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7 Sign Here?: Ballpark neighbors warn LED billboards proposed for Nats Park could proliferate District-wide.

8 Buy D.C.: Movies 9 Gear Prudence

D.C. FeeD 33 Ivy Pity: Ivy City loses its longtime greasy spoon.

City List 27 City Lights: Catch Andra Day at the Lincoln Theatre Friday.

39 Music 42 Dance 44 Theater 44 Film

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arts 35 Perfecting Their Beat: After five years, go-go’s Third Dimension Band is back, rebranded as Perf3ction and ready to rally.

36 Arts Desk: A selection of local art, post-Trump election.

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CHATTER Truth to Tripe In the wake of last week’s cover story by Will Sommer (“Mining a Murder,” Nov. 18), readers lamented what seems to be a post-truth political era. Seth Rich, a 27-year-old DNC staff member, was killed in an armed robbery in the District’s Bloomingdale neighborhood in July. Though there is no evidence to support their theory, the alt-right conspiratorial crowd believes Hillary Clinton allies murdered Rich for leaking emails to Julian Assange—a notion the Wikileaks founder has not discouraged. Both D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and Republican lobbyist Jack Burkman are offering rewards for clues to the crime. Meanwhile, Rich’s grieving father has had to face down the work of voracious Clinton “death list” believers in the wake of his son’s death.

He finds himself defenseless against their claims that his son helped leak DNC emails. “How do you counteract that?” asked Joel Rich. “You can’t disprove a lie.” Reader Aaron Mair echoed the same sentiment. “In an era when false narratives have become paramount and actual facts are just a suggestion, it is breathtaking that individuals like these will be in the trenches of how the Federal gov’t runs for the next four years,” he wrote in a Facebook post. The alt-right isn’t budging. “If they didn’t want Seth Rich to become a meme Hillary shouldn’t have had him killed,” @j_arthur_bloom tweeted. “You’ll eat these words, Will Sommer, as will a lot of other so-called journalist tools,” igotplans2 commented on City Paper’s website. “Comments posted here so far show just how disgusting this alt-right crap is,” Truxton Pride fired back on our site. “I’m hoping someday facts, like those so well spelled out here in this article, matter to the general public again.” Though few mentioned the Rich family in their comments, one who did managed to offer the most righteous statement of all. “I feel for Seth’s parents every time I read something about this conspiracy theory. It has to be hard enough losing a son, let alone constantly being reminded of it through the ramblings of self-interested idiots,” coleingular wrote on Reddit. “Hopefully MPD solves the murder and the Rich family gets the closure they deserve, and we can all move on to the next conspiracy theory.” Move on to the next conspiracy, they have.

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DistrictLine Sign Here?

By Andrew Giambrone ElEctronic signagE, of all things, has pitted residents of Southwest and Navy Yard against the District’s beloved baseball team.

Last week, a D.C. Council subcommittee advanced a bill, 4-1, that would allow the owners of the Washington Nationals to install five digital billboards on the exterior of Nats Park. The legislation comes with conditions: the LED signs must not hang within the line of sight of nearby homes, must not face South Capitol Street or the Anacostia River, and must not exceed a certain brightness level. But critics say the billboards could flood light into living spaces, lower residential property values, and multiply in neighborhoods throughout the District.

“This is just friggin’ wrong, truly outrageous on so many levels,” says Andy Litsky, chair of ANC 6D. “We have to figure out a real process [for these billboards], not a slipshod, greasethe-skids way of moving legislation through with little opportunity for people to comment . …Neighborhoods better watch out, since this is going to be happening all over the place without any proper input.”

Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen proposed the legislation in mid-October along with seven of his colleagues and two co-sponsors. Its backers insist that the intent is to create a “regulatory framework” for permitting electronic signs—like those on the facade of Verizon Center—to be administered by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. DCRA has conducted a comprehensive review of all signage rules, from sandwich boards to street signs, over the past five years.

The legislation states that billboards could go up in “designated entertainment areas,” or places bustling enough that digital displays would be of a piece. Opponents contend that this language opens the door to LED billboards appearing at other sites.

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sion taking place within two days of each other last week. At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman, who dissented last Wednesday, agreed with them, saying residents have not had enough time to review the changes.

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How large these signs would be remains a point of confusion. According to the subcommittee’s markup, one at Nats Park would measure 38 by 25 feet, a second 25 by 20 feet, and the rest similar dimensions. Yet this version also states that no entertainment-area display may be bigger than 1,200 square feet, or occupy more than 20 percent of a building wall or surface. Silverman noted that one sign presented by the team seemed to “almost take up the entire wall” on which it hung.

Although At-Large Councilmember Robert White voted for the bill, he pointed out that the Nationals are basically asking “to make a profit by advertising on public space on a building that taxpayers paid for.” He said his future support depends on identifying a tax, fee, or community benefits package linked with the billboards to invest in surrounding neighborhoods, which Allen supports. The team’s leadership testified that it would cost about $5 million to install 10 displays, and these would together generate $1 million to $2 million per year in advertising.

In a statement, a spokeswoman for the Nationals says “the city always envisioned we would be part of a vibrant entertainment zone, and these signs will help support that vision.”

But Litsky argues that the legislation would subvert a decade-old zoning order for Nats Park that restricts electronic signs, and benefit anyone who wants to place them in purported entertainment areas. “Shaw better watch out,” he

Darrow Montgomery

Ballpark neighbors warn LED billboards proposed for Nats Park could proliferate District-wide.

cautions. “East of the river, with the Wizards practice arena, better watch out.”

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson says he’s “sympathetic” to the criticism over what composes an entertainment area, adding that the proposal could more clearly distinguish between the one around Nats Park and other spots. He notes that the bill has supermajority support, though it may be tweaked when the full council marks it up, likely on Dec. 6.

“It’s very difficult when a large enterprise like the Nationals Baseball Club or Monumental Sports & Entertainment comes to the council saying, ‘Well, give us a few signs,’ for the council to then say ‘No,’” Mendelson admits. “They’re major players in the city.”

Some of the bill’s detractors are antagonistic towards the billboard industry itself. Meg Maguire, the incoming vice president of The Committee of 100 on the Federal City, a civic group, says big digital displays do not “enliven” neighborhoods and do not provide much more than what people can view on their phones.

“We’re dealing here with an industry that has been very lucrative, very pushy, often out of compliance, with a general attitude of ‘we’ll see you in court,’” Maguire says.

She points to an August lawsuit the D.C. Attorney General’s office filed against Digi Me-

dia Communications for not obtaining proper permits, which preliminarily stalled the company’s plans to erect electronic displays on several buildings across the District.

Maguire doesn’t buy the argument that digital signs could be used for public service messages at intervals, as the legislation stipulates, either. “What do you do, longingly gaze at the billboard for an ad that’s going to inform you about cancer screening? Get real.” The Capitol Hill resident says the only “effective” strategy is to outlaw new billboards, as Vermont, Maine, Alaska, and Hawaii have done.

If the bill passes, it could take a few years for all five signs to go up at Nats Park. But the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which D.C. will host, looms, putting pressure on the team to put its best foot forward. The event could produce tens of millions in local tourism dollars.

“I think the number of questions and the ambiguity and contradictory provisions here speak to the fact that we should be taking our time with this,” Silverman argued. “This may seem like a small issue about a bunch of signs at a baseball park, but in fact this is a big issue about public space, and about public safety. … And I think it’s something not to be taken lightly.”

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I bought bright lights, and it still doesn’t seem safe enough. I have no problem driving or walking at night, but something about bicycling in the dark scares the crap out of me. Is something wrong with me? Help!

—Please, I’m Totally Cowering Here Because Lights Aren’t Completely Keen Dear PITCHBLACK: The night is dark and full of terrors. But if it’s any consolation, those same terrors are out in the daytime too, where sunlight exposes the full contours of their scariness. Wait, this doesn’t sound like consolation at all. If you’ve purchased bright bike lights— and they’re truly bright—you should be able to see approaching hazards and are quite visible to other road users, which are the two things that make riding in the dark perilous.

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—Stymied Man Out Of Chances Here Dear SMOOCH: Dude, that’s rough. But you’re blaming the bike? No way someone who was actually into you reverses course over some trifling top tube trepidation. GP fears that you misread the cues and that the lack of response indicates an absence of interest that would’ve existed even had your bike been better placed. For future reference, should you wish to continue biking to dates and want the possibility of the night wrapping up more favorably, heed the cri de coeur of cyclists everywhere: on your left! That’s where you should keep your date, with your bike on your right side. Not only will you keep your bike out of your way in case of kiss, you’ll also avoid getting drivetrain schmutz on you or her. —GP Gear Prudence is Brian McEntee, who tweets @sharrowsDC. Got a question about cycling?

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As a Donald Trump administration promises to slash

funding for all manner of federal programs, this year’s publication of our giving guide may be more important than ever.

This is the sixth year of Washington City Paper’s partnership with the Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington, whose goal is to offer informed guidance for District residents about how to spend their charitable dollars.

“I’m hearing it from everybody, and honestly I’m saying to everybody that this is a time to gather together around shared values and work to make the community a better place to live ... for everyone,” says Barbara Harman, founder and president of the Catalogue. “There is tremendous income inequality and inequality of opportunity in Washington, D.C. and the situation is only likely to get worse in the years ahead. So it’s important for people who have the capacity to give, in whatever capacity, to step up to the plate right now and contribute to those in the community who need it most.”

Included here are a vetted selection of nonprofits with budgets of less than $3 million per year that are doing critically important, and often thankless, work for the District’s children, homeless, elderly, disabled, and immigrant communities, among others. They are tackling some of society’s most intractable problems— and for the city’s neediest citizens—using literacy, arts, life skills, and other strategies to reduce disparity among people from all walks of life.

The Catalogue has performed its due diligence to ensure that this guide serves as an unqualified recommendation for the charities listed. Its battery of review and vetting is meant to ensure that the finances of each organization are sound, their programs effective, and their impacts measurable.

We feel honored to offer our support for their work and for those who are on the ground making the District a better place for all citizens. Please visit http://cfp-dc.org/citypaper if you want to donate to any of these organizations. The Catalogue of Philanthropy will receive no part of your contribution.

The Catalogue is an independent public charity that raises funds separately to fulfill its mission and neither asks for nor accepts fees from charities to be featured in its publication, which is distributed to thousands of households across the region.

This Thanksgiving, please reach into your wallet and give.

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EDUCATION 826DC

Co-founded by writer Dave Eggers and educator Ninive Calegari (and named for the street address of its first home), 826 National is grounded in the belief that great leaps in learning happen when students receive the right kind of one-on-one attention. Here at home, 826DC recruits and trains volunteers who provide educational support and critically important mentoring to address the dauntingly low literacy skills that plague D.C. youngsters, some two-thirds of whom cannot read or write at the “proficient” level. Youth ages 6-18 attend writing workshops, participate in author roundtables, and professionally publish their work (the proof is in the pudding!). They write and revise, sharpen their skills, build their confidence, improve their schoolwork and, importantly, learn to express themselves with meaning and power. Since first opening its doors in Columbia Heights in 2008, the program has expanded from 134 students to more than 4,500, and the numbers continue to grow. 826DC provides a much-needed bridge between talented adults and the students and teachers who need them.

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Academy of Hope Brainfood Communities If there is one thing all teenagers can enjoy, Adult Public it’s food—and Brainfood capitalizes on In Schools of the that universal appeal to empower young people, build their skills, and unlock job Nation’s Capital Charter School Literacy statistics in D.C. are staggering: Approximately one in five adults has less than a high school education, and more than one in three functions below the most basic literacy level. These numbers affect us all: There is a direct correlation between low literacy and poverty, and parents who have not graduated are much more likely to have children who drop out of school too. At Academy of Hope, they know that knowledge is power, so Adult Basic Education is where it starts: Students gain real world skills in technology, math, reading, and writing. Some study for the GED, while others pursue rigorous IC3 computer certification or the National External Diploma Program that offers credit for life experiences. Academy of Hope guides current learners and graduates through resume writing, the identification of educational opportunities, and the process of applying for financial aid. Advanced students can create a personalized plan for the transition to college or a career. Academy of Hope brings real hope to this generation—and the one that follows.

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oppor tunities. Youth unemployment remains extremely high (14 percent), and for those living in poverty, getting that first job is all the more difficult. So at Brainfood’s after-school and summer programs (serving students from all eight wards), cooking classes engage teens not only in culinary arts and nutrition, but also in valuable job skills like accountability, communication, time management, and leadership. Home-cooked foods are donated to local community organizations, and in the summer months, youth get their hands dirty by growing produce in the garden. Secondyear “MVPs” take on the role of instructor, leading workshops in the community to share their healthy cooking know-how.

The newest program, Homegrown, teaches older youth to develop and sell their own food products— complete with training in branding, sales, and distribution at local outlets like Union Market. Building confidence, healthy habits, and valuable skills: Now there’s a recipe for success!

900 Massachusetts Ave. NW

At 64 percent, the District’s high school graduation rate is the lowest in the nation, a statistic rooted in poverty. Hunger, homelessness, teen pregnancy, gang violence— these are the challenges faced by the more than 30,000 youth living below the poverty line in D.C. Communities in Schools steps in where the need is greatest, working in seven schools where 96 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Highly-trained, full-time site coordinators develop comprehensive drop-out prevention plans, coordinated with school staff, families, and community partners to fully support the “ABCs” of attendance, behavior, and coursework.

Activities like college tours, field trips, career fairs, and community service projects are offered to all. Meanwhile, those most vulnerable to dropping out—teen mothers, homeless youth, foster children—receive targeted case management to meet personal needs and achieve academic goals. And it works. Last year, 90 percent of eligible seniors in CIS schools graduated, and DCPS is now one of the fastest improving districts

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For Love of Children

We like to think of public education as the great equalizer, leveling the unequal fields on which our children’s lives unfold. But it doesn’t always work that way: A dispiriting combination of limited possibilities and unlimited obstacles sometimes deepens, instead of mending, the disparities. Expanding from its base in Shaw and Columbia Heights, For Love of Children now opens opportunities for hundreds of children and teens from across D.C., offering carefully paced, one-on-one tutoring that brings students to grade-level proficiency in reading and math. After-school workshops teach teamwork, leadership, and community service; and a powerful Outdoor Education Center offers enjoyable challenges. Professional ACT and SAT prep, along with intensive college workshops that teach seniors how to navigate the complex application and financial aid process, all help them get safely to the next stage of the journey. The aim is to make sure that kids stay connected to their education, graduate from high school, pursue college or vocational school, and arrive at adulthood positioned for success. You can join them on their journey.

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and under-resourced communities in Southeast D.C., youngsters find a safe haven at Horton’s Kids. Six days a week, they gather at the Community Resource Center to eat healthy meals, read in the library, get homework help and, most importantly, engage one-onone with a caring adult mentor. But Horton’s Kids is much more than a community center.

Through its structured case management system, children stay on track right through high school graduation and are prepared for postsecondary success. Homework help, intensive tutoring, sports, cooking classes, gardening, and field trips are available to all. Programs for older youth include college and career readiness, life skills, mentoring, and discussion groups (called Rap Sessions). The most basic needs are covered, too: coats and shoes, toiletries, emergency food, dental and vision services, and counseling with trained psychologists. More than 75 percent of Horton’s Kids’ participants are now enrolled in high-perform-

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cally impoverished neighborhoods. The only organization of its kind in the District, it focuses on our youngest and neediest children: During a six- to 12-week program, highly-trained teaching artists model ways to integrate books, music, and dance to develop children’s academic and social-emotional skills. During naptime, teachers take part in workshops to hone their new techniques (and earn professional certifications): By the end of the program, they are equipped to engage countless more early learners. And every child takes home a backpack full of new books—usually the first they have ever owned.

Parents, too, develop new skills through family literacy workshops, where they receive free books, dinner, and training on how to create a culture of reading at home. Reaching more than 3,300 children annually, this program opens books—and a whole new world—to young children in need.

3133 Dumbarton St. NW

can take classes in English or Spanish, earn a GED diploma, acquire the skills to be successful in college or the workplace, and navigate the transition to adulthood. And this is no small feat: 100 percent are low-income; more than a third are parents themselves; another third speak little or no English; and most begin with extremely low math and reading levels—often the reasons that they dropped out in the first place. Students alternate between the classroom (reading, science, math; jobreadiness and life skills), a construction site (building affordable housing units), and service learning opportunities (creating community gardens and cleaning up local rivers). So building means many things: building knowledge, character, homes, lives. Young people who often feel that they have nothing to offer leave YouthBuild PCS with a different perspective: “I built that,” they say. They have built even more.

