. Pork rinds sit atop the taco for some crunch. The restaurant makes its own corn tortillas. Jimenez is a veteran of ThinkFoodGroup, a restaurant company that’s now synonymous with one of the District’s most heralded immigrants, José Andrés. After working for the restaurant group, and later for Richard Sandoval, Jimenez said, “Let me bring D.C. one of my own.” —Laura Hayes
Stable
1324 H St. NE; (202) 733-4604; stabledc.com Though Stable on H Street NE only serves clas-
sic Swiss food, the restaurant’s backstory is decidedly international. General Manager Silvan Kraemer and Chef David Fritsche grew up in Switzerland, but their friendship began when they were working in restaurants in Dubai in the early 2000s. After stints working in Ireland and New York, they landed in D.C. Years of working for others found the pair looking to set up a place of their own, and though they initially toyed with the idea of modern American cuisine, they decided on Swiss. Most Americans’ ideas of Swiss cuisine begin and end at fondue, but there’s a lot more to it. As Fritsche explains, “Swiss food is the crossroads between our neighboring countries.” He points to Italy, France, Germany, and Austria. That said, Stable’s fondue is a must-try, especially in the winter. For brunch, a favorite Swiss breakfast offering is berner rösti, a fritter-like, grated potato dish topped with bacon, gruyere, and a fried egg. If Swiss food only seems appropriate to eat in the Alpine-esque dead of winter, think again. Stable changes the menu seasonally, and for summer they have choices like a whole branzino baked in a salt crust, and “schnapsicals,” or frozen sticks of pureed fruit dunked in a glass of wine and schnaps, which showcase the restaurant’s healthy selection of the boozy Swiss distilled beverage. —Stephanie Rudig
Mama’s Pizza Kitchen
2028 Martin Luther King Jr Ave. SE; (202) 678-6262; mamaspizzatogo.com Musa Ulusan and Fatima Nayir were no strangers to the restaurant industry when the husband-and-wife team opened the doors of Mama’s Pizza Kitchen eight years ago. Before enlisting their daughter to paint “cooked with love” on the wall and opening the family restaurant in Anacostia, Ulusan owned a string of restaurant ventures from diners to pizza shops in cities spanning from New Orleans to Baltimore. But the couple moved to D.C. to put their three children through school and found careers making pizza, sandwiches, pasta, barbecue, and wings. The pizza joint, known simply as “Mama’s” to its regulars, may not serve the Medditerranean dishes the couple grew up eating in Ankara, Turkey, but Ulusan says staple Turkish ingredients are top of mind when the couple looks to add to the shop’s ever-expanding menu. A true testament to the restaurant’s place at the center of the community came in 2015 when the business faced five robberies in just one year. Ulusan said the break-ins were a major challenge, but neighbors rallied around them by raising money for security equipment, and soon Mama’s Pizza Kitchen was recognizable around the District as word of the fundraiser spread. As their business grows Ulusan said he wants to ensure he only serves top notch food to repay the shop’s loyal customer base. —Liz Provencher washingtoncitypaper.com june 28, 2019 13
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By Kayla Randall The Tomb of the beautiful one remains undiscovered. “The beautiful one” is the apt name for Nefertiti, the iconic ancient Egyptian queen whose face and headdress are universally recognizable. At the National Geographic Museum, Nefertiti is front and center as a featured queen in its Queens of Egypt exhibition. Visitors flock to her bust, one of the most widely known pieces of Egyptian art in the world. Her beauty radiates through the hallways. Queens of Egypt is a love letter to the women of a muchlauded ancient society that endlessly fascinates. “Focusing on the queens, it felt like the right time to do that,” says Kathryn Keane, director of the National Geographic Museum. “We’ve given like 15,000 grants for scientific research since our founding 130 years ago, and some of the recent projects that we’ve funded have been around the queens. There are several tombs that have not been discovered. We don’t know where Nefertiti is, we don’t know what happened to Cleopa-
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The National Geographic Museum pays tribute to the ancient queens of Egypt and the world in which they lived.
tra. There are some mysteries still to be solved around the legacies of the queens of Egypt.” Keane says women were not equal to men in ancient Egypt, and still lived in a patriarchal society. But there were circumstances within the power structures of Egypt, she says—an obsession with keeping power in the family and in the bloodline— that allowed these women to attain power. Egyptian mythology and culture are the throughlines that hold the exhibition together, plopping ancient Egypt down in the District and telling its story from a woman’s perspective. The exhibition focuses on Egypt’s most famous queens, like Nefertiti, Nefertari, Hatshepsut, and Cleopatra, and the harrowing accounts of their lives. Hatshepsut, for example, reigned as the fifth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, ruling Egypt for 22 years. As one of the only women to ever be crowned pharaoh, she was often portrayed with masculine clothing and a false beard—a show of power. The exhibit spans hundreds of years of history, centering on the New Kingdom era of Egypt, primarily from 1539–1075 B.C., with a few objects that date before and after that time period. “We want people to feel like they’re walking into the pages of National Geographic, like they’ve been to Egypt,” says
Fredrik Hiebert, curator of the exhibition and world-voyaging archaeologist-in-residence at the National Geographic Society. The display snakes around the building, leading its audience through eras and queens, from Ahmose-Nefertari to Tiye, and gods and goddesses, from Bastet to Mut. It has the feel of an ancient tomb and makes good on its intended purpose to sweep visitors away. Many of Queens’ 300-plus artifacts come from the collections of the Museo Egizio (which translates to “Egyptian Museum”) in Turin, Italy. The showcase is full of highlights, from perfume stations in which people can smell the sweet scents of blue lotus and cardamom to the immersive 3D tomb experience of Queen Nefertari, complete with glasses. The four statues of the goddess Sekhmet serve as a center of gravity, immovable forces that pull in museumgoers. Hiebert likens the weight of the stunning granodiorite statues to that of a midsize car. The fourth and most complete Sekhmet statue is the heaviest, weighing nearly 6,000 pounds. It’s the only one of the statues with Sekhmet’s solar disk headpiece still perfectly preserved. A structural engineer had to come evaluate the floors to make sure they could support the weight of the Sekhmet statues, says exhibition content specialist Erin Branigan. While the fourth Sekhmet is the heaviest piece in the showcase, one of Branigan’s favorites is tiny: a ring with a gold band and a frog carved from carnelian, a semiprecious stone associated with Sekhmet that naturally occurs in Egypt’s deserts. “Because of its bright orange-red color, carnelian symbolizes the heat of the sun, as well as life and health,” she says. The section of Queens of Egypt that meditates on death and mummification is perhaps the most breathtaking. Find remarkably preserved sarcophagi and sarcophagus fragments in a hall of mirrors, and the real mummified remains of an unidentified person. “For me as the curator, it’s always a challenge to decide, are we going to exhibit human remains or not,” Hiebert says. “We are definitely not trying to exhibit a mummy or mummified knees as some sort of sensationalism. But we will put human remains as part of an exhibition if it’s part of telling the story. To see the wooden sarcophagi and the stone sarcophagi, and then realize those are the houses for this very elaborately wrapped and mummified person, I think it’s incredibly powerful and useful to show that.” Hiebert says he is generally not in favor of showing human remains, but for him, this exhibition on ancient Egypt called for greater understanding. “The Egyptians were specifically going through this elaborate array and the reason that they did the mummification was because the body is the epicenter of the whole concept of the afterlife.” An essential belief at this time in ancient Egypt was that a person could not reach the afterlife if their body did not survive,
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TREASURED PLANET Ranjani Shettar: Earth Songs for a Night Sky
