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DistrictLine Discovery Channels Sanford Capital points to “political connections” as a way out of legal problems with the District.

ment of a third-party property manager responsible for fixing the buildings to code.

The case has also involved thousands of pages of legal documents, hundreds of hours of attorney time, and a Dickensian cast of characters warring over the future of a single plot of land and an entire neighborhood.

More than that, the dispute is a case study in the kind of development sweeping D.C. from west to east that has unnerved ingrained communities while rousing those who stand to profit.

Racine’s office recently obtained a trove of internal communications between Sanford, CityPartners, and their lawyers through the discovery process in the case. The attorney general says these records show that the companies knowingly violated a court order when, without warning, they transferred the properties from Sanford to CityPartners in late December. He wants the court to annul the land swap, hold the defendants in civil contempt, and grant the tenants “the unfettered opportunity” to acquire the properties in line with D.C.’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, a 1980 law that lets renters buy the buildings they live in when landlords put them up for sale or demolition.

The companies say they did not breach the court order, given the type of deeds they used in the transaction. They also say the tenants now have the chance to buy the properties at “fair market value”—currently $7.5 million, according to CityPartners.

Griffis says that if the tenants cannot agree to a deal, his firm would relocate them offsite and move them back to the redeveloped Darrow Montgomery/File

Carter Nowell

By Andrew Giambrone Carter Nowell had a plan. His investors had to know. And when he sent them a letter last September, he told them how it would go.

“We are currently working on a contract to sell the property to CityPartners, who helped us through the PUD process as they believe that they can use political connections to get the project back on track,” wrote Nowell, the principal of notorious D.C. landlord Sanford Capital.

He was referring to an Adams Morganbased real estate firm directed by well-connected developer Geoffrey Griffis, a former D.C. zoning official. CityPartners has received millions of dollars in subsidies from the D.C. government, and Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed Griffis to the National Capital Planning Commission in 2015.

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Years earlier, around 2010, Sanford Capital and CityPartners had joined forces to redevelop a group of buildings above the Congress Heights Metro station, in an area of the city poised for major changes.

The companies pursued this goal through a special zoning action called a “planned unit development,” or PUD, that the D.C. Zoning Commission approved. Their project proposed retail, offices, and more than 200 apartments—most market rate.

But in 2016, District Attorney General Karl Racine sued Sanford over terrible conditions at the Congress Heights buildings. Dozens of low-income renters had vacated in the preceding years, leaving only a committed few who refused to abandon their homes despite roaches, rodents, and poor maintenance.

After the lawsuit, the redevelopment project stalled. The case has taken manifold twists and turns over the past two-and-a-half years, including the court-ordered install-

project with the same rents they are paying today, or pay them to leave the site. The tenants, though, deeply distrust CityPartners and Sanford Capital after years of conflict.

If a settlement is not reached soon, the litigation could stretch into 2019.

Nowell did not specify what he meant by his collaborator CityPartners’ “political connections” in his September letter to his investors. But he did complain about “the hostility of the tenants and the City,” claiming that it drove away a buyer who had offered over $20 million for the properties in spring 2016.

(Sanford bought them for about $2.5 million in 2009 and 2010.) “This left us with an entitled site that is largely vacant and not sustainable financially, coupled with a very hostile political environment that has made potential buyer very weary,” Nowell wrote.

The company had a backup plan. It would sell the dilapidated properties to CityPartners through a prepackaged bankruptcy to expedite a sale and pay off debts. Court papers show that Nowell and Griffis negotiated over such a sale in summer 2017. Griffis wrote to Nowell in a July 31 email: “CityPartners must be able to honestly and substantively state we have made a clean break from Sanford Capital. Whatever we structure and represent to Bankruptcy Judge must be truthful and will be public fodder for potential negative reporting.”

The bankruptcy route presented a key benefit for the companies. Bankruptcies are exempt from TOPA, the tenant-friendly law.

Earlier in 2017, Racine’s office opposed a Sanford bankruptcy at another Southeast complex, arguing that Sanford was making a thinly veiled attempt to circumvent the tenants’ TOPA rights. Ultimately, developer WC Smith acquired that complex for $6 million, promising major renovations and the right of tenants to move back in.

Nowell wanted to follow a similar blueprint in Congress Heights, but was frustrated by court action. He told his investors that a bankruptcy sale “will negate the tenants [sic] TOPA (Tenant Opportunity to Puchase Act) rights which could otherwise drag the process out for over a year and force the property into foreclosure.”

But Sanford never put the Congress Heights properties in bankruptcy. At the end of September, D.C. Superior Court Judge John M. Mott ordered them into receivership, and receiver David Gilmore estimated that necessary repairs would cost well over $2 million when accounting for mold remediation.

Facing high costs for properties that were losing money—largely due to allowing abys-

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mal living conditions and not re-letting vacant units—Nowell agreed under court order in November to “negotiate exclusively” with the tenants over a sale for a 60-day period.

At the time, Will Merrifield, an attorney for the tenants association, told City Paper the tenants were “cautiously optimistic” about purchasing their homes with help from a nonprofit developer, NHT-Enterprise. The group proposed roughly 200 units of affordable housing at the site.

Nowell and the tenants discussed a sale over the next several weeks. By mid-December, the tenants made a final offer of $3 million, expecting to close the deal in early 2018.

But behind the scenes, Nowell was actively talking with Griffis about transferring the properties to CityPartners. Griffis sent Nowell emails on Nov. 21 and 28 requesting a copy of the court order and eventually received one.

The two developers looped in their lawyers to paper the transaction: Richard Luchs for Nowell and Earle “Chico” Horton III for Griffis. Luchs is a heavy-hitting real estate attorney who specializes in TOPA cases and has found loopholes in that law.

Horton is a K Street attorney who is close to ex-Mayor Adrian Fenty and co-chaired FreshPAC, a political action committee that raised money for Mayor Bowser’s allies by exploiting a loophole in campaign-finance law and shuttered in 2015 after outcries over pay-to-play politics.

The deal still needed financing. CityPartners acquired most of the mortgage debt on the properties from EagleBank, a preferred lender of Sanford Capital’s. The bank approached Griffis with the idea and CityPartners took out a new consolidated loan.

Court records show that Horton and Fenty/ Bowser pal Ben Soto, who served as Bowser’s campaign treasurer until this year and co-chaired FreshPAC with Horton, gave CityPartners $400,000 through their development companies, Blue Sky Housing and Paramount Development. The money covered a smaller amount of debt that Sanford owed to Revere Bank.

Soto was further involved in the deal as the owner of Premium Title & Escrow, the title company that completed the transaction.

Soto has partnered with Griffis on multiple real estate projects, including the Wharf, sits on the board of EagleBank, and has long notarized documents for Sanford.

“I’ve been doing closings for them for the last decade or so,” Soto testified in a deposition on March 28. He said Griffis had asked him and Horton to provide the $400,000 loan. “We thought the deal was a good deal, the project was a good project, and it was a good deal to lend to, and we decided to do it,” Soto added.

These financial maneuvers effectively made CityPartners a lender to Sanford. But

instead of foreclosing on the properties, CityPartners obtained them on Dec. 27 through deeds in lieu of foreclosure, which banks use for friendly takeovers of assets when borrowers default.

Like bankruptcies, such deeds are exempt from TOPA. Sanford and CityPartners argue that the deeds were not “sales,” so they did not shirk the court order. The tenants have sued both companies in a separate lawsuit challenging the transfer.

In a second letter on Dec. 12, Nowell briefed his investors on the plan, saying it “would achieve the same end result that we had contemplated through bankruptcy, but … much faster and with considerably less expense.”

He did not disclose his parallel negotiations with the tenants or specifics of his discussions with Griffis.

Nor did he disclose the Dec. 27 transaction to the court, despite the fact that the parties were set to meet at a hearing on the very same day. That morning, Nowell and Griffis met at Premium Title in Columbia Heights to finalize the deal.

In addition to the deeds, they reviewed what Racine’s office calls a “secret letter agreement.” It stipulates that CityPartners must give the Sanford investors at least $4 million in equity in the redevelopment project, and is similar in terms to the potential bankruptcy sale, according to court papers.

Nowell then headed down to court. Before the hearing started, he met nearby with his attorney Stephen Hessler, giving him a check for $49,500 to fund the receiver’s work.

But Nowell did not attend the hearing as he was expected to. He wrote to Griffis in an email the next day that he “didn’t tell the Judge anything about the transfer yesterday as I didn’t have any paperwork to support it.”

Although the transaction was officially recorded on Dec. 28, Nowell waited until Jan. 2 to tell another attorney for the tenants, Blake Biles, that he could not reach a deal with NHTEnterprise, the developer the tenants selected.

Racine’s office says the court could have halted the transfer of the properties to CityPartners on Dec. 27 because the notarized deeds had not been posted yet.

While the case continues to unfold, Nowell is digging in his heels. In a recent court filing, his lawyers say “the only interests that contempt and unwinding the transfer would serve ... are the [Office of the Attorney General’s] political interests in obtaining what it considers to be favorable publicity.”

Racine’s office says its goal is to get funding for the receiver so the tenants can live in habitable housing. Those tenants include association president Ruth Barnwell, who said at a rainy-day protest outside Griffis’ home in February that the influence of “political favor” would not discourage her. “We will not stop fighting,” she said.

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Officials aren’t convinced that conditions in motel homeless shelters warrant keeping D.C. General open. Residents are.

By Morgan Baskin For a sense of what it’s like to live in a Days Inn, consider this: The group of chronically homeless D.C. residents sheltered there refer to it as “the compound.”

Their rooms are “cells,” a former resident named Victoria says, and The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness—a group D.C. pays about $75 million annually to manage the Days Inn and other homeless shelters—is “the warden.”

Children can’t eat, walk, or sleep alone, and they’re not allowed to play outside. (If they do, according to a notice the New York Avenue NE Days Inn has distributed since 2014, it’s grounds for eviction.) A monitor makes rounds every Wednesday for “room checks,” and each night at 9:30 p.m. for “curfew checks.” Parents have to sign out in a ledger at the front desk when they leave the motel, and sign in when they enter.

And though officials who run the Department of Human Services chronically refer to the motels as “temporary” and “emergency” shelters, families live there for months at a time.

Many have lived in motels for years.

This service runs the District about $3,000 per family each month—comparable to the cost of a luxury two-bedroom apartment with a waterfront view. D.C. contracts with a string of motels along New York Avenue NE and Georgia Avenue NW for homeless shelter space, including the Quality Inn, Holiday Inn Express (the “halfway house,” Victoria says), Howard Johnson, and Motel 6. As of mid-April, 325 families lived in these five shelters, nearly double the 169 families currently living in D.C. General, the city’s largest family homeless shelter.

D.C. councilmembers and DHS officials have long acknowledged the significant cost of these motels, as well as how consistently DHS has relied on them despite promising periodically to eliminate their use.

But despite saying in 2017 that the agency plans to stop motel placements by the end of next year, DHS Director Laura Zeilinger is quietly banking on the city’s contracts with motels to help offset the influx of homeless families into the city’s shelter system when the District closes D.C. General this fall.

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On June 25, Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau and Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh convened a roundtable in response to City Paper’s reporting that contracting issues have delayed the construction of new shelters in wards 7 and 8. At the roundtable, Department of General Services Director Greer Johnson Gillis acknowledged that the projected substantial completion date for both shelters moved from Aug. 31 to Oct. 1, while DGS project manager Brian Butler expressed ongoing concerns about the Ward 8 site, noting that the new projected completion date could shift further.

Nearly five hours into the hearing, At-Large Councilmember Robert White asked Zeilinger whether DHS “has a contingency plan if the ward 7 and 8 shelters are significantly delayed?”

“Yes,” Zeilinger responded. “We have letters of intent with motels in order to, in prenegotiated rates for blocks of rooms in order to be able to do that. That would be how we would handle if we were to have more overflow as needed because new units were not online for new placement.” A DHS spokesperson says these are Howard Johnson, Ivy City, and the Motel 6 on Georgia Avenue NW. Later, Zeilinger told Council Chairman Phil Mendelson that conditions “may be better” in the motels than they are in D.C. General, when Gillis interjected, saying definitively that conditions in motels “are better” than they are in D.C. General.

But the conditions of the motels have long garnered significant concerns from residents themselves, as well as the pro-bono lawyers and advocates who represent them.

Victoria, who lived in the New York Avenue NE Days Inn for about one year and asked City Paper not to use her last name, says that she was sexually assaulted by an officer with Capital City Security, the firm under contract with TCP to patrol and guard the property. She says that after a verbal altercation with a CCS officer, a male guard handcuffed her, groping her thighs and genitals as he and other officers dragged her upstairs to her unit. These events are consistent with a police report obtained by City Paper.

For months afterward, Victoria says, she saw the male guard stationed at the Days Inn front desk, where she was expected to sign the entrance ledger. Victoria tells City Paper she stopped signing in and out because she didn’t want to

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confront the officer again, and consequently received citations for violating the terms of her agreement with the motel. (D.C. requires motels serving children to obtain “sexual/physical abuse and molestation coverage,” to guard the city against a claim in the event a motel employee assaults a resident.)

A DHS spokesperson says that its Office of Program Review, Monitoring and Investigation is “looking into” this case, and the agency is “not aware” of any prior substantiated claims of sexual harassment by CCS, but that TCP has contracted with a new security company.

