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We asked 21 locals about their lives and work in D.C. Here’s what they had to say.
DiStRiCt liNE 5 loose lips: After the midterm election, the D.C. Council looks exactly the same. 7 gear prudence
ARtS 26 curtain calls: Croghan on Beetlejuice: The Musical at National Theatre and Shah on King John at Folger Theatre 27 short subjects: Zilberman on Burning
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DistrictLine The Powers That Still Be To little surprise, local incumbents easily hold their seats.
Reeder stopped short of saying she’ll make another run at a Council seat, but closed by pledging to continue fighting Silverman’s paid family leave program and Initiative 77, a voter-approved, Council-repealed measure that eliminated D.C.’s tipped wage. Initiative 77 supporters are now pushing for a referendum on the Council’s repeal. “We gotta heal our city,” she said. “The hate that came out as a result of this was horrible. Don’t let nobody take our city over, ya’ll.” —Mitch Ryals
By City Paper Staff Incumbents were the big winners in D.C. on election night. At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman held off Mayor Muriel Bowserendorsed challenger Dionne Reeder in the heated at-large race. Incumbent Democrat Anita Bonds will retain the other at-large seat. With all precincts counted, Bowser had earned 76 percent of the votes, handily winning a second term. Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton won 87 percent of the votes, and Attorney General Karl Racine did the best of all with 93 percent. The biggest surprise of the evening: Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh skipped her own victory party to attend the birth of her first grandchild. City Paper reporters spent the day talking to voters and candidates at polling places, and the evening at candidate parties, listening to victory and concession speeches. —Kelyn Soong Tabard Inn, 11:30 p.m. At-Large Councilmember Silverman thanked her “people-powered campaign” for propelling her to re-election—a coalition on show at her election night party that included union members, lefty activists, and diehard supporters wearing red. Progressive activists said they believe that the results of this race—Silverman held a 12 point lead over her main rival, Reeder—reenergizes their movement. “It’s a good shot in the arm,” said Ed Lazere, the director of the liberal DC Fiscal Policy Institute, where Silverman previously worked as an analyst. Declaring victory with more than 120 out of 143 precincts reporting, Silverman said after 10 p.m. that the win means she can continue to push for workers rights, close gaps in health care and economic opportunity, and fix the “too damn high rent” prices. With increased voter turnout, Silverman had more than doubled her vote count from 2014, winning more than 86,000 votes, according to results.
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“This was a campaign in which people wanted to divide us, they wanted to focus on division,” Silverman said. In a brief interview, Silverman said she hoped to work with the mayor on affordable housing, closing the achievement gap, and on other matters. While giving her victory speech, Attorney General Karl Racine received a rock star’s welcome. Taking the microphone to chants of “our next mayor,” Racine again boosted Silverman’s record on oversight. “When does asking a government agency appropriate questions ever become caustic?” he said to cheers, making a reference to The Washington Post editorial board’s characterization of Silverman. He later worked the crowd, fist bumping and kissing supporters. Silverman fans relished the win, after a bruising battle against a mayoral-backed candidate who out-fundraised the incumbent. “It definitely shows that we have power,” said Keith Ivey, an activist with DC for Democracy. “We beat the mayor and the Green Team.” —Cuneyt Dil Ivy City Smokehouse, 11 p.m. Reeder took the stage at Ivy City Smokehouse around 10:15, when her defeat in the at-large race was all but certain. Although initial results
show that she lost by nearly 40,000 votes, Reeder beat Silverman in Wards 7 and 8 almost two to one. She didn’t want sympathy, Reeder told the crowd. To get this far was a victory. Reeder’s eyes welled with tears as she thanked her most passionate supporters. Among them were Cora Masters Barry, who stood near the stage, and Harry Thomas Jr., a former councilmember who went to prison for stealing government funds. Reeder said he sent her a scripture verse every morning during the campaign. The first-time candidate also gave a shout out to Ron Moten, and Josh Lopez, a Bowser appointee whose antics twice caught the public’s attention during the at-large race—most recently for calling Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White a “bitch” in a text message, pushing him to support Reeder. “I don’t care what they say about you brother, thank you,” Reeder said to Lopez. “I love you more, you hear me?” Finally, Reeder acknowledged Mayor Bowser, whose 11th hour endorsement pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into Reeder’s campaign. “What mayor that’s going to win endorses a person that never ran?” Reeder said, her voice cracking. “She didn’t expect me to be a rubber stamp. She expected me to be who I am.”
Provision No. 14, 10:30 p.m. D.C. loves Karl Racine. As the District’s first elected attorney general, he received more votes for his re-election—197,000—than any other incumbent, including Bowser. “I’m thrilled that voters returned to elect me to a second term,” Racine told City Paper at his election night party Tuesday night. “We’re also thrilled with, honestly, the number of votes we got. I think the residents of the District of Columbia recognized that the Office of the Attorney General is a force of good.” There’s been much speculation about his mayoral ambitions, and he’s been nothing but coy when anyone brings it up. Tuesday was no different: “It’s way too early for any discussion on that,” he said. “I’m razor-focused on the job of being attorney general, as well as, to be honest, developing, mentoring, guiding new leaders.” At Racine’s election night party, which he co-hosted with Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, the vibe was celebratory as Mendo and Nadeau easily clinched re-election. People were glued to the TVs broadcasting CNN coverage of the House and Senate races as the three victors worked the room. It was hard for the candidates to ignore coverage of the national races to focus on their own victories. With a strong voter turnout for the Midterms—more than 42 percent of registered D.C. voters voted, compared to the primary election’s measly 18 percent—Mendelson wondered if people really knew what they were voting for. “I think the reason for the turnout, being as high as it was, was because voters are mad at what’s going on nationally,” he told City Pa-
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per. “And even though the District is not going to flip the House or the Senate, people are like, ‘This is my chance to come out and make a statement that I hate Donald Trump.’” Asked about the contentious at-large race, Racine said of Silverman: “She asks tough questions at oversight hearings, which is appropriate and needed … there’s this notion that she’s been characterized as a caustic, aggressive person. I’ve only seen a confident, hardworking, and focused individual. Period.” —Matt Cohen 10:00 p.m., Franklin Hall Bowser was the star of election night, but judging by the mood of the room at her watch party, you wouldn’t know it. With Bowser facing nominal challengers, most of the focus in D.C. was on the at-large race between Silverman and Bowser’s candidate, Reeder. Clusters of staff and District employees wearing white nylon windbreakers with “MURIEL OUR MAYOR” stamped across the back stared nervously at flat-screen televisions tuned to CNN, as national election returns flashed in front of them. The chatter focused largely on Senate and gubernatorial races with bar-goers swapping horror stories of their home state returns. By the time Bowser spoke, at around 9:45 p.m., it was clear that Reeder had lost to Silverman. As Bowser asked the crowd to give a round of applause to the incumbent councilmembers who won their races, she then asked them to give it up for Reeder, who “add[ed] to the conversation” in D.C. Her speech was a highlight reel of her first term in office—closing DC General, investing tens of millions of dollars in affordable housing, and working to close the achievement gap in public schools. “Are you with me?” Bowser intoned. The crowd in front of her replied with thunderous applause, while the back of the house drank on, eyes glued to the TV. —Morgan Baskin But what do the people say? At precinct 34 in Van Ness, voter Jeanean McKay said she was “mad as hell with Bowser for raising hell with Silverman.” She said she voted for councilmembers Cheh and Silverman. “She’s done good stuff,” McKay said of the mayor, “but she couldn’t seem to rise above it. Really disgusted me. … Playing the race card, and putting her money into the gal who’s running. Just unconscionable.” (As told to Cuneyt Dil) Melanie Mitchell, who was volunteering at precinct 64 in Ward 4 and campaigned for Bowser and Reeder, wanted to see a new face on the Council dais. “I like her platform,” Mitchell said of Bowser. “I’m a clinical social worker, and I share some of the same ideas
that she has about making sure people have a place to live.” Also at precinct 64, Kristen Chellis, 33, voted for Silverman because she was disappointed with Reeder’s refusal to present an alternative to the paid family leave program, a signature of the incumbent’s first term. “Dionne Reeder didn’t have a plan, and made it worse by saying she didn’t owe us a plan before the election,” Chellis said. She says she voted for Bonds with her second at-large pick. Sankar Sitaraman voted for Silverman and Green Party candidate David Schwartzman. Why Silverman? “She seems to be more in tune with the poor and struggling people, not corporate interest,” Sitaraman said. Why Schwartzman? “I’m an environmentalist. For me, the most important issues are climate change and democracy. I think they go hand in hand. If people had a voice they would support more action around climate change and the rights of minorities and immigrants.” While her 4- and 1-year-old danced around her feet, LaDavia Drane cast her votes in favor of Democrats all the way down, including Bowser and Bonds. With her second at-large vote, Drane chose Reeder “because Bowser supports her, and I worked for Bowser. “I know a little bit about the way the Council is set up and there are certain folks who vote together, so because I support the policies supported by the mayor,” Drane said. (as told to Mitch Ryals) How did those Socialists do? In D.C., the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America focused on electing candidates in the hyperlocal Advisory Neighborhood Commission races. In September, Metro DC DSA announced that they had endorsed 11 ANC candidates, as well as Emily Gasoi for the Ward 1 State Board of Education seat. Last night, five of the Metro DC DSA’s endorsed candidates—Dan Orlaskey in 1B02, Matthew Sampson in 2B01, Beau Finley for 3C04, Ryan Linehan for 5D01, and Gasoi—won their elections. “DSA now has five elected officials across the city, including one of four deaf commissioners in the city’s history,” said Liz Golden, the chair of Metro DC DSA, in a statement to City Paper. (Sampson is the deaf commissioner who was elected last night.) While the Democratic Socialists slowly but steadily look to make a name for themselves across the nation, their fresh D.C. victors will try to exercise their influence within the context of a historically left-leaning city. In the June primary, Metro DC DSA member Jeremiah Lowery ran an aggressive campaign to unseat At-Large Councilmember Bonds, coming in second place, and beating out Marcus Goodwin, the young real estate developer who also ran against Bonds. —Matt Cohen
Gear Prudence Gear Prudence: Every two years, D.C. elects ANC commissioners, and a bunch of them are always anti-bike. It sucks and I feel like they hold our city hostage when it comes to simple and necessary bike projects. They’re not listening no matter how many times we try, and it’s so frustrating to have these big fights over every little project. How are we supposed to get these people stuck in the past to embrace a better probike future? —Spurned Advocate Dreads Veto Of The Eminently Reasonable
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If one theme binds the 21 Washingtonians in City Paper’s 2018 People Issue, it’s that each of them is sure about their purpose in life. Some of them discovered what their life’s work would be as children. Others made an enduring commitment to finding their purpose, even as they waded through personal setbacks and faced obstacles beyond their control. Neal Henderson, who was born in 1937 on the island of St. Croix, fell in love with ice hockey during a childhood trip to Canada. Pamela Ferrell has spent four decades braiding, caring for, and comprehending hair—specifically “circle hair”—becoming a force in policy-making and art alike. “I want to heal the world using hair,” she says. “Everything else I’ve done has led me to this.” The People Issue is an annual exercise at City Paper. Every fall we generate a list of people who have something important to say about this moment in D.C. A few of them are in the process of making their mark on the city right now. Robin Bell is one of those. He casts critical images and texts onto the facades of buildings nearly every night of the week. Some have found themselves in the center of the news. Indira Henard has been advocating for survivors of sexual violence for two decades, but this year, she did so under the spotlight of the #MeToo movement. Still others are local institutions, people who could lead our People Issue any year, for years on end. Kojo Nnamdi is one of those. We hope that in these pages someone’s life experience—their joys, mistakes, and efforts to comprehend the world—will inform your own. —Alexa Mills
Kojo Nnamdi The Voice Kojo Nnamdi is celebrating his 20th year as host of the popular Kojo Nnamdi Show, airing weekdays at noon on WAMU. Kojo is a native of Guyana who emigrated in 1967 to attend college. A naturalized U.S. citizen, he began his career in 1973 at Howard University’s WHUR-FM radio and later hosted Evening Exchange, a public affairs program that aired on Howard’s WHUT-TV. —Tom Sherwood You have such a cool name. Can you tell us how you got it? Rex Orville Montague Paul was never seen as a very cool name, and that is my real name. I took the name Kojo Nnamdi when I entered professional radio because, one, it was a time when a lot of black people were seeking to reclaim our African heritage and, two, in those days quite a few people in broadcasting used to choose pseudonyms. I picked Kojo, which means “born on Monday,” and Nnamdi I picked because I was a great admirer of Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first [president] of independent Nigeria. Nnamdi is not usually used
as a surname in Nigeria, it usually is used as a first name, a Christian name, but not being intimately familiar in those days with how these things were done, I chose it as a last name and it stuck ever since then. Is that name [Kojo] on your passport? Nope. As we used to call it back in the day, my slave name is on my passport. My parents got a little carried away. You are in your 20th year at WAMU. The media world has fractured with social media. But you consistently have an audience. Do you have any idea why? Terrestrial radio had a certain longevity and stability that people respect, but even that is slowly fading away. But I think what our show does and what I have come to present is a sense of place. It was fortunate for me two years ago that the station decided the show should no longer cover national and international affairs but focus on local affairs because the media that had been suffering the most is local media. Our show is able to give people in this region, whether they live in Maryland, Virginia, or the District, a sense of place and I think that is what is responsible for my own staying power.
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You have a distinctive voice and manner. I don’t know where the voice came from. Before I ever left my native country [in 1967] I applied for a job at the local radio station. I was roundly rejected in the first round. I wasn’t even considered. I think the voice has to do more with my longevity than its timbre. There’s something about voice that
still captures the imagination [of listeners]. You invariably never look like what they expect you to look like. There’s that level of intrigue that people find fascinating. A mutual friend said that you are seen as a wise, thoughtful person … but your youth “was a little bit different,” more radical.
Issue That’s true. I first got involved in radio not as a professional but as an amateur because I was a radical activist. In those days, from the late 1960s to early 1970s, I went from being a Black Nationalist, to being a Pan-Africanist, to studying Marxism and considered myself an activist, [part of] the Baby Boom generation that wanted to change the world. [When] … I was able to get my first professional job at Howard University, I began to realize that even as an activist, one would have more credibility if one were perceived to be fair. I realized more and more that being able to leave my personal opinions at the door … would gain credibility for me … and that has stuck with me to this day. You will be 74 in January. Do you have a sense of how long you want to do this? The ironic part is that under normal circumstances I should be considering retiring at this point. But for reasons that I cannot explain, the popularity of the show, and my own, seem to be higher than it’s ever been. And I must admit, that is a motivating factor to keep on doing it.