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You might know the feeling of being categorized by where you’re from, and what you look like, instead of who you are, and how you see. Per a concise article in the August 2011 issue of Vogue India, while sculptor Ranjani Shettar was “happy to have her work described as ‘Indian,’ she is wary of being defined by her nationality.” Shettar told writer Allie Biswas, “I don’t believe in putting artists together just because they are from India.” Now on view at the Phillips Collection, the seven new works of sculpture in Ranjani Shettar: Earth Songs for a Night Sky consciously respond to two European titans of abstraction who were painting 100 years ago, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Sharing with Klee and Kandinsky a visible spirituality refracted through their respective cultures and centuries, Shettar grounds her imaginative sculptures in organic materials crafted into shapes that evoke nature. Her latest project was created for the museum’s Intersections series of contemporary art projects that interact with its architecture and permanent collection, currently in its 10th year. Displayed in two rooms and the staircase of the museum’s Phillips House building, this delightfully felt, stubbornly lovely exhibition is musically composed of three parts. Carved teak wood sculptures exist at eye height, hung from the ceiling or attached to walls. A multipiece work made of stainless steel, muslin fabric, tamarind seed glue, and indigo pigment wraps around the wall dividing the two rooms. And a sherbet-colored thread-wax installation stretches like a web across one corner of a room. Teak is known historically as a seafaring wood prized for its strength, a tropical rainforest tree dependent on monsoon rains and many years of patience to harvest, according to WOOD Magazine’s materials guide. A sizable sculpture of teak wood and lacquered wood, “Smoke rings” (2018) dominates the staircase. While smoke rings from a pipe are an unhealthy epicurean activity associated more with men, the glossy red beads lining the inside of the rings put one in mind of women’s experiences. “From under and above” (2018) is a floating, half-illuminated zigzag of smooth carved teak, suspended in midair and aglow on its left-facing surfaces from the museum’s angled lighting to the right. This sculpture’s abstract scribble of a melody, granted the solidity of wood, casts a real shadow. The exhibition’s soaring steel-and-fabric centerpiece, “Monsoon” (2018–19), covers both sides of the interior wall. Painted with 16 june 28, 2019 washingtoncitypaper.com
“Smoke rings” by Ranjani Shettar (2018)
“Monsoon” by Ranjani Shettar (2018–19)
indigo, it’s reminiscent of splashing raindrops that then variously become flowers, feathers, and vertebrae. In watery hues of blue and white, the sculpture is lush with the promise of life. The last part of Shettar’s exhibition is “Mohana” (2019), an enchanting installation of beeswax bits in shades from lemon to raspberry and equally polychromatic segments of thread. Like a net that catches ideas and connects them, it’s an appealing rendering of a creative mind. “Mohana” is the only work in the show titled for neither a phenomenon in nature nor an abstraction. It’s named for a person, as the word is a first
name for girls in India. Interspersed with her art are at least two of Klee’s late paintings and Kandinsky’s 20th century book Klänge (Sounds), all from the permanent collection. Though underrepresented in the art world, women artists from South Asia are making their names. Shettar, who is represented by the Talwar Gallery, has exhibited in the United States from New York to San Francisco. She was born in 1977 and educated at art school in the megacity of Bangalore, recently renamed Bengaluru. She now lives and works in the remote Shimoga district of the same state of Karnataka in southern India, not far from the Arabian Sea, surrounded by “the jungle and the sky.” She describes her creative process as a hands-on exploration of materials. It begins with an image in her mind, projected over the material. It grows slowly. In a discussion with Intersections founder Vesela Sretenović, the senior curator of modern and contemporary art at the Phillips, posted on the museum’s blog, Shettar says, “Of course, there are so many things that are not right in this world and I do want to take them into account, but I am a person full of hope and I want to emphasize the state of hopefulness and the positive aspect of things.” —Diana Michele Yap 1600 21st St. NW. $10–$12. (202) 387-2151. phillipscollection.org.
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THE WORD OF GODS Pantheon
Devised and performed by Happenstance Theater At Joe’s Movement Emporium to July 1 A phAlAnx of workers, male and female, walking in a stylized manner recalling Fritz Lang’s 1927science fiction classic Metropolis cross the stage dressed in light blue coveralls. Their attire evokes Works Progress Administration murals and posters that extolled the heroism of America’s industrial workers during the New Deal. One kicks off the action with an address to the audience: “O, workers, destroyers and builders of the Earth, we must begin again.” This may seem like an anachronistic way to open Happenstance Theater’s latest collaboratively devised show. The title, Pantheon, literally translated, means “All the Gods.” The 75-minute cabaret does not quite present every god of Greek mythology, let alone every myth, but it is an intriguing anthology told through physical comedy, visual gags, and song. The Judgement of Paris turns into a musical number featuring a trio of goddesses—Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite (Sabrina Mandell, Gwen Grastorf, and Sarah Olmsted Thomas)—singing the original song “Pick Me.” The tale of Phaethon (Alex Vernon) and his father, the sun god Helios (Thomas, dressed as an aviatrix), begins in workaday comedy and ends in a tragedy of near cosmic proportions. Thomas’ Helios moves gracefully from one sculpted, almost geometric, pose to another. All the while, the workers provide slapstick interludes, or mime precise assembly line ensemble pieces. The most extended narrative thread is based on the myth of Orpheus (Grastorf, in a flamboyant white suit) and Eurydice (Thomas), in which the musical son of Apollo journeys into the underworld to rescue his wife and return her to the land of the living. In the descent, Orpheus encounters Charon (Mark Jaster), the boatman of the River Styx. (The understated detail in the ferryman’s work will entrance students of mime.) In another episode, Mandell and Thomas portray a ridiculous pair of sphinxes blocking entry to the underworld. Perched on ladders, they groom themselves furiously and move lifted legs as if they were tails, posing riddles to all who would pass. Another sequence that may owe more to Dante’s Inferno than the Hades of classical mythology uses Alex Vernon’s shadow puppetry to portray tortures and
punishments. All the while Grastorf has the opportunity to sing original songs as well as standards from the Great American Songbook––it’s enough to charm even Cerberus, the threeheaded dog of Hades. Happenstance’s musical collaborator this time around is Craig Jaster, a composer, songwriter, and the brother of Happenstance artistic co-director Mark Jaster. From his spot downstage, he switches from piano, to drum kit, to bass, to accordion with ease. At one point, he plays right hand figures on the keys while brushing the cymbals with his left and hitting the highhat pedal with his foot, essentially becoming a rhythm section unto himself, while his scat-singing sounds like a muted trumpet. At other times, the other performers fill out the band. The range of his compositions run from the satirical “Song of Tiresias” about the blind, gender-switching prophet, to the percussion accompaniment to the industrial ensemble pieces. But what of the workers, the mortals who are so often subject of the Olympians’ whims and lusts? Those who labor down below as the elites of Metropolis luxuriate? And with the Three Fates (Grastorf, Mandell, and Thomas) portrayed as wise-cracking garment district seamstresses, is it unreasonable to ask if
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the gods of the natural world who work to keep the world turning are not laborers themselves? Étienne Decroux, one of the master mime theorists and pedagogues with whom Mark Jaster trained, often drew inspiration from his observations of physical labor. Perhaps it is as simple as the laborers who keep the world’s “deus ex machina” in working order; the use of cranes and trapdoors in the ancient Greek theater inspired the term. Even as their fortunes rise and fall due to divine folly, the constant rearrangement of a few simple props (a couple of folding step-ladders and a plank, a sheet), transform the otherwise bare stage of Joe’s Movement Emporium into this fantastic world. Much as the world can be imagined as a collaboration between human effort and cosmic forces, Happenstance’s extraordinary spectacles are about the collaborators working upon the imaginative ideas that came before them. —Ian Thal
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FILMSHORT SUBJECTS
SAD SONG Yesterday