Five months after the assault, Victoria says she was again assaulted by CCS officers, a group of whom arrested her after a 45-minute dispute. Victoria says she was watching from a doorway as her aunt packed clothes for her cousin’s children. They charged her with “assault on a police officer” after “blocking the entrance of a room” at the Days Inn, but later dismissed the charges. City Paper received photographs of extensive bruising along Victoria’s arms after the incident––as did Zeilinger, who in early June was copied on the same email detailing the assault as this reporter.

Victoria’s daily life at the Days Inn brought her anxiety and disgust, she says. Her first room had one bed that she was apparently expected to share with her pre-teen son. It was infested with cockroaches, such that she woke up with the insects lodged in her ear. She showed City Paper photos of the vermin scaling the walls of her unit. Friends at the shelter were “stepping on mice to get to the bathroom,” she says, and found their sheets littered with cockroaches and animal droppings. (The DHS spokesperson says that all motels have “monthly routine pest control plans,” and the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is responsible for inspecting properties.)

The unit did not come with any shelving–– the single set of drawers in her unit was broken, and a magnet for roaches––so Victoria left

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her belongings tied in bags on the floor. She then received another citation for an unclean room during a weekly room check.

In March, a former Days Inn resident currently living in D.C. General told City Paper that her motel unit had broken locks, allowing her 3-year-old son to wander out of the room before dawn and onto New York Avenue NE. The motel is supposed to have security guards monitoring the entrance.

She said at the time that, while living conditions in D.C. General are substandard, quality of living at the shelter is still superior to the motels. The New York Avenue shelter-motels are more difficult to access by public transportation and lack the comparatively robust support services available at D.C. General.

Jewel Stroman, a formerly homeless D.C. resident who has become an outspoken advocate against rapid rehousing and motel shelters, emailed this reporter and a handful of DHS employees in April to report that the Howard Johnson unit she lived in for two months “is infested with mice and had leaking pipes. The Motel 6 on Georgia Ave. is no better. Please be aware that I have a 20 week-old [baby] and am hopeful DHS won’t place my family in one of their rinky motels.”

Stroman says she has connected more than 200 homeless families to services over the last two years, and that most have articulated similar complaints about the motels. “I feel like [housing families in motels] is just going backwards,” she says. “These families have been sitting there for god knows how long, and meanwhile the city is spending more money housing them there, when they could just use it to build more affordable housing.”

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Stracchino in Carrozza

Dino’s Grotto, 1914 9th St. NW, (202) 686-2966, dinosgrotto.com, $11 “When school lets out, all of the little snack shops make mozzarella in carrozza,” Dino’s Grotto Owner Dean Gold says of the Naples-inspired snack served at his Shaw restautant. “Only the boys eat it and it comes wrapped in newsprint so they can eat it on the way home.” No food should be limited to those with a Y chromosome, especially one as tasty as this cheese and anchovy sandwich that gets coated in egg and fried. The end result is a cross between French toast and grilled cheese. It comes with a spicy tomato sauce for dipping. The Dino’s Grotto version diverges from the traditional by using a more interesting cheese than mozzarella. Stracchino, also known as crescenza, is a soft Italian cheese, similar to brie, made from cow’s milk. If you’re wary of anchovies, worry not. The salty little fish are used sparingly to add an element of umami.

—Laura Hayes

Chilaquiles

Taqueria Habanero, 3710 14th St. NW, (202) 722-7700, habanerodc.com, $10 If you’ve never tried chilaquiles, allow us to introduce you to your new obsession: crispy tortilla chips coated with red or green salsa topped with sunny-side-up eggs, diced fresh onion, cilantro, crumbles of queso fresco, and zigzags of crema fresca, which is a lot like sour cream.

Taqueria Habanero’s menu highlights the organic eggs used in this dish, and for an extra dose of indulgence, you can add meat for $2 more. Carnivores will not regret adding carnitas to the pile. Spice fiends can get their kicks from the red salsa, which packs more heat, and turn up the flavor even further by opting for Mexican chorizo. The salsa verde is fragrant with tomatillo, cilantro, and garlic. Chef and owner Dio Montero hails from Puebla, Mexico, and just about everything at his restaurant is made from

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2018 is doing a number on many people’s emotional health as the punches keep coming and we attempt to roll with them. Enter aspirational eating—eating foods that make you feel the way you want to feel instead of how you actually feel—befuddled, distraught, enraged, anxious, helpless, or just plain sad.

scratch, including the tortillas and salsas. And since tortillas are the backbone of this dish, you’ll thank the kitchen with every crunchy bite for making them fresh instead of ordering bulk bags of sad, cheap imitations from Sysco.

—Rina Rapuano

Guava Rum Grilled Oxtails

Spark at Engine 12, 1626 North Capitol St. NW, (202) 299-9128, sparkat12.com, $17 Trinidadian chef Peter Prime has loved oxtails for much of his life. “They’re one of my favorite things my mom makes,” he says. “They have a really special place in my heart.” He serves the succulent wheels of cow tail meat at his Caribbean barbecue restaurant in Bloomingdale.

He starts by marinating the oxtails in thyme, culantro, scallions, and garlic.

Then they’re seared in brown sugar until they caramelize. For dinner service, Prime finishes the oxtails on the grill and coats them in a not-too-sweet guava rum sauce. The texture is most similar to lamb shanks or short ribs that have stewed overnight. The oxtails are offered a la carte during dinner, so complete your meal with one of Spark’s indulgent sides. Prime recommends the housesmoked cheddar mac n’ cheese. “We call it macaroni pie in Trinidad,” he says. “It’s baked and made with long, bucatini noodles.” For lunch, the oxtails are served in a bowl with coo coo (a corn pudding), callaloo, and pickled peppers.

—Laura Hayes

Cookie Dough Pancakes

Fare Well: Bakery Diner Bar, 406 H St. NE, (202) 367-9600, eatfarewell.com, $10 Cookie dough is already the food of the desperate and downtrodden. It’s there for you when the 12 minutes of oven time that lie between raw potential and a fully baked cookie are too long to bear. If only you could slather it like butter on a pancake. Then we’d really be in business. Enter: Fare Well. At this vegan joint serving

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We swapped jeans for jeggings and ate our way through the city to bring you 34 immoderate appetizers, entrees, and desserts. Some local chefs have created mountains of grilled meat and towers of fried seafood, offerings so oversized you feel like you’re on the set of Honey, I Shrunk The Kids when they’re served. No one is skimping on the butter, frosting, or ice cream.

As you collect napkins and sit down to these caloric treasures, remember that you’re not eating these dishes for sustenance, you’re eating them because you damn well deserve it.

—Laura Hayes

breakfast all day, you can order a stack of chocolate chip pancakes with a side of vegan cookie dough butter. Combining this understanding, unjudging butter with pancakes—a food that brings you back to the simplicity and youth of your childhood kitchen—is a stroke of genius.

While Fare Well’s cookie dough butter looks more like chocolate mousse than the time-honored combination of flour, eggs, and sugar, the taste is true. Surprisingly, the star of the show is neither the pancakes nor the butter. Spoon the accompanying vegan coconut whipped cream onto your flapjacks and eat your feelings with equal measures of nostalgia and sophistication. National affairs and international pancake houses are wrong-side up, but rest assured that all is right at Fare Well.

—Will Warren

Chicken skin dumpling

Chicken Skin Dumpling

Spoken English, 1770 Euclid St. NW, (202) 588-0525, thelinehotel.com/dc/venues, $10 Tachinomiyas, standing bars that can be found down narrow, winding alleys or underneath train tracks in Tokyo, inspired Spoken English inside The LINE DC Hotel. Since you’re not seated, consider marching in place as you take in some of the tiny restaurant’s most decadent selections. No meal there is complete without an order of a chicken skin dumpling served with a ginger dipping sauce.

To make it, Chef Erik Bruner-Yang has to clean the skin, blanch it, fill it with “seven treasures” sticky rice, steam it, tie it, and deep fry it. The rice contains dried shrimp, salted cod, and Chinese sausage. “That one dumpling takes a lot of work,” he says. It’s worth it. Crispy skin is the best part of the bird. —Laura Hayes

Tequeños

Arepa House DC, 2120 18th St. NW, (202) 588-0511, no website $2.95 for one/$7.95 for five mini sticks These Venezuelan cheese sticks, a sta-

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ple at any party, vanish quickly when they hit your table at Arepa House DC in Adams Morgan. They can best be described as mozzarella sticks with an egg roll wrapper. The recipe calls for queso blanco, a slightly tangy and pleasingly salty cheese. Many Venezuelans serve them with guacamole for dipping, but Arepa House opts for a creamy cilantro sauce instead. If there’s one complaint, it’s that these bad boys aren’t waiting for you after last call at bars in the area. The basement eatery closes at 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

—Laura Hayes

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The Everything Croissant

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Lil’B Coffee & Eatery, 1515 Rhode Island Ave. NW, (202) 521-7181, lilbdc.com, $4.50 This croissant from Lil’B is everything.

Literally. It’s a cross between a tradi-

tional croissant and an everything bagel. “Everything” flavor has been showing up everywhere from doughnuts to ice cream to spice racks lately, but this morning snack has its own unique twist.

A classic croissant pastry is piped full of chive cream cheese, and the top is dusted with sesame and poppy seeds. Some breakfast treats are flimsy bites that leave the eater counting down the minutes until lunch time. Not so with this oversized offering. More in the mood for sweet than savory? In addition to plain croissants and pain au chocolat, Lil’B offers another food mash-up, the baklava croissant.

—Stephanie Rudig

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Belly Buster

Fat Pete’s BBQ, 3407 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 362-7777, fatpetesbbq.com, $18.99 Barbecue is often a cuisine of excess and peer pressure. Pitmasters coax their customers into polishing off oversized beef ribs the width of Dwayne Johnson’s forearm, or they stack three types of meat on top of bread, calling it a sandwich even though it’s more like a whole cookout on a plate. The Belly Buster at Fat Pete’s BBQ is such a “sandwich.” It contains four types of meat: smoked bologna, half a pound of pulled pork, half a pound of chopped brisket, and candied bacon.

The whole thing is topped with generous scoops of mac and cheese and comes with one additional side. Whether you’ve just completed a feat of athletic endurance or just love smoked meat, the Belly Buster is there for you.

—Laura Hayes

The Titanic Ice Cream Sundae

Carmine’s, 425 7th St. NW, (202) 737-7770, carminesnyc.com, $28.95 Were there a dessert to eat as the Titanic sank and Céline Dion crooned “My Heart Will Go On,” this would be it. Carmine’s version of the tragic oceanliner replaces the iceberg with ice cream: five generous scoops of vanilla and chocolate, horizontally stacked on top of a flourless chocolate-torte base. Oh captain, my captain, that’s not all—mounds of whipped cream coat the ice cream and provide a fluffy bed for bite-sized slices of strawberries and candied pineapple. Carmine’s takes this supersized sundae further by sprinkling hazelnuts onto the whipped cream and inserting thin wafers (think Pirouette cookies) so they form “smoke stacks” for the sugary ship. Fudge sauce is drizzled all over the Titanic, and sliced bananas frame it on the plate. The dessert is bigger than some people’s heads, but try not to think about that as you and a suggested five to 10 companions attempt to devour the thing.

—Andrew Giambrone

Gumbo Fries

DC9, 1940 9th St. NW; (202) 483-5000, dc9.club, $8 French fries are pretty damn indulgent on their own, but smothering them in any sort of gravy is a glutton’s nirvana.

At DC9, they coat their spud sticks with gumbo. The fries, crispy on the outside

and soft on the inside, form a great base for soaking up a heavy portion of the house-made chicken and andouille sausage gumbo. Take your order to the next level by starting with garlic fries instead and adding pimento cheese, scallions, and jalapeños. The resulting dish is a salty mess of crispy potatoes, sauce, and bites of smoky sausage. Make a meal out of the fries alone or order them alongside a burger. The bar frequently experiments with their fries, recently topping them with crawfish, so if the gumbo fries aren’t on the menu, you’re still in good hands.

—Aparna Krishnamoorthy

Warm Chocolate Chip Cookie

All-Purpose Capitol Riverfront, 79 Potomac Ave. SE, (202) 629-1894, allpurposedc.com/locations/capitol-riverfront, $10 After brainstorming warm, crave-worthy desserts with his staff, All-Purpose Chef Mike Friedman decided on a baked-to-order, oversized chocolate chip cookie. Available at the restaurant’s Capitol Riverfront location, the cookie arrives warm and gooey in the ceramic dish it was baked in, adorned with heaps of colorful sprinkles and a dollop of vanilla ice cream. It has a doughy soft center and crisp edges, which are guaranteed to bring back happy memories of eating fresh-out-of-the-oven cookies as a kid. The dessert is large enough to share, but if freshly baked cookies bring out the big eater in you, you can enjoy it alone.

—Priya Konings

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Crunch when you bite into it. The fun foundation cradles a thick white chocolate and coconut mousse, the tropical factor turned up by a little coconut rum. A frothy wave of white chocolate whipped cream sweeps across the top, punctuated by shards of white chocolate. It’s not conventional, and that’s a very good thing.