3014 14th St. NW

Latino Student Fund

Horizons Greater Washington

In kindergarten, the achievement gap between low-income and middle-class children is six months; by the end of fifth grade, the gap has widened to five times that. During the summer alone, low-income students can lose over two months’ worth of reading achievement. Fortunately, Horizons has other plans. Through a unique partnership between public elementary schools and nearby private schools, Horizons offers Saturday and summer enrichment programs that build problem-solving skills, self-esteem, and a love of learning. In small classes (one teacher for five students) on the private school campuses, children delve into math, reading, science, arts, and ... swimming.

Everyone receives a nutritious breakfast, lunch, and snack. Reading specialists spend four hours a day with those who are farthest behind, focusing on spelling, writing, and vocabulary. But just as important as academics are teamwork and respect—and the realization that learning is both hard work and really fun.

Those values stick: attendance rates are over 90 percent, and 95 percent of students return each summer. At Horizons, summer learning loss becomes learning gain.

3000 Cathedral Ave. NW

Horton’s Kids

In Wellington Park, one of the most violent

ing schools, and their graduation rate is nearly twice the neighborhood average. Serving 500 children annually, Horton’s Kids is the lifeline they deserve.

100 Maryland Ave. NE, Suite 520

Inner City Inner Child

Working directly in early childcare classrooms, Inner City Inner Child collaborates with community organizations, public schools, and charter schools to bring innovative arts and literacy education into chroni-

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Latin American Youth Center YouthBuild Public Charter School

A small, alternative school, YouthBuild PCS offers 16- to 24-year olds who have dropped out, aged out, or been expelled from traditional high schools, a unique second chance. In an intimate, supportive environment, students

Latino Student Fund

Latinos make up the largest minority group and fastest growing demographic in the nation, yet Latino students have higher school dropout rates than students of any other racial or ethnic group. In our region, the Latino Student Fund is breaking the barriers to high school graduation by providing educational support services for both youth and their families. LSF’s Tutoring Program offers atrisk Pre-K to 12th graders weekly, individualized academic support during the school year.

Its Access Program not only educates families about parochial and independent school options but also prepares them for the admissions process. The LISTO college access program for low-income DCPS students features everything from college admissions and financial aid workshops to ACT prep and campus visits. (LISTO Rapido is the intensive, weeklong summer version.) Starting with four students in 1994, LSF today serves more than 250 families each week and around 500 youth each year. Best of all? Ninety percent of participants go on to college. Now that’s a statistic we can all get behind.

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lege program, students simultaneously enroll at Bell and at the University of the District of Columbia (cost-free)—and graduate with a diploma and an Associate’s degree in hand.

In 2015, Bell retained its No. 1 ranking in The Washington Post Challenge Index as D.C.’s most academically rigorous college preparatory program for low-income students. Named one of 12 “Breakthrough High Schools” in the country for significant student achievement and high graduation and college admission rates, this extraordinary model truly merits your support.

Monument Academy Public Charter School

By 2018, 71 percent of D.C. jobs will require some post-secondary education, but for youth living in poverty, that degree can often be out of reach. At New Futures, low-income D.C. students learn how to build meaningful careers without spending their limited time and money on a four-year degree. Partnering with 14 nonprofits that help identify motivated high schoolers, New Futures empowers youth to pursue well-paying, professionally-satisfying jobs by attaining community college degrees or vocational certificates.

Scholarships cover up to 100 percent of costs; weekend workshops build critical skills in teamwork, time-management, and communications; and mentors help students tackle challenges and stay on track. Each year, Career Education Workshops introduce students to in-demand careers in fields like healthcare, information technology, and engineering. And all can access the Career Navigator website, which assesses interests and skills, and then helps youth develop educational plans. By identifying satisfying careers within reach— and equipping students with the tools and education they need to achieve them—New Futures truly lives up to its name.

641 S St. NW

Every child can achieve independence and success, regardless of past experiences: That is the founding principle behind Monument Academy, a transformative public boarding school that opened its doors in 2015 with its first class of 40 fifth graders. Most students have suffered significant trauma (abuse, hunger, loss of a parent) or have special needs; many are in foster care or are homeless. But with the right support, all have unlimited potential. Wrap-around care is key: Staff are trained to address children’s social and emotional needs in addition to fostering top-notch academic performance. Small classes, independent and group learning, special education services, counseling, and family engagement activities are all part of the program.

And during the week, students live in singlegender homes (up to 10 students each) with a house-parent couple who teaches them important life skills in a safe, family-like environment. The Academy is dedicated to adding a grade level each year to see these youngsters (and many more) graduate from high school poised for long-term success. Let’s join them on the journey.

500 19th St. NE

Multicultural Career Intern Program (MCIP)

This unique partnership between a nonprofit organization (MCIP) and a school (Columbia Heights Educational Campus, home to Lincoln Multicultural Middle and Bell Multicultural High Schools) enhances academics with year-round support programs. Indeed, many of the campus’s 1,350 students need the support: 80 percent are “language minority,” and 75 percent of high schoolers work to support themselves or their families. To give them every opportunity for success, MCIP offers an array of services: teen pregnancy and gang prevention, support programs for teen parents and their children, and tutoring in reading, math, and science. Through the Early Col-

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An Open Book Foundation

For too many children, books are a luxury. And it’s no coincidence that schools with the fewest books on the shelves have the highest percentage of students from low-income families, who have far lower proficiency levels in reading. An Open Book Foundation addresses this profound disparity, bringing award-winning authors and illustrators into 120 schools and organizations in and around D.C., from Head Start programs to high schools. Fun, interactive reading and writing workshops engage students in the art of storytelling, and each child receives a signed book to take home (books are donated to school libraries and classrooms as well). Whenever possible, AOB seeks out authors and illustrators who are role models: Students meet and connect with talented adults who look like them, grew up nearby, or had similar childhood experiences—and are then inspired to read and write their own stories.

Since 2010, AOB has hosted over 400 events and donated over 25,000 books to the schools and organizations most in need. You can help bring lit-

RESET erature—and learning—to life.

3215 Morrison St. NW

Playworks

Play is so critical to children’s healthy development that the United Nations has declared it a right of every child. Yet school principals report that 89 percent of discipline problems occur during lunch and recess—hot spots for bullying and fights. So Playworks partners with schools, districts, and after-school programs throughout the D.C. region, working to replace the chaos of the playground with healthy, inclusive play.

On-site coaches create a safe, active recess by establishing clear areas for games, communicating shared expectations, and teaching conflict resolution. Fourth and fifth graders receive training to serve as junior coaches, while noncompetitive after-school sports leagues offer positive team experiences. Playworks also provides consultations and professional development to school staff, building their capacity to sustain a healthy recess culture and ensure their students’ safety and success. And the benefits to the 8,100 local students they touch are manifold: less bullying, better behavior, easier transitions to the classroom, and more physical activity. Quite simply, play works wonders. Let’s support those who make it inclusive, safe, and, of course, fun.

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RESET

The results are in: RESET is far more than a successful experiment. An all-volunteer organization of scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians, RESET engages students in the STEM world, encouraging them to consider a future in the field. Serving 25 schools, Martha’s Table, and the D.C. General Family Shelter, RESET reaches 1,900 youngsters annually (pre-K-8), many of whom live, or attend school, in low-income neighborhoods. Volunteers—

sourced from the National Science Foundation, EPA, NIH, Patent and Trademark Office, and others—work closely with classroom teachers to lead hands-on experiments that reinforce the curriculum. An engineer shows how to generate electricity using wind, sunlight, and mechanical energy; a physical anthropologist complements an Earth and Life Sciences module by discussing early humans’ posture and appearance. The goal is not just to teach chemistry or robotics, but to provide children with positive, exciting science interactions—with those who have made this their life’s work. With your help, they will inspire a new generation of eager inventors and space explorers!

P.O. Box 9400

San Miguel School

Latino boys are more likely than any other demographic to drop out—but not at San Miguel School. Currently enrolling 85 at-risk Latino youth, immigrants or the sons of immigrants, 90 percent of whom are poor and arrive two to three years behind grade level, San Miguel serves as a model of innovative Catholic education. Academically rigorous and nearly tuition free, it limits classrooms to approximately 15 students, focuses on the mastery of basic skills in English and math, and nurtures the physical and emotional well-being of each boy. Breakfast, study hall, and tutoring fill out an extended day (until 5 p.m.) and a 200-day school year maintains or accelerates achievement. The goal? To prepare each student for success in high school and in life. And San Miguel stands by its graduates, offering ongoing mentoring and significant high school and college guidance. Last year, 100 percent of students went on to college preparatory high schools and alumni continued to attain a 100 percent high school graduation rate, nearly twice the rate of their local peers. Now that’s

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Teaching for Change

In today’s education system, high-stakes testing leaves teachers desperate for classroom materials that are academically rigorous and engaging. For schools that serve students of color, the need is especially acute: Standard curricula do not reflect the children’s identities and fail to spark a love of learning. So Teaching for Change transforms the educational landscape, offering professional development training to more than 2,000 D.C.-area teachers each year—and empowering them to deliver dynamic, challenging lessons that are relevant to students and their communities. Children discover their own heritage while learning about the Civil Rights Movement, Central American literature, D.C.’s homegrown go-go music, and more. A wealth of online resources and books (including Teaching for Change’s own publications) encourage children and adults alike to re-think the world beyond the headlines and textbooks. Meanwhile, the Tellin’ Stories Project helps schools develop meaningful home-school partnerships and build parent engagement—a proven catalyst for academic achievement. We have the power to shape the future of education: Let’s make sure every child is a part of it.

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Urban Alliance Foundation

Nurturing self-sufficiency is what Urban Alliance is all about. The only year-round high school internship program in D.C., it serves over 950 young people in the city’s most under-served neighborhoods. Its core project is the High School Internship Program, which gives over 150 students the time, space, and resources to learn about professional jobs and begin setting goals

for the future. Participants commit for a year, maintain their grades, stay on track to graduate, and develop a post-high school plan. Life skills sessions focus on time management, communication, and conflict resolution. UA also matches interns with area nonprofits to help them deal with important issues like teen pregnancy, domestic abuse, and financial literacy. Employment assistance mediates conflicts at work so that all students succeed at their jobs. Paid summer internships for college students align with their course of study; UA also helps its graduates with resumes, interviews, job searches, and financial aid applications. Posting an astonishing 100 percent high school graduation rate, and a college matriculation rate of 80 percent, this is an alliance that deserves your support.

2030 Q St. NW

Washington Jesuit Academy

A tuition-free, academically demanding, private middle school (grades 5-8), Washington Jesuit Academy is all about improving the odds for low-income, at-risk boys. Now in its 15th year, WJA has nearly 250 alumni—99 percent of whom are enrolled in or have graduated from high school. And while only 17 percent of low-income minority students in D.C. go on to enroll in college, over 70 percent of WJA alumni do. How does it happen? WJA is a one-stop shop that integrates character education, health and nutrition, counseling services, and mentoring into an 11-hour school day, along with a six-week Summer Enrichment Program. Students play after-school sports, attend evening study hall, eat three nutritious meals with their classmates, and meet with a teacher-mentor each day to discuss challenges and triumphs. In the short term, WJA prepares every student for D.C.’s college preparatory schools; and in the long-term, it supports them through the high school and undergraduate years, on the road to college graduation.

You can be part of a transformative four years for boys who deserve a better life.

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Amara Legal Center

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Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC)

For students at Wilderness Leadership & Learning, the natural and cultural worlds of Greater Washington are their classrooms. On Saturdays, school holidays, and during summer break, WILL brings together youth from underserved D.C. neighborhoods to learn and to explore: day trips on the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers; a ropes course challenge; a scavenger hunt on the National Mall (including the National Gallery); a seven-day backpacking journey on the Appalachian Trail; a forum on college admissions; workshops on inclusion and diversity, financial literacy, healthy eating—all these (and more) are designed to develop their inherent strengths, their decision-making, leadership, goal setting, and life skills. Service learning is an integral part of the WILL experience and all WILL youth learn and appreciate the importance of giving back. Last year, 36 WILL students made the 335-hour commitment to explore and grow. To date, 100 percent of those who completed the program have graduated from high school or are on track to do so.

You can catalyze their next venture and keep them on track to succeed.

1758 Park Road NW

AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly

AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly empowers, defends, and protects Washington’s elderly residents—the frail, poor, disabled, and institutionalized—a majority of whom are low-income ethnic minorities and women. The idea is not simply to take care of legal matters but to address fundamental human needs: income, housing, long-term care, and personal autonomy. The Legal Advice Hotline ensures prompt guidance from a seasoned attorney, helping thousands of D.C. residents annually. The Long-Term Care Ombudsman advocates for the rights and dignity of residents in nursing homes and other facilities.

The Homebound Elderly Project provides legal assistance to the elderly right where they live—even in the hospital. The Alternatives to Landlord/Tenant Court Project and its Elder Buddies volunteer de-cluttering program prevent evictions, displacements, and homelessness among low-income elder tenants. The test of a community is how it cares for its elderly. Surely this is a test we can pass.

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For a survivor of sex trafficking, access to a lawyer can make all the difference—the difference between imprisonment and freedom, between keeping a family together and losing custody, between staying safe and living in fear. Serving 100 clients annually, Amara Legal Services is the only organization in D.C. that provides free legal services exclusively to people whose rights have been violated through commercial sex. Through direct legal representation (coordinated with pro bono attorneys and legal interns), Amara helps clients obtain legal protection from abusers, reunite with their children, and seal unjust criminal records that would otherwise limit their opportunities for employment, higher education, and housing. Staff attorneys oversee the entire process, tailoring services to meet the unique needs of individuals who have endured extreme trauma.

Regular trainings for lawyers and social service organizations expand the community’s ability to identify survivors and refer them for support. Meanwhile, Amara’s policy advocacy helps stop unjust persecution of victims, and its awareness campaigns help prevent trafficking before it starts. Here, your support restores justice … and hope.

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Since its inception, APALRC has represented countless low-income Asian Pacific Islander immigrants and their families. Their needs are similar to other low-income individuals seeking legal services, but their challenges are amplified: Many do not speak English fluently (or at all) and the customs of our legal system are wholly foreign to them. Dedicated to free legal service that is linguistically and culturally accessible, the APALRC team includes three attorneys, and everyone—volunteers and interns, too—is bilingual and bicultural. Through direct representation, referrals, and legal education, APALRC supports hundreds of low-income crime victims and their families, individuals seeking affordable housing, and survivors of domestic violence each year. In addition, a team of law student volunteers and interpreters (who, together with the staff, speak over 16 Asian dialects) manage a multilingual helpline for those who don’t know where to turn. APALRC also advocates for improving language access to government services and the legal system. For so many, language is the great barrier to participation in American society: APALRC turns it into a bridge.

1627 K St. NW, No. 610

Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC)

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An Open Book Foundation: Buys one beautiful, new hardcover book for a child who has never owned a book before. Given at author event and signed by the author.

Iona Senior Services: Basic food staples for one hungry senior: a can of tuna, a can of soup, a box of cereal, and a jar of peanut butter.

Healthy Babies Project: DC Metro Student Electronic Pass providing a pregnant teenager with four rides on Metro to and from classes.

Thrive DC: Six pairs of new socks—their most requested item.

Calvary Women’s Services

Among homeless women, the place has a reputation: When you’re ready to turn your life around, go to Calvary. Each year, more than 130 women find “a safe, caring place for tonight; support, hope, and change for tomorrow.” Of the 7,000 homeless in D.C., most are women (and their children). Many struggle with mental illness, domestic violence, substance abuse, and chronic disease. Every day, Calvary Women’s Services helps 56 women find comprehensive care: housing, healthy meals, education and job readiness programs, mental health and addiction recovery services, life skills classes, and a sisterhood of support. Some women live at Calvary’s permanent housing facility for women with a history of addiction; others work toward independent living through one of the only transitional housing programs for homeless women in the District. Follow-up services ensure that graduates stay healthy and on track as they work toward a new life of empowerment and independence. Tonight Calvary will provide a safe place for homeless women in D.C.: You can ensure that it will do so tomorrow.

1217 Good Hope Rd. SE

CASA For Children of DC

For children in foster care, uncertainty is the norm: They bounce from house to house and school to school. And the vast majority of kids in D.C.’s child welfare system are victims of neglect or abuse. So CASA DC provides a grounding rod: a caring, consistent adult who is dedicated to the child’s best interests. After rigorous recruitment, screening, and more than 30 hours of training, volunteers (called CASAs) are sworn in by the D.C. Superior Court and matched to a young person in need. CASAs attend court hearings, strengthen relationships with social workers and attor-

neys, and help connect youth to jobs, educational opportunities, and housing. Specialized support is provided for pregnant teens and young parents, children whose parents struggle with substance abuse, runaways, and older youth who will soon “age out” of the system.

