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The sale of a nursing home to the Quaker school Sidwell Friends isn’t done upending lives. By Zach Rausnitz Photographs by Darrow Montgomery
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7 Dishonorable Detainment: D.C. Jail’s crumbling conditions reflect the state of the District’s criminal justice system. 8 Loose Lips: Orange’s side job raises eyebrows 9 Gear Prudence 10 Savage Love 11 Buy D.C.
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17 Young & Hungry: Do bartenders have an intellectual property problem? 19 Grazer: Drink like you’re in South America 19 Underserved: Estadio’s tarragon and basil Gintonic 19 Are You Gonna Eat That? Takoda’s PB&J BBQ wings
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Our favOrite reader response this week comes after food editor Laura Hayes’ devastating piece last week about restaurants behaving badly on social media (“Social Disgraces,” July 29). In it, she reports that Chef Kwame Onwuachi of Top Chef fame and the forthcoming restaurant The Shaw Bijou posted a photo on Instagram last month of a couple doing caviar “bumps” off their fists—“the identical choreography for doing a line of cocaine,” Hayes wrote. The chef noted in his post, “There are no bad bumps, but this one is amazing.” That prompted commenter NorthEazy to respond, “Hahaha, Kwame Onwuachi is the Donald Trump of the DC food scene. When the police give you a hard time, double down!” And on Twitter, Capitol Hill Books (@chbooksdc) playfully wrote, “Can’t wait for our first twitter scandal.” In response to Sarah Anne Hughes’ report about impending cuts to an aid program that helps needy families and their children (“Cash Out?” July 29), reader Fourcrew4413 wrote, “This article is designed to make Bowser look as if she cares. Im in this crap because I need it. The abuse of the staff is a major blow to a family that is already in trouble. DHS, DC Shelter and more DONT CARE about or forgot why thes signed up to help people! I have been kicked around because Im not violent but I do speak up. The whole Homeless Prevention gig is a head count to continue lining the pockets of these fraudsters!” Raymond Embry IV (@rembry) seconded Amanda Kolson Hurley’s point that the Air and Space Museum should consider building anew rather than spending $1 billion on renovation. “It would be marvelous to see a new structure build from scratch,” he wrote. Finally, Darsal has some helpful advice for the dude who wrote Gear Prudence last week complaining about how his wife wants him to check in when he takes long bike rides. “If the ride is too intense to whip off a text now and then, there are apps that can help. After a little setup, Glympse will text or email (or Tweet or Facebook) a link to a temporary live track. It’s limited to 3 hours though.” —Liz Garrigan Want to see your name in bold on this page? Send letters, gripes, clarifications, or praise to editor@washingtoncitypaper.com.
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DistrictLine Dishonorable Detainment By Alex Zielinski A yeAr After the Washington Lawyers’ Committee released a blistering report on the state of D.C.’s largest jail, little has changed at the 40-year-old facility. The findings, which included rat infestations, sewage leaks, and defective temperature controls, inspired local lawyers and prisoner rights advocates to demand immediate intervention by city government. But the building has continued to decay and the city has taken little to no action. The failing ventilation system has left prisoners baking in humid, 87-degree cells—an environment that potentially contributed to last month’s death of inmate Lester Irby. WLC staff say they are receiving daily calls from inmates reporting difficult conditions. “What’s changed is that the jail is one year older. That’s about it,” says WLC attorney Deborah Golden. Meanwhile, a jaw-dropping June report from the Massachusetts-based Prison Policy Initiative identifies the District as the world’s top jailer, exceeding per-capita rates for all U.S. states and foreign countries. “The capital of the ‘free world’ has a higher incarceration rate than any U.S. state and any nation on the planet,” the report reads. While the District has approved funding for a new jail, it has yet to produce any concrete plan. The inaction has forced local criminal justice experts to examine the broader context. In a network containing few inmate reentry programs, sparse mental health resources, and outdated drug sentencing rules, the D.C. Jail’s demise seems to represent a more complex tangle within the country’s most unique— and most complex—criminal justice system. “D.C. is young, and you can see it’s still figuring itself out—how to govern, how to work with the federal government,” says Monica Hopkins-Maxwell, director of ACLU’s D.C. office. “But that’s not an excuse. These problems need to be addressed, and they need to be addressed quickly.” The current D.C. Jail was built three years after the 1973 Home Rule Act was passed, giving local lawmakers control over the city’s justice system. But in 1997, the near-bankrupt District was forced to relinquish the majority of its justice program to the federal government. The city maintained control over policing and the
correctional facilities, but every other step was turned over. Thus was born a system based on complicated overlapping jurisdictions with constantly crossing wires. “We have confusing, overlapping authorities—and on top of that, all of our laws are reviewed by Congress,” Golden says. “It’s not just one person or one organization not doing their job. It’s the whole system.” This abundance of authorities may be contributing to the Council’s stagnant response to the D.C. Jail. Many advocates are upset about just how little has been done since the release of WLC’s report last year. The Council did include a proposal in its 2016 budget to study the jail— but it hasn’t been mentioned since. Inmate Irby’s July death, however, did spark some recent discussion on the jail’s condition. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie didn’t return calls from City Paper, but he told WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi last week, “The jail is outdated, it is inefficient, and it is ill-conceived. It is not built for modern-day corrections. Anything short of ... a new jail is a temporary fix.” And Kevin Donahue, D.C.’s Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice, told Nnamdi that a new jail should come with a new layout. “We don’t need a jail as big as the one we have now,” he said. “We do need one that has more job training, more educational programming, and has space for some robust mental health services.” But while McDuffie moved to allocate $5 million to the city’s 2022 budget to build a new facility, there’s been little talk of what that facility would need. This concerns Hopkins-Maxwell. “We are putting the cart before the horse here,” she says. “We have a lot of unanswered questions. Like: What new programs can we create? Is this the size of a jail we need? We need to address the population.” That’s a critical question. D.C.’s inmate population so far this year—those in D.C.’s smaller, privately run Correctional Treatment Facility and in the D.C. Jail—has already surpassed last year’s total. According to the WLC, the District’s incarceration rate has risen even as its arrest rate has remained steady, which usually means one thing: Something’s up with the sentencing process. the District’s notoriety as the epicenter
of the 1980s crack epidemic left local courts following strict federal sentencing requirements for drug offenders, which local legal experts now say are both dated and unfair. “The war on drugs was a dismal failure, and left D.C. with Kafkaesque mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines for possession [of drugs],” says Paul Zukerberg, who has worked in D.C. as a criminal defense lawyer for 32 years. The federal government largely bases drug offense sentences on the amount of drugs with which offenders are caught, rather than on the severity and circumstances surrounding their crimes. In the ’80s and ’90s, the government offered financial incentives to states that followed their sentencing model, though many states have since reformed and dropped such aggressive sentencing laws. But the District’s court system, which is headed by federal judges, won’t be able to change this rule until the entire country does. “The federal government is the impediment here,” Zukerberg says. In planning for a new jail, Hopkins-Maxwell says the city needs to consider how sentencing contributes to the jail’s hefty population—and what changes need to be made. But this re-evaluation could lead to a uncomfortable clash between the city and the federal agencies that are content with the status quo. “There is a lack of political will by councilmembers to shake things up,” she says. “Which I understand, to an extent. But they are giving up their responsibility to D.C.” While Zukerberg says the words he’d use to describe the D.C. Jail aren’t “fit to print,” he adds that there is progress in other areas of the criminal justice system. “We lead the nation in pre-trial release and have eliminated cash bonds,” he says. “That’s a success. But the successes don’t even out
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with all of the problems.” More successes could be on the horizon. The D.C. Jail’s population is largely made up of inmates waiting for court dates, and few stay longer than a year. Post-trial, inmates enter the federal system and could be sent to any federal prison, even hundreds of miles from home. This distance makes a smooth reentry process difficult for inmates after their release— and many are sent back to D.C. without a place to live or any job prospects. Some return with untreated mental health issues. That’s why Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to reclaim D.C.’s privately run Correctional Treatment Facility and make it a space for federal inmates to ride out the end of their sentences. Using local social services to coordinate job hunting, housing, and mental health care could significantly improve an inmate’s chances of a successful release—one that doesn’t end with them back behind bars. It’s hard to tell how far the Wilson Building can tiptoe justice reform around federal rule. But attention on the jail could prompt the D.C. Council to start addressing longstanding issues within the system. That’s what Hopkins-Maxwell hopes. “Yes, I do think the jail needs to be fixed, but we can do more,” she says. “It’s a giant missed opportunity if we don’t use this moment to talk about criminal justice reform in the District.” CP
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DistrictLine Rotten Orange By Will Sommer Vincent Orange remains a showman, even as he faces the crash and burn of a political career. The flashy at-large councilmember once handed out oranges—get it?—from a Segway while campaigning, and turned a city-funded video about Emancipation Day celebrations into a Kim Jong Il–style ode to himself. Orange’s defeat by Robert White in June’s primary may have signaled the end of his antic-filled term, but he still has one more trick up his sleeve, as he revealed last week. The at-large councilmember best known for his undying loyalty to campaign donors and two disastrous runs for mayor outdid himself last Thursday when he announced that he was taking the CEO position at the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. The job at the leading-but-struggling lobby for District businesses seemed like the revolving door position Orange was always expected to take after losing his primary. Instead of quitting the Council, though, Orange plans to serve out the remainder of his term. Initially, he even planned to continue to chair the Council’s committee on business and regulations while working for the same businesses his committee was supposed to oversee. (On Wednesday, Orange announced that he will relinquish the committee chairmanship.) Cue the outrage—and the indifference. Several of Orange’s colleagues say that his new job amounts to a colossal conflict of interest, especially considering that Orange backed a work scheduling bill that businesses opposed before stalling it right around the time we now know he was being considered for the Chamber job. “I think it’s an inherent conflict of interest,” says Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau. But Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and the District’s Board of Ethics and Government Accountability all say Orange’s gig is technically legal under the longstanding moonlighting rules. “There’s what the law prohibits and what people don’t like,” Mendelson says. It’s all legal as long as Orange recuses himself from the business lobby’s interests while serving on the Council. In other words, one of
just 13 councilmembers must avoid working on anything related to the contentious business-related bills before the Council. Orange’s new gig might be his most outrageous Council maneuver yet, but it’s far from his first brush with dubious ethics. He let a Pepco lobbyist live in his house while voting on legislation that affected the power utility. He received a rare admonishment from the Board of Ethics and Accountability after trying to keep open a donor’s rat-poop-infested grocery store. And, of course, Orange was the beneficiary of an illegal shadow campaign worth nearly $150,000 from former city contractor Jeff Thompson. (Orange has said he didn’t know about it.) Former Chamber CEO Barbara Lang, who ran the group for almost 15 years, finds it hard to imagine how Orange can do both jobs full-time, especially while avoiding a minefield of conflicts. Lang, who regularly worked 13-hour days as the Chamber’s president and was registered as a lobbyist, says much of the job consists of fundraising—a situation sure to raise endless ethical quandaries if Orange continues on the Council. “I begged for money each and every day,” Lang says. The Chamber needs a full-time president and CEO after almost a year without permanent leadership that saw business interests marginalized by the Council. Former Chamber head Harry Wingo, who replaced Lang in 2014, resigned in December 2015. Lang can’t see how Orange can do both jobs. “One of the two are going to get shorted,” she says. Darrin Sobin, the District’s Director of Government Ethics who works for BEGA, says the ethics board officially cleared Orange’s employment but warned him that “there likely would be issues” with the second job. Each potential conflict for Orange will have to be evaluated individually, Sobin says. It’s unclear how Orange plans to avoid those potential conflicts, though. He declined multiple requests for comment, and when LL arrived at Orange’s Council office to ask his chief of staff James Brown for comment, Brown opened the office door and told LL to leave. Why is Orange making this so difficult, instead of just resigning his seat? Orange hasn’t
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disclosed how much the Chamber is paying him, but tax records show that Wingo made more than $180,000 in 2014. Whatever money Orange makes from the Chamber would be in addition to his $134,852 annual salary from the Council. In an interview with the Washington Business Journal, Orange claimed that he has to stay on the Council to keep jobs for his Council office and committee staff. Of course, the easiest way to do that would be to decline the Chamber job. Even if he did resign, rather than serve out his lame-duck term, Orange’s committee staffers will likely keep their jobs when their committee is absorbed by the Committee of the Whole. After years of councilmembers trading their city hall digs for jail cells, the Council knows how to deal with sudden departures. The fundamental problem with both BEGA and Mendelson’s reaction is that they depend on a councilmember with a pure heart who acts in good faith. Few would consider Orange, who earned BEGA’s first-ever admonishment for a councilmember after the rat incident, as someone who fits the bill. It’s not clear whether anyone can stop Or-
ange from drawing two paychecks until January. While some councilmembers have spoken against Orange’s latest manipulation, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans—who has his own incredibly conflicted job at a law firm that frequently lobbies the Council—said during an appearance on WAMU that the situation should be left to Orange. An editorial in the Washington Business Journal—not exactly a nest of lefties—called for Orange to resign. Meanwhile, despite Mendelson’s public indifference to Orange’s moonlighting, some Wilson Building wags expect him to make a move against Orange for putting the Council in such an awkward position. The effective purchase of a councilmember by District businesses rankles, especially since Orange has previously been the Council’s strongest advocate for closing the second-job loophole. Still, residents only need to put up with Orange for four more months. The rule that allows councilmembers to have even the most conflicting second jobs, though, will be with them for much longer. CP Got a tip for LL? Send suggestions to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. Or call (202) 650-6925.