—Nevin Martell

Coconut cream pie

Irish Totchos

The Blaguard, 2003 18th St. NW, (202) 232-9005, blaguarddc.com, $8 If the only thing that can soothe you at the end of a long day is a potato of some kind, settle in at this neighborhood bar. Nothing says “please tuck in, you sad soul” like their Irish Totchos.

The kitchen delivers a pile of golden tater tots topped with all of the trappings of a Reuben sandwich: corned beef, cheddar cheese, Jack cheese, sauerkraut, and a drizzle of Thousand Island dressing. It’s an ideal order after a frantic day at work, when you haven’t eaten in hours and need something heavy, but not too greasy, to line your tummy before you go grab drinks. Irish totchos are as essential as biology.

—Morgan Baskin

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Wisconsin Hash Browns for Two

Spice Bag

Meat Mountain

bang is grilled to a crisp golden brown in a panini press.

—Tim Ebner

Brie and Potato Chip Grilled Cheese

Latkes and Liver

Ooey Gooey Crispy, Union Market, 1309 5th St. NE, (202) 538-0739, ooeygooeycrispy.com, $10.75 Consider Ooey Gooey Crispy and its magnificent grilled cheese sandwich bar located inside the main doors of Union Market the next time you’re craving queso. The bar serves build-yourown or specialty takes on the grilled cheese sandwich, a comfort food that tastes as good now as it did in your youth. When it’s been an especially difficult day, order up the brie, truffle butter, and crushed potato chip sandwich.

It’s one of the most popular sandwiches and takes indulgence to the extreme.

The sandwich oozes with flavors that swing from luxurious to lunch sack. On the elevated side, fancy brie and truffle butter melt in your mouth. Each bite tastes garlicky and buttery. Smashed potato chips give the sandwich slight saltiness and crunch. The whole she-

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Lucky Buns, 2000 18th St. NW, (202) 506-1713, luckybunsdc.com, $9 Lucky Bun’s interpretation of Dublin’s signature drunk food comes in a brown paper bag that you can rip open like the animal that you are, causing the contents to tumble out. Use your hands to devour chunks of fried chicken, hand-cut fries, pickled red peppers, and stir-fried onions and peppers all coated in a blend of Szechuan peppercorns, Chinese five-spice, and Thai chilies. The chicken is the star. Chef Alex McCoy dredges it in a blend of flours, including rice flour, which gives Korean-style fried chicken its light but crunchy texture. Alternate between dipping the contents of the spice bag into HP Sauce made from vinegar and dried prunes and a brown curry sauce.

Consuming one is enough to make you drunk-book an exercise class for the next morning.

—Laura Hayes

Celebrity Delly, 7263A Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, (703) 573-9002, celebritydeliva.com, $7.50/$9 Celebrity Delly + Catering, familyowned for more than 40 years, is located in Graham Park Plaza on Route 50 in Falls Church. Like all great delis it has its quirks, including a “barred conversation list” that includes politics, Ben Affleck, and any Jack Ryan movie. Make your new favorite order a mash-up of two dishes on the menu. Thick Yukon Gold potato pancakes, shaped by hand and bound with a little matzo, are baked before being deep fried to order so the latkes’ interior remains moist while the surface stays salty and crisp.

Then slather them with cold chopped chicken liver that’s been cooked in sherry and mixed with hard boiled egg and onions. The chilled spread sinks into the potato crust, cooling it enough to eat immediately with your hands.

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The chopped liver plate comes with cucumber, red onion, tomatoes, and rye bread. But consider bargaining for two scoops of liver in lieu of the accoutrements. It seems like it would be too much, but it’s never enough.

—Jessica Strelitz

Coconut Cream Pie

Unconventional Diner, 1207 9th St. NW, (202) 847-0122, unconventionaldiner.com, $8 “This is a very unconventional coconut cream pie,” declares Pastry Chef Ana Deshaies. This makes sense given that it’s served at an upscale diner that seeks to rethink the classics.

The Shaw breakout is the brainchild of her husband, Chef David Deshaies, who spent a decade and a half working for Michel Richard. The late legend’s love of playfulness is evident throughout the menu. The coconut cream pie hides its own surprise. The white chocolate amped feuilletine crust made with crushed hazelnuts and cookies crackles like a spoonful of Cap’n

Jackie Lee’s, 116 Kennedy St. NW, (202) 882-4000, jackieleesdc.com, $22 Jackie Lee’s is a place for the relaxed, satisfied, merry, goofy, and hungover.

Like the true community pillar it is, the bar takes care of its customers through good times and bad. Drag yourself up to Kennedy Street NW after a wild Friday or Saturday night and you’ll find a panacea for all of your troubles. Of all the ways to arrange potatoes, eggs, and cheese, Chef Peter Kloiber’s Wisconsin hash browns for two stands out.

Layers of melted cheddar cheese fully coat four eggs in the center of a platesized, inch-thick bed of hash browns cooked until they’re crispy on the outside. The name is deceiving: You’ll want to bring three or four friends and eat it like a deep-dish pizza, slice by slice. The hash browns act as a crust and once the egg yolk mixes with the cheese, each bite is like velvet. The idea behind the dish is simple, but the execution is so spot on it causes fits of spontaneous delight.

—Justin Weber

Meat Mountain

Urban Butcher, 8226 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, (301) 585-5800, urbanbutcher.com, $95 When you order a dish called the Meat Mountain, you expect to be impressed.

Weighing in at three pounds, this prodigious pile of protein for two people does just that. “This gives you a chance to try a little of everything we do,” says Chef Raynold Mendizabal. There’s something for every carnivore. Mendizabal dry-ages ribeye from Shenandoah Beef Cooperative and packs it in salt before it’s grilled, giving it its rich and funky umami charm. He roasts pork with Latin spices until it’s tender. Smoked Spanish paprika adds a reddish hue to the grilled chicken drumsticks. Then there are a few links of freshly made sausages ranging from chorizo to chicken curry. Lamb comes however the chef likes it that day. The whole mess of meat arrives on a camping grill powered by burning wood chips to add extra smokiness. Of course, there’s some obligatory vegetables to pair: charred potatoes and grilled broccolini. Chimichurri and horseradish mayonnaise are on the side to dip and dunk in as you see fit. If you and your dining companion can finish it all, you’ll impress yourselves.

—Nevin Martell

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gredients, and if you finish it within 15 minutes, it’s free. Finishers get their picture posted on the wall of fame. “Only five of the 30 people who have ordered it since we opened [in 2013] have finished it,” Taub says. One of them is professional eater Randy Santel. “Every time someone orders it, we put on the Rocky theme song followed by ‘Eye of The Tiger,’” he continues. “We know it’s ridiculously big.

Some people tap out.”

—Laura Hayes

Hong Kong French toast

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Chivito

Taco Bamba, 777 I St. NW, (202) 289-7377, tacobamba.com, $16 The humble chivito has its roots in Uruguay, where it has been named the national sandwich. While makers disagree about exactly what should go in it and how it should be presented, the core elements are grilled steak, a cured pork product, melted cheese, and olives on a bun large enough to hold all those ingredients. The chivito at Taco Bamba’s

you discover important life lessons, like how skirt steak tastes even better when slathered in pork juice. —Caroline Jones

Sichuan Beef Nachos

Archipelago, 1201 U St. NW, (202) 6270794, archipelagobardc.com, $14 The menu at Archipelago will take whatever feelings you’re coping with and transform them into the full-sleepypeaceful state that happy families achieve on Christmas. Archipelago can move you to the same mental and physical place in July with its tiki drinks and appetizers, no matter if you need an escape from your family, your career, your love life, or your country. To get to your end goal—in bed with a smile—start with Sichuan beef nachos, which come out looking like a Jenga tower of tortilla chips.

The nachos taste like none other, with spiced ground beef, red pepper relish, jalapeños, and sour cream. You have to eat from the top to keep the construc-

French Toast

Chivito

Balo Kitchen, 4221 John Marr Drive, Annandale, (703) 559-3602, balokitchen.com, $4.25 Mido Cafe has served French toast in Hong Kong since the 1950s. It’s unlike any French toast in the U.S., unless you visit Annandale’s Asian food hall, The Block. That’s where Balo Kitchen makes Hong Kong-style French toast that’s a dead ringer for the original. A thick slice of brioche is dipped in egg wash, then deep fried. It’s topped with generous amounts of butter, condensed milk, and sea salt. Founder Huy Nguyen recommends visiting neighboring ice cream stall Munch to make the French toast a la mode. Even though it’s only one slice, it’s so rich that you’ll want to recruit a friend to help you polish it off.

—Laura Hayes Crimson Whiskey Bar, 627 H St. NW, (202) 847-4459, crimson-dc.com/#crimsonwhiskey-bar, $10 Hiding innocuously on Crimson Whiskey Bar’s Sunday brunch menu full of classic, Creole-inspired options lurks a guilty pleasure hall of famer. The Gold Plate Special features a thick hunk of juicy fried chicken smothered in American cheese and sandwiched on a bun formed from two upside down halves of a glazed rainbow sprinkle donut. The true innovation here is flipping the donut halves—what was once the inside of the donut is now the outside of the sandwich. This allows the “bun” to be toasted to a perfect light crunch with classic grill marks. The glaze turns into a sugary sauce that coats the rest of the ingredients. Its distinct flavors don’t meld as much as smack you in the face one by one, but each bite makes your mouth happy and your arteries angry.

—Max Frankel

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The Lil’ Petey

Bub and Pop’s, 1815 M St. NW, (202) 457-1111, bubandpops.com, $50 D.C. is largely devoid of dishes that double as eating challenges, but Bub and Pop’s serves a sandwich that’s a true dare. The Lil’ Petey, named after Chef Jonathan Taub’s late brother, contains prosciutto, capicola, salami, pepperoni, brisket, aged provolone, fried chicken, potato chips, hoagie relish, arugula, roma tomato, and fried eggs. Sometimes the restaurant will toss in even more in-

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D.C. location contains those components plus a fried egg, refried beans, mortadella, avocado, lettuce, and tomato. It is a protein-packed monster meal that overwhelms your taste receptors and forces you to contort your mouth awkwardly just to take a bite. One chivito weighs more than a pound and recently sated three City Paper staff members and a dog. Despite the size and diversity of ingredients, the whole thing comes together in rich, sloppy, satisfying bites that will leave you full for days and help

tion from falling apart, but the structure nearly guarantees ground beef in every bite. If you eat up, you’re bound to run into a Sichuan pepper, which will leave your mouth a little numb and tingly—an excellent final touch.

—Alexa Mills

Spaghetti Sandwich

Bar Elena, 414 H St. NE, (202) 450-3265, barelenadc.com, $12 Considering one of the main ingredients listed in this sandwich’s menu descrip-

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tion is “carbs,” you know it’s not here to judge you. Chef Adam Stein says he created it as an homage to the ubiquitous weeknight dinner his working parents pulled together on the fly. He would often pack his spaghetti into a dinner roll and top it with a cold pat of butter. He’s clearly tapped into some sort of shared nostalgia, because the chef says all kinds of diners order this diet-spoiler from middle-aged couples and bros to Millenials who found it on Instagram. “Some people use a knife and a fork, some will tamp it down and eat it like a sandwich,” he says. “It’s become a solid menu item. We can’t really take it off.” Of course, Stein’s chef-y version uses freshly made pasta, grana padano cheese, and a baguette, but he kept one component that’s essential to the cozy memory of family dinners: cold butter. He loves “the play on temperatures” and keeping the butter cool enough to stop it from melting into the bun.

—Rina Rapuano

Tony’s Breakfast Club

Brookland’s Finest, 3126 12th St. NE, (202) 636-0050, brooklandsfinest.com, $14 On the weekend brunch menu at Brookland’s Finest, diners will find the grand champion of breakfast sandwiches.

Tony’s Breakfast Club features French toast stuffed with bacon, Taylor pork roll, cheddar cheese scrambled eggs, and Dijon mustard maple syrup. Chef Shannon Troncoso named the gratifying plate after her business partner, Tony Tomelden.

While Tomelden grew up in the neighborhood, his wife is from New Jersey, which explains the addition of the Garden State’s famed Taylor pork roll. “I added a salad as a joke because it’s such an unhealthy sandwich,” Troncoso says. “Tony doesn’t eat vegetables, so it’s also me making fun of him.”

—Laura Hayes

Penne alla Vodka Pizza

Wiseguy Pizza, multiple locations, wiseguypizza.com, $4.39/slice Let’s get one thing out of the way—if you want New York pizza, go to New York.

But if you don’t have time for a five-hour bus ride because you have a righteous hangover and need to feed the beast immediately, head down to Wise Guys in Chinatown, Foggy Bottom, or Rosslyn for what most Washingtonians agree is the closest thing we can get to Big Apple slices here in the DMV. The line-up of pies includes everything from a humble Margherita to a fancy-pants mushroom truffle with goat cheese. But if you’re looking to satisfy a physical or metaphorical hunger, order a slice or two of the penne alla vodka pizza. The culinary and engineering marvel allows you to say yes to pizza and pasta simultaneously. It’s as straightforward as it sounds: a crust topped with penne, vodka sauce, ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan. It’s gooey, carby, tomatoey, and

so perfect that you’ll wonder why you never thought of this combo before. For those extra rough days, go ahead and add an order of garlic knots. Take ’em home and cue up your saddest Spotify playlist.