Pamela Ferrell The Hair Fixer Pamela Ferrell has spent the better part of 40 years staring at other people’s heads. Her long career in hair began with the founding of her D.C. hair braiding company Cornrows & Co. in 1980. After being slapped with fines for operating without a cosmetology license, even though there was no instruction on natural hair braiding included in cosmetology curricula, she and her husband Taalib-Din Uqdah fought the city. In 1992, D.C. created a separate license for braiders. Ferrell has remained active in the politics of hair, filing EEOC claims and lawsuits against businesses that discriminate against women with certain natural hair styles, and even convinced the U.S. Navy to change its hair policy in 1993. The majority of her business today centers on designing custom hairpieces for women experiencing hair loss. An exhibit about her work is currently on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. —Laura Hayes
You’ve transitioned from hair stylist to hair activist to hair scientist. What is your latest project? The Grow Hair Project is about teaching women how to use their hair and scalp as a tool for keeping track of their health status. Strands of hair give us a threemonth imprint of what your health status is. It tells us what your mineral content is, like iron, sodium, and potassium. It will also tell us what toxic minerals you have, like lead and mercury. I’ve developed this way of looking at the scalp, and based on patterns of hair loss, I can determine what health problems someone has. For example, the top crown of the head is your blood circulation and cardiovascular system. I’ve followed women for 30, 40 years. I have files of photographs of them over the years. I even keep my files of deceased clients. Many of them had crown hair loss and died of heart attacks, young women. I want to heal the world using hair. That will be my lasting impact. Everything else I’ve done has led me to this. You began your TED talk by asking the audience what would happen if blonde, redhead, and straight hairstyles were banned in the workplace. How are you still fighting the battle to convince employers to stop discriminating against workers based on their hair? Circle hair and straight hair have different characteristics. One grows up, one grows down. If it rains and your hair gets wet, your hair is going to hang down, mine is going to expand up. I’ve used these characteristics to fight hair discrimination in the workplace. The most recent case I did was with the U.S. Army. In 2014, I got a call from one of my clients. She’s in a panic because she had been wearing her natural hair twisted for years. The Army had just changed the grooming policy saying you could not wear twists or locks. I had already done this with the Navy. I had a letter I sent to the Secretary of the Army in May 2014. They called me back in. I put together a presentation in four days that I gave to 24 senior officials. I just talked about hair shape. I didn’t talk about black peo-
ple, white people, skin color, none of that because at the end of the day, that gets old. They totally got it. They changed the policy. This was in May. They were honoring me at the Pentagon in September. They said a policy had never been changed that quickly. Looking back at your career what was your proudest moment? Being called by Diana Ross to do the hair for the movie Out of Darkness. Of course, it was in California. The producers thought, “Why don’t we get someone here? It’ll be less expensive.” Diana was like “Well, I want her. I want to interview her.” I went out and interviewed and when I came back she told me I got the job. I was on location for two months. Then I worked with her for four years after that. I toured with her.
Robin Bell The Artist by Night Almost nightly, video artist Robin Bell uses a projector to cast critical images and texts onto the facades of buildings. The D.C. native first earned headlines in 2015 for projecting poop emojis onto the side of a new Subway in his Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Since his shitposting days, Bell has set his sights on the Trump administration, and specifically the Trump International Hotel. From reviving a D.C. protest from the Reagan era (“Experts Agree! Ed Meese Is a Pig”) to broadcasting blunt objections (“Brett Kavanaugh Is a Sexual Predator”), Bell is working at the intersection of text art and the op-ed page. —Kriston Capps
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EPA, Department of Energy—not that one yet, actually, we might do that tonight. I’m saving that for something special. It’s a really big wall. Department of Interior, World Bank, IMF, Supreme Court, the Jamaican Embassy— —the Jamaican Embassy? That was another one working with a photographer, about a UNESCO World Heritage site in Jamaica being turned into a shipping port for Chinese shippers. What font do you use? There are 15 that I use. I won’t give away my fonts. Forever, I felt like every single activist poster used Impact. Fucking Impact, everywhere. It’s such a great font, but I try not to use that one. Do you have any copycats? I’m not the first or hopefully the last projection artist. There’s a group that’s very like-minded that I work with in New York called The Illuminator. We work with each other from time to time, but then we also challenge each other with getting better at projections and locations. This technology, it’s been there. Jenny Holzer did it. Barbara Kruger did it. Krzysztof Wodiczko, he’s a legend at what he does. Do you draw inspiration from memes? Do you think of your work in the context of memes? I definitely don’t think, “I’m going to create a meme,” and that’s the inspiration for a projection. We’ve played around with memes. We did the Left Shark once. We animated the Left Shark and made the Left Shark dance on the Trump Hotel. That was when Stormy Daniels said that Donald Trump was scared of sharks.
Where are you projecting tonight? I’m not exactly sure. I might be doing the Trump Hotel again and a few other spots around town. I’m working with a few people on an idea at the moment. We did similar projections last night on immigration. How responsive are you to the news cycle? Right now, I’m waiting to see what the day’s like by 4:00 and then I’m going to start finetuning some things. Some projections, we spend months working on just a simple sentence or two. Other times, we’re figuring out something insanely last minute. Who are your partners in this? Two or three years ago, I could do it with one or two people, maybe helping move the equipment. Now I have a team of people who work with me on everything from film to photo to documentation. Sometimes, depending on the projection, I might work with
an advocacy group. Or I’ll work with either another artist or filmmakers. Two and a half weeks ago, I did a gig with Assia Boundaoui, who did a movie called The Feeling of Being Watched. She had figured out that her family home and her community had been under FBI surveillance for over 20 years without any convictions. She went through the process of getting [Freedom of Information Act requests] to talk about the surveillance program. She wanted to project images from the FOIAs and her home videos from that time period on the FBI Building. To flip the imagery and research back on the building where that went on. What buildings have you projected on in D.C.? I should have a list. The Trump Hotel. We’ve done the Department of Justice, the FBI. We’ve projected on the Department of Education, Health and Human Services, the
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Will you keep doing this under, say, a Liz Warren administration? Oh yeah. We were doing the same projections under Obama. We were doing projections on the EPA. That was the first time I did an EPA projection, over the Keystone pipeline. We do more now—you can’t make up this news. What used to happen in a month happens in a day or two.
Michael Twitty The Culinary Historian Michael Twitty grew up in D.C., had internships at the Smithsonian Institution, and has gone on to make a career of studying culinary traditions and what they mean. His narrative cookbook, The Cooking Gene, won two James Beard Awards this year, and he has no plans of slowing down. —Stephanie Rudig You were born and raised in D.C. What food memories do you have from growing up?
I’ll start with my mom. When she came from Cincinnati, one of the things she noticed was the prevalence of seafood. They had never had so much crab. And of course the half smoke, nobody had a half smoke in the Midwest. The food was much closer to the food of the South, where her parents had come from. For my father, who was born and raised in the city, he has a long memory of what it was like to be in these communities of people who had come up from the South who were still living under segregation, and formed their own restaurants and communities in Washington that spoke to where they came from. Everybody had a garden. People ate out of those gardens. Growing up in the city, during the summertime people had barbecues and cookouts. You could literally go from household to household and just pick up a plate and be kind of full. For your research for The Cooking Gene, you actually went and worked in fields and produced food the way enslaved people did, the way that people did historically. What was it like to spend so many years of your life doing that? It was my way out of a rut. I taught 14 years of Hebrew school in this area, and I had a routine, and I hate routines. I felt as a historian that it’s kind of thrilling to place yourself in the history. It’s one thing to say, “Those people over there, this is what happened to them.” But when you know your own story is actually tied up in the history that you teach and write about, it’s incredibly personal. It’s almost as if you never learned anything. Was there anything that particularly surprised you during this process? The number of white people who I was related to. It’s happened to me so often. The other night I was in Norfolk, Virginia. The family who the lecture series was named after, his son gets up and says, “I have to call you cousin, because I did some research and you and my mother shared an ancestor.” This happens to me all the time. A lot of people first came to know you through your open letter to Paula Deen after her racist comments. You invited her to come cook with you. She never responded, but does that offer stand? It does, but until she does, I’m like Mariah Carey: “I don’t know her.” I was disappointed, but I was cool. Honestly, had she shown up to that dinner in North Carolina, we might not be talking right now. It would be a completely different narrative. I hear that you want to do a book about Jewish culinary traditions, and also one about your experiences as a gay man working in kitchens. Kosher Soul is in the process of being written now. Kosher Soul is about Jewish food and Jewish culture, but through the lens of African-American Jews and Jews of African
descent. Jewish cookbooks are an extension of the way Jewish culture uniquely inculcates its culture. The next one doesn’t have a name yet. For gay men in the kitchen, and LGBT people period, the kitchen is both a sanctuary and a war ground. All these people in the food world, James Beard, Craig Claiborne, all these gay men who shaped the contours of American food as we know it. You have to ask yourself, what is it about men who sleep with men that makes them so profoundly central to the history of global gastronomy? Where do you like to eat around here? It’s going to get me killed. I will say this. Andy Shallal, if you’re listening, please reboot Eatonville slash Mulebone. It was really good, and I don’t like to eat Southern food and soul food out. They always mess it up.
came to the states from the Philippines, and we stopped in Japan, and that’s when I saw my first bonsai. That kind of sat at the back burner of the brain. I was up late one night in the recovery room waiting for a patient to wake up. We had a nurse who had a book on chrysanthemums. The first half of the book was how to take care of chrysanthemums, and the second half was how to make bonsai out of chrysanthemums. I thought I’d give it a try.
It’s interesting that you say you didn’t have the patience, because you’ve now stuck with it for several decades. When I first went into practice, my dad said, “All you need is some patients.” He was playing with the term. You really need patience in bonsai, you can’t do everything all at once. There’s times when you should prune, and times when you shouldn’t prune.
I can’t tell you how many chrysanthemums I killed. I didn’t have the patience, and I didn’t really know what I was doing. I bought every book I could for bonsai and had a little bit of success. Brooklyn Botanic Garden had a Japanese master there, so every month I’d pack up my tools and go to Brooklyn and spend a day there. Usually I’d go on Friday, then I’d have the rest of the weekend to play with the trees.
I’ve heard that you use surgical tools in your bonsai practice. I have some old tools. Tools wear out, so I have tools that were discarded, beyond repair. They’re stainless steel, so they don’t rust. Are there other similarities between the two interests? I like to work with my hands, and I like to do meticulous work. It takes meticulous work
Joe Gutierrez The Bonsai Master Just like his dad, Joe Gutierrez went into medicine. He’s a surgeon and has practiced at several regional hospitals, including Doctors Hospital, Georgetown, and Sibley, with his longest stint at the nowshuttered Columbia Hospital for Women. But as a hobby, he started cultivating bonsai trees decades ago and is a longserving volunteer at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum. —Stephanie Rudig How did you get involved in bonsai? My uncle was a photographer, that was his hobby. He liked to photograph old buildings and old doors, and I liked to photograph trees. I liked trees that were crooked with a lot of movement to them. Then we washingtoncitypaper.com november 9, 2018 11
Girls’ Night In? You can expect to see us expanding into different types of event formats. In New York we’re hosting an expanded version of our book club. There are more social elements involved, so we’re having a book swap, teaching people how to press flowers in their books, we have fun icebreakers. We look to our community for everything. Even the book club came organically from our community from people saying “I love reading the newsletter, but I want a book club, because when I stay in, I read books.”
to wire all the little different branches and make the wiring look neat. It’s the same way when you do surgery. People don’t really see what your suture technique looks like, but if you take pride in what you do, it’s gotta look nice. You’ve earned the nickname “The Magician” [from the Northern Virginia Bonsai Society]. You bend branches and make them bend a different way, people think it’s magic, but it’s not magic. You have to know exactly where the breaking point is. You bend the branch until you think it might break if you move it a quarter inch, then you stop.
What does an average night in look like for you? Cooking is definitely one version of my self-care. I usually go through my favorite recipe sites. I’ll try to find one that’s a little complex or something I’ve never cooked before. It gives me a little bit of a challenge, which as a type-A person, I love. That’s my time to reflect and relax, and at the end of it I get a delicious meal. And the usual stuff that others probably do like watch Netflix.
What’s the oldest tree you’ve trained? Have any survived from your early days? My oldest trees are collected trees. I have some trees that are 15, 20, 30 years old. If you start with a nursery plant, that’s pretty old. I have trees that are a couple hundred years old, but those are trees I dug up in Colorado. How long have you been volunteering at the museum? Twelve or 13 years. Since shortly after I retired. When the Japanese pavilion opened in 1976, I was there.
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How has it changed over the years? Some of the trees look better now. Really? Why is that? They’re that much older, so there’s a lot more foliage. They get good care here. We photograph the trees so we can see that they really do look better. Some of them have died. Every curator says “I don’t want any trees to die on my watch.” But it’s just like patients. They have a life expectancy.
Alisha Ramos The Self-Care Purveyor Alisha Ramos started her career in tech, working at Vox Media and as a design lead on healthcare.gov. Now, she helms Girls’ Night In, which publishes a weekly newsletter on self-care to over 100,000 subscribers, and hosts live book club events in nine cities. —Stephanie Rudig What prompted you to quit your career in the tech sector and launch Girls’ Night In? I actually think Girls’ Night In is very much in line with technology. I built our website from scratch, and designed and coded it. From figuring out how to grow the newsletter to publishing content to harnessing our community, a lot of it is very technology driven. I launched the Girls’ Night In newsletter in the middle of all this political upheaval and amid a very overwhelming news cycle. I wanted to create something that was fun and gives you a chance to take a breather. The decision to quit didn’t come until six months af-
ter launching the newsletter. I put 100 percent of myself into everything I do, and at that point I was one foot in, one foot out, and I decided I wanted to be 100 percent in. Self-care is very big right now, but you’ve managed to gain a really huge following. What sets you apart from other people who are covering the same thing? When we first launched, self-care wasn’t really a force like it is now. I made a point to not use the phrase “self-care,” because I felt that it could be co-opted. But now we embrace it, because it is a simple encapsulation of what we stand for, which is to help women relax, recharge, and build more meaningful community. I wanted to capture the sense that I get whenever I host my friends for a night in. It’s really the time for me to connect on a deeper level with my friends and deepen those relationships. We are trying to put a deeper focus on a sense of mental wellness, emotional wellness,
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and social wellness. Those are all a part of how we live our lives as humans. I keep hearing that millennials crave “experiences,” but it kind of seems like that’s just another thing that’s burning people out. How can staying in be its own experience? The really fun thing about Girls’ Night In is a lot of people will tag us on Instagram while they’re staying in alone on a Friday or Saturday night. We’ll usually repost those, and we’ve gotten messages from people who say, “Even though I’m staying in, I still feel like I’m part of something, and I feel less alone.” Another favorite part for me is our monthly book club gatherings we have offline. We created those to balance the need to stay in and the need to go out and experience the world. There’s usually around 20 or 25 women. It’s a really great way to meet other people in a not overwhelming way. Can we expect to see more events from
Gregory Dean is the stoic face of D.C.’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services department, responsible for coordinating the District’s response to everything from house fires to the Women’s March. In 2015, Mayor Muriel Bowser tapped the Seattle native to run FEMS, after a decade of helming Seattle’s fire department. In the past few months alone, a string of over 1,500 overdoses from synthetic cannabinoid K2, along with a major fire at a seniors’ apartment building called Arthur Capper tested the department’s organizational muscle. And five days after that fire began, a 74-year-old male resident was found (largely unharmed) in his apartment. Dean’s philosophy for each new event? “We’ll go back out and ask different questions, more penetrating questions.” —Morgan Baskin Tell me a little bit about your career path, and how you ended up where you are. I was in college, and I was getting ready to get drafted to go to Vietnam. They had a lottery system; my number was high, which means, I wasn’t going to Vietnam. So I took a part-time job at the Seattle fire department. I mean, I took a job, I just assumed it was part-time. And I was going to go back and finish up [school] and be a history teacher. But when I got there, I found out that I loved the adrenaline highs of never doing the same thing every day, the unexpected. So since then, that’s all I’ve done. When I first started, we worked 10-hour days and 14-hour nights. And then in the ’80s we switched to 24-hour shifts. And then as an administrator you work seven days a week, eight hours a day, or so.