Directed by Danny Boyle If The BeaTles were to debut today, would they still be the worldwide phenomenon they once were? That’s the question many aging, white Boomers have asked themselves to stave off the anxiety of their cultural irrelevance. Few have the audacity to project that anxiety on a giant screen for the world to see, but the creators of Yesterday are an audacious bunch. Yesterday is a fun thought experiment minus the thought. Or much fun. It opens on a stale rom-com premise: Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is a vaguely talented but wildly unpopular singer-songwriter whose fading dreams of stardom are propped up only by the doeeyed enthusiasm of his adorable friend/manager Ellie (Lily James). They have been friends since high school, and everyone wonders why their relationship has never evolved into something more. No bonus points for guessing if they get together by the end. Their inevitable romantic hook-up is put on hold, however, when a worldwide blackout and a chance meeting between Jack and the front end of a city bus somehow causes an alternate reality in which The Beatles have never existed. Jack is the only one who remembers them. Desperate for the stardom to which he feels entitled, he performs their songs as his own, drawing the attention of Ed Sheeran (playing himself adequately), who puts him on as his opening act on a global tour. It’s a novel idea—and since Hollywood has so few of those these days, that’s no small compliment—but screenwriter Richard Curtis and director Danny Boyle seem intent on exploring its most uninteresting angles. I liked an early sequence when Jack debuts his “new songs” for friends and then the public, only for no one to recognize their brilliance. This sequence speaks a vital truth
about The Beatles: The songs were great, but the personalities of the band were equally as crucial to their success. Disappointingly, the script quickly abandons this avenue and decides the songs were enough. Despite having a fraction of the group’s charisma, Jack becomes a worldwide sensation. It’s a bland approach, but there are some idiosyncratic flourishes scattered throughout. A marketing meeting in which Jack’s record label execs profoundly misunderstand the appeal of the music is good for a chuckle. A running subplot involving two peripheral characters who seem to be onto Jack’s ruse ends in a delightfully hopeful way. Then there’s Kate McKinnon, who shows up as an uber-cynical music manager and, for a few minutes, imbues the film with her gonzo-deadpan energy. But underneath the gimmicks and the occasional flights of creative fancy is just a painfully traditional music biopic. Jack’s arc, in which he rises to stardom, struggles with fame, forgets his friends, and eventually finds them again, is painfully similar to that which we have seen in Ray, Bohemian Rhapsody, or this year’s Rocketman. The only difference is that we don’t know Jack, and we don’t care about him either. The songs are great, but we’re never invested in the character. The only place where Yesterday proves to be clever is in its casting. Himesh Patel is not quite a star-in-the-making. He has a lovely singing voice and a modicum of charm, but simply casting an actor of Indian descent in such a role is a progressive statement in a post-Brexit world. The Beatles are many things to many people, but surely to some fools, they are icons of an England that was better because it was whiter. In the fantasy world of this film, their songs are spun from the vocal cords of a brown person. This shrewd creative choice, so out of step with the rest of this vanilla film, could even be read as a pointed bit of self-critique: Maybe yesterday wasn’t so great after all. —Noah Gittell Yesterday opens Friday in theaters everywhere.
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MUSICDISCOGRAPHY
WILD FLOWERS In the Wild
Hope Udobi District Company ThirTy-Three-year-old d.C. pianisT Hope Udobi belongs to a generation of musicians, raised on hip-hop, electronica, and indie rock, that has brought new life to jazz fusion in this decade. Unlike many of his peers in that generation, Udobi buys into the first fusion wave’s vocabulary of long, careening lines and dense textures. On the other hand, he is dead set against the dissipation that ultimately ruined the likes of Return to Forever and Weather Report. In the Wild, Udobi’s debut album, is stacked with satisfying original tunes that stand as bulwarks against such self-indulgence. That description sounds like smooth jazz. Udobi never lets himself, or the listener, off that easily. The steady rolling groove and conversational, guitar-and-synth lyricism of “Lost,” for example, accompany a weird harmonic progression that the keyboardist makes even weirder with an ersatz electric organ timbre and pitch bends. (He switches to a Fender Rhodes for a virtuoso improvisation, preceded by a blistering Jonathan Epley guitar solo.) Its basic funk groove also appears on album opener “The Beginning of the End,” in the form of a standard-issue funk lick from Charles Wilson, soon joined by an insistent one-note poke from bassist Mikel Combs. Trumpeter Theljon Allen and tenor saxophonist Elijah Easton’s simple joint riff brings with it a dark swirl of piano and synths. They anchor an ominous and complex solo from Easton, which Allen takes
over at its climax—bringing with him new layers of spooky electronics—and makes even more elaborate. The title track, meanwhile, has a simple progression and a melodic motif that Udobi plays with classical piano mannerisms, and gymnastic horn extensions from the melody and a hyper-syncopated drum and bass rhythm, as well as a paint-peeling solo from Allen. In short, it’s uncompromising, heady stuff, both compositionally and improvisationally, which makes it no compromise at all to put an alluring entryway on each piece. It’s hard to overstate the immediate staying power of the main motif of “In the Wild.” “Spiral” and “Wonderland” both offer disorienting 5/4 meters (breakneck in the former case, graceful but puzzling in the latter) that Udobi ornaments with hooks. “Spiral” plays up its dizziness with a funky piano line, both swaggering and uncertain, and filters into Udobi’s astonishing long solo. The beginning of “Wonderland,” meanwhile, is all prettiness and (apparently) delicate steps, shaped into a kind of ruptured waltz feel. Its emotional payload gradually becomes more fraught, especially when Udobi’s synths and Epley’s guitar enter the mix, ending in a kind of yawning sonic chasm—a trap laid with winsome bait. Then there’s “Love and War,” the peaceful, fragile tune that in another, instrumental-friendlier era might have been a hit song. It’s a beautiful, warm melody with reverb suggesting distance, like a faraway mirage that’s forever out of reach. Easton adds a resplendent, warm tenor solo, but it’s an oasis in the middle of long, electronic drones that in the end dissolve into a burst of musique concrète. Fusion struggled to balance experimentalism with listenability on its first go-round; 40 years later, Udobi has solved the puzzle. —Michael J. West
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Tribute & Indie Dance Classics with DJs Ozker and Keenan Orr • Visuals by Robin Bell ...................F 2
feat. DJs Freshly Breemed, Hav Mercy, Dylan The Gypsy, All Homage, Mista Selecta • Live Music by CCB • Hosted by Walk Like Walt..........F 5
The Faint w/ Ritual Howls & Closeness .......Sa 3 Tuxedo
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 Yeasayer w/ Steady Holiday ......F 12 BENT: Back with a Bang
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Neurosis w/ Bell Witch & DEAFKIDS .............F 9 Sonic Youth: 30 Years of Daydream Nation Screening
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DC Music Rocks Festival feat. The Eli Lev Collective with special
Yuna w/ Skylar Stecker .............Tu 16 Beyoncé vs Rihanna Summer Dance Party ...............F 19 Hot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party
guest Jarreau Williams, More AM Than FM, Sub-Radio, Iza Flo, Los Empresarios ......Sa 17
with DJs Will Eastman and Ozker • Visuals by Kylos ......................Sa 20
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G Jones w/ Ivy Lab & tiedye ky .................F 26
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Helado Negro w/ August Eve .. F JUN 28 Holy Ghost! w/ Nation of Language .Sa 29 Koe Wetzel w/ Chris Colston ....F JUL 12 Operators w/ Doomsquad .............Sa 13 Mystery Skulls w/ Phangs & Snowblood ..................Su 14
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 Ticketmaster • For full lineup & more info, visit merriweathermusic.com • impconcerts.com * Presented by Live Nation
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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 (performing Enema of the State in its entirety) & Lil Wayne * w/ Neck Deep ........................................................................................................... JULY 21
Amyl and The Sniffers w/ Heavy Breathing .......................Tu 16 Cayucas ..................................Th 18 Summer Salt w/ Dante Elephant & Motel Radio .......Su 21 Nilüfer Yanya w/ Pixx & Lucy Lu .....W 24
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The Waterboys ..................... SEP 22 Puddles Pity Party Adam Ant: Friend or Foe .... SEP 23 w/ Dina Martina ................................ OCT 31 Cat Power w/ Arsun ................... SEP 25 Angel Olsen w/ Vagabon ............NOV 1 • thelincolndc.com • U Street (Green/Yellow) stop across the street!