—Rina Rapuano

Crab Fries with a Side of Chicken Wings

Cheers at the Big Chair, 2122 Martin Luther King Jr Ave. SE, (202) 678-3738, cheersatthebigchair.com, $14 Cheers at the Big Chair is a quintessential neighborhood soul food joint. Located across the street from the famous landmark it’s named for, Cheers is an unpretentious eatery that delivers generous portions, melt-in-your-mouth flavor, and loads of Southeast D.C. hospitality. The crab fries with a side of chicken wings are among the charmer’s signature dishes. The chef pours a mix of lump crab meat coated in a creamy sauce with a hint of Old Bay over golden brown french fries. Shyne, a host who greets everyone warmly at the door, suggests trying the sweet Thai chili wings and they are equally delectable— juicy, savory, and seasoned to perfection. The alcoholic drink menu is short but robust, and most of the cocktails’ titles have distinctively local flair: “Ward 8 Passion,” “Anacostia River,” and a tribute to Marion Barry, “Mayor for Life.”

—Sidney Thomas

Brisket Breakfast Burrito

Sloppy Mama’s, 1942 11th St. NW, (202) 232-6590, sloppymamas.com, $9.99 Hangovers usually come in one of two varieties—a pounding headache cured within hours by Advil and water or an allout assault on the body that puts you near death’s door. For the latter, you’re going to need a breakfast burrito from Sloppy Mama’s. Your protein options, including bacon, smoked pork, and crispy tofu, are plentiful, but the burrito that sets itself apart is the smoked brisket option. When combined with scrambled eggs, french fries, your choice of salsa verde or salsa roja, and cheese, it packs a one-two-three punch of starch, smoke, and spice to bring you back to life. Since your hangover will prevent you from leaving the couch, order online. These burritos are only available on UberEats and Postmates from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. daily.

—Tim Ebner

Pancake Burger

EatBar, 415 8th St. SE, (202) 847-4827, eat-bar.com, $12 You can call it a stroke of genius or simply a common-sense approach to eating two meals in one, but last year chef and butcher Nate Anda introduced Capitol Hill to a new type of burger bun—the pancake. The pancake burger showed up on EatBar’s brunch menu after debuting more than a year ago at the now-shuttered Red Apron Burger Bar in Dupont

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Circle. Despite the closure and move, love for this hybrid hasn’t flamed out.

First, there’s the all-American breakfast of two golden flapjacks slathered in maple butter. In between them is a perfectly cooked Angus beef burger patty, topped with melted American cheese and a sunny-side-up egg. While news about our nation might seem particularly dark these days, the pancake burger stands tall and proud as an example of American exceptionalism at its best.

—Tim Ebner

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The Funky Chicken

Cheesetique, multiple locations, cheesetique.com, $14 If you’re in the mood to be comforted by food, the funky chicken sandwich at Cheesetique takes you from bleak to bright. A hearty bit of grub, it stars crisp buttermilk fried chicken topped with odorous yet creamy Morbier cheese, caper aioli, lettuce, and crushed rosemary kettle chips on French bread.

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the bounty are fish, shrimp, oysters, and scallops. The golden brown platter layers fried food on even more fried food with the addition of onion rings and french fries. Chef Kyle Bailey completes his offering to the oil gods with creamy coleslaw, ketchup, cocktail sauce, tartar sauce, and lemon wedges. “We ice down the tartar sauce, because what’s better than dipping hot, crispy fried seafood into ice-cold tartar sauce,” he says. This dish is not a one person job. It’s barely a two person job. It’s all hands on deck to polish off the pile while taking in the riverfront views.

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Quarry House Tavern, 8401 Georgia Ave., Basement, Silver Spring, (301) 844-5504, facebook.com/quarryhouse, $19 To eat a burger at Silver Spring’s Quarry House Tavern is to go back to a simpler time, when bars didn’t need fancy sound systems or decor intended to serve as a selfie backdrop. All you needed was a jukebox and some vinyl-covered booths. Through fire and flood, the classic dive has remained pretty much the same, a neighborhood hangout where you can enjoy a meal with family, friends, or a first date. Eating the Quarry House’s Big Donkey Burger, an intimidating pile of two beef patties, bacon, cheddar, provolone, lettuce, tomato, and onion served between two grilled cheese sandwiches, allows you to connect with the bar more intensely. It’s a place where excess is welcomed, where you can sing too loudly, have a few too many drinks, find room for another order of perfect tater tots, or eat a burger that features three forms of melted cheese. Taking a bite of the Big Donkey proves physically challenging for us humans with hinged jaws and consuming it in its entirety is likely frowned upon by anyone with a medical degree. Too bad.

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SPORTS America’s Team

D.C.’s diverse El Tri fans pack bars and find profound meaning in the team’s quest for World Cup success.

By Kayla Randall A steAdy streAm of green, red, and white flows into the bar of Oyamel Cocina Mexicana, a José Andrés-led Mexican restaurant on 7th Street NW. Bodies huddle around the bar to watch the only television. El Tri, the nickname for the Mexican soccer team, has arrived. More and more green comes into Oyamel, like a tide rushing in.

The fans scream and clap when the Mexican national anthem finishes. An Oyamel staff member turns the television volume up to 85.

They scream and clap some more.

It’s almost time for Mexico to take on South Korea in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

“Oh, vamos!” Zoleiry Hernandez yells.

The tension is thick from the start of the game.

Everyone is holding their breath. They vibrate and move as one body while they watch, hands over mouths.

This is Mexico’s second game in the group stage, following the team’s thunderous win over defending champion Germany that shook the football world. Few believed it could happen. Commentator and former professional player Craig Burley sat on an ESPN broadcast and said of Mexico, “This is not a good team.”

But the Mexico fans always had faith. After beating Germany, 1-0, the team proved that their loyalty was warranted. And on Wednesday, Mexico and Sweden advanced to the round of 16. Hernandez never had a doubt.

“I believed in Mexico from the start,” she says. “Every time we have the ball it’s so emotional. Knowing that everyone supports this one team together.” Hernandez, 24, attends George Washington University for graduate studies in international affairs. Her family is originally from Mexico City. She smiles when footage of thousands celebrating in Mexico City is shown on screen. It’s where her family celebrates in the main square of Zócalo.

The World Cup is a joyous event for Mexican fans, but not one without somber notes this year. The humanitarian crisis at Mexico’s border is not far from anyone’s mind.

“What’s happening at the border is incredibly sad,” says Jorge Treviño, 54. “The detention centers, it’s just heartbreaking.” He has been in the U.S. since he was college aged and now

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lives a few blocks from Oyamel, but originally he’s from a little Mexican town called Matamoros, right under Texas. He was back home just a few weeks ago.

There must always be a balance, says Hernandez, of joy and pain. Politicizing the World Cup may not be ideal for some, but it’s necessary, she adds. In her mind, wide support of this team could prompt others to focus on the things that really matter.

“Sports in general, but in this specific case soccer, is a cathartic factor for Mexican society,” says José Antonio Zabalgoitia, deputy chief of mission at the Mexican Embassy. “As a society, we have so many challenges and we work so hard to move forward in confronting them, that success in the World Cup produces enormous national pride and it translates into self-confidence. It is also an example that we need to perform better in those areas where we have the most difficult challenges, like in alleviating poverty, or fighting crime and violence.”

Mexico has appeared in the World Cup 16 times, and El Tri has survived the group stage in every World Cup it has competed in since 1986. But in its last six World Cups, the team has been eliminated from the round of 16 and has not made it to el quinto partido—the fifth game.

It is now widely believed that the team is cursed, doomed not to make the quarterfinals.

This year it could be different. Mexico was the first CONCACAF, the Confederation of

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North, Central American, and Caribbean Association Football, side to qualify for the 2018 cup. The win against Germany was resounding, and a win against South Korea today would add fuel to Mexico’s fire.

The game against South Korea is still scoreless in the 21st minute when a shot on goal by winger Son Heung-min goes awry. The crowd at Oyamel releases a collective breath.

Then, in the next minute, the certain hands of Mexico’s goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa make a fantastic save. The dam threatens to break with jubilation.

Mexican forward Carlos Vela lines up for a penalty kick in the 25th minute. He shoots toward the right corner. He scores. Goal. The dam breaks. It’s an earthquake that reverberates throughout all of Oyamel. Chanting begins. “Mexico!” Clap. Clap. Clap. “Mexico!”

Clap. Clap. Clap. “Mexico!” Clap. Clap. Clap.

Brenda Acevedo, 26, is in town for a few days from Philadelphia. She was born and raised in Mexico City. She thinks this team can finally make it to the semifinals. “We are strong this year,” she says, apologizing for her English. She speaks it better than many native speakers.

She prays for another win today. “I think it gives us hope,” she says. “Everything can be so sad but when Mexico plays, everyone is together. Families get together, friends get together. It’s like a party.”

El Tri has found supporters everywhere, from one of the game’s best ever players Diego Maradona to U.S. soccer star Landon Donovan, much to the disdain of his former teammates who refuse to root for their rivals.

Tim Douglas, who works for the Air Force, is a U.S. native rooting for the Mexican national team. “You can just feel the excitement in the air here, right?” he asks. Despite the United States’ absence from the competition, he’s still got a team to support. And, as he sips from his drink, he’s having a great time doing it.

“The political tension between our two countries has just become unbelievable with this administration. It’s good to show this unificication. I think if they advance, a lot of Americans will stand behind them.”

Acevedo’s husband, Matt Robbins, 34, has also noticed an increase in support for Mexico.

He has no doubts about the reasons. To him, rooting for Mexico, in the smallest of ways, consciously or subconsciously, is a rebellion against President Donald Trump and his administration.

“I think that if you look at our environment with the president and the policies coming out, there’s such an opposition,” he says. “You can really rally behind this national team. You can show you don’t agree with the policies, that you agree with human rights.”

Robbins is invested, but quieter and calm— the opposite of his wife. Around the 65th minute, Mexico scores again. This time it’s striker Chicharito, and another expression of unbridled joy erupts. Acevedo is now standing on a chair screaming. Everyone inhales again, hoping Mexico can hold on.

Treviño can barely be pulled away from the television to speak. He fidgets nervously, but he insists he’s not stressed. He’s enjoying it.

“How can you not?” he asks.

He opens up more when there’s a small break in the action. “The first game was amazing—” he says, cutting himself off, his eyes glued to the television. He tries again in vain to speak. “Ay!” he screams as time winds down on the game.

“Right now, everybody’s worried and excited about the Mexican [presidential] election that’s going to happen,” Treviño says.

“There’s a wave of change, like always, and a lot of controversy with the candidates. But I think there’s a lot to celebrate if Mexico continues to win.”

He can’t be bothered to speak more, not while the game is waning. Three more minutes and then stoppage time. At this point, Mexico has a 2 to 1 lead on South Korea. Treviño, along with every other fan in the bar, is waiting to shout in celebration.

When the game ends after 95 minutes and Mexico’s fate is sealed, the shouting begins.

They’ve won. The tide of green, red, and white rushes out. Soon regular customers come in to replace the Mexico fans. But the aftershocks of the quake still reverberate.

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Simply the BeSt Everyone knows that Nationals ace Max Scherzer is one of the best pitchers in the MLB and a contender for the league’s MVP award. To wit: On June 26, Scherzer lowered his ERA to 2.04 through 17 games and he leads the league with 165 strikeouts. Earlier this month, against the Tampa Bay Rays, Scherzer threw 81 strikes out of 99 total pitches, including an immaculate sixth inning in which Scherzer threw nine strikes in nine pitches—the second time in his career he accomplished the feat. Only four other pitchers have thrown more than one immaculate inning. All of them are in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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No Speed limit Two professional runners with local ties are doing their part to make track and field fun again. Noah Lyles and Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz both won titles at the U.S. outdoor championships in Des Moines, Iowa, this past weekend.

Centrowitz, a Maryland native who moved to Arlington earlier this year, captured his fifth U.S. outdoor title in the 1,500-meters, surging to the finish line in 3 minutes, 43.37 seconds. Lyles, a 20-year-old graduate of T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, won the 100meter in a personal best 9.88 seconds, the fastest mark in the world this year.

His personal bests in the 100-meter and 200-meter (19.69) are faster than Usain Bolt’s times at the same age.

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still disturbed to find that an organization he was personally involved in had within his own lifetime resisted integration, and he felt compelled to acknowledge and apologize for the pool’s racist past. He began sending letters to all the Raymond Bowldings for whom he could find an address; about 30, he guesses.

One of those letters found its way to Rayjean Bowlding in Massachusetts—one of Raymond Bowlding Sr.’s four sons.

Nolan suggested that the pool name its new shelter in honor of Raymond Bowlding Sr. and the board agreed. On Sept.

5, 2015, the Raymond Bowlding Sr. Pavilion opened at the PG Pool in a ceremony that included the reading of a “Resolution on Acknowledging Our History.” All five of Raymond’s adult children were present, along with various other relatives.

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Local playwright Jennifer Mendenhall and a diverse team of collaborators bring the issue of segregated swimming facilities to the stage.

By Chris Klimek As A 30-yeAr Woolly Mammoth Theatre company member and a veteran of stages around the District, Jennifer Mendenhall is used to being reviewed. But the audience she was thinking about during the opening night performance of #poolparty—the Helen Hayes Award-winning actor’s debut as a produced playwright—wasn’t the critics. It was more than half a dozen members of the Bowlding family who had come to see their father’s and grandfather’s story told, in the service of a larger narrative about how segregation persisted even after the civil rights victories of the 1960s.

