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DISTRICT LINE 4 Loose Lips: Is the Department of Employment Services properly using adult job training funds?

6 Waiting Room Only: As the battle over the future of United Medical Center continues, patients and staff fight for an immediate budget increase.

SPORTS 8 Pinned Down: Wilson High has the city’s lone public high school wrestling program.

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DISTRICTLINE Training Pay

Part of a $5 million fund intended for job training is being spent on events and marketing campaigns.

By Mitch Ryals A $5 million fund within the DC Department of Employment Services is supposed to be used for job training.

Specifically, this particular fund is dedicated to providing “training programs that teach job skills that will facilitate the expansion of employment opportunities for District adult residents,” according to its definition in D.C.’s budget. The money from this pot has funded a job training program for D.C. residents over 50 and hospitality training, for example, as well as cadet training programs for the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department and the Metropolitan Police Department.

The program is appropriately named “Local Adult Training.” But recently published documents suggest that not all of the money was used on job training.

Last year, hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Local Adult Training fund paid for event planning, marketing, and event space rental at venues like the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. Money from the fund was also used to pay for temporary administrative workers, and for writing, editing, and photography work.

That information is contained in the hundreds of pages of contracts, invoices, and internal documents DOES provided to the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, chaired by At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman, who is convening oversight hearings this fall on spending and performance in several DOES programs.

The hearings come after Silverman and Mayor Muriel Bowser butted heads over funding for workforce development programs during budget debates earlier this year.

Silverman, through her committee, recommended full funding for four workforce programs in 2020, including the Local Adult Training program, but withheld those funds for the three successive years. Typically, funds are budgeted four years out. Silverman wrote in her newsletter at the time that the four programs had “not provided reliable data showing D.C. residents graduating with skills certifications and securing jobs.”

The other three programs included in Silverman’s recommended budgeting strategy are the

DC Infrastructure Academy, Project Empowerment, and Career Connections. The Council ultimately agreed with her budgeting proposals.

In a tweet thread, the mayor singled out Silverman, saying her budget recommendation “puts a 2020 expiration date on job training programs.”

“As we combat gentrification & displacement, now is not the time to cut programs that equip DC residents with the skills and knowledge they need to secure high-paying jobs,” Herronor tweeted.

This week, the first of two roundtables focused on DOES’ Local Adult Training program and the DC Infrastructure Academy. At the hearing, Silverman said basic information on the effectiveness of D.C.’s workforce development programs in general has been unavailable for years and the lack of availability is not unique to a single administration.

Bower’s administration, Silverman said, was late in delivering a legislatively required report on the $150 million spent on D.C.’s workforce programs, and the report “included very little information on the programs we’re discussing today.”

During the hearing this week, DOES Director Unique Morris-Hughes called Silverman’s budget strategy “a fear tactic that will not change outcomes.” At one point toward the end of the seven-hour discussion, the two engaged in a shouting match, talking over each other and accusing each other of misleading the public. in the documents Silverman’s committee posted online ahead of the hearing, a few items within the Local Adult Training program caught LL’s eye.

In May, MTB Enterprises signed a $90,000 contract with DOES to lead a rebranding campaign for the Business Services Group, a division within DOES that helps connect employers with employees.

The contract required MTB to attract new employers who could hire District residents, create marketing materials and rebranding concepts (including “DOES talking points,” “social media strategy/plan,” “PowerPoint template,” and “email signature design”), and lead internal and external kick-off events for the new Office of Talent & Client Services.

But an invoice provided to the workforce de-

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velopment committee dated Aug. 9, 2019, shows that MTB was paid $270,000 for the rebranding and marketing campaign—about three times the initial contract. The committee was not provided with an explanation for the increase.

The rebranding culminated in an elaborate rooftop kick-off event at The Capitol View at 400 on Friday, Sept. 20.

“Enjoy breathtaking views of Union Station, the Capitol, and even the Washington Monument, all while enjoying brunch-style refreshments while networking and learning more about what DOES can DO for you,” the event announcement beckoned.

The four-hour event, complete with free food and decorated with flowers, included a 30-minute Q&A session with Morris-Hughes, and two panels featuring DOES employees and local employers. One attendee told LL that only about 40 people attended. Some were DOES employees.

As for MTB, the address listed on the business’ contract with DOES is actually a unit in the Woodner Apartments on 16th Street NW. A person who answered the phone in the Woodner’s leasing office tells LL the building used to offer commercial space for rent, but those leases are no longer available.

It’s unclear whether the suite number listed in MTB’s contract, which matches its business registration on the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs’ website, is linked to a commercial or residential space. A call and email to the company’s agent, Madia Brown, were not returned.

On Sept. 3 of this year, DCRA revoked MTB’s business registration for failure to file a bi-annual report. As of Oct. 29, after LL started asking questions, MTB’s status was restored to “active,” according to DCRA. Next in the committee’s documents posted online, there’s the $123,000 contract with MW Consulting LLC—or at least that was the original agreement.

In February, DOES hired Marcus Williams, who owns MW Consulting, to develop, coordinate, and execute three events: the Women in the Workforce Conference, DC Infrastructure Academy Week, and the Workforce Recognition Event scheduled for July, according to the original contract.

(A separate invoice provided to the commit-

tee shows a $40,000 payment to JW Marriott for event space rental for the one-day Women in the Workforce Conference.)

The $123,000 contract included a public relations specialist, a graphic designer, three technical writers, three event planners, and miscellaneous “materials” that were estimated to cost about $20,000.

But a modification to the original agreement nearly doubled the total award.

According to the amended contract dated July 23, Williams agreed to take on two additional events. The new contract also lists the Workforce Recognition Event, which was rescheduled for September, and two additional events that inflated the total contract to $233,340.

However, it is unclear how much MW Consulting was actually paid. DOES only provided one page of the company’s three-page invoice.

Williams did not return a call and an email seeking comment, but like MTB, the address listed on his contract with DOES, which matches the business registration on DCRA’s website, is a residential condo on C Street SE. DCRA revoked his business registration in September 2018 for failing to file a bi-annual report. Like MTB, Williams’ firm resolved the issue after LL’s call, and DCRA has restored its status to “active.”

And what does DOES plan to use the $5 million Local Adult Training fund for next year?

According to the spending plan submitted to the committee, about $500,000 will go toward office support, printing, videographer services, event planning, space rental, and communications. Another $156,000 is divided among three conferences.

Although there are some job training activities listed in the plan, such as $1 million for the DC Infrastructure Academy and $250,000 for the FEMS cadet academy, the Local Adult Training program no longer includes the MPD cadet training program, which will be completely supported with federal funds, MorrisHughes said.

At the hearing Morris-Hughes said events and conferences are a necessary part of DOES’ work.

“It may look to the layman and general public that there is a lot spent on events, but these are actually direct program costs. This year alone we put on 49 career fairs. Every career fair that we have cost money,” she said.

Morris-Hughes promised to provide the labor committee with numbers on how many career fair attendees were connected to employment and added that job fairs and conferences offer opportunities for networking, mentoring, and building skills.

“We’re very proud to offer those opportunities for District residents,” she said.

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DISTRICTLINE Waiting Room Only

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As residents suffer a dangerous wait for a new hospital to open, United Medical Center staff say they are overworked and need more support in the interim.

By Amanda Michelle Gomez At a public hearing on the only hospital in Southeast D.C., residents and hospital staff alike described dangerous conditions and demanded that the city provide better support. “Sitting here and listening to people testify was very heart wrenching. I totally empathize for all the people that were here,” said UMC’s chief executive officer, Ira Gottlieb, after more than 30 people testified on Friday.

UMC, serving more than 150,000 residents in Wards 7 and 8, will close after a new hospital is built on the St. Elizabeths Campus in Congress Heights. But the new hospital isn’t scheduled to open until December 2022, and in the meantime, staff describe the many ways UMC is struggling to get by. They say Southeast residents feel abandoned.

Compounding these struggles, it is unclear whether the city will meet this looming

2022 deadline. Health advocates are already pushing back against the company, Universal Health Services, that’s expected to operate the new hospital because of its troubled billing and anti-union practices. Moreover, advocates say, negotiations have been “shrouded in mysticism,” leaving little opportunity for community input. The Council isn’t selecting the operator but will review the agreement.

Health committee chair, Ward 7 Councilmember Vince Gray, says he does not know the status of negotiations as the Council hasn’t been actively involved.

“I really think we need to bring this to a conclusion. People need to have some predictability about what’s going to happen next,” Gray tells City Desk.

If the Council doesn’t get answers soon, AtLarge Councilmember Elissa Silverman says she is considering sending a letter to the mayor’s office, asking about the status of negotiations.

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“We should have had a signed agreement by now,” Silverman tells City Desk.

Meanwhile, as Silverman put it, UMC is on life support. When dozens of UMC staff and their supporters, including Service Employees International Union and Moms Demand Action, a group that advocates to stop gun violence, testified before the health committee on Friday, they called on the Council to adequately fund UMC because the hospital cannot provide critical services and current staff is overworked.

“Patients are showing up even though they know we don’t have [obstetric] services [because] that is the closest hospital,” said Betty Holmon, who worked at UMC for 37 years before the maternity ward shuttered. “We need to have the OB unit open again now, not when the new hospital is coming about, because we don’t know when that is going to occur. We know UMC is open now.”

When UMC’s obstetrics unit closed in 2017 due to medical errors, Ward 8 patients and some Ward 7 patients were left without any maternity care. That means pregnant patients have had to deliver in UMC’s emergency department or travel west of the Anacostia River. The latter can sometimes be dangerous; for example, Congress Heights resident Shaquana Bates delivered a stillborn baby and nearly died herself after an ambulance took an hour to transport her to a hospital.

When Gray asked UMC’s chief executive officer if it was possible to reopen the maternity ward, Gottlieb effectively said no. “People were not coming for deliveries at our hospital... the cost of doing something like that [in 2018] was $16 million dollars to really build it,” he said.

Residents also testified to needing a trauma center. Despite seeing a disproportionate number of stabbing and gunshot victims, southeast residents lack a trauma center. The four hospitals in the District with a trauma center are concentrated in the northwest region.

“Gerald [Watson] was killed after school, shot 17 times,” said Nathan Luecking, a social worker at Anacostia High School. “I wonder still to this day, what that would have been like had he been taken to a hospital that was significantly closer. Would he have survived?

That’s the kind of thing I have to think about every time a student is killed and pronounced dead at the hospital.”

Gray assured residents that the new hospital will have a trauma center, with at least a level 4 accreditation. That means the new hospital will be able to provide evaluation, stabilization, and diagnostic capabilities for injured patients.

After the hearing, Gray told City Desk he had spoken to Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage about needing to prioritize trauma care in the new hospital.

City Desk received an advance copy of a report from the Mayor’s Commission on Healthcare Systems. Turnage and Gray serve on this commission. Mayor Muriel Bowser instructed the commission to release a set of recommendations, and a 140-page report is expected to come out this week. The report mentions the new hospital, asking for the development of a “work plan” for a successful transition. This plan should include “ways that a new health system will address prenatal and delivery needs for women East of the River.” The report modestly mentions trauma care, only asking for a “communications plan to explain to the community the level of services to be provided and how the hospital will manage deliveries for high-risk pregnancies and trauma care.”

Various nurses also testified to being understaffed and overworked even as they are still expected to serve patients that require a lot of attention, including FD-12 patients. These patients are petitioned for involuntary hospitalization because they pose a significant risk to themselves or others. UMC sometimes sees six or more FD-12 admissions in a single shift, said UMC president of the D.C. Nurses Association, Roberta LeNoir.

“We at UMC are asked to provide these services without adequate support, funding, and rationed supplies,” said LeNpir during the six-

hour hearing. “Even though our budget was cut $18 million dollars, we still strive to serve the community to the best of our ability. I have 300 assignments despite objections from the nurses I work with because we are afraid of working in the continued conditions, putting our licenses at risk.”

The Council slashed the city’s subsidy to UMC to $15 million FY2020, despite the hospital requesting $40 million. After health advocates decried the cuts, the Council increased the subsidy to $22 million. During the hearing, Gray proudly announced that UMC received an extra $11 million from Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments. UMC didn’t qualify in 2018, but successfully applied for DSH payments in 2019. UMC was able to secure this money, and so was able to balance the budget for fiscal year 2020. That UMC had to go in search of this money means the Council was initially unrealistic about what it took to operate UMC, Silverman said.

“What I’ve heard today is, except for those who have to go to UMC, those who have any option decide to go elsewhere, and that’s a big financial problem for you and for UMC,” she told Gottlieb during the hearing. “This hearing… it’s been illuminating in a way that is causing me more anxiety about the health care system in our city.”

Gottlieb says UMC did not cut any clinical services for budgetary reasons but did lay off 30 people, nine of whom were D.C. residents. Gottlieb did his best to highlight some of UMC’s recent successes, like its partnership with George Washington Hospital. He stressed that UMC remains open and provides quality care, despite the misconception that the hospital is already closed.