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CITYLIST
PRÓXIMA PARADA & THE CHORDAES
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Music
CITY LIGHTS: FRIDAY
FRIDAY
FRIDAY, JULY 19
CLASSICAL
9:30PM $12/$15/$20
KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: A Judy Garland Celebration. 8 p.m. $24–$99. kennedy-center.org.
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COUNTRY
UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. The Mosley Brothers & Old Town Flood. 5 p.m. Free. unionstage.com.
ELECTRONIC
FLASH 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. tINI. 8 p.m. $8–$15. flashdc.com. SOUNDCHECK 1420 K St. NW. (202) 789-5429. Super8 & Tab, Ruben De Ronde, and Rodg. 10 p.m. $15–20. soundcheckdc.com. STATE THEATRE 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church. (703) 237-0300. Sound Tribe Sector 9. midnight $50. thestatetheatre.com.
FOLK
DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Cigarette. 7 p.m. $12. dcnine.com. THE HAMILTON 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. Livingston Taylor. 6:30 p.m. $24.75–$49.75. thehamiltondc.com. HILL COUNTRY LIVE 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. Sam Burchfield. 9 p.m. $12–$30. hillcountrywdc.com. U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889. Helado Negro. 7 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.
FUNK & R&B
BETHESDA BLUES & JAZZ 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. En Vogue. 8 p.m. $79.50– $94.50. bethesdabluesjazz.com. CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. YahZarah. 6 p.m. $25–$32. citywinery.com. SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Funsho. 7 p.m. $15. songbyrddc.com.
HIP-HOP
FILLMORE SILVER SPRING 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Rich The Kid. 8 p.m. $27.50. fillmoresilverspring.com.
JAZZ
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. (888) 9452468. Navy Band Commodores Free. cfa.gmu.edu. TWINS JAZZ 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Michael Thomas Quintet. 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.
POP
DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Cigarette. 7:30 p.m. $12. dcnine.com. KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: 50 Years Over the Rainbow. 8 p.m. $24–$99. kennedy-center.org.
ROCK
EN VOGUE
For listeners of a certain age and inclination, the early- to mid-’90s were defined by a slate of R&B girl groups. Along with TLC, SWV, and Destiny’s Child, there was En Vogue—the group with strong voices, even stronger harmonies, and a versatile R&B sound. The group has leapt from the new jack swing of “Hold On” and “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” to antiprejudice rock&B anthem “Free Your Mind,” collaborated with Salt-N-Pepa on “Whatta Man,” and went for it on the epic ballad “Don’t Let Go (Love).” En Vogue did it all. And—through a few lineup changes—they’ve kept doing it, returning last year for the old school-meets-new school album Electric Café, which features production from new jack OGs Raphael Saadiq and Foster & McElroy. Expect to hear a few cuts from that album as founders Cindy Herron-Braggs and Terry Ellis (plus longtime member Rhona Bennett) prove that EV3 is 4EVA. En Vogue perform at 8 p.m. at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. $79.50–$94.50. (240) 330-4500. bethesdabluesjazz.com. —Chris Kelly
JAMMIN JAVA 227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 2551566. The Fabulous Dialtones. 6:30 p.m. $20–$25. jamminjava.com.
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic: Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. 8 p.m. theclarice.umd.edu.
ROCK & ROLL HOTEL 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625. Chute. 8 p.m. $12–$15. rockandrollhoteldc.com.
KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: A Judy Garland Celebration. 8 p.m. $24–$99. kennedy-center.org.
SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Casual Hex. 8:30 p.m. Free. songbyrddc.com.
MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. Soulful Symphony. 6:30 p.m. $25–$67. merriweathermusic.com.
STUDIO THEATRE 1501 14th St. NW. (202) 332-3300. Diana Oh. 8 p.m. $20. studiotheatre.org.
WORLD
9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Jawbox. 9 p.m. $28. 930.com.
BOSSA BISTRO 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088. Izabella Rocha & Rafael Pondé. 8 p.m. $16–$20. bossadc.com.
CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Dan Baird & Homemade Sin. 6 p.m. $18–$20. citywinery. com.
SATURDAY
GYPSY SALLY’S 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. The Allman Others Band & The Cactus Liquors. 7 p.m. $14– $16. gypsysallys.com.
CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. (301) 405-2787.
CLASSICAL
COUNTRY HILL COUNTRY LIVE 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. The High and Wides. 9:30 p.m. $5. hillcountrywdc. com. SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL National Mall between 14th and 12th streets NW. DC Bluegrass Union. 2 p.m. Free. festival.si.edu.
ELECTRONIC FLASH 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. SünDown, Tep No, and Topher Leon. 4 p.m. $10–$15. flashdc.com.
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6/28 FRI SAM BURCHFIELD $12/$30 6/29 SAT THE HIGH AND WIDES $5 7/5 FRI THE NATIVE HOWL $10/$13 7/6 SAT RED, WHITE AND COUNTRY HOLIDAY SHOW $5 7/11 THU CHRIS WILCOX & THE BOYS, HUMAN RESOURCE $5 7/12 FRI CHESTNUT GROVE $5 7/13 SAT SKYDOG: TRIBUTE TO THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND $12/$15 7/19 FRI PRÓXIMA PARADA & THE CHORDAES $12/$20 7/20 SAT QUIET HOLLERS $12/$15 7/21 SUN JOE ROBINSON $12/$15 7/25 THU THE BOTTOM RUNG $10/$12 7/26 FRI CRAWFORD & POWER $5 7/27 SAT JONNY GRAVE (W/BAND) $5 8/1 THU JAMES STEINLE & JULIET MCCONKEY $12 8/2 FRI LEFT LANE CRUISER ALBUM RELEASE PARTY $15 8/8 THU UNSPOKEN TRADITION $10 8/9 FRI DIRTY STREETS $10 8/10 SAT READ SOUTHALL BAND $12/$15 8/16 FRI GILES MCCONKEY + ORANGE CONSTANT $12
HILL COUNTRY BARBECUE MARKET 410 Seventh St, NW • 202.556.2050 HillCountry.com/DC • Twitter @hillcountrylive
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CITY LIGHTS: SATURDAY
ROCK & ROLL HOTEL 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625. Black Dog Prowl. 7:30 p.m. $12–$15. rockandrollhoteldc.com.
ROCK
SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Honest Haloway. 7 p.m. $10. songbyrddc.com.
FILLMORE SILVER SPRING 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Good Charlotte. 8 p.m. $45. fillmoresilverspring.com.
STUDIO THEATRE 1501 14th St. NW. (202) 332-3300. Diana Oh. 8 p.m. $20. studiotheatre.org.
JAMMIN JAVA 227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 2551566. A Tribute to The Traveling Wilburys. 5:30 p.m. $16. jamminjava.com.
WORLD
BOSSA BISTRO 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088. Tumbao y Raul Morel. 10:30 p.m. $5–$10. bossadc.com.
SUNDAY BLUES
THE HILL CENTER. 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (301) 593-4777. Dom Flemons. 4 p.m. $18–$20. hillcenterdc.org.
ELECTRONIC
FLASH 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Acid Pauli. 3 p.m. $10–$25. flashdc.com.
JAZZ
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. (888) 9452468. Navy Band Commodores Free. cfa.gmu.edu. TWINS JAZZ 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Vivian Sessoms. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.