Raynard Bowlding drove more than 300 miles from his home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to Mount Ranier, Maryland, where he grew up, to attend. Accompanying him were two of his sons, 22-year-old Dimitri and 17-year-old Dante. His brothers Rayvon and Raymond Jr. were there, along with his sister, Sonja Bowlding, and his cousin, Missy Hill.

Raynard was 10 years old in the summer of 1974 when his father, Raymond Bowlding Sr., applied for membership at the Prince George’s Swimming Pool. The outdoor pool, which had opened in 1956, required applicants to be sponsored by two current members. In 1974, all of its current members were white. Ray Bowlding and his children were not. Their application was declined.

Suspecting the policy had been designed to keep nonwhites out, Bowlding contacted the NAACP, which helped him bring his claim to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of

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Justice and Maryland Commission on Human Rights. After 15 months of legal wrangling, the pool’s Board of Directors agreed to end the sponsorship requirement and offered the Bowldings membership in November 1975. But despite having forced the pool to back down, Bowlding didn’t trust that the neighbors who’d tried to keep his family out would welcome them in. Raynard still remembers what his father told him when he asked if he could swim there when the pool opened again the following spring: “Fool, you can’t go to that pool. They’ll drown you.”

So Raynard and his four siblings—Rayjean, Rayvon, Raymond Jr., and Sonja—continued to make the roughly mile-anda-half walk into the District and across busy Rhode Island Avenue NE to the Langdon Park Pool, or sometimes to the Theodore Hagans Pool in Fort Lincoln Park. After high school, Raynard joined the Army and moved away. He rarely thought about this chapter of the family’s history until a few years after his father died of lung cancer in 1996. Sometime in the late nineties, Raynard did a search on his father’s name and came across a news report about the case. He’d been vaguely aware of it as it was happening, but he hadn’t paid close attention. He was just a kid.

DJ Nolan, the PG Pool’s current president, wasn’t exactly looking for the Bowdlings’ story, either. He was cleaning out a file cabinet in the pool’s office about three years ago when he found 40-year-old correspondence documenting the club’s battle with Bowlding. The dates on the letters were from a quarter-century before Nolan, who grew up in Ireland, moved to Washington, so he wasn’t surprised he’d never heard of Raymond Bowlding Sr. or his claim against the pool. But he was

ThAT evenT AlmosT three years ago — a dedication ceremony followed by a barbecue — left a lasting impression on Mendenhall. She and her family had belonged to the pool since 1995.

Like Nolan, she was unsettled by her proximity to this history.

She found herself wondering how many variations of the Bowldings’ story had happened to other families. “Every community has a story like this one,” she says.

She thought about an incident from three months earlier, in June 2015, when about 100 adolescents, most of them black, jumped a fence to access a pool in a gated community in McKinney, Texas.

Cell phone video of a white police officer forcing a 15-year-old black girl in a swimsuit to the ground, then briefly unholstering his sidearm when two boys approached him with the apparent intention to intervene, went viral. The officer resigned a few days after the incident. (The hashtag in the play’s title references how social media was used to spread word of the party and ensuing events.)

As 2016 wore on, Mendenhall read Jeff Wiltse’s book Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America, which gave her a deeper understanding of how policies and behaviors with respect to pools reflected the country’s evolving racial and sexual mores in the 19th and 20th centuries. For each case Wiltse wrote about, Mendenhall would search for news reports and legal documents. She’d write Facebook updates about her discoveries, which in turn led to others sharing more stories with her.

“People started writing to me to tell me their own pool stories; things that had happened to them or their parents or grandparents,” she says. Someone sent her a recollection of Independence Day, 1961 in Lynchburg, Virginia, when city officials decided to close all of the public pools in their jurisdiction rather than integrate them.

In August 2016, Mendenhall was thrilled to see Simone Manuel, a 20-year-old swimmer from Sugar Land, Texas, win four medals in the Summer Olympics in Rio. She was the first African-American woman in Olympic history to win a gold medal in an individual swimming event. Commentators framed Manuel’s achievement in the context of the history of segregation: “The significance of Simone Manuel’s swim is clear if you know Jim Crow,” was the headline on a column

by The Washington Post sportswriter Kevin B. Blackistone.

The New York Times asked, “Will Simone Manuel Inspire More Black Children to Swim?”

This confluence of events had been percolating in Mendenhall’s mind for more than a year when her friend Audrey Cefaly invited her to a playwrights’ retreat in Delaware the following January. Mendenhall had written short pieces before, but never a full-length play. In Delaware, she wrote #poolparty’s first five pages, wherein Ray Waters—a fictionalized version of Raywashingtoncitypaper.com june 29, 2018 21

CPArts mond Bowlding—speaks directly to the audience. “I don’t want to sound pretentious, but it really felt like I was channeling voices that did not come from inside my head,” Mendenhall says.

At the same time, she realized she’d solved an important structural problem before she even knew she had one. “‘Okay, it’s overwhelming to look at racism in its entirety,” she explains. “What happens if we look at this narrow sliver of history? What happens if we just track all of the different rules and regulations that governed African-Americans’ access to municipal pools, to public water, to neighborhood swim clubs?

We’re not going to talk about housing or education or finances or employment or anything else.”

But even with this organizing directive in place, Mendenhall decided she would need the Bowldings’ permission to write about them—even though she’s adamant that #poolparty is not explicitly about them, but rather informed by their history along with that of many other families. “This is not a docudrama,” she says. “I’m taking elements of their story and using them as a launching pad.” Even so, she reached out to Raymond Bowlding Jr. through Nolan. Raynard says that while the family had no reservations about giving the project their blessing, he didn’t really imagine he’d ever see a tangible result.

Mendenhall was surprised how easily the script flowed out of her. She’d been a reader for the American College Theatre Festival’s Playwriting Intensive at the Kennedy Center for 15 years; last year, she asked to participate as a playwright instead. Her participation in that four-day workshop earned her an invitation to bring the script to the Kennedy Center’s Page-to-Stage New Play Festival over Labor Day weekend, a little less than

three months later. Mendenhall says more than 100 people attended the reading of her still-incomplete script, and what they said in the feedback session that followed was illuminating.

“It was so interesting to see the difference between the people who had lived this history and the people who were unaware of it,” Mendenhall says. “There was one person who said, ‘This play reminded me that my uncle drowned when he was a boy.’”

She pointed out that African-American children drown at a higher rate than those of other ethnicities. Learning to swim, after all, requires having access to a place where you can practice.

After Page-to-Stage, Ty Hallmark—who had founded Ally Theatre Company, with a mission “to engage audiences through acknowledging and confronting systemic oppression in America” in 2016—told Mendenhall she wanted to give #poolparty a full production this summer. Mendenhall hadn’t even finished it yet. “You will,” Hallmark assured her. Ally performs at Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Ranier, just a mile south of the PG Pool. “It’s kind of magical that the first place that would commit to doing this play is in the same community that inspired it,” Mendenhall says.

BoTh plAywrighT And producer felt strongly that #poolparty should be directed and performed by artists of color. “I’ve done hundreds of new plays,” Mendenhall says, noting that the attitude in these first productions is typically “to serve the playwright’s vision. I wanted to flip it,” she says, and have the actors and director inform the work with their own perspectives and life experiences.

Hallmark says it was the poetic language in the script, and its opportunities for stylized movement, that made her think

to ask Angelisa Gillyard, who worked on two of Ally’s prior shows as a choreographer, to direct #poolparty.

Gillyard welcomed the invitation to contribute, along with her cast, to the blueprint Mendenhall had developed. “Jen has been able to write a play that is grounded in truth, and still allows the other artists involved to draw on their personal truth,” she says. “I wouldn’t say necessarily that certain people can only write stories about certain other people. If you can only write about something you have actually experienced, where is the imagination? Where is the creativity?”

“What you have here is a start, but we’re going to make it richer by inserting our own insight and experience into these characters and this situation.”

After the opening performance, Raynard Bowlding had only praise for the show. In the play, the character of Ray Sr., played

by Keith Irby, watches over his family as a sort of benign apparition while they navigate a crisis.

“That’s the way I think about my dad, being here, whatever I’m doing, he’s watching over me, he’s listening,” Raynard says. “To see [Irby] doing that on stage, that really brought me into the moment.”

He appreciated one of the play’s imaginary elements, centering the story on Roya, a competitive swimmer played by Lori Pitts, who comes to feel conflicted about her involvement in the sport.

That scenario is fictitious, he says. But he’s firm on one point.

“My boys can swim,” Raynard says.

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FilmShort SubjectS and can only hope—never be sure—that we’ve learned something from it . In Nancy, Riseborough reflects that process back to us and makes sure we see every bracing, human, and mysterious moment of it.

—Noah Gittell

Nancy

Nancy opens Friday at Landmark E Street Cinema.

IdentIty theft Nancy

Directed by Christina Choe AndreA riseborough mAy be the best actress working in film today, but you probably don’t know it. You may have seen her catalyze our modern-day gender politics as Billie Jean King’s love interest in last year’s Battle of the Sexes or steal The Death of Stalin from a half-dozen comic geniuses as the dictator’s hilariously bereaved daughter. You might even remember her flirting with ingenuity in that weird Tom Cruise space flick Oblivion.

But odds are you didn’t realize all these performances came from the same person. Riseborough is the ultimate shapeshifter, transforming herself into a completely new person with each role, unrecognizable from the last.

As such, it’s no surprise that Nancy, a thoughtful character study with Riseborough in the lead role, is her best yet. In the transfixing film by first-time feature director Christina Choe, she plays a woman who lives to lie. Nancy has no center, instead contorting the core details of her life so she can fit in anywhere. It’s a perfect role for an actress of Riseborough’s transformational talents.

Nancy lives with her overbearing mother (Ann Dowd), who is suffering from Parkinson’s and seems intent on making those around her suffer just as much. Stymied by her living situation, Nancy engages in frequent fantasies.

She conjures up fake photos of herself on vacation in North Korea to impress her new coworkers (she’s a temp, of course), and puts on a pregnancy suit to connect with a divorcee

(John Leguizamo) who recently lost a child.

To its credit, the film never tells us how to feel about this. It’s certainly icky—Leguizamo’s tender performance ensures we feel the impact of her deception—but Choe’s tight direction, which rarely strays from Nancy’s point of view, and Riseborough’s sharp, soulful performance guarantee our empathy.

The plot turns when Nancy sees Ellen and Leo, a middle-aged married couple (J. SmithCameron and Steve Buscemi), on the news discussing their daughter, who disappeared 30 years prior. Nancy decides on the spot that she is that daughter, a lie that becomes blurry when she visits with the parents at their home. Ellen is convinced that Nancy is hers.

Leo remains open but skeptical. As the three wounded souls spend a few days together, they bond and create a new history, forcing Nancy to either make a life-changing commitment to her deceptive lifestyle, or break from it and lose her first opportunity at a nurturing family.

As the traumatized parents, Smith-Cameron and Buscemi are magnificent. We haven’t seen Buscemi plays a normal person in decades, and it’s both a revelation and a relief.

Still, this is Riseborough’s movie and maybe her moment. We’re never quite sure if Nancy’s lie is a full-on delusion, but, regardless, Riseborough’s emotions never seem artificial.

She’s deeply moved by her new parents’ kindness—especially when Leo, who is allergic to cats, allows her to bring her feline pet in the house. Despite the lies she subjected us to in the early going, we root for her always. That’s how good Riseborough is.

To some, Nancy might feel too slight for its own good. Even after the film’s tumultuous events, we cannot be certain how much Nancy has actually changed. Then again, that’s life, isn’t it? We put ourselves through hell

Boundaries

All In the fAmIly Boundaries

Directed by Shana Feste in movies, the family road trip is typically used to serve up heaps of wackiness. Nothing ever goes right, no one ever gets along, and if there’s a dog, you can guarantee it will be cut to for reaction shots. Writer/director Shana Feste’s father-daughter-grandson drama Boundaries mostly eschews these trappings. But its cooked-up complications eventually run out of gas, and its destination is as snooze-worthy as driving 500 miles of highway.

The cast, however, couldn’t be better. Christopher Plummer and Vera Farmiga play Jack and Laura, a dad and daughter who aren’t the best of friends because of Jack’s disappointment as a father. The usual reason is given— he wasn’t there for her—but it’s implied that it’s also because he smokes weed, though in

what exact way this affected their relationship isn’t clear.

At the beginning of the film, Laura isn’t talking to Jack, sending his frequent calls to voicemail. But the reason he’s calling, which she finds out when she relents and phones him back, is because he’s getting kicked out of his retirement home and has nowhere to go. (The home’s board accuses him of being a “man with low moral integrity,” apparently because he sells weed, too.) Naturally, Jack wants to stay with Laura. But she hands him off to her out-of-town sister (Kristen Schaal), and soon they hit the road in his old car with Laura’s son, Henry (Lewis MacDougall, A Monster Calls). We immediately discover that it was Jack’s idea to drive because he wants to do some dealing, hoping for an assist from his grandson.