But Gottlieb conceded that the uncertainty has negatively impacted patient volume, recruitment of new staff, and the morale among current staff.

“There is no intention to close the hospital before the new hospital is open,” said Gray. He stressed this point numerous times during the hearing, attempting to bring some assurance to residents who remain rattled by all the uncertainty.

In between assuaging nerves, Gray clashed with many residents who testified at various points on Friday, as many questioned his commitment to Ward 7 and 8 residents.

“We can’t get one simple councilmember who looks just like me, who should understand African American issues, to vote and to put money in a hospital that saves lives for people who are already struggling—that is a problem for me,” said Ward 8 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Christopher Hawthorne.

One public witness went as far as asking Gray if he wants to be remembered as the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) or Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

“I am a native Washingtonian ... I am a product of the D.C. public schools, I have been here all my life—everything that I have ever done is on behalf of people,” said Gray in response.

“I’m proud to be compared to Elijah Cummings. I don’t ever want to be compared to Clarence Thomas.”

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Despite its success and talent, the lone D.C. public high school wrestling program is still a club team.

Practice at the Wilson High School atrium

By Aman Kidwai Practice starts at 4 p.m., but for many members of Wilson High School’s wrestling team, it isn’t as simple as walking over to the gym. From workouts to competitions, the school’s wrestling program has to put in extra effort just to exist.

Wilson is the only D.C. public high school with a wrestling team. The program is technically a self-funded club team and is not sponsored by the city’s governing high school athletic body, the District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA).

Instead, Wilson head coach Archie Hogan, parents, and other supporters of the program, like the nonprofit Wrestling Coalition of

D.C., work together to facilitate practice, travel, fundraising, and participation in competitions without any organizational support.

“My students feel like they’re underdogs,” Hogan says.

But even with the obstacles, the athletes have thrived. The team boasts five D.C. state champions over the past three years and has placed two wrestlers on the Washington Post All-Met team. The DCIAA has expressed interest in sponsoring the sport at the high school level, but has not been able to due to DC Public Schools budget constraints.

Public school students from all over the city are eligible to be on Wilson’s team, provided they have the time and commitment to make it work. A good chunk of the team takes the

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Metro or bus to Tenleytown for practice. Hogan has had kids from every quadrant of the city, with roots in more than a dozen different countries, compete for him.

“It’s a microcosm of D.C.,” he says. “I have an ambassador’s kid on my team. I’ve got a custodian’s kid on my team ... That’s something that we take pride in and kind of use as motivation.”

While the sport is physically demanding, the barriers to entry are few. Unlike baseball, football, or lacrosse, athletes can wrestle without expensive equipment or a large, specialized field. Any space that can fit a wrestling mat (regulation size is 42’ x 42’) can host an event.

But the competitive landscape is still dominated by well heeled programs at area private

Two local ultrarunners won the inaugural MCM50K in D.C. last weekend. washingtoncitypaper.com/sports schools. These teams typically have wrestling rooms, or at least a dedicated space that is seasonally available, while Wilson sets up in the school’s atrium, or sometimes in the cafeteria.

This haphazard arrangement can cause delays during practice.

“We have to save our mat tape for matches so the mats slide around a lot,” Hogan explains. “This means we stop practice every few minutes to push them back together.”

The mat, which they’ve had for four years, is beginning to wear, but it’s still in better condition than the one they had before, which had dry rot and did not meet size regulations.

Wrestlers share use of the mat with cheerleaders and various summer camps.

“There’s gum stuck to the bottom and food stains on the top,” Hogan says.

They need a new one, but it isn’t as urgent as the need for their own space, and funding to make sure they can travel to and compete in meets. Because there’s no public league, Wilson makes its schedule from scratch.

“We do everything kind of on our own,” Hogan says. “It’s mostly private schools that we compete against for the D.C. state championship. And then we’ll go to tournaments around the area if we can get funding for those.”

D.C. has held a strong wrestling tradition for decades, though the city’s public schools have been all but removed from the picture.

By the mid 1990s there were just two public teams, at Ballou and Wilson. By 2001, only Wilson’s remained. When that team’s coach left the school a few years later, public wrestling in D.C. ceased to exist.

Recently, there has been an uptick in interest in the sport, partially due to the popularity of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and mixed martial arts (MMA). Many prominent MMA fighters wrestled in high school or college, and combine their experience with other fighting styles, such as jiu jitsu or judo, to make very lucrative careers for themselves.

Two 2016 Olympic wrestling gold medalists hail from Maryland, which has helped drive interest in the D.C. area. Kyle Snyder and Helen Maroulis returned from Rio as the only Americans to win gold in wrestling at the 2016 Summer Games. Snyder was nationally ranked at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Olney before starring at the National Collegiate Athletic Association and junior international levels. Maroulis placed in the state championships as a freshman and posted 99 career victories at Magruder High School in Rockville in three years before transferring to an Olympic training program.

“Seeing that it’s close by, that it’s accessible, that you don’t need to be from Pennsylvania or Iowa to see success I think has been motiva-

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tional,” says Reggie Snowden, an assistant coach at Gonzaga College High School who was a D.C. state champion at Wilson. “It’s huge.”

But without a public school league, D.C. students interested in wrestling are forced to look to private schools if they want to be viewed as taking the sport seriously. Given the cost compared to other sports, and the rise in interest, there is a strong case for D.C. public schools to sponsor wrestling.

The DCIAA has been able to get middle school public programs off the ground with success. They’ve also run wrestling clinics in partnership with Wrestle Like A Girl, Beat the Streets, USA Wrestling, and American University.

“Participation in DCIAA middle school wrestling programs has grown each year following Mayor [Muriel] Bowser’s investments in 2017,” DCIAA executive director Dwayne Foster writes in an email. “From year one to year two, wrestling participation numbers doubled. Additionally, we have added three wrestling teams since the inaugural season.”

Foster shares that the DCIAA had hoped to launch a high school league this year, but did not receive the funding from D.C. public officials in charge of the budget.

“Funding for eight high school wrestling programs was requested to add to the robust offerings already provided to DCPS high school students,” he says. “The proposal was to create wrestling programs across DCPS high schools for the inaugural year of wrestling.”

In addition to the structural hurdles they face, Wilson coaches also face a unique challenge in the fact that their players are usually far less experienced than their competitors.

And even though Wilson’s club team has had success, its ability to compete at a high level is limited by resources and the culture clash in a sport dominated by private schools.

With the stakes of high-level play, tensions can rise.

“Some parents of these private school kids do not like watching their child lose to someone that goes to a public school,” Hogan says.

Some coaches making [comfortable coaching salaries] do not like losing to a team coached by a volunteer … My team’s from all over the city … Certain programs aren’t cool with that and go out of their way to make my students feel unwelcome.”

But Wilson does get support from a few D.C. prep programs. The club team first started practicing at the Maret School before getting a mat of its own. Members of the Gonzaga coaching staff as well as Bullis School and Georgetown Prep are supportive in various ways out of a genuine interest in growing the game locally.

Brandon Wims, the teacher at Wilson who in 2012 restarted the school’s wrestling team in its current state, attributes Wilson’s success to the dedication of coaches like Hogan, the parents of players, as well as parents of former players who still stay involved.

Wims handed the reins of the program over to Hogan two years ago.

“Many of these private schools have kids who have wrestled since they were young. We get kids who have no idea, they think wrestling is the thing on TV where they’re slamming chairs,” Wims says. “To have city champions where kids have not wrestled before, against these private schools, competing in big tournaments ... It’s really amazing.”

Hogan, who has a law degree from William & Mary, also teaches at Wilson and coaches a middle school team along with his assistant coach, because that’s the only way they can get paid for their coaching efforts.

He remains passionate about getting wrestling into public schools. To Hogan, it can make all the difference in a student’s life.

“I do criminal defense for juveniles,” he says. “A lot of the kids that I deal with, I don’t feel much difference between them and me. I think that I just had some opportunities that they didn’t. I had a way to get out my angst and energy… I used wrestling to give me structure that I lacked when I was a kid. And I feel like some kids can benefit from that.”

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PUTTING DOWN ROUTES

Let us take a holistic look at our top transit options in D.C. 10 november 1, 2019 washingtoncitypaper.com

By City Paper staff

The D.C. area has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to ways to get around town. Walking, driving, ride-hailing apps, bicycles, Metro buses and trains, scooters, mopeds, and Onewheels all jockey for space on sidewalks and streets. But with those options come a bevy of anxiety-inducing questions: Will the Metro catch on fire? Will I get stuck in traffic? What if I miss my bus?

Is there a bike lane? Does this scooter have enough juice?

City Paper put five of these methods of transportation to the test to see which one would emerge victorious in a cross-town race.

Starting at 11:01 a.m. at 15th and H streets NW on a Thursday in October, five participants, each using a different mode of transportation, traveled to the same series of destinations, completing a few challenges along the way and texting staff photographer and race director Darrow Montgomery photographic proof of completing each step.

The first stop was the National Portrait Gallery, because not everything about federal D.C. is awful, and it gave our participants a taste of downtown traffic. It hadn’t yet opened when we started our race, but we encourage copycats to stop in and visit the Obama portrait of their choice.

The next stop was Pizza Mart in Adams Morgan. For better or worse, jumbo slice is a part of D.C., and we couldn’t leave it out of our race. In 2017 we had then-arts editor Matt Cohen compare different jumbo slice joints while drunk and sober. Pizza Mart was the winner of the sober taste test, making it the most humane option for our contestants. It’s also up a hill and not on a Metro line.

From there, contestants had to order a Frosty at the Wendy’s on New York Avenue NE. Simply put, no conversation about transportation in D.C. is complete without Dave Thomas Circle.

The final stop was Tune Inn. We knew our contestants would need a drink after all this madness, and lucky for them, Tune Inn opens early and closes late.

—Will Warren

busy in this part of downtown, so I’m able to make up a few more seconds and cross before the signal changes. I get to the Portrait Gallery steps moments after the scooter rider, snap a photo, and descend into Gallery Place.

—Caroline Jones Ride Hailing Time stamp: 11:15 a.m.

I figure I have the best assignment: I won’t have to exert much energy at all. I’ll be chauffeured around the District for a good two hours!

My Lyft driver arrives in under three minutes, which surprises me. I usually ride Uber because I’ve heard anecdotally that Lyft drivers are harder to get.

I tell him I am in the middle of a transportation challenge—not so he drives faster but to have something to talk about. I usually listen to music, but I decide to avoid my Spotify app because I have to charge my phone. Because Apple got rid of the earphone jack, I can’t charge my phone and listen to tunes at the same time.

—Amanda Michelle Gomez

11:14 a.m.

11:05 a.m.

11:14 a.m.

Driving Time stamp: 11:30 a.m.

It takes me about 30 seconds to realize I’m heading in the wrong direction. As I make a right turn onto K Street NW, my GPS corrects its original course and I find myself back at my starting point a few minutes later. Not the best way to start a race.

But I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve been driving around D.C. for years, and routes often change due to traffic, regardless of the time of day.

I knew before this contest began that I would likely finish last. Driving around the city in the middle of the day while having to find parking? No, thanks.

I arrive outside the National Portrait Gallery about half an hour after pulling out of a parking garage near the City Paper office.

Luckily I’m able to find a spot just a block away, and I make the decision to rush over to the museum without paying for parking. I’ve wasted enough time getting here. —Kelyn Soong

11:15 a.m.

National Portrait Gallery to Pizza Mart

Washington City Paper to National Portrait Gallery Biking Time stamp: 11:05 a.m.

With only a few blocks to the first destination, I use my brief time on G Street NW to think through my approach. Not wanting to go full messenger, I decide to ride under the Commuter Code: brisk, but not rushed; lawful in spirit, if not the exact letter; and opportunistic, but never antagonistic. Whenever possible, I will choose streets that have some semblance of bike infrastructure.

Outside of rush hour, when office workers are tucked inside their cubicles, the streets change. They become the domain of the drivers, flaggers, operators, and laborers. There are different rules. Bike lanes disappear under truck tires and traffic cones. Still, I get to the gallery in under five minutes.

—Brian McEntee

11:30 a.m.

Scooting Time stamp: 11:14 a.m.

I whip out my phone and open the Lyft app.

There’s a scooter a few blocks away. I’ll be able to make a straight shot down G Street NW to the Portrait Gallery. I hustle to the scooter, unlock my steed, and press the throttle. Nothing happens. I try again. Still nothing. I frantically weigh whether I should channel my Razor scooting-youth and power it with my feet, or ditch this scooter and find a new one. In desperation, I jam the throttle down one more time and lurch forward. The scooter is not aware that it’s in a race and moves at an unbothered, lethargic pace.

We’re off.

—Will Warren

Public Transit Time stamp: 11:14 a.m.