BEST LAID PLANS: DESIGNS FOR A CAPITAL CITY
There was nothing inevitable about the Washington Monument. For most of the mid-1800s, in fact, the Monument was barely a monument at all, but a forlorn, half-finished stump, its incompletion a symbol of the young nation’s struggles to sufficiently memorialize its early heroes. Though everyone agreed that George Washington deserved some sort of memorial, few could agree on what the finished product should look like, or how much should be spent on building it. Architects’ initial proposals for the monument varied widely: a large pyramid, a hunky statue. One Philadelphia man became so obsessed with his proposal to commemorate Washington with a weird, Gothic-style castle that he landed in debtor’s prison. (Sucks to be him!) When the obelisk was completed in 1884, the final product deviated from architect Robert Mills’ original design; he had envisioned a less pointy spire, with a colonnade at its base. For every single great structure in Washington, D.C., there were countless designs not chosen, countless compromises made between conception and completion. From now until Dec. 22, an exhibition called Best Laid Plans: Designs for a Capital City at the George Washington University Museum brings some of these alternate visions into the light. Go and discover some of the monuments that weren’t. The exhibition is on view to Dec. 22 at The George Washington University Museum, 701 21st St. NW. $8. (202) 994-5200. museum.gwu.edu. —Justin Peters
FUNK & R&B
BETHESDA BLUES & JAZZ 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. En Vogue. 8 p.m. $79.50– $94.50. bethesdabluesjazz.com.
TWINS JAZZ 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Michael Thomas Quintet. 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.
POP
CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Terisa Griffin. 6 p.m. $25–$35. citywinery.com.
HOWARD THEATRE 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899. Shanice. 6:30 p.m. $29.50–$35. thehowardtheatre. com.
KENNEDY CENTER EISENHOWER THEATER 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Eric Roberson. 8 p.m. $59. kennedy-center.org.
KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: 50 Years Over the Rainbow. 8 p.m. $24–$99. kennedy-center.org.
HIP-HOP
SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Slingshot Dakota. 8:30 p.m. Free. songbyrddc.com.
COMET PING PONG 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 364-0404. Wifigawd. 10 p.m. $12. cometpingpong. com. DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. XK Scenario. 8:30 p.m. $10. dcnine.com. FILLMORE SILVER SPRING 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Lightshow, Noochie, Olumide, and Reesa Renee. 8 p.m. $25. fillmoresilverspring.com. SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL National Mall between 14th and 12th streets NW. Ruby Ibarra. 6 p.m. Free. festival.si.edu.
JAZZ
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. (888) 9452468. Navy Band Commodores Free. cfa.gmu.edu.
U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889. Holy Ghost!. 7 p.m. $25. ustreetmusichall.com.
ROCK
9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Jawbox. 9 p.m. $28. 930.com. THE ANTHEM 901 Wharf St. SW. (202) 888-0020. Hillsong. 7:30 p.m. $44.50–$250. theanthemdc.com. DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. XK Scenario. 8 p.m. $10. dcnine.com. THE HAMILTON 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. Start Making Sense. 6:30 p.m. $18–$25.50. thehamiltondc.com. JAMMIN JAVA 227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 2551566. Enjoy Incubus. 7 p.m. $15–$25. jamminjava.com.
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POP
DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Chris Urquiaga. 7:30 p.m. $10. dcnine.com. GALAXY HUT 2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 5258646. The Orchid & Koshari. 9 p.m. $5. galaxyhut. com. SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL National Mall between 14th and 12th streets NW. Jourdan and Tarron. 4:20 p.m. Free. festival.si.edu.
CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Geoff Tate. 5:30 p.m. $30–$45. citywinery.com.
SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Don Zientara. 8:30 p.m. Free. songbyrddc.com. VELVET LOUNGE 915 U St. NW. (202) 462-3213. Alberta & Lindsey Buckingham. 8 p.m. $10–$15. velvetloungedc.com. WOLF TRAP FILENE CENTER 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Big Head Todd and the Monsters. 7 p.m. $25–$55. wolftrap.org.
MONDAY GO-GO
CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Crank Jam All Star Band. 6 p.m. $15. citywinery.com.
JAZZ
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. (888) 9452468. Navy Band Commodores Free. cfa.gmu.edu.
POP
CAPITAL ONE ARENA 601 F St. NW. (202) 628-3200. Hugh Jackman. 7 p.m. $41–$900.86. capitalonearena. monumentalsportsnetwork.com. SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Advance Base. 8:30 p.m. Free. songbyrddc.com.
ROCK
KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. True North & Michael W. Smith. 7 p.m. $25–$100. kennedy-center.org.
CITY LIGHTS: SUNDAY
THE LIFE OF ANIMALS IN JAPANESE ART
Before there were Corgi Cons and viral videos of cats using toilet paper, our fascination with animals was communicated through art: haniwa horse sculptures, small ivory ornaments carved with the zodiac animals, and painted screens depicting puppies playing in the snow. These items, among hundreds of others, make up The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, the new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art that celebrates the central role animals have played in Japanese art over time. Drawing from almost 100 American and Japanese art collections, the works on display span centuries of art—from sculptures and scrolls of the 1200s to the polka-dotted dogs of Yayoi Kusama, who art enthusiasts will remember for her stunning Infinity Mirrors display that came to the Hirshhorn back in 2017. Kusama’s dogs are far from the only gems contained in this showcase—many works have never left Japan, and the Japanese government designated seven of the pieces as Important Cultural Property. Catch these masterpieces while you can. The exhibition is on view to Aug. 18 at the National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Free. (202) 737-4215. nga.gov. —Ella Feldman
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. (888) 9452468. Navy Band Commodores Free. cfa.gmu.edu.
CITY LIGHTS: MONDAY
TWINS JAZZ 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Carol Morgan Quartet. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.
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ROCK
COMET PING PONG 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 364-0404. Uranium Club. 9 p.m. $12. cometpingpong.com.
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BOSSA BISTRO 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088. Feedel Band. 8 p.m. bossadc.com.
AMP BY STRATHMORE 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. 47Soul. 9 p.m. $31. ampbystrathmore.com.
SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Melissa Plett. 8 p.m. Free. songbyrddc.com.
FUNK & R&B WOLF TRAP FILENE CENTER 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Earth, Wind & Fire. 8 p.m. $25–$55. wolftrap.org.
JAZZ GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. (888) 9452468. Navy Band Commodores Free. cfa.gmu.edu.
POP COMET PING PONG 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 364-0404. Froth. 9 p.m. $12. cometpingpong.com.
ROCK JAMMIN JAVA 227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 2551566. Them Fantasies, Unsullied, and Flowerbomb. 6:30 p.m. $10–$20. jamminjava.com.
WORLD AMP BY STRATHMORE 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. 47SOUL. 9 p.m. $31. ampbystrathmore.com. BOSSA BISTRO 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088. Sérgio Morais, Márcio Marinho, Henrique Neto, and Valerio Xavier. 7 p.m. $10. bossadc.com.
ELECTRONIC
SOUNDCHECK 1420 K St. NW. (202) 789-5429. Tsuruda. 10 p.m. $10. soundcheckdc.com.
FUNK & R&B
CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. AJ Ghent. 6 p.m. $16–$18. citywinery.com.
GO-GO
BETHESDA BLUES & JAZZ 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Be’la Dona. 8 p.m. $30. bethesdabluesjazz.com. THE HAMILTON 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. Rare Essence featuring Jas Funk. 7 p.m. $29.75– $39.75. thehamiltondc.com. HOWARD THEATRE 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899. Sirius Company featuring Ms. Kim & Scooby. 10 p.m. $25. thehowardtheatre.com.
GOSPEL
KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Sandi Patty. 8 p.m. $25. kennedy-center.org.
JAZZ
CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Antone “Chooky” Caldwell. 6 p.m. $25. citywinery. com.