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I can’t believe this is why I’m finally writing you. My husband is using Pokémon GO as an excuse to stay out until 5 a.m. with another woman. She is beautiful and about a decade younger than him, and he won’t hear me out on why this is bothersome. Our work schedules don’t match up, and he always wants me to meet him in the wee hours of the morning after I’ve worked a full day shift and done all the work looking after our pets. I can give him the benefit of the doubt and be totally fine with him wanting to stay out after work for a few drinks with friends, even though I’m too tired to join them, but Pokémon GO until 5 a.m. alone with a twentysomething for four straight weeks?! It’s driving me crazy. I told him how I feel, and he says it’s my fault for “never wanting to do anything.” (I don’t consider walking around staring at a phone “doing something.”) I told him I feel like he doesn’t even like me anymore, and he didn’t even acknowledge my feelings with a response. With the craze this has become, we can’t be the only couple with this problem. I don’t think me enabling his actions by joining the game is the answer, but I’d be absolutely gutted if this game was the straw that broke up our 10-year relationship. Please help. —Pokémon GO Means No Second Life, SimCity, Quake, Counter-Strike, World of Warcraft, Minecraft—it’s always something. By which I mean to say, PGMN, Pokémon GO isn’t destroying your marriage now, just as SimCity wasn’t destroying marriages 15 years ago. Your husband is destroying your marriage. He’s being selfish and inconsiderate and cruel. He doesn’t care enough about you to prioritize your feelings—or even acknowledge them, it seems. When a partner’s actions are clearly saying, “I’m choosing this thing—this video game, this bowling league, this whatever— over you,” they’re almost always saying this, too: “I don’t want to be with you anymore, but I don’t have the courage or the decency to leave so I’m going to neglect you until you get fed up and leave me.” Let him have his ridiculous obsessions— with this game, with this girl—and when he comes to his senses and abandons Pokemon Go, just like people came to their senses and walked away from Second Life a decade ago, you’ll be in a better position to decide whether you want to leave him. —Dan Savage I am currently separated. A few months after I moved out, my estranged wife found out that I cheated on her before we got married. I was a CPOS. I feel horribly guilty and would like to think I’ll never do it again. The question is: When and what should I disclose to future partners? —No Clever Acronym There’s no need to disclose this to future part-
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ners. Everyone makes mistakes—and the mistake you made, while a deeply painful betrayal of your then-girlfriend and presumably a violation of a premarital monogamous commitment, is a thoroughly common one. Human beings aren’t used cars—we aren’t obligated to disclose every ditch we drove ourselves into before we resell ourselves. You didn’t fuck around on your ex habitually, you’re not a serial cheater, and you never violated your marriage vows. So there’s that. Resolve not to make this mistake again—make only new ones—and stuff that incident down Ye Olde Memory Hole. —Dan
Pokémon GO isn’t destroying your marriage now, just as SimCity wasn’t destroying marriages 15 years ago. I hooked up with this hot married couple. We’d done it before, and my expectations were shaped by previous (fun) experiences with them. But the sex wasn’t good this time. That would be fine— sometimes it just doesn’t work, and I am an adult about it—but for the specific reason it wasn’t good: The husband came on my face after I specifically told him not to do that. I used my words. He still blew a load in my face and then sheepishly kinda apologized afterwards. He said he didn’t mean to do it and that he was aiming at my boobs. I do not believe it for a second. It was an “ask for forgiveness, not permission” kind of thing—I could see that on his face. He looooves facials. So that sealed my decision not to sleep with them again, which I told them about. I consider a load in my face against my will to be a big violation of my trust/friendship. The couple thinks I’m overreacting and that a load in your face should be a forgivable offense. I’m not going to change my mind, but I am curious what you think about sneaky facials. —Unwanted Semen Angers! Unicorn Seeking Advice!
Sneaky facials are sneaky, and I don’t approve of sneakiness in the sack. People should be straightforward and direct; they should communicate their wants, needs, and limits clearly; and we should all err on the side of solicitousness, i.e., drawing new sex partners out about their wants, needs, and limits, because some folks have a hard time using their words where sex is concerned. You used your words, USA!USA!, and this dude violated your clearly communicated wants, needs, and limits. I’m glad you let them know you were upset and why you weren’t going to see them again. Single women who want to hook up with married couples are hard to come by and in—that’s why you’re called unicorns—and his selfish disregard for your limits, his clear violation of your trust, cost them a unicorn. —Dan I have two questions. (1) I saw a sex worker for a legit sensual massage that turned into fooling around. Once that happened, he mentioned “making” straight guys have sex with him, wanting to give massages to teenagers, and he talked dirty about younger boys. I know this could all be provocative fantasy talk, but I had a weird feeling about him before meeting. Who would I even disclose this to if that were the right thing to do, and how would I do so while protecting his (should-be-legal) right to trade ass for cash? (2) Furthermore, I’m a thirsty genderqueer girl plotting her escape from a suburban town. I’m not going to be here long enough to look for an LTR. How can I satisfy my lust safely? It seems like every time I hook up with someone, they disclose intense drug use or other risky behavior after the fact. —Fantasizing Lecherously About Good Sex
(1) There’s no licensing board for sex workers—there’s no accrediting organization, no sex-work equivalent of the legal profession’s bar association (and most sex workers would oppose the establishment of one)—so there’s nowhere you can go to report this guy. If he confessed to an actual crime, FLAGS, you could go to the police, and they might even do something about it. But the police are unlikely to get involved if he was just fantasizing. It’s not against the law to engage in dirty talk, even extremely fucked up/ickily transgressive/NOT OK dirty talk. (2) Masturbation is the safest way to satisfy your lust until you get your ass out of that druggy suburb full of risky-sex junkies and to the big city, where we urbanites drink only hot tea, snort only in derision, and use only condoms religiously. —Dan Send your Savage Love questions to mail@savagelove.net.
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With Friends Like these... The sale of a nursing home to the Quaker school Sidwell Friends isn’t done upending lives. By Zach Rausnitz 12 august 5, 2016 washingtoncitypaper.com
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All yeAr, SuSAn Mason has gone long stretches during which she barely opens her eyes. “She understands what is happening to her,” her daughter Mary Mason says. Mason moved her mother, now 74, to The Washington Home eight years ago after she suffered a catastrophic stroke. Last September, the nursing home on the edge of Tenleytown announced that it would close in order to sell its property to Sidwell Friends School, the private Quaker school around the corner. Eleven months later, the elder Mason is among 35 residents who remain, most of whom have nowhere to go because they are the hardest to relocate. That’s fewer than a third of the total who were living at the nursing home last fall. Some of them say they don’t know what will happen to them come Dec. 15, when the deed transfers to Sidwell. The Washington Home has told the residents to leave—or have specific plans in place to do so—by Oct. 2, so that it has time to clear out the facility by December. In the aftermath of the deal, the relationship between the remaining residents and the nursing home’s leadership has grown acrimonious, culminating in a lawsuit. Tension has simmered in the Sidwell community as well. An administration baffled at its portrayal as uncaring faces criticism from alumni who intend to hold accountable the school that ingrained in them as children the Quaker values of service and kindness. Sidwell FriendS School was founded in 1883 in a Friends Meeting House on I Street NW. No mere relic, the Quaker tradition remains core to its identity today. Community members sign their messages to each other, “In friendship.” A recent renovation of the campus meeting house won national architecture awards that cited the Quaker aesthetic of simplicity and light. The spirit of Quakerism is also what sparked Larry Ottinger, Sidwell class of 1978, to show up on Wisconsin Avenue NW on a rainy Thursday afternoon in April to protest the $32.5 million purchase of The Washington Home. In front of Sidwell’s campus, a group of about 20 people alternated chants of “save our seniors” and “shame on Sidwell.” “Sidwell teaches a lot about social justice,” Ottinger says. “It’s so much part of the brand and the mission and the philosophy.” He believes the purchase damaged the school’s reputation and that the school’s leaders have failed to live up to its own standards. To this day, Sidwell’s administration maintains that it acted in accordance with its values. “During the negotiations, the Home leadership indicated that they were developing individualized transition plans for all residents,” says Ellis Turner, Sidwell’s associate head of school. “We just had no reason for concern, based on the longstanding reputation of The Washington Home.” He adds, “There was nothing that would have led us to have predicted these concerns, and thus far we’ve not been able to determine that there are reasons for concern.” But for the alumni who have criticized the deal, that isn’t good enough coming from a
Quaker school with ample resources. They wish Sidwell had explored the consequences of closing a nursing home in the District, instead of deferring to an organization that, by its own account, was struggling financially and needed to complete a sale so it could survive as an organization. Even the New York Times Ethicist column weighed in last October, saying that Sidwell should be held to a higher standard: “An educational nonprofit that is explicitly committed to Quaker values might be expected to think about this question within the framework of its distinctive ideals. And those surely include recognizing the worth of doing more than you are obliged to do.” But Turner says it wouldn’t have mattered. Sidwell couldn’t have altered the Home’s destiny anyway. “There’s an assumption that if Sidwell Friends had walked away from the sale, the Home would’ve remained open, but that’s not the case,” he says. Neither side wants credit for the idea of selling the nursing home to Sidwell. The school wanted to move its lower school campus from Bethesda, unifying its campuses. It hired a broker to ask about a post office site at Wisconsin Avenue and Upton Street NW, owned by The Washington Home. It wasn’t for sale. The neighboring nonprofits, both founded in the 1880s, disagree on what happened next. Sidwell says The Washington Home offered to sell its nursing home property. The Washington Home says Sidwell’s offer to buy was unsolicited. Worried about its financial future, The Washington Home had already been considering the idea of selling its property and continuing its mission by providing care to people in their own homes. Nobody knows what would’ve happened if The Washington Home had posted a for-sale sign, instead of agreeing to a sale in secret, but they can speculate. Judith Ingram, one of Ottinger’s classmates who has also criticized Sidwell, can imagine a better outcome for the residents. “Maybe some other nursing home operator could have come in,” she says. “I think that was a lost opportunity.” Any nursing home operator would have faced the same reality of high operating costs and relatively low Medicaid reimbursement rates. But it’s conceivable that a different nonprofit—one with a stronger source of funding from an endowment, donations, or other revenue—could have absorbed the losses permanently. And no matter the buyer, the residents would have had a chance to speak up had they known the nursing home was for sale before it was sold. They could have also gotten onto waiting lists at other facilities months earlier. Ottinger and Ingram both decided to get involved personally, simply as Sidwell alumni who still live nearby, despite having no ties to the residents. Each has met with residents to hear their concerns, something Sidwell brass haven’t done. They’re also frustrated by the school’s excuses. Soon after the sale was announced, Sidwell released a statement noting that the school “lacks expertise in long-term elder or hospice
care.” But Sidwell did have an expert on its board of trustees: Katie Smith Sloan. At the time, she was executive director of the International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing. (Sloan declined to comment for this story, noting that her board term has since ended.) Sidwell eventually tapped Sloan for a position on a committee it formed in February to monitor the nursing home’s closure process. Some alumni say they simply feel a basic sense of injustice. Nursing home residents are losing the place they’ve called home for years, even decades. Meanwhile the school, which charges $39,000 in annual tuition to families of privilege, including the Obamas, stands to gain. “They definitely are operating from a position of power,” Ingram says. “They’ve got the money, apparently, to make the purchase.” To its credit, Sidwell did agree to a provision in the deal that would let The Washington Home lease back the property for six months after Dec. 15, for a nominal charge of $1, if the Home chooses to exercise it. Sidwell has also offered to help residents move their belongings, once they find somewhere to go. And the 15-month notice goes well beyond any legal requirement. The Washington Home hasn’t needed to take Sidwell up on its offer for moving vans. It also hasn’t appreciated the Sidwell alumni who have criticized the deal. In May, a Washington Home attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Ingram on behalf of CEO Tim Cox, stating that Ingram had made inaccurate and defamatory comments to Sidwell about his organization. “That was the first and the last I heard from Tim Cox,” Ingram says.