What kind of history did you want to teach? It was just going to be high school—so just general history. How is working at the department in D.C. different than working in Seattle? We’re the nation’s capital. And there’s great pride in being the nation’s capital and being innovative and doing things— for example, the number of first amendment marches, and preparing for the inauguration, for being prepared for the host of things that go on in the District. 500,000 people show up and we’re expected to not only manage the day-to-day business [of FEMS], but all those [protestors] that come to the District at the same time. You know, you take great pride in being able to take care of people. For the inauguration for the president ... at 2 in the
morning we went home, at 7 in the morning we started the Women’s March. And just having all of your resources available and ready to go. The marches we’ve had, the things that go on—you know, it’s interesting. What’s your planning strategy when you know big protests or demonstrations are coming down the pipeline? With the inauguration, we took a year. We worked with all the different police agencies, we worked with the military, we worked with the Secret Service, a number of different fire departments—because, big events like that, you have to use your mutual aid, to be able to make sure you can cover all the different aspects. So each one is a little different, but based on the type of event and based on security, it determines how far out you have to prepare
for these types of things.
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On a personal level, how do you deal with public health crises like the K2 overdoses? Do you approach it clinically at this point? So, I think everyone is always affected. We do better by training. Training allows us to actually manage the types of events that we deal with. But it’s not just one person— I think if it’s one person you feel totally responsible. We work as a team, and so we talk about events, and train for events—I always look at fire departments like football teams. You want to go out and utilize your skills so when events come in, it’s exciting times. We get to manage and see how well our training matches up with what we’re seeing. So we look forward to those type of events. And trying to manage all the different things that go on.
The Hockey Ambassador Born July 9, 1937 on the island of St. Croix, Neal Henderson fell in love with hockey at a young age, when he visited his father in Canada. He moved around the United States before settling in D.C. in the 1960s, and in 1978, founded the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club to give local kids the opportunity to play organized ice hockey. It’s now the oldest minority hockey program in North America, according to the NHL, and Henderson remains actively involved four decades later. In May, the league announced that Henderson was one of the finalists for the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award, which is “presented to the person who best utilizes hockey as a platform for participants to build character and develop important life skills for a more positive family experience.” —Kelyn Soong
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Hockey is still a predominantly white sport, especially in the NHL. How did you get into the sport? When I was a child, my dad was in the Merchant Marines, and his port of call was St. Catherines in Canada. At the time, I was an only child along with my mom, so I had the opportunity to travel to Canada during the Second World War, and I learned to do what the kids in the neighborhood did. I enjoyed the game. I enjoyed playing hockey, and it stuck with me from then on. What did you enjoy about the sport? What drew you to it? Well, the hypnotism of the stick and puck. You had a language different from any other sport to play. You don’t even have to speak but you understand the language of stick and puck. What is the language of stick and puck? The way you pass the puck to your partner. The way the puck sounds hitting the stick. The way the puck feels when it touches your stick. The way you control the puck and the different areas of the blade of the stick that touches the puck. [How it] feels in your hand. What’s the mission of your youth hockey program? It’s to teach people of all colors and ages to work together, to understand each other, to form a more perfect union of understanding each individual by means of communication through playing ice hockey. What kind of impact has the Capitals winning the Stanley Cup had on your program? It’s given us a greater feeling of importance, that even though it’s a game, it means so much as a part of life to strive for something, to want to be on top with something in mind. And that’s a part of life. You want to do what you can in life to be not only the best you can be, but to be able to do something that you can be admired for. How do you think we can get more people of color in hockey and playing at a high level? I think you have to express that by showing more people, letting more people see that. I think more commercials, more people being involved as far as conversation ... to enlighten people about this sport. How important is it to have an ice rink in Southeast, where kids aren’t normally exposed to ice hockey? I think it’s important because it’s another avenue to travel. You have the basketball courts, you have the football fields, you have the baseball fields. Why not have an ice rink?
What are you most proud of? I’m most proud of the fact that I’ve helped so many kids go to college, become respectable, have positions in many different operations of our society that they can be happy and honored to be in. They’re good citizens for the country and they are well worth the strides that they have made to be where they are.
Dian Holton The Do-It-All Designer Dian Holton is eternally hustling, whether dressing store windows at Gap in the wee hours, whipping up designs for her day job as an art director at AARP The Magazine, or planning big things with the D.C. chapter of American Institute of Graphic Arts. In everything she does, she gleans inspiration from her own world, whether she’s seeking input from her family members who have served in the military for a service-focused shoe collection, or building numbers out of all different kinds of materials and photographing them—her Daily Digits project. —Stephanie Rudig You work at AARP, and people may have a preconceived notion of what that’s like, but your design is hip and young looking. A lot of people expect something different from AARP. How do you bring your design to the organization? It’s a team, and I want to give credit to the entire team. We have people who have a wealth of experience and knowledge. I try to get outside of my 9 to 5 to glean inspiration so I can bring it back in and fuel those projects. I’ve got the keys to the car and I’m driving 100 miles an hour. I can hire whichever illustrators I want to hire. I like colors and patterns and textures, so I try evoke that energy in that content. You work in fashion quite a bit, and recently did your first shoe collaboration with Nike. Tell me about that. They reached out in January and they said, “You have like 11 days.” I was like, I can bitch and whine about the timeline, or I can just do it. You know, like Nike, right? This is really a promotion of the NIKEiD customization program. I wanted to tell a story. My brother had just come back from Syria the previous year, my dad is retired military, my cousins and uncles on my dad’s side, most of them have served, all branches. I know it’s materialist, but I thought this might be a good way to pay homage to them. I wanted it to be intergenerational and be appealing to people my dad’s age and people my brother’s age. The reception was amazing. I did not expect people to
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be as excited and to foster the conversations we had. People were reaching out from abroad. I donated proceeds to Veterans on the Rise, which is a nonprofit here in D.C. that supports homeless vets, and to Purple Heart Foundation. How did you manage to consistently stick with your Daily Digits project? It started in February 2015. I wanted something where I could control the medium, the time I post, if I just don’t want to do it anymore. I started with Rolos. It took off and became really easy. I did 30 days and it just kept going and going. HP reached out and asked, “Would you be interested in using that body of work to do a collaboration with us?” We did two small books, almost like coffee table books. They wanted me to highlight their new inks. The books are all printed
with those inks. That was a fun project, and it turned into a commercial. You’ve had a lot of clients and dabbled in a lot of areas. Do you have any dream projects? There’s so many things. All the things. I’m looking to have an exhibit with [Daily Digits]. I would also like to make a book, like a bound book. So Random House, Chronicle, hello. Also I want to do a calendar. With that project I would love to see it in a tactile form, because it’s just digital. I’ve always had the goal of working corporate at a fashion company. One of the reasons I’ve stayed at the Gap is I want to do corporate store designs and campaigns. Beyond that, I don’t know. I’m content for the most part. I want to work on fun projects that are meaningful and impactful.
Fiona Lewis The District Fishwife Fiona Lewis brings Aussie charm to Union Market, where she operates District Fishwife—a small and mighty fish market and made-to-order seafood stall. The Melbourne-born fishmonger studied chemical science at university before “going adventuring.” She visited, lived, and worked in various countries including Vietnam, Myanmar, and Afghanistan. She met her future husband, Ben Friedman, at an expat party in Kabul where she was helping to open a friend’s restaurant. She agreed to come back to the U.S. with him. That was nine years ago. —Laura Hayes Why did you decide to open District Fishwife in 2014? Coming from Kabul, I was so excited to come
to D.C. and be an hour and a half from the ocean. Afghanistan is landlocked and a war zone. What was coming in, even to a couple of high-end restaurants, wasn’t amazing. I was so excited to come here and go to great fish markets and buy all this amazing fish. Then I got to D.C. and was like, “Huh?’” I felt the city was lacking in the quality of seafood that we enjoy everywhere in Australia. How has the business evolved over the past five years? Your kitchen seems to crank out poke bowls and shrimp bánh mì sandwiches? When we opened we didn’t have as much [prepared] food as we do now. When we signed the contract we were told [Union Market] would be a market, not a food hall, but that’s what it is. We sell a little more food than fish, but that’s not surprising. We do have a whole bunch of loyal, amazing supporters for our fish.
What’s the most rewarding part of your job? Educating customers. A passion of mine is sustainability. How can we continue eating wild fish forever? Part of that is learning about, embracing, and understanding aquaculture [farmed fish]. There are good and bad practices. Customers will walk past my case seeing that some products are farm-raised, yet they’ll go to the butcher next door where almost everything is from a farm. I’m trying to change the perception in America that farmed is bad. Aquaculture is the thing of the future. With it we can support our wild fisheries, our fishermen, and our industry. Our Cape d’Or salmon is farmed in Nova Scotia in seawater. Hopefully in the next 40 years we’ll be eating fish raised in a tank somewhere, done exceptionally well. It’s only just starting. The technology is only 10 years old.
has lived and played basketball around the world. His nine-year professional career included stops in the NBA, high-level European leagues, and the NBA’s minor league, now known as the G League. After retiring from playing in 2015, Mensah-Bonsu worked for the National Basketball Players Association and as an advance pro scout for the San Antonio Spurs. Now he’s back in his “second home” as the general manager of the Wizards’ new G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go. —Kelyn Soong
What makes a bad day a bad day in the fish world? Hurricanes. That means no fishing. No fishing means no fish. This year there have been a huge amount of hurricanes and storms and crazy weather from the Gulf to the East Coast and we try to be as regional as possible.
You’ve played professionally across the country and all over the world. What’s it like playing all those places? It’s interesting because journeymen are usually looked at in a negative light. For me, it just made me the man I am today and it allows me to do my job a little bit better. I’ve played in the NBA. I’ve played high level Europe. I’ve played in the G League, and I have experience and success at every level. All the experiences that I’ve had have better served, or allowed me to better serve these players in the managerial position that I’m in today.
You say your customers have come to trust that the seafood displayed in your case is sustainable. What fish should we be eating more of? We don’t want to just eat cod, tuna, and salmon. It’s about broadening horizons and eating lesser-known fish. If you haven’t heard of a fish in our case, ask us about it and we’ll tell you how to cook it. Try the smaller fish. They reproduce faster from a wild perspective. The other thing to remember is that the shellfish we cook are filter feeders. Mussels, oysters, scallops, and clams. They’re not just sustainable, they’re restorative. They’re cleaning the ocean. What do you think of the plastic straw ban craze? Are there other, even more impactful plastics we should do away with? I don’t think we’re at a place yet where we can stop using all plastic, but we’re at a place where people can bring their own bags to grocery shop. All those boring, simple things. But more importantly the water [bottle] thing kills me. Sometimes you need a transportable thing of water, but think about it consciously every time before you do it so you’re using two bottles a week instead of 30.
Pops Mensah-Bonsu The Team Builder Local sports fans may remember Pops Mensah-Bonsu as the high-flying dunker on George Washington University’s men’s basketball team from 2002 until 2006. Since then, the 35-year-old north London native
Welcome back to D.C. How are you settling in? Not settling in for me. I’ve been in the D.C. area since I left GW. Since I’ve retired, I’ve worked remotely from D.C. It just feels good to be fully based here as far as my day-to-day operations in the heart of D.C. So I’m pretty excited about that kind of relocation.
Did you expect to become a general manager? No. I was always one of the players who thought about life after basketball. I always thought about going to law school. I thought about going to get my MBA. I always had a fascination with hotels. I wanted to get into the hospitality industry. I still have a weird fascination for hotels. I think playing basketball, it takes you all over the world and you see a number of different hotel rooms. … Hotel rooms always excited me for some reason, but I think when I retired early, I realized that my impact on the game was probably going to be more off the court. That’s when I realized the front office was going to be my path. What do you hope to accomplish with the team? Development, across the board. We want to be able to develop the players on and off the court. We want to be able to develop our staff. We have an assistant coach. Hopefully we develop him into an NBA assistant coach, maybe one day a head coach. If we have a head coach, we want to help propel him into an NBA head coach one day. If we have anybody else in our front office, if it’s a basketball ops assistant, we want to develop them into someone higher up in the front office. And the community. Ward 8, Congress
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Heights is one of the main reasons why we’re here and we want to make sure we embrace that community. Community development is a big thing for me. When I got the job I really wanted to make sure they felt a part of this and felt like this is a team they can call their own. We want to embody that Go-Go name and we’re not going to take that lightly. What do you think of the team name? I love it. I feel like we set the bar high with the name. Now we have to live it and we have to embody that name and make sure we embrace it. The players like to listen to music before practice starts or it gets going. Coach threw on some go-go and got the guys pretty excited, pretty hyped. Everybody out there who thinks it’s just a name, nah, we take it to an extreme when it comes to being the Go-Go. We even practice to the music, too.
Traci Hughes The Government Watchdog As the first director of D.C.’s Office of Open Government, Traci Hughes drew the blueprint for its mission. Some didn’t appreciate her effort to peel back the curtains on governmental operations, and earlier this year, the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability declined to appoint her to a second term. —Mitch Ryals In your five years as director of the Office of Open Government, what violation of open government laws did you see most often? The most common ones were that people were improperly closing meetings. We really had to work with the public bodies from the outset to make sure that everybody was properly trained.