In 2015, CASA DC served 242 kids; of the cases that closed, 100 percent transitioned into independent living, permanent guardianship, or adoption, or were successfully reunited with their biological families. Your advocacy— and philanthropy—is needed here.

515 M St. SE, Suite 74

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)

One in 10 Washingtonians is Latino, and the majority are immigrants; many have fled violence at home, and all are seeking better opportunities. Whether they have well-established roots in the United States or are newly arrived, they face a host of challenges, including limited English skills, unstable employment and housing, and low wages. So CARECEN provides a one-stop shop where Latino immigrants can access the tools and resources they need to lead secure and productive lives.

Direct legal services and consultations (offered at low or no cost) allow them to resolve their immigration status, secure work authorization, and gain permanent residency. The next step is citizenship, and CARECEN’s citizenship coursework (including mock interviews and ESL tutoring), voter education, and civic engagement activities prepare Latinos to fully engage in civil society. Housing counseling promotes safe and stable homes for all through education on tenant rights, foreclosure prevention, and financial literacy. And an after-school youth program prepares the next generation to become the leaders of tomorrow. Together, these programs strengthen our Latino community … and our society.

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$25 Community Foodworks: Will give one family enough fruits and vegetables for an entire week.

San Miguel School: Markers, pens, brushes, and paints for an art class.

Father McKenna Center: One hour of case management for men struggling with homelessness.

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN): Credit review and counseling for one participant to put them on the path to financial stability.

Monument Academy Public Charter School: School supplies for one student.

$50 Charlie’s Place: Underwrites two weeks of the Charlie’s Place “Housed but Hungry Program,” where staff deliver nutritious food to former clients who have housing, but still can’t afford regular meals.

Brainfood: Kitchen utensil set for after school classes.

GALA Hispanic Theatre: Fee for a teaching artist to provide music instruction for youth in their after-school program.

Kakenya Center for Excellence: Provides one month of high school tuition for a Maasai girl in KCE’s Network for Excellence.

Communities in Schools of the Nation’s Capital: Food basket for a family of four.

Charlie’s Place

At Charlie’s Place, it all starts with a hot, nutritious meal. For 26 years, this nondenominational organization (housed at St Margaret’s Episcopal Church) has served breakfast to all who walk through its doors, providing more than 300,000 meals to homeless and low-income individuals in the Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan neighborhoods. Doors open at 6 a.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and clients are welcome simply to eat—but they can also relax, play music, use the washrooms, and grab a bag lunch before they go. Every day, staff remind their guests of the other services offered on site or through partner organizations, including individual case management, clothing, job referrals, and housing and legal support. A bilingual nurse practitioner provides healthcare on Tuesdays, and the barber visits

two days a week. The chef and floor staff are former clients themselves. It’s no wonder so many feel at home here, and each year, hundreds take steps toward independence with the support of a dedicated staff and more than 1,100 volunteers. Won’t you join the team?

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Community Foodworks

Farmers markets have changed the way we eat and shop for food, while providing an economic lifeline for small farmers. But all too often, low-income families—many of whom depend on federal nutrition programs to meet their basic needs—are left with an empty plate. Enter Community Foodworks. Through innovative food distribution programs at its four farmers

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health, and hope are accessible to everyone.

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DC Doors

For the women and families who are referred to DC Doors for support, homelessness is just one of many challenges in their lives. Most face cultural and language barriers (85 percent are Latino); some are single moms; several have severe mental illnesses. So DC Doors intentionally keeps its caseload modest, offering comprehensive, bilingual assistance to more than 80 children and adults each year.

Its 18-month transitional housing program does far more than provide shelter. Life-skills lessons (including classes on parenting, relationship-building, children’s education, cooking and nutrition) strengthen the entire family.

Meanwhile, employment assistance and training in money management and financial literacy help adults work toward lives of stability and independence. A new, 12-week workforce development program, taught by licensed CPAs, equips clients with the skills to become accounting technicians. Once families move into permanent housing, six months of aftercare helps ease the transition. And through it all, emotional support is available 24/7. Your philanthropy opens doors into a new world, lifting families out of poverty ... for good.

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DC Law Students In Court Program

markets, CFW increases the amount of local, healthy foods in low-income households.

For shoppers who use SNAP, WIC, and other forms of federal aid, weekly $10 vouchers encourage them to visit their neighborhood market, while a matching dollar program doubles their purchasing power. A subsidized Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program ensures that low-income families can take home the same bag of produce as their more affluent neighbors, while free home delivery is available for seniors. And at its flagship market in Columbia Heights, CFW distributes fresh food at wholesale prices to organizations that provide meals to residents and schools in need.

This innovative organization builds healthier communities through food justice. Pass the plate, please.

1380 Monroe St. NW

Community of Hope

Since 1980, Community of Hope has served

the District’s low-income families, including those experiencing homelessness, providing opportunities to help them achieve good health, a stable home, family-sustaining income … and hope. A continuum of housing programs—including homelessness prevention, temporary and transitional shelter, permanent supportive housing, and rapid rehousing—provides over 600 families with a safe place to live while helping them increase their income and work toward their goals of stability and self-sufficiency. Families access intensive case management, job support, youth intervention and mentoring, and support with budgeting, family stability, and substance abuse, all according to need. COH is also a Federally Qualified Health Center offering comprehensive services at three health centers in Wards 1, 5, and 8, designed so that low-income clients can access everything they need at one location: preventative and routine health care, wellness services, chronic disease management, dental services, prenatal care, and specialty care. Ultimately, we are all one community: Let’s ensure that homes, good

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The need for affordable housing is probably the single biggest challenge facing poor people in the District, and gentrification and its consequences have only intensified the problem.

DC Law Students in Court comes at the issue in an innovative way. Acknowledging that 90 percent of landlords have attorneys and only 3 percent of tenants do, LSIC uses legal defenses to intervene in crises and prevent evictions.

Homelessness prevention constitutes 70 percent of its work, with small claims, criminal defense cases, and juvenile justice work rounding out the docket. The idea just makes sense: law students from American, Georgetown, GW, Howard, and UDC pair up with some of DC’s neediest citizens, whose incomes fall well below the poverty line. Many are female heads of households with young children or heads of extended families on public assistance or disability. The goal is to stabilize their living situations, teach them the value of asserting their rights, and create a group of young attorneys who will continue to help poor people throughout their careers. Now that’s philanthropy at work.

4340 Connecticut Ave. NW, No. 100

The Father McKenna Center

During his time with St. Aloysius Church near Union Station, Father Horace B. McKenna was known by many as “Washington’s priest to the

poor.” Since 1982, the Father McKenna Center has honored his legacy, providing more than 20,000 homeless men with the services they need to survive. Every weekday, more than 100 men come to the Day Center to eat, take showers and do laundry, access phones, mail, computers, and clean clothing, and attend a support group. Staff work with guests to identify challenges and goals, and then connect each individual to the services and resources he needs to move forward. The Hypothermia Program pairs intensive case management with evening care and overnight shelter for up to 20 men during the cold months of winter.

And through the Center’s food pantry, more than 200 low-income families living in Ward 6 “shop” for much-needed groceries, including fresh bread, produce, milk, eggs, and meat. It all happens thanks to dedicated staff, a youth service-learning program, and hundreds of other volunteers. You can join them.

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Friends of Compass

Since 2001, Friends of Compass has developed an exceptional track record of delivering invaluable capacity-building consulting services to nonprofits: Over 2,000 business professionals have volunteered on 400 projects for 300 local nonprofits. The value of their time and labor averages $150,000 per project, but Compass provides all services at no charge. At the end of a project, nonprofit leaders have an objective and clear understanding of their own organization and a strong plan for moving into the future. In turn, each member of the Compass team develops a deep and personal commitment to the nonprofit world—perhaps for the first time. Every nonprofit is different and Compass makes sure that each one has the time and team to make a real difference: By carefully screening applications from nonprofits, selecting a Project Leader to manage and motivate the team, and recruiting and training volunteers with the right education and experience. Smaller nonprofits truly flourish with high-level guidance and long-term support. A gift to Compass is a gift to all of them.

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Girls on the Run - DC

What difference does it make if a girl enters her pivotal adolescent years self-confident and disciplined, with a strong sense of self-worth? For some, it makes all the difference. That is why Girls on the Run pairs evidence-based character education with running instruction. GOTRDC coaches over 2,000 girls a year across all D.C. wards, equipping them with the skills and encouragement they need to meet life’s challenges: from peer pressure and bullying, to body image and healthy relationships. During each 10-week program, trained volunteer coaches mentor teams of 8-15 girls in grades 3-8, exploring key character education topics while helping the girls set individual goals and prepare for a season-culminating 5K event. Schol-

arships (provided to more than 60 percent of participants) ensure that girls of all economic backgrounds—12,000 D.C. girls since 2006 — are empowered to believe in themselves, value healthy relationships, encourage their team, and have an impact on the community in which they live. Let’s give them support (and cheers) all the way to the finish line.

1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 304

Healthy Babies Project

The District has one of our country’s most frightening low birth weight rates (38 percent higher than the national average) as well as soaring teen pregnancy rates. Sobering statistics indeed. But Healthy Babies Project aims to educate D.C.’s young people about sexual health; reduce the rates of low birth weight and infant death; improve infant health and prevent child abuse and neglect; teach effective and confident parenting to all new parents, including teens and fathers; offer family support and home visits; and provide comprehensive and structured health, prenatal, and childbirth education services. Last year, clients delivered 124 normal birth-weight babies and markedly few low birth-weight babies. Moreover, the current repeat teen pregnancy rate for HBP clients is 1.5 percent, as compared with 23 percent for other teenagers in the District, indicating that education can make a huge difference.

HBP brings expectant parents under its wing to nurture, educate, and encourage them to participate actively in their family’s care—a true bright spot in the often dark healthcare landscape. Help spread the light!

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Housing Up (formerly THC)

The causes of homelessness are varied: unemployment, disability, illness, addiction, domestic violence. So Housing Up provides a range of housing services to more than 600 homeless and at-risk families in D.C., enabling them to make transformational changes in their lives.

For those experiencing homelessness for the first time, rapid re-housing gets them back on

the road to housing stability. Permanent Supportive Housing provides homes for the chronically homeless (many of whom struggle with disabilities, HIV/AIDS, or substance abuse).

And Affordable Housing units offer low-income, working families a safe and dignified place to live. But the idea is not just to put a roof over a family’s head (though that is no small thing); it’s to help people build the skills they need to achieve housing stability and self-sufficiency. Housing Up’s comprehensive services include employment and career counseling, job readiness and life skills training, mental health counseling, and youth enrichment programs such as gardening, art clubs, and tutoring. The ultimate goal: end family homelessness by 2020—with your help, please.

5101 16th St. NW

Iona Senior Services

A key component of aging well is “aging in place,” which incidentally saves billions of dollars that might otherwise be spent on institutional care. For over 40 years, Iona Senior Services has provided the support that makes this possible, enabling older people—whose numbers are greater now than at any time in history —to stay (and thrive) in their own homes. Of Iona’s clients, 80 percent are financially insecure, nearly 70 percent are all alone, and many have difficulty shopping, preparing meals, managing money, doing housework, and taking medication. So Iona offers a full range of services: adult day programs for some, coordination of in-home and out-of-home services for others; community programs like group meals, fitness classes, visual art and creative writing courses, and recreational activities that promote a healthy lifestyle; and meal delivery and volunteer companions for those who are homebound. The Client Care Fund supports seniors whose families can’t afford even the most modest fees. Someone’s mother, someone’s father: Your support can make the difference.

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Lydia’s House in Southeast

Frustrated by the lack of government intervention and support to address the challenges facing D.C.’s poor, Eugene and Patrice Sheppard created Lydia’s House in Southeast to provide social services, emotional support, and educational resources for families at every stage of the poverty cycle. Now a HUD-approved housing counseling agency working with low- and moderate-income households in the District and Prince George’s County to ensure that they obtain, maintain, and retain their housing choices, Lydia’s House serves over 950 clients a year with pre-purchase workshops and one-on-one counseling on topics like home ownership, rental, credit, debt management, and foreclosure prevention. Financial education—which has reached hundreds of veterans—includes basic banking, money management, and understanding how credit works. The Growing Children program, provided through Young Outstanding Ladies Organization, combines technology, hands-on workshops, and mentoring for the younger set—girls 12-18—to increase social and decision-making skills. Lydia’s House also provides emergency rental and utility assistance, and food and clothing distribution, so it’s a full plate. Your philanthropy really makes a difference here.

4101 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SW

Miriam’s Kitchen

For the last 32 years, Miriam’s Kitchen has served a nutritious breakfast to men and women in the District who are chronically homeless, feeding more than 4,000 people each year. Today, Miriam’s offers “more than a meal”: It is a leading advocate for a more effective and efficient homeless services system. In the dining room, where dinner is now served, case managers work one-on-one to meet guests’ needs—providing them with clothing and toiletries, connecting them to critical social services, and helping them find jobs and housing. Other community organizations bring their services (healthcare, legal support, HIV testing) on site to further streamline support. But a stable home for all is the ultimate goal, so Miriam’s offers wrap-around care to 95 formerly homeless individuals who now live in Permanent Supportive Housing, helping them integrate into the communi-

ty and remain safely housed. A Street Outreach Program was launched this spring, and Miriam’s has committed itself to join with the city in a historic commitment to end chronic homelessness by 2017. You can help make this vision a reality.

2401 Virginia Ave. NW

School Justice Project

More than half. That’s how many youth in D.C.’s juvenile justice system have special education needs. But court-involved youth with disabilities rarely receive the education to which they are legally entitled. Instead, without proper support, far too many drop out and land in the criminal justice system. Dedicated to changing this trajectory, School Justice Project champions the rights of these young people (ages 18-22—those at the deep end of the juvenile justice system), equipping them with education and resources to transition successfully into adulthood. SJP attorneys provide 150 youth with direct legal representation, utilizing special education law to increase access to education. Systemic advocacy efforts improve re-entry services and policies, making sure these students have meaningful, effective support when they return to the community. SJP also connects its clients to community-based support services, and offers trainings for legal professionals to encourage the integration of special education law into juvenile practice.

These kids have been dealt a tough hand in life. You can give them a fighting chance at the meaningful future they deserve.

1805 7th St. NW

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts works with the human experience of cancer that conventional medicine often doesn’t address.

Caregiver and patient support groups, workshops on stress reduction, and classes in poetry, art, and journal writing offer the opportunity for self-expression; restful Cancer Retreats

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Holiday Volunteer Opportunities Communities in Schools of the Nation’s Capital

Volunteer for school special events such as holiday parties, as well as for ongoing events like the family food markets. January is an ideal time to start tutoring a student to make sure they are on track for the rest of the school year.

DC Doors

Ease the burden of DC Doors’ homeless clients by translating important documents from English to Spanish.

Monument Academy Public Charter School Participate in a food drive the week of Dec. 12 by collecting nonperishable items and sorting donations to distribute to our students and families to take home for winter break.

Girls on the Run – DC

Join the Girls on the Run - DC 10th Anniversary Community Fall 5K on Sunday, Dec. 4. Opportunities include volunteer welcome team, greeter, information team, and more!

Charlie’s Place

Help in the kitchen, work in the clothing closet, and serve a hot nutritious meal to between 70 and 100 clients as part of the morning meal program. Or, help with a very special party on Thursday, Dec. 15—collect and sort gifts, create gift-packs, and volunteer on the evening itself.

Community Foodworks

Help with thinking, planning, and organizing for next season! Participate in focus groups about the future of Community Foodworks’ markets, help organize and repair their materials and equipment, research new farmers and producers, analyze data about market participation, and design new outreach/informational materials.

Wilderness Leadership and Learning Inc:

January 2017 volunteer opportunities include participating in nutrition and cultural awareness days and financial literacy and SMART goals days for students.

Iona Senior Services

Help pack and deliver meals to low-income seniors on Saturday mornings, or glean produce from farmer’s markets on Sundays for distribution to seniors who otherwise would not have access to healthy, fresh food.

Brainfood

Help out at Brainfood’s first student event of the year on Thursday, December 15th ; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Brainfood participants will be welcoming family and friends to their Chinatown site and making some classroom favorite recipes to share.

GALA Hispanic Theatre

Usher the audience to their seats for “Hecho en Puerto Rico,” a comedy performed at GALA Dec. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. Sort and give out 600 gifts or provide ushering and ticketing support at the Three Kings Day event Jan. 8.