AFter SuFFering A stroke during hip surgery at age 66, Susan Mason lost her ability to speak and walk. She can’t move her wheelchair, read, or write. She needs a feeding tube to eat. Her daughter Mary, a 51-year-old Mount Pleasant resident, brought her to The Washington Home eight years ago. “She can slightly communicate yes and no. She has this default no, so you really have to work it with her to get her to say yes,” Mary Mason says. “She has certain eye cues that I can read.” An attorney for the Justice Department who visits her mother every day after work, Mason added her mother’s name to waiting lists at several nursing homes shortly after the closure was announced. A co-chair of the nursing home’s family council, Mason says she knows other residents who applied later to the same homes and already moved, leapfrogging her mother on the waiting lists. Nursing homes do not have to admit applicants in the order they apply. They prefer applicants with enough money or assets to afford the full cost, because they can only charge the government-approved rate to residents who need Medicaid to help cover their costs. Susan Mason, impoverished by her healthcare needs, now needs Medicaid to make up the difference between her Social Security check and the cost of nursing care. But when she first moved to The Washington Home, she paid the full rate. She was a middle-class homeowner before her stroke, before she became collateral damage in a property deal. Her family sold her house and used the money to pay for her care at The Washington Home. “I could’ve used that money, potentially, to up-front pay to get her in somewhere else,”
The spirit of Quakerism—fundamental to the school’s philosophy—inspired some to protest its purchase of the nursing home.
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Mary Mason says. Now, it’s gone. on the Second floor of The Washington Home, the sounds of a cheering audience, contestants pushing buzzers, bells ringing, and Steve Harvey’s voice fill a 265-square-foot room as Family Feud plays on the TV. Mary Mayfield watches from her wheelchair. Pictures of her grown children hang on the wall. Clothes are neatly folded in her closet. Mayfield suffers from dementia and has lived at The Washington Home since 2009. She’s silent while her daughter Ivan recounts how she got here. The earliest detail won’t ever be known for sure. “She’s got two ages,” Ivan Mayfield says. Her mother’s birth certificate lists a date three years and a day earlier than the one she always went by. “Back when my mother was born in Mississippi 80-plus years ago, they weren’t born in hospitals. They were born in houses,” her daughter says. Mayfield came to the District in the mid1950s and got married soon after. She and her husband will celebrate their 60th anniversary next year. Ivan says her parents lived on Euclid Street NW in Columbia Heights as far back as she can remember, and her father still lives in the neighborhood. At age 87, he still works and drives. Before retiring, Mary Mayfield was a nanny for three families who were “high up the political chain” in the administrations of Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, Ivan says. She declines to name them, but all three families remain involved in her mother’s life, and one has tried to assist Mayfield in finding a new nursing home. When the last of the children in her care was grown, Mayfield retired in March 2009. Eight months later, she was in The Washington Home. Doctors told the family that the dementia probably began unnoticed before she retired, and the structure and routine of her work kept it at bay. The Washington Home is not in a convenient location for Ivan, who says she visits every evening before driving 25 miles home to Maryland. But she wants her mother to live at a nursing home that’s close enough to Columbia Heights. “It’s extremely important for me, if my dad wants to get in his car and come and see his wife, he can do that,” she says. Last week, she found herself working on an application to a nursing home far from the District. The facility is in Anne Arundel County, too far for her father to drive. Despite applying to facilities in D.C. shortly after The Washington Home announced its sale, the family has had no luck with admission to those places. Mayfield can’t take her D.C. Medicaid dollars to the Anne Arundel facility, so her daughter first has to pull together a mountain of paperwork to sign her up for Medicaid in Maryland. Other than The Washington Home, the District has 18 nursing homes, all privately owned. Eight of them have no private rooms available at all and no shared rooms designated for women, according to the D.C. Health Care Association’s latest bed availability count. Only
two have private rooms and shared women’s rooms currently open. And while the city’s population has shot up in recent years, D.C. hasn’t had a new nursing home open since the United Medical Nursing Center came to Southern Avenue SE in January 2009. With limited space in their own communities, 428 people currently take their D.C. Medicaid dollars to 12 approved facilities in Maryland and Virginia. Mason and Mayfield are holding out for private rooms. In part, it’s a matter of safety if
mentia worsened. Wanda Fisher had a different idea. After college, she left the District with no intention of moving back. Fisher is a business consultant who works for herself, and her career has taken her to places as far-flung as Miami, New York, and, most recently, the San Francisco area. Her only child, a grown son, lives in Miami. In March, she flew from her California home to the District, hoping to attend a D.C. Council roundtable on the closure of The Washington Home. It ended up being canceled. “I came over with a suitcase, to go back the next day,”
Had residents (and their families) known about the sale of The Washington Home earlier, they may have had months in which to apply for space at other facilities.
their mothers are forced to share a small room with a stranger and that person’s visitors. Their chronic conditions prevent both women from speaking up if something happens to them. Mayfield says that as she plans for her mother’s future, that’s an issue “that weighs on me very heavily.” They also say privacy is a matter of dignity in the final years of their mothers’ lives. They don’t want those intimate times together to include a stranger and visitors in a small room. wAndA FiSher thought she could leave her hometown D.C. for good—at least, that was her plan. Fisher’s family has been in the District since Abraham Lincoln was president. “We come from the guts and roots of D.C.,” she says. “We even had a house on Logan Circle, our family, which is unheard of for black people.” Her mother, Carrollyn Fisher, has spent all of her life in the District, where she worked for decades as a federal employee. For the past two years, she’s lived at The Washington Home, where she moved when her de-
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she says. She hasn’t been back to California in the nearly five months since then. She had flown in from California on short notice before, to meet with nursing homes and see rooms when they became available. “I came one time through a snowstorm,” she says. “They couldn’t even figure out how I got there, but I said: This is important. I’ve got to see this home.” Realizing how hard it would be to move her mother, she decided she couldn’t afford to keep flying back and forth. Fisher doesn’t plan to go back west until her mother’s situation is resolved. “I had to make a conscious decision to give up my life,” she says. In the meantime, she is depleting her savings. Her consulting work requires commitments to her clients, but she can’t say how long she’ll be in any one place. She stays with the few people she still knows in the area—a cousin, a childhood friend she reconnected with— and borrows a car when she can. She spends some time in New York, where she has a reliable place to stay but a longer trek when she needs to be in D.C.
The distance and uncertainty put a strain on her fiance in California. “He’s trying, but he’s like, ‘This has gone too far,’” she says. Fisher isn’t holding out in the hopes of finding her mother a private room. But she has toured nursing homes that are dirty or where the beds are so close together, the patients would land on top of each other if they both fell out of bed, she says. “In some conditions, you just know.” During a City Paper visit to Unique Residential Care Center, a nursing home on First Street NW, around 3 p.m. on a Monday in July, the smell of feces in the hallway was apparent, and what seemed to be a urine-soaked garment was on the hallway floor. Down the hall, an elderly woman in a wheelchair sat alone. Seeing a visitor passing by whom she had never met, she reached out a cupped hand and asked, “You got something to eat?” Maybe the staff were in the middle of cleaning up a mess. Maybe the woman with the outstretched hand was confused, not hungry. The next afternoon, the hallway smelled clean, and a wheelchair-bound man with an easy smile made small talk as a visitor passed by. Unique may be a high-quality facility, a poor one, or something in between. But these glimpses during visits are sometimes the best information that families have when they decide whether to send their loved ones to a facility, perhaps for the rest of their lives. Aster Bailey, 76, moved to Unique from The Washington Home a few months after the sale to Sidwell was announced. He needs a wheelchair to get around, and arthritis makes it difficult for him to use his hands. A North Carolina native, he says he moved to D.C. more than 50 years ago, worked in construction, and never married or had children. Bailey lives in a narrow room that he shares with another man. They have one bathroom, and each has a curtain to wrap around his bed. “I prefer to have a room by myself, like anybody would. But it ain’t like that,” Bailey says. Carrollyn Fisher, Susan Mason, and Mary Mayfield represent some of the most difficult Washington Home residents to relocate. None of them can pay as much as residents who have private resources that far exceed the Medicaid rate, so the most in-demand facilities won’t accept them. Their inability to communicate and walk means they’ll need substantial resources from the facilities that care for them. All three have devoted daughters, bearing the responsibility for their futures, who want to give them a decent place. tim cox, who’S 31 years into his career in elder care, says he has always had an affinity for older people. “I just really like the experiences they have. I like the aging part—that people still can thrive and be a participant in living,” he says during an interview in his office, on the ground floor of The Washington Home. Cox, who joined The Washington Home as CEO in 2011, also has to protect the organization he runs so it can continue to serve older people, as it has for more than 125 years. Just not the ones who live at its nursing home now.