I rush to the 14th and I streets NW entrance of the McPherson Square Metro station. I studied my options before the race began and chose to take the Blue, Orange, or Silver line (whichever arrived first) one stop to Metro Center, then walk from 11th and G streets NW. My other option was walking to Metro Center and taking the Red line to Gallery Place, but I commute on the Red line every day, and know not to rely on it.

By 11:08, I’m out of Metro Center and dashing down F Street NW toward the Portrait Gallery. 10th Street NW is one way and not very

Biking Time stamp: 11:28 a.m.

I plan to take 15th Street NW north, so I ride back to where we all started. Secret Service has the White House plaza closed (ugh), so I’m forced to poke along sluggishly, conscientiously, but illegally for a block on the sidewalk. Walking the bike would have been faster.

On 15th Street NW, it’s a straight shot to R Street NW, then only a few blocks over to 18th Street NW and eventually up the hill. At Pizza Mart, I order and use the restroom. How many people have thrown up in here before eating a slice? Or more distressingly, how many after?

I take one bite and box it to go.

—BM Ride Hailing Time stamp: 11:41 a.m.

My next driver picks me up in under 5 minutes. I spot the Nissan Sentra quickly and jump in. We get to chatting: He’s originally from

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Baltimore, and he’s trying to start a business.

I then tell him about the transportation challenge. He says I’m going to win because “pretty girls always win.” The comment makes me uncomfortable. Thankfully, by that point, we are turning onto 18th Street NW. I get out of the car and run inside Pizza Mart, where my order takes longer than expected. I order my Lyft when I’m second in line. The folks ahead of me are construction workers on their break. My new driver arrives before my cheese pizza is ready so I begin to beg him to wait for me via text. Lyft’s countdown for how long drivers will wait makes me more anxious than I need to be: He doesn’t mind waiting an extra minute, he replies.

—AG Scooting Time stamp: 11:44 a.m.

I check out Slow Rider again. I decide I want to stick to bike lanes because I don’t feel confident on busier streets, so I make for 15th Street NW’s glorious protected bike lane. Unfortunately Lafayette Square is closed, and I’m forced onto the sidewalk where I’m surrounded by tourists and workers out for an early lunch.

Scooters are not built for weaving in and out of crowds, so I end up walking to the bike lane.

As I glide north at a very unimpressive pace, I pass a lone man on a scooter heading south. I smile as we pass. He stares blankly into the distance.

I am pleasantly surprised to find our ridehailing contestant leaving Pizza Mart as I enter, and leave with my jumbo slice feeling good about my chances.

—WW Public Transit Time stamp: 11:51 a.m.

Google Maps tells me I need to be at the corner of 13th and U streets NW by 11:33 a.m. to catch the 90 or the 96 bus to Adams Morgan, so I hop on the Green line toward Greenbelt. After a fourminute wait (which felt much longer) and a threestop ride, I emerge at 11:29 a.m. only to find out that the buses I need are running five minutes late.

I make small talk with an off-duty Metrobus driver who’s also waiting for the 90, which finally shows up at at 11:37 a.m. The bus makes most of the lights on U Street and Florida Avenue NW before turning up 18th Street NW. Pizza Mart, when I walk in, is empty, save for two men sitting on stools, and I’m guessing I’m done. But just as I get my slice, another competitor—our driver—walks in to order! I sprint out the door—the next bus I need is due to arrive across the street in one minute. —CJ

11:28 a.m.

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11:44 a.m.

11:51 a.m.

11:50 a.m.

12:08 p.m.

12:20 p.m.

12:24 p.m.

Driving Time stamp: 11:54 a.m.

When I arrive at Pizza Mart, I use the ParkMobile app for parking, which is easier to find than expected, and using the app helps me to make up some time. I arrive just a few minutes after our public transit rider, who lets out a cheer when she spots me behind her. —KS Pizza Mart to Wendy’s Biking Time stamp: 11:50 a.m.

The most direct way to Dave Thomas Cir-

11:54 a.m.

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12:29 p.m.

cle is U Street NW to Florida Avenue, but my self-imposed rules had me riding down to Q Street NW and then across town. This is my daily commute home. I’ve ridden Q Street NW more times than I can count. It’s flat and predictable. I begin to relax.

There is no bike parking at Wendy’s. I know this because I once had a bike stolen when I left it unlocked and propped against the building. (I am an idiot.) This is my first time back since then and my bike remains affixed to a signpost throughout the seemingly interminable wait for my chocolate Frosty.

The guy before me pays a $67.86 bill. —BM Ride Hailing Time stamp: 12:08 p.m.

I know I’ve lost on my way to Wendy’s. The traffic along Florida Avenue NW is terrible for 11:45 a.m. on a Thursday, thanks to a lane closure. The estimated arrival time on my Lyft app ticks up every time I look at it, jumping from 11:58 a.m. to 12:01 p.m.

I shouldn’t even fault my driver, although part of me does—especially when a dog walker passes me. That’s when I audibly exhale. He looks at me through his mirror.

He has no idea I am in the middle of a race.

Should I tell him? I decide against it, given what happened with the second driver. Also, my last two Lyft drivers asked me a lot of questions about my job when I did, and part of me worried that that distracted them.

—AG Scooting Time stamp: 12:20 p.m.

A scooter is just slow enough, it turns out, for the rider to hear people commenting on scooters and the people who ride them. “This isn’t who I am,” I want to tell them as I drift by, but alas, it’s proving hard enough to handle the scooter and a large pizza box at the same time.

I haven’t felt unsafe doing this challenge, but I definitely feel uncool.

As I leave Slow Rider behind at Dave Thomas Circle I hear a girl yell to her friend, “Quick, get it!” I turn around, and I’m surprised to find myself emotionally attached to my listless scooter. She was talking about a piece of paper blowing in the wind, it turns out, and I enter to find a long line at Wendy’s.

As I finally exit, our bus rider enters. —WW Driving Time stamp: 12:24 p.m.

Traffic is stop-and-go leading up to Dave Thomas Circle, but being able to use the drivethru likely saves me minutes. I order a Frosty and also a grilled chicken sandwich, but the nice Wendy’s employee taking my order tells me it will be a 6-minute wait for the sandwich.

There’s no time for that. Shortly after, I see our scooter rider walk by with a Frosty in his hand.

I have closed the gap.

—KS Public Transit Time stamp: 12:29 p.m.

False alarm: The bus doesn’t arrive in a minute, so I wait, indulging in a few bites of jumbo slice and dripping grease on my chest in the process. This is where things go off the

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FINAL STATS First Place Brian McEntee/Biking Distance: 8.57 miles Average moving speed: 11.2 miles per hour Cost: $0

11:59 a.m.

12:25 p.m.

12:38 p.m.

Second Place Amanda Gomez/Ride hailing Distance: 8.79 miles Average moving speed: 9.4 mph Cost: $46.12 Third Place Will Warren/Scooting Distance: 9.38 miles Average moving speed: 7.3 mph Cost: $22.30 Fourth Place Kelyn Soong/Driving Distance: 9.82 miles Average moving speed: 8.8 mph Cost: $2.50 (plus gas, insurance, and maintenance) Fifth Place Caroline Jones/Public transit Distance: 9.27 miles Average moving speed: 7.4 mph Cost: $9.50

12:49 p.m. rails, literally and figuratively. The east-west route means I won’t board the Metro for the rest of the race—its hub-and-spoke design isn’t super efficient, especially in the middle of the day—and my second journey on the 90 is … long. It retraces the route I took to Adams Morgan, then continues past Howard University Hospital, where it pauses for quite a while to load passengers. When, after navigating the narrow streets of LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale, the bus finally arrives at Florida Avenue and P Street NE, I want to run across the streets around Dave Thomas Circle immediately, but I don’t feel like getting hit by an aggressive motorist today, so I wait patiently for the signal to change and enter Wendy’s. —CJ Wendy’s to Tune Inn Biking Time stamp: 11:59 a.m.

With the Frosty tucked in my bag, slowly melting next to the lukewarm pizza, I set off on the last leg. I waste no time crossing New York Avenue NE and soon get to 4th Street NE. There’s a nearly uninterrupted bike lane from Union Market to the Navy Yard, and other than the tiny climb onto Capitol Hill, noth-

1:14 p.m. ing slows me other than the light at Stanton Park. D.C. has too many traffic lights and too many of those lights have phases that are too long. Red lights are good for checking Twitter, but not much else. There are no good tweets.

At Tune, I fish the Frosty from my bag to find it intact and unspilled. The pizza is as edible as it started, which may or may not be a compliment. I feast, confident in my victory.

—BM Ride Hailing Time stamp: 12:25 p.m.

I look at my screen and see I have my first female driver of the day. She’s four minutes away in a Dodge Grand Caravan.

But alas, my instinct is right. It doesn’t matter that I beat the afternoon lunch rush at Wendy’s or that she gets me to my last destination fairly quickly. I text the race director a photo of the Tune Inn sign at 12:25 p.m. and he replies “Second!” Our cyclist beat me by 25 minutes.

The gusty winds did not work in my favor as I had hoped. I blame Florida Avenue.

When I’m outside of Tune Inn, I look at my Lyft app to see how much this day cost me. Every ride cost me between $10 and $15. In total, I spent roughly $50, food included.

—AG

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Scooting Time stamp: 12:38 p.m.

Frosty in hand, I’m happy to find my old friend right where I parked it. Together we head south and skirt around Union Station. The best part about scooting around town, I’ve found, is that you’re going slow enough to take in the sights.

I reflect on democracy and justice as I pass the Supreme Court and think about how someone needs to do something about Mississippi as I roll by the collection of flags outside the train station.

Slow Rider and I make it to Tune Inn without consequence and in third place. Not bad for a little scooter.

—WW Driving Time stamp: 12:49 p.m.

Parking near Tune Inn proves to be the most difficult, and the only open spot I can find is two blocks away. I quickly plug the location in my ParkMobile app and sprint over to the bar, half expecting to see everyone already at a table inside. When I don’t see anyone, I figure I have finished last.

I’ve joked with friends that it’d be quicker to commute in D.C. by running than driving. According to Strava,I averaged an 11:11 per mile pace during this challenge. Turns out, it really

would’ve been faster to run.

—KS

Public Transit Time stamp: 1:14 p.m.

I saw our scooter rider leaving Wendy’s as I walked in, but that was before I waited 15 minutes to order my Frosty. Once it’s finally in my hands, I cross the parking lot and spot a bus approaching my stop. I break into a run but it’s too late: The bus pauses to pick up passengers at a red light, but it departs when I’m still half a block away. And so I wait. And wait. And wait.

Finally, 51 minutes after I got off the bus that took me to Wendy’s, I board the 92 heading south. It cuts across Florida Avenue NE and turns right on 8th, then hits a detour, drives around the block, and continues south. I get off at 8th and Independence SE, near the Eastern Market Metro, with one percent left on my phone battery. Because of this, I don’t map my route and, out of habit, take Pennsylvania Avenue SE all the way instead of cutting across on North Carolina Avenue SE, a decision that nearly doubles the length of my walk. I’m two blocks from the Tune Inn when the race director texts to inquire about my progress. Clearly, I’ve lost. More than two hours after this race began, I finally snap a photo of the Tune Inn’s neon sign.

—CJ

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What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO? If you have both human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Resistant HBV infection. Your healthcare provider will test you for HBV infection before you start treatment with DOVATO. If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B, the hepatitis B virus can change (mutate) during your treatment with DOVATO and become harder to treat (resistant). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in people who have HIV-1 and HBV infection.

• Worsening of HBV infection. If you have HIV-1 and HBV infection, your HBV may get worse (flare-up) if you stop taking DOVATO. A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before. Worsening liver disease can be serious and may lead to death. ° Do not run out of DOVATO. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare provider before your DOVATO is all gone. ° Do not stop DOVATO without first talking to your healthcare provider. If you stop taking DOVATO, your healthcare provider will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your liver.

What is DOVATO? DOVATO is a prescription medicine that is used without other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults: who have not received antiretroviral medicines in the past, and without known resistance to the medicines dolutegravir or lamivudine. HIV-1 is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in children.

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Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Some medicines interact with DOVATO. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

• You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with DOVATO. • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider.

Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take DOVATO with other medicines.

What are Possible Side Effects of DOVATO? DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO?” section.

• Allergic reactions. Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop a rash with DOVATO. Stop taking DOVATO and get medical help right away if you develop a rash with any of the following signs or symptoms: fever; generally ill feeling; tiredness; muscle or joint aches; blisters or sores in mouth; blisters or peeling of the skin; redness or swelling of the eyes; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue; problems breathing.

• Liver problems. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening changes in certain liver tests during treatment with DOVATO. Liver problems, including liver failure, have also happened in people without a history of liver disease or other risk factors. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your liver.

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Selections from the Smithsonian’s world-class permanent collection

By Emma Sarappo There’s a loT to see in the Smithsonian’s massive collection, which stretches across an array of museums in D.C. Inevitably, some pieces worth your time get lost in the shuffle— so here are five thought-provoking things we especially like.