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We’re all human in these roles, so there was unfortunately a lot of push back. There were public bodies who felt they should be able to discuss certain things in a closed or private session that the law simply didn’t allow. Are there any cases that stand out in your mind? There are two. The first one being the United Medical Center opinion, in which I found that that public body wrongly entered into closed session and then voted to close the only maternity ward east of the river. That has significant implications in many different areas, the least of which, in my opinion, was the violation of the Open Meetings Act. The response for that particular public body was “Well we’re going to sue the Office of Open Government.”
The second opinion I issued pertained to the Commission on the Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges. That was also very unpopular with the executive because the opinion stated that not only were there numerous violations of the Open Meetings Act, but there was the potential that a couple of members were not properly seated when they took certain very high profile decisions. If you’ve got members of a public body who are not properly seated, and they take action, then potentially that action is null and void. I knew when it hit my desk: This is going to make me or break me. And this is a pivotal moment for me. Either I’m going to do my job and probably risk losing it, or sweep some stuff under the rug, where I’m not pointing out the violations of the law. I could not live with not treating that complaint the same way I would any other. I could not allow anyone else to fill the narrative or fill the gap on what happened.
to whether or not I’m aimed in the right direction.
In 2016, Mayor Bowser created the Mayor’s Open Government Office, which served a similar function to your office. Some saw that as a duplication of efforts. Well, I think it is just what you said. I think it’s entirely redundant. The job description itself was an exact mirror of what I did. So the handwriting had been on the wall in terms of my fate for a year or two prior to my term ending.
Nowadays the facial recognition thing has gotten so good that the voice-over app on the phone will actually tell me if there are faces in the frame, after the fact. As someone who’s been going to shows in D.C. for almost 20 years, how have you noticed the music scene evolve in that time? I do think that the local scene is sort of at a peak right now. As opposed to five or 10 years ago, where I’d be going to see mostly touring bands, nowadays I’m mostly just going to see friends’ bands. I’m still out pretty regularly, and I would say, 80 to 90 percent of the bands I go see are bands from around here. I feel like there’s a lot more happening, local music-wise. There’s been a lot more attention from national outlets being paid towards what’s going on here, which is very cool to watch unfold.
Does anything with the Office of Open Government need to change? I made this very clear to the Council: I think the Office of Open Government should be attached to its own public body to make sure the office maintains its independence. And we now see evidence of what could happen when it doesn’t have full independence. Any person who sits in the director’s seat will think, “Should I write this opinion? Should I not pursue this, because my job could potentially be in jeopardy?” After you weren’t reappointed, you launched a campaign for D.C. Council, but got caught in the same signature-gathering controversy that disqualified other candidates. Running for office was a great learning experience. I’m a very deliberate public servant; I was an accidental politician, but it’s not in my constitution to play dirty. So I don’t know that I’ll ever do that again. It’s a nice little footnote to my life 50 years from now.
Rev. William Lamar The Social Justice Preacher
Ahmad Zaghal The Concert Capturer Ahmad Zaghal goes to a lot of concerts. In 2009, the year he won the 9:30 Club’s coveted raffle—in which one winner receives tickets to every concert in a calendar year—he attended 160 concerts, he estimates. In recent years, he’s made a name for himself through his concert photography, which is surprising considering he’s blind. What started out as a kind of joke— an Instagram account for a blind guy taking concert photos—has evolved into an artistic endeavor, he says, and his photos have been exhibited at the Phillips Collection. —Matt Cohen How did you first get into music? What were the first concerts you attended? I guess it was access to whatever was on TV and, like, HFS. It was a lot of local radio and things like that. There wasn’t much access, really at all, to the internet at the time, which is weird to think about now. Nowadays everybody has access to pretty much whatever—all the music that’s ever been recorded and widely released. You know, you see teenagers who have this crazy wealth of knowledge. [Back then] it was pretty much MTV and local radio stations for the most part. I think one of my
first shows—if not my first show—was one of those HFStivals in the ’90s. For years, I’ve seen you at, it seems like, almost every show I’ve gone to. How many shows a week would you say you attend? I think I’ve cut down lately. I don’t know, maybe two to three. I feel like I was probably up to about four or five at some point … I really didn’t start going to them regularly until I was well into my 20s. When did you start taking pictures? The fall of 2013. It started as a joke between myself and Valerie Paschall. I mentioned to her, “What if I started an Instagram page and started posting pictures?” She thought it was a funny idea. I really didn’t expect it to be more than just me and her, maybe a few other people looking at it, having a laugh over it for a cou-
ple weeks. Kind of thought it would die. But then [Washington Post Style Editor] Dave Malitz somehow found out about it, and then mentioned it to [Post Pop Music Critic] Chris Richards. Or maybe it was the other way around. That led to Chris doing a piece in The Post. It kind of became a thing after that, I guess. People seem to be into it still. What’s that process like for you? I’ve seen you take pictures during shows and you’re pointing your phone where you hear the sound coming from. Yeah, that’s definitely part of it. Also I get a little bit of feedback from the phone, as to whether there are faces in the frame or something. I can’t really hear it while it’s happening, but I turn the phone way up, so that the voice is loud enough, so I can actually feel it coming through the speaker on the phone. That gives me an idea as
Rev. William H. Lamar IV has been the pastor of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in the District of Columbia since 2014. And in that time, as pastor of the 179-year-old national cathedral of the 2.5 million-member AME denomination, Lamar has hosted nationally known speakers, presided over memorial services for people like former PBS anchor Gwen Ifill, and been at the vanguard of many social issues. Since President Donald Trump’s election, Lamar has been especially focused on social justice issues—taking part in numerous protests (he was even arrested for one of them), programs, and acts of civil disobedience. —Hamil R. Harris You and your ministers have been involved in many protest and calls for social justice. Why has this been part of the mission of your church ? We do what we do in Washington, D.C. and around the world because God is a God of abundance, beauty, justice, and peace. Where there is scarcity, human beings are hoarding God’s gifts and exploiting the vulnerable among us. Where there is ugliness, human beings are deciding who is worthy of human flourishing and who is not, based upon race, gender, language, religion, ethnicity or some other excuse to oppress and demonize. Where there is injustice, human beings have erected systems to economically and politically reward socio-historical mendacity and the commodification of human bodies and God’s good Earth.
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Can you talk about some of the causes you have been involved in since the election of President Trump? During a White House protest led by the Bishops of your church, some said President Trump’s sonin-law [Jared Kushner] wanted to have a meeting with African-American church leaders, like Trump did with Kanye West. Is this dialogue possible? We have been involved in the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, the Washington Interfaith Network, the Sanctuary Movement, and many other collaborative movements that follow and fight alongside God, as God bends the world toward justice. I will meet with anyone. My ancestors taught me to acknowledge the humanity of all people. What I will not do is allow myself to be propagandized in the interest of empire, white supremacy, or kleptocratic capitalism. No photo ops. Only discus-
sion grounded in history, not hagiography, and real solutions. In recent years we have witnessed an uptick of hatred turned into violence against houses of worship, from the killing of nine souls at Mother Emanuel AME in Charleston, to the shooting of 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. What is your message to your members and all people of faith at this time? My message is that America is literally grounded in the destruction of First Nation bodies, black bodies, and bodies that continue to be dehumanized under the white heat of the white gaze under demographic duress. Nothing has happened in this nation to interrupt the narrative that certain bodies are expendable and the Earth is to be exploited. Houses of worship are not exempt from this carnage because theology in America has support-
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ed this destruction of human bodies and God’s good Earth. America’s god of empire, commerce, hate, and war must die. Churches and synagogues and mosques who know of God’s justice and peace must preside at the funeral. There is hope, but only if we bury America’s god and live together under the banner of the God who loves all and lifts all. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote a book years ago entitled Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? How would you answer that question? Washington, D.C. has a choice. The United States has a choice. The world has a choice. Community is the result of shared resources, shared truth, and shared opportunities. Chaos is the result of greed, mendacity, and the hoarding of resources. You tell me what America seems to be choosing.
Nick Pyenson The Ancient Whale Whisperer As a paleontologist, whale-chaser, and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History curator of fossil marine mammals, Nick Pyenson is something of a time traveling detective. This summer Penguin published his book, Spying on Whales, which is about his excursions across the oceans to learn more about whales—the biggest creatures on Earth. —Kayla Randall What does paleontology entail? We want to know about the history of life on Earth. What happened for most of the 3 billion years of life on this planet? Paleontologists have to be like detectives. You don’t get all the evidence; you’re trying to understand something you didn’t see and use tools of inference. More importantly,
we are now agents of geological change on the planet. Our activities are directly influencing major Earth systems. We will see summers free of ice in the Arctic probably in the next 20 years, maybe 15 years, maybe sooner. Look at our carbon dioxide concentration: The last time it was 400 parts per million, which it is today, was 3 million years ago. So, to find examples of where the Earth is going in the future, we need to look to the past. It’s a very common thing for paleontologists to say, “Use the past to understand the present, and the present helps you understand the past.” That’s definitely super true now, more than any other time in human history. What about your work with whales? For whales, what’s cool is they have a fossil record. A lot of my job involves understanding the evolutionary past of whales. They have land ancestors. They once lived on land and they were the size of dogs. Some of them nowadays can weigh more than the largest dinosaurs and live in the ocean. That’s a pretty crazy amount of change. If you didn’t have the fossil record, you would not be able to understand how whales got to where they are. You learn so much. How do you make sense of the information that you get? There’s no place that’s not interesting to me on the planet. We kind of think that everything is known because we have smartphones and Google. But, the fact is, we really don’t know that much about the planet we live on. And we especially don’t know everything about the past. We don’t know everything there is to know about the history of whales because the past is incomplete. You can also slide the scale to historic time, and that’s where it gets really interesting because we hunted whales in the millions last century. Two to three million whales were killed during industrial whaling. That was an industry, that was for profit. So the world we live in today has far fewer whales than it did 100 years ago or 200 years ago. What are the consequences of that for ocean food webs? Nobody really knows, and that makes it a really interesting question. Moving to the future, we are acidifying the oceans, we’re making them warmer. We also have major impacts just in our own activities directly, with shipping, with noise, with pollution. Military sonar has a big effect on whales, all kinds of whales. And the Navy knows that. But are they going to do anything about that? Probably not, because national security is a pretty big issue. Plastic is a part of our life, and all that ends up in the ocean … It stays forever and breaks down into smaller and smaller parts and eventually ends up in food webs. I don’t think any of us want to eat salmon that probably has plastics inside, but that’s the reality of the world we live in. We’re starting slowly to recognize the direct and indi-
rect consequences of being several billion humans on the planet. The big question is what room is there for all the other species, including whales, on the planet?
Regina Aquino The Activist Actor Regina Aquino has wanted to perform since she was four years old. The Clinton, Maryland, native studied acting at Studio Theatre after college and appeared regularly on local stages before taking a hiatus to raise her family. Now Aquino, who has roles at the Folger and Woolly Mammoth in coming months, is focused on dismantling conventional notions about what theater should look like. —Caroline Jones Did you see changes in the D.C. theater scene in the time you were away? To be honest, not really. In terms of pushing the boundaries with regards to the stories that are told, it’s always the smaller theater companies that embrace stories written by people of color, diverse casting, stories that challenge the norm. When I started acting here, I was the only Filipina actor in the city and in the time that I was away up until now, there’s only been one other. I think the diversity and breadth of talent that is coming up from all different communities, that alone will demand change of the stories that are being told and hopefully will also force the larger theater companies to look at the entire talent pool.
at The Public ... I mean, when I met her and she made her introductory speech to the board, I felt like she was speaking specifically to me. She was talking about inclusion and the power of storytelling and that America is more than what we have traditionally seen on stage and that we need, at this moment in time, in our history, to tell stories that bring us all together and show all of our common interests and struggles and how our genesis, our arrival here in this country, it’s all so similar, so how do we cross those boundaries? What excites you about living in D.C.? D.C. is so unique in that there’s always been intense artistic subcultures. We have so many amazing artists who stay here, so many theater artists who stay here because of the opportunity to work at huge theaters and play huge roles and actually develop yourself and develop relationships. It seems like there are people, especially in the artistic community, who want to grow a D.C. that’s not the federal government. There’s always been an opposite to what
the world perceives D.C. as being. I think wherever there’s intense politics and conflict, there’s always art. There’s always going to be somebody who challenges that or who thrives in opposition to what the norm is, and that’s me. When I did The Arsonists at Woolly, we really leaned into me. That was the only time I’ve played a Filipino on stage and that’s not written into the play. I just really leaned into it because all of the ambassadors, everybody in Georgetown, all of their housekeeping staff, all of their nannies, they’re all Filipino. The thought that perhaps I might be challenging these affluent, progressive, “woke” white people makes me feel like I have done something for this specific community that no one else could have done and that fulfills me. I’ve played a maid now. I don’t want to do that again because at some point, you start to reinforce that stereotype. It’s being constantly aware of the things that I don’t want to reinforce in this community because I don’t want people to become complacent.
I understand that it’s very hard for a larger theater company to break away from that when you have some bills to pay. But at the same time, how are you growing your audience base and who are you making these stories for? How are D.C. theaters going to survive if they’re always trying to attract the same audience base when this city’s becoming more and more diverse, and those diverse populations also have funds and the desire to see plays? What do you think about the leadership changes that are happening in D.C. theaters? I think what Colin Hovde did—knowing that Theater Alliance is at a peak point in its existence and making space for a new leader to come in, hopefully a leader of color or somebody from the LGBTQ community, to really engage with that specific community in a different way than, you know, a cis het white man—is very self-aware and very intentional. Losing Howard [Shalwitz, former artistic director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company] was, of course, devastating because he is the real deal. We were so lucky here to have that. But to know that they brought in a woman of color [Maria Goyanes] who has worked very hard and made huge advancements
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Do you still have chances to do that in your executive director role? My role is quite different now, but I’m always on the ground. So for example, we sent a crisis team out to Capitol Hill to help support survivors who were being triggered by what was happening around the SCOTUS nomination, and to support Dr. Ford, and I led the team. I take hotline calls still. I meet with clients at least a couple times a quarter.
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What did your team do on Capitol Hill? We were in the Hart Senate Office Building for the most part, and we had advocates as well as licensed clinicians, and we partnered with other local agencies. If there were folks who needed to talk to us, we were there. Then our other team was also here at the office because clients were showing up in record numbers. We received a significant spike in our hotline, so we were in the trenches. It was all hands on deck. As someone who has dedicated your life to these issues, what has the #MeToo movement been like? The #MeToo movement has ignited a national conversation around sexual violence, which is a good thing. The challenge is that there is a lot that is not talked about within the #MeToo movement. There is this paradigm of what folks think sexual violence is, but sexual violence sits on a continuum. It’s incest, and childhood sexual abuse, and some of those things that we are not hearing about in the national spotlight.