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let patients and caregivers explore a range of resources for healing and relaxation. On site and by phone, trained Patient Navigators work with cancer patients one-on-one, empowering them to take a more active role in their care and well-being through education, resources, and emotional support. Deeply committed to serving all D.C. residents, Smith Center also offers programs for low-income, at-risk, minority, and young adult cancer survivor populations, all at no or low cost. In all, it provides cancer support services to 1,500 people each year. Another 3,000 community members visit the center’s Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, which is dedicated to exhibiting fine art that explores the innate connection between healing and creativity. A two-time Susan G. Komen Foundation award winner, Smith Center deserves your generous support.

1632 U St. NW

SMYAL (Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders)

We’ve come a long way in the last few decades, but LGBTQ youth are still at greater risk than their heterosexual peers for physical abuse, homelessness, suicide, HIV infection, and dropping out of school. Committed to a better world for the next generation, SMYAL builds LGBTQ youth leaders, empowering them to engage their peers in service and advocacy projects. Teens create and manage Gay-Straight Alliances at their schools (proven to reduce bullying and harassment); youth trained in HIV prevention educate their peers about safer sex; and outstanding young leaders receive academic scholarships in recognition of their courage. Meanwhile, the Youth Center provides a safe, supportive space where teens can openly be themselves. Support groups explore self-esteem, health, sexual activity, drug abuse, and violence protection; free HIV testing and counseling are offered to all. SMYAL also trains teachers, social workers, and medical professionals to work with LGBTQ youth in an effective and affirming way. Some young people believe that harassment and isolation are facts of life. We know better.

410 7th St. SE

Street Sense

Since 2003, Street Sense has been changing the story of homelessness—literally. Its biweekly street newspaper features articles and creative writing about poverty and injustice, authored by homeless and formerly homeless individuals (as well as staff and volunteers), who earn an average of $45 per day selling the newspaper in their communities. In 2013, Street Sense expanded beyond the page and launched a Media Center, where 130 men and women experiencing homelessness participate in free weekly workshops in writing, theater, photography, graphic design, digital marketing, and more.

Through a stepping-stone model of increasing responsibility and rigor, participants gradually work toward gainful employment while also building key life skills: setting goals, managing relationships, and making responsible decisions. Most recently, Street Sense incorporated a team of on-site case managers to expand and streamline support—and help pave the way toward self-sufficiency. Staff and volunteers view participants not as beneficiaries, but as talented, hard-working colleagues whose voices should be heard. You, too, can help them tell their stories … and build new lives.

1317 G St. NW

Thrive DC

From infants to great-grandmothers, Thrive DC welcomes the most vulnerable of our neighbors: homeless men, women, and children whom other programs may not accept or accommodate. Some suffer from mental illness or substance abuse (or both); others are victims of sexual or domestic abuse; many live with chronic health problems. And they come for something simple: hot, nutritious breakfast for men and women, dinner for women and children, plus an emergency food pantry and carry-out lunch. They also find laundry facilities and showers, toiletries, mail, phone and computers access, and warm clothing and blankets. After building a relationship of trust, Thrive helps clients on-site or refers them to providers who can assist with housing, medical care, or legal services. An employment program offers on-the-job training and life-skills coaching, and for women coming out of incarceration, a comprehensive re-entry program helps them rebuild their lives. Since 1979, Thrive DC has been serving to homeless and vulnerable Washingtonians generous portions of food—and help and hope.

1525 Newton St. NW, Suite G1

Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International

For individuals fleeing civil war, terrorism, and repressive regimes in their home countries, the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition offers more than peaceful refuge. Founded and led by torture survivors, TASSC serves 330 clients (called “members”) each year, helping them apply for asylum and build new lives. Most come from Ethiopia and Cameroon, arriving with little more than the clothes on their backs.

Together with a clinical case manager, they create a roadmap for their journey to recovery, including medical treatment (through on-site care and referrals), bilingual, trauma-informed counseling, and therapeutic activities like yoga, story-telling, art workshops, and more. A career counselor assists with job searches and resume preparation, and staff and pro bono attorneys offer free

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Welcome to the 12th Annual Downtown Holiday Market.

The streets of DowntownDC come alive once again this holiday season at the 12th Annual Downtown Holiday Market. At this unique outdoor shopping marketplace, you’ll find over 150 artisans selling jewelry, art, clothing, holiday decorations and more, plus, you can enjoy live music, food and holiday festivities while you shop!

Twelve years ago, the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) and Diverse Markets Management (DMM) created an outdoor holiday shopping marketplace for the DowntownDC community. Today, DowntownDC is a retail and tourist destination and this nationally-renown market is at the heart of it all.

The Market is committed to environmental sustainability and environmentally-friendly initiatives are also important to many of the Market exhibitors, some whom offer fair-trade imports and gifts made from recycled and sustainable resources. The Market is conveniently accessible by public transportation including Metrorail, Metrobus and Capital Bikeshare.

In addition to gifts, the Downtown Holiday Market features live music daily, offers holiday treats and more. The Market runs from Nov. 25–Dec. 23 from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily on F Street NW between 7th and 9th streets.

The BID and DMM thank our sponsors for their contributions.

For a full list of sponsors and for more information on daily performances and vendors, visit DowntownHolidayMarket.com. Follow us on Twitter @DtwnHolidayMkt (#DowntownHolidayMarket), on Facebook and on Instagram. Vendors rotate daily, so we look forward to seeing you throughout this holiday season again and again in DowntownDC!

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Kuzeh Pottery #13, Dec 11(Su)–Dec 17(S)

Capitol Poster Gallery #41, Nov 28(M)–Nov 30(W) Jentz Prints #7, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) Tom Rall #13/14, Nov 25(F)–Dec 5(M)

Printemps Pottery #29, Dec 12(M)–Dec 18(Su)

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Kerri Henry Pottery #16, Nov 28(M)–Dec 6(T) Kerrihenrypottery.com

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CLOTHES & ACCESSORIES Aria Handmade #32, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) ariahandmade.com

Be You Fashion #42, Dec 12(M)–Dec 23(F) beyoufashion.com

Cho-pi-cha #56, Nov 25(F)–Dec 1(Th)

Colombia Handmade Organic Art #27, Dec 19(M)–Dec 23(F) etsy.com/shop/ ColombiaHandMadeArt

De*Nada Design #30, Dec 9(F)–Dec 23(F) denadadesign.com

Fuzzy Ink #8, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) fuzzy-ink.com

Inka Treasures #2, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) inkatreasureshop.com

Jonathon Wye, LLC #34, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) jonwye.com

Kerplunk Designs #17, Dec 10(S)–Dec 15(Th)

Kora designs #22, Dec 21(W)–Dec 23(F)

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Lil’ Fishy #38, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

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LittleTibetBoutique #22, Nov 25(F)–Dec 15(Th)

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MangoBay #46, Dec 19(M)–Dec 23(F)

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Mirasa Designs #25, Nov 30(W)–Dec 16(Th)

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Mistura Timepieces #10, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

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Reinventing-Reality– Photographic Collages #27, Dec 9(F)–Dec 11(Su)

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Yikes Twins #54, Nov 28(M)–Nov 30(W) #53, Dec 5(M)–Dec 16(F) yikestwins.com

Zermatt Outerwear #51, Dec 12(M)–Dec 15(Th) thezermatt.com

COLLAGE Had Matter #20, Nov 25(F)–Nov 27(Su) #24, Dec 7(W)–Dec 11(Su) hadmatterart.com

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Juanita’s Adventures #18, Dec 2(F) -Dec 4(Su)

Jen-A-Fusion Fashion Accesories #56, Dec 2(F)–Dec 8(Th) jenafusion.blogspot.com

Scarvelous #54, Nov 25(F)–Nov 27(Su) #56, Dec 9(F)–Dec 23(F)

The Taste of Germany #62, Nov 25(F)–Dec 9(F) #62, Dec 19(M)–Dec 23(F) germanfoods.org

Vigilante #48, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) vigilantecoffee.com

GLASS englerglass #43, Nov 28(M)–Dec 17(S) englerglass.com

GlitzyGlass #40, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) glitzy-glass.com

Seeing In Fabric #29, Dec 19(M)–Dec 23(F)

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Tigerflight #59, Nov 30(W)–Dec 2(F) etsy.com/tigerflight

Woolgathering #25, Nov 25(F)–Nov 29(T) facebook.com/MichelleSasscer

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FOOD & BEVERAGES

Rebound Designs #54, Dec 9(F)–Dec 23(F)

Alexas Empanadas #1, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

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facebook.com/alexasempanadas

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scarvelous.com

juanitas.etsy.com

Marcelle Fozard #20, Nov 28(M)–Dec 1(Th)

Migue’s Magnificent Mini Donuts #47, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

Homegrown Glass Art #19, Dec 5(M)–Dec 23(F) Jamie Agins Art Glass #13, Dec 6(T)–Dec 10(S) New World Glass #26, Dec 2(F)–Dec 4(Su) newworldglass.com

IMPORTED CRAFTS Amano Artisans #52, Nov 25(F)–Dec 15(Th) amanoartisans.com

Art Inca Native #9, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

Unique Gifts through Dec 23 Nov.25 Thru Dec. 23, 2016

Baby Alpaca #45, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) Dorjebajra Tibet Shop #51, Nov 25(F)–Dec 7(W) mytibetshop.com

Mundo Village #12, Nov 25(F)–Dec 12(M) mundovillage.com

Red Persimmon #42, Nov 25(F)–Dec 11(Su) redpersimmon.net

Russian Classics #20, Dec 16(F)–Dec 20(T) russian-classics.com

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Toro Mata #6, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) toromata.com

Tunisian Touch #23, Nov 25(F)–Dec 16(F) #20, Dec 21(W) -Dec 23(F) tunisiantouch.com

Vida Dulce Imports #30, Nov 25(F)–Dec 8(Th) vidadulceimports.com

JEWELRY Al’s Beads #61, Nov 28(M)–Dec 19(M)

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Amanda Hagerman Jewelry #21, Nov 25(F)–Nov 27(Su) amandahagermanjewelry.com

American Princess #55, Dec 2(F)–Dec 10(S) Andrea Haffner #23, Dec 17(S)–Dec 23(F) andreahaffner.com

August Nine Designs #18, Dec 17(S)–Dec 23(F) augustninedesigns.com

Black Black Moon #26, Dec 16(F)–Dec 23(F)

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JOY OF Christmas

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FRIDAY, DEC. 9, 8:00 PM SUNDAY, DEC. 11, 4:00 PM

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Carol-lynn Swol Jewelry Design #60, Dec 5(M)–Dec 8(Th)

InBloom Jewelry #18, Dec 5(M)–Dec 16(F)

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J.dell Designs #18, Nov 28(M)–Dec 1(Th) #16, Dec 22(Th)–Dec 23(F)

Chris Bergman Handmade #18, Nov 25(F)–Nov 27(Su) #28, Dec 23(F) instagram.com/chris.bergman

Courtney Gillen #39, Dec 18(Su)–Dec 23(F) D. Collection #3, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) David Conroy Art #54, Dec 1(Th)–Dec 8(Th) davidconroyart.com

Deco Etc. #58, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) decoetcjewelry.com

Harun’sAfrican Art #25, Dec 16(F)–Dec 23(F)

inbloomjewelry.com

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Jewelry by Elsa #20, Nov 28(M)–Dec 1(Th) jewelrybyelsa.com

Karen Coston Jewelry #12, Dec 14(W)–Dec 23(F) Karencoston.com

Kiwi Exquisite #17, Dec 20(T)–Dec 23(F) kiwikathy.blogspot.com

Laura Moore Designs #26, Nov 25(F)–Dec 1(Th) lauramooredesigns.com

Leah Staley Designs #52, Dec 16(F)–Dec 19(M) leahstaley.com

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Leah Sturgis Jewelry Art #35, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) leahsturgis.com

Lilypad Designs #28, Dec 13(T)–Dec 22(Th)

Italy In Color #19, Dec 2(F)–Dec 4(Su) #20, Dec 9(F)–Dec 11(Su)

Terry Pool Design #16, Dec 7(W)–Dec 21(W)

Quest Skinner #33, Nov 25(F)–Dec 8(Th)

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Nikki’s Jewelry Box #28, Nov 25(F)–Nov 27(Su) NikkisJewelryBox.com

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Moya Gallery #53, Dec 17(S)–Dec 23(F)

The Secret Jewelry Garden #59, Nov 25(F)–Nov 26(S)

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Rayhart #60, Dec 9(F)–Dec 15(Th)

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Turtles Webb #55, Dec 14(W)–Dec 23(F)

The Lavender Whim #53, Nov 29(T)–Dec 3(S)

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Wiwat Kamolpornwijit #43, Dec 18(Su)–Dec 23(F)

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Thomas Bucci #29, Nov 30(W)–Dec 11(Su)

PAINTING

Tsolmon-Art #4, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

A & M Goldfarb #27, Dec 1(Th)–Dec 8(Th) Golshah Agdasi #43, Nov 25(F)–Nov 27(Su) Joel Traylor Art #51, Dec 8(Th)–Dec 11(Su) #17, Dec 16(F)–Dec 19(M) joeltraylor.com

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maruxivintage.com

Avner Ofer Photography #41, Dec 1(Th)–Dec 23(F)

Kessler Art #51, Dec 16(F)–Dec 23(F)

Studio on F Jewelry #26, Dec 5(M)–Dec 8(Th)

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PHOTOGRAPHY Chandler Art and Images #22, Dec 16(F)–Dec 20(T) Drew Smith Photography #5 Dec 2(F)–Dec 23(F)

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Maruxi Vintage #21, Nov 28(M)–Dec 14(W)

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Joseph Snyder #46, Dec 9(F)–Dec 18(Su)

Marcella Kriebel Art & Illustration #13, Dec 11(Su)–Dec 17(S)

Seriously Warm-Surprisingly Soft

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Jonathanblumportraits.com

mann made designs #57, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

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RuthieLine Jewelry Designs #60, Dec 5(M)–Dec 8(Th)

Jonathan Blum Portraits #33, Dec 9(F)–Dec 23(F)

Stio Design #24, Nov 25(F)–Dec 6(T) #52, Dec 20(T)–Dec 23(F)

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Ofina #14, Dec 6(T)–Dec 10(S)

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Turbopolis #61, Dec 20(T)–Dec 23(F) turbopolis.com

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Joe Shymanski #50, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) joeshymanski.com

Peter Tomlinson Photography #61, Nov 25(F)–Nov 27(Su) #13, Dec 18(Su)–Dec 23(F) photosbypjt.com

Tom Wachs Photography #5, Nov 25(F)–Dec 1(Th) #14, Dec 11(Su)–Dec 14(W) tomwachs.com

PRINTMAKING Cherry Blossom Creative #21, Dec 15(Th)–Dec 23(F) cherryblossomcreative.com

EWBA #11, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F) ewba.net

Washington Watercolors #17, Nov 25(F)–Dec 9(F)

Fancy Seeing You Here #20, Dec 2(F)–Dec 8(Th)

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Photo of Craig Wallace by Scott Suchman.

MODERN DANCE at MYB

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Focus on body integration, musicality and flow Tuesdays with HELEN REA.