“Figure of a rooster” There is already a very well known rooster sculpture in the District—the blue one who stands watch over Pennsylvania Avenue NW on an exposed pavilion at the National Gallery of Art’s East Building. But another rooster deserves attention usually lavished on his much bigger and bluer brother: the National Museum of African Art’s “Figure of a rooster,” dated to the 18th century. The intricately detailed sculpture stands atop a large base decorated by more woven patterns, with three ram-like heads keeping careful watch on what’s ahead.

It’s a great example of the lost-wax casting

practiced in West Africa; this one is from the Kingdom of Benin, in what is today Nigeria.

The art form was so valued that the court’s brass casters were some of the Kingdom’s most highly ranked visual artists. This sculpture would have begun as an intricately carved wax mold that was covered in clay, then heated. The wax would melt and drain, and casters would pour a molten copper alloy to harden in its place.

You can see “Figure of a rooster” in the National Museum of African Art’s Pavilion Gallery.

Owney the Postal Dog Balto may have a statue in New York, but Owney the Postal Dog, loyal friend to late 19th-century postal workers, is preserved entirely in D.C. He looks a little apprehensive in his taxidermy, but from pictures of him in life, he had a fine-looking schnauzer-like face. (It’s not his fault it got a little messed up in death.) To make up for his

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expression, mail clerks decked Owney out in regalia, pooling money to preserve their mascot after his death in 1897 thanks to a bullet in Toledo—“the exact circumstances were not satisfactorily reported,” says the Postal Museum’s biography. He’s been in the Smithsonian’s collection since 1911, when the Post Office Department handed him over. For decades, Owney was on display in the National Museum of American History, but in 1993, he moved to the Postal Service’s new hall of fame. What did Owney do to win such recognition? In general, he was a good boy. He loved to hang around the Albany, New York, post office so much that he stayed when his first owner left town, and he followed his new work friends onto their mail wagons and trains, first across New York, then across the U.S., and in 1895 sailed across the world on a steamship. He was a good luck charm in an era when railway crashes were common, and none of Owney’s trains ever crashed. Those but-

tons and baubles on his back are souvenirs from his travels saved by his Albany friends.

You can see Owney the Postal Dog in the National Postal Museum’s atrium.

“Female Rappers, Class of ’88” Some are laughing. Some are sitting, a few are crouching, and one is flexing her biceps.

Some look bemused, some look a little bewildered. What’s most clear from the photo is how cool these women look—self-assured, funny, friendly, on top of their game—and how much fun they’re having together. The photo, titled “Female Rappers, Class of ’88,” was taken by Janette Beckman that year, close to a decade into her campaign of photographing soon-to-be hip-hop idols in New York when many other documentary photographers ignored the emerging artists. It features 11 black women on a wooden stage, in front of a brick wall, and 10 are identified in the Smithsonian record. (The one unnamed

You can see “Female Rappers, Class of ’88” on the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s second floor.

“Bureau of Bureaucracy” When you approach Kim Schmahmann’s “Bureau of Bureaucracy” from behind, it looks like a typical cabinet. But on closer inspection, the walls begin to give way—literally. A small door in the back opens into what appears to be the cabinet’s inner workings, but approached from the other side, that door seems to have no logic. In fact, the interior of the cabinet works entirely on its own logic. There’s a small replica of the Library of Congress’ famous Reading Room, one with hallways that lead nowhere

and windows that show nothing. Other drawers and compartments and extending tables curve in a way that looks antithetical to storing paper or pencils. It’s clear from the title that it’s a commentary on the stifling nature of bureaucracy, but South Africa-born Schmahmann is also known for engaging the ways documentation and information can be used as a cudgel against some groups more than others; at the bottom, next to slide-out drawers that contain the artists’ identifying documents, is a panel with barely legible writing, including “AS A WHITE PERSON”—a frank reminder of the way bureaucracies categorize groups and assign privileges based on those categorizations.

On Schmahmann’s website, viewers can see interiors of some of the closed drawers, but museum visitors aren’t allowed to touch or open the cabinet: bureaucracy in action.

You can see “Bureau of Bureaucracy” on the Renwick Gallery’s second floor.

Mobile Quarantine Facility When the first men to step foot on the moon returned from outer space, they were heroes.

Those heroes were not, however, allowed to celebrate with the rest of us for three weeks— not even Michael Collins, the third astronaut on the mission, who didn’t actually walk

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woman, who’s laughing the hardest, is wearing a ring and bracelet that say “PAM.”) They were all different ages when pictured together: MC Lyte was still a teenager; Millie Jackson was in her mid-40s. Sparky D and Roxanne Shante rose to prominence through a rivalry full of battle raps and diss tracks later dubbed “The Roxanne Wars.” Finesse and Synquis were two halves of a duo, as hinted by their matching jackets. They didn’t all go on to become stars the way other Beckman subjects did, but in this picture, they’re in their prime, and they know it.

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on the moon. In fact, the astronauts were quarantined for three weeks before they left Earth, to minimize the chance that they’d catch a disease that could later be mistaken as lunar in origin. It was mostly done out of an abundance of caution. There was no serious worry around the idea of a lunar superbug coming back with the astronauts to kill all life on Earth, but going to the moon simply had no terrestrial precedent. No one could be sure what would happen. So Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Collins donned earthside spacesuits on the ship that rescued them from the ocean and strolled into this Mobile Quarantine Facility for 88 hours while it was toted by ship and

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by plane to the Johnson Space Center, where a much larger quarantine facility was waiting for them. Not every possibility was accounted for: In a 1999 interview, Charles Barry, who led Apollo’s medical operations, acknowledged that opening the Apollo 11 capsule’s hatch would have let space germs into the air.

“If it had been lunar plague, I don’t know what would have happened,” he said. In 1974, five years after it was used, NASA gave the Mobile Quarantine Facility to the Smithsonian. CP You can see the Mobile Quarantine Facility in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center’s Human Spaceflight exhibition.

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THEATERCURTAIN CALLS

FORGET ABOUT IT Right to be Forgotten

By Sharyn Rothstein Directed by Seema Sueko At Arena Stage to Nov. 10

The human brain can only preserve events for so long before forgetfulness takes hold or people die, taking their memories with them.

With the invention of writing, history was born, and events could be remembered so long as the clay tablets, papyrus, vellum, paper, or microfiche could be found. In this era, old news articles, blog posts, and social media feeds can persist in perpetuity without any scholarly apparatus sorting the accurate from the spurious, the important from the irrelevant.

Sharyn Rothstein’s Right to Be Forgotten, now making its world premiere at Arena Stage, opens with Sarita Imari (Shubhangi Kuchibhotla) on a coffee date. She likes the guy (John Austin). Then, he reveals that his name is not “Arthur Rimbaud” but Derril Lark, and that if she were to Google his name, she would find a blog that recounts how a decade prior, as an awkward 17-year-old, he misinterpreted his classmate Eve Selinsky’s (Guadalupe Campos) willingness to stand up against his bullies as a romantic connection. He thought he was “besotted;” she thought he was a stalker. Despite stopping the moment adults told him to, his name persists as a meme attached to things he’s never done and places he’s never been.

In the European Union, courts and parliaments have adopted a “right to be forgotten,” a way for the rehabilitated and exonerated to recover their reputations by having stories delisted from search engines. In the United States, though some news agencies consider petitions to scrub their online archives of personal identifiers, the First Amendment is interpreted as denying the right to be forgotten.

Attorney Marta Lee (Melody Butiu) sees the potential to advance the cause for this right and takes Derril’s case, involving her in drama with Silicon Valley lobbyist Annie Zahirovic (Rachel Felstein) and State Attorney General Alvaro Santos (Edward O’Blenis). There’s nothing like a lobbyist, an AG, and public advocate to flatter District audiences.

Like many new plays that are developed at the nation’s better-funded, world-premiere fetishizing theaters, Right to be Forgotten shows evidence that it was scheduled before there was a script. Despite a handful of zingers,

Rothstein’s script is didactic and possesses the generic dialogue and characterization of a televised legal drama. Rothstein has written or co-written 10 episodes of USA Network’s Suits and one can’t help but wonder if this play did not originate as a pitch to the showrunners.

The characters’ backstories, for example, are weirdly inconsequential: Only Eve’s work as a middle school art teacher seems to inform her actions in this drama. Annie’s family fled from Sarajevo to America when she was 10, but is her family Bosniak, Croat, Serb, Jewish, or mixed?

We only know that one of her similarly resettled neighbors in Utica, New York, was extradited for war crimes after he was discovered to have concealed his membership in a Serbian militia. Given the actual case history of the right to be forgotten in Europe, it seems hyperbolically insincere that this forms the basis for her opposition. Likewise, Derril’s Ph.D. candidacy in literature seems mostly an indulgence to Arena dramaturg Jocelyn Clarke’s enthusiasm for Russian poets who were persecuted under the Soviets. (Derril quotes Osip Mandelstam, while in last year’s Kleptocracy Vladimir Putin was an aficionado of Daniil Kharms.) Neither the terrors of Joseph Stalin nor Radovan Karadžić (both poets) are tied to the plot in a meaningful way.

Though the dialogue repeatedly refers to her as “weird,” Sarita never develops beyond a stock love interest.

Her only eccentricity is the habit of vocalizing her otherwise banal internal monologues about confused feelings.

Ivania Stack’s costumes provide some of the characterization that the script fails to do, clothing Sarita in a colorful, multi-patterned wardrobe. Marta, meanwhile, dons a collection of jackets that are as idiosyncratic as court appearances allow.

Paige Hathaway’s set design, a minimalist architecture of white squares, rectangles, and cubes that contrast to the basket-weave back wall of Arena’s Kogod Cradle, provides a glorious set of surfaces, both flat and curved, for Shawn Duan’s projections. A balcony ledge becomes a search bar or a tweet. Eve’s art room becomes a colorful display of student work.

Trees are fragmented into high-and-low-resolution images, while the audience is immersed in an undulating flow of ones-and-zeros, code, and hashtags to the accompaniment of Andre Pluess’ old-school electronic score of bleeps, bloops, and arpeggio loops.

Those design elements are nice, but they can’t salvage Rothstein’s work. Under the First Amendment, American audiences do not have the right to better plays. —Ian Thal 1101 6th St. SW. $40–$95. (202) 554-9066. arenastage.org.

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OLD MEN, RIVER Port Authority

By Conor McPherson Directed by Jack Sbarbori At The Writer’s Center to Nov. 17 D.C. has no paucity of companies devoted to the contemporary theater of Ireland, and more specifically, no surfeit of places to sample the work of Conor McPherson, the notyet-50-year-old Dubliner who won an Olivier Award before he was 30. McPherson’s haunting plays have been performed by Solas Nua, Scena Theatre, and Keegan Theatre, and on the more general interest stages of Studio Theatre. In 2011, Scena and Keegan each offered competing versions of The Weir, the play that got McPherson his Olivier, mere weeks apart.

But Bethesda’s Quotidian Theatre Company is the most McPhersonian of them all, having staged 10 McPhersons, including the U.S. premiere of The Veil. None of our many Irishfocused companies have revived McPherson’s 2001 three-hander Port Authority in the decade since QTC staged its area premiere, so Quotidian is picking up the slack and doing it again. This anthology of three interwoven monologues by Dublin men—one young, one middle-aged, and one living out his final years in a nursing home—is as observant in its details and rich in small epiphanies as any of McPherson’s character studies. It falters only (and then, just slightly) when McPherson feels obligated to build in some glancing intersection among the three men’s lives.

As he did 10 years ago, Jack Sbarbori has cast three dudes—different dudes, to be clear—who interpret the material with sensitivity and grace. Had a few more years gone by, Sbarbori might have entertained the notion of casting the actor who played the 20-something Kevin the last time around as the the late-40sor-early-50s Dermot, and moving his previous Dermot up to the senescent part of Joe. In any event, the three ages of man are represented in this new production by Chris Stinson, Matthew Vaky, and Joseph Palka. Each is seasoned and versatile; each inhabits his role as though it were written for him. They speak until a bell rings, and then the current speaker sits down and a new one takes his place.

McPherson’s stage directions indicate only that Port Authority “is set in a theater.” Sbarbori, serving as his own set designer, has given the environment a weathered, wood-paneled look evocative of a dock, where a resident of any city with a river running down the middle of it might go to collect his thoughts.

Stinson’s Kevin tells us of his first, tentative move out of his parents’ house. Vaky’s Dermot recounts his terror and exhilaration at having inexplicably been hired for a big-money job for which he is, in his own estimation, wholly unqualified. Palka’s Joe is transfixed by a woman with whom he’s never exchanged more than a few words, and haunted by his guilt at having been so infatuated. Each of these quiet anecdotes acquires the psychic footprint of an epic as it’s carefully seeded with each storyteller’s aspirations and disappointments. No, not an epic. Something triumphantly human scale.