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“It’s upsetting. People get angry. I get it. You think you’ve placed your loved one here, and you think they can stay until they die. But as an organization, we have to change before we become a dinosaur and cease to exist as well,” he says. Cox says fewer and fewer people who can afford assisted-living residences or in-home care choose to live in nursing homes. The Washington Home reached a point where nearly 90 percent of its residents were on Medicaid. (Medicare does cover short-term stays at nursing homes at a higher rate than Medicaid, but it stops paying after 100 days.) The Medicaid rate for a nursing home in the District varies by facility. Currently, The Washington Home can charge $306.42 per day to Medicaid recipients. That comes out to more than $111,000 annually per resident. Nursing homes charge more to people paying privately, and since Medicare pays more than Medicaid, nursing homes bring in more money from residents who only need a shortterm stay. “Medicaid [patients], from a financial perspective, are the least desirable patients for these nursing homes,” says David Grabowski, a healthcare policy professor at Harvard Medical School whose research focuses on long-term care. “It’s very challenging to run a high-Medicaid nursing home, and indeed in a lot of these markets, we’re seeing closures of nursing homes that predominantly care for Medicaid.” “In many ways you can think about these as safety-net nursing homes, because they’re really caring for a frail, vulnerable part of the population without a lot of other options out there,” Grabowski says. Cox says The Washington Home looked into converting its rooms to shared rooms, to
stretch the Medicaid dollars. But they are too small to be adjusted to fit two people. To cover its expenses, the Home relies on its endowment, fundraising, grants, and the post office lease that alone brings in more than $3 million annually. But even with all that added revenue, it says its nursing home is not financially sustainable. The relatively low Medicaid rates are one part of the financial equation. The considerable regulatory burden that nursing homes must deal with is another big one. A saying has caught on among nursing home experts that, true or not, makes the point: The nursing home industry is the second-most regulated industry in the country, right after nuclear power. EvEn if thE closure was inevitable, some residents and family members resent the way it was handled and what has happened since. Mason and Mayfield, who co-chair the Home’s family council, say that Cox lied when they confronted him about whether it was contemplating a sale. They began inquiring last spring after hearing about a possible sale to Sidwell, months before the announcement. Rumors spread from staff to residents: one saying that a proposed sale came in over the fax machine, another that the head of Sidwell had come by to meet with Cox. One pillar of the lawsuit filed in July by four residents against The Washington Home accuses Cox of fraud for denying that the nursing home was for sale. The complaint also accuses the nonprofit of deteriorating care and a failure to offer the residents a chance to buy the building under D.C. law. According to the lawsuit, Cox said during a June 2015 meeting with Mason and May-
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field that there was no planned sale and refused their request to see the nonprofit’s board minutes. Later that month at a family council meeting, with dozens of people in attendance, Cox repeated that there was no sale, the lawsuit says. Meanwhile, the negotiations with Sidwell had begun months before. If residents had known about the possible sale, they would have had more time to add their names to waiting lists, and they could have voiced their concerns about a closure. “Upper management here, members of the board … it personally affects none of them,” Mayfield says. The Washington Home would have violated the confidentiality agreement that it entered into with Sidwell if it had told residents about the sale talks. Its attorneys argued in court that the facility didn’t want to alarm the residents unnecessarily when it was still unclear whether the sale would proceed. The confidentiality persisted during the 60 days after the deal was signed, a due-diligence period for Sidwell to make sure the building was suitable. In the aftermath of the sale, residents insist that the quality of care has declined, a charge that the nursing home has firmly denied. Residents attribute the alleged deterioration in care to the staff turnover that has taken place since the closure was announced, despite retention bonuses. In April, Josephine Redman, a 91-year-old with dementia, was found on the floor, having apparently slipped from her wheelchair. Staff determined that she was not seriously hurt and returned her to her bed, according to her son, Clarence Seegars. The next day, Redman’s niece visited and found her in pain. It turned out she had a fractured femur. After a three-week hospital stay, Redman moved to a nursing home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She passed away about a week later, one month to the day of her fall. Seegars says the cause of death on her death certificate was the fall. Seegars knew the staff at The Washington Home well. His mother had lived there since 2009. His father, aunt, and uncle had all lived there too, and Seegars visited often. “As a family, we knew them by name, they knew us, they knew my mother,” he writes in an email. Following the sale, there were many unfamiliar faces on staff, he says, who didn’t know Redman as well. Seegars filed a complaint with the District Department of Health, whose investigation could not substantiate the allegations of reduction in care or deficiencies in staffing. thE accusations of fraud and poor care could win the plaintiffs damages, but only one part of the lawsuit would block the sale. The residents say they ought to have had a chance to buy the nursing facility under D.C.’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act. But the first hearing in the case, held July 13, did not bode well for that strategy. “This is not a very close case,” Judge Henry Greene said then. TOPA does not specifically exclude nursing homes. But the judge said, “I can’t find any basis to conclude that a nursing home is a residential
accommodation in the District of Columbia.” The plaintiffs face another barrier to success. Unable to afford a lawyer, the residents are being represented by law students from the University of the District of Columbia who are learning as they go as part of the school’s housing clinic. Mary Mason tried unsuccessfully to obtain pro bono representation from numerous law firms. Mason knows people at many of the firms from her decades working as an attorney in the District. Several were willing to be frank about the rejection. The firms had partners with kids at Sidwell or other ties to the school, and they expected that to be the case at any large firm in town. Sidwell is not a target of the lawsuit, but the firms preferred not to get involved. Suffice it to say, the effort to block the sale is a long shot. “Nobody ought to be operating on the theory that The Washington Home is going to remain open,” the judge said. The Washington Home has argued in its defense that “the public interest will actually be served to a greater degree with the sale of this property,” since it will free up money to serve people in their homes, and at a lower cost. It also voiced frustrations of its own with the remaining residents. “There has been some lack of cooperation from these plaintiffs” regarding efforts to move, one attorney said. Cox won’t say what will happen if residents don’t leave in time. “They won’t be here in December, because we’ll start having one-on-one meetings with families that haven’t put in an application to a place that has an opening,” he said in June, by which point he’d already had a couple such meetings. “They’ve been productive.” WhEn sidWEll’s campusEs are unified, rising fifth graders will have a smoother transition to middle school. They’ll be able to maintain relationships with their former teachers from the lower school, and parents with children in different age groups will be able to pick up and drop off their kids at the same place. Sidwell students will lose the chance to perform community service at The Washington Home, which many students have done over the decades. “There’s something magical between kids and older folks,” says Larry Ottinger. His daughter’s music teacher at Sidwell has held recitals for the residents. Ellis Turner says decisions about how to honor the site’s past are under discussion. Many people have purchased bricks engraved in memory of loved ones who died at The Washington Home, which used to promote the bricks as “timeless tributes” placed in the garden. The wider community has lost a place for its residents to go when they age. Judith Ingram decided to speak out about the sale not just as a Sidwell alumna, but also as someone who lives just a mile away. “None of us really wants to end our days in a nursing home,” Ingram says. “But many of us will, and it’s pretty short-sighted of the community to accept that there’s no place in our neighborhood for this kind of facility.” CP
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When The Passenger returns in Shaw this month, it’ll have Chartreuse on tap, a halfsmoke, and wall art from five different artists.
Liquid Discouraged
Trevor Frye says the bar industry has an intellectual property problem. But copyrighting cocktails won’t solve it. Trevor Frye has words for his former employer, Jack Rose Dining Saloon—1,526 words to be exact. Frye worked as a bartender and beverage director for Jack Rose and its basement bar, Dram & Grain. When Frye split from the company to open his own Adams Morgan bar, Marble Alley, the break-up was bumpy. So bumpy, in fact, that it spurred Frye to write a lengthy manifesto about improving the bar industry as it relates to bartenders’ intellectual property, which he emailed directly to Young & Hungry. The key argument in the proclamation is that now that bartending is a profession instead of a position, bartenders’ creative works should be better protected. Frye says Jack Rose Partner Steve King threatened to sue him over the split. “I was sitting in the office with Steve when he said, ‘If you try to take Dram & Grain and trademark it, I’ll sue you,’” Frye says. “As in, take it to a brick and mortar.” King denies threatening Frye with a lawsuit related to the speakeasy Frye helped dream up and manage. King and his business partner, Bill Thomas, had already trademarked the bar’s name. Furthermore, Thomas and King say, they actually helped Frye in the early stages of readying his own bar to open in early 2017 by reviewing paperwork. The trio doesn’t agree on much, including whether Frye resigned or Jack Rose encouraged him to exit gracefully to avoid termination. Then there’s the issue of Frye not feeling like he was adequately compensated for the research and development that went into Dram & Grain. In addition to base wages of $7 an hour plus tips, Dram & Grain bartenders are paid a nightly commission based on net sales. Frye started at Dram & Grain as a bartender, but was soon salaried and promoted to beverage director less than two months after it opened in February 2014, according to King. “I don’t know where the argument lives,”
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says King. “You were bartending in Dram & Grain; you basically wanted to brand it as yours, which I guess in a way suited us okay, you can say anything you’d like to say, but there is a reality, a truth, and once you stop believing that truth or reality, then where do you go? It’s like negotiating with a drunk person.” Frye pontificates in the introduction to his fourpoint paper (sic throughout): “Well if you try to do that, I’ll sue you” were the words that threw gasoline on a fire that had burning inside me for a while now. Those words were spoken to me in regards to a bar concept that I, along with Nicolas Lowe poured our hearts and souls in to creating and executing, and three and a half years and almost 800k in sales later someone else was staking claim to. Someone who had never worked a shift behind that bar, closed it down, created bonds with the guests at, built a soul and a team around, but did line their pockets with the fruits of our intellectual property. [...] If you really want to see where an owners intentions are, tell them you’ll be happy to just keep the title of bartender over Beverage Director, but you do want intellectual property rights for all concepts, cocktails, and anything else you create for them and a certain percentage of the sales made off of them. And when they are done rolling their eyes or picking their jaws up off the floor, remind them that’s how most creative industries work. When it comes to bars and bartenders intel-
Trevor Frye behind the bar at Dram & Grain
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By Laura Hayes
lectual property has been an issue that’s been in the background since 2010, when a Tales of the Cocktail seminar made enough ripples to get picked up in The Atlantic. Bartender Eben Freeman spoke on the panel about intellectual property at the highly lauded bar conference in part because he was fired up about others using his fat-washing technique. Many bartenders share the notion that their techniques and recipes are intellectual proper-
ty, but what would that actually mean? Intellectual property is an umbrella term for three concepts: a copyright, trademark, or patent. According to the U.S. Copyright Office, copyright law does not protect recipes that are mere listings of ingredients. Jim Singer, who specializes in intellectual property law as a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, has written about copyrighting recipes. He explains that you can copyright the narra-
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DCFEED tive surrounding a cocktail recipe in a book, and the layout of photos that accompany it, but not the list of ingredients. As far as patenting techniques, Singer says it can cost $20,000 to $25,000. “If they try to patent something new and not obvious, it becomes published and part of public knowledge,” he says. “It goes way back to the days of Thomas Jefferson. One of the trade-offs is that if you teach the world how to do what you’re doing, then the government will give you a patent to make, use, or sell what you’re doing for a limited time period, for about 20 years.” Singer suggests protecting trade secrets through non-disclosure agreements instead. Jack Rose’s King agrees that copyrighting a drink or patenting a technique is counterintuitive. “The notion that bartenders should protect their intellectual property is ludicrous because you then make the recipe part of public domain, where others are supposed to take that and use it to create something new,” King says. “That’s how we have innovation. You patent technologies that others look at and want to expand upon, but you have to give it up.” The “old guard” feels that it would be a hindrance to the bar industry and patrons if bartenders withheld their best recipes fearing they’d be “stolen” if printed on a menu. Ego should never trump innovation, goes the thinking. “It’s the new generation of entitlement that’s tough,” says Gina Chersevani, who owns Buffalo & Bergen and Suburbia. She’s been a fixture in D.C. bars for decades. “When you work at a restaurant, in any position, those dishes or drinks you create are the ownership of the restaurant,” she says. “If you find that infuriating, if you think that’s crazy, that’s what all the drink books have done for hundred of years.” She says we wouldn’t have the Old Fashioned or the French 75 if the recipes had died with their creators. “Imagine if the man that invented the hamburger said no one can make a hamburger anywhere. There’d be nothing to serve.” One only needs to note the name of Devin Gong’s bar to infer he agrees with Chersevani. “If I make up a cocktail, to me it’s gone,” the owner of Copycat Co. says. “It’s cool if somebody else makes it—that’s the biggest form of flattery. I wish that someday that happens to me, because I’m making everybody else’s drinks now.” Peruse the drink menu to see where Gong’s cited his sources. “The legality of this is damaging to the culture of the beverage world,” he says, referring to any bartender who tries to copyright a recipe. That’s not to say bartenders shouldn’t be compensated for their ideas. “I believe 002374-02-ASB-Washington City Paper-New Size-July 1.indd 1
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if you’re the lead bartender or bar manager doing the ordering and all that, you deserve a base salary,” says Chersevani. “But that’s a condition made between you and the owner before you hand over a list. Otherwise, whatever you make while you’re there, you’re making with their product, their staff, and their ingredients.” Negotiating in advance is where Frye feels he fell short of securing appropriate compensation for his Dram & Grain ideas. “Nick [Lowe] and I should’ve thought more about billing the weeks of work we did creating Dram & Grain outside of Jack Rose, that as hourly employees we weren’t compensated before deciding to deliver the business plan,” he says. Frye likens the situation to tattoos. “When someone asks a tattoo artist to create something for them, they pay the artist for the time it takes to develop a sketch,” he says. “Whether the person decides to go forward with that tattoo or not, that artist is paid for his time to work on a design.” Now that Frye is transitioning from bartender to bar owner, he’ll take his own advice. “The business plan for Marble Alley, and every bar I plan on opening, is a profit-sharing system replacing labor costs where staff will be paid based on total net sales for the month,” he explains. He estimates a salary range around $30,000. Gong employs a similar profit-sharing strategy at his bar. “The system allows me to not only offer a higher earning wage to my staff through sales incentives, but allows me to maintain a set labor cost percentage,” he says. And, once staff complete a training period, they will become vested employees, depending on their role. “Every quarter the percentage will increase by 5 percent until they reach a 100 percent vested share.” Christine Kim, the head bartender for Tico, The Riggsby, Alta Strada, Conosci, and Casolare, all owned by Michael Schlow, is intrigued by Frye’s plan. “They seem to be great ideas and great ways to take care of staff—having an actual salary and ownership,” she says. “You want your staff to feel invested, to find the right home, because you see bartenders that bounce from place to place.” Jack Rose is also taking away some lessons. “We can all find a path to make this a profession,” King says. “We’re all going to learn from this, and we’re all going to re-write how we do things to make sure everyone has a clear understanding of what their roles are. This actually is a wake-up call. This is a matter of the heart, and it will blow over. But next time, it might not.” CP Eatery tips? Food pursuits? Send suggestions to lhayes@washingtoncitypaper.com.