Indira M. Henard The Survivor Advocate Indira Henard is the executive director of the DC Rape Crisis Center. As an advocate for survivors of sexual violence for more than 20 years, the #MeToo movement has thrust her agency and her life’s mission into the national conversation this year. —Alexa Mills When you started as a volunteer at the DC Rape Crisis Center 11 years ago, what was the work? I was a hotline advocate and I was a hospital advocate, and we would get called out for hospital advocacy to support survivors who had just been sexually assaulted. And we run a 24/7 hotline. So that was the work.
What are your memories of doing that work? My first hospital advocacy case, I’ll never forget it. It was at three in the morning. I was called to Greater Southeast Hospital—it has a different name now—and there was a woman who had been sexually assaulted. And when you walk into that exam room, you don’t know what’s going to be on the other side of that door. And so what I always tell people is that it’s about being able to connect with another human being. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like or what your background is. You are showing up for somebody in their most difficult time. They want to know that you are there to support them, that you are there to believe them, that you are there to do whatever it is you can to make a very tragic sit-
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What do people need when they call the rape crisis hotline? When people call the hotline, and even when we showed up at the Hart Building, it’s for emotional support. Sometimes people call the hotline when they have just been assaulted, but more times than not, people call because sexual violence—when you have been sexually assaulted, you’re always going to be dealing with that on some level. Not in a bad way, but it’s just always going to impact you. You may have a trigger, it may be your anniversary, you may just be having a hard time. We see a spike in calls during the holidays. Why are the holidays a trigger? If you were assaulted by a family member, what does that mean to go back home, what does that mean to sit at the table with a person who possibly perpetrated against you? If you’ve never disclosed to your family, you may be showing up a particular type of way, but nobody knows why. If you don’t have family. All of those things. We always have special events for our clients during the holidays.
Rev. Randy Hollerith, dean of Washington National Cathedral, was born in the District and raised in Alexandria, but spent three decades away, leading Episcopal congregations in Savannah, Georgia, and Richmond, Virginia, before returning in 2016 to lead the Cathedral. In those two years, he’s had to grapple with major national issues, from gun violence to racism, but finds joy in connecting with the Cathedral’s many visitors. —Caroline Jones How do you see the Cathedral’s role in D.C., in a time when people are asking a lot of questions about how humans relate to one another and treat each other? When I arrived at the Cathedral, the focus of the Cathedral for recent years had been moving us into a place of financial stability, so I was really focused on continuing that work. And shortly after I got here, Trump was elected president, which sort of changed the whole dynamic of everything. It was a painful time for many people, we saw a lot of grief in the Cathedral the day after Trump was elected, but it’s a fascinating time as well. We occupy this interesting space at the intersection of the religious and the civic. I think the Cathedral has an important role to play in that, trying to bring those two together in some ways. How do you do that? The Cathedral has a great conevening platform. It has a wonderful ability to bring people together for some of the important conversations that need to happen. As I like to say, I’m trying to live into Lincoln’s language to call us to the better angels of our nature. One of the things I wanted to ask about was the “Seeing Deeper” program (an initiative that invited people of all faiths to visit the Cathedral when it was decked out in colorful lights). What is the goal of that? The goal, on the one hand, we’re a Christian community. We’re committed to following the ways of Jesus. On the other hand, we’re also really committed to helping people find their own spiritual expressions and not saying you have to have our way as the only way. So “Seeing Deeper” was a way to say to people, “OK, here we are in the depths of winter. We want to create these very non-ideological opportunities to maybe experience something transcendent.” I thought we’d get 700, 800, maybe a thousand people who would be interested in that. I was blown away that last year in one night, 7,000 people signed up to come to the Cathedral just for that purpose. Where do you find the joy in your job,
when your public statements often come at times of sadness? The Cathedral is a nonpartisan place. We’re not Democrat or Republican, but the Gospel has some pretty serious implications, and so we find at times that it’s really important for us to speak up and speak out about things. And so we don’t shy away from that. At the same time, the heart of our faith is a thing of joy. It’s about joy and it’s about hope and it’s about human possibility and it’s about helping people to become the best that they can be, so I find great energy and great joy in lifting that up for people and trying to help people find that. We’ve got a lot of problems, a lot of issues, but there are a lot of wonderful people and wonderful things go-
ing on in our city and in our country that need to be lifted up. Have you found that people have come to the Cathedral in search of reminders of that? We find that a lot. Michael Curry, our presenting bishop, preached the sermon at the Royal Wedding. It was the most simple sermon, it was about the God of love, but you could see across so many people that they needed to hear that very simple message. So we find people all the time that they come to the Cathedral and they’re looking for some hope and they’re looking for some greater sense of meaning or some way to lift up something deeper than the meanness that exists around us.
April Goggans The Local Activist As a core organizer of the D.C.-area chapter of Black Lives Matter, April Goggans has been at the forefront of community organizing against police brutality and harassment in the District. From marches through busy downtown streets in the middle of rush hour, to rallies in front of the Wilson Building, Goggans has made it her mission that, as D.C. sees a surge in national-level activism, outrage over local issues affecting longtime residents isn’t drowned out. —Matt Cohen How did you get involved in activism and Black Lives Matter DC? So I’ve been in D.C. for, I think, 12 years. I started doing tenant work, actually, at Marbury Plaza. After I did that whole rent
strike and everything, I started noticing people thinking Anacostia was going to turn really quick with gentrification at that time. I noticed the increased police presence. But the thing that was unique, was people’s ... their normalization of over-policing. I didn’t actually join BLM right off. My brother was involved for a while. Then I had taken off a year or two from activism in general because I was burnt out. But after, I went with him to the White House the night [Officer Darren Wilson] got off. It was mostly college students from Georgetown and GWU. People were taking selfies. I was just like, “I can’t.” I remember feeling like … this isn’t a place for us to mourn. How do you think the work that you’ve done with Black Lives Matter DC has changed since you started to now? I think we were really fortunate that the
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people who founded our chapter very much founded it out of [a want] to be different than a lot of other groups that were doing Black Lives Matter work at the time. They thought that ... police, over-policing, police murder was a symptom of a larger framework of looking at the world for black people. People went really, really hard in the beginning, really fighting against things. Then the Charleston shooting happened. I remember that week, we had just as many meetings as we always did, but we couldn’t get through any of them. Everybody was just sobbing, just tired. You’re like, “Will it ever stop?” You just literally can’t go anywhere, which is when we started really focusing on healing trauma … trauma both suffered around the movement, but also things that we carry with us
just as a result of the effects of white supremacy and microaggressions at work, all that kind of stuff.
Christian Oh
Do you feel that your work on getting the NEAR Act (Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results, an effort to reduce violence in D.C.) fully implemented has gotten city officials to pay more attention to what you have to say? I do. I think you see it in our social media interactions. They don’t like us to say that they’re not doing something, especially if it’s in their own ward, even though they’re not. Because I think the fact of the matter is that we have a track record of—we’re not just throwing [accusations] out there. Generally, if we’re calling you out, we’ve seen it. We have the receipts, and we’re not afraid to show them.
Christian Oh loves creativity. As the president of the DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival and board chair for DC Shorts, Oh—an IT trainer by day, and a producer and director at other times—is always thinking creatively for his next project. But beyond filmmaking, Oh says organizing events and looking for opportunities for Asian-American performers is his calling. —Diana Michele Yap
The Filmmaker
What drew you to film in the first place? I got into film back in high school. We were playing around with a VHS camcorder, and my friends and I shot a film about a weird sci-fi love story. I remember doing the in-camera edits of having people disappear and appear by turning the camera off and on again. I love film for the basic architecture of being able to tell any story. It’s that simple. Why did local Asian-Americans want their own film festival? Back in 2000, there was a desire to tell Asian-American diaspora stories. A few friends, before my time, decided to create a film festival centered on those stories. Being Asian-American and growing up here in the U.S. is very different from being an Asian in our motherlands. There are some cultural aspects that are somewhat universal, but our experiences are different. How would you advise fellow creatives of Asian descent who may face family disapproval for pursuing arts careers? All of our parents want their children to be successful. They rarely see artistic pursuits guaranteeing economic advantages. But I beg to differ: Success is not just about money. And I feel that the next generation of Asian-American parents is embracing that. I am truly thankful when I see parents who support their kids who pursue the arts or sports. It means we are letting our kids follow their dreams. Many of my friends have had those dreams torn away from them.
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There should be Asian-American performers at ethnic festivals, but more important, representation at mainstream events and festivals. Education: more opportunities to have Asian-American youth be exposed to the creative arts—all forms of it. Singing, dancing, rapping, filmmaking. And distribution: more access to get creative content out there within the mainstream. How can people get involved in D.C.-area film festivals? There are over 65 different film festivals within the D.C. metro area. Find one that you are passionate about and become a volunteer. Learn from the directors, the actors, the festival planners and more. And most importantly, enjoy the films!
Twin Jude The Outside Artist There’s an arcadian quality to Twin Jude’s music. It’s intentional, and you can hear it on her excellent 2017 EP, MĒM—named after the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for water. Originally from San Diego, Twin Jude’s family has roots in the D.C. area and she officially moved here in the spring of 2017. Since then, she’s performed all over the region, establishing herself as one of the area’s most innovative experimental artists. —Matt Cohen How did you get into music and art? What was your path into the creations that you’re making now? Well, I grew up in the ’90s. I had a Walkman. My dad, he’s a musician. He’s actually a minister but he’s a musician inherently. His father, my grandfather, he was an orchestra instructor so it’s been passed down from generation to generation. I’m one of those jack-of-all-trades in terms of music and creating. I used to play around with Walkmans, record my own tapes and stuff like that. They were really shitty but it was fun.
Where have you found your personal strength to become who you are? Having been homeless and penniless at one time in my life has allowed me to build upon those harsh experiences and made me realize that true strength comes in your resolve and not giving up. We are here for a limited time on this earth, so do as much as you can to achieve as much as you can. You may not be able to get it all done, but look for those small wins and keep plugging away.
What do you draw the most inspiration from? For me, it’s the ocean. Growing up in San Diego, that’s where we went. We spent all of our time there, especially together as a family. Then even as an adult, that’s where I spent a lot of alone time. The ocean, and definitely film. I have a deep love for film. I really like how moving even the simplest ideas can be. Outside of art and music, real, genuine connection with people. I learn so much just by hearing people’s stories. I’m always open to learning something new, especially from the elders. They always got something to say.
What are your ambitions for the AsianAmerican and D.C. film and creative communities? To provide more channels of engagement, education, and distribution. Engagement:
One of the things that’s really striking to me about your music is the environmental influence. How do you draw your environment into the art that you make? Well for me it’s connected to my spiritual
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beliefs. I feel like I’m the most at ease and at peace, and actually the most connected to the universe, when I’m outside. That’s why I love summer. Well, even though I’m more of a temperate person—I do love a nice early fall feeling.
them, unless you’re in L.A. or something ... I really didn’t want to go there at all. Here I feel like I can just be myself. It feels really, really nice just to be accepted for who I am and what I create.
But I’m outside all the time. Even this week I was at Rock Creek Park, just enjoying it. Sometimes it will be an animal that will just decide to linger. It’s not afraid, which feels really cool because we get so desensitized and we’re so far away sometimes from the natural life. Sometimes I come out just to look at the stars, just to be present there. Just from that … I’ll channel that energy and create a song that personifies that feeling.
Is there a specific place that you would say is one of your favorite places— To create or just to be?
What has been your experience in the D.C. music community and how has that influenced you? Honestly, it’s been such ... I don’t even know how to describe it really, but it’s been really, really, really nice. Everyone’s so open and genuine. I feel like on the West Coast my music is a little bit more weird for
Exactly! I feel like everyone has that one spot: outdoors somewhere that they always like to go and they can just feel completely at peace and at home. Yes. For me that’s Sligo Creek Park. It’s the perfect place. It’s right between everywhere. I really love the Takoma Park area. That’s where my mom ... Well, she’s from here, but that’s where she spent her time. I feel really connected to that area. There’s this one part that’s further down. I forgot what the cross street is, but you can find this little quiet area right by where the stream gets really loud. It’s hard to have a conversation but it’s nice CP if you want to go there by yourself.
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Rise From the Dead
A lesser Shakespearean history and a musical about a grotesque ghost give audiences plenty to think about. Beetlejuice: The Musical
Music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect Book by Scott Brown and Anthony King Directed by Alex Timbers At the National Theatre to November 18 ThirTy years ago, someone must have made a deal with a devil. Tim Burton, then best known for directing the bright and zany Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, was chosen to helm a horror-comedy with a meandering script, no clear protagonist, a shoestring budget, and a lewd titular villain. Practically dead before it even opened, the film staggered into theaters. It was hailed as an instant cult classic. Beetlejuice has endured as a cultural cornerstone largely due to its title character, played with sleazy menace in the film by Michael Keaton. Betelgeuse (the movie’s title is a homonym he uses) barely appeared in his own movie—he has fewer than 20 minutes of total screen time—but the ghoul’s outsized presence was enough to spawn countless nostalgia-laced retrospectives for the film’s 30th anniversary this October. Free buzz like that is rarely not capitalized on. Beetlejuice has been necromanced from a 30-year slumber to live again in Beetlejuice: The Musical, currently having its world premiere at The National in advance of a Broadway debut this spring. No one makes it through 30 years without looking different, and it’s very apparent Beetlejuice has had some work done since we saw him last, but the overall effect of these nips and tucks have been beneficial. The original lascivious human-buster has perhaps been softened by nostalgia and his later, more avuncular appearance in an animated TV show, making his presence in the current Zeitgeist much more affable than Keaton’s F bomb-dropping menace. He’s reimagined here somewhere in the middle by Broadway vet Alex Brightman. That’s not to say his take on Betelgeuse has been neutered—if anything, he’s even more of a lush, foisting his fetid charms on anything with a heartbeat (and several dead things, too). But Brightman’s air of buffoonery softens the character into more of a raspy rapscallion, so inept at his attempts to woo others that it’s easier to accept him as a loveable oaf than a nightmarish molestor. Another inspired change the musical implements: making Lydia Deetz (Sophia Anne Caruso) a true protagonist. The movie focuses on the Maitlands, a dorky, recently deceased duo who enlist the bio-exorcist Betelgeuse to terrorize a couple of New York ditzes out of their home. In the movie, Lydia is little more than a moody MacGuffin, whom Betelgeuse wants to use to escape the Netherworld, and whom the Maitlands ultimately rescue from both the ghost and her ridiculous parents. In the musical, Lydia is given the spotlight and—finally!—some agency, coming up with a plan to out-con the creepy conman and save herself and her family. The tiny Caruso commands all the
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extra stage space granted to her, belting out a few touching ballads and playing beautifully off her undead co-star. The decision to pick a protagonist from the more ensemble-structured movie comes at the expense of the reduced presence of Adam (Rob McClure) and Barbara (Kerry Butler) Maitland, who are so intensely loveable as nerds trying earnestly, and failing spectacularly, to terrorize the invading Deetz family. It’s a pity they couldn’t be afforded more time on stage. Even their iconic final movie appearance, looking like two grotesque pterodactyls, is reduced to a brief cameo in the string of “remember this from the movie?” sight gags that constitute the only interesting fragments of the time the musical chooses to spend in the Netherworld. In fact, the entire Netherworld sequence is a bit of a mess, abandoning David Korins’ delightful, ever-shifting sets depicting several locations in the Maitland house with a neat lighting trick and little else. The Netherworld is also home to a rapping undead boy band that fails to be effective. A few lighting effects here were blinding enough to make brief sequences of the show literally unwatchable. Some of the other changes the musical makes from the movie are classic Broadway sanitations, removing references to the Netherworld as a place where suicides are punished with an eternity of boredom and bureaucracy and amplifying the admittedly already feel-good “Shake Senora” conclusion of the film with a happy resolution not just for the Maitlands and Lydia, but also for Charles Deetz (Adam Dannheisser) and his unredeemed life coach, Delia (Leslie Kritzer). That smacks of the kind of corporate calculating that could bowdlerize the movie’s dark and offbeat soul in an attempt to make a crowd pleaser. But Beetlejuice finds its footing by leaning hard into its raunchy, nerdy, freak-flag-flying soul. Those looking for a more family-friendly affair should look elsewhere. If the musical can find its Burton-loving fanbase, however, it will prove harder to banish than the ghost himself. —Riley Croghan 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. $54–$114. (202) 628-6161. thenationaldc.org.