—Chris Klimek 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda. $20–$35. (301) 8161023. quotidiantheatre.org.

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EVERY WOMAN Women: A Century of Change

August of 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which confirmed a woman’s right to vote. In celebrating such a landmark centennial, the National Geographic Museum presents its latest exhibition, Women: A Century of Change. It’s a photographic journey through time and across continents that powerfully displays womanhood.

Spanning nine decades and depicting women all over the world, the photos are pulled from National Geographic’s stunning image collection.

In conjunction with the showcase, National Geographic has published a photo book with even more photos from its collection, and dedicated its latest magazine issue to women—the publication’s first in which all the contributing writers, photographers, and artists are women.

In the issue, editor-in-chief Susan Goldberg writes, “The first scene in the history of National Geographic doesn’t have a single woman in it. It occurred on January 13, 1888, when 33 men of science and letters gathered in a wood-paneled club in Washington, D.C., and voted the National Geographic Society into existence. Our archive contains no photographs of the event, as none were made—which seems ironic, since if National Geographic is known for anything, it’s for creating an indelible visual record of life on Earth.”

Goldberg is the magazine’s first woman editor-in-chief.

Now, she says, the image collection is more than 64 million physical and digital assets strong. And within those assets is a partial history of the world’s women, enough images to create this staggering exhibition where diversity and individuality abound.

The photos feature women from every background imaginable, and that inclusivity makes for a rich viewing experience.

The display is broken up into several sections—Joy, Beauty, Love, Wisdom, Strength, Hope—and the photos in each section reflect the word in different ways. A separate section, Portraits of Power, features intimate, striking portraits of the women of today and tomorrow, like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, writer Roxane Gay, primatologist Jane Goodall, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and the one and only Oprah Winfrey. The Oprah portrait is a particular favorite, as it shows her trademark big, warm smile. You can practically hear her laugh through the photo.

Very intentionally, Women: A Century of Change is everything all at once. Its subjects can be fanciful and fairytale-like, and realistic and raw. They are tender and they are rugged. They are warmly vulnerable and coolly graceful. Through its gorgeous photography, the exhibition expresses that there is no one vision of women, and there is no one way to be a woman.

As its name suggests it will, the exhibition showcases the changes in how women were photographed and thus regarded during specific time periods. Eliza R. Scidmore’s 1918 photo of three Japanese women celebrating the annual arrival of cherry blossoms, with their smiling faces framed by the pink flowers, shows women as blushing and bright. It’s an astounding, hand-colored image—one that reveals a vision of women as soft and ethereal, like the very flowers they celebrate.

Nearby, a 2014 Robin Hammond photo shows a young woman on a smoke break in Nigeria. She’s wearing a bright red dress and poppy lipstick and looking directly at the camera, cigarette in her right hand. This is a vision of women as steely and strong.

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tion: Ami Vitale’s 2012 photo captures women shaving their heads in protest on the steps of the West Virginia State Capitol. They shave their hair off as a symbol for mountaintop removal coal mining. And a 2009 Lynn Johnson shot features women carrying large water cans on their backs through the Kenyan desert plains.

But there are also delights of the highest order: David Alan Harvey’s 2009 photo of Brazilian Carnival dancers, which prominently showcases a particularly joyous performer, is a swirl of green.

And one of the best photos in the entire display is J. Baylor Roberts’ picture of two performers putting on lipstick underwater in 1944 near Tallahassee, Florida.

The strength of the exhibition is the strength of National Geo-

graphic’s photography and storytelling. With decades of such varied and plentiful photography, curators had a wealth of images to choose from in this enormous undertaking. As the exhibition’s literature states, “Women: A Century of Change illuminates, celebrates and reflects on where the world’s women have been, where they are now and where they are going.” And that sentiment rings true in every image.

From Brazil to Zambia, from Texas to Japan, and from 1918 to 2019, these photographers have fixed their cameras on women, and what they’ve found is art worthy of display on museum walls.

—Kayla Randall 1145 17th St. NW. $10–$15. nationalgeographic.org.

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BROOKLYN’S FINEST Motherless Brooklyn Directed by Edward Norton

Motherless Brooklyn has been Edward Norton’s passion project for nearly 20 years.

He acquired the rights to Jonathan Lethem’s 1999 novel of the same name shortly after it was published, although he could never quite get it off the ground. Now that the film is finally here, with Norton directing and adapting the screenplay, it is easy to see what drew him to it.

Like Chinatown, it uses a noir framework to tell a story about corruption, power, and redemption. This is all heavy stuff, especially when the lead actor is in the director’s chair, but Norton’s affection for his characters helps overcome its occasional stumbles.

The biggest departure between Norton’s adaptation and the source material is the time period. Lethem’s novel had a modern setting, but Norton shifts everything back to the 1950s. It is a smart choice, since the hard-boiled dialogue is a better fit, and all the political intrigue now has universal resonance. Along with cinematographer Dick Pope and production designer Beth Mickle, Norton creates a convincing version of New York. Big cars and neon signs are everywhere, while the characters strike handsome profiles with their fedoras and bespoke suits. All that’s missing is the black-and-white photography, although Pope creates pale pools of light that suggest there is little hope in this hardened city.

Norton plays Lionel Essrog, a private eye who compulsively twitches and shouts, and one interesting subplot is how friends, strangers, and enemies tolerate his affliction. When Lionel’s boss and mentor Frank (Bruce Willis) is gunned down in the street, he and his colleagues look for the men responsible. This leads Lionel through a sticky web of city politics, with commissioner Moses Randolph (Alec Baldwin) looking to raze poor, predominantly

black neighborhoods through eminent domain.

Some of the best scenes slow down Lionel’s investigation and opt to showcase supporting characters discussing housing policy concerns. It’s no accident Baldwin’s defiant monologues sound like another rich New York asshole who views success through his construction projects. It is to Baldwin’s credit that he humanizes the role, downplaying his comic instincts to sound like the blowhards he played in Malice and Glengarry Glen Ross.

For Lionel to solve the mystery of Frank’s death, Norton’s screenplay relies on too many contrivances. Characters confide in Lionel easily, leading to scenes that unload plot exposition. Some twists are a touch too elegant: The right character always uncovers a big secret at the most dramatically revealing moment. Norton’s film suffers from bloat and talky characters, so his solution is to give all his actors memorable, impassioned speeches.

Willem Dafoe makes a strong impression as Randolph’s biggest critic, while Gugu MbathaRaw is convincing as an activist who takes pity on Lionel. Motherless Brooklyn is about systemic racism in New York, and though Lionel is often framed as the white savior, at least it depicts gentrification in a realistic way.

Lethem’s novel creates genuine poignancy because we see Lionel’s private thoughts, and no one on the outside can see the sensitivity on the inside. But in the film, there’s the risk that his mannerisms devolve into shtick.

Norton uses physical strain and dramatic irony to work his way around this problem. There are sad scenes in which he wants to provide comfort, but must first satisfy his compulsions.

How and when he overcomes his affliction is where Motherless Brooklyn finds its heart.

In a recent interview, Norton said he called in every favor he had, just so he could make this film. Motherless Brooklyn is far from perfect—it is too long and a touch too indulgent—and yet audiences may find themselves returning to it in the years ahead.

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Devendra Banhart w/ Black Belt Eagle Scout Early Show! 6pm Doors .....................Sa 7 The Marcus King Band w/ Ian Noe ..................................Su 8

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Come dressed in your best! ............. OCT 31

THIS SATURDAY! D NIGHT ADDED!

FIRST NIGHT SOLD OUT! SECON

Angel Olsen w/ Vagabon ............NOV 2

THIS MONDAY!

U Up? Live ....................................NOV 4 THIS WEDNESDAY!

D NIGHT ADDED!

9:30 CLUB SHOW SOLD OUT! 2N

Sasha Velour’s Smoke & Mirrors .................NOV 11 BenDeLaCreme & Jinkx Monsoon: All I Want for Christmas is Attention .NOV 29 Robert Earl Keen Countdown to Christmas

w/ Shinyribs........................................DEC 6 D NIGHT ADDED!

FIRST NIGHT SOLD OUT! SECON

Girls Gotta Eat ........................ JAN 10 AEG PRESENTS

Tim and Eric .............................. FEB 8 The New Pornographers w/ Lady Lamb ......................................NOV 6 Michael Kiwanuka ................ FEB 12 AEG PRESENTS

Kishi Bashi w/ Cicada Rhythm ......NOV 8 Trixie Mattel ............................ MAR 1 THE BIRCHMERE PRESENTS Judge John Hodgman Live ................................................NOV 10 Colin Hay (Solo) .......................APR 4 thelincolndc.com • impconcerts.com • U Street (Green/Yellow) stop across the street!

Gogol Bor d ello

(Tu 31 - New Year’s Eve! Complimentary Champagne Toast at Midnight!) ................M 30 & Tu 31

JANUARY

Yola w/ Amythyst Kiah.................F 10 Hiss Golden Messenger ......W 15 American Authors and MAGIC GIANT w/ Public ........Th 16 STEEZ PROMO PRESENTS

Sullivan King w/ Eliminate .....F 17

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& Damon Johnson .......................Su 29

DECEMBER

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Omar Apollo w/ Alexander 23 & Silver Sphere Early Show! 6pm Doors .....................F 13 Cautious Clay w/ Remi Wolf

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9:30 CLUB PRESENTS AT U STREET MUSIC HALL

White Reaper w/ Nude Party & Wombo ..........Th OCT 31 Kindness ............................. F NOV 1 Futuristic w/ Ray Vans • Scribe Cash • Yonas • NoBigDyl ............................Su 3 Ayokay w/ Wingtip ........................Tu 5 Abhi The Nomad w/ Atwood ............F 8 Tiffany Young ............................Sa 9 Sinéad Harnett w/ ILHAM ............ M 11 Black Midi w/ Fat Tony .................W 13 Last Dinosaurs w/ Born Ruffians & Ginger Root ..............................Th 14

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9:30 CLUB AND TRILLECTRO PRESENT

Berhana .................................Sa 30 Ezra Collective .................. Tu DEC 3 Thurston Moore Group .............Sa 7 9:30 CLUB & ALL GOOD PRESENT

Jojo Mayer and NERVE ............W 11

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Chastity Belt w/ Strange Ranger ......F 15 Charlotte Lawrence w/ Goody Grace ............................Sa 16 Skizzy Mars w/ Yoshi Flower & Zaia .Su 17 White Denim w/ Spaceface ..........Tu 19 Mikal Cronin w/ Shannon Lay .......Sa 23 Jaymes Young w/ Phil Good .........Su 24

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

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CITYLIST

2019–2020

Music 25 Books 29 Theater 30 Film 32

CITY LIGHTS: FRIDAY

MODERN WARRIOR LIVE LIVE MUSICAL DRAMA OF A SOLDIER’S JOURNEY FROM COMBAT TO CIVILIAN LIFE NOV 6

THE QUEBE SISTERS NOV 7

JOHN EATON

30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION NOV 10

TRACE BUNDY NOV 14

THE SILKROAD ENSEMBLE NOV 15 + 16

BRIAN NEWMAN NOV 20

AMY HELM NOV 21

Music FRIDAY CLASSICAL

KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra: Urbański conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fourth/De La Salle plays Chopin. 11:30 a.m. $15–$99. kennedy-center.org.

FOLK

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

Angel Olsen. 6:30 p.m. $35. thelincolndc.com.

HIP-HOP

FILLMORE SILVER SPRING 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Jidenna. 8 p.m. $29.50. fillmoresilverspring.com.

BAD BUNNY

Puerto Rican Latin trap rapper Bad Bunny has gone from bagging groceries to accumulating billions of YouTube views, collaborating with other Latinx musicians and American rap stars, and headlining international tours in just a few years. The 25-year-old, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, rocketed to fame thanks to his down-to-earth charisma and a vocal range that’s wowed Spanish and English listeners alike. Orating over catchy beats that blend hip-hop, reggaeton, and R&B, Bunny frequently uses a low-toned pitch that some liken to Drake (fittingly, the two did a song together).

Bunny’s his own man, though, and he gets tunefully sing-songy, hits high notes, and stretches out words effortlessly. Since the release of his debut album, X 100PRE (an abbreviation of “por siempre,” Spanish for “forever”), and his album Oasis with J Balvin, Bunny is now an absolute superstar in Latin America and is reaching an ever-growing English-speaking audience. But as he expressed in “Desde el Corazón,” his sentimental homage to the Puerto Rican beach, reggaeton, and salsa, he will never forget where he came from. Bad Bunny performs at 8 p.m. at EagleBank Arena, 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax. $49–$245. (703) 993-3000. eaglebankarena.com.

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

Angel Olsen. 8 p.m. $35. thelincolndc.com.

JAZZ

SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Mating Ritual. 8 p.m. $13– $16. songbyrddc.com.