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what we ate last week: Potato patata chorizo tomato pizza, $17, Etto. Satisfaction level: 5 out of 5. what we’ll eat next week: rotolos with pizza dough, mortadella, ricotta, and pistachio pesto, $4.50 each, Pizzeria Vetri. Excitement level: 3 out of 5.
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Prepare to be overloaded with all things Rio as the 2016 Olympic Games begin. The good news is that you can drink like you’re in South America without the ancillary risks of actually being there. Cachaça is the host nation’s spirit, but there’s a bevy of other boozes from across the continent worth exploring in D.C. this August. —Jake Emen
The best cocktail you’re not ordering
The spirit: Aguardiente What it is: Aguardiente is the spirit of choice in Colombia. Anise in flavor, aguardiente is distilled from sugarcane juice and has an ABV of 24 to 29 percent. Where to try it: The Royal serves an Aguardiente Punch ($10). Currently it’s in the form of a clarified milk punch, based on a recipe stretching back 300 years.
The spirit: Pisco What it is: Pisco is a grape brandy primarily from Peru, although it’s also made in Chile under different regulations. Where to try it: China Chilcano is a preeminent destination for pisco. Try pours neat or start with a classic Pisco Sour ($12) made with Macchu Pisco, lime, egg white, and bitters, then move to the #Peruvian88 ($13), with La Diablada Italia pisco, elderflower liqueur, lemon, and Cava.
Are You Gonna Eat That?
The Dish: PB&J BBQ wings Where to Get It: Takoda, 715 Florida Ave. NW, (202) 525-1252, takodadc.com Price: $10 What It Is: A plate of fried chicken wings slathered with a cooked-down
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The spirit: Cachaça What it is: A Brazilian spirit distilled from fermented sugarcane juice, making it a cousin of rum. Where to try it: Bourbon Steak has no fewer than three cachaça cocktails, including a staple Caipirinha ($15) and the Sparkle of Sao Paolo ($15), with Leblon cachaça, strawberry red wine syrup, lime, and sparkling wine.
The spirit: Singani What it is: A Bolivian brandy distilled from the Muscat of Alexandria grape from the mountainous regions of the country. Where to try it: Columbia Room’s summer tasting menu offers two singani cocktails: the Coctel de Tamayo and the Banana Republican. Both pair Rujero Singani with banana.
sauce of barbecue spices, grape jelly, and creamy peanut butter. Chef Damian Brown cures the wings overnight before frying them to a salty, sweet, and juicy finish. He tops them with Virginia peanuts. Vegetarians are in luck: Takoda recently introduced a fried cauliflower variation. What It Tastes Like: The wings have all the ingredients of a traditional PB&J sandwich, but the overall flavor profile is more subtle. Brown creates his sauce the same way he likes his sandwich— with a lot of jelly and a touch of peanut butter. The barbecue sauce has the acidity and sweetness of the grape jelly, while the chicken ties together the salty and savory notes.
The Story: When Brown interviewed for Takoda’s executive chef position, he had beer on the brain, and he knew he had to be creative with his menu when it came to beer pairings. The challenge? He doesn’t drink. So instead of tasting different beers for inspiration, he turned to combinations he knew couldn’t miss, such as the simple marriage of flavors in a PB&J. Not surprisingly, Takoda General Manager Sean MacDonald thought the idea was crazy. “I know peanuts get used a lot in Thai cooking, for example, but this was really pushing my personal limits for what I thought peanut butter could be used for,” he says. Brown notes that the dish gets weird looks, but manages to win over diners when they try it. —Travis Mitchell
What: Gintonic with Green Hat Summer Gin and house-made tarragon and basil tonic Where: Estadio, 1520 14th St. NW Price: $12 What You Should Be Drinking: Bar Manager Adam Bernbach has been charging soda siphons with his own creative house-made tonics for years. Estadio’s revolving “Gintonic” menu pays homage to Spain’s reverent attitude towards the classic combination, and Bernbach’s latest incarnation makes use of seasonal herbs procured from a local purveyor. “I wanted a tonic that was sort of like a really good pils—clean, a little more spare maybe, but still has something going on.” His starts by steeping tarragon and basil leaves in hot water and sugar. The infused syrup is then mixed with fresh lime juice, water, and cinchona powder (a source of quinine derived from tree bark) before it’s carbonated and combined with Green Hat’s Spring / Summer 2013 gin over ice. The drink comes garnished with sliced strawberries and a sprig of tarragon. Why You Should Be Drinking It: The limited edition gin from the D.C. distillery has aromas of juniper, cherry blossom, and rosemary, and a bright citrus character that gets along swimmingly with the tonic. “It is a very bright, very floral gin,” Bernbach says. “While there aren’t any obvious shared ingredients, the light herbal notes of the tonic are designed to play up the warm citrus and flowers of the gin.” Basically, it’s an herb garden in a glass, with just enough aromatics to entice, but not enough to deter the tarragon-averse. (Believe it or not, there are some out there). Ruby-red sliced strawberries give a burst of sweet-and-sour flavor. In a nutshell, Bernbach touts it as “tart, refreshing, and perfect for 95 degree, 95 percent humidity D.C. summers.” He says to try it with summery berry desserts. —Kelly Magyarics
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At the Vivid Solutions Gallery, an exploration of “Feminicity.” washingtoncitypaper.com/arts
Northern Exposure
Exhibitions of contemporary art from North and South Korea aren’t so much slice-of-life views as they are a window into divergent cultures. “Contemporary North Korean Art: The Evolution of Socialist Realism” “South Korean Art: Examining Life through Social Realities”
At the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center To Aug. 14
By Emily Walz
The competition for spots at Pyongyang’s art institute is intense. Once arrived, students study for eight years. Artists progress through a series of ranked levels—promotions bestowed by the state—with a select few reaching the top designation of “People’s Artist.” It’s a nation that recognizes the power of images, and a regime that has demonstrated a certain amount of savvy “ in wielding cultural diplomacy, offering workers from its enormous state-run Mansudae Art Studio to design and build monuments, memorials, and palaces in the developing world. Muhn was responsible for making the connections necessary to get the North Korean art here. Not only is the show the first of its kind in the United States, but in many ways it’s also the first of its kind in the world. The North Korean government has organized some shows before, as have some private collectors, but Muhn says the result isn’t the same as professional curators assembling an exhibition. “It was really hard to put the North Korea show together,” he says. The North Korean government was rhetorically in favor of “The Evolution of Socialist Realism,” but many North Korean officials still thought it would be impossible to stage this kind of exhibition. In terms of actually making the show happen, “I did not receive much support from the North Korean government,” Muhn says. “They said, ‘Wow, what you are trying to do is wonderful, but America is our main enemy country, so I don’t think they will allow
It’s been 70 years since the Korean peninsula was divided into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (better known as North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). It is a story of divergence in almost every realm imaginable: political, economic, social, and of course, cultural. American University’s Katzen Arts Center’s parallel exhibitions highlight the artistic dimension of this split. Curator BG Muhn is focused on revealing the two Koreas’ “vastly different” takes on realist art. “I want to show how realism in the two Koreas has developed differently over time, and what the current state of each representation of realism is,” he says. The North Korean exhibition, “The Evolution of Socialist Realism,” is entirely Chosŏnhwa—“Chosŏn” meaning “Korea” and “hwa” meaning “painting”—but the term references a specific kind of traditional brush-and-ink on so-called “rice” paper (actually made from mulberry bark). It’s something like watercolor, but the ink bleeds easily on the unforgiving medium: There’s no chance to fix a mistake by painting over a layer. It’s a time-consuming and demanding process. Artists devote years to developing their pieces. With large, collaborative artworks depicting workers in action, the artists would volunteer to join labor brigades to build rapport and an understanding of the projects before making sketches. The painters on display have achieved an immense degree of technical proficiency, due in no small part to the role the state plays in channeling and training talent. They are products of a regime that both prizes its art and is the last place on earth where the Cold War continues. Artists are well-respected figures in North Korea who draw state salaries. Works of art—many of them massive murals—dot the streets of Pyongyang, at the the monumental scale Communist regimes are fond of employing to im“Farewell” by Park Ryong, 1997 press the average person.