King John
By William Shakespeare Directed by Aaron Posner At Folger Elizabethan Theatre to Dec. 2 King John may be one of Shakespeare’s lesser known plays, but the tale of the relentless pursuit of power, and the cost of this pursuit, resonates throughout history. Given that it is currently being staged at the Folger Theatre, within shouting distance of the Capitol, this fable of flawed leadership will always be ripe in this capital city. King John is, of course, the King John of Robin Hood fame, the King John forced to sign the Magna Carta by his nobles,
Listen to Coup D’Etat, the new record from District rapper Napoleon Da Legend. washingtoncitypaper.com/arts and the King John who lived in the shadow of Richard the Lionheart, his elder brother. The Bard plays true to history’s stereotype, portraying John as a weak king. He lacks vigor, and Brian Dykstra highlights the indecisiveness of John—his king is plump, vacillating, and lacks sharp edges, physically embodying John’s clumsiness and paucity of will. John’s legitimacy is questioned throughout—Arthur (Megan Graves), John’s nephew via another dead, older brother, challenges his right to the crown. John’s mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine (Kate Goehring), tells her son that the crown is “your strong possession much more than your right.” Others agree, with the meddlesome Philip, King of France (Howard Overshown), supporting Arthur’s claim to the throne but eventually leveraging his support to advance his own interests because, after all, that is the point of power. And power is jousted over not only by the men, but also by the women. Eleanor, who wields considerable influence through her son, is juxtaposed against Arthur’s mother, Constance (Holly Twyford), who would wield the power her mother-in-law exercises should her son take the crown. Making the case for her son while confronting the rebuttal of Eleanor, who makes the respective case for her own son, Constance turns to Arthur and ex-
Beetlejuice: The Musical claims: “There’s a good grandam, boy, that would blot thee.” John suffers from comparisons to Richard the Lionheart, who is dead when the play starts. The star of the show is Philip Faulconbridge (Kate Eastwood Norris), one of Richard’s bastards who radiates his father’s charisma. Norris plays Faulconbridge with great conviction, her delivery clear and Faulconbridge’s wit crisp, and she works the stage wonderfully. It is a tough role to play and, given Dykstra’s physical lampooning of John’s weaknesses, a different casting choice would have a Faulconbridge that physically towers over John, accentuating the blood of a greater man than his uncle. Despite that, Norris’ Faulconbridge injects resolve and strength into his uncle, especially as the world collapses around him. Like other great Shakespeare commentators, Faulconbridge keeps a running commentary on the themes of the play. As he witnesses the barter of power, and the Kings of France and England bend their principles for personal gain, the bastard rails about “commodity,” that “bias of the world,” which makes these kings break their words. Faulconbridge declaims, “Since Kings break Faith upon commodity/Gain, be my lord, for I will worship thee.” It is a valid point and a healthy motto for any aspiring K Street lobbyist. Director Aaron Posner spreads the play beyond the Folger’s stage and has the actors engage the audience. The set is simple and sparse; scenic designer Andrew Cohen suspends a crown above a throne, a wonderful touch emphasizing the struggle for the English crown. This evening-length history lesson about one of England’s most famous kings entertains while barely touching upon the thing he is famous for—the Magna Carta. —Abid Shah 201 East Capitol St. SE. $42–$79. (202) 544-7077. folger.edu.
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Slow Burn Burning
Directed by Lee Chang-dong It has been over a decade since the film critic Nathan Rabin coined the term “Manic Pixie Dream Girl,” an improbable stock character who exists primarily in service of brooding, unhappy young men. These characters are no longer so ubiquitous, and when they do appear, it is usually for a reason other than the male hero’s romantic triumph. The Korean slow-burn thriller Burning features a Manic Pixie Dream
Girl, except her quirks and eccentricities are a springboard to explore masculinity at its most sinister. The three lead performances are marvels of subtlety and implication, leaving just enough room so that everyone who sees the film can come to their own conclusions. Jong-su (Yoo Ah-in)—a young man in his early twenties—is walking down the streets of Seoul when a beautiful woman almost materializes out of thin air. She says they went to school together, and he does not recognize her because she had plastic surgery. His reactions are docile, even passive: maybe he is stunned, or cannot believe his luck. They meet for a drink, and she gives him just enough attention so he is obsessed. Her name is Hae-mi (Jeon Jong-seo), and she has this aloof sincerity—along with playful body language—that is catnip to young men like Jong-su. They have sex, almost like an afterthought, and she asks to him take care of her cat while she’s on holiday in Africa. He’s hooked, which is why he is so deflated when she returns with Ben (The Walking Dead’s Steve Yuen), who is more handsome, worldly, and sophisticated. This film is the first in eight years from director Lee Chang-dong, and he uses a Haruki Murakami short story as his source material. Indeed, Burning has the hallmarks of Murakami’s work: brooding heroes, casual narcissism, references to Western literature. Lee also maintains Murakami’s aloof, borderline foreboding atmosphere. Many takes are long, with the characters obscured by the frame or occupying too much space. The staging of the characters says a lot about how they relate to each
other, which is helpful since no one quite says what they are thinking. This all comes together in a lengthy dance sequence where Hae-mi moves along to a Miles Davis tune. She slinks through the frame, seemingly unaware of her effect on Ben and Jong-su, and their silent rivalry is where the film finds its suspense. Burning is much more than just a love triangle. Social class is a key difference between all the characters: while Jong-su drives in a truck, Ben has a Porsche. Jong-su lives in the boonies, and Ben has a gorgeous condo in a quiet Seoul neighborhood. But what elevates this film into a thriller is the subtext of Yuen’s acting. It is a perfectly modulated performance, with such acute command of body language that Yuen is able to suggest Ben is a charmer and a psychopath—sometimes in the same instant. The film gets its title from a strange monologue where Ben explains how he likes to burn down greenhouses. What he says is a metaphor, but its meaning changes as the film continues. By the time something is aflame in the final shot, it is clear that the act of burning—not the destroyed object—is what gives it meaning. In order to appreciate a film like this, you have to succumb to it. It is a long film, with protracted bouts of silence and only three characters. When the story finally develops the stakes of a thriller, there are no shouting matches or dramatic confrontations. More importantly, we always see things from Jong-su’s point of view, which makes Ben’s manipulations all the more frustrating. Jong-su has a strong idea of who Ben is, but his “evidence” is utterly circumstantial. All that misdirection and ambiguity leads to the final moments, recalling both Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith. Ben always seems open and friendly, but there is an edge to his affability, like a predator who cannot decide whether he’s amused or bored by its prey. If Jong-su spends a lot of Burning worrying about Ben, he is hardly a passive participant in what happens. He has the entitlement of a Nice Guy, the sort of man who thinks he should get the girl because his love is more pure. In fact, the film suggests that Jong-su might have continued as an “incel” without Hae-mi’s intervention. Without many prospects or family, resentment is what finally radicalizes Jong-su. He is not a monster, exactly, but his ordinary qualities are what make his obsession and hatred all the more disturbing. Burning acknowledges the tension and insidious entitlement that has its roots in toxic masculinity. Since the film never force feeds the audience, its conclusions are all the more alarming and inevitable. —Alan Zilberman Burning opens Friday at the Angelika Film Center Mosaic.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 — MARCH 3, 2019 AT THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
“A loose journey of self-discovery that can be read in mythological or biographical terms or, often, both at once.”
— New York Times, April 27, 2017
Mark Bradford: Tomorrow Is Another Day, presented at The Baltimore Museum of Art, is made possible by the Henry Luce Foundation, Maryland State Arts Council – Department of Commerce, Nancy L. Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff, Gabriel and Deborah Brener, Katherine and Joseph Hardiman, John Meyerhoff, M.D. and Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff, Mafia Papers Studio, and Hauser & Wirth. The project is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, visit www.arts.gov.
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CITY LIGHTS: FRIDAY
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INTRODUCING: JOHN LLOYD YOUNG
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MUSIC DIRECTION BY TOMMY FARAGHER
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LincoLn TheaTre 1215 U St. NW. (202) 888-0050. The Tallest Man on Earth. 8 p.m. $45. thelincolndc. com.
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BLues aLLey 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Roy Hargrove. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $45–$55. bluesalley.com.
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9:30 cLuB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Chris Robinson Brotherhood. 2 p.m. $25. 930.com.
NICOLE ATKINS
The anThem 901 Wharf St. SW. (202) 888-0020. Lake Street Dive. 8 p.m. $45–$75. theanthemdc.com.
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Barns aT WoLf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes. 8 p.m. $50–$55. wolftrap.org. BLack caT 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Municipal Waste and High on Fire. 8 p.m. $22–$25. blackcatdc.com. Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Sports. 8 p.m. $15. dcnine.com. rock & roLL hoTeL 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625. The Night Game. 8 p.m. $15–$18. rockandrollhoteldc. com. u sTreeT music haLL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889. Justin Courtney Pierre. 7 p.m. $25. ustreetmusichall.com. union sTage 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. The Cadillac Three. 8 p.m. $22–$35. unionstage.com.
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source TheaTre 1835 14th St. NW. (202) 204-7800. Jacques Brel: Songs From His World. 8 p.m. $20–$43. sourcedc.org.
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union sTage 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. Bright Light Bright Light. 7 p.m. $15. unionstage.com. union sTage 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. Nü Androids Present Giraffage & Ryan Hemsworth. 10:30 p.m. $20. unionstage.com.
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9:30 cLuB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Brett Dennen. 6 p.m. $25. 930.com.
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JANIS JOPLIN & JIMI HENDRIX TRIBUTE NOV 24
DOM KENNEDY
West Coast rapper Dominic Hunn, better known by his performance moniker Dom Kennedy, has shown himself to be unafraid of taking the road less travelled. After gaining attention with mixtapes in 2008, ’09, and ’10 (25th Hour, FutureStreet/DrugSounds, Best After Bobby, From The Westside With Love), Kennedy quickly began to nurture a loyal fan base in Los Angeles and beyond with standout tracks “Watermelon Sundae” and “1997.” But it was with the release of 2012’s Yellow Album, featuring the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Too $hort, and Rick Ross that helped Kennedy amass attention from every angle of the industry. His distinctive ability to capture the essence of L.A. and all the nostalgia he feels for his home with a calm and collected flow has continued with his most recent album, September’s Volume Two. It’s packed with braggadocio and a classic ’90s Southern California vibe on tracks “Bending Corners” and “Late Night Aka Incomparable,” and most notably on “Brenda’s Baby,” which pays homage to West Coast legend Tupac. Volume Two represents the second half of Kennedy’s rap career—we can’t wait for volume three. Dom Kennedy performs at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Silver Spring, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $25. (301) 960-9999. fillmoresilverspring.com. —Jazmin Goodwin
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BLues aLLey 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Roy Hargrove. 8 p.m. $45–$55. bluesalley.com. LincoLn TheaTre 1215 U St. NW. (202) 888-0050. Kamasi Washington. 8 p.m. $39.95–$59.50. thelincolndc.com.
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kenneDy cenTer eisenhoWer TheaTer 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Washington National Opera: Silent Night. 7 p.m. $35–$199. kennedy-center.org.
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La maison française 4101 Reservoir Road NW. (202) 944-6400. FORMIDABLE! The Aznavour tribute. 8 p.m. $65. houseoffrancedc.com. u sTreeT music haLL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889. Pale Waves. 7 p.m. $18. ustreetmusichall.com.
JOHN EATON
GEORGE GERSHWIN & FRIENDS NOV 25
CHRIS SMITHER NOV 30
RED BARAAT DEC 1
EILEEN IVERS
A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS DEC 2
TWO SHOWS
ARNAUD SUSSMANN, VIOLIN PAUL NEUBAUER, VIOLA DAVID FINCKEL, CELLO CHAMBER MUSIC AT THE BARNS
JAN 11
ROcK 9:30 cLuB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. All Good Presents Papadosio. 10:30 p.m. $20. 930.com. Barns aT WoLf Trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes. 8 p.m. $50–$55. wolftrap.org. BLack caT 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. The Joy Formidable. 8 p.m. $25–$55. blackcatdc.com. rock & roLL hoTeL 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625. Fucked Up. 9 p.m. $17–$20. rockandrollhoteldc.com.
SuNDAY
THE VERVE PIPE JAN 12
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source TheaTre 1835 14th St. NW. (202) 204-7800. Jacques Brel: Songs From His World. 8 p.m. $20–$43. sourcedc.org.
clASSIcAl naTionaL presByTerian church 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. (202) 429-2121. Farewell to Arms, World War I Centennial Concert. 4:30 p.m. Free. bachconsort.org.
HIp-HOp The anThem 901 Wharf St. SW. (202) 888-0020. 6LACK. 8 p.m. $40–$129. theanthemdc.com.