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Stretch and strengthen your body and mind Wednesdays with EDWARD FRANKLIN former principal with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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Grey Moggie Press #20, Dec 2(F)–Dec 8(Th) greymoggie.com

JPOP Studios #59, Nov 27(Su)–Nov 29(Tu) jpopstudios.com

Katharine Watson #28, Nov 28(M)–Dec 12(M) katharinewatson.com

Miks Letterpress + #60, Nov 25(F)–Dec 2(F) mikspress.com

Where In The World Books #20, Dec 12(M)–Dec 15(Th)

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SOAPS & CANDLES BAMI Products #55, Nov 25(F)–Nov 27(Su) #59, Dec 15(Th)–Dec 23(F) bamiproducts.net

Coastal Home & Body #49, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

Joyful Bath Co. #26, Dec 9(F)–Dec 15(Th) joyfulbathco.com

Maré Naturals #53, Dec 3(S)–Dec 4(Su) marenaturals.com

Michalene’s Goat Milk Spa Soap #60, Dec 3(S)–Dec 4(Su) MichalenesSoap.com

Pure Palette #60, Nov 25(F)–Dec 2(F) purpalette.etsy.com

Undone Chocolate #31, Nov 25(F)–Dec 1(Th) undonechocolate.com

Whisked! #62, Dec 10(S)–Dec 11(Su) #62, Dec 17(S)–Dec 18(Su) whiskeddc.com

TEXTILES Janice’s Table #53, Nov 25(F)–Nov 28(M) janicetable.com

SPECIALTY FOOD

Naked Decor #37, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

Cardinal Chocolates, Inc. #15, Nov 25(F)–Dec 1(Th) #15, Dec 7(W)–Dec 23(F)

range of emotion #36, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

nakeddecor.com

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cardinalchocolates.com

Chocotenango #62, Dec 10(S)–Dec 18(Su) chocotenango.com

coastalhomeandbody.com

Hello Cocoa #55, Dec 11(Su)–Dec 13(T)

Geeda’s Hand Poured Candles #24, Dec 12(M)–Dec 15(Th)

J. Chocolatier #60, Dec 16(F)–Dec 23(F)

hellococoachocolate.com

WOODWORKING Blue Ridge Cutting Board Company #31, Dec 9(F)–Dec 23(F)

candlesbygeeda.com

jchocolatier.com

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Handmade Habitat #27, Nov 25(F)–Nov 27(Su)

The Capital Candy Jar #63, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

Tree-to-Art #44, Nov 25(F)–Dec 23(F)

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thecapitalcandyjar.com

treetoart.com

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MUSIC SCHEDULE

The Market Stage presents a musical feast of more than 65 shows by some of the area’s best blues, rock, jazz, soul, country, world, and contemporary artists. And of course, it wouldn’t be a holiday market without some of your favorite seasonal standards. Check the daily performance schedule below, and find more information about all of the performers in the Musical Entertainment section of DowntownHolidayMarket.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Patty Reese Music Pilgrim Trio Stacy Brooks Band

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 Acoustic Roots World Music Blues, Jazz

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Big Lunch Ruthie & the Wranglers DC Mudd Karen Collins & Backroads Nina Casey & Jeff Clair Gina DeSimone & the Moaners Jim Stephanson The Lovejoy Group

American Songbook Holiday, Jazz

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Junior Cline Duo Blanco y Negro de Cuba

R&B, Soul Cuban Traditions

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

John G. Lewis/ElectroKoustic 49 Cent Dress

Jazz, R&B Classic Rock

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Billy Coulter Duo Seth Kibel & Sean Lane

Roots Rock, Pop Jazzy Holiday

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Flo Anito Ian Walters Andra Faye & Scott Ballantine Esther Haynes & JC VeVe Project Natale Alpha Dog Acoustic Blues

Patty Reese Andra Faye & Scott Ballantine

Acoustic Roots Blues, Roots, Jazz

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Maureen Andary Bill Baker Band

Jazz, Pop Original Country Blues

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Dave Chappell & Dave Hartge Surf Jaguars Flo Anito Seth Kibel & Sean Lane Carly Harvey & Sol Roots Jim Stephanson Janine Wilson & Max Evans

The 19th Street Band Runakuna

Folk Rock, Americana Andian Traditions

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Patty Reese Judge Smith

Acoustic Roots Pop, Roots Rock

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Dave Chappell & Dave Hartge Stacy Brooks Band

Roots Guitar Blues, Jazz

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

John G. Lewis/ElectroKoustic The Rock-A-Sonics

Jazz, R&B Rockabilly

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Jim Stephanson Bruce Hutton The Sweater Set

American Songbook Appalachian Folk, Blues Folk Pop

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Snakehead Run Lilt Kiss and Ride

Jugband Blues Irish, Step Dancers Blues, Jazz, Soul

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Blue Panamuse Christylez Bacon Los Caribbeat

Blues, Swing Progressive Hip Hop Caribbean

12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Jonny Grave Cooking With Gas

Slide Blues Blues. Swing, Jazz

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

John G. Lewis/ElectroKoustic The 19th Street Band

Jazz, R&B Folk Rock, Americana

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Dave Chappell & Dave Hartge Jonny Grave Billy Thompson

Roots Guitar Slide Blues Soul Infused Gumbo

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 Maureen Andary Carly Harvey & Sol Roots King Street Bluegrass

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Jazzy Pop Jazzy Holiday

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Roots Guitar Surf, Classic Rock

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Celtic, Jazz, Fusion Holiday, Jazz Latin Jazz

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19

Denyse Pearson & Her Gentlemen of Distinction Jazz Standards Trio Caliente Latin The Fuss Ska, Reggae

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Abigail Palmer & Eric Selby The Lovejoy Group Afro Nuevo

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 Swing, Jazz Jazz Blues

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 Jazzy Pop Updated Classics Blues, Roots, Jazz

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Original Country Blues Blue Eyed Soul Updated Classics

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 Honky Tonk American Songbook, Blues Swing, Blues

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Bill Baker Band Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes Ian Walters & Friends

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 Americana Roots Old School Blues

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Roots, Blues, Jazz American Songbook Original Roots Rock

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Music Pilgrim Trio OCEAN Celtic Quartet Ian Walters & Friends

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Kakenya Center for Excellence

legal services to navigate the complicated asylum application process. Meanwhile, up to eight male survivors live at the Survivor House while they seek stable housing and employment. But most importantly, TASSC restores in its members the belief that they are a welcome and dignified part of the human family. Nothing less will do.

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INTERNATIONAL

The Veterans Consortium

Every year, millions of civilians are killed, injured, and displaced due to armed conflict.

These innocent men, women, and children are too often overlooked—so the Center for Civilians in Conflict works on their behalf. CIVIC calls on and advises international organizations, governments, militaries, and other parties to implement policies that prevent civilian harm. Its dedicated team travels to conflict zones to speak directly with those affected, brings their stories to those in power, and provides expert advice on ways to ensure civilian safety. When harm does occur, CIVIC presses warring parties to make amends and assist those caught in the crossfire—a seemingly fundamental concept that is, in reality, wholly new to war policy and practice. And the world is listening. In a decade of work, CIVIC has conducted effective, high-level advocacy with numerous international stakeholders (including the United Nations and NATO), and has been instrumental in documenting civilian harm and developing better protection tactics across the globe, from Afghanistan to Libya. Together, we can lower the human cost of war.

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Every year, thousands of veterans and their loved ones appeal to federal courts in D.C., seeking to overturn the denial of their veterans’ benefits claims. Many are elderly, experiencing financial hardship, or suffering from serious conditions like PTSD; all deserve highquality representation. So The Veterans Consortium provides free legal services to over 400 Veterans and their families each year, ensuring equal access to justice in court—and achieving favorable outcomes in 80 percent of its cases. It recruits and trains top-notch volunteer attorneys, matches them with thoroughly screened clients, and provides expert mentoring throughout the appeals process. Many successful cases require medical proof to actually claim benefits or redress, so a new medical review program provides volunteer doctors who support cases with critical evidence. The Consortium also offers start-up funding for veterans law clinics at partner law schools, thereby expanding the pool of expert representation.

These services mean veterans can access the life-changing benefits that our country has vowed to provide. Let’s keep that promise.

2101 L St. NW

Center for Civilians in Conflict

Freedom Now

Freedom of expression and belief is a fundamental right most of us take for granted. But around the world, journalists, human rights

defenders, politicians, and religious figures are unjustly imprisoned for holding views that their governments do not tolerate. Many of these “prisoners of conscience” have dedicated their lives to advancing human rights— so Freedom Now amplifies their voices, and works to set them free. Each case undergoes a thorough legal review; once accepted, staff and volunteer attorneys provide pro bono legal representation and petition international tribunals, such as the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, for the prisoner’s release. Advocacy and public relations campaigns raise awareness, engaging influential policymakers and officials to strengthen the case and increase pressure on the detaining government. Since 2001, Freedom Now has helped release 100 prisoners (15 in the first half of 2016 alone). Your support returns courageous individuals to their families and communities—and to their essential work of advocating for a more just and peaceful world.

1750 K St. NW

Kakenya Center for Excellence

Instead of dropping out of school at age 12 and becoming a teenage wife and mother, as is traditional in the Maasai community, young Kakenya Ntaiya courageously fought to continue her education. In exchange, she promised to return to her village to help others. Today, the Kakenya Center for Excellence is changing the paradigm for girls’ education and empowering young leaders in rural Kenya. A boarding school (grades 4-8) provides 270 Maasai

girls with a safe place to live, high-quality education, and enrichment activities. The girls consistently score among the top students regionally and nationally, and all have avoided harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation and early marriage. Once they begin secondary school, services like mentoring, career guidance, tutoring, and financial assistance ensure that alumnae stay on track. KCE reaches an additional 3,000 children through Health and Leadership trainings, extending the network of young leaders across the region. And demand for these programs increases each year, revealing a remarkable cultural shift in support of girls’ education—a right that every girl should have.

1717 K St. NW, No. 1050

NATURE Coalition for Smarter Growth

Where and how does our region grow? That is the question that Coalition for Smarter Growth tackles each day, seeking solutions to the closely-linked challenges of housing, transportation, energy, and the environment in a region that includes over four million people. The final goal? Stronger affordable housing policies, a reduction in environmentally damaging sprawl, well-planned developments, and better transit choices for all those who call this region home.

Combining research and policy work, CSG reviews and endorses development and transportation projects and policies, and has formed a lively, committed network of community partners. Groundbreaking reports on pedestrian safety and affordable housing are not just pub-

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lished but also shared and discussed in the media and online. The Walking Tours & Forums Series also educates a range of civic leaders and community members about smart growth solutions. From climate change to changing demographics—everything points to the importance of walkable, transit-oriented communities.

With Coalition for Smarter Growth we will discover, together, just how to build them.

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youngsters. Its latest venture is the 8th Street Arts Park, the first community park in the neighborhood, built by neighbors, for neighbors. Winner of the 2014 Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence in Service to the Arts (awarded to Founding Director Carla Perlo), Dance Place is theater, school, and community resource in one—an extraordinary combination.

3225 8th St. NE

DC Youth Orchestra Program

Washington Youth Garden, Friends of the National Arboretum

How can we encourage our children to eat healthy foods, enjoy the outdoors, and take care of the earth … all while developing their science skills? Now in its 45th year, Washington Youth Garden has the answer, offering year-round gardening programs to more than 5,000 youth annually. The vast majority of participants live in low-income neighborhoods where fresh produce is scarce, green spaces are limited, and nutrition education is virtually nonexistent. Through multi-year partnerships at six schools, entire communities come together to design, install, and maintain school gardens; meanwhile, staff deliver free science and nutrition curricula and work with teachers to enrich their lessons with outdoor, garden-based learning. At WYG’s demonstration garden (located in the stunning National Arboretum), instructors offer hands-on science field trips to grades pre-K through 12 at low or no cost. A paid summer internship program for high schoolers focuses on urban gardening and environmental stewardship, complete with cooking lessons, food systems training, farm visits, and community service projects. Plant a seed … and watch it grow.

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CULTURE Dance Place

In its permanent home in the Brookland/Edgewood neighborhood, Dance Place is a hub of activity where a 45-week presenting season, bustling dance school, and neighborhood cultural center thrive on each others’ energy. The complex hosts performances of modern dance, traditional African, step, tap, and hip hop, often drawing on the 50 local, 14 touring, and four resident companies that call Dance Place home. It is also a world-class school, supporting everything from pre-professional training to a full range of courses for kids, including resident youth performing companies for more serious young dancers. Its NEXTgeneration program offers (deeply discounted or free) after-school academic enrichment and dance classes, job training for teenagers, and a summer arts camp for at-risk 32 november 25, 2016 washingtoncitypaper.com

The DC Youth Orchestra Program has been an integral part of the Greater Washington community since 1960 and the need is as pressing as ever. It is the only program in the region that makes high-quality music education available to all interested students (pre-K-12th grade) regardless of background, economic status, or ability. Each year, 600 students from 200+ schools and all D.C. wards progress at their own pace, from introductory lessons to advanced chamber music instruction, and perform in 20 concerts, all free and open to the public. Tuition at the main site is based on financial need and starts at just $25; El Sistema-based programming at four Title 1 schools is tuition free. This year, the low-cost instrument rental program will be re-launched so that more students have the opportunity to participate. Without DCYOP, the vast majority of these kids would not have a safe place to learn a musical instrument, develop life skills, and play in an orchestra—a transformational experience for so many. Your generosity keeps the music alive.

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GALA Hispanic Theatre

In the heart of bustling Columbia Heights lies the National Center for Latino Performing Arts, GALA Hispanic Theatre. A unique fusion of theater, youth development, and community development in a transitioning D.C. neighborhood, GALA mounts classical, modern, contemporary, and new works, including musical and dance theater pieces, by artists from Spain, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States.

Its children’s theatre produces bilingual musicals that enrich family life while reinforcing Hispanic language and culture for young audience members; its matinee performances and post-show education programs draw over 8,000 students every year; and Paso Nuevo (New Step), its signature outreach initiative, engages at-risk Latino and multicultural youth in a bilingual program that exposes them to the rich literary and theatrical traditions of their heritage while giving them the chance to create and perform their own work on a professional stage. In 2012, Paso Nuevo was the recipient of the National Arts & Humanities Youth Award—quite an honor. A gift to GALA gives artistic voice to a new generation of Washingtonians!

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By Laura Hayes This is The last week Louis’ Restaurant will serve giant pancakes, all-day breakfast, and cups of chicken gizzards. The Ivy City greasy spoon is closing Nov. 23 after 29 years as the go-to spot for the neighborhood’s cops, asphalt layers, government workers, and taxi drivers. But instead of a funeral, charismatic owner Jose Luis Guzman is treating the end of an era like a celebration of life. He’s serving free food like turkey stew to regular customers, including people who overnight at the Catholic Charities homeless shelter for men next door.

Guzman, who is from El Salvador, started working at Louis’ Restaurant in 1993 and bought it in 2004. He’s seen the Northeast D.C. neighborhood evolve dramatically. What was an area founded by African Americans in the late 1800s has been both an industrial park and a largely overlooked enclave. While others were fleeing in the early 2000s, Guzman weathered the decline.

“Businesses and people were leaving because crime was high,” Guzman says. “It was hard to be in the neighborhood after dark.” He dialed back the diner’s closing hours from 7 p.m. to 5 p.m. but didn’t pick up and leave.

Only now, when Ivy City is experiencing its biggest transition to date, is Guzman walking away. He says his landlord is more than doubling the rent from $3,000 a month to $7,000 a month (with property taxes and insurance).

“That’s not the type of lease I want,” he says. “I need five more years of affordable rent so I can actually upgrade because it needs to be done.”

He offered to buy the building for $1 million, but says they’re asking $2 million.

Sales are also down 25 percent, which Guzman attributes to ongoing construction in the neighborhood. “When the building collapsed, they closed Fenwick Street—that hurt business and there was no parking,” Guzman says. “I had to bring food out to people’s cars in order to keep operating.” He’s referring to an exterior wall of the building that formerly housed Pete Pappas & Sons Inc. that crumbled in May. This scene is part of a rapidly changing Ivy City, which is largely in the hands of Douglas Development Corp. Douglas is bringing in luxury apartments, restaurants from res-

taurateurs like Ari Gejdenson, niche shops, retailers, and gyms. The centerpiece is the Hecht Warehouse with its 330 apartments and 150,000 square feet of retail.

Down the street, Ivy City Partners (Ocean Pro Properties, Stonebridge Carras, and Jarvis Company) is taking over the grounds of the Crummell School. The group of developers issued the winning bid to the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. ProFish will expand into part of the property, but there will also be housing, a community center, gardens, a restaurant, and more.

This story of transformation, development, and gentrification is not unique to Ivy City—it’s happening in pockets across the city. Gentrification, of course, is a loaded term because it presumes there are winners and losers. Louis’ Restaurant customers aren’t in the winner’s column. “These people, they’re not going to be able to afford a $9, $10 breakfast,” Guzman says. “It’s not reality.”

Anthony Bush lays asphalt for Fort Myer Construction Corp. He has been coming to Louis’ Restaurant every morning for three years. “The customer service is through the roof and the food has always been terrific,” Bush says. “I get the same thing every day— the French toast platter and coffee—so when I walk in, it’s already there.”

Guzman informed Bush Friday that the diner is closing. “It’s a little heartbreaking,” Bush says. “It’s so convenient for me and my coworkers who go there on a regular basis. They have always been the number one best spot.

There’s not even a second best. There won’t be another option.”

John Rorapaugh, the sustainable director of ProFish, has known Guzman for 15 years. Since ProFish is feet away, Rorapaugh’s been a regular. “That was my main diet for a long time—I don’t know if that’s good or bad,” he says.

Rorapaugh expects former Louis’ Restaurant regulars to frequent Ivy City Smokehouse Tavern, where you can find $12 chicken wings and $12-$16 sandwiches. He also predicts they’ll eat at Gejdenson’s diner in the Hecht Warehouse. “Ari’s price point will obviously be a little higher, but it’s a diner, so it can’t be too much higher.”