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you to have a show there.’” They told him they didn’t think American society would accept this kind of work. “When considering their perspective, it is also understandable that they would feel apprehensive about showing their work in an ‘enemy country.’” But like Muhn, museum director and curator Jack Rasmussen loved the idea of hosting this kind of exhibition. “Tiger Dashing in Winter,” the piece that opens the exhibition, is so convincing in creating a sense of texture, you’d think it has bits of fur stuck in the paint. It reportedly took the artist seven hours to paint a single iris. The patches of white in the tiger’s fur and falling snow come not from paint, but the absence of ink where the underlying paper shows through. These are not small pieces, which makes the painstaking
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CPArts one would expect the regime to sponsor. The images show heroic depictions of military battles, village women, industrial workers, and of course, the nation’s leaders. Often, the foregrounded figures have a photographic clarity, outlined in thin black lines that make it look as though they’ve been cut from photos and pasted onto their blurrier backgrounds. Many of the works are authorized reproductions. This is a strange concept in the Western art world, but in North Korea, the masterpieces deemed “national treasures” are not allowed to leave the state. Instead, museums and the state select eminent artists to create reproductions using identical pigments and techniques, who sign the original artist’s name to the replicas in place of their own. Nine of the 10 works on loan from the Choson National Museum of Art are this kind of limited-edition copy. The tenth, “Women of Nangang Village,” is a duplicate made by the original artist some years later. Many of the other works come from a Beijing-based collector and were created for sale overseas. There is a progression in the glorified figure. The exhibition’s early works focus most on the military and villagers, while those dating from the 1980s feature industrial workers. Near the back is a work in progress, “Rain Shower at the Bus Stop.” According to Muhn, the artist visited orphanages to sketch the figures of children, but encountered a woman he met on the subway and convinced to model for him. This work exemplifies what Muhn says is the move toward a focus on everyday people, though he cau-
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tions that the happy, fashionable, well-fed figures reflect an incomplete picture of daily life in North Korea. Life outside Pyongyang isn’t as rosy. In the back half of the exhibit are a few smaller paintings that seem out of place among these Socialist Realism depictions of North Korean heroes. These belong to Ri Jae Hyon, an art historian who does not paint for the statesanctioned studio, and whose works are not well known within Korea. His paintings feature branches, blossoms, and blocks of text—more like the earlier Korean literati paintings. They are the only works in the exhibition that lack images of people. Downstairs, it’s another (much more abstract) world, where the intended messages are much less clear. Some paintings have figures; some have none at all. “Examining Life Through Social Realities” goes by a realism that falls closer to the definition of French realist painter Gustave Courbet, according to curator GimChoe Eun-yeong. It’s the artist’s view of reality manifested through expressive techniques. Unlike their northern neighbors, the South Korean exhibition contains a multitude of media, from oil on canvas to fiberglass, many mixing several. Lee Jin-ju’s pieces evoke South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook. The canvases contain meticulously rendered miniature scenes, like strange dioramas. Within the painting’s eclectic collection of objects—a child’s plastic slide, apples scattered everywhere, black plastic bags flying on the wind— are cameras and flash screens, indicating something staged
about the scenes. Kang Hyung-koo has rendered Abe Lincoln with a pair of iridescent, shining eyes; a few paintings away, Audrey Hepburn with the same eyes, the same monochrome pallet and pebbled surface. Setting the two exhibits next to each other draws some unmistakable parallels. Lee Eun-sil’s works use traditional Korean painting on rice paper, but unlike the works upstairs, “Confrontation” features two faceless, naked figures, an erotic scene framed by a window. Looking at it, the viewer takes the place of the voyeur. Then there are resonances between works that have approached similar subject matter with different methods and media. Upstairs, “Sea Rescue in the Dark” depicts a night ocean voyage to save fisherfolk; downstairs, Kim Sung-hun’s “Wave” has only the dark, roiling waves. “Joy From the First Smelting” depicts a smiling ironworker; “An Industrial Worker” has strips of wood where the worker’s face would be, a fogged-over badge dangles from the figure’s coat. Identity is wiped away, but the tiny dots of the flat, pink floral pattern composing the wallpaper-like backdrop are rigorously precise. The artworks themselves are not photographic depictions of what reality actually looks like in either Korea, but their methods create a window into the societies behind CP them. 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW. Free. (202) 885-1300. american.edu/ cas/museum/index.cfm.
FilmShort SubjectS awkwardness. Birbiglia wisely cast actors who have real-life experience in improv, and those who are playing fictional analogs of themselves fare best. Key was a regular at Second City before being cast in MadTV and creating Key & Peele. As Jack finds his footing at a new gig while fending off his “funny friends” who want his help getting their foot in the door, Key naturally evokes the tenuousness of being caught between two worlds. Similarly, improv vet Chris Gethard, whose comedy often incorporates his real-life depression, plays the most emotionally vulnerable member of the group. The creak in his voice and his hangdog expression seem to telegraph his fate of being perpetually left behind. Because of the glut of characters and relatively sparse runtime, the emotional arcs Birbiglia has crafted for his players never quite land. But the choice of setting covers up this particular flaw. The mosaic approach to storytelling is well-suited for the world of improv comedy because it allows for the focus to be kept on the common ground, on that invisible center that holds both the film and the troupe together. As one character says early in the film, when explaining the rules of improv, “It’s not about the individual. It’s about the group.” The characters in Don’t Think Twice frequently forget this rule, and they suffer for it, but the film mercifully never does. —Noah Gittell
Don’t Think Twice
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Funny Moans Don’t Think Twice
Directed by Mike Birbiglia Film comedies are supposed to be funny—that’s obvious—but movies about comedy are almost uniformly sad. The neurotic, emotionally challenged comic is a cliche thanks to Punchline, The King of Comedy, and Funny People, not to mention all those comedians complaining about their lives on podcasts these days. Mike Birbiglia’s Don’t Think Twice is another melancholic ode to comedic suffering, but its earned realism and thoughtful examination of the perils of artistic success make it a distinct addition to the sadsack showbiz canon. Don’t Think Twice follows a painful few weeks in the life of The Commune, a popular, New York improv group that has rotated a crop of talented young players in and out of show business for 20 years. While his contempo-
raries have moved on to bigger and better gigs, Miles (Birbiglia), one of the founding members, is still there. He spends his off-hours romancing his young female students and reminiscing about the time he was “inches away” from a spot on Weekend Live (a Saturday Night Live proxy). In a group of sensitive artists who depend on each other nightly, one crisis would be threatening enough, but The Commune has two. Two of their brightest stars, Jack (Keegan-Michael Key) and Sam (Gillian Jacobs) are up for roles on Weekend Live. Meanwhile, the theater where they perform is being torn down and rebuilt as a Trump Tower, and finding a new venue in an increasingly expensive city is a challenge. These group crises kick off a series of individual, existential ones, with each member of the group questioning their future in show business. Meanwhile, Jack gets cast on the show, and Sam doesn’t, while the group somehow turns its dysfunction into spontaneous comedy on a nightly basis. The laughs in Don’t Think Twice are earned through blood, sweat, and genuine
sweet Child oF Mine Gleason
Directed by Clay Tweel “it’s an incredible example of polarities,” says the eponymous focus of the documentary Gleason. Steve Gleason is a former defensive back for the New Orleans Saints, famed for blocking a punt that led to a touchdown early in the Saints’ first home game after Hurricane Katrina. There’s a statue outside of the Superdome memorializing this moment. And in Clay Tweel’s doc (mostly filmed by Steve), teammates describe him as “tough” and “aggressive,” unexpectedly so for his small size. Then, in 2011, Steve was diagnosed with ALS, a degenerative muscle condition better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. According to a medical factoid displayed on-screen, late-stage sufferers “can still feel everything, but can no longer move.” (Or, it should be
made clear, speak.) Life expectancy is two to five years. From NFL hero to immobile patient within a decade—that is, indeed, an incredible and tragic polarity. Within a few weeks of learning he has ALS, Steve and his wife, Michel Varisco-Gleason, also learned that they were having a child. So the about-to-be dad decided to start a video journal in which he talks to his unborn son with the intent to “share with you who I am”—as well as any wisdom regarding growing up and life in general—in case he wouldn’t be around to discuss such matters with his boy. Steve’s outlook after the diagnosis was what you’d expect from a tough baller: “It’s not going to crush my life, even if it does crush my body.” Gleason, needless to say, is not an easy sit. At times it’s virtually torturous. How can you watch a 34-year-old, formerly optimistic man weaken to the point where he says that living is too much of a struggle and he’s lost hope? Or when the situation gets so rough that his wife, typical of many caretakers, comes to nearly resent her dying husband? At different times, they both become frustrated to the point of anger. “I’ve never been a saint,” Michel says. And Steve admits that he sometimes feels irritated even when their son, Rivers, just crawls around. Turns out the kid is the thing. Seeing Rivers grow from an infant to a toddler is joyous. He’s not only adorable: He’s perfectly happy with his daddy. Regardless of the situation’s gloom, Michel’s exhaustion, and Steve’s cantankerousness, watching the sweet boy laugh as his father takes him on rides in his wheelchair brings a smile to everyone’s faces—and gives Steve incentive to keep fighting. The movie—or, rather, Steve himself— makes the issue of father/son relationships multigenerational. His father, Mike, was strict and demanding when Steve was growing up. Even here, he tries to impose upon his son his religious beliefs, taking him to a “faith healing” ceremony. (“This is bullshit,” Michel says.) Steve interviews his dad about fatherhood and what he would change if he could go back. It’s a means of giving Steve ideas for his video journal, but it also helps bring them closer, bridging the gap left from what sounds like a cold upbringing. Minor spoiler alert, but Steve is still alive. He’s bucked his urge to relieve his family of their burden, instead opting for expensive surgery that may extend his life. Early in the film, Steve tells a friend how “fucked up” it is that he may not be able to have a conversation with Rivers by the time the boy is capable of holding one. But technology and drive may make that possible—perhaps even rendering this documentary’s primary purpose obsolete. —Tricia Olszewski Gleason opens Friday at Landmark E Street Cinema and Landmark Bethesda Row.
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invective that’s similar to Odelia’s hammering of her daughter. Alma is first to break away, finding her voice and her stride in New York, and though Eugene gets emotionally stalled inside a dubious Southern dream and his inherited alcoholism, the couple continues to build a sturdy life. Things go from racially and culturally complicated to violent when Eugene inherits his lightskinned grandfather’s fortune, fanning the flames of his parents’ anger over the real and perceived privileges of light skin. Ayers and Hammond are superbly cast to play the physically contrasting characters who have love and values in common. Ayers is all extroverted bombast in the childhood scenes, and her commitment to young Alma’s playfulness and unfettered physicality (she moves with all the unconscious limb flopping of a carefree 6-year-old) is a total delight. Hammond’s stiff stances and impish vocalizations succeed in convincing us that the intrepid Alma is the only solution to Eugene’s anxious introversion. In the hands of these two actors, there is no question that this couple is meant to be, skin tones and sizes be damned. As Alma ages, Ayers gives her a new stride that’s outwardly sensual but inwardly unsure, playing moments of pure intimacy with a surprising vulnerability. Hammond skillfully and quietly navigates the ebbs and flows of Eugene’s confidence as he moves toward an alternately unsteady and brave sense of manhood. But the total knockout acting moments of the production happen in Ayers’s seamless transitions from character to character, particularly when she moves from playing Alma to Odelia. The transformations are instantaneous and entirely thorough; her commitment to character details gives the impression of multiple talented actors stepping on stage. Harlan Penn’s minimalist set is the perfect half-empty slate on which to craft this complicated, multi-character, multi-setting story. Duncan’s sense of pacing and her careful movement of the actors over dramatic peaks and valleys adds up to a layered and emotionally satisfying journey. The depth of emotional resonance packed into this bare-bones production is a reminder that exquisite storytelling need not rely on theatrical bells and whistles. —Amy Lyons
Two masterful performances help explore complex black lives and the oppressive nature of color coding.
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Color Coded Yellowman
By Dael Orlandersmith Directed by Thembi Duncan At Anacostia Playhouse to Aug. 14 ShadeS of Skin color shape the destiny of a Southern black couple in Dael Orlandersmith’s gripping play, which was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in drama. In the hands of director Thembi Duncan and her talented cast of two, Anacostia Playhouse’s production is an energetic and powerful must-see. An intensely arresting Stori Ayers and a smartly understated Justus Hammond play upwards of a dozen roles between them, in addition to the play’s central pair: Alma and Eugene. As black children coming of age in rural South Carolina, Alma and Eugene gleefully re-create Batman scenarios on the playground and dance unabashedly to the theme song to The Monkees, ignoring the jibes and admonishments of friends and family who view their contrasting skin tones—he’s “high yella’” and she’s dark—as predictors of their future stations in life. Despite the intra-racism that has plagued their families for decades, the friends transcend the petty hatreds of their parents, grandparents, and friends, sticking together through adolescence and falling in love in young adulthood. Alma’s rancorous mother, Odelia, encourages the match, even as she belittles and abuses her daughter, repeatedly calling her fat, black, and ugly. Odelia’s insults are the misdirected lashings out of a woman stuck in a prison of self-loathing, the bars of which she believes were forged by her daughter; she thinks both women were too dark to keep Alma’s light-skinned father from fleeing. Eugene’s light-skinned mother, Thelma, politely tolerates Alma with a seething smile, while his dark-skinned father, Robert, berates his son for having light skin, hurling
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doom of the unknown Citadel
Dagger Moon Self-released, 2016 SignS are all around that the end is near. Climate change is worsening, violence in America feels like it’s reached a crescendo, and then of course there’s the ultimate End Times harbinger: Donald Trump. So it’s as good a time as any for local doom metal outfit Dagger Moon to drop Citadel, it’s full-length debut album, which essentially plays like the soundtrack to the apocalypse. Over the course of six heavy, stretched-out tracks, Dagger Moon breaches territories few metal bands ever have before, fusing its doom, crust, and death influences with prog-y horror film-esque synth riffs that would make John Carpenter proud. Dagger Moon is no stranger to D.C.’s surprisingly buoyant metal scene. Some of its members have been kicking around for years in the crusty sludge-metal band Ilsa, and elements of that band certainly bleed into Dagger Moon, but its sound is entirely its own. Citadel begins with the lone guttural crunch of guitarist Joshua Bettell, before the whole band launches a one-two punch, accentuated by keyboardist Martina Pell’s sinister sounds.