KENNEDY CENTER TERRACE THEATER 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Dorado Schmitt and the Django Festival Allstars. 7 p.m.; 9 p.m. $30–$40. kennedy-center.org.

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

Kindness. 7 p.m. $20. ustreetmusichall.com.

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. The Bad Plus. 8 p.m. $35–$45. citywinery.com.

POP

DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Vacation Manor. 7:30 p.m. $15. dcnine.com.

ESCHER STRING QUARTET JASON VIEAUX, guitar

ROCK

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. The Maine.

8 p.m. $25. 930.com.

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. The Flamin’ Groovies. 9 p.m. $25–$28. citywinery.com.

THE SOUNDRY 10221 Wincopin Circle, Columbia.

(443) 283-1200. Town Mountain. 8 p.m. $14.75–$19.75. thesoundry.com.

CHAMBER MUSIC AT THE BARNS

NOV 22

JEFFREY KAHANE, piano

CHAMBER MUSIC AT THE BARNS

DEC 1

EILEEN IVERS

A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS DEC 7 | 2 SHOWS!

BAILEN JAN 17

CHERISH THE LADIES FEB 25 + 26

AND MANY MORE!

STATE THEATRE 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church.

(703) 237-0300. EagleMania: Eagles Tribute Band. 7 p.m. $25. thestatetheatre.com.

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

White Ford Bronco. 9 p.m. $25–$50. unionstage.com.

WORLD

EAGLEBANK ARENA 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax.

(703) 993-3000. Bad Bunny. 8 p.m. $49–$245. eaglebankarena.com.

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CREATIVE ARTS CANVAS Sing Carve BECAUSE Dance PROJECT THEIR RECITE DECORATE SKETCH PERFORM WRITE STORIES PAINTCRAFT RECITE DESIGN DESIGN DRAW

CITY LIGHTS: SATURDAY

THE STRING QUEENS

ARE OURVISUAL COMPOSE STORIES Create Style BUILD ABSTRACT

ILLUSTRATE

D.C. has a chance to experience musical royalty when The String Queens, an all-black woman trio of classically trained performers, take the stage. The Queens, made up of cellist Élise Cuffy, violinist Kendall Isadore, and violist Dawn Johnson, will kick off their new season with Washington Performing Arts. They’re music educators by day and performers by night—the trio’s members have performed alongside Fantasia, Ariana Grande, Janelle Monáe, and Common.

Bringing a desire to spread inspiration and imagination to their audiences, The String Queens are known for performances that blend genres from the baroque period to contemporary hits.

Not convinced? A quick glance at the group’s history—their educations include degrees from Howard and Juilliard—and past performances should be more than enough to sell you on their claim to the throne. Plus, admission includes drink tickets, so you can nab a craft cocktail. The String Queens perform at 2 p.m. at Republic Restoratives, 1369 New York Ave. NE. $35. (202) 733-3996. republicrestoratives.com.

—Sarah Smith

VETERANS ART SHOWCASE November 5th-9th

Check out facebook.com/vetshistoryproject for more information 888.371.5848 | vohp@loc.gov

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11.5 Robert Gordon

11.6 Guided Wine Tasting and “99 Bottles” Book Signing with André Hueston Mack*

w/ Chris Spedding

special guest Jumpin’ Jupiter

11.7

11.22

11.21

low ticket warning

“Almost Daylight”

Bria Skonberg

Album Release Show

11.24

11.23

In The Meantime Tour

11.30 Lil John Roberts

“Stripped” featuring Tony Tatum Kari Epps & Special Guests

11.29

Dave Hollister (2 Shows)

Miki Howard (2 Shows)

Corey Smith

11.30 Chopteeth

Secret AfrofunkSociety Big Band*

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UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. Yoke Lore. 7 p.m. $16–$30. unionstage.com.

KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra: Urbański conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fourth/De La Salle plays Chopin. midnight; 8 p.m. $15–$99. kennedy-center.org.

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. National Philharmonic: The Music of ABBA. 8 p.m. $10–$79. strathmore.org.

REPUBLIC RESTORATIVES 1369 New York Ave. NE. (202) 733-3996. The String Queens. 2 p.m. $35. republicrestoratives.com.

DJ NIGHTS

1350 OKIE STREET NE, WASHINGTON DC | CITYWINERY.COM/WASHINGTON DC | 202.250.2531

become a

SATURDAY 9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. The Cinematic Orchestra. 8 p.m. $35. 930.com.

Chris Knight

Mark Allen Felton

SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. The Brazen Youth. 9 p.m.

Free. songbyrddc.com.

CLASSICAL

Martha Redbone Roots Project*

11.12

KENNEDY CENTER EISENHOWER THEATER 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Manganiyar Seduction. 8 p.m. $19–$59. kennedy-center.org.

ROCK

PEARL STREET WAREHOUSE 33 Pearl Street SW. (202) 380-9620. Billy Price Band. 8 p.m. $12. pearlstreetwarehouse.com.

SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. The Strike. 8 p.m. $12. songbyrddc.com.

WORLD

KENNEDY CENTER EISENHOWER THEATER 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Manganiyar Seduction. 2 p.m.; 8 p.m. $19–$59. kennedy-center.org.

SUNDAY CLASSICAL

UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. So Far Gone: Drake Night. 10 p.m. Free. unionstage.com.

PHILLIPS COLLECTION 1600 21st St. NW. (202) 3872151. Jonathan Biss. 4 p.m. $5–$45. phillipscollection.org.

HIP-HOP

FUNK & R&B

EAGLEBANK ARENA 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax.

(703) 993-3000. Logic. 7:30 p.m. $29.99–$270. eaglebankarena.com.

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. AJ Ghent. 7:30 p.m. $17–$20. citywinery.com.

FILLMORE SILVER SPRING 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Big K.R.I.T. 8 p.m. $27.50– $152. fillmoresilverspring.com.

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

Futuristic. 7 p.m. $17. ustreetmusichall.com.

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

Maitre Gims. 9 p.m. $60. thehowardtheatre.com.

POP

BLACK CAT 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Prateek Kuhad. 8 p.m. $20. blackcatdc.com.

ROCK & ROLL HOTEL 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Greyson Chance. 7 p.m. $20–$25. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

HIP-HOP POP

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Steven Page. 7:30 p.m. $20–$35. citywinery.com.

UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. Juke Ross. 8 p.m. $15–$18. unionstage.com.

ROCK

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Chelsea Wolfe. 6 p.m. $25. 930.com.

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

REBIRTH

BRASS BAND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

NOV 1 & 2

For entire schedule go to Birchmere.com Find us on Facebook/Twitter!

Tix @ Ticketmaster.com

DELBERT McCLINTON 2 RAVEN'S NIGHT 2019 “Bellydance, Burlesque, & More!”

MIDNIGHT

6

NORTH

NOV 8

SAT, NOV 9

NEWMYER FLYER PRESENTS

THE LAST WALTZ TRIBUTE WED, NOV 13

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS THU, NOV 14

ANTHONY B W/ NKULA AND SPECIAL GUEST RAS HAITRM FRI, NOV 15

FRANK SOLIVAN & DIRTY KITCHEN

Performing “Foolish” in its entirety!

THE WAILIN' JENNYS 11 MARCUS MILLER 13 THE GIBSON BROTHERS and ROB ICKES & TREY HENSLEY 14

An Evening with

THE FLATLANDERS

Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock 15& 17 19

PAULA POUNDSTONE CARMINHO ‘Portugese Fado Star!’

SIERRA HULL and NOAM PIKELNY & STUART DUNCAN 21 GAELIC STORM 20

22&23

W/ MAN ABOUT A HORSE SAT, NOV 16

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND W/ PIERCE EDENS TUES, NOV 19

AN EVENING WITH

WHOSE HAT IS THIS? WED, NOV 20

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

RISING APPALACHIA W/ RAYE ZARAGOZA

An Evening with

CHRIS BOTTI 24 HERMAN'S HERMITS featuring PETER NOONE 25 BONEY JAMES 29 THE SELDOM SCENE & DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD 30 MARY PRANKSTER "PRANKSGIVING 2019"

FRI, NOV 22

DEANNA BOGART AND TORONZO CANNON SAT, NOV 23

THAT 70’S PARTY

Dec 1

TANYA TUCKER THE FIXX

3 4

Royston Langdon

A PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS

with Peter White, Euge Groove, Vincent Ingala, & Lindsey Webster

W/ SUPERFLYDISCO SAT, NOV 30

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

KELLER WILLIAMS’ THANKSFORGRASSGIVING FEAT. KELLER & THE KEELS W/ SPECIAL GUEST LINDSAY LOU SUN, DEC 1

OLETA ADAMS w/ SUPERCHUNK Torres “Foolish” A 25th Anniversary Acoustic Show

3 4

FRIDAY

3:00pm & 6:30pm

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS W/ THE ERIC BYRD TRIO

THEHAMILTONDC.COM

LOS STRAITJACKETS

Nov 1

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

CRIS JACOBS BAND &

CITY LIGHTS: SUNDAY

"Winter JUDY COLLINS Stories"

6&7 feat. JONAS

F JELD and Special Guests CHATHAM COUNTY LINE

STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN String 11 FIVE FOR FIGHTING Quartet 8

"Playing Their Hits and Holiday Favorites"

B L ACK V IOLI N Saturday november 9 at 8 pm

Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore

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tickets @ ticketmaster.com

Introducing someone to Los Straitjackets is tricky. Their penchant for quirky experiments and colorful lucha libre wrestling masks could lead one to think the band was just a series of calculated gimmicks. Thankfully, this isn’t the case. The colorful packaging is just an attention-getter, and once listeners are roped in, Los Straitjackets deliver sun-soaked surf rock as consistently as Shonen Knife or Allah-Las. The quartet was founded in Nashville in 1988, but it was after they adopted their masked personas in ’94 that the band really took off. Since then they’ve recorded a Christmas album, earned a reputation for spicing up TV theme songs (including the classic tunes from Batman and The Andy Griffith Show), and toured as a backing band for the legendary Nick Lowe. (More recently, Lowe and Los Straitjackets also started recording together.) Their raucous live shows strike a balance between songs pulled from their deep reservoir of originals and familiar covers that range from Game of Thrones to The Rolling Stones. Los Straitjackets perform at 7 p.m. at Pearl Street Warehouse, 33 Pearl St. SW. $22–$40. (202) 380-9620. pearlstreetwarehouse.com.

—Will Lennon EAGLEBANK ARENA 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax. (703) 993-3000. A Day to Remember. 6:30 p.m. $39.50–$159. eaglebankarena.com.

FILLMORE SILVER SPRING 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Sabaton. 8 p.m. $29.50– $51. fillmoresilverspring.com.

PEARL STREET WAREHOUSE 33 Pearl Street SW. (202) 380-9620. Los Straitjackets. 7 p.m. $22–$40. pearlstreetwarehouse.com.

SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Great Grandpa. 8 p.m. $12–$14. songbyrddc.com.

WORLD

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Mumiy Troll.

10 p.m. $40. 930.com.

AMP BY STRATHMORE 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Nella. 8 p.m. $18–$35. ampbystrathmore.com.

MONDAY BLUES

TUESDAY CLASSICAL

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Chris Thile. 8 p.m. $33–$79. strathmore.org.

COUNTRY

HILL COUNTRY BARBECUE 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. Old Man Luedecke. 8 p.m. $12. hillcountry.com.

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Chris Thile. 8 p.m. $33–$79. strathmore.org.

FOLK

BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. The Wailin’ Jennys. 7:30 p.m. $49.50. birchmere.com.

HIP-HOP

FILLMORE SILVER SPRING 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Yelawolf. 8 p.m. $25. fillmoresilverspring.com.

BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Dave Chappell & Friends. 8 p.m. $22. bluesalley.com.

POP

GO-GO

ROCK

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Crank Jam—The World’s Only Go-Go Jam Session. 7:30 p.m. $15. citywinery.com.

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

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

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. The New Pornographers. 7 p.m. $40. 930.com.

POP

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Robert Gordon with Chris Spedding. 7:30 p.m. $20–$30. citywinery.com.

ROCK

WEDNESDAY

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

BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Superchunk Plays Foolish: A 25th Anniversary Acoustic Performance. 7:30 p.m. $29.50. birchmere.com.

ELECTRONIC

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

Phantoms. 7 p.m. $10–$20. ustreetmusichall.com.

Jazz

CITY LIGHTS: MONDAY

SUPERCHUNK

Jason Moran

Jon Wurster has proven himself a man of many talents. He’s arguably the most soughtafter drummer in indie rock and one half of the comedy duo Scharpling and Wurster, but one of his more recent achievements is his tireless chronicling of what he has dubbed “rock and roll weirdness” on Instagram. Ranging from the esoteric to the daft, his encyclopedic knowledge of all things rock gives him a keen eye for curios that puncture the commonly held image of artists. Would playing with his former band, indie-rock lifers Superchunk, at Alexandria’s adult-contemporary haven The Birchmere qualify as rock and roll weirdness, then?