LEANN RIMES DONNELL RAWLINGS COLBIE CAILLAT feat. GONE WEST Hayley Orrantia “Bustin Loose for Eileen Carson Schatz” with
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. (888) 9452468. Navy Band Commodores Free. cfa.gmu.edu.
COUNTRY
LAUREL CANYON Golden Songs of LA 1966–73
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NEWMYER FLYER PRESENTS
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THE HAMILTON 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. Jonny Grave. 10:30 p.m. Free. thehamiltondc.com.
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WOLF TRAP FILENE CENTER 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Jackson Browne. 8 p.m. $45. wolftrap.org.
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THURSDAY
At first glance, The Evidence Room appears to be a modest space with a few unassuming objects all painted white, but a closer look reveals something much darker. The textured white walls are composed of memos between Nazis and architects, technical details of gas chambers, and floor plans for Auschwitz—the most lethal concentration camp Nazis built during the Holocaust. The unassuming objects turn out to be life-size recreations of architectural elements found in concentration camps: a ladder that leads to a gas hatch, the door to a gas chamber, and a steel-mesh chute used to release poison. Architectural historian Robert Jan van Pelt was an expert witness in a libel case in 2000 which found that, contrary to what a Holocaust denier claimed, Auschwitz was without a doubt created for one purpose: genocide. The Evidence Room draws on the actual evidence used by Jan van Pelt to help win the case, and points to what he calls “the greatest crime ever committed by architects.” The exhibition is haunting, breathtaking, and absolutely deserving of a visit. The exhibition is on view to Sept. 8 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue and 7th Street SW. Free. (202) 633-1000. hirshhorn.si.edu. —Ella Feldman
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JAMMIN JAVA 227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 2551566. Little Tybee. 7 p.m. $15–$25. jamminjava.com.
GYPSY SALLY’S 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. God Street Wine. 6:30 p.m. $28–$35. gypsysallys.com.
THE EVIDENCE ROOM
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1776 THE MUSICAL Andrew and Melissa Baughman co-direct 1776 The Musical, a retelling of the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence’s signing. The cast features Frederick, Maryland elected officials. Weinberg Center for the Arts. 20 West Patrick Street, Frederick. To June 30. $9–$20. (301) 6002828. weinbergcenter.org. BLACKBEARD In this world premiere musical commission at Signature Theatre, set sail with an infamous pirate for a raucous high-seas adventure as Blackbeard and his marauding crew journey across the globe to raise an undead pirate from the sea. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To July 14. $40–$98. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org. BYHALIA, MISSISSPI Evan Linder’s Southern dramacomedy, winner of Chicago’s prestigious Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work in 2016, centers on broke, white young Mississippi couple Jim and Laurel, who, after giving birth to a biracial baby, ignites a fire in their small town. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. 2700 F St. NW. To July 7. $25–$89. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org. THE CAT IN THE HAT Based on the beloved children’s classic by Dr. Seuss, this adaptation of The Cat in the Hat features the use of puppets. Louis Davis stars in the title role, and takes the stage among the puppeteers, who purposefully remain visible to the audience. It is directed by Adam Immerwhar. Adventure Theatre MTC. 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. To Aug. 18. $20. (301) 634-2270. adventuretheatre-mtc.org. CHRONICLES OF AN EMPTY WOMB Chronicles of an Empty Web is a play about the emotional toll of infertility, with the goal of bringing awareness to audiences that infertility is not just a burden on women. This production is part of the D.C. Black Theatre and Arts Festival. Anacostia Arts Center. 1231 Good Hope Road SE. To June 29. $15. (202) 631-6291. anacostiaartscenter.com. DEMERARA GOLD Ingrid Griffith performs alone in this show about a 7-year-old girl left with her two grandmothers in her home of the Caribbean as her parents depart to the United States with their new visas. Her grandmothers pull her into two different worlds; one is a recluse and the other extremely religious. This production is part of the D.C. Black Theatre and Arts Festival. Anacostia Arts Center. 1231 Good Hope Road SE. To June 30. $15. (202) 631-6291. anacostiaartscenter.com. THE DIARY OF AN AFRO GODDESS The Diary of an Afro Goddess is Cherie Danielle’s one-woman show, written and performed in honor of her ancestors. It is directed by Marishka S. Phillips, who has experience acting on Broadway. Danielle has performed to critical acclaim in her hometown of Atlanta, as well
A Benefit Concert featuring
JERRY DOUGLAS, STUART DUNCAN, BELA FLECK, SIERRA HULL, DANNY PAISLEY, & MARK SCHATZ 10 BILLY BOB THORNTON & THE BOXMASTERS 11 PAM TILLIS & LORRIE MORGAN Grits & Glamour Tour
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CITY LIGHTS: WEDNESDAY
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EARTH, WIND & FIRE
My father’s birthday is September 21. When that day rolls around each year, I spend it shouting the opening lines of Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” at him: “Do you remember, the 21st night of September?” Generally, we’re too moody to always get along smoothly, but my dad and I will always have “September.” Because, like it is for so many people across the globe, “September” is our song. The sound of “September” is the kind of joyous funk that forever lifts the spirit. But it’s not just “September.” Earth, Wind & Fire have hits on hits on hits: “Boogie Wonderland,” “Let’s Groove,” “Shining Star,” “Sing a Song,” “Reasons.” The list never ends. The soul-funkR&B group has long made music to get you smiling and shaking, and they are so, so good at it. The sounds of childhood, adulthood, every hood—Earth, Wind & Fire have soundtracked all of our lives in one way or another, whether we realize it or not. Their tunes are eternal, and their sound is as essential to the music world as the elements for which they’re named. Earth, Wind & Fire perform at 8 p.m. at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. $45–$95. (877) 965-3872. wolftrap.org. —Kayla Randall
as the Nuyorician Poets Cafe and the Shabazz Center in Harlem. This production is part of the D.C. Black Theatre and Arts Festival. Anacostia Arts Center. 1231 Good Hope Road SE. To June 29. $15. (202) 631-6291. anacostiaartscenter.com.
about the star actor of a new superhero show who deals with call-out culture while trying to secure a second season for the show. Longacre Lea at Callan Theatre at Catholic University. 3801 Harewood Road NE. To July 2. Free. longacrelea.org.
EVERY BRILLIANT THING A 7-year-old boy’s mother attempts suicide, and thereafter he begins to make a list of wonderful things to live for, including ice cream and the alphabet. Every Brilliant Thing is an audience interactive story about the taboo of depression and perseverance. It is directed by Jason Loewith. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To July 7. $20–$55. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
RICHARD II In this workshop performance of Shakespeare’s Richard II, actors will swap out roles midshow alongside a discussion with audience members about the diversity of casting in shows like this one, and how factors like the gender and race of an actor shape the character. Longacre Lea at Callan Theatre at Catholic University. 3801 Harewood Road NE. To July 1. Free. longacrelea.org.