Feste injects a little black comedy into the first half, and though there are a couple of eyerolling developments, her story mostly feels fresh. Laura bears all the scars of an unhappy childhood but also seems a bit loony at times (at least until she’s suddenly the voice of reason). Her defining trait, though, is being a compulsive animal rescuer.

“It’s fucking disgusting,” an overnight guest tells her. But her dad and sister also have a soft spot for dogs, so the obsession isn’t criticized by anyone but the dude.

Christopher Lloyd, Bobby Cannavale, and Peter Fonda co-star and are fine in their bit roles. (And they really are bit. It would have been ridiculous if Sony had decided not to release the film because of Fonda’s recent tweet about Barron Trump.) But the central trio make the show, with Farmiga wounded yet fiery, the Scottish MacDougall pulling off a spoton American accent, and Plummer being the usual charmer.

Boundaries doesn’t say much about dysfunctional family ties that hasn’t been said in countless other movies: With a little give and take—plus the realization that our time on Earth isn’t forever—even the most grievous of sins can be gotten past. It’s trite, but Feste has a great idea for the close. The last shots are individual ones of the cast smiling into the camera, which gives you a renewed fuzzy feeling toward their characters. And with that, a wobbly story is as easily forgiven as a lifetime of family hurt.

—Tricia Olszewski Boundaries opens Friday at Landmark Bethesda Row and Angelika Mosaic.

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A large chunk of Steadman’s works are political cartoons for various publications, in which distinguished—and controversial—figures like Ralph Steadman: A Margaret Thatcher, Sigmund Freud, and RichRetrospective ard Nixon are rendered significantly less digAt the American University Museum at nified by Steadman’s pen. the Katzen Arts Center to August 12 The all-powerful forces of the world were not Steadman’s only targets, though. His caYou might not know the name Ralph reer really took off when he successfully beSteadman, but if you’ve ever picked up a six- gan submitting cartoons to publications such er of Flying Dog or a copy of Fear and Loath- as Private Eye. The subjects of these caricaing in Las Vegas, you know his work. All too of- tures range from vapid partygoers to married ten, illustrators are left in the shadows, their couples to waiters, and skewer the very notion work considered lesser than that of fine art- of respectability and civil society. His longists because it graces the pages of newspapers standing collaboration with Hunter S. Thompor a bottle of beer instead of a gallery wall. As son began when the gonzo journalist requestsuch, they usually labor in obscurity. At Amer- ed someone with a “really peculiar sense of ican University’s latest exhibition, the famed humour… with a serious kink in his brain” to ilillustrator’s work is elevated and treated with lustrate an article about the Kentucky Derby.

Steadman’s deranged and anarchic works certhe reverence that it deserves.

The retrospective highlights over 100 tainly fit the bill, and the illustrations accomworks from Steadman’s long and prolific ca- panying Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas became reer, covering everything from political car- instantly iconic.

The gallery pays tribute to Steadman’s toons to wine catalogs to the numerous books he’s written and illustrated. Steadman, who spirit of chaos with sporadic inkblot recreations dotting the wall among his pieces. In addition to the splatters, Steadman’s work is dense with a variety of linework, hatching, and stippling, and it’s a treat to study these details up close at full size, instead of shrunken to fit a page or a label. In particular, the original artwork for Fly“Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew” by Ralph Steadman (1969) ing Dog’s Raging Bitch Belgian IPA, grew up and was educated in England, bris- which many drinkers in this region are surely tled at the British trappings of class and au- familiar with, is fascinating to see outside of its thority, and his somewhat grotesque and ex- usual context and blown up to poster dimenaggerated depictions of people and bodies sions. In this form, every last fleck and speck reflects his irreverent sensibility. His signa- of ink shines through.

On top of Steadman’s greatest hits and ture inkblots, which at times resemble blood spatter or spewed vomit, depending on the well-known published works, the retrospecviolence or disgust he means to evoke, are a tive plumbs the depths of his experimentation and early sketches, showing a totally defining feature of his work.

The bleakness of human existence is a re- new side of his work. Among these are Polacurring theme in Steadman’s work, and sever- roids that Steadman tampered with while the al of his pieces take umbrage with the world’s ink was still running and practice sketches of injustices and abuses by the powerful. “The men drinking in London pubs. His stunning Police” is a striking and Zeitgeisty standout: charcoals of gorgeous museum architecture The piece depicts police officers with faces proves that the man not only has style, but can made of guns, their snouts appearing both draw with the best of them. It’s fitting that afhumorously porcine and seriously deadly. In ter spending so much time practicing in those “The Peacekeepers Are Coming! The Peace- museums early on, his work finally earned a —Stephanie Rudig keepers Are Coming!” a young boy shouts the rightful place in one. titular worlds while he’s being chased by a barrage of spidery monsters deployed from a U.S. 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Free. (202) 885military helicopter, a response to Ronald Rea- 1000. American.edu/cas/museum/index.cfm.

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FRIDAY BLueS

Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Carol Riddick. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $30. bluesalley. com.

CLASSICAL

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Kennedy Center ConCert HAll 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra DECLASSIFIED: Ben Folds Presents. 9 p.m. $25–$75. kennedy-center.org.

THU 6/28

eLeCtRoNIC

eCHostAge 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Borgore. 9 p.m. $20–$40. echostage.com.

FlAsH 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. &ME and Mahony. 8 p.m. $8–$15. flashdc.com. soundCHeCK 1420 K St. NW. (202) 789-5429. Morgan Page. 10 p.m. $20. soundcheckdc.com.

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liBrAry oF Congress 101 Independence Ave. SE. (202) 707-5000. Folks of Bengal. 12 p.m. Free. loc.gov.

WolF trAp Filene Center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers and The Wood Brothers. 7:30 p.m. $27–$60. wolftrap.org.

FuNk & R&B

BirCHmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Lyfe Jennings. 7:30 p.m. $59. birchmere.com.

HIp-Hop

songByrd musiC House And reCord CAFe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Smoke DZA. 8 p.m. $15–$45. songbyrddc.com.

JAzz

Amp By strAtHmore 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Chuck Redd’s All-Star Tribute to Charlie Byrd. 8 p.m. $30–$35. ampbystrathmore.com.

BetHesdA Blues & JAzz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Time Loves a Hero: A Tribute to Little Feat. 8 p.m. $25. bethesdabluesjazz.com. tWins JAzz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Bruce Williams. 9 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.

pop

musiC Center At strAtHmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Sarah McLachlan. 8 p.m. $66–$146. strathmore.org.

RoCk

9:30 CluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Old 97’s. 8 p.m. $25. 930.com.

9:30 CluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Blac Rabbit.

7 p.m. $15. 930.com. dC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Bodega. 7:30 p.m. $10–$12. dcnine.com. gypsy sAlly’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. The Cactus Liquors. 8:30 p.m. $10–$12. gypsysallys.com.

JiFFy luBe live 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow.

(703) 754-6400. Foreigner. 7 p.m. $22–$240. livenation.com. peArl street WAreHouse 33 Pearl Street SW. (202) 380-9620. The Calling. 8:30 p.m. $25. pearlstreetwarehouse.com.

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SARAH MCLACHLAN

It is time for a Lilith Fair revival. In the pantheon of ’90s revivals, we’ve endured and exhausted reimaginings of niche music genres that, let’s be honest, probably didn’t need to be revived (ahem, emo, ska, and pop-punk). So it’s only fair that we get a revival of the most defining music festival of the ’90s (sorry Lollapalooza). To wit: Lilith Fair was a festival started by the one and only Sarah McLachlan in 1997 that consisted solely of female artists and bands. We’re talking about such goddesses as McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Sheryl Crow, Queen Latifah, Lisa Loeb, Joan Osborne, Erykah Badu, Tracy Chapman, Jewel, Fiona Apple, The Cardigans, Paula Cole, and dozens more. It was a celebration of women in power in a exceptionally misogynistic and sexist industry (it also raised more than $7 million for charity in its three-year run). Since then, McLachlan has enjoyed a steady stream of success with a handful of albums, though nothing has topped her classic ’97 album Surfacing, and continues to tour regularly. Friday night at Strathmore will be an opportunity for McLachlan to remind audiences why she’s one of the most empathetic and moving songwriters of the past few decades—who doesn’t get misty-eyed when they hear “Angel”?—but really, you should go to try and persuade her to bring back Lilith Fair. The time is nigh. Sarah McLachlan performs at 8 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. $66–$146. (301) 581-5100. strathmore. org.

—Matt Cohen

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LYFe JeNNINGS

There is something about Lyfe Jennings’ voice that is layered yet addictively simple. The raspy tenor sound that Lyfe wields effectively evokes both the image of Swisher Sweets and satin sheets. When his debut album Lyfe 268-192 came out in 2004, the hit single “Must Be Nice” dominated charts and the radio, bringing closer the gap between the unapologetically street state of hip-hop and the pop-crazed place R&B was in at the moment. The term “street crooner” was thrown around to label Lyfe’s brand of vocals, equally effective in jail cell and bedroom. Several albums later, Tree of Lyfe, his 2015 offering released in the midst of the singer’s several appearances on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta as Karlie Redd’s love interest, stays true to the vocalist’s street perspective, even if a bit dated. Tree of Lyfe also features a duet with Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Demetria McKinney that breathes life to album standout “Talkin About Love.” A skilled guitarist and pianist, look forward to an acoustically oriented set at the Birchmere to show off Lyfe’s steady grit. Lyfe Jennings performs at 7:30pm at The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. $59.50. (703) 549-7500. birchmere.com.

—Hamzat Sani

roCK & roll Hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

War On Women. 9 p.m. $12–$15.

CLASSICAL

u street musiC HAll 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

ClAriCe smitH perForming Arts Center Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. (301) 405-2787.

Petrushka Returns. 8 p.m. $10–$29. theclarice.umd.edu.

Blac Rabbit. 7 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com. union stAge 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487.

Anthony Green. 8 p.m. $19.50–$29.50.

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They endure sweltering temperatures, hunger, and thirst and are vulnerable and lonely. Keep them inside, where it’s safe and comfortable.

unionstage.com. velvet lounge 915 U St. NW. (202) 462-3213.

Ancient River. 8:30 p.m. $10. velvetloungedc.com.

WoRLD Kennedy Center millennium stAge 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Tiharea, Betsayda Machado, and Perranda El Clavo. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org. u street musiC HAll 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

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SAtuRDAY

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Bashment: A House of Caribbeans Ting. 10:30 p.m. $5. ustreetmusichall.com.

Kennedy Center FAmily tHeAter 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Irvine School of Music presents Recital Showcase. 7 p.m. $25. kennedy-center.org. nAtionAl ArCHives 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. (202) 357-5000. Malcolm X Drummers. 12 p.m. Free. archives.gov.

WArner tHeAtre 513 13th St. NW. (202) 783-4000.

Canadian Brass. 7:30 p.m. $22–$42. warnertheatredc.com.

eLeCtRoNIC eCHostAge 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Tchami. 9 p.m. $30–$40. echostage.com.

FlAsH 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Stacey Pullen. 8 p.m. $10–$15. flashdc.com.

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ten tigers pArlour 3813 Georgia Ave. NW. (202) 506-2080. Brodinski. 10 p.m. $15–$20. tentigersdc.com.

3701 Mount Vernon Ave. Alexandria, VA • 703-549-7500

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Dimitri From Paris. 10 p.m. $15–$25. ustreetmusichall.com.

FoLk

dC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. 9 p.m. $18. dcnine.com.

Kennedy Center ConCert HAll 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Stephen Stills and Judy Collins. 8 p.m. $39–$129. kennedy-center.org. union stAge 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. Nellie McKay. 7 p.m. $25–$30. unionstage.com. velvet lounge 915 U St. NW. (202) 462-3213. Wicked Sycamore. 8:30 p.m. $10. velvetloungedc.com.

FuNk & R&B

BirCHmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Lyfe Jennings. 7:30 p.m. $59. birchmere.com. mAdAm’s orgAn 2461 18th St. NW. (202) 667-5370.

LBF. 7 p.m. Free. madamsorgan.com.

GoSpeL

Kennedy Center millennium stAge 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Howard University Gospel Choir & Countermeasure. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

HIp-Hop

songByrd musiC House And reCord CAFe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Jahn Rome. 8 p.m. $10–$12. songbyrddc.com.

JAzz

BetHesdA Blues & JAzz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Brencore Allstars Band. 8 p.m. $35. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Mark Whitfield. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $30. bluesalley. com. tWins JAzz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Bruce Williams. 9 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.

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JAmmin JAvA 227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 2551566. Kyle Guffey. 12:30 p.m. $10. jamminjava.com. peArl street WAreHouse 33 Pearl Street SW. (202) 380-9620. Seth Glier. 8:15 p.m. $12. pearlstreetwarehouse.com.

RoCk

BlACK CAt 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. The Split Seconds. 8 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com.

Comet ping pong 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 364-0404. Pylon Reenactment Society. 10 p.m. $12. cometpingpong.com.

FlAsH 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. SunDown. 4 p.m. $10–$15. flashdc.com.

JAmmin JAvA 227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 2551566. Jack Broadbent. 7:30 p.m. $18–$20. jamminjava.com. roCK & roll Hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Paperhaus. 8 p.m. $15. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

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stAte tHeAtre 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church.