It will be hard to re-create the communal

Laura Hayes

Ivy City loses its longtime greasy spoon.

feel at Louis’ Restaurant. “Maybe five years ago he put up some TVs, started to put on old boxing matches—Sugar Ray [Leonard] fights—it was almost a gathering place. It got people talking. ... They’d watch the fight and then go to politics.”

Closing Louis’ Restaurant is a loss for many, but Guzman remains upbeat. “They’re sad that it’s happening, but embrace the change.

Change is beautiful,” he says. “For a while it was pretty rough, but thank god that it [development] is coming in and for good reason.”

Guzman does have one wish. “Whoever decides to build, either the developer, the city, whoever is in power, should have some kind of regulations that say we need to make sure we can preserve some stuff, keep some businesses in place,” he says. Guzman thinks neighborhoods that mix the old with the new are the most attractive.

Matthew Jemal of Douglas Development says they’re doing just that. “We haven’t knocked down any of the buildings that we bought there. We’ve renovated what was there. We took a vacant warehouse and put in 330 apartments, so that’s probably 800 people living in the building.

We brought really good retailers and bars to the neighborhood.”

Guzman hoped Louis’ Restaurant would be one of the businesses that told the story of old Ivy City. Now that responsibility falls to others.

Omar Hakeem, the design director of buildingcommunityWORKSHOP is helping. The Texas-based nonprofit seeks “design justice through community engagement.” They call community meetings in neighborhoods undergoing transitions where participants use art to uncover issues.

A Nov. 7 gathering attracted 250 people.

“We created a large neighborhood sign that I just installed on Tuesday that’s all about galvanizing the identity of that place—recognizing it’s a place that’s eclectic, a mixed place, but you just can’t separate out the fact that it’s historically a modest, African-American community,” Hakeem says.

“We have to ask ourselves, what is the District going to look like in the next 10 years?

Who are we building this place for?” he asks.

“You look at the demographics of the types of places being put in Ivy City and they don’t match the demographics of the people who have lived there for many years.”

He thinks Louis’ Restaurant customers will drive to the gas station where Mt. Olivet Road NE meets West Virginia Avenue NE to find cheap food. “Louis’ Restaurant is the last place you can get breakfast for $4.95,” he says.

“And, I just think it’s a really fitting example of what’s happening across the city.”

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The City of Moscow runs major ad campaign in D.C., targets big U.S. investors Moscow Investors Association (Russia) has launched an unprecedented advertising campaign in Washington D.C., which includes multiple ads in the Washington Post, among other top-tier metro outlets, and will be followed by billboards at major intersections of the Capital. The campaign goal is to attract U.S. investors to Moscow – the city that has had a major construction boom in the last 5 years and is now growing at a record pace.

The new campaign, which is running from mid-August through September, is featuring a catchy “Moscow is Doing Business” slogan and various colorful new sites of Russia’s capital. It is also highlighting some impressive facts for the U.S. target audience: “Moscow’s Rust Belt – 17 percent of the city – will be redeveloped by contracting 1.2 million sq. feet of housing and commercial real estate by 2020”.

“The urban development potential of New Moscow is over 1 billion sq. ft. Over 430 miles of roads and more than 30 miles of metro lines will be built by 2035.”

The D.C. target audience is introduced to the New Moscow – a large private-public construction project, which will provide housing for 1.5 million residents and create 1 million new jobs.

According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Moscow is ahead of London and New York in new construction output with 1.74 of new sq. m per capita. Moscow has also ranked as the ‘greenest’ city among the three capitals. The green area of the Russian capital is twice as large as in New York and by 2% larger than London’s.

Out of all real estate that has been built in Moscow, 89% was funded by investors and only 11% was used from the city budget. By targeting major U.S. investment institutions and D.C. real estate investors, the City of Moscow is hoping to solidify financing opportunities and to expand its portfolio. Recently, administrative barriers for new construction projects in Moscow have been lowered as investors have voted with their wallets for the change.

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Perfecting Their Beat Photo courtesy of the band

After five years, go-go’s Third Dimension Band is back, rebranded as Perf3ction and ready to rally.

By Nena Perry-Brown It’s a stIcky summer evening and Caesar “C-Bo” Bowman is on a mission. He and a couple of his brothers are out walking through some of the neighborhoods in Northeast D.C. they know best: 7th and Girard. Trinidad. 4th and W. 12th Street. They run into some familiar faces, give daps and hugs, share laughs, catch up on family and mutual acquaintances. But these aren’t your typical social calls—a cameraman is in tow, capturing every moment. And a common refrain is slipped into each interaction: “3DB is back.”

It’s been more than five years since the Third Dimension Band has gigged regularly, and now it’s coming back with a bang and a brotherhood that’s as strong as ever. And with some go-go heavyweights in its corner, the band is ready to rebrand itself as Perf3ction and rally its audience behind them once again.

Some of the original members of 3DB started playing with each other as early as 1996, but they cite 2000 as their official debut. At the time, they were a cadre of teenagers which, like their up-and-coming go-go peers, stood in the shadows of young legends like Backyard Band, Uncalled 4 Band (UCB), and Total Control Band (TCB).

3DB soon went from playing backyard boogies and practicing in the storage room at the Stage One video store on 12th Street NE to holding down a weekly slot at the Good Food—a small but popular venue in Mount Rainier that’s now home to a Family Dollar.

Then-manager Terrence “Big T” Bowman, also C-Bo’s uncle and former owner of the Good Food, instilled in the band a spirit of community service, which enabled them to build an audience through outreach and performances at block parties, park jams, and back-to-school drives.

“We had a whole community on our back,” C-Bo explains. “[We were] carrying the whole Ward 5 for a long time and the only thing people knew in our age bracket was 3DB.”

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Likewise, the band took an inventive approach within the industry, affording them more control over their own destiny. “We were one of the first young bands with our own spot, competing with major bands,” rapper LeTroy “Blade” Durrett says.

Christopher “Fudge” Herbert, the band’s keyboardist and self-appointed band historian, adds that “we may be the first band to blow up and make our own sound, our own name, with the help of no mainstream promoter. We promoted ourself. It was just us.”

thIngs haven’t always been easy for 3DB. The band has persevered through a lot of personal tragedy, including the murder of original drummer Ryan “Ali” Brown in March 2004, and the death of secondmic Dayvon “Day Day” Cloutterbuck due to heart failure in October 2010.

But in its current incarnation, most of the band’s formative core have returned with C-Bo on lead mic, bassist Stephon “Ike” Washington, Fudge, Blade, and percussionist Russell “Wooda” Battle.

They each have matured considerably and make most decisions by committee, although C-Bo wears the manager hat. The band’s last manager Jason “Cocky” Lewis, while reticent to ever manage a band again, is also around, offering advice and pulling strings when necessary.

Then there’s the new blood: Congo/timbale player Dewone “Puffy” Roberson and singer Michael “Mikey Da Singer” Barnwell, Jr.—both of whom also play for MTM—as well as drummer Marvin Quick, singer Derrell “Rell Divine” Tucker. Each come with impressive resumes as individuals; many credit Quick as the first drummer to play the ever-popular slow-bounce style, and Mikey took home the trophy for Best Singer at the 2015 Bounce Beat Awards.

And its new moniker: Perf3ction, a name that is equal parts active verb and aspiration. For the band, “Perf3ction” represents the natural maturation and evolution of a band that has always prided itself on musical dimensionality (hence its previous moniker). some go-go bands play their instruments politely and with clean precision; call it crank respectability politics. Perf3ction is not one of those bands. With Quick’s heavy-hitting style setting the tempo, the band rolls through songs with an intensity that shoots through floorboards and chair legs. This by no means implies that the band lacks nuance and versatility—it can definitely give you jazzy vibes and multi-layered melodic riffs.

But it’s not background music: It dares you to listen actively, rather, demanding your attention. It knocked out the power onstage during a set at the Sandovan Lounge on Georgia Avenue— twice. And even on nights when the band hasn’t drawn a large crowd, the gravitational pull of its sound is undeniable.

This was evident in late July at its first official show back, a happy hour at the Meeting Place around the corner from Farragut North Metro station. A mini-derecho hit the city an hour before the show,

but the dozens of people who braved the storm were treated to two sets that married original material with recognizable hits—a few of which came courtesy of guests second-mic: Bo of UCB and Alla Bout Money lead talker Shooters. It was an emotional return to the stage for the band, who dedicated the show to Day Day. Perf3ction’s bounce beat is aggressive without pandering to the generation for whom late TCB lead-talker Reginald “Polo” Burwell was king. But the band also has a naked reverence for a solid and ear-rattling congo-driven pocket. They’re one of the few bands that can seamlessly transition between the two within a single song.

The band has a new album it’s prepping for an early 2017 release, along with another six songs of all-original, unapologetic, radio-ready crank that were produced earlier this year under the mentorship of Rare Essence singer Charles “Shorty Corleone” Garris. neIther c-bo nor Shorty recalls when they first met, but Shorty memorably joined 3DB onstage at a 2013 one-off reunion show to perform some of RE’s most popular refrains. Their ensuing collaborations were an impetus for the band’s return; after all, C-Bo says, “I really don’t have a passion for the industry no more. I have a passion for the music.”

But the industry the band is returning to is far from dormant; many weeks this year saw bounce beat bands playing in venues each night—a strong sign of life in an industry where such ubiquity was once a given. Still, there’s been some stagnation—especially on the bounce beat circuit, which Blade thinks is still “waiting for that mainstream push.”

C-Bo sees the holding pattern as more strategic than indicative of a problem. “In the past six or seven years, [bands have found] their comfort bubble [in] what they do: Make their music, bring their crowd, and stay out the way. That’s less of a headache than trying to take over the whole entire city.” Perf3ction is not necessarily trying to take over the city either; their plan is to leverage the strategy that previously brought them success—if not citywide recognition—to circumvent the pitfalls of the game and cement their place in the history books.

“Now, the game is open to the point where nobody’s really focused on if you can bring a crowd,” C-Bo notes. “If you got good music, you gon’ generate a buzz, you gon’ generate a good crowd. So coming back out now, we wanna make sure that we stick to the consensus of pushing original [music].”

Perf3ction is ready to serve local mainstream radio and the streets with the refined bounce beat they’ve been cooking up.

A beat that Shorty enthuses about when he talks about the experience of working with Perf3ction. “We became family fast,” he says. “3DB’s album [next year] is gonna be the hottest album to touch the streets of the District. Print that.”

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“Emperor’s New Clothes” (2016) By Bill Warrell

Trump L’oeil

“If You See Something” (2016)

By Oliver Bendorf

It’s been a little more than two weeks since the election, and people are still very angry. In D.C., where 93 percent of residents voted for Hillary Clinton, the grief over the Democratic nominee’s loss has quickly turned to rage and fear over the Donald J. Trump era and subsequent cabinet appointments. Emotions are running high in the District, and for artists, it’s most effective to channel disillu-

“Today and Tomorrow” (2016) By Emily Unroe

“Surviving Trump’s America” sionment into their work.

(2016) By Elizabeth Early Here are several pieces

by local visual artists inspired by the range of sentiments—anger, rage, anxiety, sadness, love, hope, and optimism—that this election season has provoked.

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The new STuarT Davis retrospective at the National Gallery of Art feels like a major play that’s missing its first act. Co-organized by the NGA and the Whitney Museum, Stuart Davis: In Full Swing features more than 100 paintings in the New York artist’s mature style. Overall, it’s a cohesive, tightly conceived experience.

But by skipping the artist’s journey to abstraction, and by minimizing his biography and politics within the exhibition, curators Harry Cooper and Barbara Haskell risk simplifying his messy relationship to American art history.

In Full Swing ends with the artist’s very last piece, “Fin” (1964), a lovely, unfinished effort, full of loose brushwork, simple shapes, and strips of masking tape, looking just as it did on Davis’ easel the day he died. But the show begins with works from 1921—more than a decade after Davis began studying with Ashcan School artist Robert Henri. Under Henri’s influence, Davis spent years depicting working-class people trudging through dirty New York streets. In the 1920s, though, he caught the Cubism bug and produced the paintings of cigarette papers, rendered in thin washes of watercolor and oil, that kick off the show. Without seeing the Ashcan-inspired work that came before, viewers may not understand why these four flattened, graphic pieces were such a departure.

Throughout the show, Cooper and Haskell focus on how Davis refined the motifs that made him famous—irregular polygons, meandering lines, and bits of text from signs, labels, and song lyrics. The extent to which Davis recycled these elements from one canvas to another only became clear in 2007, when Yale University Press published the artist’s three-volume catalogue raisonné. As the artist’s son, Earl Davis, explained in the preface: “…a full 71 percent of the oil paintings and caseins on canvas [created after 1940] were actually based on compo-

sitions … first drawn or painted in the 1920s or early 1930s.”

T h i s d i s c o ve r y makes the artist sound like an academic abstractionist, making art for art’s sake. But Davis always insisted he was a realist, depicting the speed and simultaneity of the modern world. “My pictures are not ‘abstract’ because their subject matter is not abstract,” he wrote in 1941 to his dealer, Edith Halpert. “They are pictures of concrete things, American things. … I have never had as my purpose in painting the setting forth of an abstract thesis or ideal system of color-space ratios, because I have no interest whatever in such things.”

Indeed, Davis’ recurring abstract motifs typically come from figurative sources. The curving, sloping diagonal lines that undergird many Davis paintings, for example, refer to the rigging of schooners he once sketched in the harbor of Gloucester, Massachusetts. In the show’s catalog, Cooper explains how one 1932 sketch of ropes, masts, and stairs gave birth to many dissimilar paintings.

In “Tournos,” from 1954, Davis used this sketch as a pattern over which to stack blocks of blue, green, white, and black. Two years later, in “Memo,” Davis used the same pattern for a canvas split in half diagonally—the upper right portion is rendered in thick, white lines on a black ground; the lower left consists of color blocks reminiscent of Matisse’s paper cutouts. In these pieces, we see Davis playing with the limits of his own painterly techniques—but always referring to his own lived experiences.

Davis operated in the gap between the glory days of American realism and the postwar rush of Abstract Expressionism and Pop. He pried the innovations of Leger and Picasso out of their original European context and applied them to depicting his city, its music, and its detritus. Davis never really let go of his Ashcan roots, and never aligned himself with Pollock, Rothko, or the rest of the AbExers who followed him. He denied the idea of using painting to express pure subjective feeling or purely formal ideas.

“There’s always something in [Picasso’s] pictures that indicates this world, not some other, not the insane asylum, or Sigmund Freud in Vienna, or something like that,” he once explained. “It’s always a world we know about.” In Full Swing does an excellent job of defining the mechanics of Davis’ work, but it omits too much of the world as Davis knew it.

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Drowning in a Sea of SaDneSS Manchester by the Sea

Directed by Kenneth Lonergan If you want to be happy, you should probably avoid Manchester by the Sea. It’s a wellmade film: expertly acted, competently sketched, and the kind of adult-driven drama we need more of these days. It’s also an unrepentant gut punch that, instead of drawing back its fist, simply leaves it there in your midsection and expects your body to permanently adjust to its force. It’s tempting to award it extra credit for its refusal to avoid the harsh realities of life, but it offers so little hope that it’s just downright punishing.

Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is a familiar type in arthouse cinema: a guy who has taken on a menial, physical job in order to avoid or atone for past trauma. Think Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces or, hey, Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting. He works all day and drinks all night. With his ice-blue eyes and face frozen as if steeled against an incoming threat, Affleck hints too acutely at the pain behind his unassuming attitude. The unfortunate combination of his underwritten character and Affleck’s evocative performance foreshadows the events that lay in his future and his past.

He’s forced to confront them both when his older brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) dies suddenly, leaving behind a teenage son. Lee drops everything and returns to his hometown, a small, working-class fishing village north of Boston, to help make arrangements. He moves into Joe’s house and becomes temporary guard-

ian to Patrick (a preternaturally confident Lucas Hedges), where the two fall into an easy, unexamined rapport, treating Joe’s death as simply another practical matter to be addressed, along with meeting lawyers and funeral directors.

The film proceeds slowly, methodically, and almost mathematically. Writer/director Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count on Me, Margaret) skillfully inserts flashbacks of his old life, from before Joe died, and when he and Patrick were silly pals, and before a bellowing trauma that nearly stops the film in its tracks when it is replayed halfway through. The film is peppered with these outbursts of emotions: a moment of sheer grief for Patrick that he mistakes for a nervous breakdown, because he is so unaccustomed to emotion; a tearful reunion between Lee and his ex-wife (a scene-stealing Michelle Williams); and a police interrogation scene that subverts everything we have come to expect from its setting.