HELLO, DOLLY! Broadway star Betty Buckley stars in this acclaimed production of Hello, Dolly!, the famous story of strong-willed, independent Dolly Gallagher who traipses across New York to serve as a matchmaker. Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To July 7. $49–$159. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.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. PANTHEON With a live score by guest artist Craig Jaster, the Happenstance quintet takes on ancient Greek mythology in this comedic meditation on the themes of mortality, morality, and meaning. Joe’s Movement Emporium. 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier. To July 1. $17–$23. (301) 699-1819. joesmovement.org. PUNCHING PEOPLE YOU NEVER MET Written by Kathleen Akerley and directed by Solomon Haile Selassie, Punching People You Never Met is a play
RIPCORD Ripcord is a bet-turned-battle between two elderly women who are new roommates in their senior living facility, leading to some deeper revelations. Abby, played by Deb Gottesman, is forced to share her room with the overly cheerful Marilyn, played by Claire Schoonover in this play directed by Megan Thrift. Keegan Theatre. 1742 Church St. NW. To July 6. $24–$50. (202) 265-3767. keegantheatre.com. SHEAR MADNESS Shear Madness is an audienceinteractive crime comedy set in Georgetown about the murder of a pianist who lives in a hair salon. Each show delivers a unique performance based on the audience’s sleuthing. Kennedy Center Theater Lab. 2700 F St. NW. To Sep. 29. $56. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Film
ANNABELLE COMES HOME An evil spirit that resides inside of a doll wreaks havoc on a teenage babysitter
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In conjunction with the must-see exhibition The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, the National Gallery of Art has put together the sprawling, fascinating film series Animals in Japanese Cinema, which runs to July 28. Yes, Godzilla is showing (in a double bill with Mothra on July 5), but the program also features Ran, a 1985 masterpiece from director Akira Kurosawa. Why would a samurai movie that sets King Lear in feudal Japan be featured in a series about animals, you might ask? Because the armor worn by these warriors was inspired by the intimidation and decorative power of ferocious beasts. A war movie like no other, Ran is at once a brutal epic and a profound meditation on aging. Soundtrack composer Toru Takemitsu contributes to its majesty with mournful dirges that go against the grain of bombastic battleground scores and reveal the bitter despair of conflict. The film screens at 1 p.m. at the National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Free. (202) 737-4215. nga.gov. —Pat Padua
CITY LIGHTS: THURSDAY
DINOROARS
Move over, mobs of children in MAGA hats. Life-size dinosaur robots have arrived in Washington, and they’re giving you a run for your money as this summer’s scariest visitors. The dinos are part of the National Zoo’s Dino Summer, a season-long effort to make dinosaurs “unextinct” through interactive, educational programming. There’s a ticketed performance three times a day, but the six animatronic dinosaurs that move, roar, and sometimes spit water, are free to view. Each dino dwells along the National Zoo’s main walkway, and plaques in front of them explain what role they once played in the animal kingdom. Enjoy learning about the quetzalcoatlus and the parasaurolophus, and make sure to catch Uncle Beazley, the celebrity dinosaur model who starred in the 1968 TV special The Enormous Egg. The installation is on view to Aug. 31 at the National Zoo, 3000 Connecticut Ave. NW. Free. (202) 633-4888. nationalzoo.si.edu. —Ella Feldman
and her friend. Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, and Mckenna Grace. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) THE DEAD DON’T DIE When the dead begin rising from their graves, a peaceful small town must battle a horde of zombies. Starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, and Tom Waits. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO In San Francisco, a young man searches for home in the changing landscape. Starring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, and Danny Glover. (See washingtoncitypaper. com for venue information) MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL The galaxy defenders tackle the threat of a mole in the Men in Black organization. Starring Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, and Rebecca Ferguson. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)
SHAFT Shaft Jr. enlists the help of his famous father and great-uncle to unravel the mystery behind the death of his friend. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, and Richard Roundtree. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) TOY STORY 4 When Woody and the rest of the toy gang embark on a journey, he runs into old friend Bo Peep and tries to parse out exactly what it is he wants to get out of life as a toy. Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Annie Potts. (See washingtoncitypaper. com for venue information) YESTERDAY When a struggling musician wakes up in an alternate universe, he discovers that he’s the only person on Earth who remembers The Beatles and their music. Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, and Sophia Di Martino. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)
I’m a single gay guy in my late 30s. I’m quite introverted and a bit shy, yet I have a big sexual drive and a rich libido. I’ve always found the gay scene overwhelming, and my several attempts at online dating were not very successful. I feel my quiet ways tend to put people off and I hardly ever get the chance to show my more playful or crazy sides, as it takes me a bit to feel comfortable to show those. Whenever I was able to, my partners were usually pleasantly surprised and we could enjoy plenty of fun, but I can count these occasions on the fingers of one hand. I feel most guys just stop at my gentle disposition and assume I must be a bit boring if not a prude altogether. Turns out I actually have quite a few kinks—bondage being one of them—but so far I have hardly been able to explore them with a partner. Often those drawn to me haven’t really been of the sexually adventurous kind. By my looks I don’t really fit into any of the “tribes” that a lot of gay men identify with. Part of me doesn’t care, but at the same time I find myself on the outside looking in when searching for a nice guy for a date or more. Would you have any kind of advice to crack this shell of mine open? —Always Looked Over, Never Embraced Next time you find yourself on the outside looking in, ALONE, take a moment to look around. Because that small scrum of guys who fit neatly into whatever gay tribe happens to be dominating the bar/ pool/whatever—the guys on the inside looking at themselves or looking at their phones or looking at themselves on their phones—are usually surrounded by a much larger group of guys who don’t fit neatly into that particular tribe or any other obvious tribe. And if the guys looking longingly at the easy-and-obvious tribe would look around, they’d see a whole lot of guys like them—guys who might be feeling a little awkward or out of place, guys who are attractive in perhaps less conventional or immediately apparent ways, guys with hidden depths, etc. In other words, ALONE, guys like you. And speaking of guys like you, did you know you have a motherfucking superpower that makes you a member of all gay tribes and your own unique tribe? “Bondage is the great unifier among kinksters,” said Joshua Boyd, a gay bondage “enthusiast,” as they say, in his mid-30s who lives and ties in the Seattle area. “Bondage guys are from all walks of life, and they range from twinks to muscle guys to bears, cubs, jocks, and average Joes.” So just as you’ll find gay guys in every race, ethnic group, economic class, faith community, etc., bondage guys can be found in every gay tribe and bondage guys make up their own unique tribe. “ALONE should put any search for a longterm relationship on hold and look for more casual kinky fun,” said Boyd. “Recon (recon.
Women have to weigh every choice they make against the very real threat of sexual violence at the hands of straight men and the lesser threat of being slutshamed by straight men and other women. com) has always been a good place for me to start conversations with fun guys—I even met my husband there. The bottom line is there are others who share his interests, and they are waiting to connect with him.” But you’re shy! You’re introverted! Connecting is hard! Boyd describes himself the same way—shy, introverted, difficulty connecting— and not only is he married, ALONE, he doesn’t lack for casual play partners and he’s got play pics all over the internet to prove it. Tyger Yoshi also describes himself as shy and introverted—and I recently watched shy, introverted Yoshi do a bondage demo at Trade, a gay leather bar in Denver, where he suspended a guy from the ceiling. “When I first started exploring my interest in bondage, I was lucky enough to be in a city where opportunities were plentiful, even for a shy, introverted person like me,” said Yoshi, who’s also in his mid-30s. “There were people who wanted to mentor me, but I struggled taking that first step of accepting help.” The kind of help Yoshi is referring to—the kind of help he eventually accepted—can most easily be found at munches, i.e., casual meet-ups where kinky people, both queer and straight, socialize and connect with other like-minded kinksters. (Munches ≠ play parties.) Spend five seconds on Google, ALONE, and you’ll also find kinky educational organizations that offer classes for people who want to hone their bondage skills while learning about consent, safety, and other best practices. And whether you’re a bondage top (you want to tie) or a bondage bottom (you want to be tied) or a switch (tie and be tied), you’ll make friends in bondage classes. And if you wind up clicking with someone, that person isn’t going to assume you’re a prude (they met you at a bondage class) and that person will definitely be sexually adventurous (you met them at a bondage class). And unlike gay bars or clubs, a person’s skills are just as important as their looks at gay bondage parties and events.