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JAKE SHIMABUKURO 9&10 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET 11 AARON NEVILLE 12 MORRIS DAY & THE TIME 13 MINDI ABAIR & THE BONESHAKERS 14 SHAWN MULLINS 5

"Soul's Core Revival Tour"

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Felix Cavaliere & Gene Cornish’s

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CITY LIGHTS: SuNDAY

pHillips ColleCtion 1600 21st St. NW. (202) 3872151. Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir. 11 a.m.; 3 p.m. $10–$12. phillipscollection.org.

SuNDAY CLASSICAL

Kennedy Center ConCert HAll 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Serenade! Grand Finale Concert. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

CouNtRY

BirCHmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Hal Ketchum with Clarence Bucaro.

7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com.

WolF trAp Filene Center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Reba McEntire. 8 p.m. $45–$125. wolftrap.org.

eLeCtRoNIC

FlAsH 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Janeret.

4 p.m. $8. flashdc.com.

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WISH tRee FoR WASHINGtoN, D.C.

Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree exhibition, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, has returned in full bloom this summer at the Hirshhorn. Museumgoers can be seen whispering their wishes to the tree year-round, but during the summer months, the Japanese dogwood blossoms with thousands of paper tags as visitors are encouraged to write down their wishes and hang them on the tree. Hirshhorn staff “harvests” these wishes throughout the summer, shipping them off to the Wishing Well of Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland. Here, they become part of a collection of more than a million wishes from Wish Tree projects all over the world. The wishes range from jabs at the American president (“I really wish that our president gets tired of fucking things up and quits,” reads one) to messages of positivity (“I wish that all the lovely wishes on this tree come true,” reads another, punctuated with a smiley face). You have all summer to come experience the Wish Tree for yourself. And who knows, your wish might even come true.

The exhibition is on view to Sept. 3 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue and 7th Street SW. Free. (202) 633-1000. hirshhorn.si.edu.

—Rose Shafer

JAzz BetHesdA Blues & JAzz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Happy Together Tour. 8 p.m. $97–$137. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Mark Whitfield. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $25. bluesalley. com. tWins JAzz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. The 5-1-2 Experience. 8 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.

RoCk BlACK CAt 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. The Tins. 7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com.

Fillmore silver spring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Poptone. 7 p.m. $30. fillmoresilverspring.com. peArl street WAreHouse 33 Pearl Street SW. (202) 380-9620. Jelly Roll Mortals. 1 p.m. Free. pearlstreetwarehouse.com. songByrd musiC House And reCord CAFe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Oso Oso. 8 p.m. $10–$12. songbyrddc.com. union stAge 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487.

Music Makes Life Better Fundraiser. 7:30 p.m. $20–$40. unionstage.com.

MoNDAY JAzz

Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Michael Bowie. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $24. bluesalley. com.

pop BlACK CAt 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Antonia. 7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com.

Fillmore silver spring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. 8 p.m. $37–$90. fillmoresilverspring.com.

RoCk JiFFy luBe live 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow.

(703) 754-6400. Imagine Dragons. 7 p.m. $39–$129. livenation.com. songByrd musiC House And reCord CAFe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Media Jeweler. 8 p.m.

Free. songbyrddc.com.

WolF trAp Filene Center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Barenaked Ladies. 7 p.m. $43.50– $73.50. wolftrap.org.

WoRLD Kennedy Center millennium stAge 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Cobla Catalana del Sons Essencials. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

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LIVE MUSIC

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tueSDAY eLeCtRoNIC

eCHostAge 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Flosstradamus. 9 p.m. $20–$30. echostage.com.

FuNk & R&B Go-Go

union stAge 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. The Dynamic Duo: Ms. Kim and Scooby. 10 p.m. $25–$40. unionstage.com.

JAzz

BetHesdA Blues & JAzz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. The Chuck Brown Band. 8 p.m. $25. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $27.50. bluesalley.com.

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CApitAl one ArenA 601 F St. NW. (202) 628-3200.

Sam Smith. 8 p.m. $40–$125. capitalonearena.monumentalsportsnetwork.com.

WoRLD F 29 SA 30

THE CALLING “WHEREVER YOU WILL GO” w/ POCKET BELLS SETH GLIER w/ MARIELLE KRAFT

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TICKETS ON SALE!

pearlstreetwarehouse.com

A BooGIe WIt DA HooDIe

u street musiC HAll 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

The Big Boom ft. K+Lab and Fort Knox Five. 10 p.m. $10. ustreetmusichall.com.

HoWArd tHeAtre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Maxi Priest. 8 p.m. $29.50–$113.75. thehowardtheatre.com.

JUNE CONCERTS

CITY LIGHTS: MoNDAY

Fillmore silver spring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Los Cafres. 8 p.m. $29–$30. fillmoresilverspring.com.

Kennedy Center millennium stAge 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Onnik Dinkjian. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

WeDNeSDAY CLASSICAL

Kennedy Center 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. A Capitol Fourth 2018. 8 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

RoCk

peArl street WAreHouse 33 Pearl Street SW. (202) 380-9620. Fourth of July Free For All. 12 p.m.

Free. pearlstreetwarehouse.com.

WoRLD

There’s something old school about A Boogie Wit da Hoodie.

Maybe it’s the way the 22-yearold Bronx native raps, with heavy doses of lyricism and melody that make him a clear-eyed, full-hearted counter to his contemporaries, garnering him a spot on XXL’s trendsetting Freshman Class list.

Maybe it’s that moniker—replacing his given name, Artist Julius Dubose—inspired by Paid in Full, a film set in the ’80s and named after the Eric B. & Rakim classic. “After a while, everybody will know me as Artist,” he told Newsweek last year. The double entendre holds on his latest project, International Artist, a true-to-itstitle array of globetrotting collaborations that show off A Boogie’s personality and artistry. Rather than the piano-heavy sing-song of breakthrough hit “Drowning,” International Artist is heavy on dancehall, reggaeton, and Afrobeats, which are en vogue right now. Maybe his hustle is his most old-school trait. “I got my foot in the door,” he raps. “They never gave me the key.” A Boogie Wit da Hoodie performs at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Silver Spring, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $37–$40. (301) 960-9999. fillmoresilverspring.com.

—Chris Kelly

Kennedy Center millennium stAge 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Son Veteranos. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

tHuRSDAY CLASSICAL

goetHe-institut WAsHington 1990 K St. NW, Suite 03. (202) 847-4700. Chamber Music at Noon. 12 p.m. Free. goethe.de/washington.

CouNtRY

peArl street WAreHouse 33 Pearl Street SW. (202) 380-9620. Wil Gravatt. 7 p.m. Free. pearlstreetwarehouse.com.

eLeCtRoNIC

FlAsH 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Pan-Pot. 9 p.m. $8–$15. flashdc.com. soundCHeCK 1420 K St. NW. (202) 789-5429. IndepenDANCE feat. Dzeko. 10 p.m. $0–$15. soundcheckdc.com.

FuNk & R&B

BirCHmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

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

Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Sylver Logan Sharp. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $25. bluesalley.com.

WolF trAp tHeAtre-in-tHe-Woods 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Sugar Free Allstars.

10:30 a.m. $10. wolftrap.org.

JAzz

tWins JAzz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Caesar Ulsano. 8 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.

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strAtHmore BACKyArd tHeAter stAge 5301 Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Little

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FAReWeLL, MY LoVeLY

“Or maybe it was just the plain fact that I am tired and growing old,” says Philip Marlowe in the opening lines of Farewell, My Lovely. The AFI Silver’s tribute to Robert Mitchum wraps up with this 1975 adaptation of the novel by Raymond Chandler. Hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe is a perfect character for the aging, jaded actor. Set in 1941 Los Angeles, the movie is drenched in a neon art deco that was once the standard for film noir but now has all but disappeared from the big screen, much like icons such as Mitchum. Co-starring Charlotte Rampling as a rich judge’s young wife and Sylvester Stallone as a small-time thug, the movie seems to be passing the silver screen baton to the next generation. Despite a subplot involving a rare jade, Farewell, My Lovely is no Chinatown, but they still don’t make them like this anymore.

The film screens at 12 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $8–$10. (301) 495-6700. afi.com/silver.

—Pat Padua

Merriweather Post Pavilion • Columbia, MD

Sugarland w/ Brandy Clark & Clare Bowen ............................................. JULY 14 Dispatch w/ Nahko and Medicine for the People & Raye Zaragoza ..... JULY 21 DC101 KERFUFFLE FEATURING

Fall Out Boy • Rise Against • Awolnation and more! ....................... JULY 22

David Byrne w/ Benjamin Clementine ..................................................... JULY 28 VANS WARPED TOUR PRESENTED BY JOURNEYS FEAT.

3OH!3 • August Burns Red • Less Than Jake and more! ....................... JULY 29

Lady Antebellum & Darius Rucker

THIS WEEK’S SHOWS

JUNE AUGUST (cont.) F JUN 29 Old 97’s ....................................................................................................

AEG PRESENTS THIS FRIDAY! Reminisce Live!.......................................................................................

F JUL 6 Jeremih Old 97’s w/ Brian Dunne ............F 29 Steve Hofstetter This is a seated show. 14+ tow/ enter. ..........................................

Teyana Taylor & DaniLeigh ..SaSa117 JULY Mura Masa ................................F 17 Reminisce Live! ........................F 6 DC Music Rocks Festival feat.

Black Dog Prowl • Allthebestkids • Steve Hofstetter

Fellowcraft • Pebble to Pearl • Kid Brother .............................Sa 18

This is a seated show. 14+ to enter. .....Sa 7

Hot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party

Kyle Kinane

with DJs Will Eastman and Ozker •

This is a seated show. ......................Th 23

Visuals by Kylos .........................F 13

The Circus Life Podcast 5th Anniversary Concert feat.

Can’t Feel My Face: 2010s Dance Party with

The Get Up Kids

DJ Dredd’s MJ + Prince Dance Party

DJs Will Eastman & Ozker and Visuals by Kylos .................F 24

The Bumper Jacksons • Justin Trawick and The Common Good • Louisa Hall • more TBA! ........Sa 14

with Visuals by Robin Bell .....Sa 25

w/ Racquet Club & Ageist ...........Su 15

SEPTEMBER

Deafheaven w/ Drab Majesty & Uniform ........Sa 21

Nothing But Thieves

D NIGHT ADDED!

w/ Demob Happy ............................F 7

FIRST NIGHT SOLD OUT! SECON

MC50: Kick Out the Jams 50th Anniversary Tour

Sleep (performing Holy Mountain) w/ Dylan Carlson .........................M 23

featuring MC5’s Brother Wayne Kramer, Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, Fugazi’s Brendan Canty, Kings X’s Dug Pinnick, and Zen Guerilla’s Marcus Durant ......Tu 11

That 70s Party featuring Champion Sound (Live) and Vinyl DJs Gudo • John Eamon • Detroyt ......................................Sa 28

AUGUST

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic .Th 2 Andrea Gibson w/ Mary Lambert This is a seated show. ..........................F 3

Los Amigos Invisibles ...........F 14 FIDLAR w/ Dilly Dally & NOBRO ..............Tu 18

White Ford Bronco:

DC’s All 90s Band ....................Sa 4

FIRST SHOW SOLD OUT! EARLY

SHOW ADDED!

AEG PRESENTS

Car Seat Headrest w/ Naked Giants & Don Babylon .Th 20

Erykah Badu • Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals • Nas • The Roots and more!..................................................................... AUGUST 4 & 5

Jason Mraz w/ Brett Dennen ................................................................AUGUST 10 AUG 11 SOLD OUT!

Phish................................................................................................................AUGUST 12 CAKE & Ben Folds w/ Tall Heights .................................................AUGUST 18 Kenny Chesney w/ Old Dominion ......................................................AUGUST 22 Portugal. The Man w/ Lucius..................................................................SEPT 21 TRILLECTRO FEATURING

SZA • 2 Chainz • RL Grime • Carnage • Young Thug • Playboi Carti • The Internet and more!.................................................SEPT 22

The National w/ Cat Power & Phoebe Bridgers ...................................SEPT 28 WPOC SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY FEATURING

Brett Eldredge • Dan + Shay • Dustin Lynch • Devin Dawson • Morgan Evans • Jimmie Allen • Jillian Jacqueline.........................SEPT 30 • For full lineups and more info, visit merriweathermusic.com • 930.com

Lincoln Theatre • 1215 U Street, NW Washington, D.C.

Blackmore’s Night

D NIGHT ADDED!

w/ The Wizard’s Consort ................ JULY 25

FIRST NIGHT SOLD OUT! SECON

Garbage w/ Rituals of Mine

Amos Lee w/ Caitlyn Smith ...... SEPT 18 Version 2.0 20th Anniversary Tour ... OCT 22 Welcome To Night Vale .. SEPT 26 THE BENTZEN BALL COMEDY FESTIVAL Blood Orange ........................ SEPT 28 CLOSING NIGHT Tig Notaro & Friends ........ OCT 28 Lykke Li......................................... OCT 5 MADISON HOUSE PRESENTS Gad Elmaleh............................. OCT 10 Kamasi Washington ...........NOV 10 Eric Hutchinson & The Believers The Dollop .................................NOV 16 w/ Jeremy Messersmith.................... OCT 12 Jim James (Solo Acoustic) The Milk Carton Kids w/ The Barr Brothers ....................... OCT 13 • thelincolndc.com •

w/ Alynda Segarra

from Hurray for the Riff Raff ...............NOV 17

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

Gary Numan w/ Nightmare Air

Early Show! 6pm Doors .....................F 21

U STREET MUSIC HALL PRESENTS

Bitch Sesh

3pm Doors. This is a seated show. .......Su 5

No Scrubs: ‘90s Dance Party

with DJs Brian Billion and Ozker and Visuals by Kylos .................F 10

MANY MORE SHOWS ON SALE!