Well, when else will fans have the opportunity to order an appetizer while the band rips into its beloved song “The First Part?” Where else would the ’90s Chapel Hill luminaries play the same venue as the current Herman’s Hermits lineup (who are on the schedule for later this month)?

2019 finds Superchunk in a nostalgic mood, celebrating the 25th anniversary of their classic album Foolish, and they will play an acoustic version of the album in its entirety. Superchunk perform at 7:30 p.m. at The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. $29.50. (703) 549-7500. birchmere.com.

—Matt Siblo

FOLK

SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE 600 I St. NW. (202) 408-3100. Joshua Radin & The Weepies with Lily Kershaw. 7:30 p.m. $38.50–$42. sixthandi.org.

POP

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. King Princess. 7 p.m. $35. 930.com.

ROCK

MANSION ON O STREET 2020 O St. NW. (202) 4962020. Dan Navarro. 7:30 p.m. $25. omansion.com.

WORLD

SONGBYRD MUSIC HOUSE AND RECORD CAFE 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Ahi. 8 p.m. $12–$15. songbyrddc.com.

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

Dreamers. 8 p.m. $17–$40. unionstage.com.

WORLD

AMP BY STRATHMORE 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Arturo O’Farrill. 8 p.m. $27– $47. ampbystrathmore.com.

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

Lali. 6:30 p.m. $39–$45. thehowardtheatre.com.

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Jenny & The Mexicats. 8 p.m. $20–$28. citywinery.com.

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

Arthur Hanlon. 8 p.m. $30–$35. thehowardtheatre.com.

THURSDAY CLASSICAL

KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra: Noseda conducts/Bar-Josef plays Piazzolla. 7 p.m. $15–$99. kennedy-center.org.

COUNTRY

BARNS AT WOLF TRAP 1635 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. The Quebe Sisters. 8 p.m. $27–$32. wolftrap.org.

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Sonny Landreth & Cindy Cashdollar. 8 p.m. $22–$30. citywinery.com.

FOLK

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Martha Redbone Roots. 8 p.m. $25–$28. citywinery.com.

WEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS 20 West Patrick Street, Frederick. (301) 600-2828. Kittel & Co. 7:30 p.m. $10. weinbergcenter.org.

JAZZ

AMP BY STRATHMORE 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Arturo O’Farrill. 8 p.m. $27– $47. ampbystrathmore.com.

POP

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. King Princess. 7 p.m. $35. 930.com.

COMET PING PONG 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 364-0404. Devon Welsh. 4 p.m. $15. cometpingpong.com.

ROCK

PEARL STREET WAREHOUSE 33 Pearl Street SW. (202) 380-9620. The Merry Kinksters. 8 p.m. $30– $50. pearlstreetwarehouse.com.

Artistic Director

Books

ANDREA CHAMBLEE Chamblee will discuss John McNamara’s The Capital of Basketball: A History of D.C. Area High School Hoops, which she wrote the afterword to. Politics and Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Nov. 3 2 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. politics-prose.com.

EOIN COLFER The Irish author of the Artemis Fowl series discusses his new book following Artemis’ younger brothers, The Fowl Twins. Politics and Prose.

5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Nov. 6 7 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. politics-prose.com.

HARRY POTTER AND THE SACRED TEXT What if we read the books we love as if they were sacred texts?

What would we learn, and how might they change us? In this hit podcast, Harvard divinity grads Vanessa Zoltan and Casper ter Kuile use the Harry Potter series to ask life’s big questions. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. 600 I St. NW. Nov. 7 7 p.m. $28–$30. (202) 408-3100. sixthandi.org.

MEGHAN DAUM Daum, an essayist and the author of My Misspent Youth and The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion, discusses her new book The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars with Kyra Phillips. Politics and Prose at Union Market. 1270 5th St. NE. Nov. 6 7 p.m.

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

NAOMI MOLAND More than 30 localized versions of Sesame Street are broadcast in over 150 countries around the world. Dr. Naomi Moland will discuss her new book, Can Big Bird Fight Terrorism? which takes an in-depth look at the Nigerian version, Sesame Square. American University School of International Service. 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Nov. 5 5:30 p.m. Free. 202-885-1600. american.edu/sis.

SHERROD BROWN Senator Sherrod Brown will discuss his new book Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America. Politics and Prose. 5015

Jason Moran and The Bandwagon + Ingrid Laubrock, Black Stars Saturday, November 9 at 7 & 9 p.m. | Family Theater Join Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran and his bandmates, bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of their superlative, chance-taking trio, The Bandwagon. In the first performance of their year-long musical journey, they welcome saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock for an unmissable evening featuring music from Moran’s acclaimed album, Black Stars.

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Grammy-winning mandolinist and singer-songwriter Chris Thile first picked up a mandolin at four years old. Thile soon began playing with childhood friends in the neo-Americana trio Nickel Creek while also building a solo career. During Nickel Creek’s hiatus in 2006, Thile continued to blend the modern with the traditional by founding the Punch Brothers, a bluegrass quintet combining the likes of folk, country, jazz, and chamber music. For his contribution to establishing “a distinctly American canon for the mandolin,” Thile was awarded the MacArthur “Genius” Grant in 2012. He’s also collaborated with internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, and bassist Edgar Meyer on 2013’s The Goat Rodeo Sessions, an original “blueclass” hybrid album of bluegrass and classical compositions. Since 2016, Thile has hosted Live from Here, the successor to A Prairie Home Companion. His latest album, Thanks for Listening, is a collection of songs written for the weekly radio program. Chris Thile performs at 8 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. $33–$79. (301) 581-5100. strathmore.org.

—Mercedes Hesselroth Connecticut Ave. NW. Nov. 5 7 p.m. Free. (202) 3641919. politics-prose.com.

Theater

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(443) 518-1500. repstage.org.

ENTRESUEÑO The Flamenco Aparicio Dance Company presents Entresueño, a reality-bending show taking audiences to the borderlines between memories and imagination, reality and dreams. Musical direction is by Grammy-nominated Gonzalo Grau. GALA Hispanic Theatre. 3333 14th St. NW. To Nov. 17. $10– $48. (202) 234-7174. galatheatre.org.

AMADEUS This play dramatizes Mozart’s ascent from child prodigy to favored composer—and the palace intrigue going on between the title character and his foe and rival Salieri. Folger Elizabethan Theatre. 201 E. Capitol St. SE. To Dec. 22. $27–$85. (202) 544-7077. folger.edu.

ESCAPED ALONE D.C. actress Holly Twyford directs Escaped Alone, a short play about the sometimes mundane, sometimes catastrophic fears that we all face in the modern 21st century. Signature Theatre.

4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To Nov. 3. $55–$93.

(703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org.

A CHORUS LINE Signature stages one of the most classic American musicals, A Chorus Line—the story of hopeful dancers in an audition room hoping for a spot in the chorus line. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To Jan. 5. $40–$110. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org.

EVERYBODY Branden Jacobs-Jenkins revisits the 15th century play Everyman in a production where the main role is assigned by lottery among a small cast of actors. Lansburgh Theatre. 450 7th St. NW. To Nov. 17. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org.

CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD: AN ORATORIO The life and death of Matthew Shepard inspired this 2016 oratorio by award-winning composer-conductor Craig Hella Johnson. Incorporating a breadth of musical styles, the texts are drawn from passages of Shepard’s college journal, newspaper reports, testimony by his mother at the trial of her son’s murderers, and rich poetry. Katzen Arts Center at American University. 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. To Nov. 3. $10. (202) 885-2787. american.edu/cas/katzen.

DAY OF ABSENCE This 1965 script features a discovery that upends a southern town in a comedic commentary on racism. Theater Alliance at H Street Playhouse. 1365 H St. NE. To Nov. 3. $20–$40. (202) 2412539. theateralliance.com.

E2 In Bob Bartlett’s modern-day retelling of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward the Second, Edward makes a choice that could rock his dynasty, all the while challenging notions of gender and sexuality. Horowitz Center at Howard Community College. 10901 Lit-

GET’M In this kids’ show, three television hosts are fighting for control over one microphone—and hijinks ensue. Kennedy Center REACH. 2700 F St. NW. To Nov. 3. $20. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE This play, based on the 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson, follows three strangers who are invited to join a mysterious Dr. Montague in a spooky house on a hill. The Little Theatre of Alexandria. 600 Wolfe St., Alexandria. To Nov. 9. $21–$24. (703) 683-0496. thelittletheatre.com.

KID PRINCE AND PABLO Kid Prince and Pablo reimagines Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper in a kidfriendly, modern, hip-hop version. Kennedy Center Family Theater. 2700 F St. NW. To Nov. 3. $20. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS In Little Shop of Horrors, Seymour Krelborn, a meek floral assistant in the Skid Row neighborhood, pines after his co-worker Audrey.

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Jamaican Sean Paul first brought the fast-paced rapping of his island’s reggae dancehall style to worldwide pop charts on 2002’s Dutty Rock, which featured his hits “Gimme the Light,” “Get Busy,” and “Like Glue.” “Light” showed off Paul’s deep tone on the catchy chorus and his lighter touch on the verses. “Get Busy” offered obvious but musically resonant metaphors about dancing and sex, while “Glue” exhibited his ability to shift between intricate patois and more mainstream musical poetry. “Baby Boy,” which showed up on Dutty Rock’s 2003 re-release, showed off his ability to work with artists in other genres—in this case, Beyoncé—on cuts that meld multiple musical styles without sounding forced or watered down. His single “Temperature,” his biggest U.S. success, hit number one in 2006. Since that commercial peak, Paul has continued releasing dance floor-friendly music, and has recently had some success with collaborative efforts. The now-46-year-old’s recent work with British pop singer Dua Lipa, French house DJ David Guetta, and Colombian pop/reggaeton vocalist J Balvin demonstrates that Paul’s skilled ability to shift between rapid-fire and leisurely phrasing on his party-friendly cuts remains strong.

Sean Paul performs at 8 p.m. at The Fillmore Silver Spring, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $35.

(301) 960-9999. fillmoresilverspring.com.

—Steve Kiviat lation Theatre at Source. 1835 14th St. NW. To Nov. 17. $19–$55. (202) 204-7741. constellationtheatre.org.

NEWSIES Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst are no match for the striking newsboys of New York City in the sultry summer of 1899. Arena Stage.

1101 6th St. SW. To Dec. 22. $86–$105. (202) 4883300. arenastage.org.

OCCUPANT A little Jewish girl from Russia immigrated to the US and became the renowned sculptor Louise Nevelson. In Occupant, she’s been invited to participate in an interview—from beyond the grave.

Through her ups and downs, her contradictions and evasions, we witness the deep inner turmoil and intrepid triumphs of one of the 20th century’s greatest artistic minds. Theater J. 1529 16th St. NW. To Nov. 30 $34–$64. (202) 777-3210. theaterj.org.

PORT AUTHORITY Three generations of Dublin men navigate lost love and missed opportunities in this show directed by Jack Sbarbori, who directed Quotidian’s 2009 production of the play. Quotidian Theatre Company at The Writer’s Center. 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda. To Nov. 17 $15–$35. (301) 816-1023. quotidiantheatre.org.

RAGS Rags is the story of immigrants to the United States coming through Ellis Island and the intertwining of America’s history with immigration and its deeply held values, set at the turn of the 20th century. Mason’s School of Theater presents a newly revised libretto, directed by Rick Davis. George Mason University Center for the Arts. 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. To Nov. 3 $15–$30. (888) 945-2468. cfa. gmu.edu.

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THEORY Mosaic Theater Company presents Theory, a play where a young professor tests the limits of free speech in her classroom—and ends up in a digital catand-mouse game, fearing for her life. Atlas Performing Arts Center. 1333 H St. NE. To Nov. 17 $20–$65.

(202) 399-7993. atlasarts.org.

WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: OTELLO The Washington National Opera performs Verdi’s version of the Shakespeare classic, where Otello confronts his own hubris and jealousy. Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To Nov. 16. $45–$299. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: THE MAGIC FLUTE This whimsical production designed by Maurice Sendak of Where the Wild Things Are stages Mozart’s beloved opera in a world of playful, evocative fairy tales. Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To Nov. 23. $25–$299. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

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WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN Part play, part pageant, part homegoing celebration, What to Send Up When it Goes Down addresses racial violence and physical—and spiritual—death in the black community. Woolly Mammoth Theatre. 641 D St. NW. To Nov. 10. (202) 393-3939. woollymammoth.net.

WHITE PEARL This comedy about whiteness and the beauty industry follows the fallout of a skin whitening cream ad’s leak—and someone’s definitely getting fired. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To Dec. 8. $20– $80. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org.