“After you start making connections and building your circle, find local fetish/kink events that are happening around you—you may need to reach out to the pansexual community—and see if one of your new friends from the munch or the class or Recon is willing to go with you to check it out,” said Yoshi. “And as you start exploring more of your kink side, consider the possibility of separating kink and sex at first. Let people know that you are interested in bondage but haven’t tried much and you want to practice. Having an exploratory or practice session is much different than having a bondage sex session, and people may be more willing to facilitate that exploration. And from my experience, if you’re able to get up the courage to go out to a kink play party (with a friend for support), the likelihood of finding someone who’s willing to assist in new or first time experiences increase.” So, ALONE, that thing you’ve been holding back until you get to know someone? Your interest in bondage? Lead with that. Get involved in the kink scene, work on your skill set, be friendly and open—be the nice guy— and you’ll meet lots of men you have something in common with. Trust me, your tribe is out there. You can follow Joshua Boyd on Twitter @ seabndgsadist. You can find Tyger Yoshi on Twitter and Instagram @tygeryoshi. —Dan Savage Is having sex with multiple partners something prevalent in the gay community? If so, why? It seems that having sex is a pretty big deal with gay men. Why? —You Won’t Answer Gay men are men, YWA, and let’s not kid ourselves: Yes, the average gay guy has more sex partners than the average straight guy. But straight men would do everything gay men do if straight men could, but straight men can’t because women won’t. It’s not that straight guys are any less interested in sex than gay guys are or that sex is any less of a “big deal” for straight men. And you know what? Women are just as horny and just as interested in sex as men—gay, straight, or bi—and that includes sex with multiple partners. But women have to weigh every choice they make and every truth they tell against the very real threat of sexual violence at the hands of straight men and the lesser threat of being slut-shamed by straight men and other women. (Shout-out to the asexual gay, straight, and bi men and women out there who aren’t interested in sex with anyone—I don’t mean to erase you, but I’m talking averages here, the centers of various bell curves, not deviations.) —DS Email your Savage Love questions to mail@savagelove.net.
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copy to the Register of Construction/Labor Wills or to the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 112/13/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or DESIGN legatees of HIRthe POWER NOW decedent who doAPPRENnot ING ELECTRICAL TICES OF ALL SKILL LEVreceive a copy of this ELS! by mail within notice 25 days of its publicaabout the position… tion shall so inform Do Register you love of working the Wills,with your hands? Are you interincluding address ested in name, construction and and relationship. Date in becoming an electrician? ofThen firstthepublication: electrical apprentice 6/13/2019 Name of for position could be perfect Newspaper and/or periyou! Electrical apprentices are ableWashington to earn a paycheck odical: City and full benefi ts while learnPaper/Daily Washington ing Reporter the trade through rstLaw Namefiof hand experience. Personal Representa-
tive: Sheila D. Williams what we’re looking for… TRUE TEST Nicole Motivated D.C.copy residents who Stevens Acting want to learn the Register electrical oftrade Wills Pub Dates: June and have a high school 13, 20 and 27, as 2019. diploma or GED well as reliable transportation. SUPERIOR COURT a little bit DISTRICT about us… OF THE OF Power Design is one of the COLUMBIA top electrical contractors in Landlord and Tenant the U.S., committed to our Branch values, to training and to giv2019 LTBto008179 ing back the communities Edgewood Management in which we live and work. Corp. more details… Plaintiff, powerdesigninc.us/ v.Visit careers orJenkins email careers@ Tuajuana powerdesigninc.us! Defendant. NOTICE TO HEIRS OF TUAJUANA JENKINS Tuajuana Jenkins, who Financial Services lived at 635 Edgewood Denied Work to ReStreet,Credit?? NE, 217, Washpair Your Credit Report With ington, DC 20017, at The Trusted Leader in Credit Repair. the time of her reported Call Lexington for a FREE death, is theLaw subject of credit report for summary & credit an action a Comrepair consultation. 855-620plaint for C.Possession byat 9426. John Heath, Attorney Plaintiff ManLaw, PLLC,Edgewood dba Lexington Law agement Corp., in the Firm. Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Superior Home Services Court of the District of Columbia, Case No. Dish Network-Satellite 2019 LTB 008179. A Television Services. Now Over 190 judgment for possession channels for ONLY $49.99/mo! may lead for to one eviction HBO-FREE year, FREE and the loss of personal Installation, FREE Streaming, property in the residenFREE HD. Add Internet for $14.95 ace. month. 1-800-373-6508 Any interested person,
including but not limited Auctions to creditors, heirs, and legatees of the decedent, shall appear on July 10, 2019 at 10:00 am in Courtroom B109, in the Landlord and Tenant Court, located at 510 4th Street NW, Washington, DC, to show cause if there be any reason why the complaint for possession Whole Foods Commissary Auctionnot be granted should DC Metro Area and the plaintiff take Dec. 5 at 10:30AM possession, dispose of, S/S Tables, Carts or1000s take any other ac& Trays, 2016 Kettles up tion as ordered by this to 200 Gallons, Urschel Court of any personalinCutters & Shredders property contained in cluding 2016 Diversacut the unit. Inquiries may 2110 Dicer, 6 Chill/Freeze beCabs, directed Doubleto: Rack Ovens & Ranges, (12) Esq. Braising Jillian K. Lewis, Tables, 2016 (3+) Stephan Musolino & Dessel PLLC VCMs, 30+ Scales, 1615 L Street, NW Suite Hobart 80 qt Mixers, 440 Washington, DC Complete Machine Shop, 20036 (202) 466-3883 and much more! View the catalog at SUPERIOR COURT or www.mdavisgroup.com OF THE DISTRICT OF 412-521-5751 COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Garage/Yard/ 2019 ADM 000621 Rummage/Estate Name of Decedent, Sales Leon Haywood Hyde. Notice Flea Market every Fri-Sat of Appointment, NoticeRd. 10am-4pm. 5615 Landover to Creditors and Notice Cheverly, MD. 20784. Can buy to Unknown in bulk. ContactHeirs, 202-355-2068 Bonita C. Redd, whoseor if or 301-772-3341 for details intrested in is being a vendor. address 8557 Abilene Road, Farmville, VA 23901 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Leon Haywood Hyde who died on February 15, 2019, without a Will and will serve without Court Supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 12/20/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION 2019 ADM 000605 Name of Decedent, Audrey T. Conliffe a/k/a Audrey Tansimore Conliffe. Name and Address of Attorney Paul F. Riekhof, Esq. 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 975, Rockville, Maryland 20850. Notice of Appointment, Notice to Creditors and Notice to Unknown Heirs, Vida Anderson, whose address is 1331 Emerson Street NW, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Audrey T. Conliffe a/k/a Audrey Transimore Conliffe who died on March 31, 2019 with a Will and will serve with Court Supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 12/20/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or to the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 12/20/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: 6/20/2019 Name of Newspaper and/or periodical: Washington City Paper/Daily Washington Law Reporter Name of Personal Representative: Vida Anderson TRUE TEST copy Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Pub Dates: June 20, 27and July 4, 2019. SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE FIND YOURDISTRICT OUTLET.OF COLUMBIA RELAX, UNWIND, PROBATE DIVISION REPEAT CLASSIFIEDS 2019 FEP 000056. Date of death April 09, 2019. HEALTH/MIND, BODY of Decedent, Vera & Name SPIRIT Leola Williams. Notice of
Appointment of Foreign, http://www.washingtonciPersonal Representative typaper.com/ and Notice to Creditors. Geoffrey P Carter, whose address is 480 E. Franklin St. Wytheville, VA 24382 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Vera Leola Williams, deceased, by the Circuit Court for Wythe County, State of Virginia, on May 10, 2019. Service of process may be made upon Ian Z Goudy, 4425 1st street NE, Washington, DC 20011 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following
District of Columbia real property: 4425 1st Street NE, Washington, DC 20011. The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, within 6 months from the date of first publication of this noyice. Date of first publication: 6/20/2019 Name of Newspaper and/or periodical: DWLR/Washington City Paper. Name of Personal Representative: Geoffrey P Carter. TRUE TEST copy Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Pub Dates: June 20, 27 and July 4, 2019.
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