But in between, Manchester can feel a little too orchestrated. Lonergan could best be described as a dramatist (he has written more plays than movies), and the story often feels as if it has been logically pieced together, instead of springing forth organically from the characters. There’s nothing wrong with a film feeling literary, but too often here you feel the fingers of the writer, typing the story into existence, crafting it to its desired ends.

And its hopeful ending is, well, not hopeful enough to justify the hell it puts you through.

Much of the film alternates between buttonedup grief and full-fledged expressions of pain.

It hints eventually at a brighter future for Lee and Patrick, but the light only flickers on the path ahead. Manchester by the Sea does a fine job ripping us apart but doesn’t really have the tools to put us back together. —Noah Gittell Manchester by the Sea opens Friday at E Street and Bethesda Row.

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Music Friday rock

DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. The Japanese House, The Big Moon. 7 p.m. Sold out. dcnine.com.

Fillmore Silver Spring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Mukti and Revival. 7 p.m. $27–$57. fillmoresilverspring.com.

KenneDy Center millennium Stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Elena & Los Fulanos. 6 p.m.

Free. kennedy-center.org.

State theatre 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church.

(703) 237-0300. The Nighthawks, Skip Castro Band. 7 p.m. $20. thestatetheatre.com.

classical

KenneDy Center ConCert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

8 p.m. $29–$99. kennedy-center.org.

country

hill Country BarBeCue 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. Scott Kurt and Memphis 59. 9:30 p.m.

Free. hillcountrywdc.com.

Blues

the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Electric Hot Tuna. 8 p.m. $34.50–$59.50. thehamiltondc.com.

Jazz

amp By Strathmore 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Anderson, Brown & Redd. 8 p.m. $30–$40. ampbystrathmore.com.

BarnS at WolF trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. John Eaton. 8 p.m. $25-$27. wolftrap.org.

BlueS alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Alex Bugnon. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $30–$35. bluesalley.com.

electronic

FlaSh 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Benoit & Sergio, La Fleur, Solomon Sanchez. 8 p.m. $10–$15. flashdc.com.

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classical KenneDy Center ConCert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

2 p.m.; 8 p.m. $29–$99. kennedy-center.org. national gallery oF art WeSt garDen Court 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. (202) 8426941. Eliot Fisk. 3 p.m. Free. nga.gov.

country

hill Country BarBeCue 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. Jonny Grave and the Tombstones. 9:30 p.m. Free. hillcountrywdc.com.

rock

BarnS at WolF trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Laurel Canyon: Golden Songs of Los Angeles 1966–1972. 8 p.m. $25–$29. wolftrap.org.

BlaCK Cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. The 9 Songwriters Series. 8 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Scythian. 8 p.m. $20–$25. thehamiltondc.com.

Holiday

Warner theatre 513 13th St. NW. (202) 783-4000.

Brian Setzer Orchestra 13th Annual Christmas Rocks!

Tour. 8 p.m. $45–$125. warnertheatredc.com.

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Advertisements for Beats by Dre and Apple TV, the film Birth of a Nation, the BET Awards, and the Democratic National Convention all rely heavily on inspirational music to keep viewers interested.

For the past several years, one of the major suppliers of such uplifting tunes has been Andra Day. “Rise Up,” her bestknown hit, is motivational to the letter, and her debut album Cheers to the Fall follows its lead. It’s a different brand from “Eye of the Tiger”-esque battle cries, focusing instead on soulful, confident messages from a voice that’s as varied as Adele and as interesting as Amy Winehouse. Accompanying Day at her Lincoln Theatre gig are teenage sisters Chloe x Halle, best known for their viral YouTube covers and performance for the First Lady at the White House Easter Egg Roll. Based on the principles that anything Michelle Obama likes is a good thing, and anything that makes people cry when they watch commercials is worth listening to twice, this performance will be worth the trip. Andra Day performs with Chloe x Halle at 8 p.m. at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. $35–$110. (202) 888-0050. thelincolndc.com.

—Noa Rosinplotz

linColn theatre 1215 U St. NW. (202) 888-0050.

Andra Day. 8 p.m. Sold out. thelincolndc.com.

saturday

EVERYTHING

andra day

BirChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

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

Warner theatre 513 13th St. NW. (202) 783-4000.

Lalah Hathaway & Musiq Soulchild. 8 p.m. $67.50. warnertheatredc.com.

Serving

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Funk & r&B

hoWarD theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Bilal. 8 p.m. $40–$65. thehowardtheatre.com.

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Blues KenneDy Center millennium Stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Lakota John & Kin. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Jazz BlueS alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Alex Bugnon. 8 p.m. $30–$35. bluesalley.com.

electronic FlaSh 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Maayan Nidam, Evan Baggs, Nicolas Lutz, Jubilee, Cornel Novac. 8 p.m. $8–$12. flashdc.com.

Funk & r&B hoWarD theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Chanté Moore. 8 p.m. $40–$70. thehowardtheatre.com.

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Dar ConStitution hall 1776 D St. NW. (202) 6284780. Dave Matthews. 7 p.m. $95–$250. dar.org. galaxy hut 2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 5258646. The Godz, The Lime Twigs. 9 p.m. $5. galaxyhut.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Scythian. 8 p.m. $20–$25. thehamiltondc.com. hoWarD theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Sebastian Bach. 8 p.m. $35–$50. thehowardtheatre.com.

KenneDy Center millennium Stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Cowards Choir. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Gospel

hoWarD theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Harlem Gospel Choir. 1:30 p.m. $20–$40. thehowardtheatre.com.

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classical

national gallery oF art WeSt garDen Court 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. (202) 8426941. Eliot Fisk. 3 p.m. Free. nga.gov. phillipS ColleCtion 1600 21st St. NW. (202) 3872151. Aristo Sham. 4 p.m. $20–$40. phillipscollection.org.

country

BirChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

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

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BlueS alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Alex Bugnon. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $30–$35. bluesalley.com.

Monday rock

BlaCK Cat BaCKStage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 6674490. Calm & Crisis, Menage a Garage, Lanternfish.

7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com. galaxy hut 2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 5258646. Nice Breeze, The Literals. 9 p.m. $5. galaxyhut.com.

KenneDy Center millennium Stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Herb & Hanson. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org. roCK & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Sam Roberts Band, Hollerado. 8 p.m. $15. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

classical

ClariCe Smith perForming artS Center Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. (301) 405-2787.

TEMPO: Dutilleux and Boulez. 8 p.m. Free. theclarice.umd.edu.

Blues

BlueS alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Sunset Band. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $20. bluesalley.com.

tuesday rock

BarnS at WolF trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Art Garfunkel. 8 p.m. $80–$90. wolftrap.org.

BlaCK Cat BaCKStage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 6674490. David Dondero, Sean Barna, Loi Loi. 7:30 p.m. $12. blackcatdc.com.

gypSy Sally’S 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. Girls, Guns, and Glory, Kelsey Waldon. 8 p.m. $10–$12. gypsysallys.com. linColn theatre 1215 U St. NW. (202) 888-0050.

Mike Gordon. 8 p.m. $35. thelincolndc.com.

Vocal

BirChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Steve Tyrell. 7:30 p.m. $45. birchmere.com.

classical

ClariCe Smith perForming artS Center Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. (301) 405-2787.

New Music at Maryland. 8 p.m. Free. theclarice.umd.edu.

KenneDy Center ConCert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. 8 p.m. $48–$120. kennedy-center.org.

country

hill Country BarBeCue 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. Wild the Waters. 8:30 p.m. Free. hillcountrywdc.com.

Jazz

BlueS alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Heidi Martin Quartet. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $20. bluesalley.com.

KenneDy Center millennium Stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Zachary Smith and the Dixie Power Trio. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Wednesday rock

BarnS at WolF trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Art Garfunkel. 8 p.m. $80–$90. wolftrap.org.

DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Xylouris White, Marisa Anderson. 9 p.m. $12. dcnine.com.

CITY LIGHTS: saturday

e.t. tHe eXtra-terrestrial WitH liVe Music

If ever we needed a glowing finger to heal our nation’s collective “ouch,” it’s now. Sensing this desperate desire for non-partisan Americana, the NSO Pops will perform the score of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial during a screening of the 1982 film. Instantly recognizable, John Williams’ music is just the sort of rousing, heart-tugging sound we expect from Hollywood’s most cherished composer. E.T. is Williams at his most triumphant, before he descended into the phoned-in efficiency of recent works. And while the music stands on its own, to hear it swell and burst alongside Steven Spielberg’s film is a singular experience. E.T. lost in the woods; E.T. trick-or-treating; E.T. dressing in drag; E.T. plucking Reese’s Pieces; E.T. ascending skyward in the basket of a bicycle. These and other scenes of pop-culture nostalgia are just what we need this holiday season, if not to reaffirm our hope when the world appears dark, then at least to remind us where Stranger Things came from. The film shows at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW. $29–$99. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

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I.M.P. PRESENTS Echostage • Washington, D.C.

Run The Jewels

THIS WEEK’S SHOWS

Twerksgiving w/ Mathias., Billy The Gent, & Farrah Flosscett ..................... W 23

w/ The Gaslamp Killer • Spark Master Tape • CUZ ..............................................JANUARY 12 2135 Queens Chapel Rd. NE • Ticketmaster

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Keller Williams’ Thanksforgrassgiving featuring Jeff Austin, Danton Boller, Jay Starling & Nicky Sanders w/ Love Canon .................. F 25 White Ford Bronco: DC’s All 90s Band................................................... Sa 26 The Sounds w/ Zipper Club & My Jerusalem ................................................ M 28 Niykee Heaton ............................................................................................. Tu 29 NOVEMBER

Verizon Center • Washington D.C.

GREEN DAY w/ Against Me! ....................................... MARCH 13 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS....... APRIL 12 Ticketmaster

STRFKR w/ Gigamesh & Psychic Twin ............................................................ W 30 DECEMBER

EagleBank Arena • Fairfax, VA

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Dark Star Orchestra ......................................................................... F 2 & Sa 3 Animals As Leaders w/ Intervals & Plini .................................................... Su 4

BASTILLE .............................................................................. MARCH 28 Ticketmaster

U STREET MUSIC HALL PRESENTS

Jai Wolf w/ Jerry Folk & Chet Porter ............................................................. Th 8 ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Turkuaz & The New Mastersounds ........................................................ F 9 106.7 THE FAN PRESENTS

O.A.R. & The Sports Junkies:

20x20 - Celebrating 20 Years to Benefit Heard the World

DECEMBER 10

Shooter Jennings & Jason Boland ...................................................... Su 11 The Oh Hellos Christmas Extravaganza ............................................ Tu 13

1215 U Street NW Washington, D.C. THIS TUESDAY! ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Mike Gordon ...................................................................................NOVEMBER 29 SPEND NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH

White Ford Bronco: DC’s All 90s Band ....................SAT DECEMBER 31 STORY DISTRICT’S

Top Shelf ................................................................................................JANUARY 14

IRD NIGHT ADDED! FIRST TWO NIGHTS SOLD OUT! TH

Thievery Corporation

............................................ Sa DECEMBER 17

MUSIC MAKES LIFE BETTER PRESENTS A HOPE FOR HENRY BENEFIT

Crash Boom Bang w/ That Lying Bitch & His Dream of Lions................... Th 22 The Pietasters w/ Mephiskapheles • Hub City Stompers • Loving Paupers .. F 23 ACTION HOUSE VAPE AND ALL GOOD PRESENT

Big Something & Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band w/ Bencoolen .. Th 29 JANUARY

AN EVENING WITH

Tom Chaplin of Keane ...............................................................JANUARY 17 AN EVENING WITH

Dawes ............................................................................................................. MARCH 8

The Magnetic Fields:

50 Song Memoir .............................. MARCH 18 (Songs 1-25) & MARCH 19 (Songs 26-50)

Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds : The Final Performances

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Lettuce w/ TAUK .................................................................................... F 6 & Sa 7 Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven ................................................. Th 12 ALL GOOD PRESENTS Lotus Reduced-price two-night ticket available. ......................................... F 13 & Sa 14

with special guests Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin....................................................... MAY 3 • thelincolndc.com • U Street (Green/Yellow) stop across the street!

Wax Tailor w/ L’Orange ................................................................................. W 18 PHOX w/ Cuddle Magic ..................................................................................... W 25 Luke Combs w/ Muscadine Bloodline .......................................................... Th 26 ALL GOOD PRESENTS

The Infamous Stringdusters w/ The Brothers Comatose ....................... F 27

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9:30 CLUB PRESENTS AT U STREET MUSIC HALL RDGLDGRN ................................. W NOV 23 Roy Woods ......................................... Tu 29 Ripe & Lawrence ......................... F DEC 2 Lizzo w/ DJ Sophia Eris • Dizzy Fae ......... Sa 3 Futurebirds w/ Loamlands .................. Th 8

Dragonette w/ Gibbz ..............................F 9 Basecamp .....................................F JAN 27 Tim Presley & Cate Le Bon ........... Sa 28 Escort ..............................................F FEB 3 Bear’s Den ........................................... Sa 4

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cHarles esten

NOVEMBER F

25

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26

DAVY KNOWLES MOUSEY THOMPSON & THE JAMES BROWN EXPERIENCE A GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JAZZ w/ Kirk Whalum,

SU 27

Keiko Matsui, Norman Brown 2 shows (5:30/8pm)

KIM JORDAN’S – A TRIBUTE TO GIL SCOTT HERON –

W 30

A Multi – Media Concert

DECEMBER

JAZZ & SOUL feat.

TH 1

F

David P Stevens, Lin Rountree, Julian Vaughn & Deborah Bond MAGGIE ROSE plus The Morrison Brothers

2

DRAG SALUTE TO MOTOWN TWISTED –2 shows (3/8pm) MOTOWN & MORE:

SU 4 F

9

SU 11 W 14 TH 15 FRI 16

A Holiday Celebration 101st B-day Celebration of Frank Sinatra by Tony Sands REDD BROTHERS CHRISTMAS DIONNE Landau Murphy Jr. Holiday Show

JUST ANNOUNCED W 12/21 Christmas with Cassandra SU 1/6 S 1/7 W 1/11 TH 2/9 TH 2/23

Wilson– 2 SHOWS (7/10PM) SONNY LANDRETH Plus Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles 76 Degrees West Band w/ Special Guest Sugar Bear CL SMOOTH UNPLUGGED DENIECE WILLIAMS ANGIE STONE (7/10PM) – 2 SHOWS

7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD (240) 330-4500 www. BethesdaBluesJazz.com Two Blocks from Bethesda Metro/Red Line Free Parking on Weekends

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If the name Charles Esten doesn’t immediately ring a bell, does Deacon Claybourne mean anything to you? It should. Esten (sometimes known professionally as “Chip”) plays Deacon, the heartthrob husband to Connie Britton’s Rayna Jaymes on the musical soap opera Nashville. While drama and big hair tend to take the spotlight on the show, it’s Esten’s gorgeous vocals that steal scenes whenever he’s singing. Some fans may also remember him from his stint on Who’s Line is it Anyway?, where he regularly performed improvised songs.

Any live show he performs will include emotional music and some hilarious banter between songs.

Over the past several years, Esten has toured with the Nashville cast singing songs from the show, but he’s also managed to sneak a few of his original songs into sets. Now this time he’s out on his own and has plenty of material. This stop at the Birchmere is also a bit of a homecoming for Esten, who was raised in Alexandria and attended T.C. Williams High School and the College of William & Mary. Come show this hometown boy some love, and his smoldering songs will tide you over until Nashville returns in January. Charles Esten performs with Blake Esse at 7:30 p.m. at The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. $55.

(703) 549-7500. birchmere.com.

—Diana Metzger Fillmore Silver Spring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience. 8 p.m. $39.50–$65. fillmoresilverspring.com.

World

Holiday

country

BirChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. A Peter White Christmas. 7:30 p.m. $55. birchmere.com.

country KenneDy Center millennium Stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Colebrook Road. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Blues the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Boubacar Traore Trio. 7:30 p.m. $15–$25. thehamiltondc.com.

Jazz BlueS alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Drew Davidsen. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $20. bluesalley.com.

tHursday rock

BarnS at WolF trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Art Garfunkel. 8 p.m. $80–$90. wolftrap.org.

BlaCK Cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Windhand, Ilsa. 7:30 p.m. $15. blackcatdc.com.

Comet ping pong 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 364-0404. Hothead, Six Six, Kag. 9 p.m. $12. cometpingpong.com.

DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Diana, Mozart’s Sister. 9 p.m. $12. dcnine.com. iota CluB & CaFé 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 522-8340. Erin and the Wildfire, Mary-El. 8:30 p.m. $12. iotaclubandcafe.com. roCK & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Red Fang, Torche, Whores. 8 p.m. $25. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

classical KenneDy Center millennium Stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Youth Fellows. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Fillmore Silver Spring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Fito Paez. 8 p.m. $39.50. fillmoresilverspring.com.

BirChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Steep Canyon Rangers. 7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com. gypSy Sally’S 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. The Dirty Grass Players, The Jakobs Ferry Stragglers. 8 p.m. $8–$10. gypsysallys.com. hill Country BarBeCue 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. Hollertown. noon Free. hillcountrywdc.com.

Jazz

BlueS alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Arturo Sandoval. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $50–$55. bluesalley.com.

electronic

FlaSh 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. James Zabiela, Rosenberg. 8 p.m. $5–$15. flashdc.com.

Funk & r&B

KenneDy Center ConCert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops with Diana Ross. 7 p.m. $59–$179. kennedy-center.org.

Dance

CinCinnati Ballet The Ohio-based company presents its interpretation of The Nutcracker, complete with elaborate set decorations, from choreographer and artistic director Victoria Morgan. Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 26, 1:30 p.m.; Nov. 26, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 27, 1:30 p.m.; Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m. $59–$175. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

DanCe innovationS Members of the Mason dance community share genre-bending work at this showcase. George Mason University Center for the Arts.

4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. Dec. 1, 8 p.m. $7–$15.

(888) 945-2468. cfa.gmu.edu. eStampaS porteñaS tango Company This Argentine dance company tells the story of its nation’s dance in this immersive evening-length performance that makes use of projection mapping, allowing the background of each number to change on demand. Settings include train stations, an urban

barrio, and an outdoor plaza in Buenos Aires. Music Center at Strathmore. 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. Nov. 28, 7:30 p.m. $28–$68. (301) 581-5100. strathmore.org.

Gainesville Ballet The Virginia-based dance ensemble celebrates the holidays with its own interpretation of The Nurtcracker, featuring brand new sets and student dancers. Hylton Performing Arts Center. 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas. Nov. 25, 2 p.m.; Nov. 25, 7 p.m. $15–$40. (703) 993-7759. hyltoncenter.org.

northern virGinia Ballet The local company welcomes former American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky to perform in its production of The Nutcracker. Hylton Performing Arts Center. 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas. Nov. 26, 2 p.m.; Nov. 27, 6 p.m. $20–$35.

(703) 993-7759. hyltoncenter.org. the nutcracker The Washington Ballet returns to the Warner Theatre with its annual, D.C.-influenced

CITY LIGHTS: MONDAY

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THE SELDOM SCENE & DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD w/Blake 27 CHARLES ESTEN Esse 28 AMY RAY & CHELY WRIGHT STEVE TYRELL 29 30 A PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS Nov 25

with

Peter White, Rick Braun, Euge Groove

Dec 1 2&3

STEEP CANYON RANGERS

DAR WILLIAMS

'RETURN TO MORTAL CITY' THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR w/authors BARRY LYNN (2) & BETH MACY (3)

An Evening with

5

GEORGE WINSTON Show” THE DAN BAND “Holiday

8

BILL KIRCHEN & TOO MUCH FUN “Honky Tonk Holiday” with COMMANDER CODY

9

10

CHERYL WHEELER & JOHN GORKA DEL & DAWG

11 (Del McCoury & David Grisman) 12

VOODOO DADDY BAD BIG“Wild & Swingin’ Holiday Party”

14

BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS

15

featuring BO BICE

CARBON LEAF

Sarah Darling

SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES 18 LORRIE MORGAN’S

17

1811 14TH ST NW

www.blackcatdc.com @blackcatdc

NOV / DEC SHOWS FRI 25 SAT 26 SAT 26

MOUSETRAP

AN INDIE POP DANCE PARTY

THE 9

SONGWRITER SERIES

PARTY LIGHTS

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After she leaves her village home for the big city, Margot realizes that what she desires most is not in treacherous Buenos Aires, but rather in the Argentine countryside. It’s the inverse of the Evita Perón story—told in tango. In Deseos...Stories of Longing and Desire, the Estampas Porteñas Tango Company presents a love story in dance while animated city and country scenes are projected on a giant background screen. A five-piece band plays music dating back to 1939. The costumes—swishing tea-length dresses, t-strap heels, suspenders over undershirts—are far more refreshing than anything on the runway. Both this show and the company are the brainchild of Carolina Soler, who learned ballet in her native Peru and moved to Argentina at 17 to train. After proving herself as a ballerina, Soler fell in love with tango, and in 1997 founded this company. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. $28–$68. (301) 581-5100. strathmore.org.

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You could devote your holiday arts consumption to adaptations of favorite seasonal tales: Local stages are filled with stylized versions of everything from A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker to the nativity story and It’s a Wonderful Life. Or you could throw aside the heartwarming tales of redemption and see an ensemble of actors try to take down a massive whale while suspended on rope bridges above the stage. In conjunction with the Alliance Theater and South Coast Repertory, Arena Stage presents a retelling of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick that combines storytelling with acrobatics. Unlike in the novel, which intersperses elaborate details about the whaling industry into the plot, this production is all action, all the time.

The whale really wants to destroy the boat and the sailors really want to take down this massive whale! As the action unfolds on what looks like a hybrid between a CrossFit box and a jungle gym, audiences will be more engaged with this great American novel than ever before. The play runs Nov. 18 to Dec. 24 at Arena Stage, 1101 6th St. SW. $40–$90. (202) 488-3300. arenastage.org.

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take on the classic holiday ballet about enchanted toys. Local insiders including media personalities and councilmembers appear in cameo roles. Warner Theatre. 513 13th St. NW. Dec. 1, 7 p.m. $30–$120. (202) 783-4000. warnertheatredc.com.

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BlaCK nativity This long-running musical by Langston Hughes celebrates the birth of Jesus and the holiday traditions of black Americans Anacostia Playhouse. 2020 Shannon Place SE. To Dec. 31. $30–$40. (202) 290-2328. anacostiaplayhouse.com.

BroaDWay BounD 1st Stage presents the third play in Neil Simon’s Eugene trilogy, in which two brothers cope with family tragedy while trying to make their way as professional comedy writers. The Pulitzer Prize finalist is directed by Shirley Serotsky. 1st Stage.

1524 Spring Hill Road, McLean. To Dec. 18. $15–$30.

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CarouSel Arena’s annual holiday musical comes in the form of this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic about a bad boy and a good girl who fall in love, only to encounter great tragedy. Local favorites Nicholas Rodriguez and E. Faye Butler star in this favorite, which features songs including “If I Loved You” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To Dec. 24. $64–$99. (202) 488-3300. arenastage.org. the ChriStianS A live choir backs the action in this play set in an enormous church. When Pastor Paul’s church grows from a small storefront into a home for thousands, he is cheered by his followers but his latest sermon is sure to ruffle feathers. Theater J. 1529 16th St. NW. To Dec. 11. $27–$57. (202) 777-3210. theaterj.org. a ChriStmaS Carol Veteran local actor Craig Wallace takes on the role of Scrooge in this popular musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ tale about kindness and holiday cheer. Celebrating its 35th season at Ford’s, Michael Wilson’s adaptation is directed by Michael Baron. Ford’s Theatre. 511 10th St. NW. To Dec. 31. $22–$92. (202) 347-4833. fords.org.

it’S a WonDerFul liFe: a live raDio play In the late 1940s, a team of radio performers gather to tell the story of George Bailey and his angel companion, Clarence, in this lively adaptation of the classic film supplemented with period ads. Washington Stage Guild at Undercroft Theatre. 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. To Dec. 18. $25–$50. (240) 582-0050. stageguild.org. mary poppinS The well-loved movie musical about a nanny who brightens the lives of two dour children becomes a high-flying stage show in this production that features songs like “Supercalifragalisticexpealidocious” and “Practically Perfect.” Olney Theatre Center. 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. To Jan. 1. $18–$80. (301) 924-3400. olneytheatre.org. milK liKe Sugar After making a pact with her friends on her 16th birthday, Annie forces herself to look at the world differently. By interacting with different world views for the first time, she learns more about herself and her goals for the future. Mosaic Theater Company presents this Obie-winning play, directed by Jennifer L. Nelson. Atlas Performing Arts Center. 1333 H St. NE. To Nov. 27. $20–$60. (202) 3997993. atlasarts.org. miSS Bennet: ChriStmaS at pemBerley The characters in Pride and Prejudice come together to celebrate Christmas in this new play that follows Mary Bennet as she explores her future and a potential romance. Round House Theatre Bethesda. 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. To Dec. 18. $36–$56.

(240) 644-1100. roundhousetheatre.org. moBy DiCK The white whale comes alive in this lively adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic man-versusnature tale. Jamie Abelson and Christopher Donahue star as Ishmael and Ahab. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To Dec. 24. $55–$90. (202) 488-3300. arenastage.org. piCniC The arrival of a mysterious drifter changes a town irreparably, as the residents are forced to consider withheld facts and feelings, in this dark and romantic play from playwright William Inge. Catholic University of America. 620 Michigan Ave. NE. To Dec. 4. $5–$15. (202) 319-5000. cua.edu. the SeConD City’S BlaCK SiDe oF the moon Woolly Mammoth and the Chicago-based comedy ensemble team up once again for a new show, this one with a cast of black comedians who imagine the

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Listening to Marisa Anderson play guitar is a history lesson. Over the course of three albums and a split LP, the Portland, Ore.-based guitarist has established herself as one of the country’s most exciting, not because of her chops (which, make no mistake, are incredible), but how she weaves the traditional stylings of American primitive, gospel, country, and Appalachian-style folk and Delta blues into her playing. You can hear it most prominently on her excellent 2014 LP, Traditional & Public Domain Songs, in which she harnesses her distinct sound and playing—the ragged, warbly tremolo effect reverberating with every note she holds—into traditional folk songs from as early as the 1800s. But her latest album, this year’s Into the Light, is her most ambitious effort to date. On it, she deviates from Appalachia- and Delta-style songs for a more Western-leaning album, which she says was “written as the soundtrack to an imaginary science-fiction Western film.” The effect is something that’s seemingly at odds with itself: traditional and forward-thinking; simple and ambitious; soothing and haunting. It’s in that juxtaposition that Anderson shines brightest. Marisa Anderson performs with Xylouris White at 9 p.m. at DC9, 1940 9th St. NW. $12. (202) 483-5000. dcnine.com.

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by Barack Obama to police brutality and everyone’s obsession with gluten intolerance. Woolly Mammoth Theatre. 641 D St. NW. To Jan. 1. $20–$69. (202) 3933939. woollymammoth.net. the SeCret garDen The classic children’s novel about an orphan who discovers the secrets locked away in her uncle’s mansion comes to Shakespeare Theatre Company in the form of a musical, featuring favorite songs like “Lily’s Eyes” and “A Bit of Earth.” Sidney Harman Hall. 610 F St. NW. To Dec. 31. $44–$118. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org.

Silver BelleS When the longtime director of a town’s Christmas pageant suddenly dies, four silver-haired singers join together to ensure the show continues. Combining elements of popular sitcoms like The Golden Girls and Designing Women, this new show starring local favorites Donna Migliaccio, Nova Y. Payton, Ilona Dulaski, Naomi Jacobson and Sandy Bainum arrives just in time for the holidays. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To Dec. 24. $40–$90. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org.

Six DegreeS oF Separation John Guare’s play about the connections that exist between seemingly unrelated people is reimagined at Keegan Theatre by director Brandon McCoy. Combining humor and drama, the show explores the ways we define each other and the boxes we put ourselves in. Keegan Theatre at Church Street Theater. 1742 Church St. NW. To Dec. 3. $35–$45. (202) 265-3767. keegantheatre.com.

Straight White men Provocative playwright Young Jean Lee presents this comedy about three brothers and their father, who come together for a Christmas bout of wrestling and video games. When one member of the group begins to buckle under pressure, they all learn the stakes of their fight are higher than anyone imagined. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To Dec. 18. $20–$85. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org. tame. This new play from author (and City Paper contributor) Jonelle Walker imagines the plot of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew from the perspective of the woman being tamed. When a young woman is forced by her family and an alluring young pastor to conform to traditional gender roles, a series of explosive comedic encounters unfold. Gunston Arts Cen-

ter, Theatre Two. 2700 South Lang St., Arlington. To Dec. 11 .$10–$50. (703) 418-4808. wscavantbard.org. a vieW From the BriDge Director Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of Arthur Miller’s play comes to the Kennedy Center for a limited engagement following an acclaimed run on Broadway. Following a Brooklynbased Italian-American family, the action revolves around Eddie, a man so obsessed with his niece that his actions spin out of control. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. 2700 F St. NW. To Dec. 3. $45–$119.

(202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

Where WorDS onCe Were Irish Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer returns to the Kennedy Center with this play about a young man who kicks off an adventure by stealing a pen and starting to write in a land where only 1000 words can exist. Kennedy Center Family Theater. 2700 F St. NW. To Nov. 27. $20. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

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This, inevitably, led to a follow-up question: “OK, but what is doom metal?” Immediately, Richmond, Va. doom metal outfit Windhand came to mind. Windhand is hardly a pioneer of the niche subgenre of metal, but to me, it’s the band that’s most emblematic of doom metal. On its latest album, Grief ’s Infernal Flowers, the quartet’s long, heavy songs are stretched out through huge, slow riffs that feel as if they’d collapse if they were played any slower. It’s all anchored by vocalist Dorthia Cotrell’s powerful, yet oddly soothing voice that floats over the band’s loud songs like a cloud (which is weird, considering most vocalists in this genre yell and growl as if their throats are being ripped out). But anyway, it’s true—doom metal kind of is the slow-cooker of music. It might be a long, deliberate, and heavy process, but the result is almost always great. Windhand performs with Ilsa at 7:30 p.m. at 1811 14th St. NW. $15. (202) 6674490. blackcatdc.com.

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Washington City Paper has an immediate opening for an outside sales position responsible for selling and servicing our advertising and media partner clients across our complete line of marketing solutions including print advertising in Washington City Paper, digital/online advertising on washingtoncitypaper.com and across our Digital Ad Network, as well as event sponsorship sales.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 6:00-9:30PM 6:00 PM VIP 7:00 PM GA

THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF THE AMBASSADOR OF SPAIN 2801 16TH STREET NW WASHINGTON, DC 20009

TICKETS $80 GA $125 VIP

Qualifications, background, and disposition of the ideal candidate for this position include:

TICKETS INCLUDE:

20+ WHISKEYS TO SAMPLE, 15+ RESTAURANTS WITH DISHES THAT WILL DRIVE YOU HOG WILD

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In addition to selling and servicing existing accounts, Account Executives are responsible for generating and selling new business revenue by finding new leads, utilizing a consultative sales approach, and making compelling presentations.

You must have the ability to engage, enhance, and grow direct relationships with potential clients and identify their advertising and marketing needs. You must be able to prepare and present custom sales presentations with research and sound solutions for those needs. You must think creatively for clients and be consistent with conducting constant follow-up. Extensive in-person & telephone prospecting is required. Your major focus will be on developing new business through new customer acquisition and selling new marketing solutions to existing customer accounts. Account Executives, on a weekly basis, perform in person calls to a minimum of 10-20 executive level decision makers and/or small business owners and must be able to communicate Washington City Papers value proposition that is solution-based and differentiates us from any competitors. Account Executive will be responsible for attaining sales goals and must communicate progress on goals and the strategies and tactics used to reach revenue targets to Washington City Paper management.

Visit www.washingtoncitypaper .com/events for more details

â&#x20AC;˘ Two years of business to business and outside customer sales experience â&#x20AC;˘ Experience developing new territories & categories including lead generation and cold calling â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to carry and deliver on a sales budget â&#x20AC;˘ Strong verbal and written communication skills â&#x20AC;˘ Able to work both independently and in a team environment â&#x20AC;˘ Energetic, self-motivated, possessing an entrepreneurial spirit and strong work ethic â&#x20AC;˘ Organized, detail and results oriented with professional presentation abilities â&#x20AC;˘ Willing to embrace new technology and social media â&#x20AC;˘ MS Office suite proficiency - prior experience with a CMR/CMS software application â&#x20AC;˘ Be driven to succeed, tech savvy, and a world class listener â&#x20AC;˘ Enjoy cultivating relationships with area businesses We offer product training, a competitive compensation package comprised of a base salary plus commissions, and a full array of benefits including medical/dental/life/disability insurance, a 401K plan, and paid time off including holidays.

Compensation potential has no limits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we pay based on performance.

For consideration please send an introduction letter and resume to Melanie Babb at mbabb@washingtoncitypaper.com.

No phone calls please.

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CHRISTINA MATHER