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KING PRINCESS

20-year-old King Princess is a wan, irreverent rock star who transgresses gender and employs camp aesthetics while singing about love, sex, and transcendence. Her self-presentation has more than a tinge of David Bowie—if Bowie had a Juul and a knack for posting “69” online. Her buzz, especially among teenage girls, has been intense since her first hit single “1950,” inspired by Patricia Highsmith’s classic lesbian novel The Price of Salt; now she’s touring in support of her first full-length album, Cheap Queen. Thanks to that buzz, though, she’s already headlined the 9:30 Club once this year. When she played the venue in January, she showed the crowd her personalized guitar strap.

“Do you guys like my strap?” she asked playfully, between hits off a vape she shared with her band.

“Isn’t it big?” Apparently, the girls in the crowd did; one threw a bra onstage in the throes of passion. King Princess picked it up with gusto, then asked, nearly laughing, “This is a sports bra—what dyke threw this up here?” The crowd, full of young queer kids, roared with approval; it seems Gen Z is happy to have a gay icon who’s actually, unapologetically, and theatrically gay. As proof, she’s popular enough that this is her second show here this week. King Princess performs at 7 p.m. at 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW. $35. (202) 265-0930. 930.com.

—Emma Sarappo

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Film

ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP A group of survivors move into the American midwest after a zombie apocalypse. Starring Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Jesse Eisenberg. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) THE LIGHTHOUSE Two men work as lighthouse keepers on a mysterious New England island in the 1890s. Starring Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, and Valeriia Karaman. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora are pulled apart by Aurora’s upcoming wedding. Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, and Michelle Pfeiffer. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) THE CURRENT WAR Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse battle to be the man whose electrical system would power the country—and the world.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland, and Matthew Macfadyen. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN A private eye with Tourette’s syndrome tries to crack the case of his mentor’s murder. Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, and Willem Dafoe. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) FRANKIE In lush Sintra, Portugal, three generations of a family must deal with a life-changing event. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, and Marisa Tomei. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) TERMINATOR: DARK FATE Sarah Connor must protect a young girl from a new liquid Terminator from the future. Starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Mackenzie Davis. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) HARRIET This biopic follows the extraordinary life of Harriet Tubman, who escaped from slavery and returned to dangerous territory over and over again to free other people. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., and Clarke Peters. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

SAVAGELOVE My little dick has always held me back. I didn’t date in high school because I couldn’t stand the thought of girls discussing my tiny manhood.

That said, I’ve adapted fairly well and become skilled with my tongue and hands. The biggest problem is that my dick is just small enough that the head pokes straight forward and can be seen through my pants. I never tuck in a shirt because of it. Because I am always in oversized shirts that hang past my waist, I never look professional. I’ve tried stuffing with socks and it didn’t work. Do you know of anything that can mask a pathetic johnson? I’d love to move up in the world.

—Physically Embarrassing Nub Isn’t Sufficient Have you considered packing? Trans men, drag kings, butch dykes, and even straight cis women experimenting with gender expression will sometimes pack—that is, wear “packing dildos” that create the appearance of a masculine bulge. Packers are modeled on soft cocks, not hard cocks, and they come in a range of sizes and colors. And so long as you don’t engage in false advertising, PENIS—so long as you make it clear to new partners that the bulge in your pants is not a prologue—there’s no reason why you couldn’t pack, just as there’s no reason why you and other guys with small dicks can’t strap on a regular dildo when your partner wants a deep dicking.

—Dan Savage I’m a mid-20s straight woman, and there’s a pattern in my life that I’m trying to break: Since high school, I’ve repeatedly ended up being friends with wonderful men who I shared an obvious sexual tension with at the start of our “friendships.” (Our mutual friends often noted the sexual tension.) Not a single one has ever turned into more than a one-off drunken kiss. Maybe it’s who I’m picking, but I’m starting to think that I’m the problem. An ex of mine (who I met on Bumble) told me that I give off “don’t touch me” vibes. Looking back, I can see that all my relationships started in settings where romantic interest was implied—apps, blind dates, etc. I’ve been spending a lot of time with a classmate of mine. We get along well, and he’s hot and single. How do I (for lack of a better term) seduce him?

—Dreading The Friend Zone Don’t seduce, ask. Don’t put the moves on someone, use your words—or think of your words as your move, DTFZ. Since you give off “don’t touch me” vibes (that’s some valuable feedback from an ex!), and since we’ve asked men to do a better job of perceiving and respecting a woman’s “don’t touch me” vibes, you will have to make your interest clear and unambiguous: “Hey, classmate, we’ve been spending a lot of time together, and I was wondering if you might be interested in going on a date sometime.”

—DS

I have had a very hot, sexy bodybuilder friend with benefits for many, many years. He’s Dominant and into really intense bondage and SM, and it’s fantastic. The harder he goes on me, the more aroused he gets. Sometimes he comes three times in one session, always with me in superintense and painful bondage positions. It turns him on so much—and it turns me on, too. The thing is, he hates my dick. We have so much fun during our sessions, but he won’t touch my dick and won’t let me touch it, either.

—Bodybuilder Is Neglecting Dick Ignoring your dick and not letting you come and then seeing you crawl back for more abuse is most likely part of the power trip that turns your hot, sexy friend on, BIND, and he’s unlikely to start lavishing attention on your dick on my orders. And since it sounds like he gives you plenty of hot JO material for after your bondage sessions, it’s not like there isn’t something in it for you, right?

—DS

“And since the consequences of being outed as a sex worker are always swift and severe for someone who works with children, you’ll want to find another side hustle.”

I am a public school teacher in the United States. I love teaching, and I want to teach for the rest of my career. I am very good at it, but unfortunately that doesn’t affect my pay in the slightest.

After 10 years of poverty, I’m getting tired of going without. I thought perhaps I could do some sex work on the side to help pay off my student loans and get some more money for classroom supplies.

Thanks to de facto segregation, all of my students are one specific ethnicity and very poor, so I think I could easily avoid accidentally servicing a parent or relative of a student. But how on earth does someone safely and discreetly embark on sex work as a side hustle?

—Need a Second Job That Actually Pays Someone you work with, someone you went to school with, someone you used to date, someone who lives in your apartment building—it’s not just parents and relatives of your students you need to worry about, NASJTAP. Vindictive exes and small-minded, sex-negative busybodies of all stripes can be a problem for sex workers. And since the consequences of being outed as a sex worker are always swift and severe for someone who works with children, you’ll want to find another side hustle. You should also get out

there and support—we should all get out there and support—Democratic presidential candidates who are calling to forgive or cancel studentloan debt, like Elizabeth Warren and/or Bernie Sanders. And, yes, it’s possible to support more than one candidate at this stage of the political process.

—DS My girlfriend and I have been going strong for almost 10 months. She told me that in the past she dated only older men—her teachers, her boss, a police officer, and other older men who were, in her own words, “flat out wrong for me” (two of them were married). I am interested in your take on why she is dating me now. I’m a couple of years younger than she is—she is 30, and I am 28. She says she sees a future with me and I’m unlike anyone she’s ever met. Can what someone likes change in this way?

—The Younger Man You may be the exception—the rare younger man your girlfriend finds attractive—or it could be that she was never attracted exclusively to older men. Just because someone dated a string of one type of person (older, younger, taller, shorter, maler, femaler), it doesn’t follow that someone isn’t interested in other types, too. Someone realizing they’re attracted to more types of people or acting on long-standing attractions to other types of people doesn’t mean they’ve changed, TYM, it means they’ve grown.

—DS I’m a 21-year-old woman. Yesterday I talked to a 26-year-old guy who won’t do cunnilingus but loves to get blowjobs. My friends judged him harshly. Does this go against the rule that people should be able to do what makes them feel good in bed without being judged? Guys who refuse to give oral sex but want to receive it make us feel as if our pleasure is not as important as theirs. Please tell me what you think. —Desperate Clitoris I think there are enough women out there who don’t like having their pussies eaten— some struggle with insecurity and shame, others simply don’t enjoy the sensation—that there’s no reason for this guy to inflict himself on women who do like having their pussies eaten. And if making your partner feel good doesn’t make you feel good—if giving pleasure as well as receiving pleasure doesn’t make you feel good—then you’re a lousy fucking lay. All that said, I agree that people should be able to do what makes them feel good in bed without being judged. But if what you’re doing in bed— or refusing to do in bed—makes other people feel bad about themselves or their bodies, well, then you should be judged harshly. —DS Email your Savage Love questions to mail@savagelove.net.

Scene and

Heard Red Hats October, 2019 A red hAt with white lettering inspires particular fear, especially in downtown D.C. This collection of hulking office buildings and federal icons and museums has long been a dumping ground for tourists, who are now often of the MAGA variety. Though not every tourist wears the tell-tale hat, they’re omnipresent.

But the last game of the World Series is tonight, and a closer look over the last week or so has revealed a growing presence of a different red hat. These hats show team pride—Natitude.

Many have bemoaned the fact that the Nats’ logo has a nearly identical twin in the Walgreens “W.” But its passing semblance to that other red hat is far more troubling. Some fans opt for the inconspicuous blue-and-white variety, but many rock the bolder red.

A woman on a CVS run wears a red visor. A man pushing a garbage can sports a crisp cap, its sticker still on its brim.

These are the hats that booed the president— who is so accustomed to getting applause and cheers from crowds of people in red hats—at Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night. Win or lose, hopefully we see more of them around; a reminder to stay in the fight. —Will Warren Will Warren writes Scene and Heard. If you know of a location worthy of being seen or heard, email him at wwarren@washingtoncitypaper.com.

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Wills or to the Register Proposals should be of Wills with a copy to emailed as PDF the undersigned, on or documents no later before 4/17/20, or be than 5pm on Tuesday, forever barred. Persons November 5th, 2019. believed to be heirs or Contact: legatees of the decedent info@thetruthschool.org who do not receive a copy of this notice by The Sojourner Truth mail within 25 days of Public Charter School its publication shall so requests proposals for inform the Register of the following: Wills, including name, * Team-building for staff address and relationand outdoor experienship. Date of first tial learning cycles for publication: 10/17/2019 students, with Name of Newspaper a focus on character and and/or periodical: social-emotional skillWashington City Paper/ building Daily Washington Law Full RFP document Reporter. Name of Peravailable by request. sonal Representative: Proposals should be Angelita Buckman emailed as PDF TRUE TEST copy Nicole documents no later Stevens Acting Register than 5pm on Tuesday, of Wills Pub Dates: November 5th, 2019.

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Contact: info@thetruthschool.org I DREAM PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FRIENDSHIP PUBLIC REQUESTS FOR PROCHARTER SCHOOL POSALS NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Finance, Accounting, Friendship Public CharHuman Resources, ter School is seeking and Student Data bids from prospective I Dream Public Charter candidates to provide: School requests propos* Catering and Event als for the following: Support Services -To * Finance, Accounting, included but not limited Human Resources, and to, catering, décor, & Student Data services furniture rental. during the school’s planning year The full scope of work Proposals should be will be posted in a comemailed as PDF docupetitive Request for Proments no later than 5pm posal that can be found on Friday, November on FPCS website at 15th, 2019. Contact: http://www. jgomez@idreampcs.org friendshipschools.org/

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against the decedent shall be presentedLegals to the undersigned with a DC SCHOLARS PCS REQUEST copy to the Register of FOR PROPOSALS – ModuWills or to the Register lar Contractor Services - DC of Wills Public with aCharter copy School to Scholars the undersigned, or solicits proposals for aon modular before or be contractor4/17/20, to provide professional forever barred.

Persons management and construction services to to construct a modular believed be heirs or building to house four classrooms legatees of the decedent and one offi ce suite. who dofaculty not receive a The Requestof for copy thisProposals notice by(RFP) specifi cations can be obtained on mail within 25 days of and after Monday, November 27, its publication shall 2017 from Emily Stone viaso cominform the Register of munityschools@dcscholars.org.

Wills, including name, All questions should be sent in address and relationwriting by e-mail.

No phone calls regarding thisofRFP will be acship.

Date first cepted. Bids must10/17/2019 be received by publication: 5:00 PM on Thursday, December Name of Newspaper 14, 2017 periodical: at DC Scholars Public and/or Charter School, ATTN: Sharonda Washington City Paper/ Mann, 5601 E. Capitol St. SE, Daily Washington Washington, DC 20019. Law Any bids Reporter.

Name of Pernot addressing all areas as outsonal Representative: lined in the RFP specifi cations will James A. Schreiber not be considered.

TRUE TEST copy Nicole Stevens Acting Register Apartments for Rent of Wills Pub Dates: October 17, 24, 31.

TWO RIVERS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Low Voltage Vendor Two Rivers Public Charter School is seeking Must see! Spacious semi-furlow voltage vendor(s) to nished 1and BR/1install BA basement design apt, Deanwood, $1200.

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202-341-0209 Notice of Appointment, www.southafricanbazaarcraftcoo Notice to Creditors and perative.com Notice to Unknown southafricanba z a ar @hotmail.

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