In fact, Pell proves to be something of an anchor for Dagger Moon’s distinct sound. Her riffs and tones add an extra sense of atmospheric doom to Citadel. But with Dagger Moon, no one part is greater than the whole. Each element—Pell’s throwback keys; Bettell’s heavy, sweeping riffs; bassist Brendan Griffith’s dirty, rumbling bass; and drummer Mikey T’s splashy fills—combine to create something otherworldly and special. And then there’s vocalist Chris Keller’s distant, primordial screams that sound as if they’re crossing over from a parallel dimension. Listeners can barely make out Keller’s lyrics, but it doesn’t matter much because they’re not hard to guess. The band wears its dark and supernatural influences boldly on its sleeve. At least that much is apparent from Citadel’s song titles, like “Medusa,” “Black Water,” and the album’s epic, slow-building conclusion, “The Terror That Comes In the Night”—a reference to David J. Hufford’s classic 1989 study of violent assaults by supernatural entities. With its shortest track coming in at just over six minutes, Citadel is an album full of careful pacing and deliberate moments. Like some of the best horror movies, it’s a slow-burner. Each track carefully builds to a startling climax, only to tear it all down and start again. That’s probably best exemplified on the album’s pinnacle, “Terminus Est,” a kind of dirge for the collapse of society. Because when The End comes, that’s how it’ll be: Not with a flash, but a slow crawl. —Matt Cohen Listen to Citadel at washingtoncitypaper.com/ arts.
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9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Us the Duo, Gardiner Sisters. 8 p.m. $20. 930.com. bethesda blues and Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Still Surfin’. 8 p.m. $15. bethesdabluesjazz.com. Comet Ping Pong 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 364-0404. Poppet, Airhead DC, Dais. 10 p.m. $12. cometpingpong.com. dC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. TTNG, Lite, Cartoon Weapons. 6 p.m. $12–$14. dcnine.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. The Moonshine Society. 10:30 p.m. Free. thehamiltondc.com. hill Country barbeCue 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. Henry Wagons. 9 p.m. Free. hillcountrywdc.com. iota Club & Café 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 522-8340. The Linemen, The Jelly Roll Mortals. 8:30 p.m. $12. iotaclubandcafe.com. roCk & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625. Broke Royals, Bencoolen, The Bees Trees. 9 p.m. $12. rockandrollhoteldc.com. troPiCalia 2001 14th St. NW. (202) 629-4535. Future Generations, Wylder, Clones of Clones. 8 p.m. $10. tropicaliadc.com. Warner theatre 513 13th St. NW. (202) 783-4000. The Go-Gos, Best Coast, Kaya Stewart. 8 p.m. $38–$73. warnertheatredc.com.
u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889. Ssion, SistrMidn9ight, DJs Shea Van Horn and Matt Bailer. 10 p.m. $18. ustreetmusichall.com.
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Wolf traP filene Center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. La Boheme. 8:15 p.m. $25–$75. wolftrap.org.
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kennedy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Mamadou Kelly. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.
blaCk Cat baCkstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 6674490. Primitive! with DJs Mad Squirrel and Mojo Go-Go. 9:30 p.m. $5. blackcatdc.com.
go-go
hoWard theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899. Big G and the Backyard Band, Northeast Groovers, UCB. 10 p.m. $35–$750. thehowardtheatre.com.
rock
9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. The Struts, Dorothy. 8 p.m. (Sold out) 930.com. dC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Evening Darling, Cinema Hearts, Lenclair. 7:30 p.m. $8. dcnine.com.
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eChostage 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Elvis Crespo. 9 p.m. $25.20. echostage.com.
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the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. Rachel Ann Morgan. 10:30 p.m. Free. The Jelly Jam, The Clox. 8 p.m. $24.75–$29.75. thehamiltondc.com.
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iota Club & Café 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 522-8340. No Second Troy, Taylor Carson. 8:30 p.m. $12. iotaclubandcafe.com.
hill Country barbeCue 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. The Steepwater Band. 9:30 p.m. Free. hillcountrywdc.com.
roCk & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625. Tomato Dodgers, Cat You Dog You, Picnibus, Jau Ocean. 7:30 p.m. $12. rockandrollhoteldc.com.
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birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. (703) 549-7500. The Hot Sardines. 7:30 p.m. $29.50. birchmere.com. blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Freddy Cole. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $30–$35. bluesalley.com. mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Dial 251 for Jazz. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com.
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As the hybrid advice columnist/chief muser for sports blog Deadspin, Drew Magary pulls off a rare feat: humor writing that doesn’t read like outtakes from a Dave Barry column. With The Hike, his new novel, Magary might have delivered something even more challenging—a difficult to describe fantasy mystery thriller fusion that’s still compelling. After 2011’s The Postmortal, which imagined the surprising consequences of a world where people can no longer die of old age, Magary returns to the tragicomic high-concept, this time following a hiker whose initially ordinary walk gets stranger and stranger. The Hike reads like a mix of The Odyssey and The Phantom Tollbooth, with the same humor Magary uses on Deadspin to skewer the Washington football team. Along the way, Magary’s hero hunts for an enigmatic mastermind, encounters man-eating giants and enormous insects, and teams up with a talking crab. What starts out as a saga of suburban ennui quickly turns into gripping tale of survival. Drew Magary reads at 7 p.m. at Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Free. (202) 364-1919. politics-prose.com. —Will Sommer
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the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. George Porter and the Runnin Pardners, The Congress. 8 p.m. $20.50–$25.50. thehamiltondc.com.
dC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. ‘90s Tracks Dance Party. 10:30 p.m. $5. dcnine.com.
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national gallery of art sCulPture garden 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. (202) 7374215. Creative Love Happening. 5 p.m. Free. nga.gov. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Irene Jalenti. 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.
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flash 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Deadbeat, Masomenos. 8 p.m. $8. flashdc.com.
u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889. The Hush Sound, Merriment, Falls. 7 p.m. $18. ustreetmusichall.com.
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Carter barron amPhitheatre 4850 Colorado Ave. NW. (202) 426-0486. Dave Bass, Terrence Richburg, Javier Starks, The Groove Spot Band. 7 p.m. $25. musicatthemonument.com.
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Jiffy lube live 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow. (703) 754-6400. Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan, Foy Vance. 7:30 p.m. $28–$152.50. livenation.com.
birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. (703) 549-7500. Tab Benoit, Li’l Ronnie’s Lonesome Twosome. 7:30 p.m. $29.50. birchmere.com.
atlas Performing arts Center 1333 H St. NE. (202) 399-7993. Jeff Denson Quartet. 8 p.m. $25–$28. atlasarts.org. blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Freddy Cole. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $30–$35. bluesalley.com. mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Tacha Coleman Parr. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Irene Jalenti. 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.
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flash 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Chez Damier, Dinky, Andy Grant. 8 p.m. $8. flashdc.com.
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hoWard theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899. Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Cuban Experience. 8 p.m. $30–$60. thehowardtheatre.com.
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tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Brad Linde’s Team Players. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.
bethesda blues and Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Friendship Train: A Gladys Knight and the Pips Tribute. 8 p.m. $30. bethesdabluesjazz.com. merriWeather Post Pavilion 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. Summer Spirit Festival. 2 p.m. $52–$250. merriweathermusic.com.
suNday rock
9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Better Than Ezra. 7 p.m. $30. 930.com. dC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Hunny, The Frights, Gymshorts. 8:30 p.m. $12–$14. dcnine.com. iota Club & Café 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 522-8340. Tom Goss. 7:30 p.m. $12. iotaclubandcafe.com.
FOLLOW
kennedy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.
World
bossa bistro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088. Mamadou Kelly with members of Alkibar and the Ali Farka Toure Allstars. 9 p.m. $10. bossadc.com.
couNtry
Wolf traP filene Center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. The Band Perry, Jordan Rager. 8 p.m. $35–$60. wolftrap.org.
Jazz
blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Freddy Cole. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $30–$35. bluesalley.com.
FuNk & r&B
bethesda blues and Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Secret Society. 7:30 p.m. $20. bethesdabluesjazz.com. birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. (703) 549-7500. William Bell and the Total Package Band. 7:30 p.m. $25. birchmere.com. merriWeather Post Pavilion 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. Summer Spirit Festival. 2 p.m. $52–$250. merriweathermusic.com.
MoNday rock
galaxy hut 2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 5258646. Jaguardini, Ships in the Night. 9 p.m. $5. galaxyhut.com. u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889. Everything Everything, Night Kitchen. 7 p.m. $18. ustreetmusichall.com.
classical
kennedy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Griff Kazmierczak. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.
Folk
iota Club & Café 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 522-8340. Heather Mae. 8 p.m. $12. iotaclubandcafe.com.
Jazz
blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Paul McCandless, Charged Particles. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22.50. bluesalley.com.
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A few years back, Janelle Monáe enlisted Erykah Badu for “Q.U.E.E.N.” a funkadelic anthem for marginalized groups (according to Monáe, the song’s title is an acronym: queer, untouchables, emigrants, excommunicated, negroid) that looked to free minds and get the rest to follow. The song also connected two generations of Afrofuturist iconoclasts that will share a stage at this year’s Summer Spirit Festival, a celebration of the best in neo-soul, R&B, jazz, and more that takes over Merriweather Post Pavilion during the dog days of August. Now in its 11th year, the festival has ballooned to a two-day affair with something for soul music fans of all stripes—whether it be the First Lady of Neo Soul in Ms. Badu and her spiritual successor in Ms. Monáe, the gospel-tinged jazz of Grammy Award-winning singer Gregory Porter, or the powerful voice of R&B classicist Leela James. For the Summer Spirit Festival, the inclusive message of “Q.U.E.E.N.” might as well be a theme song. The concert begins at 1 p.m. at Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. $52–$250. (410) 715-5550. merriweathermusic.com. —Chris Kelly 32 august 5, 2016 washingtoncitypaper.com
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Comet Ping Pong 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 364-0404. Shopping, Gauche, Stef Chura. 9 p.m. $12. cometpingpong.com.
Folk
hill Country barbeCue 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. Forlorn Strangers. 8:30 p.m. Free. hillcountrywdc.com.
Jazz
bethesda blues and Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Kandace Springs with special guest Lee Mo. 8 p.m. $20. bethesdabluesjazz.com. kennedy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Philadelphia Jazz Orchestra. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.
FuNk & r&B
Wolf traP filene Center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Phillip Phillips, Matt Nathanson, A Great Big World. 7 p.m. $32–$55. wolftrap.org.
World
strathmore outdoors 5301 Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Mariachi Flor de Toloache. 7 p.m. Free. strathmore.org.
Folk
gyPsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. Shiloh Hill. 7:30 p.m. Free. gypsysallys.com.
Jazz
tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. No Explanations. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.
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flash 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Cosmo’s Midnight, Whethan, JR Nelson. 8 p.m. $15. flashdc.com.
blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Band of Roses. 8 p.m; 10 p.m. $20. bluesalley.com.
soundCheCk 1420 K St. NW. (202) 789-5429. Savage Patch. 10 p.m. $5. soundcheckdc.com.