JOHN OATES WITH THE GOOD ROAD BAND JAN 17 + 18
AND MANY MORE!
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CITY LIGHTS: SATURDAY “With the powerful punch this show packs, it could land at a Broadway theater and sell tickets for years to come!” —Broadway World
LA TERRA TREMA
The impoverished residents of a Sicilian coastal village struggle to make a living in director Luchino Visconti’s 1948 epic La Terra Trema. Visconti cast local fishermen from the town of Aci Trezza, near Catania, to tell a story that in some ways anticipates the arc of his 1963 masterpiece The Leopard (which screens at the National Gallery of Art on Nov. 24). It’s about the changing of the guard, a younger generation breaking out from the old traditions—in this case, young fishermen who long to work for themselves instead of for merchants who profit from their hard work. This neorealist classic is packed with the raw details of the villagers’ threadbare lives, and with the tender poetry of evening expeditions to the sea, lit only by lanterns. The film screens at 2:30 p.m. at the National Gallery of Art East Building Auditorium, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Free. (202) 737-4215. nga.gov. —Pat Padua
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Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Roy Hargrove. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $45–$55. bluesalley.com.
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u street Music HAll 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889. Kiiara. 7 p.m. $20. ustreetmusichall.com.
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Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Exploded View. 8 p.m. $15. dcnine.com. union stAge 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. KT Tunstall. 7:30 p.m. $35–$99. unionstage.com.
MonDAY
November 20, 21 & 23–25 Terrace Theater Kennedy-Center.org (202) 467-4600 Theater at the Kennedy Center is made possible by
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cAbARET
source tHeAtre 1835 14th St. NW. (202) 204-7800. Jacques Brel: Songs From His World. 2:30 p.m. $20– $43. sourcedc.org.
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KenneDy center terrAce tHeAter 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Vocal Arts DC presents Armistice: The Journey Home. 7:30 p.m. $55. kennedy-center.org.
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Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Charlotte Lawrence. 8 p.m. $14–$16. dcnine.com.
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u street Music HAll 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889. 9:30 Club Presents Low. 7 p.m. $20. ustreetmusichall.com. union stAge 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. How To Dress Well. 7:30 p.m. $15–$30. unionstage.com.
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TUESDAY JAzz
Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Michel Nirenberg. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. bluesalley.com.
Rock
9:30 cluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Ty Segall. 7 p.m. $25. 930.com. Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Ron Gallo. 8 p.m. $14–$16. dcnine.com.
WEDnESDAY cLASSicAL
KenneDy center terrAce tHeAter 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Escher String Quartet. 7:30 p.m. $45. kennedy-center.org.
ELEcTRonic
9:30 cluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. U Street Music Hall Presents Louis The Child. 7 p.m. Sold out. 930.com.
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union stAge 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. Novo Amor. 8 p.m. $17. unionstage.com.
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Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Frank Vignola “Hot Jazz Guitar Trio”. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $25. bluesalley.com.
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KenneDy center eisenHower tHeAter 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Washington National Opera: Silent Night. 7:30 p.m. $35–$199. kennedy-center.org.
THIS WEEK’S SHOWS U STREET MUSIC HALL PRESENTS MAX w/ Bryce Vine & EZI Early Show! 6pm Doors ........................................Th NOV 8 AN EVENING WITH
Chris Robinson Brotherhood ................................................................... F 9 Brett Dennen w/ Erin Rae Early Show! 6pm Doors .......................................... Sa 10 ALL GOOD PRESENTS
Papadosio w/ LITZ Late Show! 10:30pm Doors .................................................. Sa 10 Ty Segall (Solo Acoustic) This is a seated show. .............................................. Tu 13
Capital One Arena • Washington, D.C. AEG & I.M.P. PRESENT
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER (cont.)
Randy Rogers Band w/ Parker McCollum ....................F 16 Wild Nothing w/ Men I Trust ..Su 18 The Dead South w/ The Hooten Hallers
Gang of Youths w/ Gretta Ray . M 10 Phosphorescent w/ Liz Cooper & The Stampede..... Tu 11 FIRST TWO NIGHTS SOLD OUT!
Thievery Corporation w/ The Suffers ............................Sa 15 Cat Power ................................Su 16 The Oh Hellos Christmas Extravaganza w/ The Family Crest ...................W 19 Hiss Golden Messenger .....Th 20 Snail Mail w/ Empath ................F 21
& Del Suelo .................................Tu 20
Hot in Herre: 2000s Dance Party with DJs Will Eastman & Ozker • Visuals by Kylos ........................F 23
All the Divas -
A Dance Party with DJ lil’e ..Sa 24
Colter Wall w/ Vincent Neil Emerson .............W 28
ALL GOOD PRESENTS
ALL GOOD PRESENTS
Big Something & Too Many Zooz w/ Electric Love Machine ..........Sa 22 Margo Price w/ Lilly Hiatt ......Th 27 The Pietasters w/ Big D and the Kids Table •
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds w/ The Rad Trads ......................Tu 29 Kurt Vile & The Violators w/ Jessica Pratt ............................F 30 DECEMBER
w/ Three Days Grace ............................................ FEBRUARY 21 Ticketmaster
Lincoln Theatre • 1215 U Street, NW Washington, D.C. THIS THURSDAY!
Jewel - Handmade Holiday Tour Richard Thompson Electric Trio w/ Rory Block .......NOV 8 w/ Atz, Atz Lee, Nikos Kilcher ..............DEC 6 Story District’s Top Shelf . JAN 19 THIS WEDNESDAY! Neko Case w/ Margaret Glaspy .. JAN 26 Ólafur Arnalds ........................NOV 14 LP .................................................... FEB 19 LIVE NATION PRESENTS Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara Alice Smith ................................. MAR 9 with special guest Chuck Todd .........NOV 15 AURORA w/ Talos ....................... MAR 10 Jackson Galaxy D SHOW ADDED! FIRST SHOW SOLD OUT! SECON - Host of Animal Planet’s AEG PRESENTS My Cat from Hell ...................NOV 21 Bert Kreischer 9:30pm Doors . MAR 14 Esperanza Spalding ..............DEC 1 José González AEG PRESENTS Adam Conover .........................DEC 2
& The String Theory............ MAR 20
Norm Macdonald ................. MAR 21
• thelincolndc.com • U Street (Green/Yellow) stop across the street!
The Forwards • DJ Selah ..............F 28
GWAR w/ Iron Reagan
SECOND SHOW ADDED!
& Against The Grain ....................Sa 29
Kurt Vile & The Violators w/ Jessica Pratt ............................Sa 1 Polo & Pan ................................Tu 4 Kodaline w/ Ocean Park Standoff .................W 5
NEW YEAR’S EVE AT THE CLUB!
White Ford Bronco: DC’s All 90s Band Champagne Toast at Midnight ..........M 31
ALL GOOD PRESENTS
Marcus King Band w/ Ida Mae ...................................Th 6 Neal Brennan This is a seated show. ........................Sa 8 BenDeLaCreme & Jinkx Monsoon: To Jesus, Thanks for Everything! Jinkx & DeLa This is a seated show. Su 9
JANUARY ALL GOOD PRESENTS
Ozomatli ...................................Th 3 D NIGHT ADDED!
FIRST NIGHT SOLD OUT! SECON
MANY MORE SHOWS ON SALE!
9:30 CUPCAKES
THIRD NIGHT ADDED!
DISTURBED
Noname w/ Elton .......................Tu 8
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9:30 CLUB PRESENTS AT U STREET MUSIC HALL
Justin Courtney Pierre w/ Pronoun ..............................F NOV 9 Pale Waves w/ Miya Folick & The Candescents ......Sa 10 Low w/ IN/VIA .............................. M 12 Darkest Hour w/ Damnation A.D. • Cemetery Piss • Walk the Plank • No Man . Tu 13 IDK w/ Global Dan .........................W 21 Yung Pinch w/ Tyla Yaweh & Yung Manny ............Sa 24
Freddie Gibbs w/ G Perico ...........Tu 27 Tall Heights w/ Frances Cone & Old Sea Brigade .....W 28 WHY? Plays Alopecia w/ Lala Lala .......................... Sa DEC 1 Flint Eastwood w/ Tunde Olaniran ...Su 2 Eyedress .................................Tu 11 Devotchka ................................W 12 The Slackers w/ War On Women ....Su 23 gnash w/ Mallrat & Gaurdin .... Sa JAN 19
• Buy advance tickets at the 9:30 Club box office • 930.com
The best thing you could possibly put in your mouth Cupcakes by BUZZ... your neighborhood bakery in Alexandria, VA. | www.buzzonslaters.com
TICKETS for 9:30 Club shows are available through TicketFly.com, by phone at 1-877-4FLY-TIX, and at the 9:30 Club box office. 9:30 CLUB BOX OFFICE HOURS are 12-7pm on weekdays & until 11pm on show nights, 6-11pm on Sat, and 6-10:30pm on Sun on show nights.
HAPPY HOUR DRINK PRICES impconcerts.com AFTER THE SHOW AT THE BACK BAR!
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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3701 Mount Vernon Ave. Alexandria, VA • 703-549-7500
For entire schedule go to Birchmere.com Find us on Facebook/Twitter! Tix @ Ticketmaster.com 800-745-3000
Nov 8 9 11
Billy
THE OUTLAWS Crain Band OLETA ADAMS CHRIS BOTTI
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An Evening with
GEORGE WINSTON Lily 14 JOSHUA RADIN Kershaw 23 THE SELDOM SCENE & DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD Jones 24&25 CHARLES ESTEN Point 26,27,28
Melissa Etheridge
KIIARA
'The Holiday Show' plus your favorites!
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An Acoustic Evening with
SHAWN COLVIN
30
Female singer-songwriters weaned on synthesized electro-pop with heavy doses of hip-hop beats and swagger have dominated the 2010s. The latest artist mining this terrain is Kiiara, the alter ego of Kiara Saulters, a 23-year-old product of small-town Wilmington, Illinois. Kiiara burst onto the scene fully formed in 2015 with “Gold,” a glitchy slice of trap-infused bedroom pop that has netted nearly a half billion Spotify streams and set the tone for her debut EP, Low Kii Savage. The EP transported hip-hop’s pharmaceutical fixations into future-facing, Gen Z-ready pop songs, like on “Feels,” where she sings, “And I got way too many feels, way too much emotion.” Things look a little better on her forthcoming album Lil Yung Powerful, with early singles that have seen her—like her audience—deal with complicated relationships on a dying smartphone (“1%”) and navigate cold feet (“L*** Is a Bad Word”) and unrequited love (“I Don’t Wanna Be Friends”). Kiiara performs at 7 p.m. at U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW. $20. (202) 588-1889. ustreetmusichall.com. —Chris Kelly
Seth Glier
PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE & FIREFALL
Dec 1
Newmyer Flyer Presents
LITTLE FEAT Lauren 2 JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Calve
A Tribute to
ROBERT GLASPER 5 A PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS 3&4
with RICK BRAUN & EUGE GROOVE
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ThURSDAY clASSIcAl
kennedy center concert Hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. 7 p.m. $15–$89. kennedy-center.org.
11 Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
coUNTRY
Benefit Concert featuring
JEFF “SKUNK” BAXTER & The American Vinyl All Star Band with many special guests!
Union stage 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. Yonder Mountain String Band. 8 p.m. $30–$50. unionstage.com.
AVERY*SUNSHINE Liz 14 CARBON LEAF Longley Adam 15 SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES Ezra
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The Dodos. 8 p.m. $18. rockandrollhoteldc.com.
RocK Barns at Wolf trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Alan Doyle. 8 p.m. $25–$30. wolftrap.org. Black cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. (Sandy) Alex G. 7:30 p.m. $18–$20. blackcatdc.com.
Books
Megan Mcdonald Megan McDonald discusses her new book Judy Moody and the Right Royal Tea Party, the latest installment in her award-winning children’s book series Judy Moody. Politics and Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Nov. 15. 10:30 a.m. Free. (202) 364-
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rock & roll Hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.
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BlUes alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 337Presented by 4141. Roberta Gambarini. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $30–$35. Presented by bluesalley.com.
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8 p.m. $15. dcnine.com.
songByrd MUsic HoUse and record cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Songbyrd & Union Stage Present Presented by Little Stranger. 8 p.m. $12–$15. songbyrddc.com.
Presented by
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with
dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Alec Benjamin.
Barns at Wolf trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Nicole Atkins. 8 p.m. $22–$27. wolftrap.org.
CHERYL WHEELER & JOHN GORKA
with
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Black cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Tennis. 7:30 p.m. $20. blackcatdc.com.
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LISSIE BEBEL GILBERTO SARA EVANS Fairground Saints "At Christmas"
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roBin talley Robin Talley talks about her latest book Pulp, the story of a young woman who writes the teenager who is determined to track her down 62 years later. Politics and Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Nov. 13. 7 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919.
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HELP ADVANCE HIV RESEARCH
The NIH Vaccine Research Center is looking for people living with HIV in the DC-area to participate in a clinical trial. The study will evaluate an investigational product that targets the HIV virus. You may be eligible if you: • Are living with HIV and between the ages of 18 and 60
WORLD STAGES
Join the Lab PerForum public discussion with the artists on Nov. 30 at 11 a.m. See web for details.
November 28–December 1 Eisenhower Theater
• Are taking HIV medication
Financial compensation will be provided. To volunteer, call 1-866-833-5433 (TTY 1-866-411-1010), email vaccines@nih.gov, or visit www.niaid.nih.giv/about/vrc.
Groups call (202) 416-8400
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CITY LIGHTS: MONDAY
DO YOU USE HEROIN OR OTHER OPIATES? YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A RESEARCH STUDY The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is looking for volunteers who use opiates regularly or who are receiving treatment for opiate use. The purpose is to learn how opiates affect brain function. • • • •
Up to four study visits Medical exam and personal interview All study procedures and transportation at no cost Compensation is provided
You can participate if you are:
• 18-65 years old • Using opiates daily or almost daily • Receiving or not receiving treatment for opiate use
TORO Y MOI
Imagine that Beach House, Frank Ocean, and J Dilla built an artist who could impeccably capture the essences of all three. That artist, their collective protege, would be Toro y Moi. Born Chaz Bundick, he began curating music and mixes in his home of Columbia, South Carolina, as a school kid. Collecting influences from a wide range of artists, from Daft Punk to Animal Collective, he emerged as Toro y Moi and found his sound after releasing his debut album Causers of This in 2010. The electronic musician and songwriter found a niche creating a dance and R&B music fusion that was nothing short of ambient. In 2014, under the name Les Sins, he completely committed himself to the dance/house music wave with his album Michael. His most recent single, “Freelance,” digs right into the truths of being an artist and the qualms that come with surviving on doing solely what you love—and it’s electro-dance perfection. You can catch the dance vibes live and in color at 9:30 Club. Toro Y Moi performs at 7 p.m. at 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW. $25. (202) 265-0930. 930.com. —Mikala Williams
at Source. 1835 14th St. NW. To Nov. 18. $25–$55. (202) 204-7741. constellationtheatre.org.