9:30 CUPCAKES

D NIGHT ADDED!

FIRST NIGHT SOLD OUT! SECON

w/ Russell Dickerson ........................................................................................AUGUST 2 CDE PRESENTS SUMMER SPIRIT FESTIVAL FEATURING

Whethan

w/ Sweater Beats & Andrew Luce Late Show! 10pm Doors .....................F 21

Owl City w/ Matthew Thiessen & The Earthquakes .....................Sa 22

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9:30 CLUB PRESENTS AT U STREET MUSIC HALL Blac Rabbit w/ Kahli Abdu

& Strawberry Sleepover ...................F JUN 29 Katie Herzig w/ Liza Anne........... Sa JUL 14

Shannon And The Clams

10th Anniversary Tour...................... Sa 18

Striking Matches ............................. Sa 25 w/ Big Huge & Gauche.......................... Th 26 Bernhoft Lydia w/ Jared and The Mill & Cherry Pools ................................ Tu AUG 7 & The Fashion Bruises ...............Th SEP 6 • Buy advance tickets at the 9:30 Club box office • 930.com

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

9:30 CLUB BOX OFFICE HOURS are 12-7pm on weekdays & until 11pm on show nights, 6-11pm on Sat, and 6-10:30pm on Sun on show nights.

HAPPY HOUR DRINK PRICES impconcerts.com AFTER THE SHOW AT THE BACK BAR!

Vacationer w/ Sego .............................. F 17 Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line

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

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SMItHSoNIAN FoLkLIFe FeStIVAL

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s mission is described as “an exercise in cultural democracy,” encouraging visitors to interact with artisans and tradition-bearers from around the world. That description couldn’t be more accurate. A tradition spanning 50 years and attracting thousands of visitors annually, the festival has celebrated the contemporary cultural traditions of every region in the U.S. and scores of different ethnic communities from more than 90 nations. This year’s program highlights artists from Armenia and Catalonia and features a broad range of activities like carpet weaving, dance workshops, clay jewelry making, and the creation of mosaic street art. But stick around for the narrative sessions, which are equally diverse, covering topics such as the history of Catalonia’s insanely awesome human towers. The festival closes with concert performances by artists from Roadwork, a D.C.-based cross-cultural women’s arts organization. Get a taste of the globe at the largest cultural event in the nation’s capital. The festival runs to July 8 on the National Mall. Free. (202) 633-1000. festival.si.edu.

—Rose Shafer Miss Ann. 9:30 a.m.; 11:30 a.m. $8–$10. strathmore. org.

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BlACK CAt 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Mock Identity. 7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com. songByrd musiC House And reCord CAFe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Weller. 8 p.m. songbyrddc.com. union stAge 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487.

Independence roXplosion. 8 p.m. $10–$15. unionstage.com.

WoRLD

Kennedy Center millennium stAge 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Al. Spendiaryan Qanon Ensemble. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Books

AlissA QuArt Writer Alissa Quart discusses Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America, an eye-opening look at the country’s struggling middle class. Politics & Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. June 29. 7 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. elAine s. poviCH Journalist Elaine S. Povich discusses her biography of senator John McCain, called

John McCain: American Maverick. Politics & Prose.

5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. July 1. 5 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. miCHAel Bennett Super Bowl champion Michael Bennett talks about his new book Things That Make White People Uncomfortable, in which he writes about police violence, protesting, and his own obligations to speak out for what he believes is right. Politics & Prose at The Wharf. 70 District Square SW. June 29. 7 p.m. Free. (202) 488-3867.

Theater

Ain’t too proud—tHe liFe And times oF tHe temptAtions This Berkeley Repertory Theatre production chronicles The Temptations, whose signature dance moves and harmonies led them to be widely considered as the greatest R&B group of all time. The electric new musical features hits like “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone.” Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. 2700 F St. NW. To July 22. $59–$159. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

CAmelot This musical based on Arthurian legend is the winner of four Tony Awards. From its stunning score to its story’s legendary Round Table, Camelot is an ode to idealistic leadership that champions

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oHIo pLAYeRS

Listening to the Ohio Players’ catalog of music is most fun when playing a game of sample Shazam. Catch a synth section, a drum kick, an organ riff and try to place it with the contemporary hip-hop or pop producer that has slipped it into the hit that you know and love. My 10-year-old blew his own mind tracing the origin of synthesizers from Biggie’s “Big Poppa” and Dr. Dre’s “Nuthin' But A ‘G’ Thang” to the Players’ “Funky Worm.” The song has more than 250 sample credits tagged to it alone, with many West Coast producers pulling from it to create the music of the G-Funk sub-genre of hip-hop. Then of course there are the group’s more well-known hits like “Love Rollercoaster” and “Fire” to which you just have to dance. To say that the Players are part of the pantheon of musical gods that inspired the sounds we grew up grooving to is not hyperbolic. This concert is a must for any crate diggers and producers out there worth their weight in musical matters. Ohio Players perform at 7:30 p.m. at The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. $55. (703) 549-7500. birchmere.com.

—Hamzat Sani

the potential of humankind. Sidney Harman Hall. 610 F St. NW. To July 1. $44–$118. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org. entirely elvis Signature Theatre presents an entire cabaret dedicated to singer Elvis Presley’s iconic music. It’ll feature hits like “Love Me Tender,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” and “Hound Dog.” Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To June 30. $35.

(703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org.

HAmilton Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit finally comes to the Kennedy Center. The world famous hiphop musical chronicles the extraordinary life of United States Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To Sep. 16. $99–$625. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org. tHe sCottsBoro Boys In 1931, nine African-American teenagers were taken off a train, falsely accused of a crime, and hastily tried and sentenced to death.

Nominated for 12 Tony Awards and making its D.C. premiere, The Scottsboro Boys transforms an event that gripped the country into a compelling musical.

Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To July 1. $40–$89. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org.

Film

tHe CAtCHer WAs A spy Paul Rudd stars as Moe Berg, a major league baseball player who lives a double life as a spy. Co-starring Paul Giamatti and Connie Nielsen. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

eAting AnimAls This documentary, based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer, examines in-depth society’s dietary choices and the food everyone consumes. Starring Natalie Portman. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) inCrediBles 2 In this sequel to the hit animated film, Mr. Incredible is left to take care of is super kids while his wife Elastigirl saves the world. Starring Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, and Sarah Vowell. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) JurAssiC World: FAllen Kingdom Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard reprise their roles as Owen and Claire as they must rescue an island’s dinosaurs from an extinction-level event. Co-starring Rafe Spall and Justice Smith. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) siCArio: dAy oF tHe soldAdo This sequel sees Benicio Del Toro reprising his role as mercurial operative Alejandro, this time fighting Mexican drug cartels that have begun smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border. Co-starring Josh Brolin and Isabela Moner. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) unCle dreW When a man drains his life savings to enter a basketball team in the Rucker Classic tournament and loses his team to his longtime rival, he convinces the legendary Uncle Drew to return to the court one more time. Starring Kyrie Irving, Lil Rel Howery, and Shaquille O’Neal. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

SAVAGELOVE When I started dating my husband, he told me he had a low libido. I said I could deal with that.

We waited several months before having sex, and then after we started, it was infrequent and impersonal. There was some slow improvement over the three years we dated. Then we got married, and suddenly he had no libido at all. He blamed health problems and assured me he was trying to address them. Despite being diagnosed and successfully treated for multiple physical and mental health issues over time, things only got worse.

After four years of marriage, the relationship has become strictly platonic. I can’t even start a conversation about intimacy without him getting irritated. After we married, he also decided he no longer wanted children, and I eventually convinced myself it was probably for the best, given his health. We built our dream home, adopted a pet, and built an outwardly successful life together. I was, if not happy, at least complacent.

Until I ran into an ex-boyfriend at a party. We split many years ago on good terms. We ended up talking about how important it is to him to have a biological child—something we talked about a lot when we were dating—and we got physically close, and that got me thinking about how much I missed sex with him. Ever since, I’ve been thinking about him. I think he was hinting that he wants me back, and right now that sounds like the answer to all my problems. But if not, I don’t want to leave my hubby and lose the decent life we built together. Plus, my leaving would hurt my husband’s feelings, his health, and his finances. I also worry that people would blame me because it will look like I left because things were tough. Can I follow up and clarify with my ex before I break it off with my husband, or is that too much like cheating?

Is it selfish of me to even consider leaving at this point? I’m a 30-year-old woman, so I don’t have a lot of time left to decide about children.

—Indecisively Married Dame On Nearing Exit Here’s something I’ve never seen in my inbox: a letter from someone explaining how sex with their partner was infrequent, impersonal, uninspired, unimaginative, etc. at first but—holy moly—the sex got a fuck of a lot better after the wedding! Now, maybe that happens— maybe that happened for you, dear reader (if so, please write in)—but I can’t imagine it happens often. So, boys and girls and enbies, if the sex isn’t good at or very near the beginning, the passage of time and/or muttering of vows isn’t going to fix it. If sex is important to you—if you wouldn’t be content in a companionate marriage and/or don’t want to wind up in divorce court one day—hold out for someone with whom you click sexually.

Okay, IMDONE, either your husband married you under false pretenses—putting out/ in just enough to convince you to marry him and only pretending to want kids—or his good-

faith efforts to resolve his health issues didn’t help (at least where sex is concerned) and he changed his mind about being a dad (perhaps because he doesn’t feel healthy enough to do the work of parenting). Either way, you’re free to go. Even if the sex was good and your husband wanted 30 kids, you’d still be free to go.

Whether or not you stay, IMDONE, you should explore your options before making up your mind. So go ahead and call your ex and ask him if he’d like to get coffee with you—in a public place and shortly before an appointment you can’t cancel. Your ex may have been hinting about wanting to get back together, or he may not want to get back together and was engaged in what he thought was a little harmless/nostalgic flirtation—harmless because he knows you’re married and presumably unavailable. There’s only one way to find out what your ex wants or doesn’t want, and that’s by asking your ex. So ask.

Here’s something I’ve never seen in my inbox: a letter from someone explaining how sex with their partner was infrequent, impersonal, uninspired, unimaginative, etc. at first but—holy moly— the sex got a fuck of a lot better after the wedding!

And while that convo could be regarded as pre-cheating or cheating-prep or even cheating-adjacent, it isn’t cheating. You married someone who unilaterally changed the terms and conditions of your marriage—no sex, no kids—and you have an absolute right to think through your options. And a husband who won’t even discuss intimacy with you can’t ask you to refrain from contemplating or even discussing intimacy with one of those options.

Whether you have that convo with your ex or not, IMDONE, you need to ask yourself if you want to stay in this marriage. You’re only 30 and you wanted and still want kids. Exboyfriend or no ex-boyfriend, you can leave your husband—and you can leave him with-

out abandoning him. You can still be there for him emotionally, you can offer what help you can financially, and you can help him secure health insurance.

Finally, IMDONE, you frame your choice as the husband or the ex—one or the other— but there is another option. It’s the longest of long shots, I realize, but I’m going to toss it out there anyway: one or the other or both. Your husband would have to agree to an open relationship, and your ex-boyfriend––if, again, he’s interested at all—would have to agree to it, too.

Good luck.

—Dan Savage You ran a letter about a gay man (“Sam”) who has been sucking off his straight friend. Sam said he’s never done this before and isn’t turned on by the idea of “servicing straight guys.” I am a gay man who enjoys sucking off straight guys and I wanted to share my perspective. I’m not trying to “convert” them. I simply find that straight guys have less emotional baggage than most gay guys.

A guy’s dick is his proudest possession. They like to have them admired, especially the straight guys who don’t often get much feedback about their dicks from women. I’m very skilled, so it’s a thrill for me to give a guy a lot of pleasure. I like doing things that make other folks happy, and sucking dick is something that’s appreciated. One guy I’ve known for about 20 years, and after many years apart, he is wanting to see me again. I don’t want a relationship; I don’t want to have to think about two people and have to adjust my plans.

It’s hard enough to plan for just me. I prefer the friendship and the occasional dick sucking. They can always trust me to be straightforward with them. I will never take advantage of them, even when they get drunk. I like pleasing them and having their trust. And for the big question everybody asks: “Do you get lonely?” No, I don’t. I have all kinds of friends and lots of interests and hobbies.

And from time to time, I get to suck a guy’s dick.

—Whatever Acronym Works Like most gay guys, WAW, you’ve got some baggage there of your own. You don’t want a relationship—and, hey, that’s fine! Not everyone wants to pair or triple or quad off, and not everyone has to want that. But you’re seeking out straight guys not because they have less baggage on average than gay guys (they don’t), but because straight guys won’t be interested in you romantically, and consequently won’t demand a commitment from you or ask you to prioritize their needs and feelings the way a boyfriend would. So it’s not that you and all the straight guys you’re sucking off are baggagefree, WAW, it’s that your baggage fits so neatly inside theirs that you can momentarily forget you’ve got any at all.

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