WedNesday
bethesda blues and Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Jon B. 8 p.m. $45–$50. bethesdabluesjazz.com.
9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Dr. Dog, Palehound. 7 p.m. $32.50. 930.com.
hoWard theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899. Maxi Priest. 7:30 p.m. $27.50–$35. thehowardtheatre.com.
rock
blaCk Cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Drive Like Jehu, Hurry Up. 7:30 p.m. (Sold out) blackcatdc.com. dC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Diet Cig, Solids. 9 p.m. $12–$14. dcnine.com. gyPsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. Alison McConnell. 8 p.m. $8–$10. gypsysallys.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. Fishbone, Joe Keyes and the Late Bloomer Band. 7:30 p.m. $20–$25. thehamiltondc.com. Jiffy lube live 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow. (703) 754-6400. Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon. 7 p.m. $25–$125. livenation.com.
FuNk & r&B
kennedy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Muhsinah. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.
thursday rock
9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Dr. Dog, Sun Club. 7 p.m. $32.50. 930.com. blaCk Cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Piebald, American Television. 7:30 p.m. $22–$25. blackcatdc.com.
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Seventy-seven-year-old soul singer William Bell’s latest album, This is Where I Live, builds on his catalogue of gospel-driven, emotionally rich compositions. The Memphis-born artist had a small hit with his initial 1961 Stax solo release “You Don’t Miss Your Water (’Til Your Well Runs Dry),” and has since been best known as a songwriter whose tunes have been covered by the likes of Otis Redding, Billy Idol, and Sturgill Simpson, as well as sampled by Kanye West. Blues artist Albert King and rock legends Cream found success with Bell’s “Born Under a Bad Sign,” and Bell reclaims it on This is Where I Live with some roots-rock touches from producer John Leventhal. His arrangements blend classic, funky R&B with Americana, but it’s Bell’s mournful delivery of the evocative lyrics that shine. He knows when to stretch syllables, when to pause, and when to add that cry in his voice, whether reflecting on love lost or found or lamenting “if it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” William Bell and the Total Package Band perform at 7:30 p.m. at The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. $25. (703) 549-7500. birchmere.com. —Steve Kiviat
CITY LIGHTS: MoNday
“iN the grooVe: Jazz portraits By herMaN leoNard”
While watching artists sing or blow into an instrument, look at their faces. Playing music requires physical and emotional stamina and the slight adjustments to lips and cheeks performers make are fascinating. At the same time musicians pour their hearts out on stage, they exert their bodies in precise manners to manipulate sound itself. Whether the small twitch you see represents the pang of lost love or the masterful control of one’s body, these moments draw audiences in and create intimate memories. This is why people still crowd the stage: They want to see how music gets made. Photographer Herman Leonard was an expert at capturing these moments with jazz musicians. Duke Ellington, bathed in a cutting spotlight, letting his piano ring in Paris in 1958. Charlie Parker with his eyes closed as if in effortful prayer in New York in 1949. Ella Fitzgerald finding the right note with her hand to her ear and sweat dripping down her cheek in 1960. Leonard’s blackand-white portraits are the definitive images of mid-20th century jazz legends. Visitors just might forget they’re in the National Portrait Gallery and find themselves transported to the front row at Birdland. The exhibition is on view daily 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., to Feb. 20, at the National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. Free. (202) 633-8300. npg.si.edu. —Justin Weber
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When most outsiders think of the history of D.C.’s music scenes, it’s pretty much go-go, hardcore, and jazz. But true District musicheads know there’s so much more this city has produced over the years. For the more sonically inclined, the D.C. area’s experimental music scene has steadily grown over the past decade, thanks in no small part to Sonic Circuits, an experimental music organization that has fostered and developed D.C.’s outer sound artists since 2001 with year-round programming and its signature event, an annual music festival. Nowadays, the scene has never been stronger, and you need not look further than Reston, Virginia, tape label Ingrown Sounds, which releases some of the most forward-thinking and challenging sounds in the area. The label hosts its annual summer showcase at Takoma’s Rhizome DC, featuring some of the best from its roster: The Big Drum in the Sky Religion, ROBE, Opal Wood, Nagual (pictured), and others. These are artists whose experimental avant-garde sounds are truly otherworldly, and the venue is quickly becoming the new hub for D.C.’s experimental scene. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Rhizome DC, 6950 Maple Ave. NW. $10. rhizomedc.org. —Matt Cohen dC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Savoir Adore, The Wild Wild, Paperwhite. 8 p.m. $13–$15. dcnine.com. hoWard theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899. Here Come the Mummies. 7:30 p.m. $25–$60. thehowardtheatre.com. roCk & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625. BRNDA, Leapling, Zula, Brushes. 8 p.m. $12. rockandrollhoteldc.com.
dJ Nights u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881889. Kanye vs. the World: Yeezy vs. Missy. 10 p.m. $5. ustreetmusichall.com.
classical
Wolf traP filene Center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma. 8 p.m. $30–$80. wolftrap.org.
couNtry
birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. (703) 549-7500. Elizabeth Cook, Derek Hoke. 7:30 p.m. $25. birchmere.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. Will Hoge, Anna Rose. 7:30 p.m. $20–$25. thehamiltondc.com.
Jazz
blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Tuck & Patti. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $27.50–$32.50. bluesalley.com.
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Whether she’s playing a maligned daughter in a family drama or a legal eagle closing cases on a network drama, actress Juliette Lewis always emotes fully. Seen in everything from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation to August: Osage County, Lewis has filled the time she doesn’t spend acting headlining rock clubs around the world, both with her band, Juliette and the Licks, and as a solo artist. She appears at U Street Music Hall in support of her new single, “Hello Hero,” a funky, percussive pop track that would find a place on top 40 radio even if the vocalist wasn’t an Academy Award nominee. A spoken interlude about tarot cards and chest tattoos feels a bit random but the infectious pop hooks are impossible not to groove to. Lewis also never manages to stand still on stage, and watching her move like a hummingbird through a packed club is worth the price of admission. If her press photo is any indication, she might even show up in a stars and stripes jumpsuit that would make Elvis jealous. Juliette Lewis performs with The New Regime at 7 p.m. at U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW. $20. (202) 588-1889. ustreetmusichall.com. —Caroline Jones kennedy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Theo Jackson. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Twins Jazz Orchestra. 8:30 p.m.; 10:30 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.
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Books
John gregory broWn In A Thousand Miles From Nowhere, the author, a New Orleans native, tells the story of a former teacher who flees the city and his problems in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Politics & Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Aug. 8, 7 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. elaine kamarCk The author, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, explores why citizens lose faith in their leaders in her new book, Why Presidents Fail. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe. 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. Aug. 9, 6:30 p.m. Free. (202) 387-1400. dreW magary The Deadspin and GQ contributor reads from his second novel, The Hike, about a man who encounters giants, monsters, and a talking crab while exploring in the woods. Politics & Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Aug. 5, 7 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. stuart nadler Nadler reads from his salacious new novel, The Inseparables, which follows a family as it deals with crises ranging from divorce and death to a nude photo scandal. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe. 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. Aug. 8, 6:30 p.m. Free. (202) 387-1400. Carolyn Parkhurst The author’s latest novel, Harmony, is set in D.C. and explores how a family copes with its daughter’s special needs and the extent its members will go to in order to care for her. Politics & Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Aug. 6, 6 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. adam o’fallon PriCe Price, a former touring musician who now teaches writing at the University of Iowa, reads from his first novel, The Grand Tour, which follows a failed novelist who embarks on a road trip to promote his memoir about his service in Vietnam. Politics & Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Aug. 10, 7 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. margaret WaPPler Wappler discusses Neon Green, her novel about what happens aliens invade
a Chicago suburb in the mid-’90s. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe. 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. Aug. 10, 6:30 p.m. Free. (202) 387-1400.
Galleries
Civilian art ProJeCts 4718 14th St. NW. (202) 6073804. civilianartprojects.com. Closing: “Prince and Other Departed Legends.” Local artists, including Martine Workman, Adrian Loving, and Mei Mei Chang, pay tribute to many of the musical legends who died this year in this group show. July 15 to Aug. 6. honfleur gallery 1241 Good Hope Road SE. (202) 365-8392. honfleurgallery.com. Ongoing: “10th Anniversary East of the River Exhibition.” Artists who work, live, or have roots in Wards 7 and 8 showcase their work at this annual exhibition. This year’s showcased artists include Mei Mei Chang, Wesley Clark, and Deborah Terry. July 29 to Sept. 16. vivid solutions gallery 1231 Good Hope Road SE. (202) 365-8392. vividsolutionsdc.com. Ongoing: “Feminicity.” Olivia Tripp Morrow creates abstract sculptures using wire and textiles donated by women in this exhibit that explores female identity and experience. Presented as part of IMMERSION, an ongoing art installation in locations throughout Historic Anacostia. July 29 to Sept. 16.
Theater
hand to god A Christian puppet ministry working at a Texas church is overwhelmed by a possessed, demonic puppet in this silly comedy from playwright Robert Askins. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To Aug. 28. $20–$65. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org. Jelly’s last Jam Jazz pianist Mark G. Meadows plays the title role in this musical biography of pioneering jazz artist Jelly Roll Morton, portraying the highs and lows of his career and personal life. Signature Theatre favorite Matthew Gardiner directs this lively production that features songs like “That’s How You Jazz” and “Good Ole New York.” Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To Sept. 11. $40–$79. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org. JumanJi On a dull day, Judy and Peter find a mysterious old board game. One live lion, an erupting volcano, and some destructive monkeys later, the children are plunged into an experience they’ll never forget. Will they ever finish this mysterious magic game and claim Jumanji? Serge Seiden directs this performance
for audiences of all ages adapted from Chris Van Allsburg’s classic picture book. Adventure Theatre MTC. 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. To Aug. 28. $19.50. (301) 634-2270. adventuretheatre-mtc.org. The PhanTom of The oPera The longest-running musical in Broadway history, which tells the story of a mysterious masked man who haunts a Paris theater, returns to the Kennedy Center in an all-new production that retains all the classic songs, including “Music of the Night” and “All I Ask of You.” Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To Aug. 20. $25–$149. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org. WashingTon imProv TheaTer PresenTs summer CamP Washington Improv Theater invites you to choose any bunk you want during Summer Camp—a five-week series of shows from its company ensembles and special guests from across the city. Summer Camp will also feature a reboot of Die! Die! Die!, an improvised slasher movie that’s much funnier (but even more dangerous) than Friday the 13th’s Camp Crystal Lake. Washington Improv Theater at Source. 1835 14th St. NW. To Aug. 6. $12–$30. (202) 204-7770. washingtonimprovtheater.com.
Film
suiCide squad Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and Jared Leto star in this dark action comedy about an ensemble of supervillains who, in exchange for clemency, carry out a series of missions for a secret government agency. Written and directed by David Ayer. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information). gleason Former NFL player Steve Gleason chronicles his battle with ALS and his journey as a parent in this documentary from director Clay Tweel. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information). iCe age: Collision Course The animated animals from this popular film series return for a fifth go-round and this time, they have to prevent a meteor from striking Earth. Featuring the voices of Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Denis Leary. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information).
sTar Trek Beyond Kirk, Spock, Sulu, and Uhura travel through space again in the latest film from director Justin Lin. In this story, the USS Enterprise crew must take down a new enemy that threatens to destroy the Federation. (See washingtoncitypaper. com for venue information). Bad moms Three overworked and overtired mothers decide to temporarily take a break from parenting and during their weekend of debauchery, face off against a crew of so-called “good moms” in this dirty comedy from directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Starring Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, and Kristen Bell. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information). nine lives Kevin Spacey plays a businessman who finds himself trapped in the body of a cat in this family comedy from director Barry Sonnenfeld. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information).
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