You cannot participate if you:
• Have a serious medical condition, such as HIV • Have a psychiatric condition, such as schizophrenia that requires medication or hospitalization • Are pregnant or breastfeeding
Location: The NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, is located on the Metro Red line (Medical Center stop). For more information, call The NIH Clinical Center Office of Patient Recruitment
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Dance
Malavika Sarukkai: Thari—The looM Master bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer Malavika Sarukkai returns to the Kennedy Center with the U.S. premier of her production Thari—The Loom. The show explores the history and deeper meaning of the sari, a traditional Indian hand-woven garment. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. 2700 F St. NW. Nov. 9. 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 10. 7:30 p.m. $39. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Theater
acTually Theater J presents the timely story of Tom and Amber, two college freshmen who find themselves in a Title IX hearing after a casual hookup doesn’t go as planned. This production is directed by Johanna Gruenhut and written by Anna Ziegler. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To Nov. 18. $30–$69. (202) 4883300. arenastage.org. aida Constellation Theatre Company presents Elton John’s epic musical, based on the opera of the same name. It follows the forbidden love story of the Nubian princess Aida and Ramades, the Egyptian captain who enslaved her people. Constellation Theatre
anaSTaSia Based on the animated film of the same name, the tour of this dazzling Broadway production from the Tony-winning creators of Ragtime makes its way to D.C. In Anastasia, a young orphan uncovers secrets about her past when two con men take advantage of her resemblance to the presumeddead duchess Anastasia. Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To Nov. 25. $49–$149. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org. anyThing goeS This “gold standard” musical comedy with music by Cole Porter tells the story of ocean liner stowaway Billy Crocker, who seeks to win the love of heiress Hope Harcourt and stop her marriage to the millionaire Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To Dec. 23. $66–$105. (202) 4883300. arenastage.org. BeeTlejuice This new Alex Timbers-directed musical, adapted from Tim Burton’s 1988 film, makes its world premiere prior to Broadway. With music by Eddie Perfect and a book by Scott Brown, Beetlejuice tells the story of a quirky teenager who moves into a house haunted by its deceased owners and an elusive trickster demon. National Theatre. 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. To Nov. 18. $54–$114. (202) 628-6161. nationaltheatre.org. cry iT ouT This comedy by Molly Smith Metzler tells the story of next-door neighbors Jessie and Lina, who bond over their infant-rearing struggles during their maternity leaves. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To Dec. 16. $20–$80. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org. elf In this heartwarming family musical adapted from the film by the same name, a young elf learns of his true identity as a human and travels to New
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As itinerant old-timey botanists go, Johnny Appleseed had nothing on David Fairchild. While working for the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction during the Gilded Age, Fairchild traveled the globe collecting exotic flora and introducing them to American habitats. Appleseed, for his part, roamed the country half-naked while wearing an old pan on his head. Advantage: Fairchild! Fairchild visited all inhabited continents in his quest to help diversify American agriculture. Among the discoveries he introduced: dates, nectarines, mangosteens, avocados, kale, quinoa, and countless other non-hipster foodstuffs. He also helped bring the cherry blossoms to Washington, was involved in founding the National Arboretum, and as far as I can tell never used cookware for a hat. On Tuesday night at the National Geographic Campus, Daniel Stone, the author of recent Fairchild biography The Food Explorer, will preside over a multi-course dinner that spotlights some of Fairchild’s culinary discoveries. Don’t worry, the $175 entry fee gets you plenty of beer brewed with hops that Fairchild brought back from Germany—while celebrating the man’s life and fascinating work. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. at National Geographic Campus, 1145 17th St. NW. $175. (202) 857-7700. nationalgeographic.org/dc. —Justin Peters
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Humble Pie
in the wine garden
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NOV 11
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sylver logan sharp
Ha Ha Tonka
NOV 9
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Kevin Griffin
Cambodian Living Arts presents:
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Loose Ends
HEARTSTRINGS
ft. Jane Eugene
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Les Stroud
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david cook
The Gibson Brothers:
in the wine garden
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Jason Eady
Carlene Carter
ruthie foster
WONDER-Full™
Album Release Show w/ Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
DC 10th Anniversary DJ Spinna & Jahsonic
“Mockingbird” Album Release Show
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At the National Museum of Natural History, an awe-inspiring display showcases mere snippets of what the vastness of nature has to offer. For the 23rd annual Nature’s Best Photography exhibition, only 60 images, from more than 26,000 entries, were chosen to display the outstanding work of photographers from across the globe. Despite their differences, each photographer has their inspirations and one common goal— to capture nature in its finest moments. The nature photographers have provided a wealth of stunning visuals for viewers to remember long after they’ve left the museum, from a video of whale sharks and manta rays feeding off the coast of Mexico to the Grand Prize-winning image of a gorilla mother sleeping peacefully with her infant. The exhibition is a force that aims to take museumgoers on a global journey to see the nature we often take for granted— and it is worth the trip. The exhibition is on view to Sept. 2019 at the National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Free. (202) 633-1000. nmnh.si.edu. —Malika T. Benton
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The University of Maryland’s athletic program is currently a scandal-prone mess. So instead of celebrating that program, celebrate four young alumni who have teamed up to form a successful string quartet. Or “bowed and fretted quartet,” as the guys in Invoke like to call themselves, since they frequently mix up the normal violin/violin/viola/cello lineup with mandolin and banjo. They also answer to “multi-string quartet” or quite simply, “the band.” However you label them, these bluegrass-leaning, classically trained musicians are all University of Maryland alumni, and they decamped for Austin two years ago after they were awarded a Young Professional String Quartet residency at the University of Texas. That gig wrapped up in May, but the accolades keep coming. So far in 2018, they’ve won Michigan’s M-Prize, the Coltman Competition, and a Concert Artists Guild management prize, which guarantees fancy management and a New York debut next season. See them return to College Park before they hit Carnegie Hall. Invoke perform at 8 p.m. at MilkBoy ArtHouse, 7416 Baltimore Ave., College Park. $10–$30. (301) 405-2787. theclarice.umd.edu. —Rebecca J. Ritzel
York to find his father while spreading the Christmas cheer. Olney Theatre Center. 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. To Jan. 6. $37–$84. (301) 9243400. olneytheatre.org. The Fall Written by seven student activists who helped dismantle the statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town, The Fall grapples with race, class, history and power in the aftermath of Apartheid through song and dance. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To Nov. 18. $20–$55. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org. King John This historic Shakespeare play dramatizes the life of King John of England, who wages war on France after the King Philip demands that he renounce the throne. Folger Shakespeare Library. 201 E. Capitol St. SE. To Dec. 2. $42-$79. (202) 544-7077. folger.edu.
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Bohemian Rhapsody Rami Malek stars as rock icon Freddie Mercury in this chronicle of his journey as frontman of Queen. Co-starring Lucy Boynton and Ben Hardy. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) Boy eRased After being forcibly outed to his parents, a boy is sent to participate in a church-supported gay conversion therapy program. Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, and Joel Edgerton. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)
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dR. seuss’s The gRinch The mean, green Grinch tries to ruin Christmas cheer in the town of Whoville in this Dr. Seuss classic. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, and Pharrell Williams. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) The giRl in The spideR’s WeB: a neW dRagon TaTToo sToRy Computer hacker Lisbeth Salander finds herself entangled in a web of lies, spies, and corruption while trying to save a young math whiz and get back stolen codes. Starring Claire Foy, Sylvia Hoeks, and Lakeith Stanfield. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) maRia By callas This documentary tells the story of the life and work of influential Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, in her own words. Directed by Tom Volf. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) The nuTcRacKeR and The FouR Realms Disney presents the latest adaptation of the classic tale of Clara, a young girl who enters a magical world of mice armies, gingerbread soldiers, and sugar plum fairies. Starring Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, and Morgan Freeman. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) oveRloRd Two American soldiers behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day discover an underground lab and battle with an undead army. Starring Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, and Mathilde Ollivier. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) suspiRia Darkness is afoot at a world-renowned dance company, and an inquisitive psychotherapist and a member of the troupe begin to uncover the sinister secrets that the studio’s hidden underground chambers hold. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)
SAVAGELOVE I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about myself and my sexuality and my romantic self. I can log on and easily find someone to fuck. I’m a bearbuilt top guy. There are ladies in my life who choose to share their beds with me. I can find subs to tie up and torture. (I’m kinky and bi.) What I can’t find is a long-term partner. The problem is that after I fuck/sleep with/torture someone, my brain stops seeing them as sexual and moves them into the friend category. I have friends that I used to fuck regularly, that now it’s a chore to get it up for. Sure, the sex still feels good, but it’s not passionate. And when it’s all said and done, they’re still in the “friend” category in my brain. Some of them have suggested being more, but I’ve recoiled. There’s nothing wrong with them, but they’re friends, not potential partners. I’m 32, and my siblings are married and having kids, and the people I grew up with are married and having kids. And here I am not able to find a long-term significant other. Am I broken? Should I just accept that, at least for me, sexual partners and domestic/romantic partners will always be separate categories? —Always Alone What if you’re not like most everyone else? What if this is just how your sexuality works? What if you’re wired—emotionally, romantically, sexually—for intense but brief sexual connections that blossom into wonderful friendships? And what if you’ve been tricked into thinking you’re broken because the kind of successful long-term relationships your siblings and friends have are celebrated and the kind of successful short-term relationships you have are stigmatized? If your siblings and friends want to have the kinds of relationships they’re having—and it’s possible some do not—they will feel no inner conflict about their choices while simultaneously being showered with praise for their choices. But what are they really doing? They’re doing what they want, they’re doing what makes them happy, they’re doing what works for them romantically, emotionally, and sexually. And what are you doing? Maybe you’re doing what you want, AA, maybe you’re doing what could make you happy. So why doesn’t it make you happy? Maybe because you’ve been made to feel broken by a culture that holds up one relationship model—the partnered and preferably monogamous pair—and insists that this model is the only healthy and whole option, and that anyone who goes a different way, fucks a different way, or relates a different way is broken. Now, it’s possible you are broken, of course, but anyone could be broken. You could be broken, I could be broken, your married siblings and friends could be broken. (Regarding your siblings and friends: Not everyone who marries and has kids wanted marriage and kids. Some no doubt wanted it, AA, but others succumbed to what was expected of them.) But here’s a suggestion for something I want you to try, something that might make you feel better
because it could very well be true: Try to accept that, for you, sexual partners and domestic/romantic partners might always be separate, and that doesn’t mean you’re broken. If that selfacceptance makes you feel whole, AA, then you have your answer. I might make a different suggestion if your brief-but-intense sexual encounters left a lot of hurt feelings in their wake. But that’s not the case. You hook up with someone a few times, you share an intense sexual experience, and you feel a brief romantic connection to them. And when those sexual and romantic feelings subside, you’re not left with a string of bitter exes and enemies, but with a large and growing circle of good friends. Which leads me to believe that even if you aren’t doing what everyone else is doing, AA, you’re clearly doing something right. —Dan Savage
P.S. Another option if you do want to get married someday: a companionate marriage to one of your most intimate friends—someone like you, AA, who also sees potential life partners and potential sex partners as two distinct categories with no overlap—and all the Grindr hookups and BDSM sessions you like with one-offs who become good friends.
You could be broken, I could be broken, your married siblings and friends could be broken. I knew my little brother had an odd fascination with rubber that would likely become sexual. He would steal rubber gloves and hide them in his room, and there was a huge meltdown when our mother found a gas mask in his room when he was 12. My brother is in his 30s now and has a closet full of rubber “gear” that he dresses in pretty much exclusively. (When he’s not at work, he’s in rubber.) All of his friends are rubber fetishists. When he travels, it’s only to fetish events where he can wear his rubber clothing publicly. He will date only other rubber fetishists, which seems to have severely limited his romantic prospects, and he posts photos of himself in rubber to his social media accounts. I read your column and I understand that kinks aren’t chosen and they can be incorporated into a person’s sex life in a healthy way. But my brother’s interest in rubber seems obsessive. Your thoughts? —Rubbered Up Baby Brother’s Erotic Rut If your brother were obsessed with surfing or
snowboarding and built his life around chasing waves or powder—and would date only people who shared his passion—you wouldn’t have written me. Same goes if he were obsessed with pro sports, as so many straight men are, or Broadway shows, as so many gay men are. The only “problem” here is that your brother’s obsession makes his dick hard—and to be clear, RUBBER, the problem is yours, not his. An erotic obsession or passion is just as legitimate as a nonerotic one. And even if I thought your brother had a problem—and I do not—nothing I wrote here would result in him liking his rubber clothes, rubber buddies, or rubber fetish events any less. —DS I’m a 28-year-old straight man married to a 26-year-old straight woman. My wife and I were watching a video about sex and the female orgasm, and they were talking about how, unlike men, women don’t have a refractory period after orgasm. We were confused because we are almost the complete opposite. I have never experienced drowsiness, lessened sensitivity, or quickened loss of erection after orgasm. My wife, on the other hand, doesn’t even like me kissing her bits after orgasm. She says they feel tender and sore afterward, and this feeling can last for hours. Is this normal? —Newlywed’s Orgasms Rarely Multiply What you describe isn’t the norm, NORM, but it’s your norm. Most men temporarily lose interest in sex immediately after climaxing. It’s called the refractory period, and it can last anywhere from 15 minutes (for teenagers) to 24 hours (for old-timers). It’s a hormone thing: After a guy comes, his pituitary gland pumps prolactin into his bloodstream—and prolactin blocks dopamine, the hormone that makes a dude horny and keeps him horny. But some men release very little prolactin and consequently have short refractory periods; a handful of men have no refractory period at all and are capable of multiple orgasms. You don’t mention the ability to come again and again, but you do sound exceptional in that you don’t lose your erection after you come. Your wife also sounds exceptional, NORM, since most orgasmic women are capable of having multiple orgasms—but most women ≠ all women. (I’ve always loved what groundbreaking sex researcher Mary Jane Sherfey wrote in 1966: “The more orgasms she has, the more she can have—for all intents and purposes, the human female is sexually insatiable.” Emphasis hers.) But again, NORM, there’s nothing wrong with either of you. It’s just that your norm isn’t the norm—and that’s only a problem if you choose to regard it as one. —DS Email your Savage Love questions to mail@savagelove.net.
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